A line of thunderstorms begin to organize ahead of a cold front over the western North Carolina Piedmont during the afternoon hours. The line produced a little wind damage northeast of Charlotte, though it went on cause more damage in the central and eastern part of the state.
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A line of thunderstorms begin to organize ahead of a cold front over the western North Carolina Piedmont during the afternoon hours. The line produced a little wind damage northeast of Charlotte, though it went on cause more damage in the central and eastern part of the state.
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 1, 1:36 PM EST, 2 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 236 PM EDT FRI JUN 1 2012 .SYNOPSIS... A COLD FRONT WILL REACH THE CAROLINA COAST TONIGHT. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD OVER THE AREA THROUGH THE WEEKEND. ANOTHER FRONT CROSSES THE AREA EARLY NEXT WEEK...FOLLOWED BY MORE HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING IN FROM THE NORTH. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH SATURDAY/... H5 SHORTWAVE AND ASSOC COLD FRONT WILL PUSH ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTN AND MOVE E OF CWA THIS EVE. CLOUDY SKIES THIS MRNG HAVE KEPT THE NW HALF OF THE CWA MORE STABLE BUT AS BREAKS DEVELOP IN THE CLOUDS AND THE FRONT APPROACHES EXPECT COVERAGE OF SHWRS AND TSTMS TO INCREASE. THERE SHOULD BE ENOUGH INSTABILITY AND SHEAR FOR SOME STORMS TO BECOME SVR...ESP OVER THE SE CWA WHICH HAS HAD BETTER HEATING WITH A WEAK LEADING SHORTWAVE. CURRENT STORMS OVER THAT AREA WILL PUSH E OF THE CWA EARLY BUT FURTHER DEVELOPMENT CAN BE EXPECTED AS THE FRONT COMES THRU LATER. CONVECTION WILL DIMINISH QUICKLY AS THE SYSTEM EXITS E AND WITH COOLING THIS EVE. EXPECT PCLDY TO MCLR SKIES OVERNIGHT WITH LOWS COOLING TO BELOW AVG. BROAD UPPER TROF REMAINS OVER THE REGION SAT WHILE H85 RIDGE AND SFC HIGH PRES BEGIN TO BUILD IN FROM THE W. WITH THIS IN MIND EXPECTING PCLDY SKIES AND BELOW AVG HIGHS SAT AFTN. && .SHORT TERM /SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY/... AT 210 PM FRIDAY...THE UPPER TROF AXIS CONTINUES TO SWING EAST OF THE AREA SAT NIGHT ENABLING H5 HEIGHT RISES THROUGH THE SHORT TERM. THE 12Z NAM IS ONLY AVAILABLE TO 60 HRS...SO A NON/HYDROSTATIC MODEL COMPARISON IS NOT AVAILABLE FOR SUN NIGHT AND MON. HOWEVER...THE 12Z GFS DOES AGREE FAIRLY WELL WITH THE NAM UNTIL 00Z MON. THE GFS DOES BECOME A SIGFNT OUTLIER FROM THE OTHER GLOBAL MODELS WITH A S/W RACING SE TOWARD THE CWFA DURING THE DAY MON. THE CMC/ECMWF HAVE A MUCH LESS AMPLIFIED SOLN...SO THE GFS DYNO/MASS FIELDS WILL BE TEMPERED DOWN A BIT WITH THIS FEATURE. STILL SEE A DECENT POTENTIAL FOR ISOL -SHRA ACROSS THE NC MTNS BEGINNING SUN MORNING AS THE H8 FLOW IS MAINTAINED W/LY AND A GOM MOISTURE FLUX IS TAPPED. THIS FLOW WILL ALSO SET UP A LEE SIDE TROF WHICH WILL ENABLE TEMPS TO REBOUND TO A COUPLE DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. A LLVL JET DEVELOPS ACROSS THE NRN UPSTATE AND NE GE SUN NIGHT AND THIS WILL HELP GENERATE ISOL SHRA ACROSS WRN AND SRN ZONES EARLY MON WHILE A WARM FRONT ADVANCES INTO THE AREA BY THE AFTERNOON AND MAX HEATING. EXPECT A GOOD SFC TD MODIFICATION INTO THE L60S EVEN WITH THE W/LY FLOW AS SFC CONVERGENCE AND POOLING INCREASES THROUGHOUT THE DAY. THIS SHOULD BE ENOUGH GENERATE LOW END SBCAPE FOR LATE AFTERNOON TSTMS ACROSS THE SW/RN ZONES. NOTHING TOO STRONG NOR SEVERE IS ANTICIPATED ATTM. MAX TEMPS FOR MON WILL BE RIGHT AROUND NORMAL AS MOST OF THE CWFA WILL REMAIN PARTLY CLOUDY FOR