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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 105, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

June 21, 1997Greenwood County, South Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 21, 1997, 8:05 PM EDT for Greenwood County, South Carolina. It was in force for 25 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Jun 21, 1997, 8:05 PM EDT (00:05 UTC)
Expired: Jun 21, 1997, 8:30 PM EDT
In force: 25 min
Issued by: NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area: Whole counties

County Greenwood County, SC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 21, 8:20 PM EDT	Thunderstorm Wind 50	Greenwood, SC

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.

The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, 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 this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 21, 1:20 PM EDT, 6 hours 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 21, 1:20 PM EDT, 6 hours 45 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
120 PM EDT SAT JUN 21 1997

CAE/FFC/RAH: SMALL POPS THROUGH PERIOD. MOSTLY SUNNY DAYS. PARTLY
             CLOUDY NIGHTS WITH PATCHES OF DENSE FOG MOUTNAIN
             VALLEYS. TEMPS NEAR FWC.

UPPER LOW TO REMAIN IN GENERAL AREA THROUGH PERIOD. WATER VAPOR
IMAGERY SHOWS NO GREAT SUBSIDENCE BEHIND THIS SYSTEM...HOWEVER
SLIGHTLY LOWER DEW POINTS WERE NOTED IN ITS WAKE. AS LOW DRIFTS E
OVERNIGHT...A WEAK DOWNSLOPE COMPONENT IS INTRODUCED...RESULTING IN
WARMING AND PARTIAL SURPRESSION OF CONVECTION SUN/SUN NT. ABUNDANT
LOW LEVEL MOISTURE AND MID LEVEL COOL POOL IN AREA WARRANT SMALL
POPS SUN-SUN NT WITH MOUNTAINS MORE THREATENED IN UPSLOPE FROM W.
RGL/AVN RETROGRESS SYSTEM MON RESULTING IN WEAK UPSLOPE COMPONENT
WHICH WILL RAISE THREAT OF PRECIP AND LOWER TEMPERATURES A BIT.

AVL   62/85/63/86   4334
CLT   70/92/71/91   3223
GSP   69/93/70/91   3223

JAT

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 21, 5:49 PM EDT, 2 hours 16 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
549 PM EDT SAT JUN 21 1997

TIME (EDT) .....CITY LOCATION....... ST   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           .....COUNTY LOCATION.....

540 PM     2 S BOILING SPRINGS       NC   1.00 INCH HAIL
06/21/97   CLEVELAND                      REPORTED BY COUNTY COMMS.
                                          ALSO...VERY HIGH WINDS
                                          REPORTED 5 W SHELBY
                                          ALONG HIGHWAY 74.

CSH

Local storm report, Jun 21, 5:50 PM EDT, 2 hours 15 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
549 PM EDT SAT JUN 21 1997

TIME (EDT) .....CITY LOCATION....... ST   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           .....COUNTY LOCATION.....

540 PM     2 S BOILING SPRINGS       NC   1.00 INCH HAIL
06/21/97   CLEVELAND                      REPORTED BY COUNTY COMMS.
                                          ALSO...VERY HIGH WINDS
                                          REPORTED l5 W SHELBY
                                          ALONG HIGHWAY 74.

CSH

Local storm report, Jun 21, 6:09 PM EDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
609 PM EDT SAT JUN 21 1997

TIME (EDT) .....CITY LOCATION....... ST   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           .....COUNTY LOCATION.....

604 PM     LENOIR                    NC   WIND DAMAGE
06/21/97   CALDWELL                       HAM SPOTTER REPORTED 2
                                          LARGE OAK TREES DOWN.
                                          SEVERAL FIRES FROM
                                          LIGHTNING.

DHR

Local storm report, Jun 21, 6:11 PM EDT, 1 hour 54 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
609 PM EDT SAT JUN 21 1997

TIME (EDT) .....CITY LOCATION....... ST   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           .....COUNTY LOCATION.....

604 PM     LENOIR                    NC   WIND DAMAGE
06/21/97   CALDWELL                       HAM SPOTTER REPORTED 2
                                          LARGE OAK TREES DOWN.
                                          SEVERAL FIRES FROM
                                          LIGHTNING.

DHR

Local storm report, Jun 21, 6:42 PM EDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 22, 3:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Greenville, Pickens	52 min
Jun 22, 4:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Greenville, Spartanburg	35 min
Jun 22, 5:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Laurens	43 min
Jun 22, 5:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Spartanburg	25 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in South Carolina, 1997 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1997

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.