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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 460, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

June 22, 20116 counties in Georgia; Oconee County, South Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 22, 2011, 5:30 PM EDT for 6 counties in Georgia; Oconee County, South Carolina. It was in force for 60 min. 6 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 22, 2011, 5:30 PM EDT (21:30 UTC)
Expired: Jun 22, 2011, 6:30 PM EDT
In force: 60 min
Issued by: NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Elbert County, GA, Franklin County, GA, Habersham County, GA, Hart County, GA, Rabun County, GA, Stephens County, GA, Oconee County, SC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:30 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 22, 6:00 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 S Toccoa, GA	TREE ON POWERLINE NEAR SWIFT RD
Jun 22, 6:05 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	2 Sse Toccoa, GA	TREES UPROOTED ALONG ANDREWS RD
Jun 22, 6:05 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	4 Ne Eastanolee, GA	TREE ON A CAR NEAR BROOKHAVEN CIRCLE
Jun 22, 6:05 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Toccoa, GA	THREE LARGE TREES DOWN ON POWER LINES AT ANDREWS ROAD AND SKYLINE DRIVE. SEVERAL TREES ALSO REPORTED DOWN AROUND THE COUNTY.
Jun 22, 6:12 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Carnesville, GA	TREES DOWN COUNTYWIDE.
Jun 22, 6:25 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Hartwell, GA	TREES DOWN ALL AROUND COUNTY.

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 6 storm reports to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 30 minutes after it went out.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 157 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 43 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -116 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1250 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 95 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 105 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.1

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The text

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

787 
WUUS52 KGSP 222130
SVRGSP
GAC105-119-137-147-241-257-SCC073-222230-
/O.NEW.KGSP.SV.W.0460.110622T2130Z-110622T2230Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
530 PM EDT WED JUN 22 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  STEPHENS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA...
  SOUTH CENTRAL RABUN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA...
  NORTHWESTERN ELBERT COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA...
  FRANKLIN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA...
  HABERSHAM COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA...
  HART COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA...
  SOUTHWESTERN OCONEE COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...

* UNTIL 630 PM EDT

* AT 526 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
  HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE
  LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 15 MILES WEST OF DEMOREST TO 28
  MILES SOUTHWEST OF FRANKLIN SPRINGS...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
  FROM 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CLEVELAND TO 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF
  ATHENS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  DEMOREST AND CORNELIA...
  BATESVILLE AND MOUNT AIRY...
  LAKE BURTON AND NACOOHE LAKE...
  LAKE RABUN AND TOCCOA...
  TIGER AND VANNA...

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 3417 8311 3423 8308 3426 8313 3423 8317
      3426 8331 3422 8335 3426 8334 3432 8340
      3446 8340 3449 8354 3443 8362 3450 8367
      3454 8362 3465 8367 3473 8363 3478 8365
      3491 8345 3432 8279 3421 8274 3409 8303
TIME...MOT...LOC 2129Z 230DEG 37KT 3458 8379 3403 8348

$$
ARK

1 follow-up statement

967 
WWUS52 KGSP 222154
SVSGSP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
554 PM EDT WED JUN 22 2011

GAC105-119-137-147-241-257-SCC073-222230-
/O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0460.000000T0000Z-110622T2230Z/
STEPHENS GA-RABUN GA-ELBERT GA-FRANKLIN GA-HABERSHAM GA-HART GA-
OCONEE SC-
554 PM EDT WED JUN 22 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN OCONEE...HART...HABERSHAM...FRANKLIN...NORTHWESTERN
ELBERT...SOUTH CENTRAL RABUN AND STEPHENS COUNTIES...

AT 551 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER
SIZE HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.  THESE STORMS
WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 3 MILES EAST OF BATESVILLE
TO 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FRANKLIN SPRINGS...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
FROM 9 MILES NORTH OF CLARKESVILLE TO 4 MILES NORTH OF
DANIELSVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
HOLLYWOOD...NACOOHE LAKE...LAKE BURTON...BOYDVILLE...TURNERVILLE...
CARNESVILLE...LAKE RABUN...TOCCOA...LAKEMONT...TALLULAH FALLS...
EASTANOLEE...VANNA...BOWMAN...ROYSTON...TIGER...DEWY ROSE...CANON...
MARTIN...AVALON...BOWERSVILLE...LAVONIA...WHITWORTH...LAKE
HARTWELL...NUBERG AND HARTWELL

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT
WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA
AND CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA.

