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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 573, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

August 8, 2011Habersham County, Rabun County, Stephens County, Georgia; Oconee County, South Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 8, 2011, 3:35 PM EDT for Habersham County, Rabun County, Stephens County, Georgia; Oconee County, South Carolina. It was in force for 55 min. 3 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: Aug 8, 2011, 3:35 PM EDT (19:35 UTC)
Expired: Aug 8, 2011, 4:30 PM EDT
In force: 55 min
Issued by: NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Habersham County, GA, Rabun County, GA, Stephens County, GA, Oconee County, SC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:36 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
Aug 8, 3:45 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Clarkesville, GA	TREES AND POWER LINES REPORTED DOWN COUNTY WIDE.
Aug 8, 4:10 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	4 Ssw Toccoa, GA	TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED THE TOPS OF PINE TREES SNAPPED OFF AT NEIGHBORS HOUSE ON N HICKS RD. ALSO REPORTED TWO TREES DOWN AT N HICKS RD AND GARLAND RD.
Aug 8, 4:10 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	6 S Toccoa, GA	LARGE TREE LIMBS BLOWN DOWN OFF BARRETT DRIVE.

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 10 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, 7.6 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: 940 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -128 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1139 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -2 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 35 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.

118 
WUUS52 KGSP 081935
SVRGSP
GAC137-241-257-SCC073-082030-
/O.NEW.KGSP.SV.W.0573.110808T1935Z-110808T2030Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
335 PM EDT MON AUG 8 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  STEPHENS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA...
  RABUN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA...
  HABERSHAM COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA...
  WESTERN OCONEE COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...

* UNTIL 430 PM EDT

* AT 328 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 FROM 11 MILES EAST OF HIAWASSEE TO 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF      
  HIAWASSEE TO 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF CLEVELAND...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT  
  25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  LAKE BURTON...
  BATESVILLE...
  CLAYTON AND MOUNTAIN CITY...
  CLARKESVILLE...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THIS LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE 
ALERT 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 3491 8364 3492 8360 3494 8360 3495 8356
      3500 8355 3500 8296 3456 8310 3449 8316
      3446 8340 3449 8354 3443 8362 3450 8367
      3454 8362 3465 8367 3476 8363 3480 8368
TIME...MOT...LOC 1933Z 297DEG 21KT 3496 8353 3481 8363
          3466 8384

$$
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2 follow-up statements

653 
WWUS52 KGSP 082015
SVSGSP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
415 PM EDT MON AUG 8 2011

GAC137-241-257-SCC073-082030-
/O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0573.000000T0000Z-110808T2030Z/
STEPHENS GA-RABUN GA-HABERSHAM GA-OCONEE SC-
415 PM EDT MON AUG 8 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM EDT
FOR WESTERN OCONEE...EASTERN HABERSHAM...EASTERN RABUN AND STEPHENS
COUNTIES...

AT 410 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 FROM 11 MILES NORTH OF WALHALLA TO 11 MILES NORTH OF 
TOCCOA TO 6 MILES SOUTH OF TOCCOA...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  LAKE HARTWELL...AVALON AND WALHALLA...
  WESTMINSTER...

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3498 8341 3500 8296 3456 8310 3449 8316
      3446 8340 3450 8355
TIME...MOT...LOC 2015Z 277DEG 32KT 3493 8305 3473 8324
          3448 8328

$$
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279 
WWUS52 KGSP 082029
SVSGSP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
429 PM EDT MON AUG 8 2011

GAC137-241-257-SCC073-082038-
/O.EXP.KGSP.SV.W.0573.000000T0000Z-110808T2030Z/
STEPHENS GA-RABUN GA-HABERSHAM GA-OCONEE SC-
429 PM EDT MON AUG 8 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WESTERN OCONEE...EASTERN
HABERSHAM...EASTERN RABUN AND STEPHENS COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 430 PM
EDT...

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS... 
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAINFALL IN SOUTHERN 
STEPHENS COUNTY THROUGH 5 PM. HOWEVER...THE STRONGEST PART OF THE 
STORMS HAS SHIFTED INTO FRANKLIN COUNTY.   

