Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, July 9, 2007

Name: Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, July 9, 2007
Start: 2007-07-09T15:00
End: 2007-07-09T19:00
Location: North Carolina

July 9, 2007 · NWS GSP · 6 events in 5 counties and zones

A few severe storms affected the western North Carolina Piedmont during the afternoon and evening hours.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.

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Wind
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Heat and drought
Cold
Fire, smoke and dust
Marine and coastal
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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 6

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.

A few severe storms affected the western North Carolina Piedmont during the afternoon and 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 Jul 9, 1:46 PM EST, 1 hour 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 9, 1:46 PM EST, 1 hour 14 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
246 PM EDT MON JUL 9 2007

.SYNOPSIS...
WEAK LOW PRESSURE WILL CROSS THE AREA TONIGHT...AS A BERMUDA HIGH
SETS UP. THE HIGH WILL BRING WARM TEMPERATURES AND INCREASING
HUMIDITY DURING THE MIDDLE PART OF THE WEEK. A COLD FRONT WILL DROP
IN FROM THE NORTHWEST ON THURSDAY AND IS EXPECTED TO STALL ACROSS
THE REGION ON FRIDAY...KEEPING UNSETTLED WEATHER THROUGH THE BETTER
PART OF THE WEEKEND.

&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH TUESDAY/...
THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT...CONVECTION WILL DIMINISH WITH THE LOSS
OF HEATING AFTER SUNSET. LOW LEVEL FLOW WILL CONTINUE OUT OF THE
SOUTHWEST...BRINGING IN GULF MOISTURE AND KEEPING SKIES PARTLY TO
MOSTLY CLOUDY. GUIDANCE SHOWS A MAINLY MID LEVEL DECK OF CLOUDS
DECREASING SOME AFTER MIDNIGHT. MINIMUM TEMPERATURES WILL BE RATHER
WARM WITH CLOUDS AND INCREASING DEW POINTS.

TUESDAY...WITH CONTINUED RIDGE ALOFT AND SFC HIGH BUILDING
OFFSHORE...THE AREA WILL BE UNDER SWLY FLOW. THE MAIN RESULT WILL BE
ABOVE NORMAL TEMPS AND TYPICAL ISO/SCT AFTN SHOWERS/TSTMS. GUIDANCE
SHOWS A LITTLE LESS INSTABILITY THAN MONDAY...WITH SOME MID LEVEL
WARMING. GOING POP FCST LOOKS GOOD. ONLY MINOR CHANGES MADE TO MAX
TEMPS. UNDERCUT GFS MOS MAX TEMPS A DEG OR TWO...AS IT SEEMS A BIT
OVERDONE. BUT MAX TEMPS SHOULD STILL REACH THE LOWER TO MID 90S
ACROSS THE PIEDMONT (80S MTNS).

&&

.SHORT TERM /TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY/...
SHORT RANGE MODELS IN GENERAL AGREEMENT WITH THE OVERALL PATTERN
THROUGH THE PERIOD. FAIRLY STRONG SHORT WAVE EJECTS EASTWARD FROM
THE SOUTHERN PLAINS HELPING TO DEEPEN THE EAST COAST TROF. THIS TROF
HOLDS ON THROUGH AT LEAST THURSDAY. AT THE SURFACE...LOW PRESSURE
ASSOCIATED WITH THE SHORT WAVE DEVELOPS ALONG A COLD FRONT. BOTH OF
THESE FEATURES TRACK EASTWARD AND END UP OVER OR JUST SOUTH AND EAST
OF THE AREA BY LATE THURSDAY. THE MODELS DEPICT SIMILAR TIMING OF
THE FEATURES. HOWEVER...THE NAM IS STRONGER AND MORE CONSOLIDATED
WITH THE SHORT WAVE AND ASSOCIATED SFC LOW. THE CANADIAN IS VERY
SIMILAR TO THE NAM WHILE THE 09Z SREF HAS A NOTICEABLY WEAKER SHORT
WAVE AND SFC LOW.

TUE NIGHT EXPECT CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY TO BE DIURNAL IN NATURE OUTSIDE
OF THE MTNS WITH ONLY ISOLATED COVERAGE. SCATTERED CONVECTION OVER
THE MTNS MAY LINGER ALL NIGHT AS THIS AREA WILL BE UNDER THE
INFLUENCE OF BETTER FORCING AND CONTINUED LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE.

FOR WEDNESDAY...GOOD FORCING AND LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE REMAINS OVER
THE MTNS. HAVE RAISED POP TO GOOD CHC ACROSS THIS AREA. POP TAPERS
TO LOW CHC OVER THE FOOTHILLS AND MOST OF THE PIEDMONT. FORCING AND
LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE WEAKER THERE...BUT THERE WILL BE SOME
INSTABILITY AROUND.

