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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 271, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

June 5, 2011Chester County, South Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 5, 2011, 7:42 PM EDT for Chester County, South Carolina. It was in force for 47 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, 7:42 PM EDT (23:42 UTC)
Expired: Jun 5, 2011, 8:29 PM EDT
In force: 47 min
Issued by: NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Chester County, SC

The radar

The Columbia radar (KCAE), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:44 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, 7:47 PM EDT	HAIL 1	Richburg, SC	DIME TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL

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 5 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, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 183 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.

471 
WUUS52 KGSP 052342
SVRGSP
SCC023-060045-
/O.NEW.KGSP.SV.W.0271.110605T2342Z-110606T0045Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN CHESTER COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...

* UNTIL 845 PM EDT

* AT 736 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
  RICHBURG...OR 10 MILES EAST OF CHESTER...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20
  MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO FORT
  LAWN...FISHING CREEK RESERVOIR...GREAT FALLS...GREAT FALLS
  RESERVOIR AND CEDAR CREEK RESERVOIR

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 3465 8089 3455 8087 3454 8088 3454 8097
      3455 8109 3471 8119 3482 8102 3482 8093
      3477 8086 3474 8087 3469 8085
TIME...MOT...LOC 2342Z 321DEG 16KT 3469 8101

$$
07

2 follow-up statements

357 
WWUS52 KGSP 060006
SVSGSP

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

SCC023-060045-
/O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0271.000000T0000Z-110606T0045Z/
CHESTER SC-
806 PM EDT SUN JUN 5 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM EDT
FOR EASTERN CHESTER COUNTY...

AT 806 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 FORT LAWN...OR 9 MILES WEST OF LANCASTER...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO FISHING
CREEK RESERVOIR...GREAT FALLS...GREAT FALLS RESERVOIR AND CEDAR CREEK
RESERVOIR

LAT...LON 3465 8089 3455 8087 3454 8088 3454 8097
      3456 8105 3469 8100 3479 8094 3482 8093
      3477 8086 3474 8087 3469 8085
TIME...MOT...LOC 0006Z 295DEG 19KT 3468 8090

$$

HG

011 
WWUS52 KGSP 060029
SVSGSP

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

SCC023-060039-
/O.CAN.KGSP.SV.W.0271.000000T0000Z-110606T0045Z/
CHESTER SC-
829 PM EDT SUN JUN 5 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN CHESTER COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

AT 829 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT 
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAD MOVED EAST OF CHESTER COUNTY.

LAT...LON 3465 8089 3455 8087 3454 8088 3454 8097
      3456 8105 3469 8100 3479 8094 3482 8093
      3477 8086 3474 8087 3469 8085
TIME...MOT...LOC 0029Z 295DEG 19KT 3463 8077

$$

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, 2 hours 34 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 5, 5:08 PM EDT, 2 hours 34 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, 3 hours 49 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, 7:10 PM EDT, 32 minutes before

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

NCZ068-SCZ008-009-060000-
CHEROKEE-CLEVELAND-YORK-
710 PM EDT SUN JUN 5 2011

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EASTERN CHEROKEE...NORTHWESTERN
YORK AND SOUTHEASTERN CLEVELAND COUNTIES THROUGH 800 PM EDT...

AT 706 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR BLACKSBURG...OR 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF
GAFFNEY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO PATTERSON
  SPRINGS...KINGS MOUNTAIN...GROVER...EARL...SMYRNA...SHARON...KINGS
  MOUNTAIN STATE PARK...HICKORY GROVE...GAFFNEY...CLOVER AND
  BLACKSBURG.

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

FREQUENT LIGHTNING 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 3486 8148 3487 8149 3487 8152 3514 8171
      3531 8141 3523 8132 3516 8133 3516 8124
      3508 8115

07

Local storm report, Jun 5, 7:19 PM EDT, 23 minutes before

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

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

0700 PM     HAIL             1 WSW CLINTON           34.47N 81.88W
06/05/2011  E1.00 INCH       LAURENS            SC   PUBLIC

            ON DILLON DRIVE.

&&

BSH

Local storm report, Jun 5, 7:21 PM EDT, 21 minutes before

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

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

0651 PM     TSTM WND DMG     3 SSW BELMONT           35.21N 81.06W
06/05/2011                   GASTON             NC   AMATEUR RADIO

            MULTIPLE LARGE TREE LIMBS DOWN...5 INCHES IN
            DIAMETER...NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF EDGEWATER DRIVE AND
            PARADISE DRIVE.

&&

BSH

Local storm report, Jun 5, 7:30 PM EDT, 12 minutes before

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

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

0610 PM     TSTM WND DMG     3 NE FOUNTAIN INN       34.72N 82.16W
06/05/2011                   LAURENS            SC   NWS EMPLOYEE

            LARGE TREES DOWN AND BLOCKING THE ROADWAY.

0630 PM     HAIL             5 ENE SIMPSONVILLE      34.76N 82.18W
06/05/2011  E1.00 INCH       GREENVILLE         SC   NWS EMPLOYEE

            TWO INSTANCES OF HAIL AT THIS LOCATION. THE FIRST WAS
            NICKEL SIZED AT 615 PM AND THE SECOND WAS QUARTER SIZED
            AT 630 PM.

&&

BSH

Special weather statement, Jun 5, 7:31 PM EDT, 11 minutes before

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

NCZ049-050-505-060015-
MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-MITCHELL-YANCEY-
731 PM EDT SUN JUN 5 2011

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHERN MCDOWELL...SOUTHEASTERN
MITCHELL AND SOUTHEASTERN YANCEY COUNTIES THROUGH 815 PM EDT...

AT 731 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR CELO...OR 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BURNSVILLE...
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  BUSICK...

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

LAT...LON 3582 8197 3581 8199 3577 8193 3572 8201
      3569 8204 3563 8223 3586 8235 3597 8214

HG

Local storm report, Jun 5, 7:38 PM EDT, 4 minutes before

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

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

0640 PM     TSTM WND DMG     MCADENVILLE             35.26N 81.08W
06/05/2011                   GASTON             NC   PUBLIC

            PUBLIC REPORTS NUMEROUS TREES DOWN AROUND
            MCADENVILLE...MANY BLOCKING ROADWAYS. ONE TREE IS ALSO
            DOWN AT MCADENVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. MUCH OF THE DAMAGE
            IS ALONG HW-7.

&&

BSH

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, 6:28 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, 7:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Abbeville, Anderson, Greenwood	58 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in South Carolina, 2011 Every 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.