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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 201, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

May 20, 2006Anderson County, South Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 20, 2006, 9:33 PM EDT for Anderson County, South Carolina. It was in force for 42 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: May 20, 2006, 9:33 PM EDT (01:33 UTC)
Expired: May 20, 2006, 10:15 PM EDT
In force: 42 min
Issued by: NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Anderson County, SC

The radar

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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.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 20, 8:18 PM EDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
818 PM EDT SAT MAY 20 2006

NCZ062-210100-
MACON-
818 PM EDT SAT MAY 20 2006

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM TO AFFECT SOUTHERN MACON COUNTY THROUGH 900
PM EDT...

AT 818 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN THE VICINITY OF OTTO...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40
MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT THE AREA FROM SCALY TO HIGHLANDS
THROUGH 9 PM. SMALL HAIL...WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH...AND TORRENTIAL
DOWNPOURS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

HG

Local storm report, May 20, 8:38 PM EDT, 55 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
838 PM EDT SAT MAY 20 2006

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

0740 PM     HAIL             5 E CALHOUN FALLS       34.09N 82.51W
05/20/2006  E0.75 INCH       ABBEVILLE          SC   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

HG

Local storm report, May 20, 8:49 PM EDT, 44 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
849 PM EDT SAT MAY 20 2006

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

0700 PM     TSTM WND DMG     NEWTON                  35.67N 81.22W
05/20/2006                   CATAWBA            NC   TRAINED SPOTTER

            TREE DOWN ACROSS ST. JAMES CHURCH ROAD IN NEWTON.

&&

BSH

Local storm report, May 20, 9:11 PM EDT, 22 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 20, 9:19 PM EDT, 14 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 20, 9:33 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
933 PM EDT SAT MAY 20 2006

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

0605 PM     HAIL             2 SW KINGS MOUNTAIN     35.22N 81.37W
05/20/2006  E0.75 INCH       CLEVELAND          NC   PUBLIC

0605 PM     TSTM WND DMG     2 SW KINGS MOUNTAIN     35.22N 81.37W
05/20/2006                   CLEVELAND          NC   PUBLIC

            TREES DOWN ALONG GRAYFIELD DRIVE AND MOBILE HOME DAMAGE
            ALONG RANGE ROAD.

&&

BSH

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 20, 9:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Jackson	23 min
May 20, 9:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Pickens	65 min
May 20, 10:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Greenville, Pickens	36 min
May 20, 11:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Union	15 min
May 20, 11:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Chester	60 min
May 21, 2:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Anderson	35 min
May 21, 2:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Abbeville	54 min
May 21, 2:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Cherokee, Spartanburg	60 min
May 21, 3:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Greenwood	35 min
May 21, 3:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	York	55 min
May 21, 3:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Chester	30 min
May 20, 8:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Rabun	20 min
May 20, 9:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Rabun	63 min
May 21, 1:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Habersham	21 min
May 21, 1:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Stephens	39 min
May 21, 1:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Franklin	25 min
May 21, 1:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Hart	45 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in South Carolina, 2006 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2006

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.