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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 652, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

August 21, 2011Abbeville County, Anderson County, South Carolina; Elbert County, Hart County, Georgia

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 21, 2011, 9:27 PM EDT for Abbeville County, Anderson County, South Carolina; Elbert County, Hart County, Georgia. It was in force for 63 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 21, 2011, 9:27 PM EDT (01:27 UTC)
Expired
Aug 21, 2011, 10:30 PM EDT
In force
63 min
Issued by
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Elbert County, GA, Hart County, GA, Abbeville County, SC, Anderson County, SC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 21, 9:40 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG4 S Bowman, GATREES DOWN IN MANY PARTS OF ELBERT COUNTY MAINLY THE WESTERN AND NORTHERN PARTS. INDENTIFIED THIS LOCATION SOUTH OF BOWMAN DUE TO HIGHEST VELOCITIES ON RADAR AT THIS TIME OF 46 KNOTS.

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 13 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 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 175 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 00:00Z on 2011-08-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2527 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 00:00Z on 2011-08-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 17 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
2527 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-27 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1171 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
17 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
113 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.8
Supercell composite
6.2

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The text

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

788 
WUUS52 KGSP 220127
SVRGSP
GAC105-147-SCC001-007-220230-
/O.NEW.KGSP.SV.W.0652.110822T0127Z-110822T0230Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
927 PM EDT SUN AUG 21 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  ELBERT COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA...
  SOUTHERN HART COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA...
  WESTERN ABBEVILLE COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...
  SOUTHERN ANDERSON COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...

* UNTIL 1030 PM EDT

* AT 923 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 2 MILES
  SOUTH OF BOWMAN...OR 11 MILES EAST OF DANIELSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT
  20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  DEWY ROSE...
  ELBERTON...
  RUCKERSVILLE...
  MIDDLETON AND FORTSONIA...
  STARR...
  LAKE RUSSELL...

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 3398 8266 3397 8276 3398 8282 3398 8286
      3404 8298 3414 8306 3417 8311 3422 8308
      3426 8312 3431 8310 3443 8252 3405 8254
      3401 8259 3396 8256
TIME...MOT...LOC 0127Z 275DEG 16KT 3417 8302

$$
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1 follow-up statement
106 
WWUS52 KGSP 220149
SVSGSP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
949 PM EDT SUN AUG 21 2011

GAC105-147-SCC001-007-220230-
/O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0652.000000T0000Z-110822T0230Z/
ELBERT GA-HART GA-ABBEVILLE SC-ANDERSON SC-
949 PM EDT SUN AUG 21 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHERN ANDERSON...WESTERN ABBEVILLE...SOUTHERN HART AND ELBERT
COUNTIES...

AT 944 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 3 MILES WEST OF ELBERTON...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
RUCKERSVILLE...FORTSONIA...MIDDLETON...STARR...LAKE RUSSELL...IVA...
SECESSION LAKE...LOWNDESVILLE...CALHOUN FALLS AND ANTREVILLE

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 3398 8266 3397 8276 3398 8282 3398 8286
      3404 8298 3414 8306 3417 8311 3422 8308
      3426 8312 3431 8310 3443 8252 3405 8254
      3401 8259 3396 8256
TIME...MOT...LOC 0149Z 275DEG 16KT 3410 8288

$$

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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 21, 7:49 PM EDT, 1 hour 38 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 21, 7:49 PM EDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
749 PM EDT SUN AUG 21 2011

.SYNOPSIS...
A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT...AND SETTLE JUST
SOUTHEAST OF THE AREA ON MONDAY. DRIER AIR WILL ARRIVE AS HIGH
PRESSURE BUILDS TO THE NORTHWEST ON TUESDAY. ATLANTIC MOISTURE WILL
THEN STEADILY RETURN TO THE REGION DURING THE LATER PART OF THE
WEEK. THE PROGRESS OF TROPICAL SYSTEM IRENE WILL NEED TO BE CLOSELY
MONITORED FOR NEXT WEEKEND.

&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH MONDAY/...
THE CONVECTION TOOK ITS OWN SWEET TIME TO INITIATE...BUT FINALLY
DID. THIS WAS EXPECTED WITH A SHORT WAVE MOVING OVER A MOIST
UNSTABLE AIRMASS. STILL...EXPECT CONVECTION TO REMAIN ISOLATED TO
SCT AS IT MOVES OVER THE PIEDMONT THIS EVENING AND END BEFORE
MIDNIGHT. MODELS TIME A WEAK COLD FRONT TO MOVE NW TO SE ACROSS THE
CWA LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY MORNING. EXPECT CLEARING BEHIND
THE FRONT...EXCEPT OVER THE MTNS WHERE LOW LEVEL MOISTURE AND NWLY
FLOW CONTINUE. GUIDANCE HAS SLOWED THE DRIER AIR MOVING IN BEHIND
THE FRONT AND THE STRENGTH OF THE WNW FLOW. THIS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO
MORE FOG FORMATION OVERNIGHT THAN PREVIOUSLY EXPECTED. LOW
TEMPERATURES SHOULD RANGE AROUND NORMAL. EXPECT ISOLATED SHRA/TSRA
TO REMAIN ACROSS THE WESTERN SLOPES THROUGH DAYBREAK.

