Heavy rain fell during the early morning hours of the first, causing urban flooding in Uptown Charlotte and stream flooding on the south side of the city.
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
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.
The episode as NWS GSP wrote it up.
Heavy rain fell during the early morning hours of the first, causing urban flooding in Uptown Charlotte and stream flooding on the south side of the city.
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 1, 2:42 AM EST, 43 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 342 AM EDT TUE JUN 1 2010 .SYNOPSIS... DEEP MOISTURE WILL REMAIN OVER THE AREA TODAY WHILE A WEAK COLD FRONT MOVES EAST AND CROSSES THE AREA. WEAK HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD BACK INTO THE AREA ON WEDNESDAY. THEN ANOTHER WEAK COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH BY THE END OF THE WEEK. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/... CURRENT REGIONAL RADAR MOSAIC DEPICTS BEST AREA OF SHOWERS AND STORMS PROGRESSING EASTWARD ACROSS THE NC PIEDMONT/I-77 CORRIDOR WITH ONLY ISOLATED TO SCATTERED COVERAGE ELSEWHERE. DEEP LAYER FLOW WILL CONTINUE TO TURN MORE SOUTHWESTERLY THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE MORNING AND AS SUCH ANY UPSLOPE ENHANCEMENT WITHIN THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH AREA WILL CONTINUE TO WANE. THEREFORE...WILL GO AHEAD AND CANCEL THE REMAINING WATCH AREA AS COVERAGE AND RAINFALL INTENSITY IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE HIGH ENOUGH TO CAUSE FURTHER FLOODING CONCERNS. FOR TODAY...REMNANT UPPER VORT MAX ASSOCIATED WITH THE OLD CLOSED LOW WILL CONTINUE TO BE ABSORBED INTO THE BACKGROUND WESTERLY FLOW AND PUSH WELL EAST OF THE FA. THIS WILL LARGELY LEAVE THE REGION IN ZONAL FLOW WITH LESS IN THE WAY OF UPPER SUPPORT THAN WE HAVE SEEN IN DAYS PAST. AT THE SURFACE...A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH FROM THE WEST AS LOW LEVEL FLOW TURNS MORE SOUTHWESTERLY AND WESTERLY. MODELS DEPICT GOOD LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS...AS WELL AS ACROSS THE EAST AS SOME DEGREE OF LEE TROFING DEVELOPS. WITH UPPER 60S DEW POINTS AND WARMER TEMPS THAN WE SAW TODAY...EXPECT MODERATE INSTABILITY TO LEAD TO NUMEROUS COVERAGE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. WITH 0-3KM SHEAR ON THE WEAK SIDE (10KTS OR LESS) COVERAGE COULD BE BORDERLINE SCATTERED/NUMEROUS. ALSO...WEAK STEERING FLOW WILL CREATE THE THREAT FOR FAIRLY SLOW MOVING STORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL RATES WITH STILL RESPECTABLE PWATS. SEVERE THREAT IS NON ZERO AS A WET MICROBURST OR TWO CAN/T BE DISCOUNTED WITH SUCH WEAK AMBIENT SHEAR. WILL HIGHLIGHT IN THE HWO. TONIGHT...LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE WILL DECREASE OVERNIGHT AND INSTABILITY WILL WANE WITH THE LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING. SCATTERED COVERAGE WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE NC PIEDMONT DURING THE VERY EARLY MORNING HOURS BUT THEN EXPECT ACTIVITY TO FALL OFF EVERYWHERE. ANOTHER MILD NIGHT WITH LOWS IN THE UPPER 60S OUTSIDE THE MOUNTAINS. && .SHORT TERM /WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/... AS OF 230 AM TUESDAY...QUASI-ZONAL FLOW ALOFT WED IS REPLACED BY LOW AMPLITUDE TROF ON THU WHICH REMAINS IN PLACE FOR FRI. WEAK SHORT WAVES WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THIS FLOW FROM TIME TO TIME. THE MDLS ARE NOW IN CONSENSUS THAT DEEP MOISTURE REMAINS ACROSS THE AREA WED...WITH ONLY MINIMAL DRYING ALONG THE WRN AND NRN CWFA BOUNDARIES. IN ADDITION...THE WARMING MID LEVELS THAT WERE PREVIOUSLY FCST...NOW DO NOT MATERIALIZE. THIS WILL LEAD TO CAPES TO APPROACH OR EVEN RISE INTO THE MODERATE CATEGORY. THEREFORE...SCT DIURNAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ONCE AGAIN...BUT FAVORING THE MTNS...NE GA AND THE UPSTATE. HIGHS WED AND LOWS WED NITE WELL ABOVE NORMAL. A WEAK COLD FRONT ENTERS THE AREA THU WITH SOME WEAK UPPER SUPPORT. HAVE LIMITED POP TO HIGH CHC FOR NOW...BUT EXPECT LIKELY POP WILL BE NEEDED SOMEWHERE ACROSS THE CWFA. CONVECTION SHUD STILL BE DIURNAL IN NATURE AS THE FORCING IS WEAK. HIGHS AND LOWS WILL REMAIN WELL ABOVE NORMAL. ALTHOUGH DEEP MOISTURE WILL DIMINISH FRIDAY...LOW LEVEL MOISTURE REMAINS QUITE HIGH. THIS SHOULD LEAD TO MODERATE INSTABILITY ONCE AGAIN AND SCT DIURNAL CONVECTION. HIGHS WILL BE EVEN MORE ABOVE NORMAL. && .LONG TERM /FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY/... AS OF 300 AM TUESDAY...LOW AMPLITUDE TROF REMAINS OVER THE ERN CONUS THRU THE PERIOD WITH WEAK SHORT WAVES MOVING THRU THE FLOW FROM