Tornado and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, June 2, 2013

Name: Tornado and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, June 2, 2013
Start: 2013-06-02T15:09
End: 2013-06-02T17:32
Location: South Carolina

June 2, 2013 · NWS GSP · 4 events in 1 county or zone

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.

Tornadoes
Tropical storms and surge
Floods
Wind
Hail
Winter weather
Heat and drought
Cold
Fire, smoke and dust
Marine and coastal
Other

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $150,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 4

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.

What happened

The episode as NWS GSP wrote it up.

Despite effective bulk shear values of less than 25 knots, a mini-supercell thunderstorm developed in an airmass characterized by high surface dewpoints ahead of a tropical cyclone over the Gulf of Mexico. The storm produced an E1 tornado over western Anderson County. A few other reports of straight line wind damage and low end flooding also occurred with other storms on this day.

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 Jun 2, 1:57 PM EST, 1 hour 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 2, 1:57 PM EST, 1 hour 12 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
257 PM EDT SUN JUN 2 2013

.SYNOPSIS...
A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SLOWLY INTO THE REGION TONIGHT INTO MONDAY
AND GRADUALLY WEAKEN. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD DOWN FROM THE NORTH
ON TUESDAY...BUT WITH MOISTURE GRADUALLY RETURNING OVER THE RIDGE OF
HIGH PRESSURE MID TO LATE WEEK.

&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH MONDAY/...
AS OF 245 PM EDT...A COMBINATION OF IMPROVING UPPER
FORCING...FAVORABLE LOW LEVEL UPSLOPE SRLY FLOW...AND A VERY MOIST
AIRMASS ARE LEADING TO HIGH COVERAGE OF SHRA AND TSTMS ACROSS THE
FORECAST AREA THIS AFTN. IN ADDITION...DIFFERENTIAL HEATING
BOUNDARIES UPSTREAM OVER GA TODAY HAVE LED TO FURTHER ACTIVITY. THIS
WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING HOURS...AND POSSIBLY STRENGTHEN
OVERNIGHT AS THE APPROACHING UPPER LEVEL TROUGH SHARPENS UP SLIGHTLY
WEST OF THE APPALACHIANS AND BACKS THE LOW LEVEL FLOW. THE FIRST
FOOTHILL BAND OF CONVECTION THIS AFTN SHOULD MOVE EAST OF INTERSTATE
77 BY EARLY EVENING...BUT THE DEVELOPING APPALACHIAN BAND WILL
TRANSIT THE REGION THROUGH THE NIGHTIME HOURS. HEAVY RAIN REMAINS
THE PRIMARY THREAT SINCE WET BULB ZERO HEIGHTS ARE NOT VERY LOW AND
CAPE IS LIMITED. HOWEVER...IT WILL BE DIFFICULT TO PLACE ANY FLASH
FLOOD WATCHES GIVEN THE FAIRLY WIDESPREAD AND SHARED COVERAGE...AS
WELL AS THE RELATIVELY DRY CONDITIONS FROM THE PAST WEEK.

THE APPROACHING TROUGH AXIS WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION ON MONDAY
ALONG WITH DECENT UPPER DIVERGENCE. MOISTURE MAY WELL PERSIST ACROSS
THE REGION AS THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY GETS HUNG UP OR WASHES OUT. LOW
LEVEL FLOW WILL BECOME MORE OF A WESTERLY DOWNSLOPE ON MONDAY...BUT
WITH A SHEAR AXIS OUT OVER INTERSTATE 77 WHERE THE BEST CHC OF
STRONG TO SEVERE TSRA WILL BE THROUGH MONDAY AFTN. WILL CONTINUE TO
FEATURE A RELATIVELY LOW DIURNAL TEMP TREND THROUGH THE PERIOD.

