Hail, Buncombe
- When
- May 28, 12:50 PM EST
- Where
- Buncombe County, 1.46 mi SE of Jupiter
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- County Official
- Coordinates
- 35.754, -82.583
Hail was reported on Palmer Ford Rd.
Scattered severe storms developed ahead of a cold front during the afternoon and evening hours.
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
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.
The episode as NWS GSP wrote it up.
Scattered severe storms developed ahead of a cold front during the afternoon and evening hours.
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 28, 12:11 PM EST, 39 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 111 PM EDT THU MAY 28 2009 .SYNOPSIS... A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE REGION FROM THE NORTHWEST TODAY AND THEN SLOWLY CROSS THE AREA ON FRIDAY. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN FROM THE WEST OVER THE WEEKEND. MOISTURE AND AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE EARLY NEXT WEEK AS ANOTHER COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE NORTHWEST TOWARD MID WEEK. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/... A 500 MB TROUGH WAS ANALYZED OVER THE EASTERN PLAINS WHILE A RIDGE WAS LOCATED DOWNSTREAM OVER THE WESTERN ATLANTIC. A SHORTWAVE TROUGH AS NOTED LEAVING THE UPPER TROUGH...OVER THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS ...THAT CORRESPONDS WITH A MOISTURE GRADIENT IN THE WATER VAPOR SATELLITE IMAGERY. SURFACE ANALYSIS PLACED A COLD FRONT OVER THE LOWER MS RIVER VALLEY. ALTHOUGH MOISTURE ADVECTION WILL BE SOMEWHAT WEAKER TODAY IN A SOUTHWESTERLY LOW LEVEL FLOW...OUR AREA REMAINS FIRMLY IN THE WARM...MOIST SECTOR AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT...AND DESTABILIZATION BY AFTERNOON WILL SUPPORT NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS....WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS AS SOME DRY AIR APPEARS ALOFT. POPS WILL BE INCREASED TO LIKELY LATE THIS AFTERNOON IN PORTIONS OF THE SC PIEDMONT. MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES WILL BE SEVERAL DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL AS HEIGHT FALLS ARE EXPECTED TOO LATE TO INFLUENCE TEMPERATURES....AND MORE LIMITED CLOUD COVER THAN YESTERDAY ALLOWS WARMING. ISOLATED HEAVY RAIN IS STILL POSSIBLE AS MOISTURE REMAINS ELEVATED. WITH ONGOING WESTERLY FLOW AND AN ABSENCE OF DEEP RH TONIGHT... EXPECT DIURNALLY DIMINISHING CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY WITH FRIDAY MORNING MIN TEMPS ABOVE A CATEGORY ABOVE NORMAL. && .SHORT TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT/... AS OF 300 AM THURSDAY...THE SURFACE COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SLOWLY THROUGH THE FORECAST AREA FROM THE NW FRI. PRECIPITATION COVERAGE SHOULD BE BEST ACROSS THE NC PIEDMONT DURING THE AFTN HOURS FRI WHERE INSTABILITY MAXIMIZES AND UPPER LEVEL DPVA IS STRONGEST WITH THE PASSING WAVE. CONDITIONS WILL THEN GENERALLY DRY OUT FRI NIGHT THROUGH SAT AS HIGH PRESSURE NOSES ACROSS THE REGION FROM THE W. AN MCS MAY DEVELOP IN THE UPPER MIDWEST FRI NIGHT AND MOVE SE...BUT THIS SHOULD DISSIPATE BEFORE REACHING THE SRN APPALACHIANS SAT. A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE NRN TIER OF THE FORECAST AREA ON SUNDAY. ISOLATED AFTN CONVECTION WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE NW HALF OF THE AREA. TEMPS MAY REACH THE UPPER 80S ACROSS THE PIEDMONT AHEAD OF THE FRONTAL ZONE BY SUNDAY AFTN. && .LONG TERM /MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... AS OF 300 AM THURSDAY...BERMUDA HIGH