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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 247, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 3, 2011, 4:12 PM EDT for Habersham County, Rabun County, Stephens County, Georgia; Oconee County, South Carolina. It was in force for 63 min. 4 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
- Jun 3, 2011, 4:12 PM EDT (20:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 3, 2011, 5:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Habersham County, GA, Rabun County, GA, Stephens County, GA, Oconee County, SC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:16 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 3, 4:58 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Ne Clarkesville, GA | TREES DOWN ON POWERLINES NEAR NEW LIBERTY ROAD AND OKELLY ROAD. |
| Jun 3, 5:00 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Ne Clarkesville, GA | TREES DOWN ON POWERLINES NEAR FAITH LANE AND HOLLYWOOD HIGHWAY. |
| Jun 3, 5:10 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | 1 Ne Clarkesville, GA | NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF NEW LIBERTY ROAD AND HOLLYWOOD HIGHWAY. |
| Jun 3, 5:15 PM EDT | HAIL 1.75 | Clarkesville, GA | HAIL SLIGHTLY LARGER THAN GOLF BALL BROKE CAR WINDSHIELD. |
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 4 storm reports to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 46 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
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 190 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
- 1879 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -79 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1228 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 8 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 13 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 164 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
564 WUUS52 KGSP 032012 SVRGSP GAC137-241-257-SCC073-032115- /O.NEW.KGSP.SV.W.0247.110603T2012Z-110603T2115Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 412 PM EDT FRI JUN 3 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHERN STEPHENS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA... RABUN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA... EASTERN HABERSHAM COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA... WEST CENTRAL OCONEE COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA... * UNTIL 515 PM EDT * AT 407 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 SOUTHWEST OF TIGER...OR 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CLAYTON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... LAKEMONT... LAKE RABUN... TALLULAH FALLS...TURNERVILLE AND LONG CREEK... HOLLYWOOD AND CLARKESVILLE... TOCCOA... 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 3499 8334 3462 8310 3452 8357 3492 8361 TIME...MOT...LOC 2011Z 326DEG 21KT 3480 8346 $$ ARK
1 follow-up statement
559 WWUS52 KGSP 032044 SVSGSP SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 444 PM EDT FRI JUN 3 2011 GAC137-241-257-SCC073-032115- /O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0247.000000T0000Z-110603T2115Z/ STEPHENS GA-RABUN GA-HABERSHAM GA-OCONEE SC- 444 PM EDT FRI JUN 3 2011 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM EDT FOR WEST CENTRAL OCONEE...HABERSHAM...RABUN AND NORTHERN STEPHENS COUNTIES... AT 441 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LAKE RABUN...OR 9 MILES SOUTH OF CLAYTON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LONG CREEK...TALLULAH FALLS...TURNERVILLE...HOLLYWOOD...CLARKESVILLE... TOCCOA AND DEMOREST LAT...LON 3499 8334 3462 8310 3452 8357 3492 8361 TIME...MOT...LOC 2044Z 336DEG 10KT 3474 8342 $$ ARK
