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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 164, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

June 19, 2014McDowell County, North Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 19, 2014, 2:39 PM EDT for McDowell County, North 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 19, 2014, 2:39 PM EDT (18:39 UTC)
Expired
Jun 19, 2014, 3:45 PM EDT
In force
66 min
Issued by
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area
Storm-based polygon

County McDowell County, NC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 90 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 199 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 2014-06-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 667 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 2014-06-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -39 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
667 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-125 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1378 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
4 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-39 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-12 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 19, 2:07 PM EDT, 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 19, 2:07 PM EDT, 32 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 19, 6:06 AM EDT, 8 hours 33 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
606 AM EDT THU JUN 19 2014

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065-
068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-201015-
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-
606 AM EDT THU JUN 19 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 ACROSS THE WESTERN
CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA AGAIN...MAINLY THIS AFTERNOON. ALL
OF THE STORMS WILL PRODUCE FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND
TORRENTIAL RAIN. THE ATMOSPHERE IS EXPECTED TO BECOME MODERATELY
UNSTABLE THIS AFTERNOON...WHICH SHOULD ALLOW FOR SEVERAL OF THE
STORMS TO BECOME SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS.
WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA WILL HAVE A SLIGHTLY BETTER LIKELIHOOD OF
SEVERE WEATHER. THE STORMS SHOULD WEAKEN AND DIMINISH THIS
EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

..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.
..WEDNESDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

NONE.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 19, 11:29 AM EDT, 3 hours 10 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1129 AM EDT THU JUN 19 2014

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

0500 PM     TSTM WND DMG     SARATT                  34.90N 81.54W
06/18/2014                   CHEROKEE           SC   911 CALL CENTER

            A COUPLE OF TREES ON ROADWAYS NEAR SARATT.

&&

ARK
Special weather statement, Jun 19, 1:07 PM EDT, 1 hour 32 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
107 PM EDT THU JUN 19 2014

NCZ064-191745-
TRANSYLVANIA-
107 PM EDT THU JUN 19 2014

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHERN TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY
THROUGH 145 PM EDT...

AT 106 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR LOOKING GLASS...OR 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF
BREVARD...MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
  BREVARD...

SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.

LAT...LON 3539 8272 3530 8262 3518 8259 3514 8260
      3514 8262 3524 8291 3532 8288 3532 8283
      3539 8277 3540 8274

ARK
Special weather statement, Jun 19, 2:18 PM EDT, 21 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
218 PM EDT THU JUN 19 2014

NCZ505-506-191900-
EASTERN MCDOWELL-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-
218 PM EDT THU JUN 19 2014

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL MCDOWELL COUNTY THROUGH
300 PM EDT...

AT 216 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES EAST OF BUSICK...OR 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF
MARION...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
  MARION...

DIME SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.

LAT...LON 3579 8196 3572 8187 3555 8204 3571 8224
      3574 8219 3575 8219 3577 8216 3579 8217
      3585 8209 3585 8207

ARK

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 19, 1:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPTransylvania38 min
Jun 19, 2:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPMcDowell42 min
Jun 19, 2:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPDavie47 min
Jun 19, 3:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPBurke44 min
Jun 19, 3:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPBurke, Caldwell, Catawba56 min
Jun 19, 3:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPAlexander, Iredell63 min
Jun 19, 3:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPHenderson28 min
Jun 19, 3:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPMacon55 min
Jun 19, 3:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPHenderson, Transylvania53 min
Jun 19, 3:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPTransylvania35 min
Jun 19, 3:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPBuncombe, Haywood, Henderson, Transylvania63 min
Jun 19, 3:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPAvery, Mitchell58 min
Jun 19, 3:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPAlexander, Burke, Catawba, Lincoln67 min
Jun 19, 3:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPMadison36 min
Jun 19, 3:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPTransylvania31 min
Jun 19, 4:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPJackson, Macon63 min
Jun 19, 4:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPPolk31 min
Jun 19, 4:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPGaston, Iredell, Lincoln, Mecklenburg65 min
Jun 19, 4:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPYancey31 min
Jun 19, 4:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPBurke27 min
Jun 19, 4:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPCleveland, Rutherford65 min
Jun 19, 4:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPTransylvania27 min
Jun 19, 4:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPBuncombe65 min
Jun 19, 5:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPBurke26 min
Jun 19, 5:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPBurke, McDowell67 min
Jun 19, 5:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPAlexander29 min
Jun 19, 5:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPCabarrus, Gaston, Mecklenburg36 min
Jun 19, 5:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPBuncombe, Henderson, McDowell, Polk, Rutherford56 min
Jun 19, 5:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPAlexander, Catawba, Davie, Iredell, Rowan53 min
Jun 19, 6:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPCleveland, Polk, Rutherford58 min
Jun 19, 6:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPDavie, Rowan54 min
Jun 19, 3:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPOconee46 min
Jun 19, 4:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPSpartanburg28 min
Jun 19, 5:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPSpartanburg55 min
Jun 19, 5:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPGreenville33 min
Jun 19, 5:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPAnderson, Greenville, Pickens55 min
Jun 19, 5:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPCherokee36 min
Jun 19, 5:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPCherokee, Spartanburg, Union66 min
Jun 19, 5:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPYork32 min
Jun 19, 6:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPCherokee, Union, York54 min
Jun 19, 6:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPChester65 min
Jun 19, 6:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPGreenwood28 min
Jun 19, 6:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPCherokee, Chester, Union, York43 min
Jun 19, 7:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPGreenwood36 min
Jun 19, 7:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPChester, York30 min
Jun 19, 7:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPChester33 min
Jun 19, 7:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPGreenwood32 min
Jun 19, 5:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPFranklin59 min
Jun 19, 5:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPHabersham, Rabun64 min
Jun 19, 7:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPElbert, Hart23 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.