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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 421, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 19, 2011, 4:31 PM EDT for Greenville County, Pickens County, South Carolina. It was in force for 59 min. 3 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 19, 2011, 4:31 PM EDT (20:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 19, 2011, 5:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Greenville County, SC, Pickens County, SC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 36 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:32 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 19, 5:00 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Greenville, SC | SEVERAL TREES DOWN NEAR THE STREET INTERSECTION OF MAIN AND CROFT. ONE TREE CLIPPED A HOUSE. ANOTHER TREE FELL ON A COUPLE OF PARKED CARS. |
| Jun 19, 5:09 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 4 Wsw Travelers Rest, SC | TREE ACROSS ROAD NEAR OLD MCELHANEY RD |
| Jun 19, 5:15 PM EDT | HAIL 0.75 | 3 Nne Greenville, SC | WADE HAMPTON HS |
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 29 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 19, 2:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 246 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
- 1998 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -101 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 851 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -14 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -28 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
596 WUUS52 KGSP 192031 SVRGSP SCC045-077-192130- /O.NEW.KGSP.SV.W.0421.110619T2031Z-110619T2130Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 431 PM EDT SUN JUN 19 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHERN GREENVILLE COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA... NORTHERN PICKENS COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA... * UNTIL 530 PM EDT * AT 428 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 NORTHEAST OF PICKENS...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... DACUSVILLE... CLEVELAND... MARIETTA... FURMAN UNIVERSITY AND TRAVELERS REST... PARIS MOUNTAIN STATE PARK AND CHERRYDALE POINT... TIGERVILLE... 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 3485 8283 3503 8281 3512 8228 3480 8230 TIME...MOT...LOC 2031Z 270DEG 17KT 3494 8265 $$ MOORE
2 follow-up statements
297 WWUS52 KGSP 192053 SVSGSP SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 453 PM EDT SUN JUN 19 2011 SCC045-077-192130- /O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0421.000000T0000Z-110619T2130Z/ GREENVILLE SC-PICKENS SC- 453 PM EDT SUN JUN 19 2011 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM EDT FOR NORTHEASTERN PICKENS AND NORTHERN GREENVILLE COUNTIES... AT 449 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR DACUSVILLE...OR 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF DOWNTOWN GREENVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BEREA...TRAVELERS REST...FURMAN UNIVERSITY...WELCOME...TIGERVILLE... PARIS MOUNTAIN STATE PARK...CHERRYDALE POINT...LAKE ROBINSON... HAYWOOD MALL AND TAYLORS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD BE ALERT FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN CAN OCCUR WITH ANY THUNDERSTORM. SEEK SHELTER INDOORS AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS UNTIL THE STORM PASSES. && LAT...LON 3484 8267 3506 8265 3512 8228 3480 8230 TIME...MOT...LOC 2053Z 279DEG 19KT 3492 8251 $$ MOORE
115 WWUS52 KGSP 192110 SVSGSP SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 510 PM EDT SUN JUN 19 2011 SCC077-192120- /O.CAN.KGSP.SV.W.0421.000000T0000Z-110619T2130Z/ PICKENS SC- 510 PM EDT SUN JUN 19 2011 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN PICKENS COUNTY IS CANCELLED... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA. LAT...LON 3483 8247 3500 8250 3512 8228 3480 8230 TIME...MOT...LOC 2110Z 287DEG 23KT 3484 8235 $$ SCC045-192130- /O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0421.000000T0000Z-110619T2130Z/ GREENVILLE SC- 510 PM EDT SUN JUN 19 2011 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM EDT FOR CENTRAL GREENVILLE COUNTY... AT 506 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR DOWNTOWN GREENVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO TAYLORS AND HAYWOOD MALL PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD BE ALERT FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN CAN OCCUR WITH ANY THUNDERSTORM. SEEK SHELTER INDOORS AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS UNTIL THE STORM PASSES. && LAT...LON 3483 8247 3500 8250 3512 8228 3480 8230 TIME...MOT...LOC 2110Z 287DEG 23KT 3484 8235 $$ MOORE
