Alert archive / South Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 503, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 3, 2011, 5:12 PM EDT for Greenville County, Laurens County, Spartanburg County, South Carolina. It was in force for 42 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
- Jul 3, 2011, 5:12 PM EDT (21:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 3, 2011, 5:54 PM EDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Greenville County, SC, Laurens County, SC, Spartanburg County, SC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 10 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 3, 5:22 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 4 Ssw Greenville, SC | FIVE TREES DOWN IN GANTT |
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 10 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
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 254 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
- 482 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -105 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1355 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 3 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 46 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
679 WUUS52 KGSP 032112 SVRGSP SCC045-059-083-032215- /O.NEW.KGSP.SV.W.0503.110703T2112Z-110703T2215Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 512 PM EDT SUN JUL 3 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN LAURENS COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA... WEST CENTRAL SPARTANBURG COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA... EAST CENTRAL GREENVILLE COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA... * UNTIL 615 PM EDT * AT 508 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 DONALDSON CENTER...OR 6 MILES SOUTH OF DOWNTOWN GREENVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... SHOPS AT GREENRIDGE... PELHAM ROAD AT I-85... MAULDIN... SIMPSONVILLE...FOUNTAIN INN AND FIVE FORKS... 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 3481 8204 3460 8220 3482 8248 3494 8232 TIME...MOT...LOC 2112Z 307DEG 3KT 3477 8236 $$ RB
2 follow-up statements
612 WWUS52 KGSP 032144 SVSGSP SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 544 PM EDT SUN JUL 3 2011 SCC045-059-083-032215- /O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0503.000000T0000Z-110703T2215Z/ LAURENS SC-SPARTANBURG SC-GREENVILLE SC- 544 PM EDT SUN JUL 3 2011 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM EDT FOR EAST CENTRAL GREENVILLE...WEST CENTRAL SPARTANBURG AND NORTHWESTERN LAURENS COUNTIES... AT 543 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DIME SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MAULDIN...OR 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DOWNTOWN GREENVILLE... MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SHOPS AT GREENRIDGE...PELHAM ROAD AT I-85...SIMPSONVILLE...FIVE FORKS AND FOUNTAIN INN LAT...LON 3482 8247 3491 8232 3480 8205 3460 8220 TIME...MOT...LOC 2144Z 277DEG 6KT 3478 8231 $$ RB
492 WWUS52 KGSP 032154 SVSGSP SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 554 PM EDT SUN JUL 3 2011 SCC045-059-083-032204- /O.CAN.KGSP.SV.W.0503.000000T0000Z-110703T2215Z/ LAURENS SC-SPARTANBURG SC-GREENVILLE SC- 554 PM EDT SUN JUL 3 2011 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL GREENVILLE...WEST CENTRAL SPARTANBURG AND NORTHWESTERN LAURENS COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... THE STORM WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LEVELS. LAT...LON 3482 8247 3491 8232 3481 8205 3460 8220 TIME...MOT...LOC 2154Z 277DEG 6KT 3478 8229 $$ RB
