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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 387, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

June 15, 20114 counties in South Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 15, 2011, 7:08 PM EDT for 4 counties in South Carolina. It was in force for 67 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 15, 2011, 7:08 PM EDT (23:08 UTC)
Expired: Jun 15, 2011, 8:15 PM EDT
In force: 67 min
Issued by: NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Cherokee County, SC, Laurens County, SC, Spartanburg County, SC, Union County, SC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:08 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 15, 7:30 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Cross Keys, SC	MULTIPLE TREES DOWN BLOCKING ROADS
Jun 15, 7:45 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Santuc, SC	TREES AND LIMBS DOWN IN SANTUCK.

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 22 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, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 220 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1319 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 8 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 154 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.

702 
WUUS52 KGSP 152308
SVRGSP
SCC021-059-083-087-160015-
/O.NEW.KGSP.SV.W.0387.110615T2308Z-110616T0015Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
708 PM EDT WED JUN 15 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CHEROKEE COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...
  LAURENS COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...
  EASTERN SPARTANBURG COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...
  UNION COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...

* UNTIL 815 PM EDT

* AT 703 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
  HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE
  LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MAYO TO 7
  MILES NORTHWEST OF ENOREE TO 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF HICKORY
  TAVERN...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES NORTH OF
  SPARTANBURG TO 16 MILES NORTH OF LAURENS TO 16 MILES SOUTH OF
  DOWNTOWN GREENVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  COWPENS AND PAULINE...
  THICKETTY AND PAULINE...
  GAFFNEY AND BOYD MILL POND...
  ORA AND JONESVILLE...
  BLACKSBURG AND LAURENS...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THIS LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS 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.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT
WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA
AND CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA.

&&

LAT...LON 3448 8232 3476 8199 3518 8184 3515 8147
      3505 8146 3503 8149 3494 8149 3485 8146
      3481 8148 3476 8145 3473 8149 3472 8145
      3464 8142 3450 8141 3444 8154 3452 8164
      3436 8178 3423 8197
TIME...MOT...LOC 2308Z 294DEG 36KT 3502 8184 3471 8199
          3461 8225

$$

NED

4 follow-up statements

087 
WWUS52 KGSP 152314
SVSGSP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
714 PM EDT WED JUN 15 2011

SCC021-059-083-087-160015-
/O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0387.000000T0000Z-110616T0015Z/
CHEROKEE SC-LAURENS SC-SPARTANBURG SC-UNION SC-
714 PM EDT WED JUN 15 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM EDT
FOR UNION...EASTERN SPARTANBURG...LAURENS AND CHEROKEE COUNTIES IN
UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...

AT 712 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER
SIZE HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.  THESE STORMS
WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES NORTH OF PAULINE TO
ENOREE TO HICKORY TAVERN...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM SPARTANBURG
TO 11 MILES NORTH OF LAURENS TO 9 MILES WEST OF LAURENS...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ORA...
COWPENS...CROSS ANCHOR...THICKETTY...PACOLET...PACOLET MILLS...
GAFFNEY...WATERLOO...CROSS KEYS...SEDALIA...JONESVILLE...CLINTON...
BLACKSBURG...BUFFALO...CROSS HILL...UNION...JOANNA...SARATT...MONARCH
MILLS...ADAMSBURG...SANTUC AND CARLISLE

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND SPEEDS OF 60 TO 75 MPH. THESE
WINDS CAN TOPPLE TREES AND POWER LINES. SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST
LEVEL OF YOUR HOME OR OFFICE BUILDING. AVOID ROOMS THAT MAY BE
DAMAGED BY FALLING TREES. IF DRIVING...PULL OVER IN A CLEAR AREA AWAY
FROM LARGE TREES AND POWER POLES.

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.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT
WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA
AND CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA.

