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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 274, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

July 13, 2010Transylvania County, North Carolina; Greenville County, Pickens County, South Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 13, 2010, 2:31 PM EDT for Transylvania County, North Carolina; Greenville County, Pickens County, South Carolina. It was in force for 59 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: Jul 13, 2010, 2:31 PM EDT (18:31 UTC)
Expired: Jul 13, 2010, 3:30 PM EDT
In force: 59 min
Issued by: NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Transylvania County, NC, Greenville County, SC, Pickens 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
Jul 13, 2:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 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 Jul 13, 1:43 PM EDT, 48 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 13, 1:43 PM EDT, 48 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 13, 5:33 AM EDT, 8 hours 58 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 13, 10:18 AM EDT, 4 hours 13 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 13, 10:22 AM EDT, 4 hours 9 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 13, 1:57 PM EDT, 34 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
157 PM EDT TUE JUL 13 2010

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

0400 PM     FLOOD            4 SSE MINT HILL         35.13N 80.63W
07/12/2010                   UNION              NC   OTHER FEDERAL

            STATE ROAD 1524 NEAR INDIAN TRAIL FLOODED BY GOOSE CREEK

&&

PTANNER

Local storm report, Jul 13, 2:07 PM EDT, 24 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
207 PM EDT TUE JUL 13 2010

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

0545 PM     FLOOD            INDIAN TRAIL            35.07N 80.68W
07/12/2010                   UNION              NC   OFFICIAL NWS OBS

            GOOSE CREEK AT HIGHWAY 1525 REACHED 9 FEET...50 YEAR
            FLOOD LEVEL.

&&

NED

Special weather statement, Jul 13, 2:14 PM EDT, 17 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
214 PM EDT TUE JUL 13 2010

NCZ504>506-508-131845-
EASTERN MCDOWELL-GREATER BURKE-GREATER RUTHERFORD-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-
214 PM EDT TUE JUL 13 2010

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHERN RUTHERFORD...
SOUTHEASTERN MCDOWELL AND SOUTHERN BURKE COUNTIES THROUGH 245 PM
EDT...

AT 210 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTH OF SUGAR HILL...OR 12 MILES SOUTH
OF MARION...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  THERMAL CITY...
  THERMAL CITY...
  GLENWOOD...
  DYSARTSVILLE...

PEOPLE IN NORTHERN RUTHERFORD...SOUTHEASTERN MCDOWELL AND SOUTHERN
BURKE COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...

THERMAL CITY...GLENWOOD AND DYSARTSVILLE...

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

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

LAT...LON 3576 8169 3551 8169 3541 8210 3547 8213
      3552 8209 3552 8214 3553 8216 3557 8218

NED

Special weather statement, Jul 13, 2:14 PM EDT, 17 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED FOR PATHCAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
214 PM EDT TUE JUL 13 2010

NCZ504>506-508-131845-
EASTERN MCDOWELL-GREATER BURKE-GREATER RUTHERFORD-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-
214 PM EDT TUE JUL 13 2010

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHERN RUTHERFORD...
SOUTHEASTERN MCDOWELL AND SOUTHERN BURKE COUNTIES THROUGH 245 PM
EDT...

AT 210 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTH OF SUGAR HILL...OR 12 MILES SOUTH
OF MARION...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  THERMAL CITY...
  GLENWOOD...
  DYSARTSVILLE...

PEOPLE IN NORTHERN RUTHERFORD...SOUTHEASTERN MCDOWELL AND SOUTHERN
BURKE COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...

THERMAL CITY...GLENWOOD AND DYSARTSVILLE...

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

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

LAT...LON 3576 8169 3551 8169 3541 8210 3547 8213
      3552 8209 3552 8214 3553 8216 3557 8218

NED

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 13, 2:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Burke	31 min
Jul 13, 2:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Burke, Cleveland, Rutherford	38 min
Jul 13, 3:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Catawba, Lincoln	66 min
Jul 13, 4:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Alexander	53 min
Jul 13, 4:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Cleveland	47 min
Jul 13, 4:22 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Lincoln	113 min
Jul 13, 4:25 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	GSP	Lincoln	39 min
Jul 13, 4:52 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	GSP	Iredell, Mecklenburg	38 min
Jul 13, 4:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Davie, Iredell	66 min
Jul 13, 5:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Cabarrus, Rowan	59 min
Jul 13, 5:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Mecklenburg, Union	56 min
Jul 13, 5:42 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Mecklenburg, Union	48 min
Jul 13, 5:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Gaston, Mecklenburg	12 min
Jul 13, 5:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Davie	26 min
Jul 13, 6:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Stanly	27 min
Jul 13, 6:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Union	63 min
Jul 13, 3:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Cherokee, York	63 min
Jul 13, 4:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	York	48 min
Jul 13, 5:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	York	41 min
Jul 13, 5:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	York	49 min
Jul 13, 5:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Chester	45 min
Jul 13, 6:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Abbeville, Anderson, Oconee, Pickens	58 min
Jul 13, 6:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Chester, York	24 min
Jul 13, 7:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Abbeville	32 min
Jul 13, 7:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Abbeville, Anderson, Greenwood, Laurens	43 min
Jul 12, 8:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Franklin, Stephens	26 min
Jul 12, 9:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Hart	43 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in South Carolina, 2010 Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Carolina, 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.