A few severe storms affected the Upstate and northwest Piedmont of South Carolina during the evening hours.
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
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The episode as NWS GSP wrote it up.
A few severe storms affected the Upstate and northwest Piedmont of South Carolina 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 10, 6:07 PM EST, 5 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 707 PM EDT TUE JUN 10 2008 .SYNOPSIS... HIGH PRESSURE WILL WEAKEN AND MOVE OFF THE SOUTHEAST COAST TODAY AS A WEAK COLD FRONT MOVES INTO THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS THIS AFTERNOON. THE FRONT WILL BECOME STATIONARY OVER THE WESTERN CAROLINAS TONIGHT AND IS EXPECTED TO DISSIPATE THURSDAY. ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH FROM THE WEST ON SATURDAY AND IS EXPECTED TO STALL ACROSS THE AREA SUNDAY. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... AN UPDATE WILL BE ISSUED TO MOVE THE LIKELY AREA OF CONVECTION EAST INTO THE NORTHERN NC FOOTHILLS AND AWAY FROM THE TN LINE AS THE SURFACE COLD FRONT PROGRESSES. SO FAR ONLY A FEW HAIL REPORTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED FROM THE BIGGEST STORMS...BUT POTENTIAL FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND REMAINS ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA. UPPER RIDGE BUILDS BACK OVER THE AREA WEDNESDAY BUT WEAKER THAN PREVIOUS FEW DAYS. SFC FNT/BAROCLINIC ZONE MOVES INTO THE AREA TONIGHT AND STALLS OVER THE AREA WEDNESDAY. SHOULD BE BETTER MOISTURE CONVERGENCE...ALONG WITH LOW LEVEL UPSLOPE FLOW AND MOISTURE. BEST FORCING WILL BE IN THE AFTERNOON. THEREFORE...HAVE CHC POP ALONG THE ESCARPMENT AND SLIGHT CHC ELSEWHERE EARLY AFTERNOON. THEN HAVE LIKELY ESCARPMENT WITH DECREASING CHC ON EITHER SIDE. HIGHS SHOULD BE 5 TO 8 DEGREES COOLER THAN THE PREVIOUS FEW DAYS FINALLY BRINGING AND END TO THE RECORD HEAT. && .SHORT TERM /WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT/... AS OF 145 PM TUESDAY...THE MODELS ARE STILL ON TRACK WITH MOVING THE 850MB RIDGE AXIS OFF THE EAST COAST WEDNESDAY NIGHT WHICH ALLOWS A SOUTHEAST FLOW TO DEVELOP AT LOW LEVELS...THEREBY ADVECTING SOME ATLANTIC MOISTURE OUR WAY. THE MECHANICAL LIFT AND UPPER DIVERGENCE SHOULD BE SUFFICIENT TO KEEP SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STORMS GOING WELL INTO THE NIGHT BEFORE FINALLY TAPERING OFF TOWARD DAYBREAK THURSDAY. THE SOUTHEASTERLY FLOW SHOULD CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY...FUELING ADDITIONAL CONVECTION THAT SHOULD FIRE UP BY MIDDAY. HIGH TEMPS WERE NUDGED UP A DEGREE OR TWO BASED ON THE NEW GUIDANCE AND LACK OF ANY WEAK COLD AIR DAMMING SIGNAL. BY THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...DRY AIR SHOULD START WORKING IN FROM THE EAST...AS THE SURFACE RIDGE AXIS MIGRATES A BIT TO THE WEST WITH HELP FROM THE BUILDING UPPER RIDGE ON THE EAST COAST. DEWPOINTS MAY MIX OUT AGAIN INTO THE MID 60S OR LOWER WHICH WILL PLACE A LIMIT ON THE EXTENT AND LIKELIHOOD OF DEEP CONVECTION OUTSIDE THE MTNS. FOR THE TIME BEING...THE AFTERNOON PRECIP CHANCES ARE KEPT CLOSE TO CLIMO...THAT IS CHANCE MTNS AND FOOTHILLS AND SLIGHT CHC PIEDMONT... BUT THIS MIGHT BE OVERDONE. TEMPS WERE ALSO NUDGED UP WITH THE EXPECTATION THAT IT WILL BE A DRIER DAY. && .LONG TERM /SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/... AS OF 245 PM TUESDAY...IT LOOKS LIKE THE UPPER PATTERN WILL FINALLY UNDERGO SOME CHANGES WITH THE AXIS OF THE UPPER TROF MOVING OFF THE EAST COAST FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY. THIS SHOULD SPELL THE REAL END TO OUR HEAT WAVE AS UPPER TROFFING TAKES HOLD OVER THE EASTERN PART OF THE COUNTRY BY EARLY NEXT WEEK. DO NOT EXPECT COOL TEMPS THOUGH AS TEMPS WILL MERELY RETURN TO NEAR NORMAL...MEANING HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80S OUTSIDE THE