Georgia, 2011

Damaging Wind in Georgia, June 27, 2011

June 27, 2011 · NWS GSP · 1 event in 1 county or zone

A couple pulse-type thunderstorms developed over northeast Georgia during the afternoon hours. One of the storms produced damaging winds.

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What happened

The episode as NWS GSP wrote it up.

A couple pulse-type thunderstorms developed over northeast Georgia during the afternoon hours. One of the storms produced damaging winds.

What forecasters said that day

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 27, 1:58 PM EST, 2 hours 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 27, 1:58 PM EST, 2 hours 22 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
258 PM EDT MON JUN 27 2011

.SYNOPSIS...
A WEAK STATIONARY FRONT CONTINUES TO DRIFT NORTH AND WILL DISSIPATE
ACROSS THE AREA TODAY. A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH FROM THE NORTHWEST
ON TUESDAY AND MOVE SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE AREA TUESDAY NIGHT OR
EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS BACK OVER THE AREA
WEDNESDAY AND PERSISTS THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK.

&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH TUESDAY/...
TRICKY FCST FOR THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON/EVENING. CONVECTION
ONGOING ACROSS ACROSS THE BLUE RIDGE ONLY SLOWLY MOVING SE. DEW
POINTS ACROSS THE SERN CWFA HAVE MIXED OUT LEADING TO LOW
INSTABILITY AND LINGERING CIN. EXPECT CONVECTION TO CONTINUE ACROSS
THE MTNS THRU THE AFTERNOON WITH SOME CONVECTION MOVING INTO THE
FOOTHILLS AND POSSIBLY THE PIEDMONT. HOWEVER...IT SHUD REMAIN
ISOLATED OVER THE PIEDMONT. THE MESOSCALE GUIDANCE CANNOT AGREE ON
WHAT HAPPENS THIS EVENING. SOME GUIDANCE BRINGS LIKELY COVERAGE EAST
OUT OF GA ACROSS THE UPSTATE...WHILE OTHERS BRING A LINE OF
CONVECTION INTO THE NC MTNS FROM THE NW WITH REMNANTS FROM THE
UPSTREAM MCS. OTHER GUIDANCE SHOWED THE NW CONVECTION AT 00Z BUT
FAVORED A LOWER COVERAGE GA SCENARIO AT 12Z. GIVEN THE
INCONGRUITIES...WILL CAP POP COVERAGE AT GOOD CHC ACROSS THE MTNS
AND PLAY UP A NW SCENARIO FOR NOW AND LET LATER SHIFTS FINE TUNE.
HAVE GONE WITH LOW SCT COVERAGE ACROSS THE PIEDMONT EVEN WITH THE
LOWER INSTABILITY AS ANY CONVECTION THAT CAN MOVE OFF THE MTNS SHUD
HOLD TOGETHER. HOWEVER...THEY CERTAINLY HAVE THE LOWEST CHC OF ANY
AREA TONIGHT. ALTHOUGH SVR CHC IS NOT HIGH...CANNOT RULE OUT SVR
STORMS THRU THE EVENING OR EVEN OVERNIGHT IF THE LINE OF STORMS DOES
DEVELOP. EXPECT LOWS ABOVE NORMAL ONCE AGAIN.

SHORT WAVE MOVES INTO THE AREA FROM THE NW TUE AS RIDGE AXIS
RETROGRADES. THIS PUSHES A FRONT ACROSS THE AREA AROUND THE TIME OF
MAX HEADING TUE AFTERNOON. EXPECT BKN CONVECTIVE COVERAGE TO MOVE
ACROSS WITH THE FRONT...AND HAVE GONE WITH LIKELY POP. SVR CHC IS
BETTER TUE AS SHEAR WILL BE HIGHER WITH THE WAVE MOVING THRU AND
CONTINUED MODERATE INSTABILITY. HIGHS SHUD STILL BE ABOVE NORMAL.

