Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, August 14, 2011

Name: Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, August 14, 2011
Start: 2011-08-14T15:12
End: 2011-08-14T19:25
Location: North Carolina

August 14, 2011 · NWS GSP · 11 events in 8 counties and zones

Moderate wind shear and moderate instability developed over the region ahead of a cold front. Scattered multicell storms developed over western North Carolina.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 11

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.

Moderate wind shear and moderate instability developed over the region ahead of a cold front. Scattered multicell storms developed over western North Carolina. The storms produced damaging straight line winds and large hail.

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 Aug 14, 1:30 PM EST, 1 hour 42 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 14, 1:30 PM EST, 1 hour 42 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
230 PM EDT SUN AUG 14 2011

.SYNOPSIS...
A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST OF THE AREA TONIGHT. COOLER HIGH
PRESSURE WILL THEN GRADUALLY BUILD ACROSS THE AREA FROM THE WEST
EARLY IN THE WEEK. ANOTHER WEAK COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE AREA BY
THE END OF THE WORK WEEK.

&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH MONDAY/...
CONVECTION RAPIDLY INCREASING ACROSS THE AREA AS UPPER TROF AND SFC
FRONT MOVE IN FROM THE WEST. WITH MODERATE INSTABILITY AND 30 KTS OF
SHEAR...SVR STORMS ARE INCREASINGLY LIKELY. THEREFORE...A WATCH HAS
BEEN POSTED FOR THE CWFA. DOWNBURST WINDS ARE STILL THE MAIN THREAT
BUT LARGE HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE. GIVEN THE STORM MOVEMENT...FLOODING
IS LESS LIKELY. HOWEVER...ANY TRAINING CELLS OR HEAVY RAIN IN AREAS
THAT HAD HEAVY RAIN THE PAST FEW DAYS...COULD CREATE ISOLATED
FLOODING. STORMS SHOULD DIMINISH FROM WEST TO EAST LATE AFT/EARLY EVE
AS THE SHORT WAVE/FRONT MOVE EAST OF THE AREA. HOWEVER...SHOWERS
COULD LINGER OVER THE NC MTNS AS LOW LEVEL FLOW BECOMES NWLY AND LOW
LEVEL MOISTURE LINGERS THERE. A COOLER AIR MASS MOVES IN BEHIND THE
FRONT SO LOWS END UP A FEW DEGREES BELOW NORMAL.

OVERALL DRIER AIR MOVES IN FOR MONDAY. HOWEVER...LOW LEVEL MOISTURE
WILL LINGER...ESP ACROSS NC. EXPECT ISOLATED SHOWERS TO DEVELOP OVER
THE MTNS BY AFTERNOON AS ADDITIONAL SHORT WAVE ENERGY ROTATES THRU
THE UPPER TROF. SOME OF THIS CONVECTION COULD MOVE OUT OF THE MTNS
AND ACROSS THE I-40 CORRIDOR DURING THE AFTERNOON. AT THE LEAST...
CLOUDS SHOULD INCREASE OVER THAT AREA. NLY FLOW OVER THE UPSTATE AND
NE GA SHOULD PRECLUDE ANY CONVECTION AND KEEP CLOUDS TO A MINIMUM.
WITH LOWER THICKNESSES...HIGHS WILL BE 5 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL OVER
THE MTNS AND A LITTLE BELOW NORMAL ELSEWHERE.

&&

.SHORT TERM /MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
AS OF 130 PM SUNDAY...THE SHORT TERM FCST PICKS UP AT 00Z ON TUESDAY
WITH THE AXIS OF THE H5 TROF JUST TO OUR NE AND AN UPPER RIDGE
PUSHING FARTHER EAST AND INTO THE SE CONUS. WE CAN EXPECT HEIGHTS TO
RISE QUICKLY ACROSS THE FCST AREA ON TUES AND THEN LEVEL OFF TO SOME
DEGREE ON WED AS THE LARGE SCALE UPPER PATTERN FLATTENS.

