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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 130, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

May 10, 2011Greenville County, Greenwood County, Laurens County, South Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 10, 2011, 7:54 PM EDT for Greenville County, Greenwood County, Laurens County, South Carolina. It was in force for 57 min. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
May 10, 2011, 7:54 PM EDT (23:54 UTC)
Expired
May 10, 2011, 8:51 PM EDT
In force
57 min
Issued by
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Greenville County, SC, Greenwood County, SC, Laurens County, SC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:55 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 10, 7:55 PM EDTHAIL 1Fountain Inn, SC
May 10, 8:05 PM EDTHAIL 12 Nw Gray Court, SCHW-14 QUICK STOP RERPORTED HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS.
May 10, 8:12 PM EDTHAIL 0.75Gray Court, SC

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

Did it verify

Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched 2 storm reports to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 1 minutes after it went out.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 10, 3:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 253 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2011-05-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1784 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2011-05-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 5 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1784 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-115 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1048 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
5 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
9 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

108 
WUUS52 KGSP 102354
SVRGSP
SCC045-047-059-110130-
/O.NEW.KGSP.SV.W.0130.110510T2354Z-110511T0130Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
754 PM EDT TUE MAY 10 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN GREENWOOD COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...
  LAURENS COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...
  SOUTHEASTERN GREENVILLE COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...

* UNTIL 930 PM EDT

* AT 751 PM EDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE DAMAGING HAIL UP TO GOLF
  BALL SIZE.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR FOUNTAIN INN...OR 15 MILES
  SOUTHEAST OF DOWNTOWN GREENVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO FORK
  SHOALS...GRAY COURT...PRINCETON...HICKORY TAVERN...ORA...BOYD MILL
  POND...LAURENS...WARE SHOALS...CLINTON...HODGES...WATERLOO...
  COKESBURY...CROSS HILL...CORONACA...LAKE GREENWOOD...NINETY SIX AND
  GREENWOOD

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

ALTHOUGH LARGE HAIL TO THE SIZE OF GOLF BALLS IS THE MAIN THREAT 
WITH THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...BRIEF DAMAGING WINDS COULD ALSO 
OCCUR.

TO REPORT DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...OR FLOODING...THROUGH OUR
AUTOMATED REPORTING SYSTEM...CALL OUR TOLL FREE NUMBER...
1 8 7 7...6 3 3...6 7 7 2.

&&

LAT...LON 3439 8227 3441 8225 3445 8228 3475 8233
      3481 8218 3475 8211 3474 8208 3471 8207
      3467 8201 3436 8177 3430 8189 3426 8190
      3420 8194 3410 8222
TIME...MOT...LOC 2354Z 334DEG 18KT 3470 8218

$$

RWH
2 follow-up statements
496 
WWUS52 KGSP 110015
SVSGSP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
815 PM EDT TUE MAY 10 2011

SCC045-110025-
/O.CAN.KGSP.SV.W.0130.000000T0000Z-110511T0130Z/
GREENVILLE SC-
815 PM EDT TUE MAY 10 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN GREENVILLE COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM HAS MOVED SOUTH OUT OF THE COUNTY.

LAT...LON 3410 8222 3439 8227 3441 8225 3445 8228
      3452 8226 3454 8224 3459 8224 3473 8216
      3471 8207 3467 8201 3436 8177 3430 8189
      3420 8194
TIME...MOT...LOC 0015Z 334DEG 18KT 3461 8212

$$

SCC047-059-110130-
/O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0130.000000T0000Z-110511T0130Z/
GREENWOOD SC-LAURENS SC-
815 PM EDT TUE MAY 10 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM EDT
FOR LAURENS AND NORTHERN GREENWOOD COUNTIES...

AT 812 PM EDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL.  THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR GRAY COURT...OR 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF LAURENS...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO HICKORY
TAVERN...ORA...BOYD MILL POND...WARE SHOALS...CLINTON...HODGES...
WATERLOO...COKESBURY...JOANNA...CORONACA...CROSS HILL...LAKE
GREENWOOD AND GREENWOOD

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

ALTHOUGH LARGE HAIL TO THE SIZE OF ***SIZE*** IS THE MAIN THREAT WITH
THIS STORM...BRIEF DAMAGING WINDS COULD ALSO OCCUR.

