A couple severe storms affected the western Piedmont of North Carolina during the late evening hours.
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The episode as NWS GSP wrote it up.
A couple severe storms affected the western Piedmont of North Carolina during the late 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 Sep 8, 6:42 PM EST, 1 hour 53 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 742 PM EDT MON SEP 8 2008 .SYNOPSIS... MOISTURE WILL BE ON THE INCREASE THROUGH TUESDAY OUT AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT WHICH WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION BY WEDNESDAY. A COOLER WEDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD DOWN THE EAST COAST LATE WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. TEMPERATURES RIGHT AROUND NORMAL AND AN UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE WILL RETURN TO THE REGION FRIDAY THROUGH THE WEEKEND. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH TUESDAY/... A MID LEVEL RIDGE AXIS REMAINS IN PLACE LATE TODAY ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA...BUT WITH NO CAPPING APPARENT IN THE SOUNDINGS. HIGHER CAPE VALUES ARE POOLED QUITE STRONGLY ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF THE INTERSTATE 85 CORRIDOR THIS AFTERNOON ON THE LATEST LAPS ANALYSIS...AND SREF PROBABILITIES OF CAPE ABOVE 1000 J/KG REMAIN AT 75 PERCENT OR BETTER THROUGH EARLY EVENING. CONVERGENCE SHOULD CONTINUED TO BE FOCUSED IN THE SE PIEDMONT AND THE WESTERN MOUNTAINS THROUGH THE EVENING...BUT DEVELOPING SE UPSLOPE FLOW ALONG WITH WEAK JET DIVERGENCE ALOFT WILL MAKE AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM POSSIBLE JUST ABOUT ANYWHERE. MID LEVEL DRY AIR WILL PROVIDE THE THREAT OF A DAMAGING WIND GUST WITH ANY THUNDERSTORM EXHIBITING CORES TO 30 KFT...OR 65+ DBZ AROUND 15 KFT OR HIGHER. LOW LEVEL FLOW WILL STEADILY VEER FROM SOUTHEAST TO SOUTHERLY OVERNIGHT...WITH CONTINUED UPSLOPE FORCING NEAR THE BLUE RIDGE. LOW CLOUDS STAND A BETTER CHANCE OF DEVELOPING GIVEN THE UPSLOPE COMPONENT AND THE MOIST BOUNDARY LAYER. SOUTHERLY UPSLOPE CONTINUES THROUGH TUESDAY...WITH CONVERGENCE MAXIMIZING ALONG THE BLUE RIDGE BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON. FORCING WILL IMPROVE THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON AS THE COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE NRN TIER...SHEARED OR CHANNELED H5 SHORTWAVES EMBEDDED IN WSW FLOW ALOFT CROSS THE MOUNTAINS...AND UPPER JET SUPPORT IMPROVES THROUGH THE DAY. INSTABILITY DOES APPEAR TO BE MORE LIMITED ON TUESDAY GIVEN THE CLOUD COVER...BUT SHEAR WILL IMPROVE SLIGHTLY WITH 500 MB FLOW AROUND 30 KT. LIKELY POPS WILL BE ADVERTISED OVER NW SECTIONS...WITH SOLID CHANCES SOUTHEAST. && .SHORT TERM /TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT/... AS OF 230 PM MONDAY...BEGINNING WEDNESDAY 00Z THE COLD FRONT SHOULD HAVE JUST PASSED OVER US BRINGING A GOOD CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND POSSIBLY SOME THUNDERSTORMS. IT APPEARS THAT THE BEST CHANCE FOR ANY THUNDER WILL BE EARLY IN THE PERIOD AND MOSTLY CONFINED TO THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE CWA. ONCE THE WEDGE BEGINS TO ESTABLISH ITSELF LATE WED AND THURS...THE PREDOMINANT PRECIP TYPE SHOULD BE RAIN SHOWERS. ON THURSDAY...COOL AIR DAMMING SHOULD BE WELL ESTABLISHED OVER THE REGION AS NORTH EASTERLY SURFACE FLOW AND LINGERING DEEP MOISTURE KEEP A SOLID CHANCE FOR PCPN THRU THE FIRST HALF OF THURS. POP VALUES WERE LOWERED LATER ON THURS AS LOW LEVEL FORCING DECREASES. BY EARLY FRIDAY...THE WEDGE BEGINS TO DISSIPATE AND THE SURFACE FLOW WEAKENS. THE 12Z GFS AND 00Z ECMWF MAINTAIN DECENT AGREEMENT FOR THIS PERIOD AND POPS WERE LOWERED A BIT TO REFLECT DRIER LOW LEVEL AIR. OVERALL...TEMPS WERE LOWERED A FEW DEGREES ON WED AND THURS TO REFLECT A MORE PROMINENT COOL AIR DAMMING SITUATION. && .LONG TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY/... AS OF 230 PM MONDAY...LARGE SCALE SYNOPTIC PATTER CONTINUES TO REMAIN PROGRESSIVE WITH S/W TROFFING/RIDGING AND QUASI ZONAL FLOW IN THE NORTHERN LATITUDES. PARENT SFC HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE NE SHOULD HAVE NO PROBLEM SHIFTING OFFSHORE IN THIS PATTERN AND CAD RIDGING DOWN THE EAST COAST INTO THE CWFA SHOULD WEAKEN AND BURN OFF THROUGH MID DAY FRI. THE 00Z ECMWF IS KEEPING THE CAD IN PLACE LONGER THAN THE 06Z/12Z GFS...HOWEVER THE OVERALL TREND IS LOOKING MORE AND MORE LIKE A DISSIPATION IS STORE WITH H7/H5 FLOW BECOMING W/LY AND MID LEVEL OMEGA HELPING TO INCREASE INSTABILITY BY AFTERNOON. SO WILL EXPECT A TYPICAL WEDGE BREAK DOWN WITH LOW CHC POPS EXPECTED IN ASSOCIATING WITH TMB FRONT. MAX TEMPS COULD BE A CHALLENGE WITH THE MORNING OVC STRATUS...AND THE LOW END OF HPC AND GMOS GUIDANCE HAS BEEN USED WHICH GIVES MAXES ABOUT A DEGREE OR TWO BELOW NORMAL. THE UPPER LEVEL PATTERN OVER THE SE REGION WILL REMAIN FAIRLY STEADY STATE THROUGH THE EXTENDED PERIOD WITH STRONG 590 DM HIGH PERSISTING. THIS SHOULD HAVE NO PROBLEM KEEPING THE SEASONAL COLD FRONTS HUNG UP ACROSS THE TN/OH VALLEYS AND THE REMNANTS OF HURRICANE IKE TRACKING UP THE MS VALLEY THROUGH MON. THE ATMOS LOOKS TO REMAIN VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE HOWEVER...WITH GOOD CONTINUOUS S/LY H92/H85 MOISTURE TRANSPORT AFFECTING THE REGION. THE STRONGEST FORCINGS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN TO THE WEST AND NORTH OF THE AREA THROUGH THE EXT...SO POPS HAVE BEEN GIVEN A MORE DIURNAL TREND AND OVERALL AFTERNOON VALUES TWEAKED DOWN A BIT. STILL EXPECT AFTERNOON POPS RIGHT AROUND NORMAL AND A BIT HIGHER IN THE MTNS. A BACK DOOR COLD FRONT IS NOW ADVERTISED TO REACH THE AREA MON AS OPPOSED TO AN EARLIER COLD FRONT SUN NIGHT...AND IF THE UPPER HIGH REMAINS INTACT THERE SHOULD BE NO REASON TO GO AGAINST THIS IDEA. TEMPS THROUGH THE REST OF THE EXT SHOULD HOVER RIGHT AROUND NORMAL AND PERHAPS A COUPLE DEGREES ABOVE. && .AVIATION /00Z TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/... THE PREVIOUS SET OF TAFS IS IN GREAT SHAPE IN TERMS OF WHAT IS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT. DEVELOPING SE UPSLOPE FLOW MAY ACT TO PROLONG SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STORMS INTO THE LATE EVENING. KCLT HAS THE IMMEDIATE THREAT...BUT KAND/KAVL WILL ALSO HAVE NEARBY STORMS. THIS WILL BE HANDLED MAINLY THROUGH AMENDMENTS IF STORMS MATERIALIZE. LOW LEVEL MOISTURE IS A BIT MORE PLENTIFUL THIS EVENING AND THAT SITUATION SHOULD NOT CHANGE. WHILE IT IS NOTED THAT MOS GUIDANCE HAS BEEN OVERDOING THE FOG DEVELOPMENT FOR THE LAST SEVERAL DAYS...AM THINKING IT COULD BE LIKE THE CASE OF THE STOPPED CLOCK...SO IT WILL BE INCLUDED IN ALL TAFS. MOISTURE POOLING AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING FRONT ON TUESDAY SHOULD KEEP THE LOW CLOUDS OVER ALL TAF SITES. A PERIOD OF MVFR CEILINGS IS POSSIBLE IN THE MORNING...BUT FOR NOW THE TAFS WILL BE OPTIMISTIC AND KEEP THAT LEVEL AT THE LOW END OF VFR. FORCING FOR CONVECTION WILL MOVE IN DURING THE AFTERNOON. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS LOOK LIKE A GOOD BET AND FOR NOW THIS IS INCLUDED WITH A VCTS AFTER 20Z. OUTLOOK...SIGNIFICANT CEILING AND VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS WILL LIKELY DEVELOP ACROSS THE TERMINAL FORECAST AREA FROM LATE TUESDAY THROUGH THROUGH THURSDAY...AND POSSIBLY INTO FRIDAY...AS MOISTURE RIDES NORTHWARD OVER A WEDGE OF COOLER AIR TO PRODUCE MORE WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION. CONDITIONS MAY NOT IMPROVE SIGNIFICANTLY BEFORE THE WEEKEND...AND EVEN THEN SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY CONTINUE. && .GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...SBK NEAR TERM...HG SHORT TERM...JPT LONG TERM...SBK AVIATION...PM
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1050 AM EDT MON SEP 8 2008 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065- 068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-091500- 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- 1050 AM EDT MON SEP 8 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WIND...SMALL HAIL AND LIGHTNING WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREATS ASSOCIATED WITH STRONGER STORMS TODAY. A FEW OF THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ON TUESDAY AS A COLD FRONT MOVES INTO THE AREA FROM THE NORTH. ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE...PRODUCING DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND/OR LARGE HAIL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. HG
