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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 251, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

June 5, 2011Spartanburg County, South Carolina; Polk County, North Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 5, 2011, 4:37 PM EDT for Spartanburg County, South Carolina; Polk County, North Carolina. It was in force for 53 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 5, 2011, 4:37 PM EDT (20:37 UTC)
Expired: Jun 5, 2011, 5:30 PM EDT
In force: 53 min
Issued by: NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Polk County, NC, Spartanburg County, SC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 35 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:40 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 5, 4:45 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 Se Fingerville, SC	TREE BLOCKING THE ROADWAY AT GHOST VALLEY ROAD AND RAINBOW LAKE ROAD.
Jun 5, 4:48 PM EDT	HAIL 0.75	2 E Fingerville, SC
Jun 5, 5:00 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 E Boiling Springs Sc, SC	TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN NEAR HWY 9 AND RAINBOW LAKE RD.
Jun 5, 5:15 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Spartanburg, SC	SPARTANBURG COUNTY REPORTS ONE TREE DOWN AT THE INTERSECTION OF OAKVIEW DRIVE AND PINENEEDLE DRIVE.

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 3 storm reports to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 8 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

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 216 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: 29 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -360 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1836 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -18 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -5 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.

215 
WUUS52 KGSP 052037
SVRGSP
NCC149-SCC083-052130-
/O.NEW.KGSP.SV.W.0251.110605T2037Z-110605T2130Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
437 PM EDT SUN JUN 5 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN SPARTANBURG COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...
  SOUTHEASTERN POLK COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...

* UNTIL 530 PM EDT

* AT 437 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 4 MILES
  NORTH OF FINGERVILLE...OR 11 MILES EAST OF COLUMBUS...MOVING SOUTH
  AT 15 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  FINGERVILLE...
  LAKE BOWEN AND CHESNEE...
  INMAN...
  MAYO...
  BOILING SPRINGS SC...
  SPARTANBURG...ROEBUCK...WELLFORD AND COWPENS...

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 3525 8216 3528 8200 3525 8196 3519 8197
      3519 8188 3489 8173 3483 8210
TIME...MOT...LOC 2037Z 346DEG 14KT 3518 8202

$$

HG

3 follow-up statements

818 
WWUS52 KGSP 052049
SVSGSP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
449 PM EDT SUN JUN 5 2011

NCC149-SCC083-052130-
/O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0251.000000T0000Z-110605T2130Z/
SPARTANBURG SC-POLK NC-
449 PM EDT SUN JUN 5 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN POLK AND NORTHERN SPARTANBURG COUNTIES...

AT 449 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 FINGERVILLE...OR 11 MILES NORTH OF SPARTANBURG...MOVING
SOUTH AT 25 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO MAYO...
BOILING SPRINGS SC...COWPENS...WELLFORD...ROEBUCK...PACOLET MILLS AND
PACOLET

LAT...LON 3525 8216 3528 8200 3525 8196 3519 8197
      3519 8188 3489 8173 3483 8210
TIME...MOT...LOC 2049Z 346DEG 23KT 3508 8194

$$

HG

917 
WWUS52 KGSP 052110
SVSGSP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
510 PM EDT SUN JUN 5 2011

NCC149-SCC083-052130-
/O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0251.000000T0000Z-110605T2130Z/
SPARTANBURG SC-POLK NC-
510 PM EDT SUN JUN 5 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN POLK AND NORTHERN SPARTANBURG COUNTIES...

AT 510 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS REPORTED CAPABLE OF 
PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 
MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BOILING SPRINGS SC...OR 7 MILES 
NORTH OF SPARTANBURG...MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
COWPENS...ROEBUCK...PACOLET MILLS AND PACOLET

LAT...LON 3525 8216 3528 8200 3525 8196 3519 8197
      3519 8188 3489 8173 3484 8207
TIME...MOT...LOC 2110Z 350DEG 12KT 3503 8192

$$

HG

710 
WWUS52 KGSP 052130
SVSGSP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
530 PM EDT SUN JUN 5 2011

NCC149-SCC083-052140-
/O.EXP.KGSP.SV.W.0251.000000T0000Z-110605T2130Z/
SPARTANBURG SC-POLK NC-
530 PM EDT SUN JUN 5 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN POLK AND NORTHERN
SPARTANBURG COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...