&&

LAT...LON 3410 8222 3439 8227 3441 8225 3445 8228
      3452 8226 3454 8224 3459 8224 3473 8216
      3471 8207 3467 8201 3436 8177 3430 8189
      3420 8194
TIME...MOT...LOC 0015Z 334DEG 18KT 3461 8212

$$

RWH
088 
WWUS52 KGSP 110051
SVSGSP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
851 PM EDT TUE MAY 10 2011

SCC047-059-110101-
/O.CAN.KGSP.SV.W.0130.000000T0000Z-110511T0130Z/
GREENWOOD SC-LAURENS SC-
851 PM EDT TUE MAY 10 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR LAURENS AND NORTHERN GREENWOOD
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LEVELS AND IS NOT EXPECTED TO 
REDEVELOP.

LAT...LON 3410 8222 3439 8227 3441 8225 3445 8228
      3452 8226 3454 8224 3459 8224 3473 8216
      3471 8207 3467 8201 3436 8177 3430 8189
      3420 8194
TIME...MOT...LOC 0051Z 334DEG 18KT 3445 8202

$$

RWH

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 10, 7:19 PM EDT, 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 10, 7:19 PM EDT, 35 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
719 PM EDT TUE MAY 10 2011

.SYNOPSIS...
AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WILL CONTINUE TO STRENGTHEN ACROSS THE EASTERN
HALF OF THE COUNTRY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. A WEAK BOUNDARY THROUGH
WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA INTO SOUTH CAROLINA WILL GRADUALLY MOVE
WESTWARD AND THEN DISSIPATE. A CLOSED UPPER LOW WILL SLOWLY APPROACH
THE AREA FROM THE WEST THIS WEEKEND.

&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
2300 UPDATE...MAIN CONVECTIVE FOCUS IS SOUTHWEST OF THE WARM FRONT
NEAR BETTER INSTABILITY FROM THE NC BLUE RIDGE TO THE SC
PIEDMONT...AND POPS AND QPF HAVE BEEN RAISED IN THIS AREA.

WOULD EXPECT MLCIN TO ERODE AS THE AFTERNOON WEARS ON AND THE
AVAILABILITY OF POTENTIAL TRIGGERS TO INCREASE INTO THIS EVENING AS
CENTRAL APPALACHIAN DEEP CONVECTION NEARS. SHORT RANGE MODEL RESPONSE
IS IN GOOD AGREEMENT WITH RESPECT TO SENSIBLE WX...CLICKING OFF QPF
ACRS THE NC MTNS/FTLHS THRU LATE AFTERNOON AND THEN INTO THE
PIEDMONT THRU EARLY EVENING. MESOSCALE MODELS WOULD INFER THAT
ANYTHING MORE THAN AN ISOLATED SVR WX WILL DEVELOP/TRANSLATE
SE ACRS WESTERN NC CLOSER TO SYNOPTIC SCALE BNDRY/LLVL CONVERGENCE
AXIS...AND WILL PLAN ON INCLUDING WORDING AS SUCH IN THE FCST.
PERHAPS EVEN INTO A PORTION OF THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...IT STILL
REMAINS FUZZY ON THE DEVELOPMENT AND/OR TRACK OF ANY ADDITIONAL
CONVECTIVELY INDUCED VORTS TO MAINTAIN DEEP CONVECTION TOWARD
WEDNESDAY MORNING. SENSIBLE WX OUTSIDE OF TSTM CHANCES WILL BE FAIR
AND QUITE MILD WITH LATE NIGHT FOG PROBABILITIES AND WED AM MIN
TEMPS 8-10 DEG F ABV CLIMO. UPPER RIDGE AXIS OFF TO OUR WEST POKES A
BIT FURTHER EASTWARD ON WEDNESDAY AND DIURNAL DESTABILIZATION
EXPECTED TO BE AT LEAST MODERATE...ESPECIALLY WHERE TEMPERATURES
WARM WELL INTO THE 80S ACRS THE SW HALF OF THE CWFA. ALTHOUGH
EFFECTIVE BULK SHEAR WILL BE EXPECTEDLY LESS THAN WHAT WE ARE SEEING
TODAY...ISOLATED...DIURNALLY ENHANCED SVR STORMS WILL BE PROBABLE.

&&

.SHORT TERM /WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY/...
AS OF 120 PM TUESDAY...A HIGH AMPLITUDE RIDGE WILL BREAK DOWN DURING
THIS SHORT TERM PERIOD OF THE FORECAST. SOME LEFT OVER CONVECTION
CARRYING INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING WITH THE NW FLOW AND THEN A DECREASE
THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING WITH THE RIDGE AXIS PASSING OVERHEAD.
GREATEST INSTABILITY SHOULD BE OVER NE GA AND THE WESTERN UPSTATE
WITH FAIRLY LIGHT WIND FIELDS.  NOT A BIG CONCERN AS OF THIS TIME.
HOWEVER...CONCERN PICKS UP AGAIN ON FRIDAY WITH LOW TO MID LEVEL
WIND FIELDS INCREASING LATE IN THE DAY AS COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM
THE WEST.  CAPE VALUES VARY DEPENDING OF THE MODEL BUT MAINLY 1000
TO 1500 IN THE GA TO CAROLINA PIEDMONT. EXPECT INCREASING COVERAGE
OF SHOWERS AND STORMS LATE FRIDAY. HIGHS THURSDAY IN THE MID 80S
UPPER SAVANNAH TO THE LOWER TO MID 70S NEAR THE TRIAD. HIGHS FRIDAY
FROM LOWER 80S UPPER SAVANNAH TO UPPER 70S NW NC PIEDMONT.