MTNS. THE MAIN CONCERN CONTINUES TO BE THE ARRIVAL OF A COLD FRONT SOMETIME ON SATURDAY OR SATURDAY NIGHT. THE LATEST GFS IS SIMILAR TO PREVIOUS RUNS IN DELAYING THE ARRIVAL OF THE FRONT UNTIL SATURDAY NIGHT. SO...AFTER EVENING CONVECTION DIES DOWN OVER THE FOOTHILLS AND WESTERN PIEDMONT...THE REST OF FRIDAY NIGHT SHOULD BE RELATIVELY QUIET. THE SAME COULD BE SAID FOR SATURDAY MORNING OVER THE EAST AS FORCING SHOULD REMAIN TO THE WEST. EVENTUALLY... SCATTERED CONVECTION DEVELOPING AHEAD OF THE FRONT WILL TAKE HOLD UNTIL THE MAIN FRONTAL FORCING...SUCH AS IT IS...ARRIVES LATE IN THE DAY. THE FRONT IS NOW EXPECTED TO STALL ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA ON SUNDAY WHICH WILL PROVIDE A FOCUS FOR MORE CONVECTION THAT IS MAINLY DIURNALLY DRIVEN. THE FRONT IS STILL EXPECTED TO WASH OUT ON MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT SO THE FORECAST WAS KEPT DRY FOR THE MOST PART. ANOTHER FRONT SHOULD ARRIVE WITH THE APPROACH AND PASSAGE OF A SHORT WAVE FROM THE NW ON TUESDAY. && .AVIATION /23Z TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/... CONVECTION WILL MAINLY BE A THREAT TO THE NC TAF SITES AS THE MOST ACTIVE PART OF THE COLD FRONT MOVES EAST FORM THE MOUNTAINS. CONVECTION WILL BE MORE ISOLATED IN SC...BUT CUMULONIMBUS WILL HAVE TO BE CARRIED GIVEN RADAR TRENDS OF CELLS MOVING NORTHEAST FROM GA. FOG WILL BE POSSIBLE FOR AREAS THAT RECEIVE RAINFALL...BUT SHOULD ONLY GET DOWN TO MVFR AS WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO VEER AROUND TO THE NORTHEAST AND PICK UP BEFORE DAWN. EVEN WITH THE FRONT REMAINING IN THE AREA ON WEDNESDAY...GUIDANCE KEEPS CEILINGS...IF ANY WILL...VFR. THE BEST CHANCE OF CONVECTION WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON WILL BE ALONG THE BLUE RIDGE...WHERE CUMULONIMBUS WILL BE CARRIED. OUTLOOK...A FRONT WILL MOVE BACK NORTH OF THE AREA BY LATE WEEK. THE FRONT WILL HELP TO POOL MOISTURE AND TRIGGER MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND 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 WEDNESDAY 6/11 99 1914 CHARLOTTE WEDNESDAY 6/11 100 1914 ASHEVILLE WEDNESDAY 6/11 88 1981 && .GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...PAT NEAR TERM...JAT/RWH SHORT TERM...PM LONG TERM...PM AVIATION...JAT CLIMATE...RWH/PM
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 402 PM EDT TUE JUN 10 2008 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065- 068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-112015- 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- 402 PM EDT TUE JUN 10 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 THE ATMOSPHERE WILL BE QUITE UNSTABLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT...WHICH IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP INTO THE EVENING HOURS AND THERE IS A GOOD CHANCE THAT SOME OF THE STORMS WILL BECOME SEVERE. HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS AND DAMAGING MICROBURSTS ARE THE MAIN THREAT FROM SEVERE STORMS. THERE WILL NOT BE MUCH WIND SHEAR IN THE ATMOSPHERE THIS AFTERNOON...AND SOME ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE WHERE STORMS BECOME STATIONARY. THE GREATEST CHANCE OF SEVERE STORMS WILL BE OVER THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS DURING THE AFTERNOON...AND THEN THE PIEDMONT INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. HOWEVER...THERE IS A CHANCE FOR SEVERE STORMS TO AFFECT JUST ABOUT ANY PART OF THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA THROUGH MID EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PART OF UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. MOORE
