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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 72, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

May 9, 20084 counties in South Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 9, 2008, 10:49 PM EDT for 4 counties in South Carolina. It was in force for 71 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: May 9, 2008, 10:49 PM EDT (02:49 UTC)
Expired: May 10, 2008, 12:00 AM EDT
In force: 71 min
Issued by: NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Greenville County, SC, Laurens County, SC, Pickens County, SC, Spartanburg County, SC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 19 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:50 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.

Did it verify

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 9, 8:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 00:00Z, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 230 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: 530 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -27 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1660 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 55 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 123 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.1
Supercell composite: 1.6

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS52 KGSP 100249
SVRGSP
SCC045-059-077-083-100400-
/O.NEW.KGSP.SV.W.0072.080510T0249Z-080510T0400Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1049 PM EDT FRI MAY 9 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SPARTANBURG COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA
  NORTHERN LAURENS COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA
  EASTERN PICKENS COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA
  NORTHERN GREENVILLE COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA

* UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT

* AT 1049 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 16
  MILES SOUTHEAST OF BREVARD...OR ABOUT 4 MILES NORTH OF MARIETTA...
  AND WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 48 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  MARIETTA BY 1050 PM EDT...
  TIGERVILLE AND TRAVELERS REST BY 1055 PM EDT...
  LAKE ROBINSON AND PARIS MOUNTAIN STATE PARK BY 1100 PM EDT...
  TAYLORS BY 1105 PM EDT...
  GREER AND PELHAM ROAD AT I-85 BY 1110 PM EDT...
  GSP AIRPORT AND DUNCAN BY 1115 PM EDT...

PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM SHOULD BE ALERT FOR
LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY
RAIN CAN OCCUR WITH ANY THUNDERSTORM. SEEK SHELTER INDOORS AWAY FROM
WINDOWS AND DOORS UNTIL THE STORM PASSES.

TO REPORT DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...OR FLOODING...THROUGH OUR
AUTOMATED REPORTING SYSTEM...CALL OUR TOLL FREE NUMBER...
1 8 7 7...6 3 3...6 7 7 2.

LAT...LON 3519 8234 3519 8229 3493 8172 3490 8171
      3487 8174 3487 8175 3486 8175 3456 8202
      3493 8260
TIME...MOT...LOC 0249Z 303DEG 42KT 3507 8248

$$

BSH

4 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS52 KGSP 100310
SVSGSP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1110 PM EDT FRI MAY 9 2008

SCC045-059-077-083-100400-
/O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0072.000000T0000Z-080510T0400Z/
SPARTANBURG SC-LAURENS SC-PICKENS SC-GREENVILLE SC-
1110 PM EDT FRI MAY 9 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT
FOR NORTHERN GREENVILLE...EAST CENTRAL PICKENS...NORTH CENTRAL
LAURENS AND SPARTANBURG COUNTIES...

AT 1110 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED 5 MILES EAST OF LAKE ROBINSON...OR ABOUT 15 MILES NORTHEAST
OF GREENVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 39 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  LYMAN AND DUNCAN BY 1115 PM EDT...
  WELLFORD AND LYMAN BY 1120 PM EDT...
  ROEBUCK AND SPARTANBURG BY 1135 PM EDT...
  PAULINE AND PACOLET BY 1145 PM EDT...
  PACOLET BY 1150 PM EDT...

TO REPORT DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...OR FLOODING...THROUGH OUR
AUTOMATED REPORTING SYSTEM...CALL OUR TOLL FREE NUMBER...
1 8 7 7...6 3 3...6 7 7 2.

