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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 433, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

June 20, 20115 counties in North Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 20, 2011, 5:05 AM EDT for 5 counties in North Carolina. It was in force for 55 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 20, 2011, 5:05 AM EDT (09:05 UTC)
Expired
Jun 20, 2011, 6:00 AM EDT
In force
55 min
Issued by
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Buncombe County, NC, Haywood County, NC, Henderson County, NC, Jackson County, NC, Transylvania County, NC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:07 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.

Did it verify

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

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

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 270 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 00:00Z on 2011-06-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2107 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 00:00Z on 2011-06-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 49 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
2107 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-17 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1596 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
49 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
122 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.1

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

157 
WUUS52 KGSP 200905
SVRGSP
NCC021-087-089-099-175-201000-
/O.NEW.KGSP.SV.W.0433.110620T0905Z-110620T1000Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
505 AM EDT MON JUN 20 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN BUNCOMBE COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
  HAYWOOD COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
  HENDERSON COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
  TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
  JACKSON COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...

* UNTIL 600 AM EDT

* AT 503 AM 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 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF
  WEAVERVILLE TO 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF LEICESTER TO 7 MILES NORTH OF
  COVE CREEK...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
  MARSHALL TO 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MARSHALL TO 16 MILES NORTH OF
  WAYNESVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  WEAVERVILLE AND LEICESTER...
  UNC ASHEVILLE AND WOODFIN...
  DOWNTOWN ASHEVILLE AND ASHEVILLE MALL...
  WEBSTER AND SYLVA...
  FAIRVIEW AND GAY...

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3534 8229 3528 8235 3519 8236 3521 8239
      3516 8245 3516 8255 3500 8309 3516 8322
      3524 8322 3523 8327 3526 8330 3551 8327
      3551 8318 3555 8316 3567 8318 3569 8325
      3572 8325 3576 8295 3568 8289 3578 8255
TIME...MOT...LOC 0905Z 333DEG 33KT 3574 8265 3569 8281
          3569 8302

$$

RWH
2 follow-up statements
334 
WWUS52 KGSP 200934
SVSGSP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
534 AM EDT MON JUN 20 2011

NCC021-087-089-099-175-201000-
/O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0433.000000T0000Z-110620T1000Z/
BUNCOMBE NC-HAYWOOD NC-HENDERSON NC-TRANSYLVANIA NC-JACKSON NC-
534 AM EDT MON JUN 20 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM EDT
FOR JACKSON...TRANSYLVANIA...HENDERSON...HAYWOOD AND WESTERN BUNCOMBE
COUNTIES...

AT 533 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE 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 SKYLAND TO 4 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF CANDLER TO 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF COVE CREEK...OR ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES SOUTH OF DOWNTOWN ASHEVILLE TO 12 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF DOWNTOWN ASHEVILLE TO 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF
WAYNESVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  FLETCHER AND MAGGIE VALLEY...
  WAYNESVILLE AND SYLVA...
  WEBSTER AND MOUNTAIN HOME...
  EAST FLAT ROCK AND DANA...
  FLAT ROCK AND LITTLE RIVER...

LAT...LON 3534 8229 3528 8235 3519 8236 3521 8239
      3516 8245 3516 8255 3500 8309 3516 8322
      3524 8322 3523 8327 3526 8330 3551 8327
      3551 8318 3555 8316 3567 8318 3569 8325
      3572 8325 3576 8295 3568 8289 3578 8255
TIME...MOT...LOC 0934Z 333DEG 33KT 3549 8256 3548 8272
          3558 8305

$$

RWH
928 
WWUS52 KGSP 200955
SVSGSP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
555 AM EDT MON JUN 20 2011

NCC021-087-089-099-175-201005-
/O.EXP.KGSP.SV.W.0433.000000T0000Z-110620T1000Z/
BUNCOMBE NC-HAYWOOD NC-HENDERSON NC-TRANSYLVANIA NC-JACKSON NC-
555 AM EDT MON JUN 20 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR JACKSON...TRANSYLVANIA...
HENDERSON...HAYWOOD AND WESTERN BUNCOMBE COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 600
AM EDT...

