Alert archive / South Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2010
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 352, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 5, 2010, 1:20 PM EDT for Transylvania County, North Carolina; Greenville County, Pickens County, South Carolina. It was in force for 55 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
- Aug 5, 2010, 1:20 PM EDT (17:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 5, 2010, 2:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Transylvania County, NC, Greenville County, SC, Pickens County, SC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:20 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 nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 5.3 hours before the alert went out and 249 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
- 1211 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -57 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 976 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 5 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 2 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -16 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 Aug 5, 9:59 AM EDT, 3 hours 21 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 5, 9:59 AM EDT, 3 hours 21 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 5, 10:23 AM EDT, 2 hours 57 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1023 AM EDT THU AUG 5 2010 GAZ018-026-028-029-NCZ035>037-056-057-068>072-082-SCZ004>014-019- 061430- STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-CATAWBA-ROWAN- CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC- GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG- CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- 1023 AM EDT THU AUG 5 2010 ...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. HEAT ADVISORY. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING. ANY OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL...AND GUSTY WINDS. SEVERAL THUNDERSTORMS MAY ALSO PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND LARGE HAIL...ESPECIALLY THIS AFTERNOON. THUNDERSTORMS THAT REPEATEDLY AFFECT A GIVEN LOCATION MAY ALSO PRODUCE LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...OR FLASH FLOODING TO OUR OFFICE. GAZ010-017-NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-501>510-SCZ001>003-061430- RABUN-HABERSHAM-AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE- GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA- HENDERSON-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- 1023 AM EDT THU AUG 5 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING. ANY OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL...AND GUSTY WINDS. SEVERAL THUNDERSTORMS MAY ALSO PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND LARGE HAIL...ESPECIALLY THIS AFTERNOON. THUNDERSTORMS THAT REPEATEDLY AFFECT A GIVEN LOCATION MAY ALSO PRODUCE LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...OR FLASH FLOODING TO OUR OFFICE.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 5, 12:23 PM EDT, 57 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1223 PM EDT THU AUG 5 2010
NCZ064-SCZ001-002-051700-
OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-TRANSYLVANIA-
1223 PM EDT THU AUG 5 2010
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN OCONEE...
NORTHWESTERN PICKENS AND SOUTHWESTERN TRANSYLVANIA COUNTIES THROUGH
100 PM EDT...
AT 1216 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES WEST OF LAKE JOCASSEE...OR 17 MILES NORTH
OF WALHALLA...MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH.
THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
LAKE JOCASSEE...
HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED
WITH THIS STORM.
LAT...LON 3501 8307 3502 8301 3503 8303 3505 8305
3507 8305 3507 8304 3507 8280 3491 8280
3494 8309
RBSpecial weather statement, Aug 5, 12:52 PM EDT, 28 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1252 PM EDT THU AUG 5 2010
NCZ064-065-051730-
HENDERSON-TRANSYLVANIA-
1252 PM EDT THU AUG 5 2010
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN TRANSYLVANIA AND
SOUTHERN HENDERSON COUNTIES THROUGH 130 PM EDT...
AT 1247 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES WEST OF ETOWAH...OR 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF
BREVARD...MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH.
THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
ETOWAH...
HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
LAT...LON 3537 8237 3517 8244 3517 8247 3516 8251
3525 8276 3541 8272
RBSpecial weather statement, Aug 5, 1:14 PM EDT, 6 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
114 PM EDT THU AUG 5 2010
SCZ012-051800-
LAURENS-
114 PM EDT THU AUG 5 2010
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHERN LAURENS COUNTY THROUGH
200 PM EDT...
AT 109 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GRAY COURT...OR 6 MILES
NORTH OF LAURENS...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ORA...
LAURENS...JOANNA AND CLINTON.
SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.
LAT...LON 3451 8216 3466 8206 3467 8200 3465 8197
3465 8195 3461 8192 3457 8184 3456 8174
3438 8181
KRENTZThe office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 2:44 AM EDT | Heat Advisory | GSP | Alexander, Cabarrus, Catawba, Cleveland, Davie, Gaston and 5 more | 15 hr |
| Aug 5, 12:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Henderson | 38 min |
| Aug 5, 1:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Caldwell | 57 min |
| Aug 5, 1:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cleveland, Henderson, Polk, Rutherford | 66 min |
| Aug 5, 1:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Buncombe | 25 min |
| Aug 5, 2:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Buncombe, Henderson, McDowell | 56 min |
| Aug 5, 2:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Alexander, Caldwell | 63 min |
| Aug 5, 2:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | McDowell | 34 min |
| Aug 5, 2:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Alexander, Iredell | 54 min |
| Aug 5, 3:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Jackson, Macon | 44 min |
| Aug 5, 3:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Alexander, Burke, Caldwell, Catawba | 59 min |
| Aug 5, 3:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Burke, Caldwell | 47 min |
| Aug 5, 3:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Avery, McDowell, Mitchell, Yancey | 49 min |
| Aug 5, 3:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Alexander, Catawba, Iredell | 53 min |
| Aug 5, 3:42 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Alexander, Avery, Burke, Caldwell, Catawba, Iredell and 3 more | 3 hr |
| Aug 5, 4:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Davie, Iredell, Rowan | 59 min |
| Aug 5, 4:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Catawba, Iredell | 54 min |
| Aug 5, 4:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Haywood | 51 min |
| Aug 5, 4:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Buncombe, Haywood, Madison | 58 min |
| Aug 5, 4:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Avery | 42 min |
| Aug 5, 4:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Iredell, Mecklenburg, Rowan | 63 min |
| Aug 5, 4:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Haywood, Madison | 47 min |
| Aug 5, 4:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Catawba, Lincoln | 42 min |
| Aug 5, 4:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Mitchell, Yancey | 40 min |
| Aug 5, 4:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Graham, Swain | 25 min |
| Aug 5, 5:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Gaston, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Rowan | 60 min |
| Aug 5, 5:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Avery, Burke, Caldwell, McDowell, Mitchell, Yancey | 50 min |
| Aug 5, 5:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Haywood | 26 min |
| Aug 5, 5:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Rowan | 33 min |
| Aug 5, 5:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Mecklenburg, Union | 56 min |
| Aug 5, 5:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Buncombe, Henderson, Rutherford | 30 min |
| Aug 5, 6:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | McDowell | 36 min |
| Aug 5, 6:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cleveland, Rutherford | 61 min |
| Aug 5, 6:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Burke, Cleveland, McDowell, Rutherford | 35 min |
| Aug 5, 6:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Mecklenburg, Union | 61 min |
| Aug 5, 6:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cleveland, Lincoln, Rutherford | 43 min |
| Aug 5, 7:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cleveland, Gaston, Lincoln | 46 min |
| Aug 5, 7:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Union | 77 min |
| Aug 5, 12:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Pickens | 37 min |
| Aug 5, 1:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Laurens | 46 min |
| Aug 5, 5:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cherokee, Spartanburg | 57 min |
| Aug 5, 6:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Oconee | 67 min |
| Aug 5, 7:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | York | 65 min |
| Aug 5, 7:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Abbeville, Anderson, Greenville, Greenwood | 31 min |
| Aug 5, 1:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Rabun | 50 min |
Nearby
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.