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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 77, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

June 5, 2013Oconee County, Pickens County, South Carolina; Habersham County, Rabun County, Stephens County, Georgia

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 5, 2013, 9:15 PM EDT for Oconee County, Pickens County, South Carolina; Habersham County, Rabun County, Stephens County, Georgia. It was in force for 60 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: Jun 5, 2013, 9:15 PM EDT (01:15 UTC)
Expired: Jun 5, 2013, 10:15 PM EDT
In force: 60 min
Issued by: NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Habersham County, GA, Rabun County, GA, Stephens County, GA, Oconee County, SC, Pickens County, SC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 334 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: 1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1007 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 115 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 152 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 Jun 5, 8:26 PM EDT, 49 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 5, 8:26 PM EDT, 49 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 5, 3:51 PM EDT, 5 hours 24 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
351 PM EDT WED JUN 5 2013

GAZ029-NCZ036-037-056-057-069>072-082-SCZ008-009-011>014-019-062000-
ELBERT-IREDELL-DAVIE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-
CABARRUS-UNION NC-CHEROKEE-YORK-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-
GREENWOOD-
351 PM EDT WED JUN 5 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.

SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT THE
PIEDMONT OF THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA THIS
EVENING. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE SLOW MOVING AND MAY DROP
LOCALLY VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...POSSIBLY LEADING TO A FEW AREAS OF
FLASH FLOODING. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL ALSO
ACCOMPANY THE STRONGER STORMS.

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

LOW PRESSURE SLOWLY ORGANIZING OVER THE EASTERN GULF OF MEXICO IS
EXPECTED TO MOVE NORTHEAST AND EVENTUALLY MOVE UP THE SOUTHEAST
COAST THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY. THERE IS STILL SOME
UNCERTAINTY AS TO THE TRACK...INTENSITY AND TIMING OF THE LOW AS
IT IS STILL IN ITS ORGANIZING STAGES. HOWEVER...IF THE LOW TRACKS
FAR ENOUGH INLAND...A PERIOD OF WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAIN WITH AN
ENHANCED FLOODING THREAT IS POSSIBLE OVER THE CAROLINA PIEDMONT
THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY. HOWEVER...EVEN IF THERE IS NO DIRECT
IMPACT FROM THIS SYSTEM...ABUNDANT MOISTURE STREAMING INTO THE
AREA AHEAD OF THE LOW WILL RESULT IN NUMEROUS TO WIDESPREAD
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH A THREAT OF LOCALIZED FLASH
FLOODING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

NONE.

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-NCZ033-035-048>053-058-059-062>065-068-
501>510-SCZ001>007-010-062000-
RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-AVERY-ALEXANDER-MADISON-
YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-
SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-CLEVELAND-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-ANDERSON-
351 PM EDT WED JUN 5 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.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN AREAL
COVERAGE OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS OF THE WESTERN CAROLINAS
AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA DURING THE EVENING HOURS. IN PARTICULAR...AN
AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN MAY MOVE INTO THE
SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 6 AND 9 PM. THE
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE SLOW MOVING AND MAY DROP LOCALLY VERY HEAVY
RAINFALL...POSSIBLY LEADING TO A FEW AREAS OF FLASH FLOODING.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY THE
STRONGER STORMS.

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

A FRONTAL SYSTEM INTERACTING WITH A SERIES OF UPPER LEVEL
DISTURBANCES AND ABUNDANT TROPICAL MOISTURE STREAMING INTO THE
AREA FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO WILL RESULT IN NUMEROUS TO
WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.
LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE AT ANY POINT DURING THIS
PERIOD...ESPECIALLY OVER THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

NONE.

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 5, 7:59 PM EDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 5, 8:00 PM EDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
800 PM EDT WED JUN 05 2013

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

0700 PM     FLASH FLOOD      MAULDIN                 34.79N 82.30W
06/05/2013                   GREENVILLE         SC   COUNTY OFFICIAL

            POLICE DEPT CLOSED LIBBY RD...BON AIRE RD...AND SHAVER RD
            DUE TO FLOODING.

&&

KRENTZ

Special weather statement, Jun 5, 8:23 PM EDT, 52 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
823 PM EDT WED JUN 5 2013

GAZ010-017-018-NCZ062-063-SCZ001-060115-
HABERSHAM-MACON-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-RABUN-SOUTHERN JACKSON-STEPHENS-
823 PM EDT WED JUN 5 2013

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT HABERSHAM...NORTHWESTERN
OCONEE...NORTHWESTERN STEPHENS...RABUN...SOUTHEASTERN MACON AND
SOUTHERN JACKSON COUNTIES THROUGH 915 PM EDT...

AT 823 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 4 MILES WEST OF OTTO
TO NACOOHE LAKE TO CLERMONT...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

THESE STORMS WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
  NACOOHE LAKE...
  OTTO...
  DILLARD...
  MOUNTAIN CITY...
  LAKE RABUN...
  DEMOREST...

