A line of thunderstorms developed along a stationary front across east Tennessee and far western North during the late afternoon. Severe wind gusts from the storms resulted in quite a few downed trees, especially closer to the Tennessee border.
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The episode as NWS GSP wrote it up.
A line of thunderstorms developed along a stationary front across east Tennessee and far western North during the late afternoon. Severe wind gusts from the storms resulted in quite a few downed trees, especially closer to the Tennessee border.
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, 3:04 PM EST, 1 hour 12 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
404 PM EDT TUE JUL 14 2015
.SYNOPSIS...
ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS...SOME OF WHICH MAY BECOME SEVERE...ARE
POSSIBLE THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS ON WEDNESDAY AS THE AREA
REMAINS UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF AN ACTIVE UPPER TROUGH. A COLD FRONT
WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA ON WEDNESDAY. FOLLOWING THE FRONT SURFACE
HIGH PRESSURE WILL DRY OUT THE REGION AS AN UPPER-LEVEL RIDGE BUILDS
IN FROM THE WEST...BRINGING WITH IT MORE ABOVE-NORMAL TEMPERATURES.
&&
.NEAR TERM /THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
2000 UTC UPDATE...POPS AND QPF HAVE BEEN UPDATED BASED ON RADAR
TRENDS...FAVORING THE AREA OF WESTERN NC JUST SOUTH OF INTERSTATE
40...AND THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE UPPER SAVANNAH RIVER VALLEY.
SKY COVER WAS UPDATED PER VISIBLE SATELLITE IMAGERY...ALIGNING WELL
WITH THE AFORE MENTIONED AREAS.
AS OF 145 PM EDT TUESDAY...TWEAKED POPS/TEMPS/DEWS TO ACCOUNT FOR
MOST RECENT RADAR/OBS TRENDS WHICH FEATURE CONTINUED CONVECTION
ALONG INSTABILITY GRADIENT ACROSS PORTIONS OF NE GA. THINK THIS
WILL PLAY A ROLE IN LIMITING CONVECTION OVER THESE AREAS LATER ON.
OTHERWISE...SOME INSOLATION IS OCCURRING UNDER SCATTERING SKIES ALONG
THE TN LINE...EASTWARD ALONG THE I40 CORRIDOR WHICH WILL LIKELY BE
THE MOST FAVORABLE REGIONS FOR CONVECTION THIS AFTERNOON. FULL FCST
DISCUSSION TO FOLLOW WITHIN THE HOUR.
PREVIOUS DISCUSSION...
THERE REMAINS SOME UNCERTAINTY WITH THE FCST TODAY AS THE EVENTUAL
EVOLUTION AND SPEED OF THE UPSTREAM MCS IS NOT WELL AGREED UPON BY
THE VARIOUS OP NOR HIRES MODEL SOLNS. BASED ON THE LATEST RAD/SAT
TRENDS AND TIGHTENING MLVL HEIGHT FIELD WILL GO WITH A SOMEWHAT
FASTER SOLN THAN THE PREVIOUS FCST AND THE LATEST OP MODEL RUNS.
MCS ACTIVITY SHOULD REACH THE WRN ZONES ARND 13/14Z AND PROPAGATE
QUICKLY SOUTHEAST...DEVELOPING A WEAK COLD POOL OVER THE
UPSTATE AND ERN PIEDMONT BY 16Z. PERHAPS EXITING THE CWFA BY 18Z.
