Scattered severe storms affected the Upstate and northwest Piedmont of South Carolina during the evening hours.
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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 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 11, 1:46 PM EST, 2 hours 14 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 246 PM EDT WED JUN 11 2008 .SYNOPSIS... A STATIONARY FRONT OVER THE WESTERN CAROLINAS WILL BE DISSIPATING THROUGH THURSDAY. ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH FROM THE WEST THIS WEEKEND. THE FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE SOUTH OF THE AREA TO START THE COMING WEEK FOLLOWED BY A WEAK RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH THURSDAY/... FOR THE VERY NEAR TERM...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD CONTINUE TO GROW IN COVERAGE OVER THE MTNS THANKS TO DIFFERENTIAL HEATING. THE MINIMUM IN DEWPOINT SEEN IN SFC OBSERVATIONS ACROSS THE UPSTATE AND FOOTHILLS SHOULD FILL BACK IN LATE IN THE AFTERNOON ALLOWING FOR BETTER DESTABILIZATION. SHOWERS AND STORMS ARE STILL EXPECTED TO DEVELOP CLOSER TO THE REMAINS OF AN OLD FRONT ACROSS THE MIDDLE OF SC LATER IN THE DAY. A DEVELOPING SOUTHEAST FLOW SHOULD PUSH THE STORMS INTO THE UPSTATE AND UP AGAINST THE BLUE RIDGE THIS EVENING. ALTHOUGH THE LATEST MODEL RUNS ARE NOT QUITE AS ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT PRECIP CHANCES...WILL NOT YET GIVE UP ON THE LIKELY POP NEAR THE BLUE RIDGE. OTHERWISE...THE ENVIRONMENT SHOULD BE FAVORABLE FOR CONTINUED SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS...BEFORE ALL THE INSTABILITY IS USED UP TOWARD DAYBREAK. TEMPS WERE KEPT ON THE WARM SIDE WITH CLOUDS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT. ON THURSDAY...HIGH PRESSURE SHOULD DRIFT OFF THE MID ATLANTIC COAST WHILE THE UPPER RIDGE REMAINS IN PLACE. THE MODEL TREND OF BRINGING THE DRY AIR IN QUICKER CONTINUES...TO THE POINT WHERE THE MAV GUIDANCE ACTUALLY SUGGESTS A DRY DAY. THIS IS MOST DISAPPOINTING. WILL START TO SCALE BACK THE PRECIP CHANCES ACCORDINGLY BUT WILL OPTIMISTICALLY HANG ONTO CLIMO POP WHICH KEEPS A CHANCE OVER THE MTNS AND FOOTHILLS. GUIDANCE TEMPS ARE ONE TO TWO CATEGORIES WARMER WITH THE LACK OF PRECIP...SO HIGH TEMPS WERE NUDGED UP SEVERAL DEGREES ACCORDINGLY. && .SHORT TERM /THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY/... AS OF 150 PM WEDNESDAY...LARGE SCALE PATTERN WILL BEGIN TO CHANGE FRI...WITH LARGE AND STRONG UPPER LOW PUSHING ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES AND FORCING PERSISTENT H5 EAST COAST RIDGE AXIS ACROSS THE ATLANTIC COASTLINE. WITH THIS SETUP...UPPER LEVEL HEIGHTS WILL FALL THROUGHOUT THE DAY FRI WHILE A SFC HIGH REORIENTS OFF THE MID ATL REGION. LOW LEVEL RIDGING STILL LOOKS TO BE STRONG AND THE BEST MOISTURE FLUX WILL BE SHIFTED SOUTHEAST OF THE CWFA. MODEL SOUNDINGS INDICATE WARM MID LEVELS WILL INHIBIT DEEP CONVECTION AND SE/LY UNIDIRECTIONAL FLOW UP TO H6 WILL KEEP SHEAR LEVELS LOW. UPPER LEVEL S/W ENERGY WILL BE WEAK AS 590 DM HIGH CENTER PERSISTS OVER THE CAROLINAS EFFECTIVELY REDUCING SBCAPE BELOW 500 J/KG. SO...THE MAIN AREA OF -SHRA AND TS DEVELOPMENT WILL BE ACROSS THE MTNS WHERE A BIT HIGHER SBCAPE INTERACTS MORESO WITH N/LY MOVING UPPER ENERGY. THE GOOD RIDGING AT THE SFC AND MID LEVELS...WILL ALLOW GOOD INSOLATION THROUGH THE DAY AND TEMPS A DEGREE OR TWO ABOVE NORMAL ARE EXPECTED. ON SATURDAY...A COLD FRONT WILL BE MOVING THROUGH THE TN/OH VALLEYS TOWARD THE MTNS. STREAMLINES INDICATE A BROAD LEE SIDE TROF OR PER/FRONTAL TROF WILL SETUP DURING THE DAY AND MOIST SW/LY FLOW WILL SATURATE THE MID LEVELS. WILL NOT EXPECT MUCH INSTABILITY SAT WITH INCREASING WIDESPREAD CLOUD COVER...BUT MODERATE ELEVATED CAPE IS SHOWING UP ON THE CROSS SECTIONS...ENOUGH OF WHICH TO CREATE SCT CONVECTION ACROSS MOST OF THE CWFA. