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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 531, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

July 8, 20114 counties in South Carolina; 4 counties in North Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 8, 2011, 8:36 PM EDT for 4 counties in South Carolina; 4 counties in North Carolina. It was in force for 54 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 8, 2011, 8:36 PM EDT (00:36 UTC)
Expired
Jul 8, 2011, 9:30 PM EDT
In force
54 min
Issued by
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Catawba County, NC, Cleveland County, NC, Gaston County, NC, Lincoln County, NC, Cherokee County, SC, Spartanburg County, SC, Union County, SC, York County, SC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:36 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 8, 8:36 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG1 E Boiling Springs Nc, NCTHE ROOF OF A MASONIC LODGE WAS BLOWN OFF AND A FEW OTHER TREES BLOWN DOWN WITH AT LEAST TWO OF THOSE TREES IN THE ROADWAY. BASED ON CALLS AROUND SHELBY AND WACO...SEEMS THE WIND WAS MUCH LESS IN THAT PART OF THE 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 one storm report to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 0 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 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 137 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 00:00Z on 2011-07-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 884 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 00:00Z on 2011-07-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 112 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
884 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-56 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1019 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
112 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
140 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
2.2

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The text

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

642 
WUUS52 KGSP 090036
SVRGSP
NCC035-045-071-109-SCC021-083-087-091-090130-
/O.NEW.KGSP.SV.W.0531.110709T0036Z-110709T0130Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
836 PM EDT FRI JUL 8 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN CATAWBA COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...
  CLEVELAND COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...
  GASTON COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...
  LINCOLN COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...
  CHEROKEE COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...
  SOUTHEASTERN SPARTANBURG COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...
  NORTHWESTERN YORK COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...
  NORTHWESTERN UNION COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...

* UNTIL 930 PM EDT

* AT 832 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
  EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
  FROM KINGSTOWN TO 5 MILES WEST OF EARL TO 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
  JONESVILLE...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF
  SHELBY TO 8 MILES NORTH OF GAFFNEY TO 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF
  UNION...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  LAWNDALE AND CASAR...
  BELWOOD AND PATTERSON SPRINGS...
  BLACKSBURG...
  COOKSVILLE AND WACO...
  VALE AND CHERRYVILLE...
  KINGS MOUNTAIN...

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 3571 8105 3571 8100 3562 8093 3555 8096
      3553 8094 3550 8096 3545 8094 3536 8097
      3537 8096 3530 8101 3501 8111 3468 8189
      3516 8169 3554 8169 3557 8160 3557 8154
      3560 8151 3573 8106
TIME...MOT...LOC 0036Z 242DEG 30KT 3540 8159 3520 8158
          3480 8176

$$

HG
2 follow-up statements
491 
WWUS52 KGSP 090107
SVSGSP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
907 PM EDT FRI JUL 8 2011

SCC083-090116-
/O.CAN.KGSP.SV.W.0531.000000T0000Z-110709T0130Z/
SPARTANBURG SC-
907 PM EDT FRI JUL 8 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL SPARTANBURG
COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

AT 906 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT 
THE LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAD MOVED EAST OF SPARTANBURG 
COUNTY.

LAT...LON 3573 8106 3572 8107 3571 8100 3562 8093
      3555 8096 3553 8094 3550 8096 3545 8094
      3538 8098 3536 8097 3524 8103 3501 8111
      3474 8175 3514 8160 3537 8155 3557 8160
      3557 8154 3560 8151
TIME...MOT...LOC 0106Z 242DEG 32KT 3557 8131 3532 8131
          3490 8148

$$

NCC035-045-071-109-SCC021-087-091-090130-
/O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0531.000000T0000Z-110709T0130Z/
CATAWBA NC-CLEVELAND NC-GASTON NC-LINCOLN NC-CHEROKEE SC-YORK SC-
UNION SC-
907 PM EDT FRI JUL 8 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM EDT
FOR LINCOLN...GASTON...EASTERN CLEVELAND AND SOUTHERN CATAWBA
COUNTIES IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...AND NORTH CENTRAL
UNION...NORTHWESTERN YORK AND EASTERN CHEROKEE COUNTIES IN UPSTATE
SOUTH CAROLINA...

