Hail, Sampson
- When
- May 26, 4:00 PM EST
- Where
- Sampson County, 7 mi N of Harrells
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 34.817, -78.217
Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, May 26, 2006
4 hail, 2 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
- 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.
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 May 26, 12:50 PM EST, 3 hours 10 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 26, 12:50 PM EST, 3 hours 10 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 150 PM EDT FRI MAY 26 2006 .SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY/... CONVECTION JUST BEGINNING TO FIRE AS CONVECTIVE TEMPS HAVE BEEN REACHED. EXPECT CONVECTION TO GAIN MOMENTUM AS THE UPPER TROF APPROACHES AND LIKELY POPS LOOK GOOD THROUGH AROUND 00Z IN THE WEST...04Z IN THE EAST. OTHERWISE...PARTLY CLOUDY TO CLEAR BY MORNING AS LOW LEVEL FLOW VEERS...ADVECTING IN DRIER AIR BEHIND THE SURFACE TROF. SATURDAY...DRY NORTHWEST FLOW TOMORROW...ANY AFTERNOON CONVECTION WILL REMAIN WELL EAST OF THE CWFA IN THE VICINITY OF A LINGERING TROF/SEA BREEZE ZONE NEAR THE COAST. THIS COOL AIR ADVECTION WILL BE OFFSET BY THE BUILDING RIDGE ALOFT WITH LOW LEVEL THICKNESSES HINTING AT FULL SUN TEMPS IN THE MID 90S. AS SUCH...WILL TREND TOWARDS THE HIGH SIDE OF GUIDANCE TEMPS...88-92. CONTINUED DRY SUNDAY AND MONDAY AS THE TROF IS SUPPRESSED SOUTH AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN WITH UPPER RIDGE SETTLING OVER THE EAST COAST. A BIT OF RELIEF FROM THE HEAT WITH NORTHEAST FLOW... ESPECIALLY IN THE NORTHEAST QUADRANT OF THE CWFA. STILL MID AND UPPER 80S SUNDAY...MAINLY MID 80S MONDAY. && .LONG TERM /MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY/... SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE OFF IN THE ATLANTIC WITH WEAK TROUGH EXPECTED TO APPROACH THE AREA THURSDAY NIGHT. WITH THE TROUGHS PARENT LOW FAR TO THE NORTH AND TIMING OF ANY SYSTEM QUITE FLUID THIS FAR OUT IN TIME... WILL CONTINUE A DRY FORECAST. MINIMAL RISK FOR AFTERNOON CONVECTION. TEMPERATURES IN GENERAL CONTINUE ABOUT FIVE DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. && .AVIATION... MORE SUN THAN CLOUDS AT 18Z WITH SPOTTY SHOWERS PRODUCING TRACE AMOUNTS OF RAIN. SLIGHTLY BETTER DYNAMICS TODAY THAN THURSDAY BUT SIGNIFICANT DOWNSLOPE WINDS MAY BE INHIBITING CONVECTION. AREAL COVERAGE OF CONVECTION MID TO LATE AFTERNOON STILL EXPECTED TO BE MORE THAN THURSDAY... WHICH IS NOT SAYING MUCH. SOUTHWEST WINDS LIGHTEN AND BECOME MORE WEST AFTER DARK...SHIFTING TO NORTHWEST AFTER SUNRISE SATURDAY. && .RAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && SHORT TERM...MLM LONG TERM...RLH AVIATION...RLH
Hazardous weather outlook, May 26, 3:29 AM EST, 12 hours 31 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 429 AM EDT FRI MAY 26 2006 NCZ007>011-021>028-038>043-073>078-083>086-088-089-270830- PERSON-GRANVILLE-VANCE-WARREN-HALIFAX-FORSYTH-GUILFORD-ALAMANCE- ORANGE-DURHAM-FRANKLIN-NASH-EDGECOMBE-DAVIDSON-RANDOLPH-CHATHAM- WAKE-JOHNSTON-WILSON-STANLY-MONTGOMERY-MOORE-LEE-HARNETT-WAYNE- ANSON-RICHMOND-SCOTLAND-HOKE-CUMBERLAND-SAMPSON- 429 AM EDT FRI MAY 26 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL APPROACH THE AREA FROM THE NORTHWEST TODAY. AS WINDS ALOFT INCREASE... AND AS DAYTIME HEATING CAUSES THE ATMOSPHERE TO BECOME INCREASINGLY UNSTABLE... SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP. THESE STORMS ARE LIKELY TO INCREASE AS THEY MOVE TOWARD THE EAST-SOUTHEAST INTO THE PIEDMONT... AND MAY ORGANIZE INTO CLUSTERS OR LINES OF STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS AS THEY MOVE FROM THE PIEDMONT INTO THE SANDHILLS AND COASTAL PLAIN. THE MAIN THREATS ARE EXPECTED TO BE FROM DAMAGING WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH AND LARGE HAIL OF NICKEL SIZE OR GREATER. THE RISK OF SEVERE STORMS WILL BE GREATEST BETWEEN 1 PM AND 9 PM. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER NETWORK ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON... CONTINUING THROUGH MID EVENING. GIH
