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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 574, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

August 8, 2011Franklin County, Hart County, Georgia

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 8, 2011, 4:09 PM EDT for Franklin County, Hart County, Georgia. It was in force for 66 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: Aug 8, 2011, 4:09 PM EDT (20:09 UTC)
Expired: Aug 8, 2011, 5:15 PM EDT
In force: 66 min
Issued by: NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Franklin County, GA, Hart County, GA

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:10 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, 4:23 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	5 S Eastanolee, GA	TWO TREES DOWN WITHIN THE 7000 BLOCK OF HIGHWAY 320. TIME DETERMINED BY RADAR.
Aug 8, 4:27 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	3 N Carnesville, GA	TREE DOWN ON HUNTERS CREEK 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 2 storm reports to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 14 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, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 166 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.

853 
WUUS52 KGSP 082009
SVRGSP
GAC119-147-082115-
/O.NEW.KGSP.SV.W.0574.110808T2009Z-110808T2115Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  FRANKLIN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA...
  HART COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA...

* UNTIL 515 PM EDT

* AT 406 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
  OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF
  CARNESVILLE...OR 8 MILES SOUTH OF TOCCOA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20
  MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  CARNESVILLE...
  WHITWORTH...
  LAVONIA...
  BOWERSVILLE AND CANON...
  ROYSTON...
  VANNA...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 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.

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 3426 8334 3432 8340 3446 8340 3448 8318
      3453 8312 3447 8301 3449 8290 3445 8286
      3437 8284 3429 8278 3423 8304 3422 8308
      3426 8313 3423 8317 3426 8331 3422 8335
TIME...MOT...LOC 2009Z 297DEG 17KT 3446 8332

$$
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2 follow-up statements

774 
WWUS52 KGSP 082040
SVSGSP

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

GAC119-147-082115-
/O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0574.000000T0000Z-110808T2115Z/
FRANKLIN GA-HART GA-
440 PM EDT MON AUG 8 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM EDT
FOR HART AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES...

AT 435 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE 
THUNDERSTORMS WITH A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS 
OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 14 
MILES NORTHWEST OF HARTWELL TO 3 MILES EAST OF CARNESVILLE TO 7 
MILES NORTHEAST OF COMMERCE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
CANON...BOWERSVILLE...FRANKLIN SPRINGS...ROYSTON...REED CREEK AND
VANNA

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.

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 3426 8313 3423 8317 3426 8331 3424 8334
      3426 8334 3432 8340 3453 8312 3447 8301
      3449 8290 3445 8286 3437 8284 3429 8278
      3422 8308
TIME...MOT...LOC 2039Z 297DEG 17KT 3452 8305 3435 8316
          3426 8335

$$
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157 
WWUS52 KGSP 082111
SVSGSP

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

GAC119-147-082121-
/O.EXP.KGSP.SV.W.0574.000000T0000Z-110808T2115Z/
FRANKLIN GA-HART GA-
511 PM EDT MON AUG 8 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR HART AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES
WILL EXPIRE AT 515 PM EDT...

THE STORMS THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE 
LEVELS. 

LAT...LON 3426 8313 3423 8317 3426 8331 3424 8334
      3426 8334 3432 8340 3453 8312 3447 8301
      3449 8290 3445 8286 3437 8284 3429 8278
      3422 8308
TIME...MOT...LOC 2111Z 297DEG 17KT 3445 8289 3428 8300
          3419 8319

$$
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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, 1 hour 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 8, 2:57 PM EDT, 1 hour 12 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, 3:44 PM EDT, 25 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
344 PM EDT MON AUG 8 2011

NCZ035>037-056-057-069>072-082-SCZ009-014-091945-
ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-
CABARRUS-UNION NC-YORK-CHESTER-
344 PM EDT MON AUG 8 2011

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE WESTERN
CAROLINAS THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE COMMON THREAT WITH THESE
STORMS WILL BE CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS...AND HEAVY
DOWNPOURS. HOWEVER...A FEW OF THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE DAMAGING
WIND GUSTS AND HAIL.

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

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP OVER THE REGION TUESDAY
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SEVERAL OF THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE
DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND LARGE HAIL.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF LARGE
HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...OR FLASH FLOODING TO OUR OFFICE.

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-068-
501>510-SCZ001>008-010>013-019-091945-
RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-
MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-
SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-CLEVELAND-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-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-
UNION SC-GREENWOOD-
344 PM 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...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE WEST TO EAST ACROSS
THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA THROUGH THIS EVENING.
THE COMMON THREAT WITH THESE STORMS WILL BE CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS...AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS. HOWEVER...SEVERAL OF THESE
STORMS MAY PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND HAIL.

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

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP OVER THE REGION TUESDAY
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SEVERAL OF THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE
DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND LARGE HAIL.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF LARGE
HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...OR FLASH FLOODING TO OUR OFFICE.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 8, 3:24 PM EDT, 45 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, 38 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

Local storm report, Aug 8, 3:39 PM EDT, 30 minutes before

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

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

0311 PM     TSTM WND DMG     NANTAHALA LAKE          35.19N 83.65W
08/08/2011                   MACON              NC   911 CALL CENTER

            POWER LINES DOWN ON WAYAH ROAD NEAR NANTAHALA LAKE.

&&

ZHARGROV

Local storm report, Aug 8, 3:56 PM EDT, 13 minutes before

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

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

0249 PM     TSTM WND DMG     4 SE ROBBINSVILLE       35.28N 83.76W
08/08/2011                   GRAHAM             NC   PARK/FOREST SRVC

            2 TREES DOWN, PARTIALLY BLOCKING HWY 129.

&&

ZHARGROV

Special weather statement, Aug 8, 4:00 PM EDT, 9 minutes before

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

NCZ048-052-053-059-063>065-082045-
BUNCOMBE-HAYWOOD-HENDERSON-MADISON-NORTHERN JACKSON-SOUTHERN
JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-
400 PM EDT MON AUG 8 2011

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT BUNCOMBE...EASTERN HAYWOOD...
MADISON...SOUTHEASTERN JACKSON...TRANSYLVANIA AND WESTERN HENDERSON
COUNTIES THROUGH 445 PM EDT...

AT 353 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES NORTH OF
HOT SPRINGS...TO CLYDE TO HIGHLANDS...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

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

LAT...LON 3604 8259 3597 8260 3596 8256 3598 8251
      3591 8249 3590 8245 3554 8235 3514 8260
      3503 8313 3507 8317 3508 8315 3511 8316
      3552 8300 3580 8297 3584 8292 3593 8292
      3596 8288 3593 8281 3601 8277 3607 8263

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Local storm report, Aug 8, 4:08 PM EDT, 1 minute before

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

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

0345 PM     TSTM WND DMG     CLARKESVILLE            34.61N 83.52W
08/08/2011                   HABERSHAM          GA   911 CALL CENTER

            TREES AND POWER LINES REPORTED DOWN COUNTY WIDE.

&&

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, 3:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Habersham, Rabun, Stephens	55 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.