THIS IS ONE SCENARIO. ANOTHER PROBABLE SITUATION WOULD HAVE THE MCS
MESO HIGH SRN BNDRY SETTING UP A BNDRY ACROSS THE SRN MTNS SE ACROSS
NE GA AND TOWARD THE WRN UPSTATE WHERE LATER AFTERNOON CONVECTION
DEVELOPS IN A MORE UNSTABLE ENVIRON. SO...POPS HAVE BEEN ADJ UP TO
HIGH LIKELY ACROSS THE WRN MTNS AND HAVE BEEN CAPPED AT HIGH CHANCE
NON/MTNS. THIS MCS AND THE WRN BNDRY DEVELOPMENT WILL BE CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND HIGH RAINFALL RATES. WITHIN THE HIGHER
CAPE VALUES...0-6 KM SHEAR LEVELS WILL REACH ARND 35 KTS...ENUF FOR
THE POTENTIAL OF BNDRY INDUCED ISOL TOR DEVELOPMENT. THERE WILL BE
SOME AFTERNOON ATMOS RECOVERY EAST OF 1-26 AFTER THE MCS PUSHES EAST
THIS MORNING...HOWEVER STRONG STORMS SHOULD BE LIMITED BY A MLVL
CLOUDS AND A PRONOUNCED POCKET OF DNVA MOVING IN FROM THE NW. MAX
TEMPS WILL ONCE AGAIN REACH THE M90S NON/MTNS BUT COULD BE HAMPERED
A BIT BY ULVL CLOUDS AND CONV DEBRIS.
THERE LOOKS TO BE GOOD CAPE ADV INTO ERN TN LATER IN THE AFTERNOON
WHICH SHOULD SPAWN STRONG/SEVERE MULTICELL STORMS AFFECTING THE NC
MTNS AND FHILLS LATE AFTERNOON/EVENING...PUSHING EAST THROUGH THE
OVERNIGHT. THESE WILL BE AIDED BY A STRONG H5 S/W DIGGING SOUTH.
THUS..POPS WERE KEPT IN THE HIGHER CHANCE RANGE WEST THOUGH MOST OF
THE TONIGHT PERIOD. MIN TEMPS WILL DROP TO OR JUST ABOVE SEASONAL
LEVELS.
&&
.SHORT TERM /WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY/...
AS OF 145 PM TUESDAY...THE SHORT TERM PORTION OF THE FORECAST
STILL LOOKS RELATIVELY QUIET. THE UPPER ANTICYCLONE PARKED OVER THE
LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY IS FORECAST TO NOSE EASTWARD INTO THE
SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS AND WESTERN CAROLINAS DURING THE LATE WEEK
TIME FRAME. AT THE SURFACE...A LARGE AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE INITIALLY
OVER THE GREAT LAKES WILL RIDGE SOUTHWARD INTO THE WESTERN CAROLINAS
AND NORTHEAST GA. THE HIGH WILL CONTINUE TO DOMINATE THE WEATHER
THROUGH FRIDAY AS IT MOVES SLOWLY EASTWARD AND FINALLY OFF THE NEW
ENGLAND COAST BY LATE FRIDAY. HENCE...CONVECTION WILL BE LARGELY
SUPPRESSED BY LARGE SCALE SUBSIDENCE AND DRY AIRMASS. THE EXCEPTION
MAY BE ON FRIDAY WHEN SOME ISOLATED CONVECTION MAY DEVELOP OVER THE
HIGHER TERRAIN IN WESTERN NC AS MOISTURE MARGINALLY INCREASES AND
WEAK UPSLOPE FLOW DEVELOPS. TEMPS WILL BE NEAR CLIMO ON THURSDAY BUT
EDGE A LITTLE ABOVE CLIMO ON FRIDAY.
.
&&
.LONG TERM /FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY/...
AS OF 200 PM TUESDAY...NO BIG SURPRISES IN THE MEDIUM RANGE GUIDANCE
AS A RETURN TO MORE TYPICAL SUMMERTIME HEAT AND DIURNAL CONVECTION
IS STILL EXPECTED FOR THE WEEKEND INTO THE FIRST PART OF THE NEXT
WORK WEEK. FOR THE WEEKEND...THE AREA WILL REMAIN ON THE EASTERN
FLANK OF AN UPPER ANTICYCLONE OVER THE MS DELTA REGION. THIS WILL
SUPPORT A WEAK RIDGE OF SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED ALONG THE
SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS. ALSO THE MCS TRACK SHOULD REMAIN NORTH OF THE
AREA. THEREFORE...WE EXPECT A DIURNAL MODE FOR CONVECTION DRIVEN BY
PRIMARILY DIFFERENTIAL HEATING OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND PERHAPS WEAK
SFC CONVERGENCE ALONG THE LEE TROUGH THROUGH THE PIEDMONT. STORMS
OVER THE MOUNTAINS WILL TEND TO DRIFT OFF THE HIGH TERRAIN DURING
THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS WITH A NW STEERING FLOW.
