Thunderstorm Wind, Anderson
- When
- July 4, 3:10 PM EST
- Where
- Anderson County, 6.71 mi WSW of Starr
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- Law Enforcement
- Coordinates
- 34.356, -82.814
A tree was blown down on highway 29 at the state line.
Hail and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, July 4, 2011
The combination of a very unstable atmosphere, weak shear and several outflow boundaries resulted in severe pulse-type thunderstorms across upstate South Carolina. Some of the storms produced wind damage and large hail as they drifted to the east.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 15
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS GSP wrote it up.
The combination of a very unstable atmosphere, weak shear and several outflow boundaries resulted in severe pulse-type thunderstorms across upstate South Carolina. Some of the storms produced wind damage and large hail as they drifted to the east.
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 Jul 4, 1:13 PM EST, 1 hour 57 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 4, 1:13 PM EST, 1 hour 57 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 213 PM EDT MON JUL 4 2011 .SYNOPSIS... HUMIDITY AND THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE INTO TUESDAY AS A WEAK COLD FRONT DRIFTS DOWN FROM THE NORTH. THIS FRONT WILL STALL OVER THE REGION AND SLOWLY DISSIPATE THROUGH MID WEEK. ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL STALL OVER THE WESTERN CAROLINAS ON THURSDAY AND REMAIN OVER THE REGION INTO NEXT WEEKEND. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/... A QUICK UPDATE TO ADJUST POPS AND ADD HEADLINES FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 594 IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING. PREVIOUS DISCUSSION... AT 1515Z...SHALLOW CU EXISTED ACROSS THE MTN PEAKS LATE THIS MORNING WITH CLEAR SKY COVER ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT. IN ADDITION...A THIN LINE OF CU EXISTED OVER EAST TN ASSOCIATED WITH AN OLD OUTFLOW BOUNDARY. IT APPEARS THAT DEEP CONVECTION INITIATION WILL OCCUR WITHIN THE 16 TO 18Z TIME FRAME ACROSS THE HIGH TERRAIN. COVERAGE WILL EXPAND ACROSS THE MTNS BY MID AFTERNOON AS THE ATMOSPHERE DESTABILIZES AND WITH THE POSSIBLE ARRIVAL OF THE OUTFLOW BOUNDARY. CONVECTION WILL SPREAD AND DEVELOP WITHIN A LEE TROF ACROSS THE NC FOOTHILLS BY MID AFTERNOON. COVERAGE SHOULD PEAK DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING...WITH LIKELY TO CATE POPS OVER THE MTNS WITH HIGH CHC ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT. MORNING SOUNDINGS AT KFFC AND KGSO OBSERVED THE FZL BETWEEN 14.5 TO 15 KFT...PLACING THE 55 DBZ CORE HEIGHT AROUND 26.5 KFT. PW VALUES RANGED FROM 1.6 TO 1.9 INCHES WITH K-INDEX IN THE MID TO UPPER 30S. MESOSCALE ANALYSIS INDICATES 3500 TO 3000 J/KG ACROSS THE MTNS WITH AROUND 2000 J/KG ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT. DCAPE VALUES RANGE AROUND 1000 J/KG. GIVEN THE HIGH FZL AND MOISTURE CONTENT IT APPEARS THAT ONLY ISOLATED HAIL EVENTS ARE POSSIBLE. THE PRIMARY SVR THREAT WILL REMAIN DAMAGING WINDS...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE MTNS AND NC FOOTHILLS. && .SHORT TERM /TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT/... AS OF 220 AM MONDAY...HPC PREFERS THE SLIGHTLY MORE OPEN AND PROGRESSIVE GFS SOLUTION TO THE SLOWER MORE CLOSED UPPER TROUGH ON THE NAM FOR TUE. THIS IS MORE IN LINE WITH THE OLD RUN OF THE ECMWF AND IT/S WHAT I/VE GONE WITH FOR THIS FORECAST AS WELL. LLVL THICKNESSES IMPLY ANOTHER HOT DAY WITH TEMPS RISING INTO THE L-M90S ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT. MODEL SOUNDINGS SHOW A LITTLE CAPPING DURING THE AFTN AND CONVECTION MAY GET A LITTLE BIT OF A LATE START. HOWEVER...AS A SHORT WAVE TROUGH MOVES ACROSS THE MTNS DURING THE LATE AFTN...CONVECTION SHOULD BLOSSOM OVER THE HIGH TERRAIN AND SPREAD INTO THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT. THE GFS HAS IT/S BEST CONVECTIVE COVERAGE DURING THE EVENING HOURS...AND THIS LOOKS LIKE AN EVENT THAT COULD GO WELL PAST SUNSET. ONCE AGAIN LAPSE RATES ARE NOT STEEP...BUT THE MID LEVELS DRY OUT A LITTLE ON THE GFS...AND THERE SHOULD BE A FEW MICROBURST PRODUCING PULSE SEVERE STORMS DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS CONSIDERING HOW HOT THE BNDRY LAYER WILL BE. THE WEAK LLVL BNDRY WILL BECOME QUITE DIFFUSE ON WED...BUT WE WILL BE UNDER AND H5 SHEAR AXIS WITH SEVERAL EMBEDDED SHORT WAVES ACCORDING TO THE GFS. WITH HIGH LAYER RH/S AND MODEST LLVL CONVERGENCE ACROSS THE MTNS...WE SHOULD SEE GOOD CONVECTIVE COVERAGE AGAIN IN THE AFTN. POPS HAVE BEEN RAISED TO 50 PERCENT ACROSS THE FA...WHICH IS IN LINE WITH THE NEIGHBORS. LIKELY POPS WILL PROBABLY BE NEEDED AS WE GET CLOSER TO WED. CONVECTION WILL SLOWLY WIND DOWN WED EVENING. WITH A MODEST SWLY BNDRY LAYER FLOW...SOME STRATUS MAY DEVELOP OVERNIGHT. && .LONG