Hail, Henderson
- When
- June 13, 3:35 PM EST
- Where
- Henderson County, Etowah
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 35.320, -82.600
Spotter reported quarter size hail.
Showers and thunderstorms developing over the mountains during the late afternoon organized into a broken line, which moved across the foothills and Piedmont during the evening. A few brief severe storms occurred.
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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.
The episode as NWS GSP wrote it up.
Showers and thunderstorms developing over the mountains during the late afternoon organized into a broken line, which moved across the foothills and Piedmont during the evening. A few brief severe storms occurred.
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 Jun 13, 3:32 PM EST, 3 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
432 PM EDT FRI JUN 13 2014
.SYNOPSIS...
A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH AND CROSS THE AREA FROM THE
NORTHWEST AND SHOULD STALL OUT TO OUR SOUTH OVER THE LATTER HALF OF
THE WEEKEND. THIS FRONT WILL THEN DISSIPATE AS A BERMUDA HIGH BUILDS
IN FROM THE EAST TOWARD THE BEGINNING OF THE WORK WEEK.
&&
.NEAR TERM /THROUGH SATURDAY/...
AS OF 430 PM...LINE OF CONVECTION MOVING INTO THE MTNS WITH THE
APPROACHING SHORT WAVE WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE CWFA THRU THE LATE
AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING. A FEW STRONG STORMS WITH ISOLATED SVR
STORMS LOOKS LIKELY AS THIS SYSTEM MOVES THRU. STILL EXPECT A MAINLY
DIURNAL TREND TO CONVECTION...WITH A FEW LINGERING SHOWERS AFTER
MIDNIGHT TAPERING OFF BY DAYBREAK. OTHERWISE...GOING FCST GENERALLY
ON TRACK WITH UPDATES MAINLY FOR POP AND CURRENT CONDITIONS.
AS OF 215 PM EDT...WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWS THE APPROACHING UPPER
SHORTWAVE OVER THE BASE OF THE SRN APPALACHIANS THIS AFTERNOON.
RADAR COVERAGE IS STARTING TO BLOSSOM AHEAD OF THE WAVE...WITH
FAIRLY ROBUST 2000 TO 3000 J/KG SBCAPE VALUES IN PLACE FROM GOOD
INSOLATION TODAY. THE BEST DEEP LAYER QG FORCING WITH THE PASSING
WAVE WILL AFFECT OUR FORECAST AREA THROUGH 00Z THIS EVENING.
COVERAGE SHOULD BE BEST INITIALLY THIS AFTN OVER SW SECTIONS...BUT
FAIRLY SOLID CHC POPS WILL INCREASINGLY BE NEEDED OVER ERN SECTIONS
THROUGH LATE AFTN AND EARLY EVENING AS THE WAVE PROGRESSES EASTWARD
AND OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES GET GENERATED. THE LATEST CONVECTION ALLOWING
MODELS ARE NOW PRODUCING BETTER COVERAGE ON OUTFLOWS OVER UPSTATE SC
AND NE GEORGIA FROM THE CURRENT MTN ACTIVITY...AND POPS HAVE BEEN
TRENDED UPWARDS ACCORDINGLY THROUGH LATE DAY.
THE TRAILING SFC COLD FRONT WILL SLIP ACROSS THE MTNS THROUGH EARLY
EVENING AND SETTLE SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA OVERNIGHT.
DRYING WILL BEGIN IN THE NW TO N FLOW OVERNIGHT...BUT BOUNDARY LAYER
MOISTURE MAY WELL LINGER BEHIND THE WEAK FRONT. ANY DEGREE OF
EASTERLY FLOW AT LOW LEVELS BEHIND THE BOUNDARY OVERNIGHT COULD
YIELD LOWER STRATUS CLOUDS SAT MORNING. OTHERWISE...UPPER LEVEL
RIDGING WILL BUILD FROM THE MS RIVER VALLEY TO THE WESTERN CAROLINAS
THROUGH SAT. DEEP LAYER DRYING SHOULD CONTINUE FROM THE NW...BUT
LINGERING LOW LEVEL MOISTURE AND A BETTER SE COMPONENT TO THE LOW
LEVEL FLOW THROUGH THE DAY WILL PERMIT CHC COVERAGE IN THE SRN
ESCARPMENT AREA SAT AFTN. MAXES SHOULD REACH NEAR CLIMO.
