Hail and Damaging Wind in North Carolina, April 22, 2006

Name: Hail and Damaging Wind in North Carolina, April 22, 2006
Start: 2006-04-22T13:48
End: 2006-04-22T14:01
Location: North Carolina

April 22, 2006 · NWS GSP · 2 events in 1 county or zone

Two trees blown down on Happy Lake Rd.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 2

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 happened

The episode as NWS GSP wrote it up.

Two trees blown down on Happy Lake Rd.

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 Apr 22, 10:25 AM EST, 3 hours 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 22, 10:25 AM EST, 3 hours 23 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 22, 2:25 AM EST, 11 hours 23 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
325 AM EDT SAT APR 22 2006

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-
SCZ001>014-019-230730-
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 NC-
OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-
GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-
CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-
GREENWOOD-
325 AM EDT SAT APR 22 2006

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED AGAIN TODAY. SOME STORMS COULD BECOME
SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS BEING THE MAIN THREATS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE TO A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE MOUNTAINS SUNDAY
NIGHT AND MONDAY...SPREADING ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA FROM TUESDAY INTO
WEDNESDAY NIGHT. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BE SEVERE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TODAY.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 22, 11:06 AM EST, 2 hours 42 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 22, 12:40 PM EST, 1 hour 8 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
140 PM EDT SAT APR 22 2006

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

410 AM      TSTM WND DMG     LAWNDALE                35.45N 81.56W
04/22/2006                   CLEVELAND          NC   PUBLIC
            LARGE BRANCHES BROKEN.

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LANE

Local storm report, Apr 22, 12:49 PM EST, 59 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
149 PM EDT SAT APR 22 2006

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

0450 AM     TSTM WND DMG     1 N TERRELL             35.60N 80.98W
04/22/2006                   CATAWBA            NC   COUNTY OFFICIAL

            COUNTY REPORTED NUMEROUS TREES DOWN IN THE SHERRILLS FORD
            AREA NEAR LAKE NORMAN

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LANE

Local storm report, Apr 22, 1:26 PM EST, 22 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
226 PM EDT SAT APR 22 2006

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

0226 PM     HAIL             PACOLET MILLS           34.92N 81.75W
04/22/2006  E0.88 INCH       SPARTANBURG        SC   TRAINED SPOTTER

            SPOTTER REPORTS NICKEL SIZE HAIL.

&&

HG

Local storm report, Apr 22, 1:37 PM EST, 11 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
237 PM EDT SAT APR 22 2006

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

0220 PM     HAIL             PACOLET MILLS           34.92N 81.74W
04/22/2006  U1.00 INCH       SPARTANBURG        SC   PUBLIC

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GMS

Special weather statement, Apr 22, 1:40 PM EST, 8 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
240 PM EDT SAT APR 22 2006

SCZ008-221915-
CHEROKEE SC-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...GAFFNEY
240 PM EDT SAT APR 22 2006

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM TO AFFECT SOUTHERN CHEROKEE COUNTY THROUGH
300 PM...

AT 236 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES EAST OF PACOLET MILLS...MOVING EAST AT
15 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT LOCATIONS FROM 5 MILES SOUTH
OF THICKETTY TO SARATT THROUGH 330 PM.

EXPECT PEA SIZE HAIL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND GUSTY WINDS TO 40
MPH WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

HG

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 165 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:46 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Rowan

When: April 22, 1:48 PM EST
Where: Rowan County, 1 mi NE of Landis
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 35.567, -80.600

Thunderstorm Wind, Rowan

When: April 22, 2:01 PM EST
Where: Rowan County, 6 mi S of Salisbury
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
Reported by: DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
Coordinates: 35.583, -80.500

What these are

Hail: Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
Thunderstorm Wind: Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in North Carolina in 2006 Every state in 2006 This day in weather history Warnings in North Carolina, April 2006

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: 5502848, 5502849.