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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 231, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

June 28, 2010Oconee County, South Carolina; Rabun County, Georgia

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 28, 2010, 2:51 PM EDT for Oconee County, South Carolina; Rabun County, Georgia. It was in force for 54 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 28, 2010, 2:51 PM EDT (18:51 UTC)
Expired: Jun 28, 2010, 3:45 PM EDT
In force: 54 min
Issued by: NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Rabun County, GA, Oconee County, SC

The radar

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What forecasters said that day

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NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 28, 12:52 PM EDT, 1 hour 59 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 28, 12:52 PM EDT, 1 hour 59 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 28, 5:35 AM EDT, 9 hours 16 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 28, 9:41 AM EDT, 5 hours 10 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 28, 1:39 PM EDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
139 PM EDT MON JUN 28 2010

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

0255 PM     TSTM WND DMG     6 S TUCKASEGEE          35.18N 83.12W
06/25/2010                   JACKSON            NC   POST OFFICE

            SEVERAL TREES AND LARGE LIMBS DOWN ALONG HIGHWAY 107
            BETWEEN TUCKASEGEE AND GLENVILLE.

&&

TBENTHAL

Special weather statement, Jun 28, 2:09 PM EDT, 42 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
209 PM EDT MON JUN 28 2010

NCZ053-505>508-281845-
BUNCOMBE-EASTERN MCDOWELL-GREATER RUTHERFORD-MCDOWELL
MOUNTAINS-RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-
209 PM EDT MON JUN 28 2010

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHWESTERN RUTHERFORD...
SOUTHEASTERN BUNCOMBE AND SOUTHWESTERN MCDOWELL COUNTIES THROUGH 245
PM EDT...

AT 204 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES SOUTH OF BLACK MOUNTAIN...OR 13 MILES
EAST OF DOWNTOWN ASHEVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  LAKE LURE...

PEOPLE IN NORTHWESTERN RUTHERFORD...SOUTHEASTERN BUNCOMBE AND
SOUTHWESTERN MCDOWELL COUNTIES...

SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE
WARNINGS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE
WEATHER THREATEN.

OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES...AND WIND GUSTS OF 30
TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

LAT...LON 3562 8198 3540 8203 3544 8227 3545 8227
      3546 8226 3550 8231 3548 8237 3546 8237
      3547 8243 3565 8239

BSH

Special weather statement, Jun 28, 2:18 PM EDT, 33 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
218 PM EDT MON JUN 28 2010

GAZ010-017-281845-
HABERSHAM-RABUN-
218 PM EDT MON JUN 28 2010

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHERN HABERSHAM AND SOUTHERN
RABUN COUNTIES THROUGH 245 PM EDT...

AT 213 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR LAKE BURTON...OR 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
CLAYTON...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  NACOOHE LAKE...
  LAKE RABUN...
  LAKEMONT...
  CLAYTON...

PEOPLE IN NORTHERN HABERSHAM AND SOUTHERN RABUN COUNTIES...INCLUDING
THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...

LAKE BURTON...NACOOHE LAKE...LAKE RABUN...LAKEMONT AND CLAYTON...

SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE
WARNINGS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE
WEATHER THREATEN.

OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES...AND WIND GUSTS OF 30
TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

LAT...LON 3493 8321 3489 8321 3487 8324 3486 8324
      3483 8327 3482 8327 3481 8330 3478 8332
      3475 8332 3473 8335 3470 8335 3469 8361
      3491 8362

BSH

Special weather statement, Jun 28, 2:43 PM EDT, 8 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 28, 2:44 PM EDT, 7 minutes before

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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 28, 2:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	McDowell	36 min
Jun 28, 2:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Rutherford	31 min
Jun 28, 2:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Rutherford	65 min
Jun 28, 4:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Cleveland	28 min
Jun 28, 4:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Cleveland, Gaston, Lincoln, Rutherford	53 min
Jun 28, 4:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Cleveland, Gaston, Lincoln	62 min
Jun 28, 5:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Gaston, Mecklenburg	32 min
Jun 28, 5:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Buncombe	31 min
Jun 28, 6:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	McDowell	37 min
Jun 28, 7:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Haywood	34 min
Jun 28, 7:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Burke	32 min
Jun 28, 3:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Abbeville	36 min
Jun 28, 7:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Anderson	32 min
Jun 28, 7:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Anderson	42 min
Jun 28, 2:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Rabun	27 min
Jun 28, 2:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Rabun	32 min
Jun 28, 6:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Hart	33 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.