Thunderstorm Wind, Spartanburg
- When
- June 18, 6:30 PM EST
- Where
- Spartanburg County, 4 mi N of Spartanburg
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 35.000, -81.917
Two trees down along highway 9.
Damaging Wind in South Carolina, June 18, 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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- Wind
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- Heat and drought
- Cold
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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 18, 2:18 PM EST, 4 hours 12 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 18, 2:18 PM EST, 4 hours 12 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 318 PM EDT SAT JUN 18 2005 .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY)... DEEP CONVECTION OVER THE MTNS SHOULD CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER THE MTNS THROUGH THIS EVENING...STORM MOTIONS E AROUND 10 KTS. LAPS INDICATES THAT CAPES RANGE FROM 300-500 OVER THE MTNS AND EASTERN PIEDMONT TO 1000-1500 J/KG OVER THE FOOTHILLS AND SAVANNAH RIVER VALLEY. STORMS MOVING OFF THE MTNS SHOULD THRIVE IN THE RICHER AIR OVER THE FOOTHILLS. WITH ADDITIONAL HEATING AND GENERATION OF OUTFLOWS...COVERAGE SHOULD INCREASE THROUGH THE MID EVENING. EXPECT THE ORDER OF COVERAGE TO FOLLOW HIGH TERRAIN...FOOTHILLS...SAVANNAH RIVER VALLEY...WITH CONVECTION PINCHING NE ACROSS THE PIEDMONT THIS EVENING. HAYWOOD SVR STORM HAD 45-50 DBZ AROUND 30K FT AND A VIL OF 42 FROM KGSP. STEADY EAST FLOW CIRCULATING FROM SRN GA LOW WILL BUILD MOISTURE OVER THE CWA TONIGHT. EXPECTING MOSTLY CLOUDY SKY BY LATE TONIGHT IN THE FORM OF MID STRATUS. SH/TS SHOULD CONTINUE IN LESSER VALUES AS DECENT VORT MAX PASSES WITH SHARP TROUGH. WILL CONTINUE SCT SH/TS TONIGHT AND SUN. SIMILAR PATTERN FOR SUN WITH THE ADDITION OF A NOSING SFC HIGH FROM THE NE. WILL COOL TEMPS TO MET GUIDANCE AND ADVERTISE A LIGHT NE WIND. UPPER LEVEL LOW REMAINS OVER THE AREA SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY. DEEP MOISTURE...BUT LITTLE DEEP LIFT SEEN. THERE WILL BE SOME LIFT...SO WITH MOISTURE AND UPPER LOW HANGING AROUND WILL KEEP CHC POP. LOW FINALLY OPENS UP MONDAY NIGHT...THEN REMNANT TROF MAKES A SLOW ELY PROGRESS ON TUE. KEPT A LINGERING SLIGHT CHC POP MONDAY NITE...BUT HAVE A DRY FCST TUE AS WE WILL BE BETWEEN SYSTEMS. HIGHS REMAIN WELL BELOW NORMAL MONDAY WITH CLOUDS...NELY FLOW AND LOW THICKNESSES. HIGHS RISE TO NEAR OR A LITTLE ABOVE NORMAL TUE DUE TO SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER THICKNESSES AS UPPER LOW MOVES OUT. SHOULD ALSO SEE SOME SUNSHINE. LOWS A LITTLE BELOW NORMAL SUNDAY AND MONDAY NIGHTS. && .LONG TERM (TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY)... PERIOD STARTS WITH UPPER LEVEL TROF OVER THE EAST COAST. A WEAK SHORT WAVE MOVES THRU THE TROF WED INTO OUR AREA PUSHING A BACKDOOR COLD FRONT THRU. BEST MOISTURE AND LIFT SPLIT AND PASS EAST AND WEST OF OUR AREA...SO HAVE A DRY FCST FOR NOW. AREA REMAINS IN NWLY FLOW UNTIL SAT WHEN RIDGING BEGINS TO MOVE IN. A COUPLE OF WEAK SHORT WAVES MOVE THRU THE NWLY FLOW FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. COOLER HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN ON THU THEN HOLDS ACROSS THE AREA THRU SATURDAY AND MODERATES. ENOUGH MOISTURE AND LIFT FOR SLIGHT CHC AFT/EVE POP FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. ABOVE NORMAL TEMPS AHEAD OF THE FNT ON WED...THEN SEASONAL VALUES THU. BACK TO ABOVE NORMAL FRI AND SATURDAY. && .AVIATION... CONVECTION HAS INITIATED OVER THE MTNS AND IS MOVING ENE ATTM. SATELLITE SHOWS THAT CU HAS DEVELOPED ACROSS THE CWA...WITH TCU OVER THE UPPER SAVANNAH VALLEY ALONG WITH THE MTNS. WILL TEMPO IN PERIODS OF TS/SH FOR ALL TERMINALS MINUS KCLT. THE CONVECTIVE THREAT SHOULD CONTINUE UNTIL 6Z...ATMOS BECOMES MORE STABLE AFTER 6Z. NAM DEPICTS THAT THE SFC LOW WILL REMAIN OVER SRN GA TONIGHT...KEEPING THE FA UNDER DEEP EAST FLOW. UPSLOPE FLOW COMBINED WITH A PASSING VORT MAX SHOULD SUPPORT WIDESPREAD MID CLOUDS. ALSO...FORECAST SOUNDINGS SHOW AMPLE BL MOISTURE BUILDS BY SUNRISE...POSSIBLY LEADING TO MVFR FOG OVER AREAS THAT SEE RAIN TODAY AND TONIGHT. SUN...NE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO STRENGTHEN SOMEWHAT BY MID MORNING. WILL CONTINUE VFR CEILING THROUGH 18Z WITH MENTION OF SH/TS. && .GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. && SHORT TERM...NED/RWH LONG TERM...RWH AVIATION...NED
