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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 416, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

June 18, 2011Elbert County, Georgia; Abbeville County, South Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 18, 2011, 6:48 PM EDT for Elbert County, Georgia; Abbeville County, South Carolina. It was in force for 59 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 18, 2011, 6:48 PM EDT (22:48 UTC)
Expired
Jun 18, 2011, 7:47 PM EDT
In force
59 min
Issued by
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Elbert County, GA, Abbeville County, SC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:48 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 18, 7:10 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGElberton, GATREES DOWN COUNTY WIDE.

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 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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 18, 4:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 193 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2011-06-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1149 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2011-06-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 23 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1149 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-132 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
704 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
8 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
23 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
33 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.

771 
WUUS52 KGSP 182248
SVRGSP
GAC105-SCC001-190000-
/O.NEW.KGSP.SV.W.0416.110618T2248Z-110619T0000Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
648 PM EDT SAT JUN 18 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  ELBERT COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA...
  ABBEVILLE COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...

* UNTIL 800 PM EDT

* AT 643 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 2 MILES
  SOUTH OF DEWY ROSE...OR 6 MILES WEST OF ELBERTON...MOVING EAST AT
  25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  ELBERTON...
  RUCKERSVILLE...
  MIDDLETON AND FORTSONIA...
  LAKE RUSSELL...
  LOWNDESVILLE...
  SECESSION LAKE AND ANTREVILLE...

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.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT
SATURDAY EVENING FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA. A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT
SATURDAY EVENING FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA.

&&

LAT...LON 3402 8295 3408 8303 3422 8309 3423 8301
      3421 8298 3428 8277 3421 8272 3448 8232
      3445 8228 3442 8225 3434 8233 3416 8224
      3407 8232 3408 8249 3402 8259 3397 8258
      3398 8266 3397 8279
TIME...MOT...LOC 2248Z 286DEG 23KT 3413 8292

$$

NED
3 follow-up statements
814 
WWUS52 KGSP 182324
SVSGSP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
724 PM EDT SAT JUN 18 2011

GAC105-SCC001-190000-
/O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0416.000000T0000Z-110619T0000Z/
ELBERT GA-ABBEVILLE SC-
724 PM EDT SAT JUN 18 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT
FOR ABBEVILLE AND SOUTHEASTERN ELBERT COUNTIES...

AT 720 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE 
EXTENDING FFROM 11 MILES EAST OF ANDERSON TO 7 MILES WEST OF 
ABBEVILLE TO 13 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ELBERTON...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  DUE WEST...
  DONALDS AND ABBEVILLE...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD BE ALERT FOR 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 3397 8280 3421 8262 3433 8255 3448 8232
      3442 8225 3434 8233 3416 8224 3410 8229
      3407 8232 3408 8250 3407 8250 3407 8253
      3400 8259
TIME...MOT...LOC 2323Z 287DEG 34KT 3447 8242 3415 8246
          3395 8268

$$
LANE
207 
WWUS52 KGSP 182333
SVSGSP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
733 PM EDT SAT JUN 18 2011

GAC105-182343-
/O.CAN.KGSP.SV.W.0416.000000T0000Z-110619T0000Z/
ELBERT GA-
733 PM EDT SAT JUN 18 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN ELBERT COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

THE STORMS HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE COUNTY. 

LAT...LON 3407 8264 3410 8266 3421 8262 3427 8251
      3448 8232 3442 8225 3434 8233 3416 8224
      3407 8232 3408 8250 3407 8250 3407 8253
      3402 8259
TIME...MOT...LOC 2333Z 287DEG 34KT 3444 8231 3412 8235
          3392 8257

$$

SCC001-190000-
/O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0416.000000T0000Z-110619T0000Z/
ABBEVILLE SC-
733 PM EDT SAT JUN 18 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT
FOR ABBEVILLE COUNTY...