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 26, 10:12 AM EST, 5 hours 48 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 1112 AM EDT FRI MAY 26 2006 NCZ007>011-021>028-038>043-073>078-083>086-088-089-270000- PERSON-GRANVILLE-VANCE-WARREN-HALIFAX-FORSYTH-GUILFORD-ALAMANCE- ORANGE-DURHAM-FRANKLIN-NASH-EDGECOMBE-DAVIDSON-RANDOLPH-CHATHAM- WAKE-JOHNSTON-WILSON-STANLY-MONTGOMERY-MOORE-LEE-HARNETT-WAYNE- ANSON-RICHMOND-SCOTLAND-HOKE-CUMBERLAND-SAMPSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROXBORO...OXFORD...HENDERSON... WARRENTON...ROANOKE RAPIDS...WINSTON-SALEM...GREENSBORO... HIGH POINT...BURLINGTON...CHAPEL HILL...DURHAM...LOUISBURG... NASHVILLE...ROCKY MOUNT...LEXINGTON...ASHEBORO...PITTSBORO... RALEIGH...SMITHFIELD...WILSON...ALBEMARLE...TROY... SOUTHERN PINES...SANFORD...LILLINGTON...GOLDSBORO...WADESBORO... ROCKINGHAM...LAURINBURG...RAEFORD...FAYETTEVILLE...CLINTON 1112 AM EDT FRI MAY 26 2006 ...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE STORMS ACROSS ALL OF CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA THIS AFTERNOON INTO MID EVENING... A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL APPROACH THE AREA FROM THE NORTHWEST THIS AFTERNOON. THE ATMOSPHERE WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY UNSTABLE AS TEMPERATURES APPROACH 90 DEGREES...AND SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP. THESE STORMS ARE LIKELY TO INCREASE AS THEY MOVE TOWARD THE EAST SOUTHEAST INTO THE PIEDMONT. THE STORMS MAY ORGANIZE INTO CLUSTERS OR LINES OF STRONG TO POTENTIALLY SEVERE STORMS AS THEY CROSS THE PIEDMONT INTO THE SANDHILLS AND COASTAL PLAIN. THE MAIN THREATS ARE EXPECTED TO BE FROM DAMAGING WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH... AND LARGE HAIL OF NICKEL SIZE OR GREATER. THE RISK OF SEVERE STORMS WILL BE GREATEST BETWEEN 1 PM AND 9 PM. AS THIS HOLIDAY WEEKEND BEGINS... PEOPLE ACROSS THE AREA ARE ENCOURAGED TO TUNE TO NOAA WEATHER AND ALL HAZARDS RADIO... LOCAL MEDIA... OR RELIABLE INTERNET SOURCES FOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.
Special weather statement, May 26, 3:07 PM EST, 53 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 407 PM EDT FRI MAY 26 2006 NCZ021-022-038-039-262100- DAVIDSON-FORSYTH-GUILFORD-RANDOLPH- 407 PM EDT FRI MAY 26 2006 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING EAST INTO THE PIEDMONT TRIAD... AT 407 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE YADKIN RIVER... 15 MILES WEST OF WINSTON-SALEM... MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING EAST INTO THE WINSTON-SALEM AREA BETWEEN 415 PM AND 430 PM. SOME OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE...LEWISVILLE...PFAFFTOWN...STANLEYVILLE...WALKERTOWN...AND SEDGE GARDEN. GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...SMALL HAIL AND DANGEROUS CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. TAKE SHELTER INDOORS AS SOON AS THE SKY DARKENS TO THE WEST. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT THROUGH 11 PM FOR ALL OF THE AREA. BADGETT
Special weather statement, May 26, 3:24 PM EST, 36 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 424 PM EDT FRI MAY 26 2006 NCZ089-262100- SAMPSON- 424 PM EDT FRI MAY 26 2006 ...STRONG SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS SOUTHERN SAMPSON COUNTY THROUGH 500 PM EDT... AT 424 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER GARLAND...OR ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CLINTON...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE... RURAL EASTERN SAMPSON COUNTY . GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...SMALL HAIL AND DANGEROUS CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. THESE GUSTY WINDS COULD RESULT IN A FEW DOWNED TREE BRANCHES. WSS
Special weather statement, May 26, 3:38 PM EST, 22 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 438 PM EDT FRI MAY 26 2006 NCZ008>011-025>028-041>043-077-078-085-086-088-089-262145- GRANVILLE-VANCE-WARREN-HALIFAX-DURHAM-FRANKLIN-NASH-EDGECOMBE- WAKE-JOHNSTON-WILSON-HARNETT-WAYNE-SCOTLAND-HOKE-CUMBERLAND- SAMPSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OXFORD...HENDERSON...WARRENTON... ROANOKE RAPIDS...DURHAM...LOUISBURG...NASHVILLE...ROCKY MOUNT... RALEIGH...SMITHFIELD...WILSON...LILLINGTON...GOLDSBORO... LAURINBURG...RAEFORD...FAYETTEVILLE...CLINTON 438 PM EDT FRI MAY 26 2006 ...SCATTERED STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS EXPECTED ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA