Scattered thunderstorms and storm clusters developed across the North Carolina mountains during the afternoon western moved east into Piedmont during the late afternoon and evening. A few of the storms produced brief damaging wind gusts.
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The episode as NWS GSP wrote it up.
Scattered thunderstorms and storm clusters developed across the North Carolina mountains during the afternoon western moved east into Piedmont during the late afternoon and evening. A few of the 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 Aug 2, 12:17 PM EST, 31 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC
117 PM EDT Fri Aug 2 2024
.SYNOPSIS...
Daily chances of showers and thunderstorms will continue through
the weekend, with the best coverage most likely in the afternoons
and evenings. Small chances of rain lingering overnight in the
North Carolina mountains. Very hot and humid weather will continue
through Friday, but a weak cold front arriving this weekend will
drop temperatures to more seasonally normal hot weather while
providing better chances for rain Saturday.
&&
.NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/...
As of 1201 PM EDT Friday: No changes once again to a forecast with
temps and dewpoints on track through the morning. Seeing some
scattered cu start to break out across the SC Upstate, signifying
that daytime heating is well underway and the atmosphere is
beginning to destabilize. Height falls are already underway as a
potent upper low crosses central Indiana, and a cold front begins
to dip into the Tennessee Valley. No changes were made to the Heat
Advisory, which is now underway for the southern tier of counties
in GSP's forecast area.
Otherwise...as the upper low continues its eastward march, the front
will push into the CWA today and will stall out just to our east
early Saturday. We can expect another active day convection-wise,
with scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms developing
during the afternoon and lingering well into the late evening. The
environment will once again have plenty of sfc-based instability and
a decent amount of DCAPE. Bulk shear values still appear minimal,
however the cold front will likely be able to provide enough
low-level convergence to help organize storms in some sort of
linear fashion. As such, our entire CWA is under a Day 1 Marginal
Risk for severe thunderstorms today. The main threat still appears
to be damaging straight-line winds from storm outflows. Localized
flooding will also be a concern with any storms that train over
the same area(s). In addition, heat index values are expected
to reach Advisory criteria roughly south of I-85...hence the
aforementioned product.
&&
.SHORT TERM /SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT/...
As of 251 AM Friday: Saturday looks like it should be another
convectively-active day, what with the axis of a mid/upper trof
just to the west of the mtns and a sfc boundary strung out SW-to-NE
across the Piedmont of the Carolinas to provide an initiation
point. The better chances for precip and significant storms will
be along and on the east side of that boundary. The air mass east
of the mtns should be capable of hosting sfc-based CAPE in the
2500-3500 J/kg range with just enough shear (around 20-25 kts)
to help loosely organize storms in the afternoon. Have no problems
with the Marginal Risk on the new Day 2 from the SPC. The sfc-delta
theta-e, lapse rates, and boundary layer all support a wind damage
threat in the stronger storms. No problems, either, with the Day 2
Excessive Rainfall Outlook from WPC. Moisture pooling east of the
boundary should keep the precipitable water around 2 inches and the
warm cloud depth looks favorable as well. Chances look a bit better
just to our east, but threats would persist into the overnight over
the eastern zones. As for the temps, the trend is back toward normal
with plenty of cloud cover and numerous storms in the afternoon
where the heat risk is typically higher. Sunday could end up very
similar to Saturday if the mid/upper trof doesn't start to lift out,
and the guidance keeps the trof axis over the mtns overnight into
Sunday before resuming an eastward shift in the afternoon. Precip
probs will remain above climo and the marginal severe/excessive
rain threats will persist east of the mtns at least. Temps will
be at or maybe a degree under average for Sunday/Sunday night.
&&
.LONG TERM /MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/...