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 19, 2:47 PM EDT, 1 hour 44 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 19, 2:47 PM EDT, 1 hour 44 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 247 PM EDT SUN JUN 19 2011 .SYNOPSIS... A WEAK STATIONARY FRONT WILL LINGER IN OUR AREA BEFORE MOVING NORTH AS A WARM FRONT EARLY IN THE WEEK AS HIGH PRESSURE MOVES INTO THE AREA. ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL REACH THE AREA LATE IN THE WEEK. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH MONDAY/... AS OF 245 PM EDT...AN OUTFLOW BNDRY FROM AN OVERNIGHT MCS PUSHED ACROSS MOST OF THE FA EARLIER IN THE DAY. IT IS CURRENTLY ALIGNED ACROSS THE WESTERN PART OF THE UPSTATE AND THE SW NC MTNS. THE AIRMASS NORTH OF THE BNDRY IS FAIRLY STABLE WITH THE LOW THETA E AIR BEHIND THE OLD MCS. SOUTH OF THE BNDRY...HOWEVER...THE AIRMASS IS VERY UNSTABLE WITH SFC BASED CAPE VALUES RUNNING BETWEEN 3000-4000 J/KG. THERE IS ANOTHER LINE OF CONVECTION MOVING ACROSS THE MTS ATTM AS WELL. MY THINKING WAS THAT THERE WOULD BE RAPID DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE CONVECTION AS THIS LINE OF STORMS IN THE MTNS INTERSECTED THE OLD OUTFLOW BNDRY. SO FAR THAT HAS NOT HAPPENED. PERHAPS THIS IS BECAUSE OF AN UNFAVORABLE ORIENTATION OF THE BNDRY WILL THE LLVL WINDS...OR A WEAK CAP. HOWEVER...SPC IS ON BOARD AND A SVR TSTM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR MUCH OF THE CWFA. SO AT SOME POINT VIGOROUS CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT IS EXPECTED ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE BNDRY. EVEN IN THE MODIFIED AIR TO THE NORTH STORMS MAY PERSIST AND DEEPEN AS THE AIRMASS SLOWLY RECOVERS. THERE IS ANOTHER DEVELOPING MCS UPSTREAM OF THE REGION OVER MIDDLE TN. MUCH LIKE LAST NIGHT..AS THE LLVL JET STRENGTHENS OVER THE REGION...ELEVATED CONVECTION MAY AFFECT THE MTNS LATE TONIGHT. I/VE MAINTAINED HEALTHY CHANCE POPS OVERNIGHT TO ACCOUNT FOR THIS. THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT THROUGH THE NIGHT IN ANTICIPATION OF THE ARRIVAL OF ADDITIONAL MCS/S. ON MONDAY THE STRONG MCV NOW OVER SRN IN WILL MOVE INTO THE MID ATLANTIC STATES...TURNING THE LLVL WINDS MORE OUT OF THE NW AND WEAKENING THEM CONSIDERABLY. THERE WILL BE PLENTY OF INSTABILITY OVER THE REGION AND SOME CONVERGENCE ACROSS THE NC FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT. SPC HAS THIS AREA IN A DAY 2 SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE STORMS. CONSIDERING THAT THE LLVL CAPPING INVERSION WILL WORK NORTH ACROSS THE REGION...WE MAY ONCE AGAIN HAVE TROUBLE INITIATING CONVECTION. I HAVE CHANCE POPS IN THE NE PART OF THE FA TO ACCOUNT FOR THIS. IF STORMS DO FORM THEY WILL CERTAINLY HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE. && .SHORT TERM /MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... AS OF 110 PM SUNDAY...19/12 UTC 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 STILL LOOK TO REMAIN CAPPED. THE HEAT WAVE WILL CONTINUE AND THE GOING SWATH OF MID TO UPPER 90S MAX TEMPS LOOK GOOD. UPPER RIDGING TO GIVE WAY TO FALLING HEIGHTS ON WEDNESDAY...AND THERE WILL EXIST THE POTENTIAL FOR ENERGY TO RIDE UP THE BACKSIDE OF THE EASTWARD SHIFTING RIDGE. IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE INFLUX OF INCREASED LAYER RH...THE CHANCES FOR SCATTERED AFTERNOON TSTMS ARE BECOMING MORE PROBABLE...ESPECIALLY ACRS THE MTNS. IT SHOULD BE THE LAST VERY HOT DAY FOR A SHORT WHILE AS PIEDMONT MAX TEMPS ARE EXPECTED TO BE SOLIDLY IN THE MID 90S. && .LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY/... AS OF 1215 PM SUNDAY...L/WV TROUGH AXIS ACRS THE CENTRAL CONUS AT THE START OF THE PERIOD IS STILL EXPECTED TO EXHIBIT A MODEST EASTWARD PROGRESSION THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. PREFER TO LEAN TOWARD THE LESS AMPLIFIED EVENTUALITY THAT THE ECMWF SHOWS...BUT AT THIS POINT...AMPLIFICATION QUESTIONS WILL HAVE LITTLE AFFECT ON THE FCST SENSIBLE WX. WITH THE PRESENCE OF TROUGHINESS DEVELOPING INTO THE EASTERN CONUS AND THE ENCROACHMENT OF AN ATTENDANT FRONTAL ZONE...FEEL ABOVE CLIMO POP IS WARRANTED EACH DAY AND TEMPERATURES WILL BE PRETTY CLOSE TO THE EARLY SUMMER NORMALS. A TREND TOWARD DEAMPLIFYING AND FLATTER FLOW ALOFT IS EXPECTED NEXT WEEKEND AS SW CONUS RIDGING EXPANDS EASTWARD AND THE WESTERLIES RETREAT NORTHWARD. WEAK FRONTAL ZONE SHOULD BE ABLE TO SHIFT BACK NORTH AS WELL. IT IS SHAPING UP TO BE A PRETTY TYPICAL SUMMER WEEKEND...MAX TEMPS ABOUT A CATEGORY ABOVE NORMAL AND DAILY DIURNAL TSTM