A narrow line of thunderstorms developed ahead of a cold front and moved rapidly across extreme northeast Georgia during the evening hours of the 11th. Several reports of straight line wind damage were received in association with the line.
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The episode as NWS GSP wrote it up.
A narrow line of thunderstorms developed ahead of a cold front and moved rapidly across extreme northeast Georgia during the evening hours of the 11th. Several reports of straight line wind damage were received in association with the line.
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 Feb 11, 2:49 PM EST, 3 hours 41 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
249 PM EST WED FEB 11 2009
.SYNOPSIS...
A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE OVER THE CAROLINAS THIS EVENING. HIGH
PRESSURE WILL THEN BUILD IN FROM THE NORTH THURSDAY AND REMAIN IN
PLACE THROUGH FRIDAY...BEFORE ANOTHER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM BRINGS
INCREASED MOISTURE TO THE REGION SATURDAY. WEAK HIGH PRESSURE
GRADUALLY BUILDS BACK IN EARLY NEXT WEEK BEFORE ANOTHER LOW
APPROACHES THE REGION BY MID WEEK.
&&
.NEAR TERM /THROUGH THURSDAY/...
MCS IS SLOWLY ORGANIZING OVER MIDDLE TN...DOWN INTO NRN AL ATTM.
BASED UPON THE NARROW RIBBON OF INCREASING CAPES SEEN ON OUR
WORKSTATION WRF MODEL...WHICH LINES UP WELL WITH CURRENT TRENDS...I
WOULD EXPECT THE LINE TO HOLD TOGETHER AND BECOME A LITTLE BETTER
ORGANIZED AS IT MOVES INTO THE MOUNTAINS THIS EVENING. IN
FACT...IT/S LOOKING AS THOUGH THE LINE WILL HOLD TOGETHER AND AFFECT
THE FOOTHILLS AND WESTERN PIEDMONT IN THE 23 TO 03 UTC RANGE AS
WELL. WITH THE WIND FIELD IN PLACE OVER THE REGION...I SUSPECT THAT
WE WILL BE ISSUING A FAIR NUMBER OF SVR TSTM WARNINGS THIS EVENING.
ATTM WINDS ARE REALLY GUSTING BEHIND THE LINE. AS TEMPS DON/T COOL
OFF MUCH BEHIND IT...THIS MIGHT MORE PROPERLY BE CALLED A DRY LINE.
AHEAD OF THE LINE WE ARE SEEING GUSTS TOP OUT AROUND 30 KTS...BUT
THOSE SHOULD INCREASE OVER THE NEXT COUPLE HOURS. IT STILL APPEARS
THAT THE BEST HIGH WIND POTENTIAL WILL BE RIGHT ALONG AND A WAYS
BEHIND THE CONVECTIVE LINE. EVEN OUT ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS AND
PIEDMONT THE WINDS LOOK LIKE THEY COULD BRIEFLY REACH GUST OVER 50
MPH...BUT I/M LESS CERTAIN OF THAT AND THE STRONGER WINDS MAY BE
BETTER LOCATED WITH THE CONVECTIVE LINE. IT/S GOING TO BE CLOSE AND
WE WILL WATCH CAREFULLY WHAT THE WINDS DO JUST BEHIND THE LINE AS IT
TRACKS IN FROM THE WEST.
LATER TONIGHT THINGS WILL CALM DOWN OVER THE FOOTHILLS...PIEDMONT
AND SRN MTNS...BUT STRONG WINDS ARE LIKELY THROUGH THE NIGHT OVER
THE NRN MTNS...DOWN INTO THE FOOTHILLS AND PARTS OF THE FRENCH BROAD
VALLEY AS THE WINDS TURN OUT OF THE NORTHWEST. THE BOONE BUFKIT HAS
65 KTS IN THE MIXED LAYER LATER TONIGHT...SO STRONG WINDS LATER
TONIGHT OVER THE NRN MTNS LOOKS CERTAIN. WE WILL HOLD ON TO A HIGH
WIND WARNING THROUGH THE DAY OVER THE NRN MTNS AND WRN
FOOTHILLS...BUT WITH THE MORE WESTERLY COMPONENT TO THE FLOW AND
WITH THE SFC LOW WELL INTO NRN NEW ENGLAND...I DON/T A HIGH WIND
THREAT ELSEWHERE.
OTHER THAN THE WINDS OVER THE MTNS...TOMORROW LOOKS LIKE A NICE DAY
ACROSS THE REGION WITH BREEZY CONDITIONS AND CONTINUED ABOVE NORMAL
TEMPERATURES.
&&
.SHORT TERM /THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY/...
