Damaging Wind in South Carolina, June 23, 2006

Name: Damaging Wind in South Carolina, June 23, 2006
Start: 2006-06-23T17:15
End: 2006-06-23T17:15
Location: South Carolina

June 23, 2006 · NWS GSP · 1 event in 1 county or zone

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

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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 23, 2:16 PM EST, 2 hours 59 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 23, 2:16 PM EST, 2 hours 59 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
316 PM EDT FRI JUN 23 2006

.SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY/...
THUNDERSTORMS HAVE ERUPTED ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND MUCH OF THE BLUE
RIDGE THIS AFTERNOON. AT LEAST LIKELY COVERAGE EXPECTED OVER THE
WESTERN SECTIONS...WITH SCATTERED TO THE SOUTH. WILL WATCH RADAR
TRENDS AND MAKE FINAL DECISION ON COVERAGE BEFORE ISSUANCE. MORE
SEVERE EXPECTED INTO THE EVENING EVEN WITH THE MOIST AIR MASS. CAPES
AS HIGH AS 4000 J/KG WITH SOME SPEED SHEAR. STORMS ARE MOVING MORE
TODAY WITH THE STRONGER WIND FLOW...HOWEVER THE NUMBER OF STORMS
COULD LEAD TO TRAINING. ISOLATED VERY HEAVY RAINFALL HAS ALREADY
OCCURRED...SO CANNOT RULE OUT SOME FLASH FLOODS. STORMS DIMINISH IN
STRENGTH AFTER SUNSET...BUT STORMS AND SHOWERS LINGER MUCH OF THE
NIGHT. RIDGE LINGERS TO OUR EAST AHEAD OF THE DEVELOPING COASTAL
SYSTEM...WITH TROF TO OUR WEST. MOIST UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE CONTINUES
SATURDAY...SO ANOTHER ROUND OF STORMS EXPECTED. COVERAGE SHOULD BE
SIMILAR TO TODAY GIVEN THE UPPER AIR PATTERN. LIKELY WEST TO LOW
CHANCE SOUTH. SEVERE CHANCE LESS SATURDAY...BUT CANNOT BE RULED OUT.
VERY MILD NIGHT AGAIN TONIGHT...AND COOLER SATURDAY WITH MORE CLOUDS
AND LOWER THICKNESSES.

&&

.LONG TERM /SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY/...
A SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL EVENT APPEARS LIKELY FOR OUR FORECAST AREA
SATURDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY WITH A COMBINATION OF A SURFACE
BOUNDARY...TROPICAL MOISTURE AND PERSISTENT UPSLOPE FLOW. THERE WILL
ALSO BE SEVERAL UPPER DISTURBANCES ROTATING ACROSS THE REGION AS THE
UPPER RIDGE BREAKS DOWN AND A TROF EVOLVES OVER THE SOUTHEAST STATES.
IN ADDITION...THE GUIDANCE CONTINUES TO SHIFT A TROPICAL LOW
WESTWARD TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST STATES...THEN TREK IT TO THE NORTHEAST
ALONG THE COASTAL PLAIN...AND IF THAT HAPPENS...THERE COULD BE AN
ENHANCEMENT TO OUR UPSLOPE FLOW FOR LOCATIONS ALONG THE EASTERN
ESCARPMENT AND OTHER LOCATIONS WITH A SOUTHEAST ASPECT. THE TIME OF
HEAVIEST RAIN...AND GREATEST COVERAGE...APPEARS TO BE SHAPING UP FOR
SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. WE FEATURE OUR HIGHEST CHANCES
OF RAIN THROUGH THE ENTIRE EVENT FOR THE SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS OF NORTH
CAROLINA AND THE SOUTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS SUNDAY EVENING. THE HPC
5-DAY RAINFALL PROG INDICATES A WIDESPREAD 2 TO 4 INCH SWATH OF
PRECIPITATION FOR MOST OF THE FORECAST AREA.
WE PLAN TO ISSUE AN
EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OUTLOOK FOR THE WEEKEND COINCIDENT WITH THIS
PACKAGE.

&&

.AVIATION...
THUNDERSTORMS ERUPTING OVER THE MOUNTAINS WITH ONLY ISOLATED
ELSEWHERE RIGHT NOW. THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY IMPACT ALL SITES AT
SOME POINT THIS AFTERNOON OR EVENING. LOW VFR LIKELY...BUT
CONDITIONS WILL BRIEFLY BE LOWER IF CENTER OF CELLS MOVE DIRECTLY
OVER THE SITE. STORMS WILL LINGER INTO THE EVENING...BUT SHOULD
DIMINISH IN COVERAGE AFTER SUNSET. EXPECT AT LEAST A BRIEF PERIOD OF
MVFR VISIBILITY ALL SITES NEAR SUNRISE. WHERE RAIN FALLS...LONGER
MVFR PERIOD WITH TEMPO IFR LIKELY. COULD EVEN BE SOME LOW CEILINGS
AT THESE LOCATIONS. VFR EXPECTED AFTER SUNRISE WITH CONVECTIVE
DEBRIS CEILINGS. MORE THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED SATURDAY...BUT WILL
WAIT UNTIL THE 00Z TAFS TO ADDRESS THESE. LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS
THROUGH THE PERIOD EXCEPT VARIABLE AND GUSTY NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.

