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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 175, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

June 19, 2010Oconee County, South Carolina; Rabun County, Georgia

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 19, 2010, 4:18 PM EDT for Oconee County, South Carolina; Rabun County, Georgia. It was in force for 57 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 19, 2010, 4:18 PM EDT (20:18 UTC)
Expired: Jun 19, 2010, 5:15 PM EDT
In force: 57 min
Issued by: NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Rabun County, GA, Oconee County, SC

The radar

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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 19, 1:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

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 19, 2:52 PM EDT, 1 hour 26 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 19, 2:52 PM EDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 19, 4:02 PM EDT, 16 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 19, 2:14 PM EDT, 2 hours 4 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 19, 2:45 PM EDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 19, 3:19 PM EDT, 59 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
319 PM EDT SAT JUN 19 2010

NCZ053-064-065-192000-
BUNCOMBE-HENDERSON-TRANSYLVANIA-
319 PM EDT SAT JUN 19 2010

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN TRANSYLVANIA...
NORTHWESTERN HENDERSON AND SOUTHWESTERN BUNCOMBE COUNTIES THROUGH 400
PM EDT...

AT 315 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BENT CREEK...OR 9 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF DOWNTOWN ASHEVILLE...MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO I-26 AT
  I-40...SKYLAND...CANDLER...BILTMORE FOREST...BENT CREEK...AVERY
  CREEK...MOUNTAIN HOME...MILLS RIVER...HENDERSONVILLE...FLETCHER AND
  ETOWAH.

VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH
ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

LAT...LON 3533 8242 3525 8271 3542 8275 3542 8274
      3543 8275 3552 8278 3554 8277 3559 8257

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Special weather statement, Jun 19, 3:28 PM EDT, 50 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
328 PM EDT SAT JUN 19 2010

NCZ063-064-SCZ002-192015-
PICKENS MOUNTAINS-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-
328 PM EDT SAT JUN 19 2010

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHWESTERN PICKENS...
SOUTHEASTERN JACKSON AND SOUTHWESTERN TRANSYLVANIA COUNTIES THROUGH
415 PM EDT...

AT 326 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF LAKE TOXAWAY...OR 15 MILES
WEST OF BREVARD...MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WOLF
  MOUNTAIN...CASHIERS...SAPPHIRE...LAKE TOXAWAY AND BALSAM GROVE.

VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH
ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

LAT...LON 3526 8309 3526 8287 3500 8282 3500 8292
      3500 8291 3503 8291 3504 8290 3505 8291
      3500 8310 3501 8312

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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
Jun 19, 2:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Jackson	45 min
Jun 19, 3:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Henderson	41 min
Jun 19, 3:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Transylvania	47 min
Jun 19, 3:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Jackson, Transylvania	55 min
Jun 19, 6:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Burke	47 min
Jun 19, 7:06 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Polk	39 min
Jun 19, 7:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Caldwell	51 min
Jun 19, 7:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Burke, Caldwell	55 min
Jun 19, 2:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Stephens	46 min
Jun 19, 5:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Habersham, Rabun, Stephens	63 min
Jun 19, 6:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Rabun	48 min
Jun 19, 6:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Habersham, Rabun, Stephens	58 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in South Carolina, 2010 Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Georgia, 2010 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2010

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.