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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 486, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

June 27, 2011Burke County, North Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 27, 2011, 3:17 PM EDT for Burke County, North Carolina. It was in force for 58 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 27, 2011, 3:17 PM EDT (19:17 UTC)
Expired
Jun 27, 2011, 4:15 PM EDT
In force
58 min
Issued by
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Burke County, NC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:18 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

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 156 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, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 12:00Z on 2011-06-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 340 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, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 12:00Z on 2011-06-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 81 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
340 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-141 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
747 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
81 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
120 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

561 
WUUS52 KGSP 271917
SVRGSP
NCC023-272015-
/O.NEW.KGSP.SV.W.0486.110627T1917Z-110627T2015Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
317 PM EDT MON JUN 27 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN BURKE COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...

* UNTIL 415 PM EDT

* AT 314 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 NEAR
  MORGANTON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  DREXEL...
  LAKE RHODHISS...
  VALDESE...
  RUTHERFORD COLLEGE AND CONNELLY SPRINGS...
  PLEASANT GROVE AND ICARD...
  HILDEBRAN...

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 3582 8159 3578 8156 3579 8145 3576 8140
      3576 8137 3557 8153 3556 8156 3557 8160
      3556 8165 3571 8185 3583 8168
TIME...MOT...LOC 1918Z 319DEG 14KT 3570 8169

$$

CSH
1 follow-up statement
131 
WWUS52 KGSP 271941
SVSGSP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
341 PM EDT MON JUN 27 2011

NCC023-272015-
/O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0486.000000T0000Z-110627T2015Z/
BURKE NC-
341 PM EDT MON JUN 27 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN BURKE COUNTY...

AT 339 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 PLEASANT GROVE...OR 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MORGANTON...
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
CONNELLY SPRINGS...PLEASANT GROVE...ICARD AND HILDEBRAN

LAT...LON 3577 8143 3576 8137 3557 8153 3556 8156
      3557 8160 3556 8165 3567 8180 3577 8166
      3578 8160 3578 8154 3579 8145
TIME...MOT...LOC 1941Z 302DEG 15KT 3566 8160

$$

CSH

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 27, 2:58 PM EDT, 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 27, 2:58 PM EDT, 19 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
258 PM EDT MON JUN 27 2011

.SYNOPSIS...
A WEAK STATIONARY FRONT CONTINUES TO DRIFT NORTH AND WILL DISSIPATE
ACROSS THE AREA TODAY. A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH FROM THE NORTHWEST
ON TUESDAY AND MOVE SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE AREA TUESDAY NIGHT OR
EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS BACK OVER THE AREA
WEDNESDAY AND PERSISTS THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK.

&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH TUESDAY/...
TRICKY FCST FOR THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON/EVENING. CONVECTION
ONGOING ACROSS ACROSS THE BLUE RIDGE ONLY SLOWLY MOVING SE. DEW
POINTS ACROSS THE SERN CWFA HAVE MIXED OUT LEADING TO LOW
INSTABILITY AND LINGERING CIN. EXPECT CONVECTION TO CONTINUE ACROSS
THE MTNS THRU THE AFTERNOON WITH SOME CONVECTION MOVING INTO THE
FOOTHILLS AND POSSIBLY THE PIEDMONT. HOWEVER...IT SHUD REMAIN
ISOLATED OVER THE PIEDMONT. THE MESOSCALE GUIDANCE CANNOT AGREE ON
WHAT HAPPENS THIS EVENING. SOME GUIDANCE BRINGS LIKELY COVERAGE EAST
OUT OF GA ACROSS THE UPSTATE...WHILE OTHERS BRING A LINE OF
CONVECTION INTO THE NC MTNS FROM THE NW WITH REMNANTS FROM THE
UPSTREAM MCS. OTHER GUIDANCE SHOWED THE NW CONVECTION AT 00Z BUT
FAVORED A LOWER COVERAGE GA SCENARIO AT 12Z. GIVEN THE
INCONGRUITIES...WILL CAP POP COVERAGE AT GOOD CHC ACROSS THE MTNS
AND PLAY UP A NW SCENARIO FOR NOW AND LET LATER SHIFTS FINE TUNE.
HAVE GONE WITH LOW SCT COVERAGE ACROSS THE PIEDMONT EVEN WITH THE
LOWER INSTABILITY AS ANY CONVECTION THAT CAN MOVE OFF THE MTNS SHUD
HOLD TOGETHER. HOWEVER...THEY CERTAINLY HAVE THE LOWEST CHC OF ANY
AREA TONIGHT. ALTHOUGH SVR CHC IS NOT HIGH...CANNOT RULE OUT SVR
STORMS THRU THE EVENING OR EVEN OVERNIGHT IF THE LINE OF STORMS DOES
DEVELOP. EXPECT LOWS ABOVE NORMAL ONCE AGAIN.

