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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 255, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

June 5, 2011Greenville County, Pickens County, South Carolina; Transylvania County, North Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 5, 2011, 5:02 PM EDT for Greenville County, Pickens County, South Carolina; Transylvania County, North Carolina. It was in force for 58 min. 1 report 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, 5:02 PM EDT (21:02 UTC)
Expired: Jun 5, 2011, 6:00 PM EDT
In force: 58 min
Issued by: NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Transylvania County, NC, Greenville County, SC, Pickens County, SC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:05 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, 5:30 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	3 Se Pumpkintown, SC	TREE KNOCKED DOWN POWER LINES. MANY LARGE BRANCHES DOWN.

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 one storm report to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 28 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, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 241 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: 506 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -100 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1526 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 4 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -55 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -1 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.

903 
WUUS52 KGSP 052102
SVRGSP
NCC175-SCC045-077-052200-
/O.NEW.KGSP.SV.W.0255.110605T2102Z-110605T2200Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
  NORTHWEST GREENVILLE COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...
  PICKENS COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...

* UNTIL 600 PM EDT

* AT 502 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 SOUTHEAST OF ROSMAN...OR 9 MILES SOUTH OF
  BREVARD...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  ROCKY BOTTOM AND CAESARS HEAD...
  TABLE ROCK RESERVOIR...
  PUMPKINTOWN...
  NINE TIMES...
  PICKENS AND DACUSVILLE...
  EASLEY...LIBERTY AND NORRIS...

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 3504 8292 3505 8290 3505 8292 3514 8296
      3521 8271 3512 8258 3483 8247 3470 8276
TIME...MOT...LOC 2102Z 337DEG 15KT 3509 8277

$$

HG

2 follow-up statements

065 
WWUS52 KGSP 052136
SVSGSP

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

NCC175-052145-
/O.CAN.KGSP.SV.W.0255.000000T0000Z-110605T2200Z/
TRANSYLVANIA NC-
536 PM EDT SUN JUN 5 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...

AT 535 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT 
THE PREVIOUSLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAD MOVED SOUTH OF TRANSYLVANIA 
COUNTY.

LAT...LON 3504 8292 3506 8289 3508 8280 3507 8276
      3510 8272 3510 8269 3513 8268 3512 8266
      3514 8261 3512 8258 3483 8247 3470 8276
TIME...MOT...LOC 2135Z 337DEG 14KT 3499 8267

$$

SCC045-077-052200-
/O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0255.000000T0000Z-110605T2200Z/
GREENVILLE SC-PICKENS SC-
536 PM EDT SUN JUN 5 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EDT
FOR PICKENS AND CENTRAL GREENVILLE COUNTIES...

AT 535 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 PUMPKINTOWN...OR 9 MILES NORTH OF PICKENS...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO NINE
TIMES...DACUSVILLE...NORRIS...LIBERTY AND EASLEY

LAT...LON 3504 8292 3506 8289 3508 8280 3507 8276
      3510 8272 3510 8269 3513 8268 3512 8266
      3514 8261 3512 8258 3483 8247 3470 8276
TIME...MOT...LOC 2135Z 337DEG 14KT 3499 8267

$$

HG

470 
WWUS52 KGSP 052157
SVSGSP

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

SCC045-077-052206-
/O.EXP.KGSP.SV.W.0255.000000T0000Z-110605T2200Z/
GREENVILLE SC-PICKENS SC-
557 PM EDT SUN JUN 5 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR PICKENS AND CENTRAL GREENVILLE
COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 600 PM EDT...

AT 556 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT 
THE PREVIOUSLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAD WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS 
ACROSS EASTERN PICKENS COUNTY. HOWEVER...WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH 
AND PEA SIZE HAIL REMAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH 615 PM.

LAT...LON 3504 8292 3506 8289 3508 8280 3507 8276
      3510 8272 3510 8269 3513 8268 3512 8266
      3514 8261 3512 8258 3483 8247 3470 8276
TIME...MOT...LOC 2156Z 337DEG 14KT 3491 8263

$$

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 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 5, 2:27 PM EDT, 2 hours 35 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, 1 hour 9 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, 4:23 PM EDT, 39 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, 29 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

07

Local storm report, Jun 5, 4:40 PM EDT, 22 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
440 PM EDT SUN JUN 05 2011

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

0347 PM     HAIL             5 ESE LAKE LURE         35.41N 82.12W
06/05/2011  E1.00 INCH       RUTHERFORD         NC   911 CALL CENTER

            PENNY TO QUARTER SIZED HAIL AT THE RIVER CREEK
            CAMPGROUND.

&&

BSH

Special weather statement, Jun 5, 4:42 PM EDT, 20 minutes before

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

NCZ505-507-508-510-052130-
EASTERN POLK-GREATER RUTHERFORD-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-RUTHERFORD
MOUNTAINS-
442 PM EDT SUN JUN 5 2011

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EASTERN POLK...SOUTHWESTERN
MCDOWELL AND WESTERN RUTHERFORD COUNTIES THROUGH 530 PM EDT...

AT 440 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF LAKE LURE...OR 13 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF MARION...MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SPINDALE...
  RUTHERFORDTON...MILL SPRING AND LAKE LURE.

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 3558 8204 3554 8208 3554 8202 3529 8187
      3519 8216 3538 8222 3540 8219 3540 8222
      3547 8225 3549 8223 3551 8223 3553 8217
      3557 8226 3563 8207

07

Local storm report, Jun 5, 4:43 PM EDT, 19 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
443 PM EDT SUN JUN 05 2011

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

0347 PM     HAIL             5 ESE LAKE LURE         35.41N 82.12W
06/05/2011  E1.00 INCH       RUTHERFORD         NC   PUBLIC

            PENNY TO QUARTER SIZED HAIL AT THE RIVER CREEK
            CAMPGROUND.

&&
CORRECTED FOR EVENT SOURCE.

BSH

Special weather statement, Jun 5, 4:57 PM EDT, 5 minutes before

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

NCZ064-SCZ002-003-052130-
GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-TRANSYLVANIA-
457 PM EDT SUN JUN 5 2011

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHERN PICKENS...NORTHWESTERN
GREENVILLE AND SOUTHERN TRANSYLVANIA COUNTIES THROUGH 530 PM EDT...

AT 457 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ROSMAN...OR 9 MILES SOUTH OF
BREVARD...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  ROCKY BOTTOM...
  TABLE ROCK RESERVOIR...
  NINE TIMES...

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

LAT...LON 3512 8294 3522 8273 3501 8249 3486 8283
      3504 8291 3505 8290 3505 8291

HG

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, 4:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Spartanburg	53 min
Jun 5, 4:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Pickens	33 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.