Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, July 1 to 2, 2012

Name: Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, July 1 to 2, 2012
Start: 2012-07-01T14:50
End: 2012-07-02T00:49
Location: North Carolina

July 1 to 2, 2012 · NWS GSP · 36 events in 18 counties and zones

After a day where temperatures rose to record levels, including 104 degrees at the Charlotte Douglas International Airport, numerous severe storms developed over western North Carolina during the afternoon and evening hours. The wind shear was fairly weak, but there was considerable instability.

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

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $125,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 36

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.

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 Jul 1, 2:30 PM EST, 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 1, 2:30 PM EST, 20 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
330 PM EDT SUN JUL 1 2012

.SYNOPSIS...
STRONG AND DEEP LAYERED HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE WELL
ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES OVER THE COUPLE OF DAYS. SOME RELIEF WILL
BEGIN BY MID WEEK...HOWEVER ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES WILL PERSIST
INTO THE WEEKEND.

&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH MONDAY/...
1930 UTC UPDATE...POPS AND QPF HAVE BEEN UPDATED BASED ON RADAR
TRENDS...WITH INCREASED COVERAGE IN THE SC PIEDMONT AND THE NC
MOUNTAINS AND BLUE RIDGE. SKY COVER HAS BEEN UPDATED FROM SATELLITE
IMAGERY.

AT 205 PM...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 445 HAS JUST BEEN ISSUED FOR
MUCH OF THE FORECAST AREA. NEVERTHELESS...THE CONVECTIVE PICTURE IS
STILL QUITE MESSY FOR THIS AFTERNOON. THE FOCI FOR CONVECTION THIS
AFTERNOON WILL BE TYPICAL TERRAIN EFFECTS...REMNANT OUTFLOW BOUNDARY
MOVING ACROSS THE NC PIEDMONT...AND SURFACE THERMAL TROUGH (ALTHOUGH
THIS IS EXPECTED TO MAINLY BE A FACTOR FOR AREAS TO OUR SOUTH AND
EAST). DEWPOINTS HAVE MIXED OUT IN THE IMMEDIATE LEE...WHICH HAS
RESULTED IN THE MOST IMPRESSIVE INSTABILITY BEING DISPLACED TO OUR
EAST. NEVERTHELESS...MOST OF THE AREA IS MODERATELY TO STRONGLY
UNSTABLE...AND CONVECTION SHOULD CONTINUE TO FIRE IN ASSOCIATION
WITH AFOREMENTIONED FEATURES. CELLS THAT DEVELOP IN THIS ENVIRONMENT
WILL BE CAPABLE OF BECOMING RAPIDLY SEVERE...WITH BRIEF/MARGINALLY
STRONG HAIL BEING A THREAT...BUT THE PRIMARY THREAT BEING DAMAGING
MICROBURSTS...SOME OF WHICH COULD BE VERY STRONG OWING TO HOT/DRY
BOUNDARY LAYER/DCAPE 1500-1800 J/KG. COVERAGE IS STILL EXPECTED TO
BE LIMITED...BUT WE WILL HAVE TO WATCH VERY CLOSELY FOR UPSCALE
DEVELOPMENT INTO SMALL/INTENSE MULTICELL CLUSTERS...WHICH WOULD POSE
MORE OF A WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WIND THREAT.