LAT...LON 3519 8234 3519 8229 3493 8172 3490 8171
      3487 8174 3487 8175 3486 8175 3456 8202
      3493 8260
TIME...MOT...LOC 0310Z 298DEG 34KT 3500 8219

$$

BSH

000 
WWUS52 KGSP 100321
SVSGSP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1121 PM EDT FRI MAY 9 2008

SCC045-059-100331-
/O.CAN.KGSP.SV.W.0072.000000T0000Z-080510T0400Z/
LAURENS SC-GREENVILLE SC-
1121 PM EDT FRI MAY 9 2008

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN GREENVILLE AND NORTH
CENTRAL LAURENS COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

LAT...LON 3499 8254 3487 8248 3493 8224 3516 8222
      3493 8172 3490 8171 3464 8195 3469 8205
      3474 8207 3485 8222 3492 8223 3486 8249
      3493 8260
TIME...MOT...LOC 0321Z 292DEG 39KT 3495 8203

$$

SCC077-083-100400-
/O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0072.000000T0000Z-080510T0400Z/
SPARTANBURG SC-PICKENS SC-
1121 PM EDT FRI MAY 9 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT
FOR EAST CENTRAL PICKENS AND SPARTANBURG COUNTIES...

AT 1121 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS REPORTED CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. 
THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 3 MILES EAST OF WELLFORD...OR ABOUT 6 MILES
WEST OF SPARTANBURG...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  SPARTANBURG AND ROEBUCK BY 1130 PM EDT...
  PAULINE BY 1135 PM EDT...
  PACOLET AND PACOLET MILLS BY 1140 PM EDT...

TO REPORT DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...OR FLOODING...THROUGH OUR
AUTOMATED REPORTING SYSTEM...CALL OUR TOLL FREE NUMBER...
1 8 7 7...6 3 3...6 7 7 2.

LAT...LON 3499 8254 3487 8248 3493 8224 3516 8222
      3493 8172 3490 8171 3464 8195 3469 8205
      3474 8207 3485 8222 3492 8223 3486 8249
      3493 8260
TIME...MOT...LOC 0321Z 292DEG 39KT 3495 8203

$$

BSH

000 
WWUS52 KGSP 100328
SVSGSP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1128 PM EDT FRI MAY 9 2008

SCC077-100338-
/O.CAN.KGSP.SV.W.0072.000000T0000Z-080510T0400Z/
PICKENS SC-
1128 PM EDT FRI MAY 9 2008

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL PICKENS COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

LAT...LON 3516 8221 3495 8175 3491 8171 3483 8178
      3480 8179 3465 8195 3469 8205 3474 8207
      3485 8222
TIME...MOT...LOC 0328Z 293DEG 37KT 3492 8193

$$

SCC083-100400-
/O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0072.000000T0000Z-080510T0400Z/
SPARTANBURG SC-
1128 PM EDT FRI MAY 9 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT
FOR SPARTANBURG COUNTY...

AT 1128 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR SPARTANBURG...OR ABOUT 3 MILES WEST OF SPARTANBURG...
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 43 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  PAULINE BY 1135 PM EDT...
  PACOLET AND PACOLET MILLS BY 1140 PM EDT...

TO REPORT DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...OR FLOODING...THROUGH OUR
AUTOMATED REPORTING SYSTEM...CALL OUR TOLL FREE NUMBER...
1 8 7 7...6 3 3...6 7 7 2.

LAT...LON 3516 8221 3495 8175 3491 8171 3483 8178
      3480 8179 3465 8195 3469 8205 3474 8207
      3485 8222
TIME...MOT...LOC 0328Z 293DEG 37KT 3492 8193

$$

BSH

000 
WWUS52 KGSP 100355
SVSGSP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1155 PM EDT FRI MAY 9 2008

SCC083-100405-
/O.EXP.KGSP.SV.W.0072.000000T0000Z-080510T0400Z/
SPARTANBURG SC-
1155 PM EDT FRI MAY 9 2008

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SPARTANBURG COUNTY EXPIRES AT
MIDNIGHT EDT...

