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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 81, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

June 9, 2013Polk County, Rutherford County, North Carolina; Cherokee County, Spartanburg County, South Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 9, 2013, 2:39 PM EDT for Polk County, Rutherford County, North Carolina; Cherokee County, Spartanburg County, South Carolina. It was in force for 66 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 9, 2013, 2:39 PM EDT (18:39 UTC)
Expired
Jun 9, 2013, 3:45 PM EDT
In force
66 min
Issued by
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Polk County, NC, Rutherford County, NC, Cherokee County, SC, Spartanburg County, SC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:41 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 209 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 2013-06-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 500 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 2013-06-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 28 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
500 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-20 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
836 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
28 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
72 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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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 9, 2:05 PM EDT, 34 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 9, 2:05 PM EDT, 34 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
205 PM EDT SUN JUN 9 2013

.SYNOPSIS...
MOIST SOUTHERLY FLOW WILL CONTINUE AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING UPPER LOW
PRESSURE TROUGH TONIGHT. THE TROUGH WILL PUSH A COLD FRONT INTO THE
REGION MONDAY NIGHT...FOLLOWED BY HIGH PRESSURE TUESDAY AND
WEDNESDAY. ANOTHER FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE AREA LATE IN
THE WEEK.

&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/...
1000 AM UPDATE...WIDESPREAD CONVECTION NOT FIRING QUITE AS QUICKLY
AS EXPECTED THIS MRNG OVER OUR CWFA THOUGH HEALTHY CELLS ARE MOVING
THRU THE AUGUSTA GA AREA. HAVE NOT EVEN SEEN CU DEVELOPMENT YET SO
TRIMMED BACK POPS GREATLY THRU NOON. SPC MESOANALYSIS INDICATES
UPWARDS OF 500 J SBCAPE OVER THE FOOTHILLS/PIEDMONT ATTM...BUT POOR
LAPSE RATES JUST ABOVE THE SFC PER 12Z FFC RAOB MAY BE CAPPING
THINGS OFF. 12Z NAM AND RECENT RAP RUNS SHOW ABUNDANT CONVECTION BY
MIDDAY WITH AN EARLIER THAN USUAL PEAK IN CAPES...DIMINISHING
GREATLY BY MID AFTN POSSIBLY INDICATING THE MODELS THINK THE EARLY
ACTIVITY WILL USE UP THE AVAILABLE INSTABILITY. GIVEN THE USUAL
DIURNAL TRENDS AS WELL AS THE REMAINING 500-800 J CAPES SHOWN LATER
IN THE AFTN...MAINTAINED LATE AFTN PEAK POPS FROM PREV PACKAGE.
ADJUSTED TEMPS/DEWPTS PER LATEST OBS...ALLOWING FOR FASTER WARMING
IN THE GENERALLY CLEARER THAN ANTICIPATED SKIES THIS AM.

PREV DISCUSSION...
AS OF 300 AM...DEEP DIGGING SHORTWAVE WILL CLOSE OFF INTO A CLOSE
UPR LOW TODAY...BUT REMAIN PROGRESSIVE AS IT ENTERS THE UPR MS
VALLEY. DEEP SWLY FLOW AHEAD OF THE TROF WILL PERSIST ACRS THE SE
STATES AND ADVECT PWATS OF 125-175% OF NORMAL ATOP THE CWFA THRU THE
NEAR TERM. THE MOISTURE AND INCREASING UPR SUPPORT SHUD RESULT IN
SOLID COVERAGE OF SHWRS AND TSTMS DEVELOPING THIS AFTN...WITH POPS
RAMPING UP FROM SW TO NE. FCST SNDGS SHOW 1500-2000 J/KG OF UNCAPPED
CAPE TODAY...ESP IN THE UPSTATE AND NE GA. THE OP MODELS INDICATE
CONVECTION FIRING BY NOON ACRS THE SRN HALF OF THE CWFA...WHILE THE
MAJORITY OF THE CONVECTION-ALLOWING MODELS (CAMS) HINT THAT DEBRIS
CIRRUS FROM GULF CONVECTION WILL DELAY THE ONSET HERE TILL MID AFTN.
IN ANY CASE...HAVE HIGH-END CHC TO LIKELY ALL ZONES TODAY. GOOD NEWS
IS HIGH FREEZING LVLS AND MOIST PROFILES SHUD LIMIT SEVERE THREAT.
THERE MAY AN ISOLD SEVERE STORM OR TWO THIS AFTN...WITH DOWNBURST
WINDS THE MAIN THREAT. TEMPS WILL BE HELD SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL IN
MOST SPOTS WITH THE HUMIDITY AND CLOUD COVER.