AT 530 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT 
THE PREVIOUSLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAD WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS 
ACROSS EASTERN SPARTANBURG COUNTY.

LAT...LON 3525 8216 3528 8200 3525 8196 3519 8197
      3519 8188 3489 8173 3484 8207
TIME...MOT...LOC 2130Z 350DEG 12KT 3496 8191

$$


HG

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 5, 2:27 PM EDT, 2 hours 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 5, 2:27 PM EDT, 2 hours 10 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
227 PM EDT SUN JUN 5 2011

.SYNOPSIS...
A STORM SYSTEM WILL APPROACH THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS FROM THE
WEST TONIGHT. WARM UPPER LEVEL RIDGING WILL STRENGTHEN FROM THE
LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY INTO MID WEEK. A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL
APPROACH FROM THE NORTH NEXT WEEKEND.

&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH MONDAY/...
CONVECTIVE TRENDS STILL UNCERTAIN EVEN AT THIS HOUR. GUIDANCE STILL
SUGGESTING A WAVE DROPS ACROSS OUR CWFA IN THE NLY FLOW PROVIDING
SCT COVERAGE NORTH AND EAST...AND ISOLATED AT BEST SW. HOWEVER...
MCS NEAR THE KY/TN BORDER HAS TAKEN A SOUTHWARD TURN. THE MCS COULD
TAKE A SOUTH OR SE TRACK. A SE TRACK WOULD BRING ORGANIZED
CONVECTION OVER THE WRN CWFA WHILE A S TRACK WOULD TAKE IT TO OUR
WEST. TAKING A LOOK AT CURRENT SYSTEM MOVEMENT...CORFIDI VECTORS AND
MEAN H85-H3 WIND...SHOWS THE WRN CWFA MAY BE UNDER THE GUN FROM THIS
SYSTEM. THEREFORE...WILL ADD SCT POP TO THE WESTERN CWFA. LATER
SHIFT HAS A COUPLE OF HOURS TO REFINE THE FCST AND GO WITH HIGHER
POP SHOULD THE SITUATION WARRANT. SEVERE STORMS ARE LIKELY...
ESPECIALLY IF THE MCS MOVES IN TO HELP ORGANIZE THE STORMS.
ATMOSPHERE IS VERY UNSTABLE WITH DCAPE OVER 1000 J/KG AND EFFECTIVE
SHEAR IN THE 20 TO 40 KT RANGE. THE CONVECTION MAY LINGER THRU THE
EVENING AND FINALLY DISSIPATE/MOVE OUT NEAR MIDNIGHT. EXPECT QUITE A
BIT OF DEBRIS CLOUD MUCH OF THE NITE...WITH LOWS AGAIN ABOVE NORMAL.

GUIDANCE SUGGESTS THE ATMOS BECOMES UNSTABLE ONCE AGAIN MONDAY
AFTERNOON AS LOW LEVEL MOISTURE LINGERS ACROSS THE AREA. WITH COOLER
TEMPS IN PLACE...ATMOS APPEARS TO BE CAPPED ACROSS THE NRN CWFA.
HOWEVER...THERE COULD BE SOME WEAK UPSLOPE FLOW AND DIFFERENTIAL
HEATING TO PRODUCE ISOLATED TSRA OVER THE NE GA...UPSTATE AND THE
WRN MTNS. HAVE INCLUDED SLIGHT CHC POP FOR THESE AREAS. HIGHS WILL
BE COOLER...BUT STILL ABOVE NORMAL.

