Hail in North Carolina, June 19, 2005

Name: Hail in North Carolina, June 19, 2005
Start: 2005-06-19T17:15
End: 2005-06-19T17:30
Location: North Carolina

June 19, 2005 · NWS GSP · 1 event in 1 county or zone

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.

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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 Jun 19, 2:22 PM EST, 2 hours 53 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 19, 2:22 PM EST, 2 hours 53 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
322 PM EDT SUN JUN 19 2005

.SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY)...
SCT CONVECTION WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING BEFORE DIMINISHING.
EXPECT ISOLATED SEVERE HAIL AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON WITH MODERATE
INSTABILITY AND H5 COLD POOL DIRECTLY OVERHEAD. NAM SHOWS GOOD LOW
LEVEL MOISTURE AND LIFT OVERNIGHT ROTATING INTO THE AREA WITH SOME
UPSLOPE COMPONENT. ONLY HAVE ISOLATED SHRA FOR NOW...SINCE IT DOES
TEND TO OVER DO THOSE FEATURES. BELOW NORMAL LOWS AGAIN TONIGHT.

UPPER LOW REMAINS IN THE AREA MONDAY ALONG WITH ITS ATTENDANT COLD
POOL. MDLS INDICATE DEEP MOISTURE REMAINING OVER MOST OF THE AREA.
THE DIFFERENCE IS SOME DRIER AIR BEGINS WORKING ITS WAY IN FROM THE
EAST. ATMOS BECOMES UNSTABLE AS TEMPS/DEW POINTS VERY SIMILAR TO
TODAY. THE MDLS DO HAVE A MID LEVEL INVERSION DURING THE
AFTERNOON...BUT IT DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE ENOUGH OF A CAP TO SHUT OFF
CONVECTION. THEREFORE WILL KEEP A LOW CHC POP FOR THE AFTERNOON. AS
MENTIONED ABOVE...HIGHS SIMILAR TO TODAY...MUCH BELOW NORMAL.

CAPES WILL REMAIN AROUND 1000 J/KG TUE AND WED ON THE NAM. WILL
KEEP POPS FROM SCHC TO CHC OVER THE MTNS. COLD FRONT MAY PRESS
INTO THE NRN MTNS BY MID DAY ON WED...ENHANCING MOISTURE
CONVERGENCE.

&&

.LONG TERM (WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY)...
MID CONUS RIDGE BEGINS TO SPREAD EAST ON THU WITH HEIGHTS CONTINUING
TO RISE INTO THE WEEKEND. 6Z GFS BRINGS A WEAK BACK DOOR FRONT INTO
THE CWA WED NIGHT...NAM A LITTLE QUICKER. THIS FEATURE WILL HAVE LITTLE
MOISTURE TO WORK WITH...WILL LIMIT POPS TO SLGT CHC. BY THE
WEEKEND...GFS WARMS H85 TEMPS TO AROUND 20C. HIGHS SHOULD REMAIN MID
80S MTNS TO AROUND 90S EAST...HOWEVER...DWPTS SHOULD INCREASE TO
AROUND 70 FOR THE WEEKEND. LIS LESS THAN 0C BECOME WIDESPREAD SAT
AND COOL FURTHER ON SUN. WILL ADVERTISE MTN/FOOTHILLS CHCS SAT AND
WILL INCREASE COVERAGE EAST ON SUN. FOLLOWING MEX/HPC GUIDANCE
TEMPERATURES SHOULD REMAIN SLIGHTLY WARMER THAN CLIMATOLOGY.

&&

.AVIATION...
CONVECTION ALREADY GOING OVER THE CWFA ATTM. KCLT HIT WITH TSRA
FIRST SO THEY START WITH TEMPO FOR TSRA. WILL HAVE VCTS AT ALL OTHER
SITES AND AMEND AS NECESSARY. WILL LIKELY HAVE SCATTERED TO ISOLATED
SHRA OVERNIGHT WITH MOIST ELY FLOW CONTINUING. HAVE INCLUDED SHORT
WINDOW OF SHRA AND MVFR CENTERED ON 11Z WHEN MOISTURE AND LOW LEVEL
LIFT MAXIMIZED. VFR BY 13Z OR 14Z. NO CONVECTION MENTIONED FOR THE
REST OF THE MORNING...BUT LOOKS LIKE SCT TO ISOLATED TSRA AGAIN
MONDAY AFTERNOON. CHC WILL BE GREATER WRN TAFS AND LOWER FOR THE ERN
SITES.

