North Carolina, 2014

Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, May 10 to 12, 2014

May 10 to 12, 2014 · NWS GSP · 12 events in 6 counties and zones

Numerous thunderstorms developed during the afternoon within an unstable air mass across the western Piedmont. A few of the storms produced marginally severe hail and downburst winds.

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
$21,000
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
12

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.

Numerous thunderstorms developed during the afternoon within an unstable air mass across the western Piedmont. A few of the storms produced marginally severe hail and downburst winds.

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 10, 1:05 PM EST, 58 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 10, 1:05 PM EST, 58 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
205 PM EDT SAT MAY 10 2014

.SYNOPSIS...
A WEAK SURFACE BOUNDARY WILL APPROACH THE CAROLINAS FROM THE WEST
TODAY BUT MAY WASH OUT BEFORE IT REACHES THE MOUNTAINS. A BERMUDA
HIGH WILL STRENGTHEN AGAIN OVER THE SOUTHEAST ON SUNDAY AND THEN
WILL REMAIN IN CONTROL OF OUR WEATHER THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF NEXT
WEEK. ANOTHER FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION ON THURSDAY.

&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/...
AS OF 1015 AM...POPS WERE ADJUSTED AGAIN TO MATCH UP WITH THE LATEST
RADAR IMAGERY. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS HAVE POPPED UP ALONG
THE SC AND NC FOOTHILLS...WHILE AN AREA OF LIGHT RAIN HAS MOVED INTO
THE SW NC MTNS.

THE VIS SAT IMAGERY SHOWS EXTENSIVE CLOUDINESS ACRS ABOUT 2/3RD OF
THE CWFA...WITH JUST THE LOWER PIEDMONT FROM ELBERT COUNTY GA TO
UNION COUNTY NC SHOWING SIGNIFICANT BREAKS. THIS LOOKS LIKE A
SIMILAR SETUP TO YESTERDAY...WITH MORE INSTBY AND DCAPE ALONG AND
SOUTHEAST OF I-85 FROM MIDDAY THRU THE AFTN. THERE WILL ACTUALLY BE
A LITTLE BETTER UPPER FORCING...AS A MORE SIGNIFICANT VORT WAS
ANALYZED CROSSING NRN GA (AND IS PROBABLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE EARLY
CONVECTIVE INITIATION THIS MORNING). THERE IS ALSO A LITTLE BETTER
SHEAR (THO STILL MARGINAL AND MORE UNIDIRECTIONAL THAN
YESTERDAY)...0-3 KM BULK SHEAR OF 35-40 KTS PER THE NAM. THE 12Z
RAOBS FROM FFC/GSO/OHX ALL SHOW AN ELEVATED MIXED LAYER FROM ABOUT
900-750 MB. SO EXPECT GOOD COVERAGE OF SHOWERS AGAIN TODAY WHERE THE
INSOLATION WILL BE GREATEST (EASTERN HALF OF THE CWFA). THE
CONVECTION-ALLOWING MODELS ALL SEEM TO HIGHLIGHT THIS (ALTHO SEEM A
BIT SLOW ON TIMING). A CONSENSUS BLENDED IN WITH THE PREVIOUS FCST
RESULTS IN A LIKELY POP ALONG THE I-85 CORRIDOR FROM MIDDAY THRU
LATE AFTN. A QUICK DECREASING TREND SHUD OCCUR BY EARLY EVENING...AS
SHORTWAVE EXITS TO THE EAST AN INSTBY WANES.

AS OF SEVERE THREAT...WE ARE IN A GENERAL THUNDER RISK PER THE DAY 1
SPC CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK. HOWEVER...WITH DCAPE VALUES ALREADY 800-
1000 J/KG ACRS THE LOWER PIEDMONT...AND A LITTLE BETTER
SHEAR...EXPECT A NON-ZERO THREAT FOR DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. THE
CURRENT  WORDING IN THE HWO LOOKS GOOD.

