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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 542, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

July 13, 2011Mecklenburg County, North Carolina; Cherokee County, York County, South Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 13, 2011, 4:45 PM EDT for Mecklenburg County, North Carolina; Cherokee County, York County, South Carolina. It was in force for 75 min. 2 reports 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 13, 2011, 4:45 PM EDT (20:45 UTC)
Expired: Jul 13, 2011, 6:00 PM EDT
In force: 75 min
Issued by: NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Mecklenburg County, NC, Cherokee County, SC, York County, SC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:47 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 13, 4:54 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	2 Nw Blacksburg, SC	TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTS 3 OR 4 MEDIUM SIZE TREES SNAPPED IN HALF.
Jul 13, 5:03 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	6 Ne York, SC	SC HIGHWAY PATROL REPORTS A TREE BLOCKING THE ROADWAY NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF HW-49 AND KINGBURY ROAD.

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 3 storm reports to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 9 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, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 170 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: 1682 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -64 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1022 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -37 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 8 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: -0.6

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

890 
WUUS52 KGSP 132045
SVRGSP
NCC119-SCC021-091-132200-
/O.NEW.KGSP.SV.W.0542.110713T2045Z-110713T2200Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
445 PM EDT WED JUL 13 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN MECKLENBURG COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH
  CAROLINA...
  CHEROKEE COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...
  YORK COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...

* UNTIL 600 PM EDT

* AT 442 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
  HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE
  LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 20 MILES NORTH OF CAROWINDS TO
  2 MILES NORTH OF GAFFNEY...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF UNC CHARLOTTE TO GAFFNEY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  KINGS MOUNTAIN STATE PARK...
  CLOVER...
  SMYRNA...
  SARATT...
  LAKE WYLIE AND HICKORY GROVE...
  CAROWINDS AND YORK...

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.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.

&&

LAT...LON 3500 8084 3505 8089 3495 8086 3483 8089
      3482 8147 3484 8146 3487 8149 3487 8162
      3490 8165 3493 8175 3517 8187 3517 8151
      3515 8102 3518 8100 3518 8094 3504 8079
TIME...MOT...LOC 2045Z 305DEG 22KT 3537 8085 3509 8165

$$
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2 follow-up statements

138 
WWUS52 KGSP 132120
SVSGSP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
520 PM EDT WED JUL 13 2011

NCC119-SCC021-091-132200-
/O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0542.000000T0000Z-110713T2200Z/
MECKLENBURG NC-CHEROKEE SC-YORK SC-
520 PM EDT WED JUL 13 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EDT
FOR YORK...EASTERN CHEROKEE AND SOUTHWESTERN MECKLENBURG COUNTIES...

AT 516 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER
SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS
WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF LAKE
WYLIE TO 5 MILES SOUTH OF BLACKSBURG...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM
7 MILES WEST OF CENTER CITY CHARLOTTE TO 9 MILES EAST OF GAFFNEY...
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
SMYRNA...SARATT...HICKORY GROVE...CAROWINDS...YORK...SHARON...BULLOCK
CREEK...PINEVILLE...TEGA CAY...FORT MILL...ROCK HILL...MCCONNELLS AND
CATAWBA

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM 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.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.

&&

LAT...LON 3500 8084 3505 8089 3501 8090 3495 8086
      3483 8089 3482 8146 3487 8149 3489 8158
      3487 8162 3491 8165 3517 8151 3515 8103
      3518 8100 3518 8094 3504 8079
TIME...MOT...LOC 2120Z 305DEG 22KT 3520 8094 3503 8148

$$

07

549 
WWUS52 KGSP 132154
SVSGSP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
554 PM EDT WED JUL 13 2011

NCC119-SCC021-091-132204-
/O.EXP.KGSP.SV.W.0542.000000T0000Z-110713T2200Z/
MECKLENBURG NC-CHEROKEE SC-YORK SC-
554 PM EDT WED JUL 13 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR YORK...EASTERN CHEROKEE AND
SOUTHWESTERN MECKLENBURG COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 600 PM EDT...

THE THUNDERSTORMS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS.

