Hail, Transylvania
- When
- June 20, 1:58 PM EST
- Where
- Transylvania County, 4 mi E of Brevard
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- BROADCAST MEDIA
- Coordinates
- 35.233, -82.667
Reported at Pisgah Forest.
Hail in North Carolina, June 20, 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 20, 1:21 PM EST, 37 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 20, 1:21 PM EST, 37 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
221 PM EDT MON JUN 20 2005
.SHORT TERM (TONIGHT)...
WL KEEP SCT CONVECTION IN THROUGH SUNSET...BUT WITH LIGHT SHEAR
DON/T THINK THAT TSTMS WL BE ABLE TO PERSIST AFTER DAYTIME HEATING
IS LOST. MIN TEMPS WL BE A BLEND OF THE MAV/MET MOS. WL ALSO ADD
SOME PATCHY DENSE VALLEY FOG IN THE NC MTNS.
&&
.LONG TERM (TUESDAY THROUGH MONDAY)...
DEEP AMPLITUDE TROUGH OVER THE SOUTHEAST SLOWLY DISSIPATES
AS KICKER SHIFTS ENERGY TO NORTH PART OF FLOW. RIDGE
SLOWLY DRIFTING FROM PLAINS INTO SOUTHEAST AND SETTING
UP VERY WARM THICKNESS PATTERN BY THE WEEKEND. AGREE
WITH HPC ASSESSMENT AND WILL STICK WITH GFS/EC SOLUTION.
AS TROUGH WEAKEN AND MOVES OFFSHORE HIGHER LEVEL FORCING
WILL NO LONGER ENHANCE CONVECTION OVER AREA. PLAN
TO KEEP SLIGHT CHANCE AND LOW CHANCE AFTN AND EVENING
TSTMS OVER MTN REGIONS.
&&
.AVIATION...
LIGHT EASTERLY UPSLOPE FLOW SHOULD HELP TSTMS TO DEVELOP IN THE KHKY
AND KAVL VCNTY OVER THE NEXT COUPLE HRS. THEREFORE HAVE A TEMPO
GROUP IN AT THOSE SITES FOR TSTMS THROUGH 2100 UTC. NOT CONFIDENT
ENUF ANYWHERE ELSE FOR TEMPO...BUT CONVECTION WL BE PREVALENT ENUF
THAT WL CONTINUE VCTS AND CB IN THE OTHER TAFS. OVERNIGHT...HAVE
GONE WITH IFR CIGS AND VSBYS LATER TNGT AT KAVL AS VALLEY FOG SHOULD
AGAIN DEVELOP. MOST OTHER TAF SITES ARE CLOSE TO CROSS OVER
TEMPERATURES...BUT NOT QUITE THERE...SO HAVE NOT INCLUDED FOG OR LOW
CLOUDS ANYWHERE ELSE. HAVE ADDED CB TO ALL TAFS STARTING AT NOON
TMRW...BUT HELD OFF ON VCTS AS EXPECT COVERAGE TO BE A LITTLE LESS
TMRW.
&&
.GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...NONE.
NC...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR NCZ048-051-052-058-059-062-063 UNTIL 6
PM MONDAY.
SC...NONE.
&&
SHORT TERM...BPM
LONG TERM...VAD
AVIATION...BPMHazardous weather outlook, Jun 20, 12:05 PM EST, 1 hour 53 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 105 PM EDT MON JUN 20 2005 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082- SCZ001>014-019-210945- 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- 105 PM AM EDT MON JUN 20 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 TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED AGAIN TODAY...MAINLY FROM THE FOOTHILLS OF NORTH CAROLINA WESTWARD. THE STORMS WILL BE VERY SLOW MOVING...AND A FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THIS AFTERNOON FOR MADISON... HAYWOOD... JACKSON... SWAIN... GRAHAM... AND MACON COUNTIES FOR THE AFTERNOON HOURS. A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE...AND HAIL UP TO AN INCH IN DIAMETER WILL BE POSSIBLE. MOST OF THE STORMS WILL WEAKEN RAPIDLY THIS EVENING WITH THE LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY MAINLY AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN WEDNESDAY AHEAD OF A BACK DOOR COLD FRONT. ANOTHER FRONT WILL RETURN CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE MOUNTAINS FOR THE UPCOMING WEEKEND. FOOTHILL AND PIEDMONT AREAS SHOULD BE MOSTLY DRY DURING THIS PERIOD. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON. SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED FOR THE TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY PERIOD AT THIS TIME.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 20, 10:46 AM EST, 3 hours 12 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1146 AM EDT MON JUN 20 2005 NCZ048-051-052-059-201800- MADISON-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-NORTHERN JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHEROKEE...WAYNESVILLE...SYLVA 1146 AM EDT MON JUN 20 2005 ...NEARLY STATIONARY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE STATE LINE... AT 1130 AM EDT...WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A BAND OF STORMS ALONG THE TENNESSEE NORTH CAROLINA STATE LINE...FROM NEAR CLINGMANS DOME TO WEST OF SPRING CREEK. SOME OF THE RAIN EXTENDED AS FAR SOUTH AS THE NORTHERN TIP OF HAYWOOD COUNTY. THE LIGHTNING DISPLAY SYSTEM SHOWED QUITE A BIT OF CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IN THE AREA...AND THE SLOW MOVEMENT WAS CAUSING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...PERHAPS AN INCH PER HOUR OR A LITTLE MORE. ALSO...IT IS LIKELY SOME SMALL HAIL WAS FALLING IN THE STRONGEST STORMS. THE STORMS WERE AFFECTING MAINLY PEOPLE ALONG THE APPALACHIAN TRAIL AND SOME CAMP GROUNDS IN THE HIGH TERRAIN...ESPECIALLY THE BIG CREEK AREA OF NORTHERN HAYWOOD COUNTY. PEOPLE SHOULD STAY IN SHELTER UNTIL THE LIGHTNING ENDS. JONES
