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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 568, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

August 5, 2011Franklin County, Stephens County, Georgia

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 5, 2011, 5:23 PM EDT for Franklin County, Stephens County, Georgia. It was in force for 67 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: Aug 5, 2011, 5:23 PM EDT (21:23 UTC)
Expired: Aug 5, 2011, 6:30 PM EDT
In force: 67 min
Issued by: NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Franklin County, GA, Stephens County, GA

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:25 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
Aug 5, 6:12 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	2 E Carnesville, GA	THE FIRE CHIEF FOR CARNESVILLE REPORTED TREES AND LARGE LIMBS DOWN IN THE AREA EAST OF CARNESVILLE

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 49 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

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 176 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: 369 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -129 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1148 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 2 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -27 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -23 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

455 
WUUS52 KGSP 052123
SVRGSP
GAC119-257-052230-
/O.NEW.KGSP.SV.W.0568.110805T2123Z-110805T2230Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
523 PM EDT FRI AUG 5 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  STEPHENS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA...
  NORTHEASTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA...

* UNTIL 630 PM EDT

* AT 521 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
  TOCCOA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  EASTANOLEE...
  AVALON...
  MARTIN...
  LAKE HARTWELL AND CARNESVILLE...
  WHITWORTH...
  LAVONIA...

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 3431 8318 3454 8343 3466 8338 3468 8335
      3467 8331 3461 8323 3461 8318 3458 8316
      3453 8308 3451 8308 3449 8305 3440 8310
TIME...MOT...LOC 2123Z 299DEG 12KT 3457 8331

$$
RB

1 follow-up statement

929 
WWUS52 KGSP 052147
SVSGSP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
547 PM EDT FRI AUG 5 2011

GAC119-257-052230-
/O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0568.000000T0000Z-110805T2230Z/
STEPHENS GA-FRANKLIN GA-
547 PM EDT FRI AUG 5 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM EDT
FOR NORTHERN FRANKLIN AND STEPHENS COUNTIES...

AT 542 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR EASTANOLEE...OR 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF TOCCOA...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
AVALON...MARTIN...LAKE HARTWELL...CARNESVILLE...WHITWORTH AND LAVONIA

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3450 8339 3464 8326 3461 8323 3461 8318
      3458 8316 3454 8310 3453 8310 3453 8308
      3451 8308 3449 8305 3440 8310 3431 8318
TIME...MOT...LOC 2147Z 299DEG 12KT 3453 8322

$$

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 Aug 5, 5:22 PM EDT, 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 5, 5:22 PM EDT, 1 minute before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
522 PM EDT FRI AUG 5 2011

.SYNOPSIS...
A WEAK SURFACE FRONT WILL REMAIN STATIONARY ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA AND
THE CAROLINAS INTO THE WEEKEND.  EXPECT THE WEATHER TO BE UNSETTLED
THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK.

&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH SATURDAY/...
AS OF 515 PM...WIDESPREAD CONVECTION HAS PROPAGATED SOUTH OF THE
CWFA...CLOSER TO REGION OF LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE ALONG WEAK IN SITU
CAD BOUNDARY. LIGHT STRATIFORM RAIN LINGERS ACROSS THE EASTERN
UPSTATE...WHILE ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED CONVECTION IS FIRING IN
THE MORE UNSTABLE AIR MASS ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN AND THE UPPER
SAVANNAH RIVER VALLEY. MEANWHILE...THERE IS A SHARP GRADIENT IN
MOISTURE VALUES/PWATS ORIENTED FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST ACROSS
THE CWFA. WITH THIS IN MIND...POPS HAVE BEEN ADJUSTED TO FEATURE
LIKELY ACROSS THE EASTERN PIEDMONT AREAS...WITH SOLID CHANCES ACROSS
WESTERN AREAS...AND SLIGHT CHANCES ACROSS THE NORTHERN MTNS AND
NORTHERN FOOTHILLS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON/EARLY
EVENING.

