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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 283, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

June 11, 2006Buncombe County, North Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 11, 2006, 2:27 PM EDT for Buncombe County, North Carolina. It was in force for 63 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
Jun 11, 2006, 2:27 PM EDT (18:27 UTC)
Expired
Jun 11, 2006, 3:30 PM EDT
In force
63 min
Issued by
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Buncombe County, NC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:30 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 243 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 2006-06-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 138 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, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 12:00Z on 2006-06-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 67 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
138 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-231 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
906 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
67 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
93 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.9

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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 11, 10:46 AM EDT, 3 hours 41 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 11, 10:46 AM EDT, 3 hours 41 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 11, 6:04 AM EDT, 8 hours 23 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
604 AM EDT SUN JUN 11 2006

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065-
068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-121015-
RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-AVERY-ALEXANDER-
IREDELL-DAVIE-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-
CATAWBA-ROWAN-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-
TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-
CABARRUS-UNION NC-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-GREATER CALDWELL-
BURKE MOUNTAINS-GREATER BURKE-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-EASTERN MCDOWELL-
RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-GREATER RUTHERFORD-POLK MOUNTAINS-
EASTERN POLK-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-
GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS-
GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-
LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD-
604 AM EDT SUN JUN 11 2006

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS...SOME OF WHICH COULD BE
SEVERE...ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT OF NORTH
CAROLINA THIS AFTERNOON. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO DEVELOP
ACROSS THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS...UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA DNA
NORTHEAST GEORGIA AS THE AFTERNOON PROGRESSES. PLEASE REFER TO CAESPSGSP
FOR MORE INFORMATION.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE
CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA MONDAY. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD
BECOME SEVERE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON.

KRENTZ

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 11, 11:07 AM EDT, 3 hours 20 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1107 AM EDT SUN JUN 11 2006

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065-
068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-112215-
RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-AVERY-ALEXANDER-
IREDELL-DAVIE-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-
CATAWBA-ROWAN-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-
TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-
CABARRUS-UNION NC-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-GREATER CALDWELL-
BURKE MOUNTAINS-GREATER BURKE-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-EASTERN MCDOWELL-
RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-GREATER RUTHERFORD-POLK MOUNTAINS-
EASTERN POLK-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...HICKORY...
SALISBURY...SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD...HENDERSONVILLE...
SHELBY...LINCOLNTON...GASTONIA...CHARLOTTE...CONCORD...MONROE...
LENOIR...MORGANTON...MARION...LAKE LURE...RUTHERFORD...COLUMBUS...
GREENVILLE...SPARTANBURG...GAFFNEY...ROCK HILL...ANDERSON...
ABBEVILLE...LAURENS...UNION...CHESTER...GREENWOOD
1107 AM EDT SUN JUN 11 2006

...SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK...

A SURFACE COLD FRONT OVER EXTREME NORTHERN NORTH CAROLINA WILL
BEGIN TO SLIDE SOUTHWARD LATER TODAY...COINCIDENT WITH THE ARRIVAL
OF A STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE. GIVEN THAT SURFACE
TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 80S AND THROUGH THE 90S ARE EXPECTED FOR
MOST OF THE FORECAST AREA...THE ATMOSPHERE WILL BECOME VERY
UNSTABLE ONCE ALL THE MAIN INGREDIENTS ARE IN PLACE LATER TODAY.

ALTHOUGH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED OVER THE
MOUNTAINS AND THE NORTHERN FOOTHILLS AND NORTHWEST PIEDMONT OF
NORTH CAROLINA THIS AFTERNOON...THE BEST COVERAGE OF THUNDERSTORMS...AND
BEST CHANCES OF SEVERE WEATHER...ARE NOT EXPECTED UNTIL VERY LATE
THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING.

THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREAT FROM THUNDERSTORMS TODAY WILL BE
DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS OF GREATER THAN 60 MPH...AS WELL AS
HAIL TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS. SLIGHTLY LARGER HAIL COULD BE
REALIZED LATE THIS EVENING AS COLDER TEMPERATURES ALOFT INVADE THE
REGION.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY LAST WELL INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER ALL HAZARDS RADIO...LOCAL RADIO AND
TELEVISION OR CABLE TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.

44
Local storm report, Jun 11, 1:19 PM EDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
119 PM EDT SUN JUN 11 2006

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

1055 PM     HAIL             1 NW LUCIA              35.39N 81.02W
06/10/2006  E0.88 INCH       GASTON             NC   PUBLIC

            A PUBLIC REPORT OF NICKEL-SIZED HAIL THAT OCCURRED ON THE
            GASTON-LINCOLN COUNTY BORDER. ALSO HAD ENOUGH WIND TO

            BLOW DOWN SMALL LIMBS AND BLEW LAWN FURNITURE OFF A DECK.

&&

OUTLAW

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 10, 8:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPCleveland66 min
Jun 10, 8:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPGaston53 min
Jun 10, 10:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPCabarrus57 min
Jun 10, 10:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPLincoln65 min
Jun 10, 10:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPGaston, Mecklenburg62 min
Jun 10, 11:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPCabarrus39 min
Jun 11, 2:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPJackson56 min
Jun 11, 3:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPMacon52 min
Jun 11, 3:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPHenderson77 min
Jun 11, 3:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPBurke66 min
Jun 11, 3:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPTransylvania29 min
Jun 11, 3:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPMcDowell, Polk, Rutherford72 min
Jun 11, 4:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPUnion65 min
Jun 11, 4:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPCleveland61 min
Jun 11, 4:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPCatawba59 min
Jun 11, 4:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPIredell73 min
Jun 11, 4:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPGaston68 min
Jun 11, 5:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPDavie78 min
Jun 11, 5:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPMecklenburg65 min
Jun 11, 5:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPRowan88 min
Jun 11, 5:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPAlexander33 min
Jun 11, 6:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPBuncombe54 min
Jun 11, 6:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPUnion55 min
Jun 11, 3:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPGreenville56 min
Jun 11, 4:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPSpartanburg75 min
Jun 11, 4:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPGreenville76 min
Jun 11, 5:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPSpartanburg45 min
Jun 11, 6:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPCherokee26 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Carolina, 2006Every 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.