Scattered thunderstorms developed over the mountains and foothills during the afternoon and moved east into the Piedmont by evening. Several brief severe storms occurred, mainly producing localized damaging winds, but also hail as large as golf balls.
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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.
The episode as NWS GSP wrote it up.
Scattered thunderstorms developed over the mountains and foothills during the afternoon and moved east into the Piedmont by evening. Several brief severe storms occurred, mainly producing localized damaging winds, but also hail as large as golf balls.
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 18, 12:47 PM EST, 39 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
147 PM EDT THU JUN 18 2015
.SYNOPSIS...
AN AREA OF DEEP HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO GRADUALLY
WEAKEN...ALLOWING FOR SLIGHTLY COOLER TEMPERATURES AND A TYPICAL
SUMMERTIME PATTERN OF AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FOR THE
REMAINDER OF THE WEEK. YET ANOTHER STRONG AND HOT UPPER RIDGE WILL
BEGIN BUILDING OVER THE AREA NEXT WEEK.
&&
.NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/...
AS OF 145 PM EDT THURSDAY...LATEST RADAR TRENDS INDICATE CONVECTIVE
INITIATION ALONG THE BLUE RIDGE AS EXPECTED. 17Z SPC MESOANALYSIS
PLOTS A LARGE AREA OF DCAPE IN EXCESS OF 1200J/KG ACROSS THE ENTIRE
FCST AREA...WITH A RELATIVE MAXIMA LOCATED ALONG AND SOUTH OF I85
WHERE VALUES ARE APPROACHING 1500J/KG. THIS COMBINED WITH
SUBSTANTIAL VERTICAL INSTABILITY WILL YIELD ENHANCED WET MICROBURST
POTENTIAL THIS AFTERNOON/EVENING. AS FOR THE FCST...TWEAKED POPS
ALONG WITH TEMPERATURES/DEWPOINTS TO BETTER REFLECT MOST RECENT
RADAR/OBS TRENDS. AS FOR THOSE TEMPERATURES...DEVELOPING CU FIELD
HAS SLOWED DIURNAL WARMING SOMEWHAT THUS KEEPING HEAT INDICES AT
BAY AS DEWPOINTS HAVE MIXED OUT WELL. ALL SAID...NO CHANGES PLANNED
TO THE HWO WITH THIS UPDATE.
PREVIOUS DISCUSSION...
AS OF 300 AM...THE SUBTROPICAL RIDGE SHOWS A LITTLE MORE WEAKENING
TODAY...WITH A FEW METERS OF HEIGHT FALLS AT 500 MB. AT THE SFC AND
IN THE LLVLS...NOT MUCH CHANGE FROM YESTERDAY...WITH A WEAK WESTERLY
TO SOUTHWESTERLY 850 MB FLOW AND SIMILAR 1000-850 MB THICKNESSES. SO
EXPECT TEMPS TO BE WITHIN A DEG OR TWO OF YESTERDAY/S READINGS WITH
SIMILAR HUMIDITY. HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL ONCE AGAIN TOP OUT IN THE
98 TO 102 RANGE ACRS MOST OF THE PIEDMONT.
AS FOR CONVECTION...GUIDANCE SEEMS A LITTLE MORE BULLISH ON
RESPONSE...AS WEAKENING UPPER RIDGE ALLOWS FOR SLIGHTLY BETTER CAPE
AND LESS CIN. EXPECT SOLID CHC TO EVEN LIKELY POPS IN THE MTNS...AND
SLGT CHC TO LOW-END CHC IN THE PIEDMONT. THERE SHUD BE SUFFICIENT
CAPE AND DCAPE FOR A MARGINAL SEVERE WIND AND HAIL THREAT ACRS THE
AREA. SHEAR REMAINS WEAK...BUT TICKS UP SLIGHTLY WITH INCREASING
700-500 MB FLOW. BOTH THE GFS AND NAM SHOW 0-6 KM BULK SHEAR IN THE
20-30 KT RANGE ACRS NC. SO LOOSELY ORGANIZED MULTI-CELL CLUSTERS MAY
BE POSSIBLE IN OUR NORTHERN ZONES...LIKE WHAT OCCURRED YESTERDAY TO
OUR NORTH.
TONIGHT...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED CONVECTION MAY LINGER WELL INTO THE
EVENING...AS SHORTWAVE ENERGY APPROACHES FROM THE WEST.
HOWEVER...OVERALL...STORMS SHUD WANE THRU THE OVERNIGHT. TEMPS WILL
BE AROUND PERSISTENCE OF LAST FEW NIGHTS...IN THE 60S MTNS AND UPPER
60S TO MID 70S PIEDMONT.