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 Jun 3, 2:16 PM EDT, 1 hour 56 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 3, 2:16 PM EDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 216 PM EDT FRI JUN 3 2011 .SYNOPSIS... WEAK HIGH PRESSURE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE MID ATLANTIC REGION THROUGH SATURDAY...BEFORE A FRONTAL BOUNDARY APPROACHES FROM THE NORTH ON SUNDAY. WARM UPPER LEVEL RIDGING WILL REMAIN OVER THE AREA THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH SATURDAY/... SFC BOUNDARY HAS MOVED SOUTH OF KAND...BUT MOISTURE POOLING ALONG IT HAS HELPED TO CREATE CAPES IN THE 2000 TO 4000 J/KG RANGE OVER THE SWRN NC MTNS AND UPPER SAVANNAH RIVER VALLEY. WATER VAPOR SHOWS THE WAVE JUST TO OUR NORTH THAT THE GUIDANCE IS MOVING ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. EVEN THO THERE IS A CU MINIMA ALONG AND NORTH OF I-85 IN NE GA/UPSTATE...STILL EXPECT ENUF INSTABILITY AND FORCING FOR SCT CONVECTION OVER THE SWRN NC MTNS AND UPPER SAVANNAH RIVER VALLEY WITH SOME ISOLATED CONVECTION NORTH AND EAST OF THERE. THAT SAID...SCT CONVECTION COULD BE LIMITED TO SOUTH OF I-85 WHERE CURRENT CU GROWTH IS TAKING PLACE. SVR STORMS REMAIN LIKELY WITH ANY STORMS THAT DO DEVELOP GIVEN THE STRONG INSTABILITY AND MID LEVEL DRY AIR. IN FACT...EFFECTIVE BULK SHEAR NUMBERS ARE IN THE 20 KT RANGE WHICH IS HIGHER THAN PREVIOUS DAYS AND COULD LEAD TO SOME ORGANIZATION. CONVECTION SHOULD DIMINISH WITH LOSS OF HEATING RESULTING IN MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES OVERNIGHT. THE NAM IS SUGGESTING LOW STRATUS FORMS ALONG THE SRN CWFA BOUNDARY TOWARD MORNING. KEPT SKIES THERE SCT FOR NOW. LOWS WILL BE A LITTLE BELOW NORMAL EAST IN THE DRIER AIR MASS AND A LITTLE ABOVE WEST WHERE MOISTURE IS HIGHER. ALTHOUGH NWLY FLOW ALOFT REMAINS OVER THE AREA SAT...THE CWFA WILL BE IN NVA WITH NO REAL SHORT WAVE ACTIVITY MOVING TOWARD THE AREA. LINGERING MOISTURE OVER THE MTNS WILL LEAD TO WEAK INSTABILITY... BUT REST OF THE AREA WILL BE CAPPED WITH DRIER AIR. EVEN THOUGH DIFFERENTIAL HEATING COULD LEAD TO ISOLATED CONVECTION OVER THE SWRN NC MTNS...WILL KEEP THE FCST DRY FOR NOW. ALTHOUGH TEMPS WILL BE COOLER...THEY WILL STILL END UP AROUND 10 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. && .SHORT TERM /SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT/... AT 2 PM EDT FRIDAY...HEIGHTS WILL FALL SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY AS THE UPPER RIDGE CENTERED OVER THE LOWER MS RIVER VALLEY RETROGRADES TO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. THE RIDGE CENTER THEN PROGRESSES TO RETURN TO THE LOWER MS RIVER VALLEY ON MONDAY. OUR AREA WILL REMAIN ON THE WARM SIDE OF SURFACE FRONT TO THE NORTHEAST SATURDAY NIGHT. THE COLD FRONT THEN DROPS SOUTH ACROSS OUR AREA ON SUNDAY MOVING WELL INTO GA ON MONDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN ABOVE NORMAL BOTH SUNDAY AND MONDAY...AS HEIGHTS ALOFT WILL STILL BE RATHER HIGH ON THE WEST SIDE OF AN ATLANTIC UPPER TROUGH. LOW POPS WILL BE CARRIED FROM SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT...PEAKING ON SUNDAY...AS THE BACK DOOR COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH AND AN UPPER LEVEL IMPULSE CROSSES CENTRAL AND EASTERN NC. POPS DECREASE MONDAY AS THE FRONT MOVES FARTHER SOUTH. && .LONG TERM /TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/... AT 2 PM EDT FRIDAY...AN UPPER RIDGE AXIS WILL MOVE FROM THE PLAINS ON TUESDAY...TO THE OH AND TN VALLEYS BY LATE IN THE WEAK...WHILE THE RIDGE FLATTENS. ON TUESDAY A COLD FRONT WILL CLIP WESTERN NC...BEFORE RETURNING NORTH AS A WARM FRONT ON WEDNESDAY. ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY OUR AREA IS IN THE WARM SECTOR...TO THE SOUTH OF A FRONT IN THE NORTHERN TIER OF STATES. VERY SMALL POPS WILL BE CARRIED THROUGH THE PACKAGE...AS A MOIST UNSTABLE AIR MASS WILL BE IN PLACE...BUT WITHOUT MUCH OF A FOCUSING MECHANISM FOR HIGHER POPS. TEMPERATURES WILL RUN SEVERAL CATEGORIES ABOVE NORMAL UNDER THE UPPER RIDGE. && .AVIATION /18Z FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... AT KCLT...DRIER AIR MASS HAS WORKED IN BEHIND THE SWD MOVING SFC BOUNDARY. EXPECT FEW CU AND BKN CI INTO EARLY EVENING WITH NELY WINDS. WINDS BECOME LIGHT SE BY LATE EVENING WITH FEW CI. GUIDANCE SHOWS LOW STRATUS DEVELOPING SOUTH OF THE AREA BY MORNING. EXPECT THESE CLOUDS WILL MOVE TOWARD KCLT...BUT SHOULD STOP SHORT. THAT SAID...IF THEN CAN MAKE IT FAR ENUF NORTH THEN LOW MVFR/IFR CIGS COULD MOVE IN/DEVELOP NEAR DAYBREAK. EXPECT SLY WINDS WITH CI CLOUDS FOR MUCH OF THE DAY SAT. ELSEWHERE...SFC BOUNDARY IS SOUTH OF KAND...BUT MOISTURE POOLING ALONG IT IS LEADING TO DEVELOPING CU ACROSS THE SC/NE GA. LINGERING MOISTURE AND HEATING LEADING TO CU OVER THE MTNS. KAND HAS THE BEST CHC OF SEEING ANY CONVECTION THIS AFTERNOON GIVEN THEIR PROXIMITY TO THE FRONT. HAVE GONE BKN CU AND CB MENTION THERE. E TO NE WINDS WILL CONTINUE THRU THE AFTERNOON...KAVL THE EXCEPTION WITH SLY WIND. SKIES CLEAR AND LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS DEVELOP OVERNIGHT. KAVL SHUD SEE MVFR FOG TOWARD MORNING...WITH MVFR POSSIBLE KAND. ANY DEVELOPING LOW STRATUS SHOULD REMAIN SOUTH AND EAST OF THE SC SITES. MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES AND SLY WIND EXPECTED SAT. OUTLOOK...ISOLD AFTN/EVE TSTMS POSSIBLE EACH DAY...WITH EARLY MORNING MTN VALLEY FOG LIKELY. && .GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...SBK NEAR TERM...RWH SHORT TERM...JAT LONG TERM...JAT AVIATION...RWH