MONDAY...THE COLD FRONT WILL COMPLETLEY MOVE SOUTH OF THE
CWA...RESULTING IN A STEADY FALL IN DEWPOINTS. HOWEVER...DAYTIME
HEATING AND CONVERGENCE ALONG THE FRONT MAY SUPPORT A FEW SHRA/TSRA
ACROSS THE UPPER SAVANNAH RIVER VALLEY AND SOUTHERN UPSTATE...I WILL
FORECAST 20 POPS. OTHERWISE...TEMPS WILL WARM QUICKLY WITH MOSTLY TO
PARTLY SUNNY CONDITIONS. HIGHS MAY VERIFY 2 TO 4 DEGREES ABOVE
TODAY/S VALUES.

&&

.SHORT TERM /MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
AS OF 130 PM SUNDAY...THE SHORT TERM FCST PICKS UP AT 00Z ON TUESDAY
WITH THE AXIS OF THE UPPER TROF LOCATED TO OUR NORTHEAST AND A STEEP
UPPER RIDGE COVERING THE WESTERN TWO THIRDS OF THE CONUS. HEIGHTS
ARE EXPECTED TO RISE THRU THE PERIOD AS THE UPPER TROF LIFTS TO THE
NE AND THE UPPER RIDGE MAINTAINS ITS STRENGTH TO OUR WEST. ON
WED..MODELS GENERATE A FAIRLY POTENT LOOKING H5 SHORTWAVE OVER THE
GREAT LAKES AND PROPAGATE IT TOWARDS THE FCST AREA WED
AFTERNOON/EVENING. ITS LOOKING LIKE THE SW MIGHT PASS TO FAR TO THE
NORTH TO PROVIDE MUCH IN THE WAY OF DYNAMIC LIFTING OVER THE CWFA
BUT OF COURSE IT COULD TRACK FARTHER TO THE SOUTH.

ON TUESDAY...A SFC HIGH WILL RIDGE DOWN FROM THE NW BRINGING COOLER
AND DRIER NORTHERLY LOW LVL FLOW WITH MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES AND TEMPS
RIGHT AROUND CLIMO. ON WEDNESDAY...THE SFC HIGH GETS PUSHED OFF THE
EASTERN SEABOARD AND OUR BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW VEERS AROUND TO THE NE
AND THEN EAST. THIS SHOULD PROVIDE SOME INCREASED LOW TO MID LVL
MOISTURE...HOWEVER AT THIS POINT MOST OF THE MODEL GUIDANCE IS
SUGGESTING THAT ANY MOISTURE SURGE WILL BE MODEST THRU 00Z THURS.
THERE WILL LIKELY BE A BROAD AREA OF UPPER LVL DIVERGENCE OVER THE
FCST AREA WED AFTERNOON/EVENING...HOWEVER MOST OF THE LIFT COULD BE
GENERATED TO OUR NORTH. I DO RAMP POPS UP FROM THE LATE MORNING
HOURS THRU THE EVENING WITH AT LEAST A SLIGHT CHANCE OVER MOST OF
THE CWFA AT SOME POINT...YET I DOUBT WE WILL SEE ANY WIDESPREAD
CONVECTION. TEMPS ARE EXPECTED TO BE A DEGREE OR TWO COOLER THAN THE
PREVIOUS DAY...WITH THE LOWER ELEVATIONS REACHING THE UPPER 80S AND
THE LOWER 80S IN THE MT VALLEYS.

&&

.LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY/...
AS OF 215 PM SUNDAY...THE MEDIUM RANGE PART OF THE FORECAST WILL
CONTINUE TO FOCUS UPON THE FATE OF IRENE NEXT WEEKEND. BEFORE THE
STORM MAKES ITS APPROACH FROM THE SOUTH...WE WILL HAVE TO DEAL WITH
SOME MINOR CONCERNS LATE IN THE WEEK...MADE MORE COMPLICATED BY THE
PRESENCE OF IRENE. THE TREND IN THE GUIDANCE IS TO SHEAR APART A
SHORT WAVE DROPPING DOWN FROM THE NORTHWEST ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT AS A
COL REGION DEVELOPS OVER THE CAROLINAS WITH IRENE MOVING NORTH OF
CUBA. THIS WILL LIKELY HALT THE PROGRESS OF A SURFACE FRONT AND
CAUSE IT TO STALL ON THE W SIDE OF THE MTNS ON THURSDAY. IF THAT
HAPPENS...WE WILL LOSE SOME OF THE IMPETUS FOR SHOWER AND
THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY FOR THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. IN FACT...THE MODELS
RETAIN SOME WEAK HIGH PRESSURE ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS IN
BETWEEN THE FRONT W OF THE MTNS AND IRENE TO THE S. THIS WOULD ALSO
BE MORE UNFAVORABLE FOR CONVECTION. BOTTOM LINE IS THINGS ARE
LOOKING SOMEWHAT DRIER FOR THURSDAY AND FRIDAY AND PRECIP CHANCES
WILL BE DIMINISHED...WHILE TEMPS ARE NUDGED UP A BIT.

