A few pulse severe storms developed over the North Carolina foothills, downing some trees and power lines.
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The episode as NWS GSP wrote it up.
A few pulse severe storms developed over the North Carolina foothills, downing some trees and power lines.
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 22, 1:14 PM EST, 1 hour 6 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 214 PM EDT TUE JUN 22 2010 .SYNOPSIS... UPPER LEVEL RIDGING WILL REMAIN OVER THE REGION THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THE RIDGE WILL WEAKEN AND A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH FROM THE NORTHWEST ON FRIDAY. THE FRONT WILL MOVE BACK NORTH OVER THE WEEKEND AS A BERMUDA HIGH BUILDS IN FROM THE EAST. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/... ISOLATED TO SCATTERED MTN DEEP CONVECTION WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON WITH ISOLATED ACTIVITY DRIFTING INTO THE PIEDMONT BEFORE DISSIPATING WITH LOSS OF HTG LATER THIS EVENING. 12 UTC OBSERVED AREA SNDGS DEPICTED A HIGH FREEZING LVL AND WITH A RATHER MOIST PROFILE UP THRU THE MID-LVLS...A HIGH WET BULB ZERO AS WELL. GIVEN THIS...WOULD EXPECT ANYTHING MORE THAN AN ISOLATED SEVERE RISK TO BE A LOW PROBABILITY OCCURRENCE. OTHERWISE...FAIR AND WARM TONIGHT WITH WED MORNING MINS NEAR PERSISTENCE. 594 DM 50H ANTICYCLONE CENTER BUILDS ATOP THE REGION ON WEDNESDAY AS FTHL AND PIEDMONT MAX TEMPS CLIMB TO NEAR RECORD LVLS IN THE MID AND UPPER 90S. WITH THE OVERALL SUPPRESSED LOOK TO THE ATMOSPHERE...EXPECTING JUST ISOLATED DIURNALLY FIRED TSTMS. && .SHORT TERM /WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/... AS OF 200 PM TUESDAY...NO SURPRISES IN THE SHORT TERM GUIDANCE AS MODELS CONTINUE TO INDICATE THAT THE UPPER ANTICYCLONE WILL PERIST ACROSS THE SE STATES THROUGH THU. HOWEVER BY FRI...HEIGHTS ARE FORECAST TO FALL SOME AS A TROUGH DEEPENS ACROSS NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND. THIS WILL ALLOW A WEAK FRONT TO PUSH SOUTHWARD AND SETTLE INTO THE LEE TROUGH ACROSS THE AREA BY EARLY FRI. ON THU...DIURNALLY DRIVEN SCATTERED CONVECTION IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS/FOOTHILLS WITH PIEDMONT AREAS STAYING GENERALLY DRY. WEAK FRONT MOVING INTO THE AREA THU NIGHT COULD KEEP SOME ISOLATED/WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS GOING THROUGH THE NIGHT. HOWEVER...DID NOT BUY INTO THE FAIRLY WET 12Z NAM SOLUTION. ON FRI...THE FRONT SHOULD PROVIDE ENOUGH LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE SO THAT SCATTERED CONVECTION WILL BE A GOOD BET ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA DURING THE AFTERNOON. THU WILL BE QUITE HOT WITH THE UPPER ANTICYCLONE OVERHEAD. EXPECT MAX TEMPS ON THU TO TOP OUT IN THE UPPER 90S OUTSIDE OF THE MOUNTAINS AND UPPER 80S TO LOWER 90S MOUNTAIN VALLEYS. FRI'S MAX TEMPS EXPECTED TO BE ABOUT A CATEGORY LOWER DUE TO MORE AFTERNOON CONVECTION AND SOMEWHAT LOWER THICKNESS VALUES. && .LONG TERM /THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY/... AS OF 210 PM TUE...GENERALLY FOLLOWED HPC GUIDANCE WHICH RELIED ON THE ECMENS MEAN WHICH HAS BEEN QUITE CONSISTENT WITH SYNOPTIC TRENDS. THIS SOLUTION ALLOWS THE WESTERN ATALNTIC SUBTROPICAL RIDGE TO BUILD WEST OVER THE SE STATES THIS WEEKEND AND PUSH THE WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY TO THE NORTH. HENCE...A CONTINUATION OF ABOVE AVERAGE TEMPS AND DIURNALLY DRIVEN AFTERNOON/EVENGING CONVECTION WILL BE FEATURED THROUGH MON. ON TUE...ANOTHER STRONG UPPER TROUGH IS FORECAST TO MOVE THROUGH THE NE STATES AND LOWER HEIGHTS ACROSS THE SE. ANOTHER COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE ON TUE GIVING THE FORECAST AREA A BETTER CHANCE FOR MORE WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE...AND SOMEWHAT LOWER MAX TEMPS PROBABLY FELT MOST ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE