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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 506, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 6, 2006, 6:37 PM EDT for Spartanburg County, South Carolina. It was in force for 31 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 6, 2006, 6:37 PM EDT (22:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 6, 2006, 7:08 PM EDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Spartanburg 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.
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Aug 6, 1:57 PM EDT, 4 hours 40 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 6, 1:57 PM EDT, 4 hours 40 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 157 PM EDT SUN AUG 6 2006 .SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... WEAK HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE AREA. THERE SHOULD BE NO TRIGGERS OTHER THAN AFTERNOON HEATING TO GET TSTMS MOVING AGAIN TODAY. CONVECTION EXPECTED TO DROP OFF AFTER SUNSET BUT WILL BEGIN AGAIN TOMORROW AFTERNOON BASED ON PERSISTENCE. CENTER OF HIGH IS OVER EASTERN COUNTIES SO EXPECT MOST CONVECTION OVER WESTERN COUNTIES AND NC MOUNTAINS. THERE MAY BE A LITTLE UPSLOPE AFFECT BUT WINDS ARE VERY LIGHT SO I THINK MOST OF THE ACTIVITY WILL BE OVER THE SOUTHWEST. TEMPS ARE BASED PRIMARILY ON PERSISTENCE AND MAV GUIDANCE. BASICALLY WE ARE LOOKING AT ONLY SLIGHTLY WARMER MAX TEMPS FOR MONDAY. AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH AMPLIFIES OVER EASTERN NORTH AMERICA TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY WHILE THE UPPER RIDGE OVER THE SOUTHEAST USA RETROGRADES INTO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. MOISTURE FROM THE CURRENT STATIONARY FRONT WILL REMAIN OVER THE AREA MONDAY NIGHT... PARTICULARLY THE MOUNTAINS...AND CHANCE POPS WILL BE ALLOWED TO CONTINUE INTO THE LATE EVENING. THE BEST INSTABILITY WILL BE EAST OF A LEE TROUGH AND INTERSTATE 77. ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH FORM THE NORTH ON TUESDAY...SUPPORTING CHANCE POPS INTO TUESDAY NIGHT AS THE BOUNDARY CROSSES THE AREA...AGAIN WITH THE BEST INSTABILITY TO THE EAST. ON WEDNESDAY THE FRONT MOVES FAR ENOUGH SOUTH OF THE AREA TO LOWER POPS TO SLIGHT CHANCE ALONG THE INTERSTATE 40 CORRIDOR...WHILE CHANCE POPS CONTINUE TO THE SOUTH. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL FROM SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL TO NEAR NORMAL AS HEIGHTS FALL AND THE FRONT BRINGS CLOUDS AND WEAK COLD ADVECTION. && .LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY/... THE EAST COAST UPPER LEVEL TROUGH AMPLIFIES FURTHER ON DAYS 4 THROUGH 7. A WEAKENING STATIONARY FRONT IS EXPECTED TO BE AROUND OUR VICINITY ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. MOISTURE REMAINS SUFFICIENT TO SUPPORT CHANCE POPS WITH DAYTIME HEATING...WITH SLIGHT CHANCE POPS LINGERING AT NIGHT. ON FRIDAY NIGHT ANOTHER COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE NORTH...MOVING SOUTH ACROSS OUR AREA ON SATURDAY...STALLING TO THE SOUTH ON SUNDAY. CHANCE POPS WILL BE CARRIED FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY WITH THE COLD FRONT ARRIVING...THEN SLIGHT CHANCE POPS WILL BE CARRIED SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY AS THE FRONT SINKS SOUTH OF THE AREA. MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES WILL RISE FROM NEAR NORMAL THURSDAY TO SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL FRIDAY AS THE STATIONARY FRONT WEAKENS...THEN FALL TO NEAR NORMAL SATURDAY AND SUNDAY WITH THE ARRIVAL OF THE NEW FRONT. MINIMUM TEMPERATURES WILL FALL SLIGHTLY FROM THURSDAY MORNING TO FRIDAY MORNING AS SKY COVER DIMINISHES...THEN WILL INCREASE TO SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL SATURDAY MORNING AS CLOUD COVER ACCOMPANIES THE FRONT....WITH A SLIGHT DECREASE THROUGH THE WEEKEND IN WEAK COLD ADVECTION. && .AVIATION... AVIATION... MVFR CIGS IMPVG THIS AFTERNOON AS TEMPS RISE...BUT ALSO EXPECT CONVECTIVE ACTIVIY WITH BEST ACTION IN THE UPSTATE AND IN THE WRN NC MTNS. AFT SUNSET ACTIVIY WILL DSIPT RAPIDLY. LEAVING RESIDUAL HIGH SC OVERNIGHT. EXPECT LOW MORNING STRATUS BEFORE SUNRISE BURING OFF WITH MORNING HEATING THEN A REPEAT OF CONVECTION ON MONDAY AFTERNOON. && .GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. && SHORT TERM...JAT/VAD LONG TERM...JAT AVIATION...VAD
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 6, 3:41 AM EDT, 14 hours 56 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 341 AM EDT SUN AUG 6 2006 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065- 068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-070745- 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- 341 AM EDT SUN AUG 6 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 THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE. THERE IS ALSO THE POSSIBILITY OF FLASH FLOODING IN AREAS OF HEAVY RAIN ASSOCIATED WITH SLOW MOVING STORMS...MAINLY ALONG THE BLUE RIDGE ESCARPMENT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY SCATTERED...MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED EACH DAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE NECESSARY LATER TODAY.
In the hours before
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Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 3:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Haywood | 58 min |
| Aug 5, 8:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Stephens | 53 min |
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.