PROBABILITIES IN THE CHANCE RANGE. && .AVIATION /19Z SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/... AT KCLT...AN OUTFLOW BNDRY MOVED THROUGH THE AIRFIELD EARLIER IN THE DAY. THIS HAS STABILIZED THE ATMOSPHERE OVER THE WRN NC PIEDMONT. A LINE OF SHRA AND TSTMS IS ADVANCING FROM THE WEST AND WILL CROSS THE AIRFIELD BETWEEN 19 AND 21 UTC. BY THE TIME IT REACHES THE AIRFIELD THE AIRMASS MAY RECOVER ENOUGH FOR THE STORMS TO BE STRONG...AND I HAVE A TWO HOUR TEMPO FOR STORMS. WINDS WILL BE GUSTY AROUND THE STORMS. OTHERWISE...THE WINDS WILL BE OUT OF THE W TO WSW THE REST OF THE DAY. A WEAK TROUGH WILL CROSS THE REGION LATE TONIGHT AND WINDS SHOULD BE WNW TO NW MOST OF THE DAY TMRW. LATE AFTN TSTMS WILL ONCE AGAIN BE POSSIBLE ON MONDAY. ELSEWHERE...AN OUTFLOW BNDRY HAS STALLED IN THE VCNTY OF KAND. INTENSE TSTMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG THE BNDRY OVER THE NEXT COUPLE HOURS. THE AIRMASS IS NOT AS UNSTABLE UP AT KGSP AND KGMU...BUT IT SHOULD BE UNSTABLE ENOUGH FOR THE LINE OF STORMS THAT IS ABOUT TO MOVE OUT OF THE MTNS TO HOLD TOGETHER AND AFFECT BOTH AIRFIELDS AFTER 19 UTC.. THE STORMS HAVE JUST MOVED THROUGH KAVL. THEY WILL SEE THUNDER FOR ABOUT AN HOUR...THEN THEY WILL SHOULD BE FREE OF CONVECTION FOR A WHILE...THOUGH YET ANOTHER CONVECTIVE SYSTEM OVER MIDDLE TN WILL APPROACH LATER IN THE EVENING. I DIDN/T INCLUDE THAT ONE YET OWNING TO UNCERTAINTY ABOUT HOW LONG IT WILL HOLD TOGETHER. A WEAK TROUGH WILL TURN THE WINDS OUT OF THE WNW LATE TONIGHT. THERE WILL BE FOG IF WE DON/T HAVE CLOUDS AGAIN TONIGHT...BUT THAT/S A TOUGH CALL. OUTLOOK...DRIER AND HOT WEATHER IS EXPECTED 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...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH LATE TONIGHT FOR NCZ033-048>052-058. SC...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...PAT NEAR TERM...MCAVOY SHORT TERM...CSH LONG TERM...CSH AVIATION...MCAVOY
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 19, 2:34 PM EDT, 1 hour 57 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 234 PM EDT SUN JUN 19 2011 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ036-037-053-056-057-059-062>065- 068>072-082-503>510-SCZ001>014-019-201845- RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-IREDELL-DAVIE-BUNCOMBE- CATAWBA-ROWAN-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA- HENDERSON-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC- 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- 234 PM EDT SUN JUN 19 2011 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 512 IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA...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. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. 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. NCZ051-052-058-201845- SWAIN-HAYWOOD-GRAHAM- 234 PM EDT SUN JUN 19 2011 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 512 IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR 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 HAZARDS. FLASH FLOOD WATCH. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. 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. NCZ035-501-502-201845- ALEXANDER-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-GREATER CALDWELL- 234 PM EDT SUN JUN 19 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY THAT LOCALLY STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS COULD REDEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING AND/OR TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. 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. NCZ033-048>050-201845- AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL- 234 PM EDT SUN JUN 19 2011 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY THAT LOCALLY STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS COULD REDEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING AND/OR TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FLASH FLOOD WATCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. 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.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 19, 1:18 PM EDT, 3 hours 13 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
118 PM EDT SUN JUN 19 2011
NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062-065-501>506-191745-
AVERY-BUNCOMBE-BURKE MOUNTAINS-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-EASTERN
MCDOWELL-GRAHAM-GREATER BURKE-GREATER
CALDWELL-HAYWOOD-HENDERSON-MACON-MADISON-MCDOWELL
MOUNTAINS-MITCHELL-NORTHERN JACKSON-SWAIN-YANCEY-
118 PM EDT SUN JUN 19 2011
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT BUNCOMBE...CALDWELL...GRAHAM...
