Hail, Haywood
- When
- June 18, 1:37 PM EST
- Where
- Haywood County, Canton
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- FIRE DEPT/RESCUE SQUAD
- Coordinates
- 35.533, -82.833
Hail in North Carolina, June 18, 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 Jun 18, 10:21 AM EST, 3 hours 16 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 18, 10:21 AM EST, 3 hours 16 minutes before
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
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 18, 2:51 AM EST, 10 hours 46 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 351 AM EDT SAT JUN 18 2005 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082- SCZ001>014-019-190800- RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-AVERY-CALDWELL- ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD- BUNCOMBE-MCDOWELL-BURKE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON- MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-POLK-RUTHERFORD- CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION- OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS- GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG- CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- 351 AM EDT SAT JUN 18 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA... MUCH OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TODAY...MAINLY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...SOME STORMS MAY BECOME QUITE STRONG WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY...THEN AGAIN ON FRIDAY...SOME STORMS MAY BECOME STRONG...WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NECESSARY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. RB
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 18, 8:57 AM EST, 4 hours 40 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 957 AM EDT SAT JUN 18 2005 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082- SCZ001>014-019-182000- RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-AVERY-CALDWELL- ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD- BUNCOMBE-MCDOWELL-BURKE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON- MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-POLK-RUTHERFORD- CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION- OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS- GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG- CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...CLARKESVILLE...TOCCOA... HARTWELL...ELBERTON...NEWLAND...STATESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE... SPRUCE PINE...CHEROKEE...WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...MARION... MORGANTON...HICKORY...SALISBURY...SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD... HENDERSONVILLE...COLUMBUS...RUTHERFORDTON...SHELBY...LINCOLNTON... GASTONIA...CHARLOTTE...CONCORD...MONROE...GREENVILLE... SPARTANBURG...GAFFNEY...ROCK HILL...ANDERSON...ABBEVILLE... LAURENS...UNION...CHESTER...GREENWOOD 957 AM EDT SAT JUN 18 2005 ...SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK... AN UPPER TROUGH WILL MOVE OVER THE AREA TODAY AND TONIGHT. AT THE SAME TIME...MOISTURE WILL INCREASE OVER THE REGION AND EAST WINDS WILL GENERATE UPSLOPE ENHANCEMENT. AS TEMPERATURES RISE TODAY...THE ATMOSPHERE WILL BECOME QUITE UNSTABLE AND BY THIS AFTERNOON SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE PENNY SIZED HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. THE AREA OF GREATEST THREAT FOR SEVERE STORMS WILL BE ACROSS NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 85 WHERE TEMPERATURES AND DEWPOINTS WILL BE HIGHER...BUT ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AS WELL. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...ALL HAZARDS...OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION. NED/RB
The radar
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 87 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:38 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
- Hail and Lightning Strike in South Carolina, June 18, 2005
- Tornado in Florida, June 18, 2005
- Hail in South Carolina, June 18, 2005
- Hail in Montana, June 18 to 19, 2005
- Hail in Georgia, June 18, 2005
- Hail in Montana, June 18, 2005
- Flooding in Oklahoma, June 18 to 19, 2005
- Waterspout in South Atlantic Coastal Waters, June 18, 2005
- High Wind in Oregon, June 18, 2005
- Marine Thunderstorm Wind in Gulf of Mexico, June 18, 2005
- Marine Thunderstorm Wind in Gulf of Mexico, June 18, 2005
- Marine Thunderstorm Wind in Gulf of Mexico, June 18, 2005
More
Every storm in North Carolina in 2005Every state in 2005This day in weather historyWarnings in North Carolina, June 2005
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: 5458475.