SOME CHANGES ARE FORECAST TO BEGIN TO TAKE PLACE BY TUESDAY AS THE
UPPER HIGH BEGINS RETROGRADING WESTWARD AS AN UPPER TROUGH SWINGS SE
OUT OF CANADA AND EVENTUALLY TO THE GREAT LAKES ON TUESDAY. THE
DEVELOPING EAST COAST TROUGH WILL DRIVE A SURFACE COLD FRONT
SOUTHEASTWARD AND CURRENT INDICATIONS ARE THAT THE FRONT WILL REACH
THE AREA PROBABLY LATE ON TUESDAY. THEREFORE...AN UPTICK IN
CONVECTIVE CHANCES ARE WARRANTED FOR TUESDAY. TEMPS WILL BE A
CATEGORY TO EVEN TWO CATEGORIES ABOVE CLIMO EACH DAY.
&&
.AVIATION /20Z TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/...
AT KCLT...VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL THROUGH THE TAF CYCLE WITH THE
POSSIBLE EXCEPTION OF TSRA RESTRICTIONS THIS AFTERNOON AND
OVERNIGHT. MUCH THE SAME AS LAST NIGHT AS MULTIPLE ROUNDS OF
CONVECTION ARE POSSIBLE. EXPECTING CONVECTION TO INITIATE/ADVECT
INTO THE NC PIEDMONT REGION THIS AFTERNOON IF THE ATM IS ABLE TO
RECOVER...WHICH IS NOT CERTAIN. THUS...HANDLED SUCH WITH A LOW
CONFIDENCE TEMPO WITH GUSTY NW WINDS. AS THE UPPER TROF AXIS SWINGS
THROUGH TONIGHT AND THE SFC FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE NW...EXPECTING
ANOTHER MCS TO SLIDE INTO THE REGION POSSIBLY SURVIVING THE TRIP
INTO THE PIEDMONT. THUS A PROB30 WAS FEATURED FOR SUCH...HOWEVER
ONCE AGAIN WITH LOW CONFIDENCE. BEYOND THAT THE CONDITIONS WILL
IMPROVE AS THE WEAK FRONT SLIDES THROUGH ALLOWING FLOW TO VEER NW
THROUGH THE PERIOD UNDER IMPROVING MID/HIGH LEVEL CIGS BY MORNING.
ELSEWHERE...MUCH THE SAME AS KCLT ABOVE REGARDING POSSIBLE SHRA/TSRA
THIS AFTERNOON AND OVERNIGHT. CONFIDENCE IS HIGHER FURTHER WEST
WHERE BEST INSTABILITY IS PROGGED. THUS CARRY VCTS AT ALL SITES
THIS AFTERNOON FOR ANY PRE FRONTAL/MCS CONVECTION WITH PREVAILING
SHRA/VCTS AT KAVL/KHKY OVERNIGHT TO ACCOUNT FOR FRONTAL/MCS
ACTIVITY...AND PROB30S AT THE SC SITES. WINDS WILL BE GUSTY THIS
AFTERNOON...WITH NW VEERING PROGGED POST FRONT BY MORNING. MODELS
DO HINT AT SOME VISB RESTRICTIONS BY MORNING AT THE NC SITES AS WELL
AS AT KAND THUS TAF FEATURES SUCH. OTHERWISE...IMPROVING CONDITIONS
EXPECTED FOR WEDNESDAY.
OUTLOOK...BUILDING UPPER RIDGING WILL PERSIST THROUGH WEEKS END
LEADING TO LOWER PRECIP/RESTRICTION CHANCES. THESE CHANCES WILL
INCREASE OVER THE WEEKEND AS SAID RIDGE RETROGRADES LEADING TO
INCREASING DIURNAL SHRA/TSRA CHANCES AND THUS MORNING FOG/STRATUS AS
WELL.
