Isolated to widely scattered thunderstorms developed across western the North Carolina mountains during the afternoon, and across the Piedmont during the evening. A couple of these storms produced brief damaging wind gusts.
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The episode as NWS GSP wrote it up.
Isolated to widely scattered thunderstorms developed across western the North Carolina mountains during the afternoon, and across the Piedmont during the evening. A couple of these storms produced brief damaging wind gusts.
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 24, 2:46 PM EST, 14 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
346 PM EDT WED JUN 24 2015
.SYNOPSIS...
STRONG MID LEVEL HIGH PRESSURE WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE REGION
THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE WORK WEEK...MAINTAINING WELL ABOVE
NORMAL TEMPERATURES. A BROAD UPPER LEVEL TROF WILL MOVE OVER THE
REGION OVER THE WEEKEND RETURNING TEMPERATURES TO SEASONAL LEVELS BY
SUNDAY AND INCREASING CHANCES FOR WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS. A COOLER AND DRIER PATTERN WILL TAKE SHAPE AFTER A
FRONT PASSES EARLY IN THE WEEK BEFORE ANOTHER FRONTAL BOUNDARY
APPROACHES THE AREA LATER NEXT WEEK.
&&
.NEAR TERM /THROUGH THURSDAY/...
AS OF 230 PM...CUMULUS CLOUDS HAVE CAPPED THE TEMP RUN UP SOMEWHAT
THIS AFTERNOON PARTICULARLY IN THE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG AREA.
THEREFORE...DIALED BACK THE MAX TEMPS BY A 2-3 DEGREES THOSE AREAS.
THE RISE AT CLT HAS SLOWED AS WELL SO THEY SHOULD COME UP SHY OF
100. CONVECTION FIRING OVER FAR WESTERN NC AND NE GA AS EXPECTED.
LATEST HRRR USES THE SFC TROUGH LAYING ACROSS UPSTATE SC INTO
WESTERN NC TO DEVELOP SCT THUNDERSTORMS BY LATE AFTERNOON. WITH
CAPES BETWEEN 2000-3000J AND DCAPES >1000J A FEW WET DAMAGING
MICROBURSTS ARE LIKELY. THE CONVECTION SHOULD ASH OUT DURING THE
EVENING WITH THE LOSS OF HEATING.
FOR THE OVERNIGHT...IT WILL BE A MUGGY NIGHT WITH CLEAR TO PARTLY
CLOUDY CONDITIONS. MIN TEMPS WILL BE WELL ABOVE CLIMO WITH LOW TO
MID 70S OUTSIDE THE MOUNTAINS AND LOW TO MID 60S MOUNTAINS.
THURSDAY WILL BE ANOTHER HOT DAY AS THE UPPER HIGH TO THE WEST
BEGINS TO SLIP EASTWARD BUT WEAKEN SOMEWHAT. ALSO SUBTLE CHANGES
OCCUR AT THE SURFACE AS THE WEAK BOUNDARY ACROSS THE AREA IS
FORECAST TO MOVE NORTHEAST AS A LOW MOVES THROUGH THE OHIO VALLEY.
HENCE...THE AMOUNT OF FORCING FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE SOMEWHAT
LESS WITH SOME DEGREE OF SYNOPTIC SUBSIDENCE. HOWEVER...FORECAST
SOUNDINGS SHOW CIN ERODING IN THE AFTERNOON TO WHERE WE EXPECT A FEW
UPDRAFTS TO BREAK THE CAP. HENCE...WILL CARRY ISOLATED TO SCATTERED
POPS OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND THE SOUTHERN PIEDMONT. THE OTHER CONCERN
WILL CONTINUE TO BE THE HEAT. HAVE GONE ON THE HIGH END OF THE
GUIDANCE ENVELOPE FOR MAX TEMPS ON FRIDAY WHICH IS WHAT THE
THICKNESS WOULD SUPPORT. DEWPOINTS WILL TRY TO MIX OUT SOME
DURING THE AFTERNOON...BUT PROBABLY NOT ENOUGH TO PRECLUDE AN HOUR
OR TWO OF APPARENT TEMPS REACHING 105 ACROSS PARTS OF THE UPSTATE.