As of 213 AM Friday: Of course, the forecast for the first half
of next week hinges almost entirely upon the track of what would
be a tropical cyclone affecting parts of the southeastern United
States. No point in getting fixated on any particular model track
at this point, or until we get more consistency in the various
solutions, but a reasonable expectation appears to be something off
to our southeast, though one must manage one's expectations. For
the bulk of the week, considerable differences are seen in the
operational model solutions, so confidence is too low to stray much
from the model blend and climo. Temps and precip probs will be close
to seasonal averages, with Wednesday perhaps the warmest of the
stretch, and Thursday having the greatest coverage of convective
precip. Not much else to say beyond that, other than stay tuned,
and expect changes.
&&
.AVIATION /17Z FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/...
At KCLT and elsewhere: Convection is already underway across the
NC mountains, with impacts imminent for the terminal at KAVL.
CAM guidance has struggled to resolve the evolution of today's
convection, with only the NSSL-WRF depicting this amount of coverage
so early in the afternoon. General consensus, though, is that the
ongoing activity will coalesce into a loosely-organized line and
make tracks across the forecast area through mid- to late-evening.
It's possible there will be multiple rounds of convection,
especially across the NC Piedmont terminals, while the SC Upstate
terminals may wind up seeing less coverage. Winds will stay out
of the SW through the period. Overnight, another round of mountain
valley fog is likely (and perhaps even some lingering showers after
midnight, though confidence was too low for a mention in any of the
18z TAFs). May see isolated patchy fog outside the mountains too,
at sites which receive ample rainfall this evening. Tomorrow,
another round of convection is expected, but the latest guidance
suggests we'll only see isolated coverage in the western half of
the terminal forecast area...meaning KCLT has the best chance of
getting a direct hit from TSRA tomorrow.
Outlook: Daily shower and thunderstorm chances will continue thru
the weekend with drier conditions possibly returning early next
week. Fog/low stratus will be possible each morning, especially
in the mountain valleys and over areas that received heavy rain
the previous day.
&&
.GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...Heat Advisory until 7 PM EDT this evening for GAZ029.
NC...Heat Advisory until 7 PM EDT this evening for NCZ071-072-082.
SC...Heat Advisory until 7 PM EDT this evening for SCZ009-011>014-
019.
&&
SYNOPSIS...PM
NEAR TERM...JPT/MPR
SHORT TERM...PM
LONG TERM...PM
AVIATION...MPRHazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC 451 AM EDT Fri Aug 2 2024 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065- 068>070-501>510-SCZ008-010-101>109-030900- 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- Cherokee-Anderson-Oconee Mountains-Pickens Mountains- Greenville Mountains-Greater Oconee-Greater Pickens- Central Greenville-Southern Greenville-Northern Spartanburg- Southern Spartanburg- 451 AM EDT Fri Aug 2 2024 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northeast Georgia, piedmont North Carolina, western North Carolina and upstate South Carolina. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Scattered thunderstorms this afternoon and evening will pose a risk of cloud-to-ground lightning and flash flooding from torrential rainfall. Some of these storms may also produce damaging wind gusts. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday. More thunderstorms are expected over the weekend and could produce isolated flooding and damaging wind gusts. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotters are requested to forward any reports of large hail, damaging winds, tornadoes, or flash flooding to our office. GAZ029-NCZ071-072-082-SCZ009-011>014-019-030900- Elbert-Mecklenburg-Cabarrus-Union NC-York-Abbeville-Laurens-Union SC- Chester-Greenwood- 451 AM EDT Fri Aug 2 2024 ...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northeast Georgia, piedmont North Carolina and upstate South Carolina. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Heat Advisory. In addition, scattered thunderstorms this afternoon and evening will pose a risk of cloud-to-ground lightning and flash flooding from torrential rainfall. Some of these storms may also produce damaging wind gusts. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday. More thunderstorms are expected over the weekend and could produce isolated flooding and damaging wind gusts. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotters are requested to forward any reports of large hail, damaging winds, tornadoes, or flash flooding to our office. JPT
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC
1250 PM EDT Fri Aug 2 2024
NCZ049-050-021715-
Yancey NC-Mitchell NC-
1250 PM EDT Fri Aug 2 2024
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT CENTRAL MITCHELL AND
NORTHEASTERN YANCEY COUNTIES THROUGH 115 PM EDT...