LAT...LON 3500 8084 3505 8089 3501 8090 3495 8086
      3483 8089 3482 8146 3487 8149 3489 8158
      3487 8162 3491 8165 3517 8151 3515 8103
      3518 8100 3518 8094 3504 8079
TIME...MOT...LOC 2154Z 305DEG 22KT 3508 8073 3491 8127

$$
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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 13, 2:57 PM EDT, 1 hour 48 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 13, 2:57 PM EDT, 1 hour 48 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
257 PM EDT WED JUL 13 2011

.SYNOPSIS...
A COLD FRONT WILL DRIFT SLOWLY FROM NORTH TO SOUTH ACROSS OUR AREA
TONIGHT AND THURSDAY.  A RIDGE OF SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL BRING
COOLER AIR DOWN THE EAST COAST INTO THE WEEKEND.  A STRONG UPPER
RIDGE WILL BUILD IN FROM THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY NEXT WEEK AND RETURN
OUR REGION TO ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES.

&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT/...
AT THE SFC...A SHALLOW TROF WILL EXIST PRIMARILY ALONG AND NORTH OF
THE I-20 CORRIDOR THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A SLOW MOVING WEST TO
EAST COLD FRONT WILL SLOWLY DRIFT SOUTH ACROSS THE MID APPALACHIAN
REGION...REMAINING WELL NORTH OF THE CWA. ALOFT...H7 TO H5 RIDGE
WILL BREAK DOWN SLIGHTLY ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST. DEWPOINTS IN THE LOW
TO MID 70S AND TEMPS IN THE 90S SHOULD RESULT IN A VERY SHALLOW
LAYER OF CIN WITH MODERATE TO HIGH CAPE VALUES. AT A S/W SWINGS
ACROSS THE MID ATLANTIC THIS EVENING...MID LEVEL WINDS WILL INCREASE
ACROSS THE I-40 CORRDIOR WITH WEAK BAND OF FORCING. BASED ON THE
INSTABILITY AND FORCING...IT APPEARS THAT THE GREATEST SVR TSRA
POTENTIAL WILL OCCUR ACROSS I-40 CORRIDOR...HIGHLIGHTED WITH SVR
WATCH 638 UNTIL 10 PM.

OTHERWISE...EXPECT SCT COVERAGE ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NE
GA...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE MTNS. THE 12Z SOUNDINGS AT KGSO AND KFFC
OBSERVED HIGH FZL BETWEEN 15.2 TO 15.5 KFT WITH THE WBZ ABOVE 14
KFT. CORE HEIGHTS WILL REMAIN VERY ELEVATED...WITH THE 55 DBZ CORE
NEAR 30 KFT. BASED ON THE TEMPERATURE PROFILES AND MODERATE TO HIGH
CAPE IT APPEARS THAT A COUPLE OF SEVERE WET MICROBURSTS ARE
POSSIBLE.  IN ADDITION...PW BETWEEN 1.9 TO 2 INCHES AND SLOW STORM
MOTIONS COULD RESULT IN ISO AREAS OF HEAVY TO EXCESSIVE RAINFALL. WE
WILL CONTINUE TO MENTION DAMAGING WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN IN THE HWO.

DEWPOINTS WILL REMAIN ELEVATED ACROSS THE REGION BETWEEN THE TWO
SURFACE FEATURES...WITH THE HIGHEST VALUES EAST OF THE SFC TROF.
LATEST OBS ALONG AND EAST OF I-85 INDICATE HI VALUES OF 103 TO 105.
THE HEAT ADVISORY CONTINUES UNTIL 9 PM.

OVERNIGHT AND THURSDAY...A BACK DOOR COLD FRONT WILL SLIDE
SOUTH...REACHING THE CWA THURSDAY MORNING. BY THE AFTERNOON...THE
FRONT IS EXPECTED TO STALL ACROSS THE UPSTATE OF SC. MODELS ARE
QUITE ACTIVE WITH CONVECTION ALONG THE BOUNDARY. FAVORING THE
GFS...I WILL FAVOR THE UPPER SAVANNAH RIVER VALLEY AND NC MTNS FOR
POPS. THE LATEST DY2 SPC OUTLOOK INDICATES A GENERAL RISK. I WILL
FORECAST CHC POPS SW WITH SCHC NE. HIGH TEMPS SHOULD VERIFY SEVERAL
CATES BELOW VALUES OBSERVED EARLIER THIS WEEK...WITH U80S FAVORED.

