Severe Weather Reports for 26 May 2006

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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
700 AM EDT SAT MAY 27 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0315 PM     HAIL             6 E SUNSHINE            35.45N 81.70W
05/26/2006  E0.75 INCH       RUTHERFORD         NC   PUBLIC

            HAIL AS LARGE AS PENNIES LASTED FOR ABOUT 10-15 MINUTES
            ALONG CUB CREEK ROAD, LOCATED ABOUT 1.5 MILES FROM THE
            RUTHERFORD COUNTY CLEVELAND COUNTY LINE.

0330 PM     HAIL             4 N LAWNDALE            35.47N 81.56W
05/26/2006  E0.75 INCH       CLEVELAND          NC   PUBLIC

            NEAR WARLICK ROAD, JUST NORTH OF THE CITY OF LAWNDALE.

0355 PM     TSTM WND DMG     4 SW LINCOLNTON         35.43N 81.30W
05/26/2006                   LINCOLN            NC   COUNTY OFFICIAL

            ONE TREE DOWN 4 SW OF LINCOLNTON.

0400 PM     HAIL             SENECA                  34.69N 82.96W
05/26/2006  E0.75 INCH       OCONEE             SC   PUBLIC

            PENNY-SIZED HAIL REPORTED BY PUBLIC AT THE QUICK STOP IN
            SENECA.

0400 PM     TSTM WND DMG     11 W LINCOLNTON         35.48N 81.44W
05/26/2006                   LINCOLN            NC   TRAINED SPOTTER

            A TREE LIMB OF 15 INCH DIAMETER OFF A BRADFORD PEAR TREE.

0400 PM     TSTM WND DMG     CHERRYVILLE             35.38N 81.38W
05/26/2006                   GASTON             NC   TRAINED SPOTTER

            5 TREES DOWN OF 12 INCHES DIAMETER AT THE KENTUCKY FRIED
            CHICKEN IN CHERRYVILLE. MARBLE-SIZED HAIL.

0415 PM     HAIL             5 E SENECA              34.69N 82.90W
05/26/2006  E0.75 INCH       OCONEE             SC   PUBLIC

            HAIL AS LARGE AS DIMES FELL FOR JUST A FEW MINUTES ALONG
            DAVIS CREEK ROAD, JUST EAST OF SENECA. BRADFORD PEAR TREE
            SPLIT IN HALF AT SAME LOCATION.
			
0430 PM     HAIL             2 SE CLEMSON            34.66N 82.79W
05/26/2006  E0.88 INCH       ANDERSON           SC   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

            FIRE DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEE REPORTED NICKEL HAIL.

0438 PM     TSTM WND DMG     7 NNW GREER             35.03N 82.28W
05/26/2006                   GREENVILLE         SC   PUBLIC

            THUNDERSTORM WINDS TORE AWAY SHINGLES FROM A UTILITY
            BUILDING AND BROUGHT DOWN SEVERAL TREE LIMBS AT A 
            LOCATION A QUARTER OF A MILE FROM HIGHWAY 101 AND A HALF
            MILE FROM HIGHWAY 14.

0438 PM     HAIL             7 NNW GREER             35.03N 82.28W
05/26/2006  E0.75 INCH       GREENVILLE         SC   PUBLIC

            A PUBLIC REPORT OF PENNY-SIZED HAIL AT A LOCATION A 
            QUARTER OF A MILE FROM HIGHWAY 101 AND A HALF MILE FROM
            HIGHWAY 14.

0440 PM     TSTM WND DMG     3 N DALLAS              35.36N 81.18W
05/26/2006                   GASTON             NC   COUNTY OFFICIAL

            TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN ALONG HIGHWAY 321 NORTH OF
            DALLAS.

0440 PM     TSTM WND DMG     TALLULAH FALLS          34.72N 83.38W
05/26/2006                   RABUN              GA   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            MANY TREES DOWN REPORTED BY THE POLICE CHIEF.

