Hail, Burke
- When
- July 12, 6:24 PM EST
- Where
- Burke County, 3.47 mi SSW of Enola
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 35.624, -81.675
Hail was reported on Rich Mountain Rd.
Hail in North Carolina, July 12, 2009
Large hail was reported with a thunderstorm over the North Carolina Foothills during the 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
- 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 GSP wrote it up.
Large hail was reported with a thunderstorm over the North Carolina Foothills during the evening hours.
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 96 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:24 UTC.
Event by event
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Virginia, July 12, 2009
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Georgia, July 12 to 13, 2009
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strikes in Tennessee, July 12, 2009
- Damaging Wind and Lightning Strike in Arkansas, July 12 to 13, 2009
- Damaging Winds in Kansas, July 12, 2009
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Virginia, July 12, 2009
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Alabama, July 12 to 13, 2009
- Flash Flood and Hail in Alabama, July 12 to 16, 2009
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Colorado, July 12, 2009
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, July 12 to 13, 2009
- Flash Flood in West Virginia, July 12, 2009
- Damaging Wind and Heavy Rain in Kentucky, July 12, 2009
More
Every storm in North Carolina in 2009Every state in 2009This day in weather historyWarnings in North Carolina, July 2009
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: 190669.