&&

.SHORT TERM /FRIDAY/...
AS OF 130 PM WEDNESDAY...AS SFC RIDGING CONTINUES TO NOSE INTO
THE REGION...SHORT RANGE MODEL CONSENSUS DEPICTS DEEP LAYER RH BAND
LINGERING ATOP THE SW CWFA THURSDAY NIGHT. THE DEGREE OF E TO SE
925-850MB FLOW IS UNCERTAIN...BUT FOR NOW...WILL MAINTAIN CHANCE POPS
ACRS THE SOUTHERN AND WESTERN CWFA. DO NOT PREFER THE 12 UTC NAM
MASS FIELDS ON FRIDAY WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF LOW PRESSURE ALONG THE
COASTAL FRONT. WILL FAVOR THE GFS/SREF SOLUTION IN DEVELOPING A WEAK
SELY 85H FLOW ALONG WITH PWAT VALUES CREEPING TO ABOVE NORMAL
LEVELS. GIVEN THIS...SENSIBLE WX WILL CONTINUE TO FEATURE SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND TSTMS...A MID CHANCE POP. GIVEN WEAK STEERING FLOW AND A
WEAK LLVL WAA/UPSLOPE FLOW...THERE REMAINS THE POSSIBILITY OF
LOCALLY HEAVY/EXCESSIVE RAIN. THE LATEST MOS BLEND CONTINUES TO
SUPPORT THE GOING COOLISH MAX...PERHAPS AS MUCH AS 5 DEG F BELOW
CLIMO. WILL CONTINUE TO FAVOR THE OP GFS/SREF MASS FIELDS FOR
SATURDAY AS WELL IN WHERE THEY LINGER SOME DEGREE OF SELY FLOW ABOVE
WEAK SFC RIDGE. WOULD EXPECT ONLY NOMINAL CHANGES TO THE ABV NORMAL
PWAT VALUES ATOP THE REGION...WHICH IN THEORY WOULD SUPPORT SIMILAR
DEEP CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT TO FRIDAY. AGAIN...WITH THE EXPECTED
CLOUDS...SHOWERS AND THE LINGERING EASTERLY FLOW...MAX TEMPERATURES
EXPECTED TO BE ABOUT 5 DEG F BELOW CLIMO ONCE AGAIN.

&&

.LONG TERM /FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
AS OF 230 PM WEDNESDAY...AS THE CENTER OF THE SURFACE HIGH SHIFTS
FARTHER OFFSHORE...STILL EXPECT A WEAK MOIST FETCH FROM THE ATLANTIC
FEEDING IN ACROSS GEORGIA AND SOUTHERN SOUTH CAROLINA INTO SUNDAY.
THIS WEAK FLOW BREAKS DOWN BY LATE SUNDAY.  BOTH THE GFS AND ECMWF
HAVE A WEAK TROPICAL SYSTEM FORMING EAST OF JACKSONVILLE FLORIDA
SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT...BUT MOVES THIS OUT TO SEA AS THE UPPER
RIDGE BUILDS OVER THE MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEY.

GOING INTO DAY 6 AND 7...THERE WAS BIG DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE GFS
AND ECMWF...AS THE GFS DUG AN UPPER TROUGH DOWN THE EAST COAST AS
THE ECMWF WAS BUILDING THE MISSISSIPPI RIDGE TOWARD THE CAROLINAS.
THE LATEST RUN OF THE GFS IS TRENDING TOWARD THE ECMWF WITH THE
RIDGE BUILDING IN FROM THE WEST.  THE CONSENSUS IS FOR THE
TEMPERATURES TO SLOWLY CLIMB BACK INTO THE 90S NEXT WEEK FOR THE
FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT AND AROUND 90 DEGREES FOR THE MOUNTAINS BY
MID WEEK.  A SHORTWAVE COMING AROUND THE TOP OF THE RIDGE MAY GIVE
MAINLY NC PIEDMONT SECTIONS A FEW SHOWERS AND STORMS WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...BY THAT TIME THE RIDGE MAY SUPPRESS ALL ENERGY
TO OFF THE MID ATLANTIC COAST.

