Hail — Chatham, North Carolina

2025-04-22 · near Silk Hope, Chatham, North Carolina

Event narrative

Broadcast media reported quarter size hail in the town of Silk Hope.

Wider weather episode

A southward moving cold front out of the Ohio Valley to southern Mid-Atlantic region combined with a weak disturbance aloft to produce isolated to scattered showers and storms over central North Carolina in the late afternoon and evening. The strongest storms produced quarter to ping pong ball size hail over the western to eastern Piedmont. A few damaging wind reports were also observed.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1247365. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.