North Carolina, 2013Damaging Wind in North Carolina, September 12, 2013
September 12, 2013 · NWS GSP · 1 event in 1 county or zone
A thunderstorm caused a little wind damage over the southern foothills of North Carolina.
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A thunderstorm caused a little wind damage over the southern foothills of North Carolina.
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 Sep 12, 1:44 PM EST, 16 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 12, 1:44 PM EST, 16 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
244 PM EDT THU SEP 12 2013
.SYNOPSIS...
A COLD FRONT WILL CROSS OUR REGION FROM THE NORTHWEST AND BE NEAR
THE CAROLINA COAST EARLY FRIDAY. EXPECT COOLER AND DRIER CANADIAN
HIGH PRESSURE TO BE OVER THE EASTERN STATES FOR THE WEEKEND. ANOTHER
WEAK COLD FRONT MAY REACH OUR AREA EARLY NEXT WEEK.
&&
.NEAR TERM /THROUGH FRIDAY/...
AS OF 225 PM EDT THURSDAY...WEAK UPPER RIDGE REMAINS CENTERED OVER
THE ARKLATEX REGION WHILE DEEPENING UPPER LONG WAVE TROF CONTINUES
TO PUSH TO THE EAST ACROSS THE NORTHERN GREAT LAKES. A COLD FRONT
EXTENDING FROM THE SURFACE LOW ASSOCIATED WITH THE UPPER TROF WILL
PUSH INTO THE WESTERN CAROLINAS DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.
MEANWHILE...SCATTERED CONVECTION IS ALREADY ONGOING ACROSS MUCH OF
THE REGION AS LATEST MESOANALYSIS INDICATES A BROAD AREA OF SBCAPE
EXCEEDING THE 2000J/KG MARK. A PREFRONTAL TROF STRETCHING SOUTHWARD
FROM THE SURFACE CYCLONE LOCATED OVER NEW ENGLAND WILL PROVIDE
ENOUGH FORCING TO ENHANCE CONVECTION IN AN ALREADY UNSTABLE
AIRMASS. LAPSE RATES ARE STEEP ENOUGH TO SUPPORT MARGINAL HAIL
WITHIN THE STRONGER UPDRAFTS...THEREFORE A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
CANNOT BE RULED OUT. FOR THE FCST...KEPT FAIRLY SOLID CHANCE POPS
ALONG THE HIGHER TERRAIN WITH SLIGHTLY LOWER CHANCE POPS ACROSS THE
PIEDMONTS AND PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST GA. THESE POPS WILL ACTUALLY
TAPER OFF OVERNIGHT AS THE FRONT APPROACHES DUE TO LACK OF FORCING
AND LOSS OF DIURNAL HEATING AFTER SUNSET. EXPECTING THE FROPA TO BE
RATHER DRY WITH THE ONLY EXCEPTIONS BEING ALONG THE HIGH TERRAIN
WERE STRENGTHENING NW FLOW IN THE LOW LEVELS COULD PROMOTE PROLONGED
UPSLOPE ENHANCEMENT...THUS SLIGHT CHANCE POPS REMAIN THROUGH
DAYBREAK FOR THIS REGION. FOR FRIDAY...THE FRONT WILL HAVE EXITED
THE UPSTATE TO THE SOUTH AND SHOULD BE LOCATED ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST
INTO THE THE MIDLANDS/LOWCOUNTRY OF SC. UPPER TROF WILL EJECT OFF
THE ATLANTIC SEABOARD AND SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN. MUCH
DRIER AIR WILL ADVECT IN BEHIND THE FRONT LEAVING A FAIRLY STABLE
AIRMASS IN PLACE FOR THE END OF THE WORK WEEK. TEMPERATURES DURING
THE NEAR TERM PERIOD WILL BE A FEW DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL FOR THE
REMAINDER OF THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. LOOK
FOR TEMPERATURES ON FRIDAY TO MUCH MORE PLEASANT WITH HIGHS IN THE
MID 80S AND LOWER HUMIDITY.
&&
.SHORT TERM /FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY/...
AS OF 230 PM EDT THU...A TROUGH AXIS WILL EXTEND ALONG THE
APPALACHIANS FRI NIGHT BEFORE MOVING OFF THE EASTERN SEABOARD
SATURDAY AS DOMINANT RIDGING ALOFT DEVELOPS FROM THE W. THE ASSOC
SFC COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO SETTLE SE OF THE REGION FRI
NIGHT...WITH JUST ISOLD EARLY EVENING SHOWERS POSSIBLE MAINLY IN THE
EXTREME SE FRINGE. SFC HIGH PRES BUILDING OVER TO THE N THROUGH SAT
WILL ALLOW LOW LEVEL THICKNESSES TO FALL AT 20 M FROM FRI AFTN
VALUES...WITH MAXES SAT AFTN IN THE 70S MOST AREAS AND 60S IN THE
HIGHER TERRAIN.
