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Tornado Warning 23, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

June 16, 2009Cleveland County, Gaston County, Lincoln County, North Carolina; Cherokee County, York County, South Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this tornado warning at Jun 16, 2009, 5:50 PM EDT for Cleveland County, Gaston County, Lincoln County, North Carolina; Cherokee County, York County, South Carolina. It was in force for 40 min. 17 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jun 16, 2009, 5:50 PM EDT (21:50 UTC)
Expired
Jun 16, 2009, 6:30 PM EDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Cleveland County, NC, Gaston County, NC, Lincoln County, NC, Cherokee County, SC, York County, SC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:50 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 16, 6:00 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG3 Sw Waco, NC2 TREES DOWN NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF BUFFALO CHURCH ROAD AND HW-150.
Jun 16, 6:00 PM EDTHAIL 13 Sw Waco, NCNEAR THE INTERSECTION OF BUFFALO CHURCH ROAD AND HW-150.
Jun 16, 6:05 PM EDTHAIL 0.885 Ne Shelby, NC
Jun 16, 6:05 PM EDTHAIL 1.755 E Shelby, NC
Jun 16, 6:11 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG3 Wsw Kings Mountain, NCNUMEROUS TREES DOWN ALONG EL BETHEL ROAD NEAR HW-74 BUSINESS.
Jun 16, 6:11 PM EDTTORNADO4 Sw Kings Mountain, NCREPORT OF A TORNADO AND SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO A HOME ON PHIFER CIRCLE...NEAR BETHLEHEM CHURCH ROAD.
Jun 16, 6:15 PM EDTHAIL 1.753 Wsw Kings Mountain, NCGOLF BALL SIZED HAIL DENTED CARS AND KNOCKED OUT WINDOWS NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF EL BETHEL ROAD AND HW-74 BUSINESS.
Jun 16, 6:15 PM EDTTORNADO3 W Cherryville, NCPOSSIBLE TORNADO. SEVERAL TREES DOWN AT FALLSTON-WACO ROAD AND CEDAR LAKE FARM ROAD.
Jun 16, 6:17 PM EDTHAIL 11 Nw Kings Mountain, NCNEAR THE INTERSECTION OF OAK GROVE ROAD AND HW-74.
Jun 16, 6:17 PM EDTTORNADO3 Ssw Kings Mountain, NCSPOTTER REPORTS MULTIPLE TREES DOWN AND UPROOTED FROM MILE MARKER 3 TO MILE MARKER 8 ON I-85. THE SOUTH BOUND LANE OF THE INTERSTATE IS BLOCKED BY A FALLEN TREE.
Jun 16, 6:18 PM EDTHAIL 22 W Kings Mountain, NC
Jun 16, 6:24 PM EDTHAIL 1.754 Sw Kings Mountain, NCALONG BETHLEHEM ROAD.
Jun 16, 6:24 PM EDTHAIL 1.755 Sw Kings Mountain, NCALONG HUNT SEAT LANE. MULTIPLE LARGE TREE LIMBS DOWN AS WELL.
Jun 16, 6:25 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG6 Ene Blacksburg, SCCOUNTY COMMS REPORTS A TREE ACROSS THE ROAD AT ELM RD AND ANTIOCH RD
Jun 16, 6:25 PM EDTHAIL 1.752 Sw Kings Mountain, NC
Jun 16, 6:28 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGKings Mountain State Pa, SCONE TREE DOWN ON PARK ROAD...BLOCKING THE ROADWAY.
Jun 16, 6:29 PM EDTTORNADO6 Nw Kings Mountain, NCNUMEROUS TREES DOWN ON EAST SIDE OF KINGS MOUNTAIN RESERVOIR. TORNADO WAS SIGHTED BY PUBLIC.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

Did it verify

Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched 4 storm reports to this tornado warning; the first came 21 minutes after it went out.

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 nearest sounding before it

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 164 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 12:00Z on 2009-06-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 134 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 12:00Z on 2009-06-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 30 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
134 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-20 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
451 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
30 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
64 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.4

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS52 KGSP 162150
TORGSP
NCC045-071-109-SCC021-091-162230-
/O.NEW.KGSP.TO.W.0023.090616T2150Z-090616T2230Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
550 PM EDT TUE JUN 16 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN CLEVELAND COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF SHELBY...
  WESTERN GASTON COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...
  SOUTHWESTERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...
  NORTHEASTERN CHEROKEE COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...
  NORTHWESTERN YORK COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...

