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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 41, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

May 21, 2013Union County, North Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 21, 2013, 3:47 PM EDT for Union County, North Carolina. It was in force for 58 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
May 21, 2013, 3:47 PM EDT (19:47 UTC)
Expired
May 21, 2013, 4:45 PM EDT
In force
58 min
Issued by
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Union County, NC

The radar

The Columbia radar (KCAE), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 134 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 12:00Z on 2013-05-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1028 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 12:00Z on 2013-05-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 89 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1028 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-44 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
537 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
89 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
159 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 May 21, 2:39 PM EDT, 1 hour 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 21, 2:39 PM EDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
239 PM EDT TUE MAY 21 2013

.SYNOPSIS...
AN APPROACHING UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL CONTINUE TO INFLUENCE THE
REGION THROUGH MIDWEEK. SOUTHERLY FLOW WILL KEEP THE AREA WARM AND
GENERALLY UNSETTLED WITH STORM CHANCES EACH AFTERNOON. A COOLER AND
DRIER AIRMASS SETTLES IN FOR THE WEEKEND AFTER A COLD FRONT MOVES
THROUGH THURSDAY.

&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
AT 230 PM EST TUESDAY...STILL SEEING AN EVOLVING CONVECTIVE
SITUATION ACROSS THE CWFA AS WEAK FORCING IS MAINTAINED WITHIN A
VERY BROAD H5 TROF. STILL EXPECT PULSE SEVERE LATER THIS AFTERNOON
MAINLY ACROSS THE ERN UPSTATE ALIGNED WITH A LINE OF VORT ENERGY AND
ACROSS NC MTNS WHERE RATHER STEEP LAPSE RATES ARE MOVING IN FROM THE
WEST. THESE STORMS WILL BE MAINLY DIURNALLY DRIVEN...BUT SOME -SHRA
WILL BE MAINTAINED ACROSS THE NC MTNS IN UPSLOPE FLOW THROUGH THE
MID MORNING. DEBRIS CLOUDS WILL PERSIST OVERNIGHT...BUT ENOUGH
CLEARING SHOULD BE HAD TO ENABLE MORNING FG...AND PATCHY/AREAS OF
DENSE FG THROUGH 13Z OR SO. NOT MUCH CHANGE IS IN STORE WITH THE
SYNOPTIC PATTERN WED. THE WRN UPPER TROF IMPINGES UPON THE AREA AND
THE WRN ZONES WILL HAVE A BETTER CHANCE FOR AFTERNOON PRECIP/CONV
THAN THE ERN ZONES AND HAVE MAINTAINED HIGH END CHANCES ACROSS THE
MTNS. A GOOD HEATING DAY IN SW/LY FLOW WITH MAXES A COUPLE DEGREES
ABOVE NORMAL WILL SET THE STAGE FOR ANOTHER HIGH CAPE ENVIRONMENT
AND PULSE SEVERE STORMS POSSIBLE.

