Hail, Pamlico
- When
- July 12, 3:20 PM EST
- Where
- Pamlico County, 3 mi N of Bayboro
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 35.180, -76.767
Pamlico county 911 center reported golfball size hail.
Hail in North Carolina, July 12, 2003
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 Jul 12, 3:15 PM EST, 5 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 12, 3:15 PM EST, 5 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 12, 4:10 AM EST, 11 hours 10 minutes before
NCZ029-044>047-079>081-090>095-098-103-104-121115- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 510 AM EDT SAT JUL 12 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY ALONG AREA BEACHES SOUTH OF CAPE HATTERAS TO NORTH OF SURF CITY. PLEASE SEE THE MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT ISSUED BY THIS OFFICE AT 447 AM FOR FURTHER DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. JBM
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 12, 12:57 PM EST, 2 hours 23 minutes before
NCZ094-121845- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 157 PM EDT SAT JUL 12 2003 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT PAMLICO COUNTY UNTIL 245 PM EDT... AT 157 PM EDT...THERE WERE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER EAST CENTRAL PAMLICO COUNTY...OR ABOUT 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF ORIENTAL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR RURAL EASTERN PAMLICO COUNTY AT 210 PM EDT. RURAL NORTHEASTERN PAMLICO COUNTY AT 230 PM EDT. OTHER LOCATIONS TO BE AFFECTED BY THE STORMS INCLUDE FLORENCE...HOBUCKEN...MARIBEL...MERRITT...PAMLICO AND WHORTONSVILLE. WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH AND SMALL HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. THIS STORM IS PRODUCING AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF DEADLY LIGHTNING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THE WEATHER SITUATION ACROSS THE AREA. NP
Special weather statement, Jul 12, 2:12 PM EST, 1 hour 8 minutes before
NCZ080-081-090>095-098-103-104-122030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 312 PM EDT SAT JUL 12 2003 SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE NEAR THE COAST AND SOUTHERN AREAS THROUGH 430 PM. MOST OF THE RAIN WILL BE SOUTH AND EAST OF A LINE FROM KENANSVILLE TO NEAR STUMPY POINT. VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL DROP 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN IN A FEW SPOTS. SMALL HAIL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. THE MAIN BAND OF STORM WILL EXTEND FROM NEAR WALLACE NORTHEAST TO VANCEBORO. ANOTHER CLUSTER OF STORMS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE AREAS ADJACENT TO THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE PAMLICO SOUND. SEEK SHELTER INDOORS AS STORMS APPROACH. RF
The radar
The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 46 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:20 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
- Heat in California, July 12, 2003
- Tornado in North Carolina, July 12, 2003
- Heat in California, July 12 to 13, 2003
- Damaging Wind in West Virginia, July 12, 2003
- Flash Flood in West Virginia, July 12, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, July 12, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Wind in North Carolina, July 12, 2003
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Maryland, July 12, 2003
- Damaging Wind in Florida, July 12, 2003
- Tornado in North Carolina, July 12, 2003
- Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, July 12, 2003
- Damaging Wind in Florida, July 12, 2003
More
Every storm in North Carolina in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in North Carolina, July 2003
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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5369567.