Thunderstorms developed over the southern mountains of North Carolina. The storms caused some lightning damage in Henderson County.
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Thunderstorms developed over the southern mountains of North Carolina. The storms caused some lightning damage in Henderson County.
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 Jul 5, 1:55 PM EST, 5 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 255 PM EDT TUE JUL 5 2011 .SYNOPSIS... A WEAK STATIONARY FRONT WILL SLOWLY DISSIPATE THROUGH WEDNESDAY... ONLY TO BE REPLACED BY ANOTHER WEAK FRONT ON THURSDAY. THE PROXIMITY OF THE FRONTS WILL MAINTAIN A GOOD CHANCE OF RAIN THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... AT 1850Z...A BAND OF CIRRUS LEVEL CLOUDS WAS LOCATED ACROSS THE CLT METRO AREA. ACROSS THE MTNS...ENHANCED CU AND DEEP CONVECTION EXISTED ACROSS THE RIDGES. OBS INDICATE THAT TEMPERATURES HAVE BEEN HELD BACK DUE TO THE EXTENSIVE MORNING CLOUD COVER...ESPECIALLY ACROSS NE GA AND THE UPSTATE OF SC. FOOTHILL AND PIEDMONT CU SHOULD CONTINUE TO RAPIDLY DEVELOP THROUGH THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON. AFTER 20Z...COVERAGE OF SHRA AND TSRA WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE EAST OF THE MTNS ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT. GIVEN AN EXPECTED STORM MOVEMENT FROM SW TO NE...IT APPEARS THAT LIKELY POPS ACROSS THE MTNS WILL SPREAD EAST THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON...I WILL FAVOR VALUES AROUND 60 PERCENT. HIGHER COVERAGE EXPECTED ACROSS THE NC FOOTHILLS...I WILL ADVERTISE POPS AROUND 70 PERCENT. OBSERVED MORNING SOUNDINGS AT KGSO AND KFFC INDICATED THAT THE FZL WAS AROUND 14.7 KFT...PLACING THE 55 DBZ CORE HEIGHT AROUND 26.5 KFT AND THE 50 TO 55 DBZ AROUND 34 KFT. THE WBZ WAS LOCATED JUST ABOVE 13 KFT. PW VALUES WERE OBSERVED FROM 1.5 AT KGSO TO 1.7 AT KFFC. CAPE VALUES ARE FORECAST TO RANGE FROM 1500 TO 2500 J/KG WITH A FEW POCKETS NEAR 3000 J/KG. GIVEN THE HIGH FZL AND MARGINAL TO MODERATE CAPE IT APPEARS THAT SEVERE HAIL WILL REMAIN ISOLATED AT BEST. THE DEEP MOISTURE SHOULD YIELD DCAPE VALUES AROUND 500 J/KG. HOWEVER...TALL LARGE CORES COULD RESULT IN DAMAGING WET MICROBURSTS...WHICH WILL REMAIN THE PRIMARY HAZARD THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. HIGH MOISTURE CONTENT AND POTENTIAL FOR MULTICELL CONVECTION MAY PRODUCE ISOLATED AREAS OF EXCESSIVE RUNOFF. WE WILL CONTINUE TO HIGHLIGHT THE POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING MICROBURSTS AND HEAVY RAIN IN THE HWO. CONVECTION SHOULD COME LARGELY TO AN END DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. ONLY A FEW ISO SHRA/TSRA MAY REMAIN OVERNIGHT...SUPPORTING ONLY SCHC POPS. MIN TEMPERATURES SHOULD FALL WITHIN A DEGREE OR TWO OF NORMAL. WEDNESDAY...NEAR TERM TERM MODELS INDICATE THAT THE MID LEVEL TROF AXIS WILL SLOWLY SLIDE EAST...POSSIBLY REACHING THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS REGION DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON. AS THE TROF APPROACHES...THE WESTERN EDGE OF THE W/V BAND WILL PUSH FURTHER EAST. THE COMBINATION OF THE APPROACHING MID LEVEL FEATURE AND DIURNAL RIDGETOP CONVERGENCE SHOULD YIELD SHRA/TSRA DEVELOPMENT BY MID DAY. BY MID AFTERNOON...EXPECT A BROKEN BAND OF CONVECTION TO DEVELOP AHEAD OF THE W/V BAND...EXTENDING SW ACROSS GA/AL. STEERING FLOW SHOULD BRING THE ACTIVITY NE ACROSS THE CWA DURING THE MID AFTERNOON. GIVEN THE DEEP MOISTURE AND MODERATE INSTABILITY IT APPEARS THAT ANOTHER DAY OF LIKELY POPS WILL HIGHLIGHT THE EXPECTED CONVECTION. HIGH TEMPERATURES MAY PEAK A DEGREE OR TWO ABOVE TODAY/S VALUES. && .SHORT TERM /WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT/... AS OF 215 PM TUESDAY...IT APPEARS THAT FOR OVERALL SENSIBLE WEATHER THAT THE MODELS HAVE SETTLED ON A SOLUTION OF A SLIGHT RETROGRESSION OF THE BERMUDA HIGH AXIS...WHILE THE UPPER LEVEL HIGH IN THE FOUR CORNERS OF THE U.S. EXPANDS NORTH. THIS ALLOWS THE