IF CURRENT NUMBERS HOLD...MAY HAVE TO CONSIDER A HEAT ADVISORY FOR
PARTS OF NE GA...UPSTATE SC AND PERHAPS THE CLT AREA.
&&
.SHORT TERM /THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY/...
AS OF 145 PM WEDNESDAY...THE BIG STORY OF THE SHORT TERM PERIOD WILL
BE THE SIGNIFICANT PATTERN CHANGE THAT IS ANTICIPATED...AS A
SIGNIFICANT SHORT WAVE DIVES OUT OF THE NORTHERN CONUS...AND CARVES
OUT A LONG WAVE TROUGH ACROSS THE EASTERN CONUS BY THE START OF THE
WEEKEND. SURFACE LOW PRESSURE TRACKING ALONG THE ASSOCIATED FRONTAL
ZONE...FROM THE TENN TO THE OHIO VALLEY IS EXPECTED TO ACTIVATE A
PSEUDO-WARM FRONT/E-W ORIENTED CONVERGENCE ZONE ACROSS THE REGION ON
FRIDAY...AND THIS COULD ACT AS AN ADDITIONAL FOCUS FOR CONVECTIVE
INITIATION ACROSS OUR AREA FRI AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...THERE ARE QUITE
A FEW MIXED SIGNALS IN THE GUIDANCE REGARDING HOW WIDESPREAD ANY
CONVECTION WILL BE DURING THE AFTERNOON. THE HIGHEST POPS (LIKELY)
WILL BE FOCUSED ACROSS THE NORTHERN ZONES...WHERE A MODEL CONSENSUS
SUGGESTS THE CONVERGENCE ZONE WILL RESIDE DURING PEAK HEATING...AND
ACROSS THE HIGH TERRAIN...WHERE THE COMBINATION OF TERRAIN EFFECTS
AND INCREASED CONVERGENCE SHOULD RESULT IN HIGHER THAN NORMAL
COVERAGE. DESPITE IMPROVING MID/UPPER FLOW RESPONDING TO HEIGHT
FALLS...SHEAR MAGNITUDE WILL REMAIN QUITE WEAK OWING TO
UNIDIRECTIONAL PROFILES. NEVERTHELESS...A FEW SEVERE STORMS WILL BE
POSSIBLE.
WITH HEIGHTS CONTINUING TO FALL AND AN APPROACHING FRONTAL ZONE...
GOOD CHANCES FOR CONVECTION ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE WELL INTO FRI
NIGHT...AND LIKELY POPS WILL ACTUALLY BE CARRIED THROUGH THE
OVERNIGHT HOURS...DUE TO THE POTENTIAL FOR PRE-FRONTAL CONVECTION
MOVING INTO THE FORECAST AREA...BUT ALSO DUE TO DEVELOPMENT OF AN
ANOMALOUSLY STRONG W/SW LOW LEVEL FLOW...WHICH COULD ALLOW FOR SOME
TERRAIN-INDUCED CONVECTION.
SATURDAY WILL FEATURE AMPLE GOOD SOURCES OF LIFT...WITH LOW LEVEL
CONVERGENCE ALONG THE FRONT...AND AN UPPER PATTERN SUPPORTIVE OF
UVV. HOWEVER...SATURDAY WILL BE THE MOST STABLE DAY OF THE WEEK AS
WELL...OWING TO THE LIKELIHOOD OF ABUNDANT MORNING CLOUD COVER AND
DEEP MOIST ADIABATIC LAPSE RATES. ON THE OTHER HAND...SHEAR WILL BE
RATHER IMPRESSIVE FOR LATE JUNE...ABOUT 30 KTS THROUGH A DEEP LAYER.
