A cold front moved into northeast Georgia during the afternoon hours. The front triggered thunderstorms over the southern mountains of North Carolina which then moved southeast, crossing much of northeast Georgia.
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A cold front moved into northeast Georgia during the afternoon hours. The front triggered thunderstorms over the southern mountains of North Carolina which then moved southeast, crossing much of northeast Georgia. Some of the storms produced areas of damaging wind.
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 Aug 6, 1:38 PM EST, 1 hour 22 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 238 PM EDT FRI AUG 6 2010 .SYNOPSIS... A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA AND CONTINUE SOUTH TONIGHT. HIGH PRESSURE WILL THEN BUILD IN FROM THE NORTHEAST FOR THE WEEKEND AND REMAIN OVER THE EASTERN PART OF THE COUNTRY THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH SATURDAY/... AS OF 215 PM...A SHORTWAVE IMPULSE BEGINNING TO ENTER THE SRN APPALACHIANS AS IT ROUNDS THE BASE OF A BROAD H5 TROF. SO CONVECTION HAS BEGUN TO FIRE ACRS ERN TN AND OUR SWRN MTN ZONES WITHIN THE DPVA. THIS ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO ROLL OFF INTO THE PIEDMONT...AS DEEP WLY UNIDIRECTIONAL SHEAR SHUD HELP THE CONVECTION ORGANIZE ALONG COLD POOL BNDRYS. WITH THAT IN MIND...LIKELY POPS FOR NE GA THE UPSTATE...EXTREME SRN NC PIEDMONT WITH A SEVERE TSTM WATCH IN AFFECT TIL 9 PM EDT. OVERNIGHT...A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THRU THE AREA FROM THE NORTH...AS HIGH PRES BUILDS EWD ACRS THE OH VLY TO THE MID ATLC COAST. LLVL FLOW TURNS OUT OF THE EAST UNDER SOME THINNING DEBRIS CLOUDINESS. BOTH THE NAM AND GFS TIME-HGT SECTIONS SHOW RELATIVELY DRY AIR WITHIN THIS FLOW...SO DESPITE THE UPSLOPE AND THE EXPECTED RAIN TODAY...CONFIDENCE ON STRATUS DEVELOP IS LOW. FOR NOW WILL KEEP JUST PCLDY SKIES WITH TEMPS AT MOS CONSENSUS. SATURDAY...LOWER THETA-E AIR WORKS IN THE LLVLS...HELPING TO LIMIT CAPE AND CONVECTIVE CHANCES. STILL SHUD SEE SOME INSTBY ALONG THE SRN THIRD OF CWA CLOSEST TO THE FRONT. IF STRATUS IS ABLE TO DEVELOP AND HOLD ON FOR AWHILE CHCS MAY BE EVEN LOWER. TEMPS WILL STILL BE ABOVE NORMAL...AS THICKNESSES DO NOT DROP MUCH AT ALL BEHIND THE SFC FNT (H8 FNT WILL REMAIN TO THE NORTH). && .SHORT TERM /SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT/... AS OF 230 PM FRIDAY...UPPER TROF LIFTS NE SAT NIGHT-SUN BUT MOIST LOW LEVEL E FLOW INCREASES AND MODEL BLEND YIELDS SLIGHT CHANCE POPS ACROSS THE CWA WITH LOW END CHANCE IN THE AREA OF BEST UPSLOPE ALONG THE BLUE RIDGE INTO THE MTNS. POPS TAPER OFF TO SLIGHT CHC OVERNIGHT. UPPER RIDGE BEGINS TO BUILD IN FROM THE W MON WHICH SHOULD TEND TO SUPRESS CONVECTION. WITH ABOVE AVG TEMPS EXPECTED AGAIN AND SOME MOISTURE/INSTABILITY OVER THE MTNS...HELD ON TO SLIGHT CHC POPS THERE...KEEPING A DRY FCST ACROSS THE PIEDMONT. CONVECTION WILL DIMINISH WITH COOLING MON NIGHT. && .LONG TERM /TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/... AS OF 230 PM FRIDAY...MODELS IN DECENT AGREEMENT BUILDING UPPER RIDGE OVER THE REGION TUE-WED...THEN WEAKENING IT THRU THE END OF THE WEEK. SFC HIGH PRESSURE WILL ALSO BE CENTERED OVER THE AREA TUE...THEN BEGIN TO WEAKEN WED. HELD ON TO SLIGHT CHC POPS OVER MTNS TUE...THEN ACROSS THE CWA WED WITH LOW END CHC MTNS. THINGS BEGIN TO SLOWLY CHANGE THU-FRI AS UPPER RIDGE CONTINUES TO WEAKEN AND BEGINS TO MOVE E...ALLOWING WEAK SHORTWAVES TO APPROACH FROM THE W TO SW. AT THE SAME TIME THE BERMUDA HIGH BECOMES THE DOMINANT SFC FEATURE WHICH WILL LIKELY