AT 729 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES NORTH OF DONALDS TO 4 MILES SOUTH OF ABBEVILLE
TO 11 MILES SOUTH OF CALHOUN FALLS...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD BE ALERT FOR 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 3407 8264 3410 8266 3421 8262 3427 8251
      3448 8232 3442 8225 3434 8233 3416 8224
      3407 8232 3408 8250 3407 8250 3407 8253
      3402 8259
TIME...MOT...LOC 2333Z 287DEG 34KT 3444 8231 3412 8235
          3392 8257

$$
LANE
866 
WWUS52 KGSP 182347
SVSGSP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
747 PM EDT SAT JUN 18 2011

SCC001-182356-
/O.CAN.KGSP.SV.W.0416.000000T0000Z-110619T0000Z/
ABBEVILLE SC-
747 PM EDT SAT JUN 18 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR ABBEVILLE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

THE STORMS HAVE WEAKENED AND MOVED OUT OF THE COUNTY. 

LAT...LON 3407 8264 3410 8266 3421 8262 3427 8251
      3448 8232 3442 8225 3434 8233 3416 8224
      3407 8232 3408 8250 3407 8250 3407 8253
      3402 8259
TIME...MOT...LOC 2346Z 287DEG 34KT 3440 8217 3408 8221
          3388 8243

$$

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 18, 5:48 PM EDT, 1 hour earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 18, 5:48 PM EDT, 1 hour before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
548 PM EDT SAT JUN 18 2011

.SYNOPSIS...
A WEAK STATIONARY FRONT WILL LINGER IN OUR AREA INTO THE WEEKEND.
THE FRONT WILL MOVE NORTH AS A WARM FRONT EARLY NEXT WEEK AS HIGH
PRESSURE MOVES INTO THE AREA.

&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH SUNDAY/...
RAPID FIRE UPDATES EARLY THIS EVENING TO DEAL WITH CHANGES IN WATCH
CONFIGURATIONS. IN LIGHT OF UPSTREAM CONVECTION MOVING INTO NE
GEORGIA...THOUGHT IT BEST TO LOCALLY EXTEND SVR TSTM WATCH 500 UNTIL
00Z FOR THE SAV RVR VALLEY...WHILE THE REMAINDER OF WATCH 500 HAS
BEEN CANCELLED. OTHER WATCH OVER THE LAKELANDS WILL CONTINUE. MAJOR
ALTERATIONS TO TEMP TRENDS HAVE BEEN MADE TO ACCT FOR 10-15 DEG
DROPOFF BEHIND OLD COLD POOL. MORE CHANGES COMING.

REMAINDER OF PREVIOUS DISCUSSION...
UPSTREAM MCS OVER ERN TN HAS NOT STRENGTHENED MUCH THE PAST COUPLE
HOURS...THOUGH CORE HEIGHTS ALONG THE LINE ARE FINALLY STARTING TO
REACH OBJECTIVE SEVERE CRITERIA. KMRX IS SHOWING A WELL ESTABLISHED
AND STRONG COLD POOL/REAR INFLOW JET BEHIND THE LINE...AND IT SHOULD
STRENGTHEN RAPIDLY AS IT MOVES INTO THE MORE UNSTABLE AIR OVER THE
GREAT VALLEY. AS THE STRONG COLD POOL MOVES INTO THE
MOUNTAINS...WHICH ARE QUITE MIXED AT THIS POINT...POCKETS OF
DAMAGING WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP. AS THE LINE MOVES EAST OF
THE MTNS...INTO AN ENVIRONMENT OF HIGHER DAPE...THE MCS SHOULD BEGIN
TO SURGE EASTWARD. THE 12 UTC NAM NOW HAS BULK SHEAR VALUES OF
AROUND 40 KTS OVER THE ENTIRE FA THROUGH THE AFTN HOURS...WHICH ALSO
BODES WELL FOR THE EVOLUTION OF THE LINE AS IT PROGRESSES INTO AN
INCREASINGLY UNSTABLE AIRMASS.  THE 15 UTC RUN OF THE WORKSTATION
WRF-ARW SHOWS AN EVEN MORE HIGHLY EVOLVED BOW ECHO MOVING ACROSS THE
FA DURING THE EARLY TO MID AFTN HOURS THAN IT DID BEFORE...AND STILL
LINES UP FAIRLY WELL WITH THE MCS OVER ERN TN. THEREFORE...THIS
SHOULD SOON TRANSITION INTO A SIGNIFICANT DAMAGING WIND EVENT FOR
THE FA.

