Isolated severe storms developed over the western Piedmont of North Carolina ahead of a cold front.
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The episode as NWS GSP wrote it up.
Isolated severe storms developed over the western Piedmont of North Carolina ahead of a cold front.
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, 1:26 PM EST, 3 hours 22 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 226 PM EDT MON JUN 23 2008 .SYNOPSIS... A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST OF THE AREA TONIGHT. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD OVER THE REGION TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY... BEFORE MOVING OFF THE COAST FRIDAY. ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH FROM THE NORTH ON SUNDAY. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH TUESDAY/... MID AFTERNOON CONVECTION SEEMS TO BE FORMING IN THE VICINITY OF THE SURFACE TROUGH THAT HAS BEEN ANALYZED JUST EAST OF THE MOUNTAINS. THE WEAK LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE... STEEP LAPSE RATES... AND DIVERGENCE ALOFT ARE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE SOMEWHAT LIMITED MOISTURE THAT IS AVAILABLE. EXPECT THAT HAIL AND DAMAGING DOWNBURST WINDS WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREAT AS SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS... SOMETIMES IN CLUSTERS AND SHORT LINES... TRAVERSE THE CWA. THE 500 MB TROUGH ENCOURAGING THE CONVECTIVE STORM DEVELOPMENT WILL CROSS THE AREA TONIGHT. THE LEAD VORTICITY MAXIMUM MOVES THROUGH EARLY TONIGHT BUT ANOTHER IMPULSE FOLLOWS RAPIDLY LATER TONIGHT AND COULD CAUSE ANOTHER BRIEF PERIOD OF ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS. SHORTLY AFTER 06Z... THE ENTIRE AREA SHOULD BE DRY AND STABLE. HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE MIDWEST WILL DRIFT INTO THE OHIO VALLEY DURING TUESDAY PRODUCING SUNNY WEATHER. HIGH TEMPERATURES TUESDAY WILL BE SEVERAL DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL IN MOST AREAS. HIGHS EAST OF THE MOUNTAINS WILL BE AROUND 90 OR IN THE LOWER 90S. EXCEPT FOR THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS... MOUNTAIN TEMPERATURES WILL WARM INTO THE 80S. && .SHORT TERM /TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT/... AS OF 200 PM MONDAY...WEAK UPPER RIDGE BEGINS TO BUILD OVER THE REGION TUE NIGHT AND CONTINUES TO BUILD WED WITH WEAK SFC RIDGE ALSO MOVING OVER THE AREA. DEW POINTS REMAIN FAIRLY LOW...IN THE 50S... SO NO PRECIP IS EXPECTED. MOISTURE INCREASES AS SFC HIGH MOVES E WED NIGHT-THU...PUTTING AREA IN MOIST S FLOW. UPPER RIDGE REMAINS OVERHEAD THU SO NO SIGNIFICANT TRIGGER BUT WITH WEAK UPSLOPE AND ISENTROPIC LIFT KEPT A SLIGHT CHANCE OF MAINLY MTN POPS FOR THU AFTN-EVE. EXPECT HIGHS TO RANGE FROM THE LOW 90S PIEDMONT TO MAINLY 80S MTNS. && .LONG TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY/... AS OF 200 PM MONDAY...UPPER RIDGE WEAKENS FRI AS SHORTWAVE MOVES ALONG CANADAIN BORDER. ASSOC TROF DEEPENS OVER E US THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK AS CLOSED UPPER LOW MOVES ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES TOWARD NEW ENGLAND. FRI SHOULD BE ANOTHER DIURNALLY DRIVEN DAY WITH SLIGHT CHANCE POPS AND HIGHS IN THE LOW 90S...80S MTNS. THERE IS A BETTER CHANCE OF RAIN OVER THE WEEKEND AS WEAK SHORTWAVES ROTATE THRU THE UPPER TROF OVER THE REGION. A COLD FRONT IS ALSO EXPECTED TO APPROACH THE AREA FROM THE NW SAT AND STALL JUST N OF CWA SUN. WITH SOME GULF MOISTURE MAKING UP OVER THE AREA KEPT CHANCE POPS FOR THE WEEKEND...CONTINUING INTO MON...ESP OVER THE MTNS. && .AVIATION /19Z MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE MVFR AND LOCAL IFR CONDITIONS THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON AND INTO EARLY EVENING. AS THE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH PROMOTING CONVECTIVE STORM DEVELOPMENT MOVES ACROSS THE CWA... SHOWERS WILL END AS DRY AND STABLE AIR SPREADS IN FROM THE NORTHWEST DURING THE NIGHT. BY 06Z MOSTLY MID CLOUD DEBRIS FROM CONVECTION WILL REMAIN... BUT THAT SHOULD EXIT THE AREA BEFORE SUNRISE. AIR MASS SPREADING ACROSS CWA BY MORNING APPEARS TO BE SUFFICIENTLY DRY TO HAVE VIRTUALLY CLOUD FREE SKY AND VERY LITTLE... IF ANY... FOG TO REDUCE VISIBILITY. AFT 13Z TUESDAY... VFR WEATHER WILL CONTINUE FOR THE DAY. OUTLOOK...DRY WEATHER AND VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY... A GRADUAL INCREASE IN MOISTURE WILL CONTRIBUTE TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS... PRIMARILY DURING THE AFTERNOONS AND EVENINGS. MORNING VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS IN FOG AND HAZE ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. && .GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...RB NEAR TERM...LGL SHORT TERM...RB LONG TERM...RB AVIATION...LGL
