Storm Reports from Friday 7 / 24 and Saturday 7 / 25
By Gannon Medwick
Sunday, July 26, 2009
Isolated but intense thunderstorms formed across portions of coastal eastern North Carolina Friday afternoon 7 / 24. The most intense storms produced:
- golf ball to baseball size hail pounded Pantego and Pungo around 3:00.
- heavy rainfall of 2 - 4” drenched the Jacksonville area. Around Camp Lejeune, winds damaged tree limbs and hail up to 1” in diameter fell just before 2:00.
- severe wind damage to trees and playgrounds occurred near Blounts Creek around 1:45.
- moderate rainfall reached the Carteret County wild fire scene.
- golf ball size hail fell at Wallace around 1:20pm.
Additional thunderstorms produced hail and drenching rain on the Coastal Plain Saturday evening 7 / 25:
- Flash flooding closed numerous roads in northern Wayne County.
- Multiple waves of .75” diameter hail (penny size) hit Fremont.
- Additional penny size hail reports came from Black Creek, Lucama and Wilson.
- Thunderstorm winds downed a tree on Blaylock Road in Wilson County.
Thanks for staying with Storm Team 9 through the stormy pattern!
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