Hail in Yancey County, North Carolina

Hail May 26, 2024 · Yancey County, North Carolina

1.5 in

Hail diameter

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

What the National Weather Service wrote

Media relayed photo of ping pong ball size hail from the Burnsville area.

The wider storm

Numerous thunderstorms and storm clusters moved across western North Carolina during the afternoon and evening. Some storms produced severe weather in the form of isolated large hail and swaths of damaging wind gusts.

Began near Burnsville (35.9200, -82.3000).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1186687. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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