FOR WEDNESDAY NIGHT...FRONT ENTERS THE AREA...BUT GFS SHOWS A MORE
DIURNAL TREND THAN THE NAM WITH ITS STRONGER SHORT WAVE AND SURFACE
LOW. HAVE GONE WITH A MODEL BLEND FOR POP WHICH MEANS ONLY A SMALL
DIURNAL TREND FOR THE MTNS...WITH GOOD CHC MUCH OF THE NIGHT.
COVERAGE DROPS TO ISOLATED FOR PART OF THE FOOTHILLS AND MOST OF THE
PIEDMONT.

DIFFERENCES CONTINUE THURSDAY AS THE NAM KEEPS THE ACTIVITY GOING
THROUGH THE DAY ACROSS THE NORTH...WITH THE GFS SHOWING DIURNAL
TIMING WITH CONVECTION MAINLY TO OUR EAST AND SOUTH. THE NAM KEEPS
DECENT INSTABILITY OVER THE AREA WITH GOOD LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WHILE
THE GFS DRIES US OUT BEHIND THE FRONT LEADING TO LITTLE TO NO
INSTABILITY. THE 09Z SREF SHOWS DECENT CHANCES OF INSTABILITY MAINLY
ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 85. THEREFORE...HAVE FOLLOWED THE
MODEL BLEND SOLUTION WITH DIURNAL POP IN THE LOW CHC RANGE FOR MUCH
OF THE CWFA.

EXPECT LOWS AND HIGHS TO BE A LITTLE ABOVE NORMAL EACH PERIOD.

&&

.LONG TERM /THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY/...
LATEST GUIDANCE POINTS TO AN UNSETTLED LONG TERM FORECAST FOR
THE FA...AS EASTERN TROF SETS UP THROUGH THE WEEKEND. FRONTAL
BOUNDARY EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE AREA BY FRIDAY MORNING BEFORE
STALLING OUT OVER CENTRAL SC AND GA ON SATURDAY. WITH RETURN FLOW
AND MOIST LOW LEVEL AIRMASS...CHANCE POPS ARE CARRIED THROUGHOUT THE
LONG TERM. ONLY MINOR TWEAKS WERE MADE TO PREVIOUS FORECAST...MAINLY
TO UPDATE WITH LATEST HPC GUIDANCE. TEMPS WILL BE A BIT
COOLER...ESPECIALLY OVER THE WEEKEND AS TROF IS IN PLACE. LOOKS LIKE
SOME WARMING CAN BE EXPECTED EARLY NEXT WEEK AS UPPER TROF LIFTS
NORTHWARD AND ITS AMPLITUDE DECREASES.

&&

.AVIATION /19Z MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/...
SCATTERED CONVECTION IS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING
WITH THE MAXIMUM DAYTIME HEATING. HAVE NOW INCLUDED VCSH AND CB
MENTION AT ALL TAF SITES...AS CURRENT RADAR SHOWS SCATTERED SHOWERS
ACROSS THE MOST OF THE AREA. LATEST MODEL GUIDANCE NOW DEPICTS SOME
MVFR VSBY AT ALL SITES...BUT STILL ONLY KEPT THE FOG TUESDAY MORNING
AT KAVL. SOME OF THE SITES WILL LIKELY GET A SHOWER THIS
AFTERNOON...AND WITH THAT AN INCREASE IN FOG DEVELOPMENT (MAY BE
INCLUDED IN NEXT ISSUANCE).

AVIATION OUTLOOK...EXPECT SLIGHT CHANCE TO CHANCE OF MAINLY DIURNAL
SHWRS/TSTMS EACH DAY. A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH FROM THE WEST LATE
IN THE WEEK...BRINGING INCREASED CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND TSTMS ACROSS
THE AREA. LOWER VSBYS IN FOG IS EXPECTED EACH MORNING.

&&

.GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...NONE.
NC...NONE.
SC...NONE.

&&

SYNOPSIS...ARK
NEAR TERM...ARK
SHORT TERM...RWH
LONG TERM...BSH
AVIATION...ARK

Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 9, 5:36 AM EST, 9 hours 24 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
636 AM EDT MON JUL 9 2007

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065-
068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-101045-
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-
636 AM EDT MON JUL 9 2007

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PIEDMONT
NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

PM

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 9, 1:10 PM EST, 1 hour 50 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
210 PM EDT MON JUL 9 2007

NCZ059-091845-
NORTHERN JACKSON-
210 PM EDT MON JUL 9 2007

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHERN JACKSON COUNTY THROUGH
245 PM EDT...

