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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 334, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

September 12, 2013Greenville County, Pickens County, South Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 12, 2013, 2:05 PM EDT for Greenville County, Pickens County, South Carolina. It was in force for 55 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: Sep 12, 2013, 2:05 PM EDT (18:05 UTC)
Expired: Sep 12, 2013, 3:00 PM EDT
In force: 55 min
Issued by: NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Greenville County, SC, Pickens County, SC

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NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Sep 12, 1:54 PM EDT, 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 12, 1:54 PM EDT, 11 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 12, 5:24 AM EDT, 8 hours 41 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Sep 12, 11:01 AM EDT, 3 hours 4 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Sep 12, 12:17 PM EDT, 1 hour 48 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Sep 12, 12:36 PM EDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Sep 12, 1:39 PM EDT, 26 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
139 PM EDT THU SEP 12 2013

NCZ064-065-121830-
HENDERSON-TRANSYLVANIA-
139 PM EDT THU SEP 12 2013

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN TRANSYLVANIA AND
SOUTHWESTERN HENDERSON COUNTIES THROUGH 230 PM EDT...

AT 138 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR LITTLE RIVER...OR 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF
BREVARD...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
  DUPONT STATE FOREST...

SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
HEAVY RAINFALL AT RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR MAY PRODUCE
ISOLATED FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS. FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS A
POSSIBILITY AS WELL. MOVE INDOORS IF THIS THUNDERSTORMS AFFECTS YOUR
LOCATION.

LAT...LON 3521 8240 3519 8242 3516 8244 3516 8245
      3518 8246 3516 8252 3516 8255 3514 8258
      3514 8261 3512 8263 3512 8267 3526 8281
      3538 8265

HG

Special weather statement, Sep 12, 1:57 PM EDT, 8 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
157 PM EDT THU SEP 12 2013

SCZ001>003-005-121845-
GREATER PICKENS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS
MOUNTAINS-
157 PM EDT THU SEP 12 2013

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT NORTHERN OCONEE...NORTHWESTERN
GREENVILLE AND PICKENS COUNTIES THROUGH 245 PM EDT...

AT 156 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM DUPONT STATE FOREST
TO TABLE ROCK STATE PARK TO 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF SALEM...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

THESE STORMS WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
  TABLE ROCK STATE PARK...
  JONES GAP STATE PARK...
  SALEM...
  NINE TIMES...
  LAKE KEOWEE...

PEA SIZE HAIL...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH...AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL
ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. THE HEAVY RAINFALL 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 3494 8311 3500 8311 3503 8303 3508 8277
      3506 8278 3510 8270 3512 8268 3518 8246
      3516 8245 3518 8243 3508 8233 3501 8241
      3497 8253 3491 8251 3488 8254 3475 8289
      3481 8289 3476 8296 3493 8313

HG

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 12, 11:01 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Graham, Haywood, Swain	59 min
Sep 12, 12:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Graham, Haywood, Jackson, Macon, Madison, Swain	73 min
Sep 12, 12:51 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Haywood, Madison	2 hr
Sep 12, 1:01 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Swain	119 min
Sep 12, 1:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Henderson	51 min
Sep 12, 2:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Rutherford	50 min
Sep 12, 2:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Burke	51 min
Sep 12, 3:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Rutherford	28 min
Sep 12, 3:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Alexander	61 min
Sep 12, 4:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Iredell	67 min
Sep 12, 4:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Iredell	62 min
Sep 12, 5:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Cabarrus	67 min
Sep 12, 6:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Rowan	27 min
Sep 12, 1:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Pickens	48 min
Sep 12, 2:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Greenville, Spartanburg	56 min
Sep 12, 3:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Cherokee	49 min
Sep 12, 4:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Laurens	40 min
Sep 12, 4:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Union	46 min
Sep 12, 4:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Cherokee	59 min
Sep 12, 4:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Chester, Union	46 min
Sep 12, 5:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Chester	48 min
Sep 12, 12:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Rabun	39 min
Sep 12, 2:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Franklin, Hart	53 min
Sep 12, 2:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Elbert, Hart	49 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.