Sampson County Hail Map & Storm Reports
Hail, wind, and tornado reports from official NOAA sources (NWS & SPC) · Last 12 months · Updated Sep 16, 2026
Looking for storm and wind reports in Sampson County, North Carolina? Official National Weather Service (NWS) and Storm Prediction Center (SPC) records show 79 severe weather events in the last 12 months — 55 high-wind reports with gusts up to 60 mph, plus 24 hail reports with hail up to 0.75". 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.
Sampson County hail map
Where hail and high-wind reports clustered across Sampson County over the last 12 months. Heat shows report density and significance, not radar.
What the radar showed
Last 30 days in Sampson County
Recent storms — full detail available in the app
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.
Sunday, August 16, 2026
1 NWS warning — wind gusts up to 50 mph
“At 327 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong thunderstorms near Harrells, or 15 miles west of Wallace, moving south at 5 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Harrells, Garland, and Ivanhoe.”
- Wind 50 mph Sampson County NWS severe weather mention
Tuesday, August 11, 2026
2 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.75"
“At 818 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 9 miles east of Ammon, or 13 miles south of Clinton, moving southeast at 15 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph and penny 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... Harrells, Garland, and Ivanhoe.”
“At 442 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms extending from near Lagoon to near Penderlea. Movement was south at 10 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 40 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... Ivanhoe.”
- Hail 0.75" Sampson County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.25" Sampson County NWS severe weather mention
Monday, August 10, 2026
2 SPC verified storm reports
“A tree was blown down along Corinth Church Rd... northeast of Salemburg. Time estimated. (RAH)”
“Power outage caused by high winds damaging power equipment near the intersection of New Bethel Rd and Mount Moriah Church Rd. (RAH)”
- Wind Unknown 4 NNE Salemburg SPC verified report
- Wind Unknown 6 NW Clinton SPC verified report
Monday, August 3, 2026
1 NWS warning — wind gusts up to 50 mph
“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 Sampson County NWS severe weather mention
Monday, July 27, 2026
1 SPC verified storm report — wind gusts up to 60 mph
“Mesonet station 1159W 1.2 E Clinton (WEATHERSTEM). (RAH)”
- Wind 60 mph 1 ESE Clinton SPC verified report
Thursday, July 23, 2026
2 NWS warnings — wind gusts up to 50 mph
“At 1131 AM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 11 miles west of Mount Olive, or 12 miles north of Clinton, moving east at 15 mph. This storm has weak rotation...a warning may need to be issued. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include...”
“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 Sampson County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind 50 mph Sampson County NWS severe weather mention
Monday, July 20, 2026
4 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.25", 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 856 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near White Oak, or 13 miles north of Elizabethtown, moving northeast 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... Clinton, Roseboro, Garland, Salemburg, and Bushy Lake Natural Area.”
- Wind 50 mph Sampson County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind 50 mph Sampson County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind 50 mph Sampson County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.25" Sampson County NWS severe weather mention
Sunday, July 19, 2026
4 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.25", wind gusts up to 50 mph
“At 846 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong thunderstorms over Fayetteville, 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... Fayetteville, Clinton, Fort Bragg, Harrells, Godwin, Hope Mills, Eastover, Roseboro, Stedman, and Garland.”
“At 811 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong thunderstorms 8 miles east of Benson, or 12 miles south of Smithfield, 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...”
- Wind 50 mph Sampson County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind 50 mph Sampson County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.25" Sampson County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.25" Sampson County NWS severe weather mention
Sunday, July 12, 2026
3 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.25", wind gusts up to 50 mph
“At 857 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Clinton, moving northeast at 5 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Clinton and Turkey.”
“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.”
- Wind 50 mph Sampson County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.25" Sampson County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.25" Sampson County NWS severe weather mention
Saturday, July 11, 2026
1 SPC verified storm report
- Wind Unknown 1 E Hobbton SPC verified report
Friday, July 10, 2026
1 SPC verified storm report · 2 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.5", 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...”
“At 707 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong thunderstorms along a line extending from near Scotland Neck to 8 miles southwest of Tarboro to near Fremont. Movement was east at 20 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts of 50 to 55 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 Sampson County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.5" Sampson County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind Unknown 5 N Clinton SPC verified report
Wednesday, July 8, 2026
1 NWS warning — 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.”
- Wind 50 mph Sampson County NWS severe weather mention
Tuesday, July 7, 2026
1 SPC verified storm report · 2 NWS warnings — wind gusts up to 55 mph
“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...”
“At 405 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from 6 miles southwest of Bailey to near Smithfield to 8 miles southeast of Godwin. 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 55 mph Sampson County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind 50 mph Sampson County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind Unknown 6 SE Falcon SPC verified report
Monday, July 6, 2026
2 SPC verified storm reports · 1 NWS warning — wind gusts up to 50 mph
“At 459 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 9 miles north of Jerome, or 9 miles southeast of Fayetteville, 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...”
“Tree down near the intersection of Rowan Road and New Hope Road. (RAH)”
- Wind 50 mph Sampson County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind Unknown 2 SW Turkey SPC verified report
- Wind Unknown 3 SSE Roseboro SPC verified report
Sunday, July 5, 2026
1 SPC verified storm report · 2 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.25", wind gusts up to 50 mph
“At 548 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from 7 miles west of Mount Olive to near Bowdens to 7 miles southeast of Clinton. Movement was east at 15 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 535 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from 8 miles north of Lagoon to 8 miles north of Rowan to near Wards Corner. Movement was northeast at 20 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 40 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.”
