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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 148, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

June 17, 2014Chester County, South Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 17, 2014, 4:22 PM EDT for Chester County, South Carolina. It was in force for 38 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 17, 2014, 4:22 PM EDT (20:22 UTC)
Expired: Jun 17, 2014, 5:00 PM EDT
In force: 38 min
Issued by: NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Chester County, SC

The radar

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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 17, 2:02 PM EDT, 2 hours 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 17, 2:02 PM EDT, 2 hours 20 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 17, 5:49 AM EDT, 10 hours 33 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
549 AM EDT TUE JUN 17 2014

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065-
068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-181000-
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-
549 AM EDT TUE JUN 17 2014

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AGAIN THIS
AFTERNOON AND MAY LINGER INTO THE EVENING. THE STORMS WILL PRODUCE
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS. SOME OF
THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND
GUSTS THE MAIN THREATS. THE STORMS SHOULD DIMINISH BY THE MID TO
LATE EVENING.

.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...

NONE.

MOORE

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 17, 12:40 PM EDT, 3 hours 42 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 17, 1:32 PM EDT, 2 hours 50 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
132 PM EDT TUE JUN 17 2014

NCZ053-064-065-171815-
BUNCOMBE-HENDERSON-TRANSYLVANIA-
132 PM EDT TUE JUN 17 2014

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN TRANSYLVANIA...
NORTHWESTERN HENDERSON AND SOUTHWESTERN BUNCOMBE COUNTIES THROUGH 215
PM EDT...

AT 128 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR MOUNT PISGAH...OR 10 MILES NORTH OF
BREVARD...MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
  ETOWAH...

GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL...AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL ARE LIKELY WITH
THIS STORM. FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. IF
OUTDOORS...TRY TO GET INDOORS OR INTO A HARD TOPPED VEHICLE.
OTHERWISE...STAY AWAY FROM OPEN AREAS AND ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH
AS TREES. WHEN INDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS AND AVOID
USING WIRED ELECTRONIC DEVICES. TRY TO UNPLUG UNNECESSARY APPLIANCES
BEFORE THE STORM APPROACHES.

LAT...LON 3529 8250 3527 8281 3535 8281 3538 8279
      3541 8274 3543 8275 3544 8278 3547 8280
      3549 8279 3554 8254

JPT

Local storm report, Jun 17, 1:57 PM EDT, 2 hours 25 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
157 PM EDT TUE JUN 17 2014

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

0615 PM     TSTM WND DMG     5 SSE LONG CREEK        34.71N 83.23W
06/16/2014                   OCONEE             SC   911 CALL CENTER

            TREE DOWN AT UNITY CHURCH RD AND WIT WOULD FARM RD

&&

LVISIN

Local storm report, Jun 17, 2:41 PM EDT, 1 hour 41 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
241 PM EDT TUE JUN 17 2014

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

0310 PM     TSTM WND DMG     2 NE HUNTERSVILLE       35.43N 80.82W
06/16/2014                   MECKLENBURG        NC   PUBLIC

            FEW LARGE LIMBS 2 IN DIAMETER DOWN

&&

LVISIN

Local storm report, Jun 17, 2:46 PM EDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
246 PM EDT TUE JUN 17 2014

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

0615 PM     HAIL             4 W ROCK HILL           34.94N 81.10W
06/16/2014  E1.00 INCH       YORK               SC   TRAINED SPOTTER

            QUARTER SIZE HAIL

&&

LVISIN

Local storm report, Jun 17, 4:19 PM EDT, 3 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
419 PM EDT TUE JUN 17 2014

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

0535 PM     HAIL             2 E KINGS MOUNTAIN STAT 35.13N 81.33W
06/16/2014  E1.00 INCH       YORK               SC   TRAINED SPOTTER

            LOTS OF PEA SIZED HAIL WITH A FEW HAILSTONES OF AROUND AN
            INCH IN DIAMETER OR QUARTER SIZED. HAIL FELL FOR AROUND
            10 MINUTES MAKING THE GROUND WHITE. WIND GUST TO AROUND
            30 MPH.

&&

OUTLAW

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 17, 1:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Henderson	43 min
Jun 17, 4:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Caldwell	37 min
Jun 17, 4:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Caldwell	62 min
Jun 17, 6:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Davie	24 min
Jun 17, 7:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Davie, Iredell, Rowan	44 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.