ON TUESDAY...SFC HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD OVER THE AREA AS THE
DEPARTING LOW MOVES FARTHER UP THE NEW ENGLAND COAST. COOLER AND
DRIER NWLY LOW LVL FLOW WILL PERSIST OVER THE CWFA INTO WED BRINGING
MORE COMFORTABLE TEMPS AND DEWPTS AND A LACK OF SH AND TS. THE ONLY
EXCEPTION MIGHT BE OVER THE NC/TN BORDER WHERE SOME LINGERING LOW
LVL MOISTURE COULD RING OUT A FEW SHOWERS. HIGH TEMPS ARE PROGGED TO
BE A BIT BELOW CLIMO WITH HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80S TO NEAR 90 FOR THE
LOWER ELEVATIONS AND LOWER 80S FOR THE MTS. ON WEDNESDAY...THE SFC
HIGH WILL SLOWLY SLIDE EAST AND EVENTUALLY BECOME ABSORBED INTO THE
BERMUDA HIGH LATER IN THE MEDIUM RANGE. LOW LVL FLOW WILL VEER
AROUND TO THE EAST BY MIDDAY CREATING SOME WEAK UPSLOPE FLOW AND A
SLIGHTLY BETTER CHANCE FOR PRECIP...HOWEVER MODEL PROFILES LOOK
PRETTY DRY AT THIS POINT AND THERE IS NOT ANY APPRECIABLE UPPER SUPPORT
TO GENERATE LIFT...SO I KEPT THE FCST DRY THRU 00Z THURS. TEMPS
SHOULD BE VERY SIMILAR TO THE PREVIOUS DAY WITH HIGHS A DEGREE OR 2
WARMER.

&&

.LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY/...
AT 2 PM EDT SUNDAY...AN ANOMALOUS MEAN UPPER TROUGH WILL PERSIST
ALONG THE EASTERN SEABOARD FROM WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY.
UNSEASONABLY STRONG HEIGHT FALLS WILL OCCUR ON THURSDAY AS AND UPPER
LOW REACHES EASTERN CANADA...AND ASSOCIATED SHORTWAVE ENERGY MOVES
SOUTHEAST TOWARD THE APPALACHIANS. THE TROUGH DEAMPLIFIES SLIGHTLY
BY LATE IN THE WEEK...BEFORE ANOTHER UPPER LOW MOVES INTO EASTERN
CANADA...BRINGING ANOTHER ROUND OF HEIGHT FALLS TO THE EASTERN USA.
WEAKENING HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN ALONG THE EAST COAST. THIS AIR
MASS WILL INITIALLY BE DRY...BUT AS LOW LEVEL FLOW VEERS FROM NE TO
SE AND THEN TO S...ATLANTIC MOISTURE WILL CREEP WEST AND NORTH TO
THE BLUE RIDGE...WHERE UPSLOPE FLOW WILL FAVOR INCREASING POPS. IN
ADDITION...THE REMAINS OF A COLD FRONT WILL ARRIVE WITH MORE
MOISTURE LATE IN THE WEEK. TEMPERATURES WILL BE A CATEGORY OR SO
BELOW NORMAL UNDER THE UPPER TROUGH.

&&

.AVIATION /19Z SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/...
AT KCLT AND ELSEWHERE...CONVECTION WILL AGAIN BE THE MAIN CONCERN IN
THE NEAR TERM. CB SHOULD FILL IN FROM WEST TO EAST THIS AFTERNOON
AND HAVE GONE WITH THIS TIMING. W TO SW WINDS CONTINUE THIS
AFTERNOON THEN SHIFT TO NW THIS EVENING WHEN CONVECTION DIMINISHES.
WIND BECOMES LIGHT N OVERNIGHT WITH KAVL/KHKY THE LOCATIONS WITH THE
BEST CHC FOR ANY RESTRICTIONS. CANNOT BE RULED OUT ELSEWHERE. ANY
FOG/LOW CLOUDS SHOULD RAPIDLY IMPROVE MON MORN AS DRIER AIR MOVES IN
AND NLY FLOW INCREASES. LOW VFR CIGS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE NC SITES
FOR THE EARLY AFTERNOON AS CLOUDS FORM OVER THE MTNS AND SPREAD EWD.

OUTLOOK...EXPECT DRIER WEATHER TUE-WED. CHANCE OF CONVECTION WILL
INCREASE AGAIN THU AS ANOTHER SYSTEM APPROACHES FROM THE W.

