Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, June 16, 2014

Name: Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, June 16, 2014
Start: 2014-06-16T13:00
End: 2014-06-16T16:10
Location: North Carolina

June 16, 2014 · NWS GSP · 13 events in 8 counties and zones

Scattered to numerous thunderstorms developed during the afternoon, with several of those becoming strong to briefly severe, primarily across the foothills and Piedmont.

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: $5,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 13

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.

Scattered to numerous thunderstorms developed during the afternoon, with several of those becoming strong to briefly severe, primarily across the foothills and Piedmont.

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 Jun 16, 10:09 AM EST, 2 hours 51 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 16, 10:09 AM EST, 2 hours 51 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1109 AM EDT MON JUN 16 2014

.SYNOPSIS...
DEEP LAYERED HIGH PRESSURE WILL PERSIST ATOP THE SOUTHEAST REGION
THIS WEEK. THIS WILL KEEP A RELATIVELY WARM AIR MASS IN PLACE ACROSS
THE AREA INTO THE WEEKEND.

&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/...
AS OF 1045 AM...A LARGE PATCH OF ALTOCU CAN BE SEEN IN METARS AND ON
VIS SAT IMAGERY...DISSIPATING UNDER A LARGE ANTICYCLONE CENTERED
ATOP THE CWFA THIS MORNING. THE CLOUDS ARE INDICATIVE OF PLENTY OF
MOISTURE FOR CONVECTION TODAY. DESPITE A FAIRLY SUPPRESSIVE SYNOPTIC
SETUP...GUIDANCE SEEMS TO BE IN DECENT AGREEMENT ON SCATTERED SHWRS
AND TSTMS DEVELOPING THIS AFTN. I BLENDED IN THE CONVECTION-ALLOWING
MODEL CONSENSUS AND SMOOTHED IT OUT...RESULTING IN HIGH-CHC TO EVEN
SOME LIKELY POP IN THE NC MTNS...AND GENERALLY LOW-END CHC TO SLGT
CHC ACRS THE PIEDMONT. THE 12Z GSO AND FFC SOUNDINGS SHOW 2500+ J/KG
OF CAPE WITH NO CIN BY PEAK HEATING. THERE IS ALSO SOME DRY AIR
ABOVE 700 MB ON THE GSO SNDG...BUT MID LVL MOISTURE LOOKS TO PIVOT
IN FROM THE SOUTHWEST. SO DCAPE MAY ONLY BE MODEST THIS AFTN...BUT
STILL ENUF FOR A WET MICROBURST THREAT. THE LATEST DAY 1 SPC
CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK HAS A 5% FOR DAMAGING WIND THREAT FOR MOST OF THE
CWFA. AS FOR ANYTHING OTHER THAN PULSE CONVECTIVE MODE...THE SHEAR
LOOKS FAIRLY WEAK. THE LAST COUPLE OF HRRR RUNS HINT AT A COLD POOL
ORGANIZING OFF THE BLUE RIDGE...DRIFTING TOWARD THE CHARLOTTE METRO
AREA. THIS MAY HELP ENHANCE COVERAGE THERE. ABOVE NORMAL AFTN HIGHS
ARE EXPECTED.

DEEP CONVECTION SHOULD ASH OUT ONE TO TWO HOURS FOLLOWING SUNSET
THIS EVENING. CONDENSATION PRESSURE DEFICITS INDICATE LESS POTENTIAL
FOR FOG TONIGHT...BUT FOG IS POSSIBLE OVER AREAS OF AFTERNOON
RAINFALL. TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE NEAR TERM SHOULD RANGE A FEW
DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL.

&&

.SHORT TERM /TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT/...
AS OF 230 AM MONDAY...THE FORECAST LOOKS VERY PERSISTENT AS AN UPPER
RIDGE REMAINS FIRMLY IN PLACE OVER THE SOUTHEAST AND SURFACE HIGH
PRESSURE EXTENDS FROM BERMUDA TO THE COASTAL SOUTHEAST THROUGH
WEDNESDAY AND BEYOND. THAT MEANS WE CAN EXPECT TYPICAL DIURNALLY
DRIVEN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY. HIGH TEMPERATURES SHOULD
CREEP UP A DEGREE OR SO TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY...AND LOW TEMPS SHOULD
BE SEASONALLY MILD.

