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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 146, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

June 26, 2013Transylvania County, North Carolina; Greenville County, Oconee County, Pickens County, South Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 26, 2013, 4:43 PM EDT for Transylvania County, North Carolina; Greenville County, Oconee County, Pickens County, South Carolina. It was in force for 47 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 26, 2013, 4:43 PM EDT (20:43 UTC)
Expired: Jun 26, 2013, 5:30 PM EDT
In force: 47 min
Issued by: NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Transylvania County, NC, Greenville County, SC, Oconee County, SC, Pickens County, SC

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What forecasters said that day

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NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 26, 3:11 PM EDT, 1 hour 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 26, 3:11 PM EDT, 1 hour 32 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 26, 3:19 PM EDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 26, 3:46 PM EDT, 57 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 26, 3:49 PM EDT, 54 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 26, 3:59 PM EDT, 44 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
359 PM EDT WED JUN 26 2013

NCZ056-068-069-504-262045-
CATAWBA-CLEVELAND-GREATER BURKE-LINCOLN-
359 PM EDT WED JUN 26 2013

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHERN CLEVELAND...
NORTHWESTERN LINCOLN...SOUTHEASTERN BURKE AND WESTERN CATAWBA
COUNTIES THROUGH 445 PM EDT...

AT 357 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES WEST OF COOKSVILLE...OR 14 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF MORGANTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
  VALE...
  ICARD...
  LONGVIEW...

DIME SIZE HAIL...WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH AND TORRENTIAL RAIN ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

PLEASE REPORT DAMAGING WINDS...HAIL...OR FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG BY CALLING TOLL FREE...1...
800...2 6 7...8 1 0 1...OR BY POSTING ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGE...OR TWEET
IT USING HASHTAG NWSGSP. YOUR MESSAGE SHOULD DESCRIBE THE EVENT AND
SPECIFIC LOCATION WHERE IT OCCURRED.

LAT...LON 3554 8127 3548 8158 3566 8163 3576 8137

Local storm report, Jun 26, 4:07 PM EDT, 36 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 26, 4:10 PM EDT, 33 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 26, 4:41 PM EDT, 2 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
441 PM EDT WED JUN 26 2013

SCZ019-262130-
GREENWOOD-
441 PM EDT WED JUN 26 2013

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHERN GREENWOOD COUNTY
THROUGH 530 PM EDT...

AT 440 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES NORTH OF CALLISON...OR 7 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF GREENWOOD...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
  NINETY SIX...

PENNY SIZE HAIL...WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH AND TORRENTIAL RAIN ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

PLEASE REPORT DAMAGING WINDS...HAIL...OR FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG BY CALLING TOLL FREE...1...
800...2 6 7...8 1 0 1...OR BY POSTING ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGE...OR TWEET
IT USING HASHTAG NWSGSP. YOUR MESSAGE SHOULD DESCRIBE THE EVENT AND
SPECIFIC LOCATION WHERE IT OCCURRED.

LAT...LON 3396 8205 3398 8205 3398 8216 3397 8219
      3401 8224 3397 8230 3398 8232 3404 8233
      3419 8220 3421 8194 3414 8187 3404 8194
      3395 8202

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 26, 2:06 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Polk	39 min
Jun 26, 2:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Avery	47 min
Jun 26, 2:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Alexander, Caldwell	67 min
Jun 26, 2:49 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Mitchell	2 hr
Jun 26, 2:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Rutherford	51 min
Jun 26, 3:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Burke	43 min
Jun 26, 3:04 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Caldwell	116 min
Jun 26, 3:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Burke, McDowell, Rutherford	39 min
Jun 26, 3:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Rutherford	52 min
Jun 26, 3:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Burke, Cleveland, Rutherford	48 min
Jun 26, 3:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Macon	52 min
Jun 26, 3:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Caldwell	44 min
Jun 26, 3:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Jackson, Macon, Transylvania	52 min
Jun 26, 3:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Alexander, Caldwell, Catawba	48 min
Jun 26, 3:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Catawba	46 min
Jun 26, 4:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Davie	65 min
Jun 26, 4:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Alexander, Catawba, Davie, Iredell	59 min
Jun 26, 4:43 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Alexander, Catawba, Iredell	107 min
Jun 26, 4:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Henderson	41 min
Jun 26, 4:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Gaston, Lincoln	48 min
Jun 26, 5:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Davie, Iredell, Rowan	57 min
Jun 26, 5:07 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Catawba, Davie, Iredell, Rowan	113 min
Jun 26, 5:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Rowan	60 min
Jun 26, 5:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Cabarrus, Mecklenburg	79 min
Jun 26, 5:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Rowan	64 min
Jun 26, 6:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Cabarrus, Mecklenburg	38 min
Jun 26, 6:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Union	54 min
Jun 26, 7:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Union	60 min
Jun 25, 8:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Greenwood	52 min
Jun 26, 12:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Oconee	39 min
Jun 26, 1:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Anderson	55 min
Jun 26, 1:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Greenville	52 min
Jun 26, 3:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Anderson	42 min
Jun 26, 4:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Greenwood	49 min
Jun 26, 4:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Oconee	50 min
Jun 26, 5:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Greenville	45 min
Jun 26, 5:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Chester, Union	39 min
Jun 26, 5:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Oconee	45 min
Jun 26, 6:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Chester	75 min
Jun 26, 6:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Chester	50 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in South Carolina, 2013 Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Carolina, 2013 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2013

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.