North Carolina, 2001

Hail in North Carolina, June 25, 2001

June 25, 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.

  • Tornadoes
  • Tropical storms and surge
  • Floods
  • Wind
  • Hail
  • Winter weather
  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • 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 25, 2:25 PM EST, 40 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 25, 2:25 PM EST, 40 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
325 PM EDT MON JUN 25 2001

UPPER LOW WL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY PULL AWAY TO THE W OVER THE NEXT 36
HRS. LOOKS LIKE GOOD PVA AND SFC CONVERGENCE COMING INTO THE ERN
SLOPES OF THE NC/SC MTNS TNGT. ATTM PCPN OVER THE MTNS AND UPSTATE
IS WIDESPREAD...BUT INTENSITY HAS SHOWN A BIT OF DECREASE.
HOWEVER...THINK THAT AS THE EVENING WEARS ON...CONVECTION SHOULD
REFIRE IN UPSLOPE AREAS NE OF THE LOW CENTER.

AS A RESULT...PLAN ON ISSUING A FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR THE SRN NC
MTNS...WRN SC UPSTATE AND NE GA. WON/T PUSH INTO THE FRENCH BROAD
VALLEY OR THE NC FOOTHILLS AS CONVECTION IS MOVING MORE QUICKLY
THESE ZONES.

PREVIOUS SHIFT HAD LIKELY POPS W TUE AND CHANCE E. THIS STILL LOOKS
GOOD BASED ON LATEST MODEL PROGS OF DEEPER MOISTURE AND STRONGER
KINEMATICS OVER WRN ZONES TMRW.

WL HOLD ON TO CHANCE POPS FOR THE DURATION OF THE EXTENDED
PERIOD...WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE ERN ZONES WED. HPC KEEPS POPS
RATHER HIGH DURING THE ENTIRE PERIOD...THOUGH I DO HAVE MY DOUBTS
W/A LACK OF MUCH ALOFT.

FCSTID = 14
GSP   62  82  65  88 /  60  50  30  20
AND   62  82  65  88 /  60  50  30  20
CLT   62  83  65  87 /  50  40  20  20
HKY   62  80  64  85 /  70  50  30  20
AVL   60  76  60  80 /  80  60  30  30

.GSP...
GA...FLASH FLOOD WATCH TONIGHT FOR ZONES
GAZ010-017-018-026-028.
NC...FLASH FLOOD WATCH TONIGHT FOR ZONES
NCZ051-052-053-059-062>064.
SC...FLASH FLOOD WATCH TONIGHT FOR ZONES
SCZ001-002-004-005-010.

MCAVOY

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 25, 10:10 AM EST, 4 hours 55 minutes before
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014-
019-252100-

SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1110 AM EDT MON JUN 25 2001

...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING...

AN UNSEASONABLY STRONG UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL DRIFT SLOWLY WEST ACROSS
THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON. LAST NIGHT...THIS SAME LOW BROUGHT AS
MUCH AS 6 INCHES OF RAIN TO THE CAROLINA PIEDMONT. AS THE ATMOSPHERE
HEATS UP THIS AFTERNOON...WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL
DEVELOP. THE STORMS WILL MOVE VERY SLOWLY. IN FACT...STORMS WHICH
DEVELOP IN THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS MAY NOT MOVE AT AT ALL.

THUS THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR SOME LOCATIONS TO RECEIVE SEVERAL
INCHES OF RAIN LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH
HAS NOT BEEN ISSUED AS THE AREAS WHERE HEAVY RAIN APPEARS MOST
LIKELY HAVE NOT SEEN VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER THE PAST 24 HOURS.
HOWEVER...IF HEAVY RAIN DOES DEVELOP...WATCHES MAY BE NEED FOR PARTS
OF THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA.

IN ADDITION TO THE HEAVY RAIN...COLD AND RATHER DRY AIR ALOFT WILL
ALLOW SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS TO PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL
UP TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS.

SPOTTER GROUPS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO ACTIVATE QUICKLY LATE THIS
AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. DISPATCHERS SHOULD ENSURE COUNTY
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS ARE AWARE OF THIS INFORMATION.

MCAVOY
Local storm report, Jun 25, 10:55 AM EST, 4 hours 10 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
1155 AM EDT MON JUN 25 2001

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

1144 AM    CLAYTON                   GA   1.75 INCH HAIL
06/25/01   RABUN                          CLAYTON 911 CENTER
                                          REPORTED HAIL NOW ENDED
                                          BUT DIME TO GOLFBALL SIZE
                                          JUST PRIOR AT 1140 AM.

TJB
Local storm report, Jun 25, 2:18 PM EST, 47 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
318 PM EDT MON JUN 25 2001

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

255 PM     8 W ANDERSON              SC   1.75 INCH HAIL
06/25/01   ANDERSON                       REPORTED BY COUNTY
                                          COMMUNICATIONS CENTER

300 PM     6 NE GAFFNEY              SC   .75 INCH HAIL
06/25/01   CHEROKEE                       REPORTED BY STORM SPOTTER

310 PM     7 W SPARTANBURG           SC   WIND DAMAGE
06/25/01   SPARTANBURG                    TREES DOWN ON FAIRFOREST
                                          AND WILLIS ROADS

310 PM     1 W SPARTANBURG           SC   .75 INCH HAIL
06/25/01   SPARTANBURG                    DIME SIXE HAIL AT
                                          COMMUNICATIONS CENTER

RBN
Local storm report, Jun 25, 2:39 PM EST, 26 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
339 PM EDT MON JUN 25 2001

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

333 PM     LEICESTER                 NC   1.00 INCH HAIL
06/25/01   BUNCOMBE                       911 REPORT FROM LEICESTER
                                          POLICE

DICARLO

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 47 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:06 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Polk

When
June 25, 3:05 PM EST
Where
Polk County, Mill Spg
Measured
1 in hail
Reported by
EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates
35.300, -82.167

Quarter-sized hail observed in Mill Spring.

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

More

Every storm in North Carolina in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in North Carolina, June 2001

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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5255050.