&&

.SHORT TERM /MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
AS OF 155 PM SUNDAY...UPPER LEVEL RIDGING REASSERTS ITSELF ACROSS
THE SE CONUS DURING THE SHORT RANGE. MODELS AGREE WELL WITH
MAINTAINING A CLOSED 588 DM HIGH ACROSS MIDDLE TN SHIFTING SLOWLY
EAST TO THE TN/NC BORDER BEGINNING MID DAY TUE THROUGH WED NIGHT.
THERE IS TOO MUCH DIFFERENCE IN THE OP MODELS WRT TO A SE/WARD
DIVING S/W ON THE FRONT END OF THE ANTICYCLONE TO WARRANT MUCH
CONCERN....BUT SOME ENHANCEMENT OF DIURNAL MOUNTAIN CONVEC IS
CERTAINLY POSSIBLE LATER TUE WITH COLD POOL ORGANIZATION PUSHING
TSTMS INTO THE PIEDMONT INTO THE LATE EVENING. SOUNDINGS REMAIN
RATHER BENIGN OUTSIDE THE NC MTNS WITH THE MLVLS REMAINING TOO
WARM...HOWEVER HIGH AMOUNTS OF ELCAPE COULD BE REALIZED IF AN
ORGANIZED MCS GETS GOING ACROSS THE NC MTNS. POPS HAVE BEEN KEPT IN
THE ISOL RANGE FOR TUE EVENING...BUT THIS COULD BE SITUATION TO
WATCH FOR STRONG TO SEVERE POTENTIAL. ON WED...THE UPPER HIGH AND
STRONG NVA WILL HAVE MORE INFLUENCE OVER THE CWFA AND IT WILL BE
LESS LIKELY FOR ANYTHING BUT DIFFERENTIAL HEATING OR MOUNTAIN TOP
CONVECTION FIRING UP. POPS WERE MAINTAINED RIGHT AROUND CLIMO
FOR WED AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPS AGAIN WILL REACH WELL ABOVE
NORMAL...ABOUT 10 ABOVE FOR TUE AND EVEN A COUPLE MORE DEGREES
HOTTER ON WED. MINS WILL AVERAGE ABOUT 10-12 DEGREES ABOVE
NORMAL.

&&

.LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY/...
AT 2 PM EDT SUNDAY...AN UPPER RIDGE WILL EXIST OVER THE EASTERN TWO
THIRDS OF THE NATION FROM THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. THIS RIDGE WILL
FLATTEN OVER THE WEEKEND. SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN OVER OUR
AREA. A COLD FRONT SETTLES INTO THE POTOMAC RIVER VALLEY BY SUNDAY.
TEMPERATURES WILL BE ABOVE NORMAL...WITH A SLIGHT DECREASE AS
HEIGHTS FALL ALOFT OVER THE WEEKEND. SMALL POPS WILL BE CARRIED
THROUGH THE PERIOD...WITH THE GREATEST COVERAGE DURING DAYTIME
HEATING.

&&

.AVIATION /19Z SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/...
AT KCLT AND ELSEWHERE...CONVECTIVE TRENDS STILL UNCERTAIN ATTM. MCS
NEAR KY/TN BORDER TAKING A SRN JOG AND MAY MISS THE CWFA ENTIRELY.
STILL EXPECTING SOME WAVE TO DIVE INTO THE AREA AND PROVIDE FOCUS
FOR CONVECTION. ATMOS ALREADY VERY UNSTABLE...SO ANY FORCING SHOULD
SET OFF ORGANIZED CONVECTION. THE NC SITES STILL THE MOST LIKELY
LOCATION TO SEE ANY TSRA...SO HAVE KEPT CB THERE. LESS CHC OVER SC
SO NO CB. HAVE ADJUSTED TIMING SLIGHTLY TO LATEST THINKING. N TO NW
WIND OVER NC WITH W TO NW OVER SC THIS AFTERNOON...BECOMES LIGHT NLY
TO NELY THIS EVENING. CONVECTION COULD LINGER THRU MIDNIGHT OR SO...
THEN MAINLY HIGH VFR CIGS EXPECTED. MTN VALLEY FOG EXPECTED ONCE
AGAIN. LIGHT NE WIND WITH DEVELOPING CU EXPECTED THRU THE MORNING
MONDAY.

OUTLOOK...A RETURN TO AN ISOLATED DIURNAL TSTM THREAT MON AFT THRU
THU WITH RIDGING ALOFT. MTN VALLEY FOG POSSIBLE EACH MORNING.

