A small cluster of thunderstorms produced a little wind damage over the northern Mountains of North Carolina.
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A small cluster of thunderstorms produced a little wind damage over the northern Mountains of North Carolina.
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 18, 3:07 PM EST, 1 hour 18 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 407 PM EDT THU JUN 18 2009 .SYNOPSIS... HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILDS OVER THE AREA FROM THE SOUTH ON FRIDAY...THEN A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS OUR AREA ON SATURDAY. WEAK HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD OVER THE REGION NEXT WEEK. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH FRIDAY/... WILL UPDATE THE NEAR TERM PORTION OF THE FORECAST TO INCREASE POPS THROUGHOUT...BUT ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE MTNS WITH THE MCS MOVING THROUGH. THIS LINE SHOULD HOLD TOGETHER AS IT MOVES ACROSS THE MTNS GIVEN THE ORGANIZATION AND MODERATE SHEAR OVER THE AREA. EVEN IF THE LINE BRIEFLY DIMINISHES IN INTENSITY...IT SHOULD QUICKLY RE-INTENSIFY AS IT MOVES INTO THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT GIVEN THE MODERATE TO VERY UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE. DCAPE IS VERY HIGH AS WELL...OVER 1000 J/KG FOR MOST OF THE CWFA. FREEZING LEVELS ARE HIGH...BUT WET BULB ZERO IS SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER GIVEN THE MID LEVEL DRY AIR. THEREFORE...THE CHANCE OF SEVERE STORMS IS QUITE HIGH WITH DAMAGING WINDS THE MAIN THREAT. SOME LARGE HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE. PRECIP CHANCES SHOULD DIMINISH RAPIDLY BEHIND THE LINE. NO POP IS EXPECTED AFTER MIDNIGHT. STRONG UPPER RIDGE BUILDS INTO THE AREA FRIDAY. THIS PUSHES THE STORM TRACK TO OUR NORTH. THE MODELS STILL SHOW QUITE A BIT OF CAPE OVER THE AREA WITH VERY WARM TEMPS AND ONLY SLIGHTLY LOWER DEW POINTS. ONE WOULD THINK THAT INSTABILITY SHOULD BE MUCH LOWER DUE TO THE BUILDING RIDGE. HOWEVER...MDL SOUNDINGS DO NOT SHOW AN EXPECTED MID LEVEL SUBSIDENCE INVERSION. THAT SAID...DO NOT THINK THERE WILL BE MUCH OF A TRIGGER WITH THE STORM TRACK MOVING NORTH. WILL LIMIT POP TO SLIGHT CHC FOR THE NRN MTNS AND I-40 CORRIDOR. GUIDANCE HIGHS ARE VERY WARM AS EXPECTED WITH THE INCREASING HEIGHTS AND THICKNESSES. HOWEVER...MDLS HAVE BEEN TOO WARM RECENTLY. ALSO...GROUND IS QUITE MOIST WITH THE RECENT RAINFALL. WITH SOME OF THE HEATING GOING TO EVAPORATING THE MOISTURE...WILL UNDERCUT MOS SLIGHTLY AND KEEP TEMPS IN THE LOW TO MID 90S. && .SHORT TERM /FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY/... AS OF 205 PM EDT THU...THE MAIN SHORT TERM CONCERN WILL BE THE HEAT...AS THE UPPER RIDGE MAINTAINS CONTROL OVER THE SOUTHEAST. BROAD-SCALE SUBSIDENCE COMBINED WITH DOWNSLOPE FLOW WILL ALLOW TEMPS TO SOAR TO NEAR THE CENTURY MARK ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE PIEDMONT SAT AFTERNOON. DESPITE THE WARMING MID-LEVEL TEMPS...CONVECTION CANNOT BE RULED OUT...PARTICULARLY ACROSS THE NORTHERN ZONES LATE SAT AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING. THIS AREA WILL REMAIN CLOSE TO THE BAND OF STRONGER WESTERLIES...AND NEAR THE TRACK OF ANY MCS ORIGINATING FROM THE OHIO VALLEY. CHANCE POPS WILL BE CARRIED TO ACCOUNT FOR THIS. ALTHOUGH THE RIDGE BEGINS A RETREAT ON SUNDAY...MODEL GUIDANCE MAINTAINS ANY SIGNIFICANT MID-LEVEL SW TROUGH ACTIVITY WELL TO THE NORTH OF THE AREA. MEANWHILE...FORECAST SOUNDINGS ARE RATHER UNIMPRESSIVE. THEREFORE...OTHER THAN A SLIVER OF SLIGHT/LOW CHANCE POPS ALONG THE TENN BORDER (ACCOUNTING FOR LOW LEVEL NORTHWEST FLOW)...SUNDAY IS EXPECTED TO BE DRY. && .LONG TERM /SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY/... AS OF 220 PM EDT THU...THE MEDIUM RANGE MODELS AGREE THAT AN UPPER LOW WILL FORM EAST OF THE MID-ATLANTIC COAST EARLY NEXT WEEK...WITH THE RIDGE RETROGRADING TO THE LOWER MISS VALLEY. THIS LEAVES THE CAROLINAS AND NORTH GEORGIA IN RELATIVELY DEEP/DRY NORTHERLY FLOW. ALTHOUGH ISOLATED/WIDELY SCT DIURNAL CONVECTION CANNOT BE COMPLETELY RULED OUT...ESP OVER THE MTNS...IT APPEARS THAT THIS WILL RESULT IN A DRIER AND SLIGHTLY COOLER PATTERN. && .AVIATION /20Z THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/... MCS DROPPING TOWARD THE AREA SHOULD REMAIN IN TACT AND BRING A LINE OF TSRA...SOME SEVERE...ACROSS THE CWFA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. MADE SOME MINOR CHANGES TO VCTS WORDING TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT CURRENT EXPECTED TIMING. WEST TO SOUTHWEST...NNW AT KAVL... WINDS WILL CONTINUE AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM. WILL LIKELY BE AN INCREASE IN WINDS AND WIND SHIFT WITH THE CONVECTION...BUT WILL HAVE TO AMD AS IT MOVES IN TO MAKE SURE TIMING IS ACCURATE. EXPECT RAPIDLY IMPROVING CONDITIONS BEHIND THE SYSTEM THIS