A narrow line of thunderstorms moved out of the southwest mountains of North Carolina and into the western part of the upstate around midnight. The line of storms produced a fair amount of wind damage.
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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.
The episode as NWS GSP wrote it up.
A narrow line of thunderstorms moved out of the southwest mountains of North Carolina and into the western part of the upstate around midnight. The line of storms produced a fair amount 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, 9:09 PM EST, 1 hour 54 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1009 PM EDT SUN JUN 19 2011 .SYNOPSIS... A WEAK STATIONARY FRONT WILL LINGER IN OUR AREA BEFORE MOVING 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 MONDAY/... QUICK UPDATE TO ADD SVR TSRA WATCH 517 ACROSS WESTERN NC EAST INTO THE UPPER SAVANNAH RIVER VALLEY. AT 2Z...A POTENT MCS WAS LOCATED NEAR CROSSVILLE...IN EAST TN. THE LINE WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AROUND 35 MPH. THE ENVIRONMENT AHEAD OF THE LINE CONTAINS MODERATE INSTABILITY WITH GATHERING DIURNAL CIN. STEERING FLOW WILL BRING THE BRUNT OF THE ACTIVITY ACROSS EXTREME WESTERN NC AND SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE UPPER SAVANNAH RIVER VALLEY. THE LINE IS EXPECTED TO RESULT IN WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE AND AREAS OF LARGE HAIL. PREVIOUS DISCUSSION... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT THROUGH THE NIGHT IN ANTICIPATION OF THE ARRIVAL OF ADDITIONAL MCS/S. ON MONDAY THE STRONG MCV NOW OVER SRN IN WILL MOVE INTO THE MID ATLANTIC STATES...TURNING THE LLVL WINDS MORE OUT OF THE NW AND WEAKENING THEM CONSIDERABLY. THERE WILL BE PLENTY OF INSTABILITY OVER THE REGION AND SOME CONVERGENCE ACROSS THE NC FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT. SPC HAS THIS AREA IN A DAY 2 SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE STORMS. CONSIDERING THAT THE LLVL CAPPING INVERSION WILL WORK NORTH ACROSS THE REGION...WE MAY ONCE AGAIN HAVE TROUBLE INITIATING CONVECTION. I HAVE CHANCE POPS IN THE NE PART OF THE FA TO ACCOUNT FOR THIS. IF STORMS DO FORM THEY WILL CERTAINLY HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE. && .SHORT TERM /MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... AS OF 110 PM SUNDAY...19/12 UTC SHORT RANGE MODELS REMAIN CONSISTENT IN DEPICTING BLDG UPPER RIDGE ATOP THE CWFA ON TUESDAY. THE RESULTANT VERY WEAK FLOW AND WEAKLY FORCED ENVIRONMENT SHOULD LIMIT DIURNAL DEEP CONVECTION...ESPECIALLY AWAY FROM THE HIGHER TERRAIN...WHERE THE FCST SNDGS STILL LOOK TO REMAIN CAPPED. THE HEAT WAVE WILL CONTINUE AND THE GOING SWATH OF MID TO UPPER 90S MAX TEMPS LOOK GOOD. UPPER RIDGING TO GIVE WAY TO FALLING HEIGHTS ON WEDNESDAY...AND THERE WILL EXIST THE POTENTIAL FOR ENERGY TO RIDE UP THE BACKSIDE OF THE EASTWARD SHIFTING RIDGE. IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE INFLUX OF INCREASED LAYER RH...THE CHANCES FOR SCATTERED AFTERNOON TSTMS ARE BECOMING MORE PROBABLE...ESPECIALLY ACRS THE MTNS. IT SHOULD BE THE LAST VERY HOT DAY FOR A SHORT WHILE AS PIEDMONT MAX TEMPS ARE EXPECTED TO BE SOLIDLY IN THE MID 90S. && .LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY/... AS OF 1215 PM SUNDAY...L/WV TROUGH AXIS ACRS THE CENTRAL CONUS AT THE START OF THE PERIOD IS STILL EXPECTED TO EXHIBIT A MODEST EASTWARD PROGRESSION THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. PREFER TO LEAN TOWARD THE LESS AMPLIFIED EVENTUALITY THAT THE ECMWF SHOWS...BUT AT THIS POINT...AMPLIFICATION QUESTIONS WILL HAVE LITTLE AFFECT ON THE FCST SENSIBLE WX. WITH THE PRESENCE OF TROUGHINESS DEVELOPING INTO THE EASTERN CONUS AND THE ENCROACHMENT OF AN ATTENDANT FRONTAL ZONE...FEEL ABOVE CLIMO POP IS WARRANTED EACH DAY AND TEMPERATURES WILL BE PRETTY CLOSE TO THE EARLY SUMMER NORMALS. A TREND TOWARD DEAMPLIFYING AND FLATTER FLOW ALOFT IS EXPECTED NEXT WEEKEND AS SW CONUS RIDGING EXPANDS EASTWARD AND THE WESTERLIES