THE STORMS HAVE WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LEVELS. HOWEVER...GUSTY 
WINDS...CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL WILL 
CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING.

LAT...LON 3534 8229 3528 8235 3519 8236 3521 8239
      3516 8245 3516 8255 3500 8309 3516 8322
      3524 8322 3523 8327 3526 8330 3551 8327
      3551 8318 3555 8316 3567 8318 3569 8325
      3572 8325 3576 8295 3568 8289 3578 8255
TIME...MOT...LOC 0955Z 333DEG 33KT 3532 8245 3531 8261
          3541 8294

$$

RWH

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 20, 4:44 AM EDT, 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 20, 4:44 AM EDT, 21 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
444 AM EDT MON JUN 20 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 TONIGHT/...
0845 UTC UPDATE...POPS AND QPF HAVE BEEN INCREAED IN THE FRECH BROAD
RIVER VALLEY NW OF KAVL PER THE LATEST RADAR TRENDS.

FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN NC MTNS ALONG TN BORDER AS MORE
CONVECTION APPROACHING FROM NW.

AT 2 AM EDT MONDAY...AN UPPER RIDGE WILL SLOWLY PROGRESS ACROSS THE
OH AND TN VALLEYS TODAY...REACHING THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS
TONIGHT. A WARM FRONT NOW IN WV AND VA IS EXPECTED TO MOVES VERY
LITTLE TODAY...AND WILL RETURN SOUTH A A BACK DOOR COLD FRONT
TONIGHT. A WEAK IMPULSE WILL TRAVEL DOWN THE EAST SIDE OF THE
RIDGE THIS AFTERNOON DURING MAXIMUM INSTABILITY.  MAXIMUM POPS WILL
BE ALIGNED WITH THE AXIS OF GREATEST INSTABILITY...FROM NW TO SE
FROM WESTERN NC TO THE SC PIEDMONT. THIS AREA LINES UP WITH THE DAY
ONE SPC SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE WEATHER. TEMPERATURES WILL BE
WELL ABOVE NORMAL UNDER THE UPPER RIDGE...EVEN WITH THE WEAK COLD
FRONT MOVING THROUGH THE AREA TONIGHT.

&&

.SHORT TERM /TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/...
AS OF 300 AM MONDAY...20/00Z 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 AWAY FROM THE HIGHER TERRAIN WHERE FCST SNDGS STILL
LOOK TO REMAIN CAPPED. HOWEVER...DIFFERENTIAL HEATING AND MOISTURE
POOLING SHUD BE ENUF TO INITIATE DEEP CONVECTION OVER THE MTNS. 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...WITH 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...BUT SCT CONVECTION COULD
DEVELOP ANYWHERE. 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.

UPPER LOW MOVES ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES THURSDAY KEEPING SWLY FLOW
ALOFT OVER THE AREA. THIS KEEPS THE POTENTIAL FOR ENERGY MOVING OVER
THE AREA IN THE SWLY FLOW. CHC OF CONVECTION REMAINS HIGHEST OVER
THE MTNS...BUT SCT CONVECTION EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE ENTIRE
AREA BY AFTERNOON. WITH FALLING THICKNESSES...HIGHS FALL TO AROUND
90...WHICH IS STILL ABOVE NORMAL.

&&

.LONG TERM /THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY/...
AS OF 310 AM MONDAY...UPPER LOW OVER THE GREAT LAKES IS STILL
EXPECTED TO MAKE A MODEST EASTWARD PROGRESSION 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 TROFINESS
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.

