Scattered thunderstorms, with some storms organizing into small clusters, developed across western North Carolina during early-to-mid-afternoon. A few of the storms produced severe weather in the form of damaging wind gusts, mainly over the foothills and Piedmont.
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The episode as NWS GSP wrote it up.
Scattered thunderstorms, with some storms organizing into small clusters, developed across western North Carolina during early-to-mid-afternoon. A few of the storms produced severe weather in the form of damaging wind gusts, mainly over the foothills and Piedmont.
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 18, 12:11 PM EST, 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
111 PM EDT SAT JUL 18 2015
.SYNOPSIS...
AREA WILL REMAIN UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF THE BERMUDA HIGH THROUGH
THE WEEKEND...BRINGING INCREASED CHANCES FOR AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS AND ABOVE AVERAGE TEMPERATURES. A WEAK FRONTAL SYSTEM
WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA BY THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK...HOWEVER
TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY REMAIN ABOVE NORMAL FOR MID JULY.
&&
.NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/...
1715 UTC UPDATE...POPS AND QPF WERE UPDATED TO ACCOUNT FOR NEW
CONVECTION FIRING ALONG AND AND EAST OF THE NC BLUE RIDGE...AND INTO
NORTHERN SC.
1440 UTC UPDATE...POPS WERE REDUCED PER RADAR TRENDS. WINDS WERE
UPDATED TO INCORPORATE THE LATEST NAM GUIDANCE. SKY COVER WAS
UPDATED FROM VISIBLE SATELLITE IMAGERY. AFTERNOON DEW POINTS WERE
ADJUSTED DOWN SLIGHTLY FOR EXPECTED MIXING...AND FOR A BETTER FIT
WITH NEIGHBORING OFFICES. THIS LEAD TO MAXIMUM HEAT INDEX VALUES
ONLY VERY BRIEFLY REACHING 105 DEGREES AT A FEW SELECT POINTS IN THE
FAR SOUTHEAST PORTION GO THE AREA.
1200 UTC UPDATE...POPS HAVE BEEN ADJUSTED PER RADAR TRENDS TO
ACCOUNT FOR ACTIVITY IN FAR NW NC...AND QPF ADJUSTED ACCORDINGLY.
SKY COVER WAS UPDATED FROM INFRARED SATELLITE IMAGERY.
AS OF 330 AM...A BROAD SUBTROPICAL RIDGE WILL CONTINUE TO INFLUENCE
OUR WEATHER TODAY...WITH THE CWFA ON THE NE PERIPHERY OF THE 500 MB
ANTICYCLONE. A SHORTWAVE ANALYZED OVER THE OHIO VALLEY EARLY THIS
MORNING...IS ACCOMPANIED BY A CLUSTER OF SUB-SEVERE TSTMS OVER ERN
KY. THIS SHORTWAVE WILL APPROACH THE AREA TODAY. THE HIGH RES MODELS
SHOW MOST OF THIS INITIAL CONVECTION TO CROSS JUST NORTH OF THE
CWFA...BUT MAY DROP A SUBTLE OUTFLOW BOUNDARY INTO THE I-40 CORRIDOR
BY MIDDAY. SO THE COMBINATION OF THE SHORTWAVE AND LLVL BOUNDARY MAY
PROVIDE FOR A LITTLE BETTER LIFT FOR CONVECTION THAN LAST COUPLE
DAYS. ACCORDING TO THE 00Z MODEL CONSENSUS...WE SHUD SEE MODERATE
INSTBY IN THE MTNS...WITH A LITTLE MORE LIMITED CAPE ACRS THE
PIEDMONT. IN ANY CASE...EXPECT SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS ACRS THE
AREA THIS AFTN INTO EARLY EVENING. GIVEN THE BETTER CAPE
EXPECTED...CANNOT RULE OUT AN ISOLD PULSE SEVERE STORM. HIGH TEMPS
WILL BE AT OR A DEG OR TWO WARMER THAN YESTERDAY. DEWPTS ALSO DO NOT
LOOK TO MIX OUT AS MUCH...HOVERING IN THE MID-UPR 60S TODAY. SO HEAT
INDEX VALUES WILL BE IN THE 100-105 RANGE ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF
I-85...WHICH IS CLOSE TO HEAT ADV CRITERIA.
TONIGHT...CONVECTION SHUD WANE WITH LOSS OF HEATING AND EXITING MID
LVL SHORTWAVE. OTHER THAN SOME PATCHY MTN VLY FOG POSSIBLE...EXPECT
JUST A FEW LINGERING MID AND HIGH CLOUDS. TEMPS WILL BE IN THE 60S
MTNS AND LWR-MID 70S PIEDMONT.
&&
.SHORT TERM /SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT/...
