Hail, Rowan
- When
- June 13, 4:47 PM EST
- Where
- Rowan County, 4 mi WNW of Spencer
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- Amateur Radio
- Coordinates
- 35.722, -80.496
Hail and Damaging Wind in North Carolina, June 13, 2007
Isolated severe storms developed over the western North Carolina Piedmont during the late afternoon 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
- $2,000
- 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 happened
The episode as NWS GSP wrote it up.
Isolated severe storms developed over the western North Carolina Piedmont during the late afternoon 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 Jun 13, 2:10 PM EST, 2 hours 37 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 13, 2:10 PM EST, 2 hours 37 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 310 PM EDT WED JUN 13 2007 .SYNOPSIS... WEAK HIGH PRESSURE AND A LOW IN THE GULF WILL CONTINUE TO HELP BRING MOISTURE INTO THE AREA THROUGH LATE WEEK. THIS MOISUTRE WILL BRING THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS ACROSS THE CAROLINAS ALONG WITH COOLER TEMPERATURES. THE UPPER LOW WILL LIKELY MOVE OUT THIS WEEKEND... WHICH WILL BRING BACK WARMER...DRIER WEATHER. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH THURSDAY/... FIRST CONVECTION FORMED ALONG THE DIFFERENTIAL HEATING BOUNDARY BETWEEN THE MORNING CLOUDS OVER MUCH OF NC AND THE FULL SUN AREA OVER SC. NE GA/UPSTATE AND SRN PIEDMONT HAVE THE BEST CHANCE FOR SEVERE STORMS EARLY THIS AFTERNOON WHERE INSTABILITY AND DCAPES ARE HIGHEST. LATER THIS AFTERNOON...ISOLATED SEVERE IS POSSIBLE OVER THE REST OF NORTH CAROLINA WHERE EARLIER CLOUDS ARE BREAKING UP AND HEATING IS BEGINNING. AS NOTED EARLIER...SHEAR MUCH WEAKER THAN YESTERDAY...SO ONLY ORGANIZATION SHOULD BE ALONG ANY SFC COOL POOLS THAT CAN HOLD TOGETHER. CURRENT SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS WELL PLACED GIVEN THESE PARAMETERS. HAVE LIKELY POP MOST OF THE CWFA THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. CONVECTION SHOULD DIMINISH RAPIDLY WITH LOSS OF HEATING...BUT SCT SHOWERS COULD CONTINUE LATE EVENING AS WEAK SHORT WAVES MOVE ACROSS THE AREA...WITH ONLY ISOLATED SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOWS SHOULD BE A COUPLE OF DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. STRONG SHORT WAVE DROPS INTO THE EASTERN TROF THU AFTERNOON. THIS SHOULD PROVIDE PLENTY OF FORCING FOR CONVECTION. MODERATE INSTABILITY IS EXPECTED ONCE AGAIN...WITH A RETURN OF INCREASING SHEAR AS THE H5 GRADIENT TIGHTENS AROUND THE DEEPENING SHORT WAVE. EXPECT ANOTHER DAY OF NUMEROUS CONVECTION WITH THE LIKELIHOOD OF ORGANIZED SEVERE STORMS DEVELOPING IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGHS SHOULD BE BELOW NORMAL WITH MORE IN THE WAY OF CLOUDS AND LOWER THICKNESS. && .SHORT TERM /THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT/... SIGNIFICANT VORT MAXES WILL MOVE FROM THE NORTH AROUND A LOW OFF THE EAST COAST THURSDAY NIGHT...AS ANOTHER UPPER LOW TRIES TO CLOSE OFF OVER VA. A PUSH OF LOW LEVEL COLD AIR WILL APPROACH FROM THE NORTHERN MID ATLANTIC FRIDAY...BUT GUIDANCE STILL KEEPS PLENTY OF INSTABILITY OVER THE AREA (ESP OVR UPSTATE SC). THERE WILL BE STRONGER WINDS ALOFT AND PLENTY OF LIFT WITH A POTENT UPPER LOW OVER THE AREA. THIS WILL ENHANCE THE THREAT OF SEVERE STORMS ACROSS UPSTATE SC AND NORTHEASTERN GA. IN FACT...SPC HAS OUTLOOKED THESE AREAS IN SLIGHT RISK FOR DAY 3. A GOOD POSSIBILITY OF LINGERING ACTIVITY FRIDAY EVENING. SO HAVE KEPT IN SLIGHT CHC POPS AFTER SUNSET...BUT INSTABILITY WILL WANE RAPIDLY SO HAVE JUST SHOWERS IN FCST FOR FRIDAY NIGHT. MAX TEMPS WERE LOWERED A FEW MORE DEGS F ACROSS MAINLY THE NC ZONES AS PLENTY OF CLOUD COVER IS FCST TO KEEP TEMPS DOWN. LATEST GUIDANCE HAS MOST OF THE AREA REACHING ONLY THE LOWER 70S (M-U70S OVER SOUTHERN UPSTATE SC AND EXTREME NORTHEASTERN GA). && .LONG TERM /SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... A SOMEWHAT UNUSUAL REX BLOCK OVER THE EASTERN CONUS...WILL GRADUALLY BREAK DOWN SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY...AS A STRONG SHORTWAVE TRACKS THROUGH CENTRAL CANADA AND WEAKENS THE RIDGE OVER QUEBEC. THE UPPER LEVEL FLOW THEN BECOMES