&&

LAT...LON 3448 8232 3476 8199 3518 8184 3515 8147
      3505 8146 3503 8149 3494 8149 3485 8146
      3481 8148 3476 8145 3473 8149 3472 8145
      3464 8142 3450 8141 3444 8154 3452 8164
      3436 8178 3423 8197
TIME...MOT...LOC 2314Z 294DEG 36KT 3493 8190 3465 8195
          3451 8217

$$

NED

735 
WWUS52 KGSP 152343
SVSGSP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
743 PM EDT WED JUN 15 2011

SCC083-152352-
/O.CAN.KGSP.SV.W.0387.000000T0000Z-110616T0015Z/
SPARTANBURG SC-
743 PM EDT WED JUN 15 2011

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

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT 
WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA 
AND CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA.

LAT...LON 3448 8232 3462 8193 3458 8187 3485 8178
      3491 8171 3493 8175 3517 8169 3515 8147
      3494 8149 3485 8146 3481 8148 3476 8145
      3473 8149 3472 8146 3464 8142 3450 8142
      3444 8154 3452 8164 3436 8178 3423 8197
TIME...MOT...LOC 2342Z 294DEG 36KT 3510 8148 3460 8160
          3439 8175

$$

SCC021-059-087-160015-
/O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0387.000000T0000Z-110616T0015Z/
CHEROKEE SC-LAURENS SC-UNION SC-
743 PM EDT WED JUN 15 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM EDT
FOR UNION...LAURENS AND CENTRAL CHEROKEE COUNTIES IN UPSTATE SOUTH
CAROLINA...

AT 737 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER
SIZE HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.  THESE STORMS
WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM BLACKSBURG TO 4 MILES EAST
OF SEDALIA TO JOANNA...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES
NORTHEAST OF GAFFNEY TO 7 MILES SOUTH OF UNION TO 14 MILES SOUTHEAST 
OF LAURENS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THIS LINE OF STORMS HAS A 
LONG HISTORY OF WIND DAMAGE AND LARGE HAIL...PRODUCING WIDESPREAD 
TREE AND POWER LINE DAMAGE ACROSS THE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG AREA.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
ADAMSBURG...SANTUC AND CARLISLE

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND SPEEDS OF 60 TO 75 MPH. THESE
WINDS CAN TOPPLE TREES AND POWER LINES. SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST
LEVEL OF YOUR HOME OR OFFICE BUILDING. AVOID ROOMS THAT MAY BE
DAMAGED BY FALLING TREES. IF DRIVING...PULL OVER IN A CLEAR AREA AWAY
FROM LARGE TREES AND POWER POLES.

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.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT
THURSDAY MORNING FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA. A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT
WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA
AND CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA.

&&

LAT...LON 3448 8232 3462 8193 3458 8187 3485 8178
      3491 8171 3493 8175 3517 8169 3515 8147
      3494 8149 3485 8146 3481 8148 3476 8145
      3473 8149 3472 8146 3464 8142 3450 8142
      3444 8154 3452 8164 3436 8178 3423 8197
TIME...MOT...LOC 2342Z 294DEG 36KT 3510 8148 3460 8160
          3439 8175

$$

NED

105 
WWUS52 KGSP 160001
SVSGSP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
801 PM EDT WED JUN 15 2011

SCC021-160010-
/O.CAN.KGSP.SV.W.0387.000000T0000Z-110616T0015Z/
CHEROKEE SC-
801 PM EDT WED JUN 15 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL CHEROKEE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT
THURSDAY MORNING FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA.

LAT...LON 3423 8197 3431 8203 3472 8160 3485 8158
      3485 8147 3481 8148 3476 8145 3473 8149
      3472 8146 3466 8145 3464 8142 3450 8142
      3444 8154 3451 8160 3452 8164 3436 8178
TIME...MOT...LOC 0000Z 294DEG 36KT 3469 8146 3453 8147
          3448 8154

$$

SCC059-087-160015-
/O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0387.000000T0000Z-110616T0015Z/
LAURENS SC-UNION SC-
801 PM EDT WED JUN 15 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN UNION AND SOUTHEASTERN LAURENS COUNTIES IN UPSTATE
SOUTH CAROLINA...

