Alert archive / South Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 260, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 5, 2011, 5:48 PM EDT for Greenville County, Laurens County, Spartanburg County, South Carolina. It was in force for 57 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
- Jun 5, 2011, 5:48 PM EDT (21:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 5, 2011, 6:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Greenville County, SC, Laurens County, SC, Spartanburg County, SC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 13 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:51 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, 5:50 PM EDT | HAIL 0.88 | Taylors, SC | |
| Jun 5, 5:56 PM EDT | HAIL 1.5 | Taylors, SC | |
| Jun 5, 6:00 PM EDT | HAIL 1.75 | Taylors, SC | UPDATE TO THE PREVIOUS PING PONG BALL SIZED REPORT. OCCURRED ON EDWARDS ROAD IN TAYLORS. |
| Jun 5, 6:04 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Sw Taylors, SC | TREE BLOCKING THE ROADWAY AT E NORTH STREET AND MITCHELL ROAD. |
| Jun 5, 6:08 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 4 N Simpsonville, SC | TREE BLOCKING THE ROADWAY AT BROWN DRIVE AND FIVE FORKS ROAD. |
| Jun 5, 6:10 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Ne Fountain Inn, SC | LARGE TREES DOWN AND BLOCKING THE ROADWAY. |
| Jun 5, 6:16 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 5 N Gray Court, SC | TREE BLOCKING THE ROADWAY AT DURBIN CHURCH ROAD AND GENTRY ROAD. |
| Jun 5, 6:20 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 4 Ne Mauldin, SC | LARGE BRANCHES DOWN ON WOODRUFF ROAD...JUST SOUTH OF HW-14. |
| Jun 5, 6:27 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Ene Gray Court, SC | TREE BLOCKING THE ROADWAY AT SC-92 AND POSTELL HUGHES ROAD. |
| Jun 5, 6:30 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 5 S Duncan, SC | TREE BLOCKING THE ROADWAY AT ABNER CREEK ROAD AND SNOW ROAD. |
| Jun 5, 6:30 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | 5 Ene Simpsonville, SC | TWO INSTANCES OF HAIL AT THIS LOCATION. THE FIRST WAS NICKEL SIZED AT 615 PM AND THE SECOND WAS QUARTER SIZED AT 630 PM. |
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 10 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, 9.8 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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
621 WUUS52 KGSP 052148 SVRGSP SCC045-059-083-052245- /O.NEW.KGSP.SV.W.0260.110605T2148Z-110605T2245Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 548 PM EDT SUN JUN 5 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN LAURENS COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA... SOUTHWESTERN SPARTANBURG COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA... SOUTHEASTERN GREENVILLE COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA... * UNTIL 645 PM EDT * AT 548 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 NEAR TAYLORS...OR 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF DOWNTOWN GREENVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... GREER... DOWNTOWN GREENVILLE... HAYWOOD MALL AND GSP AIRPORT... PELHAM ROAD AT I-85... SHOPS AT GREENRIDGE... MAULDIN... 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 3467 8195 3452 8231 3495 8246 3503 8226 TIME...MOT...LOC 2148Z 335DEG 13KT 3491 8231 $$ HG
2 follow-up statements
031 WWUS52 KGSP 052158 SVSGSP SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 558 PM EDT SUN JUN 5 2011 SCC045-059-083-052245- /O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0260.000000T0000Z-110605T2245Z/ LAURENS SC-SPARTANBURG SC-GREENVILLE SC- 558 PM EDT SUN JUN 5 2011 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM EDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN GREENVILLE...SOUTHWESTERN SPARTANBURG AND NORTHWESTERN LAURENS COUNTIES... AT 558 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER TO GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR TAYLORS...OR 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF DOWNTOWN GREENVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO GSP AIRPORT...HAYWOOD MALL...PELHAM ROAD AT I-85...SHOPS AT GREENRIDGE... REIDVILLE...MAULDIN...DONALDSON CENTER...FIVE FORKS...SIMPSONVILLE... WOODRUFF...GRAY COURT...FOUNTAIN INN AND FORK SHOALS LAT...LON 3467 8195 3452 8231 3495 8246 3503 8226 TIME...MOT...LOC 2158Z 337DEG 15KT 3489 8231 $$ HG
