Georgia, 2014

Damaging Wind in Georgia, June 10, 2014

June 10, 2014 · NWS GSP · 1 event in 1 county or zone

A broken line of showers and thunderstorms moved into Northeast Georgia during the evening. One small cluster of storms within the line produced a downburst near Tiger.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
1

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.

A broken line of showers and thunderstorms moved into Northeast Georgia during the evening. One small cluster of storms within the line produced a downburst near Tiger.

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 10, 5:49 PM EST, 26 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 10, 5:49 PM EST, 26 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
649 PM EDT TUE JUN 10 2014

.SYNOPSIS...
A MOIST SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST FLOW WILL PERSIST ACROSS OUR REGION
WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. A WEAK FRONT MOVES IN THURSDAY AND
THEN ANOTHER WEAK COLD FRONT REACHES OUR REGION LATE FRIDAY.

&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
AS OF 630 PM...UPDATE TO ADD THUNDERSTORMS TO THE WRN PIEDMONT OF NC
AND NRN SC. SEVERAL HORIZONTAL ROLLS SEEN ON KGSP RADAR AND
ADDITIONAL CELLS WILL DEVELOP IN LOCALIZED LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE.

AS OF 430 PM...HAVE UPDATED THE FCST TO ACCOUNT FOR SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH OVER THE WRN ZONES. POP HAS BEEN BUMPED TO
CATEGORICAL OVER THE WESTERN PART AS THERE DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE
ANYTHING TO STOP THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS BEFORE IT REACHES THE
WESTERN PART OF THE FCST AREA. THE LINE LOOKS QUITE FORMIDABLE OFF
TO THE WEST AND WE MAY HAVE SWATHS OF WIND DAMAGE OVER THE
MTNS...ESPECIALLY WHERE THE WIND GETS CHANNELED THROUGH FAVORABLE
VALLEYS. DOWNSTREAM OF THE WATCH...HARD TO SAY HOW LONG THE LINE
WILL REMAIN VIGOROUS AS WE BEGIN TO LOSE HEATING AND THE LINE
OUTRUNS SOME OF THE FAVORABLE UPPER SUPPORT. PEOPLE OVER THE UPSTATE
AND NC FOOTHILLS/WRN PIEDMONT SHOULD KEEP AN EYE ON IT.

PREVIOUS DISCUSSION...

AT 215 PM...IN THE VERY NEAR TERM...VSBL SAT PIC AT 1745Z STILL
SHOWS A SUPPRESSED CU FIELD ACROSS THE WEASTERN CAROLINAS AND NE GA.
THEREFORE...IT STILL LOOOKS LIKE CONVECTIVE CHANCES FOR THE
AFTERNOON WILL REMAIN ON THE LOW SIDE ALONG WITH THE HOT TEMPS.
HOWEVER...REGIONAL RADARS SHOW A CONVECTIVE COMPLEX FROM CENTRAL
TN...S THROUGH AL. THIS WILL MOVE NE AND SHOULD REACH FAR WEST
NC...NE GA AROUND 22Z AND THEN MOVE EAST AND WEAKEN THROUGH 06Z. THE
NCEP WRF ARW EAST SEEMS TO HAVE THE BEST HANDLE ON THIS SCENARIO.
OUTSIDE OF SOME WIDELY SCT CONVECTION OVER THE RIDGE TOPS THIS
AFTERNOON WILL RAMP UP POPS FROM WEST TO EAST THIS EVENING...BUT NOT
TAKE THE HIGHER POPS INTO THE EASTERN UPSTATE AND CLT AREA. SPC HAS
MOVED THE SLIGHT RISK AREA INTO FAR W NC/NE GA AND THE FAR W UPSTATE
IN THEIR DAY 1 OUTLOOK MOST LIKLEY DUE TO THE ANTICIPATATION OF THE
BEFORE-MENTIONED CONVECTIVE COMPLEX AFFECTING THAT AREA.