WITH THE LATE/SLOW START TO INITIATION...SCATTERED CONVECTION IS
EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING IN MANY AREAS. IN ADDITION...
THE UPPER RIDGE IS EXPECTED TO WEAKEN SLIGHTLY OVERNIGHT...AS WEAK
SHORT WAVE TROUGHS/ MCV/S CONTINUE TO DROP TOWARD THE MID-ATLANTIC
FROM THE OHIO VALLEY REGION. THEREFORE...WE WILL HAVE TO KEEP AN EYE
ON CURRENT MIDWESTERN CONVECTION PUSHING TOWARD THE AREA EARLY
MONDAY MORNING. CHANCE/SLIGHT CHANCE POPS WILL BE CARRIED
OVERNIGHT...MAINLY ACROSS THE NC ZONES. WITH THE RIDGE BREAKING DOWN
SOMEWHAT...AND THE ASSOCIATED ENHANCED MCV POTENTIAL...NOT TO
MENTION ANOTHER DAY OF VERY UNSTABLE AIR...COVERAGE OF CONVECTION
SHOULD BE SLIGHTLY BETTER TOMORROW...ESP ACROSS THE NC ZONES. 30-40
POPS WILL BE CARRIED FOR MOST OF THE AREA. IT IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE
AS HOT TOMORROW...DUE TO SLIGHTLY LOWER THICKNESS VALUES. ALTHOUGH
HEAT ADVISORY CRITERIA MAY BE REACHED ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE
PIEDMONT...IT DOESNT APPEAR AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH IS NECESSARY
ATTM.

&&

.SHORT TERM /MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
AS OF 225 PM SUNDAY...THE CENTER OF THE H590 RIDGE WILL REMAIN
CENTERED OVER THE FL PANHANDLE TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. THE SHIFT IN
THE RIDGE WILL PLACE THE FORECAST AREA IN WEAK NW FLOW ALOFT. THE
NAM...GFS...AND ECMWF INDICATE THAT CONVECTION IS POSSIBLE ACROSS
THE REGION DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING ON TUESDAY. FORECAST
SOUNDINGS FROM THE GFS INDICATE THAT MID LEVEL TEMPS MAY WARM
SLIGHTLY FROM TODAY AND MONDAY...RESULTING IN SHALLOWER LAPSE RATES.
I WILL FORECAST CHC POPS OVER THE MTNS DURING THE EARLY
AFTERNOON...THEN CHC POPS EXPANDING EAST OF THE MTNS DURING THE
LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. HIGHS ARE FORECAST TO REACH WELL INTO
THE U90S EAST OF THE MTNS...BUT LIKELY BREAKING OUR CURRENT STREAK
OF 100 OR GREATER. RECORD TEMPS MAY BE TIED OR BROKEN.

ON INDEPENDENCE DAY...MODELS INDICATE THAT A MID LEVEL SHORT WAVE
WILL RIPPLE TOWARD THE CWA DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
THIS FEATURE WILL LIKELY STEEP LAPSE RATES AND PROVIDE SOME MID
LEVEL SUPPORT. IN ADDITION...A LEE TROF SHOULD DEVELOP DURING THE
AFTERNOON...AIDING IN LLVL MOISTURE CONVERGENCE. GIVEN THESE
FEATURES AND DIURNAL INSTABILITY IT APPEARS THAT COVERAGE WILL BE A
LITTLE GREATER ON THE 4TH. I WILL FORECAST 50 POPS OVER THE RIDGES
AND 30S EAST. TEMPERATURES SHOULD RANGE FROM AROUND 90 WITHIN THE
MTN VALLEYS TO MID TO U90S EAST...LIKELY SHORT OF RECORDS.

