Hail — Polk, North Carolina

2018-05-10 · near Columbus, Polk, North Carolina

Event narrative

Public reported penny sized hail along Highway 108 just east of Columbus.

Wider weather episode

Isolated to scattered thunderstorms developed across the Blue Ridge during the afternoon and moved into the Piedmont during the evening. Some of the storms produced severe weather in the form of large hail and locally damaging winds. Strong to severe supercell thunderstorms developed repeatedly and trained across portions of the foothills, particularly in Polk County, such that some locations received multiple periods of up to golf ball size hail.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 757104. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.