Damaging Wind in Georgia, June 14, 2012

Name: Damaging Wind in Georgia, June 14, 2012
Start: 2012-06-14T06:08
End: 2012-06-14T06:08
Location: Georgia

June 14, 2012 · NWS GSP · 1 event in 1 county or zone

A line of thunderstorms moved into northeast Georgia from Upstate South Carolina. One of the storms caused wind damage in a park.

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 1

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.

A line of thunderstorms moved into northeast Georgia from Upstate South Carolina. One of the storms caused wind damage in a park.

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 14, 2:37 AM EST, 3 hours 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 14, 2:37 AM EST, 3 hours 31 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
337 AM EDT THU JUN 14 2012

.SYNOPSIS...
A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE REGION TODAY.
HIGH PRESSURE IS THEN EXPECTED TO REMAIN OVER THE WESTERN CAROLINAS
AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK.

&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/...
A BACK DOOR COLD FRONT CONTINUES TO PUSH TO SOUTHWEST...ACROSS THE
FORECAST AREA EARLY THIS MORNING. SCT SHOWERS AND A FEW
THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING ALONG THE FRONT...AS WELL AS IN THE
INCREASING UPSLOPE FLOW ACROSS BLUE RIDGE AHEAD OF THE FRONT.
CONSIDERABLY DRIER AIR IS FILTERING IN BEHIND THE FRONT...THOUGH IT
WILL BE SEVERAL MORE HOURS UNTIL THE DRY AIR PUSHES ALL THE WAY
ACROSS THE FA. UNTIL THE DRY AIR MOVES IN...THE SHOWERS WILL
CONTINUE. IN FACT...THEY SHOULD INCREASE IN COVERAGE OVER THE NEXT
FEW HOURS ALONG THE EASTERN ESCARPMENT OF THE BLUE RIDGE.

LATER TODAY...CONVECTION IS EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP OVER THE SOUTHWEST
NC MTNS. HOWEVER...THE BEST LLVL CONVERGENCE AND INSTABILITY SHIFTS
IN ERN TN. SO WHILE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD INITIATE IN THE FORECAST
AREA...THEY SHOULD DRIFT OUT OF THE FORECAST AREA BEFORE TOO
LONG...AND I/D EXPECT ANY SEVERE THREAT TO BE WEST OF THE FORECAST
AREA THIS AFTERNOON. OTHERWISE IT WILL BE A NICE DAY WITH LOWER
DEWPOINTS AND MAX TEMPS RUNNING A FEW DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. THERE
WILL BE QUITE A BIT OF ALTO-CU UNDER AN INVERSION UP AROUND 7KFT
THIS MORNING. BY THE AFTERNOON I THINK THE PIEDMONT WILL LARGELY
CLEAR OUT...THOUGH THE BROKEN CLOUD COVER WILL LIKELY LAST THROUGH
THE DAY ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS AND MOUNTAINS.

UPSLOPE FLOW WILL STRENGTHEN LATE TONIGHT. A FEW SHRA WILL BE
POSSIBLE THROUGH THE NIGHT ACROSS THE BLUE RIDGE AND LOWER CLOUD
COVER MAY DEVELOP LATE AT NIGHT IN THIS AREA AS WELL.

&&

.SHORT TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/...
AS OF 310 AM THURSDAY...BOTH THE GFS AND ECMWF INDICATE THAT THE
FORECAST AREA WILL REMAIN BETWEEN A 588 DM RIDGE OVER THE CENTRAL
CONUS AND AN AMPLIFIED TROUGH OVER THE WESTERN ATLANTIC THROUGH THE
SHORT TERM. AT THE SFC...AN ELONGATED RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL
SUPPLY STEADY NORTHEAST WINDS EAST OF THE APPALACHIANS. FORECAST
SOUNDINGS DURING FRIDAY AND SATURDAY AFTERNOONS INDICATE THAT A
SIGNIFICANT H8 TO H75 INVERSION WILL REMAIN OVER THE REGION. THE
INVERSION COMBINED WITH DEEP DRY AIR SHOULD YIELD LITTLE TO NO CAPE
ACROSS THE PIEDMONT AND FOOTHILLS...POSSIBLY RANGING NEAR 100 J/KG
ACROSS THE MTNS. I WILL FORECAST DRY CONDITIONS EAST OF THE
MTNS...WITH SLIGHT CHC ACROSS THE MTNS AND RIDGE TOP CHC ACROSS
WESTERN NC BOTH AFTERNOONS. TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TO RANGE
BETWEEN 2 TO 4 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL.