AT 758 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER
SIZE HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.  THESE STORMS
WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF SANTUC
TO 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CARLISLE TO 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CARLISLE...
OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES EAST OF UNION TO 15 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF UNION TO 15 MILES NORTH OF NEWBERRY...MOVING SOUTHEAST 
AT 40 MPH.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND SPEEDS OF 60 TO 75 MPH. THESE
WINDS CAN TOPPLE TREES AND POWER LINES. SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST
LEVEL OF YOUR HOME OR OFFICE BUILDING. AVOID ROOMS THAT MAY BE
DAMAGED BY FALLING TREES. IF DRIVING...PULL OVER IN A CLEAR AREA AWAY
FROM LARGE TREES AND POWER POLES.

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.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT
THURSDAY MORNING FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA.

&&

LAT...LON 3423 8197 3431 8203 3472 8160 3485 8158
      3485 8147 3481 8148 3476 8145 3473 8149
      3472 8146 3466 8145 3464 8142 3450 8142
      3444 8154 3451 8160 3452 8164 3436 8178
TIME...MOT...LOC 0000Z 294DEG 36KT 3469 8146 3453 8147
          3448 8154

$$

NED

741 
WWUS52 KGSP 160011
SVSGSP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
811 PM EDT WED JUN 15 2011

SCC059-087-160020-
/O.EXP.KGSP.SV.W.0387.000000T0000Z-110616T0015Z/
LAURENS SC-UNION SC-
811 PM EDT WED JUN 15 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN UNION AND
SOUTHEASTERN LAURENS COUNTIES IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA WILL EXPIRE
AT 815 PM EDT...

GUSTY WINDS AND OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL CONTINUE 
ACROSS LAURENS AND UNION COUNTIES THROUGH 930 PM.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT
THURSDAY MORNING FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA.

LAT...LON 3423 8197 3431 8203 3472 8160 3485 8158
      3485 8147 3481 8148 3476 8145 3473 8149
      3472 8146 3466 8145 3464 8142 3450 8142
      3444 8154 3451 8160 3452 8164 3436 8178
TIME...MOT...LOC 0010Z 294DEG 36KT 3465 8135 3449 8136
          3444 8143

$$

NED

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 15, 3:32 PM EDT, 3 hours 36 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 15, 3:32 PM EDT, 3 hours 36 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
332 PM EDT WED JUN 15 2011

.SYNOPSIS...
A FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE FORECAST AREA TONIGHT. THE FRONT WILL
LINGER NEAR THE AREA THROUGH THE WEEKEND.

&&

.NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM THURSDAY MORNING/...
CONVERGENCE ASSOCIATED WITH A WEAK SURFACE FRONT PLUS MOISTURE AND
INSTABILITY ASSOCIATED WITH A MID-LEVEL SHORTWAVE TROUGH SHOULD
RESULT IN NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT. MODERATE
INSTABILITY AND WEAK TO MODERATE SHEAR SHOULD RESULT IN ORGANIZED
THUNDERSTORMS. EXPECT A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WITH DAMAGING WIND AND
HAIL. CLOUDINESS SHOULD HELP HOLD UP TEMPERATURES AND THE GUIDANCE
MAY BE A LITTLE TOO WARM.

&&

.SHORT TERM /6 AM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT/...
THE NAM AND GFS SHOW DEEPER MOISTURE SHIFTING EAST OF THE FORECAST
AREA BEHIND THE MAIN MID-LEVEL SHORTWAVE TROUGH THURSDAY.
HOWEVER...THE MODELS KEEP THE WEAK SURFACE TROUGH IN THE AREA WITH
RELATIVELY COLD TEMPERATURES ALOFT. EXPECT THUNDERSTORMS BUT
COVERAGE SHOULD BE LIMITED BY MOISTURE. THE NAM AND GFS MOS
SUPPORT SLIGHT CHANCE OR CHANCE POPS. THE NAM INDICATES SURFACE-
BASED LI/S -4 TO -8 SO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAY OCCUR.

&&

.LONG TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
MODELS IN GENERAL AGREEMENT ON AN UPPER RIDGE REMAINING ANCHORED
OVER THE MID SOUTH WHILE THE FORECAST STAYS WITHIN THE
NORTHWESTERLY FLOW ON THE PERIPHERY OF THE HIGH. IN THE LOW
LEVELS...A FRONTAL BOUNDARY IS SHOWN TO REMAIN STALLED OUT ACROSS
THE AREA...KEEPING THE AREA WITHIN DEEPER MOISTURE AND
CONVERGENCE. KEPT THE GOING FORECAST OF ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES
AND MAINLY A DIURNAL POP TREND (CHANCE MOUNTAINS AND SLIGHT CHANCE
PIEDMONT) EACH AFTERNOON.

