Numerous thunderstorms affected western North Carolina during the day. One storm became strong enough to produce and area of wind damage.
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
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.
Numerous thunderstorms affected western North Carolina during the day. One storm became strong enough to produce and area 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 Jul 5, 1:59 PM EST, 1 hour 52 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
259 PM EDT FRI JUL 5 2013
.SYNOPSIS...
ABUNDANT TROPICAL MOISTURE WILL REMAIN OVER THE AREA THROUGH THE
WEEKEND...AS SOUTHERLY FLOW CONTINUES BETWEEN A DEEP TROUGH OF LOW
PRESSURE OVER THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY AND OFFSHORE BERMUDA HIGH
PRESSURE. THE TROUGH WILL LIFT EASTWARD ACROSS THE APPALACHIANS ON
MONDAY...WITH WEAK HIGH PRESSURE RETURNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY. A COLD
FRONT WILL APPROACH FROM THE NORTHWEST THURSDAY AND STALL ACROSS THE
AREA ON FRIDAY.
&&
.NEAR TERM /THROUGH SATURDAY/...
AS OF 245 PM EDT...DEEP UPPER LEVEL TROF CONTINUES TO REMAIN NEARLY
STATIONARY ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS TO THE WEST...AND BERMUDA HIGH
CONTINUES TO ROTATE TO THE EAST. IS RESPONSE...ENHANCED SOUTHERLY
FLOW CONTINUES ACROSS NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE CAROLINAS PROMOTING
ONGOING SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY. RECENT RAINFALL ACROSS
THE REGION HAS LEFT SOILS VERY SATURATED THUS KEEPING FLASH FLOOD
POTENTIAL ELEVATED. MODEL GUIDANCE IS IN GOOD AGREEMENT WITH
REGARDS TO UPSLOPE FLOW FORCING ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS AND HIGHER
TERRAINS. QPF RESPONSE IN THE GFS IS SLIGHTLY HIGHER THAN THAT OF
THE NAM...THUS WENT WITH A MODEL BLEND OF THE TWO WHICH PRODUCED
TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS THROUGH THE PERIOD OF 1-2 INCHES. SOME
LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE DEFINITELY POSSIBLE ADJACENT TO HEAVIER
CONVECTION AS PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES EXCEED 1.75 INCHES ACROSS A
BROAD AREA. THEREFORE...EXTENDED FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH THE
PERIOD AND INTO SUNDAY MORNING. INSTABILITY REMAINS THE HIGHEST
ACROSS THE NC/SC PIEDMONTS THIS AFTERNOON THUS ALLOWING FOR
THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT TO CONTINUE. STILL EXPECTING MOISTURE AXIS
TO SHIFT WESTWARD IN THE NEXT 6 HOURS ALLOWING FOR FURTHER
DEVELOPMENT ACROSS THE WESTERN ZONES OF THE CWFA.
ACTIVITY SHOULD TAPER OFF ACROSS THE EAST INTO THE EVENING HOURS
ALLOWING FOR MORE CONCENTRATION TO THE WEST. THUNDERSTORMS WILL
STRUGGLE AFTER SUNSET AS WHAT LITTLE INSTABILITY WAS PRESENT...IS
LOST. HOWEVER...SCATTERED SHOWERS WITH MODERATE RAIN RATES WILL
REMAIN A POSSIBILITY ACROSS NE GEORGIA AND THE HIGHER TERRAINS OF
SC/NC. EXPECTING MUCH OF THE SAME ON SATURDAY AS MOISTURE CONTINUES
TO FLOW INTO THE REGION FROM THE SOUTH ALLOWING FOR UPSLOPE FLOW TO
PERSIST. LOOKS AS IF ACTIVITY WILL RAMP UP YET AGAIN BY LATE
MORNING. THE HEAVIEST CONVECTION ON SATURDAY WILL BE ACROSS THE
EASTERN ZONES DURING PEAK DAYTIME HEATING HOURS. PERHAPS ALLOWING
FOR A SLIGHT BREAK FOR THE RAIN SOAKED FOOTHILLS AND MOUNTAINS.
&&
.SHORT TERM /SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY/...
AS OF 230 PM FRIDAY...THE H5 LOW CENTER NEAR THE CONFLUENCE OF THE
OH AND MS RIVER VALLEYS SAT NIGHT WILL GRADUALLY LIFT EASTWARD AND
SLOWLY FILL THROUGH SUNDAY. IN ADDITION TO IMPROVING SUPPORT FROM
THE UPPER TROUGH...UPPER DIVERGENCE WILL CROSS THE AREA MAINLY SUN
THROUGH SUN NIGHT. MEANWHILE...THE SRLY LOW LEVEL JET WILL INCREASE
SUNDAY AS YET ANOTHER WAVE MOVES NWD THROUGH MIDDLE TN. THIS FORCING
WILL BE COINCIDENT WITH THE DEEPEST MOISTURE FROM 12Z SUN TO 12Z
MONDAY...SO THE FLASH FLOOD OR FLOOD WATCH COULD WELL NEED TO BE
EXTENDED THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT AT SOME POINT IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
THE PHASING UPPER TROUGH WILL CROSS THE FORECAST AREA ON
MONDAY...BUT WITH UPPER SUPPORT LINGERING IN THE ERN SECTIONS DURING
PEAK HEATING. PIEDMONT INSTABILITY WILL BE FAIRLY HIGH WITH CAPES
2000 TO 3000 J/KG BOTH SUNDAY AND MONDAY DAY. THE THREAT OF ISOLATED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE FOR THE PEAK AFTN AND EVENING
HOURS. THE SEVERE THREAT MAY BE HIGHEST IN THE NC PIEDMONT AND ERN
UPSTATE MONDAY AFTN DEPENDING ON WAVE TIMING.
