A line of thunderstorms producing damaging wind gusts moved out of western North Carolina and across Oconee County, producing quite a bit of wind damage in the form of downed trees. The line of storms weakened quickly as it moved across the county, and no wind damage was reported to have occurred in any other county in the Upstate.
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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.
A line of thunderstorms producing damaging wind gusts moved out of western North Carolina and across Oconee County, producing quite a bit of wind damage in the form of downed trees. The line of storms weakened quickly as it moved across the county, and no wind damage was reported to have occurred in any other county in the Upstate.
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, 4:38 PM EST, 1 hour 3 minutes earlier.
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</html>HAZARDOUS 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.
PRELIMINARY 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
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</html>The Greer radar (KGSP), 86 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:42 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
County comms reported numerous trees blown down throughout Oconee County.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in South Carolina in 2015Every state in 2015This day in weather historyWarnings in South 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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 596712.