North Carolina, 2013Damaging Winds in North Carolina, August 31, 2013
August 31, 2013 · NWS GSP · 2 events in 2 counties and zones
Thunderstorms blew down a few trees over the North Carolina foothills.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
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- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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Thunderstorms blew down a few trees over the North Carolina foothills.
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 Aug 31, 2:00 PM EST, 45 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 31, 2:00 PM EST, 45 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
300 PM EDT SAT AUG 31 2013
.SYNOPSIS...
MOIST SOUTHERLY FLOW WILL REMAIN ACROSS THE CAROLINAS AS WEAK HIGH PRESSURE
SLOWLY SLIDES OFFSHORE THIS EVENING AND SUNDAY. THIS MOIST FLOW
WILL HELP TO KICK OFF SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WEEKEND.
A COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE NORTHWEST ON MONDAY AND CROSSES THE
AREA TUESDAY WITH DRY HIGH PRESSURE RETURNING ON WEDNESDAY.
&&
.NEAR TERM /THROUGH SUNDAY/...
AS OF 250 PM...LATEST SATELLITE IMAGES SHOWS SEVERAL CLUSTERS OF
THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE EAST FACING SLOPES OF THE MTNS AND ADJACENT
FOOTHILLS. TWO SHORTWAVES WILL PUSH ACROSS THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN
REGION THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING. TSRA WILL TRACK NW TO SE ACROSS
THE WESTERN CAROLINAS...SVR WX EXPECTED WITH A FEW STORMS. LATEST
MESOSCALE ANALYSIS INDICATES THAT CAPES RANGED FROM 2000-3000 J/KG
ACROSS THE CWA. REGIONAL OBSERVATIONS THIS AFTERNOON INDICATED
DEWPOINTS IN THE LOW 70S ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE EASTERN
PIEDMONT...SW WINDS SHOULD RESULT IN DEWPOINTS FROM 70 TO 75. THE
COMBINATION OF HIGHS IN THE U80 WITH LOW TO MID 70 DEWPOINTS MAY
YIELD CAPES CLOSER TO 3000 J/KG ACROSS THE UPPER SAVANNAH RIVER
VALLEY AND SC UPSTATE AHEAD OF THE TSRA. TSRA MAY LINGER INTO THE
EVENING. DEBRIS CLOUDS MAY REMAIN OVER THE REGION OVERNIGHT...WITH
ISO SHRA. LOW TEMPS SHOULD RANGE AROUND NORMAL.
ON SUNDAY...CONDITIONS SHOULD CHANGE VERY LITTLE FROM TODAY. TSRA
MAY ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE MTNS AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING
MID LEVEL TROUGH. LIKE TODAY...MTN CONVECTION WILL TRACK
EAST...SUPPORTED BY CAPES AROUND 2000 J/KG. A FEW TSRA MAY PRODUCE
DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL. HIGH TEMPERATURES SHOULD RANGE VERY CLOSE
TO TODAYS VALUES.
&&
.SHORT TERM /SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY/...
AS OF 215 PM SATURDAY...THE SHORT TERM FCST PICKS UP AT 00Z ON
MONDAY WITH UPPER TROF SLOWLY DEEPENING TO OUR NORTH AS THE
PERSISTENT UPPER RIDGE MAINTAINS ITSELF OVER THE WESTERN CONUS.
THIS UPPER PATTERN IS EXPECTED TO PERSIST INTO THE MEDIUM RANGE WITH
A LARGE AREA OF LOW LVL DEFORMATION REMAINING TO OUR SW. AT THE
SFC...A THE LEE TROF WILL KEEP WARM AND MOIST SWLY FLOW OVER THE
FCST AREA UNTIL WINDS GRADUALLY SHIFT TO NWLY AS A COLD FRONT
APPROACHES THE CWFA FROM THE NORTH MON NIGHT AND PASSES THRU THE
CWFA ON TUES. CHANCES FOR SCT SH AND TS WILL BE GOOD LATE SUN AND
EARLY MON WITH THE PREVAILING ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS. MON AFTERNOON
AND EVENING WILL ALSO SEE HIGH END CHANCE TO LIKELY POPS AS THE
FRONT APPROACHES. THE LATEST MODEL RUNS ARE POINTING TO A SLIGHTLY
DRIER FROPA ON TUES WITH DRIER AIR OVER THE CWFA BY THE END OF THE
PERIOD. HIGHS WILL BE RIGHT AROUND NORMAL WITH LOWS A FEW DEGREES
ABOVE NORMAL FOR LATE AUGUST/EARLY SEPT.
