Hail in North Carolina, May 14, 2006

Name: Hail in North Carolina, May 14, 2006
Start: 2006-05-14T14:02
End: 2006-05-14T14:02
Location: North Carolina

May 14, 2006 · NWS GSP · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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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 May 14, 2:02 PM EST, 0 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 14, 2:02 PM EST, 0 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
302 PM EDT SUN MAY 14 2006

.SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY/...
MAIN CONCERN LATE THIS AFTN-EARLY EVE IS ONGOING SEVERE STORMS.
ONCE SHORTWAVE AND ASSOC SFC BOUNDARY MOVES THROUGH...AREA BEGINS
TO COOL THIS EVE SO EXPECT CONVECTION TO DIE DOWN AND MOVE E.
HOWEVER...DEEP UPPER LOW OVER OH VALLEY IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE
MOVING SE TOWARD AREA OVERNIGHT...KEEPING ATMOS SOMEWHAT UNSTABLE.
DRYER AIR MOVES IN AND HAVE REDUCED POPS FROM THE SW DURG
EVE...BUT KEEPT CHANCE POPS OVER MTNS THROUGH THE NIGHT...SLIGHT
CHANCE ELSEWHERE. H5 LOW FCST TO SWING UP OH VALLEY AND OVER CNTRL
APPALACHIANS MON...WHICH KEEPS CWA IN MOIST UNSTABLE FLOW THROUGH
THE EARLY PART OF THE WEEK. HAVE RETAINED CHANCE POPS OVER
MTNS...SLIGHT CHANCE ELSEWHERE THROUGH TUE.

&&

.LONG TERM /TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY/...
UNSETTLED WEATHER IS EXPECTED OVER THE REGION THROUGH THE EXTENDED
PERIOD. MEDIUM RANGE ENSEMBLES DEPICT THE UPPER CLOSED LOW LIFTING
NORTHEAST BY MID WEEK...JUST IN TIME FOR ANOTHER UPPER TROF TO
DEVELOP UPSTREAM TO KEEP THE REGION UNSETTLED. EXPECTING
TEMPERATURES NEAR OR SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL. LATEST CENTRALIZED
GUIDANCE SHOWS A FRONTAL BOUNDARY APPROACHING FROM THE N LATE IN
THE WEEK AND DROPPING OVER THE CWA FOR THE WEEKEND.

&&

.AVIATION...
STORMS WILL MOVE E OF CWA EARLY THIS EVE AS SFC BOUNDARY TRACKS OFF
TO THE E. WILL KEEP MENTION OF VCTS AT KCLT THROUGH EARLY EVE...THEN
VFR VIS AND CIGS ALL AREAS OVERNIGHT. EXPECTING SW TO W WINDS
DECREASING BY SUNSET AND CONITNUING AT 5 TO 10 KTS OVERNIGHT.

&&

.GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...LAKE WIND ADVISORY FOR GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029 UNTIL 6 PM
     SUNDAY.
NC...LAKE WIND ADVISORY FOR NCZ066-069>072-082-507-509 UNTIL 6 PM
     SUNDAY.
SC...LAKE WIND ADVISORY FOR SCZ001>014-019 UNTIL 6 PM SUNDAY.
&&

SHORT TERM...RB
LONG TERM...RB
AVIATION...RB

Hazardous weather outlook, May 14, 4:36 AM EST, 9 hours 26 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
536 AM EDT SUN MAY 14 2006

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065-
068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-150945-
RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-AVERY-ALEXANDER-
IREDELL-DAVIE-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-
CATAWBA-ROWAN-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-
TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-
CABARRUS-UNION NC-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-GREATER CALDWELL-
BURKE MOUNTAINS-GREATER BURKE-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-EASTERN MCDOWELL-
RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-GREATER RUTHERFORD-POLK MOUNTAINS-
EASTERN POLK-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-
GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS-
GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-
LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD-
536 AM EDT SUN MAY 14 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
SEVERAL STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE LARGE HAIL OR DAMAGING WIND
GUSTS TODAY. AREAS ALONG AND EAST OF INTERSTATES 85 AND 77 WILL
HAVE THE GREATEST CHANCE FOR SEVERE WEATHER. A SEVERE WEATHER
OUTLOOK HAS BEEN ISSUED TO HIGHLIGHT THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
POTENTIAL.

AREAS ABOVE 3000 FEET...TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TO RANGE FROM LOW TO
MID 30S TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TODAY EAST OF THE MOUNTAINS.

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 14, 11:50 AM EST, 2 hours 12 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1250 PM EDT SUN MAY 14 2006

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

1230 PM     HAIL             GREAT FALLS             34.57N 80.90W
05/14/2006  E1.00 INCH       CHESTER            SC   PUBLIC

            PUBLIC REPORT OF QUARTER SIZED HAIL.

&&

GMS

Local storm report, May 14, 12:27 PM EST, 1 hour 35 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
127 PM EDT SUN MAY 14 2006

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

0102 PM     HAIL             7 WNW VALE              35.58N 81.51W
05/14/2006  E1.75 INCH       BURKE              NC   COUNTY OFFICIAL

            COMMS CENTER RELAYED REPORT OF GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL NEAR
            THE INTERSECTION OF LINCOLN...BURKE...CLEVELAND...AND
            CATAWBA COUNTIES

&&

LANE

Local storm report, May 14, 12:45 PM EST, 1 hour 17 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
145 PM EDT SUN MAY 14 2006

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

0102 PM     HAIL             5 ENE CASAR             35.54N 81.54W
05/14/2006  E1.75 INCH       CLEVELAND          NC   COUNTY OFFICIAL

            CLEVELAND COUNTY COMMS RELAYED REPORT OF GOLFBALL SIZE
            HAIL IN NORTHEAST PART OF THE COUNTY

&&

LANE

Local storm report, May 14, 12:52 PM EST, 1 hour 10 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
152 PM EDT SUN MAY 14 2006

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

0145 PM     HAIL             5 E MAIDEN              35.58N 81.12W
05/14/2006  E2.00 INCH       CATAWBA            NC   AMATEUR RADIO

            SPOTTER REPORTED TANGERINE SIZE HAIL CRACKED A WINDSHIELD
            AT THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 150 AND HIGHWAY 16

&&

LANE

Local storm report, May 14, 1:15 PM EST, 47 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
215 PM EDT SUN MAY 14 2006

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

0202 PM     HAIL             4 SW MOORESVILLE        35.54N 80.86W
05/14/2006  E1.00 INCH       IREDELL            NC   AMATEUR RADIO

            SPOTTER REPORTED QUARTER SIZE HAIL COVERING THE GROUND
            NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 21 AND I-77

&&

LANE

Local storm report, May 14, 1:36 PM EST, 26 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
236 PM EDT SUN MAY 14 2006

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

0215 PM     HAIL             8 W KANNAPOLIS          35.49N 80.76W
05/14/2006  E1.75 INCH       CABARRUS           NC   COUNTY OFFICIAL

            COUNTY REPORTED GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL IN THE NORTHWEST
            CORNER OF THE COUNTY ALSO STRONG WINDS BUT NO DAMAGE

&&

LANE

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 168 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:01 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Rowan

When: May 14, 2:02 PM EST
Where: Rowan County, Gold Hill
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 35.517, -80.350

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 2006 Every state in 2006 This day in weather history Warnings in North Carolina, May 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: 5508115.