An isolated severe storm produced damaging winds over northeast Georgia during the evening hours.
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An isolated severe storm produced damaging winds over northeast Georgia during the evening 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 9, 6:05 PM EST, 21 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 705 PM EDT MON JUN 9 2008 .SYNOPSIS... AN UNSEASONABLY STRONG AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL WEAKEN AND MOVE OFF THE SOUTHEAST COAST TONIGHT AND TUESDAY AS A WEAK COLD FRONT MOVES INTO THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS TUESDAY AFTERNOON. THE FRONT WILL BECOME STATIONARY OVER THE WESTERN CAROLINAS TUESDAY NIGHT AND IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN OVER THE REGION BUT SLOWLY DISSIPATE INTO THE WEEKEND. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH TUESDAY/... CONVECTION APPROACHING THE INTERSTATE 40 CORRIDOR IN NC WILL REQUIRE ANOTHER UPDATES. SKY COVER WILL BE INCREASED TO ACCOUNT FOR ANVIL CIRRUS SPREADING NORTH OUT OF SC. STORMS SHOULD DISSIPATE QUICKLY AFTER SUNSET. AS EXPECTED... DEWPOINTS MIXED OUT IN THE FOOTHILLS/PIEDMONT INTO THE UPPER 50S/LOWER 60S WHICH SHOULD KEEP THINGS CAPPED THERE THIS AFTERNOON/EVENING. OVERNIGHT...GENERALLY CLEAR CONDITIONS SHOULD PREVAIL ALONG WITH WARM MIN TEMPS SIMILAR TO MAV MOS. ON TUE...IT IS LOOKING INCREASINGLY LIKE THE THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT ARE GOING TO HAVE TO ENDURE ANOTHER DAY OF RECORD HEAT. EVEN THOUGH UPPER RIDGE IS SHIFTING SLOWLY EAST....H850 THICKNESS IS STILL FORECAST TO SUPPORT MAX TEMPERATURES NEAR 100. 12Z MAV MOS HAS COME IN AT 98 FOR BOTH GSP/CLT WHICH MATCHES THEIR RECORD HIGHS. SEE NO REASON NOT TO BUY INTO THOSE TEMPS AS EXPECT ANY THUNDERSTORMS WILL NOT ARRIVE UNTIL VERY LATE IN THE DAY. BOTH GFS/NAM BRING A WEAK BOUNDARY INTO THE MOUNTAINS BY LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON WHICH SHOULD TRIGGER SCATTERED TO PERHAPS NUMEROUS SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS WHICH WILL KEEP TEMPERATURES IN CHECK THERE. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REACH THE FOOTHILLS BY 00Z AS BOUNDARY MOVES SLOWLY SE. && .SHORT TERM /TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT/... THE LATE SPRING HEAT WAVE FINALLY SHOWS SIGNS OF BREAKING DURING THE MIDDLE PART OF THE WEEK...NOT BY AN UPPER PATTERN CHANGE...BUT BY AN INCREASE OF GULF AND ATLANTIC MOISTURE WHICH WILL FUEL MORE CLOUDS AND CONVECTIVE PRECIP. THIS WILL BE MADE POSSIBLE BY THE 850MB RIDGE BEING NUDGED OFF THE EAST COAST. THE BRIEF BREAKDOWN OF THE UPPER RIDGE SHOULD ALLOW A DYING FRONT TO STALL ACROSS THE REGION TUESDAY NIGHT. ALTHOUGH THE FRONT QUICKLY WASHES OUT...ATLANTIC MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE TO POOL ALONG IT ON WEDNESDAY WITH A SOUTHEASTERLY FLOW DEVELOPING AT LOW LEVELS EARLY IN THE DAY. THIS SHOULD LEAD TO A RELATIVELY EARLY CONVECTIVE INITIATION WITH NUMEROUS SHOWERS DEVELOPING OVER THE HIGH TERRAIN AND NEAR THE BLUE RIDGE DURING THE MIDDLE PART OF THE DAY. AS INSTABILITY IS USED UP...THE ACTIVITY SHOULD BUILD EASTWARD INTO THE MOISTURE FLUX LATER IN THE DAY. THE INCREASED CLOUD COVER AND SHOWER ACTIVITY SHOULD ACT TO KEEP A BIT OF A LID ON HIGH TEMPS...ALL THE SAME...WENT WITH THE WARMEST OF THE GUIDANCE AT EACH FORECAST POINT. THURSDAY SHOULD BE MORE OF THE SAME WITH MAINLY DIURNALLY DRIVEN THUNDERSTORMS FAVORING THE MOUNTAINS...BUT TEMPS SHOULD DROP BACK TO NEAR NORMAL. THE UPPER RIDGE WILL STRENGTHEN ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST ONE MORE TIME ON FRIDAY WHICH WILL CUT BACK ON SHOWER CHANCES... ESPECIALLY TO THE EAST...WHILE ALLOWING TEMPS TO REBOUND A FEW DEGREES. && .LONG TERM /SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY/... AS OF 2 PM MONDAY...SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE MID ATLANTIC COAST WILL CONTINUE TO RETREAT EAST AS A WEAK COLD FRONT MOVES SLOWLY SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE OHIO AND TENNESSEE RIVER VALLEYS ON SATURDAY. THE LATEST GFS TAKES THE FRONT FASTER TO THE CAROLINA COAST EARLY SUNDAY. THERE IS A BIT MORE CONFIDENCE IN THE ECMWF SOLUTION OF HAVING A SLOWER FRONTAL PASSAGE. THE EC HAS THE FRONT OVER TENNESSEE EARLY SUNDAY...SO QUITE A BIT OF DIFFERENCE. INSTEAD OF THE FRONT STALLING OUT OVER FLORIDA FROM SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT AS THE GFS HAS IT...THE FRONT SHOULD BE IN THE VICINITY OF THE CAROLINA COAST TO AROUND MOBILE AL LATE MONDAY. THUS...THIS WEAK FRONT SHOULD PROVIDE THE FOCUS OF SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STORMS THIS WEEKEND ESPECIALLY JUST AHEAD OF THE SLOWLY ADVANCING BOUNDARY. SOME UPPER TROFINESS WILL OCCUR OVER THE EASTERN PART OF THE NATION TO START NEXT WEEK ACCORDING TO THE MODELS AND THAT WILL HELP IN KEEPING TEMPERATURES WITHIN A FEW DEGREES OF NORMAL. && .AVIATION /23Z MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/... CONVECTION IS EXPECTED