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 Jul 3, 4:25 PM EDT, 47 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 3, 4:25 PM EDT, 47 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 425 PM EDT SUN JUL 3 2011 .SYNOPSIS... HUMIDITY AND THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL INCREASE FOR LATE MONDAY AS A WEAK COLD FRONT DRIFTS DOWN FROM THE NORTH. THIS FRONT WILL STALL ATOP THE REGION AND SLOWLY DISSIPATE THROUGH MID WEEK. ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH LATER IN THE WEEK. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH MONDAY/... CONVECTION HAS BECOME NUMEROUS/WIDESPREAD ACROSS THE UPSTATE...SO POPS HAVE BEEN INCREASED TO HIGH LIKELY IN MOST AREAS SOUTH OF I-85 INTO THE EARLY EVENING. MEANWHILE...THE BLUE RIDGE IS NOT ALL THAT CONVECTIVELY ACTIVE ATTM...AND WITH DEBRIS CLOUDS FROM INTERIOR MTN CONVECTION EXPANDING...IT MAY REMAIN THIS WAY. POPS HAVE BEEN LOWERED TO 50 OR SO ALONG THE ESCARPMENT. DESPITE MODEST DCAPE VALUES...MANY OF THE STORMS HAVE BEEN QUITE WINDY...SO DAMAGING MICROBURSTS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE TALLER CELLS...AND WITH MULTICELLS CLUSTERING ALONG OUTFLOWS. WARM PROFILES ALOFT UNDER THE NOSE OF THE RIDGE CONTINUE TO PRESENT A CHALLENGE FOR LARGE HAIL PRODUCTION. WEAK SHORTWAVES MAY APPROACH THE NRN TIER OVERNIGHT AS HEIGHTS FALL...POSSIBLY KEEPING ISOLATED SHOWERS GOING...MAINLY IN THE MTNS. ANOTHER WARM AND MUGGY NIGHT IS EXPECTED AHEAD OF THE APPROACHING FRONT. PRECIPITABLE WATER WILL STEADILY RISE TO NEARLY 2 INCHES IN MANY FOOTHILL AND PIEDMONT AREAS THROUGH MON AFTN. THIS SHOULD ENHANCE COVERAGE GIVEN THE IMPROVED FORCING FROM THE APPROACHING COLD FRONT...A DEVELOPING LEE TROUGH IN THE WESTERLY FLOW ALOFT...AND FALLING UPPER HEIGHTS. HOWEVER...MOISTENING AT MID LEVELS MAY ALSO INHIBIT DOWNBURST SEVERE POTENTIAL SOMEWHAT. IN ADDITION... DEEP LAYER SHEAR LOOKS VERY LIMITED FOR MON AFTN...WITH MAX SPEEDS AROUND 20 KT AT 500 MB ACROSS THE NRN TIER LATE IN THE DAY. ALL TOLD...EXPECT NUMEROUS STRONG TSTMS DURING THE PM HOURS...WITH SOME LIKELY BECOMING SEVERE LATE IN THE DAY. THE SLOW MOVEMENT COULD ALSO CREATE A HYDRO THREAT IF ANY TRAINING OF CELLS SETS UP. && .SHORT TERM /MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT/... AS OF 145 PM SUNDAY...LEFTOVER CONVECTION CONTINUING INTO MONDAY NIGHT BUT BECOMING LESS IN THE LATE NIGHT. THERE IS DIFFERENCES IN TIMING BETWEEN THE MODELS AS THE NAM AND SREF HAVE THE FRONTAL BAND MOISTURE AT 06Z TUESDAY FROM THE NC OUTER BANKS TO THE SC PIEDMONT AND THE GFS HAS IT A LITTLE FARTHER NORTH. THE GFS CONTINUES THE TREND OF KEEPING MOST CONVECTION A BIT MORE NORTH THAN THE NAM AND SREF THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THE 00Z SUN ECMWF PROVIDES A COMPROMISE. DIURNAL CONVECTION TRENDS OF COURSE AND THE INCREASED MOISTURE AND LOWER HEIGHTS WILL HAVE HIGH TEMPERATURES JUST ABOVE THE NORMALS. LOOKS LIKE WEDNESDAY HIGHS WILL BE ONLY A DEGREE OR TWO ABOVE NORMAL. THIS STALLED OUT FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL GRADUALLY WASH OUT OVER THE CAROLINAS THROUGH MID WEEK AS THE NEXT WEAK COLD FRONT DROPS DOWN FROM THE OHIO VALLEY FROM WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY. THIS DAY TO DAY MAINLY LATE DAY CONVECTION SHOULD HELP THE DROUGHT SITUATION AND EVENTUALLY MOISTEN MOST LOCATIONS AS THE WEEK PROGRESSES. THE CANADIAN MODEL STILL HINTS AT SOME TROPICAL MOISTURE FROM THE SOUTH...ALTHOUGH TIMING...EXTENT AND LOCATION CHANGES FROM RUN TO RUN. && .LONG TERM /THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/... AS OF 115 PM SUNDAY...A BROAD UPPER TROF AXIS WILL LINGER OVER THE CWFA THURSDAY THRU SATURDAY...THEN THE SUBTROPICAL HIGH OVER THE SOUTH-CENTRAL CONUS WILL BEGIN TO EDGE EWD...REASSERTING ITSELF OVER THE SOUTHEAST STATES LATE NEXT WEEKEND. MODELS IN GOOD AGREEMENT ON OVERALL PATTERN...AND WITH LITTLE CHANGE FOR OUR WX NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. A WEAK FRONTAL BNDRY WILL SAG SEWD INTO THE CWFA ON FRIDAY...WHILE PLENTY OF MOISTURE AND WEAK FLOW REMAINS FROM PREVIOUS WASHED-OUT FRONT. THIS BNDRY LINGERS THRU SATURDAY...AND THE 12Z GFS HAS TRENDED MOISTER/FURTHER N WITH THE FRONT IN LINE WITH THE 00Z ECWMF FOR NEXT WEEKEND. SO WE MAY HAVE ABOVE NORMAL POPS AND A CATEGORY OR SO WARMER TEMPS THRU AT LEAST NEXT SUNDAY. DESPITE ABOVE NORMAL COVERAGE OF MAINLY DIURNALLY DRIVEN CONVECTION...SEVERE THREAT SHUD BE NEAR OR SLIGHTLY BELOW AVERAGE DUE TO MOIST PROFILES AND SUCH WEAK SHEAR. && .AVIATION /21Z SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/... AT KCLT...DEWPOINTS ARE HOLDING FIRM IN THE LOWER 70S IN SRLY FLOW. EARLY CONVECTION IS DEVELOPING ALONG THE MTNS AND FOOTHILLS...BUT LIGHT STEERING WINDS FROM THE NW AND OUTFLOWS MAY SPREAD CONVECTION TOWARD THE PIEDMONT THROUGH THE LATE AFTN AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. HAVE ADVERTISED A CB CLOUD TYPE