&&

.LONG TERM /THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/...
AS OF 245 AM EDT MONDAY...SUMMER...SUMMER...SUMMER...OR SO IT WILL
FEEL LIKE THROUGH THE MEDIUM RANGE. THE UPPER RIDGE OVER THE
SOUTHEAST AND CAROLINAS WILL SLOWLY BREAK DOWN AND FLATTEN AT THE
END OF THE WEEK. THE MODELS SHOW A STEADY PARADE OF VORTICITY
CENTERS MOVING PAST OVER THE TOP OF THE FLATTENING RIDGE...EACH OF
WHICH COULD BE ASSOCIATED WITH AN MCS OR REMNANTS THEREOF...BUT ALAS
ALL THESE FEATURES ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN NORTH OF THE FCST AREA
THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. THE TREND IN THE NEW MODEL GUIDANCE FOR THE
WEEKEND IS TO NOT BRING ANY SIGNIFICANT SHORT WAVES ACROSS THE
REGION...WHICH SUGGESTS LESS OF A CHANCE OF ORGANIZED THUNDERSTORM
ACTIVITY FOR SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. HOWEVER...THE FCST WAS UPDATED TO
RAISE THE POP INTO THE CHANCE RANGE BASED ON SLIGHTLY BETTER
COVERAGE IN THE MODEL GUIDANCE AND TO COME MORE INTO LINE WITH
NEIGHBORING FCSTS.

&&

.AVIATION /15Z MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/...
AT KCLT...VFR CONDITIONS IS GENERALLY EXPECTED DURING THE TAF
PERIOD. HOWEVER...MVFR FOG/HZ COULD LINGER ACROSS THE TERMINAL UNTIL
13Z. LIGHT SOUTH WINDS THIS MORNING WILL VEER TO WEST-SOUTHWEST THIS
AFTERNOON. THE NAM INDICATES THAT DEEP CONVECTION COULD DEVELOP OVER
THE EAST FACING SLOPES AROUND MID DAY...TRACKING EAST WITH A COLD
POOL DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. AT THIS TIME...THE POTENTIAL FOR
CONVECTION APPEARS LIMITED TO THE 22Z TO 01Z TIME WINDOW ACROSS THE
I-77 CORRIDOR.

ELSEWHERE...AT 1030Z...KGSP RADAR DETECTED A FEW LIGHT SHRA ACROSS
THE WESTERN NC MTNS. THESE SHRAS APPEAR SUPPORTED BY WEAK INSTABILITY
AND LLVL SOUTH FLOW. IN THE NEAR TERM...THE SHRA SHOULD NOT IMPACT
THE WESTERN CAROLINA TERMINALS. MID LEVEL CLOUD COVER WILL LIKELY
LINGER THROUGH THE MORNING. BASED ON RECENT MORNING OBS...FOG OR
HAZE MAY TEMPO IMPACT TERMINALS UNTIL 13Z. THE NAM INDICATES THAT
DEEP CONVECTION COULD DEVELOP OVER THE EAST FACING SLOPES AROUND MID
DAY...TRACKING EAST WITH A COLD POOL DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. THE
POTENTIAL FOR CONVECTION WARRANTS A PROB30 WITHIN THE 19Z TO 24Z
WINDOW AT KAVL AND KHKY.

OUTLOOK...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS
ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE WEEK...WITH THE BEST COVERAGE ACROSS 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 OVER AREAS OF
RECENT RAINFALL.

CONFIDENCE TABLE...

            15-21Z        21-03Z        03-09Z        09-15Z
KCLT       HIGH 100%     HIGH 100%     HIGH 100%     HIGH 100%
KGSP       HIGH 100%     HIGH 100%     HIGH 100%     HIGH 100%
KAVL       HIGH 100%     HIGH 100%     HIGH 100%     HIGH 100%
KHKY       HIGH 100%     HIGH 100%     HIGH 100%     HIGH 100%
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...PM
NEAR TERM...ARK/NED
SHORT TERM...PM
LONG TERM...PM
AVIATION...NED

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 16, 5:09 AM EST, 7 hours 51 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
609 AM EDT MON JUN 16 2014

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065-
068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-171015-
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-
609 AM EDT MON JUN 16 2014

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 EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE
MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS THIS AFTERNOON. STORMS WILL BE MORE
ISOLATED OVER THE PIEDMONT OF THE CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS THE PRIMARY THREAT. A FEW
OF THE STORMS COULD PRODUCE SEVERE WEATHER...MAINLY IN THE FORM OF
DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. THE MOST LIKELY LOCATION FOR SEVERE STORMS IS
ALONG THE INTERSTATE 40 CORRIDOR. THE STORMS WILL WEAKEN IN THE
EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

..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.
..FRIDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
..SATURDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
..SUNDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

NONE.

MOORE

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 16, 12:14 PM EST, 46 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
114 PM EDT MON JUN 16 2014

NCZ069-161745-
LINCOLN-
114 PM EDT MON JUN 16 2014

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT LINCOLN COUNTY THROUGH 145 PM
EDT...