UPPER FLOW (H5) IN PARTS OF THE EASTERN CONUS TO BECOME FLAT-NWLY AT OUR LATITUDE... WHILE AND OLD WAVY SURFACE FRONTAL BOUNDARY SETTLE INTO THE REGION / OR BECOMES DIFFUSE /. MODEL PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES CONTINUE TO POOL ON BOTH THURSDAY AND FRIDAY AFTERNOON TO BETWEEN 2.00 AND 2.10 INCHES GENERALLY EAST OF THE FOOTHILLS IN NC...MUCH OF THE UPSTATE OF SC AND NORTHEAST GA. WITH UPPER LEVEL HEIGHTS EDGING DOWN WOULD EXPECT PERHAPS SLIGHTLY STEEPER LAPSE RATES WITH CONVECTION TO DEVELOP ALONG THE OLD BOUNDARY / OR THE HIGHER TERRAIN / AND DRIFT SLOWLY SOUTHEASTWARD. CERTAINLY SOME GULLY WASHERS ARE NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION...AS WELL AS A FEW WET MICRO-BURSTS. WE HAVE EDGED DAYTIME POPS INTO THE LIKELY CATEGORY FOR A FEW HOURS BOTH THURSDAY AND FRIDAY AFTERNOON...WHILE RUNNING TEMPERATURES A FEW DEGREES BELOW READINGS OF THE PAST FEW DAYS. MEANWHILE WE HAVE NOT COMPLETLEY ELIMINATED POPS AT NIGHT CONSIDERING THE VERY MOIST ATMOSPHERE IN PLACE AND POSSIBILITY OF WEAK PERTURBATIONS MOVING THROUGH THE MEAN FLOW. FINALLY THE NAM AND TO SOME EXTENT CANADIAN MODEL WERE BOTH HINTING AT SOME TYPE OF LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM LIFTING NORTH FROM THE BAHAMAS LATE IN THE WORK WEEK. DIFFICULT TO SEE ANY EVOLUTION NOW AND WILL CONTINUE FORWARD WITH OUR THINKING MENTIONED ABOVE. && .LONG TERM /SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/... AS OF 215 PM TUESDAY...THE CURRENT SUITE OF MODELS WERE SUGGESTING THAT THE FIRST DIFFUSE SURFACE FRONT WHICH WILL BECOME ERRATIC AND HARD TO FIND BY THE START OF THE UPCOMING WEEKEND...MAY BE RE-ENFORCED BY A SECONDARY WEAK FRONT / WIND SHIFT / IN THE AFOREMENTIONED NWLY H5 FLOW. THIS SECOND FEATURE SETTLES ACROSS PART OF OUR FORECAST AREA (FA)...PERHAPS FROM SOUTHEAST TO NORTHWEST...BUT THAT IS VERY PROBLEMATIC. NEVERTHELESS THERE SHOULD BE A SMATTERING OF CONVECTION BOTH SATURDAY AND SUNDAY AFTERNOON'S AND EVENING. HAVE KEPT POPS IN THE CHANCE CATEGORY OVER THE WEEKEND. AS WE MOVE INTO THE START OF THE NEW WORK WEEK...RIDGING ALOFT SHOULD GRADUALLY BECOME ESTABLISHED. UPSHOT WOULD BE LESS CONVECTION MONDAY AND TUESDAY...IN COMPARISON TO PREVIOUS DAY. ALSO WILL ALSO EDGE TEMPERATURES UP ABOVE CLIMO ACROSS THE BOARD LATE IN THIS FORECAST CYCLE. && .AVIATION /19Z TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/... AT KCLT AND ELSEWHERE...SHRA AND TSRA COVERAGE WILL REMAIN MAINLY ACROSS THE MTNS THROUGH 20Z. SHRA AND TSRA COVERAGE SHOULD INCREASE SIGNIFICANTLY EAST THE MTNS BETWEEN 20Z TO 5Z. I WILL CARRY A CB AT ALL TAF SITES WITH LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING TEMPOS AT KAVL AND KHKY DUE TO IDEAL STORM MOTIONS. THE THREAT FOR PRE DAWN FOG AND LOW CLOUDS WILL REMAIN THE GREATEST NEAR AREAS OF TODAY/S RAINFALL. GIVEN THE HIGH COVERAGE AND ONGOING HAZY CONDITIONS I APPEARS LIKELY THAT ALL TAF SITES WILL SEE SOME DEGREE OF VIS RESTRICTIONS. I WILL FAVOR MVFR FOG...BUT KAVL IS EXPECTED TO SEE IFR. FOG WILL DISSIPATE SHORTLY AFTER SUNRISE WEDNESDAY...UNDER FEW TO SCT CU AND HIGH DEBRIS CLOUDS. OUTLOOK...A VERY UNSETTLED PATTERN WILL BE IN PLACE ALL WEEK AS ONE FRONT DISSIPATES IN THE VICINITY AND ANOTHER COLD FRONT ARRIVES FROM THE NW LATE IN THE WEEK. MORNING MVFR FOG IS LIKELY...AT LEAST IN THE MTN VALLEYS...WITH SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS AFTN/EVENING TSTMS EACH DAY. && .GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...TS NEAR TERM...NED SHORT TERM...TS LONG TERM...TS AVIATION...NED
