Several thunderstorms developed in an unstable airmass over western North Carolina. Some of the storms produced damaging winds.
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The episode as NWS GSP wrote it up.
Several thunderstorms developed in an unstable airmass over western North Carolina. Some of the storms produced damaging winds.
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 13, 1:42 PM EST, 1 hour 43 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 242 PM EDT SUN JUN 13 2010 .SYNOPSIS... HIGH PRESSURE WILL MAINTAIN HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS OVER THE FORECAST AREA THROUGH MONDAY. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE WESTERN CAROLINAS IN MID WEEK. THIS FRONT SHOULD BE VERY WEAK AND DISSIPATE WHILE NOT HAVING MUCH AFFECT ON TEMPERATURES. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH MONDAY/... AN UPPER RIDGE WILL REMAIN CENTERED OVER THE GULF STATES TONIGHT AND MONDAY. WEAK HIGH PRESSURE AT THE SURFACE WILL BE LOCATED OVER THE TN RIVER VALLEY...WITH SOME DEGREE OF LEE TROUGH EAST OF THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS. CONVECTION ASSOCIATED WITH A SHORTWAVE MOVING FORM THE OH RIVER VALLEY TO THE MID ATLANTIC IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS THIS AFTERNOON...AND MOVE EAST ACROSS THE NORTHERN FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT BEFORE DIMINISHING THIS EVENING. INSTABILITY AND SHEAR WILL BE SUFFICIENT FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO BE POSSIBLE. WITH A WEAK UPSLOPE FLOW REMAINING IN THE WAKE OF THIS SYSTEM...SMALL CHANCE POPS WILL REMAIN ALONG THE TN BORDER OVERNIGHT. MINIMUM TEMPERATURES WILL BE SEVERAL CATEGORIES ABOVE NORMAL...AS WILL DEW POINTS. YET ANOTHER UPPER IMPULSE IS EXPECTED TO SPILL OVER THE RIDGE AXIS ON MONDAY...BUT THIS ONE WILL BE QUITE WEAKER THAN THE LAST TWO... AND FARTHER NORTH. CAPE WILL BE RESPECTABLE AGAIN ON MONDAY...WITH NO CAP...AND MID LEVEL TEMPERATURES WILL ONCE AGAIN BE COOLEST IN THE PIEDMONT. CHANCE POPS WILL BE CARRIED IN THE WEST AND NORTH... FOR OROGRAPHIC EFFECTS AND PROXIMITY TO THE IMPULSE. SLIGHT CHANCE POPS WILL BE CARRIED IN THE SOUTH AND EAST. GUIDANCE SUGGESTS THAT MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES WILL BE EVEN HOTTER THAN TODAY...AND HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL EXCEED 100 IN A GOOD PART OF THE SC AND GA FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT. HEAT ADVISORY CRITERIA IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE ATTAINED HOWEVER. && .SHORT TERM /MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... AS OF 215 PM EDT SUNDAY...AN UPPER RIDGE WILL REMAIN IN PLACE ACROSS THE SE MON NIGHT THROUGH TUE NIGHT. THE FOCUS FOR ANY DEVELOPING CONVECTION WILL BE ALONG A BACKDOOR COLD FRONT SLIPPING SWD TOWARD THE REGION. THE DEVELOPING CONSENUS AMONG THE NAM/GFS AND ASSOCIATED ENSEMBLES IS THAT THE BOUNDARY WILL ARRIVE IN THE NW NC PIEDMONT LATE IN THE DAY TUE AND STRETCH ACROSS WRN NC THROUGH TUE NIGHT. A VERY SHALLOW LAYER OF SFC EASTERLY WINDS WILL SET UP JUST BEHIND THE FRONT...BUT THE MODELS ARE ALSO REASONABLY CONSISTENT IN KEEPING THE 850 MB FLOW MORE WESTERLY. THE REAL QUESTION FOR WIDESPREAD CONVECTIVE COVERAGE AND THE ASSOCIATED HEAVY RAIN THREAT MAY BE WHETHER OR NOT THE SHALLOW EASTERLY FLOW WILL BE SUFFICIENT TO OVERCOME CONVECTIVE INHIBITION DURING THE THE NIGHTTIME HOURS. GIVEN THE VERY MOIST PROFILES...VERY SOLID CHC POPS WILL BE FEATURED LATE TUE THROUGH TUE NIGHT...FOCUSED MAINLY ON WRN NC. WILL CONTINUE TO MENTION THE HEAVY RAIN/FLOODING THREAT IN THE HWO AND ALSO RETAIN THE HIGH UNCERTAINTY WORDING. DEWPOINTS CONTINUING TO POOL AHEAD OF THE APPROACHING FRONT WILL COMBINE WITH CONTINUED HOT TEMPERATURES TO PUSH HEAT INDEX VALUES CLOSE TO 100 AGAIN IN MANY PIEDMONT LOCATIONS TUE AFTN...