Hail, Wake
- When
- June 21, 4:00 PM EST
- Where
- Wake County, 1.68 mi E of Morrisville
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 35.820, -78.800
Hail up to the size of pennies was reported at the intersection of Cary Parkway and Evans Road.
Hail in North Carolina, June 21, 2008
Scattered showers and thunderstorms developed over Central North Carolina on the evening of June 21st. A few of the storms became severe and due to their slow motion isolated flash flooding was reported in western Wake County.
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
- $100,000
- Events
- 2
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 RAH wrote it up.
Scattered showers and thunderstorms developed over Central North Carolina on the evening of June 21st. A few of the storms became severe and due to their slow motion isolated flash flooding was reported in western Wake County.
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 Jun 21, 1:55 PM EST, 2 hours 5 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 21, 1:55 PM EST, 2 hours 5 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 255 PM EDT SAT JUN 21 2008 .SYNOPSIS...AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL APPROACH FROM THE WEST...BRINGING A THREAT FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH TONIGHT. THE WEATHER WILL REMAIN UNSETTLED SUNDAY INTO MONDAY AS AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE LINGERS OVER THE REGION. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/... AS OF 215 PM SATURDAY... EXPECT CONVECTION TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE ACROSS CENTRAL NC THROUGH 23Z AS A MINOR S/W LIFT E-NE ACROSS THE REGION. LATEST SPC/MSAS ANALYSIS SUGGEST THAT THE MOST VIGOROUS STORMS WILL LIKELY OCCUR ACROSS THE WEST AND SOUTH SECTIONS OF THE REGION WHERE MIXED LAYER CAPES (1000-1500 J/KG) AND LOW LEVEL CONFLUENCE ARE BEST. CONVECTION WILL GRADUALLY WANE AFTER 01Z AS S/W BEGINS IN TO SHEAR OUT IN WEAK 500MB CONFLUENCE FLOW OFFSHORE. HOWEVER...MAY SEE A FEW SHOWERS AND STORMS TO LINGER INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS AS REGION WILL BE IN NOSE OF 300MB JET...SUPPLYING SOME UPPER DIVERGENCE IN AN AIR MASS WITH PRECIP WATER VALUES 1.5-1.8 INCHES. RATHER MILD OVERNIGHT WITH TEMPS IN THE MID AND UPPER 60S. && .SHORT TERM /SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT/... AS OF 250 PM SATURDAY... AIRMASS ACROSS CENTRAL NC WILL REMAIN MOIST AND MARGINALLY TO MODERATELY UNSTABLE THROUGH THE PERIOD. THE PRESENCE OF THE L/W TROUGH WILL KEEP THE WEATHER UNSETTLE AS A SERIES OF S/WS ROTATE THROUGH THE BASE OF THE TROUGH. MODELS HAVE LATCHED ONTO ONE PARTICULAR S/W OVER THE TN VALLEY MON INTO MON NIGHT THAT AMPLIFIES/DIGS THE L/W TROUGH ACROSS THE REGION. THIS MAY LEAD TO A BETTER POTENTIAL FOR ORGANIZED SEVERE STORMS LATE MON THROUGH EARLY TUE ACROSS CENTRAL NC. 850-500MB LAPSE RATES PROGGED TO BE IN EXCESS OF 6 OR 6.5 DEG C/KM MON NIGHT AND TUE WITH LIFTED INDICES BETWEEN MINUS 2 AND MINUS 4 DEG C LATE MON AND MON NIGHT. ON SUNDAY...A WEAKER S/W ROTATES THROUGH THE REGION DURING MAX HEATING. ADDITIONAL SUPPORT ALOFT AS REGION WILL BE IN THE FAVORED RIGHT ENTRANCE REGION OF 75KT H3 JET OVER ERN VA. ALSO...850MB CONFLUENCE PROGGED TO BE BETTER COMPARED TO TODAY BUT BEST CONFLUENCE WILL BE OVER SC. AFTERNOON MIXED LAYER CAPES VALUES BETWEEN 1000-1500J/KG PROGGED FOR THE NORTHERN PIEDMONT THROUGH THE COASTAL PLAIN WILL SUPPLY PLENTY OF ENERGY TO THE STORMS. MOS GUIDANCE APPEARS TOO LOW CONSIDERING THE PARAMETERS IN PLACE. WENT SOLID CHANCE POPS ACROSS THE AREA SUN AFTERNOON/EARLY EVENING. SUNDAY NIGHT...MID LEVEL NVA SHOULD LIMIT CONVECTION TO NO MORE THAN ISOLATED...MAINLY OVER THE COASTAL PLAIN WHERE THE DEEPEST MOISTURE WILL