&&

.LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY/...
AS OF 100 PM SUNDAY...DECENT MODEL AGREEMENT AND CONFIDENCE IS HAD
IN THE EXT RANGE FCST. THE 00Z ECMWF IS A BIT OF AN OUTLIER WITH A
BROAD UPPER RIDGE DOMINATING THE SE CONUS WX...WHILE THE 12Z GFS/CMC
ALLOW FOR MORE DEEP LAYERED MERIDIONAL FLOW AND THUS A MORE ACTIVE
MCS TRACK SCENARIO THROUGH MUCH OF THE PERIOD. THERE WILL BE AMPLE
LLVL MOISTURE SUPPLIED BY THE H85 HIGH FLOW RETURNING EAST OUT OF THE
GULF AND A FAIRLY DEFINITIVE LEE SIDE TROF FOR A FOCUSING REGION OF
MOISTURE AND AFTERNOON CONVECTION EACH AFTERNOON. ALONG WITH THE
PROBABLE NOCTURNAL MCS ACTIVITY...THE EXT RANGE SHOULD BE A BIT
ABOVE NORMAL CONVECTIVELY WITH STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS DEVELOPING
EACH DAY. MODEL SOUNDINGS INDICATE A STAGNANT SFC-H5 AIRMASS ON THU
AND PW/S AROUND 1.7 INCHES. NO LLVL JET WILL BE IN THE
VICINITY...YET STILL THE THREAT MAY BE THERE FOR PERSISTENT HEAVY
PRECIP AND LOCALIZED FLOODING. MAX TEMPS WILL STILL BE HOT AS THE
LLVL FLOW MAINTAINS A COMPONENT OF DOWNSLOPE WARMING IN A GENERAL
LARGE SCALE SUBSIDENCE PATTERN. MAX TEMPS SHOULD BE IN THE L/M90S
NON/MTNS AND U80S MTN VALLEYS EACH DAY. MIN TEMPS WILL ALSO REMAIN A
COUPLE CATS ABOVE NORMAL THROUGH THE PERIOD.

&&

.AVIATION /20Z SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/...
AT KCLT AND ELSEWHERE...THE CONVECTIVE PICTURE FOR THIS AFTERNOON IS
STILL QUITE MUDDY...AS MIXED SIGNALS ABOUND PER THE CONVECTIVE
THREAT. AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY APPROACHING KCLT FROM THE NORTH AT 17Z
IS EXPECTED TO PROVIDE THE IMPETUS FOR THE FIRST CELLS OVER OUR
AREA...AND A TEMPO FOR TS HAS BEEN INTRODUCED AT 21Z. IT SHOULD BE
NOTED THAT VERY STRONG WIND GUSTS ARE POSSIBLE WITH ANY CELLS THAT
DEVELOP NEAR THE AIRFIELD. OTHERWISE... SCATTERED CELLS SHOULD GET
GOING OVER THE HIGH TERRAIN WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS...THEN
MOVE OUT INTO THE FOOTHILLS DURING LATE AFTERNOON...AND VCTS WILL BE
CARRIED AT ALL OTHER TERMINALS. SCATTERED CONVECTION MAY LINGER INTO
THE OVERNIGHT AND EARLY MORNING HOURS...ESPECIALLY OVER THE NC
PIEDMONT/FHILLS...AS WEAK UPPER AIR DISTURBANCES MOVE OVER THE AREA
FROM THE NORTHWEST. OTHER THAN THE POTENTIAL FOR REDUCED VISBY IN
THUNDERSTORMS...CONDITIONS SHOULD REMAIN VFR THROUGH THE PERIOD.

OUTLOOK...GRADUAL INCREASE IN AIR MASS MOISTURE AND CHANGES IN
STEERING FLOW MAY RESULT IN AN INCREASE IN TSRA POTENTIAL THROUGH
THE WEEK.

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

&&

.FIRE WEATHER...
TEMPERATURES AND DEW POINTS THIS AFTERNOON WILL BE NEAR TO SLIGHTLY
HIGHER THAN SATURDAY. THIS SHOULD STILL PRODUCE AFTERNOON RH VALUES
BELOW THE CRITICAL 25 PERCENT THRESHOLD FOR SEVERAL HOURS ACROSS
SWRN PORTIONS OF THE CWFA. A FIRE DANGER STATEMENT FOR STEPHENS
THROUGH ELBERT COUNTIES CONTINUES FOR THIS AFTN/EARLY EVENING.

&&

.CLIMATE...
RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES THAT WILL BE APPROACHED AND POSSIBLY
EXCEEDED...

