Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, August 17, 2024

Name: Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, August 17, 2024
Start: 2024-08-17T15:51
End: 2024-08-17T19:03
Location: North Carolina

August 17, 2024 · NWS GSP · 4 events in 4 counties and zones

Isolated thunderstorms developed over western North Carolina during the late afternoon and evening. A couple of the storms produced brief damaging wind gusts and marginally large hail.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 4

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 thunderstorms developed over western North Carolina during the late afternoon and evening. A couple of the storms produced brief damaging wind gusts and marginally large hail.

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 Aug 17, 12:44 PM EST, 3 hours 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 17, 12:44 PM EST, 3 hours 7 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 17, 9:51 AM EST, 6 hours before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC
1051 AM EDT Sat Aug 17 2024

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065-
068>072-082-501>510-SCZ008>014-019-101>109-181500-
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-Cherokee-York-
Anderson-Abbeville-Laurens-Union SC-Chester-Greenwood-
Oconee Mountains-Pickens Mountains-Greenville Mountains-
Greater Oconee-Greater Pickens-Central Greenville-
Southern Greenville-Northern Spartanburg-Southern Spartanburg-
1051 AM EDT Sat Aug 17 2024

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 this afternoon and
move east across the area into the evening. Some of these storms
could become severe with damaging winds the main threat, although
some large hail is also possible.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday.

Scattered thunderstorms are expected to develop Sunday afternoon and
move east across the area into the evening. Some of these storms,
especially across the Piedmont, could become severe with damaging
winds and large hail.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

None.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 17, 2:34 PM EST, 1 hour 17 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 17, 3:11 PM EST, 40 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 17, 3:14 PM EST, 37 minutes before

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The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 136 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:50 UTC.

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Event by event

3 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Catawba

When: August 17, 3:51 PM EST
Where: Catawba County, 1.59 mi N of Claremont
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: Broadcast Media
Coordinates: 35.743, -81.148

Media relayed report from one of their spotters of 1-inch hail near Claremont.

Thunderstorm Wind, Polk

When: August 17, 4:00 PM EST to 4:22 PM EST
Where: Polk County, 1.21 mi NNE of Mt Vly to 1.7 mi SW of Beulah
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
Reported by: 911 Call Center
Coordinates: 35.297, -82.295

County comms reported numerous trees blown down across Polk county. Utility company reported trees down on power lines on White Oak Mountain Rd, on Skyuka Rd, and at Bill Collins Rd at Smith Waldrop Rd.

Thunderstorm Wind, Graham

When: August 17, 4:45 PM EST
Where: Graham County, 0.58 mi ENE of Fontana Vlg
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
Reported by: 911 Call Center
Coordinates: 35.434, -83.821

County comms reported numerous trees blown down in Fontana Village and vicinity.

Thunderstorm Wind, Buncombe

When: August 17, 7:03 PM EST
Where: Buncombe County, 1.49 mi SSE of Weaverville
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
Reported by: 911 Call Center
Coordinates: 35.700, -82.560

County comms reported a couple of trees blown down on Moore St.

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 2024 Every state in 2024 This day in weather history Warnings in North Carolina, August 2024

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: 1211366, 1211365, 1211364, 1211374.