Damaging Wind in South Carolina, June 2, 2006

Name: Damaging Wind in South Carolina, June 2, 2006
Start: 2006-06-02T18:25
End: 2006-06-02T18:25
Location: South Carolina

June 2, 2006 · NWS GSP · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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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 2, 1:52 PM EST, 4 hours 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 2, 1:52 PM EST, 4 hours 33 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
252 PM EDT FRI JUN 2 2006

.SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY/...

FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...
SHRA AND TSRA COVERAGE HAS BEEN QUICK TO DEVELOP EARLY THIS
AFTERNOON IN MOISTURE RICH AIR MASS. A FEW BRIEF SVR EVENTS HAVE
ALREADY DEVELOPED EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL SVR TS MAY BE
POSSIBLE LATER THIS AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY OVER THE UPPER SAVANNAH
RIVER VALLEY AND NC PIEDMONT AND FOOTHILLS. IN ADDITION...TRAINING
CELLS AND TS CLUSTERS WILL PRODUCE TORRENTIAL RAINFALL...ISO
EXCESSIVE RAINFALL THREAT REMAINS UNTIL 6Z.

I WILL TIME CATE COVERAGE OUT OF THE FA AFTER MIDNIGHT WITH THE
APPROACH AND PASSAGE OF THE COLD FRONT. A FEW AREAS OF SCT SHRA AND
TSRA REMAIN POSSIBLE A FEW HRS AFTER SUNRISE SAT...HOWEVER...AFTER
MID MORNING THE CHCS FOR MEASURABLE WILL BE MINIMAL. I WILL USE A
BLEND OF MOS GUIDANCE FOR TEMPS...50S PEAKS...MID 70S MTN
VALLEYS...AND L80S EAST OF THE MTNS.

SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY...
OTHER THAN A LINGERING SHOWER OR THUNDERSTORM ALONG THE TN LINE
DURING THE EVENING HOURS...SATURDAY NIGHT LOOKS DRY WITH LOWER
DEWPOINTS. ON SUNDAY THE WRF MODEL MIXES DEWPOINTS INTO 40S ACROSS
MOST OF THE CWFA. NAM DEWPOINTS ARE A LITTLE HIGHER...BUT IN BOTH
CASES...DESPITE MUCH COOLER MID LEVEL TEMPERATURES AS THE UPPER
LOW ROLLS IN FROM THE NORTH...THERE IS VERY LITTLE INSTABILITY
DURING THE DAY. AS A RESULT HAVE LOWERED POPS INTO THE SLIGHT
CHANCE CATEGORY OVER MOST OF THE FORECAST AREA. THE ONLY EXCEPTION
IS THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS WHERE I KEPT CHANCE POPS AS A FAIRLY
STRONG SHORT WAVE APPROACHES THE MOUNTAINS LATE IN THE DAY.

SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY WE WILL BE UNDER THE HEART OF THE COLD
TROUGH. HARD TO IMAGINE THAT WE WON/T SEE A FEW SEVERE STORMS DURING
THE DAY MONDAY WITH THIS KIND OF PATTERN. MODEL DEWPOINTS RECOVER A
LITTLE AS WELL. THE NAM AND GFS DEVELOP A SURFACE TROF A LITTLE EAST
OF THE FORECAST AREA...WITH MOST OF THE RESULTANT PRECIPITATION MORE
TOWARD RALEIGH/S FORECAST AREA. THE WRF HOWEVER IS A LITTLE FATHER
WEST WITH ITS PRECIPITATION...WHICH APPEARS REASONABLE BASED UPON
THE FEATURES ALOFT. AS A RESULT I HAVE CHANCE POPS OVER THE FORECAST
AREA ALONG AND EAST OF GREENVILLE AND ASHEVILLE.

