Hail, Columbus
- When
- June 17, 4:28 PM EST to 4:30 PM EST
- Where
- Columbus County, 3 mi S of Whiteville
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 34.287, -78.700
Dime to nickel size hail was reported.
Hail in North Carolina, June 17, 2008
The airmass across the eastern Carolinas destabilized ahead of a slow moving cold front during the late afternoon and evening. Initial convection organzied into a line as it moved to the coast.
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
- 4
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 happened
The episode as NWS ILM wrote it up.
The airmass across the eastern Carolinas destabilized ahead of a slow moving cold front during the late afternoon and evening. Initial convection organzied into a line as it moved to the coast.
The radar
The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 41 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:26 UTC.
Event by event
4 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Robeson
- When
- June 17, 4:28 PM EST to 4:30 PM EST
- Where
- Robeson County, 0.36 mi NE of Fairmont
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 34.504, -79.116
Dime to penny size hail was reported at McCree's Grocery on Martin Luther King Drive.
Hail, Brunswick
- When
- June 17, 6:03 PM EST to 6:05 PM EST
- Where
- Brunswick County, 0.6 mi E of Southport
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 33.919, -78.020
Nickel size hail was reported near The Clubs at St James Plantation.
Hail, Brunswick
- When
- June 17, 6:03 PM EST to 6:05 PM EST
- Where
- Brunswick County, 2.41 mi NNW of Southport
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 33.952, -78.047
Hail ranged in size from pea to penny at Quiznos on Southport Supply Road SE.
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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More
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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: 115508, 115512, 115542, 115556.