DEEP MID AND UPPER LEVEL DRYING WILL DEVELOP AND REMAIN IN PLACE
OVER THE REGION THROUGH THE PERIOD. HOWEVER...LOW LEVEL MOISTURE
WILL GRADUALLY RETURN ACROSS THE REGION LATE SAT NIGHT INTO SUNDAY
AS 850 MB FLOW TOGGLES SRLY ONCE AGAIN. A FLAT RIDGE WILL LINGER
ALOFT OVER THE SE THROUGH THE LATE WEEKEND AS HEIGHTS FALL RAPIDLY
ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES SAT NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. THICKNESSES MAY
REBOUND SLIGHTLY ON SUN...BUT THIS COULD BE OFFSET BY SLIGHTLY MORE
CLOUDINESS IN THE RETURNING 850 MB MOISTURE. A FEW SOLUTIONS EVEN
HAVE LIGHT PRECIPITATION REDEVELOPING OVER THE FAR SRN MTNS BY
SUNDAY AFTN...BUT WILL KEEP THE FORECAST DRY FOR NOW SINCE
INSTABILITY WILL BE VERY LIMITED AND ANY UPGLIDE MOISTURE QUITE WEAK.
&&
.LONG TERM /SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
AS OF 210 PM THURSDAY...THE MEDIUM RANGE MODELS ARE IN GOOD
AGREEMENT ON BRINGING ANOTHER POLAR TROUGH IN TRANSIT FROM THE GREAT
LAKES SUNDAY EVENING WITH AXIS REACHING EAST COAST BY NOON MONDAY. A
WEAK COLD FRONT WILL PRECEDE A REINFORCING SHOT OF COOL AND FAIRLY
DRY CANADIAN AIR FOR OUR REGION. WITH THE CENTER OF THIS NEXT HIGH
TRANSITING TO PA EARLY TUESDAY WHICH WILL LEAD TO A LIGHT COOL NE
FLOW OVER THE CAROLINAS. LOW LEVEL WIND WILL BE LIGHT AND VARIABLE
EARLY IN THE WEEK FOR MUCH OF THE MTNS...THUS LITTLE IF ANY
CONVERGENCE. CAPES WILL BE LOW EARLY HALF OF THE WEEK. THE HIGH WILL
MOVE OUT OVER THE ATLANTIC IN MID WEEK WITH A LIGHT SE FLOW BECOMING
MORE PREVALENT INTO THURSDAY. THE NEXT UPPER TROUGH WILL CROSS THE
UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY GOING INTO THE SECOND HALF OF THE WEEK.
MODELS ARE NOW CHANGING ON THIS NEXT TROUGH AS TO DEPTH AND SPEED OF
THE TROUGH. AT THIS POINT...WE ARE INCREASING POPS FOR THURSDAY
AFTERNOON AS WE ANTICIPATE INCREASING CAPES AND
MOISTURE...ESPECIALLY OVER THE NC MTNS.
TEMPERATURES WILL BE JUST ABOVE NORMAL MONDAY...THEN NEAR NORMAL
TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY RISING SLOWLY AHEAD OF THE NEXT FRONT THURSDAY.
&&
.AVIATION /19Z THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/...
AT KCLT...VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL THROUGH THE PERIOD WITH THE
ONLY EXCEPTION BEING FOR MVFR TSRA DURING THE MID/LATE AFTERNOON
HOURS. CURRENT RADAR TRENDS INDICATE SCATTERED CONVECTION ACROSS
THE NC PIEDMONT...EXPECTING THIS COVERAGE TO CONTINUE TO INCREASE
FURTHER TO THE SOUTHEAST TOWARD KCLT. THUS KEPT TEMPO FROM PREVIOUS
AMD FOR TSRA FROM 20-24Z. OTHERWISE...WINDS WILL VARY SOMEWHAT OVER
THE FIRST HALF OF THE PERIOD...ESPECIALLY IN THE VICINITY OF ANY
THUNDERSTORMS. HOWEVER...EXPECTING WINDS TO VEER TO THE NW BY MID
MORNING AS THE COLD FRONT PUSHES THROUGH. BEHIND THE FRONT WINDS
WILL VEER FURTHER TO MORE OF A NE COMPONENT OF FLOW BY LATE MORNING
ON FRIDAY. SKY COVER WILL INCREASE AS THE ABOVE MENTIONED FRONT
APPROACHES...HOWEVER SHOULD STAY SOLIDLY VFR BEFORE LIFTING OUT BY
LATE MORNING LEAVING CLEAR SKIES FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE TAF PERIOD.
