Hail in North Carolina, April 7, 2022

Name: Hail in North Carolina, April 7, 2022
Start: 2022-04-07T17:18
End: 2022-04-07T17:31
Location: North Carolina

April 7, 2022 · NWS MHX · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

Thunderstorms developed during the afternoon hours and lasted into early evening. A few storms entered Eastern NC from the west and became severe in the Coastal Plain counties.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
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 MHX wrote it up.

Thunderstorms developed during the afternoon hours and lasted into early evening. A few storms entered Eastern NC from the west and became severe in the Coastal Plain counties.

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 Newport/Morehead City, NC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 6, 6:23 PM EST, 22 hours 55 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 6, 6:23 PM EST, 22 hours 55 minutes before

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The radar

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 68 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:18 UTC.

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Event by event

2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Duplin

When: April 7, 5:18 PM EST
Where: Duplin County, 0.57 mi W of Faison
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 35.120, -78.140

The hail lasted for up to 5 minutes.

Hail, Greene

When: April 7, 5:31 PM EST
Where: Greene County, 2.25 mi E of Lindoll
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: Public
Coordinates: 35.550, -77.780

The hail lasted for up to 10 minutes, putting around 50 holes in the vinyl siding. The largest hail stones were estimated to be the size of a quarter. The location was near the intersection of Speights Bridge Rd and Lane Rd.

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

Every storm in North Carolina in 2022 Every state in 2022 This day in weather history Warnings in North Carolina, April 2022

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: 1013107, 1013108.