Georgia, 2001

Hail in Georgia, June 4, 2001

June 4, 2001 · NWS GSP · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.

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  • Heat and drought
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  • Marine and coastal
  • Other

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
1

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 forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 4, 9:05 PM EST, 1 hour 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 4, 9:05 PM EST, 1 hour 5 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1005 PM EDT MON JUN 4 2001

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CANCELLED AND WILL UPDATE ZONES. HAVE ALSO
INCREASED POPS IN THE SW CWA DUE TO SYSTEM HEADING IN FROM N GA.
CAPES HAVE DECREASED RAPIDLY AND CLOUD TOPS WARMING AND DO NOT EXPECT
SVR ATTM.

FCSTID = 77

.GSP...
GA...NONE.
NC...NONE.
SC...NONE.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 4, 7:26 PM EST, 2 hours 44 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
826 PM EDT MON JUN 04 2001

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

810 PM     5 NW RUTHERFORDTON        NC   WIND DAMAGE
06/04/01   RUTHERFORD                     1 TREE DOWN IN GREEN HILL
                                          AREA

818 PM     MORGANTON                 NC   .75 INCH HAIL
06/04/01   BURKE                          2 SPOTTER REPORTS OF DIME
                                          SIZE HAIL

RBN
Local storm report, Jun 4, 7:49 PM EST, 2 hours 21 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
849 PM EDT MON JUN 04 2001

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

846 PM     MORGANTON                 NC   WIND DAMAGE
06/04/01   BURKE                          MULTIPLE TREES AND
                                          POWERLINES DOWN

RB
Local storm report, Jun 4, 8:06 PM EST, 2 hours 4 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
906 PM EDT MON JUN 04 2001

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOUCATION....

902 PM     10 E MORGANTON            NC   1.00 INCH HAIL
06/04/01   BURKE                          QUARTER SIZE HAIL
                                          REPORTED BY STORM SPOTTER

RBN
Special weather statement, Jun 4, 8:45 PM EST, 1 hour 25 minutes before
NCZ033>037-048>050-053>057-067>072-082-050245-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
945 PM EDT MON JUN 4 2001

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 363 WHICH WAS IN EFFECT UNTIL
MIDNIGHT HAS BEEN CANCELED. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS NO
LONGER IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...
MECKLENBURG...CABARRUS...CLEVELAND...CATAWBA...LINCOLN...DAVIE...
ROWAN...ALEXANDER...IREDELL...UNION AND GASTON.

IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
CALDWELL...MADISON...MITCHELL...MCDOWELL...AVERY...YANCEY...
BUNCOMBE...RUTHERFORD AND BURKE.

THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS ENDED FOR THESE COUNTIES.

RBN
Local storm report, Jun 4, 10:05 PM EST, 5 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
1105 PM EDT MON JUN 04 2001

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

1055 PM    8 W TOCCOA                GA   1.00 INCH HAIL
06/04/01   HABERSHAM                      NICKEL TO QUARTER SIZE
                                          HAIL REPORTED BY STORM
                                          SPOTTER.

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The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 106 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:10 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Stephens

When
June 4, 10:10 PM EST
Where
Stephens County, Toccoa
Measured
1 in hail
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
34.583, -83.317

Spotter reported nickel-sized hail.

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

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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: 5254653.