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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 370, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 12, 2011, 4:33 PM EDT for Greenville County, Spartanburg County, South Carolina. It was in force for 57 min. 2 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 12, 2011, 4:33 PM EDT (20:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 12, 2011, 5:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Greenville County, SC, Spartanburg County, SC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 10 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:36 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 12, 4:52 PM EDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | 3 Nw Lyman, SC | BRIEF SUSTAINED WIND OF 50 MPH |
| Jun 12, 5:05 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Spartanburg, SC | TREE DOWN ON A HOUSE ON JAMES COURT. |
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 2 storm reports to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 19 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, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 249 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
- 202 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -136 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1126 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 8 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -30 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -19 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
864 WUUS52 KGSP 122033 SVRGSP SCC045-083-122130- /O.NEW.KGSP.SV.W.0370.110612T2033Z-110612T2130Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 433 PM EDT SUN JUN 12 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... CENTRAL SPARTANBURG COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA... NORTHERN GREENVILLE COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA... * UNTIL 530 PM EDT * AT 432 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 4 MILES SOUTH OF TIGERVILLE...OR 11 MILES NORTH OF DOWNTOWN GREENVILLE... MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO PARIS MOUNTAIN STATE PARK...LAKE ROBINSON...TAYLORS...GREER...PELHAM ROAD AT I-85...GSP AIRPORT...INMAN...DUNCAN...LYMAN...WELLFORD... REIDVILLE AND MOORE 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 3496 8252 3513 8244 3500 8189 3474 8205 TIME...MOT...LOC 2033Z 291DEG 14KT 3501 8237 $$ 07
2 follow-up statements
752 WWUS52 KGSP 122055 SVSGSP SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 455 PM EDT SUN JUN 12 2011 SCC045-083-122130- /O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0370.000000T0000Z-110612T2130Z/ SPARTANBURG SC-GREENVILLE SC- 455 PM EDT SUN JUN 12 2011 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM EDT FOR EAST CENTRAL GREENVILLE AND CENTRAL SPARTANBURG COUNTIES... AT 450 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF GREER...OR 14 MILES NORTHEAST OF DOWNTOWN GREENVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO DUNCAN...LYMAN...WELLFORD...REIDVILLE...SPARTANBURG...ROEBUCK AND MOORE PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD BE ALERT FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN CAN OCCUR WITH ANY THUNDERSTORM. SEEK SHELTER INDOORS AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS UNTIL THE STORM PASSES. && LAT...LON 3490 8238 3509 8227 3500 8189 3474 8205 TIME...MOT...LOC 2055Z 291DEG 14KT 3495 8216 $$ 07
997 WWUS52 KGSP 122124 SVSGSP SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 524 PM EDT SUN JUN 12 2011 SCC045-083-122134- /O.EXP.KGSP.SV.W.0370.000000T0000Z-110612T2130Z/ SPARTANBURG SC-GREENVILLE SC- 524 PM EDT SUN JUN 12 2011 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL GREENVILLE AND CENTRAL SPARTANBURG COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 530 PM EDT... THE THUNDERSTORM WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS. LAT...LON 3490 8238 3509 8227 3500 8189 3474 8205 TIME...MOT...LOC 2124Z 291DEG 14KT 3491 8203 $$ 07
