Hail in North Carolina, June 4, 2002

Name: Hail in North Carolina, June 4, 2002
Start: 2002-06-04T15:30
End: 2002-06-04T15:30
Location: North Carolina

June 4, 2002 · 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
Cold
Fire, smoke and dust
Marine and coastal
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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, 1:02 PM EST, 2 hours 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 4, 1:02 PM EST, 2 hours 28 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
202 PM EDT TUE JUN 4 2002

RIDGE ALOFT CONT OVER SE US WITH MOIST LOW AND MID LEVEL FLOW OVER
CWA. AREA REMAINS UNSTABLE BUT WITH A LACK OF ANY STRONG TRIGGERS
FOR CONVECTION. EXPECT WEAK UPSLOPE FLOW TO BE ENOUGH FOR AT LEAST
SCT AFTN-EVE CONVECTION. DUE TO WEAK STEERING WINDS THERE WILL BE
LITTLE MOVEMENT OF STORMS THAT DO DEVELOP AND PRECIP WATER VALS ABV
ONE AND A HALF INCHES POINT TOWARD POSSIBLE RUNOFF PROBLEMS LATE
THIS AFN-EVE AND WED AFTN-EVE ALSO. WILL STICK WITH SCT CONVECTION
BOTH DAYS.

ON THU THE ETA BRINGS AN UPPER TROF SE TOWARD CWA WITH A COLD FRONT
PUSHING INTO NC MTNS DURG DAY. AVN STALLS THE FRONT OVER NC THU.
WITH THIS IN MIND WILL KEEP POPS IN FOR THU NIGHT BUT NOT CHANGE
CURRENT DRY FCST FOR FRI. WKND LOOKS DRY...THEN A SIG SHRTWV TROF
DROPS IN FROM THE W LATE SUN NIGHT INTO TUE. HAVE ADDED CHANCE POPS
FOR MON AND TUE.

FCSTID = 77
GSP   70  91  70  85 /  20  30  30  40
AND   71  92  70  86 /  20  30  30  40
CLT   69  92  70  86 /  20  30  30  40
HKY   69  88  69  83 /  20  30  30  40
AVL   66  86  66  80 /  30  40  40  40

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

RB

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 4, 10:31 AM EST, 4 hours 59 minutes before

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014-
019-042030-

SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1131 AM EDT TUE JUN 4 2002

...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE WESTERN
CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA...

ANOTHER HOT AND HUMID AFTERNOON WILL RESULT IN A VERY UNSTABLE
AIRMASS ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA.
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY MID
AFTERNOON ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA. THE
DEGREE OF INSTABILITY EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON INDICATES THAT THESE
STORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE...PRODUCING HAIL AS
LARGE AS QUARTERS AND WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH.

AS THE AFTERNOON PROGRESSES...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE
EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE PIEDMONT AND FOOTHILLS. THE POTENTIAL
FOR ISOLATED SEVERE WEATHER WILL EXIST WITH THESE STORMS AS WELL.

IN ADDITION TO THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT...STORMS DEVELOPING TODAY
ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE VERY SLOWLY...WITH EXTREMELY HEAVY RAINFALL
LIKELY. LOCAL FLASH FLOODING COULD RESULT...ESPECIALLY IF A STORM
DEVELOPS OVER AN URBAN AREA.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLET FOR
THE LATEST STATEMENTS...WATCHES...OR WARNINGS.

JONES

Local storm report, Jun 4, 1:22 PM EST, 2 hours 8 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
222 PM EDT TUE JUN 04 2002

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

215 PM     MARSHALL                  NC   1.00 INCH HAIL
06/04/02   MADISON                        SPOTTER REPORTED QUARTER
                                          SIZE HAIL NEAR MARSHALL

JONES

Local storm report, Jun 4, 1:38 PM EST, 1 hour 52 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
238 PM EDT TUE JUN 04 2002

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

432 PM     CANTON                    NC   1.00 INCH HAIL
06/04/02   HAYWOOD                        SPOTTER REPORTED QUARTER
                                          SIZE HAIL

PAT

Local storm report, Jun 4, 1:38 PM EST, 1 hour 52 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED TIME
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
238 PM EDT TUE JUN 04 2002

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

232 PM     CANTON                    NC   1.00 INCH HAIL
06/04/02   HAYWOOD                        SPOTTER REPORTED QUARTER
                                          SIZE HAIL

PAT

Local storm report, Jun 4, 3:08 PM EST, 22 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
408 PM EDT TUE JUN 04 2002

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

403 PM     BURNSVILLE                NC   .75 INCH HAIL
06/04/02   YANCEY                         SHERIFF DEPARTMENT
                                          REPORTED DIME HAIL JUST
                                          OUTSIDE BURNSVILLE

JONES

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 84 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:31 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Buncombe

When: June 4, 3:30 PM EST
Where: Buncombe County, 4 mi E of Asheville
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 35.600, -82.500

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

Every storm in North Carolina in 2002 Every state in 2002 This day in weather history Warnings 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: 5305573.