Hail and tornadoes in Bladen County, NC
Since January 2021, radar estimated hail somewhere in Bladen County, NC on 59 days. The biggest estimate: 2 in or larger (hen egg), on Sun, May 4, 2025. Hail was reported to the National Weather Service inside the county on 6 days.
Still loading: radar estimates go back to Wed, Oct 14, 2020, and the earlier years are being added.
Radar estimates are NOAA's MESH: the largest hail the radar estimates aloft, on cells about 0.7 mile across, shown as the lower bound of a size band (“1.5+”). They often run larger than what reached the ground, and they aren't evidence of damage at any address.
Hail on record since 1955
NOAA's Storm Events database lists 98 hail reports in Bladen County, NC on 57 days, 3 of them 2 inches or larger. The largest: 2.75 in, near Lisbon, on Wed, May 15, 2024.
By decade: 2000s: 45 · 2010s: 41 · 2020s: 12
Tornadoes since 1950
14 tornadoes have touched Bladen County, NC since 1950, none of them rated F3/EF3 or stronger. They killed 4 and injured 0.
Strongest
- Sat, Apr 16, 2011 · EF2 · 1.5 mi long, 200 yd wide · near Live Oak · 3 deaths
- Sat, Apr 16, 2011 · EF2 · 13.13 mi long, 440 yd wide · near Bladenboro Airport · 1 death
- Mon, Apr 6, 2009 · EF2 · 1.37 mi long, 100 yd wide · near Portersville
- Sat, Mar 28, 2009 · EF2 · 1.6 mi long, 40 yd wide · near Abbottsburg
- Fri, Sep 27, 2024 · EF1 · 4.8 mi long, 100 yd wide · near Ammon
Most recent
- Fri, Sep 27, 2024 · EF1 · 4.8 mi long, 100 yd wide · near Ammon
- Fri, Sep 27, 2024 · EF0 · 4.99 mi long, 30 yd wide · near White Lake
- Tue, May 14, 2024 · EF0 · 2.35 mi long, 40 yd wide · near Clarkton
- Wed, Jun 2, 2021 · EF0 · 0.25 mi long, 20 yd wide · near Abbottsburg
- Thu, Sep 5, 2019 · EF0 · 4.87 mi long, 40 yd wide · near East Arcadia
- Sun, Sep 16, 2018 · EF0 · 0.14 mi long, 30 yd wide · near Tobemory
- Mon, Oct 1, 2012 · EF0 · 2.87 mi long, 20 yd wide · near Council
- Mon, Oct 1, 2012 · EF0 · 0.14 mi long, 20 yd wide · near Council
- Sat, Apr 16, 2011 · EF2 · 13.13 mi long, 440 yd wide · near Bladenboro Airport · 1 death
- Sat, Apr 16, 2011 · EF2 · 1.5 mi long, 200 yd wide · near Live Oak · 3 deaths
By decade: 2000s: 4 · 2010s: 6 · 2020s: 4
Still loading: NOAA's record goes back to 1950, and 2003 onward is in so far.
Every hail day since January 2021
- Fri, Sep 11, 2026
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 0.75 in or larger (penny)
No hail reported in the county.
- Sun, Sep 6, 2026
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 1 in or larger (quarter)
No hail reported in the county.
- Sat, Sep 5, 2026
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 1.5 in or larger (ping-pong ball)
No hail reported in the county.
- Thu, Aug 27, 2026
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 1 in or larger (quarter)
No hail reported in the county.
- Sun, Aug 23, 2026
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 0.75 in or larger (penny)
No hail reported in the county.
- Fri, Aug 21, 2026
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 1 in or larger (quarter)
No hail reported in the county.
- Thu, Aug 20, 2026
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 0.75 in or larger (penny)
No hail reported in the county.
- Tue, Aug 11, 2026
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 1 in or larger (quarter)
No hail reported in the county.
- Mon, Jul 20, 2026
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 0.75 in or larger (penny)
No hail reported in the county.
- Sun, Jul 12, 2026
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 0.75 in or larger (penny)
No hail reported in the county.
- Mon, Jul 6, 2026
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 1 in or larger (quarter)
No hail reported in the county.
- Sun, Jul 5, 2026
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 0.75 in or larger (penny)
No hail reported in the county.
- Sat, Jun 13, 2026
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 0.75 in or larger (penny)
No hail reported in the county.
- Sun, Mar 8, 2026
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 1 in or larger (quarter)
No hail reported in the county.
- Fri, Sep 26, 2025
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 1 in or larger (quarter)
No hail reported in the county.
- Mon, Sep 22, 2025
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 0.75 in or larger (penny)
No hail reported in the county.
- Sun, Jul 27, 2025
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 0.75 in or larger (penny)
No hail reported in the county.
- Fri, Jul 18, 2025
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 0.75 in or larger (penny)
No hail reported in the county.
- Sun, Jul 13, 2025
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 0.75 in or larger (penny)
No hail reported in the county.
- Wed, Jul 2, 2025
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 1 in or larger (quarter)
No hail reported in the county.
