Hail, Dare
- When
- April 22, 10:32 AM EST
- Where
- Dare County, Kill Devil Hills Arp
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 36.020, -75.670
Hail in North Carolina, April 22, 2009
A cold front crossed eastern North Carolina during the morning of April 22nd 2009. A strong upper level disturbance was also crossing the region, and this combined with the front to produce isolated severe thunderstorms along the immediate 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
- 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 MHX wrote it up.
A cold front crossed eastern North Carolina during the morning of April 22nd 2009. A strong upper level disturbance was also crossing the region, and this combined with the front to produce isolated severe thunderstorms along the immediate coast.
The radar
The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 161 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 15:33 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
- Wildfire in South Carolina, April 22 to 28, 2009
- Damaging Winds in Idaho, April 22, 2009
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, April 22, 2009
- Marine Thunderstorm Winds in North Atlantic Coastal Waters, April 22, 2009
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, April 22 to 23, 2009
- Marine Thunderstorm Winds in North Atlantic Coastal Waters, April 22, 2009
- Hail in North Carolina, April 22, 2009
- Hail in Minnesota, April 22, 2009
- Flood in Illinois, April 22, 2009
- Wildfire in South Carolina, April 22 to 26, 2009
- Hail in Maryland, April 22, 2009
- Hail in Virginia, April 22, 2009
More
Every storm in North Carolina in 2009Every state in 2009This day in weather historyWarnings in North Carolina, April 2009
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: 160363.