&&

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

&&

SYNOPSIS...SBK
NEAR TERM...RWH
SHORT TERM...SBK
LONG TERM...JAT
AVIATION...RWH

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 5, 3:53 PM EDT, 44 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
353 PM EDT SUN JUN 5 2011

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065-
068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-062000-
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-
353 PM EDT SUN JUN 5 2011

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL DROP SOUTH ACROSS THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON
AND EVENING. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ALONG AND EAST
OF THE FRONT AND ISOLATED SEVERE WEATHER WILL DEVELOP WITH THESE
STORMS. DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREATS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

NONE.

KRENTZ

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 5, 4:06 PM EDT, 31 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
406 PM EDT SUN JUN 5 2011

NCZ068-070-052045-
CLEVELAND-GASTON-
406 PM EDT SUN JUN 5 2011

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHEASTERN CLEVELAND AND
WESTERN GASTON COUNTIES THROUGH 445 PM EDT...

AT 406 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WACO...OR 5 MILES NORTHEAST
OF SHELBY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  BESSEMER CITY...
  KINGS MOUNTAIN...

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

LAT...LON 3516 8117 3517 8150 3517 8151 3534 8160
      3542 8143 3542 8140

HG

Special weather statement, Jun 5, 4:10 PM EDT, 27 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
410 PM EDT SUN JUN 5 2011

NCZ053-505-052100-
BUNCOMBE-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-
410 PM EDT SUN JUN 5 2011

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EASTERN BUNCOMBE AND
SOUTHWESTERN MCDOWELL COUNTIES THROUGH 500 PM EDT...

AT 410 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF MONTREAT...OR 14 MILES
NORTHEAST OF DOWNTOWN ASHEVILLE...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  BLACK MOUNTAIN...
  SWANNANOA...
  FAIRVIEW...

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

LAT...LON 3575 8234 3570 8227 3572 8222 3552 8215
      3552 8222 3547 8224 3546 8226 3550 8233
      3548 8237 3546 8237 3547 8242 3546 8243
      3577 8248 3579 8234

HG

Special weather statement, Jun 5, 4:18 PM EDT, 19 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
418 PM EDT SUN JUN 5 2011

NCZ510-SCZ007-052100-
EASTERN POLK-SPARTANBURG-
418 PM EDT SUN JUN 5 2011

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHERN SPARTANBURG AND
SOUTHEASTERN POLK COUNTIES THROUGH 500 PM EDT...

AT 419 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MILL SPRING...OR 9 MILES
EAST OF COLUMBUS...MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  LAKE BOWEN...
  BOILING SPRINGS SC...

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

LAT...LON 3527 8200 3525 8196 3519 8197 3518 8190
      3499 8182 3493 8211 3531 8218 3533 8205

HG

Special weather statement, Jun 5, 4:20 PM EDT, 17 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
420 PM EDT SUN JUN 5 2011

NCZ035-056-502-052100-
ALEXANDER-CATAWBA-GREATER CALDWELL-
420 PM EDT SUN JUN 5 2011

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT ALEXANDER...NORTHERN CATAWBA AND
SOUTHEASTERN CALDWELL COUNTIES THROUGH 500 PM EDT...

AT 418 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES EAST OF KINGS CREEK...OR 6 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF BOOMER...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LAKE
  HICKORY...KINGS CREEK...TAYLORSVILLE...STONY POINT...ST.
  STEPHENS...MILLERSVILLE...HIDDENITE...HICKORY...ELLENDALE AND
  BETHLEHEM.

VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. IF OUTDOORS...STAY
AWAY FROM ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES. MOVE INDOORS IF
POSSIBLE. WHEN INDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS AND AVOID
USING TELEPHONES UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY. TRY TO UNPLUG UNNECESSARY
ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES BEFORE THE THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES.

LAT...LON 3605 8139 3604 8136 3600 8132 3603 8127
      3604 8120 3587 8103 3582 8107 3578 8110
      3568 8131 3603 8147 3606 8139

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Special weather statement, Jun 5, 4:23 PM EDT, 14 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
423 PM EDT SUN JUN 5 2011

SCZ002-005-010-052115-
ANDERSON-GREATER PICKENS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-
423 PM EDT SUN JUN 5 2011

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHWESTERN ANDERSON AND
SOUTHWESTERN PICKENS COUNTIES THROUGH 515 PM EDT...

