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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 21, 2013, 6:08 PM EDT for Rabun County, Georgia; Macon County, North Carolina. It was in force for 67 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
- May 21, 2013, 6:08 PM EDT (22:08 UTC)
- Expired
- May 21, 2013, 7:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 67 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Rabun County, GA, Macon County, NC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:11 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
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 208 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
- 1321 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -66 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 925 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 6 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -23 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 12 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
061
WUUS52 KGSP 212208
SVRGSP
GAC241-NCC113-212315-
/O.NEW.KGSP.SV.W.0049.130521T2208Z-130521T2315Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
608 PM EDT TUE MAY 21 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTH CENTRAL RABUN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA...
SOUTHERN MACON COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 715 PM EDT
* AT 603 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
DILLARD...OR 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF CLAYTON...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT
10 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
DILLARD.
OTTO.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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 3523 8357 3504 8317 3489 8343 3496 8356
3499 8356 3500 8353 3502 8353 3505 8357
3506 8357 3511 8362
TIME...MOT...LOC 2208Z 219DEG 4KT 3496 8345
$$
CDG2 follow-up statements
108
WWUS52 KGSP 212232
SVSGSP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
632 PM EDT TUE MAY 21 2013
GAC241-NCC113-212315-
/O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0049.000000T0000Z-130521T2315Z/
RABUN GA-MACON NC-
632 PM EDT TUE MAY 21 2013
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN MACON
AND NORTH CENTRAL RABUN COUNTIES UNTIL 715 PM EDT...
AT 628 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
DILLARD...OR 7 MILES NORTH OF CLAYTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
DILLARD.
OTTO.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PLEASE REPORT DAMAGING WINDS...HAIL...OR FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG BY CALLING TOLL FREE...1...
800...2 6 7...8 1 0 1...OR BY POSTING ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGE...OR TWEET
IT USING HASHTAG NWSGSP. YOUR MESSAGE SHOULD DESCRIBE THE EVENT AND
THE SPECIFIC LOCATION WHERE IT OCCURRED.
&&
LAT...LON 3523 8357 3504 8317 3489 8343 3496 8356
3499 8356 3500 8353 3502 8353 3505 8357
3506 8357 3511 8362
TIME...MOT...LOC 2233Z 219DEG 4KT 3498 8343
$$
CDG425
WWUS52 KGSP 212247
SVSGSP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
647 PM EDT TUE MAY 21 2013
GAC241-NCC113-212257-
/O.CAN.KGSP.SV.W.0049.000000T0000Z-130521T2315Z/
RABUN GA-MACON NC-
647 PM EDT TUE MAY 21 2013
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN MACON AND NORTH
CENTRAL RABUN COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LEVELS.
LAT...LON 3523 8357 3504 8317 3489 8343 3496 8356
3499 8356 3500 8353 3502 8353 3505 8357
3506 8357 3511 8362
TIME...MOT...LOC 2247Z 219DEG 4KT 3499 8342
$$
CDGWhat 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, 5:45 PM EDT, 23 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 21, 5:45 PM EDT, 23 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
545 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/...
AS OF 530 PM...CONVECTION HAS BEEN FAVORING THE WESTERN SITE OF THE
CWFA IN THE LAST HOUR OR SO...AS DECENT WWD PROPAGATING OUTFLOW
BNDRYS ARE WORKING INTO 3500 J/KG CAPE AIR MASS. THE PULSE
CONVECTION HAS BEEN FAIRLY ROBUST...WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING
WIND THREATS. HAVE UPDATED THE POPS...BLENDING IN THE 18Z NAM AND
LATEST HRRR...WHICH AGREE ON CONVECTION WORKING OVER THE UPPER
SAVANNAH VALLEY AND SW NC MTNS DURING THE EARLY EVENING HOURS.
MEANWHILE...CONVECTION IS TRYING TO ORGANIZE OVER ERN TN WHERE THE
BETTER UPPER FORCING AND DEEP LAYER SHEAR EXISTS. I/M EXPECTING MOST
OF THIS TO STRUGGLE TO REACH THE SRN APPALACHIANS...DUE TO THE LACK
OF SHEAR AND FORCING OVER OUR AREA.
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 /22Z 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...