&&

.SHORT TERM /TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY/...
AS OF 230 PM MONDAY...CONVECTION SHOULD BE ONGOING EARLY TUE NIGHT
MAINLY ACROSS THE PIEDMONT AS A COLD FRONT MAKES IT WAY ACROSS THE
AREA. 12Z MODEL GUIDANCE INDICATES THAT THE FRONT AND ASSOCIATED
SHOWERS/STORMS SHOULD MOVE SOUTH OF THE FORECAST AREA DURING THE
EVENING...WITH THE NAM BEING THE FASTEST TO DO SO. ON WED...HIGH
PRESSURE OVER THE GREAT LAKES IS FORECAST TO RIDGE SOUTHWARD INTO
THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND N GA. THE QUESTION IS WILL THE HIGH PUSH
THE FRONTAL ZONE FAR ENOUGH SOUTH TO PRECLUDE ANY CONVECTIVE
CHANCES? THE NAM/CMC REGIONAL AND SREF ALL ARE IN THE SAME CAMP IN
PUSHING THE FRONTAL ZONE SOUTH OF THE AREA. ON THE OTHER HAND...GFS
KEEPS THE FRONT CLOSE ENOUGH TO GENERATE CONVECTION OVER MUCH OF THE
PIEDMONT AND SAVANNAH RIVER VALLEY WED AFTERNOON. WILL SIDE WITH THE
MAJORITY OF THE GUIDANCE AND KEEP CONVECTIVE CHANCES OUT OF THE
FORECAST FOR NOW ON WED. IN FACT...LOOKS LIKE DRY WEATHER SHOULD
CONTINUE THROUGH THU AS HIGH PRESSURE MOVES SLOWLY BY TO THE NORTH.
EVEN WITH THE WEAK COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE...A GUIDANCE BLEND KEEPS MAX
TEMPS BOTH WED AND THU A COUPLES DEGREES ABOVE AVE DUE TO STRONG
INSOLATION.

&&

.LONG TERM /THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY/...
AT 1230 PM MON...UPPER RIDGE INITIALLY TO THE WEST OF THE AREA IS
FORECAST BY THE MEDIUM RANGE MODELS TO BUILD EASTWARD OVER THE
SOUTTHERN APPALACHIANS AND WESTERN CAROLINAS BY LATE IN THE WEEK.
HENCE...SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE IS EXPECTED TO DOMINATE THE WEATHER
THU NIGHT INTO SUNDAY. HENCE...THERE SHOULD BE A MINIMUM OF DIURNAL
CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY DURING THAT TIMEFRAME. LATE IN THE
PERIOD...UPPER RIDGE IS FORECAST TO RETROGRADE BACK INTO THE
SOUTHERN PLAINS AS AN UPPER TROUGH DEEPENS OVER THE NE U.S. THIS
WILL ALLOW A SURFACE COLD FRONT TO MAKE A RUN AT THE AREA WITH
CURRENT GUIDANCE SUGGESTING THAT IT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA ON
MON. THE UPSHOT WILL BE AN INCREASING CHANCE OF DIURNAL CONVECTION
ON SUN AND MON. ABOVE AVERAGE TEMPS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE
PERIOD...PERHAPS AS MUCH AS 10 DEGREES HIGHER SAT AND SUN. STAYED
CLOSE TO HPC GUIDANCE FIELDS AS THEY CAPTURE THE TRENDS WELL.

&&

.AVIATION /19Z MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/...
AT KCLT...HIGH BASED CU WILL SLOWLY INCREASE EARLY THIS AFTERNOON.
KEPT CB CLOUD IN THE TAF FOR LATE AFTERNOON AS CELLS MOVING OFF THE
MTNS MAY IMPACT THE APPROACH GATES. EXPECT SWLY WINDS TO CONTINUE
INTO EVENING THEN LIGHT SLY OVERNIGHT. MAY HAVE OVERDONE THE BKN
CLOUDS OVERNIGHT...BUT EXPECT QUITE A BIT OF CONVECTIVE DEBRIS.
LIGHT SSW WINDS PICK UP TUE MORN WITH DEBRIS CLOUDS REMAINING.
CONVECTION SHUD HOLD OFF UNTIL AFTER THE VALID TAF PERIOD.

ELSEWHERE...THE DAY SHOULD PLAY OUT SIMILAR TO KCLT EXCEPT CHANCE OF
CONVECTION IS HIGHER. CONVECTION OVER THE MTNS WILL MOVE INTO THE
FOOTHILLS THRU THE AFTERNOON. HAVE INCLUDED CB ALL LOCATIONS WITH
VCTS KAVL WHERE CHC HIGHEST. SW TO W WINDS CONTINUE INTO THE
EVENING...NW FOR KAVL. BEST CHC FOR FOG RESTRICTIONS WILL BE KAVL SO
HAVE INCLUDED MVFR THERE. CONVECTIVE DEBRIS CLOUDS CONTINUE INTO TUE
MORNING WITH SW TO W WINDS DEVELOPING...NW FOR KAVL. CONVECTION MAY
DEVELOP BEFORE THE END OF THE TAF PERIOD AT KAVL...BUT LEFT OUT FOR
NOW.