&&
.SHORT TERM /SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY/...
AS OF 200 PM EDT FRIDAY...AN UPPER RIDGE WILL BUILD OVER THE REGION
THROUGH THE LATE WEEKEND AND REMAIN OVER THE REGION THROUGH MONDAY.\
AT THE SAME TIME...SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL MIGRATE FROM THE
LOWER GREAT LAKES TO OFF THE DELMARVA PENINSULA BY LATE SUNDAY. AS A
RESULT...CONVECTION WILL GENERALLY BE SUPPRESSED THROUGH SUNDAY.
HOWEVER...WINDS WILL VEER TO SE SUNDAY AFTERNOON WHICH WILL PROVIDE
ENOUGH MOISTURE AND MECHANICAL LIFT TO GENERATE SCT THUNDERSTORMS
OVER THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE FORECAST AREA. CONVECTION WILL WANE
SUN NIGHT WITH THE LOSS OF HEATING. ON MONDAY...WITH BOUNDARY LAYER
WINDS REMAINING SE...EXPECT A REPEAT OF SCT THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
AFTERNOON WITH COVERAGE EXTENDING FARTHER EASTWARD THANKS TO
INCREASED MOISURE. TEMPS WILL INCREASE TO ABOUT A CATEGORY ABOVE
CLIMO.
&&
.LONG TERM /MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY/...
AS OF 100 PM EDT FRIDAY...THE BEGINNING OF THE EXTENDED PERIOD WILL
MARK THE RETURN OF A MORE TYPICAL DIURNAL SUMMER PATTERN OF SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS. NEXT TUESDAY BEGINS WITH A BERMUDA HIGH EXPANDING
OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN CONUS...CONTRIBUTING AN EASTERLY/WEAK UPSLOPE
COMPONENT TO THE FLOW ACROSS THE CWA. POPS WILL MAINLY FOLLOW A
DIURNAL PATTERN...GENERALLY FAVORING THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS DUE TO
THE ABOVE MENTIONED EASTERLY FLOW. THIS WILL MAINLY PUT A DAMPER ON
ORGANIZED SEVERE POTENTIAL...BUT LOW-END INSTABILITY/A LAYER OF
MID-LEVEL DRY AIR COULD CONTRIBUTE TO ISOLATED PULSE-TYPE SVR
CHANCES. THE MEDIUM RANGE MODELS KEEP THE BEST LARGE-SCALE FORCING
OVER THE MIDWEST LATER IN THE WEEK...CREATING A PATTERN THAT COULD
FEATURE LARGE MCS DEVELOPMENT WELL TO OUR NORTH AND WEST OVERNIGHT
PROPAGATING TOWARD THE CWA BY DAYBREAK. ANY LEFTOVER MCC/MCS THAT
DOES MAKE IT PAST THE MOUNTAINS SHOULD HAVE WEAKENED
SUBSTANTIALLY...KEEPING ANY TS/RA THREAT LOW-END.
REGARDING THE NEXT LARGE-SCALE SYSTEM..THE LATEST GFS IS SLIGHTLY
MORE PROGRESSIVE THAN THE ECMWF WITH A TROF CROSSING THE NRN CONUS...BUT
BOTH MODELS HAVE SUFFICIENTLY SLOWED THE SYSTEM SO THAT SOONEST
POSSIBLE FROPA WOULD BE LATE FRIDAY/SATURDAY NEXT WEEK. AS FOR
TEMPERATURES...AN H500 RIDGE WILL MOVE OVER THE EASTERN CONUS...AND
RISING HEIGHTS THROUGH MIDWEEK WILL ALLOW HIGHS TO REACH INTO THE
LOW 90S...OR ABOUT A CATEGORY ABOVE CLIMO.