FOR SATURDAY AND SUNDAY...THE LATEST GUIDANCE CONTINUES TO MOVE A
LOW OF TROPICAL ORIGIN SOMEWHERE ACROSS THE CAROLINAS...BUT THERE IS
A GREAT DEAL OF UNCERTAINTY REGARDING THE TRACK. SOMETHING FARTHER
WEST LIKE THE 00Z ECMWF WOULD RESULT IN A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF RAIN
AND A HIGH POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING...WHILE A TRACK SIMILAR TO THE 12Z
GFS MIGHT ONLY AFFECT THE WRN PIEDMONT. THE FORECAST WILL CONTAIN A
40-50 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN WHICH IS MORE OF A MEASURE OF THE
UNCERTAINTY IN THE LOW TRACK. OBVIOUSLY IF THE LOW TAKES A WESTERN
TRACK WE ARE LOOKING AT CERTAIN HEAVY RAIN...BUT EVEN THE EASTERN
TRACK WOULD REQUIRE A CATEGORICAL POP AROUND CHARLOTTE. THE BEST
ADVICE FOR NOW IS FOR ALL INTERESTS ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND
NORTHEAST GEORGIA TO MONITOR THE FORECAST FOR NEXT WEEKEND.

&&

.AVIATION /00Z MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/...
AT KCLT AND ELSEWHERE...IT TOOK A WHILE BUT THE SHORT WAVE MOVING
ACROSS THE AREA FINALLY PRODUCED ENUF LIFT TO TAP THE MOIST UNSTABLE
AIR MASS AND PRODUCE ISOLATED TO SCT CONVECTION. IN GENERAL...EXPECT
VFR CONDITIONS UNLESS A CELL MOVES OVER THE AIRFIELD. ALTHOUGH I
HAVE PUT IN TS AT SITES WHERE CELLS ARE CURRENTLY IN PLAY. ACTIVITY
SHOULD MOVE EAST OF THE AREA BY EARLY EVENING. A WEAK COLD FRONT IS
EXPECTED TO SWEEP NW TO SE ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT AND EARLY
MONDAY MORNING. AFTER FROPA...WINDS WILL FAVOR A DIRECTION BETWEEN
340 TO 010 DEGREES AROUND 8 KTS. GUIDANCE HAS SLOWED THE DROP IN
DEWPOINTS ACROSS THE AREA. GIVEN THIS...GUIDANCE NOW ALL AGREES ON
MVFR MOST SITES OUTSIDE OF THE MTNS...AND IFR MTN VALLEYS. HAVE GONE
WITH THIS SCENARIO. EXPECT NLY WINDS AND SCT CU DURING THE AFTERNOON
WITH ISOLATED CONVECTION POSSIBLE OVER THE UPPER SAV RVR VALLEY.

OUTLOOK...DRIER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ON TUESDAY. MORE
UNSETTLED WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO RETURN BY MID WEEK AS ANOTHER COLD
FRONT STALLS OVER THE AREA. MORNING FOG WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESP IN
MTN VALLEYS AND WHERE RAIN FALLS THE DAY BEFORE.

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...NED/RWH
SHORT TERM...JPT
LONG TERM...PM
AVIATION...NED/RWH
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 21, 4:01 PM EDT, 5 hours 26 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
401 PM EDT SUN AUG 21 2011

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065-
068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-222015-
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-
401 PM EDT SUN AUG 21 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 DEVELOP ALONG AND EAST OF THE BLUE
RIDGE THIS AFTERNOON...AND THEN MOVE EASTWARD THROUGH THE
PIEDMONT THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS
MAY BECOME SEVERE...PRODUCING DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND HAIL AS
LARGE AS QUARTERS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO PRODUCE FREQUENT
LIGHTNING AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL. ANY LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY
MULTIPLE THUNDERSTORMS COULD SEE LOCALIZED FLOODING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OF TROPICAL ORIGIN...CURRENTLY KNOWN AS
IRENE...MAY AFFECT PARTS OF THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST
GEORGIA NEXT WEEKEND. FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS WITH REGARD TO THE TRACK
OF THE SYSTEM WILL DETERMINE HOW MUCH...IF ANY...HEAVY RAIN AND
FLOODING WILL IMPACT THE REGION.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

NONE.