&&
.SHORT TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/...
AS OF 115 PM THURSDAY...AS MENTIONED YESTERDAY...ANY TIME A REMNANT
CIRCULATION OF A TROPICAL LOW ENTERS THE PICTURE...UNCERTAINTY GOES
UP...AND THAT WILL BE THE CASE THROUGH THE SHORT RANGE. WE BEGIN
FRIDAY EVENING WITH ONGOING CONVECTION THAT WILL HAVE A PULSE SEVERE
TYPE THREAT...THAT SHOULD WANE WITH THE LOSS OF HEATING THROUGH LATE
EVENING. OUR ATTENTION THEN TURNS TO THE REMNANTS OF BILL...WHICH
COME OUT ACROSS THE MID MS VALLEY FRIDAY NITE AND OVER THE OH/TN
VALLEY ON SATURDAY. AS THE REMNANT LOW OPENS AND MOVES UP THE OH
VALLEY...THE MODELS STILL SUGGEST THAT SATURDAY WILL BE A BIT LESS
CONVECTIVELY ACTIVE WITH THE FLOW ALOFT COMING AROUND MORE SW...AND
SLIGHTLY LESS BUOYANCY. THE FCST DOES NOT REALLY REFLECT THIS
POSSIBILITY TO ANY GREAT DEGREE APART FROM A LOWER POP OVER THE
LAKELANDS. FCST SOUNDINGS AGAIN INDICATE THE INGREDIENTS FOR PULSE
SEVERE TYPE STORMS WITH WET MICROBURSTS. HIGH TEMPS SHOULD BE A FEW
DEGREES BELOW FRIDAY BECAUSE OF LOWER HEIGHTS AND MORE CLOUD
COVER...STILL PLENTY WARM...BUT WITH NO HEAT INDEX PROBLEMS
ANTICIPATED. WHICH BRINGS US TO SATURDAY NIGHT. THE MODEL GUIDANCE
SHOWS A MORE SOUTHWARD TREND WITH THE REMNANTS OF BILL ON SATURDAY
NIGHT...WITH THE NAM ACTUALLY HOLDING ONTO A SFC LOW THAT MOVES S OF
THE OH RIVER. THE NAM AND GFS BOTH BRING A SHORT WAVE TROF ACROSS
THE REGION SATURDAY NIGHT. IF THIS WERE TO COME TO PASS...THEN SOME
WEAKLY ORGANIZED CONVECTION COULD MOVE ACROSS THE TN VALLEY THRU THE
EARLY EVENING AND MOVE INTO THE NC MTNS AFTER 00Z SUNDAY. HARD TO
SAY IF THERE WOULD BE ANY SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WITH
THIS ACTIVITY...DUE TO UNCERTAINTY OVER ORGANIZATION. ALSO HARD TO
SAY IF IT WOULD CROSS THE MTNS OVERNIGHT...BUT THE NAM SUGGESTS NOT
IN ANY GREAT CAPACITY AS THE SFC BASED CAPE WILL BE ALL BUT USED UP
BY THE TIME THE CONVECTION WOULD ARRIVE FROM THE W. NEVERTHELESS...
THE MODELS SUGGEST HOLDING ONTO A GOOD CHANCE OF PRECIP OVER THE NC
MTNS OVERNIGHT...AND BRIEFLY KILLING OFF THE ACTIVITY E OF THE MTNS
BEFORE INCREASING IT A BIT TOWARD DAYBREAK. A BOUNDARY OF SORTS
WOULD CROSS THE FCST AREA EARLY IN THE DAY ON SUNDAY WITH SOME LOW
END PRECIP CHANCES...THEN BY AFTERNOON MOST OF THE FCST AREA WOULD
BE UNDER A FAIRLY DEEP WNW FLOW THAT WOULD BE LESS THAN FAVORABLE
FOR CONVECTION OUTSIDE THE MTNS NEAR THE TN BORDER. TEMPS WOULD
REBOUND A CATEGORY WARMER WITH THE WEAK DOWNSLOPE FLOW E OF THE MTNS
SUNDAY AFTERNOON...AND THE LACK OF CONVECTION.
&&
.LONG TERM /SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
AS OF 335 AM THURSDAY...SUNDAY MAY WIND UP BEING RATHER TAME
CONVECTIVE-WISE...AS THE AREA WILL SPEND MUCH OF THE DAY WITHIN
SUBSIDENT AIR IN THE WAKE OF THE UPPER LEVEL SHORT WAVE TROUGH
ASSOCIATED WITH THE REMNANT OF T.D. BILL. NEVERTHELESS...A FEW
STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING THE PM...MAINLY ACROSS THE MTNS.