OVERNIGHT...GUIDANCE IN AGREEMENT ON OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES CONTINUING
TO KICK OFF CONVECTION...AS FCST SNDGS SHOW ELEVATED INSTBY THRU
NIGHT. MCS ACTIVITY UPSTREAM ACRS MISSOURI AND THE TN VLY WILL REACH
THE SRN APPALACHIANS BY DAYBREAK SATURDAY. STORM MOTIONS WILL REMAIN
VERY SLOW...SO A SLGT HEAVY RAIN THREAT WILL CONTINUE...BUT NOT HIGH
ENUF TO WARRANT A FLOOD WATCH. DEBRIS CLOUDINESS FROM THIS
CONVECTION WILL START STREAMING IN OVERNIGHT...BUT PROBABLY NOT IN
TIME TO PREVENT WIDESPREAD STRATUS DEVELOPMENT IN WEAK SELY LLVL
FLOW. TEMPS WILL BE MAINLY IN THE 70S OVERNIGHT UNDER CLOUD COVER
(UPPER 60S HIGH TERRAIN).

SATURDAY...AS WEAK SHORTWAVE TRACKS ACRS THE CWFA...NUMEROUS SHWRS
AND TSTMS WILL DEVELOP WITH VERY MOIST BL IN PLACE. SHEAR REMAIN
WEAK...AND SLOW STORM MOTIONS WILL RESULT IN A HEAVY RAIN THREAT.
HOWEVER...WITH SUCH WARM AND MOIST MID LVLS...SEVERE THREAT WILL BE
LOW. VERY MOIST CONDITIONS...EARLY CONVECTIVE INITIATION AND PLENTY
OF CLOUD COVER WILL KEEP TEMPS DOWN SLIGHTLY...BUT STILL NEAR OR
SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL.

&&

.SHORT TERM /SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY/...
AS OF 230 PM FRIDAY...GENERAL TROUGHINESS WILL PERSIST ALONG THE E
COAST THROUGH THE PERIOD. UPSTREAM CONVECTION DEVELOPING OVER THE OH
VALLEY SAT NIGHT AHEAD OF A WEAK COLD FRONT COULD MAKE A RUN TOWARD
OR INTO THE FORECAST AREA ON SUNDAY. WILL MAINTAIN HIGHER CHC POPS
WEST TO LOWER CHC EAST THROUGH SUNDAY. PIEDMONT TEMPS SHOULD WARM
INTO THE MID TO UPPER 90S ON IMPROVING DOWNSLOPE FLOW.

THE PERSISTENT NW FLOW WILL CONTINUE SUN NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY. UPPER
FORCING MAY IMPROVE ON MONDAY AS AN 80 KT JET PUSHES SE INTO THE OH
VALLEY AND INCREASES UPPER DIVERGENCE ACROSS THE SE. DOWNSLOPE
WARMING SHOULD YIELD PLENTY OF UPPER 90S TEMPS E OF THE MTNS MON
AFTN.

&&

.LONG TERM /MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY/...
AS OF 225 PM FRIDAY...THE BROAD TROFINESS CONTINUES IN THE MEDIUM
RANGE BRINGING TEMPERATURES THAT WILL BE CLOSER TO NORMAL. A WEAK
SURFACE FRONT WILL DRIFT DOWN FROM THE NORTH IN MID WEEK WITH A
CHANCE OF SHRA/TSRA OVER THE MOUNTAINS LATE TUESDAY AND MOUNTAINS
AND FOOTHILLS LATE WEDNESDAY.  700MB WIND SPEEDS WILL BE IN THE 20
TO 30 KT RANGE IN THE PREFRONTAL ENVIRONMENT WHICH WILL NOT BE
MARGINAL FOR CONVECTIVE ENHANCEMENT. THE FRONT WILL SHIFT SOUTH OF
THE AREA BY LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND DRIER AIR WILL MOVE IN FROM THE
NORTH.  TEMPERATURES WILL BE ABOUT TWO CATEGORIES ABOVE NORMAL TUES
AND WED AND DROP TO NEAR OR JUST ABOVE FOR THUR AND FRI BEING NORTH
OF THE FRONT.

