Isolated thunderstorms developed over the North Carolina mountains as an unseasonably hot airmass affected the region. There was one report of wind damage and small hail during the afternoon hours.
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Isolated thunderstorms developed over the North Carolina mountains as an unseasonably hot airmass affected the region. There was one report of wind damage and small hail during the afternoon hours.
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 7, 1:30 PM EST, 3 hours earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 230 PM EDT TUE JUN 7 2011 .SYNOPSIS... UPPER LEVEL RIDGING WILL BUILD THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK...THEN MOVE GRADUALLY EAST OVER THE ATLANTIC BY THE END OF THE WEEK. A WEAK FRONT WILL APPROACH DURING THE WEEKEND. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... AT 1830Z...UPPER HIGH WILL SETTLE OVER THE REGION THROUGH WED. EVEN SO...THE FORECAST IS NOT WITHOUT A COUPLE COMPLICATIONS. WE HAVE BEEN MONITORING THE MCS THAT MOVED SOUTH OFF OF LAKE ERIE THIS MORNING...AND IS NOW OVER WV. ALL MODELS FOR THE MOST PART FAILED TO INTIALIZE THIS FEATURE...AND THEREFORE GUIDANCE DEOS NOT TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE POSSIBLE IMPACT ON THE FORECAST OUR AREA. WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR AND AM LEANING TOWARD BUMPING UP POPS ANOTHER NOTCH INTO HIGH CHANCE CATEORY FOR THIS EVENING OVER THE CENTRAL/NORTHERN NC MOUNTAINS. STILL EXPECT SOME MOUNTAIN VALLEY FOG EARLY WED...BUT WITH MORE CLOUD COVER TONIGHT THE EXTENT MAY NOT BE AS MUCH AS THIS MORNING. LITTLE TN VALLEY APPEARS TO HAVE THE BEST CHANCE FOR SIGNIFICANT FOG. OTHERWISE...EXPECT A CIRRUS CANOPY FROM THE MCS TO OVERSPREAD THE AREA FROM THE NORTH THIS EVENING WHICH SHOULD LOCK IN WARM/MUGGY CONDITIONS FOR THE OVERNIGHT. HAVE ELECTED TO CONTINUE THE IDEA OF LOWERING POPS AFTER MIDNIGHT. ON WED...EXPECT PLENTIFUL SUNSHINE AND CONTINUED HOT TEMPS. YOU WOULD THINK UNDER THE UPPER HIGH THAT CONVECTIVE CHANCES WOULD BE SUPPRESSED. HOWEVER LOOKING AT MODEL SOUNDINGS...IT APPEARS THAT THE LOW LEVEL CIN WILL BE OVERCOME DURING THE AFTERNOON IN THE MOUNTAINS WHICH SHOULD ALLOW FOR SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS AS CAPES WILL BE IN THE 1500-2000J RANGE. OUTSIDE OF THE MOUNTAINS...CONVECTIVE CHANCES APPEAR MUCH LESS AS CIN LOOKS MORE DIFFICULT TO OVERCOME. EXPECT MAX TEMPS IN THE MID- UPPER 90S OUTSIDE THE MOUNTAINS AND NEAR 90 MANY MOUNTAIN VALLEYS. && .SHORT TERM /WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT/... AS OF 130 PM TUESDAY...WHILE IT UNDERGOES SOME DEAMPLIFICATION IN RESPONSE TO HEIGHT FALLS OVER ERN CANADA...THE UPPER RIDGE WILL REMAIN OVER THE FA WED NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY. SCT AFTN TSTMS WILL DEVELOP OVER THE MTNS BOTH THU AND FRI AFTNS. WITH A LITTLE MORE WLY FLOW OVER THE REGION ON FRI...AND WITH SOME WEAKENING OF THE RIDGE...CONVECTIVE COVERAGE SHOULD BE A LITTLE BETTER THAN ON THU. THOUGH WITH THE LACK OF FORCING...POPS ONLY MAX OUT AROUND 30 TO 35 PERCENT OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. TEMPS WILL CONTINUE TO RUN ABOUT 10 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL BOTH DAYS. && .LONG TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/... AS OF 1230 PM EDT TUESDAY...THE MID TROPOSPHERIC RIDGE WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY WEAKEN OVER THE REGION ON SATURDAY. WINDS WILL STILL BE LIGHT WITH THE RIDGE OVERHEAD...THOUGH THERE WILL BE WESTERLY COMPONENT TO THE FLOW. THE GFS DEVELOPS A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF CONVECTION OVER THE MTNS...WHILE THE EC IS DRIER. THE FORCING DOESN/T LOOK TO BE THERE FOR WIDESPREAD CONVECTION...AND LOW CHANCE POPS OVER THE HIGH TERRAIN AND SLIGHT CHANCE ELSEWHERE IS WHAT I/VE CARRIED. A TROUGH WILL BEGIN TO DIG ACROSS NEW ENGLAND ON SUNDAY...WHICH SHOULD PUSH A FRONT THROUGH THE REGION SOMETIME SUNDAY NIGHT. SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY SHOULD BE A LITTLE MORE WIDESPREAD AHEAD OF OF THE FRONT. A DRIER AIRMASS SHOULD ENTER THE REGION MONDAY AND TUESDAY AS THE TROUGH STRENGTHENS AND DIGS ALONG THE EASTERN SEABOARD...PUSHING THE SFC FRONT SOUTH OF THE FA. && .AVIATION /19Z TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/... AT KCLT AND ELSEWHERE...GENERALLY A VFR FORECAST FOR ALL AIR FIELDS. THE EXCEPTION WILL BE KAVL EARLY WED MORNING WHERE AT LEAST MVFR FOG RESTRICTIONS ARE LIKELY...AND CAN'T RULE OUT A COUPLE HOURS OF LIFR. HOWEVER...HAVE LECTED NOT TO INCLUDE LIFR WITH THIS TAF ISSUANCE AS EXPECT AN INCREASE OF HIGH LEVEL CLOUD COVER OVERNIGHT WHICH MAY CURTAIL THE AMOUNT OF MOUNTAIN VALLEY FOG. WINDS WILL BE GENERALLY LIGHT SW TO CALM. OUTLOOK...HIGH PRESSURE WILL DOMINATE THE WEATHER THROUGH SAT WITH GENERALLY VFR CONDITIONS...EXCEPT FOR IN THE MOUNTAIN VALLEYS WHERE EARLY MORNING FOG WILL CAUSE RESTRICTIONS. ALSO EXPECT ISOLD DIURNAL TSTM THREAT TO CONTINUE THRU SAT...MAINLY IN THE MOUNTAINS. && .GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...TJB NEAR TERM...LG SHORT TERM...MCAVOY LONG TERM...MCAVOY AVIATION...LG
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 546 AM EDT TUE JUN 7 2011 NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-501-503-505-507-509-081000- 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- 546 AM EDT TUE JUN 7 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS NEAR THE GROUND. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... NONE. JPT
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 94 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:27 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Two trees were blown down on highway 143, just south of highway 28.
Trees and large limbs were blown down on the Blue Ridge Parkway a few miles south of Spruce Pine.
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: 319277, 319278, 319279.