&&

.HYDROLOGY...
THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING WILL BE SLOW-MOVERS...CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WHEREVER THEY FORM. STREAM AND WATER
LEVELS WILL NEED TO BE MONITORED CAREFULLY UNTIL CONVECTION
WEAKENS LATER TODAY. WE PLAN TO ISSUE AN EXCESSIVE RAINFALL
OUTLOOK FOR THE WEEKEND COINCIDENT WITH THIS PACKAGE.

&&

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

SHORT TERM...RWH
LONG TERM...SAB
AVIATION...RWH
HYDROLOGY...SAB

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 23, 5:15 AM EST, 12 hours before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
615 AM EDT FRI JUN 23 2006

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065-
068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-241015-
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-
615 AM EDT FRI JUN 23 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 ARE EXPECTED AGAIN TODAY. SOME OF THESE
STORMS MAY BE SEVERE. FOR FURTHER DETAILS...PLEASE REFER TO THE
LATEST SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK...SPSGSP...ISSUED BY THIS OFFICE.
OTHERWISE...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS COULD DEVELOP EACH DAY DURING THE
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. OTHERWISE...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED
AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TODAY.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 23, 4:22 PM EST, 53 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
522 PM EDT FRI JUN 23 2006

SCZ008-232215-
CHEROKEE-
522 PM EDT FRI JUN 23 2006

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS AFFECTING CHEROKEE COUNTY...

AT 516 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR GAFFNEY...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

HEAVY RAINS MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS AS THEY
MAY BE WASHED OUT. WATER LEVELS OF SMALL STREAMS AND RIVERS MAY ALSO
RISE...THEREFORE SEEK HIGHER GROUND IF THREATENED BY FLOOD WATERS.

LANE

Local storm report, Jun 23, 4:32 PM EST, 43 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
532 PM EDT FRI JUN 23 2006

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

0455 PM     TSTM WND DMG     1 NW WOODLEAF           35.78N 80.60W
06/23/2006                   ROWAN              NC   TRAINED SPOTTER

            TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN...BLOCKING ROAD ON COOL SPRINGS
            RD AT HART RD. POWER POLES ALSO REPORTED BLOWN DOWN.

&&

LG

Local storm report, Jun 23, 4:37 PM EST, 38 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
537 PM EDT FRI JUN 23 2006

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

0342 PM     TSTM WND DMG     15 WNW SPARTANBURG      35.03N 82.17W
06/23/2006                   SPARTANBURG        SC   AIRPLANE PILOT

            8 TREES DOWN AT ONE RESIDENCE...1520 HANNON ROAD.
            LIGHTNING ALSO STRUCK THE HOUSE.

0512 PM     TSTM WND DMG     ABBEVILLE               34.18N 82.38W
06/23/2006                   ABBEVILLE          SC   COUNTY OFFICIAL

            COUNTY COMMS REPORTED ONE POWERLINE DOWN ON CEDAR SPRINGS
            RD. ALSO PEA SIZE HAIL IN TOWN AT 1726.

&&

44

Local storm report, Jun 23, 4:38 PM EST, 37 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
538 PM EDT FRI JUN 23 2006

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

0343 PM     HAIL             TIGER                   34.85N 83.43W
06/23/2006  E0.88 INCH       RABUN              GA   COUNTY OFFICIAL

            TREES ALSO DOWN IN THE AREA

&&

LG

Special weather statement, Jun 23, 4:49 PM EST, 26 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
549 PM EDT FRI JUN 23 2006

NCZ071-232245-
MECKLENBURG-
549 PM EDT FRI JUN 23 2006

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO MECKLENBURG COUNTY...

AT 546 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM LOWESVILLE TO LAKE
WYLIE...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 13 MILES NORTH OF CENTER CITY
CHARLOTTE TO 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GASTONIA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10
MPH.

THE MAIN THREAT WITH THIS LINE OF STORMS WILL BE WIND GUSTS AS HIGH
AS 50 MPH. TORRENTIAL RAINFALL AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED.

LANE

Local storm report, Jun 23, 5:05 PM EST, 10 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
605 PM EDT FRI JUN 23 2006

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

0535 PM     TSTM WND DMG     3 W STATESVILLE         35.79N 80.94W
06/23/2006                   IREDELL            NC   COUNTY OFFICIAL

            TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN

&&

LG

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 46 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:15 UTC.

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Laurens

When: June 23, 5:15 PM EST
Where: Laurens County, Laurens
Measured: 55 kt (63 mph) estimated gust
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 34.500, -82.017

Quite a few trees down in the Laurens area.

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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5516915.