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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 508, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

July 4, 2011Jackson County, Transylvania County, North Carolina; Oconee County, Pickens County, South Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 4, 2011, 2:13 PM EDT for Jackson County, Transylvania County, North Carolina; Oconee County, Pickens County, South Carolina. It was in force for 50 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 4, 2011, 2:13 PM EDT (18:13 UTC)
Expired: Jul 4, 2011, 3:03 PM EDT
In force: 50 min
Issued by: NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Jackson County, NC, Transylvania County, NC, Oconee County, SC, Pickens County, SC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:13 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 4, 2:35 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 Ne Sapphire, NC	A FEW TREE LIMBS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES IN DIAMETER FELL WITH THE HIGH WIND DURING THE STORM. DID NOT SEE ANY HAIL.

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 22 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
Jul 4, 12:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 252 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: 1794 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -51 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 720 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 5 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -16 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 11 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.

660 
WUUS52 KGSP 041813
SVRGSP
NCC099-175-SCC073-077-041915-
/O.NEW.KGSP.SV.W.0508.110704T1813Z-110704T1915Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
213 PM EDT MON JUL 4 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
  SOUTHEASTERN JACKSON COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
  NORTH CENTRAL OCONEE COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...
  NORTHERN PICKENS COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...

* UNTIL 315 PM EDT

* AT 209 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 3 MILES
  WEST OF LAKE JOCASSEE...OR 18 MILES NORTHWEST OF PICKENS...MOVING
  EAST AT 10 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  LAKE JOCASSEE AND LAKE TOXAWAY...
  ROCKY BOTTOM AND ROSMAN...
  PUMPKINTOWN AND CEDAR MOUNTAIN...

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 3524 8265 3514 8262 3512 8266 3513 8268
      3510 8269 3510 8272 3506 8276 3505 8274
      3507 8260 3502 8259 3501 8260 3501 8258
      3495 8257 3492 8305 3515 8309
TIME...MOT...LOC 1813Z 259DEG 10KT 3503 8296

$$

BSH

2 follow-up statements

548 
WWUS52 KGSP 041853
SVSGSP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
253 PM EDT MON JUL 4 2011

SCC073-041903-
/O.CAN.KGSP.SV.W.0508.000000T0000Z-110704T1915Z/
OCONEE SC-
253 PM EDT MON JUL 4 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL OCONEE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

THE STORM MOVED NORTHEAST OF THE COUNTY.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT MONDAY
EVENING FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA.

LAT...LON 3524 8265 3514 8262 3512 8266 3513 8268
      3510 8269 3510 8272 3506 8276 3505 8274
      3507 8260 3502 8259 3499 8294 3500 8294
      3506 8290 3502 8307 3515 8309
TIME...MOT...LOC 1853Z 241DEG 14KT 3509 8274

$$

NCC099-175-SCC077-041915-
/O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0508.000000T0000Z-110704T1915Z/
TRANSYLVANIA NC-JACKSON NC-PICKENS SC-
253 PM EDT MON JUL 4 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 PM EDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN PICKENS...SOUTHEASTERN JACKSON AND SOUTHERN
TRANSYLVANIA COUNTIES...

AT 251 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF ROCKY BOTTOM...OR 10 MILES SOUTH OF
BREVARD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO CEDAR
MOUNTAIN

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT MONDAY
EVENING FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA.

&&

LAT...LON 3524 8265 3514 8262 3512 8266 3513 8268
      3510 8269 3510 8272 3506 8276 3505 8274
      3507 8260 3502 8259 3499 8294 3500 8294
      3506 8290 3502 8307 3515 8309
TIME...MOT...LOC 1853Z 241DEG 14KT 3509 8274

$$

RB

863 
WWUS52 KGSP 041903
SVSGSP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
303 PM EDT MON JUL 4 2011

NCC099-175-SCC077-041913-
/O.CAN.KGSP.SV.W.0508.000000T0000Z-110704T1915Z/
TRANSYLVANIA NC-JACKSON NC-PICKENS SC-
303 PM EDT MON JUL 4 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN PICKENS...
SOUTHEASTERN JACKSON AND SOUTHERN TRANSYLVANIA COUNTIES IS
CANCELLED...

