Hail, Gaston
- When
- July 12, 8:42 PM EST
- Where
- Gaston County, Dallas
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 35.317, -81.183
Hail in North Carolina, July 12, 2003
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
- 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 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, 7 hours 21 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 12, 1:21 PM EST, 7 hours 21 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, 16 hours 22 minutes before
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014- 019-121130- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 520 AM EDT SAT JUL 12 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AND ORGANIZE ACROSS THE TENNESSEE VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON. THE STORMS MAY MOVE INTO THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS LATE THIS AFTERNOON OR EARLY THIS EVENING...AND THEN MOVE ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...AS WELL AS NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA LATER IN THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. A FEW OF THE STORMS COULD PRODUCE DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS AND PERHAPS LARGE HAIL...ESPECIALLY DURING THE EARLY TO MID EVENING IN AREAS WEST OF I-26 IN GEORGIA AND SOUTH CAROLINA...AND WEST OF THE BLUE RIDGE IN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... SCATTERD...MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE MOST DAYS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS EVENING. LANE
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jul 12, 7:12 PM EST, 1 hour 30 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
812 PM EDT SAT JUL 12 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
738 PM COLLETTSVILLE NC WIND DAMAGE
07/12/03 CALDWELL TREES DOWN. REPORTED BY
COUNTY COMMS CENTER.
MCAVOYLocal storm report, Jul 12, 7:18 PM EST, 1 hour 24 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
631 PM EDT SAT JUL 12 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
600 PM 2 E WEAVERVILLE NC LIGHTNING
07/12/03 BUNCOMBE ***INJURED 1, DEAD 0***
COUNTY EOC REPORTED ONE
MAN HOSPITALIZED AND SERIOUSLY
INJURED WHILE STANDING UNDER STANDING UPDER A TREE IN REEMS
A TREE IN REEMS CREEK.
CORRECTED DETAILS ON INJURY.Local storm report, Jul 12, 7:31 PM EST, 1 hour 11 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
831 PM EDT SAT JUL 12 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
824 PM 7 NW SHELBY NC WIND DAMAGE
07/12/03 CLEVELAND SPOTTER REPORTED TREES
BLOWING DOWN AND DEBRIS
IN THE AIR ON HIGHWAY 226
BETWEEN SHELBY AND
POLKVILLE.
TJBSpecial weather statement, Jul 12, 7:42 PM EST, 1 hour before
NCZ068>072-082-SCZ008-009-013-014-130200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 842 PM EDT SAT JUL 12 2003 ...STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO AFFECT THE NORTH CAROLINA PIEDMONT AND THE NORTHERN PART OF THE UPSTATE THROUGH LATE EVENING... AT 838 PM...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE SOUTHERN FOOTHILLS AND WESTERN PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA. THIS AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE EAST AT AROUND 30 MPH...AND AFFECT AREAS FROM SHELBY TO GASTONIA AND LINCOLNTON THROUGH 930 PM. IF THESE STORMS HOLD TOGETHER...THEY WILL MOVE INTO THE CHARLOTTE AND ROCK HILL AREAS BETWEEN 930 PM AND 1030 PM EDT. THE STRONGEST OF THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 INCHES AND HOUR AND NEARLY CONTINUOUS LIGHTNING WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY THE STORMS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION OR CABLE TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. MCAVOY
Local storm report, Jul 12, 7:44 PM EST, 58 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
844 PM EDT SAT JUL 12 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
823 PM 12 N SHELBY NC .75 INCH HAIL
07/12/03 CLEVELAND DIME SIZE HAIL NEAR
POLKSVILLE.
TJBLocal storm report, Jul 12, 7:47 PM EST, 55 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
847 PM EDT SAT JUL 12 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
842 PM SUNSHINE NC WIND DAMAGE
07/12/03 RUTHERFORD TREES DOWN. REPORTED BY
COUNTY COMMS CENTER.
MCAVOYThe radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 106 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:42 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
- Heat in California, July 12, 2003
- Tornado in North Carolina, July 12, 2003
- Heat in California, July 12 to 13, 2003
- Damaging Wind in West Virginia, July 12, 2003
- Flash Flood in West Virginia, July 12, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, July 12, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Wind in North Carolina, July 12, 2003
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Maryland, July 12, 2003
- Damaging Wind in Florida, July 12, 2003
- Tornado in North Carolina, July 12, 2003
- Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, July 12, 2003
- Damaging Wind in Florida, July 12, 2003
More
Every storm in North Carolina in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings 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: 5329530.