STARTING AT 20Z. WE COULD NEED TEMPO THUNDERSTORMS FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS...BUT THE POSSIBLE WINDOW IS STILL A BIT TOO WIDE TO INCLUDE THAT FOR NOW. 20Z TO 02Z LOOKS LIKE THE BEST CHANCE RIGHT NOW. WINDS WILL REMAIN S TO SW THROUGH THE PERIOD AT LESS THAN 10 KT. CONVECTIVE COVERAGE SHOULD BE MORE ROBUST ON MON WITH THE FRONT PUSHING INTO THE VICINITY...BUT WILL ONLY MENTION CB CLOUDS FOR NOW THROUGH 18Z MON. MOS SUGGESTS MVFR VSBY IN BR OR HZ TOWARD DAYBREAK...BUT DEBRIS CLOUDS COULD INHIBIT FORMATION SO WILL NOT INCLUDE IT IN THE TAF. ELSEWHERE...SCATTERED CONVECTION HAS DEVELOPED ACROSS THE MTNS EARLY THIS AFTN...WITH ISOLTED TSTMS FORMING IN THE FOOTHILLS. THINK COVERAGE WILL SLOWLY SPREAD ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS THROUGH THE LATE AFTN. HAVE A TEMPO TSRA GROUP AT KAVL 19Z TO 23Z...WITH JUST A CB MENTION 20Z ONWARD FOR THE FOOTHILL TAF SITES. A NARROW TEMPO TSRA WINDOW WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED AT SOME POINT AT SOME OF THE FOOTHILL LOCATIONS AS WELL. EXPECT MAINLY LIGHT S TO SW FLOW THROUGH THE PERIOD...EXCEPT MORE VARIABLE AND TRENDING NW AT KAVL. OVERNIGHT DEBRIS CLOUDS/ALTOCU HAVE MADE MORNING VSBY FORECASTS QUITE CHALLENGING THE PAST FEW DAYS AND TONIGHT WILL BE NO EXCEPTION. GOOD CONSENSUS EXISTS FOR MVFR VSBY FROM KAND TO KAVL TO KHKY...AND IFR WILL BE POSSIBLE WHERE ANY HEAVY SHOWERS DEVELOP. CONVECTIVE CHANCES WILL BE BETTER ON MON...BUT MAINLY AFTER 18Z...SO ONLY CB CLOUDS ARE MENTIONED FOR MON FOR NOW. OUTLOOK...A VERY UNSETTLED PATTERN WILL BE IN PLACE ALL WEEK AS ONE FRONT DISSIPATES IN THE VICINITY AND ANOTHER COLD FRONT ARRIVES FROM THE NW LATE IN THE WEEK. MORNING MVFR FOG IS LIKELY...AT LEAST IN THE MTN VALLEYS...WITH SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS AFTN/EVENING TSTMS EACH DAY. && .GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...DEO NEAR TERM...HG/JDL SHORT TERM...DEO LONG TERM...ARK AVIATION...HG
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 3, 2:45 PM EDT, 2 hours 27 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 245 PM EDT SUN JUL 3 2011 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065- 068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-041845- 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- 245 PM EDT SUN JUL 3 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 WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A FEW SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE...PRODUCING DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND PERHAPS A BRIEF PERIOD OF PENNY TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL. ANY THUNDERSTORM WILL ALSO BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. THE COVERAGE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE REGION ON MONDAY...ESPECIALLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE SLOW MOVING...PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IN AFFECTED AREAS. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE...PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS OF 60 MPH OR GREATER. KEEP ABREAST OF THE LATEST FORECASTS AS YOU CARRY OUT YOUR HOLIDAY PLANS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...TORNADOES OR FLASH FLOODING TO OUR OFFICE. HG
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 3, 3:45 PM EDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 345 PM EDT SUN JUL 3 2011 SCZ006-010>012-019-032015- ABBEVILLE-ANDERSON-GREATER GREENVILLE-GREENWOOD-LAURENS- 345 PM EDT SUN JUL 3 2011 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EASTERN ANDERSON...NORTHEASTERN ABBEVILLE...NORTHWESTERN GREENWOOD...SOUTHERN GREENVILLE AND WESTERN LAURENS COUNTIES THROUGH 415 PM EDT... AT 344 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PRINCETON...OR 17 MILES EAST OF ANDERSON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR... WARE SHOALS... PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. LAT...LON 3447 8212 3430 8231 3447 8250 3461 8235 RB
Special weather statement, Jul 3, 4:31 PM EDT, 41 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
431 PM EDT SUN JUL 3 2011
NCZ068-070-SCZ008-032115-
CHEROKEE-CLEVELAND-GASTON-
431 PM EDT SUN JUL 3 2011
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN CHEROKEE...