AS OF 200 PM WEDNESDAY...DEEP LAYER DRYING WILL BE OVER THE AREA AT
THE ONSET OF THIS PERIOD AS SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE AND FLAT UPPER
RIDGE BUILDS OVER THE REGION. WINDS WILL STILL BE RATHER STRONG OVER
PRIMARILY THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS EARLY THU NIGHT WITH BUFKIT
MOMENTUM TRANSFER SHOWING THE GUST POTENTIAL INTO THE 35-45 MPH
RANGE UNTIL ABOUT 06Z. THE WINDS WILL DIMINISH AS THE HIGH SETTLES
OVER THE AREA LATE FRI NIGHT. THE HIGH MOVES EAST OF THE AREA ON FRI
WITH RETURN FLOW KICKING IN RATHER QUICKLY DURING THE DAY ALONG WITH
SOME ISENTROPIC LIFT BY LATE IN THE DAY. BOTH NAM AND GFS RESPOND
WITH AN INCREASE IN CLOUDS AND SOME LIGHT QPF LATE FRI AFTERNOON
OVER FAR WESTERN PORTION OF OUR FORECAST AREA (LIKE NE GA AND FAR W
NC/SC). WILL INCREASE POPS INTO THE CHANCE RANGE IN THOSE AREAS LATE
FRI. LOOKS LIKE RAIN SHOULD OVERSPREAD THE ENTIRE AREA FRIDAY NIGHT
AS ISENTROPIC UPGLIDE INCREASES AND DPVA DEVELOPS OVERNIGHT. HENCE
HAVE RAMPED POPS UPWARD INTO THE CATEGORICAL RANGE MOST AREAS. BOTH
THE NAM AND GFS INDICATE THAT PRECIP SHOULD DEPART RATHER QUICKLY ON
SAT AS VORT ENERGY TRANSLATES E OF THE AREA AND WEAK COLD FRONT
MOVES BY INITIATING DOWNSLOPE FLOW. MOST PRECIP ON SAT WILL BE
CONFINED TO THE EASTERN AREAS DURING THE MORNING. ALSO EXPECT TO SEE
SOME CLEARING OCCUR FROM W TO E DURING THE COURSE OF THE DAY.
TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN WELL ABOVE AVERAGE ON FRI WITH HIGHS WELL
INTO THE 60S E OF THE MOUNTAINS AND MOSTLY 50S IN THE MOUNTAINS. MAX
TEMPS WILL BE COOLER ON SAT...DUE TO LINGERING CLOUDS AND/OR PRECIP.
HIGHEST TEMPS WILL BE OVER THE W (AROUND 60) WHERE CLEARING OCCURS
FIRST AND COOLEST EAST WITH HIGHS IN THE 50-55 RANGE...EXCEPT 40S
MOUNTAINS. USED A MOS BLEND TO GENERATE MAX/MIN TEMP FIELDS...EXCEPT GMOS
ON SAT.
&&
.LONG TERM /SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
AS OF 2 PM WEDNESDAY...THE MEDIUM RANGE PERIOD BEGINS 00Z SUNDAY
WITH A LINGERING SLIGHT CHANCE FOR PRECIP OVER THE WESTERN PORTION
OF THE CWA. THE UPPER LVL PATTERN SHOULD BE FAIRLY ZONAL OVER THE SE
CONUS WITH MOST OF THE SW ENERGY TO OUR EAST BY THIS TIME. THERE IS
STILL QUITE A BIG DISCREPANCY WRT TO AN UPPER LVL SHORTWAVE AND ITS
ASSOCIATED SFC LOW GENERATED BY THE ECMWF DURING THE LATE SUN/EARLY
MON TIME FRAME. THIS FEATURE IS NEARLY NONEXISTENT ON THE GFS WITH
HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING IN FROM THE NW DURING THE SAME PERIOD. THIS
FEATURE DOES GENERATE QPF IN THE EC WHILE THE GFS REMAINS DRY UNTIL
THE END OF THE PERIOD. TOWARDS THE END OF THE PERIOD BOTH MODELS
COME INTO BETTER AGREEMENT WITH THE OVERALL SYNOPTIC PATTERN AND THE
LOW THAT DEVELOPS ON DAY 7. THE EC STILL HAS A WEAKER OVERALL SYSTEM
THAT TRACKS FARTHER TO THE NORTH...HOWEVER BOTH MODELS AND MOST
GUIDANCE STILL POINTS TO A DECENT PRECIP EVENT ON WED. SO I KEPT
POPS AT SLIGHT CHANCE FOR THE LATER HALF OF TUES AND A SOLID CHANCE
FOR ALL OF WED. STILL EXPECTING A GRADUAL COOLING TREND THROUGHOUT
THE PERIOD WITH TEMPS STARTING OUT JUST ABOVE NORMAL AND BY DAY 7
VALUES SHOULD BE JUST BELOW NORMAL.
&&
.AVIATION /20Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY/...