TERM /THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/... AS OF 1200 PM MONDAY...NO NOTEWORTHY CHANGES WERE MADE TO THE MEDIUM RANGE FORECAST. OVERALL THE THINKING IS VERY SIMILAR TO THE PREVIOUS FORECAST WITH THE EASTERN CONUS TROF LINGERING INTO THE START OF THE WEEKEND BEFORE STARTING TO WEAKEN. THE MODELS DIFFER A BIT REGARDING THE RIDGE ATTEMPTING TO BUILD BACK OVER THE EAST WITH THE EC HANGING ONTO THE TROF THE LONGEST. A SEMI STATIONARY BOUNDARY WILL REMAIN IN THE VICINITY OF THE FA INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. THIS WILL ALLOW FOR DEEP MOISTURE AND MODERATE TO STRONG LEVEL OF SURFACE BASED INSTABILITY EACH AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE WILL MORE THAN LIKELY BE NUMEROUS THROUGH ABOUT SUNDAY WITH PERHAPS A LITTLE LESS COVERAGE BY MONDAY. CONFIDENCE IN THE DAY 7 FORECAST IS STILL PRETTY LOW AT THIS POINT. FURTHERMORE...1000-500 MB FLOW WILL BE VERY WEAK EACH AFTERNOON AND EVENING SO THE THREAT OF SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE A PRIMARY CONCERN. TEMPERATURES WILL BE CLOSE TO NORMAL THROUGH THE ENTIRE PERIOD...ESPECIALLY WITH WIDESPREAD CLOUD COVER AND THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY LIMITING MAX HEATING JUST A BIT. && .AVIATION /18Z MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/... AT KCLT AND ELSEWHERE...COVERAGE OF SHRA/TSRA WILL CERTAINLY INCREASE AND SPREAD EAST ACROSS THE CWA THIS AFTERNOON. TAFS WILL CONTAIN A CB IN THE SKY FIELD THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. I WILL INCLUDE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING TEMPOS AT KAVL/KHKY/KCLT FOR TSRA. CONVECTION SHOULD DECREASE THROUGH THE LATE EVENING AND EARLY MORNING HOURS. AREAS OF RAINFALL THROUGH THIS EVENING WILL BE PRIME AREAS FOR FOG TONIGHT. I WILL FORECAST AT LEAST MVFR FOG DURING THE PRE DAWN HOURS FOR THE TSRA TEMPO SITES. CONVECTION POTENTIAL APPEARS JUST AS HIGH TOMORROW...BUT NOT BEFORE 18Z. 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...MCAVOY NEAR TERM...NED SHORT TERM...MCAVOY LONG TERM...MCAVOY AVIATION...NED
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 4, 11:53 AM EST, 3 hours 17 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1253 PM EDT MON JUL 4 2011 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ071-072-082-SCZ001>014-019-051700- RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS- UNION NC-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS- GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG- CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- 1253 PM EDT MON JUL 4 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THE COVERAGE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE REGION TODAY...ESPECIALLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE SLOW MOVING...PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IN AFFECTED AREAS. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE...PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS OF 60 MPH OR GREATER. STAY INFORMED OF THE LATEST FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS AS YOU CARRY OUT YOUR HOLIDAY PLANS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AGAIN ON TUESDAY ACROSS MOST OF THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY ONCE AGAIN BECOME SEVERE...PRODUCING DAMAGING STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. 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. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... NONE. NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065-068>070-501>510-051700- AVERY-ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD- BUNCOMBE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON- SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON- CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-GREATER CALDWELL-BURKE MOUNTAINS-GREATER BURKE- MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-EASTERN MCDOWELL-RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS- GREATER RUTHERFORD-POLK MOUNTAINS-EASTERN POLK- 1253 PM EDT MON JUL 4 2011 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 594 IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA AND WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AGAIN ON TUESDAY ACROSS MOST OF THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY ONCE AGAIN BECOME SEVERE...PRODUCING DAMAGING STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. 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. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... NONE.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 4, 2:17 PM EST, 53 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
317 PM EDT MON JUL 4 2011
NCZ064-065-041945-
HENDERSON-TRANSYLVANIA-
317 PM EDT MON JUL 4 2011
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL HENDERSON AND
NORTHEASTERN TRANSYLVANIA COUNTIES THROUGH 345 PM EDT...
