Name: Hail in North Carolina, May 31, 2006
Start: 2006-05-31T12:20
End: 2006-05-31T12:20
Location: North Carolina

Where it happened

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Fire, smoke and dust
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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 31, 9:24 AM EST, 2 hours 56 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 31, 9:24 AM EST, 2 hours 56 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 31, 2:22 AM EST, 9 hours 58 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
322 AM EDT WED MAY 31 2006

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065-
068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-010730-
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-
322 AM EDT WED MAY 31 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

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

THE NEED FOR SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 31, 9:59 AM EST, 2 hours 21 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1059 AM EDT WED MAY 31 2006

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

0400 PM     HAIL             ELK PARK                36.16N 81.98W
05/30/2006  E0.88 INCH       AVERY              NC   DEPT OF HIGHWAYS

            NICKEL SIZE HAIL BETWEEN ELK PARK AND BANNER ELK.

0335 PM     HAIL             1 N BANNER ELK          36.18N 81.87W
05/30/2006  E0.75 INCH       AVERY              NC   CO-OP OBSERVER

            PENNY SIZE HAIL OR SLIGHTLY LARGER.

&&

TJB

Special weather statement, May 31, 11:50 AM EST, 30 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1250 PM EDT WED MAY 31 2006

NCZ033-311715-
AVERY-
1250 PM EDT WED MAY 31 2006

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS AFFECTING AVERY COUNTY...

AT 1250 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR NEWLAND...MOVING WEST AT 10 MPH. ANOTHER
STRONG THUNDERSTORM IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS NORTHERN AVERY COUNTY
NEAR BEECH MOUNTAIN. THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE PEA SIZE HAIL AND
WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH.

NED

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 88 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:22 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, McDowell

When: May 31, 12:20 PM EST
Where: McDowell County, 3 mi SSE of Marion
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 35.650, -82.000

Hail reported at the intersection of Interstate 40 and highway 221.

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

More

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: 5509096.