&&

.LONG TERM /FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY/...
AS OF 200 PM TUESDAY...NEW GUIDANCE CONTINUES TO SUPPORT AN
UNSETTLED WEATHER PATTERN FOR THE WEEKEND INTO THE FIRST PORTION OF
NEXT WEEK. BY EARLY IN THE WEEKEND...THE UPPER RIDGE WILL SHIFT EAST
OF THE AREA AS A CLOSED UPPER LOW MOVES SOUTHEAST FROM THE MIDWEST
INTO THE DEEP SOUTH BY MONDAY. LEANED HEAVILY ON HPC GUIDANCE WHICH
UTILIZED THE ECM/ECM ENSEMBLE MEAN EARLY ON THEN THE ECM/GFS
ENSEMBLE MEANS FOR THE LATE IN THE FORECAST PERIOD. WITH THE
SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS AND WESTERN CAROLINAS COMING UNDER INCREASING
UPPER DIVERGENCE DURING THE WEEKEND...THE LIKELY POPS SEEM
REASONABLE...WITH DAILY SOLID COVERAGE A GOOD BET THROUGH MON. A
GENERAL COOLING TREND IN TEMPERATURES IS ALSO EXPECTED DUE TO
WIDESPREAD CLOUDS/PRECIP AND LOWERING HEIGHTS.

&&

.AVIATION /23Z TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/...
AT KCLT...CONVECTION AND ASSOCIATED RESTRICTIONS ARE STILL POSSIBLE
THIS EVENING AS UPPER SYSTEM INTERACTS WITH FRONT JUST NORTH OF THE
AIR FIELD...BUT WITH NO IMMEDIATE TREAT UPSTREAM...ONLY CB WILL BE
CARRIED IN THE TAF. GUIDANCE SHOWS WINDS TAKING ON A MORE
NORTHEASTERLY DIRECTION OVERNIGHT. SOME GUIDANCE SUPPORT FOR FOG BY
DAWN...BUT GUIDANCE HAS BEEN OVERLY AGGRESSIVE WITH FOG THE LAST FEW
NIGHT...AND VFR WILL BE MAINTAINED IN TAF...AS WILL A LOW VFR CIG.
CONVECTION WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON WILL BE TOO SCATTERED TO MENTION IN
THE TAF. LIGHT WINDS VEER TO ESE IN THE AFTERNOON.

ELSEWHERE...CONVECTIVE CHANCES WILL BE GREATEST FROM KAVL TO
KGSP/KGMU THIS EVENING...WHERE BETTER INSTABILITY EXISTS IN
PROXIMITY TO THE FRONT AND THE TRACK OF THE UPPER SYSTEM. WINDS ARE
EXPECTED TO TAKE ON A NORTHEASTERLY DIRECTION OVERNIGHT. GUIDANCE
SUPPORTS MVFR IN MUCH OF THE AREA AROUND DAWN...BUT RESTRICTIONS
WILL BE RESERVED FOR THE MOST PRONE AREAS OF WESTERN NC AND KAND.
TEMPORARY IFR VSBY WILL BE POSSIBLE AT KAVL. AFTERNOON CONVECTION ON
WEDNESDAY WILL BE ISOLATED TO SCATTERED...WITH CONFIDENCE TOO LOW TO
MENTION IN THE TAFS. LIGHT WINDS VEER TO SE IN THE
AFTERNOON...BECOMING S AT KAVL.

OUTLOOK...SCATTERED CEILING AND VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS IN
THUNDERSTORMS MOST NUMEROUS OVER MOUNTAINS AND DURING AFTERNOONS AND
EVENINGS THROUGH END OF WEEK. MORNING MVFR FOG POSSIBLE WHERE RAIN
FELL THE NIGHT BEFORE.

&&

.GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...NONE.
NC...NONE.
SC...NONE.

