Harnett County Hail Map & Storm Reports
Hail, wind, and tornado reports from official NOAA sources (NWS & SPC) · Last 12 months · Updated Sep 12, 2026
Looking for storm and wind reports in Harnett County, North Carolina? Official National Weather Service (NWS) and Storm Prediction Center (SPC) records show 69 severe weather events in the last 12 months — 48 high-wind reports with gusts up to 55 mph, plus 21 hail reports with hail up to 0.5". The most recent recorded storm activity was in September 2026. This page updates daily: every event comes straight from official NOAA data — no estimates, no modeling, just the record.
Harnett County hail map
Where hail and high-wind reports clustered across Harnett County over the last 12 months. Heat shows report density and significance, not radar.
What the radar showed
Last 30 days in Harnett County
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Storm activity from the last 30 days is summarized at the county level on this page. Exact locations, radar snapshots, and official warning boundaries for recent events are available with a free account.
See the specifics — free →Storm log — the official record, day by day
Events older than 30 days, as recorded by the National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center. Excerpts are quoted directly from official warnings and verified reports.
Tuesday, August 11, 2026
2 SPC verified storm reports · 1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.25"
“At 609 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Lillington, moving east at 15 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph and pea size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include... Lillington, Dunn, Godwin, Erwin, Coats, Linden, Buies Creek, and Raven Rock State Park.”
“A tree was blown down near the intersection of Spring Branch Road and Jackson Road in Dunn. Time estimated. (RAH)”
- Hail 0.25" Harnett County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind Unknown 1 SSE Dunn SPC verified report
- Wind Unknown 2 SW Duncan SPC verified report
Monday, August 3, 2026
2 NWS warnings — wind gusts up to 50 mph
“At 812 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong thunderstorms along a line extending from 10 miles south of Smithfield to 9 miles northeast of Pope AFB. These storms were nearly stationary. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include...”
“At 709 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong thunderstorms along a line extending from 7 miles northwest of Fremont to 7 miles east of Pope AAF. These storms were nearly stationary. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include...”
- Wind 50 mph Harnett County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind 50 mph Harnett County NWS severe weather mention
Sunday, August 2, 2026
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.25"
“At 659 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Pope AAF, or 7 miles northeast of Fort Bragg, moving northeast at 20 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph and pea size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include...”
- Hail 0.25" Harnett County NWS severe weather mention
Tuesday, July 28, 2026
1 NWS warning — wind gusts up to 50 mph
“At 939 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from near Biscoe to Rockingham. Movement was east at 35 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include...”
- Wind 50 mph Harnett County NWS severe weather mention
Monday, July 27, 2026
3 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.25"
“At 332 AM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 9 miles northwest of Lillington, moving southeast at 25 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts in excess of 30 mph and pea size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include...”
“At 314 AM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 10 miles south of Sanford, moving southeast at 25 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts in excess of 30 mph and pea size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include...”
- Hail 0.25" Harnett County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.25" Harnett County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.25" Harnett County NWS severe weather mention
Thursday, July 23, 2026
1 NWS warning — wind gusts up to 50 mph
“At 1024 AM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Godwin, or 14 miles southeast of Lillington, moving east at 20 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Goldsboro, Mount Olive, Dunn, Benson, Walnut Creek, Godwin, Four Oaks, Newton Grove, Wade, and Falcon.”
- Wind 50 mph Harnett County NWS severe weather mention
Monday, July 20, 2026
4 NWS warnings — wind gusts up to 50 mph
“At 1052 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 11 miles northwest of Mount Olive, moving east at 25 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Goldsboro, Smithfield, Mount Olive, Wilson, Dunn, Benson, Fremont, Walnut Creek, Micro, and Selma.”
“At 807 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong thunderstorms 9 miles northeast of Sanford, moving east at 25 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Raleigh, Cary, Sanford, Carthage, Garner, Fuquay-Varina, Angier, Goldston, Apex, and Holly Springs.”
- Wind 50 mph Harnett County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind 50 mph Harnett County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind 50 mph Harnett County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind 50 mph Harnett County NWS severe weather mention
Sunday, July 19, 2026
4 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.25", wind gusts up to 50 mph
“At 906 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Southern Pines, moving east at 20 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Fayetteville, Southern Pines, Fort Bragg, Pinehurst, Aberdeen, Pope AAF, Spring Lake, Whispering Pines, Pinebluff, and Vass.”
