Video: Holy Hatteras hail storm!

Hail the size of nickles fell on southern Hatteras Island the morning of May 6, 2020. [Kyle Berry photo]

As a cold front crossed the Outer Banks this morning, a few showers with some embedded thunderstorms and heavy downpours moved through.

One of the cells crossed southern Hatteras Island just between 8 and 9 a.m. with a burst of hail included.

Kyle Berry was fishing for drum at Cape Hatteras National Seashore ramp 55 when the storm blew through, and he caught some video of the hail storm.

A pair of cold fronts will move across the area the rest of this week, before cooler-than-normal temperatures settle in for Mothers Day weekend.

Forecast for Nags Head, as of Wednesday, 5 p.m.:

Tonight
A chance of showers, mainly between 8pm and 4am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 51. Northwest wind 8 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Thursday
Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with a high near 60. North wind 11 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph.
Thursday Night
Clear, with a low around 52. Light and variable wind becoming southwest 5 to 10 mph in the evening. Winds could gust as high as 16 mph.
Friday
A slight chance of showers after 2pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 73. Southwest wind 13 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Friday Night
A chance of showers, mainly after 8pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 49. Breezy, with a southwest wind 20 to 22 mph, with gusts as high as 31 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Saturday
Sunny, with a high near 57. Breezy.
Saturday Night
Mostly clear, with a low around 46.
Sunday
Sunny, with a high near 62.
Sunday Night
Mostly clear, with a low around 55.
Monday
Mostly sunny, with a high near 69.
Monday Night
Mostly clear, with a low around 55.
Tuesday
Mostly sunny, with a high near 65.
Tuesday Night
Partly cloudy, with a low around 59.
Wednesday
Mostly sunny, with a high near 61.

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