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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 89, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

June 18, 2005Spartanburg County, South Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 18, 2005, 7:29 PM EDT for Spartanburg County, South Carolina. It was in force for 61 min. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jun 18, 2005, 7:29 PM EDT (23:29 UTC)
Expired
Jun 18, 2005, 8:30 PM EDT
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Spartanburg County, SC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 30 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:31 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 18, 7:30 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG4 N Spartanburg, SCTWO TREES DOWN HIGHWAY 9
Jun 18, 7:30 PM EDTHAIL 0.253 N Spartanburg, SCCOVERED THE GROUND IN SPOTS
Jun 18, 7:30 PM EDTHAIL 0.52 N Spartanburg, SC

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

Did it verify

Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched one storm report to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 1 minutes after it went out.

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

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 219 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, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 12:00Z on 2005-06-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 12:00Z on 2005-06-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -5 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2247 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-5 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
51 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.

000 
WUUS52 KGSP 182330
SVRGSP
SCC083-190030-
/O.NEW.KGSP.SV.W.0089.050618T2329Z-050619T0030Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
729 PM EDT SAT JUN 18 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SPARTANBURG COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA

* UNTIL 830 PM EDT

* AT 729 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL.  THIS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SPARTANBURG. THIS STORM WAS NEARLY
  STATIONARY.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  SPARTANBURG THROUGH 825 PM EDT...
  ROEBUCK AND 9 MILES WEST OF PACOLET AROUND 830 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 3510 8187 3504 8207 3477 8201 3487 8171

$$
HG
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS52 KGSP 182358
SVSGSP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
757 PM EDT SAT JUN 18 2005

SCC083-190030-
/O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0089.000000T0000Z-050619T0030Z/
SPARTANBURG SC-
757 PM EDT SAT JUN 18 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 830 PM EDT FOR 
SPARTANBURG COUNTY...

AT 754 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL.
THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SPARTANBURG...OR ABOUT OVER 
SPARTANBURG...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  PACOLET...6 MILES WEST OF PACOLET MILLS AND 8 MILES NORTH OF
  PAULINE AROUND 830 PM EDT...

LAT...LON 3510 8187 3504 8207 3477 8201 3487 8171

$$
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000 
WWUS52 KGSP 190028
SVSGSP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
828 PM EDT SAT JUN 18 2005

SCC083-190038-
/O.EXP.KGSP.SV.W.0089.000000T0000Z-050619T0030Z/
SPARTANBURG SC-
828 PM EDT SAT JUN 18 2005

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL SPARTANBURG COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 830 PM EDT...

THE THUNDERSTORM WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE CRITERIA.

LAT...LON 3510 8187 3504 8207 3477 8201 3487 8171

$$

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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 18, 3:18 PM EDT, 4 hours 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 18, 3:18 PM EDT, 4 hours 11 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
318 PM EDT SAT JUN 18 2005

.SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY)...
DEEP CONVECTION OVER THE MTNS SHOULD CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER THE
MTNS THROUGH THIS EVENING...STORM MOTIONS E AROUND 10 KTS. LAPS
INDICATES THAT CAPES RANGE FROM 300-500 OVER THE MTNS AND EASTERN
PIEDMONT TO 1000-1500 J/KG OVER THE FOOTHILLS AND SAVANNAH RIVER
VALLEY. STORMS MOVING OFF THE MTNS SHOULD THRIVE IN THE RICHER AIR
OVER THE FOOTHILLS. WITH ADDITIONAL HEATING AND GENERATION OF
OUTFLOWS...COVERAGE SHOULD INCREASE THROUGH THE MID EVENING. EXPECT
THE ORDER OF COVERAGE TO FOLLOW HIGH TERRAIN...FOOTHILLS...SAVANNAH
RIVER VALLEY...WITH CONVECTION PINCHING NE ACROSS THE PIEDMONT THIS
EVENING. HAYWOOD SVR STORM HAD 45-50 DBZ AROUND 30K FT AND A VIL OF
42 FROM KGSP.

