Hail and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, June 11, 2011

Name: Hail and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, June 11, 2011
Start: 2011-06-11T16:45
End: 2011-06-11T20:37
Location: South Carolina

June 11, 2011 · NWS GSP · 7 events in 2 counties and zones

Thunderstorms were not as widespread as the day before, but once again a couple of them became severe, producing a little wind damage. Some of the storms also dropped small hail.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 7

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.

Thunderstorms were not as widespread as the day before, but once again a couple of them became severe, producing a little wind damage. Some of the storms also dropped small hail.

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 Jun 11, 3:10 PM EST, 1 hour 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 11, 3:10 PM EST, 1 hour 35 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
410 PM EDT SAT JUN 11 2011

.SYNOPSIS...
A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN OVER THE REGION TODAY AND BEGIN
TO WEAKEN BEFORE A COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE AREA SUNDAY. HIGH
PRESSURE WILL BUILD SOUTH ACROSS THE AREA BEHIND THE FRONT THROUGH THE
MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK.

&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH SUNDAY/...
2015 UTC UPDATE...POPS HAVE BEEN INCREASED BETWEEN KFQD AND
KMRN...AND BETWEEN KAND AND KGRD...PER THE LATEST RADAR TRENDS...AND
QPF HAS BEEN ADJUSTED UP AT THOSE SITES AND NEAR KJQF. DEW POINT
WERE UPDATED USING OBSERVED DATA...AND RH AND APPARENT TEMPERATURES
UPDATED.

AT 225 PM...LATEST VISIBLE SATELLITE IMAGES SHOWS EXTENSIVE
CONVECTIVE CLOUDS OVER THE RIDGES WITH SHALLOW CU FIELD EAST OF THE
MTNS. IN ADDITION...AN OLD OUTFLOW BOUNDARY WAS OVER MIDDLE
KY/TN...TREKKING SOUTHEAST. IT IS QUESTIONABLE IF THE OUTFLOW WILL
REACH THE CWA. TSRA SHOULD CONTINUE TO POPULATE THE MTN RIDGES THIS
AFTERNOON...SPREADING ACROSS THE VALLEYS DURING THE MID AND LATE
AFTERNOON WITH FURTHER DESTABILIZATION AND SUPPORT FROM LOCALLY
PRODUCED OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES. DEEP CONVECTION EAST OF THE MTNS SHOULD
BECOME COMMON DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AS CIN BECOMES ZERO. AS THE
CASE LATE THIS WEEK...CONVECTION MAY SURVIVE A COUPLE OF HOURS PAST
MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. LOW TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TO RANGE FROM THE
L60S ACROSS THE MTN VALLEYS TO THE U60S EAST.

AT 18Z...MESOSCALE ANALYSIS INDICATED THAT CAPES RANGED BETWEEN 1500
TO 2500 J/KG. DCAPE VALUES MAY RANGE AROUND 1000 J/KG. FZL SHOULD
RANGE AROUND 13.5 KFT...PLACING THE 55 DBZ CORE HEIGHT AROUND 24.5
KFT. PW SHOULD RANGE FROM 1.25 TO 1.5 INCHES WITH K-INDEX VALUES IN
THE MID 30S. STORM MOTIONS WILL REMAIN VERY SLOW...INCREASING
POTENTIAL FOR EXCESSIVE RAINFALL. SEVERAL STORMS MAY PRODUCE SVR
HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. WE WILL CONTINUE TO MENTION IN THE HWO.

SUNDAY...A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE CWA FROM THE WEST THROUGH
THE MORNING...REACHING THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS DURING THE LATE
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. BEFORE THE FRONT ARRIVES...THE ENVIRONMENT
WILL BECOME MODERATELY UNSTABLE WITH WEAK CIN DURING THE AFTERNOON.
WEAK SHEAR AND GOOD INSTABILITY SHOULD SUPPORT MAINLY PULSE STORMS
FROM EARLY AFTERNOON UNTIL THE FRONT ARRIVES. AS THE FRONT
APPROACHES...CONVECTION MAY FORM INTO MULTICELLS WITH QUICKER STORM
MOTIONS. I WILL FORECAST HIGH CHC POPS BY LATE AFTERNOON. HIGH
TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN NEAR 10 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL.