At 1249 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 9
miles northeast of Burnsville, or near Bakersville, moving east at 15
mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph and pea size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to outdoor objects is
possible.
Locations impacted include...
Bakersville, Green Mountain, and Bandana.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
&&
LAT...LON 3610 8208 3609 8208 3608 8207 3594 8206
3597 8229 3607 8229 3611 8209
TIME...MOT...LOC 1649Z 272DEG 12KT 3604 8222
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
ARKSpecial Weather Statement
National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC
1252 PM EDT Fri Aug 2 2024
NCZ059-021730-
Northern Jackson NC-
1252 PM EDT Fri Aug 2 2024
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN JACKSON COUNTY
THROUGH 130 PM EDT...
At 1252 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Sylva, or near Dillsboro, moving east at 15 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph and pea size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to outdoor objects is
possible.
Locations impacted include...
Sylva, Cullowhee, Balsam, Webster, Dillsboro, and B.R. Parkway-Smoky
Mountains To Balsam Gap.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
&&
LAT...LON 3545 8331 3547 8311 3546 8309 3545 8308
3544 8308 3542 8306 3529 8307 3533 8331
TIME...MOT...LOC 1652Z 272DEG 12KT 3538 8325
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
ARKSpecial Weather Statement
National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC
1253 PM EDT Fri Aug 2 2024
NCZ048-053-021730-
Buncombe NC-Madison NC-
1253 PM EDT Fri Aug 2 2024
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN MADISON AND
NORTHWESTERN BUNCOMBE COUNTIES THROUGH 130 PM EDT...
At 1253 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 4
miles south of Marshall, moving east at 15 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph and pea size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to outdoor objects is
possible.
Locations impacted include...
Marshall, North Asheville, Woodfin, Weaverville, Leicester, Mars
Hill, Canto, and Flat Creek.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
&&
LAT...LON 3565 8278 3580 8279 3583 8253 3563 8254
TIME...MOT...LOC 1653Z 272DEG 12KT 3573 8271
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
ARKSpecial Weather Statement
National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC
101 PM EDT Fri Aug 2 2024
NCZ064-065-021730-
Transylvania NC-Henderson NC-
101 PM EDT Fri Aug 2 2024
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHEASTERN TRANSYLVANIA AND
NORTHWESTERN HENDERSON COUNTIES THROUGH 130 PM EDT...
At 101 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 8
miles northeast of Brevard, or 4 miles northwest of Etowah, moving
east at 10 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and pea size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to outdoor objects is
possible.
Locations impacted include...
Mills River, Etowah, Forge Mountain, Horse Shoe, Penrose, and North
Transylvania.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
&&
LAT...LON 3528 8271 3538 8272 3543 8255 3526 8255
TIME...MOT...LOC 1701Z 267DEG 9KT 3534 8266
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
ARKThe Greer radar (KGSP), 91 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:48 UTC.
5 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Spotter and utility company reported a couple of trees blown down in the Woodfin area, including a tree down on power lines.
County comms reported a tree and power lines blown down on Wildlife Rd at Highway 126.
Spotter and fire dept reported multiple trees and power lines blown down in the Lincolnton area, with a couple of other trees down in the eastern part of the county.
Spotter reported trees blown down onto houses on Pine St and on West C St in Kannapolis.
Spotters reported multiple trees blown down and blocking China Grove Rd and on Daugherty Rd. A tree was also blown down on a house on Old Beatty Ford Rd.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in North Carolina in 2024Every state in 2024This day in weather historyWarnings in North Carolina, August 2024
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: 1211235, 1211236, 1211237, 1211238, 1211239.