ELSEWHERE...MUCH OF THE SAME AS KCLT ABOVE WITH POSSIBLE MVFR
RESTRICTIONS FOR TSRA THIS AFTERNOON AT ALL SITES. OTHERWISE...VFR
CONDITIONS SHOULD PREVAIL WITH THE EXCEPTION OF SOME BRIEF FOG AT
KAND AND KHKY...WITH SLIGHTLY DENSER FOG AT KAVL FOR FRIDAY
MORNING. NOT TO CONFIDENT IN THE LIFR CONDITIONS AT KAVL LIKE THE
GUIDANCE SUGGESTED AS SKY COVER WILL DAMPEN RADIATIONAL COOLING
SOMEWHAT. HOWEVER...ANY PRECIPITATION TODAY WILL PERHAPS COUNTERACT
THAT AS THE BOUNDARY LAYERS MOISTENS. THUS...WENT WITH IFR
RESTRICTIONS WITH A TEMPO FOR LIFR AT KAVL. AS FOR KAND
KHKY...KEPT THESE SITES AT MVFR CONDITIONS DURING THE MORNING
HOURS. EXPECTING CONDITIONS TO IMPROVE AS THE FRONT PASSES AND
WINDS SHIFT TO THE NE THEN FINALLY NW BY LATE MORNING ON FRIDAY.
OUTLOOK...ANY SHOWER OR STORM POSSIBILITIES ON FRIDAY LOOK QUITE
SMALL AS DRIER AIR SPREADS INTO THE REGION. DRY HIPRES WILL BE IN
CONTROL OF OUR WEATHER THIS WEEKEND.
CONFIDENCE TABLE...
18-24Z 00-06Z 06-12Z 12-18Z
KCLT HIGH 100% HIGH 100% HIGH 100% HIGH 100%
KGSP HIGH 100% HIGH 100% HIGH 100% HIGH 97%
KAVL HIGH 100% HIGH 94% MED 74% HIGH 94%
KHKY HIGH 100% HIGH 94% MED 69% HIGH 97%
KGMU HIGH 100% HIGH 100% HIGH 100% HIGH 94%
KAND HIGH 100% HIGH 100% HIGH 100% HIGH 100%
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...DEO
NEAR TERM...CDG
SHORT TERM...HG
LONG TERM...DEO
AVIATION...CDGHazardous weather outlook, Sep 12, 1:34 PM EST, 26 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
234 PM EDT THU SEP 12 2013
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065-
068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-131845-
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-
234 PM EDT THU SEP 12 2013
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PIEDMONT
NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA.
.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE
REGION THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS
COULD BE SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL...BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL...AND
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING BEING THE PRIMARY THREATS.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.
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.
CDG
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Sep 12, 12:39 PM EST, 1 hour 21 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
139 PM EDT THU SEP 12 2013
NCZ064-065-121830-
HENDERSON-TRANSYLVANIA-
139 PM EDT THU SEP 12 2013
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN TRANSYLVANIA AND
SOUTHWESTERN HENDERSON COUNTIES THROUGH 230 PM EDT...
AT 138 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR LITTLE RIVER...OR 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF
BREVARD...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.
THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
DUPONT STATE FOREST...
SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
HEAVY RAINFALL AT RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR MAY PRODUCE
ISOLATED FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS. FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS A
POSSIBILITY AS WELL. MOVE INDOORS IF THIS THUNDERSTORMS AFFECTS YOUR
LOCATION.
LAT...LON 3521 8240 3519 8242 3516 8244 3516 8245
3518 8246 3516 8252 3516 8255 3514 8258
3514 8261 3512 8263 3512 8267 3526 8281
3538 8265
HGSpecial weather statement, Sep 12, 12:57 PM EST, 1 hour 3 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
157 PM EDT THU SEP 12 2013
SCZ001>003-005-121845-
GREATER PICKENS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS
MOUNTAINS-
157 PM EDT THU SEP 12 2013
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT NORTHERN OCONEE...NORTHWESTERN
GREENVILLE AND PICKENS COUNTIES THROUGH 245 PM EDT...
AT 156 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM DUPONT STATE FOREST
TO TABLE ROCK STATE PARK TO 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF SALEM...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.
THESE STORMS WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
TABLE ROCK STATE PARK...
JONES GAP STATE PARK...
SALEM...
NINE TIMES...
LAKE KEOWEE...
PEA SIZE HAIL...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH...AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL
ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. THE HEAVY RAINFALL 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 3494 8311 3500 8311 3503 8303 3508 8277
3506 8278 3510 8270 3512 8268 3518 8246
3516 8245 3518 8243 3508 8233 3501 8241
3497 8253 3491 8251 3488 8254 3475 8289
3481 8289 3476 8296 3493 8313
HGSpecial weather statement, Sep 12, 1:22 PM EST, 38 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
222 PM EDT THU SEP 12 2013
GAZ026-028-121915-
FRANKLIN-HART-
222 PM EDT THU SEP 12 2013
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EASTERN FRANKLIN AND HART
COUNTIES THROUGH 315 PM EDT...