AS OF 320 AM SATURDAY...VERY LITTLE CHANGE IN THE PATTERN IS
EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK...AS THE SUBTROPICAL RIDGE WILL
REMAIN CENTERED OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS/LOWER MISS VALLEY...PLACING
THE CAROLINAS AND NORTH GEORGIA IN A WEAK NW FLOW ALOFT...WHILE
SUPPORTING UNSEASONABLY WARM TEMPS (5-10 DEGREES ABOVE CLIMO)
THROUGH THE PERIOD. DEEP CONVECTIVE CHANCES SHOULD REMAIN STRONGLY
TIED TO THE DIURNAL HEATING CYCLE...WITH THE EXTENT OF COVERAGE
EXPECTED TO BE TYPICAL FOR THE TIME OF YEAR. HOWEVER...CHANCES FOR
LATE NIGHT/MORNING CONVECTION WILL EXIST...MAINLY ACROSS NORTHERN
AND WESTERN ZONES...AS DECAYING ORGANIZED CONVECTION PERIODICALLY
APPROACHES THE AREA WITHIN THE NW FLOW REGIME. THE PATTERN WILL
FAVOR WEAK SHEAR...MODERATE-TO-HIGH CAPE...AND LARGE DCAPE DURING
THE AFTERNOON...THUS STRONGER CELLS WILL POSE A MICROBURST THREAT
THROUGH THE PERIOD. PIEDMONT TEMPS WILL REACH THE UPPER 90S SUNDAY
AND MONDAY AFTERNOONS...ALTHOUGH W/NW LOW LEVEL FLOW/DEEP MIXING
SHOULD GENERALLY TEMPER AFTERNOON DEWPOINTS...KEEPING THEM IN THE
60S FOR THE MOST PART. THIS SHOULD PRECLUDE ANY ESPECIALLY HIGH HEAT
INDEX VALUES...BUT VALUES FROM 100-103 APPEAR LIKELY ACROSS SOUTHERN
PIEDMONT LOCATIONS BOTH DAYS.
&&
.LONG TERM /TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/...
AS OF 335 AM SATURDAY...PERIODIC HEIGHTS FALLS TRAVERSING THE
NORTHEAST CONUS MAY SUPPRESS THE SOUTHERN CONUS RIDGE A BIT DURING
THE EARLY PART OF THE MEDIUM RANGE...POSSIBLY ALLOWING A WEAK
FRONTAL BOUNDARY TO DROP INTO THE AREA BY MID-WEEK. THIS WOULD
PROVIDE A SLIGHT ENHANCEMENT TO DAILY CONVECTIVE CHANCES...ALTHOUGH
FORECAST POPS WILL REMAIN NEAR...OR JUST SLIGHTLY ABOVE CLIMO LEVELS
THROUGH THE PERIOD. IT APPEARS THAT RISING HEIGHTS WILL BE ON THE
OFFING ONCE AGAIN BY THE END OF THE WEEK. THE SLIGHTLY LOWER
MID-WEEK HEIGHTS WILL ONLY OFFER THE SMALLEST OF RELIEF FROM THE
HEAT...WITH MAXES EXPECTED TO REMAIN AROUND 5 DEGREES ABOVE CLIMO
DURING MID-WEEK...LIKELY RETURNING TO THE UPPER 90S IN SOME AREAS BY
DAY 7.
&&
.AVIATION /17Z SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
AT KCLT...VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED THRU THE PERIOD...EXCEPT POSSIBLE
BRIEF RESTRICTIONS WITH TSRA. IN FACT...TSRA WILL BE THE MAIN
CONCERN FOR THIS TAF PERIOD. GUIDANCE IS TRENDING MORE BULLISH ON
CONVECTION ACROSS THE NC AND SC PIEDMONT THIS AFTN...PROBABLY
KICKING OFF FROM OUTFLOW FROM DISSIPATING CONVECTION CURRENTLY
PUSHING INTO THE NW NC MTNS AT THE TIME OF THIS WRITING. I WILL
TEMPO IN TSRA FROM 18-21Z...THEN PROB30 UNTIL 00Z. THE STORMS WILL
HAVE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE GUSTY/ERRATIC WINDS. OUTSIDE OF
TSRA...WINDS SHUD FAVOR A SW DIRECTION THRU THE PERIOD. THERE IS
SOME POTENTIAL FOR FOG TOWARD DAYBREAK SUNDAY...BUT CONFIDENCE TOO
LOW TO MENTION IN THE TAF.
