Hail, Greenville
- When
- May 3, 4:17 PM EST
- Where
- Greenville County, 3 mi S of Tigerville
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- NWS Employee
- Coordinates
- 35.027, -82.370
Hail in South Carolina, May 3, 2007
Severe thunderstorms produced large hail over parts of the Upstate during the afternoon and early 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
- 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 thunderstorms produced large hail over parts of the Upstate during the afternoon and early 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 May 3, 1:23 PM EST, 2 hours 54 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 3, 1:23 PM EST, 2 hours 54 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 223 PM EDT THU MAY 3 2007 .SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY/... THE NEAR-TERM FORECAST IS UNFOLDING MORE OR LESS AS PLANNED...AS CONVECTION SO FAR TODAY HAS BEEN CONFINED TO AREAS OF TERRAIN FORCING OVER THE MTNS. MEANWHILE...NOT MUCH IS GOING ON ALONG THE BACKDOOR FRONT...WHICH IS CURRENTLY MAKING ITS WAY TOWARD THE I-85 CORRIDOR IN NC. IN FACT...THE CU FIELD LOOKS QUITE SUPPRESSED DESPITE AN AREA OF 1000 J/KG MUCAPE WITHIN THE POOLING MOISTURE AXIS ALONG/JUST AHEAD OF THE FRONT. WE WILL CONTINUE TO ADVERTISE CHANCE POPS FOR THIS EVENING FROM ROUGHLY I-85 NORTH. NUMERICAL GUIDANCE POPS GO THROUGH THE ROOF OVERNIGHT...AS HIGH LEVELS OF DEEP MOISTURE WILL BE IN PLACE ACROSS THE ENTIRE REGION. HOWEVER...FORCING IS VERY PALTRY. THERE IS A LITTLE BIT OF WEAK LOW-MID LEVEL UPGLIDE...BUT THE FLOW IS EXTREMELY WEAK...SO THIS UPGLIDE WILL NOT BE ESPECIALLY STRONG. SO FAR TODAY...GUIDANCE POPS FROM EARLIER RUNS HAVE VERIFIED MUCH TOO HIGH...AND THINK THIS IS LIKELY TO BE THE CASE AGAIN TONIGHT. WE HAVE STUCK VERY CLOSE TO OUR ORIGINAL FORECAST OF LOW-END LIKELY TO CHANCE POPS ACROSS THE AREA OVERNIGHT...WHICH UNDERCUTS GUIDANCE BY A GOOD 20-30 PERCENT. COOL WEATHER EXPECTED ON FRIDAY...AS COLD AIR DAMMING/WIDESPREAD LOW CLOUDS WILL LIMIT DIURNAL HEATING...ESPECIALLY EAST OF THE MTNS. WE WILL CONTINUE TO ADVERTISE SOLID CHANCE POPS...AGAIN UNDERCUTTING GUIDANCE SLIGHTLY DUE TO AN ABSENCE OF FORCING. && .LONG TERM /FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY/... A CHANCE OF SHOWERS CONTINUES FRI NIGHT AND SAT WITH SFC BOUNDARY EXPECTED TO PUSH WELL S OF AREA SAT NIGHT. SFC HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS OVER REGION FROM THE NE ON SUN AS UPPER RIDGE BUILDS SUN THROUGH TUE. EXPECT DRY FORECAST FIRST PART OF WEEK WITH TEMPS WARMING EACH DAY AND REACHING INTO THE LOW 80S BY TUE AFTN. AN UPPER WAVE AND ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT ARE EXPECTED TO PUSH E ACROSS THE PLAINS TOWARD THE REGION...BRINGING AN INCREASING CHANCE OF RAIN...MAINLY TO THE MTNS WED-THU. AS SYSTEM APPROACHES AND PUTS AREA INTO INCREASING S FLOW...AFTN HIGHS SHOULD WARM INTO THE MID 80S BY LATE WED. && .AVIATION /18Z-18Z/... THE MAIN NEAR-TERM CONCERN WILL BE THE POTENTIAL FOR CONVECTION AT THE TERMINALS THIS AFTERNOON. THE BEST CHANCE APPEARS TO BE AT KAVL...WHERE RADAR IMAGERY INDICATED TSRA OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS JUST WEST OF THE TERMINAL AT 18Z. TEMPOS FOR RA W/ 5SM HAVE BEEN CARRIED THERE. OUTSIDE OF THE MTNS...THERE IS SOME INSTABILITY AND BACKDOOR COLD FRONT MAY PROVIDE LOW LEVEL FOCUS FOR WIDELY SCATTERED CONVECTION...BUT WE DO NOT FEEL THE THREAT IS HIGH ENOUGH FOR EVEN A TEMPO ATTM. ALTHOUGH SCATTERED SHRA WILL LIKELY BE AROUND OVERNIGHT...THE MAIN CONCERN WILL BE LOWERING CIGS...WHICH SHOULD LOWER TO IFR AT MOST TERMINALS SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT. WIND SHOULD REMAIN OUT OF THE NORTHEAST AT AROUND 10 KTS OR SO FOR MOST OF THE OVERNIGHT PERIOD...HOPEFULLY PRECLUDING FOG DEVELOPMENT. && .GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. && SHORT TERM...JDL LONG TERM...RB AVIATION...JDL
Hazardous weather outlook, May 3, 3:41 AM EST, 12 hours 36 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 441 AM EDT THU MAY 3 2007 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065- 068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-041000- 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- 441 AM EDT THU MAY 3 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. HG
