An area of thunderstorms produced a few areas of wind damage over the North Carolina foothills during the afternoon hours.
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An area of thunderstorms produced a few areas of wind damage over the North Carolina foothills during the afternoon 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 15, 9:44 AM EST, 2 hours 41 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1044 AM EDT MON JUN 15 2009 .SYNOPSIS... A STATIONARY FRONT SOUTH OF THE FORECAST AREA WILL LINGER THROUGH THURSDAY...THEN WILL MOVE NORTH OF THE AREA ON FRIDAY. A COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE REGION LATE SATURDAY. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/... KGSP RADAR TRENDS SUGGEST THAT CONVECTION FIRING ACROSS EXTREME NW NC WILL DRIFT DOWN INTO THE AREA NORTH OF I-40 DURING THE LATE MORNING/EARLY AFTERNOON AS OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES MOVE SOUTHWARD. HAVE BUMPED UP THE POP ACROSS THE NORTHERN FRINGE TO LIKELY TO ACCOUNT FOR THIS...WHILE TEMPORARILY CUTTING BACK/DELAYING PRECIP CHANCES ACROSS THE SOUTH. STILL DIFFICULT TO SAY HOW THINGS ARE GOING TO WORK OUT THIS AFTERNOON. ON THE ONE HAND...MID LEVEL WINDS ARE RELATIVELY STRONG FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR...WE SHOULD HAVE AN MCV MOVING THROUGH LATE IN THE DAY...AND THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR THUNDERSTORM ORGANIZATION ALONG OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES. ON THE OTHER HAND...LAPSE RATES ARE UNIMPRESSIVE...AS ARE CAPES...AND 500MB TEMPS ARE ON THE WARM SIDE. THE ENTIRE AREA IS UNDER A SLGT RISK...SO WE WILL THINK WORST CASE AND PLAN ON SEVERAL STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS LATER IN THE DAY...BUT LEAVE POP ALONE AND NOT MAKE ANY CHANGES TO THE HWO. FORECAST HIGH TEMPS THIS AFTERNOON LOOK GOOD. AS FOR TONIGHT...IT HAD BEEN LOOKING THE PAST COUPLE DAYS AS IF WE WOULD EXPERIENCE 10 TO 15 KTS OF ELY UPSLOPE FLOW OVERNIGHT. WITH THE MODEL MASS FIELDS DISRUPTED BY CONVECTIVE FEEDBACK...ITS HARD TO GET AN IDEA OF WHAT THE LLVL FLOW WILL LOOK LIKE. HOWEVER...IT/S LOOKING AS IF THE FLOW WILL BE QUITE LIGHT...POSSIBLY TOO LIGHT TO MAINTAIN MUCH DEEP CONVECTION OVERNIGHT. ON THE OTHER HAND...MOS POPS ACTUALLY INCREASE OVERNIGHT...AND IT WON/T TAKE A LOT OF FORCING WITH DEWPOINTS APPROACHING 70 POOLED EAST OF THE MTNS. I STILL THINK WE WILL SEE GOOD COVERAGE OVERNIGHT...ESPECIALLY OVER THE NC AND NRN SC ZONES. AND THERE COULD STILL BE SOME HYDRO PROBLEMS...BUT CONFIDENCE IS NOT HIGH. && .SHORT TERM /TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT/... AS OF 220 AM EDT MON...THE MODELS HAVE AN UPPER RIDGE FROM THE GREAT LAKES TO THE TN VALLEY TUESDAY MORNING...WITH AN IMPULSE RIDING THROUGH THE RIDGE OVER THE OH VALLEY. MEANWHILE A SURFACE FRONT WILL REMAIN JUST OT OUR SOUTH...WITH SUBSTANTIAL MOISTURE NORTH OF THE BOUNDARY OVER OUR AREA...AND AN EASTERLY LOW LEVEL UPSLOPE FLOW. LIKELY POPS WILL BE CARRIED ALONG THE NC BLUE RIDGE TUE...WITH CHANCE POPS ELSEWHERE. INSTABILITY NORTH OF THE FRONT WILL BE SUFFICIENT FOR THUNDERSTORMS. THE FRONT PUSHES A BIT FARTHER SOUTH TUE NIGHT. MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY REMAIN HOWEVER...WITH EASTERLY FLOW SUPPORTING A CONTINUATION OF CHANCE POPS. BY WED THE WEAKENING UPPER RIDGE WILL BE ALONG THE EAST COAST. LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPING NEAR THE COAST LATE WED WILL BACK SURFACE WINDS TO NORTHERLY...AND REDUCE THE UPSLOPE COMPONENT. CHANCE POPS ARE EXPECTED UNTIL THIS TAKES PLACE. TEMPERATURES WILL BE COOLER THAN NORMAL IN THE EASTERLY FLOW TUE AND WED. && .LONG TERM /THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/... AS OF 220 AM EDT MON...REASONABLE AGREEMENT EXISTS BETWEEN THE GFS AND ECMWF UPPER LEVEL PATTERN OVER THE SOUTHEAST IN THE MEDIUM RANGE. AN UPPER TROUGH WILL BE ALONG THE EAST COAST ON THU...WHICH PUSHES OUT TO SEA FRI AS A RIDGE BUILDS EAST FORM THE GULF STATES. ON SAT THE RIDGE IS SUPPRESSED AS AN UPPER LOW MOVES IN THE GREAT LAKES. THE LOW REACHES THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES SUNDAY...WITH TROUGH EXTENDING SOUTH ALMOST TO FL. THU FEATURES A CONTINUATION OF WEAK SURFACE RIDGING OVER OUR AREA...WITH A WEAK WIND FIELD ON THE BACK SIDE OF A COASTAL LOW. SCATTERED CONVECTION IS EXPECTED IN THE MOUNTAINS IN WITH