Scattered, slow-moving thunderstorms developed across the North Carolina Piedmont during the afternoon. Some of the storms produced gusty winds and locally heavy rainfall, especially in the Charlotte metro area.
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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, slow-moving thunderstorms developed across the North Carolina Piedmont during the afternoon. Some of the storms produced gusty winds and locally heavy rainfall, especially in the Charlotte metro area.
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 23, 6:59 PM EST, 15 hours 1 minute earlier.
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</html>Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC 420 PM EDT Mon Jul 23 2018 NCZ033-035>037-049-050-056-057-068>072-082-501>510-SCZ008-009-014- 242030- Avery-Alexander-Iredell-Davie-Yancey-Mitchell-Catawba-Rowan- Cleveland-Lincoln-Gaston-Mecklenburg-Cabarrus-Union- Caldwell Mountains-Greater Caldwell-Burke Mountains-Greater Burke- McDowell Mountains-Eastern McDowell-Rutherford Mountains- Greater Rutherford-Polk Mountains-Eastern Polk-Cherokee-York-Chester- 420 PM EDT Mon Jul 23 2018 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for piedmont North Carolina, western North Carolina and upstate South Carolina. .DAY ONE...Tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Flash Flood Watch. Numerous to widespread showers and thunderstorms will continue to develop across the area this evening and later tonight. The main threat from the showers and storms will be heavy to excessive rainfall, which could result in localized flash flooding, especially in urban areas along the I-77 corridor. In addition, a couple of brief severe thunderstorms will be possible, with damaging winds being the primary threat. Cloud to ground lightning can occur with any thunderstorm. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday. ..Tuesday...Heavy rain and flooding possible. ..Wednesday...Heavy rain and flooding possible. ..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. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Skywarn spotters are requested to forward any reports of large hail, damaging winds, tornadoes, or flash flooding to our office. GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ048-051>053-058-059-062>065-SCZ001>007- 010>013-019-242030- Rabun-Habersham-Stephens-Franklin-Hart-Elbert-Madison-Swain-Haywood- Buncombe-Graham-Northern Jackson-Macon-Southern Jackson-Transylvania- Henderson-Oconee Mountains-Pickens Mountains-Greenville Mountains- Greater Oconee-Greater Pickens-Greater Greenville-Spartanburg- Anderson-Abbeville-Laurens-Union-Greenwood- 420 PM EDT Mon Jul 23 2018 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northeast Georgia, western North Carolina and upstate South Carolina. .DAY ONE...Tonight. Numerous showers and scattered thunderstorms will develop across the area this evening and later tonight. The main threats will be from cloud to ground lightning and torrential rainfall. Localized excessive rainfall and flash flooding, along with a brief severe thunderstorm producing damaging winds, cannot be ruled out. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday. ..Tuesday...Heavy rain and flooding possible. ..Wednesday...Heavy rain and flooding possible. ..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. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Skywarn spotters are requested to forward any reports of large hail, damaging winds, tornadoes, or flash flooding to our office. JPT
The Greer radar (KGSP), 135 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 14:58 UTC.
1 heavy rain, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Media reported flooding of a well-known flood prone area due to clogged storm drains and back water effects from Little Sugar Creek after 2 to 3 inches of rain fell in a very short period of time. Flood waters stranded 5 people who required rescue at a business on Atando Ave.
Public reported (via Social Media) a tree blown down on a house on Colony Rd.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in North Carolina in 2018Every state in 2018This day in weather historyWarnings in North Carolina, July 2018
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: 776431, 776428.