Hail and Damaging Wind in South Carolina, June 16, 2007

Name: Hail and Damaging Wind in South Carolina, June 16, 2007
Start: 2007-06-16T14:00
End: 2007-06-16T19:45
Location: South Carolina

June 16, 2007 · NWS GSP · 4 events in 3 counties and zones

A couple severe storms produced large hail and isolated wind damage over Upstate South Carolina during the afternoon and 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
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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 4

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 couple severe storms produced large hail and isolated wind damage over Upstate South Carolina 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 Jun 16, 1:48 PM EST, 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 16, 1:48 PM EST, 12 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 16, 2:34 AM EST, 11 hours 26 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
334 AM EDT SAT JUN 16 2007

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065-
068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-170745-
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-
334 AM EDT SAT JUN 16 2007

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE AREA
TODAY. A FEW MAY BECOME SEVERE THIS AFTERNOON WITH DAMAGING WINDS
AND LARGE HAIL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

AFTER A BREAK SUNDAY...ISOLATED LATE DAY THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED
OVER THE MOUNTAINS MONDAY...WITH SCATTERED LATE DAY THUNDERSTORMS
TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 16, 11:46 AM EST, 2 hours 14 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1246 PM EDT SAT JUN 16 2007

NCZ065-509-161745-
HENDERSON-POLK MOUNTAINS-
1246 PM EDT SAT JUN 16 2007

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EASTERN HENDERSON AND WESTERN
POLK COUNTIES THROUGH 145 PM EDT...

AT 1243 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPING 6 MILES EAST OF FLAT ROCK...OR 7
MILES EAST OF HENDERSONVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO FLAT
  ROCK...HENDERSONVILLE...EAST FLAT ROCK AND DANA.

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

INTENSE LIGHTNING IS LIKELY TO OCCURR 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.

LG

Special weather statement, Jun 16, 12:35 PM EST, 1 hour 25 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
135 PM EDT SAT JUN 16 2007

NCZ065-161830-
HENDERSON-
135 PM EDT SAT JUN 16 2007

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL HENDERSON COUNTY THROUGH
230 PM EDT...

AT 132 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES WEST OF FLAT ROCK...OR 4 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF HENDERSONVILLE...MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO FLAT
ROCK...MOUNTAIN HOME...EAST FLAT ROCK.

SMALL 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.

LG

Special weather statement, Jun 16, 12:45 PM EST, 1 hour 15 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
145 PM EDT SAT JUN 16 2007

NCZ508-510-161845-
EASTERN POLK-GREATER RUTHERFORD-
145 PM EDT SAT JUN 16 2007

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT WEST CENTRAL RUTHERFORD AND
   EASTERN POLK COUNTIES THROUGH 245 PM EDT...

AT 142 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES EAST OF LAKE ADGER...OR 7 MILES NORTHEAST
OF COLUMBUS...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  RUTHERFORDTON AND MILL SPRING.

SMALL 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.

LG

Local storm report, Jun 16, 1:26 PM EST, 34 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
226 PM EDT SAT JUN 16 2007

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

0217 PM     TSTM WND DMG     RUTHERFORDTON           35.36N 81.96W
06/16/2007                   RUTHERFORD         NC   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            ONE TREE DOWN IN TOWN.

&&

PTANNER

Local storm report, Jun 16, 1:42 PM EST, 18 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 16, 1:58 PM EST, 2 minutes before

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The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 35 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:00 UTC.

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Event by event

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

Hail, Greenville

When: June 16, 2:00 PM EST
Where: Greenville County, 4 mi NNE of Cleveland
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: Public
Coordinates: 35.123, -82.473

Hail, Pickens

When: June 16, 5:03 PM EST
Where: Pickens County, 2 mi NE of Easley
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: Public
Coordinates: 34.850, -82.575

Thunderstorm Wind, Pickens

When: June 16, 5:10 PM EST
Where: Pickens County, Easley
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
Reported by: County Official
Coordinates: 34.830, -82.600

Several trees blown down across the city.

Hail, Abbeville

When: June 16, 7:45 PM EST
Where: Abbeville County, 4 mi NW of Due West
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Reported by: Fire Department/Rescue
Coordinates: 34.371, -82.430

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

Every storm in South Carolina in 2007 Every state in 2007 This day in weather history Warnings in South 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 41341, 41358, 41359, 41361.