A line of storms moved out of the North Carolina mountains and strengthened over the mountains of northeast Georgia. The line produced a little wind damage before moving into South Carolina.
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The episode as NWS GSP wrote it up.
A line of storms moved out of the North Carolina mountains and strengthened over the mountains of northeast Georgia. The line produced a little wind damage before moving into South 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, 1:35 PM EST, 1 hour 10 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 235 PM EDT WED JUN 9 2010 .SYNOPSIS... A COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO CROSS THE AREA LATE TONIGHT. THE FRONT WILL WEAKEN IN THE VICINITY OF OUR AREA LATE IN THE WEEK. A BERMUDA HIGH WILL INFLUENCE OUR WEATHER FOR THE WEEKEND. ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH THURSDAY/... AT 1830Z...A FAIRLY SOLID BAND OF SHRA/TSRA WAS LOCATED ACROSS THE UPPER SAVANNAH RIVER VALLEY...MOVING EAST AROUND 25 KTS. RECENT RADAR AND LIGHTNING TRENDS INDICATE THAT THE DEEP CONVECTION HAS STARTED TO INTENSIFY. THE ENVIRONMENT ACROSS THE NC NRN MTNS TO THE PIEDMONT REMAINS FAIRLY STABLE...GIVEN MILD TEMPS BETWEEN H8-H7. THE SOUTHERN/CENTRAL MTNS EAST ACROSS NE GA AND THE SC UPSTATE WILL REMAIN MODERATELY UNSTABLE...WITH CAPE VALUES UP TO 2000 J/KG. MARGINAL LLVL SHEAR WILL ALSO LINGER ACROSS THE CWA...FAVORING THE DEEP CONVECTION TO REMAIN IN LINE SEGMENTS. OBSERVED AND FORECAST SOUNDINGS INDICATE THAT THE FREEZING LEVEL WILL REMAIN BETWEEN 14-15 KFT AND THE WBZ AROUND 13.5 KFT. THE FIRST GUESS CORE HEIGHT WILL BE 26 KFT. IT APPEARS THAT HAIL WILL BE A A CONCERN THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING...BUT GREATLY LIMITED BY THE WARM AND MOIST AIR MASS. GIVEN THE STORM STRUCTURE AND LLVL WIND FIELDS...WIND WILL REMAIN THE PRIMARY SVR THREAT. IN ADDITION...PW VALUES ACROSS THE REGION WILL PEAK CLOSE TO 2 INCHES WITH K-INDEX VALUES IN THE MID 30S. THIS ENVIRONMENT WILL BECOME VERY SUITABLE FOR HEAVY DOWNPOURS. THE MAIN LIMITING FACTOR FOR EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL BE THE STORM MOTIONS. THESE STORMS SHOULD BE DRIVEN BY OUTFLOWS FROM PREVIOUS CONVECTION AND ORGANIZE INTO BANDS. I BELIEVE THAT THE STORM MOTIONS WILL KEEP RAINFALL RATES BELOW FFG. HOWEVER...AN ISOLATED EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE. BASED ON SAT AND RADAR TRENDS...I WILL FORECAST CATE COVERAGE ACROSS THE UPPER SAVANNAH RIVER VALLEY THROUGH 22Z...WITH NUMEROUS TO SCT ELSEWHERE AFTER 22Z. THE BAND OF SHRA AND TSRA SHOULD PUSH EAST OF THE CWA BY MIDNIGHT...WITH SOME LINGERING CONVECTION OVER THE MTNS THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. MIN TEMPS WILL REMAIN AROUND 5 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THURSDAY...THE COLD FRONT WILL NOSE SOUTH AS A BACK DOOR FRONT...POSSIBLY STALLING NEAR THE I-40 CORRDIOR DURING THE AFTERNOON. DRY AND STABLE AIR WILL SINK SOUTH BEHIND THE FRONT...WHILE THE AIRMASS ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE BOUNDARY SHOULD SEE CAPE VALUES HIGHER THAN TODAY. IT APPEARS THAT SCT TSRA WILL DEVELOP THROUGH THE DAYTIME HOURS. THESE STORMS COULD DEVELOP INTO CLUSTERS AND HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR SVR HAIL/MICROBURSTS. HIGH TEMPERATURES SHOULD RANGE AROUND 5 