Local storm report, Jun 20, 12:09 PM EST, 1 hour 49 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
109 PM EDT MON JUN 20 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1255 PM HAIL CULLOWHEE 35.31N 83.18W
06/20/2005 0.75 INCH JACKSON NC LAW ENFORCEMENT
WESTERN CAROLINA UNIVERSITY REPORTED
&&
JONESLocal storm report, Jun 20, 12:27 PM EST, 1 hour 31 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
127 PM EDT MON JUN 20 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0120 PM FLASH FLOOD CULLOWHEE 35.31N 83.18W
06/20/2005 JACKSON NC COUNTY OFFICIAL
SD REPORTED THAT FLASH FLOODING HAS CAUSED CREEKS TO
FLOOD IN AND AROUND CULLOWHEE...WITH SOME WATER GETTING
INTO TRAILER PARKS ALREADY.
&&
JONESSpecial weather statement, Jun 20, 1:26 PM EST, 32 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 226 PM EDT MON JUN 20 2005 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082- SCZ001>014-019-202030- 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 226 PM EDT MON JUN 20 2005 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH LOTS OF LIGHTNING - HEAVY RAINFALL - AND SOME HAIL AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS HAVE ALREADY DEVELOPED ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS...AND WERE DEVELOPING RAPIDLY IN THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT OF THE CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA. SOME OF THE STORMS WILL HAVE HAIL AND HEAVY RAINFALL. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PARTS OF THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS...AND COULD BE EXPANDED INTO OTHER COUNTIES AND/OR EXTENDED IN TIME. SEVERAL WARNINGS HAVE ALREADY BEEN ISSUED IN THE MOUNTAINS FOR SEVERE WEATHER OR FLASH FLOODING. SLOW MOVEMENT OF STORMS TODAY WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO DEVELOP QUICKLY IN URBAN AREAS AND IN AREAS WHICH RECEIVED HEAVY RAINFALL SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. ACCUMULATION OF EVEN SMALL HAIL COULD CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO DEVELOP QUICKLY IN SOME AREAS. HAIL WAS REPORTED ACCUMULATING ON ROADS EARLIER TODAY IN PARTS OF THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS. EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING WILL ALSO KNOCK OUT PHONES AND COMMUNICATIONS IN SOME AREAS...IN ADDITION TO THE USUAL LIGHTNING DANGERS. MORE PEOPLE ARE KILLED BY LIGHTNING THAN BY SEVERE WEATHER. KEEP UP TO DATE WITH LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AND BE READY TO MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER IF A WARNING IS ISSUED OR BAD WEATHER APPROACHES. JONES
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 56 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:57 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 Hail in Minnesota, June 20, 2005
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Montana, June 20 to 21, 2005
- Tornado and Hail in Iowa, June 20, 2005
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Minnesota, June 20, 2005
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in North Dakota, June 20 to 22, 2005
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, June 20, 2005
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, June 20, 2005
- Lightning Strike in Florida, June 20, 2005
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, June 20, 2005
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, June 20, 2005
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, June 20, 2005
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, June 20, 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: 5458566.