Georgia, 2006Damaging Wind in Georgia, July 14, 2006
July 14, 2006 · NWS GSP · 1 event in 1 county or zone
1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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- Deaths
- 0
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- None recorded
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- 1
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NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 14, 1:30 PM EST, 1 hour 46 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 14, 1:30 PM EST, 1 hour 46 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
230 PM EDT FRI JUL 14 2006
.SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY/...
MORNING SHOWERS/CLOUDS GOT DESTABILIZATION PROCESS OFF TO A LATE
START TODAY WITH THE FIRST TSTMS NOTED ON THE 88D ABOUT 1 PM.
NONETHELESS...CVRG HAS BEEN GRADUALLY INCREASING AND EXPECT SCATTERED
...RATHER SLOW MOVING TSTMS TO EFFECT THE CWFA INTO THE EARLY TO
MID-EVENING HOURS. AS MENTIONED THIS MORNING...BASED ON MODIFIED 12
UTC AREA SNDGS...LOCALLY HEAVY RNFL SEEMS TO BE THE BIGGEST THREAT
WITH PWATS ABT 130 PERCENT OF NORMAL AND 33-35 K INDEX VALUES. HIGH
FREEZING LVLS AND VERY MOIST SNDGS SHOULD LIMIT ANY SVR WX TO
ISOLATED WET MICROBURSTS.
WITH LINGERING DEEP RH AND HIGH PWATS...COULD SEE ANOTHER OVERNIGHT
PERIOD WITH AT LEAST ISOLATED SHOWERS AND PERHAPS A TSTM...AS NAM
KEEPS THE ATMOSPHERE WEAKLY UNSTABLE. FRONTAL BAND MOISTURE AND
SUPPORTING ELONGATED MIX-LVL VORT TO EFFECT THE REGION ON
SATURDAY...RESULTING IN ANOTHER DAY OF SOLID CHANCE POPS.
&&
.LONG TERM /SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY/...
NAM AND GFS IN GOOD AGREEMENT SHOWING DIFLUENT FLOW ALOFT SAT NIGHT
BUT WITH SIGNIFICANT DRYING IN THE LOWER LEVELS. HAVE REDUCED POPS
OVERNIGHT SAT AND ON SUN AFTN. WEAK UPPER HIGH REMAINS OVER THE
REGION THROUGH THE PERIOD. SUBTROPICAL RIDGE AT THE SURFACE
MEANDERS IN THE W ATLANTIC BUT NOT RIDGING AS FAR INLAND. WITH LESS
MOISTURE EXPECTED OVER THE AREA...HAVE LOWERED POPS TO JUST SLIGHT
CHANCE FOR AFTN-EVE TSTMS. TEMPERATURES WILL BE ABOVE AVERAGE
THROUGH THE EXTENDED PERIOD WITH SOME AREAS OF THE PIEDMONT
REACHING INTO THE MID 90S.
&&
.AVIATION...
WITH A DISORGANIZED TSTM THREAT THRU EARLY EVENING BUT VERY MOIST
SNDGS...SHOULD BE ENOUGH CVRG FOR A PERIOD OF VCTS AT ALL TERMINALS.
FOR TONIGHT...PLAN ON A PERSISTENCE FCST WITH RESPECT TO VSBYS WITH
MAINLY MVFR AT KAVL AND 6SM AT KHKY.
&&
.GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...NONE.
NC...NONE.
SC...NONE.