* UNTIL 630 PM EDT

* AT 550 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR FALLSTON...
  OR 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF SHELBY...MOVING SOUTH AT 20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  WACO AND CHERRYVILLE...
  SHELBY...
  PATTERSON SPRINGS AND BESSEMER CITY...
  KINGS MOUNTAIN...
  GROVER...KINGS MOUNTAIN STATE PARK AND EARL...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES SHOULD BE ABANDONED FOR STURDIER SHELTER.
OTHERWISE...GO TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST LEVEL OF YOUR HOME
OR PLACE OF BUSINESS. MAKE SURE THERE ARE AS MANY WALLS AND FLOORS
BETWEEN YOU AND THE OUTSIDE AS POSSIBLE.

TO REPORT TORNADOES...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 3503 8116 3495 8147 3545 8160 3550 8136
TIME...MOT...LOC 2150Z 343DEG 17KT 3540 8147

$$

NED
3 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS52 KGSP 162157
SVSGSP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
557 PM EDT TUE JUN 16 2009

NCC045-071-109-SCC021-091-162230-
/O.CON.KGSP.TO.W.0023.000000T0000Z-090616T2230Z/
GASTON NC-LINCOLN NC-CLEVELAND NC-YORK SC-CHEROKEE SC-
557 PM EDT TUE JUN 16 2009

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM EDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN CHEROKEE...NORTHWESTERN YORK...SOUTHEASTERN CLEVELAND...
SOUTHWESTERN LINCOLN AND WESTERN GASTON COUNTIES...

AT 556 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR WACO...OR 6 MILES
NORTHEAST OF SHELBY...MOVING SOUTH AT 25 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
PATTERSON SPRINGS...BESSEMER CITY...EARL...KINGS MOUNTAIN...GROVER...
KINGS MOUNTAIN STATE PARK...SMYRNA...HICKORY GROVE AND CLOVER

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EDT
WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA
AND CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA.

&&

LAT...LON 3541 8159 3546 8134 3503 8116 3495 8147
TIME...MOT...LOC 2157Z 341DEG 23KT 3532 8144

$$

NED
000 
WWUS52 KGSP 162212
SVSGSP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
612 PM EDT TUE JUN 16 2009

NCC109-162222-
/O.CAN.KGSP.TO.W.0023.000000T0000Z-090616T2230Z/
LINCOLN NC-
612 PM EDT TUE JUN 16 2009

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN LINCOLN COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EDT
WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA
AND CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA.

LAT...LON 3536 8158 3539 8131 3503 8116 3495 8147
TIME...MOT...LOC 2212Z 341DEG 23KT 3527 8142

$$

NCC045-071-SCC021-091-162230-
/O.CON.KGSP.TO.W.0023.000000T0000Z-090616T2230Z/
GASTON NC-CLEVELAND NC-YORK SC-CHEROKEE SC-
612 PM EDT TUE JUN 16 2009

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM EDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN CHEROKEE...NORTHWESTERN YORK...SOUTHEASTERN CLEVELAND
AND WESTERN GASTON COUNTIES...

AT 610 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED
NEAR KINGS MOUNTAIN...OR 7 MILES EAST OF SHELBY...MOVING SOUTH AT 25
MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
PATTERSON SPRINGS...BESSEMER CITY...EARL...GROVER...SMYRNA...KINGS
MOUNTAIN STATE PARK...HICKORY GROVE AND CLOVER

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO THREAT...DAMAGING HAIL TO THE SIZE OF 
BASEBALLS WILL PRECEDE THE TORNADO. WIND DRIVEN HAIL OF THIS SIZE 
POSES A SIGNIFICANT RISK OF INJURY AND DAMAGE. MOBILE HOMES AND 
VEHICLES SHOULD BE ABANDONED FOR STURDIER SHELTER. OTHERWISE...GO TO 
AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST LEVEL OF YOUR HOME OR PLACE OF 
BUSINESS.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EDT
WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA
AND CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA.