RESIDE. ANOTHER ROUND OF ACTIVE STORMS EXPECTED LATE MON AND WILL LIKELY PERSIST WELL INTO MON NIGHT DUE TO THE PRESENCE OF RESPECTABLE DYNAMICS ALOFT AS REGION IN RIGHT ENTRANCE OF 300MB 100KT JET CROSSING THE CENTRAL APPALACHIANS INTO SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND AND THE AFOREMENTIONED MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES. L/W TROUGH BEGINS TO MOVE/LIFT E-NE TUESDAY. DECENT DYNAMICS CROSS AREA TUESDAY AFTERNOON MAY TRIGGER CONVECTION IN THE FAR EAST TUESDAY AFTERNOON. RIGHT NOW...MOISTURE RATHER LIMITED. IF MODELS BECOME WETTER...POPS WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED TUESDAY AFTERNOON ALONG AND EAST OF I-95. WITH WARM AIRMASS IN PLACE...TEMPS SHOULD AVERAGE CLOSE TO OR SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL IN SPITE OF THE EXPECTED PERIODS OF CONSIDERABLE CLOUDINESS. && .LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/... AS OF 215 PM SATURDAY... UPPER AIR PATTERN ACROSS THE REGION WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY WILL BE FAIRLY TYPICAL FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR. BROAD UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WILL EXTEND WEST-TO-EAST ACROSS THE SOUTHERN U.S. WHILE THE JET STREAM WILL STRETCH ALONG THE U.S./CANADIAN BORDER. ANY S/W IN THIS JET STREAM OF MODERATE AMPLITUDE MAY BE ABLE TO BRUSH THE FORECAST AREA AND TRIGGER MORE THAN USUAL SUMMER TIME VARIETY CONVECTION. THE EXTENDED GUIDANCE SUGGEST THAT THE BEST S/W ENERGY REMAINS WELL NW-N OF THE REGION UNTIL THE WEEKEND WHEN THE GUIDANCE HINTS AT A POTENTIAL WAVE OF SUFFICIENT AMPLITUDE WHICH MAY INFRINGE UPON THE REGION. THE TIMING THAT FAR OUT QUESTIONABLE. THUS APPEARS THAT CHANCES FOR WIDESPREAD RAIN SLIM TO NONE AT THIS TIME. EXPECT ISOLATED AFTERNOON/EARLY EVENING CONVECTION EXPECTED THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY IN THE MODERATELY MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR MASS PROJECTED TO COVER THE AREA. TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE PERIOD WILL BE CLOSE TO OR SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL THROUGH THE PERIOD. && .AVIATION /18Z SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/... AS OF 155 PM SATURDAY... CUMULUS WILL CONTINUE TO FILL IN THIS AFTERNOON AS CONVECTIVE TEMPS IN THE LOWER 80S ARE REACHED. LOW LEVEL FORCING AND INSTABILITY ARE WEAK...AND SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL BE LARGELY DRIVEN BY UPPER LEVEL DYNAMICS. MAIN FEATURES ARE AN APPROACHING SHORT WAVE CURRENTLY OVER NORTHERN GEORGIA...WHICH WILL BE MOVING EAST AND SKIRTING THE SOUTHERN TIER OF THE STATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AND UPPER DIFFLUENCE COURTESY OF THE ENTRANCE REGION OF AN UPPER JET OFF THE NORTHERN NC COAST. CONVECTION RESULTING FROM THESE FACTORS WILL BE MORE WIDESPREAD ACROSS THE SOUTH AND EAST. EXPECT THE WIDER-SCALE CONVECTION TO DIMINISH QUICKLY AFTER SUNSET...WITH ACTIVITY PERSISTING IN THE EAST (RWI/FAY) THROUGH MIDNIGHT WHEN THE SHORT WAVE EXITS THE AREA. WARM AND SOUPY AIRMASS WILL REMAIN IN PLACE...THUS EXPECT FOG AT RWI AND FAY OVERNIGHT...WITH IFR CONDITIONS POSSIBLE IN THE PREDAWN... AND MIGHT SEE MVFR FOG LATE TONIGHT AT OTHER SITES THAT RECEIVE RAIN. LOOKING AHEAD...LONG WAVE TROF WILL GRADUALLY SHIFT EAST AND AMPLIFY THROUGH MONDAY. AS PERTURBATIONS CONTINUE TO ROTATE AROUND THE BASE OF THE TROF AND ACROSS THE AREA...EXPECT SCATTERED MAINLY DIURNAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE PERIOD. ACTIVITY WILL BE MORE WIDESPREAD AT THE EASTERN TAF SITES WHERE THE AIRMASS WILL BE MORE MOIST AND CONDITIONALLY UNSTABLE. EXPECT VFR CONDITIONS MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY... AS SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE EDGES IN FROM THE MS VALLEY. && .RAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && SYNOPSIS...WSS NEAR TERM...WSS SHORT TERM...WSS LONG TERM...WSS AVIATION...MLM
