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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 356, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

July 28, 2008Rowan County, North Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 28, 2008, 11:22 PM EDT for Rowan County, North Carolina. It was in force for 38 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: Jul 28, 2008, 11:22 PM EDT (03:22 UTC)
Expired: Jul 29, 2008, 12:00 AM EDT
In force: 38 min
Issued by: NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Rowan County, NC

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 Jul 28, 9:27 PM EDT, 1 hour 55 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 28, 9:27 PM EDT, 1 hour 55 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 28, 9:09 PM EDT, 2 hours 13 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
909 PM EDT MON JUL 28 2008

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065-
068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-300115-
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-
909 PM EDT MON JUL 28 2008

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL LINGER ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH LATE-
EVENING. HEAVY RAINFALL AND CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL BE
ASSOCIATED WITH THESE STORMS. GUSTY WINDS AND EVEN SOME HAIL
WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...
PRIMARILY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. ADDITIONAL
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ON SUNDAY IN THE MOUNTAINS
ALONG THE BORDER OF NORTH CAROLINA WITH GEORGIA AND SOUTH
CAROLINA...AND ON MONDAY FROM THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS OF NORTH
CAROLINA TO THE PIEDMONT OF SOUTH CAROLINA.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 28, 9:48 PM EDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 28, 9:58 PM EDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
958 PM EDT MON JUL 28 2008

SCZ009-290245-
YORK-
958 PM EDT MON JUL 28 2008

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT YORK COUNTY THROUGH 1045 PM
EDT...

AT 958 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HICKORY GROVE...OR 10 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF YORK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 19 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  4 MILES NORTHWEST OF MCCONNELLS BY 1015 PM EDT.
  YORK BY 1025 PM EDT.
  5 MILES NORTHWEST OF ROCK HILL BY 1045 PM EDT.

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

BSH

Local storm report, Jul 28, 10:07 PM EDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1007 PM EDT MON JUL 28 2008

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

0931 PM     TSTM WND DMG     4 SE ROCK HILL          34.90N 80.98W
07/28/2008                   YORK               SC   COUNTY OFFICIAL

            A TREE REPORTED IN THE ROADWAY NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF
            LESLEY HIGHWAY AND EAST SPRINGDALE ROAD.

0935 PM     TSTM WND DMG     5 NNW ROCK HILL         35.01N 81.06W
07/28/2008                   YORK               SC   COUNTY OFFICIAL

            A TREE REPORTED IN THE ROADWAY NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF
            TWIN LAKES AND HOMESTEAD ROADS.

&&

OUTLAW

Special weather statement, Jul 28, 10:21 PM EDT, 1 hour 1 minute before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1021 PM EDT MON JUL 28 2008

SCZ004-005-010-290300-
ANDERSON-GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS-
1021 PM EDT MON JUL 28 2008

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL ANDERSON...SOUTHEASTERN
OCONEE AND SOUTHWESTERN PICKENS COUNTIES THROUGH 1100 PM EDT...

AT 1021 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF FAIR PLAY...OR 10 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF CLEMSON...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  5 MILES SOUTH OF PENDLETON BY 1050 PM EDT.
  SANDY SPRINGS BY 1055 PM EDT.

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

BSH

Special weather statement, Jul 28, 10:37 PM EDT, 45 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1037 PM EDT MON JUL 28 2008

NCZ036-057-071-072-290315-
CABARRUS-IREDELL-MECKLENBURG-ROWAN-
1037 PM EDT MON JUL 28 2008

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHERN MECKLENBURG...
NORTHWESTERN CABARRUS...SOUTHEASTERN IREDELL AND SOUTHWESTERN ROWAN
COUNTIES THROUGH 1115 PM EDT...

AT 1037 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR HUNTERSVILLE...OR 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF UNC
CHARLOTTE...MOVING EAST AT 17 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  ENOCHVILLE BY 1110 PM EDT.
  KANNAPOLIS BY 1115 PM EDT.

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

BSH

Local storm report, Jul 28, 11:11 PM EDT, 11 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1111 PM EDT MON JUL 28 2008

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

0932 PM     TSTM WND DMG     4 W SHELBY              35.29N 81.61W
07/28/2008                   CLEVELAND          NC   COUNTY OFFICIAL

            THERE WERE 3 REPORTS OF TREES DOWN ONTO ROADWAYS IN
            CLEVELAND COUNTY. ONE NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 74
            WEST AND WASHBURN SWITCH ROAD...ANOTHER ON UNION CHURCH
            ROAD JUST OFF HIGHWAY 226 WHICH IS 8 NW SHELBY WHICH ALSO
            BROUGHT DOWN A POWERLINE AND A SMALL TREE DOWN NEAR
            BOILING SPRINGS IN SOUTHWEST CLEVELAND COUNTY. ALL AROUND
            THE SAME TIME.

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 29, 2:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Henderson, Transylvania	67 min
Jul 29, 3:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Transylvania	39 min
Jul 28, 9:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Chester, York	54 min
Jul 29, 3:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Greenville, Pickens	62 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.