Thunderstorm Wind, Burke
- When
- May 21, 3:42 PM EST
- Where
- Burke County, 10 mi SW of Morganton
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 mph)
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 35.650, -81.833
Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, May 21, 2000
Isolated severe thunderstorms produced wind damage and dime to nickel size hail. Trees and power lines were downed from Catawba to Conover.
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
- 5
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.
Isolated severe thunderstorms produced wind damage and dime to nickel size hail. Trees and power lines were downed from Catawba to Conover. A trained spotter reported a gust of 60 mph in Hickory.
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 92 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:43 UTC.
Event by event
3 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Burke
- When
- May 21, 3:42 PM EST
- Where
- Burke County, 10 mi SW of Morganton
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 35.650, -81.833
Thunderstorm Wind, Catawba
- When
- May 21, 8:52 PM EST to 8:57 PM EST
- Where
- Catawba County, Hickory
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 35.733, -81.317
Hail, Catawba
- When
- May 21, 8:52 PM EST to 8:57 PM EST
- Where
- Catawba County, Hickory
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 35.733, -81.317
Thunderstorm Wind, Catawba
- When
- May 21, 9:10 PM EST
- Where
- Catawba County, Catawba
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 35.717, -81.083
What these are
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
- 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 Hail in Missouri, May 21, 2000
- Hail in Kansas, May 21, 2000
- Hail in North Carolina, May 21, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, May 21, 2000
- Damaging Wind and Waterspout in Florida, May 21 to 22, 2000
- Hail in North Carolina, May 21, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, May 21, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, May 21, 2000
- Heat in California, May 21 to 23, 2000
- Heat in California, May 21 to 23, 2000
- Hail in Minnesota, May 21, 2000
- Wildfire in Florida, May 21, 2000
More
Every storm in North Carolina in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in North Carolina, May 2000
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: 5145467, 5145468, 5145469, 5145470, 5145471.