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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 14, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

March 19, 2011Greenville County, Laurens County, South Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 19, 2011, 5:10 PM EDT for Greenville County, Laurens County, South Carolina. It was in force for 65 min. 11 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: Mar 19, 2011, 5:10 PM EDT (21:10 UTC)
Expired: Mar 19, 2011, 6:15 PM EDT
In force: 65 min
Issued by: NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Greenville County, SC, Laurens County, SC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:13 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

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Mar 19, 5:12 PM EDT	HAIL 1.75	3 Sw Gray Court, SC	HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF GOLF BALLS COVERING THE GROUND. HAD WIND MEASURING EQUIPMENT WHICH RECORDED A 57 MPH GUST. NO REPORT OF WIND DAMAGE AS OF YET.
Mar 19, 5:15 PM EDT	HAIL 1	Gray Court, SC
Mar 19, 5:25 PM EDT	HAIL 0.5	3 Ne Hickory Tavern, SC	HAIL ALMOST COVERING THE GROUND AT FAIRVIEW AND ROUTE 101
Mar 19, 5:35 PM EDT	HAIL 0.88	Gray Court, SC
Mar 19, 5:47 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	7 Sw Laurens, SC	TWO CEDAR TREES JUST UPROOTED. AS I ASKED FOR MORE INFORMATION WE WERE CUT OFF.
Mar 19, 5:47 PM EDT	HAIL 0.88	7 Sw Laurens, SC	THE SPOTTER WITH THE TWO CEDAR TREES UPROOTED ALSO REPORTED NICKEL SIZED HAIL. THIS IS IN THE EKOM COMMUNITY.
Mar 19, 5:50 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Waterloo, SC	TREES DOWN IN THE ROAD IN THE VICINITY OF WATERLOO. SEVERAL VEHICULAR ACCIDENTS.
Mar 19, 5:53 PM EDT	HAIL 0.75	Waterloo, SC	HAIL COVERED THE GROUND IN WATERLOO TWO INCHES DEEP. LARGEST HAIL AT THEIR LOCATION WAS DIME SIZED. BASED ON RADAR THE HAIL MAY HAVE LASTED AROUND 20 MINUTES ENDING BETWEEN 610 AND 615 PM.
Mar 19, 6:05 PM EDT	HAIL 1.25	Cross Hill, SC	PUBLIC REPORT OF HAIL UP TO HALF DOLLAR SIZED LASTING FOR AT LEAST SEVERAL MINUTES IN CROSS HILL. BASED ON RADAR THE HAIL LIKELY LASTED TO AS LATE AS 625 PM.
Mar 19, 6:09 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Cross Hill, SC	NUMEROUS TREES REPORTED DOWN FROM WATERLOO TO CROSS HILL
Mar 19, 6:15 PM EDT	TORNADO	2 Ssw Cross Hill, SC	WEAK TORNADO CONFIRMED.

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 6 storm reports to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 2 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 nearest sounding before it

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 243 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1888 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -34 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -18 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

242 
WUUS52 KGSP 192110
SVRGSP
SCC045-059-192215-
/O.NEW.KGSP.SV.W.0014.110319T2110Z-110319T2215Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
510 PM EDT SAT MAR 19 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 615 PM EDT

* AT 506 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 3 MILES
  WEST OF GRAY COURT...OR 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF LAURENS...MOVING
  SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  HICKORY TAVERN...
  BOYD MILL POND...
  ORA...
  LAURENS...
  WATERLOO...
  WATERLOO AND CLINTON...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM SHOULD BE ALERT FOR
LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY
RAIN CAN OCCUR WITH ANY THUNDERSTORM. SEEK SHELTER INDOORS AWAY FROM
WINDOWS AND DOORS UNTIL THE STORM PASSES.

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 3424 8200 3456 8235 3472 8214 3440 8174
      3436 8176 3434 8179 3429 8188 3425 8190
      3420 8193
TIME...MOT...LOC 2110Z 318DEG 15KT 3458 8215

$$

JPT

2 follow-up statements

320 
WWUS52 KGSP 192148
SVSGSP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
548 PM EDT SAT MAR 19 2011

SCC045-192158-
/O.CAN.KGSP.SV.W.0014.000000T0000Z-110319T2215Z/
GREENVILLE SC-
548 PM EDT SAT MAR 19 2011

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

LAT...LON 3424 8200 3449 8226 3462 8207 3440 8174
      3436 8176 3433 8181 3433 8183 3429 8188
      3420 8193
TIME...MOT...LOC 2148Z 318DEG 15KT 3446 8202

$$

SCC059-192215-
/O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0014.000000T0000Z-110319T2215Z/
LAURENS SC-
548 PM EDT SAT MAR 19 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM EDT
FOR LAURENS COUNTY...