AT 906 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM VALE TO 4 MILES NORTH OF KINGS MOUNTAIN TO SARATT...OR
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF LINCOLNTON TO 11
MILES EAST OF SHELBY TO 12 MILES NORTHEAST OF UNION...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 
SMYRNA...KINGS MOUNTAIN STATE PARK...HICKORY GROVE...BESSEMER 
CITY...NEWTON...SHARON...DALLAS...GASTONIA...CLOVER...AND 
LOWELL.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD BE ALERT FOR 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. THIS STORM MAY CAUSE FLOODING OF ROADS WITH POOR 
DRAINAGE. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS 
THE ROAD. THE WATER MAY BE TOO DEEP TO ALLOW YOUR VEHICLE TO CROSS.

&&

LAT...LON 3573 8106 3572 8107 3571 8100 3562 8093
      3555 8096 3553 8094 3550 8096 3545 8094
      3538 8098 3536 8097 3524 8103 3501 8111
      3474 8175 3514 8160 3537 8155 3557 8160
      3557 8154 3560 8151
TIME...MOT...LOC 0106Z 242DEG 32KT 3557 8131 3532 8131
          3490 8148

$$

HG
707 
WWUS52 KGSP 090126
SVSGSP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
926 PM EDT FRI JUL 8 2011

NCC035-045-071-109-SCC021-087-091-090136-
/O.EXP.KGSP.SV.W.0531.000000T0000Z-110709T0130Z/
CATAWBA NC-CLEVELAND NC-GASTON NC-LINCOLN NC-CHEROKEE SC-YORK SC-
UNION SC-
926 PM EDT FRI JUL 8 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR LINCOLN...GASTON...EASTERN
CLEVELAND AND SOUTHERN CATAWBA COUNTIES IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH
CAROLINA...AND NORTH CENTRAL UNION...NORTHWESTERN YORK AND EASTERN
CHEROKEE COUNTIES IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA WILL EXPIRE AT 930 PM
EDT...

AT 926 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THAT THE 
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CROSSING THE AREA HAD WEAKENED A BIT 
BELOW SEVERE LIMITS. WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH...TORRENTIAL 
DOWNPOURS...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING...CAN STILL BE EXPECTED THROUGH 
10 PM.

LAT...LON 3573 8106 3572 8107 3571 8100 3562 8093
      3555 8096 3553 8094 3550 8096 3545 8094
      3538 8098 3536 8097 3524 8103 3501 8111
      3474 8175 3514 8160 3537 8155 3557 8160
      3557 8154 3560 8151
TIME...MOT...LOC 0126Z 245DEG 38KT 3564 8106 3539 8106
          3497 8124

$$

HG

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 8, 8:01 PM EDT, 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 8, 8:01 PM EDT, 35 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
801 PM EDT FRI JUL 8 2011

.SYNOPSIS...
A WEAK FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA SATURDAY AND STALL OVER OR JUST
SOUTH OF THE AREA SUNDAY. WEAK HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD MONDAY
BEFORE ANOTHER WEAK FRONT MOVES IN BY MID WEEK.

&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH SATURDAY/...
AS OF 800 PM...WILL DO ANOTHER UPDATE SHORTLY...AS THIS ONE WAS
MAINLY FOR THE 00Z TAFS. A SHORTWAVE IS CROSSING THE CWFA THIS
EVENING...AND HAS PROVIDED ENUF FORCING TO GENERATE A CONSOLIDATING
LINE OF MAINLY MODERATE TO STRONG STORMS ALIGNED JUST EAST OF THE
BLUE RIDGE SOUTH ACRS THE GSP METRO AREA TO ABBEVILLE SC. THE NEXT
UPDATE WILL BE TO BETTER REFLECT THE TRENDS IN POP/WX/T/TD
ASSOCIATED WITH THIS LINE.

