South Carolina, 2014Damaging Wind in South Carolina, May 9, 2014
May 9, 2014 · NWS GSP · 1 event in 1 county or zone
Scattered to numerous thunderstorms developed over the Upstate during the afternoon within an unseasonably warm and unstable air mass. An isolated downburst was reported in Union County.
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Scattered to numerous thunderstorms developed over the Upstate during the afternoon within an unseasonably warm and unstable air mass. An isolated downburst was reported in Union County.
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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 May 9, 1:48 PM EST, 1 hour 28 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 9, 1:48 PM EST, 1 hour 28 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
248 PM EDT FRI MAY 9 2014
.SYNOPSIS...
A WEAK FRONT WILL APPROACH THE CAROLINAS FROM THE WEST THIS EVENING
AND MOVE OVER THE REGION AND THEN WASH OUT ON SATURDAY. IN THE
FRONTS WAKE...VERY WARM SOUTHERLY FLOW WILL SPREAD BACK OVER THE
REGION AND PERSIST UNTIL ANOTHER FRONT APPROACHES THE REGION BY THE
MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK.
&&
.NEAR TERM /THROUGH SATURDAY/...
AS OF 230 PM...THE LATEST HIGH-RES MODEL RUNS ARE FINALLY STARTING
TO CATCH UP WITH THE DEVELOPING CONVECTION ACRS THE ERN UPSTATE AND
THE NC PIEDMONT (WHERE THEY EARLIER SHOWED LITTLE ACTIVITY) THIS
AFTN. I HAVE BUMPED UP POP TO CHC IN THE ERN ZONES WHERE IT USED TO
BE DRY OR ONLY SLGT CHC. THERE IS STILL ONLY 500-1000 J/KG OF SBCAPE
PER THE LAPS ANALYSIS...AND SHEAR IS WEEK. SO EXPECT MAINLY SHWRS
AND A FEW GARDEN VARIETY TSTMS. WITH THAT SAID...THE SPC
MESOANALYSIS PAGE SHOWS DCAPE OF 1000-1200 J/KG ACRS THE ERN 1/3RD
OF THE CWFA. SO EVEN SHWRS MAY PRODUCE SOME GUSTY WINDS. STILL THINK
SEVERE THREAT IS LOW...GIVEN THE LOW CAPE AND SHEAR. TO THE
WEST...THE EXTENSIVE CLOUDS ARE KEEPING THINGS CAPPED...WITH JUST
SPOTTY LIGHT SHWRS ACRS THE NC MTNS.
LATER THIS AFTN INTO THIS EVENING...SHWRS SHUD CONTINUE TO INCREASE
IN COVERAGE AS DEEP LAYER MOISTURE CONTINUES TO WORK IN FROM THE
WEST. BETTER INSTBY AND UPPER SUPPORT WILL ALSO SPREAD INTO THE SWRN
AND CENTRAL NC MTNS...INCREASING THE THREAT FOR TSTMS. AGAIN...NOT
EXPECTING MUCH SEVERE THREAT. SO THE POPS RAMPING UP TO SOLID CHC TO
LIKELY INTO THIS EVENING...HIGHEST WEST...STILL LOOKS GOOD.
TONIGHT...THE DEEP LAYER RH MAXIMUM AXIS WILL SPREAD INTO THE CWFA
AHEAD OF A WEAKENING COLD FRONT...WHICH WILL STILL BE BACK WEST ACRS
THE OH/TN VLYS. MOST OF THE GUIDANCE SEEMS TO AGREE IN GENERAL FOR A
DECREASING TREND IN SHWR COVERAGE AND INTENSITY. BUT WITH PLENTY OF
MOISTURE...THERE WILL PROBABLY BE AT LEAST SCATTERED LINGERING
ACTIVITY THRU THE OVERNIGHT. THE CLOUDS AND MOISTURE WILL KEEP TEMPS
ELEVATED ABOVE NORMAL...MAINLY IN THE 50S MTNS AND LWR-MID 60S
PIEDMONT.
SATURDAY...SOME OF THE CONVECTION-ALLOWING MODELS SHOW SOME SORT OF
MCS ACRS THE OH VLY...TURNING TOWARD THE SW TOWARD THE NRN MTNS
AROUND DAYBREAK. CONFIDENCE IS LOW...WITH NO MENTION OF THIS IN THE
SPC OUTLOOKS. OTHERWISE...I ACTUALLY EXPECT A LULL IN COVERAGE
DURING THE MORNING HOURS...AS INSTBY WILL BE AT ITS LOWEST.
STILL...POPS ONLY DROP SLIGHTLY BASED ON THE ONGOING MOIST SW FLOW.