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 21, 1:05 PM EST, 2 hours 55 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 205 PM EDT SAT JUN 21 2008 NCZ007>011-021>028-038>043-073>078-083>086-088-089-221000- 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- 205 PM EDT SAT JUN 21 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THERE IS A RISK OF ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE HAIL TO THE SIZE OF NICKLES OR QUARTERS AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH. IN ADDITION...THE STORMS WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS. SINCE THE STORMS WILL LIKELY BE MOVING LESS THAN 20 MPH...THIS MAY LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS...PARTICULARLY IN THE URBAN AREAS. A FEW STORMS IN THE SANDHILLS AND THE COASTAL PLAIN WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE FREQUENT TO CONTINUOUS LIGHTNING STRIKES. THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT SHOULD DIMINISH BY 9 PM. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED ON BOTH SUNDAY AND MONDAY AFTERNOON. THE STORMS WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES. A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL MAY ALSO OCCUR. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY SEVERE OR SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ASSOCIATED WITH THESE STORMS.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 21, 2:19 PM EST, 1 hour 41 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 319 PM EDT SAT JUN 21 2008 NCZ075-212015- MOORE- 319 PM EDT SAT JUN 21 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS MOORE COUNTY THROUGH 415 PM EDT... AT 319 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER FOXFIRE...OR ABOUT 11 MILES WEST OF SOUTHERN PINES...MOVING EAST AT 17 MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR TAYLORTOWN AROUND 340 PM EDT... SOUTHERN PINES AROUND 355 PM EDT...WHISPERING PINES AROUND 405 PM EDT...VASS AROUND 415 PM EDT. GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...SMALL HAIL AND DANGEROUS CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. MWS
Special weather statement, Jun 21, 2:42 PM EST, 1 hour 18 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 342 PM EDT SAT JUN 21 2008 NCZ083-212045- ANSON- 342 PM EDT SAT JUN 21 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS ANSON COUNTY THROUGH 445 PM EDT... AT 342 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER WADESBORO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 9 MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR LILESVILLE AROUND 355 PM EDT. GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...SMALL HAIL AND DANGEROUS CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. MWS
Special weather statement, Jun 21, 3:17 PM EST, 43 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 417 PM EDT SAT JUN 21 2008 NCZ025-041-212045- DURHAM-WAKE- 417 PM EDT SAT JUN 21 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS DURHAM AND WAKE COUNTIES THROUGH 445 PM EDT... AT 417 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER RDU INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...OR ABOUT 8 MILES NORTH OF CARY...MOVING EAST AT 3 MPH. ALTHOUGH THIS STORM IS NEARLY STATIONARY...OTHER STORMS ARE ALSO DEVELOPING OVER NORTHERN WAKE COUNTY AND SOUTHEAST DURHAM COUNTIES. GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...SMALL HAIL...VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND DANGEROUS CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. JFB