INCREASE WARM... MOIST S FLOW. THIS IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE THE CHANCE OF CONVECTION OVER THE REGION WITH CHC POPS MTNS AND ADJACENT FOOTHILLS TAPERING TO SLIGHT CHC IN THE PIEDMONT. MODELS IN DECENT AGREEMENT ON BETTER UPPER FORCING FRI SO EXPECT SOLID CHC POPS ACROSS THE CWA BY FRIN AFTN. TEMPS REMAIN WELL ABOVE AVG THRU THE PD. && .AVIATION /19Z FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... AT KCLT AND ELSEWHERE...CONVECTION BEGINNING TO FIRE ACROSS THE WRN NC MTNS AND NE GA. THE COVERAGE SHOULD INCREASE DURING THE AFTN...AS THE STORMS ROLL OFF THE MTNS INTO THE PIEDMONT. GUIDANCE COMING TOGETHER ON SHOWING NUMEROUS STORMS ACRS THE UPSTATE AND SW NC PIEDMONT. STILL NOT CONFIDENT ENUF TO PUT IN ANY TEMPO GROUPS AS CLUSTERS HAVE NOT FORMED YET. HOWEVER...AMENDMENTS WILL BE MADE AS SOON AS TRENDS ARE ESTABLISHED. OTHERWISE...SHOULD REMAIN VFR WITH SWLY WINDS (NW AT KAVL) UNTIL OUTFLOW FROM STORMS BLOWS THRU. OVERNIGHT...EXPECT STORMS TO DISSIPATE IN COVERAGE AND PUSH SOUTH OF THE TERMINALS. MID-HIGH DEBRIS CLOUDS WILL LINGER. AS COLD FRONT PUSHES THRU WINDS WILL INCR OUT OF THE NE. AN ELY UPSLOPE FLOW WILL DEVELOP BY DAYBREAK. HOWEVER...NON OF THE GUIDANCE IS SHOWING ANY STRATUS DEVELOPMENT WITH THIS FLOW. ALSO...VSBY RESTRICTIONS SHOWN IN THE MOS ARE QUESTIONABLE DUE TO INCREASED MIXING BEHIND THE FRONT. ANY RESTRICTIONS THAT DEVELOP (MAINLY AT KAVL) SHUD IMPROVE AFTER DAYBREAK. OUTLOOK...ONLY ISOLD TO WIDELY SCATTERED SHRA/TSRA EXPECTED SAT MAINLY OVR THE UPSTATE AND SRN NC MTNS. MAINLY MTN CONVECTION EXPECTED SUN AFTN. FOG POSSIBLE EACH MORNING AT KAVL. && .GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...RB NEAR TERM...ARK SHORT TERM...RB LONG TERM...RB AVIATION...ARK
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 132 PM EDT FRI AUG 6 2010 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ070>072-082-SCZ001>014-019-071745- RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-GASTON-MECKLENBURG- CABARRUS-UNION NC-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS- GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS- GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE- LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- 132 PM EDT FRI AUG 6 2010 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 579 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PIEDMONT 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. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED AGAIN THROUGH THIS EVENING. MANY OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAINFALL...AND GUSTY WINDS. SEVERAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND LARGE HAIL. IN ADDITION...THUNDERSTORMS THAT REPEATEDLY AFFECT A GIVEN LOCATION MAY PRODUCE LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... NONE. NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065-068-069-501>510-071745- AVERY-ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD- BUNCOMBE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON- SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN- CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-GREATER CALDWELL-BURKE MOUNTAINS-GREATER BURKE- MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-EASTERN MCDOWELL-RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS- GREATER RUTHERFORD-POLK MOUNTAINS-EASTERN POLK- 132 PM EDT FRI AUG 6 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA AND WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED AGAIN THROUGH THIS EVENING. MANY OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAINFALL...AND GUSTY WINDS. SEVERAL THUNDERSTORMS MAY ALSO PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND LARGE HAIL. IN ADDITION...THUNDERSTORMS THAT REPEATEDLY AFFECT A GIVEN LOCATION MAY PRODUCE LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... NONE.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
