Hail in North Carolina, May 14, 2006

Name: Hail in North Carolina, May 14, 2006
Start: 2006-05-14T15:20
End: 2006-05-14T15:27
Location: North Carolina

May 14, 2006 · NWS GSP · 2 events in 1 county or zone

2 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: 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 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, 1 hour 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 14, 2:02 PM EST, 1 hour 18 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, 10 hours 44 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, 1:36 PM EST, 1 hour 44 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

Local storm report, May 14, 2:10 PM EST, 1 hour 10 minutes before

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

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

0155 PM     HAIL             3 N CONCORD             35.45N 80.59W
05/14/2006  E1.75 INCH       CABARRUS           NC   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            CONCORD POLICE REPORTED GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL 3 MI S OF
            ROWAN CO LINE ON I-85.

0255 PM     HAIL             6 NNE CONCORD           35.49N 80.55W
05/14/2006  E1.75 INCH       CABARRUS           NC   TRAINED SPOTTER

            GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL REPORTED BY TRAINED SPOTTERS.

0250 PM     HAIL             ROCKWELL                35.55N 80.41W
05/14/2006  E0.88 INCH       ROWAN              NC   TRAINED SPOTTER

            REPORT OF NICKEL SIZED HAIL AND SLIGHTLY LARGER IN
            ROCKWELL.

&&

GMS

Local storm report, May 14, 2:14 PM EST, 1 hour 6 minutes before

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

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

0250 PM     TORNADO          7 NE CONCORD            35.48N 80.51W
05/14/2006                   CABARRUS           NC   EMERGENCY MNGR

            EM REPORTS NUMEROUS TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN AND ON
            HOMES IN THE RIMER COMMUNITY. NON-SPECIFIED REPORTS OF
            SIGNIFICANT STRUCTURAL DAMAGE.

&&

GMS

Local storm report, May 14, 2:43 PM EST, 37 minutes before

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

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

0330 PM     HAIL             1 SSE MOORESVILLE       35.57N 80.81W
05/14/2006  E1.00 INCH       IREDELL            NC   TRAINED SPOTTER

            SPOTTER REPORTS QUARTER SIZE HAIL.

&&

GMS

Local storm report, May 14, 3:07 PM EST, 13 minutes before

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

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

0140 PM     HAIL             LINCOLNTON              35.48N 81.23W
05/14/2006  U1.75 INCH       LINCOLN            NC   PUBLIC

0302 PM     HAIL             GOLD HILL               35.56N 80.37W
05/14/2006  U1.00 INCH       ROWAN              NC   PUBLIC

&&

LANE

Local storm report, May 14, 3:15 PM EST, 5 minutes before

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

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

0348 PM     HAIL             GREAT FALLS             34.57N 80.90W
05/14/2006  E0.50 INCH       CHESTER            SC   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

            MARBLE SIZE HAIL REPORTED BY LOCAL FIRE DEPARTMENT.

&&

KRENTZ

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 125 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:18 UTC.

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Event by event

2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Catawba

When: May 14, 3:20 PM EST
Where: Catawba County, 4 mi SE of Hickory
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 35.700, -81.267

Hail, Catawba

When: May 14, 3:27 PM EST
Where: Catawba County, Conover
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: FIRE DEPT/RESCUE SQUAD
Coordinates: 35.700, -81.217

What these are

Hail: Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.

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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: 5508121, 5508122.