PREVIOUS DISCUSSION...
AT 300 AM EDT SATURDAY...THE LEADING EDGE OF A BROAD UPPER TROUGH
WILL MOVE OVER THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS TODAY...WITH A SHORTWAVE
CROSSING OUR AREA AROUND MIDDAY. A WEAKENING COLD FRONT WILL
APPROACH FROM THE NW...REACHING THE AREA BY LATE AFTERNOON OR EARLY
EVENING. DEEP MOISTURE AND LIFT AHEAD OF THE FRONT WILL SUPPORT
PRECIPITATION THROUGH THE DAY...BUT THE BEST CHANCE APPEAR TO BE
TOWARD MIDDAY AND INTO THE AFTERNOON WITH HEATING AND THE PASSAGE
OF THE SHORTWAVE. LOW LEVEL SHEAR APPEARS TO BE A LITTLE BETTER THAN
YESTERDAY...HOWEVER THE BEST INSTABILITY IS OFF TO OUR EAST.
NEVERTHELESS...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CANNOT BE RULED OUT...
ESPECIALLY IN THE EAST. PRECIPITATION IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE
EXCESSIVE...AS WINDS REMAIN PARALLEL TO THE BLUE RIDGE. HIGH
TEMPERATURES WILL RUN SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL.

MODEL TIME HEIGHTS SHOW DRYING FROM ALOFT THIS EVENING AS THE
WEAKENING COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH...BUT LOW LEVELS APPEAR TO
RETAIN STUBBORN MOISTURE...AND WITH WINDS WEAKENING...LOW CLOUDS MAY
HANG ON...WITH FOG DEVELOPING. LOW TEMPERATURES WILL BE AROUND 5
DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL DUE TO CLOUDS AND ONLY WEAK COLD ADVECTION.

&&

.SHORT TERM /SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT/...
AS OF 215 AM EDT SATURDAY...THE MAIN FEATURE FOR THE SHORT RANGE
PART OF THE FORECAST WILL BE THE RESURGENCE OF AN UPPER RIDGE OVER
THE EASTERN PART OF THE UNITED STATES AS THE UPPER PATTERN AMPLIFIES
ACROSS NORTH AMERICA. THIS PATTERN WILL KEEP A BERMUDA HIGH IN PLACE
THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT THAT WILL KEEP TEMPS ABOVE NORMAL. THE MAIN
JUMP SHOULD OCCUR ON SUNDAY WITH HIGH TEMPS ABOUT 5 DEGREES OR SO
WARMER THAN SATURDAY. RH WILL ALSO INCREASE THROUGH THE PERIOD...
WHICH WILL FUEL PRECIP CHANCES THAT WILL BE CLIMATOLOGICAL AND
DIURNAL IN NATURE. THAT TRANSLATES TO A CHANCE OF PRECIP OVER THE
HIGHER TERRAIN...AND A SLIGHT CHANCE OVER THE PIEDMONT...MAINLY IN
THE AFTERNOON. FORECAST SOUNDINGS SHOW A GENERAL LACK OF BOUYANCY ON
SUNDAY AFTERNOON OWING TO A LAYER OF WARMER AIR AT LOW LEVELS WHICH
SHOULD LIMIT STORM SEVERITY...BUT THIS IMPROVES ENOUGH ON MONDAY TO
RAISE SOME INTEREST.

&&

.LONG TERM /TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/...
AS OF 315 AM EDT SATURDAY...THE MAIN PROBLEM IN THE MEDIUM RANGE
CONTINUES TO BE TIMING DIFFERENCES IN THE MODEL GUIDANCE WITH REGARD
TO THE EASTWARD PROGRESSION OF A HIGH AMPLITUDE UPPER TROF DURING
THE MIDDLE TO LATE PART OF THE WEEK. THE LATEST GFS HAS SLOWED DOWN
THE SYSTEM TO WHERE IT RESEMBLES YESTERDAYS 00Z ECMWF...HOWEVER THE
NEW ECMWF IS ALSO SLOWER AND TRAILS THE GFS BY ABOUT A HALF DAY.
THUS...THE MODEL TREND OF SLOWING THE APPROACH OF THE UPPER TROF AND
ATTENDANT SURFACE FRONT MAY CONTINUE AGAIN TODAY. THUS...OUR PERIOD
OF MAINLY DIURNAL THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD PERSIST ON TUESDAY...WITH THE
PRECIP LOSING THE DIURNAL TENDENCY TO DIMINISH BY TUESDAY NIGHT...AS
THE BERMUDA HIGH CONTINUES TO BE OUR MAIN DRIVING FORCE. FOR THIS
UPDATE...HAVE ELECTED TO STRETCH OUT THE CHANCE OF PRECIP THROUGH
THE DAY THURSDAY OWING TO THE DELAYED TIMING OF FRONTAL PASSAGE
SUGGESTED BY THE ECMWF. SKY COVER WAS ALSO INCREASED DURING THIS
PERIOD ACCORDINGLY. IT STILL SEEMS THAT WE WILL HAVE A PERIOD OF
NUMEROUS STORMS AHEAD OF THE FRONT...BUT CONFIDENCE IS NOT HIGH
ENOUGH TO PIN DOWN WHICH FCST PERIOD THAT THE GREATEST THREAT WILL
EXIST...SO THE FCST KEEPS THE POP IN THE CHANCE RANGE IN SPITE OF
MOSGUIDE AND HPC GUIDANCE THAT HAS LIKELY POPS AT SOME POINT. TEMPS
SHOULD COOL OFF CLOSER TO NORMAL FOR THE END OF THE WEEK.