THE STORM HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LEVELS.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT MONDAY
EVENING FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA.

LAT...LON 3524 8265 3514 8262 3512 8266 3513 8268
      3510 8269 3510 8272 3506 8276 3505 8274
      3507 8260 3502 8259 3499 8294 3500 8294
      3506 8290 3502 8307 3515 8309
TIME...MOT...LOC 1903Z 241DEG 14KT 3511 8270

$$

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 4, 2:13 PM EDT, 0 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 4, 2:13 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
213 PM EDT MON JUL 4 2011

.SYNOPSIS...
HUMIDITY AND THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE INTO
TUESDAY AS A WEAK COLD FRONT DRIFTS DOWN FROM THE NORTH. THIS FRONT
WILL STALL OVER THE REGION AND SLOWLY DISSIPATE THROUGH MID WEEK.
ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL STALL OVER THE WESTERN CAROLINAS ON THURSDAY
AND REMAIN OVER THE REGION INTO NEXT WEEKEND.

&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/...
A QUICK UPDATE TO ADJUST POPS AND ADD HEADLINES FOR SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH 594 IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING.

PREVIOUS DISCUSSION...
AT 1515Z...SHALLOW CU EXISTED ACROSS THE MTN PEAKS LATE THIS MORNING
WITH CLEAR SKY COVER ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT. IN
ADDITION...A THIN LINE OF CU EXISTED OVER EAST TN ASSOCIATED WITH AN
OLD OUTFLOW BOUNDARY. IT APPEARS THAT DEEP CONVECTION INITIATION
WILL OCCUR WITHIN THE 16 TO 18Z TIME FRAME ACROSS THE HIGH TERRAIN.
COVERAGE WILL EXPAND ACROSS THE MTNS BY MID AFTERNOON AS THE
ATMOSPHERE DESTABILIZES AND WITH THE POSSIBLE ARRIVAL OF THE OUTFLOW
BOUNDARY. CONVECTION WILL SPREAD AND DEVELOP WITHIN A LEE TROF
ACROSS THE NC FOOTHILLS BY MID AFTERNOON. COVERAGE SHOULD PEAK
DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING...WITH LIKELY TO CATE
POPS OVER THE MTNS WITH HIGH CHC ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS AND
PIEDMONT.

MORNING SOUNDINGS AT KFFC AND KGSO OBSERVED THE FZL BETWEEN 14.5 TO
15 KFT...PLACING THE 55 DBZ CORE HEIGHT AROUND 26.5 KFT. PW VALUES
RANGED FROM 1.6 TO 1.9 INCHES WITH K-INDEX IN THE MID TO UPPER 30S.
MESOSCALE ANALYSIS INDICATES 3500 TO 3000 J/KG ACROSS THE MTNS WITH
AROUND 2000 J/KG ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT. DCAPE VALUES
RANGE AROUND 1000 J/KG. GIVEN THE HIGH FZL AND MOISTURE CONTENT IT
APPEARS THAT ONLY ISOLATED HAIL EVENTS ARE POSSIBLE. THE PRIMARY SVR
THREAT WILL REMAIN DAMAGING WINDS...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE MTNS AND
NC FOOTHILLS.

