A few thunderstorms developed over the southern Appalachians during the late afternoon hours. The storms drifted to the south, producing large hail and damaging winds over part of northeast Georgia.
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A few thunderstorms developed over the southern Appalachians during the late afternoon hours. The storms drifted to the south, producing large hail and damaging winds over part of northeast Georgia.
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 2, 1:42 PM EST, 2 hours 18 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 242 PM EDT THU JUN 2 2011 .SYNOPSIS... WEAK HIGH PRESSURE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE MID ATLANTIC REGION THROUGH SATURDAY...BEFORE A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY APPROACHES FROM THE NORTH ON SUNDAY. UPPER RIDGING WILL REMAIN IN CONTROL OVER THE DEEP SOUTH THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH FRIDAY/... CONVECTION HAS BEGUN ACROSS THE MTNS. CONDITIONS ARE JUST ABOUT AS EXPECTED. CAPE VALUES ARE NEAR 5000 J/KG WITH DCAPE VALUES OVER 1000 J/KG AND DELTA THETA-E VALUES OVER 30. ANY STORMS THAT FORM COULD PRODUCE A SEVERE DOWNBURST. LARGE HAIL IS LESS LIKELY DUE THE THE HIGH FREEZING LEVEL...BUT THE LOW WET BULB ZERO HEIGHT KEEPS THE THREAT IN PLACE. BEST MOISTURE CONVERGENCE IS ALONG AND WEST OF I-26. STILL EXPECT BEST COVERAGE OVER THE MTNS...BUT STORMS COULD FORM OUTSIDE OF THE MTNS AS WELL. IN FACT...STORMS COULD LINGER OUTSIDE OF THE MTNS THRU THE EVENING. EXPECT QUITE A BIT OF CONVECTIVE DEBRIS OVERNIGHT...BUT LOWS WILL ONLY BE A LITTLE ABOVE NORMAL OVER NC DUE THE THE DRIER AIR MASS MOVING IN FROM THE NORTH. THE AIR MASS DOES NOT REACH NE GA AND THE UPSTATE...SO ABOVE NORMAL LOWS CONTINUE THERE. SHOULD STILL BE SOME FOG IN THE MTN VALLEYS AND WHERE ANY HEAVIER RAIN FALLS IN THE UPSTATE AND NE GA. DEW POINTS WILL BE LOWER ACROSS THE BOARD AS THE DRY AIR MASS DOES EDGE ACROSS EVEN THE UPSTATE AND NE GA. HOWEVER...THERE IS QUITE A BIT OF DISAGREEMENT ON HOW DRY. THE NAM IS SIGNIFICANTLY DRIER THAN THE GFS...SO HAVE TAKEN A MDL BLEND. THIS SUGGESTS THAT THE MTNS AND THE UPSTATE/NE GA WILL ONCE AGAIN BECOME UNSTABLE FRI AFTERNOON. STILL...THE CAPE VALUES WILL NOT BE AS HIGH AS THE PAST FEW DAYS WITH COOLER TEMPS AND DEW POINTS. A SHORT WAVE WILL MOVE OVER THE AREA WHICH COULD PROVIDE FORCING TO BREAK ANY CAP. THEREFORE...WILL GO WITH CHC POP WEST OF AVL AND THE NE GA/UPSTATE MTNS...WITH SLIGHT CHC REST OF THE NC MTNS AND WEST OF I-26 IN THE UPSTATE AND NE GA. SVR STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE AGAIN WITH STEEP LOW LEVEL LAPSE RATES AND AN INCREASE IN SHEAR. HIGHS WILL BE AROUND 10 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL WEST AND ONLY A FEW DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL EAST. && .SHORT TERM /FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY/... AS OF 200 PM THURSDAY...THE AXIS OF THE UPPER RIDGE EXTENDING FROM THE STRONG UPPER ANTICYCLONE OVER THE MS VALLEY WILL ROTATE ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS ON SATURDAY. AS THE RIDGE AXIS MOVES ACROSS...AN AREA OF NVA COMBINED WITH SOUNDINGS FEATURING VERY WARM MID LEVELS WILL CREATE AN ENVIRONMENT QUITE HOSTILE TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF DEEP CONVECTION. AS SUCH...I HAVE REMOVED THE MOUNTAIN SLIGHT CHANCES I INHERITED. TEMPS ON SATURDAY WILL WARM BACK UP INTO THE LOW 90S EVERYWHERE OUTSIDE THE MOUNTAINS. ON SUNDAY...THE UPPER ANTICYCLONE CENTER WILL RETROGRADE OVER THE SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL PLAINS. THIS WILL