Widely scattered multicell storms produced a few areas of wind damage and large hail over western North Carolina.
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Widely scattered multicell storms produced a few areas of wind damage and large hail over western 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 9, 1:48 PM EST, 1 hour 5 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 248 PM EDT TUE JUN 9 2009 .SYNOPSIS... WEAK HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN OVER THE REGION THROUGH WEDNESDAY. A SURFACE BOUNDARY WILL APPROACH THE MOUNTAINS THURSDAY...BEFORE PUSHING INTO THE REGION FRIDAY AND LINGERING THROUGH THE WEEKEND. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... CONVECTION IS FINALLY FIRING OFF OF THE HIGHER TERRAIN THIS AFTERNOON...WITH A COUPLE OF CELLS HAVING DEVELOPED OVER THE NORTHERN MTNS AS OF 18Z. COVERAGE SHOULD CONTINUE TO EXPAND...AND ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED COVERAGE SHOULD BE ATTAINED BY LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. WITH FREEZING LEVEL AT AROUND 13KFT...A HIGH REFLECTIVITY CORE UP TO AROUND 30KFT SHOULD BE GOOD ENOUGH TO PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND MICROBURSTS. CONVECTION WILL DIMINISH ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA BY MIDNIGHT. WEDNESDAY SHOULD BE VERY SIMILAR TO TODAY...WITH MAX TEMPS REACHING THE LOWER 90S ACROSS MOST OF THE PIEDMONT...AND ANOTHER AFTERNOON WITH MODERATE DESTABILIZATION. SCATTERED COVERAGE OF DIURNAL CONVECTION IS ANTICIPATED OVER THE MTNS ONCE AGAIN...WITH ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED STORMS EXPECTED OVER THE FHILLS/PIEDMONT. && .SHORT TERM /WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY/... AS OF 245 PM TUESDAY...MODELS STILL IN GENERAL AGREEMENT DURING THE SHORT RANGE WITH NEARLY ZONAL FLOW ALLOWING A SERIES OF SHORT WAVES TO MOVE ACROSS THE AREA. THE DETAILS DIFFER ON TIMING AND LOCATION OF MCS ACTIVITY...RESULTING OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES AND FRONTAL TIMING AND LOCATION. WED NITE CONVECTION SHOULD BE DIURNAL OUTSIDE OF THE MTNS...BUT COULD LINGER ACROSS THE MTNS...ESP IF MCS TRACK IS CLOSE TO THE AREA. LOWS ABOVE NORMAL. FOR THURSDAY...THE SFC FRONT STILL REMAINS TO OUR NORTH...BUT CLOSE ENUF THAT WITH WLY FLOW...LIKELY COVERAGE OF CONVECTION SHOULD DEVELOP OVER THE MTNS AND NRN FOOTHILLS. ALTHOUGH LEE TROF WILL BE EAST OF THE AREA DURING THE AFTERNOON...MODERATE INSTABILITY IS LIKELY. THEREFORE...HAVE INCLUDED SCT CONVECTION ALL AREAS OUTSIDE OF THE MTNS...BUT LEAST LIKELY SOUTH OF I-85 IN THE UPSTATE AND NE GA. HIGHS REMAIN WELL ABOVE NORMAL. THU NITE...CONVECTION SHOULD AGAIN BE MAINLY DIURNAL OUTSIDE OF THE MTNS...WITH POTENTIAL LINGERING CONVECTION OVER THE NC MTNS DUE TO MCS ACTIVITY. LOWS AGAIN ABOVE NORMAL. FRIDAY...LOOKS TO BE THE DAY THE FRONT SLIDES ACROSS THE AREA. MODERATE INSTABILITY LIKELY AGAIN...SO WITH INCREASED LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE SCT CONVECTION SHOULD DEVELOP ALL AREAS...WITH HIGHER CHC OVER THE MTNS. HIGHS DOWN A LITTLE FROM THURSDAY. CONVECTION SHOWS DIURNAL TREND FRI NITE...WITH LOWS A TAD COOLER. LOW PRESSURE MOVING ALONG THE STALLED FRONT NEAR OR ACROSS THE AREA SATURDAY BRINGS SCT DIURNAL CONVECTION ONCE AGAIN. HIGHS A LITTLE COOLER THAN FRIDAY. && .LONG TERM /SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY/... AS OF 210 PM TUESDAY...THE MODELS CONTINUE TO OFFER VARYING SOLNS WRT TO THE STATIONARY FRONT SUN THROUGH TUE. THE UPPER PATTERN BECOMES MORE AMPLIFIED ON THE 00Z ECMWF THAN THE 12Z GFS...THUS LEADING TO A MORE S/LY PLACEMENT OF THE FRONT AND ALLOWING LOW THETA/E AIR INTO THE REGION MON THROUGH TUE. THE GFS ON THE OTHER HAND KEEPS THE SFC BOUNDARY ACROSS THE MIDLANDS OR SOUTHERN UPSTATE...WHICH WOULD KEEP THE ATMOS OVER THE CWFA UNSTABLE AND HIGHLY MOIST. THE AMPLIFIED TROF PRESENTED BY THE ECMWF IS A NEW IDEA FOR THAT MODEL AND THE GFS HAS BECOME LESS AMPLIFIED IN RECENT RUNS. THIS DICHOTOMY HAS ADDED TO AN ALREADY UNCERTAIN FORECAST. HOWEVER...A LOOK AT THE CMC AND NCEP ENS MEANS PORTENDS TO A FLATTER UPPER PATTERN AND THIS WILL BE ACCOUNTED FOR IN THE GRIDS. THE OP GGEM IS IN BETWEEN THE EC AND GFS...WHICH AGAIN POINTS TOWARD A LESS AMPLIFIED PATTERN. SO WITH ALL THIS SAID...LOW CONFIDENCE IS HAD IN POPS AND TEMPS AND A SWING EITHER WAY OF THE GOING FCST COULD BE POSSIBLE WITH EQUAL PROBABILITY. FOR