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 616 PM EDT TUE JUN 10 2008 NCZ064-065-SCZ002-003-102315- GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-HENDERSON-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-TRANSYLVANIA- 616 PM EDT TUE JUN 10 2008 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHWESTERN GREENVILLE... NORTHWESTERN PICKENS...SOUTHERN HENDERSON AND SOUTHERN TRANSYLVANIA COUNTIES THROUGH 715 PM EDT... AT 609 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ROSMAN...OR 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BREVARD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO JONES GAP STATE PARK...ROSMAN...LITTLE RIVER...LAKE TOXAWAY...ETOWAH...CEDAR MOUNTAIN...BREVARD...ROCKY BOTTOM AND CAESARS HEAD. 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 619 PM EDT TUE JUN 10 2008 SCZ010-011-102315- ABBEVILLE-ANDERSON- 619 PM EDT TUE JUN 10 2008 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHERN ABBEVILLE AND SOUTHEASTERN ANDERSON COUNTIES THROUGH 715 PM EDT... AT 618 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR SECESSION LAKE...OR 14 MILES NORTHWEST OF ABBEVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. PEOPLE IN NORTHERN ABBEVILLE AND SOUTHEASTERN ANDERSON COUNTIES... INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IVA...SECESSION LAKE...ANTREVILLE AND HONEA PATH... SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER THREATEN. PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. MOORE
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 622 PM EDT TUE JUN 10 2008 NCZ508-102245- GREATER RUTHERFORD- 622 PM EDT TUE JUN 10 2008 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHEASTERN RUTHERFORD COUNTY THROUGH 645 PM EDT... AT 618 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FOREST CITY...OR 8 MILES SOUTH OF RUTHERFORDTON...MOVING EAST AT 13 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BOSTIC... SPINDALE...HARRIS...FOREST CITY...ELLENBORO...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 631 PM EDT TUE JUN 10 2008 SCZ014-102315- CHESTER- 631 PM EDT TUE JUN 10 2008 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CHESTER COUNTY THROUGH 715 PM EDT... AT 631 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF BLACKSTOCK...OR 7 MILES SOUTH OF CHESTER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. PEOPLE IN CHESTER COUNTY...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... CHESTER...AND CORNWELL. SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER THREATEN. PEA SIZE HAIL...WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...AND DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. BSH
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 637 PM EDT TUE JUN 10 2008 NCZ068-SCZ008-102330- CHEROKEE-CLEVELAND- 637 PM EDT TUE JUN 10 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT NORTHERN CHEROKEE AND SOUTHERN CLEVELAND COUNTIES THROUGH 730 PM EDT... AT 635 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF GAFFNEY...MOVING EAST AT 13 MPH. PEOPLE IN NORTHERN CHEROKEE AND SOUTHERN CLEVELAND COUNTIES... INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... BLACKSBURG AND EARL... SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER THREATEN. PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. MOORE
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
639 PM EDT TUE JUN 10 2008
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0520 PM HAIL 4 NE BREVARD 35.28N 82.68W
06/10/2008 E0.75 INCH TRANSYLVANIA NC CO-OP OBSERVER
ONE TREE REPORTED BLOWN DOWN
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KRENTZThe Greer radar (KGSP), 54 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:13 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A tree was blown down on Austin Rd and another tree was blown down on highway 20 in the Craytonville community.
Two trees were blown down on Aiken Creek Rd.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in South Carolina in 2008Every state in 2008This day in weather historyWarnings in South 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: 119093, 119095.