&&

.SHORT TERM /SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY/...
AS OF 200 PM SATURDAY...THE UPSTREAM FLOW BECOMES MORE AMPLIFIED
WITH A RATHER PRONOUNCED RIDGE AXIS REDEVELOPING ACROSS THE CENTRAL
MIDWEST. THE MODELS ARE STILL BRINGING IN A S/W ASSOCIATED WITH THE
NEW ENG LOW MON AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE 12Z GFS IS THE STRONGEST
WITH THIS FEATURE AND THE DPVA FIELD...WHILE THE NAM AND SREF SHOW
ONLY MODEST SUPPORT. A TRICKY FORECAST FOR POPS ACROSS THE NC MTNS
AS THE LLVLS WILL BE EXPERIENCING AN INFLUX OF LOWER THEATA/E WHILE
A CA HIGH BUILDS OVER THE OH VALLEY. MODEL SOUNDINGS ACROSS THE MTNS
HAVE NEGLIGIBLE SBCAPE AND VERY LITTLE ELCAPE...WHILE CINS REMAIN IN
THE 300-400 J/KG. SO...WITH SUSPECT CONV INSTABILITY AND AN
UNFAVORABLE LLVL THERMAL STRUCTURE AND MINIMAL MOISTURE...THE GRIDS
WILL BE LEFT POP FREE EXCEPT ACROSS ELEVATIONS ABOVE 4KFT WHERE ISOL
TSTMS WILL POSSIBLE ASSOCIATED WITH MECHANICAL LIFT AND THE UPPER
ENERGY SUPPORT.

ON TUES...THE PATTERN BECOMES A LITTLE MORE SUPPRESSED AS THE
AFOREMENTIONED CA HIGH REINFORCES AND RIDGES DEEPER SOUTH ACROSS THE
CWFA. THE GFS IS ACTIVATING A WARM FRONT OFF TO THE WEST AND THIS
COULD SWING CLOSE ENOUGH TO THE MTNS FOR A LATE DAY CONVECTIVE
THREAT....HOWEVER THERE IS LITTLE LLVL RESPONSE SEEN ON THE MUCH
FURTHER NORTH NAM. SO...WILL KEEP THE GRIDS POP FREE FOR TUE. DEEP
LAYERED FLOW WILL BECOME STRONGER AND DEEP NW/LY AS WELL...WHICH
WILL ALSO HELP SUPPRESS CONV INITIATION THROUGH THE DAY. MAX AND
TEMPS THROUGH THE PERIOD WILL REMAIN A COUPLE CATS ABOVE
NORMAL...WITH A BIT COOLER CONDITIONS EXPECTED FOR TUE WITH THE
LOWER THETA/E AIR MIXING IN.

&&

.LONG TERM /TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY/...
AS OF 1230 PM SATURDAY...THE MEDIUM RANGE LOOKS LIKE A RETURN TO
SOMEWHAT ACTIVE WEATHER FOR THE LATTER HALF OF NEXT WEEK. ALTHOUGH
THE GUIDANCE SHOWS A SHORT WAVE RIDGE MOVING ACROSS THE AREA ON
WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT...A MEAN UPPER LONG WAVE TROF WILL
REMAIN OVER THE EASTERN PART OF THE COUNTRY. AFTER A DRY TUESDAY
NIGHT...DIURNAL CONVECTION WILL BE THE RULE ON WEDNESDAY. THE MAIN
FEATURE OF INTEREST HERE IS THE NEXT UPPER LOW DROPPING DOWN ACROSS
THE MIDWEST ON THURSDAY. THIS IS EXPECTED TO BRING DEEPER MOISTURE
AND FORCING INTO THE AREA FROM THE WEST ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THIS MAY
MANIFEST ITSELF AS A WARM FRONT OF SORTS MOVING THROUGH THURSDAY
MORNING EARLY IN THE DAY WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STORMS. A COLD
FRONT IS EXPECTED TO DROP INTO THE FCST AREA ON THURSDAY AND THEN
SHOULD STALL ACROSS THE AREA FOR FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. SO...THURSDAY
AND THURSDAY EVENING COULD HAVE A SHOWER OR STORM AT ANY TIME.
SUSPECT THAT COVERAGE WILL BE NUMEROUS TO WIDESPREAD WHEN ALL IS
SAID AND DONE...BUT THE POP WILL BE LIMITED TO CHANCE FOR THE TIME
BEING. THE PRESENCE OF THE SURFACE BOUNDARY SHOULD GIVE US A DECENT
CHANCE FOR MORE PRECIP FRIDAY AND SATURDAY...BUT IT WILL BE
MODULATED BY THE DIURNAL CYCLE. TEMPS GENERALLY HAVE BEEN NUDGED
DOWNWARD A FEW DEGREES OWING TO MORE CLOUD COVER ACROSS THE REGION.

