Lightning, York
- When
- June 27, 5:30 PM EST
- Where
- York County, York
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 34.975, -81.184 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning sparked a house fire.
Lightning Strike in South Carolina, June 27, 2005
1 lightning, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- 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
- $25,000
- 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, 1:04 PM EST, 4 hours 26 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 27, 1:04 PM EST, 4 hours 26 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 204 PM EDT MON JUN 27 2005 .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY)... MOIST AIRMASS REMAINS IN PLACE WITH A WEAK SHORTWAVE TROF APPROACHING FROM THE SW. AT LEAST SCT SHWRS AND TSTMS EXPECTED ACROSS THE CWA. UPPER DIFLUENCE AND UPSLOPE ENHANCEMENT IN S FLOW WILL HELP COVERAGE INCREASE TO LIKELY OVER MTNS...ESCARPMENT AND ADJACENT FOOTHILL/PIEDMONT AREAS THROUGH THIS EVE. LAPS CAPES REACHED 2000- 3000 J/KG OUTSIDE OF MTNS THIS AFTN. WIND SHEAR IS WEAK BUT SLIGHT DRYING SHOWING UP AT MID LEVELS SO IF ISOLD STRONG STORMS DO DEVELOP...HIGH STRAIGHT LINE WIND GUSTS WILL BE POSSIBLE...MAINLY FAR NE GA AND THE W PART OF UPSTATE SC WHERE DRYEST MID LEVELS ARE INDICATED. HEAVY RAIN STILL OF GREAT CONCERN THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT PERIOD... ESPECIALLY WHERE HEAVY RAIN FELL IN THE LAST 24 HOURS. THE THREAT OF MAINLY LATE DAY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES THROUGH THURSDAY...BUT WITH THIS AIRMASS...STORMS COULD DEVELOP ANYWHERE AND ANYTIME IF AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVES INTO THE AREA. && .LONG TERM (THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY)... GFS APPEARS TO BE THE MODEL OF CHOICE FOR THE MEDIUM RANGE...WHICH KEEPS A WEAK UPPER TROUGH OVER THE SRN APPALACHIANS INTO THE WEEKEND. A STRONG UPPER TROF MOVES E ACROSS N STATES LATE IN THE WEEK...WHICH REINFORCES THE TROF OVER THE E U.S. AS IT MOVES E. A COLD FRONT DROPS SE INTO N GA AND THE CAROLINAS FRI...THEN STALLS ALONG S EDGE OF THE AREA. WEAK SHORT WAVES MOVG THROUGH THE UPPER FLOW COULD INITIATE CONVECTION AT ANY TIME THROUGH THE PERIOD SO A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN KEPT IN THE GRIDDED FORECAST EACH DAY...WITH EMPHASIS ON MORE ACTIVE CONVECTION DURING THE WARMER AFTERNOON AND EVENING TIMEFRAME. && .AVIATION... CEILINGS WILL REMAIN IN LOW VFR RANGE THROUGH MID EVENING...EXCEPT WHERE SCATTERED RW/TRW DEVELOP. WITH SUCH A MOIST AIRMASS... CONTINUED UPGLIDE...VORTICITY ADVECTION AND UPPER DIFFLUENCE ASSOCIATED WITH TENNESSEE CLOSED LOW...EACH OF THE TAF SITES HAS AN EXCELLENT CHANCE AT SEEING SOME CONVECTION IN THE NEXT 24 HOURS. WE HAVE FEATURED TEMPO GROUPS FOR LATE AFTERNOON/EVENING...THEN AGAIN LATE TONIGHT AS ANOTHER ROUND OF SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TO AFFECT THE CWFA LATE WITH POSSIBLE SEA BREEZE INTERACTION FROM THE SOUTHEAST. VISIBILITIES WERE LOWERED INTO THE IFR RANGE MOST LOCATIONS IN PRE-DAWN TEMPO GROUPS...WITH ACCOMPANYING IFR CEILINGS TOWARD MORNING. LOCATIONS THAT DO NOT SEE CONVECTION IN THE PREDAWN SHOULD SEE WIDESPREAD BLANKET OF IFR CEILINGS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY IN MIST. CONVECTION LIKELY TO BE STILL WIDESPREAD AT THE ONSET OF THE OUTLOOK PERIOD...WHICH FEATURES CONTINUED VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS IN HAZE AND CEILINGS APPROACHING LOWER VFR LEVEL BY 18Z. && .GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. && SHORT TERM...RB LONG TERM...RB AVIATION...SAB
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 27, 4:54 AM EST, 12 hours 36 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 554 AM EDT MON JUN 27 2005 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082- SCZ001>014-019-281000- 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- 554 AM EDT MON JUN 27 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA... MUCH OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT. ISOLATED FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE TODAY UNDER THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS...ESPECIALLY IN LOCATIONS THAT RECEIVED HEAVY RAINFALL EARLY THIS MORNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY THE TROPICAL AIRMASS WILL REMAIN IN PLACE THROUGH THE WEEK. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LIKELY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE EXTREME SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS. FOR FURTHER DETAILS ON THE POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING...SEE THE HYDROLOGIC OUTLOOK...CAEESFGSP...ISSUED THIS MORNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ASKED TO RELAY ANY REPORTS OF FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. HG