AT 109 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR LINCOLNTON...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
  BOGER CITY...
  IRON STATION...
  DENVER...

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

LAT...LON 3544 8096 3540 8096 3541 8120 3547 8143
      3556 8135 3555 8098 3553 8094 3551 8096
      3545 8094

CSH

Special weather statement, Jun 16, 12:37 PM EST, 23 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
137 PM EDT MON JUN 16 2014

NCZ033-501-503-161800-
AVERY-BURKE MOUNTAINS-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-
137 PM EDT MON JUN 16 2014

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHWESTERN BURKE...WEST
CENTRAL CALDWELL AND SOUTHEASTERN AVERY COUNTIES THROUGH 200 PM
EDT...

AT 136 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR JONAS RIDGE...OR 10 MILES SOUTH OF
NEWLAND...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

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

LAT...LON 3602 8163 3594 8166 3589 8174 3585 8181
      3584 8192 3589 8191 3596 8195 3605 8189

CSH

The radar

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Event by event

9 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Burke

When: June 16, 1:00 PM EST
Where: Burke County, 2.07 mi S of Jonas Ridge
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 35.940, -81.880

Spotter reported nickel size hail near Jonas Ridge.

Hail, McDowell

When: June 16, 1:35 PM EST
Where: McDowell County, 1.69 mi E of Davistown
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: Emergency Manager
Coordinates: 35.570, -82.140

EM relayed Fire Dept report of quarter size hail.

Hail, McDowell

When: June 16, 1:35 PM EST
Where: McDowell County, 0.89 mi SW of Davistown
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: Public
Coordinates: 35.560, -82.180

Public reported 3/4 inch hail south of Old Fort.

Thunderstorm Wind, Mecklenburg

When: June 16, 1:52 PM EST
Where: Mecklenburg County, 2.64 mi ENE of Caldwell to 0.89 mi NW of Hntrsville Brdfrd Ar
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
Reported by: Public
Coordinates: 35.470, -80.810

Public reported a tree was blown down near River Run Country Club (3.5 SE Davidson). Public also reported large tree limbs blown down 2 NE Huntersville.

Hail, Buncombe

When: June 16, 1:55 PM EST
Where: Buncombe County, 0.69 mi N of Walkertown
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: Public
Coordinates: 35.660, -82.350

Public reported lots of hail up to quarter size at the North Fork Dam.

Hail, Burke

When: June 16, 2:10 PM EST
Where: Burke County, 0.56 mi W of Icard
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 35.730, -81.460

Spotter reported quarter size hail near Icard.

Hail, Rutherford

When: June 16, 2:16 PM EST
Where: Rutherford County, 2.25 mi E of Whitehouse
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 35.530, -82.060

Spotter reported dime to quarter size hail.

Thunderstorm Wind, Gaston

When: June 16, 2:24 PM EST
Where: Gaston County, 1.13 mi W of Mc Adenville
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
Reported by: 911 Call Center
Coordinates: 35.270, -81.100

County comms reported two trees blown down across roads in Lowell.

Hail, Cleveland

When: June 16, 2:58 PM EST
Where: Cleveland County, 1.32 mi ESE of Lawndale
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 35.410, -81.560

Spotter reported quarter size hail.

Thunderstorm Wind, Cleveland

When: June 16, 3:20 PM EST to 3:28 PM EST
Where: Cleveland County, 2.18 mi NE of Shelby Muni Arpt to 1.69 mi E of Shelby
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
Reported by: Newspaper
Coordinates: 35.270, -81.570

Newspaper reported multiple trees and power lines blown down across Shelby.

Hail, Cleveland

When: June 16, 3:40 PM EST
Where: Cleveland County, 0.89 mi NE of Shelby to 1.32 mi ESE of Shelby
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 35.310, -81.540

Spotter reported golf ball size hail north of Shelby. Another spotter reported quarter size hail closer to town.

Thunderstorm Wind, Iredell

When: June 16, 3:50 PM EST
Where: Iredell County, 32.38 mi SW of Mayhew
Measured: 60 kt (69 mph) estimated gust
Property damage: $5,000
Reported by: 911 Call Center
Coordinates: 35.280, -81.400

County comms reported roofs were blown off outbuildings at a homestead off Bell Rd.

Hail, Iredell

When: June 16, 4:10 PM EST
Where: Iredell County, 2.15 mi NNW of Houstonville
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Reported by: 911 Call Center
Coordinates: 36.030, -80.780

County comms reported nickel size hail near Harmony.

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

Every storm in North Carolina in 2014 Every state in 2014 This day in weather history Warnings in North Carolina, June 2014

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: 520412, 520419, 520420, 520429, 520414, 520418, 520416, 520431, 520415, 529014, 520413, 520430, 520421.