&&

.SHORT TERM /WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY/...
AS OF 210 PM TUESDAY...MODEL GUIDANCE REMAINS IN FAIRLY GOOD
AGREEMENT WITH REGARDS TO THE WEATHER ACROSS NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND
THE CAROLINAS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WORK WEEK.  DEEP UPPER LEVEL
TROF AND AN ASSOCIATED SURFACE COLD FRONT WILL SLOWLY MIGRATE
EASTWARD OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS.  SURFACE RIDGING TO THE SOUTHEAST
WILL ALLOW FOR SOUTHERLY FLOW...THUS SETTING UP A MODEST WARM SECTOR
ACROSS THE REGION ON THURSDAY LEADING TO ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES.
EXPECTING COLD FRONT TO MOVE INTO FAR WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE CWA BY
AROUND 12Z THURSDAY MORNING. PRECIPITATION CHANCES WILL INCREASE
NEAR AND ALONG THIS BOUNDARY AS IT MOVES ACROSS THE NORTH CAROLINA
MOUNTAINS...AND THEN SPREADS EASTWARD ACROSS THE PIEDMONTS.  HIGHEST
POPS WILL BE ACROSS THE NORTH CAROLINA FOOTHILLS/PIEDMONT DUE TO
CLOSER PROXIMITY TO BOTH UPPER AND SFC LOWS.  EXPECTING ANY ACTIVITY
ACROSS THE ABOVE MENTIONED REGIONS DURING THE MID TO LATE MORNING
HOURS ON THURSDAY TO REMAIN SUBSEVERE AS LOW LEVEL INVERSION REMAINS
IN PLACE.  LATER IN THE AFTERNOON AS SURFACE TEMPS INCREASE INTO THE
80S NEAR AND ALONG THE I85 CORRIDOR...AND SHEAR PROFILES IMPROVE
SOMEWHAT ALONG THE PASSING FRONTAL BOUNDARY...A SVR STORM OR TWO
CANNOT BE RULED OUT.  CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE ACROSS THE REGION LATE
ON THURSDAY AS DIURNAL HEATING IS LOST...AND DRIER AIR BEGINS TO
ADVECT IN BEHIND THE FRONT.

SLIGHT CHANCE POPS REMAIN IN THE FCST ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN
DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS ON FRIDAY MORNING.  BY DAYBREAK...ALL
PRECIPITATION SHOULD HAVE DISSIPATED AND SKIES WILL BEGIN TO CLEAR
AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS.  UPPER LEVEL RIDGING ACROSS THE MIDWEST
WILL ADVECT TO THE EAST DURING THE DAY ON FRIDAY ALLOWING HEIGHTS TO
BUILD OVER NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE CAROLINAS...LEADING TO PLEASANT
WEATHER CONDITIONS FOR THE REMAINDER OF FRIDAY EVENING.
TEMPERATURES ON FRIDAY WILL BE ON AVERAGE ABOUT TEN DEGREES COOLER
THAN PREVIOUS DAYS AS NORTHWEST FLOW USHERS IN A COOLER/DRIER
AIRMASS.

&&

.LONG TERM /FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY/...
AS OF 220 PM TUESDAY...THE SHORTWAVE TROUGH MOVES OFF THE EAST COAST
FRIDAY NIGHT AND DRIER COOLER AIR FILTERS IN FROM THE NORTHWEST.
DRIEST AIR VARIES PER MODEL FROM FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH THE DAY
SATURDAY. AS THE UPPER RIDGE SLOWLY BUILDS FROM THE WEST AND WARM
FRONT CHANNELS SHOWERS CLOSER TO THE NC MTNS TO START THE NEW
WEEK...POPS WILL INCREASE AT LEAST INTO THE SLIGHT RANGE. BASED ON
THE BLEND OF THE MODELS...LOOKS LIKE THE BEST TIME FOR RAIN WILL BE
GOING INTO MID WEEK. SEEMS BEST ORGANIZED BANDS OF CONVECTION WOULD
BE LATE TUESDAY. CONSIDERED GOING TO LOW CHANCE POPS AT THAT
TIME...BUT THAT IS A WEEK AWAY AND MUCH COULD CHANGE. CAPES ON THE
GFS FOR TUES PM ARE 1100 TO 1400 AND WINDS GOING UP FROM SURFACE NOT
TOO BAD FOR THAT TIME.  TEMPERATURES...HIGHS NEAR NORMAL OR SLIGHTLY
BELOW AND LOWS COOLER THAN NORMAL EARLY IN WEEKEND AND GOING ABOVE
INTO NEW WEEK.

&&

.AVIATION /19Z TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/...
AT KCLT...EXPECT LOW VFR CIGS THIS AFTERNOON WITH PERIODIC PULSE
CONVECTION DEVELOPING WITHIN THE TAF ZONE BY 21Z AND PERSISTING
THROUGH 01Z. DEBRIS CLOUDS OVERNIGHT WILL LOWER...SIMILAR TO THIS
MORNING...AND SHUD HELP CREATE MVFR CIGS BY DAYBREAK. ALSO
ANTICIPATE MVFR VSBY AFT 07Z THROUGH 13Z.

