North Carolina, 2013Flash Flood and Hail in North Carolina, July 24, 2013
July 24, 2013 · NWS GSP · 7 events in 4 counties and zones
Scattered slow moving thunderstorms developed along and ahead of cold front. Some of the storms produced damaging wind.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 7
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.
Scattered slow moving thunderstorms developed along and ahead of cold front. Some of the storms produced damaging wind. There was also an area of urban flash flooding near Charlotte.
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 24, 4:16 PM EST, 26 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 24, 4:16 PM EST, 26 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
516 PM EDT WED JUL 24 2013
.SYNOPSIS...
A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE CAROLINAS...REACHING THE COAST
EARLY FRIDAY. HIGH PRESSURE WILL FILL IN BEHIND THE FRONT AND REMAIN
FOR MOST OF THE WEEKEND. ANOTHER FRONT WILL APPROACH THE AREA LATE
SUNDAY BRINGING YET ANOTHER INCREASE IN CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH MONDAY. CONDITIONS WILL GRADUALLY IMPROVE
STARTING ON TUESDAY INTO MID WEEK...AS HIGH PRESSURE TAKES OVER
AGAIN.
&&
.NEAR TERM /THROUGH THURSDAY/...
AS OF 510 PM EDT...CONVECTION ISN/T ORGANIZING ALONG OUTFLOW BNDRYS
SO MUCH AS IT IS RANDOMLY DEVELOPING ACROSS THE WRN CAROLINAS AND NE
GA LATE THIS AFTN. THEREFORE I WENT WITH A MORE UNIFORM AREA OF
CHANCE POPS ACROSS THE FA THE NEXT FEW HOURS. LATER THIS EVENING
THE FLOW JUST ABOVE THE BNDRY LAYER WILL PICK UP TO AROUND 25-30
KTS FROM THE NE. THIS COULD HELP TO FOCUS CONVECTION A LITTLE
MORE...ESPECIALLY OVER THE NC PIEDMONT AND FOOTHILLS WHERE THE
INCREASING FLOW WILL HAPPEN THE SOONEST...AND THUS WITH THE MOST
RESIDUAL INSTABILITY.
AS OF 240 PM...LATEST RADAR IMAGES INDICATE A CLUSTER OF SHRA/TSRA
OVER THE SC/GA MTNS...DRIFTING SLOWLY SSE. RECENT SATELLITE IMAGES
INDICATE THAT FAIR WEATHER CU HAS DEVELOPED ACROSS THE CWA.
HOWEVER...TCU WAS DETECTED ACROSS MCDOWELL...BURKE...AND CALDWELL AT
OF 1830Z. 12Z 4KM WRF-NMM AND SPC SSEO SUPPORT TO FORMATION OF A
BROKEN LINE OF CONVECTION SHOULD ACROSS THE NC FOOTHILLS AND UPSTATE
MTNS BETWEEN 3 TO 4 PM. THE STORMS WILL LIKELY FORM A COOL POOL AND
INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND SPEED EASTWARD DURING THE HEAT OF THE
AFTERNOON. THE LINE SHOULD PUSH EAST OF I-85 AND THE CLT METRO
BETWEEN 22Z TO 23Z...EXITING THE CWA BY BETWEEN 1Z TO 3Z.
12Z OBSERVED SOUNDINGS FROM FFC AND GSO BOTH INDICATE CAPE VALUES
SLIGHTLY BELOW 1500 J/KG. THE LATEST MESOSCALE ANALYSIS INDICATES
CAPE VALUES AROUND 2000 J/KG. THE FREEZING LEVEL RANGED FROM 14.7
KFT/WBZ 10.6 KFT AT GSO TO 14.2 KFT/WBZ 12.5 KFT AT FFC. STORM
MOTIONS SHOULD CARRY STORMS SSE BETWEEN 10 TO 15 KTS. I WOULD EXPECT
THAT THE GREATEST THREAT FOR SVR THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR ACROSS THE
FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT WITH BETTER ORGANIZED MULTI-CELL
STORMS...PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND POSSIBLY LARGE HAIL. THE
PRELIMINARY 55 DBZ CORE HEIGHT FOR HAIL WILL BE 26.0 KFT. THE
CURRENT HWO WILL REMAIN.