AVL
JULY 1ST  96 IN 1954
JULY 2ND  93 IN 1970
JULY 3RD  93 IN 1970

GSP
JULY 1ST   99 IN 1970
JULY 2ND  101 IN 1954
JULY 3RD   99 IN 1931
JULY 4TH  100 IN 1993

CLT
JULY 1ST   99 IN 1954
JULY 2ND  101 IN 1931
JULY 3RD   99 IN 1970
JULY 4TH   99 IN 1993

&&

.GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...HEAT ADVISORY UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR GAZ018-026-028.
     EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR GAZ029.
NC...HEAT ADVISORY UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR NCZ035>037-056-
     057-508-510.
     EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR
     NCZ068>072-082.
SC...HEAT ADVISORY UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR SCZ001>007-010.
     EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR SCZ008-
     009-011>014-019.

&&

SYNOPSIS...SBK
NEAR TERM...JAT/JDL
SHORT TERM...NED
LONG TERM...SBK
AVIATION...JDL
FIRE WEATHER...
CLIMATE...

Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 1, 1:15 PM EST, 1 hour 35 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
215 PM EDT SUN JUL 1 2012

NCZ036-037-056-057-508-510-SCZ001>007-010-021815-
IREDELL-DAVIE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-GREATER RUTHERFORD-EASTERN POLK-
OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-
GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-
ANDERSON-
215 PM EDT SUN JUL 1 2012

...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING...
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 445 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR 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.

   HEAT ADVISORY.
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH.

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

A MAJOR HEAT WAVE WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION INTO THE WORK
WEEK. MOST LOCATIONS IN THE PIEDMONT AND FOOTHILLS SHOULD REACH
OR EXCEED 100 DEGREES AGAIN ON MONDAY. THE HEAT INDEX WILL LIKELY
REACH OR EXCEED 105 IN MANY LOCATIONS MONDAY AFTERNOON. THE HEAT
WILL ABATE SOMEWHAT ON TUESDAY...AS A GRADUAL COOLING TREND IS
EXPECTED DURING THE REST OF THE WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

GAZ010-017-NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-501>506-021815-
RABUN-HABERSHAM-AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-
GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-
HENDERSON-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-GREATER CALDWELL-BURKE MOUNTAINS-
GREATER BURKE-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-EASTERN MCDOWELL-
215 PM EDT SUN JUL 1 2012

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS
THE MOUNTAINS THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. A FEW OF THESE STORMS
ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE...WITH THE MAIN THREAT BEING
DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. A FEW STORMS MAY PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AS WELL.

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

A MAJOR HEAT WAVE WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION INTO THE WORK
WEEK. MOST LOCATIONS IN THE PIEDMONT AND FOOTHILLS SHOULD REACH
OR EXCEED 100 DEGREES AGAIN ON MONDAY. THE HEAT INDEX WILL LIKELY
REACH OR EXCEED 105 IN MANY LOCATIONS MONDAY AFTERNOON. THE HEAT
WILL ABATE SOMEWHAT ON TUESDAY...AS A GRADUAL COOLING TREND IS
EXPECTED DURING THE REST OF THE WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

GAZ018-026-028-021815-
STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-
215 PM EDT SUN JUL 1 2012

...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING...
...FIRE DANGER STATEMENT IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA.

.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.

   FIRE DANGER STATEMENT.
   HEAT ADVISORY.

ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO
DEVELOP ACROSS THE NORTHEAST GEORGIA PIEDMONT THIS AFTERNOON INTO
TONIGHT. A FEW OF THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME
SEVERE...WITH THE MAIN THREAT BEING DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. A FEW
STORMS MAY PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AS WELL.

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

A MAJOR HEAT WAVE WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION INTO THE WORK
WEEK. MOST LOCATIONS IN THE PIEDMONT AND FOOTHILLS SHOULD REACH
OR EXCEED 100 DEGREES AGAIN ON MONDAY. THE HEAT INDEX WILL LIKELY
REACH OR EXCEED 105 IN MANY LOCATIONS MONDAY AFTERNOON. THE HEAT
WILL ABATE SOMEWHAT ON TUESDAY...AS A GRADUAL COOLING TREND IS
EXPECTED DURING THE REST OF THE WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

NCZ068>072-082-SCZ008-009-011>014-019-021815-
CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC-CHEROKEE-YORK-
ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD-
215 PM EDT SUN JUL 1 2012

...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING...
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 445 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PIEDMONT 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.

   EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING.
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH.

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

A MAJOR HEAT WAVE WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION INTO THE WORK
WEEK. MOST LOCATIONS IN THE PIEDMONT AND FOOTHILLS SHOULD REACH
OR EXCEED 100 DEGREES AGAIN ON MONDAY. THE HEAT INDEX WILL LIKELY
REACH OR EXCEED 105 IN MANY LOCATIONS MONDAY AFTERNOON. THE HEAT
WILL ABATE SOMEWHAT ON TUESDAY...AS A GRADUAL COOLING TREND IS
EXPECTED DURING THE REST OF THE WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

NCZ507-509-021815-
RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-POLK MOUNTAINS-
215 PM EDT SUN JUL 1 2012

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 445 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH 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.

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

A MAJOR HEAT WAVE WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION INTO THE WORK
WEEK. MOST LOCATIONS IN THE PIEDMONT AND FOOTHILLS SHOULD REACH
OR EXCEED 100 DEGREES AGAIN ON MONDAY. THE HEAT INDEX WILL LIKELY
REACH OR EXCEED 105 IN MANY LOCATIONS MONDAY AFTERNOON. THE HEAT
WILL ABATE SOMEWHAT ON TUESDAY...AS A GRADUAL COOLING TREND IS
EXPECTED DURING THE REST OF THE WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

NCZ035-021815-
ALEXANDER-
215 PM EDT SUN JUL 1 2012

...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH 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.

   HEAT ADVISORY.

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS
THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. A FEW OF THESE STORMS ARE
EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE...WITH THE MAIN THREAT BEING DAMAGING
WIND GUSTS. A FEW STORMS MAY PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AS WELL. ALTHOUGH
SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE POSSIBLE ANYWHERE...THE GREATEST THREAT IS
EXPECTED OVER THE NORTH CAROLINA PIEDMONT.

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

A MAJOR HEAT WAVE WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION INTO THE WORK
WEEK. MOST LOCATIONS IN THE PIEDMONT AND FOOTHILLS SHOULD REACH
OR EXCEED 100 DEGREES AGAIN ON MONDAY. THE HEAT INDEX WILL LIKELY
REACH OR EXCEED 105 IN MANY LOCATIONS MONDAY AFTERNOON. THE HEAT
WILL ABATE SOMEWHAT ON TUESDAY...AS A GRADUAL COOLING TREND IS
EXPECTED DURING THE REST OF THE WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

GAZ029-021815-
ELBERT-
215 PM EDT SUN JUL 1 2012

...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING...
...FIRE DANGER STATEMENT IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA.

.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.

   EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING.
   FIRE DANGER STATEMENT.

ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO
DEVELOP ACROSS THE NORTHEAST GEORGIA PIEDMONT THIS AFTERNOON INTO
TONIGHT. A FEW OF THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME
SEVERE...WITH THE MAIN THREAT BEING DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. A FEW
STORMS MAY PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AS WELL.

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

A MAJOR HEAT WAVE WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION INTO THE WORK
WEEK. MOST LOCATIONS IN THE PIEDMONT AND FOOTHILLS SHOULD REACH
OR EXCEED 100 DEGREES AGAIN ON MONDAY. THE HEAT INDEX WILL LIKELY
REACH OR EXCEED 105 IN MANY LOCATIONS MONDAY AFTERNOON. THE HEAT
WILL ABATE SOMEWHAT ON TUESDAY...AS A GRADUAL COOLING TREND IS
EXPECTED DURING THE REST OF THE WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 1, 9:32 AM EST, 5 hours 18 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1032 AM EDT SUN JUL 01 2012

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

0830 PM     HAIL             3 SW BURNSVILLE         35.89N 82.34W
06/30/2012  E1.00 INCH       YANCEY             NC   COUNTY OFFICIAL

            QUARTER HAIL IN THE BAKERS CREEK COMMUNITY.

