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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 232, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 17, 2009, 9:54 PM EDT for Anderson County, South Carolina. It was in force for 66 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 17, 2009, 9:54 PM EDT (01:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 17, 2009, 11:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 66 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Anderson County, SC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:57 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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 3:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 214 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
- 2353 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1472 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 30 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 104 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.4
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 17, 9:34 PM EDT, 20 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 17, 9:34 PM EDT, 20 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 17, 9:33 PM EDT, 21 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 933 PM EDT WED JUN 17 2009 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-SCZ001>006-010>012-019-190145- RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-OCONEE MOUNTAINS- PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER OCONEE- GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS- GREENWOOD- 933 PM EDT WED JUN 17 2009 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 441 IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA 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...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ON THURSDAY. ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE...PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...TORNADOES OR FLASH FLOODING TO OUR OFFICE. NCZ033-035>037-049-050-056-057-068>072-082-501>510-SCZ007>009-013- 014-190145- AVERY-ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-YANCEY-MITCHELL-CATAWBA-ROWAN- 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-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE- YORK-UNION SC-CHESTER- 933 PM EDT WED JUN 17 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ON THURSDAY. ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE...PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... NONE. NCZ048-051>053-058-059-062>065-190145- MADISON-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON- SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON- 933 PM EDT WED JUN 17 2009 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 439 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH 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...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ON THURSDAY. ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE...PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...TORNADOES OR FLASH FLOODING TO OUR OFFICE.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 17, 7:55 PM EDT, 1 hour 59 minutes before
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</html>Special weather statement, Jun 17, 8:24 PM EDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 824 PM EDT WED JUN 17 2009 NCZ051-180100- SWAIN- 824 PM EDT WED JUN 17 2009 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT SWAIN COUNTY AND THE SMOKIES THROUGH 900 PM EDT... AT 822 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 10 MILES SOUTH OF GATLINBURG...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO FONTANA LAKE...SMOKEMONT...NEWFOUND GAP AND CHEROKEE. SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. HEAVY RAINS MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND UNDERPASSES. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS. WATER LEVELS OF SMALL STREAMS AND RIVERS MAY ALSO RISE...THEREFORE SEEK HIGHER GROUND IF THREATENED BY FLOOD WATERS. INTENSE LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. IF OUTDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES. MOVE INDOORS IF POSSIBLE. WHEN INDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS AND AVOID USING TELEPHONES UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY. TRY TO UNPLUG UNNECESSARY ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES BEFORE THE THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES. CSH
Special weather statement, Jun 17, 9:03 PM EDT, 51 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 903 PM EDT WED JUN 17 2009 SCZ001-004-180130- GREATER OCONEE-OCONEE MOUNTAINS- 903 PM EDT WED JUN 17 2009 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHEASTERN OCONEE COUNTY THROUGH 930 PM EDT... AT 902 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WALHALLA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WALHALLA... TOWNVILLE AND SENECA. SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. INTENSE LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. IF OUTDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES. MOVE INDOORS IF POSSIBLE. WHEN INDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS AND AVOID USING TELEPHONES UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY. TRY TO UNPLUG UNNECESSARY ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES BEFORE THE THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES.
Local storm report, Jun 17, 9:07 PM EDT, 47 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
907 PM EDT WED JUN 17 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0904 PM HAIL 1 E WALHALLA 34.77N 83.04W
06/17/2009 E1.00 INCH OCONEE SC TRAINED SPOTTER
SPOTTER REPORTS HAIL RANGING FROM PEA TO QUARTER SIZE AT
FOWLER ROAD NEAR HIGHWAY 11.
