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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 110, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

June 10, 2014Transylvania County, North Carolina; Greenville County, Pickens County, South Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 10, 2014, 8:22 PM EDT for Transylvania County, North Carolina; Greenville County, Pickens County, South Carolina. It was in force for 33 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 10, 2014, 8:22 PM EDT (00:22 UTC)
Expired: Jun 10, 2014, 8:55 PM EDT
In force: 33 min
Issued by: NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Transylvania County, NC, Greenville County, SC, Pickens County, SC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 249 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: 81 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -181 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 979 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -85 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -24 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: -0.0
Supercell composite: -0.4

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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 10, 8:02 PM EDT, 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 10, 8:02 PM EDT, 20 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 10, 3:28 PM EDT, 4 hours 54 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
328 PM EDT TUE JUN 10 2014

GAZ028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>050-053-056-057-064-065-068>072-082-
501>510-SCZ002-003-005>014-019-111930-
HART-ELBERT-AVERY-ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-
BUNCOMBE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-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-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-
GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK-
ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD-
328 PM EDT TUE JUN 10 2014

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS REMAIN A POSSIBILITY ACROSS
THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE MAIN THREATS WILL BE
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. HOWEVER...A FEW OF THESE STORMS COULD
BE STRONG WITH GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL BEING THE PRIMARY
THREATS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

..WEDNESDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
..THURSDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
..FRIDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
..SATURDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
..SUNDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
..MONDAY...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.

GAZ010-017-018-026-NCZ051-052-058-059-062-063-SCZ001-004-111930-
RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-GRAHAM-
NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-
GREATER OCONEE-
328 PM EDT TUE JUN 10 2014

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 276 IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH.

A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL PUSH INTO THE REGION THIS
EVENING FROM THE WEST. A FEW OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD BE
SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING BEING THE PRIMARY THREATS...HOWEVER AN ISOLATED
TORNADO CANNOT BE RULED OUT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

..WEDNESDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
..THURSDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
..FRIDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
..SATURDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
..SUNDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
..MONDAY...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.

CDG

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 10, 7:42 PM EDT, 40 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 10, 7:43 PM EDT, 39 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 10, 7:44 PM EDT, 38 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 10, 7:50 PM EDT, 32 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 10, 8:09 PM EDT, 13 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 10, 8:20 PM EDT, 2 minutes 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
Jun 10, 8:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Mecklenburg	51 min
Jun 10, 8:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Mecklenburg	40 min
Jun 10, 8:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Buncombe	51 min
Jun 10, 9:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Mecklenburg	42 min
Jun 10, 9:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Rowan	47 min
Jun 10, 10:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Burke, Cleveland	52 min
Jun 10, 10:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Burke, Caldwell	33 min
Jun 10, 10:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Davie, Rowan	32 min
Jun 10, 10:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Rowan	41 min
Jun 10, 10:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Alexander, Caldwell	56 min
Jun 10, 11:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Rowan	46 min
Jun 11, 2:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Polk	36 min
Jun 11, 2:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Rutherford	32 min
Jun 11, 2:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Burke, McDowell, Rutherford	54 min
Jun 11, 3:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Caldwell	43 min
Jun 11, 3:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Caldwell	64 min
Jun 11, 4:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Mecklenburg	61 min
Jun 11, 5:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Mecklenburg, Union	43 min
Jun 11, 5:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Mecklenburg	56 min
Jun 11, 5:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Gaston, Mecklenburg	37 min
Jun 11, 5:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Cabarrus	42 min
Jun 11, 6:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Cabarrus, Mecklenburg, Union	38 min
Jun 11, 6:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Cabarrus	47 min
Jun 11, 7:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Union	60 min
Jun 10, 8:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Anderson, Oconee	37 min
Jun 10, 8:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Greenville	39 min
Jun 10, 9:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Cherokee, Laurens, Spartanburg, Union	48 min
Jun 11, 12:30 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Abbeville, Greenwood, Laurens	60 min
Jun 11, 1:10 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Chester, Greenwood, Laurens, Spartanburg, Union	65 min
Jun 11, 2:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Spartanburg	30 min
Jun 11, 2:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Laurens	46 min
Jun 11, 3:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Laurens	52 min
Jun 11, 4:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Greenville	38 min
Jun 11, 4:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Chester	45 min
Jun 11, 4:53 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Spartanburg	67 min
Jun 11, 6:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Pickens	65 min
Jun 11, 7:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Oconee	43 min
Jun 11, 7:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Oconee	63 min
Jun 11, 7:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Franklin, Stephens	44 min
Jun 11, 7:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Hart	51 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.