AT 316 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES NORTH OF BREVARD...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
ETOWAH...
PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.
LAT...LON 3524 8243 3525 8280 3534 8282 3538 8279
3544 8255 3542 8254 3543 8253 3544 8253
3545 8251 3545 8247
RBSpecial weather statement, Jul 4, 2:28 PM EST, 42 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
328 PM EDT MON JUL 4 2011
GAZ029-SCZ011-042000-
ABBEVILLE-ELBERT-
328 PM EDT MON JUL 4 2011
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHEASTERN ELBERT AND SOUTHERN
ABBEVILLE COUNTIES THROUGH 400 PM EDT...
AT 325 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTH OF CALHOUN FALLS...OR 15 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF ELBERTON...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.
THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
CALHOUN FALLS...
PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.
LAT...LON 3397 8260 3397 8264 3398 8266 3398 8272
3409 8274 3416 8241 3405 8239 3406 8246
3407 8248 3407 8253 3401 8259 3396 8256
RBSpecial weather statement, Jul 4, 2:32 PM EST, 38 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
332 PM EDT MON JUL 4 2011
GAZ028-029-042000-
ELBERT-HART-
332 PM EDT MON JUL 4 2011
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHWESTERN ELBERT AND SOUTHERN
HART COUNTIES THROUGH 400 PM EDT...
AT 329 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR BOWMAN...OR 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
HARTWELL...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
NUBERG...
PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.
LAT...LON 3414 8306 3417 8311 3420 8310 3423 8308
3427 8312 3429 8310 3435 8281 3433 8279
3413 8275 3411 8304
RBSpecial weather statement, Jul 4, 2:34 PM EST, 36 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
334 PM EDT MON JUL 4 2011
SCZ006-012-042000-
GREATER GREENVILLE-LAURENS-
334 PM EDT MON JUL 4 2011
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL GREENVILLE AND
NORTHWESTERN LAURENS COUNTIES THROUGH 400 PM EDT...
AT 333 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES NORTH OF FORK SHOALS...OR 14 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF DOWNTOWN GREENVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
SIMPSONVILLE...
FOUNTAIN INN...
PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.
LAT...LON 3474 8241 3479 8216 3477 8213 3475 8211
3474 8208 3471 8206 3471 8207 3468 8203
3459 8201 3456 8237
RBSpecial weather statement, Jul 4, 2:54 PM EST, 16 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
354 PM EDT MON JUL 4 2011
NCZ035-056-042030-
ALEXANDER-CATAWBA-
354 PM EDT MON JUL 4 2011
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT ALEXANDER AND NORTHERN CATAWBA
COUNTIES THROUGH 430 PM EDT...
AT 350 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR BETHLEHEM...OR 6 MILES NORTH OF HICKORY...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
ELLENDALE...
TAYLORSVILLE...
PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.