&&

.AVIATION /18Z SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/...
AT KCLT...AS WITH THE 15Z AMD...EXPECT SHRA AND TSRA TO START
DEVELOPING AND/OR MOVING INTO THE CLT AREA WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE
HOURS...WITH MAX COVERAGE EXPECTED TO BE IN THE 19-22Z TIME FRAME.
LIKE YESTERDAY...EXPECT BRIEF TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS...LIGHTNING...AND
GUSTY WINDS WITH ANY STORMS THAT IMPACT THE TERMINAL DIRECTLY. FROM
THERE...COVERAGE SHUD WANE FAIRLY QUICKLY UPON SUNSET...AS INSTBY
WANES. GUIDANCE SHOWS PLENTY OF DRYING OF THE MID AND UPR LVLS
OVERNIGHT...BUT LINGERING LLVL MOISTURE. SO THERE MAY BE SOME PATCHY
FOG DEVELOPMENT. GUIDANCE IS NOT IN GOOD AGREEMENT ON VSBY
RESTRICTIONS AT KCLT. FOR NOW...WILL GO WITH A COUPLE HOURS OF MVFR
VSBY AROUND DAYBREAK. HIGH PRES BUILDS IN ON SUNDAY...SO EXPECTING
ONLY ISOLD CONVECTION ACRS THE PIEDMONT SUNDAY AFTN. WINDS WILL
FAVOR SW THRU THIS EVENING...EXCEPT VRB NEAR TS. THEN GOING CALM OR
LGT/VRB THIS EVENING THRU SUNDAY MORNING.

ELSEWHERE...AS EXPECTED...CONVECTION HAS REALLY STARTED TO TAKE OFF
ACRS THE UPSTATE. GIVEN THE CURRENT COVERAGE...WILL HAVE VCTS AND
TEMPO TSRA AT ALL THREE UPSTATE TAF SITES. CONVECTION SHUD START TO
DIMINISH AND HEAD EAST OF THE TERMINALS BY LATE AFTN/EARLY EVENING
GUSTY WINDS AND BRIEF MVFR OR EVEN IFR RESTRICTIONS CAN BE EXPECTED
WITH ANY DIRECT IMPACTS. THERE IS LESS INSTBY AT KAVL AND KHKY...SO
EXPECTING MAINLY SHRA THRU THE REST OF THE AFTN. THE MID AND UPR
LVLS WILL BEGIN TO DRY OUT THIS EVENING...BUT LLVL MOISTURE WILL
LINGER THRU THE OVERNIGHT. WINDS SHUD GO CALM OR LGT/VRB AT PRETTY
MUCH ALL TAF SITES. WITH THE MOIST BOUNDARY LAYER...THERE MAY BE
PATCHY FOG DEVELOPMENT. SO SOME VSBY RESTRICTIONS WERE ADDED TO ALL
TAF SITES LATE TONIGHT THRU DAYBREAK SUNDAY. THE BEST CHANCES FOR
FOG WILL BE IN THE WEST (KAVL AND KAND)...AS THEY WILL CLEAR
EARLIEST. VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED NOT LONG AFTER SUNRISE...WITH
MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES. HIGH PRES BUILDING IN SHUD LIMIT CONVECTION TO
MAINLY ISOLD IN THE PIEDMONT AND WIDELY SCATTERED IN THE MTNS SUNDAY
AFTN.

OUTLOOK...HIGH PRESSURE RETURNS SUNDAY AND MONDAY...BUT AFTERNOON
AND EVENING CONVECTION WILL BE POSSIBLE BOTH DAYS. WEDNESDAY AND
THURSDAY FEATURE A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT...YIELDING A BETTER CHANCE
OF RESTRICTIONS IN PROLONGED PRECIPITATION.

CONFIDENCE TABLE...

