Hail, Caldwell
- When
- June 30, 1:00 PM EST
- Where
- Caldwell County, 16 mi NW of Lenoir
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 36.083, -81.750
Hail was reported in the Blowing Rock area.
Hail in North Carolina, June 30, 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 Jun 30, 12:35 PM EST, 25 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 30, 12:35 PM EST, 25 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 135 PM EDT MON JUN 30 2003 THE BIG ISSUE THIS WEEK WILL OF COURSE BE THE TRACK OF T.S. BILL AS IT TRANSLATES THROUGH THE AREA. SHOWERS AND TSTMS ARE LIKELY TUE...BUT WED SEEMS TO BE THE KEY TIMEFRAME FOR HEAVIEST RAINFALL POTENTIAL. THIS MAY NEED TO BE ADJUSTED DEPENDING ON THE EXACT TRACK OF BILL SINCE EACH MODEL RUN TAKES THE REMNANTS OF THE T.S. SLIGHTLY FURTHER N. IN ANY CASE THE FORECAST AREA WILL BE IN A SIGNIFICANT UPSLOPE REGION WITH DEEP MOISTURE AS IT MOVES THRU. ANYWHERE FROM 3 TO 5 INCHES RAIN IS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREA...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. MDLS PAINT A SIGNIFICANT BULLSEYE OF UVV AND QPF OVER NE GA AND W CAROLINAS ON WED AS WELL. ESF WILL BE UPDATED TO HIGHLIGHT POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING LATE TUE INTO THU. CURRENT THINKING IS FOR SLIGHT CHANCE OF AFTN-EVE CONVECTION TO CONTINUE FRI...THROUGH THE WEEKEND AND INTO MON. FCSTID = 77 GSP 68 83 70 81 / 40 60 60 70 AND 69 84 70 82 / 40 60 60 70 CLT 69 83 70 82 / 40 60 60 70 HKY 67 82 69 80 / 40 60 60 70 AVL 63 79 65 76 / 40 60 60 70 .GSP... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. RB
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 30, 5:03 AM EST, 7 hours 57 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 MON JUN 30 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP TODAY ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA. THIS AFTERNOON...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND WIND GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... TROPICAL STORM BILL WILL MAKE LANDFALL TODAY ALONG THE LOUISIANA GULF COAST AND MOVE NORTHEAST TOWARD THE TENNESSEE RIVER VALLEY BY LATE TUESDAY. THE REMNANTS OF BILL COULD THEN MOVE EASTWARD ACROSS THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS AND BRING ABUNDANT TROPICAL RAINFALL TO THE REGION. THE POTENTIAL FOR ASSOCIATED FLOODING IS ADDRESSED IN THE FLOOD POTENTIAL OUTLOOK...ESFGSP...ISSUED THIS MORNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY OR TUESDAY. SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS ARE STRONGLY URGED TO MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF TROPICAL STORM BILL THIS WEEK. HG
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 140 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:02 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
- Tornadoes and Tropical Storm in Louisiana, June 30, 2003
- Heat in Virginia, June 30, 2003
- Tornado and Tropical Storm in Mississippi, June 30, 2003
- Tornado in Georgia, June 30, 2003
- Wildfire in California, June 30, 2003
- Lightning Strike in New York, June 30, 2003
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Georgia, June 30, 2003
- Hail in Nebraska, June 30, 2003
- Flash Flood and Hail in Maryland, June 30, 2003
- Damaging Wind in Florida, June 30, 2003
- Damaging Winds in Massachusetts, June 30, 2003
- Hail in South Dakota, June 30, 2003
More
Every storm in North Carolina in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in North Carolina, June 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: 5363674.