&&

.SHORT TERM /MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY/...
AS OF 245 PM SUNDAY...PRECIP SHOULD DIMINISH QUICKLY MON NIGHT AS
THE UPPER TROUGH AXIS MOVES OFFSHORE AND THE SURFACE BOUNDARY MOVES
EAST OF THE AREA. DRY HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED OVER THE GREAT LAKES
REGION WILL THEN RIDGE INTO THE FORECAST AREA BEHIND THE DEPARTING
FRONT THROUGH TUESDAY. THIS WILL RESULT IN MOSTLY DRY CONDITIONS
WITH TEMPERATURES NEAR..OR A FEW DEGREES BELOW NORMAL IN PERSISTENT
NE FLOW. THE FLOW BECOMES EASTERLY BY TUESDAY NIGHT AS THE SURFACE
RIDGE OF HIGH WEAKENS AND SHIFT EAST. FOR WEDNESDAY...THE HIGH WILL
SLIDE OFF THE MID ATLANTIC COAST WITH ITS SURFACE RIDGE EXTENDING
INTO THE REGION. CONTINUED EASTERLY FLOW WILL LEAD TO JUICY
CONDITIONS WITH PW VALUES REACHING NEAR 1.5 INCHES BY WED NIGHT.
MODEL SOUNDING INDICATES THAT CAPPING INVERSION WILL WEAKEN AND
SURFACE TO 700 MB LAYER WILL BECOME SATURATED. IN
ADDITION...RELATIVELY WEAK SBCAPE OF 300-500 J/KG WILL BE PRESENT.
HENCE...CAN NOT RULE OUT SCATTERED CONVECTION ACROSS MUCH OF THE
REGION AND POPS HAVE BEEN REFLECTED ACCORDINGLY. TEMPERATURES WILL
BE AROUND 2-3 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL ON WEDNESDAY.

&&

.LONG TERM /TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY/...
AS OF NOON SUNDAY...AS WITH PREVIOUS FORECAST FOR THE EXTENDED
PERIOD...USED MODEL BLEND OF GFS AND ECMWF WITH MORE WEIGHT GIVEN TO
THE EC.

WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT...UPPER LEVEL PATTERN DURING
START OF THE PERIOD WILL BE HIGHLIGHTED BY A RATHER LOW AMPLITUDE
TROF PUSHING ACROSS THE UPPER MIDWEST.  AN ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT
WILL EXTEND ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY...AND EVENTUALLY MOVE
EASTWARD LATER IN THE WEEK AS THE TROF EJECTS TO THE NORTHEAST.
MEANWHILE ACROSS THE CAROLINAS...PROXIMITY TO A BUILDING TROPICAL
FEATURE IN THE GULF OF MEXICO WILL YIELD SOUTHEASTERLY LOW LEVEL
FLOW.  THUS...EXPECTING INCREASES IN MOISTURE THROUGH THE PERIOD AS
MARINE AIRMASS SPREADS ACROSS THE REGION.  NOT EXPECTING MUCH IN THE
WAY OF FORCING ALOFT...THEREFORE WENT WITH SLIGHT TO CHANCE POPS
THROUGH THE PERIOD...MAINLY ON A DIURNAL HEATING TYPE PATTERN.
WOULD LIKE TO NOTE THAT POPS DURING THE END OF THE WEEK AND INTO
NEXT WEEKEND COULD CHANGE AS THEY WILL BE DEPENDENT ON TROPICAL
FORMATION...WHICH IS UNCERTAIN AT THIS TIME.  TEMPERATURES ACROSS
THE REGION WILL BE NEAR OR SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL THROUGH THE
EXTENDED RANGE.

WITH RESPECT TO THE TROPICAL SYSTEM...THERE IS BROAD MODEL
DISCONTINUITY REGARDING THE OVERALL TRACK AND INTENSITY.  THE GFS
SEEMS TO TREND WITH A WEAKER SYSTEM TRACKING THROUGH THE GULF MOVING
NORTHEAST THROUGH NORTHCENTRAL FLORIDA...THEN WEAKENING FURTHER AS
ITS REMNANTS CROSS OUT INTO THE ATLANTIC WHERE IT DISSIPATES.  THE
ECMWF TAKES THE SAME TRACK THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING BUT KEEPS A MUCH
MORE ORGANIZED TROPICAL CYCLONE MOVING OFF SHORE NEAR SAVANNAH
GEORGIA...AND BRUSHING THE ATLANTIC COASTLINE NORTHWARD TOWARDS THE
OUTER BANKS OF NORTH CAROLINA BEFORE EJECTING OUT TO SEA WITH THE
UPPER TROF.

