Hail in North Carolina, July 12, 2003

Name: Hail in North Carolina, July 12, 2003
Start: 2003-07-12T19:00
End: 2003-07-12T19:00
Location: North Carolina

July 12, 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.

Tornadoes
Tropical storms and surge
Floods
Wind
Hail
Winter weather
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 Jul 12, 1:21 PM EST, 5 hours 39 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 12, 1:21 PM EST, 5 hours 39 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
221 PM EDT SAT JUL 12 2003

UPPER LEVEL TROUGH TO PERSIST. SURFACE FRONT E OF AREA TO WASH
OUT...WHILE ANOTHER WEAK FRONT MOVES INTO AREA TONIGHT...STALLING
JUST TO S ON SUN. AREA CAPPED UNTIL THIS EVENING...WHEN CAPES OF
200-300 PROGGED BY MODEL SOUNDINGS AS MID LEVELS COOL. SUNDAY
AFTERNOON TO HAVE A BIT MORE INSTABILITY...AND FRONTAL MOISTURE.
MON/TUE NEARLY A REPEAT OF SUN. GULF NOT OPEN...SO ACTIVITY JUST
EXPECTED TO BE SCATTERED. NOT MUCH COOLING BEHIND THESE BOUNDARIES
...WITH MOISTURE/CLOUDS REMAINING...AND COOLEST AIR WELL TO N.

WEAK S FLOW TO DOMINATE WED/THU AS SLOW MOVING FRONT ADVANCES FROM
NW. FRONT TO STALL OVER AERA FRI...WITH LIMITED MOISTURE...THEN TO
WASH OUT SAT. CHANCE POPS CONTINUE...PRIMARILY AFTERNOON/EVENING...
WITH TEMPERATURES AROUND OR JUST BELOW NORMAL.

FCSTID =    7
GSP   67  86  67  87 /  30  40  40  30
AND   68  86  68  87 /  30  40  40  30
CLT   67  87  67  87 /  30  40  40  30
HKY   65  84  66  84 /  30  40  40  30
AVL   60  81  62  81 /  30  40  40  30

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

O7

Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 12, 4:20 AM EST, 14 hours 40 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 12, 5:07 PM EST, 1 hour 53 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 12, 5:31 PM EST, 1 hour 29 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 12, 5:39 PM EST, 1 hour 21 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
639 PM EDT SAT JUL 12 2003

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

630 PM     3 NE SWANNANOA            NC   .75 INCH HAIL
07/12/03   BUNCOMBE                       SPOTTER REPORT.

LAMB

Local storm report, Jul 12, 5:56 PM EST, 1 hour 4 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
656 PM EDT SAT JUL 12 2003

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

625 PM     GREER                     SC   .88 INCH HAIL
07/12/03   SPARTANBURG                    HAM RADIO SPOTTER IN
                                          GREER REPORTED
                                          NICKEL-SIZED HAIL COVERED
                                          THE GROUND IN EAST GREER.

BURRUS

Local storm report, Jul 12, 6:51 PM EST, 9 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
751 PM EDT SAT JUL 12 2003

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

648 PM     FAIRVIEW                  NC   WIND DAMAGE
07/12/03   BUNCOMBE                       COUNTY EOC REPORTED
                                          NUMEROUS TREES AND
                                          POWERLINES DOWN IN AND
                                          AROUND FAIRVIEW.

746 PM     10 N LENOIR               NC   .75 INCH HAIL
07/12/03   CALDWELL                       SPOTTER REPORT.

725 PM     3 S THERMAL CITY          NC   1.00 INCH HAIL
07/12/03   RUTHERFORD                     SPOTTER REPORTED QUARTER
                                          SIZE HAIL...STRIPPED
                                          LEAVES FROM ONE TREE.

LAMB

Local storm report, Jul 12, 6:57 PM EST, 3 minutes before

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The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 81 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:03 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Cleveland

When: July 12, 7:00 PM EST
Where: Cleveland County, Polkville
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 35.433, -81.633

What these are

Hail: Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in North Carolina in 2003 Every state in 2003 This day in weather history Warnings in North Carolina, July 2003

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: 5329520.