AT 542 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR LAURENS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
WATERLOO...CLINTON...JOANNA AND CROSS HILL

LAT...LON 3424 8200 3449 8226 3462 8207 3440 8174
      3436 8176 3433 8181 3433 8183 3429 8188
      3420 8193
TIME...MOT...LOC 2148Z 318DEG 15KT 3446 8202

$$

JPT

721 
WWUS52 KGSP 192208
SVSGSP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
608 PM EDT SAT MAR 19 2011

SCC059-192217-
/O.EXP.KGSP.SV.W.0014.000000T0000Z-110319T2215Z/
LAURENS SC-
608 PM EDT SAT MAR 19 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR LAURENS COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
615 PM EDT...

LAT...LON 3424 8200 3449 8226 3462 8207 3440 8174
      3436 8176 3433 8181 3433 8183 3429 8188
      3420 8193
TIME...MOT...LOC 2207Z 318DEG 15KT 3440 8196

$$

JPT

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 Mar 19, 2:32 PM EDT, 2 hours 38 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 19, 2:32 PM EDT, 2 hours 38 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
232 PM EDT SAT MAR 19 2011

.SYNOPSIS...
A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA REACHING THE COAST BY
TONIGHT. A WEDGE OF COOLER AIR WILL SETTLE IN BEHIND THE FRONT ON
SUNDAY. WEAK HIGH PRESSURE WILL THEN DOMINATE THE PATTERN THROUGH
MID WEEK. LOW PRESSURE WILL CROSS THE MOUNTAINS FROM THE WEST LATE
ON WEDNESDAY BRINGING A TRAILING COLD FRONT THROUGH THE REGION
WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH SUNDAY/...
AS OF 200 PM...ACCORDING TO THE LATEST LAPS ANALYSIS...MUCH OF THE
SW HALF OF THE CWA HAS DESTABILIZED...WITH SBCAPE VALUES GENERALLY
500-1000 J/KG. HWVR...THE LAPS SNDGS SHOW A CAPPING INVERSION ARND
750 MB. SOME OF THE PEAKS OF THE THE SW/CENTRAL NC MTNS ARE HIGH
ENUF SUCH THAT THE CAP HAS ERODED AND EVEN A COUPLE OF TOWERING CU
HAVE DEVELOPED. THE LIMITING FACTOR FOR CONVECTION IS LACK OF UPPER
SUPPORT AS LARGE ANTICYCLONE STILL DOMINATING THE SOUTHEAST STATES.
LLVL CONVERGENCE IS MAINLY MTN-VLY WNDS ACRS THOSE MTNS. THE OP
MODELS AND MESOSCALE MODELS ARE ALL DEVELOPING CONVECTION IN SW
CORNER OF NC...BUT DISAGREE ON PRETTY MUCH ALL OTHER ASPECTS OF
CONVECTION. FOR NOW...I THINK MAXING OUT A MID CHC POP OVR THAT AREA
AND HAVING SOME OF THAT ACTIVITY PROPAGATE ALONG A GRAD OF BEST
INSTBY ACRS THE UPR SAVANNAH VLY LOOKS GOOD (WHICH IS WHAT I
INHERITED). THE STEERING FLOW FOR DEEPER CONVECTION IS ACTUALLY
TOWARD THE ESE. BUT GIVEN THE STABLE BL ACRS THE PIEDMONT...WILL
KEEP POP UNDER 15% EAST OF I-26. THIS EVE...ONCE THERE IS A LOSS OF
DAYTIME HEATING...CONVECTION SHUD WANE.  ANOTHER FCST CHALLENGE
TODAY IS DUE TO VERY DRY BL AIR THAT HAS BEEN MIXING/FILTERING IN
FROM THE NE...WITH RH VALUES PLUMMETING INTO THE 20S ACRS THE NRN
FOOTHILLS AND NW PIEDMONT. A FIRE DANGER STATEMENT WAS REQUESTED FOR
THESE AREAS DUE TO RH BELOW 30% AND NE WND GUSTING OVR 20 MPH AT
TIMES. THAT SPS IS OUT TILL 7 PM EDT.