OVERNIGHT AND INTO SUNDAY MORNING...THE NAM DEVELOPS A 30-40KT LLVL
JET OVER THE FA AS HEIGHTS RISE TO OUR WEST. THIS POOLS BL DEWPOINTS
OVER 70S DEGREES ACROSS THE CENTRAL PART OF THE FA. THIS SHOULD
SUPPORT NOCTURNAL ELEVATED CONVECTION OVERNIGHT...THOUGH I/M UNSURE
HOW STRONG ON HOW WIDESPREAD IT WILL BE.

ADDITIONAL CONVECTIVELY INDUCED MCV/S WILL CROSS THE FA ON SUNDAY.
THE NAM IMPLIES A GOOD THREAT OF ADDITIONAL SEVERE STORMS WHILE THE
GFS IS FARTHER NORTH. CONSIDERING THE ONGOING CONVECTION AND HOW
SOUTH IT SHOULD MOVE OVERNIGHT...THE TREAT WILL PROBABLY BE ORIENTED
FARTHER SOUTH THAN THE GFS IMPLIES ON SUNDAY...ONCE AGAIN PUTTING US
UNDER THE GUN.

&&

.SHORT TERM /SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY/...
AS OF 1245 PM SATURDAY...UPPER HEIGHTS OVER THE CWFA WILL START
THEIR RISE ON MONDAY AS GULF COAST RIDGING POKES NORTH AND EAST.
WITH SOLID LOWER TO MID 90S FCST ACRS JUST ABOUT ALL THE MAJOR
VALLEYS AND INTO THE PIEDMONT...THE ATMOSPHERE WILL LIKELY BECOME
MODERATELY UNSTABLE. THERE DOES NOT LOOK TO BE MUCH TO INHIBIT
AFTERNOON AND EVENING TSTM DEVELOPMENT...IN FACT...ENOUGH MID LVL NW
FLOW EXISTS TO GIVE RISE TO A FEW SVR STORMS.

SHORT RANGE MODELS REMAIN CONSISTENT IN DEPICTING BLDG UPPER RIDGE
ATOP THE CWFA ON TUESDAY. THE RESULTANT VERY WEAK FLOW AND WEAKLY
FORCED ENVIRONMENT SHOULD LIMIT DIURNAL DEEP CONVECTION...ESPECIALLY
AWAY FROM THE HIGHER TERRAIN...WHERE THE FCST SNDGS LOOK TO REMAIN
CAPPED. OTHERWISE...THE HEAT WAVE WILL CONTINUE AND THE GOING SWATH
OF MID TO UPPER 90S MAX TEMPS LOOK GOOD.

&&

.LONG TERM /TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY/...
AS OF 1215 PM SATURDAY...THE TREND TOWARD LESS HOT CONDITIONS
COMMENCES ON WEDNESDAY AS UPPER RIDGE AXIS ATOP THE SE CONUS
TRANSLATES EASTWARD. AS HEIGHTS START TO FALL AND RETURN FLOW
MOISTURE BEGINS AN UPWARD CREEP...WOULD EXPECT TSTM CHANCES TO CLIMB
BACK TO NEAR CLIMO PROBABILITIES.

CENTRAL CONUS TROUGH LOOKS TO CONTINUE TO IMPINGE UPON THE EASTERN
SEABOARD ON THURSDAY...AND GIVEN THE PROBABILITY OF INCREASED LARGER
SCALE FORCING...POP WILL BE INCREASED TO SOLID CHANCE AND EXPANDED
ACRS THE WHOLE CWFA. MEDIUM RANGE MODELS ARE STILL ADVERTISING L/WV
TROUGH AXIS TO SET UP ATOP THE EASTERN CONUS ON FRIDAY BEFORE
LIFTING SOME NEXT SATURDAY. AN ATTENDANT FRONTAL ZONE SHOULD SAG
SOUTH INTO THE REGION AS WELL BUT THE SOUTHWARD PENETRATION AND ANY
INFLUX OF DRIER AIR BY THE END OF THE PERIOD IS QUESTIONABLE AND
PROBABLY DOUBTFUL. GIVEN THIS...WILL MAINTAIN TOKEN CHANCE POP FOR
DAYS 6-7 ALONG WITH MAX TEMPERATURES NEAR EARLY SUMMER NORMALS.