ON WED...THE UPPER LOW THAT HAS BEEN SPINNING TO THE WEST THE LAST
FEW DAYS WILL MAKE SOME PROGRESS EASTWARD. THIS WILL BE ENOUGH TO
IMPROVE UPPER DIVERGENCE OVER THE REGION ALONG WITH MOISTURE FLUX
FROM THE GULF. THAT SHOULD BE SUFFICIENT TO PRODUCE NUMEROUS
SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS. PRECIP WATER VALUES WILL INCREASE BUT NOT TO
EXCESSIVE VALUES GENERALLY IN THE 1.5-1.75 RANGE. DO NOT EXPECT ANY
WIDESPREAD HYDRO ISSUES...BUT SOME LOCALIZED HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE
WHERE TRAINING CELLS OCCUR.

USED A CONSENSUS BLEND OF MODEL GUIDANCE TO GENERATE MOST GRID
FIELDS EXCEPT POP. MIN TEMPS WILL BE ABOVE AVERAGE WHILE WED'S MAX
TEMPS WILL BE A CATEGORY OR TWO LOWER THAN TODAY DUE TO INCREASED
CLOUD COVER/PRECIP.

&&

.SHORT TERM /WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY/...
AS OF 200 PM EDT TUESDAY...THE SHORT TERM PERIOD INITIALIZES
WEDNESDAY EVENING AS A HIGH AMPLITUDE UPPER TROF PUSHES INTO THE
TENNESSEE VALLEY.  STRONG SOUTHERLY WARM ADVECTION AHEAD OF THE
APPROACHING UPPER/SFC TROFS WILL PROVIDE A FOCUS FOR ONGOING
CONVECTION TO PERSIST INTO THE EARLY EVENING ACROSS THE
REGION...HOWEVER LOSS OF HEATING WILL CONTRIBUTE TO SOME CONVECTIVE
DECAY.  THUS...WILL TAPER INITIAL WIDESPREAD LIKELY POPS SLOWLY TO
SOLID CHANCE LEVELS BY FRIDAY MORNING.  ALTHOUGH SEVERE WEATHER IS
NOT EXPECTED...PWAT VALUES APPROACHING 2 INCHES WILL ALLOW FOR ANY
DEEP CONVECTION TO PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS.
THEREFORE THERE WILL BE A RISK FOR FLASH FLOODING...ESPECIALLY IS
CELL TRAINING OCCURS OVER A GIVEN AREA.

THE ABOVE MENTIONED UPPER TROF WILL CONTINUE ITS SLOW PUSH TO THE
EAST THURSDAY MORNING INTO THE THURSDAY AFTERNOON.  CONTINUED
SOUTHERLY FLOW OUT AHEAD...ALONG WITH ENHANCED UPPER SUPPORT WILL
YIELD INCREASING COVERAGE OF SHOWERS AND PERHAPS A FEW THUNDERSTORMS
INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS.  PROFILES WILL BE RATHER MOIST ON THURSDAY
LEADING TO MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES...WHICH WILL INHIBIT HEATING AND IN
TURN REDUCE AFTERNOON DESTABILIZATION.  THUS...NOT EXPECTING ANY
SEVERE WEATHER ON THURSDAY.  THAT SAID...THERE WILL BE POTENTIAL FOR
HEAVY RAINFALL YET AGAIN AS PWAT VALUES REMAIN IN EXCESS OF AN INCH
AND HALF.  AS THE UPPER FORCING PUSHES EAST OVERNIGHT INTO
FRIDAY...AND WHAT LITTLE INSTABILITY THAT WAS PRESENT
FADES...EXPECTING COVERAGE TO DIMINISH.  POPS WILL TAPER DOWN
OVERNIGHT TO SLIGHT CHANCE LEVELS OUTSIDE OF THE MOUNTAINS...WHERE
CHANCE LEVEL POPS RESIDE.