&&
.AVIATION /21Z FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
AT KCLT...THE FORECAST STILL APPEARS ON TRACK FOR LATE DAY
CONVECTION CHANCES AT THE AIRFIELD. ON THE 18Z ISSUANCE...WE HAVE
BROADENED THE TEMPO FROM 21Z TO 01Z GIVEN THE ISOLD CELLS FORMING
OVER THE WRN NC PIEDMONT AHEAD OF THE MAIN APPROACHING UPPER WAVE.
ANTICIPATE MAINLY VFR CUMULUS CIGS THROUGH EVENING...WITH ANY MVFR
RESTRICTIONS UNDER TSTMS QUITE BRIEF. SW FLOW AHEAD OF THE WAVE AND
ASSOCIATED SFC COLD FRONT WILL TOGGLE NW CIRCA 01Z THIS EVENING AND
THEN TURN NE OVERNIGHT. THE LIGHT MIXING AND WEAK DRYING ON NRLY
FLOW SHOULD KEEP ANY EARLY MORNING RESTRICTIONS AT BAY...BUT CANNOT
RULE OUT SOME LOW STRATUS OR EVEN FOG IF THE AIRFIELD GETS HEAVY
RAIN TOWARD EVENING. EXPECT LIGHT NE FLOW WITH FEW TO SCT
STRATOCUMULUS THROUGH SAT MORNING.
ELSEWHERE...CONVECTION IS ALREADY NEAR KAVL AT ISSUANCE TIME...AND
SHOULD RAPIDLY FILL IN NEAR THE UPSTATE TAF SITES THROUGH 19Z AS THE
UPPER WAVE FORCING ARRIVES OVER AN UNSTABLE AIRMASS. WILL TEMPO TSRA
AT THE FOOTHILL TAF SITES 19Z TO 23Z...BUT FEATURE ONLY VCTS AT KHKY
WHERE CHANCES LOOK A BIT LESS FOR NOW. ANTICIPATE WSW WINDS TOGGLING
NW WITH THE WAVE PASSAGE AND WEAK SFC FROPA THROUGH THE EVENING...
THEN TURNING TURN MORE NRLY WITH WEAK DRYING OVERNIGHT. DRYING WILL
BE MORE LIMITED IN SRN SECTIONS...WITH MORNING RESTRICTIONS MOST
POSSIBLE FROM THE SW MTN VALLEYS TO KAND. NO ADDITIONAL
PRECIPITATION WILL BE FEATURED THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE TAF
PERIOD...BUT A FEW UPSLOPE SHOWERS COULD DEVELOP IN SW SECTIONS ON
SAT. OTHERWISE...EXPECT NE WINDS...EXCEPT FOR CONTINUED NW FLOW AT
KAVL...AND MAINLY SCT VFR CLOUDS.
OUTLOOK...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS
WILL CONTINUE INTO THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK...WITH THE BEST COVERAGE
IN AND NEAR THE MTNS. THE BEST CHANCE FOR RESTRICTIONS WILL BE IN
TSRA AND ALSO IN THE MTN VALLEYS EACH MORNING WHERE LOW CLOUDS AND
FOG MAY FORM...AND IN AREAS WHERE RAIN FALLS THE DAY BEFORE.
CONFIDENCE TABLE...