AT 424 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR SIX MILE...OR 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
PICKENS...MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  NORRIS...
  CENTRAL...
  CLEMSON...
  PENDLETON...
  SANDY SPRINGS...

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

LAT...LON 3456 8284 3462 8286 3462 8284 3463 8285
      3464 8283 3470 8287 3473 8286 3474 8289
      3479 8288 3487 8291 3492 8272 3463 8259

HG

Special weather statement, Jun 5, 4:33 PM EDT, 4 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
433 PM EDT SUN JUN 5 2011

NCZ035-036-056-052115-
ALEXANDER-CATAWBA-IREDELL-
433 PM EDT SUN JUN 5 2011

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL IREDELL...SOUTHEASTERN
ALEXANDER AND SOUTHEASTERN CATAWBA COUNTIES THROUGH 515 PM EDT...

AT 431 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF SCOTTS...OR 8 MILES
NORTHWEST OF STATESVILLE...MOVING SOUTH AT 20 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO TROUTMAN...
  TERRELL...STONY POINT...STATESVILLE...SCOTTS...MOORESVILLE AND
  HIDDENITE.

VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. IF OUTDOORS...STAY
AWAY FROM ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES. MOVE INDOORS IF
POSSIBLE. WHEN INDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS AND AVOID
USING TELEPHONES UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY. TRY TO UNPLUG UNNECESSARY
ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES BEFORE THE THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES.

LAT...LON 3599 8089 3571 8076 3569 8077 3559 8075
      3554 8096 3555 8100 3594 8111

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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
Jun 5, 4:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Pickens	52 min
Jun 5, 4:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Cherokee, York	64 min
Jun 5, 4:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Pickens	33 min
Jun 5, 5:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Greenville, Pickens	58 min
Jun 5, 5:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Cherokee	45 min
Jun 5, 5:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Spartanburg, Union	53 min
Jun 5, 5:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Greenville, Laurens, Spartanburg	57 min
Jun 5, 5:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Oconee	38 min
Jun 5, 6:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Oconee, Pickens	54 min
Jun 5, 6:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Union	50 min
Jun 5, 6:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Chester, Union	42 min
Jun 5, 6:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Laurens, Spartanburg	62 min
Jun 5, 6:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	York	56 min
Jun 5, 6:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Anderson, Oconee, Pickens	61 min
Jun 5, 7:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Chester, York	53 min
Jun 5, 7:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Cherokee	50 min
Jun 5, 7:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Chester	47 min
Jun 5, 7:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Abbeville, Anderson, Greenwood	58 min
Jun 5, 3:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Rutherford	42 min
Jun 5, 3:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Polk, Rutherford	53 min
Jun 5, 4:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Jackson	44 min
Jun 5, 4:06 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Cleveland	39 min
Jun 5, 4:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Buncombe	50 min
Jun 5, 4:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Polk	42 min
Jun 5, 4:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Alexander	40 min
Jun 5, 4:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Iredell	42 min
Jun 5, 4:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Alexander, Catawba, Iredell	66 min
Jun 5, 4:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Polk	48 min
Jun 5, 4:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	McDowell, Polk, Rutherford	60 min
Jun 5, 4:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Alexander, Burke, Caldwell, Catawba	54 min
Jun 5, 5:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Madison	29 min
Jun 5, 5:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Catawba, Iredell, Lincoln, Mecklenburg	56 min
Jun 5, 5:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Gaston, Lincoln	66 min
Jun 5, 5:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Buncombe, Madison	61 min
Jun 5, 5:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Lincoln	43 min
Jun 5, 5:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Haywood	50 min
Jun 5, 6:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Cleveland, Gaston, Lincoln	58 min
Jun 5, 6:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Graham	48 min
Jun 5, 6:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Gaston, Lincoln, Mecklenburg	62 min
Jun 5, 6:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Graham	39 min
Jun 5, 6:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Lincoln	51 min
Jun 5, 6:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Mitchell, Yancey	57 min
Jun 5, 7:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Yancey	28 min
Jun 5, 7:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	McDowell	44 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.