AT KCLT AND ELSEWHERE...CIGS ARE STARTING TO LIFT AT MOST LOCATIONS
EXCEPT UP THE FRENCH BROAD VALLEY AT KAVL. THAT TREND SHOULD HOLD
THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL BECOME QUITE GUSTY AT
TIMES...GUSTING UP TO 35 KTS OUT OF THE S TO SSW JUST ABOUT ANYWHERE
AFTER ABOUT 20 UTC. WINDS AT KAVL COULD BE EVEN STRONGER. A NARROW
LINE OF SHRA AND A FEW TSTMS WILL AFFECT KAVL STARTING AROUND 21
UTC. THE LINE WILL SWEEP ACROSS THE REMAINING TAF SITES OVER THE
NEXT COUPLE HOURS (22-00 UTC). WINDS WILL SHIFT BRIEFLY TO WEST
BEHIND THE LINE AND WILL STILL BE VERY GUSTY...BEFORE SHIFTING BACK
TO THE SW A COUPLE HOURS LATER. WE/LL TRY TO REFINE THE PCPN TIMING
AND WINDS...PARTICULARLY AT KCLT...AS THE LINE MOVES THROUGH.
I HAVE A LOW LEVEL WIND SHEAR GROUP IN AT KAVL FOR THE NEXT FEW
HOURS. THE REMAINING SITES SHOULD BE MIXED ENOUGH THAT THEY WON/T
HIT CRITERIA...BUT THERE WILL STILL BE A VERY STRONG 65+ LLVL JET UP
AROUND 4000 FEET THAT TRANSLATES ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING. WINDS
WILL DIMINISH SOME LATER TONIGHT...THOUGH THEY WILL STAY UP AT KAVL.
WINDS WILL BE OUT OF THE WEST AT MOST SITES TOMORROW MORNING...BUT
THE FLOW SHOULD GO A LITTLE NORTH OF WEST TOWARD NOON UP AT KCLT. OF
COURSE KAVL WILL BE NORTHWEST BEHIND THE FRONT.
OUTLOOK...VFR CONDITIONS LIKELY THU-FRI...WITH ANOTHER SYSTEM
BRINGING CIG/VSBY RESTRICTIONS FRI NIGHT-SAT. HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS
OVER THE AREA FOR EARLY NEXT WEEK.
&&
.FIRE WEATHER...
PER COLLABORATION WITH THE FORECAST OFFICE IN RALEIGH AND SEVERAL
LAND MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS...I/VE ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR
TOMORROW OVER ALL OUR NC ZONES. RH/S SHOULD FALL TO BETWEEN 20 AND
25 PERCENT OVER MUCH OF THE FA TOMORROW AFTERNOON. OVER WRN
NC...WINDS IN THE AFTERNOON WILL GUST UP TO AROUND 30 MPH ONCE WE
HIT MAX HEATING. THE WINDS WILL BE UP ALL DAY OVER THE MTNS...BUT
THEY SHOULDN/T SEE THE RH CRITERIA UNTIL THE AFTERNOON EITHER. AREAS
THAT SEE A QUARTER INCH OR SO OF RAIN PROBABLY WON/T HAVE TOO MANY
PROBLEMS TOMORROW...WHILE THOSE THAT SEE LESS ALMOST CERTAINLY WILL.
THE 1 THROUGH 100 HOUR FUELS ARE ALL PRETTY DRY ACCORDING TO THE
LAND MANAGEMENT FOLKS. SO KEEP AN EYE ON THOSE RAIN TOTALS AS THE
WATCH WILL BE UPGRADED TO A WARNING MAINLY IN THOSE AREAS THAT DON/T
GET MUCH RAIN THIS EVENING.
&&
.GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...HIGH WIND WARNING UNTIL 6 AM EST THURSDAY FOR GAZ010-017.
WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 6 AM EST THURSDAY FOR GAZ018-026-028-029.
NC...HIGH WIND WARNING UNTIL 6 AM EST THURSDAY FOR NCZ033-048>053-
058-059-062>065-501-503-505-507-509.
FIRE WEATHER WATCH FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY
AFTERNOON FOR NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065-
068>072-082-501>510.
WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 6 AM EST THURSDAY FOR NCZ035>037-056-057-
068>072-082-502-504-506-508-510.
SC...HIGH WIND WARNING UNTIL 6 AM EST THURSDAY FOR SCZ001>003.
WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 6 AM EST THURSDAY FOR SCZ004>014-019.
