Hail, Craven
- When
- June 17, 4:00 PM EST
- Where
- Craven County, Havelock
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 34.883, -76.883
Hail in North Carolina, June 17, 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 Newport/Morehead City, NC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 17, 1:40 PM EST, 2 hours 20 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 17, 1:40 PM EST, 2 hours 20 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 240 PM EDT MON JUN 17 2002 OVERVIEW: WEAK TROUGH HAS MOVED TO JUST OFF THE COAST. SATELLITE AND RADAR IMAGERY INDICATE CONVECTION BEGINNING OVER AREA..AS EXPECTED. SHORT TERM: BIG QUESTION IS THE DEVELOPMENT OF LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM ALONG THE SOUTHEAST COAST. AVN HAS BEEN THE MOST PROGRESSIVE...WITH THE ETA PICKING UP ON IT WITH THIS MORNINGS RUN. THE SYSTEM APPEARS TO HAVE GOOD UPPER AIR SUPPORT WITH 500 MB TROUGH/VORT MAX. PREFER THE ETA SOLUTION FOR NOW...AND WILL RAISE TO POPS TO 50 PERCENT ON WEDNESDAY OVER EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA...AND SLIGHTLY LOWER TO THE WEST. EXTENDED: AS THE LOW MOVES OFF THE NORTHEAST...HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD BACK OVER THE AREA. DRY AND STABLE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO SETTLE IN ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA THROUGH THE WEEKEND. MARINE: VARIABLE...MAINLY SE WINDS TO PERSIST THROUGH TUES NIGHT WITH A ROLLING SOUTHERLY 3 FOOT SWELL. SEAS WILL RESPOND WEDS AS WINDS VEER TO SOUTHWESTERLY AND INCREASE A BIT AHEAD OF AFOREMENTIONED DEVELOPING SFC LOW. WINDS/SEAS SHOULD INCREASE MORE ON THE BACK SIDE OF THE LOW THURS INTO FRIDAY AS H5 LOW BECOMES PARKED JUST N OF OUR MARINE AREA. MHX...NONE. FCSTID = 18/11 MHX 67 87 69 84 / 00 20 30 50 EWN 67 87 69 84 / 00 20 30 50 HSE 69 85 69 82 / 00 20 30 50 PGV 66 87 68 84 / 00 20 30 40 PUBLIC/FIRE...PRINGLE MARINE/AVIATION...COLLINS
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 17, 1:52 PM EST, 2 hours 8 minutes before
NCZ080-171915- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT-MOREHEAD CITY NC 252 PM EDT MON JUN 17 2002 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT BEAUFORT COUNTY UNTIL 315 PM EDT... AT 252 PM EDT...THERE WERE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTH CENTRAL BEAUFORT COUNTY...NEAR AURORA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR AURORA AT 300 PM EDT. OTHER LOCATIONS TO BE AFFECTED BY THE STORMS INCLUDE BAYVIEW...EDWARD...PAMLICO BEACH AND RANSOMVILLE. WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. THIS STORM IS PRODUCING AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF DEADLY LIGHTNING. TELEPHONE LINES AND METAL PIPES CONDUCT ELECTRICITY. YOU CAN BE INJURED OR KILLED IF LIGHTNING STRIKES NEARBY. UNPLUG APPLIANCES NOT NECESSARY FOR OBTAINING WEATHER INFORMATION. DO NOT TAKE A BATH OR SHOWER. GET OUT OF INDOOR POOLS. AVOID USING THE TELEPHONE OR ANY ELECTRICAL APPLIANCE DURING A THUNDERSTORM UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THE WEATHER SITUATION ACROSS THE AREA. JO
Local storm report, Jun 17, 3:02 PM EST, 58 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY, NC
402 PM EDT MON JUN 17 2002
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0335 PM MERRITT NC .88 INCH HAIL
06/17/02 PAMLICO REPORTED BY
SPOTTERS
CGSpecial weather statement, Jun 17, 3:35 PM EST, 25 minutes before
NCZ093-172100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT-MOREHEAD CITY NC 435 PM EDT MON JUN 17 2002 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT CRAVEN COUNTY UNTIL 500 PM EDT... AT 435 PM EDT...THERE WERE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS JUST NORTH OF HAVELOCK...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 10 MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR CATFISH LAKE AT 500 PM EDT. OTHER LOCATIONS TO BE AFFECTED BY THE STORMS INCLUDE CHERRY POINT...NEUSE FOREST AND RIVERDALE. WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH AND SMALL HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND LOCALIZED FLOODING IN LOW LYING AREAS. MOTORISTS SHOULD SLOW DOWN ON AREA ROADWAYS TO AVOID HYDROPLANING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THE WEATHER SITUATION ACROSS THE AREA. CG
The radar
The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 12 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:02 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
- Wildfire in California, June 17, 2002
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Iowa, June 17 to 18, 2002
- Hail in Nebraska, June 17 to 18, 2002
- Wildfire in California, June 17, 2002
- Flash Flooding and Hail in New York, June 17, 2002
- Hail and Lightning Strike in Michigan, June 17, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Colorado, June 17, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, June 17, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, June 17, 2002
- Hail in Kansas, June 17, 2002
- Marine Thunderstorm Winds in Lake Erie, June 17, 2002
- Marine Thunderstorm Winds in Lake Erie, June 17, 2002
More
Every storm in North Carolina in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in North Carolina, June 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: 5297340.