&&

SYNOPSIS...LG
NEAR TERM...CSH/JAT
SHORT TERM...DEO
LONG TERM...LG
AVIATION...JAT
Hazardous weather outlook, May 10, 3:41 PM EDT, 4 hours 13 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
341 PM EDT TUE MAY 10 2011

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ051-058-059-062>064-SCZ001-002-004-005-
010-011-019-110300-
RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-SWAIN-GRAHAM-
NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-
OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS-
ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-GREENWOOD-
341 PM EDT TUE MAY 10 2011

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

UPPER LEVEL ENERGY WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION INTO TONIGHT...AIDING
IN THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT AND ORGANIZATION. SOME OF THESE STORMS
WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE...PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...
DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND POSSIBLY EVEN A TORNADO.

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

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF LARGE
HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...TORNADOES OR FLASH FLOODING TO OUR OFFICE.

NCZ033-035>037-048>050-052-053-056-057-065-068>072-082-501>510-
SCZ003-006>009-012>014-110300-
AVERY-ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-HAYWOOD-
BUNCOMBE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-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-
GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK-
LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-
341 PM EDT TUE MAY 10 2011

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 269 IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH.

UPPER LEVEL ENERGY WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION INTO TONIGHT...AIDING
IN THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT AND ORGANIZATION. SOME OF THESE STORMS
WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE...PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...
DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND POSSIBLY EVEN A TORNADO.

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

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF LARGE
HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...TORNADOES OR FLASH FLOODING TO OUR OFFICE.

DEO

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 10, 7:31 PM EDT, 23 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
731 PM EDT TUE MAY 10 2011

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

0720 PM     HAIL             5 SW GREER              34.89N 82.29W
05/10/2011  E1.00 INCH       GREENVILLE         SC   TRAINED SPOTTER

0640 PM     HAIL             3 S TIGERVILLE          35.03N 82.37W
05/10/2011  M3.00 INCH       GREENVILLE         SC   NWS EMPLOYEE

            OFF DUTY NWS EMPLOYEE REPORTS NUMEROUS DENTS IN
            VEHICLES...LOTS OF LEAF DEBRIS...AND SEVERAL BRANCHES
            DOWN FROM THE HAIL.

&&

BSH
Local storm report, May 10, 7:32 PM EDT, 22 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
732 PM EDT TUE MAY 10 2011

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

0727 PM     HAIL             4 ENE MAULDIN           34.81N 82.24W
05/10/2011  E0.25 INCH       GREENVILLE         SC   NWS EMPLOYEE

            ONE INCH HAIL

&&

LG
Local storm report, May 10, 7:33 PM EDT, 21 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
733 PM EDT TUE MAY 10 2011

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

0716 PM     HAIL             3 NE GREENVILLE         34.87N 82.33W
05/10/2011  E1.00 INCH       GREENVILLE         SC   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

            GOLF BALL HAIL AT THE BOILING SPRINGS FIRE DEPT

&&

LG
Local storm report, May 10, 7:34 PM EDT, 20 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
734 PM EDT TUE MAY 10 2011

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

0731 PM     HAIL             2 N MAULDIN             34.82N 82.30W
05/10/2011  E0.75 INCH       GREENVILLE         SC   NWS EMPLOYEE

&&

07
Local storm report, May 10, 7:44 PM EDT, 10 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
744 PM EDT TUE MAY 10 2011

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

0740 PM     HAIL             4 ENE MAULDIN           34.81N 82.24W
05/10/2011  E1.50 INCH       GREENVILLE         SC   NWS EMPLOYEE

0742 PM     HAIL             5 ENE MAULDIN           34.81N 82.22W
05/10/2011  E1.75 INCH       GREENVILLE         SC   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

BSH
Local storm report, May 10, 7:53 PM EDT, 1 minute before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
753 PM EDT TUE MAY 10 2011

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

0732 PM     HAIL             4 E MAULDIN             34.78N 82.24W
05/10/2011  E1.25 INCH       GREENVILLE         SC   NWS EMPLOYEE

0737 PM     HAIL             3 E MAULDIN             34.79N 82.24W
05/10/2011  E1.75 INCH       GREENVILLE         SC   NWS EMPLOYEE

0745 PM     HAIL             4 E MAULDIN             34.78N 82.24W
05/10/2011  M2.00 INCH       GREENVILLE         SC   NWS EMPLOYEE

&&

MCAVOY

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 10, 5:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPCherokee31 min
May 10, 6:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPGreenville26 min
May 10, 6:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPGreenville, Spartanburg65 min
May 10, 6:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPSpartanburg31 min
May 10, 6:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPCherokee, Spartanburg39 min
May 10, 7:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPGreenville, Laurens, Spartanburg52 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in South Carolina, 2011Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2011

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.