Hail in North Carolina, June 5, 2007

Name: Hail in North Carolina, June 5, 2007
Start: 2007-06-05T21:05
End: 2007-06-05T21:05
Location: North Carolina

June 5, 2007 · NWS RNK · 1 event in 1 county or zone

A severe thunderstorm produced penny sized hail in Caswell county.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $1,000
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 RNK wrote it up.

A severe thunderstorm produced penny sized hail in Caswell county.

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 Blacksburg, VA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 5, 8:38 PM EST, 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 5, 8:38 PM EST, 27 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
938 PM EDT TUE JUN 5 2007

.SYNOPSIS...
A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL PASS OFFSHORE THIS EVENING. HIGH PRESSURE
WILL BE OVER THE AREA WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY.

&&

.NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING/...
SHOWERS AND STORMS ASSOC WITH STRONG SHORTWAVE BEGINNING TO WEAKEN
BUT STILL GOOD COVERAGE. INCREASED POPS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE
EVENING...THEN DROP BACK POPS AFTER MIDNIGHT MOST AREAS. HOWEVER LONE
SUPERCELL MOVING THRU THE PDMT SHOWS NO SIGNS YET OF WEAKENING.

&&

.SHORT TERM /6 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT/...
EXPECT THE ILLINOIS SHORT WAVE TO CROSS THE FORECAST AREA BETWEEN
06-12Z ON WEDNESDAY WITH THE AXIS OF THE TROF WELL EAST OF THE
COUNTY WARNING AREA BY 15Z WEDNESDAY. THIS WILL PUSH A WEAK COLD
FRONT THROUGH THE AREA SO THAT BY 18Z WEDNESDAY...THE 850
TEMPERATURES WILL BE SLIGHTLY COOLER...SURFACE AND 850 MB DEW POINTS
WILL BE DRIER AND THE LOW LEVEL WINDS WILL GRADUALLY TURN TO THE
NORTHWEST.

SO WITH LOW LEVEL FLOW NOW OUT OF THE WEST THE BEST COVERAGE OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL STILL BE IN THE MOUNTAINS. THE
CURRENT STORMS IN KENTUCKY WILL MAINTAIN AND BE APPROACHING THE
FORECAST AREA BETWEEN 00-06Z. FORTUNATELY...THE COLD POOL ALOFT COMES
ACROSS DURING THE NIGHT SO IT MAY ENHANCE CHANCE FOR THUNDER BUT NOT
ADD TO ANY INTENSE STORMS.

BIGGEST QUESTION IS HOW FAR EAST PRECIPITATION WILL GET SINCE WINDS
ARE OUT OF THE WEST TO NORTHWEST AND DO NOT BACK AHEAD OF THE FRONT.
DOWNSLOPING WILL ERODE MUCH OF THE SHOWERS AS THEY REACH THE
FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT.

ON THURSDAY THE WARM FRONT MOVES NORTH OF THE REGION AND SOUTHWEST
SURFACE THROUGH 850MB WINDS ARE DIRECTING AIR RIGHT OUT OF THE GULF
OF MEXICO. WILL BE GOING ABOVE WARMEST GUIDANCE FOR MAXIMUM
TEMPERATURES...ESPECIALLY IN SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA ON THURSDAY AND
FRIDAY.

&&

.LONG TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/...
OVERALL PATTERN IS STILL ZONAL THROUGH THIS PERIOD BUT MODELS ARE
NOW TRENDING TOWARD A DEEPER TROF IN THE NORTHEAST UNITED STATES BY
SUNDAY.

EXPECT A COLD FRONT TO COME THROUGH THE COUNTY WARNING AREA ON
FRIDAY NIGHT OR SATURDAY MORNING AND PUSH WELL SOUTH THROUGH THE
CAROLINAS BY MONDAY. WILL HAVE CHANE OF PRECIPITATION WITH THE
FRONTAL PASSAGE ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY...WITH THE BEST CHANCE
SHIFTING INTO THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE FORECAST AREA ON SUNDAY AND
MONDAY.

TEMPERATURES BEHIND THE FRONT ON SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY WILL BE
CLOSE TO NORMAL.

&&

.AVIATION /02Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/...
SERIES OF SHORT WAVE TROFS WILL MOVE EAST THROUGH THE BLACKSBURG
TERMINAL FORECAST AREA TONIGHT. FIRST WAVE WILL MOVE THROUGH THE
AREA THIS EVENING...WITH THE FINAL AND MOST SIGNIFICANT WAVE TO
MOVE THROUGH THE AREA BY 12Z WEDNESDAY. WEAK DYNAMIC FORCING AND
COOLING TEMPERATURES ALOFT WITH APPROACH OF WAVES WILL RESULT IN
THE DEVELOPMENT OF SCATTERED SHOWERS OVER SOUTHEASTERN WEST
VIRGINIA TERMINAL FORECAST SITES WHERE UPSLOPE WINDS WILL ENHANCE
UPWARD VERTICAL MOTION FIELDS...WITH ACTIVITY MORE ISOLATED OR
WIDELY SCATTERED IN NATURE ACROSS PIEDMONT SITES DUE TO NEGATIVE
CONTRIBUTION OF DOWNSLOPING WINDS.

WITH THE ABOVE IN MIND...EXPECT GENERAL VFR WEATHER...BUT WITH
BRIEF REDUCTIONS BACK DOWN TO MVFR IN CEILING AND/OR VISIBILITY
NEAR SHOWER/THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY LATER THIS AFTERNOON INTO
TONIGHT WEST OF THE BLUE RIDGE. SOME IFR OR EVEN LIFR CONDITIONS
ARE POSSIBLE ALONG/NEAR THE HIGHER RIDGES. FURTHER EAST AT
KROA...KLYH...AND KDAN...SOME PATCHY MVFR LIGHT FOG WITHIN A FEW
HOURS OF SUNRISE IS POSSIBLE...BUT DOWNSLOPING SHOULD MINIMIZE
THIS OCCURRENCE IN BOTH TIME AND SPACE.

