Hail, Sampson
- When
- June 20, 12:18 PM EST
- Where
- Sampson County, Harrells
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 34.717, -78.217
Hail in North Carolina, June 20, 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 Raleigh, NC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 20, 9:50 AM EST, 2 hours 28 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 20, 9:50 AM EST, 2 hours 28 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 1050 AM EDT FRI JUN 20 2003 TEMPERATURES DIFFICULT WITH MORNING RAINS. WEAK SHOWERS ASSOCIATED WITH FRONT SHOULD BE EAST OF U.S. 1 IN THE EARLY AFTERNOON. STILL HAVE FIVE TO SIX HOURS FOR SUNSHINE NEAR THE SOLSTICE TO DO ITS MAGIC. SOME SMALL BREAKS IN CLOUDS AHEAD OF THE FRONT AS WELL. DO NOT EXPECT TOO MUCH ADJUSTMENT TO CURRENT FORECAST FOR TODAY. FEEL THAT LOW STRATUS A GOOD BET TONIGHT. DO HAVE DECREASING DEWPOINTS AND DRYING BUT OVERWHELMINGLY DRYING IS ABOVE THE BOUNDARY LAYER. BOUNDARY LAYER COULD DECOUPLE FOR WEAK WINDS...BUT EVEN WITH A LIGHT BREEZE...THIS WOULD ONLY DRY THE TOP OF THE BOUNDARY LAYER TO SATURATION. MINOR TWEAKS TO THE EXTENDED...MAINLY TO TEMPERATURES...AND WEEKEND AND BEYOND CONTINUE TO BE FORECAST DRY AT THIS TIME. .RAH...NONE. RLH
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 20, 4:33 AM EST, 7 hours 45 minutes before
NCZ007>011-021>028-038>043-073>078-083>086-088-089-201130- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 533 AM EDT FRI JUN 20 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT.
The radar
The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 83 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:16 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
- Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, June 20, 2003
- Flood in Pennsylvania, June 20 to 21, 2003
- Hail in Colorado, June 20, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, June 20, 2003
- Damaging Winds in Texas, June 20, 2003
- Flash Flood in Florida, June 20, 2003
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Texas, June 20, 2003
- Flash Flood in Florida, June 20, 2003
- Damaging Wind in Montana, June 20, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, June 20, 2003
- Tornado and Hail in Colorado, June 20, 2003
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Texas, June 20, 2003
More
Every storm in North Carolina in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in North Carolina, June 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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5364914.