THERE SHUD BE PLENTY OF CLOUD COVER THRU THE DAY...SO IT/S DIFFICULT
TO SAY HOW MUCH INSTBY THERE WILL BE FOR REDEVELOPMENT DURING THE
AFTN. WILL GO WITH HIGH-END CHC EAST TO LIKELY WEST FOR SHWRS AND
SCATTERED TSTMS. PROFILES CONTINUE TO SHOW FAIRLY MODEST CAPE AND
SHEAR FOR MORE ROBUST CONVECTION. SO SEVERE THREAT REMAINS LOW. THE
DAY 2 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK KEEPS OUR AREA IN GENERAL THUNDER. THE
CLOUD COVER AND PRECIP SHUD KEEP TEMPS PRIMARILY IN THE 70S WEST TO
LWR 80S EAST.
&&
.SHORT TERM /SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY/...
AS OF 215 PM EDT FRI...MAJOR HEIGHT FALLS FROM THE ROCKIES TO THE
PLAINS SAT NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY WILL ALLOW A RIDGE TO GRADUALLY
BUILD ACROSS THE SE LATE THIS WEEKEND. THE HIGHLY AMPLIFIED PATTERN
WILL BE FULLY IN PLACE BY MON...WITH A 588 DM H5 RIDGE ENTRENCHED
OVER THE SE. MAINLY A DIURNAL CONVECTIVE PATTERN IS EXPECTED UNDER
THE BUILDING RIDGE SUN AND MON AFTN/EVENING...BUT PERSISTENT S TO SW
LOW LEVEL FLOW COULD PROVIDE ISOLD SHRA COVERAGE IN UPSLOPE AREAS
EVEN DURING THE MORNING HOURS. THE STRONGEST CONVECTION OF THE
WEEKEND MAY ACTUALLY OCCUR SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS
INSOLATION IMPROVES...BOUNDARY LAYER MOISTURE REMAINS AND SLIGHT MID
LEVEL DRYING OCCURS BEFORE THE SE RIDGE REBOUNDS IN EARNEST. WILL
FEATURE SOLID SCATTERED DIURNAL POPS...MAINLY OVER THE MTNS...EACH
AFTN/EVENING. EXPECT MINS AND MAXES TO RUN TWO CATEGORIES OR MORE
ABOVE CLIMO THROUGH THE SHORT RANGE PERIOD.
&&
.LONG TERM /MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY/...
AS OF 130 PM EDT THURSDAY...THE MEDIUM RANGE FCST PICKS UP AT 00Z ON
TUESDAY WITH UPPER RIDGING IN PLACE OVER THE SE CONUS AND DEEP UPPER
TROFFING OVER THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN ROCKIES. OVER THE NEXT FEW
DAYS...THE TROF WILL GRADUALLY MAKE ITS WAY EAST AND TOWARDS THE
CAROLINAS AS THE RIDGE GETS PUSHED OFFSHORE. THE TIMING DIFFERENCES
AMONG THE LONG MODELS HAVE BEEN REDUCED SINCE YESTERDAYS FCST YET
THE GFS IS STILL ABOUT 12 TO 24HRS FASTER WITH THE TROFS APPROACH
COMPARED TO THE GFS AND THE CANADIAN. THE OVERALL TREND OF THE FCST
HAS BEEN TO LEAN MORE TOWARDS A SLOWER...ECMWF TYPE SOLUTION WHICH I
WILL CONTINUE TO ADVERTISE. AT ANY RATE...THE MODELS DO AGREE THAT
THE TROF SHOULD SLOW DOWN AS IT MOVES OVER THE EASTERN CONUS TOWARDS
THE END OF THE MEDIUM RANGE AND STILL BE OVER THE REGION BY NEW DAY
7.
AT THE SFC...THE BERMUDA HIGH WILL BE FIRMLY IN PLACE OVER THE
REGION AT THE START OF THE PERIOD WITH WARM SLY LOW LVL FLOW
PERSISTING OVER THE CWFA FOR MOST OF THE PERIOD. AS WITH THE UPPER
LVL PATTERN...THE GFS HAS BEEN SLOWING THE APPROACH OF THE NEXT
FRONTAL SYSTEM AND IS NOW MORE IN LINE WITH THE ECMWF. THE FRONT IS
NOW MORE LIKELY TO MOVE INTO THE WESTERN CAROLINAS BY LATE WED/EARLY
THURS AND BY EARLY FRI...THE SYSTEM SHOULD EAST OF THE CWFA. SOME
DEGREE OF DRIER AND COOLER SFC RIDGING SHOULD MOVE IN BEHIND THE
FROPA FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE PERIOD WITH LITTLE CHANCE FOR PRECIP.