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 3, 12:48 PM EST, 3 hours 29 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 148 PM EDT THU MAY 3 2007 NCZ064-065-031845- HENDERSON-TRANSYLVANIA- 148 PM EDT THU MAY 3 2007 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT HENDERSON AND TRANSYLVANIA COUNTIES THROUGH 245 PM EDT... AT 145 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR ETOWAH...OR 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF BREVARD... MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO MOUNTAIN HOME...MILLS RIVER...AND ETOWAH. PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 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. MCAVOY
Local storm report, May 3, 1:55 PM EST, 2 hours 22 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
255 PM EDT THU MAY 03 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0232 PM HAIL CANTO 35.70N 82.76W
05/03/2007 E1.00 INCH MADISON NC TRAINED SPOTTER
QUARTER SIZED HAIL FOR 20 MINUTES...ENDED AT 252 PM.
&&
MOORESpecial weather statement, May 3, 2:57 PM EST, 1 hour 20 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 357 PM EDT THU MAY 3 2007 NCZ509-510-032100- EASTERN POLK-POLK MOUNTAINS- 357 PM EDT THU MAY 3 2007 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT POLK COUNTY THROUGH 500 PM EDT... AT 355 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES EAST OF FLAT ROCK...OR 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HENDERSONVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. PEOPLE IN POLK COUNTY...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF TRYON AND COLUMBUS... SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER THREATEN. PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS 40 TO 50 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. MOORE
Special weather statement, May 3, 3:53 PM EST, 24 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 453 PM EDT THU MAY 3 2007 NCZ082-032200- UNION- 453 PM EDT THU MAY 3 2007 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT SOUTHERN UNION COUNTY THROUGH 600 PM EDT... AT 455 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SEVERAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...FROM LANCASTER COUNTY AND NORTHERN CHESTERFIELD COUNTY IN SOUTH CAROLINA...TO THE SOUTHERN PART OF ANSON COUNTY NORTH CAROLINA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DRIFT OR DEVELOP INTO THE SOUTHERN PART OF UNION COUNTY NORTH CAROLINA THROUGH 530 PM. PEOPLE IN SOUTHERN UNION COUNTY...FROM WAXHAW TO MONROE...WINGATE... AND MARSHVILLE...SOUTH TO THE STATE LINE...SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER THREATEN. MOORE
Special weather statement, May 3, 4:05 PM EST, 12 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 505 PM EDT THU MAY 3 2007 SCZ003-006-007-032200- GREATER GREENVILLE-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-SPARTANBURG- 505 PM EDT THU MAY 3 2007 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT GREENVILLE AND SPARTANBURG COUNTIES THROUGH 600 PM EDT... AT 459 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NORTH SALUDA RESERVOIR TO TAYLORS...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LAKE BOWEN...NORTH SALUDA RESERVOIR...WELLFORD...TIGERVILLE...LYMAN... LANDRUM...INMAN...GOWENSVILLE AND CAMPOBELLO. PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. 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. MCAVOY
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 21 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:16 UTC.
Event by event
5 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Greenville
- When
- May 3, 4:33 PM EST to 4:50 PM EST
- Where
- Greenville County, 4 mi NW of Greer
- Measured
- 1.25 in hail
- Reported by
- NWS Employee
- Coordinates
- 34.971, -82.280
Hail, Greenville
- When
- May 3, 4:43 PM EST
- Where
- Greenville County, 7 mi NW of Greer
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- Amateur Radio
- Coordinates
- 35.002, -82.317
Hail, Spartanburg
- When
- May 3, 5:15 PM EST
- Where
- Spartanburg County, 4 mi SE of Duncan
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 34.889, -82.100
Reported at Florence Chapel Middle School.
Hail, Spartanburg
- When
- May 3, 5:40 PM EST
- Where
- Spartanburg County, 3 mi SW of Spartanburg
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- Fire Department/Rescue
- Coordinates
- 34.919, -81.957
Reported near the intersection of Reidville Rd and Camelot Dr.
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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- High Wind in Texas, May 3, 2007
More
Every storm in South Carolina in 2007Every state in 2007This day in weather historyWarnings in South Carolina, May 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: 35230, 35234, 35237, 35238, 35240.