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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

June 9, 2013Greenwood County, Laurens County, South Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this tornado warning at Jun 9, 2013, 3:36 PM EDT for Greenwood County, Laurens County, South Carolina. It was in force for 39 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Jun 9, 2013, 3:36 PM EDT (19:36 UTC)
Expired: Jun 9, 2013, 4:15 PM EDT
In force: 39 min
Issued by: NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Greenwood County, SC, Laurens County, SC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:37 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 9, 3:45 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 Nnw Greenwood, SC	1 TREE DOWN
Jun 9, 3:57 PM EDT	FUNNEL CLOUD	3 Sw Cross Hill, SC	FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTED NEAR WHITTEN ROAD ON THE LAURENS SIDE OF LAKE GREENWOOD.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

Did it verify

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this tornado 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, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 230 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: 1071 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -41 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 638 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 40 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 46 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.8

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

750 
WFUS52 KGSP 091936
TORGSP
SCC047-059-092015-
/O.NEW.KGSP.TO.W.0006.130609T1936Z-130609T2015Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
336 PM EDT SUN JUN 9 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL GREENWOOD COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...
  SOUTH CENTRAL LAURENS COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...

* UNTIL 415 PM EDT

* AT 333 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS STORM WAS
  LOCATED 6 MILES NORTH OF CALLISON...OR 6 MILES SOUTH OF
  GREENWOOD...AND MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH.

* THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
  GREENWOOD.
  NINETY SIX.
  LAKE GREENWOOD AND COKESBURY.
  CROSS HILL.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO IS LIKELY DEVELOPING. SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM ON
THE LOWEST LEVEL OF A HOUSE OR OFFICE BUILDING. PLACE AS MANY FLOORS
AND WALLS BETWEEN YOU AND THE OUTSIDE AS POSSIBLE.

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 3408 8229 3410 8228 3411 8227 3416 8224
      3423 8225 3442 8221 3434 8190 3404 8208
TIME...MOT...LOC 1937Z 196DEG 17KT 3412 8215

$$

JOH

2 follow-up statements

551 
WWUS52 KGSP 091951
SVSGSP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
351 PM EDT SUN JUN 9 2013

SCC047-059-092015-
/O.CON.KGSP.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-130609T2015Z/
GREENWOOD SC-LAURENS SC-
351 PM EDT SUN JUN 9 2013

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL LAURENS AND
CENTRAL GREENWOOD COUNTIES UNTIL 415 PM EDT...

AT 350 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR GREENWOOD...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
  LAKE GREENWOOD AND COKESBURY.
  CROSS HILL.

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 3414 8225 3416 8224 3423 8225 3442 8221
      3434 8190 3410 8205
TIME...MOT...LOC 1951Z 196DEG 17KT 3418 8213

$$

JOH

374 
WWUS52 KGSP 092011
SVSGSP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
411 PM EDT SUN JUN 9 2013

SCC047-059-092021-
/O.EXP.KGSP.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-130609T2015Z/
GREENWOOD SC-LAURENS SC-
411 PM EDT SUN JUN 9 2013

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL LAURENS AND CENTRAL
GREENWOOD COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 415 PM EDT...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LEVELS.  HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH
THIS THUNDERSTORM.

LAT...LON 3414 8225 3416 8224 3423 8225 3442 8221
      3434 8190 3410 8205
TIME...MOT...LOC 2011Z 196DEG 17KT 3427 8210

$$

CDG

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this tornado 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 tornado warning went out at Jun 9, 3:01 PM EDT, 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 9, 3:01 PM EDT, 35 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
301 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 MONDAY/...
DEEP SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST FLOW WILL CONTINUE OVER THE REGION FOR MOST
OF THE PERIOD WITH BERMUDA HIGH REMAINING STRONG OVER THE SE CONUS.
HOWEVER THE CWFA WILL BEGIN TO SEE THE INFLUENCE OF THE UPPER TROUGH
AND ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT GRADUALLY THRU THE PERIOD. THOSE FEATURES
WILL MOVE THRU THE TENNESSEE VALLEY TONIGHT INTO TOMORROW.

THE FLOW WILL CONTINUE TO BRING IN GULF MOISTURE THROUGHOUT THE
COLUMN WITH NUMEROUS MESOSCALE DISTURBANCES SEEN IN THE MID-UPPER
LEVELS ASSOCIATED WITH CONVECTION NEAR THE COAST. UPPER RH INCREASES
SIGNIFICANTLY WITH CIRRUS DEBRIS PERHAPS LIMITING DAYTIME INSTABILITY
BOTH THIS AFTN AND MONDAY. THIS WILL LIMIT STRONG/SEVERE TSTM
THREAT...BUT STRENGTHENING UPPER FLOW AHEAD OF THE TROUGH WILL
AMPLIFY SHEAR AS TIME PROGRESSES LEADING TO AN INCREASING THREAT ON
ITS OWN.

CONVECTION THIS AFTN MAY WEAKEN OR BECOME LESS WIDESPREAD FOLLOWING
THE PEAK OF DIURNAL HEATING...BUT WITH THE INCREASINGLY NOISY UPPER
FLOW AND MOISTURE FLUX ACTIVITY SHOULD PICK BACK UP THIS EVENING.
PWAT VALUES WILL REMAIN MODESTLY ABOVE NORMAL. LLVL JET NOTED
OVERNIGHT AND VEERING TO A MORE WESTERLY DIRECTION WHICH COOLS THE
MIDLEVELS AND IMPROVES LLVL LAPSE RATES. THUNDER STILL POSSIBLE
OVERNIGHT AND WITH THE VERY JUICY SOUNDINGS AND GOOD LLVL MSTR
TRANSPORT I LEANED IN FAVOR OF THE HIGHER MODEL QPF.