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BECOME STRONG OR SEVERE ALONG THE SE/LY MOVING SFC BOUNDARY AND AREAS WHICH EXPERIENCE THE BEST DIFFERENTIAL HEATING. COLD FRONT REACHES THE MTNS SHORTLY AFTER 00Z. THE GFS HAS BEEN AND CONTINUES TO BE FASTER WITH THE PROPAGATION OF THE FRONT AND THE LOWERING OF H5 HEIGHTS OVER THE WEEKEND SO WOULDNT BE SURPRISED IF FROPA IS LATER SUN MORNING. SUNDAY LOOKS TO BE A GOOD CANDIDATE FOR ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER AS THE MID LEVELS DRY AND UPPER LEVEL TROF DEEPENS AND DEVELOPS A NEGATIVE TILT. SOUNDINGS INDICATE SBCAPE ACROSS THE NON/MTNS REACHING 2000 J/KG AND CIN BREAKING DOWN AFTER 15Z. THE ATMOS WILL BE PRIMED FOR THE AFTERNOON FROPA WITH INCREASING H7/H5 LAPES RATES AND SIGNIFICANT MID LEVEL DRYING. STRONG DOWNBURSTING TYPE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE AS DELTA THETA/E VALUES OF NEG 25K DEVELOP DOWN TO 8KFT. THIS RELATIVELY DRY/COLD AIR COULD EASILY BE TAPPED INTO WITH MIXING HEIGHTS EXPECTED TO REACH 10KFT AHEAD OF THE FRONT. COULD BE AN INTERESTING DAY AND A PRELUDE TO A POSSIBLE LARGE SCALE PATTERN SHIFT EXPECTED THROUGH THE UPCOMING WORK WEEK. && .LONG TERM /SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY/... AS OF 220 PM WEDNESDAY...THE WEAK COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO WASH OUT AS IT MOVES SOUTH ACROSS GA AND SC SUNDAY NIGHT. WEAK HIGH PRESSURE WILL BE IN CONTROL BETWEEN FRONTS ON MONDAY. GFS AND ECMWF ARE IN FAIR AGREEMENT ON POSITION OF SYSTEMS IN THE LATER PART OF THE 7-DAY FORECAST...HOWEVER THE GFS HAS BEEN GOING TOO DEEP OF AN AMPLITUDE ON THE UPPER TROUGH OVER THE APPALACHIANS TOWARD MID WEEK. THE RESULT OF THE UPPER TROUGH WILL BE MUCH COOLER TEMPERATURES THAN WHAT WE HAD IN THE LAST FEW DAYS ALTHOUGH THEY MAY STILL BE SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL FOR DAYTIME HIGHS AND WITHIN A FEW DEGREES OF NORMAL AT NIGHT. THE BEST CHANCE OF ANY RAIN IN THIS LATER PERIOD WILL BE IN THE NC MOUNTAINS AHEAD OF THE LAST WEAK FRONT TO AFFECT THE AREA. THAT FRONT IS EXPECTED TO PASS THEN WASH OUT MONDAY NIGHT. CAPE VALUES ON THE GFS ARE FORECAST TO BE GENERALLY IN THE 100S TO HIGHEST AROUND 1000 NEAR CHARLOTTE AT 00Z TUESDAY. AFTER THIS MOVES OUT TO THE SOUTHEAST...WEAK HIGH PRESSURE AGAIN MOVES IN AND WILL PREVAIL THROUGH MID WEEK. && .AVIATION /19Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY/... CONVECTION A BIT SLOW TO INITIATE OUTSIDE THE MTNS THIS AFTERNOON DUE TO A PATCH OF RELATIVELY DRY AIR ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT. THIS SHOULD KEEP SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIMITED TO THE MTNS UNTIL LATE AFTERNOON. CONVECTION THAT SHOULD FIRE UP ALONG OLD BOUNDARY TO SOUTHEAST WILL DRIFT NW TOWARD THE BLUE RIDGE DURING THE EVENING. FOR NOW...THIS WILL BE HANDLED WITH A VCTS AT ALL TAF SITES. VIS AND CIG WILL BE MVFR NEAR STORMS. THE BEST CHANCE FOR PRECIP WILL BE UP AGAINST AND NEAR THE BLUE RIDGE DURING THE EVENING HOURS WHEN UPSLOPE IS FINALLY ESTABLISHED. THIS WILL RESULT IN LOWER VIS AND CEILING BUT WILL PROBABLY OCCUR IN BETWEEN TAF SITES. WILL AMEND FOR LOWER VALUES AS NECESSARY. THE PRECIP AND CLOUDS SHOULD DIE OFF DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. VISIBILITY COULD BE A PROBLEM AT SITES THAT GET RAINFALL THIS EVENING. THURSDAY MORNING SHOULD BE QUIET WITH A SOUTHEAST WIND. OUTLOOK...AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE AGAIN THURSDAY BUT COVERAGE SHOULD BE LESS THAN TODAY. HIGH PRESSURE RETURNS ON FRIDAY. ANOTHER FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH OVER THE WEEKEND WHICH WILL BE THE FOCUS FOR MORE SHOWERS AND STORMS. && .GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...DEO NEAR TERM...PM SHORT TERM...SBK LONG TERM...DEO AVIATION...PM
