Scattered severe storms affected western North Carolina during the afternoon.
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 western North Carolina during the afternoon.
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 Jul 9, 1:56 PM EST, 25 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 256 PM EDT WED JUL 9 2008 .SYNOPSIS... A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL PUSH SOUTH OF THE REGION THROUGH FRIDAY. THIS FRONT WILL BECOME STATIONARY SOUTH OF THE FORECAST AREA OVER THE WEEKEND...BEFORE ANOTHER COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE AREA FROM THE NORTHWEST MONDAY. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH THURSDAY/... SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS TSTMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACRS THE MTNS AND INTO THE FTHLS AND PIEDMONT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS BROADLY CONVERGENT LLVL FLOW LINGERS. LOCALLY HVY RAIN IS LIKELY AS OBSERVED PWATS ARE RUNNING ABOUT 130 PERCENT OF NORMAL. HIGH FREEZING LVLS/WET BULB ZERO HEIGHTS SHOULD LIMIT LARGE HAIL THREAT TO ISOLATED PENNIES...BUT 20-25 KTS OF WESTERLY MID-LVL FLOW COULD PROMOTE MULTICELL DEVELOPMENT AND A WET MICROBURST THREAT. DESPITE WEAK AND SUBTLE SOURCES OF FORCING FOR TONIGHT...WITH BAND OF INCREASING LAYER RH SAGGING SWD INTO THE CWFA...WILL KEEP SHOTGUN CHANCE POPS GOING INTO THURSDAY MORNING. FCST SNDGS ON THURSDAY INDICATING LITTLE CHANGE TO THE CURRENT MOIST AIRMASS. AS PERTURBATIONS RIPPLE EASTWARD WITHIN THE WEAK TO MODERATE WESTERLY FLOW ALOFT... EXPECT ANOTHER DAY OF SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS/TSTMS...WITH A FEW OF THESE MARGINALLY SEVERE. && .SHORT TERM /THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY/... AS OF 255 PM WEDNESDAY...THURSDAY EVENING WILL BEGIN WITH WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY TO OUR SOUTH AND WEAK SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE JUST TO OUR NORTH. WILL CONTINUE CHANCE POPS INTO THE EVENING... BUT DRIER AIR FILTERING INTO CWA FROM THE NORTH WILL RESULT IN DECREASING POPS WITH TIME OVERNIGHT. BUT SUFFICIENT MOISTURE REMAINS... ESPECIALLY ACROSS SOUTHERN ZONES... TO RETAIN LOW CHANCES IN THAT AREA. DURING DAY FRIDAY... HIGH PRESSURE WILL BE MOVING ACROSS CENTRAL APPALACHIANS INTO MID ATLANTIC REGION. HOWEVER... FRONTAL BOUNDARY JUST TO OUR SOUTH WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY DEEPER MOISTURE AND FAIRLY HIGH CAPES PRIMARILY SOUTHERN SECTIONS PER THE GFS. WILL CARRY CHANCE POPS SOUTH AND WEST WITH SLIGHT CHANCE IN NORTHEAST. ON SATURDAY... DRY AND FOR THE MOST PART STABLE AIRMASS WILL RESULT IN ONLY SLIGHT CHANCE POPS SOUTHWEST ZONES AND HIGHER TERRAIN. && .LONG TERM /SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... AS OF 255 PM WEDNESDAY...MEDIUM RANGE GUIDANCE AND HPC CONTINUE TO INDICATE FAST WESTERLIES AND SIGNIFICANT LOW PRESSURE SYSTEMS WILL BE CONFINED TO CANADA AND NORTHERN TIER STATES. PRIMARY FEATURE AFFECTING CWA WILL BE COLD FRONT TRAILING SOUTHWARD FROM DEEP LOW MOVING INTO EASTERN CANADA. POPS WILL BE INCREASED SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT TO ACCOMPANY FRONT AND FRONTAL PASSAGE. DURING MONDAY... SIGNIFICANT DRYING EXPECTED AS HIGH PRESSURE OVER MIDWEST BUILDS INTO EASTERN STATES. DRY WEATHER WILL CONTINUE TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY WITH HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED OVER EASTERN GREAT LAKES EXTENDING INTO SOUTHEASTERN U.S. && .AVIATION /19Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY/... SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS TSTMS ARE EXPECTED ACRS THE FA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WILL ADVERTISE CB/VCTS AT ALL TERMINAL LOCATIONS AND AMEND AS NECESSARY TO RAISE THREAT. MOIST ATMOSPHERE AND A LINGERING SHOWER/TSTM CHANCE TO REMAIN INTO TONIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING...BUT HIGH LVLS OF UNCERTAINTY WITH RESPECT TO PROBABILITIES AT ANY SPECIFIC POINT WILL PREVENT INCLUSION OF VCTS/CB PAST LATE EVENING. SPOTTY MVFR VSBY RESTRICTIONS WILL BE SEEN EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. OUTLOOK...NMRS SHOWERS/STORMS ARE EXPECTED ONCE AGAIN ON THURSDAY WITH ACTIVITY BECOMING MORE DIURNAL AND ISOLATED TO SCATTERED FRIDAY THRU SUNDAY. && .GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...SBK NEAR TERM...CSH SHORT TERM...LGL LONG TERM...LGL AVIATION...CSH
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 150 PM EDT WED JUL 9 2008 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065- 068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-101800- 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- 150 PM EDT WED JUL 9 2008 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 TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP TO THE EXTENT THAT THEY WILL PRODUCE HAIL TO SIZE OF PENNIES AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS...A FEW OF THEM SEVERE...WILL DEVELOP AGAIN THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 155 PM EDT WED JUL 9 2008 NCZ035-036-056-501-502-504-091900- ALEXANDER-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-CATAWBA-GREATER BURKE-GREATER CALDWELL-IREDELL- 155 PM EDT WED JUL 9 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT ALEXANDER...CALDWELL...NORTHERN BURKE...NORTHWESTERN CATAWBA AND WESTERN IREDELL COUNTIES THROUGH 300 PM EDT... AT 148 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 4 MILES WEST OF KINGS CREEK TO 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF MORGANTON...MOVING EAST AT 16 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL BE NEAR... KINGS CREEK BY 200 PM EDT. MORGANTON BY 205 PM EDT. HUDSON BY 220 PM EDT. LAKE RHODHISS BY 230 PM EDT. VALDESE BY 235 PM EDT. RUTHERFORD COLLEGE BY 240 PM EDT. SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. KRENTZ
