Thunderstorm Wind, Polk
- When
- June 27, 4:00 AM EST
- Where
- Polk County, 3 mi W of Tryon
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 35.217, -82.283
Trees down on highway 176 between Tryon and Saluda.
Damaging Wind in North Carolina, June 27, 2005
1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
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- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 27, 2:19 AM EST, 1 hour 41 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 27, 2:19 AM EST, 1 hour 41 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 319 AM EDT MON JUN 27 2005 .SHORT TERM (TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY)... RECENT SURFACE ANALYSES DEPICT AN INVERTED TROUGH AXIS DRIFTING WESTWARD FROM THE SOUTHEAST COAST. THE KGSP VAD WIND PROFILE HAS DEEP SOUTHEAST FLOW EXTENDING FROM THE SFC TO AROUND 500 MB...IN AN AIRMASS WITH PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES JUST BELOW TWO INCHES. THE RESULT HAS BEEN CONVECTION AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE UPSLOPE PREFERRED REGIONS...AND THIS SHOULD CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING UNTIL 850 MB FLOW VEERS SOUTH AND THE FOCUS SHIFTS WESTWARD TOWARD THE HIGHER TERRAIN. THE SHORT RANGE MODELS DIVERGE SLIGHTLY ON THE DEGREE OF RESURGENT UPSLOPE THROUGH THE DAY...AND THE HANDLING OF AN H5 VORT LOBE WHICH SHOULD BRUSH THE MOUNTAINS DURING PEAK HEATING THIS AFTERNOON. BUT WITH SUCH DEEP TROPICAL MOISTURE IN PLACE...LIKELY POPS IN AND NEAR THE MTNS SEEM A GOOD BET THROUGH TONIGHT. AS THE UPPER LOW IN THE LOWER MS VALLEY LIFTS NORTH AND PHASES BACK INTO THE NRN STREAM THROUGH TUE NIGHT...BOTH THE NAM AND GFS SPIN UP A TROPICAL LOOKING 850 MB CIRCULATION CENTER IN THE NRN GULF OF MEXICO. WHETHER THIS FEATURE IS REAL OR NOT...A TROPICAL CONNECTION WILL PERSIST AND THE SOUTHERLY UPSLOPE SHOULD BE ALL THE TRIGGERING THAT IS NECESSARY TO WARRANT HIGH CHC TO LOW LIKELY POPS THROUGH THE SHORT RANGE. && .LONG TERM (WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY)... 850 MB FLOW FINALLY STARTS TO BECOME WESTERLY BY THURSDAY...WITH BEST PRECIPITATION CHANCES SHIFTING SHARPLY BACK TOWARD THE TN BORDER. PREVIOUS IDEA OF A BOUNDARY LAYING OVER FROM THE NORTHWEST...WITH AN ACTIVE PERIOD OF UPSTREAM MCS ACTIVITY THROUGH THE LONG RANGE...SEEMS REASONABLE. NO CHANGES WILL BE MADE PENDING MORNING COLLABORATION. && .AVIATION... SCATTERED CONVECTION IN DEEP SE FLOW WANING OVER MIDLANDS...ALL WILL ALLOW ACTIVITY TO TAPER OFF EARLY THIS MORNING...WITH CIGS/VSBY LOWERING IN RAIN MOISTENED AIR. BY MID MORNING LOW VFR VSBY/CIGS AS WIND INCREASES SLIGHTLY FROM NE. INSTABILITY AND SOME OMEGA IN GFS SUPPORT BEST CHACNE OF PRECIPITATION LATE AFTERNOON WHEN GUIDANCE HAS HIGHEST POPS. WILL CARRY TEMPO MVFR CONDITIONS IN SHOWERS...WITH THUNDER FAR S AND E WHERE INSTABILITY GREATEST. WIND DECREASES AND VEERS TO SSE MID EVENING...WHEN PREVAILING MVFR VSBY/CIG WARRANTED. && .HYDROLOGY... PLAN ON ISSUING AN ESF TO HIGHLIGHT THE HEAVY RAIN/FLOODING POTENTIAL THROUGH WEDNESDAY. SPECIAL ATTENTION WILL BE DRAWN TO THE SW CWFA WHERE UPSLOPE ENHANCEMENT WILL BRING THE GREATEST FLOODING THREAT. && .GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. && SHORT TERM...HG LONG TERM...HG AVIATION...JAT HYDROLOGY...HG
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 26, 4:53 AM EST, 23 hours 7 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 553 AM EDT SUN JUN 26 2005 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082- SCZ001>014-019-271000- RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-AVERY-CALDWELL- ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD- BUNCOMBE-MCDOWELL-BURKE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON- MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-POLK-RUTHERFORD- CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION- OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS- GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG- CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- 553 AM EDT SUN JUN 26 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA... MUCH OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NUMEROUS SHOWERS ACROSS THE REGION MAY PRODUCE AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM LATE TODAY. THE SHOWERS COULD BE HEAVY IN A FEW LOCATIONS...WITH MAXIMUM RAINFALL TOTALS NEARING AN INCH IN SPOTS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY ADDITIONAL SHOWERS...AND A GREATER NUMBER OF THUNDERSTORMS...ARE EXPECTED ON MONDAY. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING COULD BE STRONG...PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. A FEW POCKETS OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED. MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN MOST LOCATIONS THROUGH THE WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE NEEDED. HG
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 38 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 09:01 UTC.
Event by event
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Lightning Strike in Pennsylvania, June 27, 2005
- Tornado in Nebraska, June 27, 2005
- Hail in Nebraska, June 27, 2005
- Hail in Kansas, June 27 to 28, 2005
- Lightning Strikes in Georgia, June 27, 2005
- Flash Flood and Hail in Iowa, June 27 to 28, 2005
- Lightning Strike in North Carolina, June 27, 2005
- Lightning Strike in New Hampshire, June 27, 2005
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Michigan, June 27, 2005
- Flash Flood in North Carolina, June 27, 2005
- Lightning Strike in Indiana, June 27, 2005
- Lightning Strike in North Carolina, June 27, 2005
More
Every storm in North Carolina in 2005Every state in 2005This day in weather historyWarnings in North Carolina, June 2005
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5458578.