Hail, Gaston
- When
- May 12, 12:55 PM EST
- Where
- Gaston County, 1 mi S of Dallas
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 35.306, -81.180
Reported near the intersection of Friday Park Rd and Old Dallas Highway.
Hail in North Carolina, May 12, 2007
Severe storms produced large hail over the North Carolina Foothills and Piedmont during the 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
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 5
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.
Severe storms produced large hail over the North Carolina Foothills and Piedmont during the 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 May 12, 12:44 PM EST, 11 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 12, 12:44 PM EST, 11 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 144 PM EDT SAT MAY 12 2007 .SYNOPSIS... A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SOUTH OF OUR REGION ON SUNDAY AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS SOUTH FROM THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES. THIS HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL SETTLE OVER THE CAROLINAS IN THE FIRST HALF OF THE WEEK...BEFORE MOVING OFF THE COAST. ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL MOVE IN FROM THE NORTHWEST IN MID WEEK. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/... CONSIDERABLE CLOUDINESS CURRENTLY OVER THE FORECAST AREA... ESPECIALLY MOUNTAINS AND THE UPSTATE. THE NC PIEDMONT AND FOOTHILLS ONLY PARTLY CLOUDY. CLOUDS ARE SIGNIFICATLY HOLDING DOWN SURFACE TEMPERATURES WHICH IN TURN WILL CURTAIL CAPES AND THE AMOUNT OF DEEP CONVECTION POTENTIAL. THE EXCEPTION APPEARS TO BE IN THE NC FOOTHILLS/PIEDMONT WHERE IT LOOKS LIKE INSTABILITY WILL BE MAXIMIZED. 12Z NAM NOT EXACTLY CAPTURING THE DETAILS WITH LOCATION OF MINIMUM/MAXIMUM CAPES FOR THE AFTERNOON. I STILL THINK THAT COVERAGE OF SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE IN THE NUMEROUS CATEGORY FOR THE MID/LATE AFTERNOON HOURS FROM THE NC/SC PIEDMONTS AS SURFACE CONVERGENCE/DPVA/DIFFLUENCE ALOFT MAXIMIZES. THEREFORE...WILL MAINTAIN THE LIKELY POPS. SEVERE POTENTIAL NOT VERY GREAT AS COLUMNS VERY MOIST AND WEAK WIND FIELDS. COULD NOT RULE OUT AN ISOLATED SEVERE STORM IN THE NC PIEDMONT WHERE HIGHEST CAPES WILL BE...BUT HEAVY DOWNPOURS APPEAR TO BE THE GREATEST THREAT. HAVE TRIMMED HIGH TEMPS BACK A GOOD CATEGORY MOUNTAINS/SC UPSTATE...WITH LITTLE CHANGE NC PIEDMONT/FOOTHILLS. && .SHORT TERM /SUNDAY/... SFC RIDGING REMAINS ON TRACK TO BUILD SOUTH TOWARD THE CWFA ON SUNDAY WITH THE RESULTANT NE TO E LLVL FLOW ALLOWING MAX TEMPS TO RETURN TO VALUES CLOSER TO NORMAL. STILL DO NOT BUY OP SHORT TERM MODEL RESPONSE OF ANY SHOWER DEVELOPMENT WITHIN EASTERLY FLOW AND SHALLOW MOISTURE. VIRTUALLY NO CHANGE EXPECTED TO THE INHERITED DRY AND SEASONABLE FCST FOR MONDAY AS SFC HI PRES CONTINUES TO DROP SOUTH ACRS THE CAROLINAS. && .LONG TERM /SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY/... LOW AMPLITUDE UPPER RIDGING WILL HANG ON OVER THE SOUTHEAST U.S. THROUGH TUESDAY WHILE PROGRESSIVE SFC RIDGE AXIS BECOMES ORIENTED E-W AND THE CENTER MOVES OFFSHORE. LLVL RETURN FLOW GETS UNDERWAY ALONG THE BACK SIDE OF LLVL RIDGING...ALLOWING A RETURN TO WARM TEMPERATURES. IT REMAINS QUESTIONABLE WHETHER DEVELOPING WEAK INSTABILITY ACRS THE MOUNTAINS TUESDAY AFTERNOON WOULD BE ABLE TO SUPPORT DEEP CONVECTION...SO WILL LEAVE DRY FOR NOW. 12/00 UTC OP GFS SUPPORTS GOING THINKING FOR WED/WED NITE PROGGING FRONTAL BAND DEEP CONVECTIVE CHANCES MOVING SOUTHEAST ACRS THE CWFA. QUICKER MOVEMENT AND MORE PRONOUNCED DEEP DRYING IS NOW PROGGED FOR THURSDAY BUT WILL LEAVE TOKEN SLIGHT CHANCE POPS AS IS FOR NOW PENDING REGULAR EXTENDED COLLABORATION PERIOD LATER THIS MORNING. GOING POST FRONTAL AND SEASONABLE FCST FOR FRIDAY WILL REMAIN AS