North Carolina, 2006Hail and Lightning Strike in North Carolina, June 8, 2006
June 8, 2006 · NWS MHX · 6 events in 3 counties and zones
5 hail, 1 lightning, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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- Deaths
- 1
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 6
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.
Lightning, Craven
- When
- June 8, 2:00 PM EST
- Where
- Craven County, Cherry Pt McAs
- Deaths
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 35.117, -77.083 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Mother and unborn child killed by lightning strike just outside of Marine Squadron 1 Transport Building.
Hail, Craven
- When
- June 8, 2:00 PM EST to 2:10 PM EST
- Where
- Craven County, Cherry Pt McAs
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 34.900, -76.883
Hail, Pamlico
- When
- June 8, 2:00 PM EST to 2:10 PM EST
- Where
- Pamlico County, Oriental
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 35.033, -76.700
Penny to golf ball size hail reported.
Hail, Craven
- When
- June 8, 2:45 PM EST
- Where
- Craven County, Havelock
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 34.883, -76.883
Hail, Pamlico
- When
- June 8, 2:56 PM EST
- Where
- Pamlico County, Minnesott Beach
- Measured
- 1.25 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 34.967, -76.800
Hail, Lenoir
- When
- June 8, 7:12 PM EST
- Where
- Lenoir County, Kinston
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 35.267, -77.583
- Lightning
- A lightning strike that killed, injured or caused damage.
- 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.
- Wildfire in Alaska, June 8 to 22, 2006$325,000 · 1 event
- Flash Flood in Colorado, June 8, 2006$70,000 · 1 event
- Flash Flood and Heavy Rain in Utah, June 8, 2006$35,000 · 2 events
- Flash Flood in Ohio, June 8, 2006$25,000 · 1 event
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Montana, June 8, 20062.75 in hail · 18 events
- Hail in South Carolina, June 8, 2006$15,000 · 0.75 in hail · 1 event
- Hail and Damaging Wind in West Virginia, June 8, 20061.75 in hail · 9 events
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Ohio, June 8, 2006$2,000 · 1 in hail · 5 events
- Hail and Damaging Wind in North Carolina, June 8, 20061 in hail · 4 events
- Hail in Michigan, June 8, 20060.88 in hail · 3 events
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, June 8, 200650 kt wind · 3 events
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Virginia, June 8, 2006$2,000 · 50 kt wind · 2 events
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: 5510877, 5510878, 5510879, 5510880, 5510881, 5510882.