RETREAT NORTHWARD. WEAK FRONTAL ZONE SHOULD BE ABLE TO SHIFT BACK NORTH AS WELL. IT IS SHAPING UP TO BE A PRETTY TYPICAL SUMMER WEEKEND...MAX TEMPS ABOUT A CATEGORY ABOVE NORMAL AND DAILY DIURNAL TSTM PROBABILITIES IN THE CHANCE RANGE. && .AVIATION /02Z MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/... AT KCLT AND ELSEWHERE...BANDS OF DEBRIS CLOUDS WILL LIKELY PASS ACROSS THE TERMINALS THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. FOG IS POSSIBLE NEAR AREAS OF RAINFALL THIS AFTERNOON...I WILL INDICATE MVFR FOG AT KAVL AND KHKY DURING THE PRE DAWN HOURS. WNW WINDS SHOULD DEVELOP AFTER SUNRISE MONDAY AND WILL REMAIN THROUGH THE REST OF THE TAF PERIOD. CB WILL DEVELOP DURING THE EARLY TO MID AFTERNOON...BUT PLACEMENT AND TIMING IS TOO UNCERTAIN TO MENTION AT THIS TIME. OUTLOOK...DRIER AND HOT WEATHER IS EXPECTED 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...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 6 AM EDT MONDAY FOR NCZ033-048>052-058. SC...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...PAT NEAR TERM...NED/MCAVOY SHORT TERM...CSH LONG TERM...CSH AVIATION...NED
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 949 PM EDT SUN JUN 19 2011 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ053-059-062>065-509-510-SCZ001>006-010- 011-210200- RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-BUNCOMBE- NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON- POLK MOUNTAINS-EASTERN POLK-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS- GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS- GREATER GREENVILLE-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE- 949 PM EDT SUN JUN 19 2011 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 517 IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM EDT MONDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...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...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. NCZ035>037-056-057-068>072-082-501>508-SCZ007>009-012>014-019-210200- ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON- MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-GREATER CALDWELL- BURKE MOUNTAINS-GREATER BURKE-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-EASTERN MCDOWELL- RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-GREATER RUTHERFORD-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK- LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- 949 PM EDT SUN JUN 19 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... NONE. NCZ051-052-058-210200- SWAIN-HAYWOOD-GRAHAM- 949 PM EDT SUN JUN 19 2011 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EDT MONDAY... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 517 IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM EDT MONDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FLASH FLOOD WATCH. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. .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. NCZ033-048>050-210200- AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL- 949 PM EDT SUN JUN 19 2011 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EDT MONDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FLASH FLOOD WATCH. .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.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
719 PM EDT SUN JUN 19 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0615 PM LIGHTNING 3 NW LONG CREEK 34.80N 83.30W
06/18/2011 OCONEE SC 911 CALL CENTER
*** 2 INJ *** TWO PEOPLE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING ALONG
CHATTOOGA RIVER AT STATE LINE. TRANSPORTED TO HOSPITAL
FOR TREATMENT. NO FURTHER DETAILS.
&&
TBENTHALPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
838 PM EDT SUN JUN 19 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0500 PM TSTM WND DMG GREENVILLE 34.84N 82.37W
06/19/2011 GREENVILLE SC NEWSPAPER
SEVERAL TREES DOWN NEAR THE STREET INTERSECTION OF MAIN
AND CROFT. ONE TREE CLIPPED A HOUSE. ANOTHER TREE FELL ON
A COUPLE OF PARKED CARS.
