Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2013
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 252, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 21, 2013, 2:37 PM EDT for Henderson County, Polk County, Rutherford County, North Carolina. It was in force for 68 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 21, 2013, 2:37 PM EDT (18:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 21, 2013, 3:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 68 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Henderson County, NC, Polk County, NC, Rutherford County, NC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:40 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.
Did it verify
Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.
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
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 223 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 345 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -70 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 676 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 15 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 52 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
110 WUUS52 KGSP 211837 SVRGSP NCC089-149-161-211945- /O.NEW.KGSP.SV.W.0252.130721T1837Z-130721T1945Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 237 PM EDT SUN JUL 21 2013 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... EASTERN HENDERSON COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... POLK COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... WEST CENTRAL RUTHERFORD COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... * UNTIL 345 PM EDT * AT 236 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 6 MILES WEST OF LAKE ADGER...OR 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF COLUMBUS...AND MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... COLUMBUS...BAT CAVE...LAKE ADGER...CHIMNEY ROCK...LAKE LURE...MILL SPRING AND GREEN CREEK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BRIEF DAMAGING WINDS WILL BLOW DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES OVER SMALL AREAS. A BRIEF PERIOD OF LARGE HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE. SEEK SHELTER INSIDE AN INTERIOR ROOM. THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS ALSO PRODUCING EXTREMELY HEAVY RAINFALL. FLOODING OF DRAINAGE DITCHES AND LOW LYING AREAS MAY OCCUR. DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH AREAS WHERE WATER IS FLOWING OVER THE ROAD. 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 3522 8202 3521 8238 3540 8244 3553 8208 TIME...MOT...LOC 1838Z 254DEG 8KT 3534 8231 $$ JOH
2 follow-up statements
327
WWUS52 KGSP 211909
SVSGSP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
309 PM EDT SUN JUL 21 2013
NCC089-211919-
/O.CAN.KGSP.SV.W.0252.000000T0000Z-130721T1945Z/
HENDERSON NC-
309 PM EDT SUN JUL 21 2013
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN HENDERSON COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THIS AREA.
LAT...LON 3553 8208 3522 8202 3522 8233 3533 8231
3539 8226 3541 8227 3545 8228
TIME...MOT...LOC 1909Z 254DEG 8KT 3536 8223
$$
NCC149-161-211945-
/O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0252.000000T0000Z-130721T1945Z/
POLK NC-RUTHERFORD NC-
309 PM EDT SUN JUL 21 2013
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL
RUTHERFORD AND POLK COUNTIES UNTIL 345 PM EDT...
AT 306 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 NEAR LAKE
ADGER...OR 8 MILES NORTH OF COLUMBUS...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CHIMNEY ROCK...LAKE ADGER...LAKE LURE...MILL SPRING AND GREEN
CREEK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BRIEF DAMAGING WINDS WILL BLOW DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES OVER SMALL
AREAS. A BRIEF PERIOD OF LARGE HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE. SEEK SHELTER
INSIDE AN INTERIOR ROOM.
THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS ALSO PRODUCING EXTREMELY HEAVY RAINFALL.
FLOODING OF DRAINAGE DITCHES AND LOW LYING AREAS MAY OCCUR. DO NOT
DRIVE THROUGH AREAS WHERE WATER IS FLOWING OVER THE ROAD.
&&
LAT...LON 3553 8208 3522 8202 3522 8233 3533 8231
3539 8226 3541 8227 3545 8228
TIME...MOT...LOC 1909Z 254DEG 8KT 3536 8223
$$
JOH173
WWUS52 KGSP 211940
SVSGSP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
340 PM EDT SUN JUL 21 2013
NCC149-161-211950-
/O.EXP.KGSP.SV.W.0252.000000T0000Z-130721T1945Z/
POLK NC-RUTHERFORD NC-
340 PM EDT SUN JUL 21 2013
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL RUTHERFORD AND
POLK COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 345 PM EDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THIS AREA.
HOWEVER HEAVY RAIN IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.
LAT...LON 3553 8208 3522 8202 3522 8233 3533 8231
3539 8226 3541 8227 3545 8228
TIME...MOT...LOC 1940Z 254DEG 8KT 3538 8215
$$
JOHWhat 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 Jul 21, 1:48 PM EDT, 49 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 21, 1:48 PM EDT, 49 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
148 PM EDT SUN JUL 21 2013
.SYNOPSIS...