A GOOD PART OF THE DAY. && .LONG TERM /MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY/... AT 150 PM EDT FRIDAY...CLOSED LOW WEAKENS AND MOVES EAST THROUGH START OF THE WEEK. THE FRONT TO OUR SOUTH WILL MOVE NORTH AS A WARM FRONT ON MONDAY AS LOW PRESSURE CROSSES WESTERN TN INTO MONDAY NIGHT. THE OLD ECMWF DOWNPLAYS THIS...BUT GFS IS CONSISTENT IN BRINGING THIS SYSTEM IN SOME FORM. HPC DRIES US OUT FROM THE NORTH THROUGH SECOND HALF OF THE WEEK AS BROAD TROFINESS CONTINUES OVER THE EAST WITH A CLOSED OR NEARLY CLOSED LOW NEAR NOVA SCOTIA. GREATER SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE MOUNTAINS AS CLOSER TO THE FRONT AND ANY DIURNAL HEATING IN THE MOUNTAINS. TEMPERATURES WILL BE NEAR NORMAL TUESDAY BUT A BIT BELOW NORMAL THROUGH THE REST OF THE WEEK. && .AVIATION /19Z FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... AT KCLT...MAIN CONCERN WILL BE TEMPO TSRA WITH MVFR CIG/VSBY...UNTIL THE FRONT GOES THRU EARLY THIS EVE. CONVECTION WILL DIE OFF QUICKLY BY MID EVE WITH VFR CONDITIONS OVERNIGHT. SW WINDS WILL SWING W THEN NW WITH FROPA AFTER SUNSET. LOOK FOR PCLDY SKIES WITH N WINDS AT 10KT SAT. ELSEWHERE...SIMILAR TO KCLT BUT EARLIER END TO TSTM ACTIVITY WITH EARLIER FROPA. OUTLOOK...DRIER CONDITIONS THIS WEEKEND THEN ANOTHER FRONT WILL AFFECT THE REGION EARLY NEXT WEEK. 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...DEO NEAR TERM...RB SHORT TERM...SBK LONG TERM...DEO AVIATION...RB
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 433 AM EDT FRI JUN 1 2012 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065- 068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-020845- 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- 433 AM EDT FRI JUN 1 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE WESTERN CAROLINAS TODAY AHEAD OF A STRONG COLD FRONT. THE STORMS SHOULD BECOME MORE NUMEROUS DURING THE MIDDLE PART OF THE DAY WITH SOME DAYTIME HEATING. SEVERAL OF THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE SEVERE WEATHER...MAINLY IN THE FORM OF DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND LARGE HAIL. HOWEVER...THERE SHOULD BE ENOUGH WIND SHEAR AT LOW LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE THAT A FEW TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE IN SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS. THE STORMS MAY EVENTUALLY ORGANIZE INTO A SQUALL LINE...BUT THIS MIGHT NOT HAPPEN UNTIL LATE IN THE DAY AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 77. IF A SQUALL LINE DEVELOPS...MORE WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE WILL BE THE RESULT. THE GREATEST CHANCE OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE ACROSS THE PIEDMONT FROM MID AFTERNOON TO EARLY EVENING. THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER SHOULD END WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE COLD FRONT FROM THE WEST THROUGH SUNSET. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. 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.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
128 PM EDT FRI JUN 1 2012
NCZ048>050-011815-
MADISON-MITCHELL-YANCEY-
128 PM EDT FRI JUN 1 2012
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT MADISON...MITCHELL AND NORTHERN
YANCEY COUNTIES THROUGH 215 PM EDT...
AT 127 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF
CHUCKY TO CEDAR CREEK TO WATERVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
THESE STORMS WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
HOT SPRINGS...
HOT SPRINGS...
MARSHALL...
MARS HILL...
RAMSEYTOWN...