&&

.AVIATION /19Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY/...
AT KCLT AND ELSEWHERE...DEEP CONVECTION WILL FAVOR THE HIGH TERRAIN
AND UPPER SAVANNAH RIVER VALLEY THROUGH MID AFTERNOON. AS THE ATMOS
DESTABILIZES AND COOL POOLS ADVANCE COVERAGE WILL
INCREASE...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE MTNS AND FOOTHILLS. I WILL INCLUDE
A CB MENTION FOR EVERY TAF SITE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH MID EVENING.
LATE TONIGHT...TAF SITES EAST OF THE MTNS SHOULD REMAIN VFR...BUT
MVFR FOG IS POSSIBLE IF THE TERMINAL RECEIVES MEASURABLE RAIN. KAVL
WILL LIKELY SEE MVFR FOG OR LESS LATE TONIGHT...GIVEN A WARM CROSS
OVER TEMP. LIGHT NORTHEAST WINDS DEVELOPING THURSDAY MORNING WITH
SCT TO BKN DEBRIS CLOUDS.

OUTLOOK...SCATTERED DIURNAL CONVECTION AND EARLY MORNING FOG...
ESPECIALLY AT KAVL...CAN BE EXPECTED INTO THE WEEKEND. RIDGE BUILDS
IN FROM THE NE BEGINNING SUN WHICH SHOULD LIMIT CONVECTION TO SLIGHT
CHC FOR THE FIRST PART OF NEXT WEEK.

AN EXPERIMENTAL AVIATION FORECAST CONSISTENCY TABLE SHOWING THE
PERCENTAGE OF GUIDANCE MEMBERS AGREEING WITH THE SCHEDULED ISSUANCE
CATEGORY IS AVAILABLE AT FOLLOWING LINK (USE LOWER CASE)...

WWW.WEATHER.GOV/GSP/AVIATION/TABLES.HTM

&&

.GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...HEAT ADVISORY UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR GAZ026-028-029.
NC...HEAT ADVISORY UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR NCZ071-072-082.
SC...HEAT ADVISORY UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR SCZ009>014-019.

&&

SYNOPSIS...DEO
NEAR TERM...NED
SHORT TERM...CSH
LONG TERM...DEO
AVIATION...NED

Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 13, 2:24 PM EDT, 2 hours 21 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
224 PM EDT WED JUL 13 2011

GAZ010-017-018-NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-068>070-501>510-
SCZ001>008-141830-
RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-
BUNCOMBE-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-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-
GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS-
GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-
224 PM EDT WED JUL 13 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 THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING IN ASSOCIATION
WITH A WEAK COLD FRONT. THE MAIN THREATS WITH THESE STORMS WILL BE
FROM FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAINFALL.
HOWEVER...A FEW STORMS COULD PRODUCE BRIEF PERIODS OF LOCALLY
DAMAGING WINDS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

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.

NCZ035>037-056-057-141830-
ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-
224 PM EDT WED JUL 13 2011

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 638 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 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...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

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.

GAZ026-028-029-NCZ071-072-082-SCZ009>014-019-141830-
FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC-YORK-ANDERSON-
ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD-
224 PM EDT WED JUL 13 2011

...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

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

   HEAT ADVISORY.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING IN ASSOCIATION
WITH A WEAK COLD FRONT. THE MAIN THREATS WITH THESE STORMS WILL BE
FROM FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAINFALL.
HOWEVER...A FEW STORMS COULD PRODUCE BRIEF PERIODS OF LOCALLY
DAMAGING WINDS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

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

Local storm report, Jul 13, 4:14 PM EDT, 31 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
414 PM EDT WED JUL 13 2011

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

0336 PM     TSTM WND DMG     7 N RUTHERFORDTON       35.47N 81.96W
07/13/2011                   RUTHERFORD         NC   911 CALL CENTER

            THREE TREES DOWN ON PAINTERS GAP ROAD.

