Hail — Wilson, North Carolina

2024-05-10 · near Saratoga, Wilson, North Carolina

Event narrative

The public reported ping pong ball size hail near the intersection of Page St and Church St in Saratoga. This hail damaged a car and a metal roof of a pavilion.

Wider weather episode

A surface cold front draped across southwest Virginia, eastern Tennessee, and northern Alabama and Mississippi led to the development of scattered showers and storms across the southern Piedmont, Sandhills, and Coastal Plain of central North Carolina during the afternoon and evening hours. Several of the storms produced damaging winds and ping pong ball size hail.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1173295. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.