042 WWUS52 KGSP 052208 SVSGSP SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 608 PM EDT SUN JUN 5 2011 SCC045-059-083-052245- /O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0260.000000T0000Z-110605T2245Z/ LAURENS SC-SPARTANBURG SC-GREENVILLE SC- 608 PM EDT SUN JUN 5 2011 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM EDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN GREENVILLE...SOUTHWESTERN SPARTANBURG AND NORTHWESTERN LAURENS COUNTIES... AT 608 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR FIVE FORKS...OR 12 MILES EAST OF DOWNTOWN GREENVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. A SECOND SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...PRODUCING QUARTER TO GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL...WAS OVER TAYLORS...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH AS WELL. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SIMPSONVILLE...FOUNTAIN INN...WOODRUFF...FORK SHOALS AND GRAY COURT LAT...LON 3467 8195 3452 8231 3495 8246 3503 8226 TIME...MOT...LOC 2208Z 337DEG 15KT 3477 8220 $$ 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, 5:08 PM EDT, 40 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 5, 5:08 PM EDT, 40 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 508 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/... AS OF 2100 UTC...CONVECTION HAS REALLY TAKEN OFF ACRS OUR NC ZONES. STILL NOT ORGANIZED...BUT MOST CELLS ARE REACHING SEVERE CRITERIA FOR DOWNBURSTS AND LARGE HAIL. MEANWHILE...MCS OVER ERN TN HAS TRENDED MORE OF A SWD MOVEMENT. MAIN AREA OF FOCUS SEEMS TO BE FROM NRN NC BLUE RIDGE TO SW OF CLT ON A SUBTLE BNDRY. HAVE UPDATED THE POPS/WX TO REFLECT TRENDS...BUT ANOTHER UPDATE MAY BE NEEDED WITHIN NEXT COUPLE HOURS DUE TO QUICK EVOLUTION OF COVERAGE/INTENSITY. OTHERWISE...ALL OTHER CHANGES TO FCST WERE MINOR. 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 /21Z 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...ARK/RWH SHORT TERM...SBK LONG TERM...JAT AVIATION...RWH
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 5, 3:53 PM EDT, 1 hour 55 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, 5:16 PM EDT, 32 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
516 PM EDT SUN JUN 5 2011
NCZ048-052145-
MADISON-
516 PM EDT SUN JUN 5 2011
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL MADISON COUNTY THROUGH
545 PM EDT...
AT 516 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR WALNUT...OR 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF MARSHALL...
MOVING SOUTH AT 20 MPH.
THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
MARSHALL...
PEA SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.
LAT...LON 3578 8256 3575 8265 3573 8267 3573 8271
3572 8272 3572 8273 3570 8276 3569 8280
3590 8285 3595 8264
HGLocal storm report, Jun 5, 5:18 PM EDT, 30 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
518 PM EDT SUN JUN 05 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0440 PM TSTM WND DMG 8 SSE SHELBY 35.18N 81.49W
06/05/2011 CLEVELAND NC 911 CALL CENTER
TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN 1203 LAVENDER ROAD
&&
07Local storm report, Jun 5, 5:27 PM EDT, 21 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
527 PM EDT SUN JUN 05 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0448 PM HAIL 2 E FINGERVILLE 35.13N 81.97W
06/05/2011 E0.75 INCH SPARTANBURG SC TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
BSHSpecial weather statement, Jun 5, 5:30 PM EDT, 18 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
530 PM EDT SUN JUN 5 2011
SCZ008-009-014-052215-
CHEROKEE-CHESTER-YORK-
530 PM EDT SUN JUN 5 2011
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EASTERN CHEROKEE...NORTHWESTERN
CHESTER AND WESTERN YORK COUNTIES THROUGH 615 PM EDT...
AT 526 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES SOUTH OF BLACKSBURG...OR 9 MILES EAST OF
GAFFNEY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SMYRNA...
SHARON...MCCONNELLS...LOWRYS...HICKORY GROVE...BULLOCK CREEK AND
BLACKSBURG.
VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 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 3484 8105 3465 8140 3476 8146 3479 8146
3482 8149 3484 8146 3487 8149 3487 8152
3508 8164 3517 8147 3517 8144
07Local storm report, Jun 5, 5:36 PM EDT, 12 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
536 PM EDT SUN JUN 05 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0448 PM TSTM WND DMG 4 NE BLACKSBURG 35.16N 81.47W
06/05/2011 CHEROKEE SC LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREE DOWN ACROSS THE ROADWAY AT 590 ANTIOCH ROAD.
0505 PM TSTM WND DMG 1 NE BLACKSBURG 35.13N 81.51W
06/05/2011 CHEROKEE SC LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREE DOWN ACROSS THE ROADWAY NEAR MILE MARKER 102 ON
I-85.
&&
BSHSpecial weather statement, Jun 5, 5:47 PM EDT, 1 minute before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
547 PM EDT SUN JUN 5 2011
NCZ056-069-504-052230-
CATAWBA-GREATER BURKE-LINCOLN-
547 PM EDT SUN JUN 5 2011
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHEASTERN BURKE...WESTERN
CATAWBA AND WESTERN LINCOLN COUNTIES THROUGH 630 PM EDT...
AT 542 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR HILDEBRAN...OR 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
HICKORY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO VALE...
MAIDEN...LONGVIEW...LINCOLNTON...ICARD...HILDEBRAN...CROUSE...
COOKSVILLE...CONNELLY SPRINGS AND BOGER CITY.
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 3576 8140 3577 8136 3549 8111 3541 8127
3542 8141 3571 8158 3578 8144
07The 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, 5:02 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, 5:52 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 |
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.