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE SRN HALF. THE SFC FLOW MAY BE LESS UPSLOPE THROUGH WED...BUT THE FRONT COULD LINGER IN NRN SECTIONS AS A SYSTEM CROSSING THE GREAT LAKES CREATES HEIGHT FALLS ACROSS THE EAST. WILL MAINTAIN VERY SOLID CHANCE POPS FOR WED...HIGHER IN THE NORTH...WITH TEMPS AT LEAST ONE CATEGORY COOLER THROUGHOUT. && .LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY/... AS OF 230 PM SUNDAY...A FLAT RIDGE REMAINS OVER THE SOUTHEAST IN LATE WEEK WITH TEMPERATURES REMAINING ABOVE NORMAL. THIS FORECAST IS BASED ON A BLEND OF THE MODELS AS THERE IS NO MODEL TO HANG YOUR HAT ON. A STRONG SHORTWAVE WILL CROSS NEW ENGLAND THURSDAY WITH LITTLE EFFECT ON OUR WEATHER. IT IS DEBATABLE WHETHER THE PIEDMONT COULD GET A SMALL CONTRIBUTION FROM THAT DEPARTING SYSTEM THURSDAY AFTERNOON DEPENDING ON IF THE SYSTEM IS NOT FASTER AND IF TROFINESS ALONG THE EAST COAST BECOMES JUST A LITTLE BETTER. WEAK SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE AND SOMEWHAT STRONGER UPPER RIDGING WILL SUPPRESS CONVECTION A BIT MORE ON FRIDAY. A WEAKENING COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS ON SATURDAY PROVIDING A FOCUS FOR MORE CONVECTION IN THE HIGH COUNTRY. THIS FRONT WILL FADE OUT COMING ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS SO NOT MUCH FOR THE PIEDMONT. THERE IS SOME DIVERGENCE IN THE GFS AND ECMWF FOR DAY 7...NEXT SUNDAY...WITH THE ECMWF BRINGING A STRONG SHORTWAVE TOWARD THE EAST COAST LATE SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT. GFS MAINTAINS US UNDER THE EASTERN PART OF THE SOUTHEAST UPPER RIDGE AND LITTLE INCREASE IN OVERALL MOISTURE. TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TO TOP OUT AROUND 90 NEXT WEEKEND IN MUCH OF THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT. && .AVIATION /19Z SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/... AT KCLT...LIGHT NORTHWEST WINDS WILL PERSIST...EXCEPT JUST BEFORE DAWN WHEN THEY GO CALM. CUMULUS IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON...FORMING A LOW VFR CEILING INTO TONIGHT. CONVECTION WILL BE TO SCATTERED TO MENTION CB AT THIS TIME. SEVERAL HOURS BEFORE DAYBREAK CUMULUS SHOULD DIMINISH...LEAVING SCATTERED ANVIL DEBRIS CIRRUS UNTIL HEATING PRODUCES SCATTERED CUMULUS AT MID MONDAY MORNING. GUIDANCE SUPPORTS LOW VFR VISIBILITY AROUND DAWN...AND WITH DEW POINT QUITE ELEVATED IN THE PIEDMONT...THIS WILL BE CARRIED IN THE TAF. ELSEWHERE...LIGHT WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BECOME ALL NORTHWEST LATE TODAY...THEN WILL DIMINISH BEFORE DAWN. A LOW VFR CEILING IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON...EXCEPT AT KAND WHICH IS FURTHEST FROM UPPER LEVEL FORCING. AFTERNOON CONVECTION WILL BE TOO ISOLATED TO MENTION CB...EXCEPT AT KHKY...WHICH IS CLOSEST TO AN UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM. CUMULUS WILL DIMINISH OVERNIGHT..LEAVING SCATTERED CIRRUS. GUIDANCE SUPPORTS