LATER TNGT...850 MB HIGH SHIFTS EAST...RESULTING IN FLOW VEERING TO
SELY THEN SLY BY DAYBREAK SUNDAY. MEANWHILE...A 1038 MB SFC HIGH
WILL SLOWLY SHIFT EAST TO THE ST LAWRENCE VLY BY 18Z
SUNDAY...RESULTING IN COLD AIR DAMMING (CAD). THE NAM AND GFS
DISAGREE ON AMT OF MOISTURE AND ISENTROPIC LIFT OVER THE WEDGE. I
DON/T KNOW HOW MUCH ANY CONVECTION OVR NE GA WILL HAVE MUCH EFFECT
ON LOW CLOUD DEVELOPMENT...BUT THE GFS IS ACTUALLY FAIRLY DRY AND
HENCE THE MAV IS ABOUT 2 CATEGORIES WARMER FOR SUNDAY/S MAX TEMPS
THAN THE MET. EVEN THE NAM AND SREF ARE LOW ON POP ALONG UPSLOPE
AREAS OF THE BLUE RIDGE AND THE PIEDMONT. SO I DON/T THINK THE CAD
WILL BE ABLE TO LOCK IN REAL COOL AIR. HAVE TAKEN A BLEND OF MOS
KEEPING MOST OF THE AREA DRY (BUT STILL ON THE MOSTLY CLOUDY
SIDE). THERE IS BUST POTENTIAL EITHER WAY.

&&

.SHORT TERM /SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY/...
AS OF 230 PM SAT...UPPER RIDGING WILL DOMINATE THE SE STATES
THROUGH THE SHORT TERM. AT THE SURFACE...EXPECT THAT THE WEAK
WEDGE WILL PERSIST INTO MON NIGHT PER THE PREFERRED NAM.
HOWEVER...EVEN THE NAM TIME SECTION SHOWS BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW
TURNING TO THE SW BY 12Z MON. HENCE...EXPECT CONSIDERABLE CLOUDINESS
WILL CONTINUE MON NIGHT...ESPECIALLY IN THE UPSLOPE AREAS ALONG THE
BLUE RIDGE. CAN'T RULE OUT SOME SCATTERED LIGHT SHOWERS ALONG THE
BLUE RDIGE MON NIGHT WITH WEAK UPSLOPE/ISENT LIFT...BUT ANY PRECIP
WILL BE VERY LIGHT. ON MON...MODELS IN AGREEMENT THAT WEDGE BOUNDARY
WILL WASH OUT WITH A MILD/SW FLOW DEVELOPING ACROSS THE AREA.
THEREFORE...WILL DISSIPATE CLOUD COVER ON MON AND FORECAST MAX TEMPS
TO CLIMB INTO THE LOWER TO MID 70S OUTSIDE OF THE MOUNTAINS...WITH
MAINLY 60S MOUNTAINS. LOW LEVEL THICKNESS IS FORECAST TO CONTINUE TO
INCREASE THROUGH TUE ALONG WITH WEAK DOWNSLOPE FLOW. THIS WILL
SUPPORT WELL ABOVE AVERAGE TEMPS. MAX TEMPS EXPECTED TO BE ABOUT 15
DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL ON TUE WITH 80S OUTSIDE THE MOUNTAINS...AND 70S
MANY MOUNTAIN LOCATIONS.