THIS EVENING... SCATTERED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE EAST ACROSS TH EASTERN PIEDMONT...THE SANDHILLS AND THE COASTAL PLAIN OF CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA THIS EVENING. AT THIS TIME...IT APPEARS MOST OF THE STORMS WILL OCCUR BETWEEN 6 PM AND 10 PM. THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL BE WIND GUSTS AROUND 60 MPH...HOWEVER LAREG HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA THROUGH 11 PM EDT. KEEP A CLOSE WATCH TO THE SKY IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS. DONT WAIT UNTIL RAIN BEGINS BEFORE TAKING SHELTER. REMEMBER...LIGHTNING HAS BEEN KNOWN TO STRIKE SEVERAL MILES FROM THE THUNDERSTORM CLOUD. GO TO YOUR CAR OR A BUILDING AT THE FIRST SIGN OF A STORM OR WHEN THUNDER IS HEARD. WSS
Special weather statement, May 26, 3:38 PM EST, 22 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 438 PM EDT FRI MAY 26 2006 NCZ008>011-025>028-041>043-077-078-085-086-088-089-262145- GRANVILLE-VANCE-WARREN-HALIFAX-DURHAM-FRANKLIN-NASH-EDGECOMBE- WAKE-JOHNSTON-WILSON-HARNETT-WAYNE-SCOTLAND-HOKE-CUMBERLAND- SAMPSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OXFORD...HENDERSON...WARRENTON... ROANOKE RAPIDS...DURHAM...LOUISBURG...NASHVILLE...ROCKY MOUNT... RALEIGH...SMITHFIELD...WILSON...LILLINGTON...GOLDSBORO... LAURINBURG...RAEFORD...FAYETTEVILLE...CLINTON 438 PM EDT FRI MAY 26 2006 ...SCATTERED STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS EXPECTED ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA THIS EVENING... SCATTERED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE EAST ACROSS TH EASTERN PIEDMONT...THE SANDHILLS AND THE COASTAL PLAIN OF CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA THIS EVENING. AT THIS TIME...IT APPEARS MOST OF THE STORMS WILL OCCUR BETWEEN 6 PM AND 10 PM. THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL BE WIND GUSTS AROUND 60 MPH...HOWEVER LARGE HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA THROUGH 11 PM EDT. KEEP A CLOSE WATCH TO THE SKY IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS. DONT WAIT UNTIL RAIN BEGINS BEFORE TAKING SHELTER. REMEMBER...LIGHTNING HAS BEEN KNOWN TO STRIKE SEVERAL MILES FROM THE THUNDERSTORM CLOUD. GO TO YOUR CAR OR A BUILDING AT THE FIRST SIGN OF A STORM OR WHEN THUNDER IS HEARD. WSS
The radar
The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 94 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:00 UTC.
Event by event
4 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Davidson
- When
- May 26, 4:22 PM EST
- Where
- Davidson County, 6 mi SW of Lexington
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 35.750, -80.350
Thunderstorm Wind, Davidson
- When
- May 26, 4:22 PM EST
- Where
- Davidson County, 6 mi SW of Lexington
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 35.750, -80.350
ONE TREE REPORTED DOWN IN CHURCHLAND.
Hail, Wake
- When
- May 26, 6:45 PM EST
- Where
- Wake County, 4 mi NE of Wendell
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 35.817, -78.333
PENNY SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN THE NORTHERN PART OF ZEBULON NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF WAKELON ST. AND NC HWY 96.
Thunderstorm Wind, Nash
- When
- May 26, 7:05 PM EST
- Where
- Nash County, Dortches
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 36.017, -77.867
OLD TOBACCO BARNS BLOWN DOWN NEAR THARINGTON ROAD.
Hail, Scotland
- When
- May 26, 7:30 PM EST
- Where
- Scotland County, 5 mi S of Laurinburg
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 34.700, -79.450
OBSERVED IN THE JOHNS COMMUNITY.
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
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- Damaging Wind in Maryland, May 26, 2006
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- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, May 26, 2006
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strikes in Alabama, May 26, 2006
More
Every storm in North Carolina in 2006Every state in 2006This day in weather historyWarnings in North Carolina, May 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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5506246, 5506250, 5506251, 5506248, 5506247, 5506249.