&&

LAT...LON 3536 8158 3539 8131 3503 8116 3495 8147
TIME...MOT...LOC 2212Z 341DEG 23KT 3527 8142

$$

NED
000 
WWUS52 KGSP 162231
SVSGSP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
631 PM EDT TUE JUN 16 2009

NCC045-071-SCC021-091-162240-
/O.EXP.KGSP.TO.W.0023.000000T0000Z-090616T2230Z/
GASTON NC-CLEVELAND NC-YORK SC-CHEROKEE SC-
631 PM EDT TUE JUN 16 2009

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN CHEROKEE...NORTHWESTERN
YORK...SOUTHEASTERN CLEVELAND AND WESTERN GASTON COUNTIES HAS
EXPIRED...

A TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN REISSUED FOR THE WARNED AREA. A SEVERE 
THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EDT WEDNESDAY 
MORNING FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND CENTRAL 
SOUTH CAROLINA.

LAT...LON 3536 8158 3539 8131 3503 8116 3495 8147
TIME...MOT...LOC 2212Z 341DEG 23KT 3527 8142

$$

NED

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this tornado 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 tornado warning went out at Jun 16, 2:48 PM EDT, 3 hours 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 16, 2:48 PM EDT, 3 hours 2 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
248 PM EDT TUE JUN 16 2009

.SYNOPSIS...
A STATIONARY FRONT SOUTH OF THE FORECAST AREA WILL LINGER THROUGH
WEDNESDAY THEN MOVE OFF THE COAST ON THURSDAY. A COLD FRONT WILL
THEN MOVE ACROSS THE CAROLINAS ON SATURDAY. WEAK HIGH PRESSURE WILL
BUILD OVER THE REGION DURING THE EARLY PART OF NEXT WEEK.

&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS...EXPECT THUNDERSTORMS TO FIRE ALONG AND
TO THE SOUTH AND WEST OF AN ILL-DEFINED NEARLY STATIONARY SURFACE
BOUNDARY THAT CUTS NW-SE ACROSS THE NC FOOTHILLS/WRN PIEDMONT. WE
REMAIN UNDER A SLGT RISK ON THE DAY1 OUTLOOK. THE SITUATION LOOKS
SLIGHTLY MORE FAVORABLE THAN YESTERDAY WITH 500 MB TEMPS A DEGREE OR
TWO COOLER RESULTING IN BETTER BUOYANCY...BUT WE LACK AN OUTFLOW
BOUNDARY FROM EARLIER CONVECTION TO GET THINGS GOING. THIS SHOULD
IMPROVE BY EARLY AFTERNOON. THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD CONTINUE WELL INTO
THE EVENING HOURS. WHAT REMAINS TO BE SEEN IS IF A LINE OF STORMS
MOVING INTO MIDDLE TN WILL MAKE IT TO THE MTNS BY SUNSET AND THEN IF
IT CAN SURVIVE. THE MODELS SAY NO...BUT APPEAR TO BE HAVING A HARD
TIME KNOWING OF ITS EXISTANCE. HOWEVER...THE POSSIBLE LEFTOVER MCV
IS FAVORABLE FOR MORE STORMS LATER ON.

A GREATER CONCERN MIGHT BE THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAIN LATER
TONIGHT. THE MODELS SUGGEST THAT THE SURFACE HIGH STRENGTHENING OFF
THE NEW ENGLAND COAST COULD DRIVE THE SURFACE BOUNDARY FARTHER WEST
AND SOUTH. LOW LEVEL EASTERLY UPSLOPE BALANCING WEST/NORTHWEST MID
LEVEL WINDS COULD ANCHOR DEEP CONVECTION NEAR THE BLUE RIDGE...
RESULTING IN SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITATION. THIS AREA WILL BE MONITORED
FOR A FLASH FLOOD WATCH. TEMPS WILL REMAIN MILD.

