Thunderstorm Wind, Rabun
- When
- June 28, 1:40 PM EST
- Where
- Rabun County, Grove
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 34.820, -83.400
Multiple large tree limbs were blown down about 4 miles south of Clayton.
Damaging Winds in Georgia, June 28, 2010
An isolated severe storm produced some wind damage over extreme northeast Georgia.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS GSP wrote it up.
An isolated severe storm produced some wind damage over extreme northeast Georgia.
What forecasters said that day
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 28, 11:52 AM EST, 1 hour 48 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 28, 11:52 AM EST, 1 hour 48 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1252 PM EDT MON JUN 28 2010 .SYNOPSIS... HIGH PRESSURE WILL PERSIST INTO MONDAY. A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH FROM THE NORTHWEST LATE ON MONDAY AND WILL MOVE SLOWLY ACROSS THE AREA TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO THE AREA FROM THE NORTHWEST LATE IN THE WEEK. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/... CLOUDS HAVE SCATTERED OUT ACROSS ALL BUT THE MTNS THIS MRNG SO TWEAKED SKY COVER DOWN FOR THE LATE MRNG HOURS. TEMPS AND DEW POINTS ARE ON TRACK...ALONG WITH WINDS. LAPS SOUNDINGS SHOW CAPES BEGINNING TO INCRS ACROSS THE AREA AND THERE WILL BE PLENTY OF HEATING TODAY. NOT MUCH OF AN UPPER LEVEL TRIGGER EARLY SO LOWERED POPS THRU THE MRNG. LEFT POPS AS IS FOR THIS AFTN AS LATEST NAM SHOWS WEAK PVA MID-LATE AFTN THRU THE EVE HOURS. PREVIOUS DISCUSSION...WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWS A POTENT WAVE MOVING INTO THE UPPER GREAT LAKES EARLY THIS MORNING. CYCLONIC UPPER FLOW ASSOCIATED WITH THIS FEATURE WILL DEVELOP SWD TOWARD THE FORECAST AREA THROUGH THE NEAR TERM. NEAR THE SFC...A COLD FRONT HAS SPAWNED A LINE OF CONVECTION THROUGH THE OH VALLEY THIS MORNING. THIS SHOULD WEAKEN THROUGH DAYBREAK...BUT LIKELY REGENERATE WITH DAYTIME HEATING AS IT PROGRESSES SE. STREGTHENING WESTERLY FLOW AT 850 MB OVER THE SRN APPALACHIANS SHOULD LEAD TO SOME MEASURE OF DOWNSLOPE WARMING AND SLIGHT DEWPOINT DRYING ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT TODAY. WITH THE APPROACH OF THE FRONT LATER IN DAY...CONVECTION WILL DEVELOP FIRST ACROSS THE NC MTNS. GIVEN THE BETTER STEERING FLOW...AND HIGHER EQUIVALENT POTENTIAL TEMPERATURES POOLING ACROSS WRN NC LATE THIS AFTN...THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD SPREAD EWD ACROSS THE NC FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT INTO EARLY EVENING. TSTM CHANCES WILL BE LESS ACROSS THE SRN TIER. FREEZING LEVELS IN THE PRE FRONTAL AIRMASS WILL CONTINUE TO BE AROUND 15 KFT. CORE HEIGHTS FOR ANY SEVERE TSTMS SHOULD BE SIMILAR TO RECENT DAYS...WITH 60 TO 65 DBZ NEEDED IN THE LOWER 20S KFT AND 55 DBZ EXTENDING ABOVE 26 KFT. THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL SLIP INTO THE FORECAST AREA FROM THE NW TONIGHT...AND UPPER LEVEL DPVA WILL CONTRIBUTE TO BETTER Q VECTOR CONVERGENCE ALOFT. THIS FORCING SHOULD PERMIT AT LEAST SCATTERED COVERAGE ALONG THE BOUNDARY THROUGH MUCH OF THE NIGHTTIME HOURS. && .SHORT TERM /TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT/... AS OF 2 AM MON...AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL CONTINUE TO DIG OVER THE EASTERN USA ON TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. A COLD FRONT WILL CRAWL VERY SLOWLY SOUTH ACROSS THE AREA ON TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY...FINALLY GETTING SOUTH OF THE AREA ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THIS WILL SET OUR AREA UP FOR A PROTRACTED PERIOD OF PRECIPITATION. LIKELY POPS WILL BE CARRIED TUESDAY IN THE SOUTH...GIVEN THE POSITION OF THE FRONT AT THE TIME...WITH CHANCE POPS IN THE NORTH...WITH A GRADUAL DECREASE INTO WEDNESDAY. LACK OF MOIST INFLOW FROM EITHER THE GULF OR ATLANTIC SHOULD KEEP PRECIPITATION FROM BECOMING EXCESSIVE. TEMPERATURES WILL TREND DOWNWARD DURING THE PERIOD AS THE COLD FRONT WORKS SOUTH. && .LONG TERM /THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/... AS OF 2 AM MON...BOTH THE ECMWF AND GFS HAVE AN EAST COAST UPPER TROUGH ON THURSDAY THAT SLOWLY PROGRESSES INTO THE WESTERN ATLANTIC...WHILE A RIDGE MOVES FROM THE MS VALLEY TO THE GREAT LAKES BY SUNDAY. THE GFS BECOMES SLIGHTLY FASTER WITH THIS FEATURE. HPC USED A SOLUTION CLOSER TO THE ECMWF...BUT IN OUR CORNER OF THE NATION...THEIR SURFACE PROG DOES NOT DIFFER TOO MUCH FORM THE GFS. ON THURSDAY MORNING A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT WILL BE LOCATED ALONG THE GULF COAST. THIS FRONT SETTLES SOUTH INTO NORTH FL ON FRIDAY... BECOMING STATIONARY IN CENTRAL FL ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. A DRIER AND COOLER AIR MASS IS EXPECTED BEHIND THIS FRONT...HOWEVER IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT THE GFS DOES ALLOW SOME MOISTURE TO RIDE UP OVER THE BOUNDARY IN THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS. && .AVIATION /18Z MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/... AT KCLT AND ELSEWHERE...MAIN CONCERN WILL BE SCT TSTMS THIS AFTN-EVE...ESP OVER THE MTNS AS A COLD FRONT MOVES INTO THE AREA. SOME CONVECTION COULD LINGER UNTIL AFTER MIDNIGHT BUT MOST SHOULD DIMINISH LATE EVE WITH COOLING. MVFR VSBY PSBL LATE OVERNIGHT. KAVL COULD SEE BRIEF IFR VSBY AROUND DAYBREAK. BROUGHT CB AND VCSH IN AT 16Z TUE. OUTLOOK...COLD FRONT MAY STALL OVER THE S CWA WITH SCT SHWRS/TSTMS PSBL OVER S ZONES WED. HIGH PRES IS EXPECTED TO BUILD OVER THE REGION FROM THE N THU-FRI BEFORE MOVG OFFSHORE THIS WKND. && .GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...JAT NEAR TERM...HG/RB SHORT TERM...JAT LONG TERM...JAT AVIATION...RB