0443 PM     HAIL             S TALLULAH FALLS        34.72N 83.38W
05/26/2006  E0.88 INCH       HABERSHAM          GA   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

            NICKEL-SIZED HAIL FELL IN TALLULAH FALLS.

0443 PM     TSTM WND DMG     S TALLULAH FALLS        34.72N 83.38W
05/26/2006                   HABERSHAM          GA   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

            SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS RESULTED IN A DEBRIS FIELD A
            FOOTBALL FIELD IN WIDTH AND A HALF MILE IN LENGTH IN
            TALLULAH FALLS. 14 LARGE TREES WERE UPROOTED AND 
            SCATTERED ABOUT IN ALL DIRECTIONS. POWER LINES WERE
            DOWNED IN DOWNTOWN TALLULAH FALLS. A TREE FELL ON A HOUSE
            ON SPRING STREET WHILE ANOTHER FELL ON A GARAGE ON
            RAILROAD STREET.

0443 PM     TSTM WND GST     W TALLULAH FALLS        34.72N 83.38W
05/26/2006  M56.00 MPH       HABERSHAM          GA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            56-MPH GUST MEASURED ON HICKORY NUT MOUNTAIN.

0445 PM     TSTM WND DMG     CHARLOTTE               35.20N 80.83W
05/26/2006                   MECKLENBURG        NC   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREES DOWN IN DOWNTOWN CHARLOTTE REPORTED BY POLICE
            DEPARTMENT.

0445 PM     HAIL             CROUSE                  35.42N 81.31W
05/26/2006  E1.00 INCH       LINCOLN            NC   COUNTY OFFICIAL

            QUARTER-SIZED HAIL REPORTED BY FIRE DEPARTMENT.

0445 PM     HAIL             3 NE WACO               35.39N 81.39W
05/26/2006  E1.00 INCH       GASTON             NC   TRAINED SPOTTER

            QUARTER-SIZED HAIL.

0445 PM     HAIL             8 NW GREER              35.02N 82.33W
05/26/2006  E0.75 INCH       GREENVILLE         SC   PUBLIC

            DIME-SIZED HAIL FELL FOR 5-10 MINUTES ALONG FEWS CHAPEL
            ROAD IN THE BLUE RIDGE COMMUNITY, NW OF THE CITY OF
            GREER.

0451 PM     TSTM WND DMG     5 N GREER               35.01N 82.23W
05/26/2006                   GREENVILLE         SC   TRAINED SPOTTER

            TREE ON MOBILE HOME.

0500 PM     TSTM WND DMG     3 NW BANNER ELK         36.19N 81.91W
05/26/2006                   AVERY              NC   PUBLIC

            3 TREES DOWN ALONG SAM ELLER ROAD. SEVERAL OTHER TREES
            DOWN IN THE COUNTY.

0520 PM     TSTM WND DMG     13 N MONROE             35.18N 80.54W
05/26/2006                   UNION              NC   COUNTY OFFICIAL

            COUNTY 911 CENTER RELAYED A REPORT OF A TREE DOWN AT
            INTERSECTION OF MOORESVILLE ROAD AND ACADEMY ROAD IN
            NORTHERN PART OF COUNTY.
			
0520 PM     HAIL             9 ESE CHARLOTTE         35.15N 80.69W
05/26/2006  E0.88 INCH       MECKLENBURG        NC   TRAINED SPOTTER

            NICKEL-SIZED HAIL FELL AT INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 51 AND
            I-485.
			
0520 PM     TSTM WND GST     CLEMSON                 34.68N 82.81W
05/26/2006  M69.00 MPH       PICKENS            SC   CO-OP OBSERVER

            69 MPH WIND GUST RECORDED BY DAVIS WEATHER STATION AT THE
            CLEMSON AG WEATHER OFFICE. ALSO HAD LARGE LIMBS BLOWN OUT
            OF A MAPLE TREE.
			
