Hail, Rutherford
- When
- August 21, 2:43 AM EST
- Where
- Rutherford County, 1.88 mi SSW of Gilkey
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 35.424, -81.990
Public reported nickel size hail on Frog Hollow Rd.
Hail in North Carolina, August 21, 2022
A complex of showers and thunderstorms moved across the western Carolinas during the early morning hours. A couple of strong cells developed within the complex, with hail reported in Rutherford County, NC.
Where it happened
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- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
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.
A complex of showers and thunderstorms moved across the western Carolinas during the early morning hours. A couple of strong cells developed within the complex, with hail reported in Rutherford County, NC.
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 64 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 07:41 UTC.
Event by event
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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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: 1053919.