Special weather statement, Jun 21, 3:23 PM EST, 37 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 423 PM EDT SAT JUN 21 2008 NCZ075-084>086-212130- HOKE-MOORE-RICHMOND-SCOTLAND- 423 PM EDT SAT JUN 21 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS EXTREME EASTERN RICHMOND...SOUTHERN MOORE...WESTERN HOKE AND NORTHERN SCOTLAND COUNTIES THROUGH 530 PM EDT... AT 423 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER PINEBLUFF...OR ABOUT 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SOUTHERN PINES...MOVING EAST AT 9 MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR ABERDEEN AROUND 430 PM EDT... ASHLEY HEIGHTS AROUND 445 PM EDT. GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...SMALL HAIL AND DANGEROUS CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. MWS
Special weather statement, Jun 21, 3:34 PM EST, 26 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 434 PM EDT SAT JUN 21 2008 NCZ040-212115- CHATHAM- 434 PM EDT SAT JUN 21 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS CHATHAM COUNTY THROUGH 515 PM EDT... AT 434 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER HARPERS CROSSROADS...OR ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTH OF SILER CITY...MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH. ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS DEVELOPING JUST TO THE WEST OF PITTSBORO...ALSO MOVING EAST AROUND 5 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE...GOLDSTON AND PITTSBORO. GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...SMALL HAIL AND DANGEROUS CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. IF YOU SEE LIGHTNING OR HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE AT RISK. TAKE SHELTER INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. IF YOU CANNOT FIND SHELTER IN A BUILDING A VEHICLE PROVIDES SAFETY FROM LIGHTNING. VERY HEAVY RAIN WITH RAINFALL AMOUNTS EXCEEDING ONE INCH DURING THE NEXT HOUR CAN BE EXPECTED IN THESE AREAS. MOTORISTS SHOULD DRIVE WITH CAUTION TO AVOID HYDROPLANING. JFB
Special weather statement, Jun 21, 3:44 PM EST, 16 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 444 PM EDT SAT JUN 21 2008 NCZ085-212145- SCOTLAND- 444 PM EDT SAT JUN 21 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS SCOTLAND COUNTY THROUGH 545 PM EDT... AT 444 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER GIBSON...OR ABOUT 10 MILES WEST OF LAURINBURG...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 18 MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR LAUREL HILL AROUND 455 PM EDT...WAGRAM AROUND 535 PM EDT. GUSTY WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. THESE WINDS ARE CAPABLE OF BRINGING DOWN SMALL TREE LIMBS. MWS
The radar
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 33 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:59 UTC.
Event by event
2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Granville
- When
- June 21, 5:25 PM EST
- Where
- Granville County, 2.66 mi SW of Oak Hill
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Crop damage
- $100,000
- Reported by
- County Official
- Coordinates
- 36.400, -78.750
The Granville County Agricultural Extension Office reported quarter size hail near Goshen. This hail damaged 50 percent of the grape test crop and shredded leaves off tobacco plants.
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
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- Damaging Wind in Arizona, June 21, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Virginia, June 21, 2008
More
Every storm in North Carolina in 2008Every state in 2008This day in weather historyWarnings in North Carolina, June 2008
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: 117974, 117980.