Hail in Wilson County, North Carolina

Hail May 10, 2024 · Wilson County, North Carolina

1.5 in

Hail diameter

$10K

Damage as recorded

Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.

What the National Weather Service wrote

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.

The wider storm

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.

Began near Saratoga (35.6555, -77.7743).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1173295. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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