Alert archive / South Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2006
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 534, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 30, 2006, 4:10 PM EDT for York County, South Carolina. It was in force for 65 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 30, 2006, 4:10 PM EDT (20:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 30, 2006, 5:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County York County, SC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 30, 2:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 169 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 734 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -90 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 807 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 29 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 63 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 30, 2:51 PM EDT, 1 hour 19 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 30, 2:51 PM EDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 251 PM EDT WED AUG 30 2006 .SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY/... AS YESTERDAY...SKIES CLEARED AND STRONG HEATING DEVELOPED PUSHING CAPES INTO THE 3000 J/KG RANGE. EVEN WITH THE MOIST ATMOSPHERE DOWNDRAFT CAPES HAVE INCREASED TO AROUND 800 J/KG. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALREADY IN PLACE. STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY EVENING. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL OCCUR WITH ANY THUNDERSTORM THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WILL HAVE TO WATCH FOR SHORT TERM FLOODING AS WELL. LIKELY COVERAGE OF SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA OVERNIGHT...WITH WIDESPREAD COVERAGE OVER THE BLUE RIDGE AND NORTHERN TIER AFTER MIDNIGHT. COULD BE SOME POCKETS OF HEAVY RAIN LATE TONIGHT AS ERNESTO APPROACHES. HOWEVER...BEST RAIN HOLDS OFF UNTIL LATER. SHOULD BE ANOTHER VERY WARM NIGHT WITH PRECIP...CLOUDS AND DEW POINTS HELPING TO KEEP TEMPS UP. AN UPPER LOW SOUTH OF LAKE MICHIGAN AND A RIDGE IN THE WESTERN ATLANTIC WILL DIRECT FLOW ALOFT FROM THE SOUTHWEST OVER THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS THROUGH SATURDAY. TROPICAL SYSTEM ERNESTO IS FORECAST BY THE TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER TO MAKE LANDFALL ON THE CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA COAST THURSDAY AFTERNOON. EASTERLY LOW LEVEL FLOW AHEAD OF THE SYSTEM WILL PROVIDE AN UPSLOPE COMPONENT THURSDAY ALONG THE NORTH CAROLINA BLUE RIDGE ESCARPMENT...WHILE PRONOUNCES UPPER LEVEL DIVERGENCE WILL MAKE ITS WAY NORTH ALONG THE INTERSTATE 77 CORRIDOR. BY THURSDAY NIGHT DOWNSLOPE FLOW ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE AREA... SPREADING ACROSS THE EASTERN PORTION BY FRIDAY MORNING. THE BEST CHANCES OF RAIN WILL BE ALONG INTERSTATE 77 AND THE NORTH CAROLINA BLUE RIDGE...WHERE THE HIGHEST QPF WILL BE CARRIED AS WELL. BY FRIDAY ONLY CHANCE POPS WILL BE CARRIED...WITH THE GREATEST CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION ALONG THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS IN A NORTHWEST FLOW ON THE BACK SIDE OF ERNESTO. THIS FLOW CONTINUES INTO SATURDAY...BUT WITH LIMITED MOISTURE...POPS AND QPF WILL BE RATHER LOW. AT THIS TIME IT APPEARS THAT QPF WILL BE A BIT LOWER THAN EARLIER ESTIMATES DUE TO THE TRACK OF ERNESTO BEING A BIT FARTHER EAST THAN YESTERDAY. EVEN SO...TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN IS A GOOD BET EAST OF INTERSTATE 77...AND AN OUTLOOK STATEMENT WILL BE REISSUED THIS AFTERNOON STATING SUCH. && .LONG TERM /SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... AN UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL CLOSE OFF OVER THE NORTHERN PLAINS SATURDAY NIGHT...THEN MOVES SLOWLY SOUTH AND EAST THROUGH TUESDAY...BEFORE OPENING UP AND LIFTING OUT TO THE NORTHEAST ON WEDNESDAY. A PAIR OF WEAKENING SURFACE FRONTS WILL AFFECT THE AREA DURING THE EXTENDED FOREACST...ONE THAT MOVES TO THE COAST PLAIN BEFORE UNDERGOING FRONTOLYSIS AS IT REACHES THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS. ALTHOUGH SURFACE MOISTURE IS FORECAST TO DECREASE IN THE WAKE OF