&&

.LONG TERM /MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY/...
NCEP WENT WITH THE GFS ENSEMBLE MEAN FOR THE TUE-FRI PERIOD...WHICH
KEEPS A WEAK TROUGH OVER THE EASTERN STATES. THIS SEEMS REASONABLE
AND I STAYED CLOSE TO THEIR GUIDANCE GRIDS. THIS MEANS MOSTLY SLIGHT
CHANCE POPS THROUGH THE PERIOD. WHILE THERE WILL ALMOST CERTAINLY BE
BETTER COVERAGE AT TIMES DURING THIS PERIOD...IT WILL BE IMPOSSIBLE
TO TIME SHORT WAVE FEATURES.

&&

.AVIATION...
MAIN FORECAST CHALLENGE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING WILL BE
THE CONVECTIVE THREAT. NUMEROUS TO WIDESPREAD SHRA AND TSRA HAVE
ALREADY DEVELOPED OVER THE NC MTNS AND FOOTHILL AND OVER THE EASTERN
PIEDMONT EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. THE COVERAGE WILL CONTINUE TO
INCREASE AS INSTABILITY...FORCING...AND STM MOTIONS INCREASE. I WILL
HANDLE SHRA AND TSRA WITH SHORT TERM TEMPOS.

ALMOST ALL THE MOS GUIDANCE INDICATES THAT LOW CEILINGS MAY DEVELOP
ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS LATE TONIGHT AHEAD OF THE FRONT. BASED
ON THE PATTERN AND EXPECTED WIDESPREAD RAINFALL THE LIKELIHOOD OF
IFR TO MVFR SEEMS REASONABLE. HOWEVER...RECENT NIGHTTIME PASSAGES OF
FRONTAL BOUNDARIES HAS ALSO YIELDED PATCHES OF DENSE FOG AS WELL. I
WILL INTRODUCE A MENTION OF LATE LOW CLOUDS AND MARGINAL FOG FOR
NOW. FRONTAL PASSAGE SAT AM WILL VEER THE WINDS WITH LIFTING TO
CLEARING CLOUD COVER BY MID MORNING.

&&

.GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...NONE.
NC...NONE.
SC...NONE.
&&

SHORT TERM...NED/MCAVOY
LONG TERM...MCAVOY
AVIATION...NED

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 2, 4:23 AM EST, 14 hours 2 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 2, 2:25 PM EST, 4 hours before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
325 PM EDT FRI JUN 2 2006

NCZ035>037-022000-
ALEXANDER-DAVIE-IREDELL-
325 PM EDT FRI JUN 2 2006

...SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...
LIGHTNING... AND POSSIBLY GUSTY WIND AND SMALL HAIL BY 4 PM IN
ALEXANDER... NORTHERN IREDELL... AND DAVIE COUNTIES.  THE SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE TO THE NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 20 MPH.

LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN COULD PRODUCE HIGH WATER LEVELS IN POOR DRAINAGE
AREAS.  DO NOT DRIVE ACROSS ROADS THAT ARE COVERED WITH WATER.

LGL

Special weather statement, Jun 2, 2:26 PM EST, 3 hours 59 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 2, 3:41 PM EST, 2 hours 44 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 2, 3:50 PM EST, 2 hours 35 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
450 PM EDT FRI JUN 02 2006

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

0420 PM     HAIL             4 E STATESVILLE         35.79N 80.81W
06/02/2006  E0.75 INCH       IREDELL            NC   TRAINED SPOTTER

            PENNY SIZE HAIL REPORTED BY SPOTTER.

&&

SBK

Local storm report, Jun 2, 4:01 PM EST, 2 hours 24 minutes before

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The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 37 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:23 UTC.

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Pickens

When: June 2, 6:25 PM EST
Where: Pickens County, 1 mi W of Easley
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 34.833, -82.617

Spotter reported 3 to 4 trees down on Brushy Creek Rd.

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

Every storm in South Carolina in 2006 Every state in 2006 This day in weather history Warnings in South Carolina, June 2006

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: 5516379.