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HGSpecial weather statement, Jun 17, 9:11 PM EDT, 43 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 911 PM EDT WED JUN 17 2009 NCZ059-063-180200- NORTHERN JACKSON-SOUTHERN JACKSON- 911 PM EDT WED JUN 17 2009 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT JACKSON COUNTY THROUGH 1000 PM EDT... AT 911 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR CULLOWHEE...OR 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SYLVA... MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LAKE THORPE...WOLF MOUNTAIN...WEBSTER...TUCKASEGEE...GAY...CULLOWHEE... CASHIERS AND BALSAM. SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. HEAVY RAINS MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND UNDERPASSES. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS. WATER LEVELS OF SMALL STREAMS AND RIVERS MAY ALSO RISE...THEREFORE SEEK HIGHER GROUND IF THREATENED BY FLOOD WATERS. INTENSE LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. IF OUTDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES. MOVE INDOORS IF POSSIBLE. WHEN INDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS AND AVOID USING TELEPHONES UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY. TRY TO UNPLUG UNNECESSARY ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES BEFORE THE THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES.
Special weather statement, Jun 17, 9:47 PM EDT, 7 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 947 PM EDT WED JUN 17 2009 NCZ064-180245- TRANSYLVANIA- 947 PM EDT WED JUN 17 2009 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY THROUGH 1045 PM EDT... AT 946 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES NORTH OF LAKE TOXAWAY...OR 10 MILES WEST OF BREVARD...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SAPPHIRE... ROSMAN...LAKE TOXAWAY...CEDAR MOUNTAIN AND BALSAM GROVE. SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. HEAVY RAINS MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND UNDERPASSES. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS. WATER LEVELS OF SMALL STREAMS AND RIVERS MAY ALSO RISE...THEREFORE SEEK HIGHER GROUND IF THREATENED BY FLOOD WATERS. INTENSE LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. IF OUTDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES. MOVE INDOORS IF POSSIBLE. WHEN INDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS AND AVOID USING TELEPHONES UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY. TRY TO UNPLUG UNNECESSARY ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES BEFORE THE THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 8:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Graham, Swain | 65 min |
| Jun 18, 3:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Graham, Swain | 74 min |
| Jun 18, 3:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Madison | 53 min |
| Jun 18, 3:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Avery, Mitchell, Yancey | 51 min |
| Jun 18, 3:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Haywood | 52 min |
| Jun 18, 3:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Jackson, Macon | 51 min |
| Jun 18, 3:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Buncombe, Haywood | 47 min |
| Jun 18, 4:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Burke, Caldwell, McDowell | 58 min |
| Jun 18, 4:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Buncombe, Henderson, McDowell | 58 min |
| Jun 18, 4:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Henderson, Polk, Rutherford | 33 min |
| Jun 18, 4:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cleveland, Polk, Rutherford | 64 min |
| Jun 18, 5:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Gaston, Mecklenburg | 57 min |
| Jun 18, 5:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Union | 63 min |
| Jun 17, 9:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Oconee | 39 min |
| Jun 17, 9:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Abbeville | 58 min |
| Jun 17, 9:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Pickens | 62 min |
| Jun 17, 10:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Oconee | 70 min |
| Jun 17, 10:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Abbeville | 78 min |
| Jun 18, 12:27 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Abbeville | 63 min |
| Jun 18, 3:14 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Chester | 3 hr |
| Jun 18, 3:17 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Chester | 58 min |
| Jun 18, 3:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Anderson, Greenville, Pickens | 56 min |
| Jun 18, 4:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Pickens | 52 min |
| Jun 18, 4:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Anderson | 60 min |
| Jun 18, 4:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Greenville | 39 min |
| Jun 18, 5:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Abbeville, Anderson, Greenwood, Laurens | 70 min |
| Jun 18, 5:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cherokee, Chester, Spartanburg, Union, York | 64 min |
| Jun 18, 5:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Abbeville, Greenwood, Laurens | 46 min |
| Jun 18, 5:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Spartanburg, Union | 32 min |
| Jun 18, 6:01 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Cherokee, Chester, Union, York | 18 min |
| Jun 17, 10:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Rabun | 49 min |
| Jun 17, 10:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Hart | 46 min |
| Jun 17, 11:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Franklin | 54 min |
| Jun 17, 11:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Elbert, Hart | 76 min |
| Jun 17, 11:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Franklin, Habersham, Stephens | 47 min |
| Jun 18, 4:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Franklin, Hart, Stephens | 44 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in South Carolina, 2009Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2009
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.