20-02Z 02-08Z 08-14Z 14-20Z
KCLT HIGH 100% HIGH 100% HIGH 97% HIGH 100%
KGSP HIGH 100% HIGH 100% HIGH 100% HIGH 100%
KAVL HIGH 100% HIGH 88% MED 69% HIGH 92%
KHKY HIGH 100% HIGH 100% HIGH 97% HIGH 100%
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...VISIN
NEAR TERM...HG/RWH
SHORT TERM...LG
LONG TERM...VISIN
AVIATION...HGHAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1203 PM EDT FRI JUN 13 2014 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065- 068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-141615- 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- 1203 PM EDT FRI JUN 13 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. THE MAIN HAZARD WITH THESE STORMS WILL BE CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE STRONG TO DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND PENNY TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. ..SATURDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ..SUNDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ..MONDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ..TUESDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ..WEDNESDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ..THURSDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... NONE. GERAPETRITIS
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
248 PM EDT FRI JUN 13 2014
NCZ069>072-131930-
CABARRUS-GASTON-LINCOLN-MECKLENBURG-
248 PM EDT FRI JUN 13 2014
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHERN MECKLENBURG...
SOUTHEASTERN LINCOLN...NORTHEASTERN GASTON AND NORTHWESTERN CABARRUS
COUNTIES THROUGH 330 PM EDT...
AT 244 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR LOWESVILLE...OR 13 MILES EAST OF
LINCOLNTON...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
LOWESVILLE...
MCGUIRE STATION...
CORNELIUS...
HUNTERSVILLE...
SMALL HAIL...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. IF OUTDOORS...TRY TO
GET INDOORS OR INTO A HARD TOPPED VEHICLE. OTHERWISE...STAY AWAY FROM
OPEN AREAS AND ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES. WHEN INDOORS...
STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS AND AVOID USING WIRED ELECTRONIC
DEVICES. TRY TO UNPLUG UNNECESSARY APPLIANCES BEFORE THE STORM
APPROACHES.
LAKE NORMAN IS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM. CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS BOATING CONDITIONS.
MOVE TO SHORE IMMEDIATELY.
LAT...LON 3532 8068 3536 8112 3549 8112 3552 8096
3550 8096 3549 8095 3552 8090 3551 8081
3551 8069 3550 8067
CDGSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
338 PM EDT FRI JUN 13 2014
NCZ071-132030-
MECKLENBURG-
338 PM EDT FRI JUN 13 2014
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHERN MECKLENBURG COUNTY
THROUGH 430 PM EDT...
AT 335 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR MOUNTAIN ISLAND LAKE...OR 12 MILES NORTHWEST
OF CENTER CITY CHARLOTTE...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
PAW CREEK...
HUNTERSVILLE...
NORTHLAKE MALL...
I-77 AT I-85...
HIDDEN VALLEY...
UNC CHARLOTTE...
SMALL HAIL...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. IF OUTDOORS...TRY TO
GET INDOORS OR INTO A HARD TOPPED VEHICLE. OTHERWISE...STAY AWAY FROM
OPEN AREAS AND ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES. WHEN INDOORS...
STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS AND AVOID USING WIRED ELECTRONIC
DEVICES. TRY TO UNPLUG UNNECESSARY APPLIANCES BEFORE THE STORM
APPROACHES.
LAKE NORMAN IS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM. CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING
AND GUSTY WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS BOATING CONDITIONS. MOVE TO
SHORE IMMEDIATELY.
PLEASE REPORT DAMAGING WINDS...HAIL...OR FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG BY CALLING TOLL FREE...1...
800...2 6 7...8 1 0 1...OR BY POSTING ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGE...OR TWEET
IT USING HASHTAG NWSGSP. YOUR MESSAGE SHOULD DESCRIBE THE EVENT AND
SPECIFIC LOCATION WHERE IT OCCURRED.
LAT...LON 3520 8072 3530 8100 3535 8097 3536 8092
3537 8098 3539 8096 3549 8095 3546 8077
3542 8075 3540 8077 3535 8069 3530 8067
CDGSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
352 PM EDT FRI JUN 13 2014
NCZ052-059-062>064-132045-
HAYWOOD-MACON-NORTHERN JACKSON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-
352 PM EDT FRI JUN 13 2014
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT CENTRAL JACKSON...NORTH CENTRAL
TRANSYLVANIA...MACON AND SOUTHEASTERN HAYWOOD COUNTIES THROUGH 445 PM
EDT...
