North Carolina, 2025

Hail in North Carolina, June 1, 2025

June 1, 2025 · NWS ILM · 3 events in 1 county or zone

A weak upper disturbance crossed the area ahead of a cold front touching off a few severe thunderstorms.

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
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 ILM wrote it up.

A weak upper disturbance crossed the area ahead of a cold front touching off a few severe thunderstorms.

The radar

The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 46 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:36 UTC.

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3 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Columbus

When
June 1, 7:36 PM EST
Where
Columbus County, 0.69 mi N of Whiteville
Measured
1 in hail
Reported by
Trained Spotter
Coordinates
34.340, -78.700

A report came in of quarter sized hail.

Hail, Columbus

When
June 1, 7:40 PM EST
Where
Columbus County, 1.33 mi WNW of Whiteville
Measured
1 in hail
Reported by
Trained Spotter
Coordinates
34.340, -78.720

Reports of quarter sized hail as well as penny and marble size were received on the office spotter line.

Hail, Columbus

When
June 1, 7:58 PM EST
Where
Columbus County, 0.69 mi N of South Whiteville
Measured
1 in hail
Reported by
Public
Coordinates
34.310, -78.720

A report of quarter sized hail was received.

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.

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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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1251016, 1251017, 1251018.