ELSEWHERE...CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN SIMILAR TO CLT. WILL TIME
CONVECTION A LITTLE EARLIER THAN CLIMO...DUE TO TIMING OF A
SHORTWAVE ALOFT AND SFC BOUNDARY ASSOCIATED WITH CONVECTION
CURRENTLY ENTERING THE NW NC MTNS. CONVECTION SHUD WANE THIS
EVENING...LEAVING SOME DEBRIS CLOUDINESS INTO THE OVERNIGHT.
DEPENDING ON HOW MUCH RAIN FALLS AT ANY TAF SITES...FOG POTENTIAL
LOOKS LIMITED TO MAINLY AT KAVL TONIGHT.
OUTLOOK...THE CHANCE/COVERAGE OF AFTN/EVE SHRA AND TSRA WILL
INCREASE TO TYPICAL MID JULY NORMALS INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK...AS LLVL
MOISTURE/INSTABILITY RETURNS. THIS WILL RESULT IN INCREASED CHANCES
OF MORNING FOG/STRATUS AS WELL.
CONFIDENCE TABLE...
17-23Z 23-05Z 05-11Z 11-12Z
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 83%
KGMU HIGH 100% HIGH 100% HIGH 100% HIGH 100%
KAND HIGH 100% HIGH 100% HIGH 100% HIGH 83%
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/JAT
SHORT TERM...JDL
LONG TERM...JDL
AVIATION...ARKHAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 659 AM EDT SAT JUL 18 2015 GAZ010-017-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065-069-501>507-509- SCZ001>003-191100- RABUN-HABERSHAM-AVERY-ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-MADISON-YANCEY- MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-GRAHAM- NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON- LINCOLN-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-GREATER CALDWELL-BURKE MOUNTAINS- GREATER BURKE-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-EASTERN MCDOWELL- RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-POLK MOUNTAINS-OCONEE MOUNTAINS- PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS- 659 AM EDT SAT JUL 18 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND THE I-40 CORRIDOR IN THE PIEDMONT AND FOOTHILLS...MAINLY THIS AFTERNOON. WHILE THE PRIMARY THREATS WILL BE FROM CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...AN ISOLATED SEVERE STORM OR TWO WILL BE POSSIBLE...WITH LOCALLY DAMAGING WINDS BEING THE PRIMARY THREAT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. ..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. ..FRIDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... NONE. GAZ018-026-028-029-NCZ068-070>072-082-508-510-SCZ004>014-019-191100- STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-CLEVELAND-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS- UNION-GREATER RUTHERFORD-EASTERN POLK-GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS- GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE- LAURENS-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- 659 AM EDT SAT JUL 18 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE PIEDMONT OF SOUTH CAROLINA...NORTHEAST GEORGIA...AND SOUTHERN NORTH CAROLINA. WHILE THE PRIMARY THREATS WILL BE FROM CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...AN ISOLATED SEVERE STORM OR TWO WILL BE POSSIBLE...WITH LOCALLY DAMAGING WINDS BEING THE PRIMARY THREAT. IN ADDITION...HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE MID TO UPPER 90S WILL COMBINE WITH MODERATE LEVELS OF HUMIDITY TO PRODUCE HEAT INDEX VALUES OF 100 TO 105. TRY TO LIMIT OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES TO THE EARLY MORNING OR EVENING HOURS. STAY OUT OF THE SUN AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE...PREFERABLY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED AREA DURING THE HOTTEST PART OF THE DAY. IF YOU DO GO OUTSIDE...DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...AND WEAR LIGHT COLORED AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. ..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. ..FRIDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... NONE. LANE
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1248 PM EDT SAT JUL 18 2015
NCZ508-510-181715-
EASTERN POLK NC-GREATER RUTHERFORD NC-
1248 PM EDT SAT JUL 18 2015
...STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL
RUTHERFORD AND CENTRAL POLK COUNTIES UNTIL 115 PM EDT...
AT 1248 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7
MILES WEST OF RUTHERFORDTON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.
DIME SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
RUTHERFORDTON...SPINDALE...MILL SPRING...LAKE ADGER...GREEN CREEK AND
GREEN HILL.
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 3527 8185 3519 8204 3519 8216 3536 8223
3546 8203
TIME...MOT...LOC 1648Z 332DEG 8KT 3536 8209
RWHSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1254 PM EDT SAT JUL 18 2015
NCZ064-SCZ002-003-181730-
TRANSYLVANIA NC-PICKENS MOUNTAINS SC-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS SC-
1254 PM EDT SAT JUL 18 2015
...STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN
TRANSYLVANIA...NORTHEASTERN PICKENS AND NORTHWESTERN GREENVILLE
COUNTIES UNTIL 130 PM EDT...
AT 1253 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORM 10
MILES SOUTHEAST OF BREVARD...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.