CONFIDENCE TABLE...
20-02Z 02-08Z 08-14Z 14-18Z
KCLT HIGH 100% HIGH 100% HIGH 100% HIGH 100%
KGSP HIGH 100% HIGH 100% HIGH 100% HIGH 100%
KAVL HIGH 100% HIGH 100% MED 61% HIGH 97%
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...JMP
NEAR TERM...CDG/JAT
SHORT TERM...LG
LONG TERM...LG
AVIATION...CDGHAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 332 PM EDT TUE JUL 14 2015 NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-501-503-505-151945- AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM- NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON- CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-BURKE MOUNTAINS-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS- 332 PM EDT TUE JUL 14 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING AND THEN ANOTHER CLUSTER AROUND MIDNIGHT. FREQUENT CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING... TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS...AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS. SOME FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS WILL BE POSSIBLE WHERE STORMS REPEATEDLY MOVE THROUGH. .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... NONE. NCZ035>037-056-057-068>072-082-502-504-506>510-SCZ008-009-014-151945- 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- 332 PM EDT TUE JUL 14 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. A BROKEN BAND OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA SOMTIME BETWEEN 11 PM AND 4AM TONIGHT ASSOCIATED WITH A COLD FORNT. DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND LARGE HAIL WILL BE THE MAIN 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... NONE. GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-SCZ001>007-010>013-019-151945- RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-OCONEE MOUNTAINS- PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER OCONEE- GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE- LAURENS-UNION-GREENWOOD- 332 PM EDT TUE JUL 14 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP AND MOVE ACROSS NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE UPSTATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA LATE THIS AFTERNOON 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 MAINLY AFTER MIDNIGHT 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... NONE.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1146 AM EDT TUE JUL 14 2015
NCZ062-141615-
MACON NC-
1146 AM EDT TUE JUL 14 2015
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MACON COUNTY
UNTIL 1215 PM EDT...
AT 1146 AM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8
MILES NORTHEAST OF ANDREWS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
DIME SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
NANTAHALA LAKE...SCALY MOUNTAIN...AQUONE...WAYAH BALD...RAINBOW
SPRINGS...KYLE AND OTTO.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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.
DIME TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL CAN CAUSE CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO VEHICLES.
CONSIDER MOVING VEHICLES TO A COVERED STORAGE AREA BEFORE THE STORM
ARRIVES.
&&
LAT...LON 3519 8371 3520 8373 3523 8369 3527 8369
3529 8358 3500 8320 3500 8352 3502 8352
3504 8356 3507 8357 3511 8362 3513 8362
3512 8364 3514 8364 3514 8365 3515 8365
3515 8374
TIME...MOT...LOC 1546Z 315DEG 38KT 3525 8368
RWHSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1252 PM EDT TUE JUL 14 2015
GAZ017-018-026-SCZ001-004-005-141730-
FRANKLIN GA-STEPHENS GA-HABERSHAM GA-GREATER PICKENS SC-
GREATER OCONEE SC-OCONEE MOUNTAINS SC-
1252 PM EDT TUE JUL 14 2015
...A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF STEPHENS...
HABERSHAM...NORTHERN FRANKLIN...OCONEE AND SOUTHERN PICKENS COUNTIES
UNTIL 130 PM EDT...
AT 1252 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE LEADING EDGE OF A
CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 4 MILES
NORTHWEST OF WALHALLA TO 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF TOCCOA TO 3 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF CLARKESVILLE...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
DIME SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THESE STORMS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CLEMSON...TOCCOA...SENECA...WALHALLA...CLARKESVILLE...CARNESVILLE...
CENTRAL...CORNELIA...LIBERTY AND WESTMINSTER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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.
DIME TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL CAN CAUSE CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO VEHICLES.
CONSIDER MOVING VEHICLES TO A COVERED STORAGE AREA BEFORE THE STORM
ARRIVES.