            18-24Z        00-06Z        06-12Z        12-18Z
KCLT       HIGH 100%     HIGH 100%     HIGH  95%     HIGH  95%
KGSP       HIGH 100%     HIGH 100%     HIGH 100%     HIGH  95%
KAVL       HIGH 100%     HIGH 100%     HIGH  83%     HIGH  90%
KHKY       HIGH 100%     HIGH 100%     MED   75%     HIGH  95%
KGMU       HIGH 100%     HIGH 100%     HIGH 100%     HIGH  95%
KAND       HIGH 100%     HIGH 100%     HIGH  91%     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/JAT
SHORT TERM...PM
LONG TERM...PM
AVIATION...ARK
Hazardous weather outlook, May 10, 4:46 AM EST, 9 hours 17 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
546 AM EDT SAT MAY 10 2014

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065-
068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-111000-
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-
546 AM EDT SAT MAY 10 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 WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS
AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA AGAIN TODAY...MAINLY THIS AFTERNOON. THE
STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS MAY OCCUR OVER THE PIEDMONT OF THE
CAROLINAS. ONE OR TWO OF THE STORMS MAY GROW LARGE ENOUGH TO
PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND LARGE HAIL. OTHERWISE...THE MOST
LIKELY THREATS ARE FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND HEAVY
DOWNPOURS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

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

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

NONE.

PM

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 10, 12:43 PM EST, 1 hour 20 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
143 PM EDT SAT MAY 10 2014

GAZ028-029-SCZ010-011-101830-
ABBEVILLE-ANDERSON-ELBERT-HART-
143 PM EDT SAT MAY 10 2014

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT SOUTHWESTERN ANDERSON...WESTERN
ABBEVILLE...EASTERN HART AND ELBERT COUNTIES THROUGH 230 PM EDT...

AT 138 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES SOUTH OF
BOWMAN TO ELBERTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

THESE STORMS WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
  BOWMAN...
  RUCKERSVILLE...
  LAKE RUSSELL...
  HARTWELL...
  IVA...
  SECESSION LAKE...

SMALL HAIL...WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL ARE
EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.

GUSTY WINDS CAN BLOW DOWN TREES THAT ARE DEAD...OR THAT HAVE WEAKENED
ROOT SYSTEMS. OUTDOOR FURNITURE AND SIMILAR ITEMS CAN BE TOSSED
AROUND IF NOT ANCHORED. SEEK SHELTER INDOORS.

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.

LAT...LON 3413 8306 3416 8309 3457 8283 3435 8245
      3399 8285

JOH
Local storm report, May 10, 12:46 PM EST, 1 hour 17 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
146 PM EDT SAT MAY 10 2014

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

0145 PM     HAIL             MAULDIN                 34.79N  82.30W
05/10/2014  E0.50 INCH       GREENVILLE         SC   PUBLIC

            PUBLIC REPORT OF PEA TO HALF INCH HAIL ALONG BUTLER
            ROAD.

&&

HG
Local storm report, May 10, 1:16 PM EST, 47 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
216 PM EDT SAT MAY 10 2014

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

0215 PM     HAIL             SIMPSONVILLE            34.73N  82.26W
05/10/2014  E0.75 INCH       GREENVILLE         SC   PUBLIC

            PUBLIC REPORT OF DIME SIZE HAIL.

&&

HG
Local storm report, May 10, 1:22 PM EST, 41 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
222 PM EDT SAT MAY 10 2014

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

0218 PM     HAIL             SIMPSONVILLE            34.73N  82.26W
05/10/2014  E0.75 INCH       GREENVILLE         SC   TRAINED SPOTTER

            SPOTTER REPORT OF DIME SIZE HAIL ON SOUTH MAIN STREET.

&&

HG
Special weather statement, May 10, 1:22 PM EST, 41 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
222 PM EDT SAT MAY 10 2014

NCZ071-072-082-101900-
CABARRUS-MECKLENBURG-UNION-
222 PM EDT SAT MAY 10 2014

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHWESTERN UNION...MECKLENBURG
AND SOUTH CENTRAL CABARRUS COUNTIES IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA
THROUGH 300 PM EDT...

AT 219 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR PINEVILLE...OR 9 MILES SOUTH OF CENTER CITY
CHARLOTTE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
  SOUTHPARK MALL...
  FREEDOM PARK...
  MCALPINE CREEK PARK...
  EASTLAND MALL...
  MINT HILL...
  HIDDEN VALLEY...