CONTINUED WEAK SOUTHERLY FLOW WILL BE IN PLACE ACROSS THE REGION ON
FRIDAY...HOWEVER RH FIELDS INDICATE YET ANOTHER DAY OF MOSTLY CLOUDY
SKIES THEREBY LIMITING HEATING.  THAT SAID...SOUNDINGS DO INDICATE
MODEST LAPSE RATES DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS...WHICH COMBINED WITH
AMPLE MOISTURE WILL WORK TO PRODUCE SCATTERED AFTERNOON CONVECTION.
WILL RAMP POPS BACK UP TO SOLID CHANCE LEVELS ACROSS THE ENTIRE
FORECAST AREA ON FRIDAY TO ACCOUNT FOR SUCH.  TEMPERATURES THROUGH
THE PERIOD WILL ACTUALLY BE BELOW NORMAL AS FORECAST SKY COVER WILL
DAMPEN HEATING.  THIS ALONG WITH PERIODS OF SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS
WILL WORK TO KEEP DAYTIME HIGHS IN THE LOWER TO MID 80S BOTH
THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.

&&

.LONG TERM /FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY/...
AS OF 230 PM TUESDAY...THIS MEDIUM RANGE BEGINS 00Z SATURDAY.
AT THAT TIME...THE MAIN ENERGY WITH THE 500MB FLOW IS WELL NORTH
ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES AND SOUTHERN MOST CANADA. A TROUGH AXIS AT
THAT TIME EXTENDS DOWN FROM THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES ACROSS OUR AREA.
LOW LEVEL FLOW WILL REMAIN FROM THE SOUTH TO SW THROUGH THE WEEKEND.
SHORTWAVES WILL CONTINUE TO PASS FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE NATION
WITH MOST OF THE MAIN ENERGY BEING NORTH OF THE CAROLINAS. DIURNAL
CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL CONTINUE WITH MAX TEMPS NEAR
NORMAL SATURDAY...PERHAPS JUST UNDER NORMAL HIGHS SUNDAY WITH AXIS
OF ANOTHER SHORTWAVE APPROACHING. THE HIGHER INSTABILITY WILL SKIRT
THE PIEDMONT REGION EACH DAY BEING HIGHER ACROSS CENTRAL GA AND
CENTRAL SC. UPPER RIDGE BUILDS A BIT OVER THE SE STATES EARLY NEXT
WEEK WITH HIGH TEMPS ABOUT A CATEGORY ABOVE NORMAL TUESDAY AND
PERHAPS EVEN A COUPLE DEGREES WARMER ON WED. LOW LEVEL WIND WILL BE
GENERALLY FROM THE WEST ON TUESDAY AS SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE PASSES
TO OUR SOUTH.

THE GFS CONTINUES WITH THE TROPICAL SYSTEM NEAR THE YUCATAN ON DAY 7
AS IT HAS AROUND DAY 7 FOR WELL OVER A WEEK.

&&

.AVIATION /00Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/...
AT KCLT...ATMOSPHERE STILL SUPRESSED PER THE UNIMPRESSIVE CU FIELD
ON THE LATEST VSBL SAT PIC. THUS...WILL CONTINUE TO ADVERTISE NO
THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY AT KCLT THROUGH THE AFTERNOON/NIGHT. LOOKS
LIKE THE CONVECTIVE COMPLEX OVER TN WILL DISSIPATE BEFORE MAKING TO
KCLT TONIGHT. THUS...NO RESTRICTIONS ARE INTHE TAF THROUGH TONIGHT.
ON WED...AN UPPER TROUGH WILL APPROACH SPREADING SCT TO NUMEROUS
SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE AREA. THERE MAY SOME RESTRICTIONS
DUE TO THUNDERSTORMS BY EARLY AFTERNOON.