&&

ZHARGROV

Special weather statement, Jul 13, 4:22 PM EDT, 23 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
422 PM EDT WED JUL 13 2011

SCZ006-010>012-019-132100-
ABBEVILLE-ANDERSON-GREATER GREENVILLE-GREENWOOD-LAURENS-
422 PM EDT WED JUL 13 2011

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EASTERN ANDERSON...NORTHEASTERN
ABBEVILLE...NORTHWESTERN GREENWOOD...SOUTHERN GREENVILLE AND WESTERN
LAURENS COUNTIES THROUGH 500 PM EDT...

AT 417 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES NORTH OF HONEA PATH...OR 15 MILES EAST OF
ANDERSON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  WARE SHOALS...

VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH
ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

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

LAT...LON 3445 8206 3425 8223 3446 8252 3460 8239

07

Local storm report, Jul 13, 4:29 PM EDT, 16 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
429 PM EDT WED JUL 13 2011

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

0420 PM     TSTM WND DMG     5 NE LINCOLNTON         35.53N 81.18W
07/13/2011                   LINCOLN            NC   911 CALL CENTER

            TREE ON POWER LINE - WIRES DOWN ON HUCKLEBERRY DRIVE.

&&

ZHARGROV

Local storm report, Jul 13, 4:32 PM EDT, 13 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
432 PM EDT WED JUL 13 2011

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

0420 PM     TSTM WND DMG     3 SSE LINCOLNTON        35.44N 81.23W
07/13/2011                   LINCOLN            NC   911 CALL CENTER

            TREE DOWN AT GATES LANE AND GASTONIA HWY.

&&

ZHARGROV

Local storm report, Jul 13, 4:40 PM EDT, 5 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
440 PM EDT WED JUL 13 2011

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

0427 PM     TSTM WND GST     2 N CHINA GROVE         35.60N 80.58W
07/13/2011  M56 MPH          ROWAN              NC   MESONET

&&

BSH

Local storm report, Jul 13, 4:42 PM EDT, 3 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
442 PM EDT WED JUL 13 2011

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

0424 PM     TSTM WND DMG     4 NNE SHELBY            35.34N 81.51W
07/13/2011                   CLEVELAND          NC   911 CALL CENTER

            TREE DOWN AT MCBRIAR SPRINGS ROAD AND EAST ZION CHURCH
            ROAD.

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ZHARGROV

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 13, 2:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Buncombe	44 min
Jul 13, 2:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Alexander	47 min
Jul 13, 2:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Alexander, Catawba, Iredell	58 min
Jul 13, 2:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	McDowell	45 min
Jul 13, 2:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	McDowell, Rutherford	67 min
Jul 13, 3:06 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Burke	39 min
Jul 13, 3:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Burke, Catawba, Davie, Iredell, Lincoln, Mecklenburg and 1 more	57 min
Jul 13, 3:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Lincoln	42 min
Jul 13, 3:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Burke, Catawba, Cleveland, Gaston, Lincoln, Polk and 1 more	78 min
Jul 13, 4:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Cabarrus, Mecklenburg	80 min
Jul 13, 4:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Union	62 min
Jul 13, 5:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Union	57 min
Jul 13, 6:24 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Cabarrus, Mecklenburg	66 min
Jul 13, 7:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Henderson	43 min
Jul 13, 3:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Chester	50 min
Jul 13, 3:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Chester	62 min
Jul 13, 4:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Oconee	45 min
Jul 13, 4:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Abbeville	38 min
Jul 13, 4:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Greenwood	65 min
Jul 13, 4:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Chester, Union	64 min
Jul 13, 4:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Abbeville, Anderson, Greenville, Greenwood, Laurens	67 min
Jul 13, 5:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Chester, York	59 min
Jul 13, 5:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Laurens	40 min
Jul 13, 5:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Laurens, Spartanburg, Union	65 min
Jul 13, 6:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Laurens	45 min
Jul 13, 6:03 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Chester, York	87 min
Jul 13, 6:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Union	47 min
Jul 13, 6:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Chester	48 min
Jul 13, 7:29 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	York	2 hr

Nearby

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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.