SHORT WAVE MOVES INTO THE AREA FROM THE NW TUE AS RIDGE AXIS
RETROGRADES. THIS PUSHES A FRONT ACROSS THE AREA AROUND THE TIME OF
MAX HEADING TUE AFTERNOON. EXPECT BKN CONVECTIVE COVERAGE TO MOVE
ACROSS WITH THE FRONT...AND HAVE GONE WITH LIKELY POP. SVR CHC IS
BETTER TUE AS SHEAR WILL BE HIGHER WITH THE WAVE MOVING THRU AND
CONTINUED MODERATE INSTABILITY. HIGHS SHUD STILL BE ABOVE NORMAL.

&&

.SHORT TERM /TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY/...
AS OF 230 PM MONDAY...CONVECTION SHOULD BE ONGOING EARLY TUE NIGHT
MAINLY ACROSS THE PIEDMONT AS A COLD FRONT MAKES IT WAY ACROSS THE
AREA. 12Z MODEL GUIDANCE INDICATES THAT THE FRONT AND ASSOCIATED
SHOWERS/STORMS SHOULD MOVE SOUTH OF THE FORECAST AREA DURING THE
EVENING...WITH THE NAM BEING THE FASTEST TO DO SO. ON WED...HIGH
PRESSURE OVER THE GREAT LAKES IS FORECAST TO RIDGE SOUTHWARD INTO
THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND N GA. THE QUESTION IS WILL THE HIGH PUSH
THE FRONTAL ZONE FAR ENOUGH SOUTH TO PRECLUDE ANY CONVECTIVE
CHANCES? THE NAM/CMC REGIONAL AND SREF ALL ARE IN THE SAME CAMP IN
PUSHING THE FRONTAL ZONE SOUTH OF THE AREA. ON THE OTHER HAND...GFS
KEEPS THE FRONT CLOSE ENOUGH TO GENERATE CONVECTION OVER MUCH OF THE
PIEDMONT AND SAVANNAH RIVER VALLEY WED AFTERNOON. WILL SIDE WITH THE
MAJORITY OF THE GUIDANCE AND KEEP CONVECTIVE CHANCES OUT OF THE
FORECAST FOR NOW ON WED. IN FACT...LOOKS LIKE DRY WEATHER SHOULD
CONTINUE THROUGH THU AS HIGH PRESSURE MOVES SLOWLY BY TO THE NORTH.
EVEN WITH THE WEAK COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE...A GUIDANCE BLEND KEEPS MAX
TEMPS BOTH WED AND THU A COUPLES DEGREES ABOVE AVE DUE TO STRONG
INSOLATION.

&&

.LONG TERM /THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY/...
AT 1230 PM MON...UPPER RIDGE INITIALLY TO THE WEST OF THE AREA IS
FORECAST BY THE MEDIUM RANGE MODELS TO BUILD EASTWARD OVER THE
SOUTTHERN APPALACHIANS AND WESTERN CAROLINAS BY LATE IN THE WEEK.
HENCE...SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE IS EXPECTED TO DOMINATE THE WEATHER
THU NIGHT INTO SUNDAY. HENCE...THERE SHOULD BE A MINIMUM OF DIURNAL
CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY DURING THAT TIMEFRAME. LATE IN THE
PERIOD...UPPER RIDGE IS FORECAST TO RETROGRADE BACK INTO THE
SOUTHERN PLAINS AS AN UPPER TROUGH DEEPENS OVER THE NE U.S. THIS
WILL ALLOW A SURFACE COLD FRONT TO MAKE A RUN AT THE AREA WITH
CURRENT GUIDANCE SUGGESTING THAT IT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA ON
MON. THE UPSHOT WILL BE AN INCREASING CHANCE OF DIURNAL CONVECTION
ON SUN AND MON. ABOVE AVERAGE TEMPS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE
PERIOD...PERHAPS AS MUCH AS 10 DEGREES HIGHER SAT AND SUN. STAYED
CLOSE TO HPC GUIDANCE FIELDS AS THEY CAPTURE THE TRENDS WELL.

&&

.AVIATION /19Z MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/...
AT KCLT...HIGH BASED CU WILL SLOWLY INCREASE EARLY THIS AFTERNOON.
KEPT CB CLOUD IN THE TAF FOR LATE AFTERNOON AS CELLS MOVING OFF THE
MTNS MAY IMPACT THE APPROACH GATES. EXPECT SWLY WINDS TO CONTINUE
INTO EVENING THEN LIGHT SLY OVERNIGHT. MAY HAVE OVERDONE THE BKN
CLOUDS OVERNIGHT...BUT EXPECT QUITE A BIT OF CONVECTIVE DEBRIS.
LIGHT SSW WINDS PICK UP TUE MORN WITH DEBRIS CLOUDS REMAINING.
CONVECTION SHUD HOLD OFF UNTIL AFTER THE VALID TAF PERIOD.