AN EXPERIMENTAL AVIATION FORECAST CONSISTENCY TABLE SHOWING THE
PERCENTAGE OF GUIDANCE MEMBERS AGREEING WITH THE SCHEDULED ISSUANCE
CATEGORY IS AVAILABLE AT FOLLOWING LINK (USE LOWER CASE)...

WWW.WEATHER.GOV/GSP/AVIATION/TABLES.HTM

&&

.GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...NONE.
NC...NONE.
SC...NONE.

&&

SYNOPSIS...JPT
NEAR TERM...RWH
SHORT TERM...JPT
LONG TERM...JDL
AVIATION...RWH

Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 14, 2:38 PM EST, 34 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
338 PM EDT SUN AUG 14 2011

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065-
068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-151945-
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-
338 PM EDT SUN AUG 14 2011

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 779 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

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

   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH.

AS A COLD FRONT CROSSES THE REGION LATE THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING...THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN
COVERAGE AND INTENSITY. THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH...AND PERHAPS SOME LARGE HAIL. IN
ADDITION...LOCALIZED EXCESSIVE RAINFALL AND FLASH FLOODING IS
POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY IN AREAS THAT SEE MULTIPLE THUNDERSTORMS IN
SUCCESSION...OR IN AREAS THAT HAVE RECEIVED HEAVY RAINFALL DURING
THE PAST COUPLE OF DAYS. THE BEST CHANCE FOR HAZARDOUS WEATHER
WILL EXIST OVER THE PIEDMONT AND FOOTHILLS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

NONE.

JPT

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 14, 1:38 PM EST, 1 hour 34 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
238 PM EDT SUN AUG 14 2011

GAZ028-029-SCZ010-011-141930-
ABBEVILLE-ANDERSON-ELBERT-HART-
238 PM EDT SUN AUG 14 2011

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHERN ELBERT...SOUTHEASTERN
HART...SOUTHERN ANDERSON AND WESTERN ABBEVILLE COUNTIES THROUGH 330
PM EDT...

AT 234 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR NUBERG...OR 5 MILES SOUTH OF HARTWELL...
MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  NUBERG...
  RUCKERSVILLE...
  LAKE RUSSELL...
  LOWNDESVILLE...

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

LAT...LON 3440 8248 3406 8261 3422 8304 3439 8298

07

Special weather statement, Aug 14, 2:12 PM EST, 1 hour before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
312 PM EDT SUN AUG 14 2011

GAZ029-SCZ011-019-142000-
ABBEVILLE-ELBERT-GREENWOOD-
312 PM EDT SUN AUG 14 2011

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EASTERN ELBERT...SOUTHERN
ABBEVILLE AND SOUTHWESTERN GREENWOOD COUNTIES THROUGH 400 PM EDT...

AT 308 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR CALHOUN FALLS...OR 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
ABBEVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  TROY...

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

FREQUENT 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.

LAT...LON 3406 8234 3405 8242 3406 8246 3407 8248
      3407 8253 3400 8260 3403 8270 3421 8265
      3414 8214 3397 8219 3398 8222 3401 8224
      3397 8231

07

Special weather statement, Aug 14, 2:26 PM EST, 46 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
326 PM EDT SUN AUG 14 2011

SCZ003-006-142015-
GREATER GREENVILLE-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-
326 PM EDT SUN AUG 14 2011

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHERN GREENVILLE COUNTY
THROUGH 415 PM EDT...

AT 320 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR TRAVELERS REST...OR 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF
DOWNTOWN GREENVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  FURMAN UNIVERSITY...
  CHERRYDALE POINT...
  TAYLORS...
  GREER...

SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.

LAT...LON 3489 8250 3490 8251 3504 8248 3505 8222
      3503 8222 3483 8223

KRENTZ

Special weather statement, Aug 14, 2:41 PM EST, 31 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
341 PM EDT SUN AUG 14 2011

NCZ048-142030-
MADISON-
341 PM EDT SUN AUG 14 2011

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT MADISON COUNTY THROUGH 430 PM
EDT...

AT 337 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES EAST OF DEL RIO...OR 14 MILES EAST OF
NEWPORT...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  HOT SPRINGS...
  MARSHALL...

