Severe Thunderstorm Warning 145, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

Issued

Jun 8, 2003, 1:47 PM EDT (17:47 UTC)

Expired

Jun 8, 2003, 2:30 PM EDT

In force

43 min

Issued by

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Buncombe County, NC, Henderson County, NC

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Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

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WUUS52 KGSP 081747
SVRGSP
NCC021-089-081830-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
147 PM EDT SUN JUN 8 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN BUNCOMBE COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA
  NORTHEASTERN HENDERSON COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA

* UNTIL 230 PM EDT

* AT 147 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES NORTH OF HENDERSONVILLE...OR ABOUT 3 MILES
  EAST OF FLETCHER...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  BAT CAVE AT 210 PM EDT.

PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM SHOULD BE ALERT FOR
LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY
RAIN CAN OCCUR WITH ANY THUNDERSTORM.

LAT...LON 3551 8254 3557 8227 3553 8218 3551 8223
          3547 8224 3545 8228 3536 8228 3534 8249

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NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 8, 9:32 AM EDT, 4 hours 15 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
932 AM EDT SUN JUN 8 2003

LOW LEVEL MOISTURE LIFTING INTO LOW CLOUDS OVER FOOTHILLS/PIEDMONT
AND EXPECT IT TO TAKE AWHILE TO DECREASE. UPPER JET PULLING OFF TO
THE EAST AND CONTINUED MID AND UPPER LEVEL DRYING STILL EXPECTED
TODAY BUT LOW LEVELS WILL REMAIN FAIRLY MOIST. EXPECT SCT
SHOWER/TSTMS THIS AFTN WITH HEATING. THERE IS ALSO A WEAK SFC
BOUNDARY ACROSS CWA WHICH COULD HELP LIFT MOISTURE...COULD BE A FEW
STRONG STORMS IF THEY ARE ABLE TO GET GOING LATER TODAY. CURRENT
FORECAST IN GOOD SHAPE. WILL UPDATE BY LATE MORNING...MAINLY TO
CLEAN UP WORDING. PLAN TO KEEP FLOOD WATCH UP FOR E CWA SINCE SOME
RIVERS ARE STILL RISING AFTER LAST NIGHTS RAIN.

.GSP...
GA...NONE.
NC...FLOOD WATCH FOR THIS MORNING FOR ZONES NCZ035>037...
NCZ056>057...NCZ068>072...NCZ082.

SC...FLOOD WATCH FOR THIS MORNING FOR ZONES SCZ006>009...SCZ014.

RB

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014-
019-081300-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
710 AM EDT SUN JUN 8 2003

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY

A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN AFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF THE PIEDMONT OF THE
WESTERN CAROLINAS THIS MORNING. SEE CAEFFAGSP AND CAEFLSGSP FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE VERY SLOWLY ACROSS THE
MOUNTAINS TODAY...AND SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE
EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP AHEAD OF THIS FEATURE DURING THE AFTERNOON.
THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING ISOLATED HEAVY RAINFALL...
AS WELL AS GUSTY WINDS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. HOWEVER...THESE
STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LEVELS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREA THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

LANE

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Carolina, 2003Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2003

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