Hail, Cleveland
- When
- April 27, 1:10 PM EST
- Where
- Cleveland County, 1.02 mi W of Metcalf
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 35.372, -81.598
Nickel size hail was reported at the intersection of highway 226 and Yates Rd.
Hail in North Carolina, April 27, 2010
An upper low triggered scattered afternoon thunderstorms, a few of which produced small hail.
Where it happened
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- 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
- 2
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.
An upper low triggered scattered afternoon thunderstorms, a few of which produced small hail.
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 78 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:11 UTC.
Event by event
2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Union
- When
- April 27, 3:00 PM EST
- Where
- Union County, 2.94 mi SW of Waxhaw Arpt
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 34.843, -80.790
Dime size hail was reported along Maggie Robinson Rd.
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
- High Wind in Utah, April 27 to 28, 2010
- High Wind and Strong Wind in California, April 27 to 29, 2010
- Damaging Winds in South Carolina, April 27, 2010
- High Wind in Nevada, April 27, 2010
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Vermont, April 27 to 28, 2010
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, April 27, 2010
- High Wind and Strong Wind in Nevada, April 27 to 28, 2010
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in New York, April 27 to 28, 2010
- Dust Storm and High Wind in Nevada, April 27, 2010
- Hail and Damaging Wind in South Carolina, April 27, 2010
- Frost and Freeze in New York, April 27 to 28, 2010
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, April 27, 2010
More
Every storm in North Carolina in 2010Every state in 2010This day in weather historyWarnings in North Carolina, April 2010
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: 227469, 227475.