A broken line of thunderstorms developed near the Blue Ridge during the early evening hours. Two of the storms produced damaging winds as they moved out into the foothills.
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The episode as NWS GSP wrote it up.
A broken line of thunderstorms developed near the Blue Ridge during the early evening hours. Two of the storms produced damaging winds as they moved out into the foothills.
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 19, 6:37 PM EST, 18 minutes earlier.
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</html>SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
319 PM EDT SAT JUN 19 2010
NCZ053-064-065-192000-
BUNCOMBE-HENDERSON-TRANSYLVANIA-
319 PM EDT SAT JUN 19 2010
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN TRANSYLVANIA...
NORTHWESTERN HENDERSON AND SOUTHWESTERN BUNCOMBE COUNTIES THROUGH 400
PM EDT...
AT 315 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BENT CREEK...OR 9 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF DOWNTOWN ASHEVILLE...MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO I-26 AT
I-40...SKYLAND...CANDLER...BILTMORE FOREST...BENT CREEK...AVERY
CREEK...MOUNTAIN HOME...MILLS RIVER...HENDERSONVILLE...FLETCHER AND
ETOWAH.
VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH
ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
LAT...LON 3533 8242 3525 8271 3542 8275 3542 8274
3543 8275 3552 8278 3554 8277 3559 8257
07SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
328 PM EDT SAT JUN 19 2010
NCZ063-064-SCZ002-192015-
PICKENS MOUNTAINS-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-
328 PM EDT SAT JUN 19 2010
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHWESTERN PICKENS...
SOUTHEASTERN JACKSON AND SOUTHWESTERN TRANSYLVANIA COUNTIES THROUGH
415 PM EDT...
AT 326 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF LAKE TOXAWAY...OR 15 MILES
WEST OF BREVARD...MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WOLF
MOUNTAIN...CASHIERS...SAPPHIRE...LAKE TOXAWAY AND BALSAM GROVE.
VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH
ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
LAT...LON 3526 8309 3526 8287 3500 8282 3500 8292
3500 8291 3503 8291 3504 8290 3505 8291
3500 8310 3501 8312
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</html>The Greer radar (KGSP), 112 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:53 UTC.
3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A large tree was blown down on power lines near Main St at Williams Rd. Several large tree limbs were also blown down in Drexel.
A tree was blown down on Jay Ct.
A tree was blown down on Vic Randall Rd.
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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 245691, 245699, 245701.