Lightning, Northampton
- When
- July 17, 2:00 PM EST
- Where
- Northampton County, 1.81 mi WSW of Rehoboth
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Reported by
- Law Enforcement
- Coordinates
- 36.320, -77.400
Lightning struck a tree on Bryantown Road.
Hail and Lightning Strike in North Carolina, July 17, 2009
Scattered severe thunderstorms in advance of a cold front produced damaging winds and large hail across portions of northeast North Carolina.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. 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
- $2,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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 AKQ wrote it up.
Scattered severe thunderstorms in advance of a cold front produced damaging winds and large hail across portions of northeast North Carolina.
The radar
The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 82 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:41 UTC.
Event by event
1 lightning, 1 hail, 1 strong wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Pasquotank
- When
- July 17, 4:36 PM EST
- Where
- Pasquotank County, 0.56 mi E of Elizabeth City
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 36.300, -76.220
Golf ball size hail was reported.
Strong Wind, Pasquotank
- When
- July 17, 4:42 PM EST
- Where
- Pasquotank forecast zone
- Measured
- 47 kt (54 mph) measured gust
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Reported by
- ASOS
- Coordinates
- 36.265, -76.249 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Wind gust of 47 knots (54 mph) was measured at ECG.
What these are
- Lightning
- A lightning strike that killed, injured or caused damage.
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Strong Wind
- Non-thunderstorm winds below high wind criteria that nonetheless caused damage or casualties.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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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: 191109, 191108, 191110.