ELSEWHERE...VFR CONDS...BUT RESTRICTIVE CONVECTION WILL BECOME MORE
WIDESPREAD THIS AFTERNOON...THUS ALL TAF SITES WERE GIVEN A TEMPO
TSRA THROUGH MID EVENING. A MOIST ATMOS WILL PERSIST OVERNIGHT WITH
DEBRIS CLOUDS LOWERING AND ANTICIPATE MVFR CIGS NON/MTNS AND IFR
CIGS/VSBY AT KAVL DEVELOPING A FEW HRS BEFORE DAYBREAK.

OUTLOOK... CEILING AND VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS IN SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN THURSDAY AFTN/EVE. GENERALLY VFR WEATHER
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY.

CONFIDENCE TABLE...

            18-24Z        00-06Z        06-12Z        12-18Z
KCLT       HIGH 100%     HIGH 100%     MED   70%     HIGH  80%
KGSP       HIGH 100%     HIGH 100%     HIGH  90%     HIGH  91%
KAVL       HIGH 100%     HIGH  80%     LOW   41%     MED   73%
KHKY       HIGH 100%     HIGH 100%     HIGH  91%     HIGH  94%
KGMU       HIGH 100%     HIGH 100%     HIGH  80%     HIGH  84%
KAND       HIGH 100%     HIGH 100%     HIGH  91%     HIGH  95%

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...LEV
NEAR TERM...SBK
SHORT TERM...CDG
LONG TERM...DEO
AVIATION...SBK
Hazardous weather outlook, May 21, 5:10 AM EDT, 10 hours 37 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
510 AM EDT TUE MAY 21 2013

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065-
068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-220915-
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-
510 AM EDT TUE MAY 21 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PIEDMONT
NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA
THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING. A FEW OF THE STORMS
MAY BECOME SEVERE...PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. IN
ADDITION...SOME OF THE STORMS COULD PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL...WHICH
COULD LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLOODING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY AND
THURSDAY DURING THE PEAK DAYTIME HEATING HOURS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

NONE.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 21, 1:56 PM EDT, 1 hour 51 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
156 PM EDT TUE MAY 21 2013

SCZ014-211845-
CHESTER-
156 PM EDT TUE MAY 21 2013

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL CHESTER COUNTY THROUGH
245 PM EDT...

AT 154 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES EAST OF CHESTER...MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH.

PEOPLE IN CENTRAL CHESTER COUNTY...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
LOCATIONS...

CHESTER AND BLACKSTOCK...

SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE
WARNINGS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE
WEATHER THREATEN.

SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.

LAT...LON 3457 8128 3482 8128 3482 8101 3455 8104

MOORE
Special weather statement, May 21, 2:16 PM EDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
216 PM EDT TUE MAY 21 2013

NCZ071-072-211900-
CABARRUS-MECKLENBURG-
216 PM EDT TUE MAY 21 2013

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL MECKLENBURG AND WESTERN
CABARRUS COUNTIES THROUGH 300 PM EDT...

AT 212 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR CHARLOTTE MOTOR SPEEDWAY...OR 4 MILES
NORTHEAST OF UNC CHARLOTTE...MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH.

PEOPLE IN CENTRAL MECKLENBURG AND WESTERN CABARRUS COUNTIES...
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...

CHARLOTTE MOTOR SPEEDWAY...HARRISBURG AND UNC CHARLOTTE...

SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE
WARNINGS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE
WEATHER THREATEN.

SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.

LAT...LON 3521 8055 3523 8089 3546 8083 3545 8065

MOORE
Special weather statement, May 21, 2:45 PM EDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
245 PM EDT TUE MAY 21 2013

NCZ071-SCZ009-211930-
MECKLENBURG-YORK-
245 PM EDT TUE MAY 21 2013

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EASTERN YORK AND SOUTHWESTERN
MECKLENBURG COUNTIES THROUGH 330 PM EDT...