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 223 PM EDT WED JUL 9 2008 NCZ053-065-507>510-091930- BUNCOMBE-EASTERN POLK-GREATER RUTHERFORD-HENDERSON-POLK MOUNTAINS-RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS- 223 PM EDT WED JUL 9 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT CENTRAL RUTHERFORD...NORTHERN HENDERSON...NORTHWESTERN POLK AND SOUTHERN BUNCOMBE COUNTIES THROUGH 330 PM EDT... AT 218 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES NORTH OF BAT CAVE TO 5 MILES WEST OF AVERY CREEK...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL BE NEAR... FLETCHER BY 240 PM EDT. BAT CAVE BY 250 PM EDT. CHIMNEY ROCK BY 300 PM EDT. LAKE ADGER BY 330 PM EDT. SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. KRENTZ
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 230 PM EDT WED JUL 9 2008 NCZ501-502-091930- CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-GREATER CALDWELL- 230 PM EDT WED JUL 9 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE TORRENTIAL RAINFALL ACROSS CALDWELL COUNTY THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS... AT 230 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH ACROSS CENTRAL AND EASTERN CALDWELL COUNTY. TORRENTIAL RAINFALL AT RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE VICINITY OF PATTERSON THROUGH 4 PM. THIS WILL CREATE RAPID RISES ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS...INCLUDING BUFFALO CREEK AND THE YADKIN RIVER. HG
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 236 PM EDT WED JUL 9 2008 SCZ001-002-005-091930- GREATER PICKENS-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS- 236 PM EDT WED JUL 9 2008 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL PICKENS AND NORTHEASTERN OCONEE COUNTIES THROUGH 330 PM EDT... AT 230 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES WEST OF NINE TIMES...OR 11 MILES WEST OF PICKENS...MOVING EAST AT 11 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR... NINE TIMES BY 245 PM EDT. PICKENS BY 325 PM EDT. 6 MILES NORTH OF LIBERTY BY 330 PM EDT. SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. KRENTZ
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 259 PM EDT WED JUL 9 2008 NCZ507>510-091930- EASTERN POLK-GREATER RUTHERFORD-POLK MOUNTAINS-RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS- 259 PM EDT WED JUL 9 2008 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT POLK AND RUTHERFORD COUNTIES THROUGH 330 PM EDT... AT 252 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LAKE LURE...OR 12 MILES WEST OF RUTHERFORDTON...MOVING EAST AT 17 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO CHIMNEY ROCK...BOSTIC...TRYON...THERMAL CITY...SUNSHINE...SPINDALE... RUTHERFORDTON...MILL SPRING...LAKE LURE...LAKE ADGER...HARRIS... FOREST CITY...ELLENBORO...COLUMBUS...CLIFFSIDE AND ALEXANDER MILLS. PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. RB
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 304 PM EDT WED JUL 9 2008 NCZ503>506-091930- BURKE MOUNTAINS-EASTERN MCDOWELL-GREATER BURKE-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS- 304 PM EDT WED JUL 9 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT BURKE AND MCDOWELL COUNTIES THROUGH 330 PM EDT... AT 301 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ASHFORD TO 3 MILES WEST OF GLENWOOD...MOVING EAST AT 18 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO RUTHERFORD COLLEGE...LAKE JAMES...NEBO...WOODLAWN...VALDESE...TABLE ROCK... SUGAR HILL...PLEASANT GROVE...MORGANTON...MARION...ICARD... GLENWOOD...GLEN ALPINE...FERO...DYSARTSVILLE...DREXEL...CONNELLY SPRINGS AND ASHFORD. PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. RB
The Greer radar (KGSP), 103 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:19 UTC.
5 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Several tree limbs as large as 12 inches in diameter blown down along North Powerhouse Rd.
Large tree limbs were blown down in the Hickory area.
Multiple trees were blown down across the western part of the county.
Trees were blown down on McKinney Rd, Maple Springs Church Rd, Flint Hill Church Rd and Patrick Ave. A mobile home was also knocked off its foundation on Holly Hill Rd. Tree limbs as large as 13 inches in diameter were also blown down on College Farm Rd.
A large pine tree was blown down on Bessemer City Rd and another was blown down near the intersection of Long Shoals Rd and Gaston Chapel Rd.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in North Carolina in 2008Every state in 2008This day in weather historyWarnings in North Carolina, July 2008
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: 128242, 128243, 128248, 128250, 128251.