21-03Z 03-09Z 09-15Z 15-21Z
KCLT HIGH 100% HIGH 100% LOW 59% HIGH 100%
KGSP HIGH 100% HIGH 100% MED 73% HIGH 100%
KAVL HIGH 95% MED 66% MED 69% HIGH 93%
KHKY HIGH 100% HIGH 100% MED 78% HIGH 97%
KGMU HIGH 100% HIGH 100% MED 76% HIGH 100%
KAND HIGH 100% HIGH 100% MED 78% HIGH 97%
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...ARK/SBK
SHORT TERM...CDG
LONG TERM...DEO
AVIATION...SBKHazardous weather outlook, May 21, 5:10 AM EDT, 12 hours 58 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, 3:32 PM EDT, 2 hours 36 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 8315Special weather statement, May 21, 3:50 PM EDT, 2 hours 18 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
350 PM EDT TUE MAY 21 2013
NCZ064-SCZ002-003-212030-
GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-TRANSYLVANIA-
350 PM EDT TUE MAY 21 2013
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHERN PICKENS...NORTHWESTERN
GREENVILLE AND SOUTHERN TRANSYLVANIA COUNTIES THROUGH 430 PM EDT...
AT 346 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR ROSMAN...OR 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BREVARD...
MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.
THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
ROCKY BOTTOM...
TABLE ROCK RESERVOIR...
SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.
LAT...LON 3522 8288 3521 8260 3520 8260 3500 8268
3509 8294Local storm report, May 21, 3:53 PM EDT, 2 hours 15 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
353 PM EDT TUE MAY 21 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0332 PM HAIL 4 SSE CHARLOTTE 35.15N 80.81W
05/21/2013 E1.00 INCH MECKLENBURG NC PUBLIC
QUARTER SIZED HAIL NEAR SOUTHPARK MALL. ALSO HAD GUSTY
WIND AND TORRENTIAL RAIN CAUSING RAPID RUNOFF NEAR MALL.
&&
OUTLAWSpecial weather statement, May 21, 5:00 PM EDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 500 PM EDT TUE MAY 21 2013 SCZ002-005-212200- GREATER PICKENS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS- 500 PM EDT TUE MAY 21 2013 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL PICKENS COUNTY THROUGH 600 PM EDT... AT 458 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES EAST OF NINE TIMES...OR 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF PICKENS...MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH. THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR... PICKENS... SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. LAT...LON 3485 8254 3476 8285 3497 8290 3503 8269
Special weather statement, May 21, 5:05 PM EDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 505 PM EDT TUE MAY 21 2013 SCZ005-006-010-212145- ANDERSON-GREATER GREENVILLE-GREATER PICKENS- 505 PM EDT TUE MAY 21 2013 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL GREENVILLE...EASTERN PICKENS AND NORTHEASTERN ANDERSON COUNTIES THROUGH 545 PM EDT... AT 502 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR BEREA...OR 4 MILES WEST OF DOWNTOWN GREENVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR... DOWNTOWN GREENVILLE... HAYWOOD MALL... WHITE HORSE ROAD AT I-85... DONALDSON CENTER... SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. LAT...LON 3480 8225 3465 8246 3487 8262 3498 8244
Local storm report, May 21, 6:07 PM EDT, 1 minute before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
607 PM EDT TUE MAY 21 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0336 PM TSTM WND DMG 4 SSE CHARLOTTE 35.14N 80.82W
05/21/2013 MECKLENBURG NC PUBLIC
TWO TREES DOWN ON COLONY ROAD IN THE MYERS PARK AREA.
REPORT RECEIVED FROM SOCIAL MEDIA.
&&
ARKThe office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 21, 5:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Rabun | 50 min |
| May 21, 5:47 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Rabun | 2 hr |
| May 21, 5:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Rabun | 47 min |
| May 21, 6:02 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Rabun | 118 min |
| May 21, 6:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Stephens | 60 min |
| May 21, 7:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Rabun | 49 min |
| May 21, 7:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Rabun | 66 min |
| May 20, 8:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Union | 34 min |
| May 21, 1:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Haywood | 42 min |
| May 21, 2:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Mecklenburg | 44 min |
| May 21, 3:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Transylvania | 43 min |
| May 21, 3:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Mecklenburg | 54 min |
| May 21, 3:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Mecklenburg, Union | 66 min |
| May 21, 3:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Jackson | 28 min |
| May 21, 3:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Union | 58 min |
| May 21, 3:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Transylvania | 40 min |
| May 21, 4:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Union | 62 min |
| May 21, 4:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Transylvania | 37 min |
| May 21, 4:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Buncombe, Henderson | 47 min |
| May 21, 5:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Buncombe | 61 min |
| May 21, 6:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Avery, Burke, Caldwell | 46 min |
| May 21, 7:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Graham, Jackson, Swain | 60 min |
| May 21, 7:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Buncombe | 38 min |
| May 21, 7:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Avery | 46 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Georgia, 2013Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.