Hail in Charlotte on Monday, June 26, 2023
The Storm Prediction Center logged 13 hail reports in Charlotte on Monday, June 26, 2023, between 5:45 pm and 10:30 pm EDT, in 4 of the metro's 9 counties. The largest was 2.00 inches at 5 NNE Love Valley (Iredell, NC) at 5:52 pm. NOAA radar flagged 770 hail signatures inside the metro that day: 276 rated a 100% chance of hail and 250 with a maximum expected size of 1 inch or more.
Where hail was reported
Reports came from 11 places in Cabarrus, NC, Iredell, NC, Mecklenburg, NC and Rowan, NC, named as the National Weather Service described them.
- Harrisburg 2 reports, up to 1.50 in
- Love Valley 2 reports, up to 2.00 in
- China Grove 1 report, up to 1.00 in
- Croft 1 report, up to 1.00 in
- Kannapolis 1 report, up to 1.00 in
- Mooresville 1 report, up to 1.00 in
- Paw Creek 1 report, up to 1.25 in
- Salisbury 1 report, up to 1.00 in
- Sheffield 1 report, up to 1.00 in
- Unc Charlotte 1 report, up to 1.75 in
- Woodleaf 1 report, up to 1.75 in
Every hail report logged that day
Times are Eastern Daylight Time. Sizes are in inches, as reported. The comment is the National Weather Service's text as published in the Storm Prediction Center's daily log.
| Time | Size | Place | County | NWS comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5:45 pm | 1.75 | 4 NE Love Valley | Iredell, NC | Golf ball size hail in the Union Grove area. (GSP) |
| 5:52 pm | 2.00 | 5 NNE Love Valley | Iredell, NC | Social media picture of a large bucket full of hail in Union Grove near the Wilkes County line. Numerous golf ball size hailstones with several larger stones around 2 i (GSP) |
| 6:05 pm | 1.00 | 2 WNW Sheffield | Iredell, NC | (GSP) |
| 8:15 pm | 1.00 | 6 NNW China Grove | Rowan, NC | Located approximately 5 miles west of Salisbury... North Carolina. (GSP) |
| 8:23 pm | 1.00 | Salisbury | Rowan, NC | Near West Monroe St. (GSP) |
| 9:14 pm | 1.25 | 4 NNE Paw Creek | Mecklenburg, NC | Social media picture of hail just larger than quarters in the Mountain Island Lake area. (GSP) |
| 9:16 pm | 1.00 | 1 NE Mooresville | Iredell, NC | Dime to quarter size hail fell in Mooresville. (GSP) |
| 9:33 pm | 1.00 | 1 ESE Croft | Mecklenburg, NC | (GSP) |
| 9:45 pm | 1.75 | 3 NNW Unc Charlotte | Mecklenburg, NC | Social media report of golf ball size hail in Mallard Creek. (GSP) |
| 9:55 pm | 1.75 | 2 S Woodleaf | Rowan, NC | Social media report of golf ball size hail between Cleveland and Salisbury. Time and location estimated by radar. (GSP) |
| 10:01 pm | 1.00 | 2 ENE Harrisburg | Cabarrus, NC | Social media report of quarter size hail in Harrisburg. (GSP) |
| 10:01 pm | 1.50 | 4 N Harrisburg | Cabarrus, NC | Social media report of ping pong ball sized hail along Pitt School Road north of Charlotte Motor Speedway. (GSP) |
| 10:30 pm | 1.00 | 1 NE Kannapolis | Cabarrus, NC | (GSP) |
What NEXRAD radar recorded inside the metro
770 signatures from 6 radars fell inside the metro's counties on this local date, counting every cell the algorithm rated from a 10% to a 100% chance of hail; 276 were rated 100% and 12 had a maximum expected size of 2 inches or more.
| Radar | Signatures | Rated 100% | 1 in or more | 2 in or more | Largest expected | First | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KCLT | 227 | 17 | 70 | 2 | 2.25 in | 5:17 am | 11:06 pm |
| KCAE | 163 | 72 | 50 | 1 | 2.00 in | 6:33 am | 10:58 pm |
| KGSP | 154 | 72 | 54 | 3 | 2.50 in | 6:07 am | 11:03 pm |
| KFCX | 115 | 60 | 42 | 2 | 2.25 in | 5:56 pm | 10:55 pm |
| KRAX | 98 | 48 | 29 | 4 | 2.50 in | 5:46 pm | 10:51 pm |
| KMRX | 13 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1.50 in | 7:32 pm | 8:38 pm |
Each radar that scans a storm writes its own signature about every 4 to 6 minutes, so one storm produces many rows and overlapping radars count it more than once. The raw rows for this day are in NOAA's Severe Weather Data Inventory.
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