329 PM EDT FRI AUG 6 2010
SCZ011-019-062015-
ABBEVILLE-GREENWOOD-
329 PM EDT FRI AUG 6 2010
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT GREENWOOD AND SOUTHERN ABBEVILLE
COUNTIES THROUGH 415 PM EDT...
AT 324 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR VERDERY...OR 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
GREENWOOD...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
PEOPLE IN GREENWOOD AND SOUTHERN ABBEVILLE COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE
FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
GREENWOOD AND NINETY SIX...
SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE
WARNINGS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE
WEATHER THREATEN.
SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.
LAT...LON 3398 8209 3397 8220 3401 8223 3397 8228
3397 8230 3405 8233 3405 8245 3407 8250
3406 8253 3401 8259 3405 8262 3421 8261
3430 8211 3413 8185 3395 8201
MOOREPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
339 PM EDT FRI AUG 06 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0229 PM TSTM WND DMG 13 N TRAVELERS REST 35.16N 82.44W
08/06/2010 GREENVILLE SC LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREE IN THE ROADWAY AT OLD GAP CREEK ROAD AND HW-25.
&&
BSHPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
344 PM EDT FRI AUG 06 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0335 PM TSTM WND DMG WALHALLA 34.77N 83.06W
08/06/2010 OCONEE SC LAW ENFORCEMENT
ONE TREE DOWN NEAR THE COUNTY OFFICE.
&&
BSHPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
347 PM EDT FRI AUG 06 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0333 PM TSTM WND DMG 1 W WALHALLA 34.77N 83.08W
08/06/2010 OCONEE SC LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREE DOWN ON A HOUSE NEAR MULLER ROAD AND COFFEE ROAD.
&&
BSHPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
350 PM EDT FRI AUG 06 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0335 PM TSTM WND DMG WALHALLA 34.77N 83.06W
08/06/2010 OCONEE SC LAW ENFORCEMENT
MULTIPLE TREES DOWN NEAR THE COUNTY OFFICE.
&&
CORRECTED FOR NUMBER OF TREES DOWN AT LOCATION.
BSHPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
354 PM EDT FRI AUG 06 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0333 PM TSTM WND DMG 1 W WALHALLA 34.77N 83.08W
08/06/2010 OCONEE SC LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREE DOWN ON A HOUSE NEAR MULLER ROAD AND COFFEE ROAD.
MULTIPLE TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN IN THIS AREA.
&&
CORRECTED TO ADD MULTIPLE TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN AT THE LOCATION.
BSHThe Greer radar (KGSP), 106 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:58 UTC.
3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A tree was blown down on Jackson Bridge Rd about 3 miles east southeast of Carnesville.
A tree was blown down on Rainbow Dr in Lavonia.
Trees were blown down over the southern part of the county, including on Jones Ferry Rd and River Rd between 5 and 7 miles south of Elberton.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Georgia in 2010Every state in 2010This day in weather historyWarnings in Georgia, August 2010
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: 257224, 257225, 257226.