North Carolina, 2001

Hail in North Carolina, 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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  • 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 4, 5:21 PM EST, 2 hours 41 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 4, 5:21 PM EST, 2 hours 41 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
621 PM EDT MON JUN 4 2001

THE BOW ECHO OVER KY IS EXPECTED TO SLIDE ESE AND POSSIBLY AFFECT
THE N MTNS...N FOOTHILLS...PART OF THE S FOOTHILLS AND THE S
PIEDMONT OF NC UNTIL MIDNIGHT. WILL UPDATE ZONES FORECAST TO REFLECT
THIS.

FCSTID = 77
GSP   67  90  69  88 /  60  40  30  40
AND   67  90  69  88 /  60  40  30  40
CLT   66  90  68  87 /  60  40  30  40
HKY   64  88  66  86 /  50  50  40  60
AVL   61  84  63  81 /  50  40  40  60

.GSP...
GA...NONE.
NC...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES UNTIL MIDNIGHT...
NCC003-011-021-023-025-027-035-045-059-097-1809-111-115-119
-121-159-161-171-179-199.
SC...NONE.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 4, 2:57 PM EST, 5 hours 5 minutes before
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014-
019-050300-

SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
357 PM EDT MON JUN 4 2001

...A CHANCE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT OVER MUCH OF THE AREA...

AS OF THE LATE AFTERNOON...A STATIONARY FRONT CONTINUED TO EXTEND
ALONG THE NORTH CAROLINA...SOUTH CAROLINA BORDER. A VERY HUMID AND
UNSTABLE AIRMASS EXISTS ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA. THUNDERSTORMS ARE
EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS EVENING...ALONG THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY AND
ALONG THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE MOUNTAINS.

WITH RATHER COLD...AND VERY DRY AIR ALOFT...STORMS WHICH DEVELOP IN
OR NEAR THE MOUNTAINS WILL TEND TO BECOME STRONG TO SEVERE AS THEY
MOVE SOUTHEAST INTO THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT THIS EVENING. SIMILAR
STORMS OCCURRED SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM THESE
STORMS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED AREAS OF LARGE HAIL.

LATER TONIGHT...OTHER STRONG STORMS MAY MOVE INTO THE WESTERN PART
OF THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS. THESE STORMS SHOULD BE WEAKENING BY
THE TIME THEY ENTER THE MOUNTAINS...HOWEVER...THE POTENTIAL WILL
STILL EXIST FOR SOME DAMAGING WINDS.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR THE MEDIA FOR THE LATEST WEATHER
INFORMATION OR SEVERE WEATHER WATCHES OR WARNINGS.

SPOTTER GROUPS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO ACTIVATE QUICKLY THIS EVENING.
DISPATCHERS SHOULD ENSURE COUNTY EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS OFFICIALS
AxRE AWARE OF THIS INFORMATION.

MCAVOY
Local storm report, Jun 4, 7:26 PM EST, 36 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, 13 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

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 116 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:59 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Burke

When
June 4, 8:02 PM EST
Where
Burke County, 10 mi E of Morganton
Measured
1 in hail
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
35.750, -81.517

Spotter report of quarter-sized hail along Interstate 40.

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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5254969.