TO DIMINISH WITH THE LOSS OF HEATING THIS EVENING. CLOUDS AND SOUTH SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL DIMINISH OVERNIGHT...WITH MVFR HAZE EXPECTED AGAIN TONIGHT IN SC. WINDS WILL COME UP FROM THE WEST SOUTHWEST TUESDAY MORNING...BACKING TO THE SOUTHWEST WHILE CUMULUS DEVELOPS WITH HEATING IN THE AFTERNOON. THE BEST CHANCE OF CONVECTION WILL BE IN THE MOUNTAINS AGAIN TUESDAY....BUT THE PROBABILITY IS TOO LOW TO MENTION IT IN THE KAVL TAF AT THIS TIME. OUTLOOK...A WEAK FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION TUESDAY NIGHT AND BECOME STATIONARY BEFORE MOVING BACK NORTH OF THE AREA BY LATE WEEK. THE FRONT WILL HELP TO POOL MOISTURE AND TRIGGER MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THURSDAY. SOME PERIODS OF MVFR CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED DURING THIS TIME. HIGH PRESSURE WILL RETURN ON FRIDAY. && .CLIMATE... HERE ARE THE DAILY RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES AND THE YEAR IN WHICH THEY LAST OCCURRED FOR GSP...CLT...AND AVL. GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG TUESDAY 6/10 98 1947 WEDNESDAY 6/11 99 1914 CHARLOTTE TUESDAY 6/10 99 1947 WEDNESDAY 6/11 100 1914 ASHEVILLE TUESDAY 6/10 90 1993 WEDNESDAY 6/11 88 1981 && .GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...DEO NEAR TERM...JAT/LG SHORT TERM...PM LONG TERM...DEO AVIATION...LG CLIMATE...LG/PM
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 503 PM EDT MON JUN 9 2008 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065- 068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-102115- 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- 503 PM EDT MON JUN 9 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT HIGH TEMPERATURES REMAIN IN THE UPPER 90S...TO AROUND 100...OVER MUCH OF THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT LATE THIS AFTERNOON. EVEN THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAIN VALLEYS WILL REMAIN IN THE LOWER 90S IN MANY INSTANCES. DEW POINTS WILL REMAIN FAIRLY LOW...KEEPING THE HEAT INDEX UNDER THE 105 DEGREE ADVISORY CRITERIA. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP OVER MUCH OF THE AREA LATER THIS AFTERNOON...CONTINUING INTO THE EVENING. A FEW OF THE THUNDERSTORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE...PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND PENNY SIZED HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS TUESDAY AFTERNOON. THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE FRONT. THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE IS EXPECTED TO BE A LITTLE BETTER THAN IN PREVIOUS DAYS...AND THERE IS A GOOD CHANCE THAT SOME OF THE STORMS WILL BECOME SEVERE...PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AND AGAIN ON TUESDAY.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 507 PM EDT MON JUN 9 2008 NCZ048>050-092200- MADISON-MITCHELL-YANCEY- 507 PM EDT MON JUN 9 2008 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EASTERN MADISON...NORTHERN YANCEY AND NORTHWESTERN MITCHELL COUNTIES THROUGH 600 PM EDT... AT 504 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF RAMSEYTOWN...OR 8 MILES NORTH OF BURNSVILLE...MOVING NORTH AT 12 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SWISS... RAMSEYTOWN...POPLAR AND FAUST. RB
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
551 PM EDT MON JUN 09 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0505 PM HAIL 8 NNE NEWLAND 36.19N 81.87W
06/09/2008 E2.75 INCH WATAUGA NC LAW ENFORCEMENT
BEECH MT. P.D. REPORT.
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07PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
709 PM EDT MON JUN 09 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0500 PM HAIL 8 NNW BAKERSVILLE 36.12N 82.21W
06/09/2008 U0.88 INCH MITCHELL NC PUBLIC
COCORAHS REPORT.
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07PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
713 PM EDT MON JUN 09 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0520 PM HAIL 4 SSE CHESTER 34.65N 81.19W
06/09/2008 E0.75 INCH CHESTER SC TRAINED SPOTTER
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JPTPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
716 PM EDT MON JUN 09 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0542 PM HAIL NW BULADEAN 36.11N 82.19W
06/09/2008 E0.88 INCH MITCHELL NC TRAINED SPOTTER
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JPTPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
724 PM EDT MON JUN 09 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0615 PM HAIL 2 N BANNER ELK 36.19N 81.87W
06/09/2008 E1.00 INCH WATAUGA NC LAW ENFORCEMENT
BEECH MT POLICE DEPT PROVIDED HAIL REPORT.
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JPTThe Greer radar (KGSP), 95 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:24 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Several trees were blown down along highway 172 south of Hartwell.
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