North Carolina, 2003

Hail in North Carolina, April 30, 2003

April 30, 2003 · 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
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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 Apr 30, 2:25 PM EST, 5 hours 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 30, 2:25 PM EST, 5 hours 45 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
325 PM EDT WED APR 30 2003

SH AND TS ARE ONGOING ACROSS THE SPINE OF THE APPALACHIANS AND
ACROSS THE PIEDMONT OF NC. EXPECT THAT THE ACTIVITY WILL INCREASE IN
COVERAGE FURTHER EAST AND WILL REMAIN INTO THE EVENING. SEVERE
CHANCES STILL LOOK GOOD AS PARAMETERS REMAIN FAVORABLE...IN
FACT...DEWPOINTS HAVE REMAINED HIGHER THAN EXPECTED RESULTING IN
CAPES AROUND 3000 J/KG AT PEAK HEATING. WILL TREND POPS FROM LIKELY
OVER THE NRN MTNS DOWN TO 30S EAST OF CLT. AFTER MIDNIGHT...WILL
DECREASE POPS TO SCHC AND WILL ADD PATCHY FOG. FOG COULD BECOME
DENSE IN SPOTS AS MIN WILL SURPASS CROSSOVER TEMPS.

FORECAST CHANGES A BIT FOR THU AS MODELS HAVE ADOPTED THE COASTAL
LOW OFF THE SE. WILL FOLLOW MAINLY THE ETA ON THIS FEATURE AS AGAIN
THE GFS IS OVER DEVELOPING THE LOW. THE CIRCULATION AROUND THE LOW
WILL ADVECT IN MORE STABLE AIR OVER THE NE CWA...BUT AREAS IN THE
WEST WILL FEEL LITTLE DIFFERENCE. WILL GO SCHC OVER THE NRN PIEDMONT
OF NC AND MAINTAIN CHC OVER THE REST OF THE CWA. WITH THE
DEVELOPMENT OF THE COASTAL SYSTEM AS THE MAIN LOW...THE COLD FRONT
THAT WAS PROGGED FOR FRI HAS SLOWED. IN FACT...FRONT MAY STALL OVER
THE CWA FOR SAT...WITH ETA HOLDING ONTO SOME CAPE. WILL DELAY ONSET
OF PRECIP TO FRI AFTERNOON AND HOLD ONTO MENTION UNTIL MIDNIGHT. DUE
TO THIS CHANGE WILL LEAN AGAINST ADDING POPS TO THE SAT PERIOD...BUT
WILL INCREASE POPS TO SCHC TO TREND INTO THE DIRECTION OF MENTION.

HIGH PRESSURE IS EXPECTED TO RIDGE DOWN AS IT MOVES PAST TO THE
NORTH ON SUNDAY AND EARLY MONDAY. GUIDANCE IS FOLLOWED CLOSELY HERE.
ONCE THE HIGH IS OFFSHORE MONDAY AFTERNOON AND A WEAK WARM FRONT
LIFTS NORTH...MOISTURE SHOULD BEGIN TO RETURN. WILL INTRODUCE A
CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS FOR THE
AFTERNOON. WITH THE MOISTENING RETURN FLOW...HAVE RAISED LOW TEMP
MONDAY NIGHT BY A FEW DEGREES ACROSS SC/NE GA. BY TUESDAY...WE
SHOULD BE SET UP FOR SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING CONVECTION WITH
THE HIGH OFF THE SOUTHEAST COAST AND A SURFACE FRONT TO THE WEST.
THE ONLY REAL CHANGE HERE IS TO KEEP A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS
THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING BASED ON THE POSITION OF THE COLD FRONT
DEPICTED BY HPC AT 12Z WEDNESDAY.

