Thunderstorms developed over the South Carolina upstate and northeast piedmont ahead of a cold front. One of the storms caused an area of wind damage.
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The episode as NWS GSP wrote it up.
Thunderstorms developed over the South Carolina upstate and northeast piedmont ahead of a cold front. One of the storms caused an 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 24, 4:16 PM EST, 1 hour 39 minutes earlier.
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</html>HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 236 AM EDT WED JUL 24 2013 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065- 068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-250645- 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- 236 AM EDT WED JUL 24 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOME OF THESE STORMS ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT REGIONS COULD BE STRONG TO SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING BEING THE MAIN THREATS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... NONE. CDG
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
625 PM EDT WED JUL 24 2013
NCZ057-072-242315-
CABARRUS-ROWAN-
625 PM EDT WED JUL 24 2013
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN CABARRUS AND
SOUTHEASTERN ROWAN COUNTIES THROUGH 715 PM EDT...
AT 622 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR GRANITE QUARRY...OR 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
SALISBURY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.
THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
ROCKWELL...
SMALL HAIL...WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH AND TORRENTIAL RAIN ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
LAT...LON 3550 8029 3535 8038 3534 8040 3562 8057
3571 8038 3551 8018 3550 8018
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NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
634 PM EDT WED JUL 24 2013
NCZ036-056-069-242315-
CATAWBA-IREDELL-LINCOLN-
634 PM EDT WED JUL 24 2013
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EASTERN CATAWBA...NORTHEASTERN
LINCOLN AND SOUTHWESTERN IREDELL COUNTIES THROUGH 715 PM EDT...
AT 629 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR CLAREMONT...OR 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF
NEWTON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH.
SMALL HAIL...WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH AND TORRENTIAL RAIN ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
LAT...LON 3578 8113 3578 8111 3579 8109 3562 8083
3547 8102 3572 8126 3581 8113 3580 8113
07PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
640 PM EDT WED JUL 24 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0628 PM TSTM WND DMG 3 S CHARLOTTE 35.16N 80.84W
07/24/2013 MECKLENBURG NC FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
TREE THROUGH A HOME ON SCOFIELD ROAD. SEVERAL OTHER
REPORTS OF TREES AND LINES DOWN IN THIS GENERAL AREA.
&&
MCAVOYSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 650 PM EDT WED JUL 24 2013 NCZ070-071-SCZ009-242330- GASTON-MECKLENBURG-YORK- 650 PM EDT WED JUL 24 2013 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EASTERN GASTON...NORTHERN YORK AND SOUTHWESTERN MECKLENBURG COUNTIES THROUGH 730 PM EDT... AT 646 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR LOWELL...OR 5 MILES EAST OF GASTONIA... MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR... CRAMERTON... LAKE WYLIE... SMALL HAIL...WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH AND TORRENTIAL RAIN ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. LAT...LON 3515 8081 3501 8107 3529 8124 3539 8106 07
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</html>The Columbia radar (KCAE), 90 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:54 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A tree was blown down on Hillbright Rd close to highway 72. Another tree was blown down nearby on Stringfellow Rd near highway 72.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in South Carolina in 2013Every state in 2013This day in weather historyWarnings in South 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 471352.