Hail, Union
- When
- May 25, 10:17 PM EST
- Where
- Union County, Weddington
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 35.017, -80.767
Hail in North Carolina, May 25, 2001
A strong cold front dropped into the region on the 25th, resulting in numerous severe weather reports.
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
- 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 happened
The episode as NWS GSP wrote it up.
A strong cold front dropped into the region on the 25th, resulting in numerous severe weather reports.
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 May 25, 7:50 PM EST, 2 hours 27 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 25, 7:50 PM EST, 2 hours 27 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 850 PM EDT FRI MAY 25 2001 SHOWERS NOW EXITING EASTERN COUNTIES OF CWA. RUC MAINTAINS PERSISTENT BAND OF HIGH RH ACROSS EASTERN PART OF AREA OVERNIGHT. WITH ADVANCE OF SHORT WAVE TROF ALOFT... PRUDENT TO MAINTAIN LOW CHANCE POPS EASTERNMOST COUNTIES DURING FIRST PERIOD. REMAINDER OF CWA WILL HAVE CLEAR SKY WITH SOME MORNING FOG... ESPECIALLY MOUNTAIN VALLEYS. NO MAJOR CHANGES WILL BE MADE TO LOW TEMPERATURES IN ZONE FORECASTS THAT WILL BE ISSUED SHORTLY. .GSP... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. LGL
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 25, 9:47 PM EST, 30 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
1047 PM EDT FRI MAY 25 2001
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1030 PM GASTONIA NC .75 INCH HAIL
05/25/01 GASTON AMATEUR RADIO SPOTTER
1030 PM ROCK HILL SC .75 INCH HAIL
05/25/01 YORK 2 AMATEUR SPOTTER REPORTS
OF DIME HAIL
1035 PM 1 S CATAWA NUCLEAR PLANT SC .88 INCH HAIL
05/25/01 YORK AMATEUR RADIO SKYWARN
REPORT
1038 PM 1 N ROCK HILL SC .75 INCH HAIL
05/25/01 YORK AMATEUR RADIO SKYWARN
REPORT
JONESLocal storm report, May 25, 9:55 PM EST, 22 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
1055 PM EDT FRI MAY 25 2001
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY L@OCATION....
1050 PM 4 S PINEVILLE NC .75 INCH HAIL
05/25/01 MECKLENBURG AMATEUR RADIO SKYWARN
SPOTTER
JONESLocal storm report, May 25, 10:02 PM EST, 15 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
1102 PM EDT FRI MAY 25 2001
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LUOCATION....
1058 PM 1 E ROCK HILL SC 1.00 INCH HAIL
05/25/01 YORK AMATEUR RADIO SKYWARN
REPORT ON HWY 901
JONESLocal storm report, May 25, 10:08 PM EST, 9 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
1108 PM EDT FRI MAY 25 2001
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1104 PM 1 W MATTHEWS NC 60 MPH
05/25/01 MECKLENBURG AMATEUR RADIO SKYWARN
SPOTTER ESTIMATED WIND
GUST IN EXCESS OF 50
KNOTS
JONESLocal storm report, May 25, 10:11 PM EST, 6 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
1111 PM EDT FRI MAY 25 2001
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1105 PM 4 E ROCK HILL SC .75 INCH HAIL
05/25/01 YORK AMATEUR RADIO SKWYARN
SPOTTER REPORT
1105 PM 5 S ROCK HILL SC .75 INCH HAIL
05/25/01 YORK AMATEUR RADIO SKYWARN
SPOTTER REPORT
JONES
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LSRGSP
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
1112 PM EDT FRI MAY 25 2001
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1105 PM 5 SW SALISBURY NC MARBLE SIZE HAIL
05/25/01 ROWAN SKYWARN SPOTTER
LGLLocal storm report, May 25, 10:12 PM EST, 5 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
1112 PM EDT FRI MAY 25 2001
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LqOCATION....
1105 PM 5 SW SALISBURY NC MARBLE SIZE HAIL
05/25/01 ROWAN SKYWARN SPOTTER
LGLThe radar
The Columbia radar (KCAE), 123 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:16 UTC.
Event by event
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Maryland, May 25, 2001
- Hail in Florida, May 25, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Texas, May 25, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Michigan, May 25, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Virginia, May 25, 2001
- Dense Fog in Wisconsin, May 25, 2001
- Hail in Ohio, May 25, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Florida, May 25, 2001
- Heavy Rain in Maryland, May 25 to 26, 2001
- Dense Fog in Wisconsin, May 25 to 26, 2001
- Hail in South Carolina, May 25, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Wind in North Carolina, May 25, 2001
More
Every storm in North Carolina in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in North Carolina, May 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: 5244872.