&&

.GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...NONE.
NC...NONE.
SC...NONE.
&&

SHORT TERM...NED/RWH
LONG TERM...NED
AVIATION...RWH

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 19, 4:48 AM EST, 12 hours 27 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
548 AM EDT SUN JUN 19 2005

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-
SCZ001>014-019-201000-
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-
548 AM EDT SUN JUN 19 2005

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED AGAIN
TODAY...ALTHOUGH THEY LIKELY WILL NOT BE AS STRONG OR AS SLOW
MOVING AS STORMS OBSERVED ON SATURDAY. STILL...ANY STORMS THAT DO
DEVELOP COULD PRODUCE SMALL HAIL ONE OR TWO STORMS...ESPECIALLY
ACROSS THE PIEDMONT OF THE CAROLINAS AND EXTREME NORTHEAST
GEORGIA...COULD BRIEFLY REACH SEVERE LEVELS.

STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO WEAKEN AFTER SUNSET...BUT SCATTERED SHOWERS
COULD BE ONGOING FOR MOST OF THE NIGHT...ESPECIALLY IN THE NORTH
CAROLINA FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STORMS SHOULD DEVELOP AGAIN ON MONDAY.
THE ATMOSPHERE SHOULD GRADUALLY STABILIZE MONDAY NIGHT AS LOW
LEVEL FLOW BECOMES A DRYING...DOWNSLOPE FLOW. A WEAK BACK DOOR
COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE REGION WEDNESDAY...BUT AS OF
NOW...THIS FRONTAL PASSAGE LOOKS DRY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY OR TONIGHT.

44

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 19, 4:02 PM EST, 1 hour 13 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
502 PM EDT SUN JUN 19 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0457 PM     HAIL             LONGVIEW                35.73N 81.38W
06/19/2005  0.75 INCH        CATAWBA            NC   TRAINED SPOTTER

            23RD STREET IN LONGVIEW

&&

BSH

Local storm report, Jun 19, 4:06 PM EST, 1 hour 9 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
506 PM EDT SUN JUN 19 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0455 PM     HAIL             GRANITE FALLS           35.80N 81.43W
06/19/2005  0.75 INCH        CALDWELL           NC   AMATEUR RADIO

&&

BSH

Local storm report, Jun 19, 4:10 PM EST, 1 hour 5 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
510 PM EDT SUN JUN 19 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0450 PM     HAIL             GRANITE FALLS           35.80N 81.43W
06/19/2005  0.75 INCH        CALDWELL           NC   AMATEUR RADIO

&&

BSH

Local storm report, Jun 19, 4:44 PM EST, 31 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
544 PM EDT SUN JUN 19 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0530 PM     TSTM WND DMG     PLEASANT GROVE          35.63N 81.58W
06/19/2005                   BURKE              NC   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREES DOWN, DETAILS N/A

&&

BSH

Special weather statement, Jun 19, 4:45 PM EST, 30 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
545 PM EDT SUN JUN 19 2005

NCZ057-192300-
ROWAN-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...SALISBURY
545 PM EDT SUN JUN 19 2005

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM TO AFFECT ROWAN COUNTY THROUGH 7 PM...

AT 542 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A STRONG
THUNDERSTORM JUST WEST OF CRAVEN IN ROWAN COUNTY...MOVING SOUTHWEST
AT 15 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL LIKELY AFFECT GRANITE QUARRY...
SALISBURY...FAITH...ROCKWELL AND CHINA GROVE THROUGH 7 PM. THESE
LOCATIONS MAY EXPERIENCE PEA SIZE HAIL AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL AT
RATES IN EXCESS OF AN INCH PER HOUR.

HG

Local storm report, Jun 19, 5:13 PM EST, 2 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
613 PM EDT SUN JUN 19 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0550 PM     HAIL             5 N ELLENBORO           35.40N 81.76W
06/19/2005  0.50 INCH        RUTHERFORD         NC   TRAINED SPOTTER

            MARBLE SIZED HAIL REPORTED NEAR DUNCANS CREEK

&&

BSH

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 65 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:14 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Rutherford

When: June 19, 5:15 PM EST to 5:30 PM EST
Where: Rutherford County, 5 mi N of Forest City
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 35.400, -81.883

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 2005 Every state in 2005 This day in weather history Warnings 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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5458564.