ALLOW A BACKDOOR FRONTAL BOUNDARY TO SAG SOUTHWARD INTO WESTERN NC. WITH THE UPPER RIDGE SUPPRESSED FURTHER TO THE WEST AND THE BOUNDARY IN THE VICINITY...DIURNAL CONVECTION CHANCES APPEAR HIGHER THAN ON SATURDAY. SOUNDINGS INDICATE THAT THE ATMOSPHERE WILL BE LESS FAVORABLE FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT THE FURTHER SOUTH AND WEST YOU GO FROM THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS. THEREFORE...CHANCE POPS WILL BE ADDED IN THESE AREAS...DECREASING TO SLIGHT CHANCE OR LESS ACROSS THE FAR WESTERN NC MOUNTAINS AND THE SOUTHERN TIER OF THE UPSTATE. ALTHOUGH THE UPPER RIDGE AND ANTICYCLONE GET SUPPRESSED TO THE WEST...UPPER HEIGHTS ARE VERY SIMILAR TO SATURDAY AND LOW LEVEL THICKNESSES ARE ACTUALLY HIGHER. THIS WILL YIELD TEMPS INTO THE MID 90S OUTSIDE THE MOUNTAINS...LOW 90S IN THE MOUNTAIN VALLEYS. && .LONG TERM /SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY/... AT 1 PM EDT THURSDAY...THE MODELS ARE IN BASIC AGREEMENT ON AN UPPER RIDGE AXIS MOVING FROM THE PLAINS ON MONDAY...TO THE EASTERN THIRD OF THE NATION BY THURSDAY. A BACK DOOR COLD FRONT WILL BE LOCATED TO OUR SOUTH ON MONDAY...WITH HIGH PRESSURE TO THE NORTH. THIS FRONT WEAKENS AND MOVES FARTHER SOUTH BY TUESDAY. WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY FEATURE HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED TO OUR SOUTH...WITH OUR AREA IN THE WARM SECTOR TO THE SOUTH OF A FRONT IN THE NORTHEAST. SMALL POPS WILL BE MAINLY CONFINED TO SAVANNAH RIVER VALLEY MONDAY AND TUESDAY...CLOSEST OT THE DEPARTING FRONT...MIGRATING TO THE MOUNTAINS WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY...WHERE DIFFERENTIAL HEATING AND OROGRAPHIC EFFECTS WILL COME INTO PLAY. TEMPERATURES WILL RUNS SEVERAL CATEGORIES ABOVE NORMAL UNDER THE UPPER RIDGE...EVEN BEHIND THE COLD FRONT ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY. && .AVIATION /19Z THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/... AT KCLT...EXPECT NLY WIND WITH SCT CU AND BKN CI INTO EARLY EVENING. WIND BECOMES LIGHT NE BEFORE MIDNIGHT WITH SOME LINGERING CU AND BKN CI. NELY WIND INCREASES IN SPEED TOWARD DAYBREAK AS DRIER AIRMASS MOVES IN FROM THE NE. COULD EVEN BE SOME LOW END GUSTS AS MIXING BEGINS. WITH THE WIND AND DRIER AIRMASS...DO NOT EXPECT A REPEAT OF MORNING BR/HZ. BKN CIRRUS WILL CONTINUE WITH POSSIBLY SOME MID CLOUD CIGS AS WELL. ELSEWHERE...NLY WIND CONTINUES THRU THE AFTERNOON FOR THE NC SITES...BUT S TO SW WIND DEVELOPS FOR THE SC SITES. GOOD CHANCE OF TSTMS STILL EXPECTED ALONG AND WEST OF A KAVL TO KGSP LINE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. HAVE KEPT CB MENTION IN THOSE AREAS. KHKY SHUD REMAIN DRY. TEMPO LOW VFR CIGS POSSIBLE...BUT LEFT OUT OF TAF FOR NOW. EXPECT LIGHT WIND OVERNIGHT WITH CONVECTION DIMINISHING FROM NORTH TO SOUTH. N TO NE WIND PICKS UP AGAIN NEAR DAYBREAK. DRIER AIR MASS SHOULD REACH KHKY...BUT WILL LIKELY REMAIN EAST OF THE OTHER STIES. THAT SAID...RESTRICTIONS WILL BE MOST LIKELY AT KAVL SO HAVE INCLUDED MVFR THERE. WILL LEAVE OTHERS MVFR...BUT CANNOT RULE OUT SOME MVFR THO WINDS WILL BE A LITTLE STRONGER. EXPECT BKN CIRRUS THRU THE PERIOD. OUTLOOK...DIURNAL ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE EACH AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WITH EARLY MORNING VALLEY FOG LIKELY AS WELL. && .GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...BSH NEAR TERM...RWH SHORT TERM...BSH LONG TERM...JAT AVIATION...RWH
