North Carolina, 2002

Hail in North Carolina, April 15, 2002

April 15, 2002 · NWS RAH · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
1

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Raleigh, NC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 15, 1:00 PM EST, 6 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 15, 1:00 PM EST, 6 hours before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
200 PM EDT MON APR 15 2002

WIDELY SCATTERED CONVECTION APPEARS TO BE FIRING ALONG 850MB
BOUNDARY. EXPECT CONVECTION TO BECOME A LITTLE MORE NUMEROUS OVER SE
COUNTIES AS AIR MASS MORE UNSTABLE OVER THIS PART OF FORECAST AREA.
HOWEVER...EXPECT COVERAGE TO BE NO MORE THAN 30-40% DUE TO LIMITED
MOISTURE ABOVE 850 MB.

SUMMER-LIKE PATTERN TO REMAIN IN PLACE ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA
THROUGH MOST OF THE WORK WEEK. MID AND UPPER LEVEL HEIGHTS RISE NEXT
24 HOURS. H8 AND H5 HIGHS CENTERED JUST SOUTH OF FORECAST AREA
TUE...SO MUCH OF THE AREA WILL EXPERIENCE DECENT SUBSIDENCE. LOW
LEVEL THICKNESSES SUGGEST HIGHS TUE AND WED IN THE MID AND UPPER
80S.

HEIGHTS LOWER SLIGHTLY WED.  AVN TREND AS BEEN TO SHARPEN LEE SIDE
TROUGH WITH INCREASING LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE.  IN ADDITION...LAPSE
RATES WED AFTERNOON AROUND 6.5 C/KM AND LIFTED INDICES AROUND MINUS
3.  ONLY DETERRENT TO APPRECIABLE CONVECTIVE COVERAGE WILL BE AMOUNT
OF MOISTURE. PRESENTLY...PLAN TO GO WITH 30% POP FOR WESTERN
COUNTRIES LATE WED AFTERNOON/EARLY EVENING.  FOR EASTERN HALF...WILL
MENTION SLIGHT CHC FOR EVENING CONVECTION WED.

BY THU...BEST INSTABILITY/LOW LEVEL FOCUS OVER EASTERN THIRD OF
FORECAST AREA. WILL MENTION SMALL CHC POP FOR COASTAL PLAIN COUNTIES
THU.  HIGHS THU SHOULD BE ABOUT A CATEGORY LOWER THAN TUE/WED AS
UPPER HEIGHTS CONTINUE TO LOWER GRADUALLY.

EXTENDED...AFTER THE RIDGE MOVES OFFSHORE ON FRIDAY...MRF INDICATES
A FRONT APPROACHING FROM THE NORTH ON SATURDAY. THE FLOW FROM
SURFACE TO 500MB IS FROM THE WEST ON SATURDAY...SO THE FRONT WILL
LIKELY HAVE A HARD TIME GETTING THIS FAR SOUTH AND MOISTURE WILL BE
LIMITED. WILL REMOVE MENTION OF SHOWERS ON SATURDAY. THE FRONT PARKS
NEAR NC ON SUNDAY...AND A SURFACE LOW DEVELOPS ALONG THE FRONT AND
CROSSES THE STATE ON MONDAY. FLOW BECOMES MORE SOUTHWESTERLY IN THE
LOW LEVELS ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY...SO WILL MENTION A CHANCE OF
SHOWERS THESE DAYS. TEMPS AROUND 10 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL
FRIDAY/SATURDAY...SLIGHTLY COOLER SUNDAY/MONDAY.

RDU 60/88/62/88 1001                    GSO 58/85/60/85 0003
                    FAY 62/88/62/88 2001

.RAH...NONE.

WSS/DGS

The radar

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 64 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:04 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Sampson

When
April 15, 7:00 PM EST
Where
Sampson County, Clement
Measured
1.75 in hail
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
35.100, -78.633

What these are

Hail
Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.

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Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5284605.