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 12, 2:37 PM EDT, 1 hour 56 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 12, 2:37 PM EDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 237 PM EDT SUN JUN 12 2011 .SYNOPSIS... A COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE AREA FROM THE NORTHWEST TONIGHT AND MOVE SOUTH OF THE REGION THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. HIGH PRESSURE AND SLIGHTLY COOLER WEATHER WILL SET UP BEHIND THE FRONT THROUGH MID WEEK. A WARM FRONT WILL RETURN LATE IN THE WEEK...WITH ANOTHER COLD FRONT ARRIVING BY NEXT WEEKEND. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH MONDAY/... AT 230 PM...STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WERE DEVELOPING ACROSS THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS. THE SKY EAST OF THE MTNS REMAINS MOSTLY CLEAR WITH A FEW PATCHES OF CU ACROSS THE PIEDMONT. LATEST SFC ANALYSIS INDICATES A TROF ACROSS THE CAROLINA PIEDMONT WITH A COLD FRONT ACROSS MIDDLE KY AND NW TN. MESOSCALE INSTABILITY ANALYSIS SHOWS AN AXIS OF HIGHER CAPES WITHIN THE SFC TROF AND LITTLE TO NO CIN ACROSS THE CWA. BASED ON THE SATELLITE AND RADAR TRENDS AND LATEST MESOSCALE ANALYSIS I EXPECT THAT TSRA WILL INCREASE OVER THE MTNS BETWEEN THROUGH 21Z WITH ENHANCED CU AND ISO TS WITHIN THE PIEDMONT TROF BY 20Z. BY 21Z...SFC CONVERGENCE WILL LIKELY SURGE EAST OF THE MTNS AS THE FRONT MERGES WITH THE SFC TROF...PROMOTING SCT TO NUM SHRA/TSRA ALONG AND EAST OF I-85. THE FORMATION OF COOL POOLS AND SWEEPING FRONT SHOULD RESULT IN SHRA/TSRA TO PUSH EAST THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING...EXITING THE CWA BY MIDNIGHT. CAPE VALUES SHOULD REMAIN MODERATELY UNSTABLE ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA THE REST OF THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING. DCAPE VALUES SHOULD REMAIN FAIRLY STEADY AROUND 1000 J/KG...HIGHEST VALUES OVER THE UPPER SAVANNAH RIVER VALLEY. FZL SHOULD REMAIN AROUND 14 KFT...PLACING THE 55 DBZ CORE AROUND 25.5 KFT. LLVL WIND SHEAR WILL INCREASE SLIGHTLY...WITH 0-3 KM SHEAR PEAKING AROUND 20 M/S. OBSERVED AND FORECAST SOUNDINGS INDICATE PW VALUES AT OR ABOVE 1.5 INCHES WITH K-INDEX IN THE MID 30S. WE WILL CONTINUE TO HIGHLIGHT THE THREAT FOR SVR HAIL AND WIND IN THE HWO. HEAVY DOWNPOURS LOOK CERTAIN...BUT STORM MOTIONS WILL LIMIT THE FF POTENTIAL...WE WILL MENTION HEAVY RAIN IN THE HWO. TONIGHT...CONDITIONS WILL DRY FROM WEST TO EAST OVERNIGHT. IT APPEARS THAT SKY COVER WILL BECOME MOSTLY CLEAR TO CLEAR LATE TONIGHT. GIVEN CLEARING SKY COVER AND WEAK CAA LOW TEMPERATURES SHOULD FALL SEVERAL DEGREES BELOW PERSISTENCE. CLEAR AND QUIET CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN THROUGH MONDAY. COOLER MORNING TEMPS AND LOWER THICKNESSES SHOULD RESULT IN HIGH TEMPERATURES 3 TO 4 DEGREES COOLER THAN TODAY. FAVORING THE COOLER MET...I WILL FORECAST MID 80S ACROSS THE MTN VALLEYS TO L90S EAST. && .SHORT TERM /MONDAY NIGHT/... AS OF 125 PM SUNDAY...THE UPPER PATTERN REMAINS COMPLICATED AND UNSETTLED ACROSS THE ERN CONUS THROUGH THE SHORT RANGE. THE UPSTREAM RIDGE SHOULD BEGIN TO BREAK DOWN AS A STRONG UPPER LOW BUILDS INTO UPPER MIDWEST. THIS WILL ALLOW FOR A CONTINUED MAX/MIN VORT STREAM ACROSS THE CWFA WHILE THE FLOW BECOMES MORE DIVERGENT ALOFT. MODEL SOUNDINGS FOR TUE STILL SHOW LITTLE SBCAPE POTENTIAL OUTSIDE THE MTNS...ESP THE NAM...BUT IN THIS ENVIRONMENT AND WEIGHTING PERSISTENCE WILL COUNT ON ENOUGH INSTABILITY FOR TSTM DEVELOPMENT TUE AFTNOON/EVE....HOWEVER STORMS DURING THIS TIME SHOULD REMAIN RELATIVELY INNOCUOUS OR GENERAL IN NATURE. THE SREF PROBS ARE IN THE 70 PERCENT RANGE FOR MEASURABLE PRECIP BEGINNING TUE EVENING AND CONTINUING THROUGH WED. MAINLY ACROSS THE MTNS...BUT WORKING SOUTH AS TIME PROGRESS. SO...POPS WERE BUMPED UP JUST A BIT TO MAINTAIN THE SOLID CHANCE WORDAGE. A NEW FEATURE ADVERTISED IN THE OP MODELS AND THE SREF IS THE DEVELOPMENT OF A TRIPLE POINT LOW ALONG AN EXISTING BAROCLINIC ZONE BISECTING CWFA WED. THIS...ALONG WITH INCREASING DYNAMICS AND DEEP LAYERED SHEAR COULD BE SETTING THE STAGE FOR A ROUND OF ORGANIZED AND LONG LASTING SEVERE STORMS WED AFTERNOON AND EVENING. TEMPS TUE SHOULD REACH RIGHT AROUND 90 OUTSIDE THE MTNS...AND M80S MTN VALLEYS. ON WED THERE WILL BE A SHARPER TEMP GRADIENT