A line of thunderstorms produced an area of wind damage over the western North Carolina Piedmont during the overnight hours.
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A line of thunderstorms produced an area of wind damage over the western North Carolina Piedmont during the overnight 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 13, 8:34 PM EST, 38 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 934 PM EDT SAT JUN 13 2009 .SYNOPSIS... A STATIONARY FRONT WILL LINGER ACROUND THE REGION INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN FROM THE NORTH TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY AND PUSH THE FRONT TO THE SOUTH. THE FRONT IS THEN EXPECTED TO LIFT NORTH AND DISSIPATE TO START THE SECOND HALF OF THE WEEK. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH SUNDAY/... ISOLATED DEEP CONVECTION MAY CONTINUE ACROSS THE CWA INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. ACTIVITY SHOULD COME TO AN END AS NIGHT TIME TEMPERATURES COOL...I WILL REDUCE POPS BELOW 15 PERCENT AFTER 6Z. PATCHY FOG MAY DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT NEAR AREAS THE RECEIVED RAINFALL SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. AT THIS POINT...I WILL FAVOR THE MTN VALLEY FOR A MENTION OF FOG. OTHERWISE...THE GOING FORECASTS LOOKS GOOD. I WILL MAKE ONLY MINOR TWEAKS TO THE HRLY TEMPERATURES AND DEWPOINTS. THE MAGNITUDE OF THE MID/UPPER WNW FLOW INCREASES ON SUNDAY BUT THE WEAK AND NEBULOUS LLVL FLOW CONTINUES. THE NAM INDICATES WARMING ALOFT THROUGHOUT THE DAY AHEAD OF APPROACHING IMPULSE...AND COMBINED WITH NEGLIGIBLE LLVL FORCING/CONVERGENCE...FEEL THAT JUST A SLIGHT CHANCE AFTERNOON POP IS WARRANTED. && .SHORT TERM /SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... AS OF 230 PM SATURDAY...UPPER LEVEL SHORTWAVES ARE EXPECTED TO TOP THE BROAD AND FLAT RIDGE OVER THE DEEP SOUTH SUNDAY NIGHT. ASSOCIATED CONVECTION SHOULD DEVELOP FROM THE MID MS RIVER VALLEY EASTWARD. PRE/EXISTING ISOLATED TO SCATTERED CONVECTION MAY LINGER ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA SUNDAY EVENING...THEN THIS UPSTREAM ACTIVITY WILL LIKELY ARRIVE IN THE FORECAST AREA OVERNIGHT INTO MONDAY. MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE TO DEEPEN ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA THROUGH MONDAY...AND HIGH LEVEL CLOUD COVER ASSOCIATED WITH AN UPPER JET MAXIMA TO THE N MAY LIMIT INSTABILITY AND MAX TEMPS SOMEWHAT. HOWEVER...SHEAR WILL REMAIN HEALTHY THROUGH THE DAY...WITH 35 TO 40 KT OF FLOW EXPECTED AT 500 MB. 850 MB WINDS MAY BRIEFLY BACK AHEAD OF THE NEXT APPROCHING WAVE MONDAY. TO FURTHER ENHANCE HELICITY. A SEVERE TSTM THREAT WILL THUS CONTINUE DESPITE THE REDUCED STABILITY. RIDGING BUILDING OVER TO THE NORTH ON TUESDAY WILL ALLOW A DEEPER EASTERLY COMPONENT TO DEVELOP IN THE LOW LEVEL WIND FIELDS. INSTABILITY WILL BE EVEN LESS IMPRESSIVE THAN ON MON...BUT CHC POPS FOR CONVECTION WILL STILL BE MAXIMIZED IN THE UPSLOPE ZONE NEAR THE EASTERN ESCARPMENT. LOW LEVEL EASTERLY UPSLOPE FLOW COMBINING WITH STOUT WESTERLY FLOW AT MID AND UPPER LEVELS COULD LEAD TO ANCHORING CONVECTION AND A POSSIBLE FLASH FLOOD THREAT WITH ANY THUNDERSTORMS NEAR THE HIGH TERRAIN. THE GFS CONTINUES PREVIOUS TRENDS OF OVERDOING MCS CONVECTIVE PRECIPITATION CROSSING THE FORECAST AREA THROUGH MID WEEK. HOWEVER...IN A NOD TO THE ECM...WILL MAINTAIN CHC COVERAGE WED...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE NRN TIER AND MTNS FOR DEVELOPING MIDDAY OH VALLEY CONVECTION. && .LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY/... AS OF 220 PM SATURDAY...THE MODELS DIFFER SIGNIFICANTLY WITH THE HANDLING OF THE LARGE SCALE PATTERN THROUGH THE EXT PERIOD. THE MAIN DIFFERENCE BTW THE GFS AND ECMWF IS THE TREATMENT OF THE PFJ AND HOW MUCH ENERGY WILL BE ALLOWED SOUTH ACROSS THE MIDWEST AND EVENTUALLY OVER THE OH/TN VALLEYS. THE MORE AMPLIFIED GFS LOWERS H5 HEIGHTS ACROSS THE ERN CONUS MORESO THAN THE ECMWF...THUS RETROGRADING THE NRN GOM HIGH AND ALLOWING A STRONGER COLD FRONT