THURSDAY...THE CWA WILL REMAIN ON THE WEST SIDE OF A DEVELOPING
COASTAL LOW. THE CIRCULATION AROUND THE LOW COMBINED WITH HIGH
PRESSURE ACROSS THE OHIO RIVER VALLEY WILL SUPPLY THE REGION WITH
LIGHT NORTH TO NORTHEAST FLOW. A MID LEVEL L/W TROF WILL REMAIN
OVERHEAD...WITH SEVERAL SMALL S/W. FORECAST SOUNDINGS INDICATE THAT
CAPE VALUES MAY AGAIN RANGE CLOSE TO 2000 J/KG. MTN SHRA AND TSRA
SHOULD FORM FROM MID DAY THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON. SCT CONVECTION
WILL MOVE OFF OF THE MTNS AND DEVELOP ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS AND
PIEDMONT DURING THE HEAT OF THE AFTERNOON. CLOUD COVER WILL LIKELY
DEVELOP AS SCT TO BKN LOW BASED CU. THE COMBINATION OF THE CLOUD
COVER AND COOLER THICKNESSES SHOULD RESULT IN HIGH TEMPERATURES
AROUND 5 DEGREES COOLER THAN TODAY.
&&
.SHORT TERM /THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY/...
AS OF 145 PM WEDNESDAY...A 500 MB SHEAR AXIS WILL BEGIN TO SHIFT
EAST...AS A SFC LOW RIDES NE INVOF THE MID ATLANTIC OFF SHORE WATERS
TOWARD CAPE COD BY FRIDAY NIGHT. WEAK HIGH PRES AND OVERALL
SUPPRESSED VERTICAL MOTIONS SHUD RESULT IN A QUIET NIGHT THURSDAY
NIGHT AND LIMITED CONVECTIVE CHCS ON FRIDAY. MODELS BRING SOME
MOISTURE FROM THE SOUTH...MAINLY ACRS THE WRN ZONES BY FRIDAY
AFTN...WITH 1500-2000 J/KG OF CAPE POSSIBLE AND A LIGHT SLY UPSLOPE
FLOW AT 850 MB. I WILL KEEP THE SLGT CHC POP ACRS THE PIEDMONT AND
CHC POP IN THE MTNS. TEMPS ARE FCST TO START OUT ON THE COOL SIDE
FRIDAY MORNING IN THE 50S MTNS AND 60S ACRS MOST OF THE
PIEDMONT...THEN REACHING ONLY THE 70S MTNS AND MID-UPR 80S PIEDMONT.
FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...AN UPR LOW WILL CLOSE OFF AND DIG INTO
THE GREAT LAKES...WITH A MOIST AXIS SETTING UP ON THE EAST SIDE OF
THE CIRCULATION FROM THE GULF NE UP THE APPALACHIAN CHAIN. PWATS
WILL STAY MODEST WITHIN THE AXIS...GENERALLY 100-125% OF NORMAL.
INSTBY AND SHEAR WILL ALSO BE MODEST...SO WHILE POPS RAMP UP TO
HIGH-END CHC TO LIKELY BY SAT AFTN...THE HEAVY RAIN AND SEVERE
THREATS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE ELEVATED. TEMPS WILL BE NEAR NORMAL
FRI NIGHT...AND REMAIN BELOW NORMAL FOR HIGHS ON SATURDAY.
&&
.LONG TERM /SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
AS OF 1245 PM WEDNESDAY...MODEL SOLNS BEGIN TO DIVERGE IN THE MEDIUM
RANGE...AS SHORTWAVE ENERGY WORKS TO EJECT AN UPR LVL VORTEX OUT OF
THE GREAT LAKES...LEAVING QUASI-ZONAL FLOW ACRS THE NRN TIER STATES
AND SUBTROPICAL RIDGE ACRS THE SOUTH. THE 12Z GFS IS ON THE
SLOWER/MORE AMPLIFIED SIDE OF THE GUIDANCE ENVELOPE WITH THE GREAT
LAKES LOW...AND PUSHES THE MOISTURE AXIS THRU THE AREA AND USHERS IN
DRY WX FOR MON AND TUE. THE ECMWF CONTINUES TO BE STRONGER WITH A
SHORTWAVE ROUNDING THE LONGWAVE TROF ACRS THE SOUTHEAST STATES
MON-TUE...AND RESULTS IN THE MOISTURE AXIS PIVOTING TO AN E-W
ORIENTATION ATOP THE CWFA. THIS SOLN IS MORE UNSETTLED THRU NEW DAY
7 (NEXT WED). THE WPC PREFERENCE WAS FOR AN ENS MEAN BLEND...WHICH
APPEARS MORE IN LINE WITH THE ECMWF (AT LEAST IN TERMS OF OUR
SENSIBLE WX). SO GOING WITH THE WPC...I HAVE A PRIMARILY DIURNAL
CYCLE OF HEFTY CHC POPS EACH DAY...HIGHEST ON SUNDAY WHEN THE
MOISTURE AXIS AND BEST UPPER SUPPORT WILL BE CENTERED OVER THE AREA.
