Scattered thunderstorms developed over Upstate South Carolina during mid-afternoon and organized into clusters as they moved into the North Carolina Piedmont during late afternoon and evening. These clusters produced strong to severe wind gusts across the southern Piedmont.
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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 Upstate South Carolina during mid-afternoon and organized into clusters as they moved into the North Carolina Piedmont during late afternoon and evening. These clusters produced strong to severe wind gusts across the southern Piedmont. A falling tree resulted in a fatality near Denver in Lincoln County.
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 20, 1:35 PM EST, 1 hour 20 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
235 PM EDT SAT JUN 20 2015
.SYNOPSIS...
HIGH PRESSURE WILL STEADILY BUILD BACK INTO THE AREA FROM SUNDAY
THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK...WITH HOT TEMPERATURES RETURNING AS
A STALLED FRONT REMAINS NORTH OF THE REGION. BY THE END OF THE WORK
WEEK THE HOT PATTERN IS EXPECTED TO BREAK DOWN AS A TROUGH MOVES
SOUTHWARD OUT OF CANADA.
&&
.NEAR TERM /THROUGH SUNDAY/...
AS OF 215 PM...AS THE UPPER TROUGH ASSOICATED WITH THE REMNANTS OF
TS BILL MOVE BY TO THE NORTH...ENOUGH FORCING WILL SWEEP ACROSS THE
SOUTHERN APPLACHIANS AND WESTERN CAROLINAS TO GENERATE CONSIDERABLE
CONVECTION THIS AFTERNOON. CURRENT RADAR SHOWS ACTIVITY DEVELOPING
IN BANDS...ONE TO THE WEST OF CLT AND THE OTHER FROM THE NC
MOUNTAINS...SW THROUGH WESTERN SC INTO GA. THESE FEATURES SHOULD
MOVE EASTWARD DURING THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON AND AFFECT MOST
AREAS. HENCE...POPS HAVE BEEN RAISED INTO THE LIKELY CATEGORY MOST
AREAS. THE ATMOSPHERE HAS DESTABALIZED CONSIDERABLE ESPECIALLY
OUTSIDE THE MOUNTAINS WHERE SBCAPES IN THE 2000-3000J EXIST.
HOWEVER...THE AXIS OF BEST DCAPE CONTINUES TO SHIFT EASTWARD TO THE
COAST. SHEAR IS INCREASING BUT THE 25KT OR BETTER BULK SHEAR REMAINS
OVER THE MOUNTAINS WHERE LOWER INSTABILITY EXISTS. HOWEVER WITH THE
HIGH CAPES...CAN'T RULE OUT A FEW SEVERE STORMS.
FOR THE OVERNIGHT...THE SURFACE TROUGH ASSOCIATED WITH THE REMNANTS
OF BILL WILL MOVE SOUTH OF THE AREA WITH WEAK HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING
OVER THE AREA FROM THE WEST BY EARLY SUNDAY. LOOKS LIKE CONVECTIVE
CHANCES ON SUNDAY WILL BE LIMITED BY OVERALL WEAK SUBSIDENCE AND LOW
LEVEL CIN TO OVERCOME. HENCE...POPS WILL LIMITED TO ISOLATED IN
NATURE OVER THE HIGH TERRAIN WHERE CIN MAY BE OVERCOME WITH
AFTERNOON HEATING. WITH DOWNSLOPE FLOW...TEMPS SHOULD HAVE NO
TROUBLE WARMING WELL INTO THE 90S EAST OF THE MOUNTAINS...WITH 80S
MOUNTAIN VALLEYS.
&&
.SHORT TERM /SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY/...