AN TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPS OVER THE EASTERN U.S. DURING THE
FIRST PART OF THE WEEK...ALLOWING FOR OCCASIONAL UPPER LEVEL
DISTURBANCES TO MOVING THROUGH THE AREA. A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL THEN
MOVE INTO THE AREA ON THURSDAY...REACHING THE COAST BY FRIDAY. DRY
HIGH PRESSURE THEN MOVES IN BEHIND THE FRONT FOR THE
WEEKEND.
&&
.NEAR TERM /THROUGH MONDAY/...
AT 230 PM EDT SUNDAY...AN UPPER TROUGH WILL CONTINUE TO AMPLIFY OVER
THE EASTERN USA THROUGH MONDAY. A PAIR OF SHORTWAVES WILL MOVE
THROUGH THE BASE OF THE TROUGH OVER THE TN VALLEY...ONE EARLY
MONDAY...AND THE OTHER LATE MONDAY. MODEL TIME HEIGHTS SHOW DEEP
MOISTURE PERSISTING OVER OUR AREA ON THE WEST SIDE OF A BERMUDA
HIGH.
OUR AREA REMAINS IN WEAK STEERING FLOW AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON...WITH
ENOUGH INSTABILITY FOR TALL UPDRAFTS....AND A CASE CAN BE MADE FOR
SOME ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING WHERE CELLS MOVE SLOWLY OR TRAIN. SHEAR
REMAINS QUITE WEEK...AND STORM ORGANIZATION IS NOT FAVORED...
LIMITING SEVER WEATHER POTENTIAL.
INSTABILITY WILL WANE THIS EVENING...WHILE STEERING FLOW
INCREASES...DECREASING THE THREAT OF HEAVY RAINFALL. MINIMUM
TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN ABOVE NORMAL IN THE MOIST AIR MASS. THE
BEST CASE FOR FOG WILL BE IN THE NC MOUNTAIN VALLEYS...AS IT HAS
BEEN FOR SEVERAL NIGHTS NOW.
THE ADDITION OF UPPER LEVEL FORCING WILL SUPPORT HIGHER POPS...
ESPECIALLY OVER THE MOUNTAINS. MODEL SOUNDINGS SHOW MODEST
INSTABILITY AS HEATING WILL BE LIMITED WITH FALLING HEIGHTS ALOFT
AND ABUNDANT CLOUD COVER. SHEAR WILL BE SLIGHTLY BETTER HOWEVER.
VERY MOIST PROFILES WILL SUPPORT HEAVY RAINFALL WITH BETTER
DEVELOPED STORMS...BUT AT LEAST THERE WILL BE MORE STEERING FLOW
THAN BEFORE TO KEEP CELLS MOVING. MAXIMUMS TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED
TO RUN A COUPLE OF DEGREES BELOW NORMAL.
&&
.SHORT TERM /MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
AS OF 145 PM EDT SUNDAY...UPPER FORCING MAXIMA ASSOCIATED WITH THE
EASTERN RIPPING VORT REMAINS PROGGED TO LINGER WELL INTO MONDAY
NIGHT GIVING A BOOST NOCTURNAL COVERAGE OF SHOWERS AND ISOLD TSTMS
THROUGH DAYBREAK ON TUE. BROAD UPPER TROUGHINESS CONTINUES ALL ACRS
THE EASTERN CONUS ON TUESDAY AND IT IS UNCERTAIN AT THIS POINT
WHETHER A PERIOD OF NVA BEHIND DEPARTING VORT WILL DELAY OR INHIBIT
DEEP CONVECTIVE REDEVELOPMENT. AT THIS POINT...WILL STAY THE COURSE
WITH THE INHERITED POPS RAMPING BACK UP TO ABOVE CLIMO IN THE
AFTERNOON WITH GOOD MOS AGREEMENT. MAX TEMPS WILL BE CLOSE TO
PERSISTENCE...PRETTY CLOSE TO NORMAL. SHORT RANGE MODELS ADVERTISE
ADDITIONAL ENERGY ROTATING THROUGH THE L/WV TROUGH ON WEDNESDAY
WHICH SHOULD PROVIDE ANOTHER BOOST TO DIURNAL TSTM CVRG. ABOVE CLIMO
POPS WILL BE FEATURED AGAIN FOR WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON/EVENING.
&&
.LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY/...
AS OF 1230 PM EDT SUNDAY...WITH THE 21/12 UTC OP GFS CONTINUING TO
ADVERTISE FRONTAL BNDRY SLIPPING E/SE OF THE CWFA ON THURSDAY...