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1019 AM EDT TUE JUL 5 2011 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065- 068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-061430- 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- 1019 AM EDT TUE JUL 5 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AGAIN TODAY ACROSS MOST OF THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY ONCE AGAIN BECOME SEVERE...PRODUCING DAMAGING STRAIGHT- LINE WINDS AND HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS. THE SLOW MOVING STORMS WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. ISOLATED AREAS OF FLASH FLOODING WILL BECOME MORE OF A CONCERN AS MORE AREAS RECEIVE HEAVY RAIN DURING THE WEEK. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. ANOTHER DAY OF NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED FOR THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA ON WEDNESDAY. A COUPLE SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE...BUT THE LARGER THREAT WILL BE LOCALLY VERY HEAVY RAIN. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...TORNADOES OR FLASH FLOODING TO OUR OFFICE.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1110 AM EDT TUE JUL 05 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0643 PM TSTM WND DMG 10 NE CHESTER 34.81N 81.09W
07/04/2011 CHESTER SC LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREE DOWN I-77 NORTH BOUND LANE NEAR MILE MARKER 64.
&&
TBENTHALPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1126 AM EDT TUE JUL 05 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0328 PM TSTM WND DMG 13 WNW MORGANTON 35.81N 81.91W
07/04/2011 BURKE NC PUBLIC
A FEW LARGE LIMBS DOWN IN THE AREA AROUND PARKS DRIVE.
&&
OUTLAWPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1134 AM EDT TUE JUL 05 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0444 PM TSTM WND DMG 5 NE TAYLORSVILLE 35.97N 81.12W
07/04/2011 ALEXANDER NC 911 CALL CENTER
TREES DOWN IN VASHTI COMMUNITY. MORE IN OTHER PARTS OF
THE COUNTY.
&&
TBENTHALPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1145 AM EDT TUE JUL 05 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0400 PM TSTM WND DMG PATTERSON 35.99N 81.56W
07/04/2011 CALDWELL SC 911 CALL CENTER
TREES AND LIMBS DOWN. OTHERS IN LITTLE RIVER AND SAWMILL
COMMUNITIES.
&&
TBENTHALSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
241 PM EDT TUE JUL 5 2011
NCZ053-051930-
BUNCOMBE-
241 PM EDT TUE JUL 5 2011
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHERN BUNCOMBE COUNTY THROUGH
330 PM EDT...
AT 237 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR CANDLER...OR 10 MILES WEST OF DOWNTOWN
ASHEVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
I-26 AT I-40...
UNC ASHEVILLE...
BILTMORE FOREST...
BILTMORE FOREST...
FAIRVIEW...
PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.
LAT...LON 3550 8232 3548 8237 3546 8237 3547 8242
3545 8247 3545 8266 3546 8267 3545 8278
3547 8280 3554 8276 3556 8278 3557 8277
3563 8281 3568 8233
RBSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
242 PM EDT TUE JUL 5 2011
NCZ064-065-SCZ003-051930-
GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-HENDERSON-TRANSYLVANIA-
242 PM EDT TUE JUL 5 2011
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EASTERN TRANSYLVANIA...
NORTHWESTERN GREENVILLE AND SOUTHERN HENDERSON COUNTIES THROUGH 330
PM EDT...
AT 241 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR LITTLE RIVER...OR 7 MILES EAST OF BREVARD...
MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
ETOWAH...
JONES GAP STATE PARK...
FLAT ROCK...
FLAT ROCK...
NORTH SALUDA RESERVOIR...
PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.
LAT...LON 3535 8235 3527 8234 3523 8236 3523 8235
3519 8236 3519 8234 3512 8234 3512 8271
3530 8272
RBThe Greer radar (KGSP), 54 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:58 UTC.
2 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning struck a home on Solomon Circle, igniting a fire that destroyed most of the home. One person received minor injuries from the lightning.
Lightning struck a home on Locust Grove Rd, igniting a fire that caused some minor damage.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in North Carolina in 2011Every state in 2011This day in weather historyWarnings in North Carolina, July 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: 337270, 337275.