LAT...LON 3498 8341 3500 8296 3456 8310 3449 8316
      3446 8340 3450 8355
TIME...MOT...LOC 2028Z 277DEG 32KT 3491 8291 3472 8310
          3447 8314

$$
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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 Aug 8, 2:57 PM EDT, 38 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 8, 2:57 PM EDT, 38 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
257 PM EDT MON AUG 8 2011

.SYNOPSIS...
A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY ALONG WITH A HOT AND HUMID AIRMASS WILL
LINGER ATOP THE REGION INTO TUESDAY. DRIER HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD
OVER THE AREA ON WEDNESDAY. ANOTHER FRONT WILL ENTER THE AREA ON
SATURDAY, BRINGING A CHANCE FOR RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS.

&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH TUESDAY/...
THE NEXT 24 HOURS SHOULD BE CONVECTIVELY ACTIVE...WITH ONE BROKEN
LINE OF CONVECTION CONSOLIDATING IN ERN TN/WRN NC AT 19Z AND THE
POSSIBILITY OF MORE LATE TONIGHT. HAVE DRAMATICALLY RAISED THE POP
OVER THE MTNS TO DEAL WITH THE CONVECTIVE TREND. EAST OF THE MTNS
THE PICTURE IS NOT AS CLEAR AS THE AIR MASS IS NOT AS FAVORABLE
OWING TO DEWPT IN THE LOW/MID 60S...SO THERE MIGHT BE SOME STRUGGLE
TO MAINTAIN IT OFF THE BLUE RIDGE. THE NAM AND 4KM WRF SUGGEST THAT
LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE IN THE WNW FLOW WILL MAINTAIN THE CONVECTION
DOWN ACROSS THE I-26/I-385 CORRIDOR...SO HAVE INCREASED THE POP
THERE AS WELL. OVER TOWARD I-77...NOT SO MUCH. SOME STRONGER MID
LEVEL FLOW WILL SUPPORT A WIND DAMAGE THREAT INTO THE EVENING. TEMP
TRENDS HAVE NOT KEPT UP WITH THE PREVIOUS FCST...SO A HEAT ADVISORY
SEEMS LESS LIKELY FOR THE LATE AFTERNOON.

OVERNIGHT...THE MODELS ARE SUGGESTING THAT ANOTHER MCS WILL DEVELOP
UPSTREAM OVER THE OZARKS OR MID MS VALLEY LATER THIS EVENING...AND
THAT IT WILL MAKE A RUN AT THE MTNS LATE TONIGHT. WILL ALLOW THE POP
TO WANE THIS EVENING AS THE FIRST CONVECTIVE LINE LEAVES...BUT WILL
RETAIN THE CHANCE POP ON THE TN BORDER IN CASE THIS WORKS OUT. MIN
TEMPS WERE KEPT ABOVE GUIDANCE...ESPECIALLY WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF
PLENTY OF CONVECTIVE DEBRIS CLOUDS.

ON TUESDAY...IF THERE ARE NO CONVECTIVE REMNANTS...AN MCV IS A VERY
REAL POSSIBILITY. WE REMAIN UNDER A BROAD UPPER TROF THAT IS
GENERALLY FAVORABLE WITH SOME WEAK UPPER Q CONVERGENCE. ALMOST THE
ENTIRE FCST AREA IS IN THE SLIGHT RISK BECAUSE OF THIS AND THE
STRONGER MID LEVEL FLOW. THE SREF HAS A VERY HIGH POP FOR THE
AFTERNOON SO SOME UPWARD ADJUSTMENT WAS MADE. TEMPS WERE NUDGED
TOWARD A GUIDANCE BLEND.