&&
SYNOPSIS...JPT
NEAR TERM...MCAVOY
SHORT TERM...LG
LONG TERM...JPT
AVIATION...MCAVOY
FIRE WEATHER...HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 333 PM EST WED FEB 11 2009 GAZ010-017-SCZ001>003-122045- RABUN-HABERSHAM-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS- GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS- 333 PM EST WED FEB 11 2009 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST THURSDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA 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. HIGH WIND WARNING. STRONG GRADIENT WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE MOUNTAINS OF THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. A NARROW LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. WHILE THE STORMS WILL NOT BE VERY IMPRESSIVE ON RADAR...THEY ARE LIKELY TO CONTAIN DAMAGING WINDS AS THEY ALLOW THE ALREADY STRONG WINDS IN THE LOWER ATMOSPHERE TO MIX TO THE GROUND. THE LINE SHOULD BE EAST OF THE AREA BY 11 PM EST. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...TORNADOES OR FLASH FLOODING TO OUR OFFICE. GAZ018-026-028-029-SCZ004>014-019-122045- STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS- GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE- LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- 333 PM EST WED FEB 11 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST THURSDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA 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. WIND ADVISORY. VERY WINDY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A NARROW LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND REACH THE AREA DURING THE EVENING HOURS. THE LINE WILL NOT LOOK IMPRESSIVE ON RADAR...BUT IT WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE LOCALLY DAMAGING WINDS AS IT ALLOWS THE ALREADY STRONG WINDS IN THE LOWER ATMOSPHERE TO MIX TO THE GROUND. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...TORNADOES OR FLASH FLOODING TO OUR OFFICE. NCZ048-051>053-058-059-062>065-507-509-122045- MADISON-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON- SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS- POLK MOUNTAINS- 333 PM EST WED FEB 11 2009 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST THURSDAY... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH 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. HIGH WIND WARNING. STRONG GRADIENT WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE MOUNTAINS OF THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. A NARROW LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. WHILE THE STORMS WILL NOT BE VERY IMPRESSIVE ON RADAR...THEY ARE LIKELY TO CONTAIN DAMAGING WINDS AS THEY ALLOW THE ALREADY STRONG WINDS IN THE LOWER ATMOSPHERE TO MIX TO THE GROUND. THE LINE WILL MOVE EAST OF THE AREA BY 11 PM EST BUT STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FIRE WEATHER WATCH. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...TORNADOES OR FLASH FLOODING TO OUR OFFICE. NCZ033-049-050-501-503-505-122045- AVERY-YANCEY-MITCHELL-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-BURKE MOUNTAINS- MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS- 333 PM EST WED FEB 11 2009 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THURSDAY... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH 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. HIGH WIND WARNING. STRONG GRADIENT WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE MOUNTAINS OF THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. A NARROW LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. WHILE THE STORMS WILL NOT BE VERY IMPRESSIVE ON RADAR...THEY ARE LIKELY TO CONTAIN DAMAGING WINDS AS THEY ALLOW THE ALREADY STRONG WINDS IN THE LOWER ATMOSPHERE TO MIX TO THE GROUND. THE LINE WILL MOVE EAST OF TEH AREA BY 11 PM EST. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. HIGH WIND WARNING. FIRE WEATHER WATCH. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...TORNADOES OR FLASH FLOODING TO OUR OFFICE. NCZ035>037-056-057-068>072-082-502-504-506-508-510-122045- ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON- MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC-GREATER CALDWELL-GREATER BURKE- EASTERN MCDOWELL-GREATER RUTHERFORD-EASTERN POLK- 333 PM EST WED FEB 11 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST THURSDAY... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA AND WESTERN NORTH 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. WIND ADVISORY. VERY WINDY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A NARROW LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT DURING THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. THE LINE WILL NOT LOOK IMPRESSIVE ON RADAR...BUT IT WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE LOCALLY DAMAGING WINDS AS IT ALLOWS THE ALREADY STRONG WINDS IN THE LOWER ATMOSPHERE TO MIX TO THE GROUND. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FIRE WEATHER WATCH. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...TORNADOES OR FLASH FLOODING TO OUR OFFICE.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
533 PM EST WED FEB 11 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0515 PM TSTM WND DMG ROBBINSVILLE 35.32N 83.81W
02/11/2009 GRAHAM NC COUNTY OFFICIAL
2 TREES REPORTED DOWN BY DOT ON TALLULAH AND OLD TALLULAH
ROADS IN ROBBINSVILLE.
&&
JPTPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
611 PM EST WED FEB 11 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0540 PM TSTM WND GST 3 NW SYLVA 35.41N 83.26W
02/11/2009 E60 MPH JACKSON NC TRAINED SPOTTER
ESTIMATED WIND GUST TO 60 MPH WITH PASSAGE OF SQUALL LINE
&&
LGABRICThe Greer radar (KGSP), 110 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:29 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Trees were blown down in the southern part of the county.
Trees were blown down on highway 17 in Royston.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Georgia in 2009Every state in 2009This day in weather historyWarnings in Georgia, February 2009
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: 156383, 156385.