TIME TO TIME. AT THE SFC...A SERIES OF LOW PRESSURE SYSTEMS DRAG WEAK COLD FRONTS ACROSS THE AREA NEARLY EVERY DAY. THAT SAID...THERE ARE TIMING DIFFERENCES IN EACH MDL FAVORING HIGHER POP ON DIFFERENT DAYS. THEREFORE...WILL KEEP EXTENDED FCST NEARLY AS IS WITH ISOLATED TO SCT MAINLY DIURNAL CONVECTION EACH DAY AND TEMPS WELL ABOVE NORMAL. && .AVIATION /08Z TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/... AT KCLT...THIS IS THE AREA THAT WILL SEE THE BEST COVERAGE OF SHOWERS AND PERHAPS AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM. BIGGEST NEAR TERM ISSUE WILL REVOLVE AROUND HOW QUICKLY CIGS ARE ABLE TO SETTLE INTO IFR AS UPGLIDE FLOW CONTINUES TO FORCE THE LOW STRATUS DECK THROUGH SUNRISE. EXPECT SOME BOUNCING AROUND OF CIG HEIGHTS THROUGH ABOUT 09Z WHEN I ANTICIPATE WE WILL FINALLY SETTLE INTO CONSISTENT IFR CONDITIONS WITH MVFR FOG. FLOW THIS MORNING WILL REMAIN LIGHT AND SOUTHERLY...TURNING MORE SOUTHWESTERLY THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. WILL CONTINUE CB MENTION IN THE AFTERNOON AND A LINGERING VCSH INTO THE LATE NIGHT HOURS AS THE NC PIEDMONT WILL BE THE LAST AREA TO SEE A REDUCTION IN OVERALL COVERAGE. ELSEWHERE...SHOWERS WITH ISOLATED THUNDER WILL CONTINUE TO WORK ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH SUNRISE. CIGS WILL LIKELY BOUNCE AROUND ANYWHERE FROM BRIEFLY VFR TO IFR THROUGH ABOUT 09Z WHEN THEY SHOULD GO IFR EVERYWHERE EXCEPT KAVL. THAT WILL BE THE STORY FOR THE FIRST HALF OF THE TAF PERIOD...IFR CIGS WITH MVFR VSBYS. THIS AFTERNOON WINDS WILL BE MORE SOUTHWESTERLY...THOUGH STILL FAIRLY LIGHT WITH THE BEST COVERAGE OF SHOWERS AND STORMS ACROSS THE NC MOUNTAINS WITH THE BEST CONVERGENCE. GUIDANCE SHOWS THE POSSIBILITY OF RESTRICTIONS STARTING EARLY TOMORROW MORNING...THOUGH IT COULD BE MORE OF A FOG SETUP MORESO THAN CIG RESTRICTIONS. BEST TIME FOR THIS WILL BE JUST BEYOND THE CURRENT TAF PERIOD SO WILL GO NO LOWER THAN MVFR VSBYS FOR NOW IN THE LAST FEW HOURS. AT KAND...WILL NOT BE ABLE TO AMEND THE TAF BECAUSE OF MULTIPLE SENSOR FAILURE AFTER LIGHTNING STRIKE. OUTLOOK...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS WITH MVFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON/EVENING HOURS THROUGH SATURDAY. MVFR TO IFR CIG/VSBY WILL BE POSSIBLE EARLY EACH MORNING. && .GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...RWH NEAR TERM...BSH SHORT TERM...RWH LONG TERM...RWH AVIATION...BSH
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 950 PM EDT MON MAY 31 2010 GAZ010-017-018-NCZ059-062>065-509-510-SCZ001>007-010-020200- RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON- TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-POLK MOUNTAINS-EASTERN POLK-OCONEE MOUNTAINS- PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER OCONEE- GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-ANDERSON- 950 PM EDT MON MAY 31 2010 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FLASH FLOOD WATCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FLASH FLOOD WATCH. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A COUPLE OF THESE STORMS COULD BECOME STRONG ENOUGH TO PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF FLASH FLOODING TO OUR OFFICE. GAZ026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>058-068>072-082-501>508- SCZ008-009-011>014-019-020200- FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-AVERY-ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-MADISON-YANCEY- MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-GRAHAM-CLEVELAND- LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS- GREATER CALDWELL-BURKE MOUNTAINS-GREATER BURKE-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS- EASTERN MCDOWELL-RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-GREATER RUTHERFORD-CHEROKEE- YORK-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- 950 PM EDT MON MAY 31 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A COUPLE OF THESE STORMS COULD BECOME STRONG ENOUGH TO PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... NONE.
The Greer radar (KGSP), 130 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 08:27 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Slow moving thunderstorms caused flooding of several roads near the city center, including Tryon St and Independence Bvd. In addition, McMullen Creek flooded Lincrest Place and Little Hope Creek flooded Mockingbird Ln on the south side of the city.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in North Carolina in 2010Every state in 2010This day in weather historyWarnings in North Carolina, 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: 244545.