GUIDANCE IN GOOD AGREEMENT (INCLUDING THE CAMS) ON ANOTHER ROUND OF
AT LEAST LIKELY POPS LATE THIS EVENING WELL INTO THE OVERNIGHT...AS
A SPOKE OF VORTICITY WILL ROUND THE UPSTREAM TROF AND CROSS THE AREA
FROM THE SW. LOOKING AT THE NAM AND GFS MUCAPE FIELDS AND THE FCST
SNDGS...CAPE APPEARS TO REMAIN MARGINAL IN THE 500-800 J/KG RANGE.
HOWEVER...850 MB FLOW WILL INCREASE TO 35-40 KTS...ESP IN THE
PIEDMONT AND BULK SHEAR RAMPS UP TO 35-40 KTS AS WELL...WHICH COULD
SUSTAIN A FAIR AMOUNT OF CONVECTION. A DAMAGING WIND THREAT MAY
ACTUALLY INCREASE...AS GREATER POTENTIAL FOR SEMI-ORGANIZED
CLUSTERS...WITH THE INCREASED BULK SHEAR AND UPR SUPPORT. DESPITE
HIGH POPS AND WET ANTECEDENT CONDITIONS...HYDRO THREAT STILL LOOKS
TO BE TOO ISOLD TO WARRANT A FLASH FLOOD WATCH. NONE OF THE
INGREDIENTS FOR WIDESPREAD EXCESSIVE RAIN LOOK HIGH ENUF. WILL
CONTINUE TO MENTION THE HEAVY RAIN/FLOOD THREAT IN THE HWO.

&&

.SHORT TERM /MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
CA

AS OF 1245 PM SUNDAY...LINGERING DEEP CONVECTIVE CHANCES WILL REMAIN
IN THE FORECAST THRU MONDAY NIGHT SINCE THE 09/12 UTC OP SHORT RANGE
MODELS CONTINUE TO ADVERTISE THE PASSAGE OF A SHARP LOOKING S/WV
TROUGH. WITH THE LATEST NAM RUN NOW IN STEP WITH THE OP GFS IN
TRANSLATING UPPER TROUGH AXIS DOWNSTREAM OF THE CWFA BY TUESDAY
AFTERNOON...WITH PLAN ON SHAVING BACK POP A BIT MORE...ESPECIALLY
GIVING THE PALTRY MOS POPS...FALLING SFC DWPTS AND SOME DOWNSLOPE
FLOW. MAX TEMPERATURES REMAIN SLATED TO REBOUND TO VALUES VERY CLOSE
TO CLIMO.

THE CWFA WILL BE UNDER BROADLY DIFFLUENT WNW FLOW ALOFT TUESDAY
NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY AND IT IS WITHIN THE REALM OF POSSIBILITY
THAT OHIO VALLEY MCS ACTIVITY WILL MAKE A RUN AT THE NW CWFA BY
WED AM...BUT CONFIDENCE IS STILL NOT HIGH ENUF TO INTRODUCE ANYTHING
AT THIS POINT. UNLESS IT BECOMES OBVIOUS THAT AN IMPULSE/OUTFLOW
IS GOING TO MAKE IT/S WAY ACRS THE CWFA WEDNESDAY WILL PLAN ON
LIMITING DIURNAL TSTM CHANCES TO THE MTNS/LEE TROUGH LOCALES.

&&

.LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY/...
CA

AS OF 1130 AM EDT SUNDAY...A BROAD UPPER RIDGE OF H5 HIGH WILL
REMAIN ANCHORED ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PLAINS...LEAVING OUR FORECAST
AREA UNDER N/NW FLOW ALOFT THROUGH MUCH OF THE MEDIUM RANGE PERIOD.
AT THE SURFACE...A WEAK SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL PREVAIL WED NIGHT
INTO THURSDAY ACROSS THE REGION PROVIDING MOSTLY DRY CONDITIONS. A
COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE REGION THU NIGHT INTO
EARLY FRI. MODELS AGREE THAT THE FRONT WILL WEAKEN AS IT CROSSES THE
CWA. HENCE...I HAVE CARRIED LOW END CHANCE POPS DURING THIS PERIOD.
CONDITIONS LOOK DRY FOR THE NEXT WEEKEND WITH HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING
ACROSS THE REGION. TEMPS ON THURSDAY WILL BE AROUND 3-5 DEGREES
ABOVE NORMAL WITH HIGHS REACHING THE LOW 90S EAST OF THE MTNS. THEN
TEMPS BACK TO NEAR...OR A FEW DEGREES BELOW NORMAL FRI/SAT BEFORE
WARMING UP TO NEAR NORMAL SUN.

