Alert archive / South Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 531, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 8, 8:36 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 E Boiling Springs Nc, NC | THE 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.
- 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
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
$$
HG2 follow-up statements
491
WWUS52 KGSP 090107
SVSGSP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
907 PM EDT FRI JUL 8 2011
SCC083-090116-
/O.CAN.KGSP.SV.W.0531.000000T0000Z-110709T0130Z/
SPARTANBURG SC-
907 PM EDT FRI JUL 8 2011
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL SPARTANBURG
COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
AT 906 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT
THE LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAD MOVED EAST OF SPARTANBURG
COUNTY.
LAT...LON 3573 8106 3572 8107 3571 8100 3562 8093
3555 8096 3553 8094 3550 8096 3545 8094
3538 8098 3536 8097 3524 8103 3501 8111
3474 8175 3514 8160 3537 8155 3557 8160
3557 8154 3560 8151
TIME...MOT...LOC 0106Z 242DEG 32KT 3557 8131 3532 8131
3490 8148
$$
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
$$
HG707
WWUS52 KGSP 090126
SVSGSP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
926 PM EDT FRI JUL 8 2011
NCC035-045-071-109-SCC021-087-091-090136-
/O.EXP.KGSP.SV.W.0531.000000T0000Z-110709T0130Z/
CATAWBA NC-CLEVELAND NC-GASTON NC-LINCOLN NC-CHEROKEE SC-YORK SC-
UNION SC-
926 PM EDT FRI JUL 8 2011
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR LINCOLN...GASTON...EASTERN
CLEVELAND AND SOUTHERN CATAWBA COUNTIES IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH
CAROLINA...AND NORTH CENTRAL UNION...NORTHWESTERN YORK AND EASTERN
CHEROKEE COUNTIES IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA WILL EXPIRE AT 930 PM
EDT...
AT 926 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THAT THE
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CROSSING THE AREA HAD WEAKENED A BIT
BELOW SEVERE LIMITS. WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH...TORRENTIAL
DOWNPOURS...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING...CAN STILL BE EXPECTED THROUGH
10 PM.
LAT...LON 3573 8106 3572 8107 3571 8100 3562 8093
3555 8096 3553 8094 3550 8096 3545 8094
3538 8098 3536 8097 3524 8103 3501 8111
3474 8175 3514 8160 3537 8155 3557 8160
3557 8154 3560 8151
TIME...MOT...LOC 0126Z 245DEG 38KT 3564 8106 3539 8106
3497 8124
$$
HGWhat 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
HGSpecial 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
HGSpecial 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
HGSpecial 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
HGLocal 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.
&&
JPTSpecial 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
HGThe office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 8, 8:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Laurens | 29 min |
| Jul 8, 8:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cherokee | 46 min |
| Jul 8, 8:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Greenwood, Laurens | 29 min |
| Jul 8, 8:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Chester, Greenwood, Laurens, Union, York | 67 min |
| Jul 8, 9:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | York | 51 min |
| Jul 8, 9:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Chester | 26 min |
| Jul 8, 9:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Chester | 35 min |
| Jul 9, 3:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Chester | 52 min |
| Jul 9, 4:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Greenville | 28 min |
| Jul 9, 5:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Laurens | 34 min |
| Jul 9, 5:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Anderson | 37 min |
| Jul 9, 6:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Greenville | 23 min |
| Jul 9, 6:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Anderson | 31 min |
| Jul 9, 6:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Greenwood | 31 min |
| Jul 9, 7:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Abbeville, Greenwood | 30 min |
| Jul 9, 7:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Anderson | 23 min |
| Jul 9, 7:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Abbeville | 32 min |
| Jul 8, 8:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Alexander | 27 min |
| Jul 8, 8:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Davie | 35 min |
| Jul 8, 8:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cabarrus, Davie, Mecklenburg, Rowan | 29 min |
| Jul 8, 8:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cabarrus, Davie, Rowan | 37 min |
| Jul 8, 9:32 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Lincoln | 118 min |
| Jul 8, 9:42 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Mecklenburg | 108 min |
| Jul 8, 9:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cabarrus, Davie, Mecklenburg, Rowan | 41 min |
| Jul 8, 10:17 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Rowan | 103 min |
| Jul 8, 10:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cabarrus, Mecklenburg, Rowan, Union | 40 min |
| Jul 8, 10:45 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Davie, Rowan | 93 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.