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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 161, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 22, 2008, 2:27 PM EDT for Jackson County, Transylvania County, North Carolina; Oconee County, Pickens County, South Carolina. It was in force for 43 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 22, 2008, 2:27 PM EDT (18:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 22, 2008, 3:10 PM EDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Jackson County, NC, Transylvania County, NC, Oconee County, SC, Pickens County, SC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:27 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, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 234 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
- 1164 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -67 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 851 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 27 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 40 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
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 22, 2:12 PM EDT, 15 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 22, 2:12 PM EDT, 15 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 457 AM EDT SUN JUN 22 2008 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065- 068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-230900- 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- 457 AM EDT SUN JUN 22 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST TO DEVELOP ACROSS NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE WESTERN CAROLINAS THIS AFTERNOON AND REMAIN INTO THE EVENING. THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. A FEW STORMS MAY BECOME STRONG ENOUGH TO PRODUCE PENNY SIZE HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP OVER THE MOUNTAIN RIDGES LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON AND TRACK EAST ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT INTO THE EVENING. ONE OR TWO OF THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS AND PENNY SIZED HAIL. HOWEVER...CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL REMAIN THE PRIMARY THREAT WITH THESE STORMS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 22, 12:13 PM EDT, 2 hours 14 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1213 PM EDT SUN JUN 22 2008 NCZ033-221645- AVERY- 1213 PM EDT SUN JUN 22 2008 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHERN AVERY COUNTY THROUGH 1245 PM EDT... AT 1213 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BANNER ELK...OR 4 MILES NORTH OF NEWLAND...MOVING EAST AT 12 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR... BANNER ELK BY 1225 PM EDT. PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. BSH
Special weather statement, Jun 22, 12:36 PM EDT, 1 hour 51 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1236 PM EDT SUN JUN 22 2008 NCZ049-050-221700- MITCHELL-YANCEY- 1236 PM EDT SUN JUN 22 2008 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL MITCHELL AND NORTHEASTERN YANCEY COUNTIES THROUGH 100 PM EDT... AT 1236 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES EAST OF RAMSEYTOWN...OR 6 MILES NORTH OF BURNSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR... BAKERSVILLE BY 100 PM EDT. PEA SIZE HAIL...WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...AND HEAVY RAINFALL ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. BSH
Special weather statement, Jun 22, 1:36 PM EDT, 51 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 21, 8:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Alexander, Iredell | 48 min |
| Jun 21, 8:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Catawba | 56 min |
| Jun 22, 12:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Avery, Mitchell, Yancey | 40 min |
| Jun 22, 1:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Caldwell | 50 min |
| Jun 22, 2:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Buncombe, Haywood, Henderson, Transylvania | 19 min |
| Jun 22, 3:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Jackson, Transylvania | 55 min |
| Jun 22, 3:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Burke, McDowell, Rutherford | 42 min |
| Jun 22, 3:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Macon | 51 min |
| Jun 22, 4:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Mitchell, Yancey | 47 min |
| Jun 22, 4:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Alexander, Catawba, Iredell | 22 min |
| Jun 22, 5:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Catawba, Iredell | 60 min |
| Jun 22, 5:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Avery, Mitchell | 12 min |
| Jun 22, 5:40 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Mitchell | 2 hr |
| Jun 22, 6:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Catawba, Iredell | 64 min |
| Jun 22, 6:15 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Catawba, Iredell | 2 hr |
| Jun 22, 7:01 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Catawba, Iredell | 2 hr |
| Jun 22, 7:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Rowan | 32 min |
| Jun 22, 7:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cabarrus | 53 min |
| Jun 22, 7:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Gaston, Lincoln | 65 min |
| Jun 22, 6:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cherokee, Spartanburg | 59 min |
| Jun 22, 6:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Abbeville, Anderson | 67 min |
| Jun 22, 7:22 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Anderson | 53 min |
| Jun 22, 7:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Greenville | 39 min |
| Jun 22, 7:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | York | 57 min |
| Jun 22, 7:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Spartanburg | 22 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Carolina, 2008Severe 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.