&&

.SHORT TERM /TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY/...
AS OF 2 PM MONDAY...THE SHORT TERM FCST PICKS UP AT 00Z ON WEDNESDAY
WITH THE AXIS OF THE GREAT LAKES H5 TROF ORIENTED N/S JUST TO OUR
WEST. THE MODELS SUGGEST THAT SOME SORT OF WEAK H5 SHORTWAVE WILL BE
MOVING OVER THE FCST AREA AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PERIOD FOLLOWED BY
A SERIES OF ADDITIONAL UPPER SHORTWAVES TRANSLATING OVER THE REGION
LATE WED AND INTO THURS. HEIGHTS BEGIN TO SLOWLY RISE AGAIN TOWARDS
THE END OF THE PERIOD AS THE WEST CONUS H5 RIDGE MODERATELY
BUILDS. LATE TUES AND EARLY WEDNESDAY...THE LOW LVL FRONTAL
BOUNDARY SHOULD MOVE SE OF THE CWFA AND USHER IN DRIER NWLY FLOW.
GREATEST CHANCE FOR ANY WIDESPREAD CONVECTION WILL BE DURING THE
FIRST 6 HRS OR SO OF THE PERIOD WITH THE BOUNDARY LAYER PW VALUES
DROPPING FAIRLY QUICKLY AFTER 06Z. EXPECT MOSTLY DRY CONDITIONS WITH
MODERATE DOWNSLOPE FLOW AND JUST A SLIGHT CHANCE POP OVER THE
NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NC MTS DURING THE DAY/EVENING. HIGHS WILL BE A
BIT COOLER BUT STILL PROGGED TO REACH THE MID 90S OVER THE LOWER
ELEVATIONS. ON THURS...THE CENTER OF THE SFC HIGH WILL SLIDE JUST TO
OUR NORTH PROVIDING MORE NORTHERLY LOW LVL FLOW AND BRINGING TEMPS
DOWN A FEW MORE DEGREES TO THE LOWER 90S OVER THE PIEDMONT AND
FOOTHILLS. I KEPT A SLIGHT CHANCE OVER THE WESTERN NC MTS AND FAR NE
GA ZONES FROM ABOUT NOON TO 7PM...HOWEVER PROFILES MAY BE TOO DRY TO
SEE ANY PRECIP.

&&

.LONG TERM /THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY/...
AS OF 3 PM MONDAY...A BLEND OF THE ECMWF AND GFS WILL BE USED FOR
THE EXTENDED RANGE FORECAST. A LONG WAVE TROF WILL REMAIN EAST OF
THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY THROUGH THE LATE WEEK AND WEEKEND. ON
FRIDAY...MID LEVEL HEIGHTS REMAIN SLIGHTLY NORTHWEST WITH WEAK HIGH
PRESSURE CENTERED OVER THE MID ATLANTIC STATES. BASED ON THE LLVL
THICKNESSES AND DECENT INSOLATION IT APPEARS THAT HIGH TEMPERATURES
WILL REMAIN A FEW DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. FORECAST SOUNDINGS INDICATE
THAT GREATEST POTENTIAL INSTABILITY WILL OCCUR ACROSS THE UPPER
SAVANNAH RIVER VALLEY AND THE UPSTATE OF SC. I WILL ADVERTISE SCHC
POPS FOR AFTERNOON AND EVENING TSRA.

SATURDAY AND SUNDAY...A NOTABLE S/W WILL DIVE ACROSS THE MID WEST
AND OHIO RIVER VALLEY...POSSIBLY MOVING ACROSS THE REGION ON SUNDAY.
FORECAST SOUNDINGS INDICATE WIDESPREAD WEAK INSTABILITY EACH
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. BASED ON THE SIGNIFICANT S/W...INCREASING
WIND FIELDS...AND WIDESPREAD INSTABILITY IT APPEARS THAT 30 TO 50
POPS ARE JUSTIFIED EACH DAY. ON MONDAY...MID LEVEL TROF AXIS APPEARS
TO AMPLIFY ACROSS THE REGION WITH SOME WRAP AROUND MOISTURE. BASED
ON NATIONAL GUIDANCE AND MID LEVEL PATTERN IT APPEARS THAT AT LEAST
SCHC POPS ARE REASONABLE DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
TEMPERATURES SHOULD RANGE AROUND NORMAL THROUGH THE WEEKEND INTO
MONDAY.