TEMPS WILL ALSO BEGIN TO INCREASE YET AGAIN AS HEIGHTS BEGIN RISING.
IN FACT...THIS IS THE DEVELOPING BIG STORY FOR THE MEDIUM RANGE...AS
THE GLOBAL MODELS ARE IN AGREEMENT THAT STRONG UPPER LEVEL RIDGING
WILL BEGIN BUILDING INTO THE REGION AGAIN...THIS TIME FROM THE
SOUTHWEST. IN FACT...WIDESPREAD UPPER 90S SHOULD RETURN BY
MID-WEEK...IF NOT SOONER. THE PATTERN SHOULD REMAIN CONDUCIVE TO
ISOLATED/WIDELY SCT DIURNAL CONVECTION. WITH THE AREA LIKELY
REMAINING JUST ALONG THE PERIPHERY OF THE UPPER HIGH...SOME DEGREE
OF WEAK W/NW UPPER FLOW WILL OCCUR THROUGH THE PERIOD...WHICH COULD
OPEN THE POSSIBILITY OF ORGANIZED CONVECTION ORIGINATING FROM THE
OHIO VALLEY TO IMPACT THE REGION...ALTHOUGH THIS STORM TRACK IS MORE
LIKELY TO SET UP NORTH OF OUR AREA.
&&
.AVIATION /18Z THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/...
AT KCLT...VFR WILL PREVAIL THROUGH THE PERIOD WITH THE EXCEPTION OF
POSSIBLE PULSE CONVECTION THIS AFTERNOON YIELDING MVFR CONDITIONS.
INITIALIZED TAF WITH LOW VFR CU AND LIGHT SW FLOW. EARLIER TEMPO
WAS CARRIED OVER TO ACCOUNT FOR MVFR CONVECTIVE RESTRICTIONS WITH
VRB GUSTS. MUCH LIKE YESTERDAY...SOUNDINGS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
MICROBURST POTENTIAL THUS THIS WOULD BE THE PRIMARY THREAT TO THE
AIRFIELD IF ANY STRONGER/DEEPER CELLS MOVE NEARBY.
OTHERWISE...WINDS WILL CALM UNDER A SCT/BKN HIGH LEVEL DECK THROUGH
THE OVERNIGHT BEFORE LIGHT SW WINDS AND SCT LOW VFR CU PREVAILS BY
LATE MORNING FRIDAY.
ELSEWHERE...MUCH THE SAME AS KCLT ABOVE WITH VFR PREVAILING THROUGH
THE AFTERNOON/EVENING WITH THE EXCEPTION OF POSSIBLE MVFR TSRA
RESTRICTIONS. THUS...WHERE PROBS ARE GREATEST ACROSS THE NC
SITES...TEMPO GROUPS WHERE INCLUDED...WITH VCTS BEING THE PRIMARY
WEATHER MENTION AT THE SC SITES. AS MENTIONED ABOVE...MICROBURST
POTENTIAL IS ELEVATED THUS THIS WOULD BE THE PRIMARY SVR WEATHER
CONCERN. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE AFTER SUNSET WITH ALL SITES BEING
DRY AFTER 02-03Z UNDER BKN/SCT HIGH LEVEL CLOUDS. GOING WITH
PERSISTENCE...OPTED TO CONTINUE PREVIOUS TAF MENTION OF MVFR/IFR FOG
AND PERHAPS CIGS AT KAVL AS THE MTN VALLEYS HAVE BEEN PRONE TO SUCH
OVER MORNINGS PAST. BEYOND THAT...EXPECTING LIGHT NW FLOW AT KAVL
WHILE FLOW REMAINS BACKED SW AT ALL OTHER SITES THROUGH THE LATE
MORNING HOURS WITH LOW VFR CU DEVELOPING.
OUTLOOK...NEAR NORMAL COVERAGE OF AFTN CONVECTION IS EXPECTED INTO
THE WEEKEND WITH SCT COVERAGE OVER THE MTNS AND ISOLATED OVER THE
PIEDMONT. MORNING RESTRICTIONS DUE TO FOG AND/OR STRATUS ARE
POSSIBLE...PARTICULARLY WHERE HEAVY RAIN FELL THE PREVIOUS DAY...AND
IN MTN VALLEYS.
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 83%
KAVL HIGH 100% HIGH 100% MED 66% MED 66%
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
&&
.CLIMATE...
