Hail events in Bladen County, North Carolina The hail events on record, by date and by year

This page is a county record of past events and claims. It does not show the flood zone or the risk of an address. For the flood map of an address, use FEMA's address search (opens in a new tab).

NCEI has 166 hail events on record for Bladen County, North Carolina, from 1955 through 30 Jun 2026.

The newest hail event on record is on 25 Jun 2025.

From 2016 through 2025, NCEI has 18 hail events on record for the county.

The NWS collects event reports from a variety of sources, which include (but are not limited to): county, state, and federal emergency management officials, local law enforcement officials, SKYWARN spotters, NWS damage surveys, newspaper clipping services, the insurance industry, and the general public, among others.
The National Weather Service reports property and crop damage estimates using available data at the time of event reporting. These values should therefore be considered broad estimates. Damage amounts are not adjusted for inflation.
The words of the agency. Source: NOAA NCEI, Storm Events Database, page "Frequently Asked Questions", copied on 2 Oct 2026.

Date of the data: NCEI storm events through 30 Jun 2026. Event types on this page: Hail.

Newest hail events on record

Jun 25 2025

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

3 miles NE of ABBOTTSBURG

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

3 miles NE of ABBOTTSBURG

May 4 2025

Hail1.50 in, ping-pong ball size

2 miles E of DUBLIN

Apr 7 2025

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile WNW of DUART

May 15 2024

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

2 miles W of LISBON

Hail2.75 in, baseball size

2 miles W of LISBON. Damage estimate: $4 thousand

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

5 miles SW of ELIZABETHTOWN ARPT

Apr 20 2024

Hail1.25 in, half dollar size

4 miles NNE of ABBOTTSBURG

May 7 2021

Hail2.00 in, hen egg size

At ELIZABETHTOWN

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

At ELIZABETHTOWN

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

At WHITE LAKE

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

At ELIZABETHTOWN

Sep 9 2019

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile E of KELLY

Mar 18 2017

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile E of ELIZABETHTOWN. Damage estimate: $500

May 3 2016

Hail2.50 in, tennis ball size

At TOBEMORY. Damage estimate: $5 thousand

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

1 mile WSW of DUART. Damage estimate: $1 thousand

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile WNW of TAR HEEL. Damage estimate: $500

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

1 mile NNW of TOBEMORY. Damage estimate: $2 thousand

Aug 6 2015

Hail1.25 in, half dollar size

6 miles ENE of WHITE LAKE. Damage estimate: $1 thousand

Jul 13 2015

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile N of BLADENBORO ARPT. Damage estimate: $750

Apr 28 2014

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile SSW of ELIZABETHTOWN ARPT. Damage estimate: $500

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

3 miles SSE of WHITE OAK. Damage estimate: $2 thousand

Hail0.75 in, penny size

2 miles S of ELIZABETHTOWN. Damage estimate: $200

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

2 miles S of WHITE OAK. Damage estimate: $3 thousand

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

1 mile SE of ELIZABETHTOWN. Damage estimate: $3 thousand

A place is the text of the NCEI record: a distance and a direction from a reference place. The site does not show a place text that names a private property or reads as a person. Hail size is in inches, with the object that NCEI names for that size.

Hail events by year

Hail events on record for Bladen County by year, 1950 to 2026
Decade	Year that ends in 0	Year that ends in 1	Year that ends in 2	Year that ends in 3	Year that ends in 4	Year that ends in 5	Year that ends in 6	Year that ends in 7	Year that ends in 8	Year that ends in 9	All
1950s	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1960s	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1970s	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2
1980s	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	2	2	1	9
1990s	4	1	1	0	0	1	4	3	9	3	26
2000s	18	7	6	9	3	0	12	1	9	11	76
2010s	3	6	14	5	5	2	4	1	0	1	41
2020s	0	4	0	0	4	4	0 (part of the year)				12

A darker cell has a larger count. The number is in each cell.

Hail events are on record from 1955. The year 2026 has the events through 30 Jun 2026 only.

By month, all years

Jan3 events
Feb1 event
Mar10 events
Apr31 events
May55 events
Jun30 events
Jul14 events
Aug17 events
Sep5 events
Oct0 events
Nov0 events
Dec0 events

Magnitudes on record

Hail events on record for Bladen County by hail size
Hail size	Size in words	Events
under 1 in	pea to quarter	78
1 to 1.74 in	quarter to golf ball	62
1.75 to 2.74 in	golf ball to baseball	25
2.75 to 3.99 in	baseball to softball	1
4 in and larger	softball and larger	0

When listing hail size under Magnitude, e.g., 2.25 in., the hail size is given in inches and hundredths of inches. These values are assigned a size in inches from their appearance.

The words of the agency. Source: NOAA NCEI, Storm Events Database, page "Frequently Asked Questions", copied on 2 Oct 2026.

An event without a size in the record is not in this table.

Beside the other counties

Hail events on record: Bladen County beside the total of the counties of North Carolina and of the United States
Measure	Bladen	All counties of North Carolina	All counties of the United States
Hail events, 1955 to 2026	166	9,891	423,723
Events for each 100 square miles	19.0	20.3	12.0
Events for each 10,000 residents	56.2	9.4	12.8

The columns for the state and the United States total the counties. They count the events of each county in the same way as the county column. A forecast zone with another name than a county counts for the state only.