&&

.AVIATION /20Z SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/...
AT KCLT AND ELSEWHERE...AT 1730Z...DEEP CONVECTION ACROSS THE
FORECAST AREA WAS SOLIDLY TIED TO THE RIDGES...WITH A SLOW DRIFT
EAST. DEEP CONVECTION WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE ACROSS THE MTNS THIS
AFTERNOON...SPREADING INTO THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT DURING THE
LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. DEEP MOISTURE AND LINGERING INSTABILITY
MAY SUPPORT SHRA/TSRA WELL INTO THE EVENING...COVERAGE SHOULD BEGIN
TO DECREASE AROUND 2Z. OVERNIGHT...DEBRIS CLOUDS AND LIGHT SW WINDS
REMAIN ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA. PERSISTENCE AND MODEL CONSENSUS
FAVORS KEEPING THE TAFS P6SM OVERNIGHT. A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH
THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS SUNDAY MORNING. THE ASSOCIATED WIND SHIFT
AND CONVECTION IS FORECAST TO REMAIN WEST OF THE TAFS BEFORE 18Z.

OUTLOOK...A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE IN FROM THE NORTHWEST SUNDAY...WITH
RESTRICTIONS ACCOMPANYING CONVECTION. DRIER HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD
IN FROM THE NORTH EARLY NEXT WEEK.

&&

.GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...NONE.
NC...NONE.
SC...NONE.

&&

SYNOPSIS...SBK
NEAR TERM...JAT/NED
SHORT TERM...SBK
LONG TERM...PM
AVIATION...NED

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 11, 1:32 PM EST, 3 hours 13 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
232 PM EDT SAT JUN 11 2011

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065-
068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-121845-
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-
232 PM EDT SAT JUN 11 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.

SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING.
A FEW OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY BECOME SEVERE...PRODUCING
DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL AS LARGE AS QUARTERS. THE STORMS WILL MOVE
VERY SLOWLY AND LOCALIZED FLOODING MAY RESULT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION FROM THE NORTHWEST ON
SUNDAY. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED AHEAD OF
THE COLD FRONT...WITH SEVERAL STORMS LIKELY BECOMING SEVERE.
DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS AND LARGE HAIL WILL BE THE MAIN
CONCERNS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF LARGE
HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...OR FLASH FLOODING TO OUR OFFICE.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 11, 1:18 PM EST, 3 hours 27 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
218 PM EDT SAT JUN 11 2011

GAZ010-NCZ062>064-SCZ001-111900-
MACON-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-RABUN-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-
218 PM EDT SAT JUN 11 2011

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN RABUN...NORTHERN
OCONEE...SOUTHEASTERN MACON...SOUTHERN JACKSON AND SOUTHWESTERN
TRANSYLVANIA COUNTIES THROUGH 300 PM EDT...

AT 214 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES SOUTH OF CASHIERS...OR 17 MILES NORTH OF
WALHALLA...MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH.

PEOPLE IN NORTHEASTERN RABUN...NORTHERN OCONEE...SOUTHEASTERN
MACON...SOUTHERN JACKSON AND SOUTHWESTERN TRANSYLVANIA COUNTIES...