&&

.AVIATION /22Z SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/...
KCLT...BIG NEWS OF THE DAY IS THE MCS THAT IS NOW PUSHING INTO THE
MOUNTAINS. WITH THE UNSTABLE AIRMASS EAST OF THE MTNS...IT SHOULD
RAPIDLY MOVE EASTWARD OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS. THE MOST LIKELY TIME
FOR STORM PASSAGE IS AROUND 21 UTC. I/M GIVING A 3 HOUR WINDOW OWING
TO DEVELOPMENT AHEAD OF THE LINE AND A LINGERING PERIOD OF THUNDER
AND HEAVY RAIN BEHIND IT. WINDS WILL GUST OUT OF THE WEST AS THE
LINE CROSSES...AND WILL BE WSW AHEAD OF IT...AND ERRATIC AND
VARIABLE OVERNIGHT BEHIND. A LITTLE FOG IS POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT
DEPENDING HOW MUCH RAIN FALLS...BUT WITH HIGH CLOUDS LIKELY LASTING
THROUGH THE NIGHT...NOT EXPECTING MORE. ALSO...SCT SHRA/TSTMS MAY
DEVELOP AGAIN LATE TONIGHT AND SUN MORNING...THOUGH I HAVE NOT
INCLUDED THAT IN THE TAF YET.

ELSEWHERE...THINKING FOR THE OTHER TAF SITES IS BASICALLY THE SAME
AS FOR CLT WITH A WIDESPREAD LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS
EXPECTED TO CROSS THE REGION FROM THE WEST THIS AFTN. BEHIND THE
LINE...AREAS OF FOG WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT. HOWEVER...HIGH
CLOUDS SHOULD INHIBIT WIDESPREAD FOG. IN FACT...SHRA AND TSTMS MAY
DEVELOP AGAIN OVER THE REGION LATE TONIGHT.

OUTLOOK...THERE WILL BE A GOOD CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN ON
SUNDAY. DRIER AND HOT WEATHER IS EXPECTED MONDAY AND
TUESDAY...THOUGH ISOLATED TSTMS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE MTNS. A COLD
FRONT WILL BRING A BETTER CHANCE OF TSTMS...AND RESTRICTIONS...BY
WED OR THU.

&&

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

&&

SYNOPSIS...PAT
NEAR TERM...MCAVOY/PM
SHORT TERM...CSH
LONG TERM...CSH
AVIATION...MCAVOY
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 18, 11:07 AM EDT, 7 hours 41 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1107 AM EDT SAT JUN 18 2011

GAZ010-017-018-026-NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-501>510-SCZ001>007-
191515-
RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-
SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-
SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-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-
1107 AM EDT SAT JUN 18 2011

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 500 IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

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

   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH.

A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO THE NORTH
CAROLINA MOUNTAINS DURING THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS...THEN RAPIDLY
CROSS THE REST OF THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA
DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. AREAS OF DAMAGING
STRAIGHT LINE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO ACCOMPANY THE LINE AS IT
CROSSES THE REGION...ALONG WITH SOME LARGE HAIL.

THIS A DANGEROUS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION. PEOPLE WITH OUTDOOR
PLANS TODAY SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR THE WEATHER AND PREPARE TO MOVE
INDOORS WHEN THE STORMS APPROACH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

GAZ028-029-NCZ035>037-056-057-068>072-082-SCZ008>014-019-191515-
HART-ELBERT-ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-
GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC-CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-
ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD-
1107 AM EDT SAT JUN 18 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 LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO THE NORTH
CAROLINA MOUNTAINS DURING THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS...THEN RAPIDLY
CROSS THE REST OF THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA
DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. AREAS OF DAMAGING
STRAIGHT LINE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO ACCOMPANY THE LINE AS IT
CROSSES THE REGION...ALONG WITH SOME LARGE HAIL.