&&
.AVIATION /21Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY/...
AT KCLT...AT 1745Z...DEEP CONVECTION WAS BEGINNING TO DEVELOP OVER
THE EAST FACING SLOPES AND WITHIN A CU FIELD ACROSS THE MIDLANDS OF
SC. THE LATEST SATELLITE AND WEB CAMS INDICATED THAT A WEAK CU
FORMED ACROSS THE CLT METRO AREA. THE ENVIRONMENT FEATURES CAPES
AROUND 2000 J/KG WITH LITTLE TO NO LLVL CIN. BASED ON CONVECTION
ALLOWING MODELS...SATELLITE TRENDS...AND THE LATEST MESOSCALE
ANALYSIS...STORMS SHOULD CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE EAST FACING
MTNS SLOPES AND ADJACENT FOOTHILLS THROUGH 20Z. ONCE THE BAND FORMS
AND DEVELOPS A COOL POOL...CONVECTION SHOULD SWEEP TOWARD THE EAST.
THE PRIMARY PERIOD OF CONVECTION SHOULD OCCUR BETWEEN 22Z TO 01Z
OVER THE CLT TERMINAL. BY MID EVENING...THE BAND OF SHRA/TSRA SHOULD
PUSH EAST OF THE REGION AND GRADUALLY DISSIPATE. I WILL INDICATE
CLEARING CONDITIONS WITH LIGHT WINDS OVERNIGHT. HOWEVER...IF THE
AIRFIELD RECEIVES A DOWNPOUR LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...MVFR
FOG COULD DEVELOP...I WILL LEAVE OUT OF THE TAF FOR NOW. BY
SUNRISE...WINDS SHOULD SHIFT FROM THE NE...ADVECTING GREATER
MOISTURE FROM THE NORTH. I WILL INDICATE LOWER CU BASES...BUT
REMAINING VFR.
ELSEWHERE...TRENDS REMAIN SIMILAR TO CLT. HOWEVER...KGSP/KGMU/KHKY/KAND
WILL STAND THE GREATEST CHC FOR SHRA/TSRA LATE THIS FROM 20Z TO
23Z...HIGHLIGHTED WITH A TEMPO. THE BULK OF THE CONVECTION SHOULD
DEVELOP SOUTH AND EAST OF KAVL...I WILL CARRY A VCTS. FORECAST
SOUNDINGS AND CONDENSATION PRESSURE DEFICITS FOR THE KAVL SUPPORT
THE MENTION OF DAWN FOG AND IFR STRATUS...HIGHLIGHTED WITH A TEMPO.
SHRA AND TSRA MAY DEVELOP A LITTLE EARLIER TOMORROW.
OUTLOOK...A COLD FRONT WILL GRADUALLY SETTLE SE OF THE TERMINAL
FORECAST AREA THU THROUGH FRI. LINGERING BOUNDARY LAYER MOISTURE MAY
PRODUCE ISOLATED TO SCATTERED DIURNAL THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN DURING THE
AFTN AND EVENING HOURS...ESPECIALLY IN AND NEAR THE MTNS. THE
FORECAST HAS LOW CONFIDENCE THROUGH THE WEEKEND...BUT A TREND TOWARD
MORE PRECIPITATION AND RESTRICTIONS LOOKS MOST LIKELY.
CONFIDENCE TABLE...
21-03Z 03-09Z 09-15Z 15-21Z
KCLT HIGH 100% HIGH 100% HIGH 82% HIGH 95%
KGSP HIGH 100% HIGH 100% HIGH 98% HIGH 100%
KAVL HIGH 100% HIGH 91% HIGH 83% HIGH 100%
KHKY HIGH 100% HIGH 100% HIGH 93% HIGH 98%
KGMU HIGH 100% HIGH 100% HIGH 100% HIGH 100%
KAND HIGH 100% HIGH 100% HIGH 100% HIGH 100%
THE PERCENTAGE REFLECTS THE NUMBER OF GUIDANCE MEMBERS AGREEING
WITH THE SCHEDULED TAF ISSUANCE FLIGHT RULE CATEGORY. COMPLETE
HOURLY EXPERIMENTAL AVIATION FORECAST CONSISTENCY TABLES AND ENSEMBLE
FORECASTS ARE AVAILABLE AT THE FOLLOWING LINK: (MUST BE LOWER CASE)
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/GSP/AVIATION_TABLES
&&
.GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...NONE.
