Hail in North Carolina, May 8, 2004

Name: Hail in North Carolina, May 8, 2004
Start: 2004-05-08T18:00
End: 2004-05-08T18:00
Location: North Carolina

May 8, 2004 · NWS ILM · 1 event in 1 county or zone

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.

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Fire, smoke and dust
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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 May 8, 2:57 PM EST, 3 hours 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 8, 2:57 PM EST, 3 hours 3 minutes before

ZONE FORECAST PRODUCT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
357 PM EDT SAT MAY 8 2004

NCZ097-100-101-SCZ034-046-091100-
BRUNSWICK-GEORGETOWN-HORRY-NEW HANOVER-PENDER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BURGAW...GEORGETOWN...MYRTLE BEACH...
SOUTHPORT...WILMINGTON...WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH
357 PM EDT SAT MAY 8 2004

CORRECTED FOR EARLY EVENING PRECIPITATION

.TONIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
AWAY FROM THE COAST EARLY THIS EVENING...THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLEAR.
LOWS 60 TO 65. EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH...BECOMING LIGHT
AND VARIABLE. CHANCE OF RAIN 20 PERCENT.
.SUNDAY...MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE MID 80S...EXCEPT AROUND 80 AT
THE BEACHES. SOUTH WINDS AROUND 10 MPH.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS 60 TO 65. SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
.MONDAY...MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE MID 80S...EXCEPT AROUND 80 AT
THE BEACHES. SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH.
.MONDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS 60 TO 65. SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10
MPH.
.TUESDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. HIGHS IN THE MID 80S...EXCEPT AROUND 80 AT
THE BEACHES.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS 60 TO 65.
.WEDNESDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. HIGHS 80 TO 85...EXCEPT UPPER 70S AT THE
BEACHES.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS 60 TO 65.
HIGHS IN THE LOWER 80S...EXCEPT UPPER 70S AT THE BEACHES.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE MID 60S.
.SATURDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 80S...EXCEPT UPPER 70S AT THE
BEACHES.

NCZ087-096-099-SCZ017-023-024-032-033-039-091100-
BLADEN-COLUMBUS-DARLINGTON-DILLON-FLORENCE-MARION-MARLBORO-ROBESON-
WILLIAMSBURG-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BENNETTSVILLE...DARLINGTON...DILLON...
ELIZABETHTOWN...FLORENCE...KINGSTREE...LUMBERTON...MARION...
WHITEVILLE
357 PM EDT SAT MAY 8 2004

.TONIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
THIS EVENING...THEN MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS AROUND 60. EAST TO SOUTHEAST
WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH...BECOMING LIGHT AND VARIABLE. CHANCE OF RAIN 20
PERCENT.
.SUNDAY...MOSTLY SUNNY...BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY IN THE AFTERNOON.
HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80S. LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS...BECOMING SOUTH
AROUND 10 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE LOWER 60S. SOUTH WINDS 5
TO 10 MPH...BECOMING LIGHT AND VARIABLE.
.MONDAY...MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80S. SOUTH WINDS AROUND
10 MPH.
.MONDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE LOWER 60S. SOUTH WINDS 5
TO 10 MPH.
.TUESDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80S.
.TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE
LOWER 60S. HIGHS IN THE MID 80S.
.FRIDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. HIGHS 80 TO 85.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE LOWER 60S.
.SATURDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS 80 TO 85. CHANCE OF RAIN 30 PERCENT.

JAQ

Hazardous weather outlook, May 8, 1:43 PM EST, 4 hours 17 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
243 PM EDT SAT MAY 8 2004

NCZ087-096-097-099>101-SCZ017-023-024-032>034-039-046-082045-
BLADEN-BRUNSWICK-COLUMBUS-DARLINGTON-DILLON-FLORENCE-GEORGETOWN-
HORRY-MARION-MARLBORO-NEW HANOVER-PENDER-ROBESON-WILLIAMSBURG-
243 PM EDT SAT MAY 8 2004

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA
AND NORTHEASTERN SOUTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS
AFTERNOON ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE SEA BREEZE. SOME OF THESE
THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME STRONG TO SEVERE...PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND
HEAVY RAINFALL. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL TAPER OFF DURING THE EVENING
WITH THE LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING.

JAQ

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 8, 1:49 PM EST, 4 hours 11 minutes before

SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
249 PM EDT SAT MAY 8 2004

NCZ087-096-097-099>101-SCZ017-023-024-032>034-039-046-090200-
BLADEN-BRUNSWICK-COLUMBUS-DARLINGTON-DILLON-FLORENCE-GEORGETOWN-
HORRY-MARION-MARLBORO-NEW HANOVER-PENDER-ROBESON-WILLIAMSBURG-
249 PM EDT SAT MAY 8 2004

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON ALONG
AND AHEAD OF THE SEA BREEZE. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME
STRONG TO SEVERE...PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND HEAVY RAINFALL. THE
THUNDERSTORMS WILL TAPER OFF DURING THE EVENING WITH THE LOSS OF
DAYTIME HEATING.

PEOPLE ACROSS THE AREA SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION IF WARNINGS
ARE ISSUED. SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES.
ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE INTERNET AT:
HTTP://WWW.ERH.NOAA.GOV/ILM

JAQ

Special weather statement, May 8, 5:06 PM EST, 54 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
606 PM EDT SAT MAY 8 2004

SCZ023-032-082300-
DARLINGTON-FLORENCE-
606 PM EDT SAT MAY 8 2004

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DRIFT NORTHWEST ALONG A SEA
BREEZE FRONT IN DARLINGTON AND FLORENCE COUNTIES. THESE STORMS MAY
PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT DEADLY
LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS. IF THREATENING WEATHER
APPROACHES GO TO A SAFE INDOOR SHELTER.

GF

Local storm report, May 8, 5:13 PM EST, 47 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
613 PM EDT SAT MAY 08 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0603 PM     HAIL             FLORENCE                34.20N 79.76W
05/08/2004  0.88 INCH        FLORENCE           SC   TRAINED SPOTTER

            DIME TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL REPORTED AT HOFFMIRE ROAD AND
            I-95

&&

GF

The radar

The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 94 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:59 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Robeson

When: May 8, 6:00 PM EST
Where: Robeson County, 1 mi W of Tolarsville
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 34.750, -78.883

A spotter reported penny 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

Every storm in North Carolina in 2004 Every state in 2004 This day in weather history Warnings in North Carolina, May 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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5402405.