&&

.AVIATION /22Z FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
AT KCLT...A CLUSTER OF TSTMS CONTINUES TO VERY SLOWLY WORK EASTWARD
ACRS THE SRN NC PIEDMONT...WITH HEAVY RAIN AT THE TERMINAL AT TIME
OF ISSUANCE. LINGERING TS WILL CONTINUE TO ABOUT 19Z...THEN
SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS STORMS IN THE AREA WILL WARRANT CB MENTION
INTO THE EVENING. OVERNIGHT...VERY MOIST CONDITIONS WILL RESULT IN A
FAIRLY HIGH CHANCE OF VSBY AND CIG RESTRICTIONS THRU DAYBREAK
SATURDAY. GUIDANCE IS NOT IN AGREEMENT ON DETAILS...BUT GIVEN THE
WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAIN...LEANING TOWARD IFR SATURDAY MORNING. AN
UPPER DISTURBANCE WILL CROSS THE REGION SATURDAY AFTN...WITH
NUMEROUS SHWRS AND TSTMS DEVELOPING AGAIN...BUT WILL KEEP CB OUT FOR
NOW.

ELSEWHERE...WIDESPREAD CONVECTION ACRS THE PIEDMONT WILL CONTINUE
INTO THE EVENING HOURS. FOR NOW...NO IMMINENT IMPACTS...SO JUST CB
ATTM. WITH WIDESPREAD RAINFALL THIS AFTN/EVE...EXPECT FOG AND
STRATUS TO DEVELOP OVERNIGHT AT ALL SITES. IT IS NOT A SLAM
DUNK...HOWEVER AS DEBRIS CLOUDINESS FROM CONVECTION APPROACHING FROM
THE WEST MAY LIMIT COOLING TO REALLY SOCK THE AREA IN...BUT STILL
EXPECT AT LEAST SOME RESTRICTIONS THRU DAYBREAK SATURDAY. GUIDANCE
NOT IN AGREEMENT ON DETAILS...SO ADJUSTMENTS WILL BE MADE WITH NEW
GUIDANCE AND THE MONITORING OF TRENDS. AN UPPER DISTURBANCE WILL
CROSS THE REGION SATURDAY AFTN...WITH NUMEROUS SHWRS AND TSTMS
DEVELOPING AGAIN...BUT WILL KEEP CB OUT FOR NOW.

OUTLOOK...MOISTURE ON EASTERLY FLOW WILL INCREASE THRU THE WEEKEND.
RESTRICTIONS COULD LINGER INTO THE WEEKEND IN THE MOIST UPSLOPE
FLOW. EXPECT SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHWRS/TSTMS SATURDAY AFTN. MORE
TYPICAL DIURNAL TSTMS EXPECTED FROM SUNDAY INTO 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...NONE.
NC...NONE.
SC...NONE.

&&

SYNOPSIS...DEO
NEAR TERM...ARK/JDL
SHORT TERM...HG
LONG TERM...DEO
AVIATION...ARK

Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 5, 5:03 AM EDT, 12 hours 20 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
503 AM EDT FRI AUG 5 2011

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065-
068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-060915-
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-
503 AM EDT FRI AUG 5 2011

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION
TODAY. WITH WEAK WINDS AND A VERY MOIST AIRMASS IN PLACE OVER THE
WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA...SOME OF THE STORMS WILL
PRODUCE LOCALLY VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING IS
POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY WHERE STORMS AFFECT URBAN LOCATIONS. ONE OR
TWO OF THE STORMS THIS AFTERNOON MAY ALSO PRODUCED SMALL AREAS OF
DAMAGING WIND.

