North Carolina, 2002

Hail in North Carolina, March 31, 2002

March 31, 2002 · NWS ILM · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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  • Winter weather
  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
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  • Marine and coastal
  • Other

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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 Wilmington, NC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Mar 31, 1:35 PM EST, 4 hours 40 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 31, 1:35 PM EST, 4 hours 40 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
135 PM EST SUN MAR 31 2002

SEVERE TSTM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF CWA TILL 7 PM. ALL OF CWA IN
WARM SECTOR AND BOUNDARY BTWN FAY AND RDU IS EARLY FOCUS WITH BETTER
MOISTURE CONVERGENCE. OTHER ACTIVITY BREAKING OUT OVER WRN CWA AND
CNTRL SC AS UPPER LEVEL DIFFLUENCE ENHANCES WITH APPROACHING JET.
CURRENT ZONE WORDING OF OF SVR MENTION AND NEAR 100% POPS. MODELS
FAIRLY SIMILAR IN MOVING SURFACE LOW NE OUT OF N GA TOWARD DELMARVA
REGION BY 06Z TONIGHT. BULK OF UVVS LOOKS TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH VORT
MOVING ACROSS LATE THIS AFTN AND THIS EVENING. FRONT SHOULD BEGIN TO
EXIT COAST NEAR 12Z THEREFORE PCPN ENDING BY THEN. MON SHOULD SEE
RAPID CLEARING AND FAIR WEATHER THROUGH TUE. NOT TOO MUCH
DISCREPANCY WITH TEMPS AS THEY REBOUND WED AHD OF NEXT FRONT.

WED-SUN: NEXT FRONT LOOKS TO MOVE THROUGH LATE WED OR EARLY THU BUT
WILL JUST GO FOR INCREASED CLDNS WED/THU AND NOT REINTRODUCE PCPN.
SLIGHTLY COOLER TEMPS FRI/SAT WITH RETURN FLOW AND NORMAL TEMPS BY
SUN.

CWF: WILL CONTINUE MARGINAL SCA FOR WATERS SINCE LLJ SHOULD MIX DOWN
THIS AFTN AND EVENING. CONDITIONS SHOULD CONTINUE INTO EARLY MON
MORNING.

PRELIMINARY NUMBERS...
FCSTID = 01
ILM   58  73  45  75 /  100  10   0  0
LBT   54  69  41  75 /  100   0   0  0
FLO   56  70  44  77 /  100   0   0  0
MYR   59  72  47  73 /  100  10   0  0

.ILM...
NC...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY SURF CITY TO N LITTLE RIVER INLET.
SC...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY LITTLE RIVER INLET TO S SANTEE RIVER.

RWA

In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 31, 3:00 PM EST, 3 hours 15 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON, NC
300 PM EST SUN MAR 31 2002

TIME(EST)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0254 PM    2 NW LUMBERTON            NC   .75 INCH HAIL
03/31/02   ROBESON                        HAM RADIO OPERATOR RELAYED
                                          REPORT OF DIME SIZE HAIL.

0254 PM    1 N LUMBERTON             NC   .75 INCH HAIL
03/31/02   ROBESON                        HAM RADIO OPERATOR RELAYED
                                          REPORT OF DIME SIZE HAIL.

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Local storm report, Mar 31, 3:16 PM EST, 2 hours 59 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON, NC
316 PM EST SUN MAR 31 2002

TIME(EST)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0312 PM    2 W FLORENCE              SC   .88 INCH HAIL
03/31/02   FLORENCE                       DIME TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL.

DL
Local storm report, Mar 31, 3:22 PM EST, 2 hours 53 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON, NC
322 PM EST SUN MAR 31 2002

TIME(EST)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0310 PM    BINGHAM                   SC   .75 INCH HAIL
03/31/02   DILLON                         SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED
                                          DIME SIZE HAIL.

DL
Local storm report, Mar 31, 4:14 PM EST, 2 hours 1 minute before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON, NC
414 PM EST SUN MAR 31 2002

TIME(EST)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0409 PM    2 W LUMBERTON             NC   1.75 INCH HAIL
03/31/02   ROBESON                        HAM RADIO OPERATOR RELAYED
                                          REPORT OF GOLFBALL SIZE
                                          HAIL.

0413 PM    LUMBERTON                 NC   1.75 INCH HAIL
03/31/02   ROBESON                        GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL.

DL
Local storm report, Mar 31, 4:23 PM EST, 1 hour 52 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON, NC
423 PM EST SUN MAR 31 2002

TIME(EST)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0415 PM    2 N LUMBERTON             NC   1.75 INCH HAIL
03/31/02   ROBESON                        HAM RADIO OPERATOR
                                          REPORTED GOLFBALL SIZE
                                          HAIL.

0420 PM    FLORENCE                  SC   1.00 INCH HAIL
03/31/02   FLORENCE                       PING PONG SIZE HAIL

0422 PM    3 SE FLORENCE             SC   .75 INCH HAIL
03/31/02   FLORENCE                       DIME SIZE HAIL 3 MILES
                                          SOUTH OF THE AIRPORT.
                                          REPORTED BY SKYWARN SPOTTER

DL
Local storm report, Mar 31, 4:31 PM EST, 1 hour 44 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON, NC
431 PM EST SUN MAR 31 2002

TIME(EST)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0347 PM    3 E DARLINGTON            SC   .75 INCH HAIL
03/31/02   DARLINGTON                     SHERIFFS DEPT RELAYED
                                          REPORT FROM FIRE DEPT OF
                                          DIME SIZE HAIL COVERING THE
                                          GROUND

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The radar

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Robeson

When
March 31, 6:15 PM EST
Where
Robeson County, Lumberton
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates
34.617, -79.000

911 center reported dime size hail.

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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The same day elsewhere

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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: 5281443.