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 423 PM EDT MON SEP 8 2008 SCZ010-082100- ANDERSON- 423 PM EDT MON SEP 8 2008 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT WESTERN ANDERSON COUNTY THROUGH 500 PM EDT... AT 420 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SANDY SPRINGS...OR 9 MILES WEST OF ANDERSON. THIS STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. PEOPLE IN WESTERN ANDERSON COUNTY...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... SANDY SPRINGS... SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER THREATEN. SMALL HAIL...TORRENTIAL RAINFALL...AND WIND GUSTS 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. WATER LEVELS OF SMALL STREAMS AND RIVERS MAY ALSO RISE. LANE
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 513 PM EDT MON SEP 8 2008 NCZ071-082145- MECKLENBURG- 513 PM EDT MON SEP 8 2008 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHERN MECKLENBURG COUNTY THROUGH 545 PM EDT... AT 511 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR HUNTERSVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 8 MPH. PEOPLE IN NORTHERN MECKLENBURG COUNTY...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... HUNTERSVILLE AND DAVIDSON... SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER THREATEN. SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 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. WATER LEVELS OF SMALL STREAMS AND RIVERS MAY ALSO RISE. LANE
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 711 PM EDT MON SEP 8 2008 NCZ071-072-082345- CABARRUS-MECKLENBURG- 711 PM EDT MON SEP 8 2008 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHERN MECKLENBURG AND NORTHWESTERN CABARRUS COUNTIES THROUGH 745 PM EDT... AT 706 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HUNTERSVILLE...OR 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF UNC CHARLOTTE...MOVING NORTH AT 6 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR... HUNTERSVILLE BY 725 PM EDT. SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 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. WATER LEVELS OF SMALL STREAMS AND RIVERS MAY ALSO RISE. LANE
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 915 PM EDT MON SEP 8 2008 SCZ001-004-090145- GREATER OCONEE-OCONEE MOUNTAINS- 915 PM EDT MON SEP 8 2008 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL OCONEE COUNTY THROUGH 945 PM EDT... AT 910 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SENECA...OR 11 MILES SOUTH OF WALHALLA...MOVING NORTH AT 22 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR... SENECA BY 920 PM EDT. WALHALLA BY 940 PM EDT. SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. LANE
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 922 PM EDT MON SEP 8 2008 NCZ036-056-069-071-090145- CATAWBA-IREDELL-LINCOLN-MECKLENBURG- 922 PM EDT MON SEP 8 2008 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN LINCOLN...NORTHERN MECKLENBURG...SOUTHEASTERN CATAWBA AND SOUTHERN IREDELL COUNTIES THROUGH 945 PM EDT... AT 919 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES SOUTH OF LAKE NORMAN...OR 17 MILES EAST OF LINCOLNTON...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 13 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR... LAKE NORMAN BY 935 PM EDT. DENVER BY 940 PM EDT. TERRELL BY 945 PM EDT. SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. LANE
The Greer radar (KGSP), 130 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:36 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Four trees were blown down in the Cowan’s Ford Dam area.
Hail was reported on Old Mocksville Rd.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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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: 135652, 135654.