OUTLOOK...THERE IS A GOOD CHANCE OF AFTERNOON STORMS ON TUESDAY AS A
COLD FRONT CROSSES THE AREA. DRIER AIR AND VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED
WEDNESDAY ONWARD.

&&

.GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...NONE.
NC...NONE.
SC...NONE.

&&

SYNOPSIS...PAT
NEAR TERM...RWH
SHORT TERM...LG
LONG TERM...LG
AVIATION...RWH
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 27, 2:46 PM EST, 1 hour 34 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
346 PM EDT MON JUN 27 2011

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065-
068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-282000-
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-
346 PM EDT MON JUN 27 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 HAVE DEVELOPED OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND ARE EXPECTED
TO MOVE SOUTHEAST OVER THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT BY LATE
AFTERNOON. A FEW OF THE THUNDERSTORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE... WITH
DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND LARGE HAIL THE MAIN THREAT. THERE IS THE
POSSIBILITY THAT A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS COULD IMPACT THE NORTH
CAROLINA MOUNTAINS DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST TO DEVELOP
TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY EVENING. SOME OF THE
STORMS MAY PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND AND LARGE HAIL. OTHERWISE...NO
HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

NONE.

LG

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 27, 12:35 PM EST, 3 hours 45 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
135 PM EDT MON JUN 27 2011

NCZ051>053-059-064-065-271800-
BUNCOMBE-HAYWOOD-HENDERSON-NORTHERN JACKSON-SWAIN-TRANSYLVANIA-
135 PM EDT MON JUN 27 2011

...AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT EASTERN
SWAIN...NORTHEASTERN TRANSYLVANIA...NORTHERN JACKSON...NORTHWESTERN
HENDERSON...SOUTHERN HAYWOOD AND SOUTHWESTERN BUNCOMBE COUNTIES
THROUGH 200 PM EDT...

AT 124 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN
AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 4 MILES EAST OF CHEROKEE...OR 8 MILES
NORTH OF SYLVA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  SYLVA...
  BALSAM...

WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORMS ALONG WITH
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND HAIL. THESE STORMS ARE ALSO PRODUCING HEAVY
RAIN.

HEAVY RAINS MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS. WATER
LEVELS OF SMALL STREAMS AND RIVERS MAY ALSO RISE...THEREFORE SEEK
HIGHER GROUND IF THREATENED BY FLOOD WATERS.

INTENSE LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. IF OUTDOORS...STAY
AWAY FROM ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES. MOVE INDOORS IF
POSSIBLE. WHEN INDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS AND AVOID
USING TELEPHONES UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY. TRY TO UNPLUG UNNECESSARY
ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES BEFORE THE THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES.

LAT...LON 3560 8328 3553 8242 3530 8251 3529 8332
      3531 8332 3532 8333 3533 8333 3533 8336
      3544 8337

PAT
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 1:07 PM EST, 3 hours 13 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
207 PM EDT MON JUN 27 2011

NCZ052-053-059-063>065-271845-
BUNCOMBE-HAYWOOD-HENDERSON-NORTHERN JACKSON-SOUTHERN
JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-
207 PM EDT MON JUN 27 2011

...AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT
HENDERSON...NORTHEASTERN JACKSON...NORTHERN TRANSYLVANIA...SOUTHERN
BUNCOMBE AND SOUTHERN HAYWOOD COUNTIES THROUGH 245 PM EDT...

AT 202 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR CAMPOBELLO...OR 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
COLUMBUS. THESE STORMS ARE DRIFTING SOUTHEAST AND WILL LIKELY
PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL.

HEAVY RAINS MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS. WATER
LEVELS OF SMALL STREAMS AND RIVERS MAY ALSO RISE...THEREFORE SEEK
HIGHER GROUND IF THREATENED BY FLOOD WATERS.

INTENSE LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. IF OUTDOORS...STAY
AWAY FROM ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES. MOVE INDOORS IF
POSSIBLE. WHEN INDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS AND AVOID
USING TELEPHONES UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY. TRY TO UNPLUG UNNECESSARY
ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES BEFORE THE THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES.