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

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

NONE.

14

In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 5, 4:13 PM EDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
413 PM EDT FRI AUG 05 2011

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

0200 PM     FLASH FLOOD      LINCOLNTON              35.48N 81.25W
08/05/2011                   LINCOLN            NC   COUNTY OFFICIAL

            HILL ROAD...NORTH STATE ROAD...AND EAST MAIN STREET
            CLOSED FROM FLASH FLOODING.

&&

HG

Local storm report, Aug 5, 4:14 PM EDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
414 PM EDT FRI AUG 05 2011

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

0200 PM     FLASH FLOOD      2 S LINCOLNTON          35.45N 81.25W
08/05/2011                   LINCOLN            NC   COUNTY OFFICIAL

            LITHIA INN ROAD CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING.

&&

HG

Local storm report, Aug 5, 4:15 PM EDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
415 PM EDT FRI AUG 05 2011

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

0200 PM     FLASH FLOOD      BOGER CITY              35.48N 81.20W
08/05/2011                   LINCOLN            NC   COUNTY OFFICIAL

            ASBURY CHURCH ROAD CLOSED BY FLOOD WATERS.

&&

HG

Special weather statement, Aug 5, 4:33 PM EDT, 50 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
433 PM EDT FRI AUG 5 2011

GAZ017-018-052100-
HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-
433 PM EDT FRI AUG 5 2011

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHEASTERN HABERSHAM AND
WESTERN STEPHENS COUNTIES THROUGH 500 PM EDT...

AT 431 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF MOUNT AIRY...OR 4 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF CLARKESVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  TOCCOA...

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

LAT...LON 3468 8352 3464 8326 3447 8333 3447 8338
      3446 8341 3451 8359

RB

Special weather statement, Aug 5, 4:41 PM EDT, 42 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
441 PM EDT FRI AUG 5 2011

NCZ064-SCZ001>003-005-052115-
GREATER PICKENS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS
MOUNTAINS-TRANSYLVANIA-
441 PM EDT FRI AUG 5 2011

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN OCONEE...
NORTHWESTERN GREENVILLE...NORTHWESTERN PICKENS AND SOUTHERN
TRANSYLVANIA COUNTIES THROUGH 515 PM EDT...

AT 439 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM ROSMAN TO 3 MILES
NORTHEAST OF SALEM...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH.

THESE STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  SALEM...
  ROCKY BOTTOM...
  NINE TIMES...

DIME SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH
THESE STORMS. A PERIOD OF HEAVY RAIN CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED.

LAT...LON 3525 8283 3508 8261 3473 8287 3476 8290
      3478 8288 3481 8290 3479 8293 3491 8308

RB

Special weather statement, Aug 5, 5:09 PM EDT, 14 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
509 PM EDT FRI AUG 5 2011

GAZ017-018-026-SCZ001-052145-
FRANKLIN-HABERSHAM-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-STEPHENS-
509 PM EDT FRI AUG 5 2011

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EASTERN HABERSHAM...NORTHERN
FRANKLIN...STEPHENS AND WESTERN OCONEE COUNTIES THROUGH 545 PM EDT...

AT 504 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR TOCCOA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  EASTANOLEE...
  MARTIN...
  LAVONIA...

DIME SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH
THIS STORM. A PERIOD OF HEAVY RAIN CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED.

LAT...LON 3460 8347 3472 8329 3460 8316 3459 8315
      3458 8316 3456 8312 3449 8305 3444 8308
      3431 8333

RB

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 5, 4:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Habersham	27 min
Aug 5, 5:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Franklin, Stephens	36 min
Aug 5, 5:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Franklin	49 min
Aug 5, 6:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Elbert, Hart	46 min
Aug 5, 6:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Elbert, Franklin, Hart	65 min
Aug 5, 7:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Habersham	25 min

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.