THESE SYSTEMS...WITH SOUTHWEST UPPER LOW OVER THRE AREA ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE MIDWEST LOW...AND LOW LEVEL CONVEGENCE NEAR THE BOUNDARIES... LOW CHANCE POPS ARE JUSTIFIED ROUND THE CLOCK FOR MUCH OF PERIOD. TEMPERATURES WILL MEANDER EITHER SIDE OF NORMAL AS THE FRONTS MOVE THROUGH THE AREA. && .AVIATION... AS YESTERDAY...RAPID CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT ONGOING. HAVE VCTS AND LOW VFR CIGS AT ALL SITES AND WILL AMEND AS NECESSARY. WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED TO SEE CELLS AFFECT ALL SITES THIS AFTERNOON. STRENGTH OF CONVECTION SHOULD DIMINISH WITH LOSS OF HEATING. HOWEVER...COVERAGE WILL REMAIN HIGH THROUGH THE NIGHT. EXPECT CONDITIONS TO BEGIN TO DETERIORATE AFTER MIDNIGHT AS FLOW BECOMES NORTHEASTERLY AND ISENTROPIC LIFT INCREASES AHEAD ERNESTO. ALL LOCATIONS HAVE A PERIOD OF IFR AROUND SUNRISE...THEN IMPROVING TO MVFR BY LATE MORNING. THE EXCEPTION IS KAVL WHERE IFR CIGS LINGER. BEST WINDS DEVELOP OUTSIDE OF THE 18Z TAF TIME WITH RESTRICTIONS LIKELY TO CONTINUE. && .GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. && SHORT TERM...JAT/RWH LONG TERM...JAT AVIATION...RWH
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 30, 5:40 AM EDT, 10 hours 30 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 540 AM EDT WED AUG 30 2006 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065- 068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-310945- 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- 540 AM EDT WED AUG 30 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 NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION TODAY. THE COVERAGE OF THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE TONIGHT. A FEW OF STORMS MAY RESULT IN A QUICK INCH OR MORE OF RAIN. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT AND REMAIN THROUGH THE DAYTIME ON THURSDAY. BY FRIDAY MORNING...RAINFALL AMOUNTS MAY RANGE FROM 2 INCHES OVER THE EAST FACING SLOPES OF THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS TO 2-3 INCHES AND AREAS OF 4 INCHES ALONG AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 77. PLEASE SEE THE LATEST HYDROLOGIC OUTLOOK (ESFGSP) FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER REPORTS OF FLOODING OR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS DAMAGE WOULD BE APPRECIATE. ALSO...PLEASE REPORT ANY RAINFALL AMOUNTS GREATER THAN 3 INCHES. NED
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 30, 3:15 PM EDT, 55 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 315 PM EDT WED AUG 30 2006 SCZ003-006-007-302015- GREATER GREENVILLE-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-SPARTANBURG- 315 PM EDT WED AUG 30 2006 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS AFFECTING GREENVILLE...AND SPARTANBURG COUNTIES... AT 313 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER GREER...AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE CITY OF GREENVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. SMALL HAIL HAS BEEN REPORTED BY TRAINED SPOTTERS...AND WINDS AROUND 40 MPH ARE ALSO EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. HEAVY RAINS MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND UNDERPASSES. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS AS THEY MAY BE WASHED OUT. WATER LEVELS OF SMALL STREAMS AND RIVERS MAY ALSO RISE...THEREFORE SEEK HIGHER GROUND IF THREATENED BY FLOOD WATERS. INTENSE LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. IF OUTDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES. MOVE INDOORS IF POSSIBLE. WHEN INDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS AND AVOID USING TELEPHONES UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY. TRY TO UNPLUG UNNECESSARY ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES BEFORE THE THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES. GMS
Local storm report, Aug 30, 3:45 PM EDT, 25 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
345 PM EDT WED AUG 30 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0322 PM TSTM WND DMG PACOLET MILLS 34.92N 81.75W
08/30/2006 SPARTANBURG SC TRAINED SPOTTER
SHINGLES OFF ROOFS...3 TO 4 INCH DIAMETER TREE SNAPPED
OFF.