STEADY EAST FLOW CIRCULATING FROM SRN GA LOW WILL BUILD MOISTURE
OVER THE CWA TONIGHT. EXPECTING MOSTLY CLOUDY SKY BY LATE TONIGHT IN
THE FORM OF MID STRATUS. SH/TS SHOULD CONTINUE IN LESSER VALUES AS
DECENT VORT MAX PASSES WITH SHARP TROUGH. WILL CONTINUE SCT SH/TS
TONIGHT AND SUN. SIMILAR PATTERN FOR SUN WITH THE ADDITION OF A
NOSING SFC HIGH FROM THE NE. WILL COOL TEMPS TO MET GUIDANCE AND
ADVERTISE A LIGHT NE WIND.

UPPER LEVEL LOW REMAINS OVER THE AREA SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY. DEEP
MOISTURE...BUT LITTLE DEEP LIFT SEEN. THERE WILL BE SOME LIFT...SO
WITH MOISTURE AND UPPER LOW HANGING AROUND WILL KEEP CHC POP. LOW
FINALLY OPENS UP MONDAY NIGHT...THEN REMNANT TROF MAKES A SLOW ELY
PROGRESS ON TUE. KEPT A LINGERING SLIGHT CHC POP MONDAY NITE...BUT
HAVE A DRY FCST TUE AS WE WILL BE BETWEEN SYSTEMS.

HIGHS REMAIN WELL BELOW NORMAL MONDAY WITH CLOUDS...NELY FLOW AND
LOW THICKNESSES. HIGHS RISE TO NEAR OR A LITTLE ABOVE NORMAL TUE DUE
TO SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER THICKNESSES AS UPPER LOW MOVES OUT. SHOULD
ALSO SEE SOME SUNSHINE. LOWS A LITTLE BELOW NORMAL SUNDAY AND MONDAY
NIGHTS.
&&

.LONG TERM (TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY)...
PERIOD STARTS WITH UPPER LEVEL TROF OVER THE EAST COAST. A WEAK
SHORT WAVE MOVES THRU THE TROF WED INTO OUR AREA PUSHING A BACKDOOR
COLD FRONT THRU. BEST MOISTURE AND LIFT SPLIT AND PASS EAST AND WEST
OF OUR AREA...SO HAVE A DRY FCST FOR NOW. AREA REMAINS IN NWLY FLOW
UNTIL SAT WHEN RIDGING BEGINS TO MOVE IN. A COUPLE OF WEAK SHORT
WAVES MOVE THRU THE NWLY FLOW FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. COOLER HIGH
PRESSURE BUILDS IN ON THU THEN HOLDS ACROSS THE AREA THRU SATURDAY
AND MODERATES. ENOUGH MOISTURE AND LIFT FOR SLIGHT CHC AFT/EVE POP
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. ABOVE NORMAL TEMPS AHEAD OF THE FNT ON
WED...THEN SEASONAL VALUES THU. BACK TO ABOVE NORMAL FRI AND
SATURDAY.
&&

.AVIATION...
CONVECTION HAS INITIATED OVER THE MTNS AND IS MOVING ENE ATTM.
SATELLITE SHOWS THAT CU HAS DEVELOPED ACROSS THE CWA...WITH TCU OVER
THE UPPER SAVANNAH VALLEY ALONG WITH THE MTNS. WILL TEMPO IN PERIODS
OF TS/SH FOR ALL TERMINALS MINUS KCLT. THE CONVECTIVE THREAT SHOULD
CONTINUE UNTIL 6Z...ATMOS BECOMES MORE STABLE AFTER 6Z. NAM DEPICTS
THAT THE SFC LOW WILL REMAIN OVER SRN GA TONIGHT...KEEPING THE FA
UNDER DEEP EAST FLOW. UPSLOPE FLOW COMBINED WITH A PASSING VORT MAX
SHOULD SUPPORT WIDESPREAD MID CLOUDS. ALSO...FORECAST SOUNDINGS SHOW
AMPLE BL MOISTURE BUILDS BY SUNRISE...POSSIBLY LEADING TO MVFR FOG
OVER AREAS THAT SEE RAIN TODAY AND TONIGHT.