THIS A DANGEROUS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION. PEOPLE WITH OUTDOOR
PLANS TODAY SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR THE WEATHER AND PREPARE TO MOVE
INDOORS WHEN THE STORMS APPROACH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

MCAVOY

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 18, 5:56 PM EDT, 52 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
556 PM EDT SAT JUN 18 2011

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

0313 PM     TSTM WND DMG     SE ROCKY BOTTOM         35.05N 82.80W
06/18/2011                   PICKENS            SC   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREE IN ROADWAY NEAR US 178 AND ROCKY BOTTOM RD

&&

CSH
Local storm report, Jun 18, 5:57 PM EDT, 51 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
557 PM EDT SAT JUN 18 2011

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

0415 PM     TSTM WND DMG     9 NW ANDERSON           34.61N 82.76W
06/18/2011                   ANDERSON           SC   911 CALL CENTER

            TREES AND LIMBS DOWN ON BURNS BRIDGE RD AND GREATE RD OFF
            HWY 187, ANOTHER AT FALCONS LANDING OFF ROYAL AMERICAN RD
            AT I-85 AND CLEMSON BLVD.

&&

TBENTHALL
Local storm report, Jun 18, 6:06 PM EDT, 42 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
606 PM EDT SAT JUN 18 2011

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

0518 PM     TSTM WND DMG     3 SSW WARE SHOALS       34.34N 82.26W
06/18/2011                   GREENWOOD          SC   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREE IN ROADWAY ALONG SAM HODGES AND MORGAN RDS

&&

CSH
Local storm report, Jun 18, 6:12 PM EDT, 36 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
612 PM EDT SAT JUN 18 2011

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

0450 PM     TSTM WND DMG     CLINTON                 34.48N 81.87W
06/18/2011                   LAURENS            SC   BROADCAST MEDIA

            MEDIA REPORTED SEVERAL TREES AND LARGE LIMBS DOWN ON YORK
            ST.

&&

LANE
Special weather statement, Jun 18, 6:19 PM EDT, 29 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
619 PM EDT SAT JUN 18 2011

SCZ006-007-012-182300-
GREATER GREENVILLE-LAURENS-SPARTANBURG-
619 PM EDT SAT JUN 18 2011

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL GREENVILLE...
NORTHWESTERN LAURENS AND SOUTHERN SPARTANBURG COUNTIES THROUGH 700 PM
EDT...

AT 616 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES WEST OF SIMPSONVILLE...OR 10 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF DOWNTOWN GREENVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  SIMPSONVILLE...
  FOUNTAIN INN...
  GRAY COURT...
  WOODRUFF...
  ENOREE...

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

LAT...LON 3476 8196 3453 8194 3464 8243 3481 8238

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Local storm report, Jun 18, 6:28 PM EDT, 20 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
628 PM EDT SAT JUN 18 2011

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

0558 PM     TSTM WND DMG     CLARKESVILLE            34.61N 83.52W
06/18/2011                   HABERSHAM          GA   911 CALL CENTER

            TREES AND LINES DOWN ACROSS THE COUNTY.

&&

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 18, 1:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPRabun64 min
Jun 18, 5:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPFranklin, Habersham, Stephens81 min
Jun 18, 6:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPHart62 min
Jun 18, 1:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPOconee, Pickens62 min
Jun 18, 2:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPGreenville, Oconee, Pickens, Spartanburg70 min
Jun 18, 3:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPCherokee68 min
Jun 18, 3:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPAnderson, Greenville69 min
Jun 18, 3:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPOconee, Pickens48 min
Jun 18, 3:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPGreenville, Spartanburg77 min
Jun 18, 3:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPYork79 min
Jun 18, 3:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPAbbeville, Greenville, Greenwood, Laurens77 min
Jun 18, 4:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPUnion74 min
Jun 18, 4:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPChester53 min
Jun 18, 4:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPAbbeville, Greenwood, Laurens71 min
Jun 18, 4:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPAnderson29 min
Jun 18, 5:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPAbbeville, Greenwood, Laurens64 min
Jun 18, 5:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPAnderson32 min
Jun 18, 6:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPOconee51 min
Jun 18, 6:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPLaurens41 min
Jun 18, 7:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPLaurens48 min
Jun 18, 7:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPGreenwood39 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.