A few airmass thunderstorms developed over northeast Georgia during the afternoon hours. The storms produced a couple reports of severe weather.
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The episode as NWS GSP wrote it up.
A few airmass thunderstorms developed over northeast Georgia during the afternoon hours. The storms produced a couple reports of severe weather.
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 8, 3:24 PM EST, 1 minute earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 424 PM EDT WED JUN 8 2011 .SYNOPSIS... AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGING WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK... WITH A GRADUALLY SHIFT EASTWARD OVER THE ATLANTIC. A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH OVER THE WEEKEND AND MOVE EAST OF THE AREA ON SUNDAY. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH THURSDAY/... 2030 UTC UPDATE...POPS HAVE BEEN ADJUSTED TO ACCOUNT FOR CONVECTION IN THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NC MOUNTAINS AND NORTHERN NC FOOTHILLS. QPF WAS UPDATED FOR THE SAME REASON. WIND GUSTS WERE INCREASED TO REFLECT OBSERVATIONS...AND DEW POINT UPDATED WITH THE LATEST DATA. AT 230 PM... WIDELY SCATTERED CONVECTION WILL CONTINUE INTO LATE AFTERNOON. WITH LITTLE OR NO WIND THROUGH THE COLUMN...LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN IS A MAIN THREAT...BUT SOME MARGINAL SEVERE HAIL POSSIBLE AS WELL WITH THE TALLEST STORMS. EXPECT CONVECTION WILL WANE QUICKLY ABOUT SUNSET WITH LOSS OF HEATING. DEBRIS CLOUDS EXPECTED TO DISSIPATE DURING THE EVENING ALLOWING FOR CLEAR CONDITIONS OVERNIGHT. MINIMUM TEMPS WILL REMAIN WELL ABOVE AVERAGE PER A MOS BLEND. ON THU WITH THE UPPER RIDGE SHIFTING EAST OF THE AREA ON THU...WEAK UPPER DIVERGENCE WILL RESULT OVER THE AREA. ALSO...MODELS SUGGEST THAT THE LEE TROF WILL BECOME MORE PROMINENT. IN ADDITION...FORECAST SOUNDINGS SUGGEST THAT CIN WILL BE MUCH LESS. ALL THIS SHOULD ALLOW FOR SUBSTANTIALLY MORE THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE IN THE AFTERNOON... EXTENDING OUT OVER THE FOOTHILLS AND INTO THE PIEDMONT AREAS. WILL FEATURE HIGHEST POPS OVER THE MOUNTAINS WHERE 50-60% COVERAGE LOOKS REASONABLE...WITH 20-40% COVERAGE OUTSIDE THE MOUNTAINS. HOT TEMPS WILL CONTINUE ON THU. && .SHORT TERM /THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY/... AS OF 230 PM WEDNESDAY...FRIDAY AND SATURDAY...BROAD RIDGING WILL REMAIN ACROSS THE CWA THROUGH THE PERIOD. FORECAST SOUNDINGS INDICATE A FAIR MOIST PROFILE...WITH PW VALUES AROUND 1.25 INCHES. CIN VALUES APPEAR VERY WEAK WITH CAPE VALUES BETWEEN 500 TO 1000 J/KG. AT THE SFC...WEAK RIDGING IS EXPECTED EAST OF THE MTNS...WITH VERY WEAK LLVL WINDS. IT APPEARS THAT THE ENVIRONMENT WILL FAVOR THE HIGH TERRAIN AND FOOTHILL AREAS FOR CONVECTION INITIATION DURING THE EARLY TO MID AFTERNOON. I WILL INDICATE POPS BETWEEN 20 TO 30 PERCENT ACROSS THE NC ZONES...SCHC ACROSS THE SC UPSTATE AND NE GA. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN 5 TO 10 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. && .LONG TERM /SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... AS OF 120 PM WEDNESDAY...ON SUNDAY...MEDIUM RANGE MODELS INDICATE THAT A WEAK COLD FRONT MAY SLIDE ACROSS THE CWA DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE FRONT WILL LIKELY INCREASE THE POTENTIAL FOR AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHRA/TSRA. FORECAST SOUNDINGS INDICATE MARGINAL LLVL LAPSE RATES WITH CAPE VALUES BELOW 1000 J/KG. IN ADDITION...LLVL WIND FIELDS APPEAR VERY WEAK...GENERALLY LESS THAN 10 KTS BELOW 15 KFT. I WILL FAVOR CHC POPS ACROSS THE MTNS AN THE NC FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT...WITH SCHC ACROSS THE UPSTATE AND NE GA. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN 5 TO 8 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...VERY LITTLE PATTERN CHANGE IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE PERIOD. THE CWA REMAINS BETWEEN A BROAD MID LEVEL TROF OVER THE ATLANTIC AND MID LEVEL RIDGING ACROSS THE CENTRAL CONUS. WEAK WIND FIELDS AND WEAK TO MARGINAL INSTABILITY WILL SUPPORT AFTERNOON TO EVENING AIR MASS SHRA/TSRA. I WILL LIMIT COVERAGE IN THE 20 TO 30 PERCENT RANGE. TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO REMAIN 5 TO 8 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. && .AVIATION /21Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY/... AT KCLT AND ELSEWHERE...VFR EXCEPT FOR SOME EARLY MRNG MVFR FOG AT KAVL AGAIN EARLY ON THU. EXPECT SCT CU ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON WITH ISOLD TSTMS IN THE MTNS INTO EARLY EVE...THEN GENLY SKC OVERNIGHT. WINDS WILL BE LIGHT MOSTLY SW. THUNDERSTORMS COULD GET GOING A LITTLE EARLIER ON THU AND BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD OVER THE MOUNTAINS BY 18Z THU...BUT WILL NOT CARRY A CB AT THIS TIME AT KAVL. OUTLOOK...BASED ON LESS CONVECTIVE INHIBITION SHOWN IN THE FORECAST SOUNDINGS ON THU....THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE IS EXPECTED TO BE MORE WIDESPREAD THU AFTERNOON...AND EXTEND OUT OVER THE FOOTHILLS AND NORTHERN PIEDMONT AREAS. UPPER RIDGE GRADUALLY WEAKENS THROUGH LATE WEAK ALLOWING FOR A CONTINUATION OF AT LEAST SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY. A COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE IN SUN WITH PERHAPS MORE ORGANIZED THUNDERSTORM THREAT WITH ITS PASSAGE. EARLY MORNING MOUNTAIN VALLEY FOG IS A GOOD BET EACH DAY. && .GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...TJB NEAR TERM...JAT/LG SHORT TERM...NED LONG TERM...NED AVIATION...LG