ON WEDNESDAY...THE BOUNDARY REMAINS NEARBY AND ONCE AGAIN THE MODELS
EVENTUALLY DEVELOP NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND STORMS ACROSS THE FORECAST
AREA. WILL GO ABOVE THE MOSGUIDE POP AND KEEP LIKELY ACROSS ALL BUT
THE SOUTHERN THIRD. TEMPS WILL BE TRICKY AGAIN ESPECIALLY IF WE
START THE DAY WITH LEFTOVER CONVECTION AND WEDGE-LIKE CLOUDS ACROSS
THE NW PIEDMONT...BUT ALLOWED FOR SOME HEATING THAT WOULD LET TEMPS
GET A DEGREE OR TWO WARMER ACROSS THE NW PIEDMONT.

&&

.SHORT TERM /WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY/...
AS OF 145 PM EDT TUESDAY...A STACKED UPPER RIDGE WILL BUILD OVER THE
CENTRAL GULF COAST TO THE GREAT LAKES THURSDAY...THEN PROGRESS
TOWARDS THE EASTERN SEABOARD FRIDAY. AS A RESULT...THERE WILL BE
DECREASED CHANCES FOR CONVECTION AS ATMOSPHERE BECOMES CAPPED BY
WARMING MID LVLS AND DRYING LOW LVLS IN INCREASING NWLY DOWNSLOPE
FLOW. A CLIMO POP FOR THURSDAY (CHC MTNS AND SLGT CHC PIEDMONT) FOR
AFTN SHWRS/TSTMS...THEN NO CONVECTION EXPECTED FRIDAY. TEMPS WILL BE
WARMING UP MARKEDLY FROM THURSDAY TO FRIDAY...AS MODEL THICKNESSES
SUPPORT UPPER 90S ACRS THE PIEDMONT GIVEN FULL SUNSHINE.
HOWEVER...WITH HIGH SOIL MOISTURES FROM THIS RECENT WET
PERIOD...STILL THINK GUIDANCE IS A BIT TOO WARM. SO I LEFT MAX TEMPS
FRIDAY AS IS. THE COMBINATION OF MID-UPR 90S AND DECENT MOISTURE
FLUX FROM THE SOIL COULD PUSH HEAT INDEX VALUES OVER 100 DEGREES
(HEAT ADV CRITERIA). WILL KEEP THE MENTION IN THE HWO. WITH ALL THAT
SAID...IT DOES LOOK LIKE A FAIRLY SUNNY AFTN FRIDAY WITH AN ABSENCE
OF DEEP CONVECTION EXPECTED. ALSO...DOWNSLOPE FLOW ON THE ORDER OF
20 KTS COULD BE ENUF TO GET TEMPS UP TOWARD THE 12Z ADJMEX NUMBERS.
IF THEY VERIFY...THE RECORD HIGHS AT KAVL AND KGSP WOULD BE IN
JEOPARDY (SEE CLIMO SECTION BELOW).

&&

.LONG TERM /FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY/...
AS OF 130 PM EDT TUESDAY...THE MEDIUM RANGE FCST BEGINS 00Z SAT WITH
AN UPPER LVL TROUGH AMPLIFYING OVER THE UPPER MIDWEST REGION. THIS
FEATURE ATTEMPTS TO FLATTEN THE RIDGE THAT HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED OVER
THE SE CONUS OVER THE PREVIOUS FEW DAYS. BY LATE SAT OR EARLY
SUN...DEPENDING ON WHICH MODEL YOU USE...THIS TROUGH DEVELOPS INTO A
CLOSED LOW OVER NEW ENGLAND. FOR THE REMINDER OF THE FCST...THE LONG
RANGE MODELS HAVE IT MOVING VERY SLOWLY TO THE NE...AND THUS BY DAY
7 IT IS STILL ANCHORED OVER THE FAR NE CONUS. THE MOST RECENT GFS IS
ABOUT 6 TO 12 HRS FASTER THAN THE ECMWF EARLY IN THE PERIOD. THE
DIFFERENCE IS NEGLIGIBLE AFTER DAY 5 OR SO...AS THE SYNOPTIC PATTERN
LINES UP BETTER.