LAT...LON 3516 8221 3495 8175 3491 8171 3483 8178
      3480 8179 3465 8195 3469 8205 3474 8207
      3485 8222
TIME...MOT...LOC 0355Z 293DEG 37KT 3481 8162

$$

BSH

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 May 9, 10:47 PM EDT, 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 9, 10:47 PM EDT, 2 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1047 PM EDT FRI MAY 9 2008

.SYNOPSIS...
WEAK HIGH PRESSURE WILL TEMPORARILY PUSH A STALLED FRONTAL BOUNDARY
SOUTH OF THE AREA ON SATURDAY...BEFORE RETURNING NORTH AS A WARM
FRONT ON SUNDAY. DRY NORTHWEST FLOW WILL THEN FOLLOW FOR EARLY NEXT
WEEK. ANOTHER COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO APPROACH BY THE MIDDLE OF
NEXT WEEK.

&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH SATURDAY/...
SHORTWAVES EMBEDDED IN SWIFT ZONAL FLOW ALOFT CONTINUE TO INTERACT
WITH THE FRONTAL ZONE ACROSS THE REGION TO PRODUCE NUMEROUS SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS. STRONG LAPSE RATES AND COOL TEMPERATURES ALOFT
ARE SUPPORTING LARGE HAIL GROWTH AND ISOLATED DAMAGING DOWNBURSTS.
THE DECENT FORCING SHOULD ALLOW THE CONVECTION TO SURVIVE EAST OF
THE BLUE RIDGE...AND THE EXISTING SVR TSTM WATCH WILL BE MAINTAINED
THROUGH 1 AM. WITH THIS UPDATE...TEMPERATURES WILL BE ADJUSTED UP
FOR OVERNIGHT MINS GIVEN ABUNDANT LOW LEVEL MOISTURE AND INCREASING
CLOUDS. CONVECTIVE COVERAGE SHOULD DWINDLE TO ISOLATED THROUGH THE
EARLY MORNING HOURS.

SATURDAY...WEAK BOUNDARY IS EXPECTED TO QUICKLY PUSH SOUTHEAST OF
THE CWA BY MID DAY. HIGH PRESSURE WILL SLOWLY BUILD ACROSS THE
REGION DURING THE AFTERNOON...SUPPLYING NW WINDS WITH MARGINAL
GUSTS. NAM AND GFS INDICATE THAT THE FRONT WILL REMAIN SOUTH OF THE
CWA THROUGH THE REST OF THE DAY. HOWEVER...THE FRONT WILL BEGIN TO
LIFT NORTHWARD LATE SAT AFTERNOON AND EVENING...POSSIBLY ALLOWING
CAPE TO BUILD ACROSS ELBERT AND ABBEVILLE COUNTIES. I WILL KEEP MOST
OF THE FORECAST AREA DRY WITH A SCHC ACROSS THE AREA OF HIGHER CAPE.
OTHERWISE...HIGH TEMPERATURES SHOULD THE MID 70S IN THE MTN VALLEYS
AND MID TO UPPER 80S EAST OF THE MTNS.

&&

.SHORT TERM /SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT/...
AS OF 215 PM FRIDAY...SAT NIGHT WILL BEGIN RATHER TRANQUIL WITH HIGH
PRESSURE RIDGED S OVER THE AREA AND A FRONTAL BOUNDARY STATIONARY
FROM SOUTHERN SC INTO CENTRAL GA. HOWEVER...THAT WILL BE SHORT LIVED
AS A SHORT WAVE APPROACHES FROM THE W AND ISENTROPIC LIFT/STRONG
MOISTURE FLUX COMMENCES LATE SAT NIGHT. 12Z NAM/GFS BOTH RESPOND
TO THIS FORCING BY RAPIDLY DEVELOPING PRECIP FROM W TO E OVER THE
FORECAST AREA LATE SAT NIGHT INTO EARLY SUN. THIS EARLY ONSET OF
PRECIP ALLOWS FOR A WEDGE TO DEVELOP EARLY ON SUN AND MODELS
MAINTAIN IT ESSENTIALLY UNTIL THE COLD FRONT ARRIVES LATE IN THE DAY
TO SCOUR IT OUT. THEREFORE...EXPECT A COOL/RAINY DAY ON SUN OVER MOST
OF THE FORECAST AREA. INSTABILITY LOOKS MEAGER ON SUN DUE TO WEDGE
AND TRIPLE POINT SURFACE LOW PASSING TO THE S. WILL FORECAST
RAIN...WITH JUST A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDER IN THE AFTERNOON AS
COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE REGION.