NC...NONE.
SC...NONE.
&&
SYNOPSIS...PAT
NEAR TERM...MCAVOY/NED
SHORT TERM...ARK
LONG TERM...ARK
AVIATION...NEDHazardous weather outlook, Jul 24, 1:36 AM EST, 15 hours 6 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
236 AM EDT WED JUL 24 2013
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065-
068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-250645-
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-
236 AM EDT WED JUL 24 2013
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PIEDMONT
NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOME OF THESE STORMS ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS
AND PIEDMONT REGIONS COULD BE STRONG TO SEVERE WITH DAMAGING
WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING BEING THE MAIN
THREATS.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
NONE.
CDG
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 24, 2:23 PM EST, 2 hours 19 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
323 PM EDT WED JUL 24 2013
GAZ017-242015-
HABERSHAM-
323 PM EDT WED JUL 24 2013
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHWESTERN HABERSHAM COUNTY
THROUGH 415 PM EDT...
AT 320 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR ALTO...OR 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF HOMER...
MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH.
SMALL HAIL...WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH AND TORRENTIAL RAIN ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
LAT...LON 3454 8363 3457 8353 3448 8349 3449 8354
3445 8359 3443 8362 3448 8366 3451 8367
07Special weather statement, Jul 24, 3:02 PM EST, 1 hour 40 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
402 PM EDT WED JUL 24 2013
NCZ064-242045-
TRANSYLVANIA-
402 PM EDT WED JUL 24 2013
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY
THROUGH 445 PM EDT...
AT 359 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BALSAM GROVE...OR 6 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF BREVARD...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.
THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
ROSMAN...
BREVARD...
SMALL HAIL...WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH AND TORRENTIAL RAIN ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
LAT...LON 3531 8288 3525 8261 3514 8258 3512 8263
3513 8265 3512 8266 3513 8268 3510 8270
3510 8272 3507 8276 3507 8278 3508 8278
3508 8281 3515 8297
07Special weather statement, Jul 24, 3:18 PM EST, 1 hour 24 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
418 PM EDT WED JUL 24 2013
NCZ033-501>503-242100-
AVERY-BURKE MOUNTAINS-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-GREATER CALDWELL-
418 PM EDT WED JUL 24 2013
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL CALDWELL...NORTHWESTERN
BURKE AND SOUTHEASTERN AVERY COUNTIES THROUGH 500 PM EDT...
AT 415 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES SOUTH OF EDGEMONT...OR 12 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF NEWLAND...MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH.
THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
GLOBE...
COLLETTSVILLE...
SMALL HAIL...WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH AND TORRENTIAL RAIN ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
LAT...LON 3582 8155 3583 8163 3585 8165 3589 8174
3586 8179 3588 8189 3606 8186 3606 8152
07Special weather statement, Jul 24, 3:32 PM EST, 1 hour 10 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
432 PM EDT WED JUL 24 2013
SCZ011-242115-
ABBEVILLE-
432 PM EDT WED JUL 24 2013
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHERN ABBEVILLE COUNTY
THROUGH 515 PM EDT...
AT 428 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES WEST OF ABBEVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5
MPH.
THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
ABBEVILLE...
SMALL HAIL...WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH AND TORRENTIAL RAIN ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
LAT...LON 3406 8242 3406 8246 3407 8248 3407 8252
3420 8263 3432 8247 3416 8224 3412 8226
3405 8235 3405 8242
07Special weather statement, Jul 24, 4:33 PM EST, 9 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
533 PM EDT WED JUL 24 2013
NCZ505-506-508-242215-
EASTERN MCDOWELL-GREATER RUTHERFORD-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-
533 PM EDT WED JUL 24 2013
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHERN RUTHERFORD AND
SOUTHEASTERN MCDOWELL COUNTIES THROUGH 615 PM EDT...
AT 531 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR FERO...OR 7 MILES SOUTH OF MARION...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH.
THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
THERMAL CITY...
