South Carolina, 2007

Hail and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, June 24, 2007

June 24, 2007 · NWS GSP · 4 events in 3 counties and zones

A few severe storms affected Upstate South Carolina.

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

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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 few severe storms affected Upstate South Carolina.

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 24, 6:51 PM EST, 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 24, 6:51 PM EST, 22 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 24, 4:15 PM EST, 2 hours 58 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
515 PM EDT SUN JUN 24 2007

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-068-501-
503-505>510-SCZ001>014-019-252115-
RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-
MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-
SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-CLEVELAND-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-
BURKE MOUNTAINS-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-
515 PM EDT SUN JUN 24 2007

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS THE
MOUNTAINS AND WILL MOVE EAST INTO THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT. SOME
OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE...PRODUCING LARGE HAIL
AND DAMAGING WIND.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

NCZ035>037-056-057-069>072-082-502-504-252115-
ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-
CABARRUS-UNION NC-GREATER CALDWELL-GREATER BURKE-
515 PM EDT SUN JUN 24 2007

...AIR QUALITY ACTION DAY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 9 PM EDT MONDAY...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA AND
WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   AIR QUALITY ACTION DAY.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS THE
MOUNTAINS AND WILL MOVE EAST INTO THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT. SOME
OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE...PRODUCING LARGE HAIL
AND DAMAGING WIND.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   AIR QUALITY ACTION DAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 24, 6:03 PM EST, 1 hour 10 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
703 PM EDT SUN JUN 24 2007

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

0645 PM     TSTM WND DMG     10 WSW LINCOLNTON       35.42N 81.41W
06/24/2007                   LINCOLN            NC   COUNTY OFFICIAL

            TREE DOWN AND LARGE LIMBS ALONG HWY 182. ALSO DIME HAIL.

0645 PM     HAIL             10 W LINCOLNTON         35.48N 81.42W
06/24/2007  E0.75 INCH       LINCOLN            NC   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            HAIL AROUND DIME SIZE ON HWY 182 REPORTED BY PATROLMAN.

0645 PM     HAIL             CHERRYVILLE             35.38N 81.38W
06/24/2007  E0.75 INCH       GASTON             NC   COUNTY OFFICIAL

            PENNY SIZE HAIL AND STRONG WINDS. CALLS STILL COMING IN.

&&

TBENTHALL
Local storm report, Jun 24, 6:28 PM EST, 45 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
728 PM EDT SUN JUN 24 2007

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

0720 PM     HAIL             1 N GASTONIA            35.27N 81.17W
06/24/2007  E0.88 INCH       GASTON             NC   TRAINED SPOTTER

            NICKEL SIZE HAIL FORCED SPOTTER TO STOP AT I-85 AND HWY
            321 INTERSECTION.

0722 PM     HAIL             2 S CONCORD             35.38N 80.59W
06/24/2007  E0.75 INCH       CABARRUS           NC   TRAINED SPOTTER

            3/4 INCH HAIL HWY 601 SOUTH OF CONCORD. HIGH WINDS.

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Local storm report, Jun 24, 6:34 PM EST, 39 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jun 24, 6:49 PM EST, 24 minutes before
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The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 14 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:10 UTC.

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Event by event

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

Thunderstorm Wind, Greenville

When
June 24, 7:13 PM EST to 7:20 PM EST
Where
Greenville County, 2 mi E of Greenville to 6 mi ENE of Greenville
Measured
60 kt (69 mph) measured gust
Reported by
Trained Spotter
Coordinates
34.850, -82.365

A 69 mph gust was measured at the Greenville downtown airport. Several trees and large limbs were blown down in the Haywood Mall area. Scattered damage to trees and limbs was also reported from the Haywood Mall area to the Hudson’s corner area.

Hail, Greenville

When
June 24, 7:13 PM EST to 7:20 PM EST
Where
Greenville County, 2 mi E of Greenville
Measured
1 in hail
Reported by
Trained Spotter
Coordinates
34.850, -82.365

Thunderstorm Wind, Spartanburg

When
June 24, 7:35 PM EST
Where
Spartanburg County, 2 mi NE of Greer
Measured
50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
Reported by
Department of Highways
Coordinates
34.950, -82.205

Two trees blown down on Woodruff Rd in Greer.

Thunderstorm Wind, Cherokee

When
June 24, 8:55 PM EST
Where
Cherokee County, 10 mi WNW of Gaffney
Measured
50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
Reported by
County Official
Coordinates
35.125, -81.793

Trees down in the area around Cowpens National Battlefield.

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

More

Every storm in South Carolina in 2007Every state in 2007This day in weather historyWarnings 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: 41827, 41828, 41833, 41836.