&&
GMSSpecial weather statement, Aug 30, 3:46 PM EDT, 24 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 346 PM EDT WED AUG 30 2006 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065- 068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-302145- 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 346 PM EDT WED AUG 30 2006 ...HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLE AS ERNESTO APPROACHES... TROPICAL SYSTEM ERNESTO IS FORECAST BY THE TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER TO MOVE NORTH INTO SOUTH CAROLINA ON THURSDAY...SPREADING MOISTURE TOWARD THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS. NUMEROUS TO WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED AHEAD OF ERNESTO... ESPECIALLY ALONG THE BLUE RIDGE OF NORTH CAROLINA WHERE MOIST AIR WILL RISE OVER HIGHER TERRAIN. AS ERNESTO APPROACHES NORTH CAROLINA THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...HEAVY RAIN WEST OF THE CENTER OF THE CIRCULATION WILL AFFECT THE INTERSTATE 77 CORRIDOR...FROM ROCK HILL TO STATESVILLE. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF TWO TO THREE INCHES ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE INTERSTATE 77 CORRIDOR THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS EAST OF INTERSTATE 77. RAINFALL AMOUNTS EXCEEDING ONE INCH ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE BLUE RIDGE OF NORTH CAROLINA...WITH AMOUNTS NEAR ONE INCH IN THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS...AND LESSER AMOUNTS OVER NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE REST OF THE UPSTATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. ALTHOUGH THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA HAVE GENERALLY EXPERIENCED A DRY SUMMER...HEAVY RAIN COULD OVERWHELM POORLY DRAINED AREAS...OR SATURATE THE TOP LAYERS OF SOIL... CAUSING MINOR FLOODING...PARTICULARLY ALONG THE INTERSTATE 77 CORRIDOR. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR THE MEDIA FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION. 07
Special weather statement, Aug 30, 3:46 PM EDT, 24 minutes before
HYDROLOGIC OUTLOOK...CORRECTED FOR PRODUCT TYPE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 346 PM EDT WED AUG 30 2006 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065- 068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-310800- 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 346 PM EDT WED AUG 30 2006 ...HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLE AS ERNESTO APPROACHES... TROPICAL SYSTEM ERNESTO IS FORECAST BY THE TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER TO MOVE NORTH INTO SOUTH CAROLINA ON THURSDAY...SPREADING MOISTURE TOWARD THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS. NUMEROUS TO WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED AHEAD OF ERNESTO... ESPECIALLY ALONG THE BLUE RIDGE OF NORTH CAROLINA WHERE MOIST AIR WILL RISE OVER HIGHER TERRAIN. AS ERNESTO APPROACHES NORTH CAROLINA THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...HEAVY RAIN WEST OF THE CENTER OF THE CIRCULATION WILL AFFECT THE INTERSTATE 77 CORRIDOR...FROM ROCK HILL TO STATESVILLE. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF TWO TO THREE INCHES ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE INTERSTATE 77 CORRIDOR THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS EAST OF INTERSTATE 77. RAINFALL AMOUNTS EXCEEDING ONE INCH ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE BLUE RIDGE OF NORTH CAROLINA...WITH AMOUNTS NEAR ONE INCH IN THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS...AND LESSER AMOUNTS OVER NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE REST OF THE UPSTATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. ALTHOUGH THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA HAVE GENERALLY EXPERIENCED A DRY SUMMER...HEAVY RAIN COULD OVERWHELM POORLY DRAINED AREAS...OR SATURATE THE TOP LAYERS OF SOIL... CAUSING MINOR FLOODING...PARTICULARLY ALONG THE INTERSTATE 77 CORRIDOR. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR THE MEDIA FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION. 07
Local storm report, Aug 30, 3:57 PM EDT, 13 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
357 PM EDT WED AUG 30 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0130 PM TSTM WND DMG 7 W GAFFNEY 35.07N 81.78W
08/30/2006 CHEROKEE SC EMERGENCY MNGR
ONE TREE BLOWN DOWN ON POWER LINES.
&&
HGSpecial weather statement, Aug 30, 4:06 PM EDT, 4 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 406 PM EDT WED AUG 30 2006 NCZ071-SCZ009-302100- MECKLENBURG-YORK- 406 PM EDT WED AUG 30 2006 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS AFFECTING AREAS NEAR LAKE WYLIE... AT 400 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR TEGA CAY...OR 9 MILES NORTH OF ROCK HILL... MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH. FREQUENT TO CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...TORRENTIAL RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR...WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH...AND PEA SIZE HAIL ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. INTENSE LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. IF OUTDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES. MOVE INDOORS IF POSSIBLE. WHEN INDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS AND AVOID USING TELEPHONES UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY. TRY TO UNPLUG UNNECESSARY ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES BEFORE THE THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES. LANE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 30, 2:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Henderson | 66 min |
| Aug 30, 4:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Mecklenburg | 64 min |
| Aug 30, 5:26 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Rowan | 3 hr |
| Aug 30, 5:52 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Cabarrus | 3 hr |
| Aug 30, 1:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Laurens | 58 min |
| Aug 30, 3:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Laurens | 74 min |
| Aug 30, 3:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Union | 71 min |
| Aug 30, 3:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Abbeville | 57 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in South 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.