&&

LAT...LON 3417 8311 3423 8308 3426 8313 3423 8317
      3426 8331 3422 8335 3426 8334 3432 8340
      3446 8340 3449 8354 3443 8362 3450 8367
      3454 8362 3465 8367 3473 8363 3478 8365
      3491 8345 3432 8279 3421 8274 3409 8303
TIME...MOT...LOC 2153Z 231DEG 38KT 3475 8354 3420 8323

$$

ARK

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 22, 4:36 PM EDT, 54 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 22, 4:36 PM EDT, 54 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
436 PM EDT WED JUN 22 2011

.SYNOPSIS...
A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA LATE TONIGHT INTO
THURSDAY. THE FRONT IS EXPECTED TO STALL JUST SOUTH OF THE AREA
THURSDAY NIGHT. WEAK HIGH PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP NORTHWEST OF THE
AREA ON FRIDAY MOVE TO THE NORTH OF THE AREA THIS WEEKEND. THE
LINGERING FRONT WILL KEEP THE WEEKEND UNSETTLED...MAINLY ACROSS
SOUTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA.

&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH THURSDAY/...
AT 2030Z...FCST UPDATE TO FOCUS ON INCREASED TSTM PROBABILITIES INTO
THE EARLY EVENING HOURS AS WIDESPREAD NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA
ACTIVITY PROPAGATES ENEWARD. COLD POOL AIDED DEEP CONVECTION WILL
REMAIN LIKELY...ESPECIALLY INTO NE GA AND THE WESTERN UPSTATE WHERE
CHANCES FOR LOCALLY DAMAGING WIND GUSTS WILL BE SEEN WITHIN
CLUSTERS...LEWPS AND BOWS.

PREVIOUS DISCUSSION...
THE NEAR TERM PERIOD WILL SEE AN UPPER TROUGH BECOME
ESTABLISHED OVER THE EASTERN U.S. WITH AN UPPER LOW CENTERED OVER
THE GREAT LAKES. AS THIS OCCURS...A WEAK SURFACE COLD FRONT AND
ATTENDANT MOISTURE BAND WILL MOVE FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE
REGION. THERE ARE TIMING DIFFERENCES AMONG THE MODELS WITH THIS
FEATURE WITH THE NAM THE SLOWEST AND THE GFS FASTER. ACTUALLY THE
SREF IS CLOSER TO THE FASTER GFS...SO THIS GIVES SOME SUPPORT
UTILIZING THE FASTER GFS TIMING.

IN REGARD TO SENSIBLE WEATHER...INSTABILITY RAMPING UP ACROSS THE
FORECAST AREA WITH LAPS CAPES OUTSIDE THE MOUNTAINS IN THE
1500-2000J RANGE...EXTENDING INTO THE WESTERN NC MOUNTAINS.
MESOSCALE MODELS LIKE HRRR AND LOCAL WRF ARW DEVELOP WIDELY
SCATTERED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON
HOURS. WITH DCAPES OVER 1000J CAN'T RULE OUT A COUPLE ISOLATED
SEVERE STORMS...BUT IT SHOULD NOT BE ANYTHING LIKE TUE EVENING.
APART FROM THE INSTABILITY CONVECTION LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING...THE GFS DEPICTS A SHORT WAVE MOVING THROUGH THE AREA
OVERNIGHT. THIS APPEARS TO BE CONNECTED WITH THE CONVECTIVE CLUSTER
CURRENTLY OVER EASTERN MS AT MID AFTERNOON. THE UPSHOT IS THAT WE
EXPECT ANOTHER ROUND OF CONVECTION IN THE 02Z-08Z TIMEFRAME. HENCE
WILL MAINTAIN RATHER ROBUST POPS TONIGHT...WITH HIGHEST CONFIDENCE
OVER WESTERN AREAS. FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE AREA THU MORNING. BEST
MOISTURE AND WEAK FORCING OVER THE UPSTATE SHOULD PRODUCE SCATTERED
AFTERNOON CONVECTION...WITH WEAK DOWNSLOPE WINDS DRYING THINGS OUT
LATE. CAN'T RULE OUT WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
MOUNTAINS LATE IN THE DAY AS ANOTHER SHORT WAVE APPROACHES. MAX
TEMPS ON THU WILL BE CLOSE TO SEASONAL LEVELS USING A MOS BLEND
APPROACH.