&&

.LONG TERM /TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY/...
AS OF 230 PM SAT...MEDIUM RANGE MODELS AGREE THAT THE UPPER AIR
PATTERN OVER THE SE STATES NEXT WEEK WILL TRANSITION FROM AN UPPER
RIDGE EARLY IN THE WEEK...TO AN EAST COAST TROUGH BY LATE IN THE
WEEK. THIS WILL PORTEND AN END TO THE UNSEASONABLY WARM WEATHER AND
A CHANGE TO MUCH COOLER CONDITIONS BY FRI. TUE NIGHT AND WED WILL
STILL BE DOMINATED BY THE UPPER RIDGE...SO DRY AND WARM WX WILL
CONTINUE THEN. AS AN UPPER TROUGH MOVES INTO THE GREAT LAKES BY 12Z
THU A SURFACE COLD FRONT IS FORECAST TO MOVE THROUGH THE SOUTHERN
APPALACHIANS WED NIGHT. BEST DYNAMICS WILL BE NORTH OF THE AREA...SO
ATTENDANT SHOWERS WILL BE MOST NUMEROUS OVER THE MOUNTAINS WITH THE
COVERAGE DECREASING AS THE FRONT MOVES SE INTO THE PIEDMONT.
HENCE...HIGHEST POPS WILL BE FEATURED IN THE MOUNTAINS...WITH ONLY A
LOW CHANCE ELSEWHERE LATE WED NIGHT. FORECAST CAPE NOT IMPRESSIVE SO
THUNDER SHOULD BE MINIMAL IF ANY. GENERALLY DRY WEATHER RETURNS FOR
THU THROUGH SAT...WITH MILD TEMPS CONTINUING OUTSIDE THE MOUNTAINS
ON THU THANKS TO DOWNSLOPE WARMING. COLDER TEMPS ARRIVE THU NIGHT.
NW FLOW MOISTURE MAY BE SUFFICIENT TO GENERATE SCATTERED RAIN/SNOW
SHOWERS IN FAVORED UPSLOPE AREAS THU NIGHT INTO FRI. STAYED CLOSE TO
HPC TEMPS WHICH FEATURE TEMPS COOLING TO BELOW AVERAGE BY FRI.

&&

.AVIATION /19Z SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/...
AT KCLT...CONTINUED NE WND AND VARYING DEGREES OF MAINLY SCT VFR LVL
CLOUDS THIS AFTN. LIGHTER NE WINDS WL LOSE THE GUSTINESS THIS EVE.
LOW CONFIDENCE ON CLOUD COVER OVRNGT THRU SUN MRNG. WENT CLOSER TO
THE CLOUDIER NAM...BUT IT MAY BE MORE SCT. IN ANY CASE...NO
RESTRICTIONS EXPECTED THRU 18Z SUN.

ELSEWHERE...CONVECTIVE CUMULUS ARE INCREASING IN COVERAGE THIS
AFTN...WITH A FAIR AMT OF MID LVL CLOUDS AS WELL. SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND A FEW TSTMS FORMING ACRS THE MTNS WEST OF KAVL/KAND. SOME OF
THIS ACTIVITY MAY PUSH SSE INTO THE WRN UPSTATE...SO HAVE ADDED A CB
FOR THE LATE AFTN HRS. THE SHWRS/TSTMS SHUD DIMINISH LATE THIS EVE.
CLOUD CVR EXPECTED TO STEADILY BECOME MORE EXPANSIVE TONIGHT.
GUIDANCE NOT IN AGREEMENT ON THE EXTENT OF SKY COVER. MOISTURE
AVAILABLE FOR CLOUDS WILL BE SOMEWHAT DEPENDENT ON AMOUNT OF SHWRS.
IF COVERAGE IS GREATER THAN EXPECTED...MAY SEE SOME RESTRICTIONS OVR
WRN UPSTATE AND KAVL OVRNGT INTO SUN MRNG.

OUTLOOK...CONSIDERABLE CLOUDS AND SMALL PCPN CHANCES WILL BE SEEN ON
SUNDAY...BUT BEST CHANCES FOR FLIGHT RESTRICTIONS WILL OCCUR ACRS
THE MOUNTAINS. CLEARING ON TAP FOR MONDAY WITH A DRY FCST THRU
TUESDAY AND SHOWERS FCST FOR WEDNESDAY.

&&

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

&&

SYNOPSIS...PAT
NEAR TERM...ARK
SHORT TERM...LG
LONG TERM...LG
AVIATION...ARK

Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 19, 3:29 PM EDT, 1 hour 41 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
329 PM EDT SAT MAR 19 2011

NCZ033-048>053-058-059-501-503-505-507-SCZ008-009-013-014-201930-
AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM-
NORTHERN JACKSON-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-BURKE MOUNTAINS-
MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-CHEROKEE-YORK-UNION SC-
CHESTER-
329 PM EDT SAT MAR 19 2011

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

NONE.