ELSEWHERE...ATMOSPHERE ALSO IS STILL SUPPRESSED PER THE UNIMPRESSIVE
CU FIELD EARLY THIS AFTERNOON ON THE LATEST VSBL SAT PIC.
THUS...WILL CONTINUE TO ADVERTISE NO THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY THROUGH
THE AFTERNOON HOURS. HOWEVER...REGIONAL RADARS SHOW A CONVECTIVE
COMPLEX DEVELOPING FORM CENTRAL TN...S INTO AL. THIS WILL MAKE A RUN
EASTWARD AND REACH THE WESTERN CAROLINAS ABOUT 00Z. STORMS SHOULD
TEND TO WEAKEN THEN AS THEY MOVE EAST INTO AN UPPER RIDGE.
HOWEVER...WILL CARRY A TEMPO AT KAND WHERE THE STORMS HAVE THE BEST
CHANCE OF MAKING IT. WILL MENTION VCTS AT THE OTHER TAF SITES FOR
NOW. WILL MONITOR CLOSELY AND BEEF UP THUNDER FORECAST IF IT APPEARS
THE THUNDERSTORM COPMPLEX WILL HOLD TOGETHER.

OUTLOOK...SCT TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE INTO
WED NIGHT ALONG WITH AMPLE LOW LEVEL MOISTURE. THIS WILL PRODUCE
RESTRICTIONS. EXPECT THAT MAINLY SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE THE MAIN STORY AGAIN THU INTO THE WEEKEND.
THE BEST CHANCE FOR RESTRICTIONS WILL BE IN TSRA AND ALSO IN THE MTN
VALLEYS EACH MORNING WHERE LOW CLOUDS AND FOG MAY FORM.

CONFIDENCE TABLE...

            22-04Z        04-10Z        10-16Z        16-22Z
KCLT       HIGH 100%     HIGH 100%     HIGH  88%     HIGH 100%
KGSP       HIGH 100%     HIGH 100%     HIGH  88%     HIGH 100%
KAVL       HIGH 100%     HIGH  97%     HIGH  97%     HIGH  97%
KHKY       HIGH 100%     HIGH 100%     HIGH  85%     HIGH 100%
KGMU       HIGH 100%     HIGH 100%     MED   76%     HIGH 100%
KAND       HIGH 100%     HIGH 100%     LOW   54%     HIGH  88%

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...LG
NEAR TERM...LG/PM
SHORT TERM...CDG
LONG TERM...DEO
AVIATION...LG
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 10, 2:28 PM EST, 3 hours 47 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
328 PM EDT TUE JUN 10 2014

GAZ028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>050-053-056-057-064-065-068>072-082-
501>510-SCZ002-003-005>014-019-111930-
HART-ELBERT-AVERY-ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-
BUNCOMBE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-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-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-
GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK-
ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD-
328 PM EDT TUE JUN 10 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PIEDMONT
NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS REMAIN A POSSIBILITY ACROSS
THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE MAIN THREATS WILL BE
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. HOWEVER...A FEW OF THESE STORMS COULD
BE STRONG WITH GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL BEING THE PRIMARY
THREATS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

..WEDNESDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
..THURSDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
..FRIDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
..SATURDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
..SUNDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
..MONDAY...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.

GAZ010-017-018-026-NCZ051-052-058-059-062-063-SCZ001-004-111930-
RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-GRAHAM-
NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-
GREATER OCONEE-
328 PM EDT TUE JUN 10 2014

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 276 IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

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.

   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH.

A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL PUSH INTO THE REGION THIS
EVENING FROM THE WEST. A FEW OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD BE
SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING BEING THE PRIMARY THREATS...HOWEVER AN ISOLATED
TORNADO CANNOT BE RULED OUT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

..WEDNESDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
..THURSDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
..FRIDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
..SATURDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
..SUNDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
..MONDAY...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

Local storm report, Jun 10, 5:01 PM EST, 1 hour 14 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
601 PM EDT TUE JUN 10 2014

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0550 PM     HAIL             2 E GASTONIA            35.25N 81.14W
06/10/2014  E1.50 INCH       GASTON             NC   PUBLIC

            1.5 INCH HAIL REPORTED EAST OF GASTONIA.

&&

JPT
Special weather statement, Jun 10, 5:06 PM EST, 1 hour 9 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
606 PM EDT TUE JUN 10 2014

NCZ071-102245-
MECKLENBURG-
606 PM EDT TUE JUN 10 2014

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL MECKLENBURG COUNTY
THROUGH 645 PM EDT...