&&

.AVIATION /20Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY/...
AT KCLT...HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE REGION WILL WEAKEN THIS AFTERNOON
AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE WEST LATE TONIGHT AND
THURSDAY MORNING. MOISTURE FLUX WILL INCREASE OVER THE FORECAST
AREA THIS EVENING. INITIAL VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME
MVFR MAINLY BECAUSE OF CIGS 2-3 KFT AND SOME VSBYS 4-5 MILES IN
SHOWERS. BRIEF IFR CONDITIONS MAY OCCUR IN HEAVIER SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS FROM 04Z-14Z THURSDAY MORNING. COLD FRONT SHOULD
MOVE THROUGH THE AREA LATE THURSDAY MORNING 14Z-16Z TIME FRAME.
AFTER 14Z...MAINLY VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED.

ELSEWHERE...HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE REGION WILL WEAKEN THIS AFTERNOON
AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE WEST LATE TONIGHT AND
THURSDAY MORNING. MOISTURE FLUX WILL INCREASE OVER THE FORECAST
AREA THIS EVENING. INITIAL VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME
MVFR MAINLY BECAUSE OF CIGS 2-3 KFT AND SOME VSBYS 4-5 MILES IN
SHOWERS. BRIEF IFR CONDITIONS MAY OCCUR IN HEAVIER SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS FROM 04Z-14Z THURSDAY MORNING. COLD FRONT SHOULD
MOVE THROUGH THE AREA LATE THURSDAY MORNING 14Z-16Z TIME FRAME.
AFTER 14Z...MAINLY VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED.

EXTENDED AVIATION OUTLOOK...DIURNALLY CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY WITH
DAYTIME HEATING AS IMPULSES MOVING ACROSS THE REGION IN THE
NORTHWEST FLOW INTO NEXT TUESDAY WILL PRODUCE BRIEF PERIODS OF
IFR/MVFR CONDITIONS IN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.

&&

.GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...NONE.
NC...NONE.
SC...NONE.

&&

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 15, 1:18 PM EDT, 5 hours 50 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
118 PM EDT WED JUN 15 2011

GAZ018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-049-050-053-056-057-064-065-
068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-161730-
STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-AVERY-ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-YANCEY-
MITCHELL-BUNCOMBE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-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-
118 PM EDT WED JUN 15 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.
THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT COULD POSSIBLY BECOME
SEVERE. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING WIND AND HAIL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

A FRONT WILL EXTEND THROUGH THE AREA THURSDAY. THERE IS A SLIGHT
RISK OF SEVERE STORMS ALONG THE FRONT...MAINLY ACROSS THE
PIEDMONT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED.

GAZ010-017-NCZ048-051-052-058-059-062-063-161730-
RABUN-HABERSHAM-MADISON-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-
SOUTHERN JACKSON-
118 PM EDT WED JUN 15 2011

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 478 IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARD.

   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

A FRONT WILL EXTEND THROUGH THE AREA THURSDAY. THERE IS A SLIGHT
RISK OF SEVERE STORMS ALONG THE FRONT...MAINLY ACROSS THE
PIEDMONT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 15, 7:04 PM EDT, 4 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
704 PM EDT WED JUN 15 2011

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

0625 PM     HAIL             2 N TIGERVILLE          35.10N 82.37W
06/15/2011  E1.00 INCH       GREENVILLE         SC   TRAINED SPOTTER

            1 INCH HAIL 2 MILES NORTH OF TIGERVILLE.

&&

JPT

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 15, 5:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Greenville, Oconee, Pickens	29 min
Jun 15, 6:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Greenville, Spartanburg	27 min
Jun 15, 6:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Greenville, Laurens, Spartanburg	35 min
Jun 15, 7:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Abbeville, Anderson, Oconee, Pickens	54 min
Jun 15, 7:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Chester	55 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.