MODELS INDICATE THAT PRECIP SHOULD GENERALLY MOVE E OF THE AREA BY
00Z MON. THE EXCEPTION WILL BE IN THE MOUINTAINS WHERE A RATHER
EXTENDED PERIOD OF MOIST/UPSLOPE IS FORECAST. HENCE...WILL
MAINTAIN CLOUDS AND SCATTERED SHOWERS IN THE USUAL AREAS FOR UPSLOPE
PRECIP. UPSLOPE SHOWERS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH MON.
ELSEWHERE...A COOL NW FLOW WILL AFFECT THE AREA WITH BREEZING
CONDITIONS ON MON. HOWEVER...EVEN WITH DOWNSLOPE WARMING MAX TEMPS
WILL BE BELOW AVERAGE. STAYED CLOSE TO THE MAV MAX/MIN TEMP
GUIDANCE. GUIDANCE POPS REASONABLE AS WELL.

&&

.LONG TERM /TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/...
AS OF 250 PM FRIDAY...STAYED CLOSE TO HPC GUIDANCE WHICH TRENDED
TOWARD A MORE ECWMF SOLUTION. EXPECT DRY WEATHER TUE INTO WED AS
SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE AND UPPER RIDGE BUILDS OVER THE REGION. ON
WED...THE HIGH SHIFTS E ALLOWING FOR A RETURN FLOW OF GULF MOISTURE
ON WED. UPSLOPE FLOW AND INCREASING INSTABILITY SUPPORTS A MENTION
OF A CHANCE OF SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MOUNTAINS. THE THREAT
FOR SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE ENTIRE FORECAST
AREA WED NIGHT AND INTO THU AS COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH. A DRY
PERIOD BEHIND THE FRONT IS EXPECTED THU NIGHT INTO FRI BEFORE A
SECONDARY FRONT APPROACHES AND POSSIBLY SPREADS SHOWERS IN THE
MOUNTAINS LATE FRI.

&&

.AVIATION /03Z SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
SHORTWAVES MOVING INTO TERMINAL FORECAST AREA ALONG EAST TO WEST
ORIENTED FRONTAL ZONE HAVE GIVEN RISE TO FAIRLY WIDESPREAD MOUNTAIN
CONVECTION. THIS WILL HAVE TO BE MONITORED CLOSELY AS IT COULD
SPREAD EAST OF THE HIGH TERRAIN TO KGSP AND KGMU OVER THE NEXT
COUPLE OF HOURS. GENEARLLY VFR CIGS ARE EXPECTED...BUT MODEL
SOUNDINGS ARE HINTING AT SOME MVFR DEVELOPMENT TOWARD DAYBREAK. SFC
TO 850 MB MOISTURE WILL REMAIN POOLED ACROSS THE REGION TOMORROW
ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE SURFACE BOUNDARY DRAPED THROUGH THE WESTERN
CAROLINAS. THIS WILL PRODUCE SCATTERED TO BROKEN CONVECTIVE
CUMULUS...BUT KEEP ANY CEILINGS AT VFR LEVELS.

OUTLOOK...VFR CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE INTO SAT NIGHT...WITH SOME
SOME MVFR CLOUDS POSSIBLY DEVELOPING EARLY SUN MORNING. ANOTHER
ROUND OF SCT SHWRS/TSTMS AND CIG/VSBY RESTRICTIONS EXPECTED SUN TO
SUN NIGHT. LOOK FOR DRY WEATHER AND VFR CONDITIONS TO RETURN MON TO
WED.

&&

.GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...NONE.
NC...NONE.
SC...NONE.

