Hail in North Carolina
Every hail event the National Weather Service has filed in North Carolina, year by year, with the most significant episodes. Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
The most significant on the map
The most significant hail episodes in North Carolina.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The record
- Events
- 9,900
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 1
- Damage
- $203 million
Every year
The most significant
Ranked by deaths, injuries, damage and size together.
- Tornadoes and Hail in North Carolina, March 28, 1984
- Tornadoes and Hail in North Carolina, April 16, 2011Scattered severe thunderstorms in advance of a cold front produced damaging winds, large hail, and several tornadoes across portions of northeast North Carolina.
- Tornadoes and Hail in North Carolina, May 5, 1989
- Tornadoes and Hail in North Carolina, April 16, 2011One of the largest tornado outbreaks ever observed across eastern North Carolina occurred during the afternoon and evening of April 16th 2011. Several powerful super-cell thunderstorms developed ahead of an approaching cold front.
- Tornadoes and Hail in North Carolina, April 3, 1974
- Tornadoes and Hail in North Carolina, March 17, 1965
- Tornadoes and Hail in North Carolina, March 20, 1998Severe thunderstorms during the afternoon hours on the 20th produced two tornadoes, damaging winds and hail to golf ball size.A supercell thunderstorm produced two tornadoes in North Carolina and a third one just over the Virginia border.
- Tornadoes and Hail in North Carolina, April 16, 2011A powerful storm system that had moved across the deep south during previous days, swept across the eastern Carolinas during the afternoon and evening hours. Instability and shear values were highly supportive of super-cell thunderstorms.
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, July 1, 2012Convection developed across the Piedmont of North Carolina during the afternoon hours of July 1st. The storms formed into a line of severe thunderstorms similar to a derecho which caused numerous downed trees, hail, and damage to structures across eastern North Carolina.
- Tornado and Hail in North Carolina, July 1, 1990
- Flash Flooding and Hail in North Carolina, June 16, 2003Highway 24 in southern Montgomery County was flooded, along with several other secondary roads.
- Tornado and Hail in North Carolina, July 2, 1986
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in North Carolina, March 28 to 29, 2010Convection developed ahead of an amplified upper trough across the Tennessee Valley|while a strong southerly mid and upper level jet provided strong shear across the region.
- Tornadoes and Hail in North Carolina, November 16, 2011A full latitude upper level trough approached central North Carolina from the mid-Mississippi Valley region during the afternoon. A surface low tracked across western North Carolina northeast to Danville, VA during the late afternoon and early evening.
- Tornadoes and Hail in North Carolina, April 25, 2014A cold front approached eastern North Carolina during the afternoon of April 25th 2014. Warm southerly winds ahead of the front produced good instability over the region and numerous showers and thunderstorms crossed during the afternoon and evening.
- Tornadoes and Hail in North Carolina, May 7, 1998Supercell thunderstorms developed in a highly sheared atmosphere in eastern Tennessee then moved east across the mountains, foothills and western piedmont of North Carolina.
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in North Carolina, May 8 to 9, 2008A strong upper level low moving east-northeast across Kentucky and Tennessee, triggered several instances of severe damaging winds and two tornadoes across the Triad region in the northwest piedmont of North Carolina.
- Heat and Hail in North Carolina, July 5 to 25, 1999A strong thunderstorm moved across the western edge of Johnston county....roughly between Angier and the small community of Willow Springs . Golfball hail was reported along its path. The wind destroyed many acres of tobacco crops and blew down barns and damaged farm equipment.
- Tornadoes and Hail in North Carolina, March 29, 1991
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in North Carolina, April 15, 2018A strong upper low moved from Iowa across the Lower Great Lakes region, with a deep trough taking on a negative tilt while swinging into North Carolina.
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, June 13, 2013A cold front moved across the region in the form of a squall line of storms. Winds of 60 to 70 mph accompanied this squall line, resulting a widespread wind damage. Large hail also accompanied some of the stronger storms.
- Tornadoes and Hail in North Carolina, March 10, 1992
- Tornado and Hail in North Carolina, May 15, 1972
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, July 1 to 2, 2012A lee side surface trough interacted with a very unstable atmosphere and produced clusters of showers and thunderstorms. Some of these storms became severe and produce large hail and damaging winds across all of central North Carolina.
- Tornado and Hail in North Carolina, May 22, 1985
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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 2026-09-24.