&&
.LONG TERM /MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY/...
AS OF 245 PM FRIDAY...A FLAT RIDGE WILL BUILD OVER THE SRN TIER OF
THE CONUS MON THROUGH WED. SFC HIGH PRES WILL DOMINATE EXCEPT FOR A
DEVELOPING LEE TROUGH OVER THE PIEDMONT. MID LEVEL DRYING IS
INDICATED...BUT LOW LEVELS WILL REMAIN MOIST THROUGH THE PERIOD. SFC
MON THROUGH WED EXPEXT A MORE DIURNAL TREND IN POPS. A COLD FRONT WILL
APPROACH THE AREA FROM THE NW ON THU WITH A RIDGE BUILDING BEHIND IT
FRI. EXPECT MAX TEMPS TO RECOVER TO NEAR SUMMERTIME NORMALS.
&&
.AVIATION /19Z FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
AT KCLT...VFR TO MVFR CONDITIONS WILL HEADLINE THE TAF CYCLE THROUGH
THE FIRST SIX HOURS OF THE PERIOD AS SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS THE NC PIEDMONT. OTHERWISE...CIGS
SHOULD LIFT TO VFR LEVELS AFTER AROUND 00Z WITH A BRIEF PERIOD OF
LOW MVFR STRATUS DEVELOPING AROUND 06Z. BEYOND THAT...EXPECTING VFR
LEVEL CIGS WITH THE ONLY EXCEPTION BEING IN A PROB30 GROUP FOR TSRA
LATE IN THE MORNING HOURS. WINDS WILL GENERALLY BE IN THE 5-10KT
RANGE AND SOUTHERLY.
ELSEWHERE...EXPECTING COVERAGE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO
INCREASE WITH THE DEEPEST THUNDERSTORM CONVECTION BEING ACROSS THE
EASTERN MOST SITES THIS AFTERNOON. OTHER LOCATIONS...ESPECIALLY THE
SC SITES...WILL SEE EITHER SHRA OR TSRA WITH HEAVY RAIN RATES AT
TIMES REDUCING VISB TO MVFR LEVELS. AS WINDS CALM OVERNIGHT AND A
MOIST BOUNDARY LAYER SETTLES...EXPECTING LOW LYING STATUS TO
DEVELOP. WITH THIS...LOOK FOR IFR POSSIBLY LIFR CONDITIONS BY MID
MORNING...ESPECIALLY AT KAVL. OTHERWISE...ADDED EITHER SHRA OR VCTS
FOR ALL SITES BY LATE MORNING TO ACCOUNT FOR REDEVELOPMENT. WINDS
THROUGH THE PERIOD WILL BE SOUTHERLY AND IN THE 5-10KT RANGE.
OUTLOOK...MOIST LOW LEVEL CONDITIONS COMBINED WITH LIGHT WINDS WILL
FAVOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF LOW CLOUDS AND FOG EACH MORNING THROUGH
THIS WEEKEND...ESPECIALLY IN THE MOUNTAINS. CONDITIONS WILL
GRADUALLY DRY BY TUESDAY...RESULTING IN A DECREASE RISK OF
WIDESPREAD MORNING STRATUS.
CONFIDENCE TABLE...
19-01Z 01-07Z 07-13Z 13-19Z
KCLT HIGH 100% HIGH 90% MED 74% HIGH 94%
KGSP HIGH 100% HIGH 95% HIGH 83% HIGH 89%
KAVL HIGH 97% HIGH 81% HIGH 81% HIGH 82%
KHKY HIGH 100% HIGH 96% HIGH 96% HIGH 92%
KGMU HIGH 98% HIGH 94% MED 78% HIGH 94%
KAND HIGH 95% HIGH 92% HIGH 81% HIGH 81%
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...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING FOR GAZ010-017-018-
026-028-029.
NC...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING FOR NCZ033-035-
048>053-056-058-059-062>065-068>070-501>510.
SC...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING FOR SCZ001>014-019.
