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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 108, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

June 9, 2008Chester County, South Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 9, 2008, 4:28 PM EDT for Chester County, South Carolina. It was in force for 62 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 9, 2008, 4:28 PM EDT (20:28 UTC)
Expired
Jun 9, 2008, 5:30 PM EDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Chester County, SC

The radar

The Columbia radar (KCAE), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:29 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, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 192 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 2008-06-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 440 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 2008-06-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 22 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
440 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-144 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1969 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
6 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
22 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
38 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 9, 3:40 PM EDT, 48 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 9, 3:40 PM EDT, 48 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 9, 5:03 AM EDT, 11 hours 25 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
503 AM EDT MON JUN 9 2008

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065-
068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-100915-
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-
503 AM EDT MON JUN 9 2008

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL RISE INTO THE UPPER 90S...TO AROUND 100...OVER
MUCH OF THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT THIS AFTERNOON. EVEN THE NORTH
CAROLINA MOUNTAIN VALLEYS WILL WARM INTO THE LOWER 90S IN MANY
INSTANCES. DEWPOINTS WILL REMAIN FAIRLY LOW...KEEPING THE HEAT
INDEX UNDER THE 105 DEGREE ADVISORY CRITERIA.

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP OVER
THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS THIS AFTERNOON. A FEW OF THE
THUNDERSTORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE...PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND
PENNY SIZED HAIL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS TUESDAY
AFTERNOON. THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE
FRONT. THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE IS EXPECTED TO BE A LITTLE BETTER
THAN IN PREVIOUS DAYS...AND THERE IS A GOOD CHANCE THAT SOME OF
THE STORMS WILL BECOME SEVERE...PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND
LARGE HAIL.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND AGAIN ON TUESDAY.

MCAVOY

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 9, 3:09 PM EDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
309 PM EDT MON JUN 9 2008

NCZ051-092015-
SWAIN-
309 PM EDT MON JUN 9 2008

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL SWAIN COUNTY THROUGH 415
PM EDT...

AT 304 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ALARKA...OR 8 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF BRYSON CITY...MOVING NORTH AT 5 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WESSER...
  LUADA...BRYSON CITY...ALMOND AND ALARKA.

SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.

RB
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 3:11 PM EDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
311 PM EDT MON JUN 9 2008

NCZ052-053-092000-
BUNCOMBE-HAYWOOD-
311 PM EDT MON JUN 9 2008

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EASTERN HAYWOOD AND SOUTHWESTERN
BUNCOMBE COUNTIES THROUGH 400 PM EDT...

AT 304 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF CRUSO...OR 8 MILES EAST OF
WAYNESVILLE...MOVING NORTH AT 9 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SUNBURST...
  LAKE JUNALUSKA...CRUSO...CLYDE...CANTON AND CANDLER.

SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.

RB
Local storm report, Jun 9, 3:37 PM EDT, 51 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
337 PM EDT MON JUN 09 2008

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

0335 PM     HAIL             3 SW BRYSON CITY        35.40N 83.49W
06/09/2008  E0.75 INCH       SWAIN              NC   COUNTY OFFICIAL

            PEA TO PENNY SIZED HAIL.

&&

RB
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 4:18 PM EDT, 10 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
418 PM EDT MON JUN 9 2008

NCZ050-092115-
MITCHELL-
418 PM EDT MON JUN 9 2008

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHERN MITCHELL COUNTY THROUGH
515 PM EDT...

AT 412 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF BAKERSVILLE...OR 10 MILES
NORTHEAST OF BURNSVILLE...MOVING NORTH AT 9 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BULADEAN
  AND BAKERSVILLE.

PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.

RB
Local storm report, Jun 9, 4:24 PM EDT, 4 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
424 PM EDT MON JUN 09 2008

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

0335 PM     HAIL             4 S CANTON              35.49N 82.84W
06/09/2008  E0.75 INCH       HAYWOOD            NC   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

RB

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 9, 3:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPGraham, Swain58 min
Jun 9, 3:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPBuncombe, Haywood, Madison55 min
Jun 9, 4:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPMadison, Yancey64 min
Jun 9, 4:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPHaywood53 min
Jun 9, 4:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPAvery49 min
Jun 9, 5:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPMitchell, Yancey45 min
Jun 9, 6:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPAvery37 min
Jun 9, 7:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPBurke, Catawba, Cleveland, Lincoln, McDowell, Rutherford53 min
Jun 9, 7:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPGaston, Lincoln47 min
Jun 9, 7:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPPolk58 min
Jun 9, 7:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPBurke, Catawba, Cleveland, Lincoln, Rutherford65 min
Jun 9, 5:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPChester, York63 min
Jun 9, 5:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPLaurens40 min
Jun 9, 5:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPChester, Union, York63 min
Jun 9, 6:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPCherokee, Spartanburg, Union53 min
Jun 9, 7:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPAnderson37 min
Jun 9, 7:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPGreenville44 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in South Carolina, 2008Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2008

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.