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 3511 8319 3513 8291 3504 8291 3502 8292
      3501 8292 3499 8294 3497 8292 3495 8292
      3494 8290 3487 8291 3483 8289 3486 8320
      3492 8325

MOORE

Special weather statement, Jun 11, 1:27 PM EST, 3 hours 18 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
227 PM EDT SAT JUN 11 2011

NCZ037-057-111915-
DAVIE-ROWAN-
227 PM EDT SAT JUN 11 2011

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT ROWAN AND SOUTHEASTERN DAVIE
COUNTIES THROUGH 315 PM EDT...

AT 227 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF SPENCER...OR 6 MILES NORTH
OF SALISBURY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

PEOPLE IN ROWAN AND SOUTHEASTERN DAVIE COUNTIES...

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 3556 8067 3574 8073 3594 8037 3589 8036
      3588 8041 3585 8038 3582 8046 3579 8047
      3577 8045 3574 8045 3572 8038 3573 8034
      3570 8032

MOORE

Local storm report, Jun 11, 1:58 PM EST, 2 hours 47 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
258 PM EDT SAT JUN 11 2011

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0238 PM     HAIL             3 E KANNAPOLIS          35.49N 80.57W
06/11/2011  E0.75 INCH       CABARRUS           NC   PUBLIC

            INTERSECTION OF CENTERGROVE RD AND CAMP JULIA RD

&&

RWH

Local storm report, Jun 11, 2:48 PM EST, 1 hour 57 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
348 PM EDT SAT JUN 11 2011

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0321 PM     TSTM WND DMG     HARRISBURG              35.32N 80.67W
06/11/2011                   CABARRUS           NC   911 CALL CENTER

            TREE DOWN ON POWERLINES NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF HW-49
            AND ROBINSON AVENUE.

&&

BSH

Local storm report, Jun 11, 2:53 PM EST, 1 hour 52 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
353 PM EDT SAT JUN 11 2011

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0311 PM     HAIL             FAITH                   35.59N 80.46W
06/11/2011  E0.88 INCH       ROWAN              NC   PUBLIC

&&

BSH

Local storm report, Jun 11, 3:30 PM EST, 1 hour 15 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
430 PM EDT SAT JUN 11 2011

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0225 PM     TSTM WND DMG     CONCORD                 35.41N 80.59W
06/11/2011                   CABARRUS           NC   911 CALL CENTER

            THREE TREES DOWN IN CONCORD AREA. HAIL OF UNKNOWN SIZE
            ALONG I-85.

&&

MOORE

The radar

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Event by event

4 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Greenville

When: June 11, 4:45 PM EST
Where: Greenville County, 1.33 mi ESE of Wares Xrds
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 34.620, -82.360

Hail, Greenville

When: June 11, 5:20 PM EST
Where: Greenville County, 2.84 mi E of Batesville
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Reported by: Public
Coordinates: 34.850, -82.180

Thunderstorm Wind, Greenville

When: June 11, 5:30 PM EST
Where: Greenville County, 1.86 mi NE of Five Forks
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
Reported by: Public
Coordinates: 34.820, -82.208

Two trees and some large limbs were blown down on Roper Mountain Rd near Anderson Ridge Rd.

Hail, Greenville

When: June 11, 5:51 PM EST
Where: Greenville County, 1.33 mi WSW of Greenville Downtown
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 34.840, -82.370

Hail, York

When: June 11, 8:20 PM EST
Where: York County, Rock Hill
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: Public
Coordinates: 34.920, -81.030

Thunderstorm Wind, York

When: June 11, 8:25 PM EST
Where: York County, 0.69 mi N of Boyd Hill
Measured: 55 kt (63 mph) estimated gust
Reported by: County Official
Coordinates: 34.940, -81.030

Numerous trees were blown down in and around Rock Hill.

Thunderstorm Wind, York

When: June 11, 8:37 PM EST
Where: York County, 2.1 mi ESE of Aragon Mills
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
Reported by: Fire Department/Rescue
Coordinates: 34.908, -80.966

A couple of trees were blown down on Catawba Church Rd.

What these are

Hail: Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
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.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in South Carolina in 2011 Every state in 2011 This day in weather history Warnings in South Carolina, June 2011

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: 320281, 320282, 320283, 320284, 320567, 320568, 320569.