ELSEWHERE...THE DAY SHOULD PLAY OUT SIMILAR TO KCLT EXCEPT CHANCE OF
CONVECTION IS HIGHER. CONVECTION OVER THE MTNS WILL MOVE INTO THE
FOOTHILLS THRU THE AFTERNOON. HAVE INCLUDED CB ALL LOCATIONS WITH
VCTS KAVL WHERE CHC HIGHEST. SW TO W WINDS CONTINUE INTO THE
EVENING...NW FOR KAVL. BEST CHC FOR FOG RESTRICTIONS WILL BE KAVL SO
HAVE INCLUDED MVFR THERE. CONVECTIVE DEBRIS CLOUDS CONTINUE INTO TUE
MORNING WITH SW TO W WINDS DEVELOPING...NW FOR KAVL. CONVECTION MAY
DEVELOP BEFORE THE END OF THE TAF PERIOD AT KAVL...BUT LEFT OUT FOR
NOW.

OUTLOOK...THERE IS A GOOD CHANCE OF AFTERNOON STORMS ON TUESDAY AS A
COLD FRONT CROSSES THE AREA. DRIER AIR AND VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED
WEDNESDAY ONWARD.

&&

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

&&

SYNOPSIS...PAT
NEAR TERM...RWH
SHORT TERM...LG
LONG TERM...LG
AVIATION...RWH
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 27, 5:28 AM EDT, 9 hours 49 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
528 AM EDT MON JUN 27 2011

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065-
068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-280930-
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-
528 AM EDT MON JUN 27 2011

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AGAIN TODAY...
FIRST OVER THE MOUNTAINS IN THE MIDDLE PART OF THE DAY...THEN
EXPANDING EAST OVER THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT IN THE MIDDLE TO
LATE AFTERNOON. A FEW OF THE THUNDERSTORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE...
WITH DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND LARGE HAIL THE MAIN THREAT. THERE IS
THE POSSIBILITY THAT A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS COULD IMPACT THE
NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS LATE THIS EVENING OR EARLY TUESDAY
MORNING.

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

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

NONE.

PM

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 27, 10:44 AM EDT, 4 hours 33 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1044 AM EDT MON JUN 27 2011

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

0530 PM     TSTM WND DMG     7 WSW PENDLETON         34.61N 82.90W
06/26/2011                   OCONEE             SC   911 CALL CENTER

            ONE SMALL TREE DOWN AT CONEROSS CAMPGROUND AND SOME
            CAMPERS REPORTED AWNING DAMAGE.

&&

ZHARGROV
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 1:29 PM EDT, 1 hour 48 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
129 PM EDT MON JUN 27 2011

GAZ010-271815-
RABUN-
129 PM EDT MON JUN 27 2011

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN RABUN COUNTY
THROUGH 215 PM EDT...

AT 120 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES WEST OF TIGER...OR 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
CLAYTON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  CLAYTON...
  PINE MOUNTAIN...

DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM AS IT SLOWLY MOVES SOUTHEAST.

INTENSE LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. IF OUTDOORS...STAY
AWAY FROM ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES. MOVE INDOORS IF
POSSIBLE. WHEN INDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS AND AVOID
USING TELEPHONES UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY. TRY TO UNPLUG UNNECESSARY
ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES BEFORE THE THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES.

LAT...LON 3490 8354 3500 8345 3499 8314 3488 8322
      3484 8325 3484 8327 3482 8327 3483 8329
      3482 8331 3481 8330 3479 8333 3475 8333

PAT
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 1:35 PM EDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
135 PM EDT MON JUN 27 2011

NCZ051>053-059-064-065-271800-
BUNCOMBE-HAYWOOD-HENDERSON-NORTHERN JACKSON-SWAIN-TRANSYLVANIA-
135 PM EDT MON JUN 27 2011

...AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT EASTERN
SWAIN...NORTHEASTERN TRANSYLVANIA...NORTHERN JACKSON...NORTHWESTERN
HENDERSON...SOUTHERN HAYWOOD AND SOUTHWESTERN BUNCOMBE COUNTIES
THROUGH 200 PM EDT...

AT 124 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN
AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 4 MILES EAST OF CHEROKEE...OR 8 MILES
NORTH OF SYLVA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  SYLVA...
  BALSAM...

WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORMS ALONG WITH
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND HAIL. THESE STORMS ARE ALSO PRODUCING HEAVY
RAIN.