PREVIOUS DISCUSSION...
AT 1 PM EDT...AN UPPER TROUGH AXIS WILL CROSS THE SOUTHERN
APPALACHIANS TONIGHT AND REACH THE EAST COAST ON SATURDAY...
WHILE A WELL DEFINED SHORTWAVE MOVES THROUGH THE BASE OF THIS
TROUGH. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SOUTH FROM THE OH RIVER VALLEY...TO
INTO OUR AREA TONIGHT. FORCING ASSOCIATED WITH THE SHORTWAVE AND THE
FRONT...COMBINED WITH DEEP MOISTURE SOUTH OF THE FRONT...WILL
SUPPORT LIKELY POPS THIS EVENING.

WITH INCREASED WIND SHEAR ASSOCIATED WITH THE TROUGH...ORGANIZED
CONVECTION IS POSSIBLE...SOME OF WHICH MAY PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND
GUSTS. ALTHOUGH FREEZING LEVELS ARE RATHER HIGH...LARGE HAIL CANNOT
BE RULED OUT. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH RICH MOISTURE
OVER THE AREA...BUT MODERATE FLOW ALOFT SHOULD KEEP CELLS
MOVING...AND VEERING FLOW ALOFT THIS EVENING  SHOULD LIMIT TRAINING.
ONE HOUR FLASH FLOOD GUIDANCE IS RUNNING 2 TO 3 INCHES...AND
ALTHOUGH THIS MAY BE REACHED IN ISOLATED LOCATION... NO FLASH FLOOD
WATCH IS PLANNED AT THIS TIME. CONVECTION WILL DIMINISH LATER THIS
EVENING WITH THE LOSS OF HEATING...BUT AS LOW LEVEL FLOW
VEERS...UPSLOPE FLOW SHOWERS CAN BE EXPECTED TO PERSIST ALONG THE
TN BORDER OVERNIGHT. MINIMUM TEMPERATURES WILL BE ABOVE NORMAL IN A
MOIST AIR MASS.

THE COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SOUTH OF OUR AREA TOMORROW
MORNING...MEANING THAT FORCING AND THE DEEPEST MOISTURE WILL NOT
COINCIDE WITH THE BEST HEATING OF THE DAY. WITH THAT IN MIND...ONLY
CHANCE POPS WILL BE CARRIED ON SATURDAY...WITH THE MAIN FOCUS
SHIFTING TO THE PIEDMONT BY AFTERNOON...WHERE THE BEST CHANCE OF
SEVERE WEATHER WILL EXIST. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL RUIN SLIGHTLY
ABOVE NORMAL AS HEIGHTS BEGIN TO RISE IN THE WAKE OF THE UPPER
TROUGH.

&&

.SHORT TERM /SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY/...
AS OF 205 PM FRIDAY...MODELS REMAIN IN DECENT AGREEMENT IN BUILDING
AN UPPER RIDGE OVER THE AREA SUN AND MONDAY. HOWEVER...THE MDLS
DISAGREE ON WHERE THE WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY STALLS AND THE AMOUNT OF
LOW LEVEL ELY MOIST FLOW ACROSS THE AREA. THE NAM IS THE DRIEST
PUSHING THE BOUNDARY FARTHER SOUTH...BUT STILL KEEPS MOISTURE AND
LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE FROM THE UPPER SAVANNAH RIVER VALLEY INTO THE
MTNS. THE GFS AND SREF KEEP THE BOUNDARY FARTHER NORTH WITH MORE
MOISTURE ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA. HAVE GONE WITH A BLEND KEEPING CHC
POP CONFINED TO THE WRN UPSTATE...NE GA AND THE SRN MTN/FOOTHILLS OF
NC WITH ISOLATED POP ELSEWHERE FOR SUN. WENT WITH SLIGHT CHC POP ALL
AREAS MONDAY...BUT THIS MAY BE TOO HIGH OUTSIDE OF THE MTNS AND
UPPER SAVANNAH RIVER VALLEY. POP WILL RETAIN A DIURNAL TREND. ABOVE
NORMAL HIGHS SUNDAY GO WELL ABOVE NORMAL MONDAY WITH RISING HEIGHTS.
LOWS REMAIN NEARLY STEADY AT NEAR TO SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL.

