Slow moving thunderstorms developed over the mountains of northeast Georgia during the afternoon hours. The storms knocked down a few trees.
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Slow moving thunderstorms developed over the mountains of northeast Georgia during the afternoon hours. The storms knocked down a few trees.
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 22, 2:45 PM EST, 1 hour 10 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 345 PM EDT TUE JUN 22 2010 .SYNOPSIS... UPPER LEVEL RIDGING WILL REMAIN OVER THE REGION THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THE RIDGE WILL WEAKEN AND A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH FROM THE NORTHWEST ON FRIDAY. THE FRONT WILL MOVE BACK NORTH OVER THE WEEKEND AS A BERMUDA HIGH BUILDS IN FROM THE EAST. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING/... UPDATE...POPS WILL BE INCREASED FROM SLIGHT TO CHANCE IN THE NC FOOTHILLS AND SOUTHERN NC MOUNTAINS WHERE MORE CONCENTRATED CONVECTION IS DEVELOPING OR ARRIVING. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED MTN DEEP CONVECTION WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON WITH ISOLATED ACTIVITY DRIFTING INTO THE PIEDMONT BEFORE DISSIPATING WITH LOSS OF HTG LATER THIS EVENING. 12 UTC OBSERVED AREA SNDGS DEPICTED A HIGH FREEZING LVL AND WITH A RATHER MOIST PROFILE UP THRU THE MID-LVLS...A HIGH WET BULB ZERO AS WELL. GIVEN THIS...WOULD EXPECT ANYTHING MORE THAN AN ISOLATED SEVERE RISK TO BE A LOW PROBABILITY OCCURRENCE. OTHERWISE...FAIR AND WARM TONIGHT WITH WED MORNING MINS NEAR PERSISTENCE. 594 DM 50H ANTICYCLONE CENTER BUILDS ATOP THE REGION ON WEDNESDAY AS FTHL AND PIEDMONT MAX TEMPS CLIMB TO NEAR RECORD LVLS IN THE MID AND UPPER 90S. WITH THE OVERALL SUPPRESSED LOOK TO THE ATMOSPHERE...EXPECTING JUST ISOLATED DIURNALLY FIRED TSTMS. && .SHORT TERM /6 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY/... AS OF 200 PM TUESDAY...NO SURPRISES IN THE SHORT TERM GUIDANCE AS MODELS CONTINUE TO INDICATE THAT THE UPPER ANTICYCLONE WILL PERIST ACROSS THE SE STATES THROUGH THU. HOWEVER BY FRI...HEIGHTS ARE FORECAST TO FALL SOME AS A TROUGH DEEPENS ACROSS NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND. THIS WILL ALLOW A WEAK FRONT TO PUSH SOUTHWARD AND SETTLE INTO THE LEE TROUGH ACROSS THE AREA BY EARLY FRI. ON THU...DIURNALLY DRIVEN SCATTERED CONVECTION IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS/FOOTHILLS WITH PIEDMONT AREAS STAYING GENERALLY DRY. WEAK FRONT MOVING INTO THE AREA THU NIGHT COULD KEEP SOME ISOLATED/WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS GOING THROUGH THE NIGHT. HOWEVER...DID NOT BUY INTO THE FAIRLY WET 12Z NAM SOLUTION. ON FRI...THE FRONT SHOULD PROVIDE ENOUGH LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE SO THAT SCATTERED CONVECTION WILL BE A GOOD BET ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA DURING THE AFTERNOON. THU WILL BE QUITE HOT WITH THE UPPER ANTICYCLONE OVERHEAD. EXPECT MAX TEMPS ON THU TO TOP OUT IN THE UPPER 90S OUTSIDE OF THE MOUNTAINS AND UPPER 80S TO LOWER 90S MOUNTAIN VALLEYS. FRI'S MAX TEMPS EXPECTED TO BE ABOUT A CATEGORY LOWER DUE TO MORE AFTERNOON CONVECTION AND SOMEWHAT LOWER THICKNESS VALUES. && .LONG TERM /THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY/... AS OF 210 PM TUE...GENERALLY FOLLOWED HPC GUIDANCE WHICH RELIED ON THE ECMENS MEAN WHICH HAS BEEN QUITE CONSISTENT WITH SYNOPTIC TRENDS. THIS SOLUTION ALLOWS THE WESTERN ATALNTIC SUBTROPICAL RIDGE TO BUILD WEST OVER THE SE STATES THIS WEEKEND AND PUSH THE WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY TO THE NORTH. HENCE...A CONTINUATION OF ABOVE AVERAGE TEMPS AND DIURNALLY DRIVEN AFTERNOON/EVENGING CONVECTION WILL BE FEATURED THROUGH MON. ON TUE...ANOTHER STRONG UPPER TROUGH IS FORECAST TO MOVE THROUGH THE NE STATES AND LOWER HEIGHTS ACROSS THE SE. ANOTHER COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE ON TUE GIVING THE FORECAST AREA A BETTER CHANCE FOR MORE WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE...AND SOMEWHAT LOWER MAX TEMPS PROBABLY FELT MOST ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE AREA. && .AVIATION /20Z TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/... AT KCLT...SCT VFR LVL CU AND LIGHT SSW WIND TO BE SEEN INTO THIS EVENING WITH TSTM CHANCES TOO LOW FOR ANY MENTION IN THE TAF. MOSTLY CLEAR TONIGHT WITH NUMERICAL GUIDANCE IN GOOD AGREEMENT IN KEEP FLIGHT CONDITIONS UNRESTRICTED. ELSEWHERE ACRS THE FA...SMALL CHANCES FOR LATE DAY TSTM WILL WARRANT CONTINUATION OF CB AT KAVL. VFR ELSEWHERE. WILL LEAN TOWARD PERSISTENCE FOR LATE NIGHT BR...JUST 5-6SM BR AT KAVL THRU SUNRISE. OUTLOOK... GENERALLY VFR WEATHER EXCEPT CEILING AND VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS IN SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ESPECIALLY THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. MORNING VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS IN FOG AND HAZE...ESPECIALLY WHERE RAIN FALLS. && .GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...JPT NEAR TERM...CSH/JAT SHORT TERM...LG LONG TERM...LG AVIATION...CSH