&&
LAT...LON 3473 8352 3475 8343 3472 8335 3482 8331
3482 8327 3487 8325 3492 8314 3486 8290
3481 8290 3484 8283 3478 8258 3467 8279
3447 8300 3449 8305 3438 8310 3435 8324
3442 8338 3446 8340 3454 8363 3460 8364
TIME...MOT...LOC 1652Z 293DEG 33KT 3482 8312 3464 8325 3457 8355
RWHPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
124 PM EDT TUE JUL 14 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0755 AM TSTM WND DMG FAIRVIEW 35.52N 82.40W
07/14/2015 BUNCOMBE NC FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
MULTIPLE TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN.
&&
JMPSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
128 PM EDT TUE JUL 14 2015
GAZ018-026-028-029-SCZ004-010-011-141800-
FRANKLIN GA-HART GA-STEPHENS GA-ELBERT GA-GREATER OCONEE SC-
ABBEVILLE SC-ANDERSON SC-
128 PM EDT TUE JUL 14 2015
...A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF HART...
ELBERT...SOUTHERN STEPHENS...FRANKLIN...SOUTHEASTERN OCONEE...
SOUTHERN ABBEVILLE AND SOUTHWESTERN ANDERSON COUNTIES UNTIL 200 PM
EDT...
AT 128 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE LEADING EDGE OF A CLUSTER
OF THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 11 MILES SOUTH OF
CLEMSON TO 4 MILES WEST OF HARTWELL TO 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF
CARNESVILLE...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
DIME SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THESE STORMS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ELBERTON...HARTWELL...CARNESVILLE...ABBEVILLE...ROYSTON...CALHOUN
FALLS...REED CREEK...LAVONIA...GUMLOG AND IVA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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.
DIME TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL CAN CAUSE CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO VEHICLES.
CONSIDER MOVING VEHICLES TO A COVERED STORAGE AREA BEFORE THE STORM
ARRIVES.
&&
LAT...LON 3398 8286 3401 8294 3417 8310 3423 8308
3427 8312 3424 8317 3426 8330 3423 8335
3426 8334 3433 8339 3443 8338 3446 8340
3448 8346 3463 8286 3408 8230 3406 8236
3407 8253 3401 8260 3399 8258 3398 8260
TIME...MOT...LOC 1728Z 328DEG 12KT 3452 8288 3436 8302 3442 8335
RWHPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
227 PM EDT TUE JUL 14 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0144 PM TSTM WND DMG BOWERSVILLE 34.37N 83.08W
07/14/2015 HART GA FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
TREES DOWN ALONG HWY 17...ONE ON A TRANSFORMER.
&&SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
420 PM EDT TUE JUL 14 2015
NCZ051-052-058-059-142115-
SWAIN NC-HAYWOOD NC-NORTHERN JACKSON NC-GRAHAM NC-
420 PM EDT TUE JUL 14 2015
...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF
NORTHWESTERN JACKSON...SWAIN...GRAHAM AND CENTRAL HAYWOOD COUNTIES
UNTIL 515 PM EDT...
AT 417 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A LINE OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 14 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
NEWPORT TO 3 MILES SOUTH OF LOUDON...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... WAYNESVILLE...BRYSON CITY...
ROBBINSVILLE...SYLVA...CHEROKEE...FONTANA LAKE...LAKE
JUNALUSKA...CLYDE...MAGGIE VALLEY...BALSAM AND SANTEETLAH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FONTANA LAKE IS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS. CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS BOATING CONDITIONS.
MOVE TO SHORE IMMEDIATELY.
&&
LAT...LON 3537 8401 3541 8402 3552 8388 3553 8382
3556 8377 3558 8360 3556 8350 3566 8335
3566 8330 3573 8324 3573 8319 3542 8275
3542 8280 3530 8396 3535 8404
TIME...MOT...LOC 2017Z 293DEG 39KT 3577 8331 3568 8435
LANEThe Knoxville radar (KMRX), 94 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:16 UTC.
3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
County comms reported numerous trees blown down throughout Graham County.
County comms reported multiple trees blown down on Fontana Rd.
County comms reported trees blown down on Bryson City Rd and Depot St in the Franklin 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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 596709, 596710, 596711.