&&

.SHORT TERM /THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY/...
AS OF 130 PM WEDNESDAY...THE SHORT TERM FCST PICKS UP AT 00Z ON
FRIDAY WITH THE UPPER TROF CENTERED OVER THE GREAT LAKES REGION AND
AN UPPER RIDGE MOVING INTO THE NORTHERN PLAINS BEHIND THE TROF. OVER
THE NEXT 48 HRS OR SO...THE UPPER TROF WILL LIFT TO THE NE AND
DEAMPLIFY AS THE UPPER RIDGE SLIDES FARTHER EAST.

LATE THURSDAY AND INTO FRIDAY...A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE OVER THE FCST
AREA FROM THE WEST THURS AND THURS NIGHT AND THEN STALL OUT AS IT
REACHES THE COAST. ALTHOUGH SOME DRYING IS EXPECTED BEHIND THE
FRONT...BOUNDARY LAYER WINDS SHOULD REMAIN WEST TO SWLY UNTIL
SATURDAY AND KEEP SOME FAIRLY DECENT LOW LVL MOISTURE OVER THE AREA.
THAT COUPLED WITH HEALTHY INSTABILITY OVER MOST OF THE CWA AND THE
UPPER LVL SUPPORT FROM THE H5 TROF AND A DECENT LOW LVL JET IN THE
RANGE OF 30 TO 40KTS...SHOULD PROVIDE A FAVORABLE ENVIRONMENT FOR SH
AND TS IN THE AFTERNOON/EVENING WITH SOME DEGREE OF ORGANIZATION
POSSIBLE. I ADVERTISE A SOLID CHANCE FOR SH AND TS FROM APPROX 12Z
ONWARD WITH THE HIGHEST POPS OVER THE NC MTS. SPC CURRENTLY HAS MOST
OF THE CWFA IN A SLIGHT SVR RISK THRU 12Z SAT...AND I AM THINKING
THAT THE NC MTS WILL HAVE A HIGHER OVERALL RISK COMPARED TO THE LOWER
TERRAIN ON FRI.

ON SATURDAY...THE FCST REMAINS TRICKY WITH HEIGHTS BEGINNING TO RISE
AS THE UPPER TROF PULLS AWAY TO THE NE. THE MODELS DIFFER ON THE
STRENGTH AND TIMING OF THE UPPER SHWV ENERGY ON SAT WHICH IS
EXPECTED TO BE THE MAIN TRIGGER FOR ANY CONVECTION. THE LATEST 12Z
GFS HAS A SHWV APPROACHING THE CAROLINAS BY 12Z SAT WHILE THE
ECMWF...CMC...AND NAM12 DONT HAVE THE FEATURE APPROACHING UNTIL
EARLY SUN. OVERALL...THE LOW TO MID LVL MOISTURE FLUX INCREASES
DURING THE DAY AS INSTABILITY GROWS...HOWEVER MID AND UPPER LVL
SUPPORT DWINDLES AS THE UPPER RIDGE BUILDS. HAVE SOLID CHANCE FOR
AFTERNOON/EVENING CONVECTION...WITH THE THREAT OF SIGNIFICANT
ORGANIZATION LESS LIKELY THAN FRI. TEMPS WILL REMAIN ABOUT A
CATEGORY ABOVE NORMAL WITH HIGHS AROUND 90 FOR THE LOWER ELEVATIONS
AND LOW TO MID 80S FOR THE HIGHER TERRAIN.

&&

.LONG TERM /SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
AS OF 130 PM WEDNESDAY...A FAIRLY LOW AMPLITUDE UPPER PATTERN WILL
BE IN PLACE LATE THIS WEEKEND. WEAK UPPER JET MAXIMA WILL PASS
MAINLY NORTH OF THE FORECAST AREA. AT THE SFC...A FRONT WILL REMAIN
STALLED ACROSS THE REGION ON SUNDAY AND BOUNDARY LAYER MOISTURE WILL
REMAIN FAIRLY HIGH. THIS WILL WARRANT SOLID CHANCE POPS FOR
CONVECTIVE COVERAGE DURING THE AFTN AND EVENING HOURS. A DIGGING
SHORTWAVE MAY CROSS THE REGION ON MONDAY AS THE SURFACE FRONT LIFTS
SLOWLY NORTHWARD. CONVECTIVE COVERAGE SHOULD IMPROVE ON MONDAY AND
IT COULD ARRIVE IN WRN MTN LOCATIONS DURING THE MORNING...DEPENDING
ON THE SHORTWAVE TIMING.