- Wind 50 mph Sampson County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.25" Sampson County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind Unknown Turkey SPC verified report
Sunday, June 28, 2026
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.25"
“At 538 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 11 miles north of Clinton, moving east northeast at 15 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 40 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" Sampson County NWS severe weather mention
Saturday, June 27, 2026
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.25"
“At 352 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 10 miles east of Benson, or 13 miles south of Smithfield, moving east at 20 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 40 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... Newton Grove and Grantham.”
- Hail 0.25" Sampson County NWS severe weather mention
Friday, June 26, 2026
3 NWS warnings — wind gusts up to 55 mph
“At 420 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Tobermory, or 14 miles south of Fayetteville, moving northeast at 20 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... Fayetteville, Hope Mills, Eastover, Roseboro, Stedman, Wade, Salemburg, Falcon, Autryville, and Vander.”
“At 511 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Salemburg, or 10 miles west of Clinton, moving northeast 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... Clinton, Roseboro, Newton Grove, Wade, Salemburg, Turkey, Falcon, Autryville, Hobbton, and Spivey's Corner.”
- Wind 55 mph Sampson County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind 50 mph Sampson County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind 50 mph Sampson County NWS severe weather mention
Wednesday, June 17, 2026
1 SPC verified storm report
“A section of a hog house on the 1000 block of Hollerin Rd was severely damaged and the roof blown off. A home on Hickory Green Ln also had its garage door partially pul (RAH)”
- Wind Unknown 6 SSE Spivey's Corner SPC verified report
Sunday, June 14, 2026
1 SPC verified storm report · 3 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.25", wind gusts up to 55 mph
“At 804 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 9 miles northeast of Jerome, or 16 miles west of Clinton, moving northeast at 35 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and weak or damaged trees and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include...”
“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.”
- Wind 55 mph Sampson County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind 50 mph Sampson County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.25" Sampson County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind Unknown 1 ENE Clinton SPC verified report
Saturday, June 13, 2026
1 SPC verified storm report · 3 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.25", wind gusts up to 50 mph
“At 745 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong thunderstorms near Smithfield, Clinton, and Goldsboro. 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 534 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong thunderstorms developing along two outflow boundaries extending from 6 miles northwest of Clinton to 11 miles east of Ammon to 7 miles north of Lagoon. Movement was east at 25 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.”
- Wind 50 mph Sampson County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.25" Sampson County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.25" Sampson County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind Unknown 6 NNE Garland SPC verified report
Tuesday, May 26, 2026
1 NWS warning — 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...”
- Wind 50 mph Sampson County NWS severe weather mention
Sunday, May 24, 2026
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.5"
“At 428 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong thunderstorms along a line extending from 6 miles west of Warsaw to 7 miles south of Clinton to 7 miles east of Ammon. Movement was northwest 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.”
- Hail 0.5" Sampson County NWS severe weather mention
Monday, May 11, 2026
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.25"
“At 1220 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 9 miles northeast of Elizabethtown, moving northeast 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... Harrells and Garland.”
- Hail 0.25" Sampson County NWS severe weather mention
Sunday, April 5, 2026
1 NWS warning — wind gusts up to 55 mph
“At 156 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong thunderstorms along a line extending from 9 miles west of Mount Olive to near Ruskin. Movement was east at 35 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 Sampson County NWS severe weather mention
Monday, March 16, 2026
4 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.25", wind gusts up to 55 mph
“At 230 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from near Harrells to 10 miles northeast of Lagoon. Movement was north 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... Harrells.”
“At 930 AM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over White Oak, or 9 miles north of Elizabethtown, moving northeast at 55 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 45 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Clinton, Roseboro, Newton Grove, Salemburg, Turkey, Autryville, Hobbton, and Bushy Lake Natural Area.”
- Wind 55 mph Sampson County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind 50 mph Sampson County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind 50 mph Sampson County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.25" Sampson County NWS severe weather mention
Thursday, March 12, 2026
2 NWS warnings — wind gusts up to 55 mph
“At 106 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Lagoon, or 13 miles southeast of Elizabethtown, moving northeast at 70 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... Harrells and Ivanhoe.”
“At 1219 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Antioch, or near Raeford, moving 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... Fayetteville, Raeford, Fort Bragg, Godwin, Antioch, Pope AFB, Hope Mills, Spring Lake, Eastover and Roseboro.”
- Wind 55 mph Sampson County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind 55 mph Sampson County NWS severe weather mention
Sunday, November 9, 2025
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.5"
“At 801 PM EST, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Elizabethtown, moving northeast at 50 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... Clinton, Harrells, Garland, Turkey, and Ivanhoe.”
- Hail 0.5" Sampson County NWS severe weather mention
Friday, September 26, 2025
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.25"
“At 513 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Lagoon, or 8 miles east of Elizabethtown, 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... Harrells, Garland, and Ivanhoe.”
- Hail 0.25" Sampson County NWS severe weather mention
Today's severe weather outlook
Common questions
When was the last severe storm in Sampson County, NC?
The most recent recorded event was in September 2026. Official NWS and SPC records show 79 severe weather events in Sampson 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 Sampson County recently?
Yes — 24 hail reports in the last 12 months, with hail up to 0.75" 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 Sampson 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.