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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 92, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

June 12, 2004Rabun County, Georgia

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 12, 2004, 9:06 PM EDT for Rabun County, Georgia. It was in force for 39 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 12, 2004, 9:06 PM EDT (01:06 UTC)
Expired
Jun 12, 2004, 9:45 PM EDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Rabun County, GA

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

Did it verify

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.

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 194 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 00:00Z on 2004-06-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1990 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 00:00Z on 2004-06-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 7 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1990 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-13 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1563 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
7 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
23 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

634 
WUUS52 KGSP 130106
SVRGSP
GAC241-130145-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
906 PM EDT SAT JUN 12 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...WESTERN RABUN COUNTY IN          
  NORTHEAST GEORGIA

* UNTIL 945 PM EDT

* AT 900 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 12
  MILES WEST OF MOUNTAIN CITY...OR ABOUT 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF
  CLAYTON...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  CLAYTON AND MOUNTAIN CITY AROUND 940 PM EDT
  LAKEMONT AND 9 MILES NORTH OF TALLULAH FALLS AROUND 945 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 3506 8360 3491 8373 3466 8337 3486 8319

$$

SBK

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 12, 3:00 PM EDT, 6 hours 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 12, 3:00 PM EDT, 6 hours 6 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
300 PM EDT SAT JUN 12 2004

.SHORT TERM...

WILL KEEP DISCUSSION BRIEF AS SEVERE WEATHER IS OCCURRING. WEDGE
FRONT IS PUSHING THROUGH THE FA ATTM...ENCOUNTERING CAPES NEAR 3000
J/KG. STRONG STORMS SHOULD CONTINUE OVER THE SRN HALF OF THE FA
UNTIL CAD AIRMASS DOMINATES LATE THIS EVENING. ISENTROPIC LIFT AND
UPSLOPE FLOW SHOULD FUEL SH AND ISO TS OVERNIGHT AND INTO EARLY SUN.
TEMPS SHOULD ONLY REACH THE UPPER 70S AND LOWER 80S SUN...LIMITING
THE INSTABILITY. HOWEVER...BROAD S FLOW AND FLATTENING RIDGE WILL
ALLOW SCT TO LIKELY COVERAGE TO REMAIN THROUGH MUCH OF THE
DAY...ESPECIALLY OVER THE MTNS. WITH THE HIGH FURTHER SE OVER THE
ATLANTIC...DEEP GULF MOISTURE WILL BUILD OVER THE FA MON AND TUE.
MEDIUM RANGE MODELS ALL HAVE A TROPICAL FEATURE MOVE ACROSS THE DEEP
SOUTH EARLY IN THE WEEK...WILL CONTINUE CHC POPS AND MILD TEMPS.

.LONG TERM...

RIDGE REESTABLISHES ITSELF EARLY WED THEN SLOWLY MOVES E. ZONAL FLOW
FOLLOWS THROUGH WEEK AS BROAD UPPER TROF DROPS S OVER E CANADA. LOW
LEVELS REMAIN FAIRLY DRY THROUGH FRI IN NE FLOW BEHIND H85 LOW AS IT
MOVES OFFSHORE AND FILLS. BY FRI NIGHT MOISTURE IS EXPECTED TO
INCREASE OVER CWA AND SCT CONVECTION SHOULD DEVELOP FRI AFTN OVER
MTNS...THEN ISOLD CONVECTION SAT AFTN...VCNTY SFC BOUNDARY STRETCHED
ACROSS CWA.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
GSP  70  79  68  84 /  50  50  30  50
AND  72  82  68  84 /  50  50  30  50
CLT  67  81  69  85 /  20  30  30  50
HKY  66  78  66  81 /  30  30  30  50
AVL  65  76  64  79 /  50  50  40  50
&&

.GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...NONE.
NC...NONE.
SC...NONE.
&&

NED/RAB
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 12, 5:57 AM EDT, 15 hours 9 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
557 AM EDT SAT JUN 12 2004

