Hail, Henderson
- When
- August 20, 3:08 PM EST
- Where
- Henderson County, Gerton
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 35.480, -82.350
Hail in North Carolina, August 20, 1999
An isolated severe thunderstorm produced golf ball size hail in two counties.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS GSP wrote it up.
An isolated severe thunderstorm produced golf ball size hail in two counties.
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 67 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:08 UTC.
Event by event
2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Polk
- When
- August 20, 3:41 PM EST
- Where
- Polk County, Columbus
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 35.250, -82.200
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornado and Waterspouts in New Jersey, August 20, 1999
- Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, August 20, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, August 20, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, August 20, 1999
- Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, August 20, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, August 20, 1999
- Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, August 20, 1999
- Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, August 20, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, August 20, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, August 20, 1999
- Flash Flooding in New York, August 20, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, August 20, 1999
More
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Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5714235, 5714236.