PRES WILL BE IN PLACE ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA MON THROUGH TUE AS A COLD FRONT SAGS SWD FROM THE GREAT LAKES THROUGH THE OH VALLEY. MAINLY DIURNAL LOW END TSTM CHANCES ARE FORECAST FOR THE REGION MON AND TUE AFTN. COVERAGE MAY IMPROVE ON WED AS THE COLD FRONT ARRIVES FROM THE NORTH. NEAR NORMAL MIN TEMPS WITH ABOVE NORMAL MAXES ARE EXPECTED MON THROUGH WED. && .AVIATION /17Z THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY/... SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL SPREAD EAST FROM THE MOUNTAINS INTO THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT THIS AFTERNOON...WARRANTING CUMULONIMBUS AND VCTS IN THE TAFS...AND TEMPPORARY THUNDER AT KAVL. CONVECTION WANES THIS EVENING. GUIDANCE HAS CEILING RESTRICTIONS LATE TONIGHT...WITH A BLEND SUPPORTING IFR IN THE FOOTHILLS...AND MVFR AT KAVL AND KHKY...THE SAME PLACES WHERE GUIDANCE SUPPORTS MVFR VISIBILITY. BY MORNING WINDS COME UP FROM THE WEST AND CONDITIONS IMPROVE TO VFR. AT KCLT...SHOWERS DEVELOPING TO THE EAST WILL DRIFT FARTHER EAST. EVENTUALLY CONVECTION NOW REACHING THE BLUE RIDGE WILL REACH THE PIEDMONT...AND CUMULONIMBUS WILL BE CARRIED IN THE TAF. AFTER CONVECTION DIMINISHES THIS EVENING...MAV GUIDANCE LOWERS CEILINGS DRAMATICALLY. FOR NOW A TEMPORARY LOW MVFR CEILING WILL BE CARRIED AROUND DAWN. WINDS COME UP FROM THE WEST BY MID MORNING...WITH THE CEILING BECOMING VFR. OUTLOOK...THUNDERSTORMS COULD REDEVELOP ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON AS A COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE REGION. AFTER A DRY SATURDAY...ISOLATED AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS ON SUNDAY...WITH MORNING MVFR FOG AND STRATUS RESTRICTIONS BECOMING MORE LIKELY WITH TIME. && .FIRE WEATHER... MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND SMOKE MANAGEMENT PARAMETERS APPEAR ON TRACK. AN UPDATE TO THE PLANNING FORECAST WILL BE PRODUCED FOR CHANGES TO THE HAINES INDEX AND AN INCREASE IN POPS IN THE SC PIEDMONT. && .GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...HG NEAR TERM...CSH/JAT SHORT TERM...HG LONG TERM...HG AVIATION...JAT FIRE WEATHER...
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 336 AM EDT THU MAY 28 2009 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065- 068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-290745- 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- 336 AM EDT THU MAY 28 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA TODAY...ESPECIALLY DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE SMALL HAIL AND BRIEFLY GUSTY WINDS...AS WELL AS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS COULD BE SEVERE...WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. ANY THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AT RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR. STREAM AND CREEK LEVELS ARE ALREADY RUNNING HIGH IN MANY AREAS FROM RECENT RAINFALL. ANY ADDITIONAL HEAVY SHOWERS COULD PRODUCE ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... NONE. HG
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1006 AM EDT THU MAY 28 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1030 AM FLASH FLOOD 4 N PIEDMONT 34.77N 82.46W
05/27/2009 ANDERSON SC PUBLIC
CRAVENS CREEK OVERFLOWED BANKS AND FLOODED RIVER ROAD
NEAR HIGHWAY 153.
&&
PTANNERPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1013 AM EDT THU MAY 28 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0215 AM FLASH FLOOD CLAYTON 34.88N 83.40W
05/27/2009 RABUN GA COUNTY OFFICIAL
WATER FLOWING ACROSS HWY 76 AT FIVE POINTS AREA 1/4 TO
1/2 MILE SE OF TOWN.