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 12:00 PM EST, 5 hours 30 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 100 PM EDT MON JUN 27 2005 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082- SCZ001>014-019-272000- 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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...CLARKESVILLE...TOCCOA... HARTWELL...ELBERTON...NEWLAND...STATESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE... SPRUCE PINE...CHEROKEE...WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...MARION... MORGANTON...HICKORY...SALISBURY...SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD... HENDERSONVILLE...COLUMBUS...RUTHERFORDTON...SHELBY...LINCOLNTON... GASTONIA...CHARLOTTE...CONCORD...MONROE...GREENVILLE... SPARTANBURG...GAFFNEY...ROCK HILL...ANDERSON...ABBEVILLE... LAURENS...UNION...CHESTER...GREENWOOD 100 PM EDT MON JUN 27 2005 ...THREAT OF ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL AND ISOLATED SEVERE WEATHER... MORNING UPPER AIR ANALYSIS INDICATED THE POTENTIAL FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT LATE THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA. SOME ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY IN WESTERN SECTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA. OVERNIGHT THUNDERSTORMS CAUSED SOME FLASH FLOODING IN A FEW LOCATIONS...AND THAT WILL BE A CONCERN AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THE BEST CHANCE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE GENERALLY WEST OF A LINE FROM MARSHALL NORTH CAROLINA TO GREENWOOD SOUTH CAROLINA...WHERE THE AIR ALOFT WAS A BIT COLDER AND MORE UNSTABLE ACCORDING TO DATA COLLECTED THIS MORNING. A WEAK UPPER AIR FEATURE WILL HELP FOCUS SOME ORGANIZED THUNDERSTORMS IN THAT AREA. SOME HAIL COULD OCCUR...BUT DRIER AIR ALOFT WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR STRONG WIND GUSTS IN SOME OF THE STORMS. THE BEST CHANCE OF ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING WILL INITIALLY BE IN AREAS WHICH RECEIVED HEAVY RAINFALL OVERNIGHT...FROM THE GREENVILLE AREA NORTH INTO THE MOUNTAINS AROUND HENDERSONVILLE AND ASHEVILLE. THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING WILL INCREASE GRADUALLY ACROSS MUCH OF THE CENTRAL PART OF THE FORECAST AREA AS NEW RAINFALL CAUSES THE GROUND TO BECOME SATURATED OVER LARGER AREAS. IT IS POSSIBLE A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MAY BE ISSUED LATER TODAY FOR PART OF THE FORECAST AREA. ALSO...LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLY WARNINGS FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE AFTERNOON. JONES
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 2:20 PM EST, 3 hours 10 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 320 PM EDT MON JUN 27 2005 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082- SCZ001>014-019-280300- 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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...CLARKESVILLE...TOCCOA... HARTWELL...ELBERTON...NEWLAND...STATESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE... SPRUCE PINE...CHEROKEE...WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...MARION... MORGANTON...HICKORY...SALISBURY...SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD... HENDERSONVILLE...COLUMBUS...RUTHERFORDTON...SHELBY...LINCOLNTON... GASTONIA...CHARLOTTE...CONCORD...MONROE...GREENVILLE... SPARTANBURG...GAFFNEY...ROCK HILL...ANDERSON...ABBEVILLE... LAURENS...UNION...CHESTER...GREENWOOD 320 PM EDT MON JUN 27 2005 ...THREAT OF ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL AND ISOLATED SEVERE WEATHER... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING OVER THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA AT MID AFTERNOON. THE BEST COVERAGE OF SHOWERS AND STORMS WAS FROM CHERRYVILLE THROUGH LINCOLNTON...TO SALISBURY AND MOCKSVILLE IN NORTH CAROLINA...AND JUST WEST OF GREENVILLE IN SOUTH CAROLINA. OVERNIGHT THUNDERSTORMS CAUSED SOME FLASH FLOODING IN A FEW LOCATIONS...AND THAT WILL BE A CONCERN AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SEVERAL LOCATIONS FROM AROUND GREENVILLE TO THE HENDERSONVILLE AREA HAD RAINFALL OF MORE THAN 3 INCHES IN A RELATIVELY SHORT TIME...WITH AN ISOLATED 9 INCH TOTAL REPORTED BY AN AUTOMATED GAGE IN EASTERN HENDERSON COUNTY. THE BEST CHANCE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE GENERALLY WEST OF A LINE FROM MARSHALL NORTH CAROLINA TO GREENWOOD SOUTH CAROLINA...WHERE THE AIR ALOFT WAS A BIT COLDER AND MORE UNSTABLE. A WEAK UPPER AIR FEATURE WILL HELP FOCUS SOME ORGANIZED THUNDERSTORMS IN THAT AREA. SOME HAIL COULD OCCUR...BUT DRIER AIR ALOFT WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR STRONG WIND GUSTS IN SOME OF THE STORMS. THE BEST CHANCE OF ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING WILL INITIALLY BE IN AREAS WHICH RECEIVED HEAVY RAINFALL OVERNIGHT...FROM THE GREENVILLE AREA NORTH INTO THE MOUNTAINS AROUND HENDERSONVILLE AND ASHEVILLE. THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING WILL INCREASE GRADUALLY ACROSS MUCH OF THE CENTRAL PART OF THE FORECAST AREA AS NEW RAINFALL CAUSES THE GROUND TO BECOME SATURATED OVER LARGER AREAS. CRITICAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN THOSE AREAS...WHICH WILL ENOUGH TO BEGIN FLASH FLOODING...WILL BE MORE THAN ABOUT 2 INCHES IN 3 HOURS. IT IS POSSIBLE A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MAY BE REQUIRED THIS EVENING FOR PART OF THE FORECAST AREA. ALSO...LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLY WARNINGS FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. JONES
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 95 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:32 UTC.
Event by event
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Lightning
- A lightning strike that killed, injured or caused damage.
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 South Carolina in 2005Every state in 2005This day in weather historyWarnings in South 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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5458833.