&&

.AVIATION /19Z MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/...
AT KCLT...VFR CONDITIONS THROUGH THE PERIOD. FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING...MAINLY A WIND FCST. TCLT RADAR WIND PROFILE SHOWS NW IN
THE BOUNDARY LAYER SO EXPECT NW WINDS TO CONTINUE AT THE SFC FOR AT
LEAST THE REMAINDER OF THE DAYLIGHT HOURS. FOR CLOUDS...ONLY A FEW
HIGH-BASED STRATOCU TO DEAL WITH...ALTHO THERE IS A VERY REMOTE
POSSIBILITY OF A SHOWER LATE THIS AFTERNOON. AM WATCHING CONVECTION
MOVING ACROSS ERN TN WITH SOME INTEREST. WESTERLY WIND ALOFT IS LESS
FAVORABLE FOR IT REACHING THE PIEDMONT. THERE IS A LOW CHANCE OF ANY
RESTRICTIONS IN THE MORNING. SOME CONVECTIVE DEBRIS CLOUDS SHOULD
ROLL IN AFTER SUNRISE TUESDAY. THINK ANY DEEPER CONVECTION WILL
PROBABLY HOLD OFF UNTIL AFTER THE END OF THE TAF PERIOD.

ELSEWHERE...GENERALLY A WESTERLY COMPONENT TO THE WIND THIS
AFTERNOON...FUNNELLED BY THE TERRAIN. CONVECTION OVER ERN TN WILL BE
WATCHED FOR IMPACT AT KAVL AND OTHER TAF SITES AND WILL AMEND
ACCORDINGLY. THE BEST CHANCE MIGHT BE AROUND KGSP AROUND 21Z AS
CONVERGENCE IN WNW FLOW MAY AID THE REDEVELOPMENT OF THE
CONVECTION...AS SHOWN BY THE NAM AND WRF-NMM MODELS. FOR NOW...WILL
LEAVE IT OUT. LATER TONIGHT A MORE ORGANIZED AREA OF SHRA/TSTMS MAY
MOVE INTO THE MTNS. SOME FOG IS POSSIBLE AT KAVL AROUND SUNRISE.
THERE SHOULD BE MORE CONVECTIVE DEBRIS CLOUDS AFTER SUNRISE TUESDAY.

OUTLOOK...MOISTURE WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH EARLY NEXT WEEK IN
PERSISTENT WESTERLY FLOW. STILL EXPECT ISOLD-SCT SHWRS/TSTMS THRU
THE PERIOD.

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...JPT
NEAR TERM...PM
SHORT TERM...JPT
LONG TERM...NED
AVIATION...PM

Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 8, 5:54 AM EDT, 9 hours 41 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
554 AM EDT MON AUG 8 2011

GAZ018-026-028-029-NCZ035>037-056-057-068>072-082-502-504-506-508-
510-SCZ004>014-019-091000-
STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-
CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC-
GREATER CALDWELL-GREATER BURKE-EASTERN MCDOWELL-GREATER RUTHERFORD-
EASTERN POLK-GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-
SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-UNION SC-
CHESTER-GREENWOOD-
554 AM EDT MON AUG 8 2011

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

AS AFTERNOON HEAT INDEX VALUES REACH INTO THE LOWER 100S...
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP. IT IS NOT OUT OF
THE QUESTION THAT A COUPLE OF THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE DAMAGING
WIND GUSTS OR HAIL TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS.

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

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

NONE.

GAZ010-017-NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-501-503-505-507-509-
SCZ001>003-091000-
RABUN-HABERSHAM-AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-
GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-
HENDERSON-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-BURKE MOUNTAINS-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-
RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-POLK MOUNTAINS-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-
PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-
554 AM EDT MON AUG 8 2011

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP TODAY. IT IS NOT OUT OF
THE QUESTION THAT A COUPLE OF THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE DAMAGING
WIND GUSTS OR HAIL TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS.

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

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

NONE.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 8, 10:38 AM EDT, 4 hours 57 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1038 AM EDT MON AUG 08 2011

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

0728 PM     HAIL             2 NE SPARTANBURG        34.97N 81.90W
08/07/2011  E1.75 INCH       SPARTANBURG        SC   POST OFFICE

            CUSTOMER AT DRAYTON POST OFFICE REPORTED GOLF BALL SIZE
            HAIL THAT DAMAGED HER YARD. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.