AT THE SFC...A COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE NORTHWEST ON
SATURDAY...REACHING THE CAROLINA COAST BY SUNDAY. BY MONDAY BOTH
MODELS HAVE THIS FRONT NEARLY STATIONARY AND WELL TO OUR SOUTH AS
THE PARENT SFC LOW LINGERS OVER NEW ENGLAND. BEST CHANCES FOR
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS REMAIN SAT WITH THE FROPA. I LEFT A SLIGHT
CHANCE POP FOR THE LATER PART OF SUN FOR THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS AS NW
FLOW COULD TRIGGER SOME CONVECTION. TEMPERATURES WERE CHANGED VERY
LITTLE FROM THE PREVIOUS FCST AND WILL BE WELL ABOVE NORMAL BEFORE
THE FRONTAL PASSAGE...DROPPING TO A FEW DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL AFTER
THE FROPA.

&&

.AVIATION /19Z TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/...
FOR THE BALANCE OF THE AFTERNOON...CONVECTIVE CLOUDS WILL PERSIST
WITH BASES BETWEEN 2K AND 3K FEET. ALL TAF SITES WILL BE IN AND OUT
OF AN MVFR CEILING FOR SEVERAL HOURS...BUT AFTER 19Z THE PREVAILING
CONDITION SHOULD BE SCATTERED. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL
DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION. ALL TAF SITES GET A VCTS AND AMENDMENTS
WILL BE MADE AS NECESSARY WHEN STORMS THREATEN AN AIRFIELD. WINDS
ARE A TOUGH CALL AS A WEAK BOUNDARY WILL LINGER ACROSS THE WESTERN
CAROLINAS. MOST PLACES WILL BE VARIABLE AND LIGHT WITH DIRECTIONS
EVENTUALLY A FACTOR OF WHERE THUNDERSTORM OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES MOVE. A
LIGHT EASTERLY UPSLOPE FLOW SHOULD DEVELOP THIS EVENING THAT WILL
FORM A CEILING LOWERING FROM MVFR TO IFR DURING THE EARLY MORNING
HOURS. LOW LEVEL MOISTURE IS SUFFICIENT TO ALSO FORM FOG LATE
TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY WHERE SHOWERS DEVELOP TODAY. MVFR/IFR CEILING
AND VISIBILITY WILL BE SLOW TO LIFT/BURN OFF AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY...
MOST LIKELY LINGERING UNTIL 15Z-16Z.

AT KCLT...THE SURFACE BOUNDARY CUTS ACROSS THE METRO AREA. THIS
MAKES THUNDERSTORMS A BIT MORE LIKELY FOR THE NEXT 6 TO 8 HOURS...
AND MAKES WIND DIRECTION VERY DIFFICULT TO CALL. IN GENERAL IT
SHOULD BE FROM THE EAST OR NORTHEAST...BUT DIRECTION WILL CHANGE
DEPENDING ON THUNDERSTORM OUTFLOWS. IFR CEILINGS LOOK LIKE A GOOD
BET AFTER MIDNIGHT AGAIN WITH THE UPSLOPE FLOW.

OUTLOOK...CIG/VSBY RESTRICTIONS POSSIBLE IN SHWRS/TSTMS TUE
AFTERNOON AND WEDNESDAY...ALONG WITH AREAS OF LOW CLOUDS AND FOG IN
THE MORNING. CHANCES OF RESTRICTIONS WILL DECREASE CONSIDERABLY
THU-FRI AS DRIER HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE REGION FOR A COUPLE
DAYS.

&&

.CLIMATE...
RECORD HIGHS FOR FRIDAY JUNE 19TH:

ASHEVILLE (KAVL): 92 SET IN 1933
GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG AREA (KGSP): 98 SET IN 1944
CHARLOTTE METRO AREA (KCLT): 102 SET IN 1944

&&

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

&&

SYNOPSIS...JPT
NEAR TERM...PM
SHORT TERM...ARK
LONG TERM...JPT
AVIATION...PM
CLIMATE...ARK
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 16, 3:41 PM EDT, 2 hours 9 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
341 PM EDT TUE JUN 16 2009

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065-
068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-171945-
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-
341 PM EDT TUE JUN 16 2009

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

MOST OF THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA HAS A SLIGHT
RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THE AREA
FROM HICKORY AND CHARLOTTE TO THE WEST SHOULD SEE NUMEROUS
THUNDERSTORMS...MAINLY UNTIL MIDNIGHT. A FEW OF THE THUNDERSTORMS
WILL PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS.