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 303 PM EDT MON JUN 23 2008 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065- 068>070-501>510-SCZ001>008-010-241915- 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-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-ANDERSON- 303 PM EDT MON JUN 23 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 SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND SPREAD EAST ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS...BUT SEVERAL MAY ALSO PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND LARGE HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED. NCZ071-072-082-SCZ009-011>014-019-241915- MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC-YORK-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-UNION SC- CHESTER-GREENWOOD- 303 PM EDT MON JUN 23 2008 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 599 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND SPREAD EAST ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS...BUT SEVERAL MAY ALSO PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND LARGE HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
408 PM EDT MON JUN 23 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0356 PM HAIL 6 N CATAWBA 35.79N 81.08W
06/23/2008 E0.75 INCH IREDELL NC TRAINED SPOTTER
CATAWBA INDIAN RESERVATION
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CSHSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 413 PM EDT MON JUN 23 2008 NCZ037-232115- DAVIE- 413 PM EDT MON JUN 23 2008 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EASTERN DAVIE COUNTY THROUGH 515 PM EDT... AT 406 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES EAST OF MOCKSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR... ADVANCE BY 425 PM EDT. SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. KRENTZ
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
415 PM EDT MON JUN 23 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0356 PM HAIL 6 N CATAWBA 34.94N 80.91W
06/23/2008 E0.75 INCH YORK SC TRAINED SPOTTER
CATAWBA INDIAN RESERVATION
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CSHSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 421 PM EDT MON JUN 23 2008 NCZ071-082-SCZ009-014-232115- CHESTER-MECKLENBURG-UNION-YORK- 421 PM EDT MON JUN 23 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN CHESTER... SOUTHEASTERN YORK...SOUTHERN MECKLENBURG AND UNION COUNTIES THROUGH 515 PM EDT... AT 418 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF STALLINGS TO 3 MILES SOUTH OF CATAWBA...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL BE NEAR... STALLINGS BY 430 PM EDT. WAXHAW BY 440 PM EDT. MINERAL SPRINGS BY 450 PM EDT. UNIONVILLE BY 510 PM EDT. WINGATE BY 515 PM EDT. SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. KRENTZ
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
426 PM EDT MON JUN 23 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0330 PM TSTM WND DMG 3 SW IVA 34.28N 82.70W
06/23/2008 ANDERSON SC EMERGENCY MNGR
SEVERAL TREES DOWN ON WHITE CAMPBELL ROAD
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JPTSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 523 PM EDT MON JUN 23 2008 NCZ036-037-057-232230- DAVIE-IREDELL-ROWAN- 523 PM EDT MON JUN 23 2008 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT DAVIE...NORTHERN IREDELL AND NORTHWESTERN ROWAN COUNTIES THROUGH 630 PM EDT... AT 518 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES NORTH OF STATESVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 16 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR... 6 MILES SOUTH OF HARMONY BY 540 PM EDT. COOLEEMEE BY 630 PM EDT. SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. KRENTZ
The Greer radar (KGSP), 141 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:48 UTC.
4 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
This storm was sampled as part of the NSSL SHAVE experiment. There were 24 public reports of hail to the southwest and west of Statesville. The hail ranged from the size of pennies to golf balls.
Hail reported on highway 115.
Reported as part of the nssl shave experiment.
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, June 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: 121371, 121377, 121379, 121373.