Hail, Catawba
- When
- August 4, 6:30 PM EST
- Where
- Catawba County, 2 mi SSW of Longview
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 35.703, -81.384
Hail in North Carolina, August 4, 2007
An isolated severe storm affected the North Carolina foothills during the evening hours.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- 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
- 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 happened
The episode as NWS GSP wrote it up.
An isolated severe storm affected the North Carolina foothills during the evening hours.
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 Aug 4, 6:10 PM EST, 20 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 4, 6:10 PM EST, 20 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
710 PM EDT SAT AUG 4 2007
.SYNOPSIS...
AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WILL BUILD OVER THE REGION AND REMAIN OVER THE
AREA THROUGH THE COMING WEEK.
&&
.NEAR TERM /THROUGH SUNDAY/...
SHORTWAVE ALOFT DIFFICULT TO FIND IN LATEST MODEL RUNS. SFC HEATING
UP...CU DEVELOPING AND CAPES UP OVER 1000 J/K MTNS...SO WILL HOLD ON
TO ISOLD SHWRS/TSTMS OVER MTNS INTO THIS EVE. WITH CLEARING SKIES
EXPECT MIN TEMPS TONIGHT NEAR 70 PIEDMONT...UPPER 50S AND 60S MTNS.
SUN...LOW PRESSURE MOVES INTO THE GREAT LAKES WITH HIGH PRESSURE SE
OF AREA...PUTTING CWA IN WEAK SW FLOW AT THE SFC. OTHERWISE LITTLE
CHANGE IN PATTERN WITH RIDGE ALOFT. EXPECT SCT CU TO DEVELOP IN THE
AFTN WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF MTN SHWRS/TSTMS. HIGHS MAY BE A DEG OR
TWO WARMER S ZONES. WENT WITH MID 90S PIEDMONT TO UPPER 70S AND 80S
MTNS.
&&
.SHORT TERM /SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT/...
HIGH PRESSURE OVER AREA DURING EARLY PART OF THE WEEK LEAVES US WITH
HOT TEMPERATURES AND ONLY ISOLATED DIURNAL TSTMS THROUGHOUT AREA.
CAPES FAVOR MTN COUNTIES...BUT THE BEST I CAN JUSTIFY IF SLIGHT
CHANCE PROBS. MAIN CONCERN IS HEAT WITH INDECES OF MORE THE 100
ALONG INTERSTATE 85 AND 77 CORRIDORS. I SUSPECT WE WILL BE DEALING
WITH AIR QUALITY ISSUES THROUGHOUT THE WEEK TOO.-
&&
.LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/...
MODEL OF CHOICE REMAINS THE GFS. BUT THERE ISNT THAT MUCH
DIFFERENCE IN SENSIBLE WEATHER THROUGH THE REST OF THE WEEK.
BY MIDWEEK RIDGE BEGINS TO RETROGRADE...GIVING US SOME NORTHEAST
FLOW AT HIER ELEVATIONS. WHILE MAIN CHANGE IN DYNAMICS IS
FURTHER TO THE EAST...THERE MAY BE ENOUGH FORCING TO ENHANCE
CONVECTION BY THE END OF THE WEEK. MOVEMENT OF THE HIGH
WESTWARD WILL ALSO ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO COOL A LITTLE.
&&
.AVIATION /23Z SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/...
ISOLATED CONVECTION WILL DISSIPATE WITH THE LOSS OF HEATING THIS
EVENING...AND WILL ONLY BE CARRIED AT AFFECTED TAF SITES. A LEE
TROUGH AXIS HAS MOVED EAST THIS EVENING...ALLOWING LIGHT WINDS AT
SOME TAF SITES TO BECOME NORTHERLY...AND MODEL WIND FIELDS SUGGEST
THIS TREND MAY CONTINUE. TIME HEIGHTS INDICATE DRYING OF THE LOW
LEVELS TONIGHT...WITH FEW TO SCATTERED CIRRUS REMAINING
OVERHEAD...THEN A RETURN OF SCATTERED LOW LEVEL MOISTURE SUNDAY.
MINIMUM TEMPERATURES TONIGHT ARE NOT EXPECTED TO REACH CROSSOVER
TEMPERATURES...AND FOG WILL BE LIMITED TO THE MOUNTAINS
VALLEYS...AFFECTING ONLY KAVL...WHERE MVFR AND TEMPORARY IFR
VISIBILITY WILL BE CARRIED. WINDS WILL COME UP OUT OF THE SOUTHEAST
LATE SUNDAY MORNING. ONLY ISOLATED CONVECTION IS EXPECTED SUDAN
AFTERNOON WITH WEAK UPPER ENERGY TRAVERSING THE NORTHERN POTION OF
THE UPPER RIDGE...AND LIMITED LOW LEVEL MOISTURE...THEREFORE
CONVECTION WILL NOT BE INCLUDED IN THE TAFS.