&&

SYNOPSIS...PAT
NEAR TERM...HG
SHORT TERM...LG
LONG TERM...LG
AVIATION...HG

Hazardous weather outlook, May 9, 9:09 PM EDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
909 PM EDT FRI MAY 9 2008

NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065-068>072-082-501>510-SCZ002-
003-005>009-013-014-110115-
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-
PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER PICKENS-
GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK-UNION SC-CHESTER-
909 PM EDT FRI MAY 9 2008

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 290 IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EDT SATURDAY...

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION SUNDAY...BRINGING
NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE AREA. SOME SEVERE
STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE...PARTICULARLY ACROSS THE PIEDMONT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-SCZ001-004-010>012-019-110115-
RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-
GREATER OCONEE-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-GREENWOOD-
909 PM EDT FRI MAY 9 2008

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION SUNDAY...BRINGING
NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE AREA. SOME SEVERE
STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE...PARTICULARLY ACROSS THE PIEDMONT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 9, 6:17 PM EDT, 4 hours 32 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
617 PM EDT FRI MAY 9 2008

NCZ036-056-069-071-092245-
CATAWBA-IREDELL-LINCOLN-MECKLENBURG-
617 PM EDT FRI MAY 9 2008

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EASTERN LINCOLN...NORTHERN
MECKLENBURG...SOUTHEASTERN CATAWBA AND SOUTHERN IREDELL COUNTIES
THROUGH 645 PM EDT...

AT 613 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MAIDEN...OR 6 MILES
NORTHEAST OF LINCOLNTON...MOVING EAST AT 26 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LAKE
  NORMAN...TERRELL...MOORESVILLE...MAIDEN...LOWESVILLE...
  LINCOLNTON...HUNTERSVILLE...DENVER...DAVIDSON...CORNELIUS AND BOGER
  CITY.

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

ARK

Local storm report, May 9, 6:48 PM EDT, 4 hours 1 minute before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
648 PM EDT FRI MAY 09 2008

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

0635 PM     HAIL             DENVER                  35.53N 81.03W
05/09/2008  E0.88 INCH       LINCOLN            NC   PUBLIC

&&

BSH

Local storm report, May 9, 7:55 PM EDT, 2 hours 54 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
755 PM EDT FRI MAY 09 2008

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

0725 PM     HAIL             5 SW CONCORD            35.36N 80.66W
05/09/2008  E1.00 INCH       CABARRUS           NC   TRAINED SPOTTER

            TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED ABUNDANT PENNY TO NICKEL SIZE
            HAIL WITH SOME QUARTER SIZE HAIL.

&&

HG

Special weather statement, May 9, 8:32 PM EDT, 2 hours 17 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
832 PM EDT FRI MAY 9 2008

NCZ069-071-072-100100-
CABARRUS-LINCOLN-MECKLENBURG-
832 PM EDT FRI MAY 9 2008

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CABARRUS...NORTHERN MECKLENBURG
AND SOUTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTIES THROUGH 900 PM EDT...

AT 831 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF HUNTERSVILLE...OR 13 MILES
NORTHWEST OF UNC CHARLOTTE...MOVING EAST AT 31 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LOWES MOTOR
  SPEEDWAY...UNC CHARLOTTE...KANNAPOLIS...HUNTERSVILLE...
  HARRISBURG...DAVIDSON...CROFT...CORNELIUS AND CONCORD.

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

ARK

Local storm report, May 9, 10:34 PM EDT, 15 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1034 PM EDT FRI MAY 09 2008

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

1032 PM     HAIL             BREVARD                 35.24N 82.73W
05/09/2008  E0.75 INCH       TRANSYLVANIA       NC   TRAINED SPOTTER

            SPOTTER REPORTS 3/4 INCH HAIL...TORRENTIAL RAINFALL...AND
            GUSTY WINDS.

0943 PM     HAIL             WAYNESVILLE             35.48N 83.00W
05/09/2008  E0.50 INCH       HAYWOOD            NC   PUBLIC

            PUBLIC REPORTS 1/2 INCH HAIL.

&&

HG

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 9, 10:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Greenville, Pickens	62 min
May 9, 11:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Cherokee, Chester, Spartanburg, Union, York	38 min

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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.