SOME UPSCALE ORGANIZATION COULD THEREFORE OCCUR IF POCKETS OF MORE
ROBUST INSTABILITY CAN BE REALIZED. LIKELY POPS WILL BE CARRIED
ACROSS THE MAJORITY OF THE AREA SAT AFTERNOON.
&&
.LONG TERM /SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
AS OF 300 PM WEDNESDAY...THE MEDIUM RANGE BEGINS SATURDAY NIGHT
WITH A FRONTAL BOUNDARY APPROACHING THE FORECAST AREA. POPS WILL
REMAIN ELEVATED THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY BEFORE THE FRONT CLEARS THE
REGION AND DRIER AIR WORKS IN. THE PLEASANT DRIER AND UNSEASONABLY
COOL REGIME WILL PERSIST THROUGH MONDAY AND PERHAPS EARLY TUESDAY.
LOW-LEVEL FLOW TURNS SOUTHWESTERLY ON TUESDAY...ADVECTING SLIGHTLY
WARMER AND MORE MOIST AIR INTO THE CWA. ANOTHER FRONT APPROACHES
THE AREA TOWARDS THE END OF THE PERIOD. MODEL DISCREPANCIES ON
TIMING AND ASSOCIATED QPF AMOUNTS REMAIN SIGNIFICANT THOUGH
INCREASED POPS TOWARDS THE END OF THE PERIOD ARE LIKELY.
GIVEN ABUNDANT CLOUD COVER ASSOCIATED WITH THE INITIAL FRONTAL
PASSAGE...TEMPS WILL BE 5-10 DEGREES BELOW CLIMO ON SUNDAY AND
MONDAY. HEADING INTO TUESDAY TEMPS WILL RECOVER TO NEAR NORMAL
VALUES AND REMAIN NEAR NORMAL THROUGH THE END OF THE PERIOD.
&&
.AVIATION /20Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY/...
AT KCLT...A WEAK FRONTAL TROUGH IN THE VICINITY OF THE AIRFIELD
WILL SERVE TO TRIGGER SCT TSRA AS AIRMASS IS QUITE UNSTABLE THIS
AFTERNOON. HENCE...WILL CARRY A TEMPO TSRA FROM 21-23Z THIS
AFTERNOON. OTHERWISE...VFR CUMULUS WILL DISSIPATE AFTER SUNSET.
ELSEWHERE...AIRMASS IS QUITE UNSTABLE OUTSIDE THE MOUNTAINS THIS
AFTERNOON ALONG WITH A WEAK FRONTAL TROUGH EXTENDING FROM WESTERN
NC...THROUGH UPSTATE SC INTO NE GA. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE
EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY MID AFTERNOON. CAMS FAVOR WESTERN AREAS WITH
THE BEST COVERAGE...SO WILL CARRY A TEMPO TSRA AT KAND. WILL MENTION
VCTS AT GSP AND GMU. THE CHANCE OF TSRA TOO LOW TO MENTION AT AVL
AND HKY. EXPECT SOME FOG FORMATION EARLY THURSDAY MORNING WITH
GUIDANCE SUGGESTING MVFR RESTRICTIONS AT AVL AND HKY.
OUTLOOK...TSTM CHANCES WILL INCREASE LATE IN THE WEEK INTO THE
WEEKEND AS A COLD FRONT EVENTUALLY APPROACHES FROM THE NW. MORNING
RESTRICTIONS DUE TO FOG AND/OR STRATUS ARE POSSIBLE...PARTICULARLY
WHERE HEAVY RAIN FELL THE PREVIOUS DAY...AND IN THE MOUNTAIN RIVER
VALLEYS. BEHIND THE COLD FRONT...A MUCH DRYER AND COOLER AIRMASS
WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION ON SUNDAY.
CONFIDENCE TABLE...