LOW VFR FOG AT KAND...AND MVFR FOG AT KAVL. CONFIDENCE IN THE MET GUIDANCE SUNRISE CEILING RESTRICTION AT KAVL IS LOW...AND NO CEILING WILL BE CARRIED FOR NOW. CUMULUS DEVELOPS MID MORNING MONDAY AT ALL SITES. OUTLOOK...MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED THRU MUCH OF THE PERIOD...MOST LIKELY OVER THE MTNS. EARLY MORNING FOG AND STRATUS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE...ESP IN MTN VALLEYS. INCREASED MOISTURE AND UPSLOPE FLOW MAY CAUSE MORE WIDESPREAD RESTRICTIONS LATE TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. && .GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...DEO NEAR TERM...JAT SHORT TERM...HG LONG TERM...DEO AVIATION...JAT
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 255 PM EDT SUN JUN 13 2010 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065- 068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-141900- 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- 255 PM EDT SUN JUN 13 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. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP OVER THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE NORTH CAROLINA FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT. THE MAIN SEVERE THREAT WILL BE SMALL AREAS OF DAMAGING WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE LATE TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT...ESPECIALLY OVER AND NEAR THE MOUNTAINS. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME NEARLY STATIONARY...DROPPING VERY HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLY CAUSING SOME LOCALIZED FLOODING. THE EXACT LOCATION AND TIMING OF THE HEAVY RAIN THREAT REMAIN QUITE UNCERTAIN AT PRESENT...BUT LOCATIONS NEAR THE NORTHERN NORTH CAROLINA BLUE RIDGE MAY HAVE THE GREATEST CHANCE TUESDAY NIGHT. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH COULD BE NEEDED IF LATER DATA CONTINUE TO INDICATE NEARLY STATIONARY THUNDERSTORMS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... NONE. HG
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
311 PM EDT SUN JUN 13 2010
NCZ037-132000-
DAVIE-
311 PM EDT SUN JUN 13 2010
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT NORTHERN DAVIE COUNTY THROUGH 400
PM EDT...
AT 311 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM PFAFFTOWN TO
COURTNEY...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
THESE STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
FARMINGTON...
MOCKSVILLE...
BERMUDA RUN...
ADVANCE...
PEA SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE
STORMS.
LAT...LON 3588 8037 3588 8040 3589 8057 3596 8070
3605 8069 3605 8046 3594 8035 3590 8036
HGSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
322 PM EDT SUN JUN 13 2010
NCZ036-037-056-057-132000-
CATAWBA-DAVIE-IREDELL-ROWAN-
322 PM EDT SUN JUN 13 2010
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT CATAWBA...DAVIE...ROWAN AND
SOUTHERN IREDELL COUNTIES THROUGH 400 PM EDT...
AT 321 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 4 MILES EAST OF
CLEMMONS TO 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF TURNERSBURG TO CONOVER...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
THESE STORMS WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING AREAS...
ADVANCE...
TROUTMAN...
CLEVELAND...
TERRELL...
LAKE NORMAN...
SPENCER...
WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.