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 18, 2:51 AM EST, 15 hours 39 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 351 AM EDT SAT JUN 18 2005 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082- SCZ001>014-019-190800- 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- 351 AM EDT SAT JUN 18 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA... MUCH OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TODAY...MAINLY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...SOME STORMS MAY BECOME QUITE STRONG WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY...THEN AGAIN ON FRIDAY...SOME STORMS MAY BECOME STRONG...WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NECESSARY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. RB
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 18, 4:32 PM EST, 1 hour 58 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 532 PM EDT SAT JUN 18 2005 GAZ010-017-NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-SCZ001>003-182330- AVERY-BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-HABERSHAM-HAYWOOD- HENDERSON-MACON NC-MADISON NC-MITCHELL NC-NORTHERN JACKSON NC- OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-RABUN-SOUTHERN JACKSON NC-SWAIN- TRANSYLVANIA-YANCEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ASHEVILLE...BREVARD...CHEROKEE... CLARKESVILLE...CLAYTON...FRANKLIN...HENDERSONVILLE...NEWLAND... SPRUCE PINE...SYLVA...WAYNESVILLE 532 PM EDT SAT JUN 18 2005 ...THUNDERSTORMS TO CONTINUE IN MOUNTAINS... THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING IN THE MOUNTAINS OF THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE HAIL AND UP TO SEVERAL INCHES OF RAIN PER HOUR. FREQUENT LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED. NCZ034-035-054>056-066-068>070-182330- ALEXANDER-BURKE NC-CALDWELL-CATAWBA-CLEVELAND-GASTON-LINCOLN NC- MCDOWELL-POLK NC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GASTONIA...HICKORY...LINCOLNTON...MARION... MORGANTON...SHELBY...TRYON 532 PM EDT SAT JUN 18 2005 ...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT... THUNDERSTORMS WILL SPREAD EAST ACROSS THE NORTH CAROLINA FOOTHILLS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING...AND INTO THE WESTERN PIEDMONT. FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL CAN BE EXPECTED. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL. GAZ018-026-028-SCZ004>007-010-182330- ANDERSON-FRANKLIN GA-GREATER GREENVILLE-GREATER OCONEE- GREATER PICKENS-HART-SPARTANBURG-STEPHENS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANDERSON...GREENVILLE...HARTWELL... SPARTANBURG...TOCCOA 532 PM EDT SAT JUN 18 2005 ...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO FOOTHILLS... THUNDERSTORMS WILL SPREAD SOUTHEAST FROM THE MOUNTAINS INTO THE FOOTHILLS OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING. FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL CAN BE EXPECTED. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL. 07
Special weather statement, Jun 18, 5:05 PM EST, 1 hour 25 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 605 PM EDT SAT JUN 18 2005 SCZ008-182330- CHEROKEE SC- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...GAFFNEY 605 PM EDT SAT JUN 18 2005 ...THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING... THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING WILL MOVE INTO NORTHERN CHEROKEE COUNTY EARLY THIS EVENING. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL. 07
Local storm report, Jun 18, 5:12 PM EST, 1 hour 18 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
612 PM EDT SAT JUN 18 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0608 PM HAIL MORGANTON 35.74N 81.70W
06/18/2005 0.50 INCH BURKE NC TRAINED SPOTTER
1 MILE NORTH OF I-40 AT US 64
&&
BSHSpecial weather statement, Jun 18, 5:22 PM EST, 1 hour 8 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 622 PM EDT SAT JUN 18 2005 SCZ014-182330- CHESTER- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...CHESTER 622 PM EDT SAT JUN 18 2005 ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP OVER CHESTER COUNTY... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP OVER CHESTER COUNTY EARLY THIS EVENING. FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS. 07