TO AFFECT THE AREA SAT. THIS IDEA IS NOT SUPPORTED BY THE GGEM NOR NOGAPS...SO THE MORE RIDGEY ECMWF WILL BE GIVEN MORE WEIGHT THROUGH THE FORECAST PACKAGE. STILL THINK A COUPLE COLD FRONTS WILL AFFECT THE CWFA THROUGH THE EXT...BUT THESE SHOULD BE FAIRLY SHALLOW AND NO AIRMASS CHANGE OR MIX WILL BE EXPECTED BEHIND THEM. THE MODELS DO AGREE PRETTY GOOD WITH THE LOWER LATITUDES AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SUB TROPICAL HIGH. THE DEEP LAYERED RIDGE AXIS SHOULD PREVENT LITTLE IF ANY GOM MOISTURE FLUX...HOWEVER THE AIRMASS WILL REMAIN RELATIVELY UNCHANGED WITH HIGH ENOUGH TD/S FOR AFTERNOON TS ACTIVITY. POPS WILL FOLLOW A NORMAL NOCTURNAL CLIMO CURVE WITH NOT MUCH IN THE WAY OF TRIGGERS AND UPPER LEVEL ENERGY BEING SOMEWHAT LIMITED. THE ECMWF BRINGS THE RIDGE AXIS DIRECTLY OVERHEAD FRIDAY AND THE STRONG SUBSIDENCE SHOULD KEEP POPS BELOW SUMMERTIME NORMALS. ONLY A CHANCE POP IS KEPT FRI AFTERNOON ACROSS THE EXTREME NW COUNTIES AS THE UPPER AXIS SHIFTS EAST LATE IN THE DAY AND POSSIBLY ALLOWS ENHANCING UPPER ENERGY TO COMBINE WITH A WEAK LLVL UPSLOPE COMPONENT. SAT COULD BE A A BIT MORE ACTIVE AS H5 HEIGHTS TEMPORARILY BECOME WEAKLY CYCLONIC...YET POPS WILL BE LEFT AT LOW END CHANCE THAT FAR OUT. TEMPS SHOULD HAVE NO PROBLEM REACHING NORMAL LEVELS AS SKY COVER WILL RANGE FROM PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY AT TIMES...MOSTLY ACROSS THE MTNS...AND PRETTY MUCH MOSTLY CLOUDY NON/MTN. THE WARMEST DAY WILL MOST LIKELY BE FRI WITH DEEP LAYERED AND STRONG ADIABATIC WARMING ANTICIPATED HIGHS SHOULD REACH THE L90S NON/MTNS...AND MID TO U80S MTN VALLEYS. && .AVIATION /02Z SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/... ISOLATED SHRA AND TSRA WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS UNTIL AN HOUR OR TWO AFTER SUNSET. NEARLY ALL THE TERMINALS...EXCEPT KCLT...RECEIVED RAINFALL THIS AFTERNOON. I WILL USE PERSISTENCE AND FORECAST FOG AT THE SITES THAT OBSERVED FOG THIS MORNING. OTHERWISE...I WILL INDICATE A TEMPO FOR LIGHT FOG DURING THE PRE DAWN HOURS. MODELS AND MOS GUIDANCE INDICATE THAT A LIGHT NORTH WIND WILL DEVELOP AFTER SUNRISE SUNDAY. SCT CU WILL LIKELY FORM BY MID DAY...CHCS FOR DEEP CONVECTION APPEAR TOO LIMITED TO MENTION. AT KCLT...AT 2320Z...THE KCLT TERMINAL HAS REMAINED DRY. AN ISOLATED TSRA WAS LOCATED NEAR KEHO AND TRACKING SOUTHEAST. THE LATEST MOTION WILL CARRY THE ACTIVITY JUST SOUTH OF KCLT. WE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THIS AND ANY FUTURE CELLS. OTHERWISE...CONDITIONS AT KCLT SHOULD REMAIN VFR WITH LIGHT WINDS FROM THE WEST TO NORTHWEST. MODELS AND MOS GUIDANCE INDICATE THAT A LIGHT NORTH WIND WILL DEVELOP AFTER SUNRISE SUNDAY. SCT CU WILL LIKELY FORM BY MID DAY...CHCS FOR DEEP CONVECTION APPEAR TOO LIMITED TO MENTION. OUTLOOK...AREAS OF MVFR VSBY/PERHAPS CIG RESTRICTIONS ARE POSSIBLE EACH MORNING. CHANCES FOR AFTERNOON/EVENING THUNDERSTORMS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE TUESDAY...WITH A DECREASE ON WEDNESDAY. && .GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...SBK NEAR TERM...NED/CSH SHORT TERM...HG LONG TERM...SBK AVIATION...NED
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 313 PM EDT SAT JUN 13 2009 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065- 068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-141915- 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- 313 PM EDT SAT JUN 13 2009 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 THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. A FEW OF THESE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE...PRODUCING HAIL AS LARGE AS PENNIES AND SMALL AREAS OF DAMAGING WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN A FEW OF THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS. THE ATMOSPHERE WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY MOIST MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. GREATER COVERAGE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS COULD RESULT...AND A FEW OF THESE COULD BE SEVERE. ANOTHER THREAT THAT MAY DEVELOP LATE MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY IS THAT THUNDERSTORMS FORMING NEAR THE EASTERN SLOPES OF THE MOUNTAINS COULD MOVE SLOWLY...OR BECOME ANCHORED IN PLACE...AND PRODUCE ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...TORNADOES OR FLASH FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. HG