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014-
019-130956-
ABBEVILLE SC-ALEXANDER NC-ANDERSON SC-AVERY NC-BUNCOMBE NC-BURKE NC-
CABARRUS NC-CALDWELL NC-CATAWBA NC-CHEROKEE SC-CHESTER SC-
CLEVELAND NC-DAVIE NC-ELBERT GA-FRANKLIN GA-GASTON NC-GRAHAM NC-
GREATER GREENVILLE SC-GREATER OCONEE SC-GREATER PICKENS SC-
GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS SC-GREENWOOD SC-HABERSHAM GA-HART GA-HAYWOOD NC-
HENDERSON NC-IREDELL NC-LAURENS SC-LINCOLN NC-MACON NC-MADISON NC-
MCDOWELL NC-MECKLENBURG NC-MITCHELL NC-NORTHERN JACKSON NC-
OCONEE MOUNTAINS SC-PICKENS MOUNTAINS SC-POLK NC-RABUN GA-ROWAN NC-
RUTHERFORD NC-SOUTHERN JACKSON NC-SPARTANBURG SC-STEPHENS GA-
SWAIN NC-TRANSYLVANIA NC-UNION SC-UNION NC-YANCEY NC-YORK SC-
557 AM EDT SAT JUN 12 2004

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

.DAY ONE...
A COLD FRONT MOVING INTO THE REGION TODAY WILL BE THE FOCUS FOR
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON. A FEW OF THE STORMS COULD
BE QUITE STRONG...ESPECIALLY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA AND EXTREME
NORTHEAST GEORGIA...AND AN ISOLATED SEVERE STORM CANNOT BE RULED OUT.
STORMS THIS AFTERNOON SHOULD MOVE SLOWLY...ENHANCING HEAVY RAINFALL
POTENTIAL. SEE THE LATEST SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK...UNDER THE PRODUCT
HEADER CAESPSGSP...FOR MORE DETAILS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED LATER TODAY IN UPSTATE SOUTH
CAROLINA AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA.

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 12, 6:51 PM EDT, 2 hours 15 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
651 PM EDT SAT JUN 12 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0610 PM     FLASH FLOOD      4 W NEWLAND             36.09N 82.00W
06/12/2004                   AVERY              NC   COUNTY OFFICIAL

            WHITAKER CREEK RD FLOODED.

0610 PM     FLASH FLOOD      5 W NEWLAND             36.09N 82.02W
06/12/2004                   AVERY              NC   COUNTY OFFICIAL

            ROARING CREEK RD FLOODED.

&&

JAT
Local storm report, Jun 12, 6:59 PM EDT, 2 hours 7 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
659 PM EDT SAT JUN 12 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0656 PM     TSTM WND DMG     UNION                   34.72N 81.62W
06/12/2004                   UNION              SC   COUNTY OFFICIAL

            COUNTY OFFICIALS REPORTED A FEW TREES DOWN ON SONOCO RD.
            ALSO...A FEW TREES DOWN AROUND THE COUNTY.

&&

DEO
Local storm report, Jun 12, 7:22 PM EDT, 1 hour 44 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
722 PM EDT SAT JUN 12 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0310 PM     TSTM WND DMG     14 SE DYSARTSVILLE      35.46N 81.70W
06/12/2004                   RUTHERFORD         NC   COUNTY OFFICIAL

            COUNTY COMMS CENTER RECEIVED A REPORT OF A FEW TREES
            REPORTED DOWN SOUTHEAST OF DYSARTSVILLE.

0500 PM     TSTM WND DMG     8 ESE SPARTANBURG       34.90N 81.80W
06/12/2004                   SPARTANBURG        SC   COUNTY OFFICIAL

            COUNTY COMMS CENTER RECEIVED A REPORT OF TREES DOWN JUST
            OFF HIGHWAY 176 NEAR THE COUNTRY CLUB.

&&

DEO
Local storm report, Jun 12, 7:39 PM EDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
739 PM EDT SAT JUN 12 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0725 PM     TSTM WND DMG     LEICESTER               35.65N 82.69W
06/12/2004                   BUNCOMBE           NC   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

            LOTS OF TREES DOWN IN THE SANDY MUSH AREA OF LEICESTER.

&&

SBK
Local storm report, Jun 12, 7:51 PM EDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
751 PM EDT SAT JUN 12 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0729 PM     FLASH FLOOD      12 W MARSHALL           35.80N 82.90W
06/12/2004                   MADISON            NC   COUNTY OFFICIAL

            INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 209 AND WALDROP ROAD FLOODED.

&&

JAT
Local storm report, Jun 12, 8:36 PM EDT, 30 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
836 PM EDT SAT JUN 12 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0830 PM     HAIL             WATERLOO                34.35N 82.06W
06/12/2004  1.00 INCH        LAURENS            SC   COUNTY OFFICIAL

0830 PM     HAIL             WATERLOO                34.35N 82.06W
06/12/2004  1.00 INCH        LAURENS            SC   COUNTY OFFICIAL

            QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED BY COUNTY OFFICIALS.

&&

SBK

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Sources

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.