More hail events on record

Hail events on record for Bladen County, newest first, without the 25 newest events above
Date	Event type	Magnitude	Damage estimate	On record for
29 Jul 2013	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
13 Jun 2013	Hail	1.25 in	$2 thousand	County
13 Jun 2013	Hail	1.25 in	$1 thousand	County
13 Jun 2013	Hail	1.25 in	$2 thousand	County
10 Jun 2013	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
2 Aug 2012	Hail	1.00 in	$3 thousand	County
2 Aug 2012	Hail	1.75 in	$3 thousand	County
2 Aug 2012	Hail	0.88 in	$500	County
1 Jun 2012	Hail	1.00 in	$1 thousand	County
22 May 2012	Hail	1.00 in	$1 thousand	County
22 May 2012	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
16 May 2012	Hail	1.00 in	$250	County
26 Apr 2012	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
25 Mar 2012	Hail	1.00 in	$1 thousand	County
24 Mar 2012	Hail	1.00 in	$500	County
22 Mar 2012	Hail	1.00 in	$500	County
22 Mar 2012	Hail	1.00 in	$500	County
22 Mar 2012	Hail	1.00 in	$500	County
24 Feb 2012	Hail	1.00 in	$500	County
13 Jul 2011	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
13 Jul 2011	Hail	1.25 in	$1 thousand	County
22 Jun 2011	Hail	1.00 in	$1 thousand	County
22 Jun 2011	Hail	1.00 in	$1 thousand	County
22 Jun 2011	Hail	1.75 in	$3 thousand	County
19 Jun 2011	Hail	1.00 in	$1 thousand	County
8 Jul 2010	Hail	0.75 in	$500	County
16 Jun 2010	Hail	0.88 in	$1 thousand	County
10 Jun 2010	Hail	1.00 in	$3 thousand	County
1 Jun 2009	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
1 Jun 2009	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
29 May 2009	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
29 May 2009	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
29 May 2009	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
29 May 2009	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
4 May 2009	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
20 Apr 2009	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
20 Apr 2009	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
20 Apr 2009	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
14 Apr 2009	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
8 Sep 2008	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
7 Aug 2008	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
11 Jun 2008	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
11 Jun 2008	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
1 Jun 2008	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
20 May 2008	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
20 May 2008	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
20 May 2008	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
5 May 2008	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
27 Jul 2007	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
12 Jun 2006	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
12 Jun 2006	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
8 Jun 2006	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
6 Jun 2006	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
26 May 2006	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
26 May 2006	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
5 May 2006	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
3 Apr 2006	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
3 Apr 2006	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
14 Jan 2006	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
2 Jan 2006	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
2 Jan 2006	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
5 Aug 2004	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
11 Apr 2004	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
11 Apr 2004	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
18 Jul 2003	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
31 May 2003	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
31 May 2003	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
31 May 2003	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
29 May 2003	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
3 May 2003	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
3 May 2003	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
6 Mar 2003	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
6 Mar 2003	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
24 Aug 2002	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
20 Aug 2002	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
31 Jul 2002	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
14 Jun 2002	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
14 Jun 2002	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
31 Mar 2002	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
13 Aug 2001	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
28 May 2001	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
26 May 2001	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
26 May 2001	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
26 May 2001	Hail	2.50 in	none	County
1 Apr 2001	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
1 Apr 2001	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
18 Aug 2000	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
13 Aug 2000	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
13 Aug 2000	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
16 Jul 2000	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
16 Jul 2000	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
16 Jul 2000	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
16 Jul 2000	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
3 Jun 2000	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
25 May 2000	Hail	2.00 in	none	County
25 May 2000	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
22 May 2000	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
22 May 2000	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
22 May 2000	Hail	2.50 in	none	County
21 May 2000	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
28 Apr 2000	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
28 Apr 2000	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
28 Apr 2000	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
17 Apr 2000	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
26 Aug 1999	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
24 Jul 1999	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
7 May 1999	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
8 Sep 1998	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
8 Sep 1998	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
28 Jun 1998	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
4 Jun 1998	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
17 May 1998	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
8 May 1998	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
4 May 1998	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
3 Apr 1998	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
20 Mar 1998	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
5 Jul 1997	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
21 Apr 1997	Hail	1.15 in	none	County
21 Apr 1997	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
15 Jun 1996	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
11 May 1996	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
11 May 1996	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
6 May 1996	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
15 May 1995	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
21 Jun 1992	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
30 Apr 1991	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
29 Aug 1990	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
29 Aug 1990	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
29 Aug 1990	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
30 Apr 1990	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
29 Apr 1989	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
17 May 1988	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
10 May 1988	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
24 Apr 1987	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
24 Apr 1987	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
14 Jun 1986	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
25 May 1986	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
22 May 1985	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
15 Sep 1984	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
21 Aug 1979	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
19 Apr 1978	Hail	1.50 in	none	County

The table has all other events on record. A damage figure is an estimate in the NCEI record.

Official channels

NCEI Storm Events Database (opens in a new tab)Search the full NCEI record by state, county and date.
National Weather Service: NWS Wilmington, NC (opens in a new tab)The forecast office that issues the weather warnings for the county.
FEMA Flood Map Service Center: Search By Address (opens in a new tab)Search an address to see its flood map. This site has no flood-zone data.

These links open the pages of the agencies. The site checked the links on 2 Oct 2026.

Cite this page

County Hazards. "Hail events on record for Bladen County, North Carolina". https://countyhazards.com/county/nc/bladen/hail/. Data: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database through 30 Jun 2026. Page made on 2 Oct 2026.

Questions

Which month has the most hail events on record for Bladen County?: May has 55 of the 166 hail events on record from 1955 through 30 Jun 2026.
How many hail events are on record for North Carolina?: NCEI has 9,900 hail events on record for North Carolina from 1955 through 30 Jun 2026. That count has every forecast zone of the state.
How does Bladen County compare with the other counties of North Carolina?: The counties of North Carolina have 20.3 hail events for each 100 square miles. Bladen County has 19.0.
How large is the hail on record for Bladen County?: 26 hail events have a size of 1.75 inches or more. NCEI names 1.75 inches a golf ball.