THE ECMWF AND ESPECIALLY THE CANADIAN MODELS STILL DEVELOP SOME SORT
OF LOW TO OUR SE JUST OFF THE COAST OF FLORIDA BY THE END OF THE
PERIOD...THE CANADIAN NOW TRYING TO SPIN UP A FULL BLOWN TROPICAL
SYSTEM. AS FOR THE SENSIBLE FCST...NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES WERE
NEEDED. I DID PUSH BACK THE BEST WINDOW FOR WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND
TS BY ABOUT 6 TO 12HRS BASED ON A SLOWER FRONTAL APPROACH AND FROPA.
BY 00Z FRI...ONLY A SLIGHT CHANCE LINGERS OVER THE EASTERN ZONES
WITH A DRY FCST FOR THE REST OF FRI. TEMPS WILL DROP A FAIR AMOUNT
ON WED AND THURS AS CLOUD COVER INCREASES AND THE FRONT PASSES THRU.
ON FRI...VALUES WILL PERSIST AROUND NORMAL FOR MID MAY.
&&
.AVIATION /19Z FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
AT KCLT...AS DEEPER MOISTURE BEGINS TO WORK IN FROM THE
WEST...THICKENING MID AND CLOUDS SHUD LIMIT DAYTIME HEATING AND
INSTBY. HOWEVER...GUIDANCE IN GOOD AGREEMENT THAT THERE WILL BE ENUF
INSTBY FOR SCATTERED SHOWERS DEVELOPING LATE AFTN INTO THIS EVENING
ACRS THE KCLT AREA. THERE IS STILL AN ISOLD TSTM THREAT...ESP FROM
ABOUT 23Z TO 02Z. HOWEVER...CONFIDENCE SEEMS TOO LOW TO WARRANT A
TEMPO FOR TS. SHOWER ACTIVITY WILL LINGER INTO TONIGHT...AS DEEP
MOISTURE REMAINS...BUT OVERALL TRIGGERING FOR ADDITIONAL SHOWER
DEVELOPMENT SHUD WEAKEN. WILL GO WITH NO PRECIP MENTION BEYOND ABOUT
05Z. OVERALL...EXPECT VFR CIGS AND VSBY...EXCEPT IF ANY SHRA/TSRA
DIRECTLY IMPACT THE TERMINAL. SW WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO GUST UNTIL
ABOUT 22-23Z...THEN DIMINISH.
ELSEWHERE...THERE IS PLENTY OF MID AND HIGH CLOUDINESS ACRS THE
AREA...WHICH SEEMS TO BE LIMITING SHRA DEVELOPMENT SOMEWHAT. STILL
EXPECT SOLID COVERAGE ACRS THE NC MTNS AND ADJACENT FOOTHILLS BY
MID-LATE AFTN...LINGERING INTO TONIGHT. THERE MAY BE A FEW
SUB-SEVERE TSTMS AROUND THE AREA WITH PEAK INSTBY IN THE 21Z-03Z
TIME FRAME. WILL GO WITH VCSH OR VCTS TO HIGHLIGHT POTENTIAL FOR THE
SCATTERED CONVECTION. GUIDANCE AGREES THAT DEEP MOISTURE REMAINS IN
THE AREA OVERNIGHT...BUT OVERALL COVERAGE OF CONVECTION SHUD
DECREASE. AS WITH KCLT...SW WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO GUST UNTIL LATE
AFTN/EARLY EVENING...THEN DIMINISH. NOT EXPECTING MUCH FOG OR
STRATUS POTENTIAL...DUE TO EXTENSIVE MID AND HIGH CLOUDS THRU
SATURDAY MORNING. SHRA AND TSRA WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE
AS WEAK COLD FRONT SAGS INTO THE AREA AND INSTBY INCREASES AROUND
MIDDAY SATURDAY.
OUTLOOK...A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL BRING CHANCES FOR PRECIPITATION
THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT...WITH RESTRICTIONS POSSIBLE IN
THUNDERSTORMS. HIGH PRESSURE RETURNS SUNDAY AND MONDAY...BUT
AFTERNOON AND EVENING CONVECTION WILL BE POSSIBLE BOTH DAYS.
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 100%
KAVL HIGH 100% HIGH 100% HIGH 100% HIGH 100%
KHKY HIGH 100% HIGH 100% HIGH 100% HIGH 100%
KGMU HIGH 100% HIGH 100% HIGH 100% HIGH 100%
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...JPT
NEAR TERM...ARK
SHORT TERM...HG
LONG TERM...JPT
AVIATION...ARKHazardous weather outlook, May 9, 2:50 PM EST, 26 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
350 PM EDT FRI MAY 9 2014
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065-
068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-102000-
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-
350 PM EDT FRI MAY 9 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.
SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT THE REGION LATE
THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING BEFORE DIMINISHING OVERNIGHT.
OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS
WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS. GUSTY WINDS TO 35 MPH AND SMALL HAIL
COULD ACCOMPANY THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.
..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.
..TUESDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
..WEDNESDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
..THURSDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTERS ARE ASKED TO RELAY ANY REPORTS OF WIND DAMAGE OR HAIL TO
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
HG
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 9, 2:23 PM EST, 53 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
323 PM EDT FRI MAY 9 2014
SCZ007-012-013-092015-
LAURENS-SPARTANBURG-UNION-
323 PM EDT FRI MAY 9 2014
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHERN UNION...SOUTHEASTERN
SPARTANBURG AND NORTHERN LAURENS COUNTIES IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA
THROUGH 415 PM EDT...
AT 322 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR LAURENS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
ENOREE...
CROSS KEYS...
BUFFALO...
UNION...
JONESVILLE...
PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.
GUSTY WINDS CAN BLOW DOWN TREES THAT ARE DEAD...OR THAT HAVE WEAKENED
ROOT SYSTEMS. OUTDOOR FURNITURE AND SIMILAR ITEMS CAN BE TOSSED
AROUND IF NOT ANCHORED. SEEK SHELTER INDOORS.
LAT...LON 3457 8221 3491 8168 3490 8166 3490 8165
3472 8149 3442 8208
RWHSpecial weather statement, May 9, 2:32 PM EST, 44 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
332 PM EDT FRI MAY 9 2014
NCZ036-069>072-092015-
CABARRUS-GASTON-IREDELL-LINCOLN-MECKLENBURG-
332 PM EDT FRI MAY 9 2014
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTH CENTRAL MECKLENBURG...
SOUTHEASTERN LINCOLN...SOUTHEASTERN IREDELL...NORTHERN GASTON AND
NORTHWESTERN CABARRUS COUNTIES THROUGH 415 PM EDT...
AT 331 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR DALLAS...OR 7 MILES NORTH OF GASTONIA...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
IRON STATION...
STANLEY...
MOUNT HOLLY...
LOWESVILLE...
MCGUIRE STATION...
LAKE NORMAN...
PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.
GUSTY WINDS CAN BLOW DOWN TREES THAT ARE DEAD...OR THAT HAVE WEAKENED
ROOT SYSTEMS. OUTDOOR FURNITURE AND SIMILAR ITEMS CAN BE TOSSED
AROUND IF NOT ANCHORED. SEEK SHELTER INDOORS.
LAT...LON 3523 8126 3539 8135 3555 8097 3556 8095
3563 8077 3557 8074 3551 8074 3551 8071
3541 8065
RWHLocal storm report, May 9, 2:35 PM EST, 41 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
335 PM EDT FRI MAY 09 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0332 PM HAIL GASTONIA 35.25N 81.17W
05/09/2014 E0.25 INCH GASTON NC PUBLIC
PEA SIZED HAIL IN GASTONIA.
&&
JPTLocal storm report, May 9, 2:55 PM EST, 21 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
355 PM EDT FRI MAY 09 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0335 PM HAIL 2 WSW CRAMERTON 35.23N 81.11W
05/09/2014 E1.00 INCH GASTON NC TRAINED SPOTTER
SPOTTER REPORTS DIME TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
&&
HGSpecial weather statement, May 9, 3:12 PM EST, 4 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
412 PM EDT FRI MAY 9 2014
SCZ008-009-013-092100-
CHEROKEE-UNION-YORK-
412 PM EDT FRI MAY 9 2014
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHERN UNION...WESTERN YORK
AND SOUTHEASTERN CHEROKEE COUNTIES IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA THROUGH
500 PM EDT...
AT 407 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR BUFFALO...OR 7 MILES WEST OF UNION...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
UNION...
JONESVILLE...
HICKORY GROVE...
DIME SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH
THIS STORM.
GUSTY WINDS CAN BLOW DOWN TREES THAT ARE DEAD...OR THAT HAVE WEAKENED
ROOT SYSTEMS. OUTDOOR FURNITURE AND SIMILAR ITEMS CAN BE TOSSED
AROUND IF NOT ANCHORED. SEEK SHELTER INDOORS.
LAT...LON 3472 8182 3485 8177 3492 8171 3517 8139
3516 8131 3501 8116 3482 8141 3482 8147
3481 8148 3478 8146 3457 8174
RWHThunderstorm Wind, Union
- When
- May 9, 3:16 PM EST
- Where
- Union County, 1 mi NNE of Jonesville
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph) estimated gust
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Reported by
- Emergency Manager
- Coordinates
- 34.843, -81.673
EM and public reported multiple large tree limbs and a few trees blown down, mainly cross the north side of Jonesville, including the Gilead Hills Dr area. A couple of outbuildings also had some tin roofing removed.
- 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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