Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, April 8, 2010

Name: Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, April 8, 2010
Start: 2010-04-08T17:33
End: 2010-04-08T18:15
Location: North Carolina

April 8, 2010 · NWS GSP · 4 events in 3 counties and zones

A strong cold front produced a band of heavy rain and some embedded severe thunderstorms.

Where it happened

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Fire, smoke and dust
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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $30,000
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 strong cold front produced a band of heavy rain and some embedded severe thunderstorms.

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 Apr 8, 4:55 PM EST, 38 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 8, 4:55 PM EST, 38 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
555 PM EDT THU APR 8 2010

.SYNOPSIS...
A COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE REGION TODAY REACHING THE COAST LATE THIS
EVENING. COOL HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD BACK IN BEHIND THE FRONT ON
FRIDAY AND BRING FAIR WEATHER TO THE SOUTHEAST STATES FOR THE NEXT
SEVERAL DAYS.

&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH FRIDAY/...
WILL STEADILY CANCEL THE TOR WATCH FROM THE WEST THROUGH THE EARLY
EVENING HOURS AS THE SEVERE THREAT ABRUPTLY ENDS WITH THE LINE
PASSAGE. STEPHENS AND FRANKLIN IN NE GA AND OCONEE IN UPSTATE SC ARE
CLEARED WITH THIS UPDATE. TOR THREAT WILL REMAIN IN PLACE THROUGH AT
LEAST MID EVENING ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE WATCH AREA...WITH SRN
SPARTANBURG THROUGH NRN GREENWOOD THE MAIN FOCUS FOR INSTABILITY AND
LOW LEVEL WIND SHEAR.

OTHERWISE...THE COLD FRONT MOVING ACROSS THE REGION WILL EXIT EAST
OF THE AREA BY 03Z THIS EVENING. ALL GUIDANCE POINTS TO CLEARING
CONDITIONS OUTSIDE OF THE MOUNTAINS BY AROUND 06Z OR SO. SOME LEFT
OVER MOISTURE COMBINED WITH UPSLOPE FLOW WILL MAINTAIN CLOUDS IN THE
MOUNTAINS AND MAYBE SOME LINGERING LIGHT SHOWERS. HOWEVER...MODELS
LESS BULLISH ON MEASURABLE UPSLOPE QPF SO HAVE REDUCED POPS FOR LATE
TONIGHT. COULD SEE A FEW FLURRIES ABOVE 4000KFT BEFORE PATCHY PRECIP
ENDS LATE TONIGHT. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD EASTWARD ON FRI AND
ALONG WITH DOWNSLOPE WINDS WILL PRODUCE CLEAR CONDITIONS AND MAX
TEMPS JUST SHY OF CLIMO. USED A MOS BLEND FOR MIN TEMPS WHICH
YIELDED LOWS IN THE MID TO UPPER 30S IN THE MOUNTAINS. WHERE SKIES
CLEAR LATE TONIGHT...CAN NOT RULE OUT SOME PATCHY FROST IN SHELTERED
AREAS.

&&

.SHORT TERM /FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY/...
AS OF 215 PM THURSDAY...DEEP LAYERED DRYING LINGERS ATOP THE REGION
FRIDAY NIGHT AS SFC RIDGING BUILDS IN RESULTING IN EXCELLENT
RADIATIONAL COOLING CONDS. THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY OF A LIGHT
FREEZING ACRS THE NC MTNS EARLY SATURDAY MORNING AND SOME FROST
DEVELOPMENT ELSEWHERE. SFC RIDGE AXIS TRANSLATES TO THE COAST
SATURDAY AND THE WARM-UP CONTINUES AS MAX TEMPS ARE PROGGED TO
CLIMB TO OR JUST SLIGHTLY ABOVE CLIMO. TRANQUIL WX CONDS CONTINUE
THROUGH SUNDAY UNDER QUASI-ZONAL FLOW ALOFT AND MAXES WARMING TO
A CATEGORY OR TWO ABOVE NORMAL.

&&

.LONG TERM /SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY/...
AS OF 230 PM THURSDAY...SUBTLE BACKDOOR COLD FRONT PROGGED BY HPC TO
DROP SWWD ACRS THE FA MONDAY/MONDAY NIGHT...ACCOMPANIED BY LITTLE IF
ANY SENSIBLE WX/AIRMASS CHANGE. THEN FOR TUESDAY THRU THURSDAY...
CONTINUED QUIET AND MILD WX ON TAP AS UPPER RIDGING AMPLIFIES AND
BUILDS INTO THE EASTERN CONUS BY THE END OF THE PERIOD.