FCSTID =   16
GSP   58  79  59  82 /  50  30  30  40
AND   59  80  59  83 /  50  30  30  40
CLT   57  81  59  82 /  40  30  30  40
HKY   58  78  58  79 /  50  20  20  40
AVL   56  75  55  78 /  50  30  30  40

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

NED/MOORE
Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 30, 5:03 AM EST, 15 hours 7 minutes before
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014-
019-301200-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
603 AM EDT WED APR 30 2003

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA.

.DAY ONE...

A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE LATER TODAY. FOR
FURTHER DETAILS...PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST SEVERE WEATHER
OUTLOOK...SPSGSP...ISSUED BY THIS OFFICE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...

EXPECT A DAILY CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS BOTH THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 30, 3:40 PM EST, 4 hours 30 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
440 PM EDT WED APR 30 2003

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

335 PM     7 E MOCKSVILLE            NC   1.00 INCH HAIL
04/30/03   DAVIE                          LETTER CARRIERS WITH THE
                                          POSTAL SERVICE REPORTED
                                          SEVERAL INSTANCES OF HAIL
                                          BETWEEN DIME AND QUARTER
                                          SIZE BETWEEN MOCKSVILLE
                                          AND FORK CHURCH.

BURRUS
Local storm report, Apr 30, 3:53 PM EST, 4 hours 17 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
453 PM EDT WED APR 30 2003

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

452 PM     5 NE SYLVA                NC   .75 INCH HAIL
04/30/03   JACKSON                        SKYWARN SPOTTER REPORTS
                                          DIME SIZE HAIL.

HG
Local storm report, Apr 30, 4:59 PM EST, 3 hours 11 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
559 PM EDT WED APR 30 2003

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

433 PM     CELO                      NC   1.00 INCH HAIL
04/30/03   YANCEY                         THREE HAIL EVENTS WITH
                                          QUARTER SIZE TO PEA SIZE
                                          HAIL.  STRONG WINDS AND
                                          2.50 RAINFALL.

TJB
Local storm report, Apr 30, 5:05 PM EST, 3 hours 5 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
605 PM EDT WED APR 30 2003

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

600 PM     MT MITCHELL ST PARK       NC   1.00 INCH HAIL
04/30/03   YANCEY                         RELAYED BY BLUE RIDGE
                                          PKWY DISPATCH.

JAT
Special weather statement, Apr 30, 6:07 PM EST, 2 hours 3 minutes before
NCZ035>037-056-057-010000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
707 PM EDT WED APR 30 2003

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING FOR THE NORTHERN FOOTHILLS AND
NORTHWEST PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...

AT 705 PM...WEATHER RADAR SHOWED NUMEROUS STRONG SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE NORTHERN FOOTHILLS AND NORTHWEST PIEDMONT
OF NORTH CAROLINA. THE THREE STRONGEST STORMS WERE IN THE VICINITY
OF TAYLORSVILLE IN ALEXANDER COUNTY...NEAR CENTRAL IN NORTHWEST
IREDELL COUNTY...AND JUST SOUTH OF FARMINGTON IN DAVIE COUNTY. THE
STORMS WERE SLOWLY WEAKENING AND DRIFTING TO THE NORTH.

ANY OF THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE HAIL AROUND A HALF INCH IN
DIAMETER...OR WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH OR A LITTLE HIGHER. THERE WAS ONE
REPORT OF DIME SIZED HAIL FROM THE EMERGENCY MANAGER IN ALEXANDER
COUNTY. WITH LOSS OF HEATING...THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY NOT GET MUCH
STRONGER.

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

BURRUS
Local storm report, Apr 30, 6:09 PM EST, 2 hours 1 minute before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
709 PM EDT WED APR 30 2003

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

702 PM     TAYLORSVILLE              NC   .75 INCH HAIL
04/30/03   ALEXANDER                      EMERGENCY MANAGER
                                          REPORTED HAIL AS LARGE AS
                                          A DIME.

BURRUS

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 100 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:08 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Burke

When
April 30, 8:10 PM EST
Where
Burke County, 5 mi SW of Morganton
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
35.700, -81.767

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

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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: 5354467.