&&
.LONG TERM /TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY/...
AS OF 2 PM SAT...THE MEDIUM RANGE FCST PICKS UP AT 00Z ON WEDNESDAY
WITH THE PERSISTENT UPPER RIDGE OVER THE WESTERN CONUS AND AN UPPER
TROF OVER THE EAST. THIS OVERALL PATTERN IS EXPECTED TO PERSIST THRU
DAY 7 WITH SOME DEAMPLIFICATION LIKELY BY THE END OF THE PERIOD NEXT
WEEKEND. AT THE SFC...A COLD FRONT WILL BE MOVING SOUTH OF THE CWFA
AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PERIOD AS COOLER AND DRIER HIGH PRESSURE
PUSHES INTO THE CAROLINAS FROM THE NW. THE HIGH WILL DISSIPATE ON
THURS AS LOW LVL FLOW BECOMES WEAK AND SLY FLOW TRIES TO REGAIN ITS
FOOTING. THE AREA WILL REMAIN LOOSELY UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF THE
BERMUDA SFC HIGH AS WE MOVE INTO THE WEEKEND. THE PERIOD WILL START
OUT DRY IN THE WAKE OF THE FROPA AND POPS WILL GRADUALLY BUILD BACK
UP TO MOSTLY DIURNAL CHANCES FOR ISO TO SCT SH AND TS EACH AFTERNOON
AND EVENING. TEMPS WILL LIKELY BE A FEW DEGREES BELOW NORMAL EACH
DAY.
&&
.AVIATION /19Z SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/...
AT KCLT AND ELSEWHERE...TWO SHORTWAVES WILL PUSH ACROSS THE
SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN REGION THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING. SEVERAL
CLUSTERS OF TSRA WILL TRACK NW TO SE ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS
TERMINALS...LIKELY BETWEEN 20Z TO 24Z. I WILL HIGHLIGHT THE TSRA
WITH A TEMPO...FEATURING NW GUSTS TO TO 20 TO 25 KTS. TERMINALS EAST
OF THE MTNS SHOULD SEE PLENTY OF DEBRIS CLOUDS THROUGH MOST OF THE
OVERNIGHT...BUT REMAINING VFR. KAVL COULD SEE LIFR CLOUDS AROUND
DAWN. FORECAST SOUNDINGS INDICATE THAT ALL TERMINALS COULD SEE THE
DEVELOPMENT OF MVFR CLOUDS SHORTLY AFTER SUNRISE...BUT RETURNING TO
VFR BY LATE MORNING.
OUTLOOK...DIURNALLY DRIVEN ISOLD TO SCT CONVECTION EXPECTED AGAIN
MONDAY. DAYBREAK FOG WILL BE MOST LIKELY IN MOUNTAIN VALLEYS
AND WHERE RAIN FELL THE DAY BEFORE.
CONFIDENCE TABLE...
19-01Z 01-07Z 07-13Z 13-19Z
KCLT HIGH 100% HIGH 100% HIGH 88% HIGH 97%
KGSP HIGH 93% HIGH 100% HIGH 88% HIGH 86%
KAVL HIGH 100% HIGH 91% MED 65% HIGH 86%
KHKY HIGH 92% HIGH 97% MED 74% HIGH 86%
KGMU HIGH 100% HIGH 100% HIGH 94% HIGH 86%
KAND HIGH 100% HIGH 100% MED 72% HIGH 87%
THE PERCENTAGE REFLECTS THE NUMBER OF GUIDANCE MEMBERS AGREEING
WITH THE SCHEDULED TAF ISSUANCE FLIGHT RULE CATEGORY. COMPLETE
HOURLY EXPERIMENTAL AVIATION FORECAST CONSISTENCY TABLES AND ENSEMBLE
FORECASTS ARE AVAILABLE AT THE FOLLOWING LINK: (MUST BE LOWER CASE)
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/GSP/AVIATION_TABLES
&&
.GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...NONE.
NC...NONE.
SC...NONE.
&&
SYNOPSIS...PAT
NEAR TERM...NED
SHORT TERM...JPT
LONG TERM...JPT
AVIATION...NEDHazardous weather outlook, Aug 31, 11:49 AM EST, 2 hours 56 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1249 PM EDT SAT AUG 31 2013
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ036-037-057-069>072-082-SCZ001>014-019-
011700-
RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-IREDELL-DAVIE-ROWAN-
LINCOLN-GASTON-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-
1249 PM EDT SAT AUG 31 2013
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PIEDMONT
NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA.
