North Carolina, 2013

Hail in North Carolina, May 7, 2013

May 7, 2013 · NWS GSP · 1 event in 1 county or zone

A few weak thunderstorms developed over western North Carolina beneath a strong upper low. Small hail was reported with one of the storms.

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
1

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What happened

The episode as NWS GSP wrote it up.

A few weak thunderstorms developed over western North Carolina beneath a strong upper low. Small hail was reported with one of the storms.

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 May 7, 1:33 PM EST, 2 hours 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 7, 1:33 PM EST, 2 hours 8 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
233 PM EDT TUE MAY 7 2013

.SYNOPSIS...
AN UPPER LEVEL LOW OVER THE WESTERN CAROLINAS WILL SLOWLY DRIFT
NORTHEAST REACHING THE MID ATLANTIC REGION ON WEDNESDAY. WEAK HIGH
PRESSURE WILL THEN FILL IN BEHIND THE UPPER LOW THURSDAY AND BRING
SEASONAL TEMPERATURES BACK TO THE REGION THROUGH FRIDAY. ANOTHER
COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE CAROLINAS FOR THE WEEKEND.

&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
AS OF MIDDAY TUE...UPPER LOW WILL CONTINUE TO SPIN OVER THE CWFA THIS
AFTERNOON AND OVERNIGHT BUT BY EARLY WED WILL MAKE EARNEST PROGRESS
NORTHWARD MAKING IT A LESSER PLAYER IN OUR WEATHER ON WEDNESDAY.  POP
TRENDS WILL REFLECT DIURNAL CYCLE OF INSTABILITY WHICH WILL CONTINUE
TO BE ENHANCED BY THE PRESENCE OF THE COLDER AIR ALOFT.

SCT SHOWERS HAVE DEVELOPED OVER MUCH OF THE AREA THIS
AFTERNOON...WITH THE GREATEST COVERAGE AND INTENSITY OVER THE NRN
BLUE RIDGE. WINDS THROUGHOUT THE COLUMN ARE PRACTICALLY NIL GIVEN THE
DEEP LOW BEING OVERHEAD...PARTICULARLY IN THE NRN HALF OF THE CWFA.
STORM MOTION IS VERY SLOW AS A RESULT...AND FLASH FLOODING WILL BE
SOMEWHAT OF A CONCERN ESPECIALLY NEAR THE AFOREMENTIONED PORTION OF
THE BLUE RIDGE. HOWEVER SOILS ARE WET AND BODIES OF WATER SWOLLEN
FROM THE RECENT RAINS SO AT LEAST MINOR ISSUES SUCH AS STANDING WATER
ON ROADS WILL BE POSSIBLE ANYWHERE THESE SHOWERS FORM. CONVECTION AND
PRECIP CHANCES WILL DIMINISH BY EARLY EVENING WITHOUT SFC FORCING TO
DRIVE SHOWERS/STORMS.

NAM/GFS DO BRING A VORT LOBE INTO THE AREA FROM THE NORTHWEST LATE
TONIGHT WHICH LEADS THE MODELS TO DEVELOP SOME PRECIP FROM THE DEEP
MOISTURE WHICH ACCOMPANIES THAT FEATURE. OTHERWISE THE UPPER FORCING
WILL STEADILY DIMINISH AS THE LOW LIFTS AWAY. CYCLONIC CURVATURE OF
THE SURROUNDING UPPER TROUGH WILL REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR LIFT THRU 00Z
THU BUT LLVL SYNOPTIC FORCING IS WEAK THROUGHOUT THE PERIOD. MINOR
NEAR-SFC Q-VEC CONVERGENCE SHOWN ON GFS/NAM TOMORROW BUT THIS SEEMS
TO BE MAINLY DUE TO CONVERGENCE IN THE SHIFTING WINDS AROUND THE WEAK
SFC LOW ATTENDANT TO THE UPPER PATTERN. LAPSE RATES ARE NOT QUITE AS
STRONG WITH THE UPPER HEIGHTS BEING HIGHER THOUGH CAPE VALUES WARRANT
SOME THUNDER MENTION. STORMS SHOULD MOVE MORE EFFECTIVELY WITH UPPER
WINDS PICKING BACK UP...MITIGATING THE RISK OF FLASH FLOODING.