&&

.LONG TERM /MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY/...
AS OF 150 PM FRIDAY...UPPER RIDGE OVER THE AREA BEGINS TO RETROGRADE
AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PERIOD AS A TROF FORMS OFF THE EAST COAST.
THIS PUTS OUR AREA IN A WEAK NWLY FLOW. THIS ALLOWS WEAK SHORT WAVES
TO DROP DOWN TOWARD THE AREA PUSHING A FRONT IN FROM THE NW ON TUE.
THE GFS AND CANADIAN TRY TO PUSH THE FRONT SOUTH OF THE AREA WED AND
KEEP IT THERE THU AND FRI AS DRY HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN FROM THE
NORTH. THE ECMWF STALLS THE FRONT OVER THE AREA WED AND ONLY PUSHES
IT TO THE SRN CWFA FOR THU WITH SOME DRIER AIR BUILDING IN FROM THE
N FRI. THERE IS ALWAYS A QUESTION HOW FAR SOUTH A FRONT CAN GO THIS
TIME OF YEAR...SO HAVE TRENDED TOWARD THE ECMWF SOLN. THIS MEANS A
MAINLY DIURNAL POP TREND. WITH BEST CHC WEST TUE AND FRI AND CHC ALL
AREAS WED AND THU. WELL ABOVE NORMAL HIGHS TUE SLOWLY FALL TO NEAR
NORMAL FOR THU AND FRI AS HEIGHTS FALL. LOWS FOLLOW A SIMILAR TREND.

&&

.AVIATION /00Z SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
AT KCLT...STILL PLENTY OF STORMS NEAR THE TERMINAL...SO I WILL HAVE
A TEMPO FOR TS AND SOME RA AND GUSTY WINDS FOR FIRST HOUR OF 00Z
TAF. AFTER THAT...ANOTHER ROUND OF STORMS TO THE WEST MAY AFFECT THE
TERMINAL LATER THIS EVENING...SO I WILL KEEP CB MENTION FOR A FEW
HOURS. THINGS SHUD WIND DOWN BEHIND THAT LINE BY 06Z. AS FAR AS
STRATUS...FOG/HAZE/SMOKE LATER TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY...I MAY DO AN
AMENDMENT TO ADD SOME RESTRICTIONS. GUIDANCE WAS NOT VERY
IMPRESSED...BUT GIVEN ALL THE RAIN AND CONTINUED WEAK LLVL
FLOW...THINK THERE WILL BE FOG AND STRATUS AROUND SATURDAY MORNING.
BY MIDDAY...BACK TO VFR WITH SCATTERED SHRA/TSRA AGAIN...BUT
COVERAGE IS EXPECTED TO BE LOWER THAN LAST FEW DAYS. SO NO CB OR
SHRA MENTION AT THIS TIME. NELY WIND BEHIND A SLOW-MOVING COLD FRONT
IS EXPECTED...BUT SOME OF THE GUIDANCE KEEPS WINDS SELY.

ELSEWHERE...AT TIME OF 00Z TAF ISSUANCE...TS WAS AFFECTING
GMU/GSP/HKY...BUT THINGS SHUD PUSH OFF TO THE EAST OF THIS LINE BY
01Z. THERE IS STILL SOME CHC OF CONVECTION FOR THE REST OF THE
EVENING...SO WILL KEEP A MENTION OF CB. BY 06Z...SHUD BE FAIRLY
QUIET...BUT MOISTURE OF THE RAIN AND LIGHT FLOW AHEAD OF A
SLOW-MOVING COLD FRONT WILL ALLOW FOR PATCHY FOG AND STRATUS TO
DEVELOP AGAIN OVERNIGHT. KAVL AND KHKY HAVE THE HIGHEST CHC OF
FOG...BUT MAY NEED TO AMEND FOR GMU/GSP WHERE RAIN IS CURRENTLY
FALLING. WINDS WILL VEER FROM SW THIS EVENING TO NW BY DAWN...AS A
COLD FRONT MOVES THOUGH FROM THE NORTH. KAND WILL BE THE
EXCEPTION...WITH WESTERLY WINDS REMAINING SOUTH OF THE FRONT.
CONVECTION SATURDAY WILL BE MOST LIKELY NEAR THE FRONT AT KAND AND
KGMU...BUT CONFIDENCE IS TOO LOW TO CARRY CB.

