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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 85, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

May 18, 2010Union County, North Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 18, 2010, 10:14 PM EDT for Union County, North Carolina. It was in force for 61 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: May 18, 2010, 10:14 PM EDT (02:14 UTC)
Expired: May 18, 2010, 11:15 PM EDT
In force: 61 min
Issued by: NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Union County, NC

The radar

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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 May 18, 9:45 PM EDT, 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 18, 9:45 PM EDT, 29 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 18, 3:08 PM EDT, 7 hours 6 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
308 PM EDT TUE MAY 18 2010

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065-
068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-191915-
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-
308 PM EDT TUE MAY 18 2010

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON WILL DISSIPATE THIS
EVENING.

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

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

NONE.

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 18, 7:05 PM EDT, 3 hours 9 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
705 PM EDT TUE MAY 18 2010

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

0655 PM     HAIL             3 W SHELBY              35.29N 81.60W
05/18/2010  E0.75 INCH       CLEVELAND          NC   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

KRENTZ

Special weather statement, May 18, 7:17 PM EDT, 2 hours 57 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
717 PM EDT TUE MAY 18 2010

NCZ068-070-SCZ008-009-190000-
CHEROKEE-CLEVELAND-GASTON-YORK-
717 PM EDT TUE MAY 18 2010

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN CHEROKEE...NORTHERN
YORK...SOUTHERN CLEVELAND AND SOUTHERN GASTON COUNTIES THROUGH 800 PM
EDT...

AT 712 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 2 MILES NORTHWEST OF EARL...OR 5 MILES SOUTH OF
SHELBY...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

PEOPLE IN NORTHEASTERN CHEROKEE...NORTHERN YORK...SOUTHERN CLEVELAND
AND SOUTHERN GASTON COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...

EARL AND CLOVER...

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

DIME SIZE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH
ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

LAT...LON 3522 8106 3498 8115 3515 8167 3533 8161

BSH

Special weather statement, May 18, 8:01 PM EDT, 2 hours 13 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
801 PM EDT TUE MAY 18 2010

SCZ008-009-190045-
CHEROKEE-YORK-
801 PM EDT TUE MAY 18 2010

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN CHEROKEE AND
NORTHWESTERN YORK COUNTIES THROUGH 845 PM EDT...

AT 758 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES EAST OF BLACKSBURG...OR 11 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF SHELBY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

PEOPLE IN NORTHEASTERN CHEROKEE AND NORTHWESTERN YORK COUNTIES...
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

CLOVER...

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

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

LAT...LON 3492 8120 3510 8158 3518 8154 3517 8139
      3516 8138 3517 8132 3516 8117 3515 8108

BSH

Local storm report, May 18, 9:22 PM EDT, 52 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 18, 9:48 PM EDT, 26 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 18, 10:00 PM EDT, 14 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
May 18, 8:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Mecklenburg	63 min
May 18, 9:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Union	42 min
May 18, 10:53 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Mecklenburg	67 min
May 18, 8:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	York	44 min

Nearby

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.