A weakening line of showers and thunderstorms moved across the North Carolina mountains during the morning and produced some brief damaging winds across portions of the middle French Broad Valley.
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The episode as NWS GSP wrote it up.
A weakening line of showers and thunderstorms moved across the North Carolina mountains during the morning and produced some brief damaging winds across portions of the middle French Broad Valley.
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 14, 2:34 AM EST, 4 hours 9 minutes earlier.
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</html>HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 502 AM EDT TUE JUL 14 2015 NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-501-503-505-150915- AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM- NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON- CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-BURKE MOUNTAINS-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS- 502 AM EDT TUE JUL 14 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL REACH THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS AROUND DAYBREAK AND WILL PUSH SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS THROUGH MID MORNING. FREQUENT CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING...TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS...AND GUSTY WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS. SOME FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS WILL BE POSSIBLE. AFTER THE FIRST WAVE OF STORMS MOVES THROUGH...THE ATMOSPHERE IS EXPECTED TO DESTABILIZE AGAIN IN THE AFTERNOON. ANOTHER ROUND OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS POSSIBLE LATER IN THE AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY CONTAIN DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND LARGE HAIL. A THIRD ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS IS ALSO POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING AS A COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE REGION. .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. NCZ035>037-056-057-068>072-082-502-504-506>510-SCZ008-009-014-150915- ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON- MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION-GREATER CALDWELL-GREATER BURKE- EASTERN MCDOWELL-RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-GREATER RUTHERFORD- POLK MOUNTAINS-EASTERN POLK-CHEROKEE-YORK-CHESTER- 502 AM EDT TUE JUL 14 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE FOOTHILLS AND WESTERN PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA...INCLUDING THE CHARLOTTE METRO AREA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. A BROKEN BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA EARLY THIS MORNING AND MAY MOVE OUT ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS AND WESTERN PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA DURING THE MIDDLE PART OF THE MORNING. THE TIMING OF THIS BAND OF STORMS DOES NOT FAVOR MUCH IN THE WAY OF STRENGTHENING EAST OF THE BLUE RIDGE...AS THE ATMOSPHERE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO WARM UP AND DESTABILIZE BEFORE IT MOVES THROUGH. AT THIS POINT...THE MAIN THREATS APPEAR TO BE CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN. AFTER THE MORNING ACTIVITY MOVES OFF TO THE EAST...IT MAY TAKE SEVERAL HOURS FOR THE ATMOSPHERE TO DESTABILIZE AGAIN OWING TO LINGERING CLOUD COVER. IF THE CLOUDS THIN EARLY ENOUGH IN THE DAY...BY MID AFTERNOON...WE MAY DESTABILIZE ENOUGH TO SUPPORT REDEVELOPMENT OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE AREA EAST OF THE MOUNTAINS THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND LARGE HAIL WOULD BE THE MAIN THREATS. A THIRD ROUND OF STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY AS A COLD FRONT PUSHES ACROSS THE REGION. .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. GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-SCZ001>007-010>013-019-150915- RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-OCONEE MOUNTAINS- PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER OCONEE- GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE- LAURENS-UNION-GREENWOOD- 502 AM EDT TUE JUL 14 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP AND MOVE ACROSS NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE UPSTATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA THIS MORNING...WITH GUSTY WINDS...BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. THE ATMOSPHERE IS EXPECTED TO BECOME MODERATELY UNSTABLE BY THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE AREA ALONG AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 26...WHICH WILL SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING. DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND LARGE HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION...THERE WILL BE ENOUGH WIND SHEAR IN THE LOWER PART OF THE ATMOSPHERE SUCH THAT A BRIEF TORNADO CANNOT BE RULED OUT. ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING AS A COLD FRONT PUSHES ACROSS THE REGION. .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.
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</html>The Greer radar (KGSP), 75 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 11:42 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Media reported multiple trees blown down on Sweeten Creek Rd near Biltmore Forest. FD reported multiple trees and power lines down in the Fairview area.
County comms reported multiple trees blown down in the Mills River area.
Public reported quarter size hail in the Almond area.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in North Carolina in 2015Every state in 2015This day in weather historyWarnings in North Carolina, July 2015
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: 596698, 596699, 596700.