North Carolina, 2015

Hail in North Carolina, June 1, 2015

June 1, 2015 · NWS GSP · 1 event in 1 county or zone

A few thunderstorms developed across the northern mountains and foothills during the late afternoon and evening. Some localized strong storms with hail occurred.

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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 thunderstorms developed across the northern mountains and foothills during the late afternoon and evening. Some localized strong storms with hail occurred.

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 1, 3:27 PM EST, 1 hour 57 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 1, 3:27 PM EST, 1 hour 57 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
427 PM EDT MON JUN 1 2015

.SYNOPSIS...
BERMUDA HIGH PRESSURE WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE REGION EARLY THIS
WEEK. AN UPPER LOW IS EXPECTED TO FORM OVER THE TENNESSEE VALLEY BY
TUESDAY...REMAINING JUST WEST OF OUR REGION FOR MUCH OF THE
WEEK...WHILE COOL CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD DOWN FROM THE
NORTH. THIS PATTERN WILL HELP ENHANCE LIFT AND MOISTURE RETURN INTO
THE AREA...CREATING ELEVATED CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS...AND KEEPING TEMPERATURES SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL.

&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH TUESDAY/...
AS OF 415 PM EDT MONDAY...SCATTERED CONVECTION UNDERWAY ACROSS THE
REGION...THE DEEPEST OF WHICH OCCURRING SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE 85
CORRIDOR WHERE MOST RECENT SPC MESO ANALYSIS INDICATES A CAPE MAXIMA
OF APPROX 2K J/KG.  THE ATMOSPHERE FURTHER NORTH ACROSS THE NC
PIEDMONT REMAINS RELATIVELY UNTOUCHED/UNSTABLE THEREFORE CAM GUID
FAVORS MTN CONVECTION BREAKING CONTAINMENT THIS EVENING AND SLIDING
INTO THE REGION.  INSTABILITY WILL LIKELY BE WANING AT THE
TIME...HOWEVER COULD STILL BE SUFFICIENT TO PRODUCE STRONG/SEVERE
CONVECTION.  THUS THE HWO REMAINS UNCHANGED WITH THIS UPDATE.  DID
TWEAK POPS TO ACCOUNT FOR RECENT RADAR TRENDS...ALONG WITH NEAR TERM
CAM GUIDANCE.  OTHERWISE...TEMPERATURES/DEWPOINTS/SKY WERE ADJUSTED TO
REFLECTED LATEST OBSERVATIONS.

PREVIOUS DISCUSSION...

AS OF 150 PM...AREA TEMPS REACHING THE UPR 70S TO MID 80S ARE
RESULTING IN CONVECTIVE INITIATION...WITH RADAR RETURNS BLOSSOMING
ACRS THE CWFA. A SHARP UPPER TROF WILL BEGIN TO CLOSE OFF INTO A
COMPACT UPPER LOW OVER THE TN VALLEY...ENHANCING THE LIFT ACRS THE
AREA. POPS RAMP UP TO THE HIGH-END CHC IN THE SOUTHEAST TO
CATEGORICAL ALONG THE TN BORDER BY LATE AFTN. THE 12Z GSO/FFC
SOUNDINGS SHOWED A LOT OF MID LVL MOISTURE...WITH WEAK SHEAR AND
MODERATE LAPSE RATES. SO EXPECTING MAINLY GARDEN VARIETY
CONVECTION...WITH A COUPLE OF MARGINAL PULSE SEVERE STORMS
POSSIBLE...WITH WIND BEING THE MAIN THREAT.

CONVECTION SHUD DIMINISH TO JUST ISOLD BY THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...WITH
PLENTY OF DEBRIS CLOUDINESS PERSISTING. THE MOIST GROUND FROM THE
EXPECTED CONVECTION WILL SUPPORT PATCHY FOG AND LOW STRATUS AGAIN
TUESDAY MORNING. MIN TEMPS WILL BE A COUPLE CATEGORIES ABOVE NORMAL.

TUESDAY...THE UPPER LOW WILL SLOW DOWN OVER THE TN VALLEY...KEEPING
OUR AREA UNDER THE Q-VECTOR CONVERGENCE SIDE OF THE CIRCULATION.
MEANWHILE...A SFC FRONT WILL SAG SOUTHEAST INTO THE AREA...WITH AXIS
OF DEEP MOISTURE STILL IN PLACE. SO ANOTHER ROUND OF NUMEROUS TO
WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND TSTMS IS EXPECTED WITH DAYTIME HEATING. THE
SEVERE THREAT LOOKS EVEN MORE MARGINAL THAN MONDAY...WITH LOW DCAPE
AND WEAK SHEAR. TEMPS WILL ALSO BE HELD IN CHECK BY PLENTY OF CLOUD
COVER AND RELATIVELY EARLY CONVECTIVE INITIATION...GENERALLY A
CATEGORY OR SO BELOW NORMAL.