THE WARM SECTOR AIRMASS AND ABUNDANT LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL THEN
REMAIN IN PLACE TUE THROUGH WED...WITH WEAK AND HARD TO TIME
SHORTWAVES LIKELY CROSSING THE REGION...OR AT LEAST THE NRN TIER OF
THE FORECAST AREA. THIS WILL LEAD TO A RETURN TO MORE DIURNALLY
FAVORED AFTN AND EVENING CONVECTION. MAX AND MIN TEMPS SHOULD REMAIN
NEAR NORMAL...OR A FEW DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL...THROUGH THE PERIOD.

&&

.AVIATION /21Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY/...
AT KCLT...MODEL SOUNDINGS AND MESOSCALE MODEL FORECASTS INDICATE
THAT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD DEVELOP DURING THE LATE
AFTERNOON HOURS VICINITY THE AIRFIELD. HENCE INCLUDED A CB INTO THE
EVENING HOURS. A WEAK FRONT AND ATTENDANT MOISTURE BAND WILL MOVE ACROSS
THE AREA THU MORNING. THEREFORE...EXPECT A LOW VFR CLOUD CEILING TO
CONTINUE. CAN'T RULE OUT A SHOWER OR THUNDERSTORM AFFECTING THE AIR FIELD
OVERNIGHT WITH THE MOISTURE INCREASE.

ELSEWHERE...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS
WESTERN NC AND UPSTATE SC DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS,. HENCE ALL
AIRPORTS GET A CB MENTION. WEAK FRONT AND ATTENDANT MOISTURE BAND
WILL MOVE SLOWLY EAST ACROSS THE AREA OVERNIGHT THROUGH THU MORNING.
BEST CHANCE FOR SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS WITH THIS WILL BE OVER THE
MOUNTAINS...BUT ALL AIR FIELDS COULD SEE AN OVERNIGHT SHOWER OR
THUNDERSTORM. GUIDANCE SUGGESTS THAT A MVFR FOG RESTRICTION WILL
OCCUR AT KAVL LATE TONIGHT.

OUTLOOK...GENERALLY VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED INTO THE WEEKEND EXCEPT
FOR LOCAL RESTRICTIONS IN THUNDERSTORMS EACH AFTERNOON AND
EVENING...AND IN MOUNTAIN VALLEY FOG EACH MORNING TOWARD DAYBREAK.

&&

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

&&

SYNOPSIS...JPT
NEAR TERM...CSH/LG
SHORT TERM...JPT
LONG TERM...HG
AVIATION...LG

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 22, 3:23 PM EDT, 2 hours 7 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
323 PM EDT WED JUN 22 2011

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065-
068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-231930-
RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-AVERY-ALEXANDER-
IREDELL-DAVIE-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-CATAWBA-
ROWAN-GRAHAM-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-
323 PM EDT WED JUN 22 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.

SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA
THROUGH THE LATE EVENING. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE
AND PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL.

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

SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREA
DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. THE GREATEST LIKELY HOOD
WILL EXIST OVER THE MOUNTAINS OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. SOME OF
THESE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE AND PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND
LARGE HAIL.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

NONE.

JPT

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 22, 2:41 PM EDT, 2 hours 49 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
241 PM EDT WED JUN 22 2011

NCZ508>510-221915-
EASTERN POLK-GREATER RUTHERFORD-POLK MOUNTAINS-
241 PM EDT WED JUN 22 2011

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL RUTHERFORD AND POLK
COUNTIES THROUGH 315 PM EDT...

AT 241 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LAKE ADGER...OR 4 MILES
NORTHWEST OF COLUMBUS...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR LAKE ADGER AND MILL SPRING THROUGH 3 PM.

PEA SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.

LAT...LON 3524 8196 3519 8227 3520 8228 3519 8230
      3530 8234 3532 8231 3537 8228 3539 8226
      3540 8219 3542 8217 3546 8203

HG

Special weather statement, Jun 22, 3:50 PM EDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
350 PM EDT WED JUN 22 2011

NCZ505>508-222030-
EASTERN MCDOWELL-GREATER RUTHERFORD-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-RUTHERFORD
MOUNTAINS-
350 PM EDT WED JUN 22 2011

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHERN RUTHERFORD AND
SOUTHEASTERN MCDOWELL COUNTIES THROUGH 430 PM EDT...

AT 349 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES EAST OF LAKE LURE...OR 10 MILES NORTHWEST
OF RUTHERFORDTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  THERMAL CITY...

SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.