.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA TODAY AND
CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING. DUE TO COPIOUS MOISTURE AND SLOW
MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS...THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE HEAVY RAINFALL
POTENTIALLY LEADING TO ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF LARGE
HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...OR FLASH FLOODING TO OUR OFFICE.
NCZ033-035-048>053-056-058-059-062>065-068-501>510-011700-
AVERY-ALEXANDER-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-
CATAWBA-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-
HENDERSON-CLEVELAND-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-GREATER CALDWELL-
BURKE MOUNTAINS-GREATER BURKE-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-EASTERN MCDOWELL-
RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-GREATER RUTHERFORD-POLK MOUNTAINS-EASTERN POLK-
1249 PM EDT SAT AUG 31 2013
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA AND
WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA.
.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA
THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING. A CLUSTER OF
THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO TRACK NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST ACROSS
THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS DURING THE MID TO LATE
AFTERNOON HOURS. IF THE LINE REMAINS ORGANIZED ACROSS THE
MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS...WIND GUSTS GREATER THAN 40 MPH COULD BE
COMMON. THE COMBINATION OF THE WET SOIL...GUSTY WINDS...AND HEAVY
DOWNPOURS MAY RESULT IN AREAS OF DOWNED TREES AND POWERLINES. A
FEW STORMS COULD PRODUCE WIND GUSTS NEAR 60 MPH....RESULTING IN
MORE SUBSTANTIAL WIND DAMAGE THIS AFTERNOON.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF LARGE
HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...OR FLASH FLOODING TO OUR OFFICE.
NED
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 31, 2:03 PM EST, 42 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
303 PM EDT SAT AUG 31 2013
NCZ065-311945-
HENDERSON-
303 PM EDT SAT AUG 31 2013
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHERN HENDERSON COUNTY
THROUGH 345 PM EDT...
AT 257 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES EAST OF ETOWAH...OR 4 MILES WEST OF
HENDERSONVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO TUXEDO...
HENDERSONVILLE...FLAT ROCK...EAST FLAT ROCK AND DANA.
PEA SIZE HAIL...WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL
ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. IF OUTDOORS...TRY TO
GET INDOORS OR INTO A HARD TOPPED VEHICLE. OTHERWISE...STAY AWAY FROM
OPEN AREAS AND ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES. WHEN INDOORS...
STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS AND AVOID USING WIRED ELECTRONIC
DEVICES. TRY TO UNPLUG UNNECESSARY APPLIANCES BEFORE THE STORM
APPROACHES.
LAT...LON 3531 8233 3524 8236 3521 8235 3518 8237
3518 8238 3521 8238 3519 8242 3518 8243
3516 8254 3526 8261 3539 8248
MCAVOYSpecial weather statement, Aug 31, 2:07 PM EST, 38 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
307 PM EDT SAT AUG 31 2013
SCZ001-311945-
OCONEE MOUNTAINS-
307 PM EDT SAT AUG 31 2013
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL OCONEE COUNTY THROUGH
345 PM EDT...
AT 301 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MOUNTAIN REST...OR 10 MILES
NORTHWEST OF WALHALLA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WALHALLA
AND LONG CREEK.
WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH...AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL ARE EXPECTED
WITH THIS STORM.
FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. IF OUTDOORS...TRY TO
GET INDOORS OR INTO A HARD TOPPED VEHICLE. OTHERWISE...STAY AWAY FROM
OPEN AREAS AND ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES. WHEN INDOORS...
STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS AND AVOID USING WIRED ELECTRONIC
DEVICES. TRY TO UNPLUG UNNECESSARY APPLIANCES BEFORE THE STORM
APPROACHES.
LAT...LON 3481 8330 3483 8329 3481 8327 3485 8326
3484 8325 3486 8325 3490 8319 3477 8302
3466 8320 3482 8330
MCAVOYSpecial weather statement, Aug 31, 2:09 PM EST, 36 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
309 PM EDT SAT AUG 31 2013
NCZ068-504-312000-
CLEVELAND-GREATER BURKE-
309 PM EDT SAT AUG 31 2013
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHERN CLEVELAND AND SOUTHERN
BURKE COUNTIES THROUGH 400 PM EDT...
AT 305 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR SOUTH MOUNTAINS STATE PARK...OR 10 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF MORGANTON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SOUTH
MOUNTAINS STATE PARK...PLEASANT GROVE AND CASAR.
WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH...AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL ARE EXPECTED WITH
THIS STORM.