&&
SYNOPSIS...HG
NEAR TERM...CDG
SHORT TERM...HG
LONG TERM...GOODMAN
AVIATION...CDGHAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 327 PM EDT FRI JUL 5 2013 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035-048>053-056-058-059-062>065- 068>070-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-061930- RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-AVERY-ALEXANDER- MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-CATAWBA-GRAHAM- NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON- CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-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- 327 PM EDT FRI JUL 5 2013 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND 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. IN ADDITION TO THE FLOODING THREAT...STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS. AN ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM COULD OCCUR...MAINLY OVER THE PIEDMONT. EVEN NORMALLY SUB SEVERE WIND GUSTS MAY BLOW DOWN A FEW TREES AND CAUSE SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES GIVEN THE VERY WET GROUND. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FLASH FLOOD WATCH. A THREAT FOR LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING WILL LIKELY CONTINUE ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA THROUGH THE REST OF WEEKEND...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL INCREASE THE PROBABILITY OF FLOODING ALONG STREAMS...CREEKS...AND MAIN STEM RIVERS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...TORNADOES OR FLASH FLOODING TO OUR OFFICE. NCZ036-037-057-071-072-082-061930- IREDELL-DAVIE-ROWAN-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC- 327 PM EDT FRI JUL 5 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ALONG AND EAST OF THE INTERSTATE 77 CORRIDOR LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE FROM VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND PERHAPS LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE...AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE. EVEN NORMALLY SUB SEVERE WIND GUSTS MAY BLOW DOWN A FEW TREES AND CAUSE SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES GIVEN THE VERY WET GROUND. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINFALL MAY CONTINUE THROUGH THE LATE WEEKEND...WITH ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING POSSIBLE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...TORNADOES OR FLASH FLOODING TO OUR OFFICE. HG
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</html>SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
331 PM EDT FRI JUL 5 2013
NCZ035-056-052015-
ALEXANDER-CATAWBA-
331 PM EDT FRI JUL 5 2013
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL CATAWBA AND SOUTHERN
ALEXANDER COUNTIES THROUGH 415 PM EDT...
AT 331 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES EAST OF NEWTON...MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH.
THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
NEWTON...
CLAREMONT...
LOOKOUT SHOALS LAKE...
WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND TORRENTIAL RAIN ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM. THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS AND WET SOIL CONDITIONS WILL
CAUSE SCATTERED TREES AND POWER LINES TO FALL. SEEK SHELTER INSIDER
AN INTERIOR ROOM.
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 3590 8104 3586 8104 3580 8108 3578 8111
3574 8107 3572 8107 3570 8105 3558 8106
3557 8128 3586 8134 3588 8133
HGSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
404 PM EDT FRI JUL 5 2013
NCZ035-052030-
ALEXANDER-
404 PM EDT FRI JUL 5 2013
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT ALEXANDER COUNTY THROUGH 430 PM
EDT...
AT 402 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF MILLERSVILLE...OR 4 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF TAYLORSVILLE...MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH.
THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
TAYLORSVILLE...
SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.
THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS AND WET SOIL CONDITIONS WILL CAUSE
SCATTERED TREES AND POWER LINES TO FALL. SEEK SHELTER INSIDER AN
INTERIOR ROOM.
LAT...LON 3581 8111 3580 8114 3583 8115 3579 8132
3592 8135 3599 8133 3601 8131 3603 8127
3604 8121 3604 8111
RWHSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
418 PM EDT FRI JUL 5 2013
NCZ033-501-502-052100-
AVERY-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-GREATER CALDWELL-
418 PM EDT FRI JUL 5 2013
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EASTERN AVERY AND WESTERN
CALDWELL COUNTIES THROUGH 500 PM EDT...
AT 415 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR COLLETTSVILLE...OR 7 MILES WEST OF LENOIR...
MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH.
THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
PATTERSON...
GLOBE...
SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.
THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS AND WET SOIL CONDITIONS WILL CAUSE
SCATTERED TREES AND POWER LINES TO FALL. SEEK SHELTER INSIDER AN
INTERIOR ROOM.
LAT...LON 3616 8182 3612 8181 3613 8157 3585 8154
3584 8163 3587 8171 3592 8175 3593 8177
3595 8178 3595 8180 3620 8187 3620 8185
RWHPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
442 PM EDT FRI JUL 05 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0410 PM TSTM WND DMG 5 W IVA 34.32N 82.75W
07/05/2013 ANDERSON SC LAW ENFORCEMENT
SOUTH CAROLINA HIGHWAY PATROL REPORTS A TREE DOWN ACROSS
HIGHWAY 187 SOUTH AT POPLAR SPRINGS BAPTIST CHURCH.
&&
HGPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
446 PM EDT FRI JUL 05 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0430 PM TSTM WND DMG 5 WNW SPARTANBURG 34.97N 82.01W
07/05/2013 SPARTANBURG SC LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREE DOWN ON WINGO HEIGHTS ROAD AT INTERSTATE 26.
&&
HGThe Greer radar (KGSP), 102 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:50 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Multiple trees were blown down from Conley Rd, about 5 miles west southwest of Morganton, across the Oak Hill community, to Henderson Mill Rd. Trees fell on a building on Henderson Mill.
Penny size hail was reported near the intersection of Goodman Lake Rd and highway 181.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in North Carolina in 2013Every state in 2013This day in weather historyWarnings in North Carolina, July 2013
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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 470424, 470425.