Hail, Mecklenburg
- When
- February 16, 7:15 PM EST
- Where
- Mecklenburg County, Matthews
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 35.117, -80.733
Hail in North Carolina, February 16, 2005
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 Feb 16, 4:48 PM EST, 2 hours 27 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 16, 4:48 PM EST, 2 hours 27 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 448 PM EST WED FEB 16 2005 .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT)... CONVECTION FIRING ALONG SURFACE FRONT LATE THIS AFTERNOON. LATEST ANALYSIS SHOWS LI AROUND MINUS 2 AND ENOUGH CAPE FOR SCATTERED SHOWERS TO DEVELOP. SUSPECT THAT AT LEAST A FEW OF THEM WILL DEVELOP INTO THUNDERSTORMS. FORECAST WILL BE UPDATED TO RAISE POP TO CHANCE RANGE GENERALLY ALONG AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 85. && .PREVIOUS DISCUSSION... ISSUED AT 248 PM. SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY)... COLD FRONT WORKING ACROSS WESTERN CWFA NOW. STILL AN OUTSIDE CHANCE OF A SHOWER OR THUNDERSTORM AS IT WORKS EAST...ESPECIALLY WITH ATTENDANT SHORTWAVE APPROACHING. FOR NOW...WILL PLAN ON NO MENTION OF SHOWERS OUTSIDE HIGHER TERRAIN FOR THE EVENING. WILL HIGHLIGHT NORTHWEST FLOW SNOW SHOWERS FOR THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS... STARTING OUT AS RAIN/SNOW MIX CHANCE THIS EVENING. COLD ADVECTION REGIME SHOULD ALLOW GUSTY WINDS TO LINGER THROUGH OVERNIGHT HIGHER TERRAIN...BUT BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA. CWFA TO REMAIN IN NORTHWEST FLOW...WITH COOL TEMPERATURES. STRONG SHORTWAVE WITH SECONDARY SHOT OF COLD ADVECTION TO AFFECT REGION THURSDAY NITE. WINDS COULD APPROACH ADVISORY LEVEL IN HIGHER TERRAIN. NORTHWEST FLOW CLIPPER SYSTEM SHOWN BY NAM AND GFS TO CROSS REGION FRIDAY MORNING. WE INCLUDED SMALL CHANCES OF SNOW SHOWERS FOR THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS. HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN WITH FAIR BUT COOL WEATHER FOR SATURDAY. SAB LONG TERM (SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY)... YESTERDAYS 1200 UTC RUN OF THE ECMWF IS STILL LOOKING LIKE THE BEST MODEL FOR THE EXTENDED PERIOD PER HPC/S COMMENTS IN THE PREEPD THIS MORNING. THE 0000 UTC RUN HAD TOO MUCH RIDING OVER THE SE STATES LATE IN THE PERIOD...WHICH WOULD HAVE BEEN NICE AS IT WOULD HAVE DRIED US OUT SOME TUE AND WED. HOWEVER...MOST OTHER MEDIUM RANGE MODELS HAVE A FASTER...FLATTER FLOW OVER THE SE STATES TUE AND WED WHICH IMPLIES MORE CLOUDS...SMALLER DIURNAL RANGES AND A SMALL CHANCE OF RAIN. AS FOR THE SYSTEM ON SUN AND MON...TRENDS ARE FOR THE NRN STERAM CONFLUENCE TO BE WEAKER. THIS KEEPS ARCTIC HIGH LOCKED UP TO OUR NORTH. THE ECMWF HAS ALSO BEEN TRENDING MORE NLY AND WARMER...BUT IT/S SFC HIGH IS LESS PROGRESSIVE AND STRONGER THAN OTHER MODELS. THEREFORE...WL STILL HAVE A LITTLE MIX IN THE FORECAST EARLY SUNDAY. HOWEVER...BY THE TIME THE BEST UPGLIDE DEVELOPS TEMPERATURES WL HAVE MODERATED ENUF TO PRECLUDE ANY SIG WINTER WEATHER PROBLEMS. BPM && .GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. && SHORT TERM (UPDATE)...MOORE
Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 16, 5:34 AM EST, 13 hours 41 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 534 AM EST WED FEB 16 2005 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014- 019-171033- ABBEVILLE SC-ALEXANDER NC-ANDERSON SC-AVERY NC-BUNCOMBE NC-BURKE NC- CABARRUS NC-CALDWELL NC-CATAWBA NC-CHEROKEE SC-CHESTER SC- CLEVELAND NC-DAVIE NC-ELBERT GA-FRANKLIN GA-GASTON NC-GRAHAM NC- GREATER GREENVILLE SC-GREATER OCONEE SC-GREATER PICKENS SC- GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS SC-GREENWOOD SC-HABERSHAM GA-HART GA-HAYWOOD NC- HENDERSON NC-IREDELL NC-LAURENS SC-LINCOLN NC-MACON NC-MADISON NC- MCDOWELL NC-MECKLENBURG NC-MITCHELL NC-NORTHERN JACKSON NC- OCONEE MOUNTAINS SC-PICKENS MOUNTAINS SC-POLK NC-RABUN GA-ROWAN NC- RUTHERFORD NC-SOUTHERN JACKSON NC-SPARTANBURG SC-STEPHENS GA- SWAIN NC-TRANSYLVANIA NC-UNION SC-UNION NC-YANCEY NC-YORK SC- 534 AM EST WED FEB 16 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE... A COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA TODAY. PATCHY DENSE FOG WILL LINGER AHEAD OF THE FRONT THIS MORNING. SHOWERS WILL DEVELOP MAINLY OVER THE MOUNTAINS THIS MORNING...SCATTERED SHOWERS SHOULD DEVELOP OVER THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT THIS AFTERNOON. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... DEEP GULF MOISTURE WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION SATURDAY NIGHT AND WILL REMAIN INTO THE EARLY WEEK. WINTRY PRECIPITATION IS POSSIBLE MAINLY OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND NORTH CAROLINA FOOTHILLS ON SUNDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. NED