NORTHWESTERLY...AND TEMPS MODERATE BACK TO ABOVE NORMAL READINGS BY SUNDAY INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. MAINLY SOME ISOLATED TO SCATTERED AFTN CONVECTION CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH TUESDAY...AS A LEE TROUGH SETS UP IN THE DEEP WESTERLY FLOW. A COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE NORTHWEST TUESDSAY...AND IS NOW PROGGED TO AFFECT THE CWFA LATE WEDNESDAY. LATEST HPC GUIDANCE HAS 30-40% CHC POPS FOR WEDNESDAY...AND HAVE TRENDED GRIDS THAT WAY FOR NOW. MAX TEMPS WILL BE A BIT COOLER TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY WITH THE INCREASED CLOUD COVER AND ASSOCIATED PRECIPITATION. && .AVIATION /19Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY/... ANOTHER DAY WITH SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS AFTERNOON AND EVENING CONVECTION. TSRA HAVE ALREADY AFFECTED KGSP/KGMU AND ARE CLOSE TO KCLT. HAVE INCLUDED VCTS ALL SITES AND WILL AMEND AS CELLS APPROACH AIRFIELDS. EXPECT MVFR HAZE TO CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING AT KAVL. OTHERWISE...THE ONLY RESTRICTIONS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING WILL BE ASSOCIATED WITH STORMS. LOOKS LIKE A GOOD FOG NIGHT TONIGHT. HAVE MVFR AT ALL LOCATIONS WITH IFR OVERNIGHT AT KAVL. IN ACCORDANCE WITH GUIDELINES...HAVE KEPT VLIFR OUT OF KAVL ATTM...BUT EXPECT THEM TO BECOME SOCKED IN AROUND 09Z. EXPECT VFR BY AROUND 13Z OUTSIDE OF THE MTNS...BUT MVFR WILL LIKELY LINGER AGAIN MOST OF THE MORNING AT KAVL. DID NOT INCLUDE ANY PRECIP IN THE TAFS ATTM...BUT EXPECT LATER SHIFTS WILL HAVE AT LEAST VCTS ONCE AGAIN AS LIKELY POPS ARE IN THE AFTERNOON FORECAST MOST LOCATIONS. AVIATION OUTLOOK...SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED TO THE NORTH WILL CONTINUE A LIGHT EASTERLY WIND FLOW THAT WILL ADVECT ENOUGH MOISTURE INTO THE AREA TO FUEL SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH SATURDAY. RELATIVELY COLD TEMPERATURES ALOFT ASSOCIATED WITH AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL CONTRIBUTE TO UNSTABLE LAPSE RATES WITH ATTENDANT STRONG AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS. LOW LEVEL MOISTURE LIKELY TO CAUSE LOWERED LATE NIGHT AND EARLY MORNING CEILINGS AND VISIBILITIES IN STRATUS AND FOG. && .GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...DEO NEAR TERM...RWH SHORT TERM...ARK LONG TERM...ARK AVIATION...RWH
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 13, 1:42 PM EST, 3 hours 5 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 242 PM EDT WED JUN 13 2007 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ036-037-056-057-068>072-082-507>510- SCZ001>014-019-141845- RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-IREDELL-DAVIE-CATAWBA- ROWAN-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC- 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- 242 PM EDT WED JUN 13 2007 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 393 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED AGAIN DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY REACH SEVERE LIMITS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED. NCZ033-035-048>053-058-059-062>065-501>506-141845- AVERY-ALEXANDER-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE- GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA- HENDERSON-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-GREATER CALDWELL-BURKE MOUNTAINS- GREATER BURKE-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-EASTERN MCDOWELL- 242 PM EDT WED JUN 13 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVER WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA OUTSIDE OF THE WATCH AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WHILE THE ATMOSPHERE WILL NOT BE QUITE AS UNSTABLE AS YESTERDAY...THE POTENTIAL STILL EXITS FOR SOME OF THESE STORMS TO BECOME SEVERE PRODUCING QUARTER SIZED HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS OF 60 MPH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED AGAIN DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY REACH SEVERE LIMITS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 13, 12:33 PM EST, 4 hours 14 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
