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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 416, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 7:10 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Elberton, GA | TREES 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 4:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 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.
- 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
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
$$
NED3 follow-up statements
814
WWUS52 KGSP 182324
SVSGSP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
724 PM EDT SAT JUN 18 2011
GAC105-SCC001-190000-
/O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0416.000000T0000Z-110619T0000Z/
ELBERT GA-ABBEVILLE SC-
724 PM EDT SAT JUN 18 2011
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT
FOR ABBEVILLE AND SOUTHEASTERN ELBERT COUNTIES...
AT 720 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FFROM 11 MILES EAST OF ANDERSON TO 7 MILES WEST OF
ABBEVILLE TO 13 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ELBERTON...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
DUE WEST...
DONALDS AND ABBEVILLE...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD BE ALERT FOR DAMAGING WINDS.
FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN CAN OCCUR WITH ANY
THUNDERSTORM. SEEK SHELTER INDOORS AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS UNTIL
THE STORM PASSES.
&&
LAT...LON 3397 8280 3421 8262 3433 8255 3448 8232
3442 8225 3434 8233 3416 8224 3410 8229
3407 8232 3408 8250 3407 8250 3407 8253
3400 8259
TIME...MOT...LOC 2323Z 287DEG 34KT 3447 8242 3415 8246
3395 8268
$$
LANE207
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
$$
SCC001-190000-
/O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0416.000000T0000Z-110619T0000Z/
ABBEVILLE SC-
733 PM EDT SAT JUN 18 2011
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT
FOR ABBEVILLE COUNTY...
AT 729 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES NORTH OF DONALDS TO 4 MILES SOUTH OF ABBEVILLE
TO 11 MILES SOUTH OF CALHOUN FALLS...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD BE ALERT FOR DAMAGING WINDS.
FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN CAN OCCUR WITH ANY
THUNDERSTORM. SEEK SHELTER INDOORS AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS UNTIL
THE STORM PASSES.
&&
LAT...LON 3407 8264 3410 8266 3421 8262 3427 8251
3448 8232 3442 8225 3434 8233 3416 8224
3407 8232 3408 8250 3407 8250 3407 8253
3402 8259
TIME...MOT...LOC 2333Z 287DEG 34KT 3444 8231 3412 8235
3392 8257
$$
LANE866
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
$$
NEDWhat 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
&&
CSHLocal 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.
&&
TBENTHALLLocal 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
&&
CSHLocal 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.
&&
LANESpecial 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 MCAVOY
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.
&&
MCAVOYThe office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 1:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Rabun | 64 min |
| Jun 18, 5:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Franklin, Habersham, Stephens | 81 min |
| Jun 18, 6:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Hart | 62 min |
| Jun 18, 1:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Oconee, Pickens | 62 min |
| Jun 18, 2:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Greenville, Oconee, Pickens, Spartanburg | 70 min |
| Jun 18, 3:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cherokee | 68 min |
| Jun 18, 3:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Anderson, Greenville | 69 min |
| Jun 18, 3:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Oconee, Pickens | 48 min |
| Jun 18, 3:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Greenville, Spartanburg | 77 min |
| Jun 18, 3:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | York | 79 min |
| Jun 18, 3:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Abbeville, Greenville, Greenwood, Laurens | 77 min |
| Jun 18, 4:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Union | 74 min |
| Jun 18, 4:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Chester | 53 min |
| Jun 18, 4:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Abbeville, Greenwood, Laurens | 71 min |
| Jun 18, 4:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Anderson | 29 min |
| Jun 18, 5:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Abbeville, Greenwood, Laurens | 64 min |
| Jun 18, 5:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Anderson | 32 min |
| Jun 18, 6:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Oconee | 51 min |
| Jun 18, 6:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Laurens | 41 min |
| Jun 18, 7:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Laurens | 48 min |
| Jun 18, 7:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Greenwood | 39 min |
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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.