N/S...WITH THE SRN ZONES REACHING NEAR 90 AND THE NRN ZONES PERHAPS A COUPLE DEGREES BELOW NORMAL...WHILE THE MTN VALLEYS SHOULD SEE MAXES RIGHT AROUND NORMAL. && .LONG TERM /TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/... AS OF 1230 PM SUNDAY...THE MEDIUM RANGE LOOKS FAIRLY BUSY AND UNSETTLED. THE PROGRESSION OF UPPER LOWS ALONG THE NRN TIER OF STATES WILL EFFECTIVELY PUSH A BRANCH OF THE WESTERLIES DOWN ACROSS THE MIDDLE OF THE COUNTRY. THIS WILL BRING A SURFACE FRONT INTO THE REGION AND LEAVE IT LANGUISHING THROUGH THE PERIOD. THE MODELS SHOW A PROGRESSION OF VORT CENTERS EASTWARD IN THE WNW FLOW ACROSS THE REGION...BEGINNING WED NITE AND CONTINUING THRU THE WEEKEND... SUGGESTING THE WESTERN CAROLINAS WILL BE IN THE MCS TRACK FOR THE BETTER PART OF THE PERIOD. CONFIDENCE IN THE THUNDERSTORM CHANCE IS GREATEST AT THE START OF THE PERIOD WHEN THE FRONT ARRIVES. THINK JUST ABOUT EVERYONE WILL SEE A SHOWER OR STORM AT SOME POINT WED NITE OR THURSDAY...BUT A LACK OF CONFIDENCE IN TIMING OF WHEN THE LIKELIHOOD IS GREATEST WILL KEEP THE POP HELD DOWN TO THE CHANCE RANGE. THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT TEMPS WILL BE MUCH CLOSER TO NORMAL AND THAT WE SHOULD GET SOME BENEFICIAL RAIN. && .AVIATION /19Z SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/... AT KCLT AND ELSEWHERE...MODERATE INSTABILITY WILL REMAIN ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SCT TO NUM TSRA WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE MTNS EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. THE AXIS OF COVERAGE WILL SHIFT EAST OVER THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING AS A COLD FRONT PUSHES ACROSS THE AREA. I WILL INDICATE CB AT ALL TAF SITES WITH A TEMPO FOR TSRA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING. TSRA SHOULD CLEAR THE FORECAST AREA FROM WEST TO EAST THIS EVENING...ENDING BY MIDNIGHT. DRY AIR AND LIGHT NNW WINDS WILL DEVELOP POST FRONT. HOWEVER...MVFR UPSLOPE CLOUDS MAY DEVELOP ACROSS THE WEST FACING SLOPES OF THE MTNS. IT APPEARS THAT KAVL WILL REMAIN TOO FAR EAST FOR A CEILING...I WILL INDICATE FEW AT 030. AFTER SUNRISE...LIGHT NORTHWEST TO NORTH WINDS WILL DEVELOP WITH MOSTLY CLEAR CONDITIONS. OUTLOOK...DRIER HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN FROM THE NORTH MONDAY AND TUESDAY...SO AFTN SHWRS/TSTMS WILL BE FEWER THAN LAST FEW DAYS. FROM WEDNESDAY THRU REST OF THE WEEK...A GRADUAL INCREASE IN MOISTURE WILL RESULT IN AN INCREASING CHC OF MAINLY DIURNAL SHRA/TSRA AND MORNING VALLEY FOG. && .GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...SBK NEAR TERM...NED SHORT TERM...PM LONG TERM...PM AVIATION...NED
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 12, 2:44 PM EDT, 1 hour 49 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 244 PM EDT SUN JUN 12 2011 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065- 068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-131845- 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- 244 PM EDT SUN JUN 12 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 COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION FROM THE NORTHWEST LATE TODAY. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT THROUGH THIS EVENING. SEVERAL OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY BECOME SEVERE...PRODUCING DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS AND HAIL AS LARGE AS QUARTERS. LOCALLY VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE AS WELL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. ON WEDNESDAY...STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP OVER THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN REGION DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. .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
Special weather statement, Jun 12, 2:47 PM EDT, 1 hour 46 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
247 PM EDT SUN JUN 12 2011
SCZ001-002-005-121930-
GREATER PICKENS-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-
247 PM EDT SUN JUN 12 2011
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL PICKENS AND NORTHEASTERN
OCONEE COUNTIES THROUGH 330 PM EDT...