AVIATION OUTLOOK...OTHER THAN EARLY MORNING FOG AND ISOLD AFTN-EVE
SHWRS/TSTMS...MAINLY MTNS...VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED THROUGH THE
MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK.
&&
.GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...NONE.
NC...AIR QUALITY ACTION DAY UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR NCZ036-
057-069>072-082.
AIR QUALITY ACTION DAY FROM 6 AM TO 9 PM EDT SUNDAY FOR
NCZ036-057-069>072-082.
SC...AIR QUALITY ACTION DAY UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR
SCZ001>008-010>013-019.
&&
SYNOPSIS...RB
NEAR TERM...RB
SHORT TERM...VAD
LONG TERM...VAD
AVIATION...JATHazardous weather outlook, Aug 4, 5:59 PM EST, 31 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 659 PM EDT SAT AUG 4 2007 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035-037-048>053-056-058-059- 062>065-068-501>510-SCZ009-014-052300- RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-AVERY-ALEXANDER-DAVIE- MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-CATAWBA-GRAHAM- NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON- CLEVELAND-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-GREATER CALDWELL-BURKE MOUNTAINS- GREATER BURKE-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-EASTERN MCDOWELL- RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-GREATER RUTHERFORD-POLK MOUNTAINS-EASTERN POLK- YORK-CHESTER- 659 PM EDT SAT AUG 4 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. SCZ001>008-010>013-019-052300- OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS- GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG- CHEROKEE-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-UNION SC-GREENWOOD- 659 PM EDT SAT AUG 4 2007 ...AIR QUALITY ACTION DAY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. AIR QUALITY ACTION DAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. NCZ036-057-069>072-082-052300- IREDELL-ROWAN-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC- 659 PM EDT SAT AUG 4 2007 ...AIR QUALITY ACTION DAY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...AIR QUALITY ACTION DAY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 9 PM EDT SUNDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. AIR QUALITY ACTION DAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. AIR QUALITY ACTION DAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. 07
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 4, 4:25 PM EST, 2 hours 5 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 525 PM EDT SAT AUG 4 2007 NCZ052-042215- HAYWOOD- 525 PM EDT SAT AUG 4 2007 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHEASTERN HAYWOOD COUNTY THROUGH 615 PM EDT... AT 517 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF CRUSO...OR 9 MILES EAST OF WAYNESVILLE. THIS STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR... CRUSO BY 605 PM EDT. WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. INTENSE LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. IF OUTDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES. MOVE INDOORS IF POSSIBLE. WHEN INDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS AND AVOID USING TELEPHONES UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY. TRY TO UNPLUG UNNECESSARY ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES BEFORE THE THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES. MCAVOY
Special weather statement, Aug 4, 4:48 PM EST, 1 hour 42 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 548 PM EDT SAT AUG 4 2007 NCZ052-042230- HAYWOOD- 548 PM EDT SAT AUG 4 2007 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EASTERN HAYWOOD COUNTY THROUGH 630 PM EDT... AT 539 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES SOUTH OF CANTON...OR 9 MILES EAST OF WAYNESVILLE. THIS STORM WAS DRIFTING NORTH AT 10 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR... CANTON BY 605 PM EDT. WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. INTENSE LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. IF OUTDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES. MOVE INDOORS IF POSSIBLE. WHEN INDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS AND AVOID USING TELEPHONES UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY. TRY TO UNPLUG UNNECESSARY ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES BEFORE THE THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES. MCAVOY
Special weather statement, Aug 4, 4:57 PM EST, 1 hour 33 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 557 PM EDT SAT AUG 4 2007 NCZ501-502-042230- CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-GREATER CALDWELL- 557 PM EDT SAT AUG 4 2007 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL CALDWELL COUNTY THROUGH 630 PM EDT... AT 557 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF PATTERSON...OR 9 MILES NORTH OF LENOIR. THIS STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. * OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO PATTERSON AND LENOIR. PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. INTENSE LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. IF OUTDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES. MOVE INDOORS IF POSSIBLE. WHEN INDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS AND AVOID USING TELEPHONES UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY. TRY TO UNPLUG UNNECESSARY ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES BEFORE THE THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES. BSH
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 119 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:29 UTC.
Event by event
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Excessive Heat in Missouri, August 4 to 16, 2007
- Excessive Heat in Illinois, August 4 to 16, 2007
- Flash Flooding in Arizona, August 4, 2007
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Wind in Iowa, August 4 to 5, 2007
- Flash Flooding in New Mexico, August 4, 2007
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Maine, August 4, 2007
- Damaging Winds in Wyoming, August 4, 2007
- Excessive Heat in Tennessee, August 4 to 29, 2007
- Hail in Maine, August 4, 2007
- Flash Flooding in Iowa, August 4, 2007
- Damaging Winds in Idaho, August 4, 2007
- Damaging Winds in Idaho, August 4, 2007
More
Every storm in North Carolina in 2007Every state in 2007This day in weather historyWarnings in North Carolina, August 2007
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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 55709.