Scattered severe storms affected northeast Georgia during the afternoon hours.
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
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.
The episode as NWS GSP wrote it up.
Scattered severe storms affected northeast Georgia during the afternoon hours.
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 11, 1:53 PM EST, 1 hour 33 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 253 PM EDT MON JUN 11 2007 .SYNOPSIS... HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE SOUTHEAST REGION WILL WEAKEN THIS AFTERNOON AS AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH CROSSES THE REGION FROM THE NORTH. FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK...AN UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY OFF THE NEW ENGLAND COAST. THIS WILL REINFORCE A COOLER AIRMASS ACROSS THE EAST COAST THROUGH FRIDAY AND MAINTAIN NEAR NORMAL SUMMERTIME TEMPERATURES. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL MIDNIGHT TONIGHT/... SUFFICIENT HEATING HAS BROKEN THROUGH THE CLOUD COVER TO INITIATE CONVECTIVE STORMS THAT ARE TAPPING THE VERY UNSTABLE LAPES RATES IN THE RANGE OF 2-3K J/KG. LATEST RUC DEPICTS CONFLUENT ASYMPTOTE IN SURFACE STREAMLINE PATTERN EXTENDING FROM NORTHEAST GA THROUGH UPSTATE SC INTO WESTERN NC... VERY CLOSE TO THE BLUE RIDGE ESCARPMENT. MOST UNSTABLE AIR IS TO THE EAST OF THIS BOUNDARY SO IT APPEARS WESTERN PORTION OF MOUNTAINS UNLIKELY TO EXPERIENCE SIGNIFICANT STORMS. NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT IN MID AND UPPER LEVELS WILL CAUSE STORMS TO MOVE TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE AFTER SUNSET AS SURFACE CONVERGENCE AND AXIS OF MOST UNSTABLE AIR DRIFT AWAY FROM MOUNTAINS INTO THE WESTEN PORTION OF THE PIEDMONT. WITH LOSS OF SURFACE HEATING... CONVECTION WILL WEAKEN AND GRADUALLY DIMINISH BETWEEN 00Z AND 03Z. LIGHT EASTERLY FLOW WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT... SO LINGERING SHOWERS ARE A POSSIBILITY WHERE UPSLOPE IS MOST PRONOUNCED... PRIMARILY WESTERN PIEDMONT AND FOOTHILLS INTO THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE MOUNTAINS. && .SHORT TERM /MIDNIGHT THROUGH 6 PM TUESDAY/... 500 MB CUTOFF LOW SOUTH OF NOVA SCOTIA APPEARS TO BE RETROGRADING SLIGHTLY IN GFS AS WELL-DEFINED TROUGH ROTATES AROUND THE CENTER AND APPROACHES THE CWA FROM THE NORTH TUESDAY MORNING. SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE OVER GREAT LAKES WILL CAUSE LIGHT EAST AND SOUTHEAST WIND FLOW TO CONTINUE BUT WILL BE REPLACED BY NORTHEAST WIND AFTER PASSAGE OF WEAK TROUGH... OR FRONT... CURRENTLY ALONG EASTERN SIDE OF APPALACHIANS. FAIRLY COLD TEMPERATURES ALOFT WITH 500 MB TROUGH WILL STEEPEN LAPSE RATES AND POSSIBLY LEAD TO STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN TOMORROW. COLD ADVECTION ALOFT WILL BE MAXIMIZED BETWEEN 12Z AND 18Z WHICH MEANS GREATEST ADVECTIVE CHANGES WILL OCCUR BEFORE MAXIMUM HEATING. HOWEVER... COLD AIR POOL WILL BE OVER CWA DURING AFTERNOON AND HEATING. SO... PERHAPS BEST CHANCE OF ORGANIZED CONVECTION WILL OCCUR DURING LATE MORNING WITH PULSE-TYPE CONVECTION MOST LIKELY DURING AFTERNOON. && .LONG TERM /TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY/... LOW PRESSURE REMAINS OFF THE GA/SC COAST FOR MOST OF THE EXTENDED PERIOD. MODELS IN FAIRLY GOOD AGREEMENT DURING THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK BUT START TO DIVERGE BY THE WEEKEND. NCEP GUIDANCE PREFERS EUROPEAN MODELS IN THE OUT PERIODS. THIS KEEPS A NORTHERLY FLOW AS SMALL IMPULSES WRAP AROUND THE LOW AND ENHANCES CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY THROUGHOUT THE SOUTHEAST. DURING MIDWEEK I PREFERRED THE MAV GUIDANCE WITH A BIAS TO THE DRY SIDE...BASED MORE ON PERSISTENCE THAN ANYTHING ELSE. TEMPS WERE A COMPROMISE BETWEEN THE MET AND MAV. AS WE GET CLOSER TO THE WEEKEND...I BECAME MORE RELIANT ON NCEP SOLUTION. && .AVIATION /19Z MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/... WEAK AXIS OF CONVERGENCE ALONG THE MOUNTAINS WILL CONTRIBUTE TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN UPSLOPE FLOW DURING THE LATTER PART OF THE AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND. LIGHT EAST AND SOUTHEAST WIND FLOW WILL CONTINUE TO ADVECT LOW LEVEL MOISTURE INTO THE AREA THUS CONTRIBUTING TO SCT TO BKN CLDS AROUND 3K FT. THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP ACROSS MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS WILL MOVE TO THE SOUTHEAST WITH LOCAL IFR CONDITIONS GENERALLY BETWEEN 21Z AND 01Z. CONVECTIVE STORMS WILL DIMINISH AFT 01Z BUT SUFFICIENT MOISTURE EXISTS FOR VISIBILITIES LOWERING TO BELOW 3 MILES BY 09Z WITH ISOLATED CEILINGS BELOW 1K FEET ESPECIALLY AVL AND TAF SITES IN WESTEN PIEDMONT AND FOOTHILLS. VISIBILITY WILL IMPROVE TO 6 MILES OR GREATER BY 15Z TUESDAY WITH CEILINGS AT OR ABOVE 10K FT. AVIATION OUTLOOK...SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED TO THE NORTH WILL CONTINUE A LIGHT EASTERLY WIND FLOW THAT WILL ADVECT ENOUGH MOISTURE INTO THE AREA TO FUEL SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH SATURDAY. RELATIVELY COLD TEMPERATURES ALOFT ASSOCIATED WITH AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL CONTRIBUTE TO UNSTABLE LAPSE RATES WITH ATTENDANT STRONG AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS. LOW LEVEL MOISTURE LIKELY TO CAUSE LOWERED LATE NIGHT AND EARLY MORNING CEILINGS AND VISIBILITIES IN STRATUS AND FOG. && .GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...SBK NEAR TERM...LGL SHORT TERM...LGL LONG TERM...VAD AVIATION...LGL