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. && .SHORT TERM /THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY/... AS OF 2 PM EDT WEDNESDAY...AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WILL AMPLIFY OVER THE SOUTHEAST ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY...WHILE A WEAKENING UPPER RIDGE MOVES NORTH THROUGH THE MS RIVER VALLEY. MOISTURE ASSOCIATED WITH THE REMAINS OF A FRONT WILL MOVE NORTH FROM THE UPPER SAVANNAH RIVER VALLEY THURSDAY NIGHT...ACROSS THE REST OF OUR AREA FRIDAY... SUPPORTING POPS THAT INCREASE TO SLIGHTLY BETTER THAN CLIMATOLOGY. WARMING MID LEVEL TEMPERATURES WILL LIMIT CAPE TO SEVERAL HUNDRED J/KG. THE GREATEST CHANCE OF CONVECTION WILL BE NEAR THE BLUE RIDGE...WHERE VEERING EASTERLY LOW LEVEL FLOW WILL PROVIDE AN UPSLOPE COMPONENT. AS HEATING AND CAPE DECREASE FRIDAY NIGHT...POPS WILL DIMINISH...BUT ENOUGH MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY REMAIN TO KEEP SLIGHT CHANCE POPS UP OVERNIGHT. SATURDAY FEATURES LESS OF AN UPSLOPE COMPONENT IN SOUTHWEST WINDS...BUT CAPE IS GREATER THAN FRIDAY...AROUND 1000 J/KG. TEMPERATURES WILL RUN ABOUT A COUPLE OF CATEGORIES ABOVE NORMAL UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF THE UPPER RIDGE. && .LONG TERM /SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... AS OF 2 PM EDT WEDNESDAY...THE UPPER RIDGE OVER THE SOUTHEAST WILL RETROGRADE INTO THE LOWER MS RIVER VALLEY SUNDAY AND MONDAY...WHILE A TROUGH AMPLIFIES ALONG THE EAST COAST. THESE FEATURES AMPLIFY ION PLACE THROUGH WEDNESDAY. OUR AREA WILL BE IN A WARM AND HUMID AIR MASS ON SUNDAY...AND SCATTERED CONVECTION CAN BE EXPECTED AS MID LEVEL TEMPERATURES COOL WITH THE FALLING HEIGHTS ALOFT. THE MAIN FOCUS WILL SHIFT FROM THE BLUR RIDGE WITH DIFFERENTIAL HEATING...TO THE FOOTHILLS AS A LEE TROUGH MOVES SLOWLY EAST. A COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE AREA ON MONDAY... SUPPORTING MORE WIDESPREAD AND VIGOROUS CONVECTION. CHANCE POPS WILL BE CARRIED AREA WIDE...WITH HIGH CHANCE POPS IN THE MOUNTAINS. THIS FRONT STALLS AROUND 200 MILES TO OUR SOUTH ON TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY...TAKING MOISTURE WITH IT...WHILE NORTHEAST SURFACE WINDS SET UP ACROSS OUR AREA. TEMPERATURES WILL TREND DOWNWARD TOWARD NORMAL DUE TO FALLING HEIGHTS...AND EVENTUALLY COLD ADVECTION. && .AVIATION /19Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY/... AT KCLT AND OTHER PIEDMONT/FTHILL TERMINALS...THE MAIN CONCERN THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING WILL REMAIN WITH THE TIMING AND PLACEMENT OF A PRE FRONTAL BAND OF SHRA AND TSRA. AT THIS TIME...IT APPEARS THAT THE BAND WILL SWEEP ACROSS THE REGION BETWEEN 18Z-2Z. I WILL TIME THE PASSAGE OF TSRA ACROSS KAND...KGMU...KGSP...AND KCLT WITHIN THE 20Z-2Z TIME WINDOW. OUTSIDE THE IMMEDIATE CONVECTION...WINDS WILL FAVOR A SOUTHWEST DIRECTIONS WITH SPEEDS AROUND 10 KTS. WINDS SHOULD VEER WNW DURING THE DAYTIME THURSDAY AS A WEAK FRONT STALLS JUST NORTH OF THE TERMINALS. AT KAVL...WEAK SHRA WILL LIKELY PASS ACROSS THE TERMINAL THROUGH 20Z. FOLLOWING THE SHRA...A FEW ENHANCED AREAS OF DEEP CONVECTION MAY MOVE ACROSS THE TERMINAL. BY MID EVENING...SHRA/TSRA SHOULD MOVE WELL EAST OF THE MTNS. MOS GUIDANCE INDICATES THAT A FEW AREAS OF STRATUS AND FOG MAY DEVELOP WITHIN THE FRENCH BROAD VALLEY LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNRISE THURSDAY...I WILL INDICATE MVFR FOG WITH SCT010. THE FOG SHOULD DISSIPATE BY 13Z. OUTLOOK...DEEP RIDGING WILL BUILD ACROSS THE REGION INTO THE WEEKEND. SHRA/TSRA SHOULD DEVELOP EACH AFTERNOON AND EVENING...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE MTNS AND FOOTHILLS. EARLY MORNING FOG AND STRATUS MAY DEVELOP WITHIN THE MTN VALLEYS. && .GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...JAT NEAR TERM...NED SHORT TERM...JAT LONG TERM...JAT AVIATION...NED
