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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 266, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

June 5, 2011Laurens County, Spartanburg County, South Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 5, 2011, 6:28 PM EDT for Laurens County, Spartanburg County, South Carolina. It was in force for 62 min. 5 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, 6:28 PM EDT (22:28 UTC)
Expired: Jun 5, 2011, 7:30 PM EDT
In force: 62 min
Issued by: NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Laurens County, SC, Spartanburg County, SC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:29 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, 6:55 PM EDT	TSTM WND GST 0	5 E Laurens, SC	KLUX METAR GUST 54 KNOTS
Jun 5, 6:56 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	4 W Clinton, SC	TREE BLOCKING THE ROADWAY AT A B JACKS ROAD AND MILL CREEK ROAD.
Jun 5, 6:58 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	3 Wnw Clinton, SC	TREE BLOCKING THE ROADWAY AT THE 1200 BLOCK OF TORRINGTON ROAD.
Jun 5, 7:00 PM EDT	HAIL 1	1 Wsw Clinton, SC	ON DILLON DRIVE.
Jun 5, 7:15 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	7 S Clinton, SC	TREE BLOCKING THE ROADWAY AT JEFFERSON DAVIS ROAD AND SC-56.

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 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

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 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.

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: 552 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -95 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 920 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 112 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 143 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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

888 
WUUS52 KGSP 052228
SVRGSP
SCC059-083-052330-
/O.NEW.KGSP.SV.W.0266.110605T2228Z-110605T2330Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  LAURENS COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...
  SOUTHERN SPARTANBURG COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...

* UNTIL 730 PM EDT

* AT 628 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
  GRAY COURT...OR 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF LAURENS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT
  25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  ENOREE AND HICKORY TAVERN...
  ORA...CROSS ANCHOR AND BOYD MILL POND...
  LAURENS...
  CLINTON AND WATERLOO...
  JOANNA AND CROSS HILL...

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 3449 8226 3459 8224 3478 8214 3474 8204
      3464 8184 3459 8184 3455 8173 3456 8168
      3453 8164 3434 8181 3430 8189 3426 8190
      3421 8195
TIME...MOT...LOC 2228Z 325DEG 21KT 3461 8208

$$

HG

3 follow-up statements

169 
WWUS52 KGSP 052253
SVSGSP

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

SCC059-083-052330-
/O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0266.000000T0000Z-110605T2330Z/
LAURENS SC-SPARTANBURG SC-
653 PM EDT SUN JUN 5 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM EDT
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL SPARTANBURG AND LAURENS COUNTIES...

AT 653 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 25 MPH.

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

LAT...LON 3449 8226 3459 8224 3478 8214 3474 8204
      3464 8184 3459 8184 3455 8173 3456 8168
      3453 8164 3434 8181 3430 8189 3426 8190
      3421 8195
TIME...MOT...LOC 2253Z 317DEG 24KT 3451 8196

$$

HG

814 
WWUS52 KGSP 052300
SVSGSP

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

SCC083-052310-
/O.CAN.KGSP.SV.W.0266.000000T0000Z-110605T2330Z/
SPARTANBURG SC-
700 PM EDT SUN JUN 5 2011

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

LAT...LON 3446 8206 3462 8193 3458 8187 3460 8185
      3459 8184 3455 8173 3456 8168 3453 8164
      3437 8178 3430 8189 3425 8191
TIME...MOT...LOC 2300Z 309DEG 20KT 3447 8188

$$

SCC059-052330-
/O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0266.000000T0000Z-110605T2330Z/
LAURENS SC-
700 PM EDT SUN JUN 5 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM EDT
FOR EASTERN LAURENS COUNTY...

AT 700 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 CLINTON...OR 7 MILES EAST OF 
LAURENS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO JOANNA.