&&

.AVIATION /22Z THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/...
AT KCLT...BRIEF THUNDERSTORM AT AROUND 1730Z MOVED QUICKLY ACROSS
THE AIR FIELD. HOWEVER...EXPECT ANOTHER MORE EXTENSIVE AREA OF
SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS TO MOVE ACROSS THE AIR FIELD IN THE 20-24Z
TIME FRAME. CIGS COULD GO BELOW 2000KFT AND VSBY BLO 3SM FOR A SHORT
PERIOD OF TIME WITH WINDS GUSTING TO AROUND 30KT. THE SHOWERS/STORMS
WILL END AS FRONT MOVES EAST OF AIRFIELD AROUND 01Z WITH WINDS
VEERING FROM SW TO NW. EXPECT CLEARING BY 07Z.

ELSEWHERE...AN AREA OF SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE FROM W TO E
ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS. EXPECT A 2-3 HOUR PERIOD OF MVFR
CIGS/VSBY AS THIS AREAS MOVES THROUGH. COLD FRONT WILL MVOE E OF THE
AREA BY 00Z WITH WINDS VEERING FROM SW TO NW. CLEARING SKIES BY
06Z.

OUTLOOK...VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED FOR SEVERAL DAYS BEHIND THE
COLD FRONT.

&&

.GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...NONE.
NC...FREEZE WATCH FROM LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING
     FOR NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-501-503-505.
SC...NONE.

&&

SYNOPSIS...PAT
NEAR TERM...HG/LG
SHORT TERM...CSH
LONG TERM...CSH
AVIATION...LG

Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 8, 4:54 PM EST, 39 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
554 PM EDT THU APR 8 2010

GAZ018-026-NCZ035>037-056-057-068-069-502-504-506-508-510-SCZ001-004-
092200-
STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-CLEVELAND-
LINCOLN-GREATER CALDWELL-GREATER BURKE-EASTERN MCDOWELL-
GREATER RUTHERFORD-EASTERN POLK-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-GREATER OCONEE-
554 PM EDT THU APR 8 2010

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL FALL TO BETWEEN 20 AND 25 PERCENT
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY AFTERNOONS. DEPENDING UPON HOW MUCH RAIN
FALLS TODAY...HEIGHTENED FIRE DANGER IS POSSIBLE EACH DAY. AREAS
OF FROST MAY ALSO BEEN SEEN EARLY SATURDAY AND SUNDAY MORNINGS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

NONE.

GAZ028-029-NCZ070>072-082-SCZ002-003-005>014-019-092200-
HART-ELBERT-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-
GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-
CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD-
554 PM EDT THU APR 8 2010

...TORNADO WATCH 66 IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

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

   TORNADO WATCH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL FALL TO BETWEEN 20 AND 25 PERCENT
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY AFTERNOONS. DEPENDING UPON HOW MUCH RAIN
FALLS TODAY...HEIGHTENED FIRE DANGER IS POSSIBLE EACH DAY. AREAS
OF FROST MAY ALSO BEEN SEEN EARLY SATURDAY AND SUNDAY MORNINGS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF LARGE
HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...TORNADOES OR FLASH FLOODING TO OUR OFFICE.

NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-501-503-505-092200-
AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM-
NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-
CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-BURKE MOUNTAINS-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-
554 PM EDT THU APR 8 2010

...FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY
MORNING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

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

   FREEZE WATCH.

RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL FALL TO BETWEEN 20 AND 25 PERCENT
OVER PARTS OF THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA BOTH
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY AFTERNOONS. DEPENDING UPON HOW MUCH RAIN FALLS
TODAY...HEIGHTENED FIRE DANGER IS POSSIBLE EACH DAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

NONE.

GAZ010-017-NCZ507-509-092200-
RABUN-HABERSHAM-RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-POLK MOUNTAINS-
554 PM EDT THU APR 8 2010

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL FALL TO BETWEEN 20 AND 25 PERCENT
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY AFTERNOONS. DEPENDING UPON HOW MUCH RAIN
FALLS TODAY...HEIGHTENED FIRE DANGER IS POSSIBLE EACH DAY. AREAS
OF FROST MAY ALSO BEEN SEEN EARLY SATURDAY AND SUNDAY MORNINGS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

NONE.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 8, 4:45 PM EST, 48 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
545 PM EDT THU APR 08 2010

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

0518 PM     TSTM WND DMG     5 W ANDERSON            34.52N 82.73W
04/08/2010                   ANDERSON           SC   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREES BLOWN DOWN ALONG HIGHWAY 187 NEAR LAKE HARTWELL.