NCZ035>037-056-057-068>072-082-502-504-506-508-201930-
ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-
MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC-GREATER CALDWELL-GREATER BURKE-
EASTERN MCDOWELL-GREATER RUTHERFORD-
329 PM EDT SAT MAR 19 2011

...FIRE DANGER STATEMENT IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

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

   FIRE DANGER STATEMENT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

NONE.

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ062>065-509-SCZ001>007-010>012-019-
201930-
RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-
TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-POLK MOUNTAINS-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-
PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER OCONEE-
GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-
LAURENS-GREENWOOD-
329 PM EDT SAT MAR 19 2011

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED LATE THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING ASSOCIATED WITH A COLD FRONT MOVING ACROSS
THE WESTERN UPSTATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA...NORTHEAST GEORGIA...AND
THE EXTREME SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA THIS AFTERNOON
AND EARLY EVENING. THE MAIN THREATS WITH ANY THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE
OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES...BRIEF HEAVY
RAINFALL...SMALL HAIL AND LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

NONE.

NCZ510-201930-
EASTERN POLK-
329 PM EDT SAT MAR 19 2011

...FIRE DANGER STATEMENT IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH 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.

   FIRE DANGER STATEMENT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

NONE.

LG

In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 19, 4:23 PM EDT, 47 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
423 PM EDT SAT MAR 19 2011

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

0403 PM     HAIL             MAULDIN                 34.79N 82.30W
03/19/2011  E0.50 INCH       GREENVILLE         SC   TRAINED SPOTTER

            MARBLE SIZED HAIL

&&

LG

Local storm report, Mar 19, 4:26 PM EDT, 44 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
426 PM EDT SAT MAR 19 2011

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

0415 PM     HAIL             3 SW GREENVILLE         34.81N 82.41W
03/19/2011  E0.50 INCH       GREENVILLE         SC   AMATEUR RADIO

            MARBLE SIZED HAIL COVERING THE GROUND AT PLEASANTBURG AND
            MAULDIN ROAD

&&

LG

Local storm report, Mar 19, 4:34 PM EDT, 36 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
434 PM EDT SAT MAR 19 2011

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

0430 PM     HAIL             SIMPSONVILLE            34.73N 82.26W
03/19/2011  E0.75 INCH       GREENVILLE         SC   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

LG

Local storm report, Mar 19, 4:37 PM EDT, 33 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
437 PM EDT SAT MAR 19 2011

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

0420 PM     HAIL             3 SW MAULDIN            34.75N 82.34W
03/19/2011  E0.75 INCH       GREENVILLE         SC   PUBLIC

&&

LG

Local storm report, Mar 19, 4:48 PM EDT, 22 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
448 PM EDT SAT MAR 19 2011

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

0445 PM     HAIL             SIMPSONVILLE            34.73N 82.26W
03/19/2011  E0.50 INCH       GREENVILLE         SC   TRAINED SPOTTER

            HAIL WAS 1 INCH DEEP ON THE GROUND

&&

LG

Special weather statement, Mar 19, 5:03 PM EDT, 7 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
503 PM EDT SAT MAR 19 2011

SCZ006-012-192200-
GREATER GREENVILLE-LAURENS-
503 PM EDT SAT MAR 19 2011

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT LAURENS AND SOUTHEASTERN
GREENVILLE COUNTIES THROUGH 600 PM EDT...

AT 500 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES WEST OF GRAY COURT...OR 12 MILES
NORTHWEST OF LAURENS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  GRAY COURT...
  HICKORY TAVERN...
  BOYD MILL POND...
  LAURENS...
  CLINTON...

DIME SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH
THIS STORM.

LAT...LON 3423 8198 3424 8201 3430 8209 3430 8211
      3431 8213 3458 8241 3474 8214 3441 8173
      3422 8197

JPT

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 19, 2:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Pickens	50 min
Mar 19, 3:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Oconee	42 min
Mar 19, 3:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Greenville	38 min
Mar 19, 3:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Greenville	54 min
Mar 19, 3:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Spartanburg	66 min
Mar 19, 3:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Anderson, Greenville, Laurens, Pickens	61 min
Mar 19, 5:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Laurens	57 min
Mar 19, 5:42 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	GSP	Greenwood, Laurens	48 min
Mar 19, 6:30 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	GSP	Greenwood	30 min
Mar 19, 7:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Oconee	40 min

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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.