Hail, Catawba
- When
- May 14, 12:45 PM EST
- Where
- Catawba County, 5 mi E of Maiden
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 35.583, -81.133
Hail in North Carolina, May 14, 2006
Numerous reports of golf ball to tangerine size hail in Catawba County. Tangerine size hail cracked a windshield at the intersection of highway 150 and 16.
Where it happened
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- 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
- $1,000
- 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.
Numerous reports of golf ball to tangerine size hail in Catawba County. Tangerine size hail cracked a windshield at the intersection of highway 150 and 16. Also, quarter size hail was reported at the intersection of Mt Pleasant Inn Rd and highway 150.
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 126 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:46 UTC.
Event by event
2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Catawba
- When
- May 14, 12:52 PM EST
- Where
- Catawba County, 9 mi E of Maiden
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 35.583, -81.050
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
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More
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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: 5508040, 5508041.