WIND GUSTS OF 40 MPH ARE HIGHLY LIKELY WHEN THE LINE OF
THUNDERSTORMS ARRIVES IN THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS...ESPECIALLY
NEAR THE TENNESSEE BORDER.
LAT...LON 3611 8210 3600 8204 3582 8237 3580 8251
3570 8276 3568 8289 3574 8292 3575 8296
3580 8297 3584 8292 3594 8290 3596 8287
3593 8281 3599 8279 3607 8264 3604 8259
3597 8260 3596 8256 3610 8239 3617 8220
HGSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
153 PM EDT FRI JUN 1 2012
SCZ009-011830-
YORK-
153 PM EDT FRI JUN 1 2012
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EASTERN YORK COUNTY THROUGH 230
PM EDT...
AT 153 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES WEST OF ROCK HILL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
40 MPH.
THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
ROCK HILL...
TEGA CAY...
FORT MILL...
CAROWINDS...
PEA SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.
LAT...LON 3486 8111 3501 8124 3513 8105 3511 8104
3509 8106 3506 8106 3505 8104 3511 8094
3506 8089 3498 8088
HGSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
201 PM EDT FRI JUN 1 2012
NCZ082-011845-
UNION-
201 PM EDT FRI JUN 1 2012
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT UNION COUNTY THROUGH 245 PM
EDT...
AT 202 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTH OF LANCASTER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
30 MPH.
THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
WAXHAW...
MINERAL SPRINGS...
MONROE...
WINGATE...
PEA SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.
LAT...LON 3503 8029 3496 8029 3481 8055 3481 8079
3482 8080 3490 8080 3517 8045 3517 8042
3503 8028
HGSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
220 PM EDT FRI JUN 1 2012
NCZ033-048>050-011915-
AVERY-MADISON-MITCHELL-YANCEY-
220 PM EDT FRI JUN 1 2012
...GUSTY WINDS TO AFFECT THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA
THROUGH 330 PM...
AT 218 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN
OUTFLOW OF WINDS FROM THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS EASTERN TENNESSEE MOVING
EASTWARD INTO THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS. WIND GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH
ARE EXPECTED FROM MADISON COUNTY NORTHWARD TO AVERY COUNTY THROUGH
330 PM...WITH THE STRONGEST GUSTS NEAR THE IMMEDIATE TENNESSEE
BORDER AND ALONG THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS.
LAT...LON 3616 8182 3614 8181 3581 8225 3580 8251
3569 8280 3569 8290 3575 8296 3593 8292
3596 8287 3593 8281 3599 8279 3607 8264
3604 8259 3597 8260 3598 8251 3610 8239
3617 8222 3611 8212 3613 8204 3629 8192
HGSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
229 PM EDT FRI JUN 1 2012
NCZ057-072-011915-
CABARRUS-ROWAN-
229 PM EDT FRI JUN 1 2012
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN CABARRUS AND
SOUTHEASTERN ROWAN COUNTIES THROUGH 315 PM EDT...
AT 229 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES NORTH OF MOUNT PLEASANT...OR 9 MILES
NORTHEAST OF CONCORD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
ROCKWELL...
HIGH ROCK LAKE...
PENNY SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.
LAT...LON 3549 8019 3550 8029 3540 8035 3535 8045
3549 8059 3568 8032 3567 8030 3564 8029
3564 8026 3558 8020 3555 8020 3552 8018
HGSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
233 PM EDT FRI JUN 1 2012
NCZ071-SCZ009-011915-
MECKLENBURG-YORK-
233 PM EDT FRI JUN 1 2012
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EASTERN YORK AND SOUTHERN
MECKLENBURG COUNTIES THROUGH 315 PM EDT...
AT 233 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR TEGA CAY...OR 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF ROCK
HILL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
FORT MILL...
CAROWINDS...
PINEVILLE...
SOUTHPARK MALL...
EASTLAND MALL...
PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.
LAT...LON 3503 8077 3503 8080 3500 8084 3505 8089
3501 8090 3496 8088 3490 8098 3503 8113
3536 8074 3530 8068 3527 8067 3524 8060
3520 8056
HGThe Roanoke radar (KFCX), 169 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:37 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Two trees were blown down near the Cabarrus line, with one tree damaging a home.
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