LAT...LON 3554 8272 3553 8226 3524 8242 3521 8318
      3547 8317

PAT
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 1:19 PM EST, 3 hours 1 minute before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
219 PM EDT MON JUN 27 2011

NCZ049-053-503>506-508-271900-
BUNCOMBE-BURKE MOUNTAINS-EASTERN MCDOWELL-GREATER BURKE-GREATER
RUTHERFORD-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-YANCEY-
219 PM EDT MON JUN 27 2011

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT MCDOWELL...NORTHEASTERN
BUNCOMBE...NORTHERN RUTHERFORD...NORTHWESTERN BURKE AND SOUTHEASTERN
YANCEY COUNTIES THROUGH 300 PM EDT...

AT 215 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF LAKE LURE...OR 13 MILES
NORTHWEST OF RUTHERFORDTON. THIS STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.

SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

HEAVY RAINS MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS. WATER
LEVELS OF SMALL STREAMS AND RIVERS MAY ALSO RISE...THEREFORE SEEK
HIGHER GROUND IF THREATENED BY FLOOD WATERS.

INTENSE LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. IF OUTDOORS...STAY
AWAY FROM ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES. MOVE INDOORS IF
POSSIBLE. WHEN INDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS AND AVOID
USING TELEPHONES UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY. TRY TO UNPLUG UNNECESSARY
ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES BEFORE THE THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES.

LAT...LON 3553 8181 3551 8210 3553 8208 3552 8214
      3553 8217 3552 8221 3566 8234 3578 8235
      3583 8215 3582 8214 3583 8212 3588 8190

PAT
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 1:31 PM EST, 2 hours 49 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
231 PM EDT MON JUN 27 2011

NCZ052-053-063>065-SCZ002-003-271915-
BUNCOMBE-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-HAYWOOD-HENDERSON-PICKENS
MOUNTAINS-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-
231 PM EDT MON JUN 27 2011

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT EASTERN JACKSON...HENDERSON...
NORTHERN PICKENS...NORTHWESTERN GREENVILLE...SOUTHEASTERN HAYWOOD...
SOUTHWESTERN BUNCOMBE AND TRANSYLVANIA COUNTIES THROUGH 315 PM EDT...

AT 223 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SAPPHIRE...OR 17 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF BREVARD...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  ROSMAN...
  BREVARD...
  ROCKY BOTTOM...

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP. SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS
AND HEAVY RAIN ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS AS THEY SLOWLY MOVE
SOUTHEAST.

HEAVY RAINS MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS. WATER
LEVELS OF SMALL STREAMS AND RIVERS MAY ALSO RISE...THEREFORE SEEK
HIGHER GROUND IF THREATENED BY FLOOD WATERS.

INTENSE LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. IF OUTDOORS...STAY
AWAY FROM ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES. MOVE INDOORS IF
POSSIBLE. WHEN INDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS AND AVOID
USING TELEPHONES UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY. TRY TO UNPLUG UNNECESSARY
ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES BEFORE THE THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES.

LAT...LON 3550 8232 3521 8237 3500 8254 3506 8301
      3528 8300 3529 8292 3532 8297 3536 8299
      3543 8298

PAT
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 3:09 PM EST, 1 hour 11 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
409 PM EDT MON JUN 27 2011

NCZ056-069-272100-
CATAWBA-LINCOLN-
409 PM EDT MON JUN 27 2011

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHWESTERN CATAWBA AND WESTERN
LINCOLN COUNTIES THROUGH 500 PM EDT...

AT 409 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES EAST OF COOKSVILLE...OR 11 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF HICKORY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  VALE...
  MAIDEN...

DIME SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.

INTENSE LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. IF OUTDOORS...STAY
AWAY FROM ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES. MOVE INDOORS IF
POSSIBLE. WHEN INDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS AND AVOID
USING TELEPHONES UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY. TRY TO UNPLUG UNNECESSARY
ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES BEFORE THE THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES.

LAT...LON 3561 8114 3542 8136 3545 8147 3552 8151
      3555 8151 3556 8153 3561 8151 3571 8141

CSH
Local storm report, Jun 27, 3:11 PM EST, 1 hour 9 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
411 PM EDT MON JUN 27 2011

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0300 PM     TSTM WND DMG     5 NW MORGANTON          35.79N 81.76W
06/27/2011                   BURKE              NC   BROADCAST MEDIA

            THREE TREES DOWN NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF NC-181 AND
            FRANK WHISNANT ROAD IN THE OAK HILL COMMUNITY.

&&

BSH

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Thunderstorm Wind, Franklin

When
June 27, 4:20 PM EST
Where
Franklin County, 0.57 mi E of Red Hill
Measured
50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
Reported by
Emergency Manager
Coordinates
34.430, -83.240

Multiple trees were blown down at highway 145 and highway 106.

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