Name: Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, May 26, 2006
Start: 2006-05-26T14:55
End: 2006-05-26T15:25
Location: North Carolina

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $4,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 5

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 May 25, 5:08 PM EST, 21 hours 47 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 25, 5:08 PM EST, 21 hours 47 minutes before

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The radar

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Event by event

3 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Bertie

When: May 26, 2:55 PM EST
Where: Bertie County, 3 mi N of Merry Hill
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Reported by: POST OFFICE
Coordinates: 36.070, -76.600

Hail, Chowan

When: May 26, 3:10 PM EST
Where: Chowan County, 1 mi NE of Edenton
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 36.083, -76.600

Thunderstorm Wind, Chowan

When: May 26, 3:10 PM EST
Where: Chowan County, 1 mi NE of Edenton
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
Property damage: $2,000
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 36.117, -76.383

Trees down.

Thunderstorm Wind, Perquimans

When: May 26, 3:25 PM EST
Where: Perquimans County, 7 mi SE of Hertford
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
Property damage: $2,000
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 36.117, -76.383

Trees down.

Hail, Perquimans

When: May 26, 3:25 PM EST
Where: Perquimans County, 7 mi SE of Hertford
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 36.067, -76.767

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

More

Every storm in North Carolina in 2006 Every state in 2006 This day in weather history Warnings 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5508557, 5513536, 5513537, 5513538, 5513539.