Hail, Craven
- When
- July 10, 4:40 PM EST
- Where
- Craven County, James City
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 35.100, -77.033
Hail and Damaging Wind in North Carolina, July 10, 2004
1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 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
- 2
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 10, 1:21 PM EST, 3 hours 19 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 10, 1:21 PM EST, 3 hours 19 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 10, 3:15 AM EST, 13 hours 25 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 415 AM EDT SAT JUL 10 2004 NCZ029-044>047-079>081-090>095-098-103-104-110814- BEAUFORT NC-CARTERET NC-CRAVEN NC-DUPLIN NC-GREENE NC-JONES NC- LENOIR NC-MAINLAND DARE NC-MAINLAND HYDE NC-MARTIN NC-ONSLOW NC- OUTER BANKS DARE NC-OUTER BANKS HYDE NC-PAMLICO NC-PITT NC- TYRRELL NC-WASHINGTON NC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATLANTIC BEACH...BAYBORO...BEAUFORT... BELHAVEN...BEULAVILLE...BUXTON...CEDAR ISLAND...COLUMBIA...DUCK... EMERALD ISLE...ENGELHARD...FRISCO...GREENVILLE...HARKERS ISLAND... HATTERAS VILLAGE...HAVELOCK...JACKSONVILLE...KENANSVILLE... KILL DEVIL HILLS...KINSTON...KITTY HAWK...LA GRANGE...MANNS HARBOR... MANTEO...MOREHEAD CITY...NAGS HEAD...NEW BERN... NORTH TOPSAIL BEACH...OCRACOKE...ORIENTAL...PLYMOUTH...SNOW HILL... SWANQUARTER...SWANSBORO...TRENTON...WALLACE...WARSAW... WASHINGTON AND WILLIAMSTON 415 AM EDT SAT JUL 10 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL REACH AROUND 105 DEGREES THIS AFTERNOON ALONG THE HIGHWAY 17 CORRIDOR FROM JACKSONVILLE TO WASHINGTON. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE REGION BUT SHOULD REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LIMITS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW SEVERE SUNDAY. ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS THE PRIMARY THREAT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. MLF
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 10, 3:31 PM EST, 1 hour 9 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 431 PM EDT SAT JUL 10 2004 NCZ095-098-102115- CARTERET-ONSLOW- 431 PM EDT SAT JUL 10 2004 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT ONSLOW AND CARTERET COUNTIES UNTIL 515 PM EDT... AT 431 PM EDT...THERE WERE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 7 MILES NORTH OF SWANSBORO...MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR PELETIER AT 500 PM EDT...BOGUE...AND...SWANSBORO AT 510 PM EDT...CAPE CARTERET...AND...CEDAR POINT AT 515 PM EDT. OTHER LOCATIONS TO BE AFFECTED BY THE STORMS INCLUDE BROAD CREEK...EMERALD ISLE...HAMMOCKS BEACH AND STELLA. WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH 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. 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. VINCENT
Special weather statement, Jul 10, 4:39 PM EST, 1 minute before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 539 PM EDT SAT JUL 10 2004 NCZ093-102245- CRAVEN- 539 PM EDT SAT JUL 10 2004 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT CRAVEN COUNTY UNTIL 645 PM EDT... AT 539 PM EDT...THERE WERE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF NEW BERN...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR RIVERDALE AT 620 PM EDT...NEUSE FOREST AT 645 PM EDT. OTHER LOCATIONS TO BE AFFECTED BY THE STORMS INCLUDE BRIDGETON...JAMES CITY AND TRENT WOODS. WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 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. 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. 11
The radar
The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 39 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:41 UTC.
Event by event
1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Greene
- When
- July 10, 8:49 PM EST
- Where
- Greene County, Snow Hill
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 35.450, -77.683
Trees reported down.
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Lightning Strike in Tennessee, July 10, 2004
- Lightning Strike in Tennessee, July 10, 2004
- Heat in Missouri, July 10 to 13, 2004
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Minnesota, July 10, 2004
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, July 10, 2004
- Flood and Damaging Winds in Ohio, July 10, 2004
- Lightning Strike in Texas, July 10, 2004
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Nebraska, July 10 to 11, 2004
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, July 10, 2004
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Virginia, July 10, 2004
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, July 10, 2004
- Flash Flood in Kentucky, July 10, 2004
More
Every storm in North Carolina in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyWarnings in North Carolina, July 2004
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: 5413131, 5413132.