AT 244 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES WEST OF TEGA CAY...OR 7 MILES NORTHWEST
OF ROCK HILL. THIS STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.

* OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  CAROWINDS...PINEVILLE...TEGA CAY...ROCK HILL...LAKE WYLIE AND FORT
  MILL.

DIME SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.

FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. IF OUTDOORS...TRY TO
GET INDOORS OR INTO A HARD TOPPED VEHICLE. OTHERWISE...STAY AWAY FROM
OPEN AREAS AND ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES. WHEN INDOORS...
STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS AND AVOID USING WIRED ELECTRONIC
DEVICES. TRY TO UNPLUG UNNECESSARY APPLIANCES BEFORE THE STORM
APPROACHES.

LAT...LON 3489 8104 3497 8124 3515 8105 3515 8102
      3512 8084

MCAVOY
Special weather statement, May 21, 3:17 PM EDT, 30 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
317 PM EDT TUE MAY 21 2013

NCZ064-212000-
TRANSYLVANIA-
317 PM EDT TUE MAY 21 2013

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY
THROUGH 400 PM EDT...

AT 310 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR BREVARD. THIS STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.

* OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BREVARD AND
  BALSAM GROVE.

PEA SIZE HAIL...WIND GUSTS UP 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 3516 8291 3529 8287 3532 8267 3515 8269

MCAVOY
Local storm report, May 21, 3:20 PM EDT, 27 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
320 PM EDT TUE MAY 21 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0258 PM     HAIL             HARRISBURG              35.32N 80.67W
05/21/2013  E1.00 INCH       CABARRUS           NC   TRAINED SPOTTER

            HAIL REPORTED UP TO QUARTER SIZED. SOME MINOR WIND GUSTS.

0246 PM     HAIL             CONCORD                 35.41N 80.59W
05/21/2013  E0.50 INCH       CABARRUS           NC   PUBLIC

            MARBLE SIZED HAIL ON GEORGE LYLES PARKWAY.

&&

OUTLAW
Special weather statement, May 21, 3:32 PM EDT, 15 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
332 PM EDT TUE MAY 21 2013

NCZ063-212000-
SOUTHERN JACKSON-
332 PM EDT TUE MAY 21 2013

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL JACKSON COUNTY THROUGH
400 PM EDT...

AT 330 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES SOUTH OF TUCKASEGEE...OR 13 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF SYLVA. THIS STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.

PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.

LAT...LON 3525 8313 3527 8305 3527 8301 3516 8303
      3518 8315

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 20, 8:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPUnion34 min
May 21, 1:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPHaywood42 min
May 21, 2:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPMecklenburg44 min
May 21, 3:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPTransylvania43 min
May 21, 3:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPMecklenburg54 min
May 21, 3:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPMecklenburg, Union66 min
May 21, 3:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPJackson28 min
May 21, 3:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPTransylvania40 min
May 21, 4:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPUnion62 min
May 21, 4:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPTransylvania37 min
May 21, 4:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPBuncombe, Henderson47 min
May 21, 5:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPBuncombe61 min
May 21, 6:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPMacon67 min
May 21, 6:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPAvery, Burke, Caldwell46 min
May 21, 7:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPGraham, Jackson, Swain60 min
May 21, 7:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPBuncombe38 min
May 21, 7:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPAvery46 min
May 21, 1:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPChester52 min
May 21, 1:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPChester49 min
May 21, 2:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPYork45 min
May 21, 3:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPChester, Union59 min
May 21, 5:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPPickens60 min
May 21, 5:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPGreenville40 min
May 21, 5:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPOconee50 min
May 21, 5:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPPickens53 min
May 21, 5:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPOconee47 min
May 21, 6:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPOconee42 min
May 21, 6:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPOconee48 min
May 21, 6:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPOconee60 min
May 21, 7:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPOconee41 min
May 21, 5:47 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPRabun2 hr
May 21, 6:02 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningGSPRabun118 min
May 21, 7:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPRabun49 min
May 21, 7:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPRabun66 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.