&&

.LONG TERM /SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
AS OF 330 AM THURSDAY...SUNDAY AND MONDAY...H5 RIDGE AXIS WILL PIVOT
EAST ACROSS THE MTNS THROUGH THE PERIOD. SFC RIDGING WILL CONTINUE
ACROSS THE CWA...WITH STEADY NE LLVL FLOW. GFS FORECAST SOUNDINGS
INDICATE WIDE DEWPOINT DEPRESSION VALUES WITHIN THE BL AND A LAYER
OF MID LEVEL DRYING. CAPE VALUES SHOULD REMAIN VERY LIMITED DUE TO
THE LLVL DRY CONDITIONS AND SHALLOW MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES. BASED ON
THE LIMITED INSTABILITY AND LACK OF FORCING...I WILL KEEP CONDITIONS
DRY EAST OF THE MTNS AND ONLY INDICATE SCHC ACROSS THE MTNS.
TEMPERATURES MAY RANGE AROUND 1 TO 2 DEGREE BELOW NORMAL.

TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY...BOTH THE GFS AND ECMWF INDICATE THAT THE
CENTER OF A 591DM 500MB LEVEL HIGH WILL BUILD OVER THE REGION. SFC
RIDGING WILL LIKELY BROADEN AND WEAKEN DURING THE PERIOD. FORECAST
SOUNDINGS CONTINUE TO FEATURE DEEP DRY AIR AND LITTLE TO NO VALUES
OF CAPE. I WILL KEEP POPS LIMITED TO A SCHC ACROSS THE WESTERN NC
MTNS ON TUESDAY...NO COVERAGE EAST. ON WEDNESDAY...CONVECTION CHC
WILL DECREASE FROM TUESDAY WITH THE MID RIDGING PEAKING OVERHEAD.
NORMAL TEMPERATURES ON TUESDAY WITH A RISE 3 TO 4 DEGREES ABOVE
NORMAL ON WEDNESDAY.

&&

.AVIATION /08Z THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY/...
AT KCLT...THE TDWR SHOWS THAT THE BACK DOOR COLD FRONT HAS CROSSED
THE AIRFIELD. THIS WILL KEEP ANY NOCTURNAL SHOWER ACTIVITY BACK
ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS AND THE NRN UPSTATE. SCT TO BKN CLOUDS BETWEEN
4 TO 6 KFT SHOULD PERSIST THROUGH THE NIGHT. WINDS WILL BE DUE EAST
FOR A FEW HOURS...BUT THEY WILL VEER TO NE WITH TIME.

ELSEWHERE...A WEAK BACK DOOR COLD FRONT WILL SLOWLY PUSH SOUTHWEST
ACROSS THE REGION EARLY THIS MORNING. IT/S ALREADY THROUGH
KHKY...BUT IT WILL TAKE UNTIL SUNRISE BEFORE CROSSING THE UPSTATE
SITES. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW TSTMS WILL FIRE ALONG AND AHEAD
OF THE BNDRY AND VCSH HAVE BEEN ADDED OVER THE UPSTATE AND AT KAVL.
SCT TO BKN CIGS IN THE 4 TO 6 KFT RANGE WILL CONTINUE OVER THE FA
THROUGH THE NIGHT. WINDS WILL BE OUT OF THE NE MOST OF THE PERIOD.

OUTLOOK...GENERALLY DRY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH MONDAY.
HOWEVER...ISOLATED AFTERNOON TSTMS WILL DEVELOP OVER THE MTNS EACH
DAY...WHICH COULD HAVE SOME AFFECT ON OPERATIONS AT KAVL.

AN EXPERIMENTAL AVIATION FORECAST CONSISTENCY TABLE SHOWING THE
PERCENTAGE OF GUIDANCE MEMBERS AGREEING WITH THE SCHEDULED ISSUANCE
CATEGORY IS AVAILABLE AT FOLLOWING LINK (USE LOWER CASE)...