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 3, 3:26 PM EDT, 46 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 326 PM EDT FRI JUN 3 2011 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-505-507- 509-SCZ001>006-010>012-019-041930- RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY- MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON- SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS- RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-POLK MOUNTAINS-OCONEE MOUNTAINS- PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER OCONEE- GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS- GREENWOOD- 326 PM EDT FRI JUN 3 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 WILL DEVELOP ACROSS NORTHEAST GEORGIA...THE WESTERN HALF OF UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...AND THE SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA LATE THIS AFTERNOON. A FEW OF THESE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE...PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. 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. NCZ035>037-056-057-068>072-082-501>504-506-508-510-SCZ007>009-013- 014-041930- ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON- MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-GREATER CALDWELL- BURKE MOUNTAINS-GREATER BURKE-EASTERN MCDOWELL-GREATER RUTHERFORD- EASTERN POLK-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK-UNION SC-CHESTER- 326 PM EDT FRI JUN 3 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA...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...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... NONE. HG
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 3, 10:42 AM EDT, 5 hours 30 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1042 AM EDT FRI JUN 03 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0605 PM HAIL 3 WSW CASAR 35.50N 81.66W
06/02/2011 E0.75 INCH CLEVELAND NC TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
LGLocal storm report, Jun 3, 11:07 AM EDT, 5 hours 5 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1107 AM EDT FRI JUN 03 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0500 PM HAIL 4 ENE CRUSO 35.44N 82.74W
06/02/2011 E1.00 INCH BUNCOMBE NC COUNTY OFFICIAL
&&
LGLocal storm report, Jun 3, 11:50 AM EDT, 4 hours 22 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1150 AM EDT FRI JUN 03 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0430 PM HAIL 4 ENE MAULDIN 34.80N 82.23W
06/02/2011 E0.88 INCH GREENVILLE SC TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
LGLocal storm report, Jun 3, 12:51 PM EDT, 3 hours 21 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1251 PM EDT FRI JUN 03 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0433 PM HAIL BREVARD 35.24N 82.73W
06/02/2011 E0.50 INCH TRANSYLVANIA NC FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
&&
LGLocal storm report, Jun 3, 2:31 PM EDT, 1 hour 41 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
231 PM EDT FRI JUN 03 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0410 PM HAIL 1 NW ETOWAH 35.33N 82.61W
06/02/2011 E1.00 INCH HENDERSON NC PUBLIC
&&
KRENTZThe office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 3, 5:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Franklin, Habersham, Stephens | 54 min |
| Jun 2, 8:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Greenville | 38 min |
| Jun 3, 12:43 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Union | 32 min |
| Jun 3, 12:57 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Union | 48 min |
| Jun 3, 1:48 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Union | 27 min |
| Jun 3, 2:33 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Union | 27 min |
| Jun 3, 3:38 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Union | 37 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Georgia, 2011Severe 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.