LAT...LON 3446 8206 3462 8193 3458 8187 3460 8185
      3459 8184 3455 8173 3456 8168 3453 8164
      3437 8178 3430 8189 3425 8191
TIME...MOT...LOC 2300Z 309DEG 20KT 3447 8188

$$

HG

870 
WWUS52 KGSP 052326
SVSGSP

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

SCC059-052335-
/O.EXP.KGSP.SV.W.0266.000000T0000Z-110605T2330Z/
LAURENS SC-
726 PM EDT SUN JUN 5 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN LAURENS COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 730 PM EDT...

AT 725 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER JOANNA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THE 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST OF LAURENS COUNTY BY 730 
PM...AND THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE ON SCHEDULE.

LAT...LON 3446 8206 3462 8193 3458 8187 3460 8185
      3459 8184 3455 8173 3456 8168 3453 8164
      3437 8178 3430 8189 3425 8191
TIME...MOT...LOC 2325Z 309DEG 22KT 3439 8180

$$

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, 1 hour 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 5, 5:08 PM EDT, 1 hour 20 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, 2 hours 35 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

Local storm report, Jun 5, 5:57 PM EDT, 31 minutes before

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

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

0556 PM     HAIL             TAYLORS                 34.92N 82.31W
06/05/2011  E1.50 INCH       GREENVILLE         SC   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

BSH

Local storm report, Jun 5, 6:04 PM EDT, 24 minutes before

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

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

0515 PM     TSTM WND DMG     SPARTANBURG             34.94N 81.93W
06/05/2011                   SPARTANBURG        SC   911 CALL CENTER

            SPARTANBURG COUNTY REPORTS ONE TREE DOWN AT THE
            INTERSECTION OF OAKVIEW DRIVE AND PINENEEDLE DRIVE.

&&

BSH

Local storm report, Jun 5, 6:08 PM EDT, 20 minutes before

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

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

0600 PM     HAIL             3 NE FALLSTON           35.46N 81.46W
06/05/2011  E0.88 INCH       LINCOLN            NC   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

BSH

Special weather statement, Jun 5, 6:10 PM EDT, 18 minutes before

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

SCZ013-014-052300-
CHESTER-UNION-
610 PM EDT SUN JUN 5 2011

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EASTERN UNION AND SOUTHWESTERN
CHESTER COUNTIES THROUGH 700 PM EDT...

AT 607 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES WEST OF ADAMSBURG...OR 5 MILES NORTH OF
UNION...MOVING SOUTH AT 20 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  LOCKHART...
  UNION...
  SANTUC...
  CARLISLE...

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

LAT...LON 3482 8168 3488 8156 3487 8154 3488 8153
      3487 8153 3487 8152 3463 8131 3447 8156

HG

Special weather statement, Jun 5, 6:12 PM EDT, 16 minutes before

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

NCZ058-052300-
GRAHAM-
612 PM EDT SUN JUN 5 2011

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT GRAHAM COUNTY THROUGH 700 PM
EDT...

AT 612 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF CITICO...OR 15 MILES
NORTHWEST OF ROBBINSVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  ROBBINSVILLE...

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

LAT...LON 3537 8401 3541 8403 3546 8396 3545 8394
      3546 8388 3539 8378 3528 8368 3527 8368
      3526 8369 3524 8373 3525 8384 3521 8396
      3523 8401 3528 8403 3536 8404

HG

Special weather statement, Jun 5, 6:24 PM EDT, 4 minutes before

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

NCZ056-069-504-052315-
CATAWBA-GREATER BURKE-LINCOLN-
624 PM EDT SUN JUN 5 2011

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHEASTERN BURKE...WESTERN
CATAWBA AND WESTERN LINCOLN COUNTIES THROUGH 715 PM EDT...

AT 620 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR HILDEBRAN...OR 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
HICKORY...MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  VALE...

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

LAT...LON 3543 8117 3541 8127 3542 8143 3542 8146
      3549 8149 3575 8155 3577 8143 3576 8138
      3579 8134

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, 5:02 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, 6:49 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

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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.