Hail in North Carolina, June 8, 2006

Name: Hail in North Carolina, June 8, 2006
Start: 2006-06-08T15:40
End: 2006-06-08T15:40
Location: North Carolina

June 8, 2006 · NWS AKQ · 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.

Tornadoes
Tropical storms and surge
Floods
Wind
Hail
Winter weather
Heat and drought
Cold
Fire, smoke and dust
Marine and coastal
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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 Wakefield, VA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 8, 3:02 PM EST, 38 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 8, 3:02 PM EST, 38 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 8, 5:02 AM EST, 10 hours 38 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
602 AM EDT THU JUN 8 2006

ANZ630>633-654-656-658-NCZ012>017-030>032-102-VAZ048-049-060>100-
091015-
CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM SMITH POINT TO WINDMILL POINT VA-
CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM WINDMILL POINT TO NEW POINT COMFORT VA-
CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM NEW POINT COMFORT TO CAPE HENRY VA-
CURRITUCK SOUND-
COASTAL WATERS FROM PARRAMORE ISLAND TO CAPE CHARLES LIGHT VA OUT
20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE CHARLES LIGHT VA TO NC VA BORDER OUT
20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM NC VA BORDER TO CURRITUCK BEACH LIGHT NC OUT
20 NM-NORTHAMPTON NC-HERTFORD-GATES-PASQUOTANK-CAMDEN-
INLAND CURRITUCK-BERTIE-CHOWAN-PERQUIMANS-OUTER BANKS CURRITUCK-
FLUVANNA-LOUISA-PRINCE EDWARD-CUMBERLAND-GOOCHLAND-HANOVER-
CAROLINE-MECKLENBURG-LUNENBURG-NOTTOWAY-AMELIA-POWHATAN-
CHESTERFIELD-HENRICO-KING WILLIAM-KING AND QUEEN-ESSEX-
WESTMORELAND-RICHMOND-NORTHUMBERLAND-LANCASTER-BRUNSWICK-
DINWIDDIE-PRINCE GEORGE-CHARLES CITY-NEW KENT-GLOUCESTER-
MIDDLESEX-MATHEWS-GREENSVILLE-SUSSEX-SURRY-JAMES CITY-YORK-
SOUTHAMPTON-ISLE OF WIGHT-NEWPORT NEWS/HAMPTON-NORFOLK/PORTSMOUTH-
SUFFOLK-CHESAPEAKE-VIRGINIA BEACH-ACCOMACK-NORTHAMPTON VA-
602 AM EDT THU JUN 8 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
CHESAPEAKE BAY...SOUTHERN CHESAPEAKE BAY...THE MID ATLANTIC
COASTAL WATERS...CURRITUCK SOUND...NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA...
CENTRAL VIRGINIA...EAST CENTRAL VIRGINIA...SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA
AND SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...
THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS INDICATED A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS...THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A FEW REPORTS OF
DAMAGING WINDS...AND PENNY SIZED HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...
HAZARDOUS WEATHER NOT ANTICIPATED.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

ANZ650-652-670-MDZ021>025-091015-
COASTAL WATERS FROM FENWICK ISLAND DE TO CHINCOTEAGUE VA OUT
20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM CHINCOTEAGUE TO PARRAMORE ISLAND VA OUT 20 NM-
WATERS FROM FENWICK ISLAND DE TO CURRITUCK BEACH LIGHT NC FROM
20 TO 40 NM-DORCHESTER-WICOMICO-SOMERSET-INLAND WORCESTER-
MARYLAND BEACHES-
602 AM EDT THU JUN 8 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE MID
ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS...SOUTHEAST MARYLAND AND THE MID ATLANTIC
OFFSHORE WATERS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 8, 1:54 PM EST, 1 hour 46 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
254 PM EDT THU JUN 8 2006

VAZ073-077-078-084>086-090-081945-
GLOUCESTER VA-JAMES CITY VA-KING AND QUEEN VA-LANCASTER VA-MATHEWS
VA-MIDDLESEX VA-NORTHUMBERLAND VA-
254 PM EDT THU JUN 8 2006

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WEST OF THE CHESAPEAKE BAY...

AT 253 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF KILMARNOCK TO 7 MILES
WEST OF GLOUCESTER COURTHOUSE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THE
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  KILMARNOCK AROUND 310 PM EDT...
  FAIR PORT AROUND 315 PM EDT...
  DELTAVILLE AROUND 340 PM EDT...
  MATHEWS AROUND 345 PM EDT...

WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH...SMALL HAIL AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING ARE EXPECTED IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS. BRIEF HEAVY
RAIN MAY CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS...AND POSSIBLE LOCALIZED
FLOODING IN LOW LYING AND FLOOD PRONE AREAS.

CULLEN

Special weather statement, Jun 8, 2:14 PM EST, 1 hour 26 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
314 PM EDT THU JUN 8 2006

NCZ017-102-VAZ098-082000-
EASTERN CURRITUCK NC-VIRGINIA BEACH VA-WESTERN CURRITUCK NC-
314 PM EDT THU JUN 8 2006

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING THROUGH NORTHERN CURRITUCK COUNTY...

AT 314 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTH OF CURRITUCK...MOVING EAST AT 15
MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR KNOTTS ISLAND AT 330 PM
EDT.

WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH...HAIL UP TO MARBLE SIZE...AND AND FREQUENT
LIGHTNING ARE EXPECTED IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS. MOVE INDOORS AND
STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORMS HAVE PASSED.

HURLEY

Special weather statement, Jun 8, 2:20 PM EST, 1 hour 20 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
320 PM EDT THU JUN 8 2006

NCZ014-015-031-032-082030-
GATES-PASQUOTANK-CHOWAN-PERQUIMANS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELIZABETH CITY...EDENTON
320 PM EDT THU JUN 8 2006

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA...

AT 315 PM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
SOUTHERN CHOWAN COUNTY NEAR THE CITY OF HANCOCK. THE STORM WAS
MOVING NORTHEAST AROUND 15 MPH...AND IS LIKELY TO MOVE INTO
PERQUIMANS COUNTY OVER THE NEXT 20 MINUTES. ADDITIONAL STORMS ARE
EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER GATES AND PASQUOTANK COUNTIES OVER THE
NEXT HOUR. LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED BY THUNDERSTORMS OVER
THE NEXT HOUR INCLUDE ELIZABETH CITY AND EDENTON.

EXPECT STRONG GUSTY WINDS TO 40 MPH...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...
DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND HAIL WITH THESE STORMS. IF
YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS...SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY.

FOSTER

Special weather statement, Jun 8, 2:37 PM EST, 1 hour 3 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 8, 3:17 PM EST, 23 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 8, 3:30 PM EST, 10 minutes before

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The radar

The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 108 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:42 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Currituck

When: June 8, 3:40 PM EST
Where: Currituck County, 2 mi S of Currituck
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Reported by: BROADCAST MEDIA
Coordinates: 36.420, -76.017

Dime to nickel hail at Bells Island.

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

Every storm in North Carolina in 2006 Every state in 2006 This day in weather history Warnings in North Carolina, June 2006

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: 5518825.