&&

.SHORT TERM /TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT/...
AS OF 220 AM MONDAY...HPC PREFERS THE SLIGHTLY MORE OPEN AND
PROGRESSIVE GFS SOLUTION TO THE SLOWER MORE CLOSED UPPER TROUGH ON
THE NAM FOR TUE. THIS IS MORE IN LINE WITH THE OLD RUN OF THE ECMWF
AND IT/S WHAT I/VE GONE WITH FOR THIS FORECAST AS WELL. LLVL
THICKNESSES IMPLY ANOTHER HOT DAY WITH TEMPS RISING INTO THE L-M90S
ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT. MODEL SOUNDINGS SHOW A LITTLE
CAPPING DURING THE AFTN AND CONVECTION MAY GET A LITTLE BIT OF A
LATE START. HOWEVER...AS A SHORT WAVE TROUGH MOVES ACROSS THE MTNS
DURING THE LATE AFTN...CONVECTION SHOULD BLOSSOM OVER THE HIGH
TERRAIN AND SPREAD INTO THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT. THE GFS HAS IT/S
BEST CONVECTIVE COVERAGE DURING THE EVENING HOURS...AND THIS LOOKS
LIKE AN EVENT THAT COULD GO WELL PAST SUNSET. ONCE AGAIN LAPSE RATES
ARE NOT STEEP...BUT THE MID LEVELS DRY OUT A LITTLE ON THE GFS...AND
THERE SHOULD BE A FEW MICROBURST PRODUCING PULSE SEVERE STORMS
DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS CONSIDERING HOW HOT THE BNDRY LAYER WILL
BE.

THE WEAK LLVL BNDRY WILL BECOME QUITE DIFFUSE ON WED...BUT WE WILL
BE UNDER AND H5 SHEAR AXIS WITH SEVERAL EMBEDDED SHORT WAVES
ACCORDING TO THE GFS. WITH HIGH LAYER RH/S AND MODEST LLVL
CONVERGENCE ACROSS THE MTNS...WE SHOULD SEE GOOD CONVECTIVE COVERAGE
AGAIN IN THE AFTN. POPS HAVE BEEN RAISED TO 50 PERCENT ACROSS THE
FA...WHICH IS IN LINE WITH THE NEIGHBORS. LIKELY POPS WILL PROBABLY
BE NEEDED AS WE GET CLOSER TO WED. CONVECTION WILL SLOWLY WIND DOWN
WED EVENING. WITH A MODEST SWLY BNDRY LAYER FLOW...SOME STRATUS MAY
DEVELOP OVERNIGHT.

&&

.LONG TERM /THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/...
AS OF 1200 PM MONDAY...NO NOTEWORTHY CHANGES WERE MADE TO THE
MEDIUM RANGE FORECAST. OVERALL THE THINKING IS VERY SIMILAR TO THE
PREVIOUS FORECAST WITH THE EASTERN CONUS TROF LINGERING INTO THE
START OF THE WEEKEND BEFORE STARTING TO WEAKEN. THE MODELS DIFFER A
BIT REGARDING THE RIDGE ATTEMPTING TO BUILD BACK OVER THE EAST WITH
THE EC HANGING ONTO THE TROF THE LONGEST. A SEMI STATIONARY BOUNDARY
WILL REMAIN IN THE VICINITY OF THE FA INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. THIS
WILL ALLOW FOR DEEP MOISTURE AND MODERATE TO STRONG LEVEL OF
SURFACE BASED INSTABILITY EACH AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THUNDERSTORM
COVERAGE WILL MORE THAN LIKELY BE NUMEROUS THROUGH ABOUT SUNDAY WITH
PERHAPS A LITTLE LESS COVERAGE BY MONDAY. CONFIDENCE IN THE DAY 7
FORECAST IS STILL PRETTY LOW AT THIS POINT. FURTHERMORE...1000-500
MB FLOW WILL BE VERY WEAK EACH AFTERNOON AND EVENING SO THE THREAT
OF SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL
BE A PRIMARY CONCERN. TEMPERATURES WILL BE CLOSE TO NORMAL THROUGH
THE ENTIRE PERIOD...ESPECIALLY WITH WIDESPREAD CLOUD COVER AND
THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY LIMITING MAX HEATING JUST A BIT.

