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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 63, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

May 22, 2013Polk County, Rutherford County, North Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 22, 2013, 6:05 PM EDT for Polk County, Rutherford County, North 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

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 22, 2013, 6:05 PM EDT (22:05 UTC)
Expired: May 22, 2013, 7:00 PM EDT
In force: 55 min
Issued by: NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Polk County, NC, Rutherford County, NC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 210 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 224 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -122 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 644 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 2 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -12 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 42 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 22, 5:06 PM EDT, 59 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 22, 5:06 PM EDT, 59 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 22, 4:10 PM EDT, 1 hour 55 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
410 PM EDT WED MAY 22 2013

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065-
068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-231100-
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-
410 PM EDT WED MAY 22 2013

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO
DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION THIS EVENING. A FEW OF THE STORMS WILL
BECOME SEVERE...PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. SOME OF
STORMS WILL ALSO PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...WHICH COULD
LEAD TO FLOOD ISSUES. EVEN AS WE REACH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME POTENTIALLY SEVERE...MAY STILL
BE ONGOING...PARTICULARLY AREAS WEST OF INTERSTATE 26.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

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

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF LARGE
HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...TORNADOES OR FLASH FLOODING TO OUR OFFICE.

STUREY

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 22, 5:34 PM EDT, 31 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
534 PM EDT WED MAY 22 2013

GAZ026-028-222200-
FRANKLIN-HART-
534 PM EDT WED MAY 22 2013

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EASTERN FRANKLIN AND
NORTHWESTERN HART COUNTIES THROUGH 600 PM EDT...

AT 529 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR FRANKLIN SPRINGS...OR 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
CARNESVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
  LAVONIA...
  WHITWORTH...
  REED CREEK...
  LAKE HARTWELL...

DIME SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH
THIS STORM.

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 3432 8321 3450 8311 3449 8304 3447 8301
      3448 8298 3446 8287 3427 8314

LANE

Special weather statement, May 22, 5:42 PM EDT, 23 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
542 PM EDT WED MAY 22 2013

SCZ002-222215-
PICKENS MOUNTAINS-
542 PM EDT WED MAY 22 2013

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHWESTERN PICKENS COUNTY
THROUGH 615 PM EDT...

AT 538 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR NINE TIMES...OR 9 MILES WEST OF PICKENS...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
  ROCKY BOTTOM...

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

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 3507 8287 3507 8284 3500 8265 3486 8287
      3489 8291 3496 8292

LANE

Special weather statement, May 22, 5:47 PM EDT, 18 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 22, 5:49 PM EDT, 16 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 22, 5:51 PM EDT, 14 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 22, 6:04 PM EDT, 1 minute before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 21, 8:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Mitchell	45 min
May 21, 8:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Caldwell	40 min
May 21, 8:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Avery	43 min
May 21, 9:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Mitchell	47 min
May 21, 9:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Mitchell	65 min
May 21, 9:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Avery	50 min
May 21, 10:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Burke	32 min
May 22, 11:46 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Avery, Buncombe, Haywood, Henderson, Mitchell, Transylvania and 1 more	44 min
May 22, 11:59 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Buncombe, Henderson	61 min
May 22, 12:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Mitchell	42 min
May 22, 12:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	McDowell	48 min
May 22, 12:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Henderson	42 min
May 22, 1:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Avery	43 min
May 22, 1:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	McDowell	50 min
May 22, 2:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	McDowell	40 min
May 22, 2:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Avery	49 min
May 22, 2:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Graham	45 min
May 22, 2:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Caldwell	56 min
May 22, 2:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Buncombe	49 min
May 22, 2:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Macon	47 min
May 22, 2:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Caldwell	39 min
May 22, 2:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Jackson, Swain	66 min
May 22, 3:05 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Caldwell	115 min
May 22, 3:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Buncombe	41 min
May 22, 3:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Haywood	23 min
May 22, 3:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Jackson	27 min
May 22, 3:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Madison	24 min
May 22, 3:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Jackson	35 min
May 22, 3:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Burke	30 min
May 22, 3:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Yancey	29 min
May 22, 3:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Buncombe, McDowell, Yancey	56 min
May 22, 3:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Transylvania	36 min
May 22, 4:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Polk	35 min
May 22, 4:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Buncombe	31 min
May 22, 4:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Burke	38 min
May 22, 4:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	McDowell	50 min
May 22, 4:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Transylvania	62 min
May 22, 4:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Henderson	35 min
May 22, 4:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Henderson	34 min
May 22, 4:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Polk	31 min
May 22, 5:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Henderson	26 min
May 22, 5:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Henderson, Polk	66 min
May 22, 5:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	McDowell	34 min
May 22, 5:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Macon	31 min
May 22, 5:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Graham	29 min
May 22, 5:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Polk	28 min
May 22, 6:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Polk	23 min
May 22, 6:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Haywood	32 min
May 22, 7:08 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Burke, McDowell, Polk, Rutherford	112 min
May 22, 7:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Iredell	30 min
May 22, 3:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Oconee	45 min
May 22, 4:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Pickens	27 min
May 22, 4:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Anderson	30 min
May 22, 4:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Abbeville	29 min
May 22, 5:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Abbeville	26 min
May 22, 5:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Anderson	37 min
May 22, 5:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Anderson, Oconee	67 min
May 22, 5:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Pickens	33 min
May 22, 5:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Greenville	26 min
May 22, 5:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Anderson	24 min
May 22, 6:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Greenville	26 min
May 22, 6:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Spartanburg	34 min
May 22, 6:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Spartanburg	62 min
May 22, 7:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Greenville	35 min
May 21, 8:27 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Rabun	2 hr
May 22, 2:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Rabun	41 min
May 22, 4:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Elbert	33 min
May 22, 5:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Franklin	23 min
May 22, 5:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Hart	26 min
May 22, 7:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Hart	46 min
May 22, 7:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Rabun	34 min

Nearby

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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.