AREA. && .AVIATION /18Z TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/... AT KCLT...SCT VFR LVL CU AND LIGHT SSW WIND TO BE SEEN INTO THIS EVENING WITH TSTM CHANCES TOO LOW FOR ANY MENTION IN THE TAF. MOSTLY CLEAR TONIGHT WITH NUMERICAL GUIDANCE IN GOOD AGREEMENT IN KEEP FLIGHT CONDITIONS UNRESTRICTED. ELSEWHERE ACRS THE FA...SMALL CHANCES FOR LATE DAY TSTM WILL WARRANT CONTINUATION OF CB AT KAVL. VFR ELSEWHERE. WILL LEAN TOWARD PERSISTENCE FOR LATE NIGHT BR...JUST 5-6SM BR AT KAVL THRU SUNRISE. OUTLOOK... GENERALLY VFR WEATHER EXCEPT CEILING AND VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS IN SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ESPECIALLY THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. MORNING VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS IN FOG AND HAZE...ESPECIALLY WHERE RAIN FALLS. && .GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...JPT NEAR TERM...CSH SHORT TERM...LG LONG TERM...LG AVIATION...CSH
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 308 PM EDT TUE JUN 22 2010 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065- 068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-231915- 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- 308 PM EDT TUE JUN 22 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. WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING. ISOLATED DAMAGING DOWN BURST WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... NONE.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
210 PM EDT TUE JUN 22 2010
NCZ505>508-221900-
EASTERN MCDOWELL-GREATER RUTHERFORD-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-RUTHERFORD
MOUNTAINS-
210 PM EDT TUE JUN 22 2010
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT MCDOWELL AND NORTHWESTERN
RUTHERFORD COUNTIES THROUGH 300 PM EDT...
AT 206 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BUSICK...OR 8 MILES WEST OF
MARION...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
OLD FORT...
LAKE JAMES...
MARION...
GLENWOOD...
THERMAL CITY...
SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.
LAT...LON 3569 8185 3565 8184 3562 8184 3542 8211
3552 8220 3553 8217 3556 8226 3559 8229
3561 8227 3567 8229 3574 8218 3578 8216
3585 8207 3585 8205
JPTSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
306 PM EDT TUE JUN 22 2010
NCZ504-506-221945-
EASTERN MCDOWELL-GREATER BURKE-
306 PM EDT TUE JUN 22 2010
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHEASTERN MCDOWELL AND
SOUTHERN BURKE COUNTIES THROUGH 345 PM EDT...
AT 259 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF NEBO...OR 8 MILES EAST OF
MARION...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH.
THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
DYSARTSVILLE...
WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
LAT...LON 3560 8173 3560 8175 3558 8177 3558 8178
3557 8182 3554 8185 3553 8193 3570 8191
3571 8178
MCAVOYSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 316 PM EDT TUE JUN 22 2010 NCZ064-222000- TRANSYLVANIA- 316 PM EDT TUE JUN 22 2010 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY THROUGH 400 PM EDT... AT 311 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR BALSAM GROVE...OR 8 MILES WEST OF BREVARD... MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR... ROSMAN... WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. LAT...LON 3513 8271 3507 8292 3521 8294 3527 8286 MCAVOY
The Greer radar (KGSP), 62 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:20 UTC.
3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Trees and power lines were blown down in the Lake Lure area.
A tree was blown down on Dairy Farm Rd about a mile east of Dysartsville.
A tree was blown onto a mobile home on Muddy Creek 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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 245714, 245716, 245718.