OUTLOOK...A STALLED COLD FRONT ACROSS THE AREA ON SUNDAY IS EXPECTED
TO PUSH SOUTH ON MONDAY. AFTERNOON CONVECTIVE RESTRICTIONS
POSSIBLE...FOLLOWED BY MORNING FOG RESTRICTIONS WHERE RAIN FELL THE
DAY BEFORE. EXPECT SLIGHTLY DRIER CONDITIONS BY MONDAY.

AN EXPERIMENTAL AVIATION FORECAST CONSISTENCY TABLE SHOWING THE
PERCENTAGE OF GUIDANCE MEMBERS AGREEING WITH THE SCHEDULED ISSUANCE
CATEGORY IS AVAILABLE AT WEATHER.GOV/GSP/AVIATION/AVIATION.PHP#TABLE

&&

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

&&

SYNOPSIS...RWH
NEAR TERM...ARK/JAT
SHORT TERM...RWH
LONG TERM...RWH
AVIATION...JAT
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 8, 3:25 PM EDT, 5 hours 11 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
325 PM EDT FRI JUL 8 2011

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065-
068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-091930-
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-
325 PM EDT FRI JUL 8 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.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH
THE EVENING. AREAS OF HEAVY RAIN WILL DEVELOP WITH LOCALIZED FLASH
FLOODING POSSIBLE. A FEW SEVERE STORMS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE...
WITH DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS THE MAIN THREAT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

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

Special weather statement, Jul 8, 8:03 PM EDT, 33 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
803 PM EDT FRI JUL 8 2011

NCZ035-036-056-090030-
ALEXANDER-CATAWBA-IREDELL-
803 PM EDT FRI JUL 8 2011

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT ALEXANDER...NORTHERN CATAWBA AND
NORTHWESTERN IREDELL COUNTIES THROUGH 830 PM EDT...

AT 803 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES NORTH OF BETHLEHEM...OR 7 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF TAYLORSVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  ELLENDALE...
  TAYLORSVILLE...
  STONY POINT...

WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. IN
ADDITION...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.

LAT...LON 3589 8085 3575 8131 3580 8134 3589 8133
      3592 8135 3594 8134 3604 8110 3603 8108
      3607 8098 3606 8095

HG
Special weather statement, Jul 8, 8:14 PM EDT, 22 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
814 PM EDT FRI JUL 8 2011

NCZ068-508-SCZ007-008-013-090100-
CHEROKEE-CLEVELAND-GREATER RUTHERFORD-SPARTANBURG-UNION-
814 PM EDT FRI JUL 8 2011

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT CHEROKEE...CLEVELAND...EASTERN
SPARTANBURG...NORTHWESTERN UNION AND SOUTHEASTERN RUTHERFORD COUNTIES
THROUGH 900 PM EDT...

AT 814 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM ALEXANDER MILLS TO
COWPENS TO 4 MILES EAST OF WOODRUFF...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

THESE STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  BOSTIC...
  ELLENBORO...
  PACOLET...
  BOILING SPRINGS NC...
  POLKVILLE...
  JONESVILLE...

PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE
STORMS.

LAT...LON 3467 8202 3469 8203 3501 8190 3535 8195
      3551 8151 3540 8144 3533 8136 3529 8136
      3526 8132 3516 8134 3517 8136 3514 8140
      3505 8141 3503 8149 3486 8146 3466 8200

HG
Special weather statement, Jul 8, 8:16 PM EDT, 20 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
816 PM EDT FRI JUL 8 2011

SCZ007-012-013-019-090045-
GREENWOOD-LAURENS-SPARTANBURG-UNION-
816 PM EDT FRI JUL 8 2011

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT LAURENS...NORTHERN GREENWOOD...
SOUTHEASTERN SPARTANBURG AND WESTERN UNION COUNTIES THROUGH 845 PM
EDT...

