Thunderstorms erupted in the lee trough over the North Carolina foothills during the early afternoon hours. The storms produced areas of damaging straight-line winds and large hail over much of the foothills and western piedmont.
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The episode as NWS GSP wrote it up.
Thunderstorms erupted in the lee trough over the North Carolina foothills during the early afternoon hours. The storms produced areas of damaging straight-line winds and large hail over much of the foothills and western piedmont.
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 15, 9:27 AM EST, 3 hours 8 minutes earlier.
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</html>HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 601 AM EDT TUE JUN 15 2010 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065- 068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>010-161015- RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-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- 601 AM EDT TUE JUN 15 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 SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE REGION AND PERSIST INTO THE EVENING HOURS. THE MAIN THREAT FROM THESE STORMS WILL BE FROM FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. HOWEVER...A FEW OF THE STORMS WILL LIKELY BECOME SEVERE...WITH THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREAT BEING LOCALLY DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. IN ADDITION...STORMS THIS AFTERNOON WILL MOVE VERY SLOWLY...CREATING THE POTENTIAL FOR LOCALLY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL AND FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING WILL BE MOST LIKELY IN URBAN AREAS...AND IN THE MOUNTAINS...WHERE STORMS MAY BECOME ANCHORED ALONG TERRAIN FEATURES. IN ADDITION TO THE FLOODING AND SEVERE WEATHER THREAT...HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL ONCE AGAIN REACH THE MID AND UPPER 90S ACROSS MUCH OF THE PIEDMONT AND FOOTHILLS. THIS WILL COMBINE WITH A HUMID AIR MASS TO PRODUCE HEAT INDEX VALUES IN THE 100 TO 104 RANGE ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...OR FLASH FLOODING TO OUR OFFICE. GAZ029-SCZ011>014-019-161015- ELBERT-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- 601 AM EDT TUE JUN 15 2010 ...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. HEAT ADVISORY. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE PIEDMONT AND PERSIST INTO THE EVENING HOURS. THE MAIN THREAT FROM THESE STORMS WILL BE FROM FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. HOWEVER...A FEW OF THE STORMS WILL LIKELY BECOME SEVERE...WITH THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREAT BEING LOCALLY DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. IN ADDITION...STORMS THIS AFTERNOON WILL MOVE VERY SLOWLY...CREATING THE POTENTIAL FOR LOCALLY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL AND FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING WILL BE MOST LIKELY IN URBAN AREAS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...OR FLASH FLOODING TO OUR OFFICE. LANE
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</html>The Greer radar (KGSP), 110 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:35 UTC.
7 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Several trees and power lines were down in and around Morganton. The first reports of blow down trees came from Kanipe Rd, about 6 miles northwest of town.
A couple trees were blown down in the Saluda area.
Trees and power lines were blown down in the Hickory area, with a large tree down near the intersection of highway 70 and Startown Rd.
Quarter size hail was reported along highway 115.
Several large trees blown down on Magnolia Grove Rd.
Trees were blown down in the Mocksville area.
Two trees were blown down on the west side of Salisbury. The trees also took down power lines. Another tree was down on Mooresville Rd.
Several trees were blown down in the Central Ave area. One tree fell on a home on Truman Rd just off Central Ave.
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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 243994, 243995, 244000, 244002, 244003, 244004, 244005, 244006, 244007, 244010, 244011, 244013, 244014.