Hail — Cleveland, North Carolina

2023-05-16 · near Fallston, Cleveland, North Carolina

Event narrative

Media and public reported quarter to half dollar size hail in the Fallston area.

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 1104933. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.