AS OF 200 PM EDT SATURDAY...THE SHORT RANGE FCST PERIOD INITIALIZES
SUNDAY EVENING AMIDST BUILDING HEIGHTS ALOFT OVER THE DEEP SOUTH
THANKS TO STRENGTHENING UPPER ANTICYCLONE. THE SURFACE PATTERN
FEATURES AN ELONGATED/CLOSED LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM SLIDING ACROSS THE
NORTHEAST CONUS...WHILE A TRAILING COLD FRONT STRETCHES ALONG THE
OHIO VALLEY REGION NORTHWARD. CLOSER TO HOME...A TROF IN PLACE
ACROSS THE ATLANTIC SEABOARD WILL WEAKEN INTO THE EVENING AS THE
PARENT LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES AWAY. GUIDANCE SUGGESTS THAT THE
AFORE MENTIONED FRONT COULD STALL JUST NORTH OF THE FORECAST AREA
SUNDAY NIGHT...WITH THE NAM ACTUALLY PROVIDING HINTS OF AN ONGOING
FRONTAL MCS MAKING A RUN AT THE NC MOUNTAINS. WITH UPPER HEIGHTS
BEING LOWEST AND ABUNDANT INSTABILITY BEING PRESENT ACROSS THESE
ZONES...CANNOT RULE OUT SUCH. EXPECTING ANY OF THIS ACTIVITY TO
STRUGGLE AS IT SLIDES DEEPER INTO THE SUBSIDENCE LAYER BY EARLY
MORNING MONDAY...IF IT SURVIVES A TRIP ACROSS THE MTNS IN THE FIRST
PLACE. POPS WILL INITIALIZE AT SLIGHT CHANCE LEVELS OVER THE BLUE
RIDGE BEFORE TAPERING INTO THE OVERNIGHT/MORNING.
FROM THAT POINT ON GUIDANCE FAVORS INCREASED DEEP LAYER RIDGING
THROUGH MIDWEEK WITH ANY SHRA/TSRA ACTIVITY BEING DIURNAL IN
NATURE. OVERALL THE BEST PRECIPITATION CHANCES WILL BE ON MONDAY
AFTERNOON WHERE SLIGHT/CHANCE MTN AND FOOTHILL POPS ARE FAVORED.
SOUNDINGS ON TUESDAY GIVE MUCH SUPPORT TO THE RIDGE WITH MOST OF THE
AREA STRUGGLING TO BREAK ANY CAPPING THAT IS IN PLACE...THUS
TUESDAYS POPS FEATURE SLIGHT CHANCES OVER THE SW MTNS. WEAK FLOW
ALOFT WILL LIMIT SHEAR THUS EXPECTING ANY CONVECTION EITHER DAY TO
BE PULSE IN NATURE. TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE SHORT TERM PERIOD WILL
ALSO BE OF NOTE AS ZONAL FLOW OVER THE NORTH COMBINES WITH THE AFORE
MENTIONED UPPER RIDGE OVER THE SOUTH TO YIELD INCREASINGLY HOT/HUMID
DAYS. HIGHS BOTH MONDAY AND TUESDAY ARE EXPECTED TO BE WELL ABOVE
NORMAL WITH THE PIEDMONT APPROACHING/EXCEEDING THE CENTURY
MARK...POTENTIALLY BREAKING RECORDS. EXPECTING HEAT INDEX VALUES TO
APPROACH DANGEROUS LEVELS WITH HEAT ADVISORIES BEING A POSSIBILITY
EACH DAY.
&&
.LONG TERM /TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY/...