RECORD MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES FOR THURSDAY JUNE 18TH...
GSP 101 1887
CLT 99 1944
AVL 94 1944
RECORD MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES FOR FRIDAY JUNE 19TH...
GSP 103 1887
CLT 102 1944
AVL 92 1931/1933
&&
.GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...NONE.
NC...NONE.
SC...NONE.
&&
SYNOPSIS...JDL
NEAR TERM...ARK/CDG
SHORT TERM...PM
LONG TERM...JDL
AVIATION...CDG
CLIMATE...HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 544 AM EDT THU JUN 18 2015 GAZ010-017-NCZ033-035-048>053-056-058-059-062>065-501>507-509- SCZ001>003-190945- RABUN-HABERSHAM-AVERY-ALEXANDER-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN- HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-CATAWBA-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON- SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS- GREATER CALDWELL-BURKE MOUNTAINS-GREATER BURKE-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS- EASTERN MCDOWELL-RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-POLK MOUNTAINS- OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS- 544 AM EDT THU JUN 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. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON OVER THE MOUNTAINS OF THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA...AND THE NORTHERN FOOTHILLS OF NORTH CAROLINA. WHILE THE PRIMARY THREATS WILL BE FROM FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...A FEW STORMS WILL BECOME BRIEFLY SEVERE...PRODUCING LOCALIZED DAMAGING WINDS AND POSSIBLY LARGE HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. ..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. ..TUESDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ..WEDNESDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... NONE. GAZ018-026-028-029-NCZ036-037-057-068>072-082-508-510-SCZ004>014-019- 190945- STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-IREDELL-DAVIE-ROWAN-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN- GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION-GREATER RUTHERFORD-EASTERN POLK- GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG- CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- 544 AM EDT THU JUN 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. TEMPERATURES IN THE MID TO UPPER 90S AND MODERATE LEVELS OF HUMIDITY WILL AGAIN RESULT IN HEAT INDEX VALUES OF 99 TO 104 THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA...UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...AND THE NORTH CAROLINA PIEDMONT. STAY IN AN AIR- CONDITIONED AREA AND OUT OF THE SUN AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. IF YOU DO GO OUTSIDE...DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...AND WEAR LIGHT COLORED AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING. IN ADDITION...ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON. WHILE THE PRIMARY THREATS WILL BE FROM FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...A COUPLE OF STORMS COULD BECOME BRIEFLY SEVERE...PRODUCING LOCALIZED DAMAGING WINDS AND POSSIBLY LARGE HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. ..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. ..TUESDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ..WEDNESDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... NONE. LANE
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
112 PM EDT THU JUN 18 2015
NCZ048-052-053-181745-
BUNCOMBE NC-HAYWOOD NC-MADISON NC-
112 PM EDT THU JUN 18 2015
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF SOUTHWESTERN
MADISON...NORTHWESTERN BUNCOMBE AND NORTHERN HAYWOOD COUNTIES UNTIL
145 PM EDT...
AT 111 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 11
MILES NORTHEAST OF WAYNESVILLE...OR 6 MILES NORTH OF CLYDE...MOVING
EAST AT 15 MPH.
PEA SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WEST ASHEVILLE...LEICESTER...SMOKY MOUNTAINS...CATALOOCHEE...FINES
CREEK...COVE CREEK...LUCK AND CANTO.
THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND
TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 3555 8303 3569 8316 3575 8294 3578 8272
3558 8260
TIME...MOT...LOC 1711Z 260DEG 15KT 3563 8289
MOORESPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
114 PM EDT THU JUN 18 2015
NCZ501-502-181745-
CALDWELL MOUNTAINS NC-GREATER CALDWELL NC-
114 PM EDT THU JUN 18 2015
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF NORTHERN CALDWELL
COUNTY UNTIL 145 PM EDT...
AT 114 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7
MILES NORTHWEST OF LENOIR...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
PEA SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LENOIR...CEDAR ROCK...ELKVILLE...HUDSON...COLLETTSVILLE...UPTON...
PATTERSON...GLOBE...EDGEMONT AND KINGS CREEK.
THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND
TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 3610 8149 3609 8147 3609 8145 3607 8144
3607 8140 3604 8140 3604 8139 3585 8146
3592 8173 3602 8177 3607 8174 3608 8174
3610 8173 3611 8153
TIME...MOT...LOC 1714Z 273DEG 12KT 3599 8162
MOORESPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
145 PM EDT THU JUN 18 2015
NCZ053-181815-
BUNCOMBE NC-
145 PM EDT THU JUN 18 2015
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF NORTHWESTERN
BUNCOMBE COUNTY UNTIL 215 PM EDT...