&&

.SHORT TERM /TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY/...
AS OF 215 PM MON...CLOSED UPPER LOW REMAINS NEARLY STATIONARY OVER
THE SRN APPALACHIANS WED THEN WEAKENS ON THU AS IT MOVES SLOWLY EAST
INTO THE CWFA. AT THE SFC...A WEAK SFC BOUNDARY MOVES EAST OF THE
AREA AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN FROM THE NE IN A CAD LIKE
CONFIGURATION. THIS SHOULD LEAD TO QUITE A BIT OF CONVECTIVE
COVERAGE EACH DAY...WITH A DIURNAL TREND. HOWEVER...COPIOUS LOW
LEVEL MOISTURE AND A SELY LOW LEVEL FLOW...ALONG WITH WEAK ELEVATED
INSTABILITY...WILL HELP KEEP CONVECTION AROUND DURING THE OVERNIGHTS
AND THE MORNINGS. THERE WILL BE A CHC OF ISOLATED SVR STORMS EACH
DAY WITH DAMAGING WINDS THE MAIN THREATS. HOWEVER...THE CHANCE OF
FLOODING WILL BE ON THE INCREASE GIVEN THE HIGH PW VALUES AND
POSSIBLE TRAINING OR BACK BUILDING OF CELLS. HIGHS WILL BE A LITTLE
BELOW NORMAL EACH DAY WHILE LOWS WILL BE A LITTLE ABOVE NORMAL.

&&

.LONG TERM /THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY/...
AS OF 2 PM MON...SMALL DIFFERENCES IN SYNOPTIC FEATURES OF
THE GFS AND ECMWF FOR THE MEDIUM RANGE AT LEAST ON FRIDAY AND
SATURDAY. UPPER LOW OPENS INTO THE GENERAL TROFINESS THURSDAY NIGHT
INTO FRIDAY WITH THE AFTERNOON WARMTH HELPING TO FUEL THE MORE
CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY.  THE FORECAST THROUGH THE WEEKEND AND INTO
EARLY NEXT WEEK WILL DEPEND ON THE TIMING OF SHORTWAVES AND THE
BRIEF CALM OF HIGH PRESSURE RIDGING DOWN FROM THE NORTH.  THE GFS
AND ECMWF DIFFER THE MOST IN THE DAY 6 AND 7 PORTION OF THE
FORECAST WHERE THE GFS CONTINUES ALMOST NONSTOP ACTIVITY AND THE EC
HAS SUNDAY AND MONDAY UNDER HIGH PRESSURE. BEST NOT TO MAKE MUCH
CHANGE IN THE PRIOR FORECAST TO SEE MORE CONSISTENCY TOWARD THE
LATER PERIODS. PM INSTABILITY FORECASTS HAVE TRENDED LOWER SO
PERHAPS LESS THUNDER AROUND NEXT WEEKEND. TEMPERATURES REMAIN TO BE
A LITTLE BELOW NORMAL.

&&

.AVIATION /21Z MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/...
AT KCLT...A CLUSTER OF SHOWERS WITHIN A SFC TROF WILL LIKELY TRACK
NEAR THE TERMINAL EARLY THIS MORNING...DEPARTING BY 14Z. I WILL
HIGHLIGHT THE CONVECTION WITH A VCSH IN THE INTIAL LINE. FORECAST
SOUNDINGS AND PERSISTENCE FOR RECENT MORNINGS SUPPORT THE FORMATION
OF MVFR STRATUS AROUND DAYBREAK...DISSIPATING BY 14Z. THE SFC TROF
WILL REMAIN THROUGH THE DAYLIGHT HOURS...RESULTING IN SOUTHWEST
WINDS THROUGH THE DAY. CAM MODELS INDICATE THAT A LINE OF TSRA WILL
DEVELOP OVER NRN GA AND THE UPSTATE OF SC THIS AFTERNOON...TRACKING
TO THE NORTHEAST...SIMILAR TO EARLY THIS MORNING. I WILL HIGHLIGHT
THE POTENTIAL FOR TSRA WITH A TEMPO FROM 19Z-23Z.