&&

.AVIATION /18Z SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/...
AT KCLT...VIGOROUS CONVECTION WILL BE ONGOING AROUND THE REGION THIS
AFTERNOON...THOUGH BEST TS CHANCES WILL BE WEST OF THE FIELD.
INCLUDED A TEMPO FOR TSRA WITH MVFR VSBY THOUGH IFR MIGHT EVEN BE
POSSIBLE FOR A TIME IN HVY RA. LOW VFR CU BASES WILL HANG AROUND
INTO THE EVENING...WITH LIKELY RAIN AND SLIGHT TS CHANCES CONTINUING
OVERNIGHT. DEEPENING MOISTURE AND UPPER DISTURBANCES WILL ENHANCE
CLOUD DEVELOPMENT AND CIGS SHOULD LOWER TO MVFR THEN IFR TOWARD
DAYBREAK. UNSTABLE ENVIRONMENT MON MRNG AHEAD OF COLD FRONT WILL
BRING BACK THUNDER CHANCES. HAVE SUFFICIENT CONFIDENCE TO GO
PREVAILING -TSRA WITH MVFR CLOUD BASES AFTER 14Z. STRENGTHENING LLVL
WINDS WILL ALLOW GUSTS TO AROUND 20KT AT THIS TIME IGNORING ANY
STRONGER GUSTS WHICH MIGHT ACCOMPANY TS.

ELSEWHERE...THUNDERSTORM CHANCES BEST OVER THE WRN SITES TODAY...BUT
ALL SITES ARE AT SOME RISK OF BEING AFFECTED. HEAVY RAIN WITH MVFR
TO PERHAPS IFR VSBY IS THE MOST LIKELY EFFECT AT THE TAF TERMINALS.
CLOUD BASES SHOULD GENERALLY REMAIN LOW VFR INTO THE EVENING.
INCREASING LLVL MOISTURE WITH SOMEWHAT UPSLOPE WINDS WILL LIKELY
LEAD TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN MVFR DECK LATE THIS EVENING WHICH SOME
GUIDANCE SUGGESTS WILL LOWER TO IFR TOWARD DAYBREAK ACROSS MAINLY
THE UPSTATE SC SITES. PRECIP AND LESSER THUNDER CHANCES WILL
CONTINUE OVERNIGHT...RAMPING BACK UP MON MRNG AS INSTABILITY GROWS
AHEAD OF COLD FRONT WHICH WILL PASS AFTER 18Z. GIVEN THE MOIST
CONDITIONS AND ONGOING PRECIP CIGS WILL LIKELY BE SLOW TO LIFT AFTER
SUNRISE. S TO SW WINDS WILL PREVAIL THRU THE PERIOD. AS LOW LEVEL
JET DEVELOPS OVERNIGHT AHEAD OF THE FRONT...THE MTNS ARE AT RISK FOR
LLWS NEAR 020...BUT LEFT OUT OF KAVL TAF DUE TO POOR AGREEMENT FROM
GUIDANCE.

OUTLOOK...A COLD FRONT WILL ARRIVE LATE MONDAY ASSOCIATED WITH MORE
WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND STORMS.  CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE ON TUESDAY
AND THROUGH THE MIDWEEK AS UPPER LEVEL HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS.

CONFIDENCE TABLE...

            18-24Z        00-06Z        06-12Z        12-18Z
KCLT       HIGH 100%     HIGH  94%     HIGH  93%     MED   72%
KGSP       HIGH  89%     HIGH  84%     HIGH  93%     HIGH  91%
KAVL       HIGH  87%     HIGH  84%     HIGH  93%     HIGH  80%
KHKY       HIGH 100%     HIGH  92%     HIGH  91%     HIGH  87%
KGMU       HIGH  88%     HIGH  89%     HIGH  93%     HIGH  91%
KAND       HIGH  85%     HIGH  87%     HIGH  90%     HIGH  84%

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...JOH
NEAR TERM...ARK/WIMBERLEY
SHORT TERM...CSH
LONG TERM...JOH
AVIATION...WIMBERLEY
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 9, 1:23 PM EDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
123 PM EDT SUN JUN 9 2013

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065-
068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-101730-
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-
123 PM EDT SUN JUN 9 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.

NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP BY ACROSS THE
WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA. IN ADDITION TO CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING...SOME OF THE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE WITH
DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND HAIL. HEAVY DOWNPOURS MAY RESULT IN SOME
FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. THE STORMS SHOULD
DECREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY AFTER MIDNIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 9, 1:20 PM EDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
120 PM EDT SUN JUN 9 2013

NCZ053-065-091815-
BUNCOMBE-HENDERSON-
120 PM EDT SUN JUN 9 2013

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EASTERN BUNCOMBE AND
NORTHWESTERN HENDERSON COUNTIES THROUGH 215 PM EDT...

AT 114 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR AVERY CREEK...OR 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF
HENDERSONVILLE...MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ASHEVILLE
  MALL...I-26 AT I-40...UNC ASHEVILLE...FAIRVIEW...WOODFIN...
  WEAVERVILLE...SWANNANOA...SKYLAND...MOUNTAIN HOME...MONTREAT...
  MILLS RIVER...FLETCHER...BLACK MOUNTAIN...BILTMORE FOREST...BENT
  CREEK...AVERY CREEK AND DOWNTOWN ASHEVILLE.

SMALL HAIL...WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH AND TORRENTIAL RAIN ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS AND WET SOIL CONDITIONS WILL CAUSE
SCATTERED TREES AND POWER LINES TO FALL. SEEK SHELTER INSIDER AN
INTERIOR ROOM.

LAT...LON 3570 8228 3569 8230 3568 8228 3565 8228
      3537 8250 3542 8269 3577 8260 3578 8256

JOH
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 1:42 PM EDT, 57 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
142 PM EDT SUN JUN 9 2013

NCZ053-505>508-091830-
BUNCOMBE-EASTERN MCDOWELL-GREATER RUTHERFORD-MCDOWELL
MOUNTAINS-RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-
142 PM EDT SUN JUN 9 2013

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHWESTERN RUTHERFORD...
SOUTHEASTERN BUNCOMBE AND SOUTHERN MCDOWELL COUNTIES THROUGH 230 PM
EDT...

AT 141 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTH OF LAKE LURE...OR 15 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF MARION...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SUGAR
  HILL...OLD FORT...MARION...LAKE LURE...GLENWOOD AND FERO.

SMALL HAIL...WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH AND TORRENTIAL RAIN ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS AND WET SOIL CONDITIONS WILL CAUSE
SCATTERED TREES AND POWER LINES TO FALL. SEEK SHELTER INSIDER AN
INTERIOR ROOM.

LAT...LON 3567 8191 3540 8212 3546 8227 3549 8232
      3571 8224 3573 8220 3575 8219 3578 8216

JOH
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 2:01 PM EDT, 38 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 9, 2:05 PM EDT, 34 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
205 PM EDT SUN JUN 9 2013

GAZ028-SCZ005>007-010>012-091900-
ABBEVILLE-ANDERSON-GREATER GREENVILLE-GREATER
PICKENS-HART-LAURENS-SPARTANBURG-
205 PM EDT SUN JUN 9 2013

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT ANDERSON...EASTERN HART...
NORTHEASTERN ABBEVILLE...NORTHWESTERN LAURENS...SOUTHEASTERN
PICKENS...SOUTHERN GREENVILLE AND WESTERN SPARTANBURG COUNTIES
THROUGH 300 PM EDT...

AT 202 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
SADLERS CREEK STATE PARK TO 3 MILES NORTH OF DUE WEST...MOVING NORTH
AT 30 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WHITE HORSE
  ROAD AT I-85...PELHAM ROAD AT I-85...SHOPS AT GREENRIDGE...
  CHERRYDALE POINT...HAYWOOD MALL...GSP AIRPORT...FURMAN
  UNIVERSITY...DONALDSON CENTER...FIVE FORKS...BROADWAY LAKE...
  WILLIAMSTON...WELCOME...TAYLORS...STARR...SIMPSONVILLE...SANDY
  SPRINGS...SADLERS CREEK STATE PARK...REIDVILLE...PRINCETON...
  POWDERSVILLE...PIEDMONT...PELZER...MAULDIN...HONEA PATH...HICKORY
  TAVERN...DOWNTOWN GREENVILLE...FOUNTAIN INN...FORK SHOALS...
  EASLEY...DUE WEST...DONALDS...BEREA...BELTON AND ANDERSON.

