Hail, Watauga
- When
- June 4, 1:30 PM EST
- Where
- Watauga County, Valle Crucis
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- UNKNOWN
- Coordinates
- 36.217, -81.783
Hail in North Carolina, June 4, 2002
Thundestorms during the afternoon of the 4th produced hail up to dime size.
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 RNK wrote it up.
Thundestorms during the afternoon of the 4th produced hail up to dime size.
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 Blacksburg, VA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 4, 1:30 PM EST, 0 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 4, 1:30 PM EST, 0 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG, VA 230 PM EDT TUE JUN 4 2002 SHORT RANGE... PRETTY UNSTABLE AND MOIST ATMOS OVER FA THIS AFTN...THRU THURSDAY. SEEING SCTD CONVECTION...MAINLY ALG/WEST OF THE BLUE RIDGE LATE THIS AFTN...INTO THE EVENING. AS WARM FRONT LIFTING FURTHER NORTH/EAST WILL KEEP ORGANIZED MCS AWAY FROM MY CWA. ANOTHER TYPICAL SUMMER DAY EXPECTED WEDNESDAY WITH LITTLE IN THE WAY OF UPPER FEATURES...JUST HEAT AND LOW LEVEL MOISTURE DRIVING DIURNAL ACTIVITY...AND MAINLY AGAIN WEST OF BLUE RIDGE...BUT WITH LEE TROF...COULD SEE SCTD THUNDERSTORMS IN THE PIEDMONT AS WELL...SO WILL HAVE A CHANCE THERE TOO. FRONT APPROACHING WED NIGHT...AND ARRIVING IN THE WRN PART OF FA LATE THU MORNING...THEN SWINGING THROUGH IN THE AFTN. EXPECT TO SEE A LINE OF SHRA/TSRA APPROACHING THE MTNS LATE WED NIGHT...BREAKING APART SOMEWHAT...THEN REFIRING IN THE AFTN OUT IN THE PIEDMONT. STILL THINK LIKELY POPS EARLY THURSDAY IN THE WEST...WITH 50 OUT DURING THE DAY. LINGERING POPS THURSDAY NIGHT IN THE SOUTH AND EAST...MAINLY UNTIL MIDNIGHT. EXTENDED... MODEL TRENDS SHOW HI PRS CONTROLLING OUR WX FRI-SUNDAY...WITH RETURN FLOW SETTING BACK UP FOR LATE WEEKEND...INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK AHD OF NEXT FRONT. PLAN ON ADDING CHANCE POPS TO THE WEST MON NIGHT...AND ENTIRE FA TUESDAY...WITH FNT ARRIVING INTO WRN FA. PRELIMS FCSTID = 5 ROA 70 90 70 82 / 20 30 40 50 LYH 66 90 66 84 / 20 30 40 50 DAN 70 92 70 87 / 10 20 30 40 BLF 65 83 65 76 / 30 50 50 60 LWB 61 81 61 75 / 40 50 50 60 BCB 65 85 66 79 / 20 50 40 60 TNB 65 82 63 76 / 30 50 40 60 .RNK... NC...NONE. VA...NONE. WV...NONE. WHP
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 4, 12:30 PM EST, 1 hour before
NCZ001-018-041830- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 130 PM EDT TUE JUN 4 2002 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE AREA... THUNDERSTORMS WITH GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL...CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN...WILL DRIFT SLOWLY NORTHEAST ACROSS WATAUGA COUNTY THROUGH 2:30 PM. THIS CLUSTER OF STORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE MINOR FLOODING ALONG ROADWAYS AND LOW LYING AREAS...ESPECIALLY ALONG HIGHWAY 421 WEST OF BOONE. ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE SLOWLY NORTHEAST THROUGH SOUTHERN ASHE COUNTY...AND LIKELY AFFECT WEST JEFFERSON BY 2:00 PM. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS...SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS...AND DO NOT USE ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES. JH
The radar
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 145 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:30 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
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Texas, June 4, 2002
- Flood and Hail in Georgia, June 4, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, June 4, 2002
- Flash Flood and Damaging Wind in Ohio, June 4 to 5, 2002
- Flash Flood in Wisconsin, June 4, 2002
- Damaging Winds in Indiana, June 4, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, June 4, 2002
- Flash Flood in Iowa, June 4, 2002
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in Kansas, June 4, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, June 4, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Florida, June 4, 2002
- Flood in Iowa, June 4, 2002
More
Every storm in North Carolina in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in North Carolina, June 2002
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: 5301370.