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

GUSTY WINDS CAN BLOW DOWN TREES THAT ARE DEAD...OR THAT HAVE WEAKENED
ROOT SYSTEMS. OUTDOOR FURNITURE AND SIMILAR ITEMS CAN BE TOSSED
AROUND IF NOT ANCHORED. SEEK SHELTER INDOORS.

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 3498 8078 3504 8088 3511 8094 3509 8096
      3509 8097 3539 8081 3526 8048

JOH
Local storm report, May 10, 1:47 PM EST, 16 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
247 PM EDT SAT MAY 10 2014

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

0225 PM     HAIL             SIMPSONVILLE            34.73N  82.26W
05/10/2014  E0.75 INCH       GREENVILLE         SC   PUBLIC

            REPORT OF DIME TO PENNY HAIL ROCKY CREEK AND GEORGIA
            ROADS.

&&

HG

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6 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Mecklenburg

When
May 10, 2:03 PM EST
Where
Mecklenburg County, 3 mi W of Charlotte
Measured
1 in hail
Reported by
Public
Coordinates
35.230, -80.903

Public reported quarter size hail on Pruitt St.

Hail, Cabarrus

When
May 10, 2:08 PM EST
Where
Cabarrus County, Concord
Measured
1 in hail
Reported by
Public
Coordinates
35.420, -80.600

Two public reports of quarter size hail were received from the Concord area.

Hail, Mecklenburg

When
May 10, 2:11 PM EST
Where
Mecklenburg County, 2 mi ESE of Mint Hill
Measured
1 in hail
Reported by
Public
Coordinates
35.169, -80.637

Public reported quarter size hail near Mint Hill.

Hail, Mecklenburg

When
May 10, 2:24 PM EST
Where
Mecklenburg County, 9.5 mi ENE of Charlotte
Measured
1 in hail
Reported by
Public
Coordinates
35.283, -80.694

Public reported quarter size hail on east side of Charlotte.

Hail, Mecklenburg

When
May 10, 2:28 PM EST
Where
Mecklenburg County, 8 mi NE of Charlotte
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
Public
Coordinates
35.312, -80.750

Public reported 3/4 inch hail near UNC Charlotte.

Hail, Cleveland

When
May 12, 1:20 PM EST
Where
Cleveland County, 2 mi W of Shelby
Measured
0.88 in hail
Reported by
Public
Coordinates
35.300, -81.585

Public reported nickel size hail near Shelby.

Thunderstorm Wind, Gaston

When
May 12, 1:55 PM EST
Where
Gaston County, 3 mi SW of Stanley to Belmont
Measured
50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
Reported by
911 Call Center
Coordinates
35.319, -81.138

County comms reported a tree fell on a power line near Stanley. FD reported a tree and several large limbs down in Belmont.

Thunderstorm Wind, Rowan

When
May 12, 2:20 PM EST
Where
Rowan County, 6.5 mi WSW of Rockwell to 2 mi NNE of Rockwell
Measured
50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
Reported by
Trained Spotter
Coordinates
35.514, -80.527

Spotters reported a tree blown down on Old Beatty Ford Rd at Bev Rd, at Upper Palmer Rd and Gold Knob Rd, and on Yost Rd.

Thunderstorm Wind, Iredell

When
May 12, 2:25 PM EST
Where
Iredell County, 1 mi WSW of Mooresville
Measured
40 kt (46 mph) estimated gust
Property damage
$20,000
Reported by
Broadcast Media
Coordinates
35.575, -80.836

Media reported a tree was blown down on a home on West Kelly Ave.

Thunderstorm Wind, Rowan

When
May 12, 2:29 PM EST
Where
Rowan County, 2 mi SW of Mt Ulla
Measured
50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
Property damage
$500
Reported by
Broadcast Media
Coordinates
35.630, -80.755

Media reported part of a tin roof was peeled off a barn on Edmiston Rd.

Thunderstorm Wind, Rowan

When
May 12, 2:45 PM EST
Where
Rowan County, 6.5 mi NW of Salisbury
Measured
50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
Reported by
Trained Spotter
Coordinates
35.736, -80.582

Spotter reported large tree limbs blown down near the intersection of Goodson Rd and Woodleaf Rd.

Thunderstorm Wind, Cabarrus

When
May 12, 2:45 PM EST
Where
Cabarrus County, Concord
Measured
50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
Reported by
911 Call Center
Coordinates
35.420, -80.600

County comms reported several power lines blown down in the Concord area.

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.

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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: 506350, 506347, 506351, 506346, 506349, 506348, 506356, 506366, 506352, 506353, 506359, 506363.