“At 453 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Godwin, or 10 miles south of Lillington, moving east at 25 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Dunn, Godwin, Erwin, Wade, Falcon, and Linden. This includes Interstate 95 between Mile Markers 73 and 65.”
- Wind 50 mph Harnett County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind 50 mph Harnett County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.25" Harnett County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.25" Harnett County NWS severe weather mention
Saturday, July 18, 2026
3 NWS warnings — wind gusts up to 50 mph
“At 1058 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from near Zebulon to 6 miles north of Benson. Movement was east at 35 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Smithfield, Wilson, Clayton, Benson, Bailey, Micro, Selma, Erwin, Coats, and Four Oaks.”
“At 1016 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong thunderstorms along a line extending from near Louisburg to 7 miles west of Sanford. Movement was east at 20 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include...”
- Wind 50 mph Harnett County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind 50 mph Harnett County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind 50 mph Harnett County NWS severe weather mention
Sunday, July 12, 2026
1 SPC verified storm report · 3 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.25"
“At 751 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong thunderstorms along a line extending from 8 miles south of Sanford to near Southern Pines to 7 miles east of Ansonville. Movement was east at 10 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph and pea size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible.”
“At 727 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong thunderstorms along a line extending from near Garner to Fuquay-Varina to 13 miles northeast of Sanford. Movement was southeast at 20 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph and pea size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible.”
- Hail 0.25" Harnett County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.25" Harnett County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.25" Harnett County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind Unknown 1 SSW Dunn SPC verified report
Saturday, July 11, 2026
1 SPC verified storm report
“tree on powerlines near Brookfield Ave. (RAH)”
- Wind Unknown 2 NNE Lillington SPC verified report
Friday, July 10, 2026
1 SPC verified storm report · 1 NWS warning — wind gusts up to 50 mph
“At 555 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong thunderstorms along a line extending from near Barley to 8 miles northeast of Bunn to near Mccoll. Movement was east at 30 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include...”
- Wind 50 mph Harnett County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind Unknown 1 ENE Duncan SPC verified report
Wednesday, July 8, 2026
2 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.5", wind gusts up to 50 mph
“At 435 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 8 miles east of Godwin, or 16 miles northwest of Clinton, moving northeast at 35 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Goldsboro, Smithfield, Mount Olive, Dunn, Benson, Godwin, Selma, Erwin, Four Oaks, and Pine Level.”
“At 957 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong thunderstorms along a line extending from 7 miles northeast of Angier to 14 miles west of Lillington to near Sanford. Movement was northeast at 5 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph and half inch hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible.”
- Wind 50 mph Harnett County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.5" Harnett County NWS severe weather mention
Tuesday, July 7, 2026
1 SPC verified storm report · 4 NWS warnings — wind gusts up to 55 mph
“At 829 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 10 miles southwest of Goldston, or 10 miles north of Carthage, moving east at 15 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include...”
“At 527 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from Fort Bragg to 10 miles northwest of Clinton. Movement was southeast at 5 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph and heavy rainfall. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include...”
- Wind 55 mph Harnett County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind 55 mph Harnett County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind 50 mph Harnett County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind 50 mph Harnett County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind Unknown 3 SSE Dunn SPC verified report
Sunday, July 5, 2026
1 SPC verified storm report
- Wind Unknown 7 WNW Pope Afb SPC verified report
Saturday, June 27, 2026
2 NWS warnings — wind gusts up to 50 mph
“At 244 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 8 miles north of Pope AFB, or 10 miles north of Fort Bragg, moving northeast at 20 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Lillington, Coats, Timberlake, Pineview, Anderson Creek, and Buies Creek.”
“At 225 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from near Pittsboro to near Sanford. Movement was east at 25 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include...”
- Wind 50 mph Harnett County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind 50 mph Harnett County NWS severe weather mention
Friday, June 26, 2026
2 NWS warnings — wind gusts up to 50 mph
“At 248 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong thunderstorms along a line extending from near Lillington to near Fort Bragg to 7 miles east of Raeford. Movement was northeast at 20 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include...”
“At 211 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong thunderstorms 9 miles southeast of Sanford, moving northeast at 20 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Cary, Sanford, Southern Pines, Raeford, Lillington, Fort Bragg, Fuquay-Varina, Pinehurst, Aberdeen, and Angier.”