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 308 PM EDT TUE JUN 22 2010 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065- 068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-231915- 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- 308 PM EDT TUE JUN 22 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING. ISOLATED DAMAGING DOWN BURST WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS. .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 316 PM EDT TUE JUN 22 2010 NCZ064-222000- TRANSYLVANIA- 316 PM EDT TUE JUN 22 2010 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY THROUGH 400 PM EDT... AT 311 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR BALSAM GROVE...OR 8 MILES WEST OF BREVARD... MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR... ROSMAN... WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. LAT...LON 3513 8271 3507 8292 3521 8294 3527 8286 MCAVOY
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
329 PM EDT TUE JUN 22 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0320 PM TSTM WND DMG LAKE LURE 35.44N 82.21W
06/22/2010 RUTHERFORD NC COUNTY OFFICIAL
TREES AND POWER LINES REPORTED DOWN
&&
LGSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
339 PM EDT TUE JUN 22 2010
NCZ063-064-222030-
SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-
339 PM EDT TUE JUN 22 2010
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EASTERN JACKSON AND WESTERN
TRANSYLVANIA COUNTIES THROUGH 430 PM EDT...
AT 332 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR WOLF MOUNTAIN...OR 16 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
SYLVA...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH.
THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
CASHIERS...
SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.
LAT...LON 3510 8314 3527 8304 3527 8303 3527 8300
3525 8295 3510 8294
BPMSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
352 PM EDT TUE JUN 22 2010
NCZ065-509-510-222030-
EASTERN POLK-HENDERSON-POLK MOUNTAINS-
352 PM EDT TUE JUN 22 2010
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EASTERN HENDERSON AND WESTERN
POLK COUNTIES THROUGH 430 PM EDT...
AT 345 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES WEST OF LAKE ADGER...OR 8 MILES NORTHWEST
OF COLUMBUS...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH.
THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
COLUMBUS...
TRYON...
WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
LAT...LON 3538 8219 3520 8213 3519 8238 3521 8239
3538 8232
BPMSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
418 PM EDT TUE JUN 22 2010
NCZ065-509-222100-
HENDERSON-POLK MOUNTAINS-
418 PM EDT TUE JUN 22 2010
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHERN HENDERSON AND
SOUTHWESTERN POLK COUNTIES THROUGH 500 PM EDT...
AT 411 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR SALUDA...OR 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
HENDERSONVILLE...MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH.
SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.
LAT...LON 3528 8229 3520 8227 3519 8231 3519 8235
3518 8236 3520 8238 3521 8240 3517 8244
3518 8247 3528 8242
MCAVOYSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
430 PM EDT TUE JUN 22 2010
NCZ063-064-222115-
SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-
430 PM EDT TUE JUN 22 2010
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHEASTERN JACKSON AND
SOUTHWESTERN TRANSYLVANIA COUNTIES THROUGH 515 PM EDT...
AT 424 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR SAPPHIRE...OR 4 MILES EAST OF
CASHIERS...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH.
SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.
LAT...LON 3515 8310 3514 8298 3506 8293 3503 8296
3500 8309 3505 8316
MCAVOYThe Greer radar (KGSP), 95 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:53 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A tree was blown down near the intersection of War Woman and Earls Ford Rds.
A couple trees were blown down off highway 76 just north of the Chattooga River bridge.
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, June 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: 245710, 245711.