Hail in North Carolina, July 16, 2003

Name: Hail in North Carolina, July 16, 2003
Start: 2003-07-16T17:37
End: 2003-07-16T17:37
Location: North Carolina

July 16, 2003 · NWS GSP · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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Fire, smoke and dust
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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 16, 1:50 PM EST, 3 hours 47 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 16, 1:50 PM EST, 3 hours 47 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
250 PM EDT WED JUL 16 2003

18Z SFC ANALYSIS DEPICTS A WEAK FRONT STRETCHED FROM THE CENTRAL
APPALACHIANS TO THE MID MS RIVER VALLEY...WITH A SFC TROUGH OVER THE
FOOTHILLS OF THE CAROLINAS JUST EAST OF THE BLUE RIDGE. RADAR SHOWS
ISOLATED CONVECTION WHICH HAS FINALLY OVERCOME THE WARM TEMPERATURES
ALOFT. AS THE BOUNDARY TO THE NW SLIPS SLOWLY TOWARD THE AREA...AND
OUTFLOWS FROM THE ONGOING CONVECTION CONT...COVERAGE SHOULD SLOWLY
INCREASE ACROSS THE WRN CAROLINAS AND NE GA THROUGH SUNSET AND THEN
DISSIPATE BY MIDNIGHT. WILL THUS USE EVENING CHC POPS IN THE
FORECAST.

FRONT WASHES OUT UPON APPROACH TOMORROW WITH A RESIDUAL TROUGH AXIS
THROUGH THE FORECAST AREA. INSTABILITY POOLS ALONG THE SOUTH SIDE OF
THE FRONT WITH ETA SUGGESTING 2500 TO 3000 J/KG CAPES BY AFTERNOON.
A CAPPING INVERSION IS PRESENT IN MOST SOUNDINGS...WHICH SHOULD
DELAY SIGNIFICANT CONVECTION UNTIL MID TO LATE AFTERNOON...BUT
SCATTERED COVERAGE OF STRONG STORMS IS LIKELY AGAIN TOMORROW WITH
MID LEVEL DRY PUNCH AND LOW WET BULB ZEROES.

CHARACTER OF PRECIPITATION WILL REMAIN MAINLY DIURNAL IN NATURE FROM
TOMORROW THROUGH NEXT MONDAY...WITH ANOTHER WEAK BOUNDARY WASHING
OUT OVER THE FORECAST AREA EARLY THIS WEEKEND. MEDIUM RANGE
CONSENSUS IS FOR A STRONGER SHORTWAVE TO LOAD UP OVER MANITOBA LATE
IN THE WEEKEND AND CARVE OUT ANOTHER EASTERN TROUGH BY EARLY NEXT
WEEK. THIS SYSTEM SHOULD PUSH A STRONGER FRONT FROM THE GREAT LAKES
TO THE FORECAST AREA BY TUESDAY...WITH ANOTHER ROUND OF SEVERE
WEATHER POSSIBLE. SOME DRYING IS LIKELY BEHIND THE SYSTEM STARTING
WED.

FCSTID =   33
GSP   70  90  70  89 /  40  30  30  30
AND   70  90  70  90 /  40  30  30  30
CLT   70  90  70  89 /  40  40  40  30
HKY   67  88  67  89 /  40  30  30  30
AVL   63  85  62  86 /  40  30  30  30

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

HG

Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 16, 5:00 AM EST, 12 hours 37 minutes before

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014-
019-161200-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
600 AM EDT WED JUL 16 2003

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP TODAY AND PERSIST
INTO THE EVENING. THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY THAT A FEW COULD PRODUCE
DAMAGING WIND GUSTS...LARGE HAIL...OR LOCALIZED FLOODING. FOR MORE
INFORMATION...SEE THE SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK (SPSGSP) ISSUED AT 410
AM.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD DEVELOP EVERY DAY THROUGH NEXT
TUESDAY...MAINLY IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ON ANY GIVEN
DAY...ONE OR TWO COULD PRODUCE SEVERE WEATHER.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED.

MOORE

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 16, 4:30 PM EST, 1 hour 7 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED FOR TIME OF EVENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
530 PM EDT WED JUL 16 2003

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

524 PM     10 SW NEWTON              NC   .75 INCH HAIL
07/16/03   CATAWBA                        HAM REPORT.

JAT

Local storm report, Jul 16, 4:32 PM EST, 1 hour 5 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
532 PM EDT WED JUL 16 2003

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

515 PM     5 E MOCKSVILLE            NC   WIND DAMAGE
07/16/03   DAVIE                          EOC REPORTS TREE ON
                                          HOUSE.

JAT

Local storm report, Jul 16, 5:04 PM EST, 33 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED FOR TIME OF EVENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
530 PM EDT WED JUL 16 2003

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

524 PM     10 SW NEWTON              NC   .75 INCH HAIL
07/16/03   CATAWBA                        HAM REPORT.

JAT

Local storm report, Jul 16, 5:19 PM EST, 18 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
619 PM EDT WED JUL 16 2003

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

610 PM     RUTHERFORDTON             NC   WIND DAMAGE
07/16/03   RUTHERFORD                     COUNTY EOC REPORTS TREES
                                          DOWN COUNTYWIDE.

615 PM     7 SE LINCOLNTON           NC   .75 INCH HAIL
07/16/03   LINCOLN                        SKYWARN SPOTTER REPORTS
                                          PENNY SIZE HAIL.

HG

Special weather statement, Jul 16, 5:24 PM EST, 13 minutes before

NCZ070-071-162330-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
624 PM EDT WED JUL 16 2003

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TO AFFECT THE CHARLOTTE METRO AREA
THROUGH 8 PM...

AT 624 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH INTO GASTON AND
MECKLENBURG COUNTIES. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE WIND GUSTS OF
40 TO 50 MPH...SMALL HAIL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND TORRENTIAL
RAINFALL.

THE AREA FROM GASTONIA TO LAKE NORMAN WILL BE AFFECTED THROUGH
7 PM...WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS REACHING CHARLOTTE BY 730 PM.
THE TORRENTIAL RAINFALL WILL LIKELY PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE STANDING
WATER IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL CLOSELY MONITOR THESE
THUNDERSTORMS IN CASE A WARNING BECOMES NECESSARY.

HG

Local storm report, Jul 16, 5:34 PM EST, 3 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
634 PM EDT WED JUL 16 2003

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

627 PM     BREVARD                   NC   WIND DAMAGE
07/16/03   TRANSYLVANIA                   EOC REPORTS MULTIPLE
                                          TREES AND POWERLINES
                                          DOWN.

RB

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 104 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:36 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Gaston

When: July 16, 5:37 PM EST
Where: Gaston County, Gastonia
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 35.267, -81.183

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 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: 5329734.