ELSEWHERE...THE PRIMARY FORECAST CHALLENGE WILL BE THE FORMATION OF
FOG AND LOW CLOUDS OVER WET GROUND...AT EACH TAF SITE THIS MORNING.
KAND HAS ALREADY OBSERVED VLIFR FOG CONDITIONS...WITH NEARBORING
SITES LIMITED TO IFR. GUIDANCE REMAINS QUITE MIXED AT THIS
TIME...HOWEVER...BASED ON THE NAM AND PERSISTENCE I WILL MENTION AT
LEAST A TEMPO FOR MVFR CEILINGS DURING THE EARLY DAYLIGHT HOURS EAST
OF THE MTNS. SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 5 TO 10 KTS AND CU BASED AROUND
050 SHOULD OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON. ANOTHER ROUND OF LATE AFTERNOON TO
EARLY EVENING TSRA APPEARS POSSIBLE WITH THE ARRIVAL OF A MID LEVEL
VORT...HIGHLIGHTED WITH A TEMPO. AREAS THAT RECEIVE RAINFALL WILL BE
PRIMED FOR FOG DEVELOPMENT LATE TONIGHT.

OUTLOOK...A MID LEVEL LOW IS FORECAST TO REMAIN ACROSS THE DEEP
SOUTH THROUGH THE WORK WEEK. DEEP MOISTURE WILL LINGER ACROSS
THE SOUTHEAST CONUS THROUGH THE WEEK. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY
DEVELOP EACH AFTERNOON AND EVENING. MORNING STRATUS AND FOG WILL
REMAIN A POSSIBILITY...ESPECIALLY OVER WET GROUND.

CONFIDENCE TABLE...

            20-02Z        02-08Z        08-14Z        14-18Z
KCLT       HIGH 100%     HIGH 100%     HIGH 100%     HIGH 100%
KGSP       HIGH 100%     HIGH 100%     HIGH 100%     MED   79%
KAVL       HIGH 100%     HIGH 100%     HIGH  95%     HIGH 100%
KHKY       HIGH 100%     HIGH 100%     HIGH  83%     MED   79%
KGMU       HIGH 100%     HIGH 100%     HIGH 100%     MED   79%
KAND       HIGH  88%     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...DEO
NEAR TERM...ARK/CDG
SHORT TERM...RWH
LONG TERM...DEO
AVIATION...ARK
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 1, 3:45 PM EST, 1 hour 39 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
445 PM EDT MON JUN 1 2015

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065-
068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-022045-
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-
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-CHESTER-GREENWOOD-
445 PM EDT MON JUN 1 2015

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE
EVENING...WITH SOME FORMING CLUSTERS OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS.
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL WILL BE THE
MAIN THREATS FROM ANY THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND TONIGHT. HOWEVER...A
FEW OF THE STORMS MAY PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60
MPH. ISOLATED FLOODING COULD ALSO DEVELOP...ESPECIALLY IN
LOCATIONS WHERE STORMS REPEATEDLY MOVE OVER THE SAME AREAS.

.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.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 1, 3:17 PM EST, 2 hours 7 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
417 PM EDT MON JUN 1 2015

SCZ009-012030-
YORK SC-
417 PM EDT MON JUN 1 2015

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN YORK
COUNTY UNTIL 430 PM EDT...

AT 416 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7
MILES EAST OF ROCK HILL...OR NEAR FORT MILL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15
MPH.

PEA SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LESSLIE...FORT MILL AND CATAWBA.

THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND
TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

LAT...LON 3490 8088 3487 8088 3486 8087 3484 8087
      3482 8090 3482 8097 3494 8098 3502 8091
      3501 8091 3499 8089 3497 8088 3496 8087
      3492 8086
TIME...MOT...LOC 2016Z 230DEG 15KT 3495 8090

MOORE
Local storm report, Jun 1, 3:25 PM EST, 1 hour 59 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
425 PM EDT MON JUN 01 2015

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

0330 PM     HAIL             6 WNW LEICESTER         35.69N 82.79W
06/01/2015  E0.25 INCH       BUNCOMBE           NC   COCORAHS

&&

KRENTZ
Special weather statement, Jun 1, 3:27 PM EST, 1 hour 57 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
427 PM EDT MON JUN 1 2015

NCZ071-082-012115-
UNION NC-MECKLENBURG NC-
427 PM EDT MON JUN 1 2015

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN
MECKLENBURG AND NORTHWESTERN UNION COUNTIES UNTIL 515 PM EDT...