SMALL HAIL...WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH AND TORRENTIAL RAIN ARE
EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.

THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS AND WET SOIL CONDITIONS WILL CAUSE
SCATTERED TREES AND POWER LINES TO FALL. SEEK SHELTER INSIDER AN
INTERIOR ROOM.

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 3431 8293 3493 8262 3493 8202 3440 8223
      3440 8226 3433 8233

JOH
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 2:31 PM EDT, 8 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
231 PM EDT SUN JUN 9 2013

NCZ508-SCZ007-008-091915-
CHEROKEE-GREATER RUTHERFORD-SPARTANBURG-
231 PM EDT SUN JUN 9 2013

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN SPARTANBURG...
NORTHWESTERN CHEROKEE AND SOUTHERN RUTHERFORD COUNTIES THROUGH 315 PM
EDT...

AT 228 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR SPARTANBURG...MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  SPARTANBURG...MAYO...FINGERVILLE...COWPENS...CHESNEE AND BOILING
  SPRINGS SC.

SMALL HAIL...WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH AND TORRENTIAL RAIN ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS AND WET SOIL CONDITIONS WILL CAUSE
SCATTERED TREES AND POWER LINES TO FALL. SEEK SHELTER INSIDER AN
INTERIOR ROOM.

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 3492 8205 3519 8201 3519 8198 3524 8196
      3519 8176 3518 8176 3518 8174 3516 8165
      3486 8184

JOH
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 2:36 PM EDT, 3 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
236 PM EDT SUN JUN 9 2013

NCZ505-506-508-091930-
EASTERN MCDOWELL-GREATER RUTHERFORD-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-
236 PM EDT SUN JUN 9 2013

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL RUTHERFORD AND
SOUTHEASTERN MCDOWELL COUNTIES THROUGH 330 PM EDT...

AT 232 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES WEST OF THERMAL CITY...OR 11 MILES SOUTH
OF MARION...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO THERMAL
  CITY...SUGAR HILL...MARION...GLENWOOD...FERO...DYSARTSVILLE AND
  NEBO.

SMALL HAIL...WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH AND TORRENTIAL RAIN ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS AND WET SOIL CONDITIONS WILL CAUSE
SCATTERED TREES AND POWER LINES TO FALL. SEEK SHELTER INSIDER AN
INTERIOR ROOM.

LAT...LON 3569 8186 3561 8184 3540 8200 3545 8214
      3553 8208 3552 8214 3552 8215 3553 8216
      3579 8211

JOH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 9, 12:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPHaywood46 min
Jun 9, 12:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPSwain43 min
Jun 9, 12:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPHenderson39 min
Jun 9, 12:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPMitchell52 min
Jun 9, 12:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPCaldwell48 min
Jun 9, 1:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPBuncombe55 min
Jun 9, 1:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPBuncombe45 min
Jun 9, 1:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPMcDowell48 min
Jun 9, 2:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPMcDowell54 min
Jun 9, 3:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPJackson, Transylvania43 min
Jun 9, 3:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPRutherford52 min
Jun 9, 3:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPHenderson47 min
Jun 9, 3:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPAlexander46 min
Jun 9, 3:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPBurke46 min
Jun 9, 4:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPCaldwell47 min
Jun 9, 4:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPBuncombe44 min
Jun 9, 4:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPCaldwell61 min
Jun 9, 5:07 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPBurke, Caldwell113 min
Jun 9, 5:30 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningGSPBurke, Caldwell3 hr
Jun 9, 1:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPUnion45 min
Jun 9, 1:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPGreenville47 min
Jun 9, 2:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPUnion59 min
Jun 9, 2:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPAnderson, Greenville55 min
Jun 9, 2:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPSpartanburg44 min
Jun 9, 2:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPGreenville67 min
Jun 9, 3:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPOconee67 min
Jun 9, 3:14 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPGreenville, Spartanburg6 hr
Jun 9, 3:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPAbbeville, Greenwood, Laurens59 min
Jun 9, 3:36 PM EDTTornado WarningGSPGreenwood, Laurens39 min
Jun 9, 4:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPLaurens, Union58 min
Jun 9, 6:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPOconee42 min
Jun 9, 12:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPElbert50 min
Jun 9, 5:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPHabersham, Rabun, Stephens64 min
Jun 9, 6:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPHabersham, Rabun39 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.