PEA SIZE HAIL...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH...AND TORRENTIAL RAIN ARE
EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. 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 3455 8362 3466 8367 3477 8361 3499 8356
      3500 8353 3504 8355 3513 8353 3521 8311
      3480 8309 3448 8347 3449 8354 3447 8357
      3446 8364 3451 8367

HG

Local storm report, Jun 5, 8:30 PM EDT, 45 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
830 PM EDT WED JUN 05 2013

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

0740 PM     FLASH FLOOD      MAULDIN                 34.79N 82.30W
06/05/2013                   GREENVILLE         SC   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TEN PEOPLE EVACUATED DUE TO GILDER CREEK OUT OF ITS BANKS
            ON OLD MILL RD NEAR EAST BUTLER RD.

&&

KRENTZ

Special weather statement, Jun 5, 8:47 PM EDT, 28 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
847 PM EDT WED JUN 5 2013

NCZ035-049-050-056-502>506-060145-
ALEXANDER-BURKE MOUNTAINS-CATAWBA-EASTERN MCDOWELL-GREATER
BURKE-GREATER CALDWELL-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-MITCHELL-YANCEY-
847 PM EDT WED JUN 5 2013

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT BURKE...CATAWBA...MCDOWELL...
SOUTHEASTERN MITCHELL...SOUTHEASTERN YANCEY...SOUTHERN ALEXANDER AND
SOUTHERN CALDWELL COUNTIES THROUGH 945 PM EDT...

AT 847 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
MONTREAT TO 3 MILES SOUTH OF MAIDEN...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH.

THESE STORMS WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
  GLENWOOD...
  OLD FORT...
  MARION...
  NEWTON...
  LAKE JAMES...
  RUTHERFORD COLLEGE...

PEA SIZE HAIL...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH...AND TORRENTIAL RAIN ARE
EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. 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 3584 8105 3578 8111 3570 8104 3555 8109
      3556 8165 3561 8175 3558 8182 3554 8185
      3552 8197 3555 8201 3552 8215 3559 8229
      3563 8227 3569 8230 3571 8228 3574 8231
      3593 8225

HG

Special weather statement, Jun 5, 9:08 PM EDT, 7 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
908 PM EDT WED JUN 5 2013

GAZ010-017-018-SCZ001-004-060145-
GREATER OCONEE-HABERSHAM-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-RABUN-STEPHENS-
908 PM EDT WED JUN 5 2013

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT EASTERN HABERSHAM...EASTERN
RABUN...NORTHERN STEPHENS AND OCONEE COUNTIES THROUGH 945 PM EDT...

AT 907 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
SCALY TO LONG CREEK TO 4 MILES EAST OF HOLLYWOOD...MOVING EAST AT 20
MPH.

THESE STORMS WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
  LONG CREEK...
  PINE MOUNTAIN...
  MOUNTAIN REST...
  WALHALLA...

WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS LINE OF
STORMS. IN ADDITION...TORRENTIAL RAIN SHOULD BE EXPECTED...AND PEA
SIZE HAIL IS POSSIBLE. 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 3478 8337 3500 8337 3500 8311 3505 8290
      3504 8292 3501 8292 3499 8294 3497 8292
      3494 8290 3487 8291 3481 8289 3463 8302
      3455 8352

HG

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 5, 8:45 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Macon	105 min
Jun 5, 8:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Burke, Catawba, McDowell	58 min
Jun 5, 10:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Alexander, Burke, Caldwell, Catawba, Iredell, McDowell and 3 more	53 min
Jun 5, 10:27 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	GSP	Catawba	4 hr
Jun 5, 10:35 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Madison	3 hr
Jun 6, 4:59 AM EDT	Flash Flood Watch	GSP	Alexander, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell, Catawba, Cleveland and 10 more	37 hr
Jun 6, 3:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Gaston, Mecklenburg	55 min
Jun 6, 3:36 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Mecklenburg	114 min
Jun 6, 3:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Cabarrus	65 min
Jun 6, 4:23 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Cabarrus	2 hr
Jun 6, 6:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Cabarrus, Mecklenburg, Union	58 min
Jun 6, 6:14 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Madison	3 hr
Jun 6, 6:52 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Union	3 hr
Jun 6, 6:58 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	GSP	Cabarrus, Mecklenburg	6 hr
Jun 6, 7:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Avery, Mitchell, Yancey	56 min
Jun 6, 7:38 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	GSP	Madison	3 hr
Jun 5, 9:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Oconee	37 min
Jun 6, 12:54 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	York	2 hr
Jun 6, 5:32 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Anderson	118 min
Jun 5, 8:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Habersham, Rabun	52 min
Jun 6, 1:40 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Hart	110 min
Jun 6, 7:43 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Stephens	107 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Georgia, 2013 Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in South Carolina, 2013 Every 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.