AS OF 200 PM SAT...THE FLAT BUT STILL HOT UPPER RIDGE WILL REMAIN
OVER THE SOUTHERN STATES THRU MIDWEEK...WHILE FASTER FLOW CONTINUES
OVER THE RIDGE ACRS THE NERN CONUS. CONSENSUS OF THE LONG RANGE
MODELS IS THAT AS A SHORTWAVE EMBEDDED IN THAT FLOW WILL LAY OUT A
COLD FRONT ACRS THE OHIO VALLEY...WHICH STALLS TO OUR NORTH WED AS
THE WAVE PULLS AWAY. LATEST AVBL DETERMINISTIC AND ENSEMBLE GUIDANCE
HOWEVER DOES SHOW HEIGHTS BEGINNING TO FALL OVER OUR AREA THU AS A
SHORTWAVE MOVES FROM THE CANADIAN PRAIRIE INTO THE GREAT LAKES
REGION. THE PATTERN SUBSEQUENTLY BECOMES MORE AMPLIFIED...AND THAT
FRONT IS EXPECTED TO FINALLY ARRIVE THU NIGHT. SOLUTIONS DIVERGE
THEREAFTER BUT THERE ARE INDICATIONS WE WILL SEE ACTIVE WX GOING
INTO NEXT WEEKEND AS A PRONOUNCED TROUGH DIGS INTO THE MISSISSIPPI
VALLEY AND INTERACTS WITH THE EXISTING BOUNDARY. WE WILL CONTINUE TO
FCST NEAR-RECORD MAXES WED AND THU...THOUGH THE FAVORED BLEND HAS
TRENDED SLIGHTLY COOLER FROM THE LAST CYCLE...SO A HWO MENTION STILL
IS UNWARRANTED. TEMPS WILL COOL A BIT FOR FRIDAY...BUT NOT RETURNING
TO NEAR NORMAL UNTIL SATURDAY.
CONVECTION IS POSSIBLE EACH DAY OF THE PERIOD. GFS PROFILES HAD
PREVIOUSLY INDICATED POOR MIDLEVEL TEMPS WITHIN THE RIDGE WOULD KEEP
MUCH OF THE PIEDMONT CAPPED WED AND THU AFTNS...BUT THE LATEST RUN
SEEMS TO REFLECT A WEAKER RIDGE AND SUGGESTS FREE CONVECTION THERE.
WEAK SHEAR PROFILES AND MODEST INSTABILITY MEAN PULSE STORMS WILL
PROBABLY BE OF SOME CONCERN ON THESE DAYS. WEAK DOWNSLOPING WILL
LIKELY LIMIT THE COVERAGE HOWEVER. TO SUMMARIZE...ON WED-THU POPS
PEAK AT A HIGH CHC MTNS AND SCHC TO LOW CHC PIEDMONT. THE FRONT
WARRANTS POPS PERSISTING OVERNIGHT THU NIGHT WITH MOST OF THE CWFA
SOLIDLY IN CHC RANGE THRU EARLY SUNDAY ON ACCOUNT OF THE
AFOREMENTIONED SYNOPTIC FEATURES. SHEAR PARAMETERS WAX LATE IN THE
PERIOD BUT ARE NOT CURRENTLY INDICATIVE OF A SIGNIFICANT SEVERE
THREAT.
&&
.AVIATION /19Z SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/...
AT KCLT...MAIN CONCERN FOR THIS TAF CYCLE IS THE THUNDERSTORM
POTENTIAL. A BAND OF TSRA IS BEGINNING TO DEVELOP JUST WEST OF THE
AIRFILED WITH ANOTHER IN WESTERN SC INTO GA. THEREFORE...EXPECT THAT
THE AIRFIELD MAY SEE A COUPLE ROUNDS OF TSRA IN THE 19Z-23Z
TIMEFRAME. HENCE HAVE A TEMPO WITH RESTRICTIONS. CONVECTIVE THREAT
SHOULD END AFTER 00Z AS A SFC TROUGH MOVES SE OF THE AREA.
OTHERWISE...VFR CONDITIONS.
ELSEWHERE...CONVECTION DEVELOPING IN BANDS ACROSS THE AREA ONE WEST
OF CLT AND ANOTHER OVER WESTERN SC INTO GA. THESE FEATURES WILL MOVE
EASTWARD. THEREFORE...EXPECT ALL AIRFIELDS WILL EXPERIENCE A TSRA
PRIOR TO 00Z. WILL HAVE TEMPOS WITH RESTRICTIONS AT ALL TAF SITES.