0530 PM     TSTM WND DMG     10 N MONROE             35.13N 80.54W
05/26/2006                   UNION              NC   EMERGENCY MNGR

            THREE LARGE OAKS DOWN, ONE ON BRICK HOUSE.
			
0530 PM     HAIL             3 SSW BOILING SPRINGS   35.00N 82.00W
05/26/2006  E0.75 INCH       SPARTANBURG        SC   TRAINED SPOTTER

            DIME SIZED HAIL REPORTED ALONG UPPER VALLEY FALLS ROAD,
            JUST NORTH OF I-85.
			
0532 PM     TSTM WND DMG     NEW SALEM               35.13N 80.37W
05/26/2006                   UNION              NC   COUNTY OFFICIAL

            A COUPLE OF TREES REPORTED DOWN NEAR NEW SALEM.
			
0533 PM     HAIL             CROUSE                  35.42N 81.31W
05/26/2006  E1.00 INCH       LINCOLN            NC   TRAINED SPOTTER

            QUARTER-SIZED HAIL REPORTED BY SPOTTER.
			
0537 PM     TSTM WND DMG     9 NE ANDERSON           34.61N 82.53W
05/26/2006                   ANDERSON           SC   NWS EMPLOYEE

            OFF DUTY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EMPLOYEE REPORTED TREES
            DOWN AT THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 81 AND INTERSTATE 85.
			
0540 PM     TSTM WND DMG     4 NNW BELTON            34.58N 82.52W
05/26/2006                   ANDERSON           SC   TRAINED SPOTTER

            SEVERAL LARGE TREES DOWN ALONG CRAPPIE DRIVE NEAR BELTON.
            ALSO REPORTED A PERIOD OF HAIL OF UNKNOWN SIZE.
			
0545 PM     HAIL             2 S CROUSE              35.39N 81.31W
05/26/2006  E1.00 INCH       GASTON             NC   TRAINED SPOTTER

            QUARTER-SIZED HAIL ON THE GASTON SIDE OF THE BORDER
            REPORTED BY SPOTTER.
			
0612 PM     HAIL             3 S CROUSE              35.38N 81.31W
05/26/2006  E1.25 INCH       GASTON             NC   AMATEUR RADIO

            HALF DOLLAR-SIZED HAIL REPORTED THROUGH HAM RADIO.
			
0613 PM     HAIL             CROUSE                  35.42N 81.31W
05/26/2006  E1.00 INCH       LINCOLN            NC   AMATEUR RADIO

            QUARTER-SIZED HAIL REPORTED THROUGH HAM RADIO.
			
0630 PM     FLASH FLOOD      HIGH SHOALS             35.40N 81.20W
05/26/2006                   GASTON             NC   AMATEUR RADIO

            NUMEROUS ROADS CLOSED INCLUDING PHILADELPHIA CHURCH ROAD
            AND ALEXIS ROAD FROM STREAM FLOODING.
			
0636 PM     TORNADO          1 N GASTONIA            35.27N 81.17W
05/26/2006                   GASTON             NC   TRAINED SPOTTER

            A POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS REPORTED BY SPOTTERS TO HAVE
            TOUCHED DOWN IN NORTHERN GASTONIA THEN LIFTED NEAR BI-LO
            AT NEW HOPE ROAD IN GASTONIA. IT CONTINUED TOWARD 
            CRAMERTON.

0640 PM     TSTM WND DMG     CLINTON                 34.48N 81.87W
05/26/2006                   LAURENS            SC   PUBLIC

            ONE TREE DOWN ON APPLE ORCHARD ROAD.

0650 PM     TSTM WND DMG     3 SE JOANNA             34.38N 81.77W
05/26/2006                   LAURENS            SC   PUBLIC

            NUMEROUS LARGE LIMBS BLOWN DOWN.

0705 PM     HAIL             8 NW CHARLOTTE          35.28N 80.93W
05/26/2006  E0.75 INCH       MECKLENBURG        NC   COUNTY OFFICIAL

            LARGE HAIL NEAR I-85 AND I-77 INTERCHANGE.

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