SUN...NE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO STRENGTHEN SOMEWHAT BY MID MORNING.
WILL CONTINUE VFR CEILING THROUGH 18Z WITH MENTION OF SH/TS.
&&

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

SHORT TERM...NED/RWH
LONG TERM...RWH
AVIATION...NED
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 18, 3:51 AM EDT, 15 hours 38 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
351 AM EDT SAT JUN 18 2005

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-
SCZ001>014-019-190800-
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-
OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-
GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-
CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-CHESTER-GREENWOOD-
351 AM EDT SAT JUN 18 2005

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TODAY...MAINLY THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING...SOME STORMS MAY BECOME QUITE STRONG WITH DAMAGING WINDS
AND LARGE HAIL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY...THEN AGAIN ON FRIDAY...SOME
STORMS MAY BECOME STRONG...WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NECESSARY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

RB

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 18, 5:32 PM EDT, 1 hour 57 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
532 PM EDT SAT JUN 18 2005

GAZ010-017-NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-SCZ001>003-182330-
AVERY-BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-HABERSHAM-HAYWOOD-
HENDERSON-MACON NC-MADISON NC-MITCHELL NC-NORTHERN JACKSON NC-
OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-RABUN-SOUTHERN JACKSON NC-SWAIN-
TRANSYLVANIA-YANCEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ASHEVILLE...BREVARD...CHEROKEE...
CLARKESVILLE...CLAYTON...FRANKLIN...HENDERSONVILLE...NEWLAND...
SPRUCE PINE...SYLVA...WAYNESVILLE
532 PM EDT SAT JUN 18 2005

...THUNDERSTORMS TO CONTINUE IN MOUNTAINS...

THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY
THIS EVENING IN THE MOUNTAINS OF THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND
NORTHEAST GEORGIA. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE HAIL AND UP TO
SEVERAL INCHES OF RAIN PER HOUR. FREQUENT LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED.

NCZ034-035-054>056-066-068>070-182330-
ALEXANDER-BURKE NC-CALDWELL-CATAWBA-CLEVELAND-GASTON-LINCOLN NC-
MCDOWELL-POLK NC-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GASTONIA...HICKORY...LINCOLNTON...MARION...
MORGANTON...SHELBY...TRYON
532 PM EDT SAT JUN 18 2005

...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT...

THUNDERSTORMS WILL SPREAD EAST ACROSS THE NORTH CAROLINA FOOTHILLS
LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING...AND INTO THE WESTERN
PIEDMONT. FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL CAN BE
EXPECTED. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
HAIL.

GAZ018-026-028-SCZ004>007-010-182330-
ANDERSON-FRANKLIN GA-GREATER GREENVILLE-GREATER OCONEE-
GREATER PICKENS-HART-SPARTANBURG-STEPHENS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANDERSON...GREENVILLE...HARTWELL...
SPARTANBURG...TOCCOA
532 PM EDT SAT JUN 18 2005

...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO FOOTHILLS...

THUNDERSTORMS WILL SPREAD SOUTHEAST FROM THE MOUNTAINS INTO THE
FOOTHILLS OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA LATE
THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING. FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND VERY
HEAVY RAINFALL CAN BE EXPECTED. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL.

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Special weather statement, Jun 18, 6:05 PM EDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
605 PM EDT SAT JUN 18 2005

SCZ008-182330-
CHEROKEE SC-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...GAFFNEY
605 PM EDT SAT JUN 18 2005

...THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING...

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING WILL
MOVE INTO NORTHERN CHEROKEE COUNTY EARLY THIS EVENING. THESE
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL.