&&
TBENTHALLSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1251 PM EDT THU MAY 28 2009 GAZ010-NCZ063-064-SCZ001-002-281745- OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-RABUN-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA- 1251 PM EDT THU MAY 28 2009 ...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT NORTHERN OCONEE...NORTHWESTERN PICKENS...RABUN...SOUTHERN JACKSON AND SOUTHWESTERN TRANSYLVANIA COUNTIES THROUGH 145 PM EDT... AT 1247 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SEVERAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER RABUN AND NORTHERN OCONEE COUNTIES MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO NACOOHE LAKE...LAKE BURTON...LAKE KEOWEE...LAKE JOCASSEE...TIGER...SKY VALLEY...PINE MOUNTAIN...MOUNTAIN CITY...MOCCASIN CREEK STATE PARK...LAKEMONT...DILLARD...CLAYTON...SALEM...ROCKY BOTTOM...NINE TIMES AND MOUNTAIN REST. SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH 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. WATER LEVELS OF SMALL STREAMS AND RIVERS MAY ALSO RISE...THEREFORE SEEK HIGHER GROUND IF THREATENED BY FLOOD WATERS. RB
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1258 PM EDT THU MAY 28 2009 NCZ053-065-507-509-510-281800- BUNCOMBE-EASTERN POLK-HENDERSON-POLK MOUNTAINS-RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS- 1258 PM EDT THU MAY 28 2009 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHERN HENDERSON...NORTHERN POLK...SOUTHERN BUNCOMBE AND WESTERN RUTHERFORD COUNTIES THROUGH 200 PM EDT... AT 1256 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES WEST OF MOUNTAIN HOME...OR 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF HENDERSONVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO CHIMNEY ROCK...FAIRVIEW...SKYLAND...MOUNTAIN HOME...MILLS RIVER...LAKE ADGER...HENDERSONVILLE...FLETCHER...ETOWAH...DANA...BILTMORE FOREST...BENT CREEK...BAT CAVE AND AVERY CREEK. SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH 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. WATER LEVELS OF SMALL STREAMS AND RIVERS MAY ALSO RISE...THEREFORE SEEK HIGHER GROUND IF THREATENED BY FLOOD WATERS. RB
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 101 PM EDT THU MAY 28 2009 NCZ048-052-281745- HAYWOOD-MADISON- 101 PM EDT THU MAY 28 2009 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHERN HAYWOOD AND WESTERN MADISON COUNTIES THROUGH 145 PM EDT... AT 1256 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES EAST OF WATERVILLE...OR 18 MILES SOUTHEAST OF NEWPORT...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WHITEROCK...WATERVILLE...WALNUT...SPRING CREEK...MARSHALL...LUCK AND HOT SPRINGS. SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH 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. WATER LEVELS OF SMALL STREAMS AND RIVERS MAY ALSO RISE...THEREFORE SEEK HIGHER GROUND IF THREATENED BY FLOOD WATERS. RB
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 117 PM EDT THU MAY 28 2009 NCZ062-281800- MACON- 117 PM EDT THU MAY 28 2009 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHERN MACON COUNTY THROUGH 200 PM EDT... AT 116 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF NANTAHALA LAKE...OR 11 MILES EAST OF ANDREWS...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO NANTAHALA LAKE...KYLE AND FRANKLIN. SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH 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. WATER LEVELS OF SMALL STREAMS AND RIVERS MAY ALSO RISE...THEREFORE SEEK HIGHER GROUND IF THREATENED BY FLOOD WATERS. RB
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 87 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:48 UTC.
5 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 lightning, 1 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail was reported on Palmer Ford Rd.
Trees and large tree limbs were blown down along highway 9 near the Sunnyview community, over to the Rutherford County line.
Lightning struck a home on Good View Dr, igniting a fire that rendered the home unlivable. Location is approximate.
Trees and power lines were blown down from Old Cliffside Rd to the east side of Boiling Springs.
The Johns River flooded a low water crossing over Playmore Beach Rd, causing the road to be closed.
A few trees were blown down in Waxhaw.
A few trees were blown down on Ryan Rd.
A few trees were blown down in the Monroe area, including on Presson Rd.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in North Carolina in 2009Every state in 2009This day in weather historyWarnings in North Carolina, May 2009
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: 172466, 172467, 173555, 172487, 173556, 172513, 172515, 172528.