AT 603 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR CENTER CITY CHARLOTTE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
25 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
  I-77 AT I-85...
  UNC CHARLOTTE...

SMALL HAIL...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

PLEASE REPORT DAMAGING WINDS...HAIL...OR FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG BY CALLING TOLL FREE...1...
800...2 6 7...8 1 0 1...OR BY POSTING ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGE...OR TWEET
IT USING HASHTAG NWSGSP. YOUR MESSAGE SHOULD DESCRIBE THE EVENT AND
SPECIFIC LOCATION WHERE IT OCCURRED.

LAT...LON 3511 8082 3522 8100 3548 8078 3542 8075
      3540 8077 3535 8069 3526 8066

CDG
Local storm report, Jun 10, 5:36 PM EST, 39 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
636 PM EDT TUE JUN 10 2014

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0630 PM     HAIL             3 E CROFT               35.34N 80.77W
06/10/2014  E0.75 INCH       MECKLENBURG        NC   TRAINED SPOTTER

            PENNYHAIL

&&

JPT
Local storm report, Jun 10, 5:41 PM EST, 34 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
641 PM EDT TUE JUN 10 2014

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0629 PM     TSTM WND DMG     6 SE ROBBINSVILLE       35.27N 83.73W
06/10/2014                   GRAHAM             NC   911 CALL CENTER

            ONE TREE BLOCKING INTERSECTION OF TALLULAH RD AND JUTTS
            CREEK RD.

&&

ARK
Special weather statement, Jun 10, 5:52 PM EST, 23 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
652 PM EDT TUE JUN 10 2014

GAZ010-017-102330-
HABERSHAM-RABUN-
652 PM EDT TUE JUN 10 2014

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT NORTHERN HABERSHAM AND WESTERN
RABUN COUNTIES THROUGH 730 PM EDT...

AT 648 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES EAST OF
HIAWASSEE TO 6 MILES WEST OF DEMOREST...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

THESE STORMS WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
  BATESVILLE...
  LAKE BURTON...
  NACOOHE LAKE...
  NACOOHE LAKE...
  LAKE RABUN...

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

THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS AND WET SOIL CONDITIONS WILL CAUSE
SCATTERED TREES AND POWER LINES TO FALL. SEEK SHELTER INSIDE AN
INTERIOR ROOM.

LAT...LON 3482 8366 3487 8366 3492 8360 3494 8360
      3495 8356 3500 8355 3500 8342 3469 8335
      3451 8366 3454 8362 3465 8367 3473 8363
      3476 8363 3479 8368

KRENTZ
Special weather statement, Jun 10, 5:56 PM EST, 19 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
656 PM EDT TUE JUN 10 2014

NCZ057-072-102345-
CABARRUS-ROWAN-
656 PM EDT TUE JUN 10 2014

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT ROWAN AND CABARRUS COUNTIES
THROUGH 745 PM EDT...

AT 655 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR KANNAPOLIS...OR NEAR CONCORD...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
  KANNAPOLIS...
  LANDIS...
  CHINA GROVE...
  ROCKWELL...
  GRANITE QUARRY...
  SALISBURY...

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

PLEASE REPORT DAMAGING WINDS...HAIL...OR FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG BY CALLING TOLL FREE...1...
800...2 6 7...8 1 0 1...OR BY POSTING ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGE...OR TWEET
IT USING HASHTAG NWSGSP. YOUR MESSAGE SHOULD DESCRIBE THE EVENT AND
SPECIFIC LOCATION WHERE IT OCCURRED.

LAT...LON 3530 8055 3544 8075 3577 8048 3574 8045
      3573 8042 3573 8034 3571 8032 3568 8033
      3558 8021

CDG

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Thunderstorm Wind, Rabun

When
June 10, 6:15 PM EST
Where
Rabun County, Tiger
Measured
50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
Reported by
911 Call Center
Coordinates
34.850, -83.430

County comms reported multiple trees blown down off the Tiger (441) Connector.

What these are

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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Sources

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