HEAVY RAINS MAY FLOOD AREAS WITH POOR DRAINAGE...SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS. WATER
LEVELS OF SMALL STREAMS AND RIVERS MAY ALSO RISE RAPIDLY. SEEK HIGHER
GROUND IF THREATENED BY FLOOD WATERS.
LAT...LON 3563 8148 3558 8152 3548 8163 3556 8169
3558 8169 3559 8171 3561 8173 3570 8159
MCAVOYSpecial weather statement, Aug 31, 2:30 PM EST, 15 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
330 PM EDT SAT AUG 31 2013
NCZ056-069-312015-
CATAWBA-LINCOLN-
330 PM EDT SAT AUG 31 2013
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHWESTERN CATAWBA AND WESTERN
LINCOLN COUNTIES THROUGH 415 PM EDT...
AT 323 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR COOKSVILLE...OR 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
HICKORY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
VALE...
DIME SIZE HAIL...WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL
ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. IF OUTDOORS...TRY TO
GET INDOORS OR INTO A HARD TOPPED VEHICLE. OTHERWISE...STAY AWAY FROM
OPEN AREAS AND ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES. WHEN INDOORS...
STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS AND AVOID USING WIRED ELECTRONIC
DEVICES. TRY TO UNPLUG UNNECESSARY APPLIANCES BEFORE THE STORM
APPROACHES.
LAT...LON 3559 8124 3544 8135 3557 8153 3567 8144
Special weather statement, Aug 31, 2:37 PM EST, 8 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
337 PM EDT SAT AUG 31 2013
NCZ035-036-312015-
ALEXANDER-IREDELL-
337 PM EDT SAT AUG 31 2013
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT ALEXANDER AND NORTHWESTERN
IREDELL COUNTIES THROUGH 415 PM EDT...
AT 336 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES NORTH OF TAYLORSVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST
AT 20 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO UNION
GROVE...TAYLORSVILLE...STONY POINT...SCOTTS...MILLERSVILLE...LOVE
VALLEY...HIDDENITE AND ELLENDALE.
PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.
FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. IF OUTDOORS...TRY TO
GET INDOORS OR INTO A HARD TOPPED VEHICLE. OTHERWISE...STAY AWAY FROM
OPEN AREAS AND ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES. WHEN INDOORS...
STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS AND AVOID USING WIRED ELECTRONIC
DEVICES. TRY TO UNPLUG UNNECESSARY APPLIANCES BEFORE THE STORM
APPROACHES.
LAT...LON 3605 8083 3573 8100 3581 8115 3583 8115
3582 8117 3593 8134 3596 8134 3603 8127
3603 8116 3604 8114 3603 8108 3605 8105
MCAVOYSpecial weather statement, Aug 31, 2:39 PM EST, 6 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
339 PM EDT SAT AUG 31 2013
NCZ065-509-SCZ003-312030-
GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-HENDERSON-POLK MOUNTAINS-
339 PM EDT SAT AUG 31 2013
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN GREENVILLE...
SOUTHERN HENDERSON AND SOUTHWESTERN POLK COUNTIES THROUGH 430 PM
EDT...
AT 331 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR SALUDA...OR 8 MILES WEST OF COLUMBUS...
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO GLASSY
MOUNTAIN...NORTH SALUDA RESERVOIR...TUXEDO...SALUDA AND
GOWENSVILLE.
PEA SIZE HAIL...WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL
ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. IF OUTDOORS...TRY TO
GET INDOORS OR INTO A HARD TOPPED VEHICLE. OTHERWISE...STAY AWAY FROM
OPEN AREAS AND ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES. WHEN INDOORS...
STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS AND AVOID USING WIRED ELECTRONIC
DEVICES. TRY TO UNPLUG UNNECESSARY APPLIANCES BEFORE THE STORM
APPROACHES.
LAT...LON 3529 8229 3520 8226 3519 8221 3509 8222
3506 8222 3505 8226 3519 8247 3533 8237Thunderstorm Wind, Rutherford
- When
- August 31, 2:45 PM EST
- Where
- Rutherford County, 3.84 mi SSE of Whitehouse
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- County Official
- Coordinates
- 35.480, -82.070
A tree was blown down on Cove Rd, about 10 miles northwest of Rutherfordton. Another tree was blown down nearby on Owens Chapel Rd near Union Mills.
Thunderstorm Wind, Cleveland
- When
- August 31, 3:50 PM EST to 3:55 PM EST
- Where
- Cleveland County, 0.69 mi N of Shelby to 2.54 mi NNE of Patterson Spgs
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- County Official
- Coordinates
- 35.310, -81.550
Several trees were blown down across the city of Shelby.
- 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.
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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: 475100, 475102.