THERE EXISTS THE POSSIBILITY OF EVENTUALLY LOWERING POPS TO BELOW
CLIMO...BUT FOR NOW WILL SIMPLY PARE INHERITED POP BACK TO LOW
CHANCE. THE SAME CAN BE SAID FOR FRIDAY AS THE CWFA MAY WIND UP
REMAINING WITHIN A MOISTURE AND LIFT MINIMA...BETWEEN THE LLVL
FRONTAL ZONE ALONG THE COAST AND MORE ENERGY LOADING UP ACRS THE
MIDWEST AND MID SOUTH. WE ARE STILL LOOKING AT LATE WEEK MAX TEMPS
TO BE NEAR TO SLIGHTLY BELOW CLIMO. MORE ROBUST TSTM CHANCES MAY
RETURN FOR NEXT WEEKEND AS ENERGY WITHIN LINGERING BROAD EASTERN
CONUS L/WV TROUGH ENCROACHES.
&&
.AVIATION /18Z SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/...
AT KCLT...A GUIDANCE CONSENSUS FAVORS MVFR VSBY IN FOG AROUND
DAYBREAK MONDAY. GUIDANCE APPEARS TO OPTIMISTIC WITH CIGS GIVER
PERSISTENT PATTER...AN MVFR WILL BE CARRIED LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY
MONDAY. CONVECTIVE COVERAGE THIS AFTERNOON IS EXPECTED TO BE
GREAT ENOUGH FOR A TEMPO IN THE TAF...WITH MVFR VSBY AND CIG
RESTRICTIONS ACCOMPANYING THUNDERSTORMS. LIGHT WINDS WILL GENERALLY
BE FROM THE SW.
ELSEWHERE...BLENDED MODEL GUIDANCE SUPPORTS MVFR FOG IN THE
FOOTHILLS TOWARD DAYBREAK MONDAY...WITH IFR AT KAVL. GUIDANCE IS TOO
OPTIMISTIC WITH CIGS GIVEN RECENT TRENDS AND A PERSISTENCE PATTERN.
MVFR CIGS WIL BE CARRIED LATE TONIGHT...WITH IFR AT KAVL AROUND
DAYBREAK. WINDS WILL GENERALLY BE LIGHT FROM THE WSW.
OUTLOOK...MOIST SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW CONTINUES INTO THE EARLY WEEK.
THIS WILL HELP DRIVE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...MAINLY IN THE
AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AND LIKELY CAUSE RESTRICTIVE CIGS/VSBYS
EARLY EACH MORNING.
CONFIDENCE TABLE...
17-23Z 23-05Z 05-11Z 11-17Z
KCLT HIGH 98% HIGH 100% MED 65% HIGH 80%
KGSP HIGH 100% HIGH 100% MED 65% MED 75%
KAVL LOW 58% MED 61% MED 72% MED 65%
KHKY HIGH 93% HIGH 100% MED 67% MED 75%
KGMU HIGH 93% HIGH 100% MED 67% MED 77%
KAND HIGH 100% HIGH 100% MED 69% MED 75%
THE PERCENTAGE REFLECTS THE NUMBER OF GUIDANCE MEMBERS AGREEING
WITH THE SCHEDULED TAF ISSUANCE FLIGHT RULE CATEGORY. COMPLETE
HOURLY EXPERIMENTAL AVIATION FORECAST CONSISTENCY TABLES AND ENSEMBLE
FORECASTS ARE AVAILABLE AT THE FOLLOWING LINK: (MUST BE LOWER CASE)
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/GSP/AVIATION_TABLES
&&
.GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...NONE.
NC...NONE.
SC...NONE.
&&
SYNOPSIS...PAT
NEAR TERM...JAT
SHORT TERM...CSH
LONG TERM...CSH
AVIATION...JATHazardous weather outlook, Jul 21, 1:51 PM EDT, 46 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 151 PM EDT SUN JUL 21 2013 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065- 068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-221800- 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- 151 PM EDT SUN JUL 21 2013 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 CONTINUE TO DEVELOP INTO THIS EVENING WITH OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. A FEW STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE...PRODUCING HAIL AS LARGE AS QUARTERS AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. STORMS WILL BE MOVING SLOWLY POSSIBLY LEADING TO LOCALLY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL AND ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. 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.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 21, 2:05 PM EDT, 32 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
205 PM EDT SUN JUL 21 2013
NCZ509-510-SCZ003-007-211845-
EASTERN POLK-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-POLK MOUNTAINS-SPARTANBURG-
205 PM EDT SUN JUL 21 2013
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN GREENVILLE...