19-01Z 01-07Z 07-13Z 13-18Z
KCLT HIGH 100% HIGH 100% HIGH 100% HIGH 100%
KGSP HIGH 86% HIGH 100% HIGH 100% HIGH 100%
KAVL HIGH 100% HIGH 100% HIGH 96% HIGH 100%
KHKY HIGH 100% HIGH 100% HIGH 93% HIGH 100%
KGMU HIGH 86% HIGH 100% HIGH 100% HIGH 100%
KAND HIGH 100% HIGH 100% HIGH 93% 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 THIS WEEK...WITH YEARS IN WHICH THE
VALUES WERE LAST REACHED.
THURSDAY JUNE 25...
AVL 96 1952
CLT 102 1914
GSP 101 1952
&&
.GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...NONE.
NC...NONE.
SC...NONE.
&&
SYNOPSIS...LEV
NEAR TERM...LG
SHORT TERM...JDL
LONG TERM...JP/LEV
AVIATION...LG
CLIMATE...HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 456 AM EDT WED JUN 24 2015 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065- 068>070-501>510-SCZ001>008-010-250900- RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-AVERY-ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE- MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-GRAHAM- NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON- CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-GREATER CALDWELL- 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-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG- CHEROKEE-ANDERSON- 456 AM EDT WED JUN 24 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 SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON. THE GREATEST COVERAGE IS FORECAST TO OCCUR WEST OF INTERSTATE 26 LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAINFALL. A FEW OF THESE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE AND PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND LARGE HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. ..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. ..TUESDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... NONE. GAZ029-NCZ071-072-082-SCZ009-011>014-019-250900- ELBERT-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION-YORK-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-CHESTER- GREENWOOD- 456 AM EDT WED JUN 24 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE PIEDMONT OF THE CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON. THE GREATEST THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR WEST OF INTERSTATE 26 LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAINFALL. A FEW OF THESE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE AND PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND LARGE HAIL. IN ADDITION...HEAT INDEX VALUES MAY PEAK BETWEEN 100 TO 104 DEGREES THIS AFTERNOON. IF POSSIBLE...DRINK PLENTY OF WATER AND SPEND TIME IN A WELL VENTILATED OR AIR CONDITIONED AREA THIS AFTERNOON. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. ..THURSDAY...EXCESSIVE HEAT POSSIBLE. HIGH PRESSURE WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE REGION ON THURSDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL REACH WELL ABOVE NORMAL LEVELS UNDER THIS HIGH AND COMBINE WITH HIGH HUMIDITY...PRODUCING DANGEROUS HEAT INDEX VALUES ACROSS THE AREA. ..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. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... NONE.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
255 PM EDT WED JUN 24 2015
GAZ010-241945-
RABUN GA-
255 PM EDT WED JUN 24 2015
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF NORTHWESTERN RABUN
COUNTY UNTIL 345 PM EDT...
AT 255 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9
MILES WEST OF CLAYTON...OR 5 MILES NORTH OF MOCCASIN CREEK STATE
PARK. THIS STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.
PEA SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CLAYTON...MOCCASIN CREEK STATE PARK...LAKE BURTON...MOCCASIN CREEK
STATE PARK AND TIGER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. IF OUTDOORS...TRY TO
GET INDOORS OR INTO A HARD TOPPED VEHICLE. OTHERWISE...STAY AWAY FROM
OPEN AREAS AND ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES. WHEN INDOORS...
STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS AND AVOID USING WIRED ELECTRONIC
DEVICES. TRY TO UNPLUG UNNECESSARY APPLIANCES BEFORE THE STORM
APPROACHES.
&&
LAT...LON 3491 8360 3492 8359 3492 8360 3494 8360
3494 8359 3495 8355 3499 8355 3499 8350
3486 8339 3481 8358 3482 8359 3491 8361
TIME...MOT...LOC 1855Z 342DEG 3KT 3492 8355
CDGPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
316 PM EDT WED JUN 24 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0314 PM TSTM WND DMG LAKEMONT 34.78N 83.42W
06/24/2015 RABUN GA TRAINED SPOTTER
FEW TREES DOWN AND PEA SIZED HAIL IN LAKEMONT
&&
VISINSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
323 PM EDT WED JUN 24 2015
GAZ010-017-242030-
RABUN GA-HABERSHAM GA-
323 PM EDT WED JUN 24 2015
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF NORTHWESTERN
HABERSHAM AND SOUTHWESTERN RABUN COUNTIES UNTIL 430 PM EDT...