&&

.AVIATION /19Z SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/...
AT KCLT...THE CONVECTIVE LINE TRAVERSING THE UPSTATE THIS AFTN IS
WEAKENING SOMEWHAT OVER THE ERN UPSTATE BUT SHOULD HOLD TOGETHER
ENOUGH FOR TEMPO TSRA AT KCLT MAINLY 20Z TO 00Z. ANOTHER ROUND OF
ACTIVITY MAY CROSS THE REGION THROUGH THE LATER EVENING HOURS WITH
THE LINE DEVELOPING OVER THE APPALACHIANS. WITH ALL THE PRECIP...A
PERIOD OF IFR CIGS/VSBY WILL CERTAINLY BE POSSIBLE...BUT WILL
FEATURE ONLY MVFR UNTIL 11Z FOR NOW WITH SLOW IMPROVEMENT THROUGH
LATE MONDAY MORNING. WINDS SHOULD REMAIN SW AWAY FROM ANY TSTMS WITH
THE APPROACHING COLD FRONT STAYING WEST OF THE AREA THROUGH THE
PERIOD.

ELSEWHERE...COVERAGE SHOULD BECOME INCREASINGLY WIDESPREAD IN THE
VERY MOIST AIRMASS AHEAD OF THE APPROACHING FRONT. WILL NEED AT
LEAST ONE ROUND OF TEMPO TO FM TSRA AT ALL TAF SITES...AND POSSIBLY
MORE THAN ONE ROUND THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. CIGS SHOULD BE
SOLIDLY MVFR THROUGHOUT AS CONVECTION INCREASES...WITH FAIRLY
WIDESPREAD IFR AT TIMES OVERNIGHT GIVEN ALL THE RAINFALL. EXPECT SW
WINDS THROUGHOUT AWAY FROM THUNDERSTORMS...EXCEPT BECOMING NW AT
KAVL THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. ADDITIONAL TSTMS MAY FIRE OFF THE BLUE
RIDGE ON MONDAY...BUT THESE WILL BE DIFFICULT TO TIME AT PRESENT.

OUTLOOK...BRIEF DRYING UNDER HIGH PRES IS POSSIBLE MONDAY NIGHT INTO
TUE BEFORE MOISTURE RETURNS QUICKLY OVER THE SFC HIGH MID TO LATE
WEEK.

CONFIDENCE TABLE...

            19-01Z        01-07Z        07-13Z        13-19Z
KCLT       HIGH 100%     HIGH  85%     HIGH  87%     HIGH  84%
KGSP       HIGH  92%     HIGH  91%     MED   68%     MED   76%
KAVL       HIGH  86%     MED   74%     MED   74%     HIGH  83%
KHKY       HIGH  97%     HIGH  84%     HIGH  87%     MED   76%
KGMU       HIGH  89%     HIGH  91%     HIGH  82%     MED   72%
KAND       HIGH  94%     HIGH  95%     HIGH  80%     MED   69%

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...HG
NEAR TERM...HG
SHORT TERM...JOH
LONG TERM...CDG
AVIATION...HG

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 2, 2:33 PM EST, 36 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
333 PM EDT SUN JUN 2 2013

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065-
068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-031945-
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-
333 PM EDT SUN JUN 2 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 GRADUALLY INCREASE ACROSS THE
WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
THE GREATEST COVERAGE IS EXPECTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE
EARLY EVENING HOURS WHERE SOME ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE
POSSIBLE WITH HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS...DAMAGING WIND
GUSTS...AND HEAVY RAINFALL BEING THE MAIN THREATS. SOME AREAS
COULD SEE MULTIPLE ROUNDS OF THUNDERSTORMS WHICH COULD LEAD TO
SOME FLASH FLOODING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

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 THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE OFFICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG.

CDG

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 2, 1:26 PM EST, 1 hour 43 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
226 PM EDT SUN JUN 2 2013

NCZ033-501>503-021930-
AVERY-BURKE MOUNTAINS-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-GREATER CALDWELL-
226 PM EDT SUN JUN 2 2013

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHERN CALDWELL...NORTHWESTERN
BURKE AND SOUTHEASTERN AVERY COUNTIES THROUGH 330 PM EDT...