&&

KRENTZ

Local storm report, Jul 1, 9:40 AM EST, 5 hours 10 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1040 AM EDT SUN JUL 01 2012

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

0830 PM     HAIL             4 SW BURNSVILLE         35.88N 82.35W
06/30/2012  E1.00 INCH       YANCEY             NC   COUNTY OFFICIAL

            QUARTER HAIL IN THE BAKERS CREEK COMMUNITY.

&&

KRENTZ

Local storm report, Jul 1, 10:22 AM EST, 4 hours 28 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1122 AM EDT SUN JUL 01 2012

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

0130 AM     HAIL             4 SW ROCKWELL           35.51N 80.46W
07/01/2012  E0.88 INCH       ROWAN              NC   TRAINED SPOTTER

            DIME TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL

&&

KRENTZ

Special weather statement, Jul 1, 2:28 PM EST, 22 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
328 PM EDT SUN JUL 1 2012

NCZ501-502-012000-
CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-GREATER CALDWELL-
328 PM EDT SUN JUL 1 2012

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL CALDWELL COUNTY THROUGH
400 PM EDT...

AT 325 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF PATTERSON...OR 7 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF BLOWING ROCK...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
  PATTERSON...

WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

LAT...LON 3607 8144 3588 8155 3604 8172 3609 8167

LANE

The radar

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Hail, Caldwell

When: July 1, 2:50 PM EST
Where: Caldwell County, 0.89 mi SW of Globe
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Reported by: Fire Department/Rescue
Coordinates: 36.040, -81.710

Golf ball size hail was reported in the Globe community.

Hail, Caldwell

When: July 1, 3:11 PM EST
Where: Caldwell County, 1.81 mi WSW of Warrior
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Reported by: 911 Call Center
Coordinates: 35.960, -81.600

Hail, Caldwell

When: July 1, 3:25 PM EST to 3:35 PM EST
Where: Caldwell County, 0.89 mi SE of Lenoir to 2.07 mi S of Hudson
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Reported by: Public
Coordinates: 35.910, -81.540

A swath of hail, up to golf ball size, fell from the Lenoir area down to Sawmills.

Thunderstorm Wind, Caldwell

When: July 1, 3:35 PM EST
Where: Caldwell County, 2.07 mi S of Hudson
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
Reported by: Fire Department/Rescue
Coordinates: 35.820, -81.480

Two trees were blown down near Sawmills.

Hail, Haywood

When: July 1, 3:45 PM EST
Where: Haywood County, 0.56 mi E of Clyde
Measured: 1.25 in hail
Reported by: CoCoRaHS
Coordinates: 35.530, -82.910

Hail, Burke

When: July 1, 3:46 PM EST to 3:50 PM EST
Where: Burke County, 0.56 mi W of Icard to 0.89 mi SE of Hildebran
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: County Official
Coordinates: 35.730, -81.460

Quarter size hail fell from Icard to Hildebran.

Hail, Caldwell

When: July 1, 3:52 PM EST
Where: Caldwell County, 1.32 mi ESE of Lenoir
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: Public
Coordinates: 35.910, -81.530

A second severe storm produced quarter size hail in the Lenoir area.

Hail, Catawba

When: July 1, 4:05 PM EST
Where: Catawba County, 1.68 mi E of Brookford
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 35.700, -81.320

Hail, Catawba

When: July 1, 4:06 PM EST
Where: Catawba County, 1.78 mi SE of Brookford
Measured: 2 in hail
Reported by: Public
Coordinates: 35.680, -81.330

Hail, Burke

When: July 1, 4:10 PM EST
Where: Burke County, 9 mi SW of Morganton
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: Fire Department/Rescue
Coordinates: 35.658, -81.813

Multiple reports of dime to quarter size hail were received from the southwest part of the county.