AT 349 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM SYLVA TO NANTAHALA
LAKE...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
THESE STORMS WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
CULLOWHEE...
FRANKLIN...
BLACK BALSAM AREA...
SMALL HAIL...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL ARE
EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.
FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. IF OUTDOORS...TRY TO
GET INDOORS OR INTO A HARD TOPPED VEHICLE. OTHERWISE...STAY AWAY FROM
OPEN AREAS AND ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES. WHEN INDOORS...
STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS AND AVOID USING WIRED ELECTRONIC
DEVICES. TRY TO UNPLUG UNNECESSARY APPLIANCES BEFORE THE STORM
APPROACHES.
PLEASE REPORT DAMAGING WINDS...HAIL...OR FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG BY CALLING TOLL FREE...1...
800...2 6 7...8 1 0 1...OR BY POSTING ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGE...OR TWEET
IT USING HASHTAG NWSGSP. YOUR MESSAGE SHOULD DESCRIBE THE EVENT AND
SPECIFIC LOCATION WHERE IT OCCURRED.
LAT...LON 3542 8316 3542 8274 3535 8267 3507 8320
3507 8359 3516 8367
CDGSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
353 PM EDT FRI JUN 13 2014
NCZ057-072-132100-
CABARRUS-ROWAN-
353 PM EDT FRI JUN 13 2014
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHEASTERN ROWAN AND
NORTHEASTERN CABARRUS COUNTIES THROUGH 500 PM EDT...
AT 352 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CHINA GROVE...OR 9 MILES
NORTHEAST OF CONCORD...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
ROCKWELL...
MOUNT PLEASANT...
SMALL HAIL...WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. IF OUTDOORS...TRY TO
GET INDOORS OR INTO A HARD TOPPED VEHICLE. OTHERWISE...STAY AWAY FROM
OPEN AREAS AND ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES. WHEN INDOORS...
STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS AND AVOID USING WIRED ELECTRONIC
DEVICES. TRY TO UNPLUG UNNECESSARY APPLIANCES BEFORE THE STORM
APPROACHES.
PLEASE REPORT DAMAGING WINDS...HAIL...OR FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG BY CALLING TOLL FREE...1...
800...2 6 7...8 1 0 1...OR BY POSTING ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGE...OR TWEET
IT USING HASHTAG NWSGSP. YOUR MESSAGE SHOULD DESCRIBE THE EVENT AND
SPECIFIC LOCATION WHERE IT OCCURRED.
LAT...LON 3550 8030 3532 8041 3551 8069 3565 8055
3569 8033 3564 8029 3564 8026 3558 8020
3555 8020 3552 8018 3550 8018
CDGThe Greer radar (KGSP), 60 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:35 UTC.
6 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Spotter reported quarter size hail.
County comms reported multiple trees and power lines blown down.
Spotter reported multiple trees blown down on Highway 70 east of Morganton.
County comms reported multiple trees and power lines blown down on Barcose St and Hickory Blvd on the south side of Lenoir.
Ham radio operator reported multiple large tree limbs blown down along Alfred Hartley Rd.
Newspaper reported multiple trees and large limbs blown down across Gaston County, particularly in the Dallas and Lowell areas.
Ham radio operator reported 3/4 inch hail near McIlwaine Rd and Beatties Ford Rd.
Ham radio operator reported 6-inch diameter tree limbs blown down near McIlwaine Rd and Beatties Ford Rd.
Ham radio operator reported nickel size hail at Robinwood Rd and E Hudson Blvd.
Spotter reported quarter size hail. Newspaper reported ping pong ball size hail in the Gastonia area as well.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in North Carolina in 2014Every state in 2014This day in weather historyWarnings in North Carolina, June 2014
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: 519440, 519434, 519435, 519436, 524702, 529011, 524703, 524704, 524705, 519437.