- Wind 50 mph Harnett County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind 50 mph Harnett County NWS severe weather mention
Thursday, June 18, 2026
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.25"
“At 736 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Raeford, moving northeast at 40 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph and pea size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include...”
- Hail 0.25" Harnett County NWS severe weather mention
Wednesday, June 17, 2026
1 SPC verified storm report
“downed power pole along Hodges Chapel Road. (RAH)”
- Wind Unknown 2 WSW Benson SPC verified report
Sunday, June 14, 2026
2 NWS warnings — wind gusts up to 50 mph
“At 738 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from near Benson to near Hope Mills. Movement was east at 25 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Fayetteville, Goldsboro, Smithfield, Clinton, Wilson, Dunn, Benson, Fremont, Godwin, and Hope Mills.”
“At 646 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking gusty showers near Lillington, moving east at 25 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Lillington, Dunn, Angier, Godwin, Spring Lake, Erwin, Coats, Linden, Raven Rock State Park, and Pineview.”
- Wind 50 mph Harnett County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind 50 mph Harnett County NWS severe weather mention
Tuesday, May 26, 2026
2 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.25", wind gusts up to 50 mph
“At 435 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated clusters of thunderstorms with heavy rain and gusty wind to 45 to 50 mph over Scotland County moving, moving east at 40 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include...”
“At 525 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 11 miles southwest of Fuquay-Varina, or 11 miles northwest of Lillington, moving northeast at 25 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph and pea size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include...”
- Wind 50 mph Harnett County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.25" Harnett County NWS severe weather mention
Thursday, May 21, 2026
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.25"
“At 939 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Southern Pines, moving northeast at 20 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 40 mph, pea size hail and heavy rainfall. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Localized flooding possible with heavy downpours. Locations impacted include...”
- Hail 0.25" Harnett County NWS severe weather mention
Monday, March 16, 2026
4 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.5", wind gusts up to 55 mph
“At 1224 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from near Cary to 12 miles northwest of Fuquay-Varina to near Sanford. Movement was east at 25 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include...”
“At 1129 AM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from near Baynes to 7 miles northwest of Pittsboro to 7 miles northwest of Carthage. Movement was northeast at 55 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include...”
- Wind 55 mph Harnett County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind 55 mph Harnett County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.5" Harnett County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.25" Harnett County NWS severe weather mention
Thursday, March 12, 2026
3 SPC verified storm reports · 1 NWS warning — wind gusts up to 50 mph
“At 1057 AM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 7 miles east of Biscoe, or 13 miles east of Troy, moving northeast at 40 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Sanford, Pittsboro, Carthage, Goldston, Whispering Pines, Broadway, Robbins, Vass, Cameron and Lemon Springs.”
“A few trees down in and east of Lillington. (RAH)”
- Wind 50 mph Harnett County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind Unknown 2 NNE Lillington SPC verified report
- Wind Unknown 3 N Dunn SPC verified report
- Wind Unknown 5 E Olivia SPC verified report
Saturday, November 8, 2025
2 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.5"
“At 1059 PM EST, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from 10 miles west of Fuquay-Varina to 8 miles northwest of Lillington to 13 miles southeast of Sanford. Movement was northeast at 35 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 40 mph and half inch hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects.”
“At 1013 PM EST, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Carthage, moving east at 30 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 40 mph and half inch hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include...”
- Hail 0.5" Harnett County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.5" Harnett County NWS severe weather mention
Friday, September 26, 2025
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.25"
“At 533 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 7 miles northwest of Godwin, or 7 miles south of Lillington, moving northeast at 20 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 45 mph and pea size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include...”
- Hail 0.25" Harnett County NWS severe weather mention
Today's severe weather outlook
Common questions
When was the last severe storm in Harnett County, NC?
The most recent recorded event was in September 2026. Official NWS and SPC records show 69 severe weather events in Harnett County over the last 12 months. Exact dates and locations for recent storms are available in the app with a free account.
Did it hail in Harnett County recently?
Yes — 21 hail reports in the last 12 months, with hail up to 0.5" recorded. The hail map above shows where reports clustered; the storm log lists each day.
How do I see hail history for a specific address in Harnett County?
Create a free IDOLCheck account and run an address check. It shows verified storm reports and official NWS warning boundaries around any specific property, including the most recent 30 days — county-level pages like this one only tell part of the story.