North Carolina, 2019

Flash Flood and Hail in North Carolina, April 9, 2019

April 9, 2019 · NWS GSP · 2 events in 1 county or zone

Isolated to widely scattered thunderstorms developed across the North Carolina mountains during the afternoon. One severe storm produced large hail in the Brevard area.

Where it happened

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  • 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
$100,000
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
2

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.

Isolated to widely scattered thunderstorms developed across the North Carolina mountains during the afternoon. One severe storm produced large hail in the Brevard area. This was followed by multiple additional storms producing torrential rainfall rates and flash flooding in the Brevard area.

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 Apr 8, 4:15 PM EST, 21 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 8, 4:15 PM EST, 21 hours before
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The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 61 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:16 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail, 1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Transylvania

When
April 9, 1:15 PM EST
Where
Transylvania County, 0.39 mi NW of Brevard
Measured
1.25 in hail
Reported by
Social Media
Coordinates
35.234, -82.735

Public reported (via Social Media) larger than quarter size hail in Brevard.

Flash Flood, Transylvania

When
April 9, 2:00 PM EST to 3:30 PM EST
Where
Transylvania County, 0.09 mi SW of Brevard to 0.89 mi SE of Selica
Cause
Heavy Rain
Property damage
$100,000
Reported by
Fire Department/Rescue
Coordinates
35.229, -82.731

Fire dept reported flash flooding developed form the west side of Brevard to the Selica community after up to 3 inches of rain fell in around an hour. A mobile home on Selica Rd was inundated by 4-6 feet of flood waters from Spanish Oak Branch. Flood waters entered a crawl space at a home across the street from the mobile home. A 24- inch culvert was washed out along Spanish Oak Branch near the intersection of Bryson Rd and Twinview Dr, which stranded a residence. Floodwaters at the confluence of Spanish Oak Branch and Glady Branch inundated two driveways along Island Ford Rd, stranding the residences and covering a vehicle up to its hood. Additionally, urban flooding was reported on the west side of Brevard, with water entering several businesses and causing multiple road closures.

What these are

Hail
Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
Flash Flood
Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

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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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 818977, 818980.