AT 223 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR LAVONIA...OR 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF
CARNESVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
CANON...
ROYSTON...
HARTWELL...
NUBERG...
PEA SIZE HAIL...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH...AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL
ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
LAT...LON 3423 8300 3423 8305 3422 8308 3440 8327
3448 8318 3453 8312 3429 8278 3428 8280
3425 8290 3421 8299
HGSpecial weather statement, Sep 12, 1:25 PM EST, 35 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
225 PM EDT THU SEP 12 2013
NCZ505>508-121915-
EASTERN MCDOWELL-GREATER RUTHERFORD-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-RUTHERFORD
MOUNTAINS-
225 PM EDT THU SEP 12 2013
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT RUTHERFORD AND SOUTHERN MCDOWELL
COUNTIES THROUGH 315 PM EDT...
AT 221 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES WEST OF THERMAL CITY...OR 12 MILES
NORTHWEST OF RUTHERFORDTON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
THERMAL CITY...
RUTHERFORDTON...
SPINDALE...
BOSTIC...
PEA SIZE HAIL...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH...AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL
ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. IN ADDITION...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.
LAT...LON 3564 8205 3541 8170 3540 8170 3524 8196
3531 8204 3533 8205 3534 8207 3540 8215
3551 8220
HGSpecial weather statement, Sep 12, 1:54 PM EST, 6 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
254 PM EDT THU SEP 12 2013
NCZ504-121945-
GREATER BURKE-
254 PM EDT THU SEP 12 2013
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT BURKE COUNTY THROUGH 345 PM
EDT...
AT 251 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF GLEN ALPINE...OR 4 MILES
NORTHWEST OF MORGANTON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.
PEOPLE IN BURKE COUNTY...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
MORGANTON...
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.
DIME TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL CAN CAUSE CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO VEHICLES.
CONSIDER MOVING VEHICLES TO A COVERED STORAGE AREA BEFORE THE STORM
ARRIVES.
LAT...LON 3581 8158 3578 8156 3578 8151 3575 8144
3557 8168 3559 8171 3561 8172 3561 8179
3577 8190 3585 8181 3588 8175
MOORESpecial weather statement, Sep 12, 1:56 PM EST, 4 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
256 PM EDT THU SEP 12 2013
GAZ026-028-029-SCZ010-121945-
ANDERSON-ELBERT-FRANKLIN-HART-
256 PM EDT THU SEP 12 2013
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT ELBERT...HART...SOUTHEASTERN
FRANKLIN AND SOUTHERN ANDERSON COUNTIES THROUGH 345 PM EDT...
AT 256 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
TOWNVILLE TO 3 MILES WEST OF HARTWELL TO FRANKLIN SPRINGS...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
THESE STORMS WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
HARTWELL...
VANNA...
BOWMAN...
NUBERG...
ANDERSON...
IVA...
PEA SIZE HAIL...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH...AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL
ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.
LAT...LON 3417 8311 3423 8309 3426 8312 3424 8319
3424 8324 3427 8329 3441 8305 3448 8301
3463 8283 3443 8249 3430 8259 3421 8274
3416 8273 3405 8291
HGThunderstorm Wind, Polk
- When
- September 12, 2:00 PM EST
- Where
- Polk County, 1.49 mi SSW of Collinsville
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 35.200, -82.090
Multiple trees were blown down near South Phillips Rd and Bee Hive Rd.
- 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.
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Colorado, September 12 to 13, 2013$10 million · 5 events
- Flash Flooding in Texas, September 12, 2013$4.0 million · 4 events
- Flash Flood in Wyoming, September 12, 2013$1.5 million · 1 event
- Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, September 12, 2013$296,000 · 50 kt wind · 16 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, September 12, 2013$87,000 · 61 kt wind · 39 events
- Flash Flooding and Flood in New Hampshire, September 12, 2013$275,000 · 50 kt wind · 10 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, September 12, 2013$165,000 · 50 kt wind · 5 events
- Damaging Winds in New Jersey, September 12, 20131 injured · $50,000 · 56 kt wind · 10 events
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strikes in Pennsylvania, September 12, 20131 injured · $37,000 · 53 kt wind · 9 events
- Damaging Winds in Maryland, September 12, 2013$14,000 · 52 kt wind · 12 events
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strikes in New Jersey, September 12, 2013$16,000 · 52 kt wind · 6 events
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in New York, September 12, 201350 kt wind · 10 events
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: 478012.