NORTHWESTERN SPARTANBURG AND SOUTHERN POLK COUNTIES THROUGH 245 PM
EDT...
AT 201 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TRYON...OR 6 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF COLUMBUS...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO GLASSY
MOUNTAIN...NORTH SALUDA RESERVOIR...TRYON...SALUDA...MILL SPRING...
COLUMBUS...LANDRUM...GOWENSVILLE AND CAMPOBELLO.
WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH...AND TORRENTIAL RAIN ARE EXPECTED WITH
THIS STORM.
HEAVY RAINS MAY FLOOD AREAS WITH POOR DRAINAGE...SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS. WATER
LEVELS OF SMALL STREAMS AND RIVERS MAY ALSO RISE RAPIDLY. SEEK HIGHER
GROUND IF THREATENED BY FLOOD WATERS.
LAT...LON 3511 8207 3508 8239 3519 8243 3521 8239
3518 8237 3521 8235 3524 8236 3526 8235
3532 8209
JOHSpecial weather statement, Jul 21, 2:10 PM EDT, 27 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 210 PM EDT SUN JUL 21 2013 NCZ035-056-068>070-502-504-508-211900- ALEXANDER-CATAWBA-CLEVELAND-GASTON-GREATER BURKE-GREATER CALDWELL-GREATER RUTHERFORD-LINCOLN- 210 PM EDT SUN JUL 21 2013 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN RUTHERFORD... NORTHERN CLEVELAND...NORTHWESTERN GASTON...SOUTHEASTERN BURKE... SOUTHEASTERN CALDWELL...SOUTHERN ALEXANDER...WESTERN CATAWBA AND WESTERN LINCOLN COUNTIES THROUGH 300 PM EDT... AT 210 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM CAJAH'S MOUNTAIN TO 5 MILES WEST OF CASAR...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SOUTH MOUNTAINS STATE PARK...RUTHERFORD COLLEGE...LAKE RHODHISS...LAKE HICKORY...WACO...VALE...VALDESE...SUNSHINE...ST. STEPHENS... SAWMILLS...RHODHISS...POLKVILLE...PLEASANT GROVE...NEWTON... MILLERSVILLE...LONGVIEW...LENOIR...LAWNDALE...ICARD...HUDSON... HILDEBRAN...HICKORY...GRANITE FALLS...GAMEWELL...FALLSTON... DREXEL...CROUSE...COOKSVILLE...CONOVER...CONNELLY SPRINGS... CHERRYVILLE...CASAR...CAJAH'S MOUNTAIN...BETHLEHEM AND BELWOOD. WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH...AND TORRENTIAL RAIN ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. HEAVY RAINS MAY FLOOD AREAS WITH POOR DRAINAGE...SUCH AS DITCHES AND UNDERPASSES. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS. WATER LEVELS OF SMALL STREAMS AND RIVERS MAY ALSO RISE RAPIDLY. SEEK HIGHER GROUND IF THREATENED BY FLOOD WATERS. LAT...LON 3589 8109 3531 8136 3544 8184 3595 8158 JOH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 20, 9:10 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Mecklenburg, Union | 110 min |
| Jul 20, 10:57 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Union | 2 hr |
| Jul 21, 2:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Polk | 40 min |
| Jul 21, 2:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Catawba | 50 min |
| Jul 21, 2:20 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Burke, Cleveland, Rutherford | 2 hr |
| Jul 21, 2:20 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Burke | 2 hr |
| Jul 21, 2:41 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Polk | 109 min |
| Jul 21, 3:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Alexander | 41 min |
| Jul 21, 3:25 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | McDowell, Polk, Rutherford | 2 hr |
| Jul 21, 3:41 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Iredell | 109 min |
| Jul 21, 3:52 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Iredell | 3 hr |
| Jul 21, 3:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Rutherford | 50 min |
| Jul 21, 5:45 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Cabarrus, Iredell, Mecklenburg, Rowan | 105 min |
| Jul 21, 6:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cabarrus, Mecklenburg | 43 min |
| Jul 21, 6:38 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Cabarrus, Mecklenburg | 112 min |
| Jul 21, 6:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Mecklenburg, Union | 59 min |
| Jul 21, 7:14 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Mecklenburg | 106 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.