SOUTHEASTERN CLEVELAND AND WESTERN GASTON COUNTIES THROUGH 515 PM
EDT...
AT 426 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES EAST OF PATTERSON SPRINGS...OR 6 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF SHELBY...MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH.
THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
KINGS MOUNTAIN...
SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.
LAT...LON 3516 8134 3517 8136 3514 8140 3512 8140
3511 8156 3529 8160 3537 8129 3516 8124
ARKSpecial weather statement, Jul 3, 4:32 PM EDT, 40 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
432 PM EDT SUN JUL 3 2011
SCZ007-012-032115-
LAURENS-SPARTANBURG-
432 PM EDT SUN JUL 3 2011
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHERN LAURENS AND SOUTHERN
SPARTANBURG COUNTIES THROUGH 515 PM EDT...
AT 430 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES SOUTH OF MOORE...OR 12 MILES SOUTH OF
SPARTANBURG...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH.
THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
WOODRUFF...
ENOREE...
PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.
LAT...LON 3483 8218 3495 8191 3476 8180 3468 8182
3466 8184 3457 8200
RBLocal storm report, Jul 3, 4:40 PM EDT, 32 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
440 PM EDT SUN JUL 03 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0420 PM HAIL 2 N FARMINGTON 36.04N 80.53W
07/03/2011 E1.25 INCH DAVIE NC 911 CALL CENTER
UP TO NEARLY PING PONG BALL SIZED HAIL.
0418 PM TSTM WND DMG FARMINGTON 36.01N 80.53W
07/03/2011 DAVIE NC 911 CALL CENTER
TREES DOWN OFF PINEVILLE RD IN FARMINGTON.
&&
JPTLocal storm report, Jul 3, 4:46 PM EDT, 26 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
446 PM EDT SUN JUL 03 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0422 PM TSTM WND DMG 3 NE IVA 34.34N 82.63W
07/03/2011 ANDERSON SC PUBLIC
MULTIPLE TREES DOWN NE OF IVA.
&&
JPTSpecial weather statement, Jul 3, 4:48 PM EDT, 24 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
448 PM EDT SUN JUL 3 2011
SCZ008-009-013-032130-
CHEROKEE-UNION-YORK-
448 PM EDT SUN JUL 3 2011
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT EASTERN CHEROKEE...NORTHERN UNION
AND WESTERN YORK COUNTIES THROUGH 530 PM EDT...
AT 443 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM BLACKSBURG TO 5
MILES WEST OF BUFFALO...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.
THESE STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
BUFFALO...
HICKORY GROVE...
SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE
STORMS.
LAT...LON 3468 8182 3481 8179 3491 8171 3518 8155
3515 8115 3482 8139 3482 8147 3481 8149
3479 8146 3476 8145 3474 8149 3473 8149
3472 8146 3464 8152
ARKThe office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 3, 3:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Anderson | 37 min |
| Jul 3, 3:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Laurens | 30 min |
| Jul 3, 4:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Abbeville, Anderson, Greenville, Laurens | 55 min |
| Jul 3, 4:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Spartanburg | 43 min |
| Jul 3, 4:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Spartanburg | 43 min |
| Jul 3, 4:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cherokee, Union | 42 min |
| Jul 3, 4:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Anderson, Greenville | 64 min |
| Jul 3, 4:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Chester, Union | 64 min |
| Jul 3, 5:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Chester, Union, York | 59 min |
| Jul 3, 6:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Union | 30 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in South 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.