&&

.SHORT TERM /WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY/...
AS OF 145 PM TUESDAY...CONVECTIVE CHANCES WILL REMAIN LARGELY
DIURNAL IN NATURE DURING THE FIRST HALF OF THE SHORT TERM PERIOD...
AS THE UPPER FLOW TURNS INCREASINGLY ANTICYCLONIC. IN FACT...AFTER
WEDNESDAY EVENING/S ACTIVITY WINDS DOWN...WE MAY NOT SEE APPRECIABLE
COVERAGE OF CONVECTION UNTIL FRIDAY AFTERNOON. THURSDAY AFTERNOON
FORECAST SOUNDINGS ARE LARGELY CAPPED BY A WEAK SUBSIDENCE INVERSION
NEAR H7. NEVERTHELESS...THERE WILL PROBABLY BE ENOUGH AFTERNOON
HEATING TO ALLOW SOME SHOWERS TO POP BENEATH THE CAP OVER THE HIGH
TERRAIN THURSDAY AFTERNOON...AS REFLECTED IN MODEL QPF PROGS. SLIGHT
CHANCES FOR SHOWERS WILL BE CONFINED MAINLY TO THE HIGH ELEVATIONS
NEAR THE BLUE RIDGE.

BY THE END OF THE DAY FRIDAY...WEAK HEIGHT FALLS ACROSS THE EASTERN
CONUS WILL ALLOW A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY TO SAG TOWARD THE REGION.
FALLING HEIGHTS SHOULD /UNCAP/ SOUNDINGS AND MOISTURE WILL DEEPEN IN
THE VICINITY OF THE FRONTAL ZONE. THIS WILL SPELL INCREASING CHANCES
FOR CONVECTION FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ALTHOUGH COVERAGE
SHOULD BE SOLID BY THE END OF THE DAY (ESPECIALLY OVER THE MTNS)...
IT APPEARS BUOYANCY AND SHEAR WILL BE WEAK AT BEST...SO SEVERE
WEATHER CHANCES APPEAR TO BE MINIMAL. A LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING
THREAT MAY EXIST...MAINLY IN LOCATIONS WITH FAVORABLE ANTECEDENT
CONDITIONS. TEMPERATURES WILL WARM ABOVE CLIMO BY THE END OF THE
PERIOD...LARGELY DUE TO MUCH IMPROVED INSOLATION AS WELL AS
STRENGTHENING SW FLOW/HIGHER HEIGHTS.

&&

.LONG TERM /FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY/...
AS OF 155 PM TUESDAY...THE MEDIUM RANGE WILL FEATURE A TALE OF TWO
REGIMES...A LATE SPRING/EARLY SUMMER-LIKE PATTERN OVER THE
WEEKEND...FOLLOWED BY A MUCH COOLER/DRIER EARLY SPRING-LIKE PATTERN
EARLY NEXT WEEK. THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL REMAIN QUASI-STATIONARY
OVER THE TENN VALLEY/SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS FRI NIGHT THROUGH EARLY
SUNDAY. THERE WILL BE A GENERAL LACK OF DEEP FORCING INTERACTING
WITH THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY...SO IT APPEARS THAT CONVECTION WILL BE
LARGELY TIED TO THE DIURNAL HEATING CYCLE...ALTHOUGH AT LEAST
ISOLATED CONVECTION IS LIKELY TO PERSIST WELL INTO FRI NIGHT AND SAT
NIGHT. HOWEVER...THE GREATEST COVERAGE WILL OCCUR DURING SATURDAY
AFTERNOON...AND LIKELY POPS WILL BE CARRIED IN MOST AREAS. BY
SUNDAY...STRONGER HEIGHT FALLS OVER THE EASTERN CONUS WILL SWEEP A
SECOND/STRONGER COLD FRONT INTO THE SOUTHEAST...WHICH WILL FINALLY
CLEAR OUT THE DEEPER MOISTURE AND USHER IN MUCH COOLER WEATHER TO
THE AREA.