ON MONDAY CONDITIONS REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING
THUNDERSTORMS WITH UNSTABLE SOUNDINGS AS UPPER TROUGH MOVES IN. COLD
FRONT LOOKS TO BEGIN ENTERING THE MTNS FROM THE WEST AROUND MIDDAY.
DRY SLOT SHOWN AHEAD OF THE FRONT ON BOTH NAM/GFS. THIS WILL START TO
DIMINISH POPS FROM WEST TO EAST. ONCE AGAIN...DEEP SHEAR CONTINUES TO
INCREASE WITH THE ARRIVAL OF THE TROUGH SO STORMS AHEAD OF THE FRONT
MAY BE QUITE VIGOROUS.

&&

.SHORT TERM /MONDAY NIGHT 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 /19Z 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...

            19-01Z        01-07Z        07-13Z        13-19Z
KCLT       HIGH 100%     HIGH  94%     HIGH  82%     MED   73%
KGSP       HIGH  90%     HIGH  86%     HIGH  89%     HIGH  93%
KAVL       HIGH  85%     HIGH  90%     HIGH  89%     HIGH  83%
KHKY       HIGH  98%     HIGH  91%     HIGH  88%     HIGH  84%
KGMU       HIGH  90%     HIGH  92%     HIGH  89%     HIGH  93%
KAND       HIGH  85%     HIGH  91%     HIGH  88%     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...WIMBERLEY
SHORT TERM...CSH
LONG TERM...JOH
AVIATION...WIMBERLEY

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 9, 1:23 PM EDT, 2 hours 13 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, 2:05 PM EDT, 1 hour 31 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, 1 hour 5 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, 1 hour 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

Special weather statement, Jun 9, 2:53 PM EDT, 43 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
253 PM EDT SUN JUN 9 2013

SCZ003-005>007-010-092000-
ANDERSON-GREATER GREENVILLE-GREATER PICKENS-GREENVILLE
MOUNTAINS-SPARTANBURG-
253 PM EDT SUN JUN 9 2013

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT EASTERN PICKENS...GREENVILLE...
NORTHEASTERN ANDERSON AND NORTHWESTERN SPARTANBURG COUNTIES THROUGH
400 PM EDT...

AT 250 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM DUNCAN TO 3 MILES
NORTH OF PIEDMONT...MOVING NORTH AT 15 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...LAKE ROBINSON...HAYWOOD MALL...GSP AIRPORT...
  FURMAN UNIVERSITY...DONALDSON CENTER...FIVE FORKS...LAKE BOWEN...
  WELLFORD...WELCOME...TRAVELERS REST...TIGERVILLE...TAYLORS...
  REIDVILLE...POWDERSVILLE...PIEDMONT...PARIS MOUNTAIN STATE PARK...
  MAULDIN...MARIETTA...LYMAN...LANDRUM...INMAN...GREER...DOWNTOWN
  GREENVILLE...GOWENSVILLE...DUNCAN...CAMPOBELLO AND BEREA.

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 3511 8248 3519 8217 3519 8204 3485 8206
      3462 8258

JOH

Local storm report, Jun 9, 2:56 PM EDT, 40 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
256 PM EDT SUN JUN 09 2013

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

0250 PM     TSTM WND DMG     BOILING SPRINGS SC      35.04N 81.98W
06/09/2013                   SPARTANBURG        SC   PUBLIC

            MULTIPLE TREES DOWN IN RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD.

&&

CGANT

Special weather statement, Jun 9, 3:08 PM EDT, 28 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
308 PM EDT SUN JUN 9 2013

GAZ010-018-NCZ062-063-SCZ001-002-004-092015-
GREATER OCONEE-MACON-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS
MOUNTAINS-RABUN-SOUTHERN JACKSON-STEPHENS-
308 PM EDT SUN JUN 9 2013

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN RABUN...
NORTHEASTERN STEPHENS...OCONEE...SOUTHEASTERN MACON...SOUTHERN
JACKSON AND WESTERN PICKENS COUNTIES THROUGH 415 PM EDT...

AT 307 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES WEST OF WESTMINSTER...OR 9 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF WALHALLA...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LAKE
  KEOWEE...LAKE JOCASSEE...PINE MOUNTAIN...HIGHLANDS...WESTMINSTER...
  WALHALLA...SALEM...MOUNTAIN REST AND LONG CREEK.

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 3508 8328 3505 8304 3503 8301 3504 8297
      3502 8282 3456 8305 3460 8330

JOH

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 9, 1:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Union	45 min
Jun 9, 1:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Greenville	47 min
Jun 9, 2:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Union	59 min
Jun 9, 2:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Anderson, Greenville	55 min
Jun 9, 2:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Spartanburg	44 min
Jun 9, 2:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Cherokee, Spartanburg	66 min
Jun 9, 2:53 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Greenville	67 min
Jun 9, 3:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Oconee	67 min
Jun 9, 3:14 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Greenville, Spartanburg	6 hr
Jun 9, 3:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Abbeville, Greenwood, Laurens	59 min
Jun 9, 3:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Oconee	43 min
Jun 9, 4:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Laurens, Union	58 min
Jun 9, 6:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Oconee	42 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.