AT 242 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NINE TIMES...OR 10 MILES
WEST OF PICKENS...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LAKE
KEOWEE...SIX MILE...SALEM...PICKENS...NINE TIMES...LIBERTY...EASLEY
AND DACUSVILLE.
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 3480 8289 3481 8289 3480 8290 3482 8300
3500 8297 3499 8254 3497 8254 3477 8257
3475 8263
07Local storm report, Jun 12, 3:38 PM EDT, 55 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
338 PM EDT SUN JUN 12 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0325 PM HAIL 4 ENE SALEM 34.91N 82.91W
06/12/2011 E1.75 INCH OCONEE SC AMATEUR RADIO
GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL FALLING AT HW-11 AT LAKE KEOWEE.
HAIL IS STILL OCCURRING.
&&
BSHSpecial weather statement, Jun 12, 3:45 PM EDT, 48 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 345 PM EDT SUN JUN 12 2011 NCZ051-058-062-122030- GRAHAM-MACON-SWAIN- 345 PM EDT SUN JUN 12 2011 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EASTERN GRAHAM...NORTHWESTERN MACON AND SOUTHERN SWAIN COUNTIES THROUGH 430 PM EDT... AT 341 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES NORTH OF ROBBINSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SANTEETLAH LAKE...FONTANA LAKE...WESSER...STECOAH...SANTEETLAH... ROBBINSVILLE...LUADA...KYLE...FONTANA VILLAGE AND ALMOND. 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 3549 8385 3542 8345 3518 8355 3532 8391 07
Local storm report, Jun 12, 4:05 PM EDT, 28 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
405 PM EDT SUN JUN 12 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0345 PM HAIL 4 E LITTLE RIVER 35.24N 82.56W
06/12/2011 E0.88 INCH HENDERSON NC PUBLIC
NICKEL SIZED HAIL ON JETER MOUNTAIN.
&&
BSHSpecial weather statement, Jun 12, 4:10 PM EDT, 23 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
410 PM EDT SUN JUN 12 2011
NCZ036-056-122045-
CATAWBA-IREDELL-
410 PM EDT SUN JUN 12 2011
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN CATAWBA AND WESTERN
IREDELL COUNTIES THROUGH 445 PM EDT...
AT 406 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR CLAREMONT...OR 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF
NEWTON...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.
THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
LOOKOUT SHOALS LAKE...
PEOPLE IN NORTHEASTERN CATAWBA AND WESTERN IREDELL COUNTIES...
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
CLAREMONT AND LOOKOUT SHOALS LAKE...
SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE
WARNINGS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE
WEATHER THREATEN.
PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.
LAT...LON 3580 8093 3561 8095 3565 8119 3581 8116
3581 8113 3579 8113 3578 8111 3581 8108
BSHLocal storm report, Jun 12, 4:29 PM EDT, 4 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
429 PM EDT SUN JUN 12 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0320 PM TSTM WND DMG 2 SE TIGER 34.83N 83.41W
06/12/2011 RABUN GA TRAINED SPOTTER
SEVERAL TREES DOWN...MANY CUT IN HALF
&&
KRENTZThe office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 8:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | York | 59 min |
| Jun 11, 9:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Greenwood | 47 min |
| Jun 11, 9:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Chester, York | 58 min |
| Jun 11, 10:48 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | York | 3 hr |
| Jun 11, 11:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Union | 27 min |
| Jun 12, 12:13 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Laurens | 32 min |
| Jun 12, 12:44 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Laurens | 31 min |
| Jun 12, 2:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Pickens | 43 min |
| Jun 12, 2:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Oconee, Pickens | 54 min |
| Jun 12, 3:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Oconee | 53 min |
| Jun 12, 3:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Greenville | 54 min |
| Jun 12, 3:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Greenville, Spartanburg | 56 min |
| Jun 12, 3:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Oconee, Pickens | 61 min |
| Jun 12, 4:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Anderson, Greenville, Oconee, Pickens | 54 min |
| Jun 12, 5:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cherokee | 39 min |
| Jun 12, 5:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Union | 50 min |
| Jun 12, 6:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cherokee, Chester, Laurens, Union, York | 67 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.