AT 323 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 10
MILES SOUTHEAST OF HIAWASSEE...OR NEAR MOCCASIN CREEK STATE PARK.
THIS STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.
PEA SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MOCCASIN CREEK STATE PARK...LAKE BURTON...MOCCASIN CREEK STATE
PARK...BATESVILLE AND SEED LAKE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL MAY FLOOD AREAS WITH POOR DRAINAGE...SUCH AS
DITCHES AND UNDERPASSES. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED
ROADS. WATER LEVELS OF SMALL STREAMS AND RIVERS MAY ALSO RISE
RAPIDLY. SEEK HIGHER GROUND IF THREATENED BY FLOOD WATERS.
&&
LAT...LON 3482 8365 3484 8366 3488 8366 3490 8363
3491 8363 3491 8359 3480 8347 3475 8363
3477 8363 3479 8367 3480 8368
TIME...MOT...LOC 1923Z 340DEG 2KT 3484 8363
CDGPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
336 PM EDT WED JUN 24 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0301 PM TSTM WND DMG LAKEMONT 34.78N 83.42W
06/24/2015 RABUN GA 911 CALL CENTER
TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN OFF OF CONNECTOR RD
&&
VISINSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
336 PM EDT WED JUN 24 2015
NCZ059-242015-
NORTHERN JACKSON NC-
336 PM EDT WED JUN 24 2015
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF NORTHWESTERN JACKSON
COUNTY UNTIL 415 PM EDT...
AT 336 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8
MILES NORTHWEST OF SYLVA...OR NEAR CHEROKEE. THIS STORM WAS NEARLY
STATIONARY.
PEA SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SYLVA...DILLSBORO...CHEROKEE...B.R. PARKWAY...SMOKY MOUNTAINS TO
BALSAM GAP AND WHITTIER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL MAY FLOOD AREAS WITH POOR DRAINAGE...SUCH AS
DITCHES AND UNDERPASSES. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED
ROADS. WATER LEVELS OF SMALL STREAMS AND RIVERS MAY ALSO RISE
RAPIDLY. SEEK HIGHER GROUND IF THREATENED BY FLOOD WATERS.
FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. IF OUTDOORS...TRY TO
GET INDOORS OR INTO A HARD TOPPED VEHICLE. OTHERWISE...STAY AWAY FROM
OPEN AREAS AND ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES. WHEN INDOORS...
STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS AND AVOID USING WIRED ELECTRONIC
DEVICES. TRY TO UNPLUG UNNECESSARY APPLIANCES BEFORE THE STORM
APPROACHES.
&&
LAT...LON 3547 8334 3547 8332 3551 8326 3552 8324
3552 8320 3551 8317 3540 8309 3533 8334
3538 8334 3541 8335 3542 8336 3543 8336
TIME...MOT...LOC 1936Z 341DEG 3KT 3548 8330
CDGPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
359 PM EDT WED JUN 24 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0358 PM HAIL TOCCOA 34.58N 83.32W
06/24/2015 E0.50 INCH STEPHENS GA TRAINED SPOTTER
MARBLE SIZED HAIL NEAR THE TOCCOA AIRPORT
&&
VISINThe Knoxville radar (KMRX), 78 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:58 UTC.
5 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
EOC relayed a report via social media of multiple trees and power lines on Eastern Band of Cherokee Indian land in northern Jackson County.
Public reported nickel size hail in the Pineville area.
County comms reported several trees blown down near Bessemer City.
Public reported multiple large tree limbs blown down in the Pineville area.
County comms reported multiple trees blown down east of Kings Mountain.
County comms reported numerous trees and power lines blown down across the north side of Hickory. Media reported a tree on a home on 26th Ave.
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: 590439, 590444, 590440, 590441, 590442, 590443.