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.

INTENSE LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. IF OUTDOORS...STAY
AWAY FROM ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES. MOVE INDOORS IF
POSSIBLE. WHEN INDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS AND AVOID
USING TELEPHONES UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY. TRY TO UNPLUG UNNECESSARY
ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES BEFORE THE THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES.

LAT...LON 3560 8328 3553 8242 3530 8251 3529 8332
      3531 8332 3532 8333 3533 8333 3533 8336
      3544 8337

PAT
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 2:07 PM EDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
207 PM EDT MON JUN 27 2011

NCZ052-053-059-063>065-271845-
BUNCOMBE-HAYWOOD-HENDERSON-NORTHERN JACKSON-SOUTHERN
JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-
207 PM EDT MON JUN 27 2011

...AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT
HENDERSON...NORTHEASTERN JACKSON...NORTHERN TRANSYLVANIA...SOUTHERN
BUNCOMBE AND SOUTHERN HAYWOOD COUNTIES THROUGH 245 PM EDT...

AT 202 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR CAMPOBELLO...OR 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
COLUMBUS. THESE STORMS ARE DRIFTING SOUTHEAST AND WILL LIKELY
PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL.

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.

INTENSE LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. IF OUTDOORS...STAY
AWAY FROM ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES. MOVE INDOORS IF
POSSIBLE. WHEN INDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS AND AVOID
USING TELEPHONES UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY. TRY TO UNPLUG UNNECESSARY
ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES BEFORE THE THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES.

LAT...LON 3554 8272 3553 8226 3524 8242 3521 8318
      3547 8317

PAT
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 2:19 PM EDT, 58 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
219 PM EDT MON JUN 27 2011

NCZ049-053-503>506-508-271900-
BUNCOMBE-BURKE MOUNTAINS-EASTERN MCDOWELL-GREATER BURKE-GREATER
RUTHERFORD-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-YANCEY-
219 PM EDT MON JUN 27 2011

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT MCDOWELL...NORTHEASTERN
BUNCOMBE...NORTHERN RUTHERFORD...NORTHWESTERN BURKE AND SOUTHEASTERN
YANCEY COUNTIES THROUGH 300 PM EDT...

AT 215 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF LAKE LURE...OR 13 MILES
NORTHWEST OF RUTHERFORDTON. THIS STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.

SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

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.

INTENSE LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. IF OUTDOORS...STAY
AWAY FROM ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES. MOVE INDOORS IF
POSSIBLE. WHEN INDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS AND AVOID
USING TELEPHONES UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY. TRY TO UNPLUG UNNECESSARY
ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES BEFORE THE THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES.

LAT...LON 3553 8181 3551 8210 3553 8208 3552 8214
      3553 8217 3552 8221 3566 8234 3578 8235
      3583 8215 3582 8214 3583 8212 3588 8190

PAT
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 2:31 PM EDT, 46 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
231 PM EDT MON JUN 27 2011

NCZ052-053-063>065-SCZ002-003-271915-
BUNCOMBE-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-HAYWOOD-HENDERSON-PICKENS
MOUNTAINS-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-
231 PM EDT MON JUN 27 2011

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT EASTERN JACKSON...HENDERSON...
NORTHERN PICKENS...NORTHWESTERN GREENVILLE...SOUTHEASTERN HAYWOOD...
SOUTHWESTERN BUNCOMBE AND TRANSYLVANIA COUNTIES THROUGH 315 PM EDT...

AT 223 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SAPPHIRE...OR 17 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF BREVARD...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  ROSMAN...
  BREVARD...
  ROCKY BOTTOM...

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP. SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS
AND HEAVY RAIN ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS AS THEY SLOWLY MOVE
SOUTHEAST.

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.

INTENSE LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. IF OUTDOORS...STAY
AWAY FROM ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES. MOVE INDOORS IF
POSSIBLE. WHEN INDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS AND AVOID
USING TELEPHONES UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY. TRY TO UNPLUG UNNECESSARY
ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES BEFORE THE THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES.

LAT...LON 3550 8232 3521 8237 3500 8254 3506 8301
      3528 8300 3529 8292 3532 8297 3536 8299
      3543 8298

PAT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 26, 8:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPRutherford44 min
Jun 27, 1:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPHaywood25 min
Jun 27, 2:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPHenderson, Jackson38 min
Jun 27, 2:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPMcDowell41 min
Jun 27, 2:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPHenderson, Transylvania44 min
Jun 27, 2:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPMcDowell, Polk, Rutherford70 min
Jun 27, 2:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPHenderson, Transylvania66 min
Jun 27, 3:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPPolk31 min
Jun 27, 4:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPLincoln51 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.