MONDAY/MON NIGHT WILL FEATURE TEMPS ABOUT 10 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL
UNDER A DEEP EASTERN LONG WAVE TROUGH. A MODEL CONSENSUS SUGGESTS A
CLIPPER-LIKE SHORT WAVE WILL DIVE INTO THE BASE OF THE TROUGH BY DAY
7...REINFORCING THE LONG WAVE PATTERN...AND KEEPING TEMPS WELL BELOW
NORMAL THROUGH THE END OF THE PERIOD. IN FACT...FROST/FREEZE ISSUES
MAY BECOME A CONCERN ACROSS THE MTNS BY THE END OF THE PERIOD.

&&

.AVIATION /19Z TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/...
AT KCLT...DESPITE CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT WELL SOUTH OF THE FIELD
LITTLE LIGHTNING SEEN WITH ACTIVITY IN THAT AREA...SO THUNDER
CHANCES APPEAR TOO SMALL TO MENTION. INCLUDED MVFR SHRA IN A TEMPO
FOR NOW AND WILL WATCH TRENDS. CONVECTION AND SHOWER CHANCES WILL
DIMINISH BY SUNSET. MID-LEVEL MOISTURE INCREASES SOMEWHAT OVERNIGHT
BUT GUIDANCE KEEPS CIGS VFR...AND DESPITE HIGH SFC RH PROFILES ARE
UNFAVORABLE FOR FOG. SIMILAR TOMORROW IN THAT A FAIR AMOUNT OF
CONVECTION EXPECTED IN THE AREA...THOUGH CONDITIONS WILL BE A LITTLE
MORE STABLE. CHANCES WARRANT A PROB30 -SHRA AT THIS POINT.

ELSEWHERE...SCT TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON
THOUGH THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN ISOLATED. HIGHEST CHANCES IN BETTER
LLVL FORCING ALONG THE NRN BLUE RIDGE. VFR CIGS EXCEPT PERHAPS BRIEF
PERIODS OF MVFR IN HEAVIER SHOWERS. THINGS QUIET DOWN BY EVENING AS
DIURNAL INSTABILITY WANES. UPPER LEVEL IMPULSE EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP
SOME SHOWERS AS MID LEVEL MOISTURE ARRIVES LATE...BUT THESE WILL
MAINLY AFFECT THE NW HALF OF THE AREA. KHKY AND KAVL LIKELY TO SEE
RESTRICTIONS AGAIN AS THEY DID THIS MORNING...BUT THINK THE MID
CLOUDS AND MVFR CIGS WILL PREVENT FOG DEVELOPMENT. EXPECT SOME
ISOLD/SCT CONVECTION AROUND THE AREA BY MIDDAY WED...THOUGH CHANCES
TOO LOW TO MENTION WITH THIS PACKAGE.

OUTLOOK...A MID LEVEL LOW WILL MOVE NORTHWARD OUT OF THE REGION
MIDWEEK ALLOWING FOR A BRIEF PERIOD OF MORE SETTLED WEATHER BY
THURSDAY. AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL RETURN BY
FRIDAY.

CONFIDENCE TABLE...