AT 222 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF JONAS RIDGE...OR 8 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF NEWLAND...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
  GLOBE...
  PATTERSON...
  KINGS CREEK...

SMALL HAIL...WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH AND TORRENTIAL RAIN ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

LAT...LON 3612 8154 3610 8152 3610 8148 3608 8141
      3601 8132 3591 8149 3588 8172 3589 8174
      3587 8177 3586 8189 3610 8197 3613 8181
      3612 8181 3613 8172

CDG

Special weather statement, Jun 2, 1:31 PM EST, 1 hour 38 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
231 PM EDT SUN JUN 2 2013

NCZ051-052-059-062-021930-
HAYWOOD-MACON-NORTHERN JACKSON-SWAIN-
231 PM EDT SUN JUN 2 2013

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT EASTERN SWAIN...MACON...
NORTHWESTERN HAYWOOD AND NORTHWESTERN JACKSON COUNTIES THROUGH 330 PM
EDT...

AT 226 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
NEWFOUND GAP TO HAYESVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

THESE STORMS WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
  BRYSON CITY...
  SMOKEMONT...
  CHEROKEE...
  WATERVILLE...
  SYLVA...
  MAGGIE VALLEY...

SMALL HAIL...WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH AND TORRENTIAL RAIN ARE
EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.

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 3564 8339 3567 8335 3566 8330 3573 8325
      3573 8320 3577 8316 3579 8308 3578 8299
      3580 8297 3574 8295 3573 8291 3563 8287
      3524 8319 3523 8322 3521 8321 3512 8328
      3506 8357 3515 8366 3515 8373

CDG

Special weather statement, Jun 2, 2:14 PM EST, 55 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
314 PM EDT SUN JUN 2 2013

GAZ028-SCZ010-022015-
ANDERSON-HART-
314 PM EDT SUN JUN 2 2013

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL ANDERSON AND NORTHERN
HART COUNTIES THROUGH 415 PM EDT...

AT 309 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR REED CREEK...OR 6 MILES NORTH OF HARTWELL...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

PEOPLE IN CENTRAL ANDERSON AND NORTHERN HART COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE
FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...

REED CREEK...SANDY SPRINGS AND ANDERSON...

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 OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.

LAKE HARTWELL IS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM. CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS BOATING CONDITIONS.
MOVE TO SHORE IMMEDIATELY.

LAT...LON 3440 8298 3447 8300 3450 8297 3460 8286
      3472 8266 3446 8254 3440 8283

MOORE

Special weather statement, Jun 2, 2:19 PM EST, 50 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
319 PM EDT SUN JUN 2 2013

GAZ018-026-028-SCZ004-022015-
FRANKLIN-GREATER OCONEE-HART-STEPHENS-
319 PM EDT SUN JUN 2 2013

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHERN FRANKLIN...NORTHWESTERN
HART...SOUTHEASTERN STEPHENS AND SOUTHERN OCONEE COUNTIES THROUGH 415
PM EDT...

AT 318 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTH OF CARNESVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 20 MPH.

PEOPLE IN NORTHERN FRANKLIN...NORTHWESTERN HART...SOUTHEASTERN
STEPHENS AND SOUTHERN OCONEE COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
LOCATIONS...

EASTANOLEE...MARTIN...LAVONIA...WHITWORTH...LAKE HARTWELL AND FAIR
PLAY...

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 OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.

LAKE HARTWELL IS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM. CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS BOATING CONDITIONS.
MOVE TO SHORE IMMEDIATELY.

LAT...LON 3449 8340 3461 8318 3461 8316 3468 8305
      3456 8292 3453 8293 3448 8299 3448 8295
      3441 8298 3432 8331

MOORE

Special weather statement, Jun 2, 2:41 PM EST, 28 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
341 PM EDT SUN JUN 2 2013

GAZ017-018-SCZ001-022030-
HABERSHAM-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-STEPHENS-
341 PM EDT SUN JUN 2 2013

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT HABERSHAM...NORTHWESTERN
STEPHENS AND WESTERN OCONEE COUNTIES THROUGH 430 PM EDT...