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

FREQUENT 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.

LAT...LON 3604 8259 3597 8260 3596 8256 3598 8251
      3578 8256 3574 8265 3583 8294 3588 8291
      3593 8292 3595 8289 3595 8285 3593 8281
      3601 8277 3607 8263

07

Local storm report, Aug 14, 2:50 PM EST, 22 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
350 PM EDT SUN AUG 14 2011

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

0336 PM     HAIL             5 SSW FOUNTAIN INN      34.63N 82.23W
08/14/2011  E1.00 INCH       GREENVILLE         SC   PUBLIC

&&

KRENTZ

Local storm report, Aug 14, 3:06 PM EST, 6 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
406 PM EDT SUN AUG 14 2011

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

0315 PM     TSTM WND DMG     4 ESE INMAN             35.03N 82.03W
08/14/2011                   SPARTANBURG        SC   EMERGENCY MNGR

            EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTED MAJOR DAMAGE TO 2 MOBILE
            HOMESSOME OUTBUILDINGS AND NUMEROUS TREES DOWN ESE OF
            INMAN SC.

&&
DAMAGE WAS ON SADDLE RIDGE DR AND JERSEY RD.

JPT

The radar

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Event by event

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

Hail, Madison

When: August 14, 3:12 PM EST
Where: Madison County, 0.89 mi SW of Walnut
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: County Official
Coordinates: 35.820, -82.680

Hail up to quarter size fell at the 911 center.

Thunderstorm Wind, Polk

When: August 14, 4:35 PM EST to 4:50 PM EST
Where: Polk County, 1.49 mi NNE of Valhalla to 3.14 mi WSW of Collinsville
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
Reported by: County Official
Coordinates: 35.240, -82.260

Trees were blown down on Walcott Farm Lane and on Hunting Country Rd. Trees were also blown down on Lanrum Rd and Collinsville Rd to the southeast of Columbus.

Hail, Iredell

When: August 14, 5:35 PM EST
Where: Iredell County, 3 mi S of Love Valley
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: County Official
Coordinates: 35.927, -80.980

Penny size hail fell on Damascus Church Rd.

Thunderstorm Wind, Alexander

When: August 14, 5:40 PM EST to 5:50 PM EST
Where: Alexander County, 2.34 mi WNW of Hiddenite to 0.56 mi W of Stony Pt
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
Reported by: Department of Highways
Coordinates: 35.910, -81.120

Multiple trees were blown down along highway 90 east of Taylorsville.

Thunderstorm Wind, Iredell

When: August 14, 5:45 PM EST
Where: Iredell County, Loray
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
Reported by: County Official
Coordinates: 35.820, -80.970

Several trees and large limbs were blown down in the Loray community.

Thunderstorm Wind, Catawba

When: August 14, 5:58 PM EST
Where: Catawba County, 3.94 mi NW of Propst Xrds
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 35.670, -81.430

Large tree limbs were blown down on George Hildebran Rd.

Thunderstorm Wind, Lincoln

When: August 14, 6:00 PM EST
Where: Lincoln County, 2.81 mi W of Henry
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 35.570, -81.480

A couple trees and large limbs were blown down to the west of Vale.

Hail, Catawba

When: August 14, 6:00 PM EST
Where: Catawba County, 3.94 mi NW of Propst Xrds
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 35.670, -81.430

Thunderstorm Wind, Rowan

When: August 14, 6:56 PM EST
Where: Rowan County, 0.81 mi ESE of Mill Bridge
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 35.647, -80.636

A couple trees were blown down along highway 150 near Millbridge Rd.

Thunderstorm Wind, Gaston

When: August 14, 7:02 PM EST
Where: Gaston County, 0.32 mi SSW of North Belmont
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 35.276, -81.033

Two large pine trees were blown down near the intersection of Perfection Ave and Catawba Ave.

Thunderstorm Wind, Rowan

When: August 14, 7:25 PM EST
Where: Rowan County, 0.56 mi E of Rockwell
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 35.550, -80.410

A tree and power lines were blown down on West Main St.

What these are

Hail: Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
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.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

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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: 342876, 342880, 342884, 342886, 342887, 342889, 342891, 342894, 342899, 343416, 343423.