THE PREVIOUS TREND TOWARD DEAMPLIFYING AND FLATTER FLOW ALOFT NEXT
WEEKEND AS SW CONUS RIDGING EXPANDS EASTWARD AND THE WESTERLIES
RETREAT NORTHWARD...IS STILL SHOWN BY THE GUIDANCE. HOWEVER...THE
LATEST GUIDANCE SHOWS THE RETREAT IS MUCH SLOWER AND NOT AS FAR
NORTH. THE WEAK FRONTAL ZONE COULD HOLD UP AND LINGER ACROSS THE
AREA INSTEAD OF SHIFT BACK NORTH AS WELL. THIS WOULD MEAN GREATER
PRECIP CHANCES AND POSSIBLY COOLER MAX TEMPS. GIVEN THE
DISCREPANCY...WILL KEEP MAX TEMPS ABOUT A CATEGORY ABOVE NORMAL AND
DAILY DIURNAL TSTM PROBABILITIES IN THE CHANCE RANGE.

&&

.AVIATION /09Z MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/...
AT KCLT...VFR WITH ANVIL CIRRUS DEBRIS UNTIL CUMULUS DEVELOPS THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO
BECOME LIGHT WNW BY DAYBREAK...SHIFTING TO NORTH AND THEN NORTHEAST
THIS EVENING AS A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH.

ELSEWHERE...IFR CIG RESTRICTIONS WILL FOLLOW CONVECTION FROM K1A5
TOWARD KAND IN THE NEXT FEW HOURS. VLIFR CIG AND VSBY WILL SET UP
NEAR K1A5 TOWARD DAWN FROM RAIN COOLED AIR. GUIDANCE SUPPORTS MVFR
FOG AT KAVL WHERE COOL AIR WILL POOL IN THE VALLEY. FOG MAY BE A
POSSIBILITY AT KAND AS WELL DEPENDING ON HOW MUCH RAIN IS RECEIVED
FROM INCOMING CONVECTION. OTHERWISE... VFR...WITH ANVIL DEBRIS
CIRRUS GIVING WAY TO CUMULUS BY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WINDS WILL
SHIFT FROM CALM OR LIGHT WSW TONIGHT...TO WNW BY MORNING...THEN N
AND NE THIS EVENING AS A COLD FRONT ARRIVES.

OUTLOOK...MOUNTAIN VALLEY FOG AT DAYBREAK. OTHERWISE VFR TUE...THEN
RESTRICTIONS POSSIBLE IN CONVECTION MID TO LATE WEEK.

&&

.GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...NONE.
NC...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 6 AM EDT EARLY THIS MORNING FOR NCZ033-
     048>052-058.
SC...NONE.

&&

SYNOPSIS...PAT
NEAR TERM...JAT
SHORT TERM...RWH
LONG TERM...CSH/RWH
AVIATION...JAT
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 20, 3:48 AM EDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
348 AM EDT MON JUN 20 2011

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ035>037-053-056-057-059-062>065-
068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-210800-
RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-ALEXANDER-IREDELL-
DAVIE-BUNCOMBE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-
TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-
UNION NC-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-GREATER CALDWELL-BURKE MOUNTAINS-
GREATER BURKE-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-EASTERN MCDOWELL-
RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-GREATER RUTHERFORD-POLK MOUNTAINS-EASTERN POLK-
OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-
GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-
CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD-
348 AM EDT MON JUN 20 2011

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST OUT OF TENNESSEE INTO THE
MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA EARLY THIS MORNING AND MAINLY SPREAD
INTO THE FOOTHILLS AND POSSIBLY THE PIEDMONT. SOME OF THESE
STORMS WILL BE SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL.

ALTHOUGH THESE STORMS WILL DIMINISH OR MOVE EAST OF THE AREA LATER
THIS MORNING...ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE
AREA THIS AFTERNOON. DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL WILL ALSO BE
THE MAIN THREAT WITH THESE STORMS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

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>052-058-210800-
AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-GRAHAM-
348 AM EDT MON JUN 20 2011

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EDT EARLY THIS MORNING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY 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.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST OUT OF TENNESSEE INTO THE
MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA EARLY THIS MORNING AND MAINLY SPREAD
INTO THE FOOTHILLS AND POSSIBLY THE PIEDMONT. SOME OF THESE
STORMS WILL BE SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL.