AT 210 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CHEROKEE...OR 5 MILES
NORTHWEST OF SYLVA. THIS STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.

* OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WEBSTER...
  SYLVA...DILLSBORO AND BALSAM.

PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.

BSH

Special weather statement, Jul 9, 1:46 PM EST, 1 hour 14 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
246 PM EDT MON JUL 9 2007

NCZ508-091915-
GREATER RUTHERFORD-
246 PM EDT MON JUL 9 2007

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EASTERN RUTHERFORD COUNTY
THROUGH 315 PM EDT...

AT 246 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR ELLENBORO...OR 11 MILES WEST OF SHELBY. THIS
STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.

* OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BOSTIC...
  SUNSHINE AND ELLENBORO.

PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.

BSH

Special weather statement, Jul 9, 1:53 PM EST, 1 hour 7 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
253 PM EDT MON JUL 9 2007

NCZ059-062-091930-
MACON-NORTHERN JACKSON-
253 PM EDT MON JUL 9 2007

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL MACON AND WESTERN
JACKSON COUNTIES THROUGH 330 PM EDT...

AT 253 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR FRANKLIN. THIS STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.

* OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO GAY AND
  FRANKLIN.

PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.

BSH

Special weather statement, Jul 9, 2:32 PM EST, 28 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
332 PM EDT MON JUL 9 2007

NCZ062-092015-
MACON-
332 PM EDT MON JUL 9 2007

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT MACON COUNTY THROUGH 415 PM
EDT...

AT 326 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FRANKLIN...MOVING SOUTHWEST
AT 10 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO OTTO.

SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.

HEAVY RAINS MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS. WATER
LEVELS OF SMALL STREAMS AND RIVERS MAY ALSO RISE...THEREFORE SEEK
HIGHER GROUND IF THREATENED BY FLOOD WATERS.

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, Jul 9, 2:45 PM EST, 15 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
345 PM EDT MON JUL 9 2007

NCZ056-069-092030-
CATAWBA-LINCOLN-
345 PM EDT MON JUL 9 2007

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHWESTERN LINCOLN AND
SOUTHWESTERN CATAWBA COUNTIES THROUGH 430 PM EDT...

AT 343 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR VALE...OR 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF LINCOLNTON...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH.

WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

MCAVOY

Special weather statement, Jul 9, 3:00 PM EST, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
400 PM EDT MON JUL 9 2007

NCZ035-092045-
ALEXANDER-
400 PM EDT MON JUL 9 2007

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHWESTERN ALEXANDER COUNTY
THROUGH 445 PM EDT...

AT 356 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF BETHLEHEM...OR 7 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF TAYLORSVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  ELLENDALE BY 440 PM EDT.
  TAYLORSVILLE BY 445 PM EDT.

WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

MCAVOY

The radar

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Event by event

5 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Lincoln

When: July 9, 3:00 PM EST
Where: Lincoln County, 2 mi NW of Vale
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
Reported by: Public
Coordinates: 35.550, -81.425

A tree and large limbs blown down on Kiwi Lane.

Hail, Lincoln

When: July 9, 3:00 PM EST
Where: Lincoln County, 2 mi NW of Vale
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: Public
Coordinates: 35.550, -81.425

Reported on Kiwi Lane.

Thunderstorm Wind, Mecklenburg

When: July 9, 5:40 PM EST to 5:50 PM EST
Where: Mecklenburg County, 5 mi WNW of Charlotte to 9 mi SSE of Charlotte
Measured: 55 kt (63 mph) estimated gust
Reported by: County Official
Coordinates: 35.258, -80.932

Scattered trees and power lines blown down from the Paw Creek area, to around the I-85, I-77 exchange, to the Pineville and Matthews area.

Thunderstorm Wind, Cabarrus

When: July 9, 5:50 PM EST
Where: Cabarrus County, 7.5 mi SW of Concord
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
Reported by: Public
Coordinates: 35.343, -80.694

A tree and some large limbs blown down at a golf course.

Thunderstorm Wind, Rowan

When: July 9, 6:25 PM EST
Where: Rowan County, 1 mi S of Mt Ulla
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 35.636, -80.730

A tree and some power lines blown down near the intersection of Centenary Church Rd and Jones Rd.

Thunderstorm Wind, Iredell

When: July 9, 7:00 PM EST
Where: Iredell County, 2 mi SE of Troutman
Measured: 55 kt (63 mph) estimated gust
Reported by: Emergency Manager
Coordinates: 35.680, -80.875

The tin roof was peeled off a house on Ostwalt Amity Rd.

What these are

Thunderstorm Wind: Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
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 2007 Every state in 2007 This day in weather history Warnings in North Carolina, July 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: 49243, 49246, 49249, 49252, 49253, 49254.