&&

LG

Local storm report, Apr 8, 4:49 PM EST, 44 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
549 PM EDT THU APR 08 2010

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

0529 PM     TSTM WND DMG     4 N ANDERSON            34.58N 82.65W
04/08/2010                   ANDERSON           SC   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREES DOWN NEAR I-85 NORTH OF ANDERSON

&&

LG

Special weather statement, Apr 8, 5:00 PM EST, 33 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
600 PM EDT THU APR 8 2010

NCZ068-069-508-SCZ007-082300-
CLEVELAND-GREATER RUTHERFORD-LINCOLN-SPARTANBURG-
600 PM EDT THU APR 8 2010

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT EASTERN RUTHERFORD...NORTHERN
SPARTANBURG...WESTERN CLEVELAND AND WESTERN LINCOLN COUNTIES THROUGH
700 PM EDT...

AT 556 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 3 MILES NORTH OF
BOILING SPRINGS NC TO 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF CHESNEE...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 40 MPH.

THESE STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  SPINDALE...
  BOSTIC...
  POLKVILLE...
  CASAR...

PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 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.

NED

Special weather statement, Apr 8, 5:01 PM EST, 32 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
601 PM EDT THU APR 8 2010

SCZ006-007-012-082300-
GREATER GREENVILLE-LAURENS-SPARTANBURG-
601 PM EDT THU APR 8 2010

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHWESTERN LAURENS...SOUTHERN
GREENVILLE AND WESTERN SPARTANBURG COUNTIES THROUGH 700 PM EDT...

AT 600 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR WHITE HORSE ROAD AT I-85...OR 3 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF DOWNTOWN GREENVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

PEOPLE IN NORTHWESTERN LAURENS...SOUTHERN GREENVILLE AND WESTERN
SPARTANBURG COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...

WHITE HORSE ROAD AT I-85...DOWNTOWN GREENVILLE...CHERRYDALE POINT...
HAYWOOD MALL...SHOPS AT GREENRIDGE...TAYLORS...PELHAM ROAD AT I-85...
GSP AIRPORT...GREER AND DUNCAN...

SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE
WARNINGS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE
WEATHER THREATEN.

SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.

MOORE

Local storm report, Apr 8, 5:14 PM EST, 19 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
614 PM EDT THU APR 08 2010

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

0603 PM     TSTM WND DMG     6 S GREENVILLE          34.75N 82.37W
04/08/2010                   GREENVILLE         SC   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            POWER LINES IN ROAD...US 25 AND DONALDSON CENTER

&&

Local storm report, Apr 8, 5:22 PM EST, 11 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
622 PM EDT THU APR 08 2010

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

0606 PM     TSTM WND DMG     3 SSE GREENVILLE        34.80N 82.35W
04/08/2010                   GREENVILLE         SC   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREE BLOCKING ROAD

&&

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 84 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:34 UTC.

Open the radar archive at this moment

Event by event

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

Thunderstorm Wind, Cleveland

When: April 8, 5:33 PM EST to 5:37 PM EST
Where: Cleveland County, 1.04 mi ESE of Lawndale to 0.71 mi ESE of Belwood
Measured: 60 kt (69 mph) estimated gust
Property damage: $30,000
Reported by: NWS Storm Survey
Coordinates: 35.414, -81.563

Straight line winds affected an area between Lawndale and Belwood. Several trees were uprooted, one of which fell on a manufactured home on West Stagecoach Trail just west of Lawndale. In addition, half the roof was blown off a barn on Old Belwood Rd.

Hail, Cleveland

When: April 8, 5:34 PM EST
Where: Cleveland County, 1.69 mi E of Double Shoals
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 35.380, -81.540

Thunderstorm Wind, Lincoln

When: April 8, 5:50 PM EST
Where: Lincoln County, 1.25 mi SSE of Reepsville
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
Reported by: County Official
Coordinates: 35.503, -81.362

Trees and power lines were blown down about 3 miles southeast of Vale.

Thunderstorm Wind, Iredell

When: April 8, 6:15 PM EST
Where: Iredell County, 3 mi SE of Statesville
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 35.749, -80.862

Trees were blown down in a roadway about 3 miles southeast of Statesville.

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

Every storm in North Carolina in 2010 Every state in 2010 This day in weather history Warnings 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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 226813, 226814, 226654, 226656.