ALTHOUGH THESE STORMS WILL DIMINISH OR MOVE EAST OF THE AREA LATER
THIS MORNING...ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE
AREA THIS AFTERNOON. DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL WILL ALSO BE
THE MAIN THREAT WITH THESE STORMS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

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

Local storm report, Jun 20, 1:29 AM EDT, 3 hours 36 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
129 AM EDT MON JUN 20 2011

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

0107 AM     HAIL             PRINCETON               34.50N 82.29W
06/20/2011  E0.88 INCH       GREENVILLE         SC   PUBLIC

0110 AM     TSTM WND GST     BELTON                  34.52N 82.50W
06/20/2011  M54.00 MPH       ANDERSON           SC   PUBLIC

&&

RWH
Local storm report, Jun 20, 1:39 AM EDT, 3 hours 26 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
139 AM EDT MON JUN 20 2011

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

1203 AM     TSTM WND DMG     4 ESE BELTON            34.50N 82.44W
06/20/2011                   ANDERSON           SC   COUNTY OFFICIAL

            LARGE TREE DOWN ON ROCKY FORD ROAD. TIME DETERMINED BY
            RADAR.

&&

NED
Local storm report, Jun 20, 1:43 AM EDT, 3 hours 22 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
143 AM EDT MON JUN 20 2011

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

0103 AM     TSTM WND DMG     1 NE ANDERSON           34.53N 82.63W
06/20/2011                   ANDERSON           SC   COUNTY OFFICIAL

            TREE BLOCKING SIMPSON ROAD. TIME DETERMINED BY RADAR.

&&

NED
Local storm report, Jun 20, 1:44 AM EDT, 3 hours 21 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
144 AM EDT MON JUN 20 2011

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

0103 AM     TSTM WND DMG     4 ESE BELTON            34.50N 82.44W
06/20/2011                   ANDERSON           SC   COUNTY OFFICIAL

            LARGE TREE DOWN ON ROCKY FORD ROAD. TIME DETERMINED BY
            RADAR.

&&

NED
Local storm report, Jun 20, 1:57 AM EDT, 3 hours 8 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
157 AM EDT MON JUN 20 2011

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

0141 AM     TSTM WND DMG     3 ESE ABBEVILLE         34.17N 82.32W
06/20/2011                   ABBEVILLE          SC   COUNTY OFFICIAL

            ONE TREE DOWN ON OLD ABBEVILLE HIGHWAY. TIME DETERMINED
            BY RADAR.

&&

NED
Local storm report, Jun 20, 3:38 AM EDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
338 AM EDT MON JUN 20 2011

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

1233 AM     TSTM WND DMG     SALEM                   34.89N 82.98W
06/20/2011                   OCONEE             SC   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREES DOWN.

1233 AM     TSTM WND DMG     SALEM                   34.89N 82.98W
06/20/2011                   OCONEE             SC   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            METAL ROOF OFF HOUSE

1229 AM     TSTM WND DMG     3 WSW SALEM             34.87N 83.03W
06/20/2011                   OCONEE             SC   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREES DOWN

&&

07

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 19, 10:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPGraham, Swain43 min
Jun 19, 10:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPMadison, Yancey38 min
Jun 19, 10:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPBuncombe, McDowell, Madison, Yancey49 min
Jun 19, 11:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPMacon, Swain46 min
Jun 19, 11:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPJackson, Transylvania44 min
Jun 19, 11:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPJackson, Macon, Transylvania50 min
Jun 20, 4:17 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPAvery, Madison, Mitchell, Yancey58 min
Jun 20, 8:52 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPAvery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, McDowell, Madison and 2 more38 min
Jun 20, 10:47 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPAvery, Mitchell, Yancey58 min
Jun 20, 11:21 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPAvery, Mitchell, Yancey24 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Carolina, 2011Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2011

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.