AT 339 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR CLARKESVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

PEOPLE IN HABERSHAM...NORTHWESTERN STEPHENS AND WESTERN OCONEE
COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...

DEMOREST...CLARKESVILLE...TURNERVILLE AND TOCCOA...

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 OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.

LAT...LON 3454 8362 3458 8365 3470 8360 3473 8349
      3472 8348 3475 8343 3471 8335 3477 8332
      3478 8329 3462 8324 3454 8330 3451 8366

MOORE

Special weather statement, Jun 2, 2:52 PM EST, 17 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
352 PM EDT SUN JUN 2 2013

NCZ053-505>508-022030-
BUNCOMBE-EASTERN MCDOWELL-GREATER RUTHERFORD-MCDOWELL
MOUNTAINS-RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-
352 PM EDT SUN JUN 2 2013

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT MCDOWELL...NORTHWESTERN
RUTHERFORD AND SOUTHEASTERN BUNCOMBE COUNTIES THROUGH 430 PM EDT...

AT 348 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES NORTH OF BAT CAVE...OR 17 MILES NORTHEAST
OF HENDERSONVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

PEOPLE IN MCDOWELL...NORTHWESTERN RUTHERFORD AND SOUTHEASTERN
BUNCOMBE COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

GLENWOOD...

SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE
WARNINGS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE
WEATHER THREATEN.

DIME SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH
THIS STORM.

LAT...LON 3580 8196 3555 8181 3544 8226 3545 8228
      3546 8227 3550 8233 3554 8238

MOORE

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 68 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:09 UTC.

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Event by event

2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.

Tornado, Anderson

When: June 2, 3:09 PM EST to 3:22 PM EST
Where: Anderson County, 4.05 mi W of (And)anderson Co Arp to 1.26 mi NNE of (And)anderson Co Arp
Rating: EF1
Path length: 4.82 mi
Path width: 125 yd
Property damage: $150,000
Reported by: NWS Storm Survey
Coordinates: 34.490, -82.790

An NWS storm survey found the path of a weak tornado that began in a field east of Lake Hartwell, just west of highway 187 north of the Country Meadows intersection. The tornado traveled east northeast to a farmstead on highway 187, blowing away a small outbuilding and peeling some metal panels off the roof of a larger shed. The tornado continued ENE to Busby Rd, where a portion of the roof was removed from a home. The house also shifted slightly on its foundation while a deck was lifted and tossed and a garage door caved in. The track has lost at this point, as the tornado moved over open fields. However, the path was picked up again at Mar-Mac Rd, near the Martin Rd intersection, where numerous trees were uprooted or snapped. Some shingles were removed from a home and some outbuildings damaged in this areas we well. The end of the damage path was found near Tiffany Dr and Oak Noll Terrace, where two large pine trees were blown onto a home, causing substantial damage.

Heavy Rain, Anderson

When: June 2, 4:01 PM EST
Where: Anderson County, 0.9 mi NE of (And)anderson Co Arp
Reported by: Law Enforcement
Coordinates: 34.510, -82.710

Urban flooding affected several roads in downtown Anderson as well as on the north and west side of town. New Prospect Church Road was closed for a brief period of time, though this appears to have been result of urban and not stream flooding.

Thunderstorm Wind, Anderson

When: June 2, 4:25 PM EST
Where: Anderson County, Williamston
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
Reported by: 911 Call Center
Coordinates: 34.620, -82.480

A tree was blown down on Church St north of Williamston, with another tree blown down nearby on Goodrich St in Pelzer.

Thunderstorm Wind, Anderson

When: June 2, 5:27 PM EST to 5:32 PM EST
Where: Anderson County, 4.5 mi ESE of Gluck to 3.25 mi SSW of Campbell
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
Reported by: Law Enforcement
Coordinates: 34.420, -82.600

A tree was blown down on highway 28 just south of highway 108, with another blown down near the intersection of highways 76 and 252.

What these are

Tornado: A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
Heavy Rain: Rainfall totals unusual for the place and season that did not produce a flood.
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.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in South Carolina in 2013 Every state in 2013 This day in weather history The tornado archive for South Carolina, 2013 Warnings in South Carolina, June 2013

Sources

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: 462409, 462411, 462412, 462414.