AT 816 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM ENOREE TO 4 MILES
WEST OF GREENWOOD...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

THESE STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  GREENWOOD...
  LAKE GREENWOOD...
  CROSS HILL...
  CLINTON...

PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH
THESE STORMS.

LAT...LON 3416 8224 3423 8225 3466 8200 3483 8154
      3434 8181 3430 8189 3422 8192 3421 8194
      3419 8192 3411 8227

HG
Special weather statement, Jul 8, 8:25 PM EDT, 11 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
825 PM EDT FRI JUL 8 2011

NCZ036-037-090100-
DAVIE-IREDELL-
825 PM EDT FRI JUL 8 2011

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN IREDELL AND
NORTHERN DAVIE COUNTIES THROUGH 900 PM EDT...

AT 825 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES WEST OF HARMONY...OR 12 MILES NORTH OF
STATESVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  FARMINGTON...

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

LAT...LON 3585 8084 3600 8096 3606 8085 3605 8050
      3605 8049 3607 8046 3602 8041

HG
Local storm report, Jul 8, 8:29 PM EDT, 7 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
829 PM EDT FRI JUL 08 2011

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

0805 PM     TSTM WND DMG     4 ESE FINGERVILLE       35.11N 81.94W
07/08/2011                   SPARTANBURG        SC   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

            TREES DOWN ON POWER LINES NEAR 2044 PEACHTREE ROAD ESE OF
            FINGERVILLE, SC.

&&

JPT
Special weather statement, Jul 8, 8:31 PM EDT, 5 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
831 PM EDT FRI JUL 8 2011

NCZ036-037-057-071-072-090100-
CABARRUS-DAVIE-IREDELL-MECKLENBURG-ROWAN-
831 PM EDT FRI JUL 8 2011

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT CABARRUS...DAVIE...NORTHEASTERN
MECKLENBURG...ROWAN AND SOUTHEASTERN IREDELL COUNTIES THROUGH 900 PM
EDT...

AT 831 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
TURNERSBURG TO I-77 AT I-85...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

THESE STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  UNC CHARLOTTE...
  ENOCHVILLE...
  CHARLOTTE MOTOR SPEEDWAY...
  MOCKSVILLE...
  CONCORD...
  SALISBURY...

PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE
STORMS. 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.

LAT...LON 3588 8037 3588 8041 3586 8038 3584 8039
      3582 8047 3574 8045 3572 8038 3528 8045
      3515 8089 3593 8078 3603 8043 3601 8041
      3599 8041 3596 8037 3590 8036

HG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 8, 8:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPLaurens29 min
Jul 8, 8:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPCherokee46 min
Jul 8, 8:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPGreenwood, Laurens29 min
Jul 8, 8:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPChester, Greenwood, Laurens, Union, York67 min
Jul 8, 9:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPYork51 min
Jul 8, 9:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPChester26 min
Jul 8, 9:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPChester35 min
Jul 9, 3:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPChester52 min
Jul 9, 4:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPGreenville28 min
Jul 9, 5:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPLaurens34 min
Jul 9, 5:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPAnderson37 min
Jul 9, 6:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPGreenville23 min
Jul 9, 6:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPAnderson31 min
Jul 9, 6:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPGreenwood31 min
Jul 9, 7:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPAbbeville, Greenwood30 min
Jul 9, 7:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPAnderson23 min
Jul 9, 7:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPAbbeville32 min
Jul 8, 8:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPAlexander27 min
Jul 8, 8:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPDavie35 min
Jul 8, 8:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPCabarrus, Davie, Mecklenburg, Rowan29 min
Jul 8, 8:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPCabarrus, Davie, Rowan37 min
Jul 8, 9:32 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPLincoln118 min
Jul 8, 9:42 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPMecklenburg108 min
Jul 8, 9:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPCabarrus, Davie, Mecklenburg, Rowan41 min
Jul 8, 10:17 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPRowan103 min
Jul 8, 10:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPCabarrus, Mecklenburg, Rowan, Union40 min
Jul 8, 10:45 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningGSPDavie, Rowan93 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in South Carolina, 2011Severe 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.