Alert archive / South Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2008

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 119, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

June 9, 2008Greenville County, South Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 9, 2008, 7:31 PM EDT for Greenville County, South Carolina. It was in force for 44 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, 7:31 PM EDT (23:31 UTC)
Expired: Jun 9, 2008, 8:15 PM EDT
In force: 44 min
Issued by: NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Greenville County, SC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 14 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:32 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

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 259 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1398 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -112 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1476 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -32 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 33 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

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, 7:05 PM EDT, 26 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 9, 7:05 PM EDT, 26 minutes before

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 9, 5:03 PM EDT, 2 hours 28 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
503 PM 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>014-019-102115-
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 PM 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...TONIGHT

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

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP OVER
MUCH OF THE AREA LATER THIS AFTERNOON...CONTINUING INTO THE EVENING.
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 EVENING...AND
AGAIN ON TUESDAY.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 9, 5:07 PM EDT, 2 hours 24 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
507 PM EDT MON JUN 9 2008

NCZ048>050-092200-
MADISON-MITCHELL-YANCEY-
507 PM EDT MON JUN 9 2008

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EASTERN MADISON...NORTHERN
YANCEY AND NORTHWESTERN MITCHELL COUNTIES THROUGH 600 PM EDT...

AT 504 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF RAMSEYTOWN...OR 8 MILES
NORTH OF BURNSVILLE...MOVING NORTH AT 12 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SWISS...
  RAMSEYTOWN...POPLAR AND FAUST.

RB

Local storm report, Jun 9, 5:51 PM EDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
551 PM EDT MON JUN 09 2008

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

0505 PM     HAIL             8 NNE NEWLAND           36.19N 81.87W
06/09/2008  E2.75 INCH       WATAUGA            NC   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            BEECH MT. P.D. REPORT.

&&

07

Local storm report, Jun 9, 7:09 PM EDT, 22 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
709 PM EDT MON JUN 09 2008

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

0500 PM     HAIL             8 NNW BAKERSVILLE       36.12N 82.21W
06/09/2008  U0.88 INCH       MITCHELL           NC   PUBLIC

            COCORAHS REPORT.

&&

07

Local storm report, Jun 9, 7:13 PM EDT, 18 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
713 PM EDT MON JUN 09 2008

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

0520 PM     HAIL             4 SSE CHESTER           34.65N 81.19W
06/09/2008  E0.75 INCH       CHESTER            SC   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

JPT

Local storm report, Jun 9, 7:16 PM EDT, 15 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
716 PM EDT MON JUN 09 2008

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

0542 PM     HAIL             NW BULADEAN             36.11N 82.19W
06/09/2008  E0.88 INCH       MITCHELL           NC   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

JPT

Local storm report, Jun 9, 7:24 PM EDT, 7 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
724 PM EDT MON JUN 09 2008

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

0615 PM     HAIL             2 N BANNER ELK          36.19N 81.87W
06/09/2008  E1.00 INCH       WATAUGA            NC   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            BEECH MT POLICE DEPT PROVIDED HAIL REPORT.

&&

JPT

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 9, 3:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Graham, Swain	58 min
Jun 9, 3:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Buncombe, Haywood, Madison	55 min
Jun 9, 4:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Madison, Yancey	64 min
Jun 9, 4:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Haywood	53 min
Jun 9, 4:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Avery	49 min
Jun 9, 5:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Mitchell, Yancey	45 min
Jun 9, 6:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Avery	37 min
Jun 9, 7:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Burke, Catawba, Cleveland, Lincoln, McDowell, Rutherford	53 min
Jun 9, 7:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Gaston, Lincoln	47 min
Jun 9, 7:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Polk	58 min
Jun 9, 7:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Burke, Catawba, Cleveland, Lincoln, Rutherford	65 min
Jun 9, 4:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Chester	62 min
Jun 9, 5:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Chester, York	63 min
Jun 9, 5:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Laurens	40 min
Jun 9, 5:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Chester, Union, York	63 min
Jun 9, 6:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Cherokee, Spartanburg, Union	53 min
Jun 9, 7:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Anderson	37 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in South Carolina, 2008 Every 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.