CONVECTIVE THREAT WILL END AFTER 00Z AS A SFC TROUGH MOVES SE OF THE
AREA. AFTER 00Z EXPECT VFR GENERALLY CONDITIONS. THE EXCEPTION WILL
BE THE POTENTIAL FOR FOG DEVLOPMENT AT AVL AND HKY EARLY SUNDAY.
UTLOOK...PRECIPITATION CHANCES WILL BE DIURNAL AS ANOTHER
SUBTROPICAL RIDGE SETS UP LATE IN THE WEEKEND INTO THE NEW WORK
WEEK. AS A RESULT...THE GREATEST CHANCES FOR AFTERNOON SHRA/TSRA
WILL BE ACROSS WESTERN NC WHERE THE LEAST SUBSIDENCE WILL RESIDE.
MORNING RESTRICTIONS DUE TO FOG AND/OR STRATUS ARE POSSIBLE...
PARTICULARLY WHERE HEAVY RAIN FELL THE PREVIOUS DAY...AND IN MTN
VALLEYS.
CONFIDENCE TABLE...
18-24Z 00-06Z 06-12Z 12-18Z
KCLT HIGH 94% HIGH 100% HIGH 100% HIGH 100%
KGSP HIGH 94% HIGH 100% HIGH 100% HIGH 100%
KAVL HIGH 88% HIGH 100% HIGH 88% HIGH 97%
KHKY HIGH 94% HIGH 100% HIGH 100% HIGH 100%
KGMU HIGH 88% HIGH 100% HIGH 100% HIGH 100%
KAND HIGH 88% 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
&&
.CLIMATE...
RECORD MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES FOR NEXT WEEK...WITH YEARS IN WHICH THE
VALUES WERE LAST REACHED.
MONDAY JUNE 22...
AVL 94 1964
CLT 98 1956
GSP 99 2006
TUESDAY JUNE 23...
AVL 93 1988
CLT 98 1988
GSP 99 1988
WEDNESDAY JUNE 24...
AVL 94 1952
CLT 102 1930
GSP 100 1952
THURSDAY JUNE 25...
AVL 96 1952
CLT 102 1914
GSP 101 1952
&&
.GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...NONE.
NC...NONE.
SC...NONE.
&&
SYNOPSIS...WIMBERLEY
NEAR TERM...LG
SHORT TERM...CDG
LONG TERM...WIMBERLEY
AVIATION...LG
CLIMATE...DEO/WIMBERLEYHAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 352 PM EDT SAT JUN 20 2015 NCZ033-035>037-057-501-502-212000- AVERY-ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-ROWAN-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS- GREATER CALDWELL- 352 PM EDT SAT JUN 20 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE NORTHERN NORTH CAROLINA PIEDMONT AND MOUNTAINS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. AS THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL SYSTEM BILL CROSS THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...INCREASING SHEAR AND INSTABILITY WILL BE SUPPORTIVE OF STRONG TO SEVERE CONVECTION. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS AND ALSO THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT REGIONS NORTH OF INTERSTATE 40. ANY OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. SOME MAY PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND HAIL AS LARGE AS QUARTERS. AN ISOLATED TORNADO CANNOT BE RULED OUT. .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... SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. GAZ010-017-018-NCZ048>053-056-058-059-062>065-068>070-503>510- SCZ001>005-212000- RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD- BUNCOMBE-CATAWBA-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON- TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-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- 352 PM EDT SAT JUN 20 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...CENTRAL PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND PORTIONS OF UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS REMAIN A POSSIBILITY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL SYSTEM BILL COMBINE WITH A WARM AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS. THE MAIN THREATS WITH ANY OF THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS ARE DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...HEAVY RAINFALL...AND DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. .