&&

ZHARGROV

Special weather statement, Aug 8, 2:08 PM EDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
208 PM EDT MON AUG 8 2011

NCZ051-058-081845-
GRAHAM-SWAIN-
208 PM EDT MON AUG 8 2011

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT GRAHAM AND WESTERN SWAIN COUNTIES
THROUGH 245 PM EDT...

AT 204 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM TALASSEE TO 6 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF CITICO TO 6 MILES WEST OF MURPHY...MOVING EAST AT 25
MPH.

THESE STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  TAPOCO...
  SANTEETLAH LAKE...
  FONTANA VILLAGE...
  ROBBINSVILLE...
  FONTANA LAKE...

PEOPLE IN GRAHAM AND WESTERN SWAIN COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
LOCATIONS...

TAPOCO...SANTEETLAH LAKE...FONTANA VILLAGE...ROBBINSVILLE...FONTANA
LAKE AND STECOAH...

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

MOTHBALL SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH
THESE STORMS.

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 3537 8401 3541 8403 3548 8392 3553 8388
      3553 8383 3557 8377 3558 8360 3557 8353
      3526 8369 3524 8373 3525 8384 3521 8396
      3523 8401 3531 8404 3536 8404

NED

Special weather statement, Aug 8, 3:13 PM EDT, 22 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
313 PM EDT MON AUG 8 2011

NCZ052-059-062-063-082000-
HAYWOOD-MACON-NORTHERN JACKSON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-
313 PM EDT MON AUG 8 2011

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT CENTRAL HAYWOOD...EASTERN MACON
AND JACKSON COUNTIES THROUGH 400 PM EDT...

AT 311 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEWFOUND GAP TO 5
MILES SOUTH OF ALARKA TO 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF HIAWASSEE...MOVING EAST
AT 30 MPH.

THESE STORMS WILL BE AFFECT LOCATIONS NEAR...
  SYLVA...
  CULLOWHEE...
  THORPE RESERVOIR...
  HIGHLANDS...

WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.

LAT...LON 3533 8337 3533 8334 3535 8333 3540 8334
      3541 8336 3546 8336 3547 8332 3553 8323
      3551 8318 3555 8316 3560 8299 3510 8301
      3506 8305 3502 8301 3500 8340

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Special weather statement, Aug 8, 3:24 PM EDT, 11 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
324 PM EDT MON AUG 8 2011

GAZ010-017-082015-
HABERSHAM-RABUN-
324 PM EDT MON AUG 8 2011

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT HABERSHAM AND RABUN COUNTIES
THROUGH 415 PM EDT...

AT 320 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF
SHOOTING CREEK TO CAMP COLEMAN LAKE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

THESE STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  LAKE BURTON...
  DILLARD...
  MOUNTAIN CITY...
  LAKE RABUN...
  TURNERVILLE...

WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.

LAT...LON 3489 8366 3494 8360 3495 8356 3499 8356
      3500 8339 3496 8313 3484 8327 3482 8327
      3482 8330 3479 8333 3448 8346 3453 8365
      3455 8362 3466 8367 3476 8363 3480 8368

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Local storm report, Aug 8, 3:31 PM EDT, 4 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
331 PM EDT MON AUG 08 2011

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

0242 PM     TSTM WND DMG     2 S ROBBINSVILLE        35.29N 83.81W
08/08/2011                   GRAHAM             NC   DEPT OF HIGHWAYS

            POWER LINES DOWN ON HWY 129.

&&

ZHARGROV

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 7, 10:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Habersham	51 min
Aug 8, 3:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Habersham, Rabun	51 min
Aug 8, 4:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Franklin, Hart	66 min
Aug 7, 8:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Chester	52 min
Aug 8, 4:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Pickens	42 min
Aug 8, 5:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Anderson, Greenville, Pickens	44 min
Aug 8, 6:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Spartanburg	50 min
Aug 8, 6:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Cherokee, Spartanburg, Union	61 min
Aug 8, 6:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	York	49 min
Aug 8, 7:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Chester	45 min
Aug 8, 7:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Chester, York	45 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.