IS AS WELL. && .AVIATION /18Z SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/... MAIN AVIATION CONCERN WILL BE CONVECTION THE REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON. LOOKS LIKE EVERY AIR FIELD WILL SEE THUNDERSTORMS AT LEAST IN THE VICINITY....WITH KCLT HAVING THE HIGHEST CHACCE OF SIGNIFICANT IMPACT TO OPERATIONS. DEEP CONVECTION ALREADY DEVELOPING IN THE NC PIEDMONT TO THE NW OF KCLT...AND THIS SHOULD DRIFT SE OVER THE AIRPORT BY 20Z. COULD SEE SOME BRIEF IFR CONDITIONS IN CIG/VSBY...BUT ELECTED TO KEEP TEMPO GROUP IN MVFR RANGE. THUNDERSTORM CHANCES DIMINISH RAPIDLY FROM N TO S AS UPPER VORT MAX MOVES THROUGH THE AREA. THREAT OF THUNDER ENDS ALL TAF SITES BY 00Z. ALL GUIDNACE INDICATES MID LEVEL CEILINGS AFTER THE STORMS CLEARING BY 06Z. DID NOT FORECAST ANY FOG AS IT LOOKS LIKE MIXING WILL BE SUFFICIENT BEHIND BACKDOOR FRONT TO PRECLUDE IT. FOR THE EXTENDED...VFR SUNDAY THROUGH MOST OF WED AS HIGH PRESSURE SETTLES OVER THE MID ATLANTIC. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED LATE WEDNESDAY/WED NIGHT ASSOCIATED WITH A COLD FRONT. && .GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...DEO NEAR TERM...LG SHORT TERM...CSH LONG TERM...CSH AVIATION...LG
Hazardous weather outlook, May 12, 5:03 AM EST, 7 hours 52 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 603 AM EDT SAT MAY 12 2007 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065- 068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-131015- 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- 603 AM EDT SAT MAY 12 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON OUT AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT. A FEW OF THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE 40-50 MPH WIND GUSTS...HAIL TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME...ALTHOUGH SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO RELAY ANY REPORTS OF HAIL...GUSTY WIND OR HIGH WATER CONDITIONS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 12, 12:03 PM EST, 52 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 103 PM EDT SAT MAY 12 2007 NCZ068>071-SCZ009-121800- CLEVELAND-GASTON-LINCOLN-MECKLENBURG-YORK- 103 PM EDT SAT MAY 12 2007 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT CLEVELAND...GASTON...LINCOLN... MECKLENBURG AND YORK COUNTIES THROUGH 200 PM EDT... AT 100 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM VALE TO BOILING SPRINGS NC...MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL BE NEAR... VALE BY 115 PM EDT. SHELBY BY 140 PM EDT. CHARLOTTE BY 200 PM EDT. SMALL HAIL...AND WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. RB
Special weather statement, May 12, 12:03 PM EST, 52 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 103 PM EDT SAT MAY 12 2007 NCZ068>071-SCZ009-121800- CLEVELAND-GASTON-LINCOLN-MECKLENBURG-YORK- 103 PM EDT SAT MAY 12 2007 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT CLEVELAND...GASTON...LINCOLN... MECKLENBURG AND YORK COUNTIES THROUGH 200 PM EDT... AT 100 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM VALE TO BOILING SPRINGS NC...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL BE NEAR... VALE BY 115 PM EDT. SHELBY BY 140 PM EDT. CHARLOTTE BY 200 PM EDT. SMALL HAIL...AND WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. RB