LAT...LON 3574 8190 3571 8186 3558 8182 3558 8180
      3559 8180 3559 8178 3561 8175 3557 8169
      3554 8170 3536 8209 3541 8216 3549 8223
      3552 8220

ARK

Local storm report, Jun 22, 4:20 PM EDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
420 PM EDT WED JUN 22 2011

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

1210 AM     TSTM WND DMG     8 NE MOUNTAIN REST      34.95N 83.05W
06/20/2011                   OCONEE             SC   CO-OP OBSERVER

            TREES DOWN AT FISH HATCHERY ROAD AND HWY 107.

&&

TBENTHALL

Local storm report, Jun 22, 4:36 PM EDT, 54 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
436 PM EDT WED JUN 22 2011

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

0817 PM     TSTM WND DMG     3 N BLACKSBURG          35.16N 81.52W
06/21/2011                   CHEROKEE           SC   POST OFFICE

            TREES DOWN ON HOLLY RIDGE RD.

&&

TBENTHALL

Special weather statement, Jun 22, 4:54 PM EDT, 36 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
454 PM EDT WED JUN 22 2011

NCZ053-065-505>508-510-222145-
BUNCOMBE-EASTERN MCDOWELL-EASTERN POLK-GREATER
RUTHERFORD-HENDERSON-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-
454 PM EDT WED JUN 22 2011

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN HENDERSON...
NORTHERN POLK...NORTHWESTERN RUTHERFORD...SOUTHEASTERN BUNCOMBE AND
SOUTHERN MCDOWELL COUNTIES THROUGH 545 PM EDT...

AT 452 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR LAKE LURE...OR 14 MILES NORTH OF COLUMBUS...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  OLD FORT...
  THERMAL CITY...
  GLENWOOD...
  MARION...

SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.

LAT...LON 3578 8201 3565 8184 3558 8183 3532 8217
      3536 8223 3540 8220 3540 8223 3540 8225
      3538 8227 3544 8237 3557 8226

ARK

Special weather statement, Jun 22, 5:20 PM EDT, 10 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
520 PM EDT WED JUN 22 2011

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-222200-
ELBERT-FRANKLIN-HABERSHAM-HART-RABUN-STEPHENS-
520 PM EDT WED JUN 22 2011

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT FRANKLIN...HABERSHAM...SOUTHERN
RABUN...SOUTHWESTERN HART...STEPHENS AND WESTERN ELBERT COUNTIES
THROUGH 600 PM EDT...

AT 517 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 4 MILES SOUTH OF
AURARIA TO TALMO TO 14 MILES SOUTH OF EASTVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
40 MPH.

PEOPLE IN FRANKLIN...HABERSHAM...SOUTHERN RABUN...SOUTHWESTERN
HART...STEPHENS AND WESTERN ELBERT COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
LOCATIONS...

BALDWIN...CORNELIA...DEMOREST...CLARKESVILLE...CARNESVILLE AND
BATESVILLE...

SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE
WARNINGS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE
WEATHER THREATEN.

WIND GUSTS OF AT LEAT 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.

LAT...LON 3417 8311 3423 8308 3426 8313 3423 8317
      3426 8331 3422 8336 3446 8340 3449 8354
      3443 8362 3448 8366 3451 8367 3454 8362
      3465 8367 3478 8366 3488 8352 3473 8335
      3468 8334 3455 8314 3401 8290 3400 8290

ARK

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 22, 5:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Franklin, Habersham, Stephens	40 min
Jun 22, 6:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Franklin, Habersham, Rabun, Stephens	52 min
Jun 22, 6:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Elbert, Franklin, Hart, Stephens	64 min
Jun 22, 7:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Elbert	40 min
Jun 21, 8:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Cherokee, York	40 min
Jun 21, 8:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Spartanburg	50 min
Jun 21, 8:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Anderson, Greenville, Laurens, Pickens, Spartanburg	53 min
Jun 21, 8:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Cherokee, Chester, Spartanburg, Union, York	66 min
Jun 21, 9:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Cherokee, Chester, York	39 min
Jun 21, 10:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Chester, York	37 min
Jun 21, 10:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Abbeville, Greenwood	51 min
Jun 21, 11:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Greenwood, Laurens	43 min
Jun 22, 6:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Anderson, Greenville, Laurens, Pickens, Spartanburg	52 min
Jun 22, 7:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Greenville, Spartanburg	55 min
Jun 22, 7:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Cherokee, Greenville, Laurens, Spartanburg, Union	66 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.