&&

.AVIATION /18Z MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/...
AT KCLT AND ELSEWHERE...COVERAGE OF SHRA/TSRA WILL CERTAINLY
INCREASE AND SPREAD EAST ACROSS THE CWA THIS AFTERNOON. TAFS WILL
CONTAIN A CB IN THE SKY FIELD THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY
EVENING. I WILL INCLUDE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING TEMPOS AT
KAVL/KHKY/KCLT FOR TSRA. CONVECTION SHOULD DECREASE THROUGH THE LATE
EVENING AND EARLY MORNING HOURS. AREAS OF RAINFALL THROUGH THIS
EVENING WILL BE PRIME AREAS FOR FOG TONIGHT. I WILL FORECAST AT
LEAST MVFR FOG DURING THE PRE DAWN HOURS FOR THE TSRA TEMPO SITES.
CONVECTION POTENTIAL APPEARS JUST AS HIGH TOMORROW...BUT NOT BEFORE
18Z.

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...MCAVOY
NEAR TERM...NED
SHORT TERM...MCAVOY
LONG TERM...MCAVOY
AVIATION...NED

Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 4, 12:53 PM EDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1253 PM EDT MON JUL 4 2011

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ071-072-082-SCZ001>014-019-051700-
RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-
UNION NC-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-
GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-
CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD-
1253 PM EDT MON JUL 4 2011

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

THE COVERAGE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE REGION
TODAY...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. STAY INFORMED OF THE LATEST FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE
WARNINGS AS YOU CARRY OUT YOUR HOLIDAY PLANS THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING.

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

SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AGAIN ON TUESDAY
ACROSS MOST OF THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA. SOME
OF THESE STORMS MAY ONCE AGAIN BECOME SEVERE...PRODUCING DAMAGING
STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. THE SLOW MOVING STORMS WILL BE
ACCOMPANIED BY LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. ISOLATED AREAS OF FLASH
FLOODING WILL BECOME MORE OF A CONCERN AS MORE AREAS RECEIVE HEAVY
RAIN DURING THE WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

NONE.

NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065-068>070-501>510-051700-
AVERY-ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-
BUNCOMBE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-
SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-
CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-GREATER CALDWELL-BURKE MOUNTAINS-GREATER BURKE-
MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-EASTERN MCDOWELL-RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-
GREATER RUTHERFORD-POLK MOUNTAINS-EASTERN POLK-
1253 PM EDT MON JUL 4 2011

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 594 IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA AND
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.

   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH.

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

SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AGAIN ON TUESDAY
ACROSS MOST OF THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA. SOME
OF THESE STORMS MAY ONCE AGAIN BECOME SEVERE...PRODUCING DAMAGING
STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. THE SLOW MOVING STORMS WILL BE
ACCOMPANIED BY LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. ISOLATED AREAS OF FLASH
FLOODING WILL BECOME MORE OF A CONCERN AS MORE AREAS RECEIVE HEAVY
RAIN DURING THE WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

NONE.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 4, 12:29 PM EDT, 1 hour 44 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1229 PM EDT MON JUL 04 2011

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

0445 PM     TSTM WND DMG     WOODRUFF                34.74N 82.03W
07/03/2011                   SPARTANBURG        SC   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

            A SMALL TREE WAS DOWN NEAR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. NO OTHER
            DAMAGE WAS KNOWN AND NO HAIL KNOWN IN WOODRUFF EVEN FROM
            OTHER CALLS IN TOWN.

0510 PM     TSTM WND DMG     BUFFALO                 34.72N 81.68W
07/03/2011                   UNION              SC   911 CALL CENTER

            DISPATCH REPORTED A TREE DOWN AND HAD A PUBLIC REPORT OF
            OTHER TREE LIMBS DOWN ON MILL STREET.

&&

OUTLAW

Special weather statement, Jul 4, 1:27 PM EDT, 46 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
127 PM EDT MON JUL 4 2011

NCZ048-049-041800-
MADISON-YANCEY-
127 PM EDT MON JUL 4 2011

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EASTERN MADISON AND WESTERN
YANCEY COUNTIES THROUGH 200 PM EDT...

AT 122 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES WEST OF FAUST...OR 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF
MARSHALL...MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH.

