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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 119, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

June 11, 2014Oconee County, South Carolina; Stephens County, Georgia

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 11, 2014, 7:17 PM EDT for Oconee County, South Carolina; Stephens County, Georgia. It was in force for 43 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 11, 2014, 7:17 PM EDT (23:17 UTC)
Expired
Jun 11, 2014, 8:00 PM EDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Stephens County, GA, Oconee County, SC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 188 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, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2014-06-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 228 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, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2014-06-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 96 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
228 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-98 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
899 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
96 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
91 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
2.2

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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 11, 4:30 PM EDT, 2 hours 47 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 11, 4:30 PM EDT, 2 hours 47 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 11, 3:36 PM EDT, 3 hours 41 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
336 PM EDT WED JUN 11 2014

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065-
068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-121945-
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-
336 PM EDT WED JUN 11 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.

SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP
ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. A FEW OF THE STORMS
WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND OR HAIL.

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

..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.
..TUESDAY...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.

ARK

In the hours before

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 10, 8:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPMecklenburg51 min
Jun 10, 8:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPMecklenburg40 min
Jun 10, 8:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPTransylvania33 min
Jun 10, 8:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPBuncombe51 min
Jun 10, 9:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPMecklenburg42 min
Jun 10, 9:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPRowan47 min
Jun 10, 10:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPBurke, Cleveland52 min
Jun 10, 10:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPBurke, Caldwell33 min
Jun 10, 10:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPDavie, Rowan32 min
Jun 10, 10:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPRowan41 min
Jun 10, 10:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPAlexander, Caldwell56 min
Jun 10, 11:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPRowan46 min
Jun 11, 2:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPPolk36 min
Jun 11, 2:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPRutherford32 min
Jun 11, 2:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPBurke, McDowell, Rutherford54 min
Jun 11, 3:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPCaldwell43 min
Jun 11, 3:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPCaldwell64 min
Jun 11, 4:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPMecklenburg61 min
Jun 11, 5:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPMecklenburg, Union43 min
Jun 11, 5:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPMecklenburg56 min
Jun 11, 5:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPGaston, Mecklenburg37 min
Jun 11, 5:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPCabarrus42 min
Jun 11, 6:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPCabarrus, Mecklenburg, Union38 min
Jun 11, 6:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPCabarrus47 min
Jun 11, 7:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPUnion60 min
Jun 10, 8:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPAnderson, Oconee37 min
Jun 10, 8:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPGreenville39 min
Jun 10, 9:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPCherokee, Laurens, Spartanburg, Union48 min
Jun 11, 12:30 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPAbbeville, Greenwood, Laurens60 min
Jun 11, 1:10 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPChester, Greenwood, Laurens, Spartanburg, Union65 min
Jun 11, 2:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPSpartanburg30 min
Jun 11, 2:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPLaurens46 min
Jun 11, 3:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPLaurens52 min
Jun 11, 4:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPGreenville38 min
Jun 11, 4:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPChester45 min
Jun 11, 4:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPSpartanburg67 min
Jun 11, 6:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPPickens65 min
Jun 11, 7:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPOconee63 min
Jun 11, 7:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPFranklin, Stephens44 min
Jun 11, 7:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPHart51 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in South Carolina, 2014Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Georgia, 2014Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2014

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.