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 418 PM EDT WED JUN 11 2008 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065- 068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-122030- 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- 418 PM EDT WED JUN 11 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS THIS EVENING AND SPREAD EAST THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AND MOVE NORTH ACROSS THE SOUTHERN UPSTATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE SOUTHERN PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BECOME STRONG ENOUGH TO PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. THE OVERALL ACTIVITY WILL DECREASE AFTER SUNSET...HOWEVER SHOWERS AND FAIRLY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY A COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE AREA ON SUNDAY AND BRING A GOOD CHANCE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. KRENTZ
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 312 PM EDT WED JUN 11 2008 NCZ048-051>053-058-059-062>065-112130- MADISON-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON- SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHEROKEE...WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE... SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD...HENDERSONVILLE 312 PM EDT WED JUN 11 2008 ...HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND THREAT INCREASING ACROSS THE SMOKIES... THE COVERAGE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA...IN THE VICINITY OF THE SMOKIES...WILL INCREASE THROUGH 6 PM THIS EVENING. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE QUITE STRONG AND A FEW WILL LIKELY END UP PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO MOVE VERY SLOWLY AND PRODUCE LOCAL 1 TO 2 INCH RAINFALL TOTALS IN AFFECTED AREAS BEFORE THEY DISSIPATE. THE GREATEST THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER THROUGH 6 PM WILL BE NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM ROBBINSVILLE TO BRYSON CITY TO COVE CREEK. HG
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 417 PM EDT WED JUN 11 2008 SCZ012-112045- LAURENS- 417 PM EDT WED JUN 11 2008 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHEASTERN LAURENS COUNTY THROUGH 445 PM EDT... AT 417 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF JOANNA...OR 14 MILES NORTHWEST OF NEWBERRY...MOVING WEST AT 8 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR... JOANNA BY 440 PM EDT. PEA SIZE HAIL...TORRENTIAL RAINFALL...AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. HG
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 425 PM EDT WED JUN 11 2008 NCZ052-112115- HAYWOOD- 425 PM EDT WED JUN 11 2008 ...A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT NORTHERN HAYWOOD COUNTY THROUGH 515 PM EDT... AT 425 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SEVERAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHING FROM JUST NORTH OF COVE CREEK TO NEAR WATERVILLE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE DRIFTING SLOWLY NORTH AT 5 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE PEA SIZE HAIL...TORRENTIAL RAINFALL...AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH. THE HEAVY RAINFALL MAY FLOOD SOME LOW LYING AREAS...SUCH AS DITCHES AND UNDERPASSES. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED ROADS. WATER LEVELS OF SMALL STREAMS AND RIVERS MAY ALSO RISE QUICKLY. SEEK HIGHER GROUND IF THREATENED BY FLOOD WATERS. HG
The Greer radar (KGSP), 61 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:59 UTC.
9 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Several large trees were blown down on Relax St, at least one of which fell on a house. Also, A carport was blown into a road.
A couple of trees were blown down on Ghost Creek Rd.
A few trees were blown down on Happy Valley Rd.
Trees blown down.
Reported by state park employee.
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: 119107, 119109, 119114, 119142, 119146, 119150, 119171, 119182, 119183, 119186, 119189, 119195, 119198.