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... SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. GAZ026-028-029-NCZ071-072-082-SCZ006>014-019-212000- FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION-GREATER GREENVILLE- SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-CHESTER- GREENWOOD- 352 PM EDT SAT JUN 20 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA...SOUTHERN PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA AND PORTIONS OF UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS REMAIN A POSSIBILITY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL SYSTEM BILL COMBINE WITH A WARM AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS. THE MAIN THREATS WITH ANY OF THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS ARE DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...HEAVY RAINFALL...AND DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. ..SUNDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ..MONDAY...EXCESSIVE HEAT POSSIBLE. A REGION OF STRONG HIGH PRESSURE WILL SPREAD OVER THE AREA ON MONDAY LASTING INTO MID WEEK. MOIST SOUTHERLY FLOW COMBINED WITH NEAR RECORD TEMPERATURES COULD LEAD TO DANGEROUS HEAT INDICES ACROSS THE REGION. ..TUESDAY...EXCESSIVE HEAT POSSIBLE. ..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... SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. CDG
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
238 PM EDT SAT JUN 20 2015
GAZ028-SCZ003-005>008-010-201900-
HART GA-GREATER PICKENS SC-GREATER GREENVILLE SC-SPARTANBURG SC-
CHEROKEE SC-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS SC-ANDERSON SC-
238 PM EDT SAT JUN 20 2015
...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF
NORTHEASTERN HART...EAST CENTRAL PICKENS...SPARTANBURG...EASTERN
GREENVILLE...NORTHWESTERN CHEROKEE AND ANDERSON COUNTIES UNTIL 300 PM
EDT...
AT 237 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A LINE OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 3 MILES SOUTH OF COLUMBUS
TO 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF HARTWELL...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
GREENVILLE DOWNTOWN...SPARTANBURG...ANDERSON...MAULDIN...TAYLORS...
EASLEY...GREENVILLE EASTSIDE...GREER...SIMPSONVILLE AND BEREA.
LAT...LON 3439 8304 3518 8219 3517 8161 3475 8212
3476 8212 3478 8215 3467 8220 3436 8256
TIME...MOT...LOC 1837Z 247DEG 37KT 3519 8219 3442 8297
07SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
304 PM EDT SAT JUN 20 2015
NCZ068-508-510-SCZ006>013-019-201930-
EASTERN POLK NC-CLEVELAND NC-GREATER RUTHERFORD NC-LAURENS SC-
YORK SC-GREATER GREENVILLE SC-SPARTANBURG SC-CHEROKEE SC-
ABBEVILLE SC-GREENWOOD SC-UNION SC-ANDERSON SC-
304 PM EDT SAT JUN 20 2015
...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF
SOUTHEASTERN RUTHERFORD...SOUTHERN CLEVELAND...SOUTHEASTERN POLK...
LAURENS...UNION...NORTHWESTERN GREENWOOD...WESTERN YORK...
SPARTANBURG...SOUTHEASTERN GREENVILLE...NORTHEASTERN ABBEVILLE...
CHEROKEE AND CENTRAL ANDERSON COUNTIES UNTIL 330 PM EDT...
AT 304 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A LINE OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
COLUMBUS TO 4 MILES EAST OF TAYLORS TO 10 MILES WEST OF ANDERSON...
AND MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
WIND GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SPARTANBURG...ANDERSON...MAULDIN...GAFFNEY...LAURENS...UNION...
GREENVILLE DOWNTOWN...GREENVILLE EASTSIDE...GREER AND SIMPSONVILLE.