            18-24Z        00-06Z        06-12Z        12-18Z
KCLT       HIGH 100%     HIGH 100%     HIGH 100%     HIGH 100%
KGSP       HIGH 100%     HIGH 100%     HIGH 100%     HIGH 100%
KAVL       HIGH 100%     HIGH  94%     HIGH  88%     HIGH 100%
KHKY       HIGH 100%     HIGH 100%     MED   71%     HIGH  87%
KGMU       HIGH 100%     HIGH 100%     HIGH 100%     HIGH 100%
KAND       HIGH 100%     HIGH 100%     HIGH  97%     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...WIMBERLEY
SHORT TERM...JDL
LONG TERM...JDL
AVIATION...WIMBERLEY
Hazardous weather outlook, May 7, 5:14 AM EST, 10 hours 27 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
614 AM EDT TUE MAY 7 2013

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065-
068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-081015-
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-
614 AM EDT TUE MAY 7 2013

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE...MAINLY THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING...ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA. THE
MAIN THREAT FROM THE STORMS WILL BE CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING.
HEAVY RAIN FROM PERSISTENT STORMS COULD RESULT IN RUNOFF THAT
CAUSES RAPID RISES ON SOME STREAMS AND CREEKS STILL SWOLLEN FROM
RECENT RAINFALL. WATER LEVELS WILL REMAIN HIGH ALONG MOST OF THE
MAIN STEM RIVERS THROUGH TONIGHT. REFER TO THE LATEST WARNINGS AND
STATEMENTS FOR POINTS ALONG THE FRENCH BROAD RIVER...BROAD
RIVER...AND CATAWBA RIVER FOR MORE INFORMATION.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

NONE.

MOORE

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 7, 2:17 PM EST, 1 hour 24 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
317 PM EDT TUE MAY 7 2013

SCZ013-072015-
UNION-
317 PM EDT TUE MAY 7 2013

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL UNION COUNTY THROUGH 415
PM EDT...

AT 313 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTH OF UNION...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5
MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SANTUC AND
  BUFFALO.

SMALL HAIL...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND TORRENTIAL RAIN ARE EXPECTED
WITH THIS STORM.

THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS AND WET SOIL CONDITIONS WILL CAUSE
SCATTERED TREES AND POWER LINES TO FALL. SEEK SHELTER INSIDER AN
INTERIOR ROOM.

LAT...LON 3468 8148 3453 8159 3464 8174 3473 8168

JOH
Special weather statement, May 7, 2:25 PM EST, 1 hour 16 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
325 PM EDT TUE MAY 7 2013

SCZ012-013-072030-
LAURENS-UNION-
325 PM EDT TUE MAY 7 2013

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT EASTERN LAURENS AND SOUTHERN
UNION COUNTIES THROUGH 430 PM EDT...

AT 325 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
SEDALIA TO 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LAURENS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SEDALIA...
  JOANNA AND CLINTON.

SMALL HAIL...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND TORRENTIAL RAIN ARE EXPECTED
WITH THESE STORMS.

HEAVY RAINS MAY FLOOD AREAS WITH POOR DRAINAGE...SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS. WATER
LEVELS OF SMALL STREAMS AND RIVERS MAY ALSO RISE RAPIDLY. SEEK HIGHER
GROUND IF THREATENED BY FLOOD WATERS.

LAT...LON 3447 8207 3460 8172 3450 8141 3449 8144
      3448 8149 3444 8154 3451 8160 3452 8164
      3444 8173 3436 8178 3434 8183

JOH
Special weather statement, May 7, 2:45 PM EST, 56 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
345 PM EDT TUE MAY 7 2013

SCZ012-019-072045-
GREENWOOD-LAURENS-
345 PM EDT TUE MAY 7 2013

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHERN GREENWOOD AND SOUTHERN
LAURENS COUNTIES THROUGH 445 PM EDT...

AT 342 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES WEST OF WATERLOO...OR 11 MILES NORTH OF
GREENWOOD...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LAKE
  GREENWOOD...WATERLOO AND CROSS HILL.

SMALL HAIL...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND TORRENTIAL RAIN ARE EXPECTED
WITH THIS STORM.

THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS AND WET SOIL CONDITIONS WILL CAUSE
SCATTERED TREES AND POWER LINES TO FALL. SEEK SHELTER INSIDER AN
INTERIOR ROOM.