OROGRAPHIC EFFECTS...WITH POPS IN REST OF THE AREA AT SLIGHT CHANCE. ON FRI A WARM FRONT LIFTS NORTH OF OUR AREA...PUTTING US IN A SUMMERTIME AIR MASS...WHICH PERSISTS INTO SAT. POPS FALL OFF TO SLIGHT CHANCE UNDER THE UPPER RIDGE. A WEAK COLD FRONT CROSSES OUR AREA FORM THE NORTHWEST ON SUNDAY...PRECEDED BY SCATTERED CONVECTION...AND FOLLOWED BY DRYING. TEMPERATURES WILL RISE FROM NEAR NORMAL THU TO ABOVE NORMAL FRI AS THE UPPER RIDGE REPLACES THE TROUGH...THEN FALL TO NEAR NORMAL WITH HEIGHT FALLS SAT...REMAINING NEAR NORMAL SUNDAY AS DOWNSLOPE FLOW COUNTERS WEAK COLD ADVECTION. && .AVIATION /15Z MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/... KCLT AND ELSEWHERE...THE WIND FORECAST IS STILL DIFFICULT FOR TODAY. AT LEAST SPEEDS SHOULD BE WELL UNDER 10 KTS AT MOST LOCATIONS. A WEAK TROUGH HAS JUST MOVED THROUGH KCLT...TURNING THEIR WINDS OUT OF THE NW. THE WINDS SHOULD GO BACK OUT OF THE SE AT KCLT BY 1300 UTC. WINDS OVER THE UPSTATE WILL BE NE AT KGMU AND KGSP...BUT MAY STAY OUT OF THE SW AT KAND. WINDS WILL GENERALLY TURN OUT OF THE NE AT ALL TAF SITES TNGT...WITH THE EXCEPTION OF KAVL SHOULD SHOULD JUST BE CALM. AREAS OF MORNING MVFR FOG SHOULD BURN OFF BY 1300 UTC. LIFR CIGS HAVE DEVELOPED NOT TOO FAR TO THE E OF KCLT...BUT THE NAM AND RUC LLVL WIND FORECASTS IMPLY THAT THESE CLOUDS WILL STAY EAST OF THE AIRFIELD. OTHERWISE...A VFR CU FIELD IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION TODAY. CIGS WILL LOWER INTO THE MVFR RANGE AT THE NC TAF SITES TONIGHT...BUT SHOULD BE HIGHER FARTHER SOUTH INTO SC. VCTS HAS BEEN ADDED TO ALL TAF SITES FOR LATER TODAY. SPC HAS PUT THE ENTIRE AREA IN A SLIGHT RISK. THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD DEVELOP OVER THE MTNS IN THE EARLY AFTN AND THEN ROLL EAST FROM THERE. OUTLOOK...CIG/VSBY RESTRICTIONS PSBL IS SHOWERS AND TSTMS TUE/WED...ALONG WITH AREAS OF LOW CLOUDS AND FOG IN THE MORNING. CHANCES OF RESTRICTIONS WILL DECREASE CONSIDERABLY THU-FRI AS HOT AND DRY HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE REGION FOR A COUPLE DAYS. && .GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...JAT NEAR TERM...MCAVOY/PM SHORT TERM...JAT LONG TERM...JAT AVIATION...MCAVOY/PM
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 537 AM EDT MON JUN 15 2009 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065- 068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-161000- 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- 537 AM EDT MON JUN 15 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY AND TONIGHT. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE... PRODUCING DAMAGING WIND OR LARGE HAIL. HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE AS WELL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE IN THE FORECAST FROM TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. A FEW OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE...PRODUCING DAMAGING WIND OR LARGE HAIL. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...TORNADOES OR FLASH FLOODING TO OUR OFFICE. 07
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1220 PM EDT MON JUN 15 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 PUBLIC
TWO TREES AND LIMBS DOWN AT SHARP BEND IN DEEP WATER
ROAD.
&&
TBENTHALPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1239 PM EDT MON JUN 15 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1010 PM TSTM WND DMG CHINA GROVE 35.57N 80.58W
06/13/2009 ROWAN NC FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
SEVERAL TREES DOWN INCLUDING WALNUT STREET AND 2ND AVE.
ONE AUTO ACCIDENT WITH NO INJURIES DUE TO TREE ACROSS
ROAD.
&&
TBENTHALPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1250 PM EDT MON JUN 15 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0405 PM HAIL 8 ENE UNION 34.77N 81.49W
06/12/2009 E0.75 INCH UNION SC UTILITY COMPANY
PENNY SIZE HAIL HIGHWAY 49 AND LASTED FOR ONE MINUTE.
&&
TBENTHALThe Greer radar (KGSP), 85 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:23 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Multiple trees were blown down along Vein Mountain Rd.
Several trees were blown down across town.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in North Carolina in 2009Every state in 2009This day in weather historyWarnings in North Carolina, June 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: 183749, 185620.