Hail and tornadoes in Gaston County, NC
Since January 2021, radar estimated hail somewhere in Gaston County, NC on 24 days. The biggest estimate: 1.5 in or larger (ping-pong ball), on Thu, May 8, 2025. Hail was reported to the National Weather Service inside the county on 8 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 108 hail reports in Gaston County, NC on 69 days, 4 of them 2 inches or larger. The largest: 2.75 in, near Bessemer City, on Sat, Apr 9, 2011.
By decade: 2000s: 50 · 2010s: 44 · 2020s: 14
Tornadoes since 1950
14 tornadoes have touched Gaston County, NC since 1950, none of them rated F3/EF3 or stronger. They killed 0 and injured 3.
Strongest
- Fri, May 9, 2008 · EF2 · 9.36 mi long, 75 yd wide · near Gastonia
- Wed, May 8, 2024 · EF1 · 7.91 mi long, 100 yd wide · near Dellview
- Wed, May 8, 2024 · EF1 · 8.22 mi long, 60 yd wide · near Gastonia · 2 injuries
- Thu, Feb 6, 2020 · EF1 · 3.52 mi long, 150 yd wide · near Mountian View
- Sun, Mar 28, 2010 · EF1 · 0.13 mi long, 100 yd wide · near Belmont South
Most recent
- Wed, May 8, 2024 · EF1 · 8.22 mi long, 60 yd wide · near Gastonia · 2 injuries
- Wed, May 8, 2024 · EF1 · 7.91 mi long, 100 yd wide · near Dellview
- Thu, Jan 12, 2023 · EF0 · 6.06 mi long, 100 yd wide · near Spencer Mtn
- Fri, May 22, 2020 · EF0 · 8.63 mi long, 100 yd wide · near Crowders
- Thu, Feb 6, 2020 · EF1 · 3.52 mi long, 150 yd wide · near Mountian View
- Fri, Apr 19, 2019 · EF0 · 1.05 mi long, 100 yd wide · near Long Shoals · 1 injury
- Sun, Mar 28, 2010 · EF1 · 0.13 mi long, 100 yd wide · near Belmont South
- Fri, May 9, 2008 · EF2 · 9.36 mi long, 75 yd wide · near Gastonia
- Fri, Jan 5, 2007 · F0 · 0.25 mi long, 20 yd wide · near Gastonia
- Wed, Nov 15, 2006 · F1 · 0.1 mi long, 30 yd wide · near Cramerton
By decade: 2000s: 7 · 2010s: 2 · 2020s: 5
Still loading: NOAA's record goes back to 1950, and 2003 onward is in so far.
Every hail day since January 2021
- Mon, Sep 21, 2026
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 0.75 in or larger (penny)
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.
- Thu, Aug 6, 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: 0.75 in or larger (penny)
No hail reported in the county.
- Fri, Aug 15, 2025
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 1 in or larger (quarter)
No hail reported in the county.
- Fri, Aug 1, 2025
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 1 in or larger (quarter)
No hail reported in the county.
- Tue, Jul 29, 2025
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 0.75 in or larger (penny)
No hail reported in the county.
- Thu, Jun 26, 2025
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 1 in or larger (quarter)
Reported in the county- 1.25 in (1 S Cherryville, NC)
- Wed, Jun 25, 2025
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 1 in or larger (quarter)
Reported in the county- 1 in (2 ESE Cherryville, NC)
- Thu, May 8, 2025
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 1.5 in or larger (ping-pong ball)
Reported in the county- 1 in (2 S Gastonia, NC)
- 1 in (1 N Crowders, NC)
- Fri, Aug 30, 2024
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 1 in or larger (quarter)
No hail reported in the county.
- Sat, May 25, 2024
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 1.5 in or larger (ping-pong ball)
No hail reported in the county.
- Wed, May 8, 2024
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 1.5 in or larger (ping-pong ball)
Reported in the county- 1 in (Bessemer City, NC)
- Thu, Sep 7, 2023
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 1 in or larger (quarter)
Reported in the county- 1 in (2 W Bessemer City, NC)
- Tue, Aug 15, 2023
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 0.75 in or larger (penny)
No hail reported in the county.
- Mon, Jun 26, 2023
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 0.75 in or larger (penny)
No hail reported in the county.
- Tue, May 16, 2023
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 1.5 in or larger (ping-pong ball)
Reported in the county- 1 in (2 ENE DALLAS, NC)
- Wed, Jul 13, 2022
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 0.75 in or larger (penny)
No hail reported in the county.
- Wed, Jul 6, 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: 1.5 in or larger (ping-pong ball)
Reported in the county- 1 in (3 ESE BESSEMER CITY, NC)
- Thu, Jun 16, 2022
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 1 in or larger (quarter)
No hail reported in the county.
- Thu, May 26, 2022
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 0.75 in or larger (penny)
No hail reported in the county.
- Fri, May 6, 2022
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 1 in or larger (quarter)
Reported in the county- 1 in (1 SW CROWDERS, NC)
- Tue, Jul 27, 2021
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 0.75 in or larger (penny)
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.