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
644 PM EDT SAT JUN 13 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0528 PM TSTM WND DMG 3 SE SPARTANBURG 34.91N 81.89W
06/13/2009 SPARTANBURG SC COUNTY OFFICIAL
MULTIPLE TREES DOWN NEAR THE 1300 BLOCK OF HW-56.
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BSHPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
651 PM EDT SAT JUN 13 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0622 PM TSTM WND DMG 5 S UNION 34.65N 81.62W
06/13/2009 UNION SC COUNTY OFFICIAL
ONE TREE DOWN ON DEEP WATER ROAD.
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BSHSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 708 PM EDT SAT JUN 13 2009 NCZ068-140015- CLEVELAND- 708 PM EDT SAT JUN 13 2009 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHERN CLEVELAND COUNTY THROUGH 815 PM EDT... AT 707 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTH OF POLKVILLE...OR 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF SHELBY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SHELBY... PATTERSON SPRINGS...MOORESBORO...LAWNDALE...LATTIMORE... KINGSTOWN...EARL AND BOILING SPRINGS NC. 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 901 PM EDT SAT JUN 13 2009 NCZ035-036-140130- ALEXANDER-IREDELL- 901 PM EDT SAT JUN 13 2009 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN ALEXANDER AND NORTHERN IREDELL COUNTIES THROUGH 930 PM EDT... AT 900 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF STONY POINT...OR 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF STATESVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO TURNERSBURG...TROUTMAN...STONY POINT...STATESVILLE...SCOTTS...LOVE VALLEY AND HIDDENITE. 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 930 PM EDT SAT JUN 13 2009 NCZ036-037-057-140215- DAVIE-IREDELL-ROWAN- 930 PM EDT SAT JUN 13 2009 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT DAVIE...ROWAN AND SOUTHERN IREDELL COUNTIES THROUGH 1015 PM EDT... AT 927 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM ADVANCE TO STATESVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO HIGH ROCK LAKE...WOODLEAF...TROUTMAN...STATESVILLE...SPENCER...SALISBURY... MOUNT ULLA...MOORESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE...GRANITE QUARRY...FORK CHURCH...FAITH...CRAVEN...COOLEEMEE...CLEVELAND...CHINA GROVE AND ADVANCE. PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN AND WIND GUSTS OF 20 TO 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. RB
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 948 PM EDT SAT JUN 13 2009 NCZ036-056-069-502-504-140230- CATAWBA-GREATER BURKE-GREATER CALDWELL-IREDELL-LINCOLN- 948 PM EDT SAT JUN 13 2009 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT CATAWBA...EASTERN BURKE... NORTHEASTERN LINCOLN...SOUTHEASTERN CALDWELL AND SOUTHWESTERN IREDELL COUNTIES THROUGH 1030 PM EDT... AT 947 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LOOKOUT SHOALS LAKE TO LONGVIEW...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LOOKOUT SHOALS LAKE...LAKE NORMAN...TERRELL...ST. STEPHENS...RHODHISS... NEWTON...MAIDEN...LONGVIEW...ICARD...HILDEBRAN...HICKORY... DENVER...CONOVER...CONNELLY SPRINGS...CLAREMONT AND CATAWBA. PEA SIZE HAIL...PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN AND WIND GUSTS OF 20 TO 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. RB
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 164 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:13 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Several trees were blown down across the China Gove community.
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