Local storm report, Jun 18, 5:38 PM EST, 52 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
638 PM EDT SAT JUN 18 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0600 PM HAIL HARRIS 35.24N 81.87W
06/18/2005 0.25 INCH RUTHERFORD NC TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
BSHSpecial weather statement, Jun 18, 5:39 PM EST, 51 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 639 PM EDT SAT JUN 18 2005 GAZ010-017-NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-SCZ001>003-190100- AVERY-BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-HABERSHAM-HAYWOOD- HENDERSON-MACON NC-MADISON NC-MITCHELL NC-NORTHERN JACKSON NC- OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-RABUN-SOUTHERN JACKSON NC-SWAIN- TRANSYLVANIA-YANCEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ASHEVILLE...BREVARD...CHEROKEE... CLARKESVILLE...CLAYTON...FRANKLIN...HENDERSONVILLE...NEWLAND... SPRUCE PINE...SYLVA...WAYNESVILLE 639 PM EDT SAT JUN 18 2005 ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO DIMINISH OVER THE MOUNTAINS... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH OVER THE MOUNTAINS OF THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA THROUGH EARLY EVENING. OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS. THE GREATEST RAINFALL WILL LINGER IN THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. NCZ034-054-055-066-067-190100- BURKE NC-CALDWELL-MCDOWELL-POLK NC-RUTHERFORD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARION...MORGANTON...RUTHERFORDTON...TRYON 639 PM EDT SAT JUN 18 2005 ...THUNDERSTORMS TO LEAVE THE FOOTHILLS... A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL WILL MOVE EAST FROM THE NORTH CAROLINA FOOTHILLS AND INTO THE PIEDMONT EARLY THIS EVENING. SCATTERED SHOWERS WILL REMAIN AFTER THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVES OUT. NCZ035>037-056-057-068>072-082-SCZ008-009-014-190100- ALEXANDER-CABARRUS-CATAWBA-CHEROKEE SC-CHESTER-CLEVELAND-DAVIE- GASTON-IREDELL-LINCOLN NC-MECKLENBURG-ROWAN-UNION NC-YORK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLOTTE...CHESTER...CONCORD...GAFFNEY... GASTONIA...HICKORY...LINCOLNTON...MOCKSVILLE...MONROE...ROCK HILL... SALISBURY...SHELBY...STATESVILLE 639 PM EDT SAT JUN 18 2005 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN APPROACHING INTERSTATE 77... A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL APPROACH THE INTERSTATE 77 CORRIDOR FROM THE WEST EARLY THIS EVENING. EXPECT FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND POSSIBLE HAIL...WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. GAZ018-026-028-029-SCZ004>007-010>013-019-190100- ABBEVILLE-ANDERSON-ELBERT-FRANKLIN GA-GREATER GREENVILLE- GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS-GREENWOOD-HART-LAURENS SC-SPARTANBURG- STEPHENS-UNION SC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ABBEVILLE...ANDERSON...ELBERTON... GREENVILLE...GREENWOOD...HARTWELL...LAURENS...SPARTANBURG...TOCCOA... UNION 639 PM EDT SAT JUN 18 2005 ...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT... THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST FROM THE MOUNTAINS AND INTO THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT OF UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA EARLY THIS EVENING. THESE STORMS WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND POSSIBLY HAIL. 07
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 31 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:31 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
- Hail and Lightning Strike in South Carolina, June 18, 2005
- Tornado in Florida, June 18, 2005
- Hail in South Carolina, June 18, 2005
- Hail in Montana, June 18 to 19, 2005
- Hail in Georgia, June 18, 2005
- Hail in Montana, June 18, 2005
- Flooding in Oklahoma, June 18 to 19, 2005
- Waterspout in South Atlantic Coastal Waters, June 18, 2005
- High Wind in Oregon, June 18, 2005
- Marine Thunderstorm Wind in Gulf of Mexico, June 18, 2005
- Marine Thunderstorm Wind in Gulf of Mexico, June 18, 2005
- Marine Thunderstorm Wind in Gulf of Mexico, June 18, 2005
More
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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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5458479.