LAT...LON 3442 8285 3443 8286 3446 8287 3489 8228
3526 8207 3525 8132 3517 8132 3482 8143
3482 8149 3477 8145 3426 8216
TIME...MOT...LOC 1904Z 280DEG 39KT 3519 8207 3489 8224 3448 8282
07SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
310 PM EDT SAT JUN 20 2015
NCZ057-071-072-201945-
ROWAN NC-CABARRUS NC-MECKLENBURG NC-
310 PM EDT SAT JUN 20 2015
...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF EAST
CENTRAL MECKLENBURG...SOUTHEASTERN ROWAN AND CABARRUS COUNTIES UNTIL
345 PM EDT...
AT 310 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A LINE OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR KANNAPOLIS TO 5 MILES
EAST OF UPTOWN CHARLOTTE...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
DOWNTOWN CONCORD...KANNAPOLIS...NORTHEAST CHARLOTTE...MINT HILL...
HARRISBURG...CHINA GROVE...LANDIS...ENOCHVILLE...GRANITE QUARRY AND
ROCKWELL.
LAT...LON 3550 8028 3550 8030 3519 8050 3521 8055
3515 8062 3512 8083 3553 8069 3569 8033
3564 8029 3561 8024
TIME...MOT...LOC 1910Z 249DEG 25KT 3549 8065 3521 8074
07SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
330 PM EDT SAT JUN 20 2015
NCZ068-SCZ007-008-202000-
CLEVELAND NC-SPARTANBURG SC-CHEROKEE SC-
330 PM EDT SAT JUN 20 2015
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN
CLEVELAND...NORTHEASTERN SPARTANBURG AND CHEROKEE COUNTIES UNTIL 400
PM EDT...
AT 330 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5
MILES WEST OF GAFFNEY...OR NEAR PRIME OUTLET MALL...MOVING EAST AT 35
MPH.
PEA SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
GAFFNEY...COWPENS...BLACKSBURG...MAYO...CHESNEE...GROVER...PATTERSON
SPRINGS...EARL...COWPENS NATIONAL BATTLEFIELD AND PRIME OUTLET MALL.
LAT...LON 3514 8190 3528 8140 3505 8141 3505 8147
3503 8149 3501 8149 3494 8180
TIME...MOT...LOC 1930Z 250DEG 30KT 3506 8176
07SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
348 PM EDT SAT JUN 20 2015
SCZ007-013-202015-
SPARTANBURG SC-UNION SC-
348 PM EDT SAT JUN 20 2015
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF NORTHWESTERN UNION
AND SOUTHEASTERN SPARTANBURG COUNTIES UNTIL 415 PM EDT...
AT 347 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 12
MILES SOUTH OF SPARTANBURG...OR 7 MILES SOUTH OF CROFT STATE PARK...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
UNION...PACOLET...BUFFALO...JONESVILLE...PACOLET MILLS...CROFT STATE
PARK...PAULINE AND CROSS ANCHOR.
LAT...LON 3465 8186 3480 8198 3497 8177 3493 8175
3493 8174 3491 8172 3491 8168 3490 8167
3489 8167 3477 8156
TIME...MOT...LOC 1947Z 235DEG 12KT 3477 8185
07The Greer radar (KGSP), 75 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:56 UTC.
6 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
HAM radio operator reported trees blown down near the intersection of Watterson Rd and Villa Dr and trees down on Cleveland Ave in Grover. Media reported trees down on Stony Point Rd and Mary Grove Church Rd near Waco, and trees down at Hope Ct and Jenny Dr in Patterson Springs.
Media reported a 43-year-old female postal worker died when gusty thunderstorm winds blew a large tree down on her vehicle on Norman Ct.
Public reported trees blown down on Broadbill Dr and on Shearers Rd.
Spotter reported multiple trees down west of Concord. Another spotter reported multiple large trees down near Newport Dr and South Main St in Kannapolis. Public reported parts of roofing peeled off the YMCA building in Kannapolis.
Spotters reported multiple trees blown down on the north side of Kannapolis, including on Mt Vernon Ave.
Public reported multiple trees and large limbs blown down along Highway 152 East.
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thunderstorm Wind, Lincoln | 2015-06-20 | 43 | Female | Vehicle/Towed Trailer | Direct |
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: 590405, 590406, 590407, 590408, 590409, 590410.