1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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.
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 May 10, 2:00 PM EST, 2 hours 57 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 300 PM EDT TUE MAY 10 2005 .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY)... COVERAGE OF DEEP CONVECTION WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE THRU LATE DAY ALONG AND AHEAD OF EASTWARD WOBBLING MID-LVL S/WV...CURRENTLY SPINNING TOWARD NE GA. POCKETS OF MODERATE INSTABILITY COMBINED WITH JUST WITH ENUF SHEAR...ESPECIALLY IN THE PIEDMONT...TO SUPPORT SOME MULTI-CELL CLUSTERS INTO THE EARLY EVENING. ISOLATED SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL CONTINUE AS WELL WITH PRIMARY THREAT BEING LARGE HAIL THANKS TO LOW WET BULB ZERO HEIGHTS. GIVEN THE COMBINATION OF WEAKENING DEEP LAYER FORCING AND BLYR STABILIZATION THANKS TO LOSS OF HEATING...CVRG EXPECTED TO WANE SLOWLY DURING THE EVENING HOURS. ON WEDNESDAY...IT CONTINUES TO LOOK LIKE WE WILL BE UNDER MEAN NORTHERLY FLOW THROUGH A DEEP LAYER BETWEEN BUILDING UPPER RIDGE TO OUR WEST AND UPPER LOW ALONG COAST. SOME DEGREE OF LLVL EASTERLY FLOW DEVELOPS WITHIN WEAKLY FORCED ATMOSPHERE...SO COULD BE DIURNAL FOCUS OF TSTMS NEAR THE HIGHER TERRAIN OR PERHAPS EAST OF THE CWFA WHERE BETTER LLVL CONVERGENCE LOOKS TO SET UP. AT ANY RATE...A SHOTGUN SLIGHT CHANCE FOR DIURNAL STORMS FOR ALL AREAS WILL CONTINUE. STRENGTHENING UPPER RIDGE TO BUILD OVER THE CWFA THURSDAY...LEADING TO WHAT LOOKS LIKE A PRETTY SUPPRESSED ATMOSPHERE...BUT NAM/GFS IN GOOD AGREEMENT WITH ORIENTATION AND MAGNITUDE OF E-W ORIENTED INSTABILITY AXIS ACRS NC...SO A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR AFT/EVE STORMS WILL BE PLACED IN THIS AREA. TRICKY FCST SETTING UP FOR THU NITE/FRIDAY AS UPPER RIDGE LINGERS BUT A BACKDOOR FRONT APRCHS. THIS BNDRY COULD BE THE FOCUS FOR DEEP CONVECTION...PROBABLY JUST DURING THE DAYTIME HOURS ON FRIDAY...AND HOW MUCH COOLER AIR WORKS INTO CENTRAL/WESTERN NC BEHIND FRIDAY LEAVES MAXES QUESTIONABLE AS WELL. && .LONG TERM (FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY)... HAVE CLOSELY FOLLOWED HPC SCENARIO OF ECMWF THROUGH THE MEDIUM RANGE. THIS SCENARIO WILL BRING A SURFACE FRONT IN FROM THE WEST ON SUNDAY THAT WILL LAY DOWN ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA ON MONDAY. AS A RESULT...A THREAT OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL EXIST THROUGHOUT THE MEDIUM RANGE PERIOD...PARTICULARLY SUNDAY AND MONDAY. WILL LIMIT POP TO CHANCE AT THIS POINT. TEMPS WILL FOLLOW HPC GUIDANCE. && .AVIATION... PASSAGE OF UPPER LOW AND COLD AIR ALOFT WILL KEEP MODERATE INSTABILITY ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS INTO THE EARLY EVENING. EXPECT MOST TAF SITES TO EVENTUALLY HAVE A BRUSH WITH THUNDERSTORMS...MOST LIKELY AT KAVL THROUGH THE MID AFTERNOON AND KCLT DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON. WILL AMEND TAFS AS CONVECTIVE TRENDS DICTATE. APART FROM CONVECTIVE STORMS...CLOUDS SHOULD REMAIN VFR. CONVECTION SHOULD WANE IN THE MID TO LATE EVENING LEAVING A GREAT DEAL OF CONVECTIVE DEBRIS OVERNIGHT. NEXT SET OF TAFS WILL MOST LIKELY DEAL WITH FOG AT LOCATIONS THAT EXPERIENCE PRECIP. AFTER THE FOG BURNS OFF...MAINLY CIRRUS WITH A LIGHT NE FLOW IN THE MORNING. && .GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. && SHORT TERM...CSH LONG TERM...PM AVIATION...PM
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 714 AM EDT TUE MAY 10 2005 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082- SCZ001>014-019-111115- 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- 714 AM EDT TUE MAY 10 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA...UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA TODAY...MAINLY THIS AFTERNOON. ONE OR TWO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE...WITH LARGE HAIL AND PERHAPS A DAMAGING WIND GUST OR TWO BEING THE PRIMARY THREATS. IN ADDITION...STORMS DEVELOPING TODAY WILL MOVE VERY SLOWLY... RESULTING IN LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...AND POSSIBLY ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY ISOLATED TO SCATTERED...MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED FOR MUCH OF THE PERIOD. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED. LANE
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
455 PM EDT TUE MAY 10 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0442 PM HAIL GASTONIA 35.25N 81.17W
05/10/2005 1.00 INCH GASTON NC PUBLIC
RELAYED THROUGH WFO CAE.
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CHORNEPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
506 PM EDT TUE MAY 10 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0502 PM HAIL PINEVILLE 35.08N 80.89W
05/10/2005 0.88 INCH MECKLENBURG NC TRAINED SPOTTER
NICKEL SIZE HAIL SOUTH OF CHARLOTTE IN PINEVILLE.
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TBENTHALLPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
512 PM EDT TUE MAY 10 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0511 PM HAIL HICKORY TAVERN 34.52N 82.19W
05/10/2005 0.75 INCH LAURENS SC AMATEUR RADIO
DIME TO NICKEL SIZED HAIL IN HICKORY TAVERN.
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SBURRUSPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
514 PM EDT TUE MAY 10 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0510 PM HAIL 3 E HICKORY 35.74N 81.27W
05/10/2005 0.88 INCH CATAWBA NC TRAINED SPOTTER
ALONG I-40 BETWEEN HICKORY AND CONOVER.
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SBURRUSPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
521 PM EDT TUE MAY 10 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0506 PM HAIL 3 S SPRUCE PINE 35.87N 82.07W
05/10/2005 0.88 INCH MITCHELL NC TRAINED SPOTTER
CARTERS RIDGE AREA ALONG ROUTE 226
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SBURRUSPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
536 PM EDT TUE MAY 10 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0534 PM HAIL 13 N CHARLOTTE 35.39N 80.83W
05/10/2005 0.75 INCH MECKLENBURG NC TRAINED SPOTTER
3/4 INCH HAIL FELL BRIEFLY NEAR EXIT 28 AT LAKE NORMAN.
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SBURRUSThe Roanoke radar (KFCX), 139 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:56 UTC.
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Penny hail at intersection of Jennings and Snow Creek Roads 10 miles north of Statesville. Another spotter reported nickel hail 4 to 6 miles north of Statesville.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5453509.