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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 272, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

July 25, 2013Greenville County, Laurens County, Spartanburg County, South Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 25, 2013, 7:31 PM EDT for Greenville County, Laurens County, Spartanburg County, South Carolina. It was in force for 59 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

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The facts

Issued
Jul 25, 2013, 7:31 PM EDT (23:31 UTC)
Expired
Jul 25, 2013, 8:30 PM EDT
In force
59 min
Issued by
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Greenville County, SC, Laurens County, SC, Spartanburg County, SC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 15 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Jul 25, 5:37 PM EDT, 1 hour 54 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 25, 5:37 PM EDT, 1 hour 54 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 25, 3:28 PM EDT, 4 hours 3 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
328 PM EDT THU JUL 25 2013

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065-
068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-261930-
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-
328 PM EDT THU JUL 25 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.

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL REDEVELOP ACROSS THE
EASTERN SLOPES OF THE HIGH TERRAIN AND FOOTHILLS THIS
AFTERNOON..THEN MOVE INTO THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT LATE THIS
AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. AN ISOLATED SEVERE STORM COULD OCCUR
AND PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

NONE.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 25, 6:41 PM EDT, 50 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 25, 6:58 PM EDT, 33 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 25, 7:05 PM EDT, 26 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jul 25, 7:09 PM EDT, 22 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 25, 7:16 PM EDT, 15 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 25, 7:28 PM EDT, 3 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 24, 8:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPCabarrus42 min
Jul 24, 8:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPCabarrus, Rowan44 min
Jul 25, 3:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPBurke48 min
Jul 25, 4:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPBurke43 min
Jul 25, 4:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPMcDowell39 min
Jul 25, 5:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPMcDowell, Rutherford65 min
Jul 25, 5:54 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPTransylvania2 hr
Jul 25, 5:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPPolk, Rutherford65 min
Jul 25, 6:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPTransylvania67 min
Jul 25, 6:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPHenderson, Polk, Transylvania57 min
Jul 25, 6:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPAlexander49 min
Jul 25, 7:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPPolk40 min
Jul 24, 8:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPYork43 min
Jul 24, 9:10 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPYork110 min
Jul 25, 4:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPOconee51 min
Jul 25, 5:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPPickens44 min
Jul 25, 6:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPOconee55 min
Jul 25, 6:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPGreenville47 min
Jul 25, 7:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPGreenville, Spartanburg62 min
Jul 25, 7:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPPickens44 min
Jul 25, 7:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPPickens65 min
Jul 25, 5:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPHabersham42 min
Jul 25, 5:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPHabersham, Rabun56 min
Jul 25, 6:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPStephens40 min
Jul 25, 7:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPRabun47 min

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Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in South Carolina, 2013Every 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.