Hail, Caldwell

When: July 1, 4:25 PM EST
Where: Caldwell County, 1.49 mi SSW of Draco
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: Public
Coordinates: 35.930, -81.410

Hail up to the size of quarters was reported to be covering the ground about 4 miles south of Kings Creek.

Hail, Henderson

When: July 1, 4:30 PM EST
Where: Henderson County, 1.32 mi WSW of Etowah
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 35.310, -82.620

Thunderstorm Wind, Lincoln

When: July 1, 4:43 PM EST
Where: Lincoln County, 0.56 mi W of Boger City
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 35.480, -81.230

Large tree limbs were blown onto power lines at the intersection of highways 321 and 150.

Thunderstorm Wind, Polk

When: July 1, 4:45 PM EST to 4:55 PM EST
Where: Polk County, 5 mi NNW of Mill Spg to 5 mi NE of Mill Spg
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
Reported by: County Official
Coordinates: 35.367, -82.204

Multiple trees were blown down to the north of Mill Spring.

Hail, Lincoln

When: July 1, 4:54 PM EST
Where: Lincoln County, 1.82 mi ESE of Salem
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 35.420, -81.170

Golf ball size hail was reported near the intersection of Magnolia Grove Rd and Keever Dairy Farm Rd.

Hail, McDowell

When: July 1, 5:10 PM EST
Where: McDowell County, 1.32 mi ESE of Old Ft
Measured: 1.5 in hail
Reported by: 911 Call Center
Coordinates: 35.620, -82.160

Thunderstorm Wind, Mecklenburg

When: July 1, 5:21 PM EST to 5:40 PM EST
Where: Mecklenburg County, 1.69 mi E of Clt Brockenbrough Ar to 0.85 mi E of Mint Hill
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
Reported by: Newspaper
Coordinates: 35.320, -80.800

Multiple trees were blown down across Charlotte and Mecklenburg County. One tree|was blown onto a home in the Derita community.

Lightning, Cabarrus

When: July 1, 5:25 PM EST
Where: Cabarrus County, Rocky River
Property damage: $100,000
Reported by: Newspaper
Coordinates: 35.320, -80.600

Lightning started a fire at a home on Thistle Down Dr, heavily damaging the structure.

Lightning, Mecklenburg

When: July 1, 5:30 PM EST
Where: Mecklenburg County, 1.32 mi ESE of Croft
Property damage: $25,000
Reported by: Newspaper
Coordinates: 35.340, -80.810

Lightning struck a home on Davis Lake Parkway, starting a fire that caused some structural damage.

Hail, Mecklenburg

When: July 1, 5:35 PM EST
Where: Mecklenburg County, 2.19 mi NE of Hickory Grove
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: Public
Coordinates: 35.250, -80.700

Hail, Mecklenburg

When: July 1, 5:50 PM EST
Where: Mecklenburg County, 1 mi E of Matthews
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: Public
Coordinates: 35.120, -80.712

Nickel to quarter size hail was reported in Matthews.

Hail, Mecklenburg

When: July 1, 5:51 PM EST
Where: Mecklenburg County, 6.15 mi SE of Pineville
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 35.030, -80.810

Penny size hail was reported at Rea Rd and Ardrey Hill Rd.

Thunderstorm Wind, Cleveland

When: July 1, 5:55 PM EST
Where: Cleveland County, 2.36 mi SSW of Lawndale Jct
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
Reported by: Law Enforcement
Coordinates: 35.290, -81.600

Multiple trees and power lines were blown down near the intersection of highway 74 and Beaver Dam Church Rd.