LAT...LON 3600 8117 3583 8106 3579 8110 3573 8130
3580 8134 3592 8134
BSHSpecial weather statement, Jul 4, 2:58 PM EST, 12 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 358 PM EDT MON JUL 4 2011 NCZ508-510-SCZ007-008-042030- CHEROKEE-EASTERN POLK-GREATER RUTHERFORD-SPARTANBURG- 358 PM EDT MON JUL 4 2011 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHERN SPARTANBURG... NORTHWESTERN CHEROKEE...SOUTHEASTERN POLK AND SOUTHERN RUTHERFORD COUNTIES THROUGH 430 PM EDT... AT 354 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF FINGERVILLE...OR 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF COLUMBUS...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR... CHESNEE... PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. LAT...LON 3530 8181 3507 8177 3505 8213 3523 8216 RB
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 80 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:11 UTC.
Event by event
13 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Anderson
- When
- July 4, 3:10 PM EST
- Where
- Anderson County, 3.09 mi S of Starr
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- Law Enforcement
- Coordinates
- 34.336, -82.710
A tree was blown down on Good Hope Church Rd near highway 81.
Hail, Spartanburg
- When
- July 4, 3:15 PM EST
- Where
- Spartanburg County, 1.33 mi ESE of Mary Louise
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 35.070, -81.830
Thunderstorm Wind, Cherokee
- When
- July 4, 3:15 PM EST
- Where
- Cherokee County, 55.4 mi SSW of Saratt
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 34.140, -81.840
Several trees and large limbs blown down on Woods Farm Rd.
Thunderstorm Wind, Anderson
- When
- July 4, 3:27 PM EST
- Where
- Anderson County, Anderson
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- Newspaper
- Coordinates
- 34.500, -82.650
Trees and power lines were blown down at Whitner St and I St in the city, and in the Homeland Park area.
Thunderstorm Wind, Cherokee
- When
- July 4, 3:55 PM EST
- Where
- Cherokee County, 2.36 mi NNW of Blacksburg
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 35.150, -81.520
Multiple large tree limbs were blown down in the area around highway 198 and Rock Springs Rd.
Thunderstorm Wind, Anderson
- When
- July 4, 4:00 PM EST
- Where
- Anderson County, 1.79 mi SW of Toney Creek
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- NWS Employee
- Coordinates
- 34.550, -82.420
Two trees were blown down along highway 247 near the Greenville County line.
Thunderstorm Wind, Spartanburg
- When
- July 4, 4:04 PM EST
- Where
- Spartanburg County, 0.69 mi N of Snoddy
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- Law Enforcement
- Coordinates
- 34.940, -82.070
A couple trees were blown down on the west side of Spartanburg, including on Mt Zion Rd about 8 miles west of town and on California Ave.
Thunderstorm Wind, Laurens
- When
- July 4, 4:15 PM EST
- Where
- Laurens County, 1.84 mi ENE of Hickory Tavern
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- NWS Employee
- Coordinates
- 34.530, -82.150
Multiple trees were blown down along highway 76 near the Georgia Rd intersection.
Thunderstorm Wind, Laurens
- When
- July 4, 4:28 PM EST
- Where
- Laurens County, 2.56 mi SSW of Barksdale
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- Law Enforcement
- Coordinates
- 34.534, -82.091
A tree was blown down near the intersection of Eichelberger Rd and Trinity Church Rd.
Thunderstorm Wind, Laurens
- When
- July 4, 4:28 PM EST
- Where
- Laurens County, 0.28 mi E of Cold Pt
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- Law Enforcement
- Coordinates
- 34.420, -82.045
A tree was blown down onto highway 221 near the highway 39 split, about 5 miles southwest of Laurens.
Thunderstorm Wind, Spartanburg
- When
- July 4, 4:34 PM EST
- Where
- Spartanburg County, 1.83 mi WSW of Converse
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- Law Enforcement
- Coordinates
- 34.970, -81.860
A tree was blown down on Fernwood Glendale Rd and another was blown down on Whitestone Glendale Rd.
Thunderstorm Wind, Spartanburg
- When
- July 4, 4:51 PM EST
- Where
- Spartanburg County, 2.19 mi NW of Kilgore
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- Law Enforcement
- Coordinates
- 34.700, -82.030
A tree was blown down on Racetrack Rd and another tree was blown down on Harris Bridge Rd.
Hail, York
- When
- July 4, 5:06 PM EST
- Where
- York County, 1.79 mi SE of Aragon Mills
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 34.900, -80.980
Thunderstorm Wind, Cherokee
- When
- July 4, 5:14 PM EST
- Where
- Cherokee County, 6.03 mi WSW of Wilkinsville
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 34.940, -81.630
Three large trees were blown down off highway 211 and highway 18.
What these are
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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Sources
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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 337200, 337204, 337205, 337208, 337211, 337214, 337244, 337245, 337246, 337251, 337253, 337254, 337257, 337258, 337261.