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 229 PM EDT WED JUN 8 2011 GAZ010-017-NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-501-503-505-507-509- SCZ001>003-091830- RABUN-HABERSHAM-AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE- GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA- HENDERSON-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-BURKE MOUNTAINS-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS- RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-POLK MOUNTAINS-OCONEE MOUNTAINS- PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS- 229 PM EDT WED JUN 8 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE MOUNTAINS THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING. A FEW OF THESE STORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. ALSO...THE STORMS WILL BE SLOW MOVING SO LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL ALSO OCCUR AND POSSIBLY LOCALIZED FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR THURSDAY AFTERNOON. A FEW OF THESE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE AND PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. ALSO...THE STORMS WILL BE SLOW MOVING SO LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL RESULT AND POSSIBLY LOCALIZED FLOODING. OTHERWISE...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... NONE. GAZ018-026-028-029-NCZ035>037-056-057-068>072-082-502-504-506-508- 510-SCZ004>014-019-091830- STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-CATAWBA-ROWAN- CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC- GREATER CALDWELL-GREATER BURKE-EASTERN MCDOWELL-GREATER RUTHERFORD- EASTERN POLK-GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE- SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-UNION SC- CHESTER-GREENWOOD- 229 PM EDT WED JUN 8 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. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR THURSDAY AFTERNOON. A FEW OF THESE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE AND PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. ALSO...THE STORMS WILL BE SLOW MOVING SO LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL RESULT AND POSSIBLY LOCALIZED FLOODING. OTHERWISE...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... NONE. LG
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1239 PM EDT WED JUN 08 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0630 PM TSTM WND DMG 2 NW MARSHALL 35.82N 82.71W
06/05/2011 MADISON NC TRAINED SPOTTER
SEVERAL SMALL TREES AND LIMBS DOWN ON RIDDLE FARM RD.
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TBENTHALSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1248 PM EDT WED JUN 8 2011
GAZ010-NCZ062-063-081745-
MACON-RABUN-SOUTHERN JACKSON-
1248 PM EDT WED JUN 8 2011
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN RABUN...
SOUTHEASTERN MACON AND SOUTHERN JACKSON COUNTIES THROUGH 145 PM
EDT...
AT 1246 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR SCALY...OR 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FRANKLIN...
MOVING NORTHWEST AT 5 MPH.
OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF THE
SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA...ALSO DRIFTING TOWARD THE
WEST.
PEOPLE IN NORTHEASTERN RABUN...SOUTHEASTERN MACON AND SOUTHERN
JACKSON COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
OTTO...
SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE
WARNINGS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE
WEATHER THREATEN.
SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.
LAT...LON 3517 8336 3511 8302 3510 8302 3491 8318
3498 8346
MOORESPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
151 PM EDT WED JUN 8 2011
NCZ033-050-503-505-081845-
AVERY-BURKE MOUNTAINS-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-MITCHELL-
151 PM EDT WED JUN 8 2011
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHERN MCDOWELL...NORTHWESTERN
BURKE...SOUTHEASTERN MITCHELL AND SOUTHWESTERN AVERY COUNTIES THROUGH
245 PM EDT...
AT 150 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES NORTH OF ASHFORD...OR 7 MILES EAST OF
SPRUCE PINE...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 10 MPH.
PEOPLE IN NORTHERN MCDOWELL...NORTHWESTERN BURKE...SOUTHEASTERN
MITCHELL AND SOUTHWESTERN AVERY COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
LOCATIONS...
JONAS RIDGE...ASHFORD AND SPRUCE PINE...
SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE
WARNINGS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE
WEATHER THREATEN.
SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.
LAT...LON 3592 8179 3572 8201 3571 8203 3584 8215
3585 8214 3586 8215 3589 8215 3605 8194
MOOREPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
248 PM EDT WED JUN 08 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0245 PM HAIL 4 S SYLVA 35.32N 83.22W
06/08/2011 E1.00 INCH JACKSON NC PARK/FOREST SRVC
HAIL SIZE OF QUARTERS CURRENTLY FALLING AT FORESTRY
OFFICE.
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TBENTHALThe Greer radar (KGSP), 113 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:26 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Multiple trees and large limbs were blown down in the Turnerville area. Also, the top of a chimney was blown off a home.
Quarter size hail was reported at the Habersham County Airport.
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: 319736, 319737.