AT 145 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6
MILES NORTHWEST OF WEST ASHEVILLE...OR NEAR LEICESTER...MOVING EAST
AT 25 MPH.
PEA SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
NORTH ASHEVILLE...WEST ASHEVILLE...DOWNTOWN ASHEVILLE...EAST
ASHEVILLE...WOODFIN...WEAVERVILLE...LEICESTER...ENKA...UNC ASHEVILLE
AND B.R. PARKWAY...NC ARBORETUM TO EAST ASHEVILLE.
THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND
TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 3554 8248 3555 8277 3557 8277 3558 8278
3559 8278 3560 8280 3562 8281 3562 8283
3567 8283 3576 8251
TIME...MOT...LOC 1745Z 264DEG 21KT 3563 8268
MOORESPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
201 PM EDT THU JUN 18 2015
NCZ501-502-181845-
CALDWELL MOUNTAINS NC-GREATER CALDWELL NC-
201 PM EDT THU JUN 18 2015
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF CALDWELL COUNTY
UNTIL 245 PM EDT...
AT 201 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7
MILES NORTHWEST OF LENOIR...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
PEA SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LENOIR...CEDAR ROCK...GAMEWELL...HUDSON...CAJAH'S MOUNTAIN...
COLLETTSVILLE...KINGS CREEK...PATTERSON...GLOBE AND UPTON.
THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND
TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 3605 8139 3604 8137 3603 8136 3603 8135
3584 8134 3588 8171 3589 8173 3606 8172
3606 8140
TIME...MOT...LOC 1801Z 273DEG 21KT 3597 8164
MOORESPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
211 PM EDT THU JUN 18 2015
SCZ003-006-181845-
GREATER GREENVILLE SC-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS SC-
211 PM EDT THU JUN 18 2015
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF NORTHWESTERN
GREENVILLE COUNTY UNTIL 245 PM EDT...
AT 210 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 14
MILES SOUTHEAST OF BREVARD...OR NEAR JONES GAP STATE PARK...MOVING
EAST AT 25 MPH.
PEA SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SLATER-MARIETTA...PLEASANT RIDGE STATE PARK...TIGERVILLE...JONES GAP
STATE PARK...CAESARS HEAD STATE PARK...NORTH SALUDA RESERVOIR...
GLASSY MOUNTAIN AND CLEVELAND.
THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND
TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 3500 8252 3501 8254 3501 8260 3503 8259
3504 8260 3506 8260 3507 8257 3506 8264
3513 8264 3515 8257 3516 8255 3516 8253
3518 8246 3516 8246 3517 8244 3519 8243
3519 8238 3518 8237 3519 8231 3496 8234
TIME...MOT...LOC 1810Z 273DEG 21KT 3509 8255
MOORESPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 218 PM EDT THU JUN 18 2015 NCZ053-065-181900- BUNCOMBE NC-HENDERSON NC- 218 PM EDT THU JUN 18 2015 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN BUNCOMBE AND NORTHERN HENDERSON COUNTIES UNTIL 300 PM EDT... AT 218 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES SOUTH OF WEST ASHEVILLE...OR NEAR BILTMORE FOREST...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. PEA SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... WEST ASHEVILLE...EAST ASHEVILLE...DOWNTOWN ASHEVILLE...NORTH ASHEVILLE...ARDEN...ASHEVILLE AIRPORT...SKYLAND...BLACK MOUNTAIN... FLETCHER AND SWANNANOA. THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. LAT...LON 3545 8268 3561 8268 3567 8233 3540 8233 TIME...MOT...LOC 1818Z 272DEG 15KT 3551 8257 MOORE
The Greer radar (KGSP), 72 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:25 UTC.
3 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Cocorahs observer reported golf ball size hail 1 NE Avery Creek. Public reported golf ball size hail in Biltmore Park.
Media reported multiple trees blown down at Morning Star Church Rd and Tallent Rd (4.5 SSW Glen Alpine) and multiple large limbs down at a golf course off Jamestown Rd. Public reported another tree down at Valley Trail Rd and Jamestown Rd.
Media relayed law enforcement report of 3/4 inch hail on Kathy Rd.
Media reported 3/4 inch hail along Hopewell Rd.
Spotter reported several trees blown down in the Cooksville community.
FD reported two tree and multiple power lines blown down near Mount Pleasant.
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, June 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: 589604, 589994, 591349, 589995, 589998, 590383.