STORM BRIEF · NOAA PRELIMINARY REPORTS · UPDATED 2026-10-21
North Carolina hail reports, last 90 days.
34 preliminary hail reports on 8 days, 1 of them at two inches or larger. NOAA logs hail from one inch, the size that starts shingle claims. Last report Sep 11. Below: where it hit, then what a roofer may and may not do in North Carolina before the first door.
| Date | Time | Hail | Place | County |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 11 | 22:10 UTC | 1.00" | 5 SSW Wise Forks | Lenoir |
| Sep 6 | 17:32 UTC | 1.00" | 1 NNW Brevard | Transylvania |
| Sep 5 | 22:00 UTC | 1.00" | 4 SE Trenton | Jones |
| Sep 5 | 21:39 UTC | 1.00" | Trenton | Jones |
| Sep 5 | 21:15 UTC | 1.75" | Fort Barnwell | Craven |
| Sep 5 | 21:01 UTC | 1.25" | Grifton | Pitt |
| Sep 5 | 20:41 UTC | 1.00" | 3 NNW Roundtree | Pitt |
| Sep 5 | 20:32 UTC | 1.50" | 3 ENE Knightdale | Wake |
| Sep 5 | 20:15 UTC | 2.00" | 4 S Flowers | Johnston |
| Sep 5 | 20:02 UTC | 1.75" | 3 SE Clayton | Johnston |
| Sep 5 | 20:00 UTC | 1.00" | 2 E Clayton | Johnston |
| Sep 5 | 19:48 UTC | 1.75" | Macclesfield | Edgecombe |
| Sep 5 | 19:45 UTC | 1.50" | 3 ENE Knightdale | Wake |
| Sep 5 | 18:25 UTC | 1.75" | 6 ENE Creedmoor | Granville |
| Sep 4 | 02:10 UTC | 1.00" | 3 S Linwood | Johnston |
| Aug 20 | 02:36 UTC | 1.50" | 1 SW Tryon | Polk |
| Aug 20 | 02:30 UTC | 1.00" | Tryon | Polk |
| Aug 11 | 23:01 UTC | 1.00" | Princeton | Johnston |
| Aug 11 | 22:04 UTC | 1.00" | Midland | Cabarrus |
| Aug 11 | 21:55 UTC | 1.00" | 2 N Ellenboro | Rutherford |
| Aug 11 | 21:45 UTC | 1.00" | 6 WSW Norwood | Stanly |
| Aug 11 | 20:58 UTC | 1.00" | 3 N Glenwood | McDowell |
| Aug 11 | 20:56 UTC | 1.00" | 3 N Glenwood | McDowell |
| Aug 11 | 20:50 UTC | 1.00" | Marion | McDowell |
| Aug 11 | 20:45 UTC | 1.00" | Marion | McDowell |
| Aug 11 | 18:50 UTC | 1.00" | 2 SSE Patterson | Caldwell |
| Aug 11 | 18:43 UTC | 1.25" | 1 SSW Patterson | Caldwell |
| Aug 11 | 18:40 UTC | 1.25" | 1 SSW Patterson | Caldwell |
| Aug 10 | 20:53 UTC | 1.00" | 4 S Stumpy Point | Dare |
| Jul 28 | 22:12 UTC | 1.00" | 2 E Bethlehem | Alexander |
| Jul 28 | 21:13 UTC | 1.25" | 3 ENE Hiddenite | Alexander |
| Jul 28 | 21:11 UTC | 1.75" | 4 NE Stony Point | Iredell |
| Jul 28 | 20:42 UTC | 1.25" | 1 NE Murphy | Cherokee |
| Jul 28 | 02:25 UTC | 1.00" | 3 NE Sligo | Currituck |
NOAA Storm Prediction Center preliminary reports, public domain; times are UTC; sizes are as reported, not surveyed. Full 120-day file: reports.json.
What a roofer may and may not do in North Carolina.
Solicitation and rescission
Federal floor: FTC Cooling-Off Rule, 16 C.F.R. §§ 429.0–429.1 — a door-to-door sale of $25 or more agreed at the buyer's home carries a 3-business-day right to cancel, with a narrow exemption where the buyer initiated the call for emergency repairs and signs a dated waiver. Checked at law.cornell.edu, 2026-08-15. State law can add to this floor; it… Full entry and sources →
Deductiblenot located
No North Carolina statute prohibiting a contractor from waiving, rebating or absorbing the homeowner's deductible was located in this pass. Absorbing a deductible can also be attacked as insurance fraud independent of any roofing statute. Confirm before you ever discount for it. Full entry and sources →
Contractor adjustingnot located
for North Carolina. This pack does not assert where North Carolina draws the line between documenting a roof and adjusting a claim. Public-adjuster licensing is issued by the insurance regulator, not the contractor board — put the question to the North Carolina Department of Insurance in writing before you negotiate, interpret coverage, or advise the… Full entry and sources →
Licence
State licence Full entry and sources →
Free, no signup: the proposal and contract with the 51-state notices appendix, the supplement packet and the estimate calculator, the supplement and canvass guides, and the roofing calculators. The storm canvass brief in Roofing OS turns a report list like the one above into a neighbourhood plan and a door pitch; see what is inside.
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