- Wed, Jun 25, 2025
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 1 in or larger (quarter)
Reported in the county- 1 in (5 NNW Clarkton, NC)
- Wed, Jun 11, 2025
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 0.75 in or larger (penny)
No hail reported in the county.
- Mon, Jun 9, 2025
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 0.75 in or larger (penny)
No hail reported in the county.
- Sun, Jun 8, 2025
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 1 in or larger (quarter)
No hail reported in the county.
- Wed, May 14, 2025
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 1.5 in or larger (ping-pong ball)
No hail reported in the county.
- Tue, May 13, 2025
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 0.75 in or larger (penny)
No hail reported in the county.
- Sun, May 4, 2025
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 2 in or larger (hen egg)
Reported in the county- 1.5 in (2 ESE Dublin, NC)
- Wed, Apr 23, 2025
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 0.75 in or larger (penny)
No hail reported in the county.
- Mon, Apr 7, 2025Reported in the county
- 1 in (5 WSW Jerome, NC)
- 1 in (5 WSW Jerome, NC)
- Fri, Aug 30, 2024
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 0.75 in or larger (penny)
No hail reported in the county.
- Sat, Aug 3, 2024
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 0.75 in or larger (penny)
No hail reported in the county.
- Mon, Jul 15, 2024
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 1 in or larger (quarter)
No hail reported in the county.
- Thu, Jun 27, 2024
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 1.5 in or larger (ping-pong ball)
No hail reported in the county.
- Mon, Jun 24, 2024
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 0.75 in or larger (penny)
No hail reported in the county.
- Sat, May 25, 2024
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 0.75 in or larger (penny)
No hail reported in the county.
- Wed, May 15, 2024
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 2 in or larger (hen egg)
Reported in the county- 2.75 in (6 ENE Clarkton, NC)
- 1.75 in (6 ENE Clarkton, NC)
- Fri, May 10, 2024
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 1 in or larger (quarter)
No hail reported in the county.
- Wed, May 8, 2024
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 1.5 in or larger (ping-pong ball)
No hail reported in the county.
- Sat, Apr 20, 2024
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 1 in or larger (quarter)
Reported in the county- 1.25 in (6 SW Elizabethtown, NC)
- Wed, Sep 13, 2023
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 0.75 in or larger (penny)
No hail reported in the county.
- Fri, Sep 8, 2023
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 1 in or larger (quarter)
No hail reported in the county.
- Thu, Aug 10, 2023
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 0.75 in or larger (penny)
No hail reported in the county.
- Fri, Jul 7, 2023
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 1 in or larger (quarter)
No hail reported in the county.
- Mon, Jul 3, 2023
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 0.75 in or larger (penny)
No hail reported in the county.
- Sat, Apr 22, 2023
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 0.75 in or larger (penny)
No hail reported in the county.
- Sun, Aug 21, 2022
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 1 in or larger (quarter)
No hail reported in the county.
- Wed, Jul 20, 2022
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 0.75 in or larger (penny)
No hail reported in the county.
- Sun, Jul 3, 2022
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 1 in or larger (quarter)
No hail reported in the county.
- Fri, Jun 17, 2022
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 0.75 in or larger (penny)
No hail reported in the county.
- Thu, Jun 16, 2022
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 1 in or larger (quarter)
No hail reported in the county.
- Fri, Jun 3, 2022
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 1 in or larger (quarter)
No hail reported in the county.
- Fri, May 6, 2022
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 1 in or larger (quarter)
No hail reported in the county.
- Tue, May 3, 2022
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 1 in or larger (quarter)
No hail reported in the county.
- Fri, Aug 20, 2021
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 0.75 in or larger (penny)
No hail reported in the county.
- Sat, Jul 31, 2021
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 0.75 in or larger (penny)
No hail reported in the county.
- Sat, Jul 17, 2021
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 0.75 in or larger (penny)
No hail reported in the county.
- Mon, Jun 14, 2021
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 0.75 in or larger (penny)
No hail reported in the county.
- Sat, May 29, 2021
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 0.75 in or larger (penny)
No hail reported in the county.
- Fri, May 7, 2021
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 1.5 in or larger (ping-pong ball)
Reported in the county- 2 in (ELIZABETHTOWN, NC)
- Sat, Mar 27, 2021
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 1 in or larger (quarter)
No hail reported in the county.
Radar estimates and reports are for anywhere inside the county's boundary. Radar estimates come from NOAA's MRMS estimated hail size (MESH), the largest hail the radar estimates aloft on a ~1 km grid. They often run larger than the hail that reached the ground, and they aren't an observation at any address. Reports are what people reported to the National Weather Service. Neither is proof of damage or an official record for an insurance claim. From NOAA's Storm Events Database (NCEI), which records tornadoes from 1950, hail and thunderstorm wind from 1955, and every kind of storm from 1996. A tornado that crossed county lines is counted in each county it touched. Recent months are added as NCEI publishes them, a few months behind. Damage is in the dollars of its year and is often an estimate.