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 327 PM EDT THU JUN 2 2011 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ048>053-058-059-062>065-068-505>510- SCZ001>014-019-031930- RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-MADISON-YANCEY- MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON- SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-CLEVELAND-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- 327 PM EDT THU JUN 2 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE STRONGEST STORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WIND GUSTS...AS WELL AS HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...TORNADOES OR FLASH FLOODING TO OUR OFFICE. NCZ033-035>037-056-057-069>072-082-501>504-031930- AVERY-ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-LINCOLN-GASTON- MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-GREATER CALDWELL- BURKE MOUNTAINS-GREATER BURKE- 327 PM EDT THU JUN 2 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA AND WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... NONE.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
341 PM EDT THU JUN 02 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0335 PM HAIL ETOWAH 35.32N 82.60W
06/02/2011 E0.75 INCH HENDERSON NC TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
BSHPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
346 PM EDT THU JUN 02 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0343 PM HAIL 2 ESE ETOWAH 35.30N 82.56W
06/02/2011 E0.88 INCH HENDERSON NC TRAINED SPOTTER
PENNY TO NICKEL SIZED HAIL CURRENTLY FALLING.
&&
BSHPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
414 PM EDT THU JUN 02 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0405 PM HAIL 1 NE HENDERSONVILLE 35.33N 82.45W
06/02/2011 E1.00 INCH HENDERSON NC BROADCAST MEDIA
MEDIA REPORTS QUARTER SIZE HAIL AT HIGHWAY 64 AND
INTERSTATE 26.
&&
HGPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
422 PM EDT THU JUN 02 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0250 PM HAIL 2 W BREVARD 35.24N 82.77W
06/02/2011 E0.75 INCH TRANSYLVANIA NC PUBLIC
PENNY SIZED HAIL FELL FOR A WHILE BEFORE 3 PM.
0349 PM HAIL HENDERSONVILLE 35.32N 82.46W
06/02/2011 E0.75 INCH HENDERSON NC PUBLIC
PENNY SIZED HAIL IN TOWN.
&&
OUTLAWSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
452 PM EDT THU JUN 2 2011
GAZ010-NCZ062-063-022130-
MACON-RABUN-SOUTHERN JACKSON-
452 PM EDT THU JUN 2 2011
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN RABUN...
SOUTHEASTERN MACON AND SOUTHERN JACKSON COUNTIES THROUGH 530 PM
EDT...
AT 448 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF HIGHLANDS...OR 10 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF FRANKLIN...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO PINE
MOUNTAIN...SCALY...HIGHLANDS AND CASHIERS.
VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH
ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
LAT...LON 3521 8326 3509 8303 3505 8305 3504 8302
3502 8303 3500 8310 3497 8312 3495 8311
3495 8312 3494 8312 3493 8315 3489 8320
3508 8340
07The Greer radar (KGSP), 119 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:00 UTC.
3 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Trees were blown down onto power lines near the intersection of Kelly Mountain Rd and Okelly Rd. Other trees were blown down onto power lines nearby at Faith Lane.
Quarter to golf ball size hail fell from the north side of Clarkesville to Demorest. Golf ball size hail broke a car windshield in Clarkesville.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Georgia in 2011Every state in 2011This day in weather historyWarnings in Georgia, June 2011
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: 318577, 318579, 318580, 318581.