HAYWOOD...MCDOWELL...NORTHERN BURKE...NORTHERN JACKSON...NORTHERN
MACON...NORTHWESTERN HENDERSON...SOUTHEASTERN MITCHELL...SOUTHERN
AVERY...SOUTHERN MADISON...SOUTHERN YANCEY AND SWAIN COUNTIES THROUGH
145 PM EDT...
AT 109 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM GRAHAM COUNTY TO
AVERY COUNTY...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
THESE STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
MARSHALL...
FONTANA LAKE...
SANTEETLAH LAKE...
ROBBINSVILLE...
STECOAH...
ASHFORD...
DIME SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH
THESE STORMS.
HEAVY RAINS MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS. WATER
LEVELS OF SMALL STREAMS AND RIVERS MAY ALSO RISE...THEREFORE SEEK
HIGHER GROUND IF THREATENED BY FLOOD WATERS.
LAT...LON 3541 8403 3550 8390 3558 8365 3557 8349
3570 8326 3608 8177 3601 8144 3591 8133
3584 8134 3538 8271 3542 8275 3534 8281
3508 8358 3515 8366 3516 8374 3525 8371
3523 8391 3529 8403
LGSpecial weather statement, Jun 19, 1:45 PM EDT, 2 hours 46 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
145 PM EDT SUN JUN 19 2011
GAZ010-NCZ049-052-053-059-062>065-505>510-SCZ001-191815-
BUNCOMBE-EASTERN MCDOWELL-EASTERN POLK-GREATER
RUTHERFORD-HAYWOOD-HENDERSON-MACON-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-NORTHERN
JACKSON-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-POLK MOUNTAINS-RABUN-RUTHERFORD
MOUNTAINS-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-YANCEY-
145 PM EDT SUN JUN 19 2011
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT BUNCOMBE...HENDERSON...JACKSON...
MACON...NORTHERN OCONEE...NORTHWESTERN POLK...NORTHWESTERN
RUTHERFORD...RABUN...SOUTHEASTERN HAYWOOD...SOUTHEASTERN YANCEY...
SOUTHWESTERN MCDOWELL AND TRANSYLVANIA COUNTIES THROUGH 215 PM EDT...
AT 139 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 4 MILES SOUTH OF
MOUNT MITCHELL STATE PARK TO 4 MILES EAST OF NANTAHALA LAKE...MOVING
EAST-SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
THESE STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
OLD FORT...
FAIRVIEW...
THORPE RESERVOIR...
THERMAL CITY...
HENDERSONVILLE...
MOUNTAIN CITY...
SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE
STORMS.
HEAVY RAINS MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS. WATER
LEVELS OF SMALL STREAMS AND RIVERS MAY ALSO RISE...THEREFORE SEEK
HIGHER GROUND IF THREATENED BY FLOOD WATERS.
LAT...LON 3580 8220 3545 8188 3507 8278 3508 8277
3506 8289 3500 8294 3477 8347 3494 8360
3495 8356 3503 8354 3515 8366 3515 8373
LGSpecial weather statement, Jun 19, 2:18 PM EDT, 2 hours 13 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
218 PM EDT SUN JUN 19 2011
NCZ064-065-068-504>510-SCZ002-003-191845-
CLEVELAND-EASTERN MCDOWELL-EASTERN POLK-GREATER BURKE-GREATER
RUTHERFORD-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-HENDERSON-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-PICKENS
MOUNTAINS-POLK MOUNTAINS-RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-TRANSYLVANIA-
218 PM EDT SUN JUN 19 2011
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT HENDERSON...NORTHERN
GREENVILLE...NORTHERN PICKENS...POLK...RUTHERFORD...SOUTHEASTERN
MCDOWELL...SOUTHWESTERN BURKE...TRANSYLVANIA AND WESTERN CLEVELAND
COUNTIES THROUGH 245 PM EDT...