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 312 PM EDT WED JUN 9 2010 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065- 068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-101915- 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- 312 PM EDT WED JUN 9 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. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AND WILL BE MOST NUMEROUS ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY RAIN ARE EXPECTED TO ACCOMPANY THE THUNDERSTORMS. A FEW OF THE THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. 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
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
218 PM EDT WED JUN 9 2010
SCZ002-003-005-006-091900-
GREATER GREENVILLE-GREATER PICKENS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS
MOUNTAINS-
218 PM EDT WED JUN 9 2010
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL GREENVILLE AND NORTHERN
PICKENS COUNTIES THROUGH 300 PM EDT...
AT 218 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR ROCKY BOTTOM...OR 12 MILES NORTH OF
PICKENS...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
THIS STORM WILL AFFECT LOCATIONS NEAR...
TABLE ROCK RESERVOIR...
CAESARS HEAD...
MARIETTA...
TRAVELERS REST...
CHERRYDALE POINT...
DOWNTOWN GREENVILLE...
PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.
LAT...LON 3499 8287 3507 8284 3509 8276 3509 8270
3512 8268 3512 8266 3513 8264 3506 8228
3483 8237
HGPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
314 PM EDT WED JUN 09 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0252 PM TSTM WND DMG WESTMINSTER 34.67N 83.09W
06/09/2010 OCONEE SC COUNTY OFFICIAL
SEVERAL TREES DOWN ALONG AND NEAR WESTMINSTER HIGHWAY.
0240 PM HAIL PUMPKINTOWN 35.00N 82.65W
06/09/2010 E0.88 INCH PICKENS SC COUNTY OFFICIAL
COUNTY RELAYED PUBLIC REPORT OF NICKEL SIZE HAIL.
&&
HGSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
325 PM EDT WED JUN 9 2010
GAZ018-026-092000-
FRANKLIN-STEPHENS-
325 PM EDT WED JUN 9 2010
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHERN FRANKLIN AND STEPHENS
COUNTIES THROUGH 415 PM EDT...
AT 324 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR BOYDVILLE...OR 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
TOCCOA...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
EASTANOLEE...
MARTIN...
WHITWORTH...
DIME SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH
THIS STORM.
LAT...LON 3444 8340 3446 8340 3447 8346 3452 8345
3462 8339 3460 8317 3458 8316 3456 8313
3453 8310 3452 8308 3449 8306 3438 8311
HGThe Greer radar (KGSP), 111 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:45 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Trees were blown down on Harrison Bridge Rd between 3 and 4 miles south of Carnesville and along Atkinson Bridge Rd in the same area.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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