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 28, 4:35 AM EST, 9 hours 5 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 535 AM EDT MON JUN 28 2010 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065- 068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-291000- 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- 535 AM EDT MON JUN 28 2010 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 WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SEVERAL OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS...AND A FEW COULD PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AS WELL. FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY THUNDERSTORM. THE GREATEST CHANCE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ACROSS WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA LATE TODAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. 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. 07
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 28, 8:38 AM EST, 5 hours 2 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
938 AM EDT MON JUN 28 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0345 PM TSTM WND DMG MOUNTAIN REST 34.87N 83.15W
06/27/2010 OCONEE SC PUBLIC
LOTS OF TREES DOWN. WIND ESTIMATED 60 MPH. 2.7 INCHES OF
RAIN.
&&
LGLLocal storm report, Jun 28, 8:41 AM EST, 4 hours 59 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
941 AM EDT MON JUN 28 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0730 PM TSTM WND DMG GRANITE FALLS 35.80N 81.43W
06/27/2010 CALDWELL NC UTILITY COMPANY
TWO TREES ON POWERLINES.
&&
TBENTHALLocal storm report, Jun 28, 12:39 PM EST, 1 hour 1 minute before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
139 PM EDT MON JUN 28 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0255 PM TSTM WND DMG 6 S TUCKASEGEE 35.18N 83.12W
06/25/2010 JACKSON NC POST OFFICE
SEVERAL TREES AND LARGE LIMBS DOWN ALONG HIGHWAY 107
BETWEEN TUCKASEGEE AND GLENVILLE.
&&
TBENTHALSpecial weather statement, Jun 28, 1:09 PM EST, 31 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
209 PM EDT MON JUN 28 2010
NCZ053-505>508-281845-
BUNCOMBE-EASTERN MCDOWELL-GREATER RUTHERFORD-MCDOWELL
MOUNTAINS-RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-
209 PM EDT MON JUN 28 2010
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHWESTERN RUTHERFORD...
SOUTHEASTERN BUNCOMBE AND SOUTHWESTERN MCDOWELL COUNTIES THROUGH 245
PM EDT...
AT 204 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES SOUTH OF BLACK MOUNTAIN...OR 13 MILES
EAST OF DOWNTOWN ASHEVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
LAKE LURE...
PEOPLE IN NORTHWESTERN RUTHERFORD...SOUTHEASTERN BUNCOMBE AND
SOUTHWESTERN MCDOWELL COUNTIES...
SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE
WARNINGS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE
WEATHER THREATEN.
OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES...AND WIND GUSTS OF 30
TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
LAT...LON 3562 8198 3540 8203 3544 8227 3545 8227
3546 8226 3550 8231 3548 8237 3546 8237
3547 8243 3565 8239
BSHSpecial weather statement, Jun 28, 1:18 PM EST, 22 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
218 PM EDT MON JUN 28 2010
GAZ010-017-281845-
HABERSHAM-RABUN-
218 PM EDT MON JUN 28 2010
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHERN HABERSHAM AND SOUTHERN
RABUN COUNTIES THROUGH 245 PM EDT...
AT 213 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR LAKE BURTON...OR 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
CLAYTON...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
NACOOHE LAKE...
LAKE RABUN...
LAKEMONT...
CLAYTON...
PEOPLE IN NORTHERN HABERSHAM AND SOUTHERN RABUN COUNTIES...INCLUDING
THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
LAKE BURTON...NACOOHE LAKE...LAKE RABUN...LAKEMONT AND CLAYTON...
SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE
WARNINGS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE
WEATHER THREATEN.
OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES...AND WIND GUSTS OF 30
TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
LAT...LON 3493 8321 3489 8321 3487 8324 3486 8324
3483 8327 3482 8327 3481 8330 3478 8332
3475 8332 3473 8335 3470 8335 3469 8361
3491 8362
BSHThe radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 108 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:38 UTC.
Event by event
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Rabun
- When
- June 28, 1:51 PM EST
- Where
- Rabun County, 1.99 mi SE of Lakemont
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- County Official
- Coordinates
- 34.759, -83.396
Trees and power lines were blown down between Lakemont and Tallulah Falls.
What these are
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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More
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Sources
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: 246130, 246131.