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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 318, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

June 9, 2011Abbeville County, Greenwood County, Laurens County, South Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 9, 2011, 8:47 PM EDT for Abbeville County, Greenwood County, Laurens County, South Carolina. It was in force for 58 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 9, 2011, 8:47 PM EDT (00:47 UTC)
Expired: Jun 9, 2011, 9:45 PM EDT
In force: 58 min
Issued by: NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Abbeville County, SC, Greenwood County, SC, Laurens County, SC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:47 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 236 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: 491 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -96 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1705 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 5 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 26 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 8 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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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 9, 7:51 PM EDT, 56 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 9, 7:51 PM EDT, 56 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 9, 5:54 PM EDT, 2 hours 53 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
554 PM EDT THU JUN 9 2011

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065-
068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-102200-
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-
554 PM EDT THU JUN 9 2011

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING. SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL BE SEVERE AND PRODUCE LARGE
HAIL AND DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. THE STORMS WILL BE SLOW
MOVING...THUS LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL RESULT WITH THE POSSIBLY OF
LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE EACH AFTERNOON
AND EVENING. A FEW OF THESE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE AND PRODUCE
LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF LARGE
HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...OR FLASH FLOODING TO OUR OFFICE.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 9, 6:59 PM EDT, 1 hour 48 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
659 PM EDT THU JUN 09 2011

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

0310 PM     TSTM WND DMG     7 ENE LAKE LURE         35.48N 82.09W
06/09/2011                   RUTHERFORD         NC   911 CALL CENTER

            TREE DOWN ON SARAH LEE RD. HAIL OF UNKNOWN SIZE IN AREA.
            LIGHTNING STRUCK AN OUTBUILDING AND SET IT ON FIRE.
            ANOTHER TREE DOWN IN UNION MILLS.

&&

MOORE

Local storm report, Jun 9, 7:03 PM EDT, 1 hour 44 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
703 PM EDT THU JUN 09 2011

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

0340 PM     TSTM WND DMG     RUTHERFORDTON           35.36N 81.96W
06/09/2011                   RUTHERFORD         NC   911 CALL CENTER

            TWO TREES DOWN IN RUTHERFORDTON AREA. ONE ON DARLINGTON
            RD AND ONE ON OAK ST. OTHER TREES DOWN ACROSS COUNTY.

&&

MOORE

Special weather statement, Jun 9, 7:06 PM EDT, 1 hour 41 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
706 PM EDT THU JUN 9 2011

GAZ026-028-029-092345-
ELBERT-FRANKLIN-HART-
706 PM EDT THU JUN 9 2011

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT ELBERT...HART AND SOUTHEASTERN
FRANKLIN COUNTIES THROUGH 745 PM EDT...

AT 701 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR ELBERTON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  FORTSONIA...

SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.

LAT...LON 3400 8293 3417 8311 3423 8308 3426 8313
      3423 8317 3424 8323 3429 8326 3448 8289
      3437 8284 3424 8274 3415 8272 3413 8267
      3397 8257 3398 8266 3397 8279

RWH

Local storm report, Jun 9, 7:17 PM EDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
717 PM EDT THU JUN 09 2011

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

0640 PM     TSTM WND DMG     HUNTERSVILLE            35.42N 80.85W
06/09/2011                   MECKLENBURG        NC   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            A FEW TREES DOWN AROUND HUNTERSVILLE

&&

MOORE

Local storm report, Jun 9, 7:19 PM EDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
719 PM EDT THU JUN 09 2011

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

0440 PM     TSTM WND DMG     HUNTERSVILLE            35.42N 80.85W
06/09/2011                   MECKLENBURG        NC   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            A FEW TREES DOWN AROUND HUNTERSVILLE

&&

MOORE

Local storm report, Jun 9, 8:13 PM EDT, 34 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
813 PM EDT THU JUN 09 2011

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

0436 PM     HAIL             1 N CHESNEE             35.16N 81.86W
06/09/2011  E0.88 INCH       SPARTANBURG        SC   PUBLIC

            A FEW PEOPLE ON THE NORTH SIDE OF CHESNEE SAW DIME TO
            NICKEL SIZED HAIL. NICKEL SIZED BEING THE LARGEST ON
            HORSESHOE CIRCLE. THERE WERE STRONG WIND GUSTS AS WELL
            BUT NOBODY KNEW OF ANY DAMAGE.

0458 PM     HAIL             1 SSW MINT HILL         35.16N 80.67W
06/09/2011  E1.25 INCH       MECKLENBURG        NC   TRAINED SPOTTER

            MOST OF THE HAIL WAS DIME TO QUARTER SIZED...BUT A FEW
            PIECES OF HAIL WAS AS LARGE AS A HALF DOLLAR. THE POLICE
            DEPARTMENT IN MINT HILL ALSO REPORTED DIME SIZED HAIL.
            THERE WAS NOT MUCH WIND REPORTED WITH THIS STORM.

&&

OUTLAW

The office that day

Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 9, 9:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Rowan	38 min
Jun 9, 9:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Cabarrus, Iredell, Mecklenburg, Rowan	60 min
Jun 9, 11:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Cabarrus	46 min
Jun 9, 11:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Union	44 min
Jun 9, 11:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Union	46 min
Jun 10, 1:53 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Jackson	52 min
Jun 10, 2:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Yancey	47 min
Jun 10, 2:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Avery	46 min
Jun 10, 3:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Avery, Mitchell	49 min
Jun 10, 5:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Buncombe, Henderson	45 min
Jun 10, 5:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Mecklenburg, Union	67 min
Jun 10, 6:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Cleveland, Rutherford	42 min
Jun 10, 6:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Burke, Catawba	40 min
Jun 10, 6:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Buncombe, Madison	44 min
Jun 10, 6:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Davie, Iredell, Rowan	60 min
Jun 10, 7:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Rowan	52 min
Jun 10, 5:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Oconee	54 min
Jun 10, 5:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Greenville, Pickens	67 min
Jun 10, 5:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Anderson	60 min
Jun 10, 6:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Anderson, Oconee, Pickens	67 min
Jun 10, 6:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Greenville, Spartanburg	60 min
Jun 10, 4:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Rabun	43 min
Jun 10, 5:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Franklin, Stephens	61 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.