&&
NEDSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1001 PM EDT SUN JUN 19 2011 NCZ051-058-062-200415- SWAIN-GRAHAM-MACON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHEROKEE...BRYSON CITY...FRANKLIN 1001 PM EDT SUN JUN 19 2011 ...STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING TOWARD WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... A CLUSTER OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER EASTERN TENNESSEE WILL APPROACH THE WESTERN PART OF NORTH CAROLINA AROUND 11 PM. IF THE STORMS HOLD TOGETHER...THEY WILL REACH GRAHAM AND SWAIN COUNTIES AROUND 1115 PM AND MACON COUNTY AFTER 1130 PM. THE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. RESIDENTS OF SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA AND THE SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THESE STORMS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. MOORE
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1052 PM EDT SUN JUN 19 2011
NCZ048>050-053-505-200330-
BUNCOMBE-MADISON-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-MITCHELL-YANCEY-
1052 PM EDT SUN JUN 19 2011
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT MADISON...MCDOWELL...
NORTHEASTERN BUNCOMBE...SOUTHEASTERN MITCHELL AND YANCEY COUNTIES
THROUGH 1130 PM EDT...
AT 1050 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR WHITEROCK...OR 8 MILES NORTH OF MARSHALL...
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
PEOPLE IN MADISON...MCDOWELL...NORTHEASTERN BUNCOMBE...SOUTHEASTERN
MITCHELL AND YANCEY COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
MARS HILL AND BARNARDSVILLE...
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 3602 8260 3597 8260 3596 8257 3600 8248
3589 8191 3585 8192 3581 8199 3579 8196
3570 8204 3552 8216 3587 8290 3594 8283
3593 8281 3602 8275 3604 8270
MOORESPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1146 PM EDT SUN JUN 19 2011
GAZ010-NCZ059-062>064-SCZ001-002-200430-
MACON-NORTHERN JACKSON-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS
MOUNTAINS-RABUN-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-
1146 PM EDT SUN JUN 19 2011
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT EASTERN JACKSON...NORTHEASTERN
RABUN...NORTHERN OCONEE...NORTHWESTERN PICKENS...SOUTHEASTERN MACON
AND TRANSYLVANIA COUNTIES THROUGH 1230 AM EDT...
AT 1143 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM CULLOWHEE TO 5 MILES
EAST OF FRANKLIN TO 5 MILES WEST OF OTTO...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40
MPH.
PEOPLE IN EASTERN JACKSON...NORTHEASTERN RABUN...NORTHERN OCONEE...
NORTHWESTERN PICKENS...SOUTHEASTERN MACON AND TRANSYLVANIA
COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
CULLOWHEE...OTTO...DILLARD...THORPE RESERVOIR...HIGHLANDS...
CASHIERS...PINE MOUNTAIN...LAKE TOXAWAY...MOUNTAIN REST AND ROSMAN...
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 THESE
STORMS.
LAT...LON 3517 8326 3540 8317 3532 8297 3529 8292
3530 8291 3518 8259 3511 8266 3513 8268
3510 8270 3508 8275 3506 8276 3505 8274
3498 8281 3482 8311 3499 8353
MOOREPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1202 AM EDT MON JUN 20 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1150 PM TSTM WND DMG 5 N FRANKLIN 35.25N 83.38W
06/19/2011 MACON NC 911 CALL CENTER
TREE ON POWERLINES AT BASE OF COWEE MTN.
&&
TBENTHALThe Greer radar (KGSP), 78 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 04:04 UTC.
3 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Numerous trees and power lines were blown down across the northern part of the county, from the Fish Hatchery Rd area to the Lake Keowee area. Part of the metal roof was blown off a building near Salem.
Multiple trees were blown down from the Sunset and Lake Keowee area, down to Pickens and Liberty. One tree fell on a home on Odell Dr, about 4 miles south of Pickens.
Trees were blown down over much of the eastern part of the county, centered over Belton were several trees were blown down. A tree was also blown down on Simpson Rd 7 miles west of Belton, and another on Rocky Ford Rd 4 miles east of town.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in South Carolina in 2011Every state in 2011This day in weather historyWarnings in South 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: 329541, 329542, 329543, 329544.