MOORE

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 21, 8:20 PM EDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
820 PM EDT SUN AUG 21 2011

SCZ009-014-220045-
CHESTER-YORK-
820 PM EDT SUN AUG 21 2011

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN CHESTER AND
SOUTHEASTERN YORK COUNTIES THROUGH 845 PM EDT...

AT 816 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF EDGEMOOR...OR 10 MILES
NORTHEAST OF CHESTER...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  RICHBURG...
  CATAWBA...
  FORT LAWN...

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 3467 8088 3463 8089 3471 8118 3488 8113
      3486 8086 3484 8086 3482 8089 3477 8086
      3474 8087 3469 8085

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Special weather statement, Aug 21, 8:32 PM EDT, 55 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
832 PM EDT SUN AUG 21 2011

NCZ070>072-220115-
CABARRUS-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-
832 PM EDT SUN AUG 21 2011

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL MECKLENBURG...
NORTHEASTERN GASTON AND WESTERN CABARRUS COUNTIES THROUGH 915 PM
EDT...

AT 829 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR MOUNTAIN ISLAND LAKE...OR 10 MILES NORTHWEST
OF CENTER CITY CHARLOTTE...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  PAW CREEK...
  HUNTERSVILLE...
  I-77 AT I-85...
  UNC CHARLOTTE...
  HARRISBURG...

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

LAT...LON 3520 8054 3521 8055 3513 8065 3524 8108
      3540 8105 3540 8096 3543 8095 3546 8050

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Special weather statement, Aug 21, 8:45 PM EDT, 42 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
845 PM EDT SUN AUG 21 2011

SCZ014-220115-
CHESTER-
845 PM EDT SUN AUG 21 2011

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EASTERN CHESTER COUNTY THROUGH
915 PM EDT...

AT 841 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR RICHBURG...OR 10 MILES EAST OF CHESTER...
MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  FORT LAWN...
  GREAT FALLS RESERVOIR...

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 3467 8088 3465 8089 3458 8088 3463 8114
      3482 8111 3482 8088 3477 8086 3474 8087
      3470 8085

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Local storm report, Aug 21, 8:55 PM EDT, 32 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
855 PM EDT SUN AUG 21 2011

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

0840 PM     TSTM WND DMG     BELTON                  34.52N 82.50W
08/21/2011                   ANDERSON           SC   PUBLIC

            LARGE BRANCHES DOWN IN BELTON AS REPORTED BY PUBLIC.

&&

OUTLAW
Special weather statement, Aug 21, 9:12 PM EDT, 15 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
912 PM EDT SUN AUG 21 2011

NCZ082-220200-
UNION-
912 PM EDT SUN AUG 21 2011

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHERN UNION COUNTY THROUGH
1000 PM EDT...

AT 907 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TRINITY...OR 12 MILES
NORTHEAST OF LANCASTER...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

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 3482 8031 3481 8032 3481 8069 3482 8070
      3491 8069 3494 8030

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Special weather statement, Aug 21, 9:14 PM EDT, 13 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
914 PM EDT SUN AUG 21 2011

GAZ026-028-029-SCZ010-220200-
ANDERSON-ELBERT-FRANKLIN-HART-
914 PM EDT SUN AUG 21 2011

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT ELBERT...SOUTHEASTERN
FRANKLIN...SOUTHERN ANDERSON AND SOUTHERN HART COUNTIES THROUGH 1000
PM EDT...

AT 911 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR VANNA...OR 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HARTWELL...
MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  BOWMAN...
  BOWMAN...
  HARTWELL...
  NUBERG...
  RUCKERSVILLE...

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 3412 8306 3414 8306 3417 8311 3423 8308
      3426 8313 3424 8318 3435 8317 3443 8266
      3424 8268 3421 8274 3415 8272 3414 8269
      3399 8271

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 21, 8:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPAbbeville, Anderson65 min
Aug 21, 8:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPChester25 min
Aug 21, 8:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPAbbeville, Anderson, Greenville, Greenwood, Laurens56 min
Aug 21, 8:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPChester30 min
Aug 21, 8:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPCherokee, York54 min
Aug 21, 9:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPAnderson52 min
Aug 21, 10:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPAbbeville, Anderson45 min
Aug 21, 10:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPChester27 min
Aug 22, 2:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPGreenville46 min
Aug 21, 9:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPElbert, Hart46 min
Aug 21, 10:04 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPElbert3 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in South Carolina, 2011Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Georgia, 2011Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2011

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.