SMALL HAIL...WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH AND TORRENTIAL RAIN ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
LAT...LON 3569 8195 3545 8178 3535 8206 3550 8211
3553 8208 3553 8212 3562 8215
07Special weather statement, Jul 24, 4:42 PM EST, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
542 PM EDT WED JUL 24 2013
NCZ056-069-242230-
CATAWBA-LINCOLN-
542 PM EDT WED JUL 24 2013
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL CATAWBA AND NORTHERN
LINCOLN COUNTIES THROUGH 630 PM EDT...
AT 539 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES WEST OF CONOVER...OR 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF
NEWTON...MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH.
THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
NEWTON...
MAIDEN...
SMALL HAIL...WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH AND TORRENTIAL RAIN ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
LAT...LON 3580 8120 3555 8107 3549 8136 3572 8141
3576 8137
07Event by event
5 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, McDowell
- When
- July 24, 4:42 PM EST
- Where
- McDowell County, 2.82 mi SSW of Glenwood
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- 911 Call Center
- Coordinates
- 35.580, -81.990
Multiple trees and power lines were blown down on White Pine Dr in the Glenwood community.
Thunderstorm Wind, Mecklenburg
- When
- July 24, 5:14 PM EST to 5:16 PM EST
- Where
- Mecklenburg County, 2.36 mi ESE of Griffith
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- Fire Department/Rescue
- Coordinates
- 35.160, -80.840
Several trees and power lines were blown down in the area around South Park Mall, with one tree on a house on Scofield Rd.
Hail, Mecklenburg
- When
- July 24, 5:15 PM EST
- Where
- Mecklenburg County, 2.19 mi SE of Griffith
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- Amateur Radio
- Coordinates
- 35.150, -80.850
Penny size hail was reported at Tyvola Rd and Park Rd.
Flash Flood, Mecklenburg
- When
- July 24, 6:15 PM EST to 7:15 PM EST
- Where
- Mecklenburg County, 1.87 mi ESE of Griffith to 2.53 mi SE of Griffith
- Cause
- Heavy Rain
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 35.163, -80.848
Several Streets around Southpark Mall were flooded and closed during the late evening hours as a result of severe urban flooding, including the intersection of Fairview Road and Sharon Road.
Thunderstorm Wind, Cabarrus
- When
- July 24, 6:30 PM EST to 6:35 PM EST
- Where
- Cabarrus County, 3.24 mi SSW of Flows Store to 2.84 mi N of Midland
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- Fire Department/Rescue
- Coordinates
- 35.260, -80.600
A couple trees were blown down on power lines near Pioneer Mill Rd and Morrison Rd and several trees were blown down off Troutman Rd.
Thunderstorm Wind, Mecklenburg
- When
- July 24, 6:33 PM EST
- Where
- Mecklenburg County, 3.85 mi SSW of Shopton
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- Fire Department/Rescue
- Coordinates
- 35.120, -81.000
FD reported numerous trees blown down in the Lake Wylie/Steele Creek area.
Thunderstorm Wind, Cleveland
- When
- July 24, 6:39 PM EST to 6:44 PM EST
- Where
- Cleveland County, 3.24 mi NNE of Patterson Spgs to 2.86 mi ENE of Patterson Spgs
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- Broadcast Media
- Coordinates
- 35.270, -81.500
A gas station canopy was lifted and blown on top of a vehicle on the southeast side of Shelby. Also, newspaper reported several trees blown down along Earl Rd in Patterson Springs and a tree on a home on Joe's Lake Rd.
- 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.
- Flash Flood
- Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, July 24, 2013$26 million · 1.75 in hail · 11 events
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, July 24, 20131 death · $5,000 · 60 kt wind · 1 event
- Dense Fog in Wisconsin, July 24, 201311 injured · $10,000 · 1 event
- Hail in Texas, July 24, 2013$250,000 · 1.25 in hail · 1 event
- Damaging Winds in Texas, July 24, 2013$100,000 · 61 kt wind · 2 events
- Flash Flooding in Arizona, July 24 to 26, 2013$78,000 · 4 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Montana, July 24, 20132 in hail · 30 events
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in New Mexico, July 24 to 25, 2013$26,000 · 61 kt wind · 4 events
- Flood in Arkansas, July 24 to 31, 2013$30,000 · 1 event
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in New Mexico, July 24, 20132 injured · $11,000 · 67 kt wind · 5 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, July 24, 2013$15,000 · 1.75 in hail · 8 events
- Damaging Winds in West Virginia, July 24, 2013$17,000 · 50 kt wind · 3 events
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: 471349, 471350, 471351, 471353, 471354, 471355, 471356.