MEANWHILE...THE NORTHWEST PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA AND FROM
HICKORY TO THE CHARLOTTE METRO AREA COULD EXPERIENCE HEAVY RAIN IN
PERSISTENT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. A
FLASH FLOOD WATCH MAY BE ISSUED LATER TODAY FOR ALL OR PART OF
THIS AREA...PERHAPS EVEN THE AREA NEAR THE BLUE RIDGE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE IN THE FORECAST WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. A
FEW OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE...PRODUCING LARGE
HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.

HEAT INDEX VALUES OF 105 DEGREES ARE POSSIBLE FRIDAY AND SATURDAY
IN THE UPPER SAVANNAH RIVER VALLEY OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND
UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA.

.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

Local storm report, Jun 16, 4:56 PM EDT, 54 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
456 PM EDT TUE JUN 16 2009

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

0443 PM     HAIL             4 ESE EASLEY            34.80N 82.52W
06/16/2009  E1.75 INCH       PICKENS            SC   TRAINED SPOTTER

            SPOTTER REPORTS GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL ALONG OLD EASLEY
            BRIDGE ROAD.

&&

BSH
Local storm report, Jun 16, 5:10 PM EDT, 40 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
510 PM EDT TUE JUN 16 2009

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

0505 PM     HAIL             PIEDMONT                34.71N 82.46W
06/16/2009  E1.25 INCH       ANDERSON           SC   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

AKIMBALL
Local storm report, Jun 16, 5:13 PM EDT, 37 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
513 PM EDT TUE JUN 16 2009

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

0509 PM     HAIL             PIEDMONT                34.71N 82.46W
06/16/2009  E0.75 INCH       GREENVILLE         SC   TRAINED SPOTTER

            PENNY SIZED HAIL ON MARSHALL STREET IN PIEDMONT.

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Local storm report, Jun 16, 5:19 PM EDT, 31 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
519 PM EDT TUE JUN 16 2009

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

0500 PM     HAIL             5 N PIEDMONT            34.78N 82.46W
06/16/2009  E1.75 INCH       ANDERSON           SC   AMATEUR RADIO

            NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF HW-153 AND I-85 IN POWDERSVILLE.

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BSH
Local storm report, Jun 16, 5:23 PM EDT, 27 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
523 PM EDT TUE JUN 16 2009

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

0521 PM     HAIL             PELZER                  34.64N 82.46W
06/16/2009  E1.00 INCH       ANDERSON           SC   TRAINED SPOTTER

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BSH
Local storm report, Jun 16, 5:40 PM EDT, 10 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
540 PM EDT TUE JUN 16 2009

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

0509 PM     HAIL             PIEDMONT                34.71N 82.46W
06/16/2009  E2.75 INCH       GREENVILLE         SC   PUBLIC

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 15, 11:49 PM EDTFlash Flood WatchGSPAlexander, Avery, Burke, Caldwell, Catawba, Davie and 5 more9 hr
Jun 16, 5:52 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPIredell, Rowan53 min
Jun 16, 4:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPHenderson, Transylvania45 min
Jun 16, 4:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPBurke, Caldwell, Catawba, Cleveland, Lincoln62 min
Jun 16, 5:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPCleveland, Gaston, Lincoln66 min
Jun 16, 6:29 PM EDTTornado WarningGSPCleveland, Gaston40 min
Jun 16, 6:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPCleveland, Rutherford57 min
Jun 16, 3:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPGreenville, Pickens57 min
Jun 16, 4:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPAnderson, Greenville, Pickens65 min
Jun 16, 5:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPAbbeville, Anderson, Greenville, Greenwood, Laurens64 min
Jun 16, 6:14 PM EDTTornado WarningGSPChester, York61 min
Jun 16, 6:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPAnderson, Oconee, Pickens35 min
Jun 16, 6:48 PM EDTTornado WarningGSPCherokee, Spartanburg, Union42 min
Jun 16, 7:04 PM EDTTornado WarningGSPChester29 min
Jun 16, 7:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPCherokee, Chester, Union14 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.