DIME SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SLATER-MARIETTA...TABLE ROCK STATE PARK...PLEASANT RIDGE STATE
PARK...JONES GAP STATE PARK...CAESARS HEAD STATE PARK...DUPONT STATE
FOREST...PUMPKINTOWN...CEDAR MOUNTAIN AND CLEVELAND.
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 3514 8274 3520 8260 3515 8259 3515 8256
3516 8255 3516 8249 3504 8237 3497 8256
3492 8266
TIME...MOT...LOC 1653Z 332DEG 7KT 3512 8261
RWHSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1257 PM EDT SAT JUL 18 2015
NCZ036-056-069>071-181730-
IREDELL NC-CATAWBA NC-GASTON NC-MECKLENBURG NC-LINCOLN NC-
1257 PM EDT SAT JUL 18 2015
...STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF NORTHWESTERN
MECKLENBURG...SOUTHEASTERN CATAWBA...NORTHEASTERN GASTON...SOUTH
CENTRAL IREDELL AND EASTERN LINCOLN COUNTIES UNTIL 130 PM EDT...
AT 1257 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORM 10
MILES NORTHWEST OF HUNTERSVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
DIME SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HUNTERSVILLE...CORNELIUS...DAVIDSON...WESTPORT...LAKE NORMAN...
DENVER...MOORESVILLE...NORTHWEST CHARLOTTE...LOWESVILLE AND LUCIA.
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.
LAKE NORMAN 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 3527 8099 3556 8110 3564 8090 3551 8077
3551 8078 3549 8079 3542 8075 3540 8077
TIME...MOT...LOC 1657Z 330DEG 12KT 3554 8096
RWHSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
119 PM EDT SAT JUL 18 2015
NCZ502-504-181745-
GREATER BURKE NC-GREATER CALDWELL NC-
119 PM EDT SAT JUL 18 2015
...STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN CALDWELL
AND SOUTHEASTERN BURKE COUNTIES UNTIL 145 PM EDT...
AT 119 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8
MILES EAST OF MORGANTON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
HALF INCH HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MORGANTON...LENOIR...SAWMILLS...GRANITE FALLS...VALDESE...HUDSON...
ICARD...CAJAH'S MOUNTAIN...DREXEL AND HILDEBRAN.
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.
&&
LAT...LON 3580 8133 3578 8136 3577 8135 3576 8137
3569 8142 3560 8151 3572 8169 3589 8157
TIME...MOT...LOC 1719Z 301DEG 11KT 3578 8156
RWHSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
121 PM EDT SAT JUL 18 2015
NCZ049-050-505-181745-
MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS NC-YANCEY NC-MITCHELL NC-
121 PM EDT SAT JUL 18 2015
...STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN
MITCHELL...YANCEY AND CENTRAL MCDOWELL COUNTIES UNTIL 145 PM EDT...
AT 121 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
BURNSVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
HALF INCH HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BURNSVILLE...SPRUCE PINE...OLD FORT...B.R. PARKWAY-CRAGGY TO LITTLE
SWITZERLAND...MOUNT MITCHELL STATE PARK...B.R. PARKWAY-LITTLE
SWITZERLAND TO LINVILLE...NORTH COVE...GREEN MOUNTAIN...CELO AND
LITTLE SWITZERLAND.
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.
&&
LAT...LON 3584 8194 3582 8196 3582 8198 3581 8199
3579 8196 3558 8216 3570 8228 3572 8228
3575 8234 3580 8234 3582 8236 3582 8241
3585 8242 3601 8228
TIME...MOT...LOC 1721Z 303DEG 21KT 3588 8229
RWHSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
137 PM EDT SAT JUL 18 2015
NCZ508-510-181800-
EASTERN POLK NC-GREATER RUTHERFORD NC-
137 PM EDT SAT JUL 18 2015
...STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN
RUTHERFORD AND EASTERN POLK COUNTIES UNTIL 200 PM EDT...
AT 137 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5
MILES NORTHEAST OF COLUMBUS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.
DIME SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
FOREST CITY...RUTHERFORDTON...COLUMBUS...SPINDALE...ELLENBORO...
CAROLEEN...HENRIETTA...CLIFFSIDE...GREEN CREEK AND MILL SPRING.
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 3532 8172 3522 8176 3519 8177 3518 8179
3519 8219 3527 8226 3540 8211
TIME...MOT...LOC 1737Z 312DEG 10KT 3529 8212
RWHThe Greer radar (KGSP), 128 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:41 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
FD reported multiple trees and power lines blown, mainly across the north side of the city of Charlotte.
County comms reported multiple trees blown down in the Vale area.
Newspaper reported lightning ignited a fire that destroyed a large church on Highway 127 just north of Bethlehem. The structure was a total loss.
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: 596713, 596714, 596715.