Thunderstorm Wind, Union

When: July 1, 5:55 PM EST to 6:10 PM EST
Where: Union County, Fairview to 1.7 mi E of Wingate
Measured: 60 kt (69 mph) estimated gust
Reported by: Newspaper
Coordinates: 35.150, -80.550

Trees were blown down near Fairview and in Unionville. More than two dozen trees were felled on the Wingate University campus, with the roofs of several buildings and some automobiles damaged by the fallen trees. Another tree fell on a convenience store in Wingate.

Thunderstorm Wind, Union

When: July 1, 6:10 PM EST
Where: Union County, 2.36 mi SSW of Wingate
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
Reported by: 911 Call Center
Coordinates: 34.950, -80.490

Multiple trees were blown down near the intersection of Macedonia Church Rd and highway 601.

Hail, Union

When: July 1, 6:26 PM EST
Where: Union County, 5.8 mi ESE of Waxhaw Arpt
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 34.835, -80.657

Golf ball size hail was reported near the intersection of Nesbit Rd and Potter Rd S.

Thunderstorm Wind, Transylvania

When: July 1, 7:10 PM EST to 7:15 PM EST
Where: Transylvania County, Brevard
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
Reported by: 911 Call Center
Coordinates: 35.230, -82.730

Multiple trees were blown down in the Brevard area.

Thunderstorm Wind, Transylvania

When: July 1, 8:08 PM EST
Where: Transylvania County, 0.69 mi N of Grange
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
Reported by: 911 Call Center
Coordinates: 35.240, -82.630

A second severe thunderstorm moving over eastern Transylvania County blew down multiple trees in the Little River area.

Thunderstorm Wind, Macon

When: July 1, 8:45 PM EST to 9:15 PM EST
Where: Macon County, Franklin to Highlands
Measured: 55 kt (63 mph) estimated gust
Reported by: County Official
Coordinates: 35.200, -83.400

Multiple trees were blown down across the county, particularly the central and eastern parts.

Hail, Jackson

When: July 1, 9:30 PM EST
Where: Jackson County, 3.5 mi NE of Cashiers
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: Fire Department/Rescue
Coordinates: 35.150, -83.050

Quarter size hail was reported in the Panthertown area.

Hail, Haywood

When: July 1, 10:30 PM EST
Where: Haywood County, 3.5 mi N of Pines Creek
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: Public
Coordinates: 35.730, -82.980

Quarter size hail fell in the Harmon Den area.

Thunderstorm Wind, Madison

When: July 1, 11:05 PM EST
Where: Madison County, 5.98 mi ESE of Luck
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
Reported by: COOP Observer
Coordinates: 35.700, -82.770

Several large tree limbs were blown down in the Canto community.

Thunderstorm Wind, Graham

When: July 1, 11:35 PM EST
Where: Graham County, 2.36 mi SSE of Fontana Vlg
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 35.400, -83.810

Several trees were reported to be blown down about 5 miles north of Robbinsville.

Thunderstorm Wind, Yancey

When: July 1, 11:55 PM EST
Where: Yancey County, Burnsville
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
Reported by: Public
Coordinates: 35.920, -82.300

Several trees were blown down in the Burnsville area.

Thunderstorm Wind, Caldwell

When: July 2, 12:16 AM EST to 12:45 AM EST
Where: Caldwell County, 0.89 mi SE of Lenoir to Granite Falls
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
Reported by: County Official
Coordinates: 35.910, -81.540

Multiple trees were blown down across the county with another round of severe thunderstorms.

Hail, Burke

When: July 2, 12:49 AM EST
Where: Burke County, 0.69 mi S of Morganton
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: Broadcast Media
Coordinates: 35.740, -81.700

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.
Lightning: A lightning strike that killed, injured or caused damage.

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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: 397297, 397302, 397304, 397305, 397307, 397308, 397311, 397312, 397314, 397319, 397320, 397323, 397325, 397326, 397327, 397329, 397331, 397333, 397336, 397337, 397338, 397339, 397340, 397343, 399936, 399954, 400044, 400048, 400051, 400053, 400057, 400068, 400071, 400072, 400097, 400108.