WWW.WEATHER.GOV/GSP/AVIATION/TABLES.HTM

&&

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

&&

SYNOPSIS...NED
NEAR TERM...MCAVOY
SHORT TERM...NED
LONG TERM...NED
AVIATION...MCAVOY

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 14, 1:06 AM EST, 5 hours 2 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
206 AM EDT THU JUN 14 2012

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ048-051>053-058-059-062>065-068-
507>510-SCZ001>014-019-150615-
RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-MADISON-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-
BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-
HENDERSON-CLEVELAND-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-
206 AM EDT THU JUN 14 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PIEDMONT
NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH SOUTHWEST ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS
TODAY. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND ONE OR TWO THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP
ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE FRONT. A FEW THUNDERSTORM CLUSTERS MAY
DEVELOP OVER THE HIGH TERRAIN OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA LATER
THIS AFTERNOON. HEAVY DOWNPOURS...GUSTY WINDS...AND OCCASIONAL
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGER STORMS
TODAY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

NONE.

NCZ033-035>037-049-050-056-057-069>072-082-501>506-150615-
AVERY-ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-YANCEY-MITCHELL-CATAWBA-ROWAN-LINCOLN-
GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-
GREATER CALDWELL-BURKE MOUNTAINS-GREATER BURKE-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-
EASTERN MCDOWELL-
206 AM EDT THU JUN 14 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA AND
WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

NONE.

NED

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 14, 2:43 AM EST, 3 hours 25 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
343 AM EDT THU JUN 14 2012

SCZ010-140815-
ANDERSON-
343 AM EDT THU JUN 14 2012

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHERN ANDERSON COUNTY THROUGH
415 AM EDT...

AT 338 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES WEST OF PIEDMONT...OR 12 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF DOWNTOWN GREENVILLE. THIS STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.

* OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  POWDERSVILLE AND PIEDMONT.

PENNY SIZE HAIL...WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH AND TORRENTIAL RAIN ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

HEAVY RAINS MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS. WATER
LEVELS OF SMALL STREAMS AND RIVERS MAY ALSO RISE. SEEK HIGHER GROUND
IF THREATENED BY FLOOD WATERS.

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 3472 8270 3481 8252 3481 8248 3476 8245
      3475 8246 3471 8246 3468 8247 3458 8258

MCAVOY

Special weather statement, Jun 14, 3:16 AM EST, 2 hours 52 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
416 AM EDT THU JUN 14 2012

SCZ006-140845-
GREATER GREENVILLE-
416 AM EDT THU JUN 14 2012

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHERN GREENVILLE COUNTY
THROUGH 445 AM EDT...

AT 410 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DONALDSON CENTER...OR 11
MILES SOUTH OF DOWNTOWN GREENVILLE. THIS STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.

* OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO DONALDSON
  CENTER...SIMPSONVILLE AND MAULDIN.

PENNY SIZE HAIL...WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH AND TORRENTIAL RAIN 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 3460 8237 3472 8246 3481 8231 3469 8222

MCAVOY

Local storm report, Jun 14, 4:49 AM EST, 1 hour 19 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
549 AM EDT THU JUN 14 2012

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

0518 AM     HAIL             WILLIAMSTON             34.62N 82.48W
06/14/2012  E0.75 INCH       ANDERSON           SC   PUBLIC

&&

MCAVOY

Local storm report, Jun 14, 5:14 AM EST, 54 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
614 AM EDT THU JUN 14 2012

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

0554 AM     TSTM WND DMG     3 SW HONEA PATH         34.42N 82.43W
06/14/2012                   ANDERSON           SC   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREE IN THE ROADWAY NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF SAUER FARM
            ROAD AND PAIGE ROAD.

&&

NED

Local storm report, Jun 14, 5:36 AM EST, 32 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
636 AM EDT THU JUN 14 2012

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

0510 AM     TSTM WND DMG     3 N WILLIAMSTON         34.66N 82.48W
06/14/2012                   ANDERSON           SC   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREE IN ROADWAY NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF BRYANT ROAD AND
            WHIPPORWILL LANE. TIME DETERMINED BY RADAR.

&&

NED

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 86 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 11:08 UTC.

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1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Hart

When: June 14, 6:08 AM EST
Where: Hart County, 3.69 mi ESE of Hartwell
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
Reported by: Public
Coordinates: 34.330, -82.870

Multiple trees were blown down at a campground on Watsadler Rd.

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.

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

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Georgia in 2012 Every state in 2012 This day in weather history Warnings in Georgia, June 2012

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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 390543.