133 PM EDT WED JUN 13 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0345 PM HAIL 10 ESE PICKENS 34.83N 82.55W
06/12/2007 E0.75 INCH PICKENS SC TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
LGSpecial weather statement, Jun 13, 3:06 PM EST, 1 hour 41 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 406 PM EDT WED JUN 13 2007 NCZ082-132045- UNION- 406 PM EDT WED JUN 13 2007 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT UNION COUNTY THROUGH 445 PM EDT... AT 402 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR MONROE...MOVING WEST AT 5 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR... MINERAL SPRINGS BY 445 PM EDT. PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. GERAPETRITIS
Local storm report, Jun 13, 3:22 PM EST, 1 hour 25 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
422 PM EDT WED JUN 13 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0535 PM HAIL CULLOWHEE 35.31N 83.18W
06/12/2007 E0.75 INCH JACKSON NC TRAINED SPOTTER
SPOTTER REPORTED MARBLE TO 3/4 INCH DIAMETER HAIL LASTING
ABOUT 10 MINUTES
&&
LANESpecial weather statement, Jun 13, 3:23 PM EST, 1 hour 24 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 423 PM EDT WED JUN 13 2007 SCZ011-132115- ABBEVILLE- 423 PM EDT WED JUN 13 2007 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT ABBEVILLE COUNTY THROUGH 515 PM EDT... AT 423 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR DUE WEST...OR 9 MILES NORTH OF ABBEVILLE... MOVING WEST AT 20 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR... ANTREVILLE BY 445 PM EDT. LAKE SECESSION BY 455 PM EDT. LOWNDESVILLE BY 510 PM EDT. PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. GERAPETRITIS
Special weather statement, Jun 13, 3:38 PM EST, 1 hour 9 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 438 PM EDT WED JUN 13 2007 NCZ082-132130- UNION- 438 PM EDT WED JUN 13 2007 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT UNION COUNTY THROUGH 530 PM EDT... AT 438 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF UNIONVILLE...OR 12 MILES NORTHEAST OF MONROE...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 25 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR... UNIONVILLE BY 450 PM EDT. STALLINGS BY 510 PM EDT. PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. HG
Special weather statement, Jun 13, 4:11 PM EST, 36 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 511 PM EDT WED JUN 13 2007 SCZ012-132200- LAURENS- 511 PM EDT WED JUN 13 2007 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT LAURENS COUNTY THROUGH 600 PM EDT... AT 511 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES WEST OF WHITMIRE...OR 16 MILES NORTHWEST OF NEWBERRY...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 15 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR... 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CLINTON BY 530 PM EDT. JOANNA BY 535 PM EDT. 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF CROSS HILL BY 600 PM EDT. PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. HG
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 146 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:46 UTC.
Event by event
1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Lincoln
- When
- June 13, 6:41 PM EST
- Where
- Lincoln County, 6 mi E of Lincolnton to 7.5 mi ENE of Lincolnton
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph) estimated gust
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Reported by
- NWS Storm Survey
- Coordinates
- 35.470, -81.163
NWS survey found numerous small trees snapped off or bent over and a few large trees blown down between Camp Creek Rd and Furnace Rd, just north of highway 73. A few homes received minor roof damage and the roof was blown off a shed. Also, several trees were blown down on Low Bridge Rd, in this same area.
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- 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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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More
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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: 41266, 41268.