AT 427 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 11
MILES EAST OF ROCK HILL...OR OVER MARVIN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15
MPH.

PEA SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MONROE...MATTHEWS...MINT HILL...INDIAN TRAIL...WEDDINGTON...
STALLINGS...WESLEY CHAPEL...WAXHAW...LAKE PARK AND HEMBY BRIDGE.

THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND
TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

LAT...LON 3487 8079 3494 8078 3506 8089 3526 8073
      3503 8052
TIME...MOT...LOC 2027Z 230DEG 15KT 3500 8083

MOORE
Special weather statement, Jun 1, 3:53 PM EST, 1 hour 31 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
453 PM EDT MON JUN 1 2015

NCZ071-072-012130-
CABARRUS NC-MECKLENBURG NC-
453 PM EDT MON JUN 1 2015

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL
MECKLENBURG AND CENTRAL CABARRUS COUNTIES UNTIL 530 PM EDT...

AT 452 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8
MILES SOUTHEAST OF NORTHEAST CHARLOTTE...OR OVER REEDY CREEK PARK...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

PEA SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
DOWNTOWN CONCORD...KANNAPOLIS...NORTHEAST CHARLOTTE...MINT HILL...
HARRISBURG...HIDDEN VALLEY...EAST CHARLOTTE...CHARLOTTE MOTOR
SPEEDWAY...REEDY CREEK PARK AND WEST CONCORD.

THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND
TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

LAT...LON 3535 8040 3518 8059 3513 8064 3524 8081
      3550 8064 3537 8038
TIME...MOT...LOC 2052Z 215DEG 18KT 3525 8068

MOORE
Special weather statement, Jun 1, 4:08 PM EST, 1 hour 16 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
508 PM EDT MON JUN 1 2015

NCZ057-072-012215-
ROWAN NC-CABARRUS NC-
508 PM EDT MON JUN 1 2015

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN ROWAN
AND NORTHEASTERN CABARRUS COUNTIES UNTIL 615 PM EDT...

AT 507 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7
MILES EAST OF KANNAPOLIS...OR 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ROCKWELL...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

PEA SIZE HAIL...WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL RATES
UP TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
KANNAPOLIS...SALISBURY...SPENCER...GRANITE QUARRY...ROCKWELL...MT
PLEASANT...FAITH...HIGH ROCK LAKE...CHINA GROVE AND GOLD HILL.

THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND
TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

LAT...LON 3551 8021 3550 8029 3544 8034 3538 8045
      3548 8063 3574 8046 3572 8042 3572 8034
      3571 8032 3568 8033 3567 8031 3563 8029
      3562 8025 3558 8021 3555 8021 3554 8020
      3553 8020
TIME...MOT...LOC 2107Z 215DEG 18KT 3550 8049

MOORE
Special weather statement, Jun 1, 4:28 PM EST, 56 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
528 PM EDT MON JUN 1 2015

NCZ033-050-501-503-505-012200-
AVERY NC-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS NC-BURKE MOUNTAINS NC-
CALDWELL MOUNTAINS NC-MITCHELL NC-
528 PM EDT MON JUN 1 2015

...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF WEST
CENTRAL CALDWELL...NORTHWESTERN BURKE...SOUTHEASTERN MITCHELL...
SOUTHERN AVERY AND NORTHEASTERN MCDOWELL COUNTIES UNTIL 600 PM EDT...

AT 527 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A LINE OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR SPRUCE PINE TO 10
MILES NORTHWEST OF MARION...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

PEA SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE
STORMS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SPRUCE PINE...NEWLAND...CROSSNORE...GRANDFATHER MOUNTAIN...
GRANDFATHER MOUNTAIN STATE PARK...LINVILLE FALLS...B.R. PARKWAY...
LINVILLE FALLS TO GRANDFATHER...B.R. PARKWAY...LITTLE SWITZERLAND TO
LINVILLE...B.R. PARKWAY...CRAGGY TO LITTLE SWITZERLAND AND NORTH
COVE.

THESE STORMS MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND
TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

LAT...LON 3611 8181 3611 8179 3606 8174 3589 8173
      3580 8194 3576 8212 3599 8216 3613 8182
TIME...MOT...LOC 2127Z 246DEG 22KT 3595 8210 3582 8208

MOORE

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Hail, Caldwell

When
June 1, 5:24 PM EST
Where
Caldwell County, 2.15 mi NNE of Globe
Measured
0.88 in hail
Reported by
Public
Coordinates
36.080, -81.690

Public reported nickel size hail near Upton.

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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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: 577969.