PASSAGE OF FINAL SHORT WAVE TROF AND ASSOCIATED COOL FRONT AROUND
12Z WEDNESDAY WILL RESULT IN RAPID CLEARING OF SKIES ALONG WITH
INTRUSION OF DRIER AIR TO RETURN ALL AREAS BACK TO VFR CONDITIONS BY
MID MORNING WEDNESDAY.

VFR CONDITIONS WITH NO RESTRICTIONS TO CEILING OR VISIBILITY
SHOULD THEN PREVAIL OVER ALL BLACKSBURG TERMINAL FORECAST POINTS
FOR MUCH OF THE REST OF THE WEEK AND INTO THE WEEKEND AS UPPER
RIDGE BUILDS OVER MID ATLANTIC STATES.

EXCEPTIONS MAY COME FROM BRIEF OCCURRENCES OF LATE NIGHT-EARLY
MORNING IFR FOG IN MOUNTAIN VALLEYS (SUCH AS NEAR LEWISBURG) ON
THURSDAY MORNING DUE TO WEAK PRESSURE GRADIENT AND SUBSIDENCE ON
BACKSIDE OF DEPARTING SURFACE HIGH...WITH SOME BRIEF MVFR FOG
POSSIBLE ACROSS PIEDMONT SITES. PRESSURE GRADIENT SHOULD BE
STRONG ENOUGH FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK TO PREVENT REDEVELOPMENT
OF EARLY MORNING FOG FRIDAY MORNING...ALTHOUGH A BRIEF PERIOD OF
MVFR CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE NEXT COOL
FRONT EXPECTED TO ARRIVE FRIDAY NIGHT OR SATURDAY.

&&

.RNK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
VA...NONE.
NC...NONE.
WV...NONE.

&&

SYNOPSIS...AMS
NEAR TERM...JS
SHORT TERM...AMS
LONG TERM...AMS
AVIATION...WERT

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 5, 2:28 AM EST, 18 hours 37 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
328 AM EDT TUE JUN 5 2007

NCZ001>006-018>020-VAZ007-009>020-022>024-032>035-043>047-058-059-
WVZ042>045-060730-
ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-SURRY-STOKES-ROCKINGHAM-CASWELL-WATAUGA-WILKES-
YADKIN-TAZEWELL-SMYTH-BLAND-GILES-WYTHE-PULASKI-MONTGOMERY-GRAYSON-
CARROLL-FLOYD-CRAIG-ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-ROANOKE-BOTETOURT-ROCKBRIDGE-
PATRICK-FRANKLIN-BEDFORD-AMHERST-HENRY-PITTSYLVANIA-CAMPBELL-
APPOMATTOX-BUCKINGHAM-HALIFAX-CHARLOTTE-MERCER-SUMMERS-MONROE-
GREENBRIER-
328 AM EDT TUE JUN 5 2007

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL NORTH
CAROLINA...NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...CENTRAL VIRGINIA...SOUTH
CENTRAL VIRGINIA...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA AND
SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 5, 8:01 PM EST, 1 hour 4 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
901 PM EDT TUE JUN 05 2007

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

0855 PM     HAIL             4 S FERRUM              36.86N 80.02W
06/05/2007  E1.50 INCH       FRANKLIN           VA   PUBLIC

&&

DOC

Local storm report, Jun 5, 8:18 PM EST, 47 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
918 PM EDT TUE JUN 05 2007

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

0905 PM     HAIL             6 N MARTINSVILLE CITY   36.77N 79.87W
06/05/2007  M0.88 INCH       HENRY              VA   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            HAIL COVERING GROUND

&&

DOC

Local storm report, Jun 5, 8:25 PM EST, 40 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
925 PM EDT TUE JUN 05 2007

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

0845 PM     HAIL             4 E WOOLWINE            36.78N 80.21W
06/05/2007  M0.75 INCH       PATRICK            VA   PUBLIC

&&

DOC

Local storm report, Jun 5, 8:30 PM EST, 35 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
930 PM EDT TUE JUN 05 2007

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

0715 PM     TSTM WND DMG     1 W BLAND               37.10N 81.13W
06/05/2007                   BLAND              VA   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            LARGE APPLE TREES DOWN

0715 PM     HAIL             1 W BLAND               37.10N 81.13W
06/05/2007  M1.00 INCH       BLAND              VA   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            HAIL COVERING GROUND

&&

JSTEWART

Local storm report, Jun 5, 8:32 PM EST, 33 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
932 PM EDT TUE JUN 05 2007

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

0915 PM     HAIL             SNOW CREEK              36.83N 79.75W
06/05/2007  E0.88 INCH       FRANKLIN           VA   PUBLIC

&&

JSTEWART

Local storm report, Jun 5, 8:48 PM EST, 17 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
948 PM EDT TUE JUN 05 2007

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

0915 PM     TSTM WND DMG     ROCKY MOUNT             37.00N 79.88W
06/05/2007                   FRANKLIN           VA   EMERGENCY MNGR

            SEVERAL TREES ACROSS 220 SOUTH BOUND. HAIL COVERED ROAD.

&&

JSTEWART

The radar

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 98 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:05 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Caswell

When: June 5, 9:05 PM EST
Where: Caswell County, 3 mi S of Leasburg
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Property damage: $1,000
Reported by: Emergency Manager
Coordinates: 36.357, -79.170

Penny sized hail covered the ground.

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

Every storm in North Carolina in 2007 Every state in 2007 This day in weather history Warnings in North Carolina, June 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: 27049.