&&
SHORT TERM...CSH
LONG TERM...RB
AVIATION...CSH
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 14, 4:55 AM EST, 10 hours 21 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
555 AM EDT FRI JUL 14 2006
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065-
068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-151000-
RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-AVERY-ALEXANDER-
IREDELL-DAVIE-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-
CATAWBA-ROWAN-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-
TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-
CABARRUS-UNION NC-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-GREATER CALDWELL-
BURKE MOUNTAINS-GREATER BURKE-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-EASTERN MCDOWELL-
RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-GREATER RUTHERFORD-POLK MOUNTAINS-
EASTERN POLK-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-
GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS-
GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-
LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD-
555 AM EDT FRI JUL 14 2006
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST
GEORGIA...PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND
UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON. A FEW OF THE
STORMS MAY PRODUCE DAMAGING DOWNBURSTS OR LARGE HAIL. ANY OF THE
STORMS COULD PRODUCE HEAVY DOWNPOURS.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP SATURDAY AFTERNOON. A FEW OF
THE STORMS MAY PRODUCE DAMAGING DOWNBURSTS OR LARGE HAIL. ANY OF
THE STORMS COULD PRODUCE HEAVY DOWNPOURS.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 14, 2:18 PM EST, 58 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
318 PM EDT FRI JUL 14 2006
SCZ011-142000-
ABBEVILLE-
318 PM EDT FRI JUL 14 2006
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS AFFECTING ABBEVILLE COUNTY...
AT 312 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR ANTREVILLE...OR 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF
ABBEVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
DUE WEST BY 335 PM EDT.
SMALL HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
INTENSE LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. IF OUTDOORS...STAY
AWAY FROM ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES. MOVE INDOORS IF
POSSIBLE. WHEN INDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS AND AVOID
USING TELEPHONES UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY. TRY TO UNPLUG UNNECESSARY
ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES BEFORE THE THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES.
MCAVOY
Special weather statement, Jul 14, 2:52 PM EST, 24 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
352 PM EDT FRI JUL 14 2006
NCZ035-142045-
ALEXANDER-
352 PM EDT FRI JUL 14 2006
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS AFFECTING ALEXANDER COUNTY...
AT 350 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTH OF TAYLORSVILLE...MOVING EAST
AT 10 MPH.
WINDS AROUND 40 MPH AND TORRENTIAL RAIN IS EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
INTENSE LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. IF OUTDOORS...STAY
AWAY FROM ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES. MOVE INDOORS IF
POSSIBLE. WHEN INDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS AND AVOID
USING TELEPHONES UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY. TRY TO UNPLUG UNNECESSARY
ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES BEFORE THE THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES.
MCAVOY
Special weather statement, Jul 14, 3:12 PM EST, 4 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
412 PM EDT FRI JUL 14 2006
GAZ018-142115-
STEPHENS-
412 PM EDT FRI JUL 14 2006
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS AFFECTING STEPHENS COUNTY...
AT 407 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR EASTANOLEE...OR NEAR TOCCOA...MOVING EAST AT
10 MPH.
PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM
AS IT MOVES ACROSS THE WESTERN MOST REACHES OF LAKE HARTWELL
BEGINNING AROUND 420 PM.
INTENSE LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. IF OUTDOORS...STAY
AWAY FROM ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES. MOVE INDOORS IF
POSSIBLE. WHEN INDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS AND AVOID
USING TELEPHONES UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY. TRY TO UNPLUG UNNECESSARY
ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES BEFORE THE THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES.
MCAVOY
Thunderstorm Wind, Stephens
- When
- July 14, 3:16 PM EST
- Where
- Stephens County, 5 mi NE of Toccoa
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 34.633, -83.250
A tree blown down on Riverdale Rd and another down on highway 145 near the Franklin County line.
- 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.
- Heat in Missouri, July 14 to 21, 20063 deaths · 306 injured · 4 events
- Heat in Texas, July 14 to 21, 20061 death · 2 events
- Rip Current in Florida, July 14, 20061 death · 1 event
- Flash Flooding in Ohio, July 14, 2006$250,000 · 4 events
- Heat in Illinois, July 14 to 21, 20064 injured · 3 events
- Lightning Strike in Kansas, July 14, 2006$50,000 · 1 event
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, July 14, 2006$50,000 · 65 kt wind · 1 event
- Lightning Strike in North Carolina, July 14, 20064 injured · 1 event
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Indiana, July 14, 2006$30,000 · 1 in hail · 8 events
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, July 14, 2006$36,000 · 60 kt wind · 3 events
- Lightning Strike in Michigan, July 14, 20063 injured · 1 event
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, July 14, 2006$20,000 · 65 kt wind · 1 event
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: 5523933.