NOW...WILL KEEP CHANCE POPS FOR SUN/MON AND GO FOR A DRYING TREND TUE...WITH ONLY ISOL -SHRA/TS EXPECTED BY THEN. THE GFS SOUNDINGS INDICATE A POSSIBLE HEAVY PRECIP EVENT SUN NIGHT...WITH PW VALUES APPROACHING 1.8 INCHES...WHILE OPPOSING LLVL TO MLVL FLOWS NORTH OF THE STATIONARY FRONT COULD BACK BUILD OR ANCHOR SOME STORMS. TOO EARLY TO HAVE MUCH FAITH IN THIS SCENARIO...BUT ITS ONE TO KEEP AN EYE ON. OTHER THAN THAT...THE ATMOS LOOKS REMAIN FAIRLY UNSTABLE THROUGH THE PERIOD...PER THE GFS...AND AFTERNOON STORMS COULD BE STRONG GIVEN THE DEEP LAYERED RH AND AVAILABLE LLVL TRIGGER. HOWEVER...THE ECMWF DISPLAYS A HIGHLY STABLE ENVIRONMENT WITH A POLAR AIRMASS COVERING THE REGION AND A DRY NE FLOW. SO...THE LOW CHANCE POPS CONVEY EQUAL WEIGHT GIVEN TO BOTH SETS OF GUIDANCE. TEMPS COULD BE HIGHLY VARIABLE TOO...WITH THE AMOUNT OF CLOUD COVER OR AIRMASS EXPECTED...SO FOR NOW SEE NO REASON TO BUDGE MUCH FROM NORMAL. && .AVIATION /19Z TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/... CONVECTION IS GETTING A LATE START OVER THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON... MUCH AS IT DID YESTERDAY. NEVERTHELESS...THE ATMOSPHERE HAS BECOME QUITE UNSTABLE WITH DAYTIME HEATING...AND TERRAIN EFFECTS AND WEAK LIFT WITHIN A LEE SIDE TROUGH SHOULD SPARK ISOLATED TO SCATTERED TS BY LATE AFTERNOON. STILL...WE DO NOT THINK THE CHANCES OF A CELL PASSING OVER AN AIRFIELD ARE GREAT ENOUGH TO WARRANT ANYTHING MORE THAN A CB MENTION ATTM. THE TS THREAT SHOULD PASS BY LATE EVENING. REDUCED VISBY (BR) IS EXPECTED AT A FEW TERMINALS EARLY WED MORNING...ESP AT KAVL. OUTLOOK...AREAS OF VISBY/PERHAPS CIG RESTRICTIONS ARE POSSIBLE EACH DAY. CHANCES FOR AFTERNOON/EVENING THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE THROUGH THURSDAY...THEN PERSIST THROUGH THE WEEKEND AS A FRONT STALLS OVER THE AREA. && .GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...SBK NEAR TERM...JDL SHORT TERM...RWH LONG TERM...SBK AVIATION...JDL
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 630 AM EDT TUE JUN 9 2009 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065- 068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-101030- 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- 630 AM EDT TUE JUN 9 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 ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WITH THE HIGHEST COVERAGE OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS. A FEW OF THESE STORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... NONE.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 239 PM EDT TUE JUN 9 2009 NCZ503-504-091945- BURKE MOUNTAINS-GREATER BURKE- 239 PM EDT TUE JUN 9 2009 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT WESTERN BURKE COUNTY THROUGH 345 PM EDT... AT 238 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES EAST OF ASHFORD...OR 12 MILES EAST OF SPRUCE PINE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO TABLE ROCK. PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. INTENSE LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. IF OUTDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES. MOVE INDOORS IF POSSIBLE. WHEN INDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS AND AVOID USING TELEPHONES UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY. TRY TO UNPLUG UNNECESSARY ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES BEFORE THE THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES. MCAVOY
The Greer radar (KGSP), 61 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:53 UTC.
6 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Several trees were blown down in and around Lake Lure.
The largest hail fell on the northwest side of Lake Lure. In town, hail up to the size of pennies was reported.
Large tree limbs were blown down.
A tree was blown down along highway 9 north of Mill Spring, and another tree was downed near the intersection of highway 108 and Toney Rd.
Hail was reported near the McDowell/Buncombe County line.
Hail up to quarter size covered the ground in the Advance community.
Several large trees and power poles were blown down in and near the Advance community. Also, a barn was destroyed and several homes sustained minor damage in this area.
Several trees were blown down.
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: 181268, 181270, 181275, 181277, 181278, 181279, 181280, 181286, 182177, 182178, 182179.