LAT...LON 3436 8191 3421 8203 3434 8219 3440 8213

JOH
Special weather statement, May 7, 2:48 PM EST, 53 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
348 PM EDT TUE MAY 7 2013

NCZ035-036-056-072045-
ALEXANDER-CATAWBA-IREDELL-
348 PM EDT TUE MAY 7 2013

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT ALEXANDER...NORTHERN CATAWBA AND
NORTHERN IREDELL COUNTIES THROUGH 445 PM EDT...

AT 346 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 4 MILES WEST OF
UNION GROVE TO BETHLEHEM...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LOOKOUT
  SHOALS LAKE...LAKE HICKORY...UNION GROVE...TAYLORSVILLE...STONY
  POINT...ST. STEPHENS...SCOTTS...MILLERSVILLE...LOVE VALLEY...
  HIDDENITE...HARMONY...CLAREMONT...CATAWBA AND BETHLEHEM.

SMALL HAIL...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND TORRENTIAL RAIN ARE EXPECTED
WITH THESE STORMS.

HEAVY RAINS MAY FLOOD AREAS WITH POOR DRAINAGE...SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS. WATER
LEVELS OF SMALL STREAMS AND RIVERS MAY ALSO RISE RAPIDLY. SEEK HIGHER
GROUND IF THREATENED BY FLOOD WATERS.

LAT...LON 3605 8069 3601 8069 3565 8112 3581 8134
      3586 8134 3604 8111 3603 8108 3606 8100

JOH
Special weather statement, May 7, 3:03 PM EST, 38 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
403 PM EDT TUE MAY 7 2013

SCZ013-014-072100-
CHESTER-UNION-
403 PM EDT TUE MAY 7 2013

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHEASTERN UNION AND WESTERN
CHESTER COUNTIES THROUGH 500 PM EDT...

AT 400 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR SANTUC...OR 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF UNION...
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SANTUC...
  LEEDS AND CARLISLE.

SMALL HAIL...AND TORRENTIAL RAIN ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

HEAVY RAINS MAY FLOOD AREAS WITH POOR DRAINAGE...SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS. WATER
LEVELS OF SMALL STREAMS AND RIVERS MAY ALSO RISE RAPIDLY. SEEK HIGHER
GROUND IF THREATENED BY FLOOD WATERS.

LAT...LON 3459 8161 3470 8153 3468 8129 3456 8136
      3456 8141 3456 8142 3450 8141 3449 8142
      3449 8143

JOH
Special weather statement, May 7, 3:30 PM EST, 11 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
430 PM EDT TUE MAY 7 2013

NCZ056-068-069-504-072130-
CATAWBA-CLEVELAND-GREATER BURKE-LINCOLN-
430 PM EDT TUE MAY 7 2013

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHERN CLEVELAND...
NORTHWESTERN LINCOLN...SOUTHERN BURKE AND SOUTHWESTERN CATAWBA
COUNTIES THROUGH 530 PM EDT...

AT 427 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR PLEASANT GROVE...OR 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
MORGANTON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SOUTH
  MOUNTAINS STATE PARK...VALE...POLKVILLE...PLEASANT GROVE...
  COOKSVILLE...CASAR AND BELWOOD.

SMALL HAIL...AND TORRENTIAL RAIN ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

HEAVY RAINS MAY FLOOD AREAS WITH POOR DRAINAGE...SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS. WATER
LEVELS OF SMALL STREAMS AND RIVERS MAY ALSO RISE RAPIDLY. SEEK HIGHER
GROUND IF THREATENED BY FLOOD WATERS.

LAT...LON 3575 8151 3553 8132 3539 8164 3567 8172

JOH

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Hail, Burke

When
May 7, 3:41 PM EST
Where
Burke County, 2.25 mi E of Pleasant Grove Brke
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
Broadcast Media
Coordinates
35.630, -81.560

Penny size hail fell along Sugar Loaf 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.

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