AT 212 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
GLEN ALPINE TO 3 MILES EAST OF WOLF MOUNTAIN...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
THESE STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
ROSMAN...
BREVARD...
EDNEYVILLE...
TABLE ROCK RESERVOIR...
CAESARS HEAD...
FLAT ROCK...
SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE
STORMS.
HEAVY RAINS MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS. WATER
LEVELS OF SMALL STREAMS AND RIVERS MAY ALSO RISE...THEREFORE SEEK
HIGHER GROUND IF THREATENED BY FLOOD WATERS.
LAT...LON 3539 8162 3520 8221 3492 8282 3518 8294
3549 8231 3546 8225 3551 8223 3553 8217
3555 8220 3573 8182
LGSpecial weather statement, Jun 19, 3:36 PM EDT, 55 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
336 PM EDT SUN JUN 19 2011
SCZ001-002-004-005-010-192015-
ANDERSON-GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS
MOUNTAINS-
336 PM EDT SUN JUN 19 2011
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL OCONEE...NORTHERN
ANDERSON AND SOUTHERN PICKENS COUNTIES THROUGH 415 PM EDT...
AT 333 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR SIX MILE...OR 9 MILES NORTH OF CLEMSON...
MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
PEOPLE IN CENTRAL OCONEE...NORTHERN ANDERSON AND SOUTHERN PICKENS
COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
NORRIS...LIBERTY AND EASLEY...
SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE
WARNINGS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE
WEATHER THREATEN.
SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.
BOATERS ON LAKE KEOWEE SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THIS DEVELOPING
THUNDERSTORM AND HEAD FOR SHORE BEFORE THE LIGHTNING STARTS.
LAT...LON 3474 8309 3493 8306 3494 8252 3491 8251
3461 8253
MOORESpecial weather statement, Jun 19, 4:25 PM EDT, 6 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 425 PM EDT SUN JUN 19 2011 SCZ002-003-005-006-192115- GREATER GREENVILLE-GREATER PICKENS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS- 425 PM EDT SUN JUN 19 2011 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL GREENVILLE AND CENTRAL PICKENS COUNTIES THROUGH 515 PM EDT... AT 424 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF PICKENS...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. PEOPLE IN CENTRAL GREENVILLE AND CENTRAL PICKENS COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... PICKENS...FURMAN UNIVERSITY...TRAVELERS REST...CHERRYDALE POINT AND DOWNTOWN GREENVILLE... SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER THREATEN. SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. LAT...LON 3505 8233 3481 8235 3484 8281 3500 8280 MOORE
Special weather statement, Jun 19, 4:26 PM EDT, 5 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 426 PM EDT SUN JUN 19 2011 SCZ006-007-012-192115- GREATER GREENVILLE-LAURENS-SPARTANBURG- 426 PM EDT SUN JUN 19 2011 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHERN LAURENS...SOUTHEASTERN GREENVILLE AND SOUTHERN SPARTANBURG COUNTIES THROUGH 515 PM EDT... AT 424 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES SOUTH OF FOUNTAIN INN...OR 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF LAURENS...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. PEOPLE IN NORTHERN LAURENS...SOUTHEASTERN GREENVILLE AND SOUTHERN SPARTANBURG COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... FOUNTAIN INN...GRAY COURT AND ENOREE... SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER THREATEN. SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. LAT...LON 3473 8182 3447 8189 3458 8239 3476 8234 MOORE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 4:42 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Union | 48 min |
| Jun 19, 5:01 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Chester, Spartanburg, Union | 59 min |
| Jun 19, 6:08 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Chester, Union | 67 min |
| Jun 19, 3:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Oconee, Pickens | 39 min |
| Jun 19, 4:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Greenville, Pickens | 50 min |
| Jun 19, 4:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Laurens | 49 min |
| Jun 19, 4:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Laurens, Spartanburg, Union | 58 min |
| Jun 19, 5:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Greenville, Laurens, Spartanburg | 56 min |
| Jun 19, 5:22 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Greenville, Laurens, Spartanburg | 23 min |
| Jun 19, 5:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Laurens, Spartanburg, Union | 36 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.