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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 15, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 11, 2013, 9:33 PM EDT for Transylvania County, North Carolina. It was in force for 42 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
- Apr 11, 2013, 9:33 PM EDT (01:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 11, 2013, 10:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Transylvania County, NC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 11, 6:36 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
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 Apr 11, 8:29 PM EDT, 1 hour 4 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 11, 8:29 PM EDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 832 PM EDT THU APR 11 2013 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ035>037-056-057-068>072-082-501>510- SCZ001>014-019-130045- RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-ALEXANDER-IREDELL- DAVIE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-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- 832 PM EDT THU APR 11 2013 ...TORNADO WATCH 101 IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EDT FRIDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. TORNADO WATCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...TORNADOES OR FLASH FLOODING TO OUR OFFICE. NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-130045- AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM- NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON- 832 PM EDT THU APR 11 2013 ...TORNADO WATCH 100 IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM EDT FRIDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. TORNADO WATCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...TORNADOES OR FLASH FLOODING TO OUR OFFICE. ARK
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Apr 11, 8:13 PM EDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 11, 9:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Gaston | 24 min |
| Apr 11, 9:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Transylvania | 49 min |
| Apr 11, 9:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Iredell | 51 min |
| Apr 11, 10:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Catawba, Iredell | 60 min |
| Apr 11, 10:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Macon | 44 min |
| Apr 11, 10:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Haywood, Jackson, Macon, Transylvania | 64 min |
| Apr 11, 11:52 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Transylvania | 4 hr |
| Apr 12, 12:55 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cleveland | 50 min |
| Apr 12, 1:14 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Gaston | 46 min |
| Apr 12, 3:58 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Davie | 32 min |
| Apr 11, 8:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Chester | 47 min |
| Apr 11, 11:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Greenville, Laurens, Spartanburg | 47 min |
| Apr 11, 11:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Oconee | 29 min |
| Apr 12, 12:28 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Oconee, Pickens | 47 min |
| Apr 11, 10:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Rabun | 44 min |
| Apr 11, 11:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Stephens | 40 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.