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1146 AM EDT MON JUN 11 2007 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065- 068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-121600- 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- 1146 AM EDT MON JUN 11 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING. THE AIR MASS ACROSS THE REGION IS VERY UNSTABLE... ESPECIALLY OVER EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA... UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA... AND THE FOOTHILLS AND WESTERN PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA. A LIMITING FACTOR IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS IS THE THICK CLOUD COVER THAT WAS OVER THE REGION DURING THE MORNING. SOME BREAKS IN THE CLOUDS ARE LIKELY DURING THE AFTERNOON. IF THE BREAKS DEVELOP... SUFFICIENT HEATING WILL OCCUR TO TRIGGER THE DEVELOPMENT OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS. IF THE CLOUD COVER PERSISTS... MINIMAL HEATING WILL RESULT IN ONLY SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. HOWEVER... ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE AGAIN POSSIBLE OVER THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA TUESDAY AFTERNOON. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE AND PRODUCE LARGE...DAMAGING HAIL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED. LGL
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
322 PM EDT MON JUN 11 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0310 PM HAIL CHESTER 34.71N 81.21W
06/11/2007 E1.00 INCH CHESTER SC DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
QUARTER SIZED HAIL REPORTED IN CHESTER.
&&
SGL/GADPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
400 PM EDT MON JUN 11 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0356 PM HAIL 5 S GASTONIA 35.18N 81.17W
06/11/2007 E0.88 INCH GASTON NC TRAINED SPOTTER
NICKEL SIZE HAIL REPORTED 5 MILES SOUTH OF GASTONIA.
&&
SGL/GADPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
403 PM EDT MON JUN 11 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0240 PM TSTM WND DMG 10 NW PICKENS 34.99N 82.83W
06/11/2007 PICKENS SC LAW ENFORCEMENT
2 TREES DOWN AT CLEO-CHAPMAN HW AND MILL CREEK RD
NORTHWEST OF PICKENS.
0315 PM TSTM WND DMG 1 S PICKENS 34.87N 82.71W
06/11/2007 PICKENS SC LAW ENFORCEMENT
1 TREE DOWN AT HW 178 AND KNOLLWOOD HEIGHTS RD JUST SOUTH
OF PICKENS.
&&
BSHPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
409 PM EDT MON JUN 11 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0340 PM HAIL 1 E CENTRAL 34.72N 82.77W
06/11/2007 E0.75 INCH PICKENS SC TRAINED SPOTTER
SPOTTER REPORTS PENNY SIZED HAIL LASTED FOR ABOUT 10
MINUTES NEAR CENTRAL.
&&
BSHSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 420 PM EDT MON JUN 11 2007 SCZ009-112115- YORK- 420 PM EDT MON JUN 11 2007 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT YORK COUNTY THROUGH 515 PM EDT... AT 418 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF YORK...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO YORK...ROCK HILL AND CLOVER. EXPECT VERY HEAVY RAIN WITH THESE STORMS. RAINFALL UP TO TWO INCHES IS POSSIBLE. THIS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS AND ISOLATED FLOODING OF LOW AREAS. LG
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 424 PM EDT MON JUN 11 2007 SCZ006-112130- GREATER GREENVILLE- 424 PM EDT MON JUN 11 2007 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT GREENVILLE COUNTY THROUGH 530 PM EDT... AT 418 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR PIEDMONT...OR 11 MILES SOUTH OF GREENVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS 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. KRENTZ
The Greer radar (KGSP), 89 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:27 UTC.
3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Trees down near the intersection of Junction 77 Rd and Mt Olivet Rd.
Windows broken out of a restaurant and signs blown down at a service station. Also, several trees were blown down.
Metal roof blown off of a building.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Georgia in 2007Every state in 2007This day in weather historyWarnings in Georgia, June 2007
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: 40837, 40838, 40844.