LAT...LON 3550 8042 3551 8095 3555 8096 3555 8121
3570 8139 3579 8112 3577 8111 3603 8044
3594 8035 3590 8036 3588 8040 3585 8038
3582 8047 3575 8045 3572 8038 3572 8033
3565 8029 3558 8021
HGSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
329 PM EDT SUN JUN 13 2010
NCZ502-504-132000-
GREATER BURKE-GREATER CALDWELL-
329 PM EDT SUN JUN 13 2010
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EASTERN BURKE AND SOUTHERN
CALDWELL COUNTIES THROUGH 400 PM EDT...
AT 329 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR COLLETTSVILLE...OR 6 MILES WEST OF LENOIR...
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
HUDSON...
GRANITE FALLS...
WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM AS WELL AS
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL AT RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR.
LAT...LON 3588 8133 3582 8134 3579 8133 3576 8137
3570 8140 3569 8142 3584 8175 3591 8171
3597 8158
HGSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
338 PM EDT SUN JUN 13 2010
NCZ053-065-132000-
BUNCOMBE-HENDERSON-
338 PM EDT SUN JUN 13 2010
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHERN HENDERSON AND SOUTHERN
BUNCOMBE COUNTIES THROUGH 400 PM EDT...
AT 337 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR BENT CREEK...OR 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
DOWNTOWN ASHEVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
AVERY CREEK...
BILTMORE FOREST...
FLETCHER...
FAIRVIEW...
PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.
LAT...LON 3555 8224 3546 8227 3543 8228 3543 8227
3533 8230 3542 8273 3560 8269
HGSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
407 PM EDT SUN JUN 13 2010
NCZ065-509-510-132045-
EASTERN POLK-HENDERSON-POLK MOUNTAINS-
407 PM EDT SUN JUN 13 2010
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN HENDERSON AND POLK
COUNTIES THROUGH 445 PM EDT...
AT 408 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES WEST OF EDNEYVILLE...OR 7 MILES NORTHEAST
OF HENDERSONVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
EDNEYVILLE...
LAKE ADGER...
COLUMBUS...
WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
LAT...LON 3545 8227 3543 8228 3540 8226 3540 8216
3536 8209 3534 8208 3529 8202 3519 8210
3520 8226 3536 8252 3546 8243 3546 8237
3548 8237 3549 8234
HGSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
408 PM EDT SUN JUN 13 2010
NCZ068-070-132045-
CLEVELAND-GASTON-
408 PM EDT SUN JUN 13 2010
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHEASTERN CLEVELAND AND
SOUTHERN GASTON COUNTIES THROUGH 445 PM EDT...
AT 408 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTH OF WACO...OR 5 MILES EAST OF
SHELBY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
KINGS MOUNTAIN...
BESSEMER CITY...
DALLAS...
GASTONIA...
LOWELL...
CRAMERTON...
WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
LAT...LON 3515 8103 3517 8132 3516 8137 3524 8156
3540 8147 3527 8101 3521 8100
HGThe Greer radar (KGSP), 166 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:24 UTC.
8 thunderstorm wind, 2 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Two trees and some power lines were blown down just south of China Grove.
Two trees were blown down just west of Gastonia.
Numerous trees were blown down in and around Lincolnton.
Lightning ignited a fire at a home on John Beck Dr, causing significant damage.
Scattered trees and power lines were blown down from Tanglebrook Ln to Sharon Rd, about 4 miles south southeast of Center City Charlotte.
On Ashcroft Ln, a little more than 3 miles south of Center City Charlotte, a large tree crushed a porch and another tree fell on an automobile. Also, a tree fell through the roof of a home on Hough Rd in this same area.
A tree and numerous large limbs were blown down off highway 150 just west of Waco.
Lightning ignited a fire at an apartment building on Corktree Ct, damaging the building and forcing evacuation of five families.
Quite a few trees were blown down from near the highway 74/I-85 exchange to the South Carolina border near Crowders. One tree fell on a home on Bethany Rd.
Numerous trees were blown down in and around Monroe.
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: 243427, 243430, 243431, 247872, 243434, 243435, 243442, 247878, 243444, 243446.