Hail, Sampson
- When
- August 20, 2:50 PM EST
- Where
- Sampson County, 4 mi S of Newton Grove
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 35.180, -78.350
Hail in North Carolina, August 20, 2002
1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
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 Aug 20, 1:10 PM EST, 1 hour 40 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 20, 1:10 PM EST, 1 hour 40 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 210 PM EDT TUE AUG 20 2002 TONIGHT: CONVECTION HAS BEEN LARGELY CAPPED OFF THIS AFTERNOON... BUT STILL EXPECT ISOLATED TO SCATTERED STORMS OVER THE SOUTHEAST HALF OF THE CWA. PLAN TO INCLUDE SMALL CHANCE POPS HERE THROUGH EVENING. OTHERWISE... DRIER AIR WORKING IN AND LIGHT N WINDS BECOMING NE SHOULD LEAD TO MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES OVERNIGHT. FORECASTED LOWS OF 68-73 REASONABLE & AGREE WITH LATEST GUIDANCE NUMBERS. -GIH WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT... MODELS ARE AT ODDS WITH REGARD TO MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY OVER CENTRAL NC DURING WEDNESDAY. AVN IS DRY AND STABLE...NGM MAINTAINS A THICK SATURATED LAYER AT THE TOP OF THE MIXED LAYER AND UNSTABLE IN THE LOWER LAYERS...ETA MAINTAINS DEEPER MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY TO NEARLY 650 MB. ALL SHOW SUBSIDENCE DRYING ALOFT...WITH A SUBSIDENCE INVERSION OR STABLE LAYER IN MID LEVELS...AND AN EASTERLY FLOW IN THE LOWER LEVELS. THIS WOULD IMPLY A LAYER OF STRATO CU DEVELOPING DURING THE DAY...SPREADING AND FLATTENING TO BROKEN OR OCCASIONALLY OVERCAST COVER...WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF SPRINKLES OR A SHOWER. PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES SHOULD CONTINUE WITH EAST TO SOUTHEAST FLOW INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. TEMPERATURES SHOULD REACH UPPER 80S TO AROUND 90 THEN COOL TO AROUND 70 OR UPPER 60S AT NIGHT. THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY... CONSENSUS OF MEDIUM RANGE MODELS DEPICT A SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE NORTHEASTERN U.S. EXTENDING DOWN THE EAST COAST. GEOPOTENTIAL HEIGHTS BUILD IN THE MID AND UPPER LEVELS...UP TO 5940M AT 500 MB FRIDAY...WITH ANTICYCLONIC FLOW IMPLYING SUBSIDENCE AND STATIC STABILITY ALOFT. A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY DRIFTS JUST TO OUR NORTH FRIDAY AND A LEE SIDE SURFACE TROUGH SETS UP SATURDAY...WITH SOME PROSPECT OF LOW LEVEL MOISTURE CONVERGENCE. THOUGH AN ISOLATED LATE DAY THUNDERSTORM CANT BE RULED OUT...DRY AND SEASONABLY HOT WEATHER SHOULD PREDOMINATE AND NO THREAT OF RAIN WILL BE MENTIONED. DAILY MAX READINGS OF LOWER TO MID 90S WITH LOWS IN THE LOWER 70S WILL BE FORECAST. SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY... MODELS SUGGEST A COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE ON SUNDAY WITH THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY LINGERING CLOSE TO OUR SOUTH MONDAY AND TUESDAY. BOTH GFE AND ECMWF DEPICT A WAVE OR INVERTED TROUGH ALONG THE FRONT TO THE SOUTHWEST MONDAY FAVORING AN EASTERLY FLOW OVER CENTRAL NC. THE THREAT OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CONTINUED FOR SUNDAY AND VARIABLY CLOUDY SKIES FOR MONDAY AND TUESDAY. DAILY MAX READINGS IN THE MID TO UPPER 80S WITH LOWS IN THE 60S ARE FAVORED. -RFG .RAH...NONE. GIH/RFG
The radar
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 55 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:52 UTC.
Event by event
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Lightning Strike in Florida, August 20, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, August 20, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, August 20 to 23, 2002
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Montana, August 20 to 21, 2002
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, August 20, 2002
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, August 20, 2002
- Hail in Iowa, August 20, 2002
- Damaging Wind and Lightning Strike in Alabama, August 20, 2002
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, August 20, 2002
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Wind in Texas, August 20, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Alabama, August 20, 2002
- Damaging Wind and Lightning Strike in Alabama, August 20, 2002
More
Every storm in North Carolina in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in North Carolina, August 2002
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: 5313742.