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Feb 16, 4:47 PM EST, 2 hours 28 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 447 PM EST WED FEB 16 2005 SCZ007-008-013-162230- CHEROKEE SC-SPARTANBURG-UNION SC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GAFFNEY...SPARTANBURG...UNION 447 PM EST WED FEB 16 2005 ...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER THE UPSTATE... AT 436 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORM NEAR BOILING SPRINGS...MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT AROUND 20 MPH. THROUGH 530 PM...THIS STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE CITY OF SPARTANBURG...AND WILL ALSO AFFECT LOCATIONS BETWEEN COWPENS AND PACOLET BEFORE MOVING INTO SOUTHERN CHEROKEE COUNTY. CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...PEA SIZE HAIL...GUSTY WINDS OF AROUND 40 MPH...AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER WEATHER INFORMATION. LANE
Special weather statement, Feb 16, 5:41 PM EST, 1 hour 34 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 541 PM EST WED FEB 16 2005 SCZ007>009-013-014-162330- CHEROKEE SC-CHESTER-SPARTANBURG-UNION SC-YORK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHESTER...GAFFNEY...ROCK HILL... SPARTANBURG...UNION 541 PM EST WED FEB 16 2005 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM CONTINUES OVER EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE UPSTATE... AT 536 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF SPARTANBURG... CHEROKEE...AND UNION COUNTIES...MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT AROUND 15 MPH. THROUGH 630 PM...THIS STORM WILL MOVE ALONG THE CHEROKEE AND UNION COUNTY BORDER. THE MAIN THREATS FROM THIS STORM WILL BE FROM CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR. PONDING OF WATER WILL BE LIKELY IN LOW SPOTS. IN ADDITION...PEA SIZE HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER WEATHER INFORMATION. LANE
Special weather statement, Feb 16, 6:33 PM EST, 42 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 633 PM EST WED FEB 16 2005 SCZ009-014-170030- CHESTER-YORK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHESTER...ROCK HILL 633 PM EST WED FEB 16 2005 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS THE EASTERN PIEDMONT... AT 630 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED TWO STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...ONE ACROSS NORTHWEST YORK COUNTY...THE OTHER ACROSS NORTHWEST CHESTER COUNTY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT AROUND 20 MPH. THROUGH 730 PM...THESE STORMS WILL AFFECT SUCH LOCATIONS AS THE CITIES OF YORK...CHESTER...ROCK HILL AND SURROUNDING AREAS. THE MAIN THREATS FROM THESE STORMS WILL BE FROM CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAINFALL. HOWEVER...A BRIEF PERIOD OF PEA SIZE HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER WEATHER INFORMATION. LANE
The radar
The Columbia radar (KCAE), 135 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:14 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
- Winter Weather in Vermont, February 16, 2005
- Winter Storm in New York, February 16, 2005
- Marine Thunderstorm Winds in North Atlantic Coastal Waters, February 16, 2005
- Winter Weather in New York, February 16, 2005
- Flooding in Indiana, February 16 to 25, 2005
- Dense Fog in Arizona, February 16, 2005
- Marine Thunderstorm Wind in North Atlantic Coastal Waters, February 16, 2005
- Marine Thunderstorm Wind in North Atlantic Coastal Waters, February 16, 2005
- Marine Thunderstorm Wind in North Atlantic Coastal Waters, February 16, 2005
- Marine Thunderstorm Wind in North Atlantic Coastal Waters, February 16, 2005
- Heavy Snow in Wisconsin, February 16 to 17, 2005
More
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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: 5442085.