Hail — Mcdowell, North Carolina

2023-05-16 · near Dysortville, Mcdowell, North Carolina

Event narrative

Fire dept reported 3/4 inch hail.

Wider weather episode

Isolated to widely scattered thunderstorms developed during the late afternoon across the North Carolina Blue Ridge. One of these quickly evolved into a severe supercell thunderstorm in McDowell County and tracked east/southeast to the Charlotte metro area, producing areas of large hail and damaging downbursts along its path, including a significant downburst in Cherryville. This was followed by a decaying line of strong to severe thunderstorms that moved into the area from east Tennessee during mid-to-late evening and produced additional localized damaging wind gusts.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1104931. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.