EVENING. WINDS SHOULD BECOME LIGHT AND VARIABLE. GUIDANCE ALL SHOWS VFR CIGS WITH ONLY POSSIBLE MVFR FOG OVERNIGHT. THEREFORE...HAVE KEPT ALL AREAS VFR FOR NOW...BUT LOWER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. UPPER RIDGE BUILDS IN FRIDAY...MOVING STORM TRACK TO OUR NORTH. KHKY HAS THE BEST CHC OF SEEING ANY CONVECTION...BUT CHC LOW FOR NOW. ANY CU DEVELOPMENT WILL ALSO BE LATE IN THE DAY. LIGHT WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS DEVELOP WITH MIXING. OUTLOOK...DRIER HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE REGION THU NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY. A COLD FRONT WILL BRING A CHANCE OF TSTMS SATURDAY WITH DRY CONDITIONS TO FOLLOW AGAIN SUNDAY AND MONDAY. && .CLIMATE... RECORD HIGHS FOR FRIDAY JUNE 19TH: ASHEVILLE (KAVL): 92 SET IN 1933 GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG AREA (KGSP): 98 SET IN 1944 CHARLOTTE METRO AREA (KCLT): 102 SET IN 1944 && .GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...JDL NEAR TERM...HG/RWH SHORT TERM...JDL LONG TERM...JDL AVIATION...RWH CLIMATE...ARK
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 341 PM EDT THU JUN 18 2009 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ051-052-058-059-062>064-SCZ001-002-004- 005-010-011-191945- RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-GRAHAM- NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA- OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS- ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE- 341 PM EDT THU JUN 18 2009 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 461 IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA 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. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...TORNADOES OR FLASH FLOODING TO OUR OFFICE. NCZ033-035>037-048>050-053-056-057-065-068>072-082-501>510-SCZ003- 006>009-012>014-019-191945- AVERY-ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-BUNCOMBE- CATAWBA-ROWAN-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- GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK- LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- 341 PM EDT THU JUN 18 2009 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 466 IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA 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. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...TORNADOES OR FLASH FLOODING TO OUR OFFICE. LANE
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
453 PM EDT THU JUN 18 2009
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..REMARKS..
0449 PM TSTM WND DMG PELZER 34.64N 82.46W
06/18/2009 ANDERSON SC PUBLIC
LARGE BRANCHES BROKEN BY WIND.
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HGPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
455 PM EDT THU JUN 18 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
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0449 PM TSTM WND GST 3 S GREER 34.90N 82.23W
06/18/2009 E58 MPH GREENVILLE SC OFFICIAL NWS OBS
58 MPH GUST MEASURED AT GSP AIRPORT.
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HGPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
512 PM EDT THU JUN 18 2009
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0510 PM TSTM WND DMG RUTHERFORDTON 35.36N 81.96W
06/18/2009 RUTHERFORD NC TRAINED SPOTTER
SPOTTER REPORTS LARGE LIMBS AND STREET SIGNS BLOWN DOWN
AT HIGHWAY 221 NEAR HIGHWAY 74. ALSO REPORTED LARGE HAIL
BUT OF UNKNOWN SIZE.
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HGPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
515 PM EDT THU JUN 18 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
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0432 PM HAIL 5 SE EASLEY 34.77N 82.53W
06/18/2009 E0.75 INCH ANDERSON SC TRAINED SPOTTER
PENNY HAIL 5 MILES SE OF EASLEY.
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JPTPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
517 PM EDT THU JUN 18 2009
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0450 PM TSTM WND DMG PELZER 34.64N 82.46W
06/18/2009 ANDERSON SC TRAINED SPOTTER
2 TELEPHONE POLES DOWN IN PELZER AND DIME HAIL REPORTED.
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JPTPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
522 PM EDT THU JUN 18 2009
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0355 PM TSTM WND DMG MARSHALL 35.80N 82.68W
06/18/2009 MADISON NC COUNTY OFFICIAL
MULTIPLE TREES DOWN IN MARSHALL.
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JPTThe Knoxville radar (KMRX), 109 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:25 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Large tree limbs were blown down on highway 226 in the Buladean community, as well as on Cane Creek Rd about three miles east of Bakersville.
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: 184996.