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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 225, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

August 22, 2005Greenwood County, South Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 22, 2005, 2:52 PM EDT for Greenwood County, South Carolina. It was in force for 53 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 22, 2005, 2:52 PM EDT (18:52 UTC)
Expired
Aug 22, 2005, 3:45 PM EDT
In force
53 min
Issued by
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Greenwood County, SC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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

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 Aug 22, 2:45 PM EDT, 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 22, 2:45 PM EDT, 7 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 22, 5:59 AM EDT, 8 hours 53 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
559 AM EDT MON AUG 22 2005

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-
SCZ001>014-019-231000-
RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-AVERY-CALDWELL-
ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-
BUNCOMBE-MCDOWELL-BURKE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-
MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-POLK-RUTHERFORD-
CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC-
OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-
GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-
CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-
GREENWOOD-
559 AM EDT MON AUG 22 2005

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF UPSTATE SOUTH
CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA AND
NORTHEAST GEORGIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON
ACROSS THE UPSTATE...NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS
AND FOOTHILLS OF NORTH CAROLINA. FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN
WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH MOST OF THE THUNDERSTORMS...AND ISOLATED
LOCATIONS MAY ALSO SEE DAMAGING WINDS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY
SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE FOUND ACROSS THE REGION
ON TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL ACCOMPANY SOME
OF THE STORMS...AND ISOLATED LOCATIONS MAY SEE ENOUGH RAIN TO
CAUSE FLASH FLOODING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON.

MCAVOY

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 22, 2:07 PM EDT, 45 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
207 PM EDT MON AUG 22 2005

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-
SCZ001>014-019-222015-
RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-AVERY-CALDWELL-
ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-
BUNCOMBE-MCDOWELL-BURKE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-
MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-POLK-RUTHERFORD-
CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC-
OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-
GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-
CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-
GREENWOOD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...CLARKESVILLE...TOCCOA...
HARTWELL...ELBERTON...NEWLAND...STATESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE...
SPRUCE PINE...CHEROKEE...WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...MARION...
MORGANTON...HICKORY...SALISBURY...SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD...
HENDERSONVILLE...COLUMBUS...RUTHERFORDTON...SHELBY...LINCOLNTON...
GASTONIA...CHARLOTTE...CONCORD...MONROE...GREENVILLE...
SPARTANBURG...GAFFNEY...ROCK HILL...ANDERSON...ABBEVILLE...
LAURENS...UNION...CHESTER...GREENWOOD
207 PM EDT MON AUG 22 2005

...A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING THIS AFTERNOON AND
ISOLATED SEVERE WEATHER POSSIBLE...

AT 2 PM EDT...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAD
DEVELOPED ACROSS SEVERAL AREAS OF THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND
NORTHEAST GEORGIA. ONE PRIMARY AREA OF SHOWERS WAS LOCATED ALONG
THE EASTERN SLOPES OF THE MOUNTAINS...ALL THE WAY FROM CLAYTON
GEORGIA TO LENOIR NORTH CAROLINA. AN ISOLATED STORM WAS OVER
EASTERN SPARTANBURG COUNTY...AND AN AREA OF STRONG TO SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MIDLANDS WAS EXPANDING IN COVERAGE.

STORMS SHOULD CONTINUE TO DEVELOP DURING THE REST OF THE
AFTERNOON...AND PERSIST INTO THE EVENING. LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINFALL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND GUSTY WINDS WILL BE COMMON
WITH MANY STORMS. A FEW STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE...MEANING THAT
DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL COULD OCCUR. ALSO...SOME LOCALIZED
FLASH FLOODING COULD DEVELOP...ESPECIALLY IF A STORM BECOMES
PARKED OVER AN URBAN AREA FOR ANY LENGTH OF TIME.

LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO ALL HAZARDS OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA
SOURCE FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLY WARNINGS.

JONES

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 22, 6:03 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningGSPJackson3 hr
Aug 22, 6:15 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningGSPHaywood3 hr
Aug 22, 6:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPStephens59 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in South Carolina, 2005Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2005

Sources

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