Hail, Columbus
- When
- June 27, 3:37 PM EST to 3:38 PM EST
- Where
- Columbus County, Chadbourn
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 34.320, -78.820
Hail was estimated to the size of nickels.
Hail in North Carolina, June 27, 2008
A surface trough and a very weak mid-level trough approached from the west during the afternoon. At the same time, the seabreeze was moving inland.
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
- 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 happened
The episode as NWS ILM wrote it up.
A surface trough and a very weak mid-level trough approached from the west during the afternoon. At the same time, the seabreeze was moving inland. Thunderstorms briefly intensified to severe levels where the surface trough and seabreeze interacted.
The radar
The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 51 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:37 UTC.
Event by event
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, June 27, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, June 27, 2008
- Flash Flood and Hail in Nebraska, June 27, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Massachusetts, June 27, 2008
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Missouri, June 27 to 28, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Illinois, June 27, 2008
- Flash Flood in Missouri, June 27, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, June 27 to 29, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, June 27, 2008
- Tornadoes and Flash Flood in Indiana, June 27, 2008
- Hail in North Dakota, June 27, 2008
- Lightning Strike in New Hampshire, June 27, 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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 117689.