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Local storm report, Jun 18, 6:12 PM EDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
612 PM EDT SAT JUN 18 2005

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

0608 PM     HAIL             MORGANTON               35.74N 81.70W
06/18/2005  0.50 INCH        BURKE              NC   TRAINED SPOTTER

            1 MILE NORTH OF I-40 AT US 64

&&

BSH
Special weather statement, Jun 18, 6:22 PM EDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
622 PM EDT SAT JUN 18 2005

SCZ014-182330-
CHESTER-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...CHESTER
622 PM EDT SAT JUN 18 2005

...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP OVER CHESTER COUNTY...

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP OVER CHESTER COUNTY EARLY
THIS EVENING. FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED
WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS.

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Local storm report, Jun 18, 6:38 PM EDT, 51 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
638 PM EDT SAT JUN 18 2005

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

0600 PM     HAIL             HARRIS                  35.24N 81.87W
06/18/2005  0.25 INCH        RUTHERFORD         NC   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

BSH
Special weather statement, Jun 18, 6:39 PM EDT, 50 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
639 PM EDT SAT JUN 18 2005

GAZ010-017-NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-SCZ001>003-190100-
AVERY-BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-HABERSHAM-HAYWOOD-
HENDERSON-MACON NC-MADISON NC-MITCHELL NC-NORTHERN JACKSON NC-
OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-RABUN-SOUTHERN JACKSON NC-SWAIN-
TRANSYLVANIA-YANCEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ASHEVILLE...BREVARD...CHEROKEE...
CLARKESVILLE...CLAYTON...FRANKLIN...HENDERSONVILLE...NEWLAND...
SPRUCE PINE...SYLVA...WAYNESVILLE
639 PM EDT SAT JUN 18 2005

...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO DIMINISH OVER THE MOUNTAINS...

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH OVER THE MOUNTAINS
OF THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA THROUGH EARLY
EVENING. OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE
THUNDERSTORMS. THE GREATEST RAINFALL WILL LINGER IN THE MOUNTAINS OF
NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA.

NCZ034-054-055-066-067-190100-
BURKE NC-CALDWELL-MCDOWELL-POLK NC-RUTHERFORD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARION...MORGANTON...RUTHERFORDTON...TRYON
639 PM EDT SAT JUN 18 2005

...THUNDERSTORMS TO LEAVE THE FOOTHILLS...

A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL WILL MOVE EAST FROM THE
NORTH CAROLINA FOOTHILLS AND INTO THE PIEDMONT EARLY THIS EVENING.
SCATTERED SHOWERS WILL REMAIN AFTER THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS
MOVES OUT.

NCZ035>037-056-057-068>072-082-SCZ008-009-014-190100-
ALEXANDER-CABARRUS-CATAWBA-CHEROKEE SC-CHESTER-CLEVELAND-DAVIE-
GASTON-IREDELL-LINCOLN NC-MECKLENBURG-ROWAN-UNION NC-YORK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLOTTE...CHESTER...CONCORD...GAFFNEY...
GASTONIA...HICKORY...LINCOLNTON...MOCKSVILLE...MONROE...ROCK HILL...
SALISBURY...SHELBY...STATESVILLE
639 PM EDT SAT JUN 18 2005

...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN APPROACHING INTERSTATE 77...

A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL APPROACH THE
INTERSTATE 77 CORRIDOR FROM THE WEST EARLY THIS EVENING. EXPECT
FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND POSSIBLE HAIL...WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS.

GAZ018-026-028-029-SCZ004>007-010>013-019-190100-
ABBEVILLE-ANDERSON-ELBERT-FRANKLIN GA-GREATER GREENVILLE-
GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS-GREENWOOD-HART-LAURENS SC-SPARTANBURG-
STEPHENS-UNION SC-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ABBEVILLE...ANDERSON...ELBERTON...
GREENVILLE...GREENWOOD...HARTWELL...LAURENS...SPARTANBURG...TOCCOA...
UNION
639 PM EDT SAT JUN 18 2005

...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT...

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST FROM THE
MOUNTAINS AND INTO THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT OF UPSTATE SOUTH
CAROLINA AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA EARLY THIS EVENING. THESE STORMS
WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND POSSIBLY HAIL.

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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.