PEOPLE IN EASTERN MADISON AND WESTERN YANCEY COUNTIES...

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

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

LAT...LON 3602 8239 3586 8236 3584 8265 3600 8263
      3600 8260 3599 8260 3597 8260 3596 8256
      3598 8254 3598 8251 3602 8246

BSH

Special weather statement, Jul 4, 1:32 PM EDT, 41 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
132 PM EDT MON JUL 4 2011

NCZ048-053-041800-
BUNCOMBE-MADISON-
132 PM EDT MON JUL 4 2011

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHERN MADISON AND WESTERN
BUNCOMBE COUNTIES THROUGH 200 PM EDT...

AT 131 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES WEST OF CANTO...OR 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
MARSHALL...MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  LEICESTER...

PEOPLE IN SOUTHERN MADISON AND WESTERN BUNCOMBE COUNTIES...INCLUDING
THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

LEICESTER...

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

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

LAT...LON 3581 8261 3559 8261 3563 8285 3564 8287
      3565 8288 3576 8289

BSH

Special weather statement, Jul 4, 2:04 PM EDT, 9 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
204 PM EDT MON JUL 4 2011

NCZ063-064-SCZ001-002-041830-
OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-
204 PM EDT MON JUL 4 2011

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHERN OCONEE...NORTHWESTERN
PICKENS...SOUTHEASTERN JACKSON AND SOUTHWESTERN TRANSYLVANIA COUNTIES
THROUGH 230 PM EDT...

AT 200 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SAPPHIRE...OR 20 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF BREVARD...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  LAKE TOXAWAY...

PEOPLE IN NORTHERN OCONEE...NORTHWESTERN PICKENS...SOUTHEASTERN
JACKSON AND SOUTHWESTERN TRANSYLVANIA COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE
FOLLOWING LOCATION...

LAKE TOXAWAY...

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

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

LAT...LON 3523 8281 3501 8274 3499 8307 3513 8309

BSH

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 4, 1:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Yancey	33 min
Jul 4, 1:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Madison	28 min
Jul 4, 1:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Buncombe, Haywood, Henderson, Transylvania	65 min
Jul 4, 1:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Buncombe, Madison, Yancey	55 min
Jul 4, 2:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Transylvania	26 min
Jul 4, 2:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Madison, Yancey	39 min
Jul 4, 2:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Avery, Mitchell	28 min
Jul 4, 2:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	McDowell	34 min
Jul 4, 3:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Watauga	25 min
Jul 4, 3:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Henderson	28 min
Jul 4, 3:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Avery, Burke, Caldwell, McDowell, Mitchell	49 min
Jul 4, 3:43 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Avery	3 hr
Jul 4, 3:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Caldwell	40 min
Jul 4, 3:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Alexander	36 min
Jul 4, 3:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Polk	32 min
Jul 4, 4:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Alexander, Catawba, Iredell	66 min
Jul 4, 4:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Alexander, Burke, Catawba, Iredell, Lincoln	67 min
Jul 4, 4:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Cleveland, Gaston, Lincoln	66 min
Jul 4, 4:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Cleveland, Gaston	63 min
Jul 4, 5:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Cabarrus, Davie, Rowan	50 min
Jul 4, 5:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Cabarrus, Gaston, Iredell, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Union	55 min
Jul 4, 3:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Abbeville	32 min
Jul 4, 3:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Laurens	26 min
Jul 4, 3:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Abbeville, Anderson	53 min
Jul 4, 4:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Cherokee, Spartanburg	64 min
Jul 4, 4:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Abbeville, Anderson, Greenville, Greenwood, Laurens	64 min
Jul 4, 5:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Laurens, Union	64 min
Jul 4, 5:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Cherokee, Spartanburg, Union	56 min
Jul 4, 5:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Laurens	27 min
Jul 4, 5:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Cherokee, Laurens, Spartanburg, Union	54 min
Jul 4, 6:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Chester, York	45 min
Jul 4, 7:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Chester	30 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.