The northern end of a line of thunderstorms moved across the southwest mountains of North Carolina during the overnight hours, producing areas of wind damage.
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The episode as NWS GSP wrote it up.
The northern end of a line of thunderstorms moved across the southwest mountains of North Carolina during the overnight hours, producing areas of wind damage.
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 19, 2:45 AM EST, 3 hours 32 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 345 AM EDT SUN JUN 19 2011 .SYNOPSIS... A WEAK STATIONARY FRONT WILL LINGER IN OUR AREA TODAY. THE FRONT WILL MOVE NORTH AS A WARM FRONT EARLY IN THE WEEK AS HIGH PRESSURE MOVES INTO THE AREA. ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL REACH THE AREA LATE IN THE WEEK. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/... A LOW LEVEL JET PROVIDING FORCING OVER A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY AND MID LEVEL FORCING FROM AN MCS MOVING EWD ARE COMBINING TO PRODUCE SCT CONVECTION ALONG THE TN/KY BORDER. SOME OF THIS CONVECTION WILL DEVELOP OVER THE NC MTNS AS WELL. EXPECT THIS CONVECTION TO WANE AFTER DAYBREAK. THAT SAID...AN MCV FROM THE MCS WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA EARLY THIS AFTERNOON AND SWIFTLY MOVE EAST ACROSS THE AREA. THIS FORCING COMBINED WITH MODERATE INSTABILITY OVER THE AREA WILL PRODUCE A BKN LINE OF CONVECTION THAN SPREADS ACROSS THE AREA THRU THE AFTERNOON. ANOTHER ROUND OF SVR STORMS SEEMS LIKELY TODAY GIVEN THE FORCING...INSTABILITY...MUCH STRONGER SHEAR AND HIGH LEVELS OF DCAPE AND SFC DELTA THETA-E. THE MODE OF CONVECTION SHOULD BE SIMILAR TO SATURDAY WITH BOW ECHOES DRIVEN BY DEVELOPING COLD POOLS. DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS. TIMING OF THE SVR STORMS IS STILL SOMEWHAT IN QUESTION...SO WILL NOT MENTION ANY SVR IN THE GRIDS...BUT WILL IN THE HWO. THE CONVECTION SHOULD QUICKLY MOVE EAST OF THE AREA BY EARLY EVENING. HOWEVER...THE GUIDANCE ALL AGREES THAT ANOTHER MCV WILL MOVE JUST NORTH OF THE AREA OVERNIGHT. THIS SHOULD LEAD TO SCT CONVECTION RETURNING TO MUCH OF NC AFTER MIDNIGHT. THIS CONVECTION SHOULD MOVE EAST OF THE AREA BY DAYBREAK. WILL HAVE TO WATCH TO SEE IF SVR CHANCE RETURNS WITH THIS OVERNIGHT CONVECTION. && .SHORT TERM /MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT/... AT 2 AM EDT SUNDAY...AS AN UPPER RIDGE AMPLIFIES OVER THE TN AND OH RIVER VALLEYS MONDAY...NORTHWESTERLY UPPER FLOW WILL DIRECT IMPULSES INTO THE CAROLINAS...WHILE A WARM FRONT MOVES SLOWLY NORTH FROM NC TO VA. SCATTERED CONVECTION IS EXPECTED IN THE NORTHERN PORTION OF OUR AREA CLOSEST TO THE UPPER LEVEL IMPULSE TRACK AND THE FRONT... WITH ISOLATED CONVECTION TO THE SOUTH...PEAKING IN THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING WITH THE BEST INSTABILITY. ON TUESDAY OUR AREA WILL BE UNDER THE UPPER RIDGE...WITH UPPER LEVEL SYSTEMS TRACKING WELL NORTH OF OUR AREA....AND THE WARM FRONT WELL OFF TO THE NORTH. INSTABILITY REMAINS...BUT ONLY ISOLATED CONVECTION IS EXPECTED WITH DIURNAL HEATING AS UPPER LEVEL FORCING IS LACKING. TEMPERATURES WILL BE WELL ABOVE NORMAL AS HEIGHTS RISE ALOFT WITH THE BUILDING AND SLOWLY PROGRESSIVE UPPER RIDGE. && .LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/... AT 2 AM EDT SUNDAY...AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE AXIS WILL BE ALONG THE EAST COAST ON WEDNESDAY...WHILE A TROUGH WILL BE LOCATED UPSTREAM OVER THE MS RIVER VALLEY. THE RIDGE WEAKENS AND MOVES SLOWLY OFFSHORE LATE IN THE WEEK...AND THE TROUGH AXIS REACHES THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS BY THE WEEKEND. OUR AREA REMAINS IN A WARM AND HUMID AIR MASS ON WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY AHEAD OF A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT...AND ISOLATED TO SCATTERED POPS WILL BE CARRIED IN THE FORECAST. FRONTAL PASSAGE OCCURS LATE FRIDAY...AND SCATTERED CONVECTION IS EXPECTED WITH THIS BOUNDARY. CONVECTION MAY LINGER SATURDAY IN THE IN PROXIMITY TO THE DEPARTING FRONT. TEMPERATURES WILL TREND DOWNWARD FROM WELL ABOVE NORMAL ON WEDNESDAY...TO NEAR NORMAL LATE IN THE WEEK. && .AVIATION /08Z SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/... AT KCLT...MID AND HIGH LEVEL CONVECTIVE DEBRIS WILL SLOWLY MOVE EAST THRU DAYBREAK WITH LIGHT S WIND CONTINUING. CANNOT RULE OUT THE DEVELOPMENT OF A FOG RESTRICTION NEAR DAYBREAK BECAUSE OF THE WET GROUND AND FAIRLY LIGHT WIND. ANY RESTRICTION WILL QUICKLY DISSIPATE AFTER SUNRISE. THERE COULD BE A SIMILAR TREND IN TERMS OF CONVECTION DURING THE DAY...BUT THE WIDESPREAD CONVECTION COULD BE FARTHER NORTH. THEREFORE...WILL LEAVE IT OUT FOR NOW. WIND SHOULD REMAIN GENERALLY S OF W THRU THE DAY...THEN RETURN TO LIGHT SLY FOR THE EVENING. ELSEWHERE...THINKING FOR THE OTHER TAF SITES IS BASICALLY THE SAME AS FOR CLT WITH CONVECTIVE DEBRIS CLOUDINESS THE RULE. IFR MTN VALLEY FOG HAS DEVELOPED AND SHOULD CONTINUE THRU THE NITE. PATCHY FOG WITH SOME IFR RESTRICTIONS HAVE DEVELOPED OUTSIDE OF THE MTNS. WILL HAVE TO HANDLE THESE AREAS WITH AMDS. THAT SAID...THE DEVELOPING CONVECTION COULD DISRUPT THE USUAL FOG DIURNAL TRENDS. GENERALLY LIGHT WINDS BECOME WLY THRU THE DAY WITH LOW END GUSTS POSSIBLE. WINDS DIMINISH FOR THE EVENING. KAVL THE EXCEPTION WITH N TO NW WIND THRU THE PERIOD. OUTLOOK...DRIER AND HOT WEATHER IS EXPECTED MONDAY AND TUESDAY... THOUGH ISOLATED TSTMS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE MTNS. A COLD FRONT WILL BRING A BETTER CHANCE OF TSTMS...AND RESTRICTIONS...BY WED OR THU. && .GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...JAT NEAR TERM...RWH SHORT TERM...JAT LONG TERM...JAT AVIATION...RWH
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 514 AM EDT SUN JUN 19 2011 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065- 068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-200915- 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- 514 AM EDT SUN JUN 19 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 THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA EARLY THIS MORNING. A FEW OF THESE STORMS WILL BECOME SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. THIS AFTERNOON...ANOTHER ROUND OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR STORMS TO FORM A LINE AND MOVE INTO THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS DURING THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS...THEN RAPIDLY CROSS THE REST OF THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. SHOULD THIS DEVELOP...AREAS OF DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS WOULD ACCOMPANY THE LINE AS IT CROSSES THE REGION... ALONG WITH SOME LARGE HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. 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.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
436 AM EDT SUN JUN 19 2011
NCZ048-049-053-190915-
BUNCOMBE-MADISON-YANCEY-
436 AM EDT SUN JUN 19 2011
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT MADISON...NORTHERN BUNCOMBE AND
SOUTHERN YANCEY COUNTIES THROUGH 515 AM EDT...
AT 430 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HOT SPRINGS...OR 12 MILES
WEST OF MARSHALL...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
WEAVERVILLE...WALNUT...SWANNANOA...SPRING CREEK...MOUNT MITCHELL
STATE PARK...MONTREAT...MARSHALL...MARS HILL...HOT SPRINGS...
BUSICK...BLACK MOUNTAIN AND BARNARDSVILLE.
VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH
ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
FREQUENT 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 3595 8284 3593 8282 3594 8280 3583 8215
3573 8220 3570 8226 3571 8228 3569 8230
3563 8227 3560 8229 3558 8227 3554 8228
3579 8296 3588 8291 3595 8290
07SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 442 AM EDT SUN JUN 19 2011 SCZ006-007-012-013-190930- GREATER GREENVILLE-LAURENS-SPARTANBURG-UNION- 442 AM EDT SUN JUN 19 2011 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EASTERN GREENVILLE... NORTHWESTERN LAURENS...SOUTHERN SPARTANBURG AND WESTERN UNION COUNTIES THROUGH 530 AM EDT... AT 437 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR PELHAM ROAD AT I-85...OR 9 MILES EAST OF DOWNTOWN GREENVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO PELHAM ROAD AT I-85...SHOPS AT GREENRIDGE...GSP AIRPORT...FIVE FORKS... WOODRUFF...UNION...SEDALIA...ROEBUCK...REIDVILLE...PAULINE... MOORE...MONARCH MILLS...MAULDIN...JONESVILLE...ENOREE...CROSS KEYS...CROSS ANCHOR AND BUFFALO. VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. FREQUENT 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 3475 8233 3494 8228 3487 8151 3454 8162 07
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
457 AM EDT SUN JUN 19 2011
NCZ048-052-053-190945-
BUNCOMBE-HAYWOOD-MADISON-
457 AM EDT SUN JUN 19 2011
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHWESTERN BUNCOMBE...
NORTHWESTERN HAYWOOD AND SOUTHERN MADISON COUNTIES THROUGH 545 AM
EDT...
AT 450 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR HARTFORD...OR 12 MILES SOUTH OF NEWPORT...
MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WOODFIN...
WEAVERVILLE...WATERVILLE...WALNUT...SPRING CREEK...MARSHALL...MARS
HILL...LUCK...LEICESTER...CANTO AND BARNARDSVILLE.
VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH
ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
FREQUENT 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 3585 8242 3583 8242 3581 8240 3561 8242
3571 8320 3573 8320 3577 8316 3578 8310
3580 8308 3578 8299 3584 8292 3588 8291
07PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
612 AM EDT SUN JUN 19 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0525 AM TSTM WND DMG 5 NW MARSHALL 35.85N 82.75W
06/19/2011 MADISON NC 911 CALL CENTER
TREE DOWN ON GARAGE IN WALNUT COMMUNITY.
&&
07SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
653 AM EDT SUN JUN 19 2011
NCZ048>050-053-191145-
BUNCOMBE-MADISON-MITCHELL-YANCEY-
653 AM EDT SUN JUN 19 2011
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN BUNCOMBE...
NORTHEASTERN MADISON...SOUTHERN MITCHELL AND YANCEY COUNTIES THROUGH
745 AM EDT...
AT 649 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR WHITEROCK...OR 12 MILES NORTH OF MARSHALL...
MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
WHITEROCK...SWISS...RAMSEYTOWN...MOUNT MITCHELL STATE PARK...
MICAVILLE...MARS HILL...LEDGER...FAUST...CELO...BUSICK...
BURNSVILLE...BARNARDSVILLE...BANDANA AND ALLENSTAND.
VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH
ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
FREQUENT 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 3606 8261 3604 8259 3597 8260 3596 8257
3598 8251 3604 8244 3600 8206 3597 8205
3579 8217 3576 8217 3570 8226 3570 8229
3590 8279 3602 8274 3607 8266
07SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
701 AM EDT SUN JUN 19 2011
NCZ048-052-053-191145-
BUNCOMBE-HAYWOOD-MADISON-
701 AM EDT SUN JUN 19 2011
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHERN BUNCOMBE...NORTHERN
HAYWOOD AND SOUTHERN MADISON COUNTIES THROUGH 745 AM EDT...
AT 658 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ROUND MOUNTAIN...OR 14 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF NEWPORT...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
WEAVERVILLE...WALNUT...SPRING CREEK...MARSHALL...MARS HILL...
LUCK...HOT SPRINGS...CANTO AND BARNARDSVILLE.
VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH
ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
FREQUENT 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 3589 8244 3586 8242 3582 8241 3582 8237
3564 8239 3573 8311 3578 8310 3580 8308
3580 8305 3578 8299 3584 8292 3591 8291
07The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 69 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 11:17 UTC.
5 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Multiple trees were blown down along highway 70 north of Marshall, including in the Walnut community.
Two trees were blown down on Mountain Creek Rd, about 1.5 miles northeast of Robbinsville.
Two trees were blown down on state road 1122 in the Snowbird area.
Multiple trees were blown down from the Nantahala community, to the Cowee community, to near the city of Franklin.
Numerous trees were blown down in and around Cashiers, with some trees and homes and roads.
Lightning started a fire at a home on Bright Mountain Rd, completely destroying the structure.
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, 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: 332871, 329494, 329496, 329520, 329531, 329535.