Special weather statement, May 12, 12:37 PM EST, 18 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 137 PM EDT SAT MAY 12 2007 NCZ068>071-121830- CLEVELAND-GASTON-LINCOLN-MECKLENBURG- 137 PM EDT SAT MAY 12 2007 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT CLEVELAND...GASTON...LINCOLN AND MECKLENBURG COUNTIES THROUGH 230 PM EDT... AT 137 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM CASAR TO MOUNTAIN ISLAND LAKE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO MOUNTAIN ISLAND LAKE...CENTER CITY CHARLOTTE...SOUTHPARK MALL...WACO... STANLEY...SHELBY...RANLO...PAW CREEK...PATTERSON SPRINGS...MOUNT HOLLY...MCADENVILLE...LUCIA...LOWESVILLE...LOWELL...LINCOLNTON... LAWNDALE...KINGS MOUNTAIN...IRON STATION...HIGH SHOALS... GASTONIA...FALLSTON...DALLAS...CROUSE...CRAMERTON...CHERRYVILLE... CASAR...BOGER CITY...BESSEMER CITY...BELWOOD AND BELMONT. SMALL HAIL...AND WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. HEAVY RAINS MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND UNDERPASSES. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS AS THEY MAY BE WASHED OUT. 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. RB
Special weather statement, May 12, 12:44 PM EST, 11 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 144 PM EDT SAT MAY 12 2007 NCZ052-059-063-064-121845- HAYWOOD-NORTHERN JACKSON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA- 144 PM EDT SAT MAY 12 2007 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT HAYWOOD...JACKSON AND TRANSYLVANIA COUNTIES THROUGH 245 PM EDT... AT 144 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM CRUSO TO LAKE THORPE. THESE STORMS WERE NEARLY STATIONARY. * OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LAKE THORPE...WOLF MOUNTAIN...TUCKASEGEE...SUNBURST...SAPPHIRE... ROSMAN...LITTLE RIVER...LAKE TOXAWAY...CULLOWHEE...CRUSO...CEDAR MOUNTAIN...CASHIERS...BREVARD AND BALSAM GROVE. SMALL HAIL...AND WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. HEAVY RAINS MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND UNDERPASSES. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS AS THEY MAY BE WASHED OUT. 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. RB
Special weather statement, May 12, 12:45 PM EST, 10 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 145 PM EDT SAT MAY 12 2007 GAZ010-017-121845- HABERSHAM-RABUN- 145 PM EDT SAT MAY 12 2007 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT HABERSHAM AND RABUN COUNTIES THROUGH 245 PM EDT... AT 143 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR NACOOHE LAKE...OR 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CLAYTON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LAKE RABUN...NACOOHE LAKE...LAKE BURTON...TURNERVILLE...TIGER...TALLULAH FALLS...LAKEMONT...HOLLYWOOD AND CLAYTON. PEA SIZE HAIL AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS 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 AS THEY MAY BE WASHED OUT. WATER LEVELS OF SMALL STREAMS AND RIVERS MAY ALSO RISE...THEREFORE SEEK HIGHER GROUND IF THREATENED BY FLOOD WATERS. LG
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 106 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:55 UTC.
Event by event
5 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Lincoln
- When
- May 12, 1:00 PM EST
- Where
- Lincoln County, 6 mi SSE of Denver
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- Fire Department/Rescue
- Coordinates
- 35.450, -80.989
Reported at the intersection of highway 16 and highway 73.
Hail, Cleveland
- When
- May 12, 1:27 PM EST
- Where
- Cleveland County, 1.5 mi W of Waco
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 35.370, -81.457
Reported on Deal Rd.
Hail, Rowan
- When
- May 12, 1:30 PM EST
- Where
- Rowan County, Gold Hill
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 35.520, -80.350
Reported at the Gold Hill airport.
Hail, Cabarrus
- When
- May 12, 1:37 PM EST
- Where
- Cabarrus County, Kannapolis
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 35.500, -80.630
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
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- Hail and Damaging Wind in Montana, May 12, 2007
- Damaging Winds in Washington, May 12, 2007
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: 35251, 35252, 35253, 35254, 35255.