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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 178, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

June 19, 20145 counties in North Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 19, 2014, 5:34 PM EDT for 5 counties in North Carolina. It was in force for 56 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 19, 2014, 5:34 PM EDT (21:34 UTC)
Expired
Jun 19, 2014, 6:30 PM EDT
In force
56 min
Issued by
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Buncombe County, NC, Henderson County, NC, McDowell County, NC, Polk County, NC, Rutherford County, NC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:34 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 19, 5:34 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG5 Sw Marion, NCMEDIA RELAYED COUNTY COMMS REPORT OF TREES BLOWN DOWN ON WALL POOL RD.
Jun 19, 5:34 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG5 Sw Marion, NCMEDIA RELAYED COUNTY COMMS REPORT OF TREES BLOWN DOWN ON WALL POOL RD...ALSO ON LYTLE MOUNTAIN RD IN THE SAME AREA.

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

Did it verify

Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched 2 storm reports to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 0 minutes after it went out.

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

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 206 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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The text

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

510 
WUUS52 KGSP 192134
SVRGSP
NCC021-089-111-149-161-192230-
/O.NEW.KGSP.SV.W.0178.140619T2134Z-140619T2230Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
534 PM EDT THU JUN 19 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN BUNCOMBE COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
  NORTHEASTERN HENDERSON COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
  SOUTHWESTERN MCDOWELL COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
  NORTH CENTRAL POLK COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
  NORTHWESTERN RUTHERFORD COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...

* UNTIL 630 PM EDT

* AT 534 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR OLD
  FORT...OR 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MARION...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10
  MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
  LAKE LURE AND CHIMNEY ROCK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

LARGE HAIL CAN CAUSE MAJOR PROPERTY DAMAGE...ESPECIALLY TO VEHICLES.
DAMAGING WINDS MAY BLOW DOWN SCATTERED TREES AND POWER LINES. SEEK
SHELTER INSIDE AN INTERIOR ROOM.

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
SPECIFIC LOCATION WHERE IT OCCURRED.

&&

LAT...LON 3564 8200 3543 8193 3534 8230 3562 8234
      3574 8204
TIME...MOT...LOC 2134Z 336DEG 11KT 3557 8219

$$

HG
2 follow-up statements
225 
WWUS52 KGSP 192142
SVSGSP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
542 PM EDT THU JUN 19 2014

NCC021-089-111-149-161-192230-
/O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0178.000000T0000Z-140619T2230Z/
BUNCOMBE NC-HENDERSON NC-MCDOWELL NC-POLK NC-RUTHERFORD NC-
542 PM EDT THU JUN 19 2014

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN
RUTHERFORD...NORTH CENTRAL POLK...SOUTHWESTERN MCDOWELL...
NORTHEASTERN HENDERSON AND SOUTHEASTERN BUNCOMBE COUNTIES UNTIL 630
PM EDT...

AT 542 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE
LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM MARION TO BAT CAVE...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
  BAT CAVE.
  CHIMNEY ROCK.
  LAKE LURE.
  THERMAL CITY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

LARGE HAIL CAN CAUSE MAJOR PROPERTY DAMAGE...ESPECIALLY TO VEHICLES.
DAMAGING WINDS MAY BLOW DOWN SCATTERED TREES AND POWER LINES. SEEK
SHELTER INSIDE AN INTERIOR ROOM.

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 3573 8203 3564 8200 3543 8193 3534 8230
      3558 8233
TIME...MOT...LOC 2142Z 336DEG 11KT 3564 8201 3549 8231

$$

HG
040 
WWUS52 KGSP 192210
SVSGSP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
610 PM EDT THU JUN 19 2014

NCC021-089-111-149-161-192219-
/O.CAN.KGSP.SV.W.0178.000000T0000Z-140619T2230Z/
BUNCOMBE NC-HENDERSON NC-MCDOWELL NC-POLK NC-RUTHERFORD NC-
610 PM EDT THU JUN 19 2014

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN RUTHERFORD...
NORTH CENTRAL POLK...SOUTHWESTERN MCDOWELL...NORTHEASTERN HENDERSON
AND SOUTHEASTERN BUNCOMBE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE LINE OF STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED INTO EASTERN 
RUTHERFORD COUNTY...WHERE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN 
EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM. 

LAT...LON 3573 8203 3564 8200 3543 8193 3534 8230
      3558 8233
TIME...MOT...LOC 2209Z 336DEG 11KT 3556 8197 3541 8227

$$
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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, 4:34 PM EDT, 1 hour earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 19, 4:34 PM EDT, 1 hour before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
434 PM EDT THU JUN 19 2014

.SYNOPSIS...
HIGH PRESSURE WILL WEAKEN AS AN UPPER RIDGE GRADUALLY BREAKS DOWN
TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. THIS SHOULD YIELD A GREATER COVERAGE OF SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA OVER THE WEEKEND. TYPICAL
SUMMERTIME WEATHER CONTINUES ACROSS THE REGION NEXT WEEK.

&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH FRIDAY/...
430 PM EDT UPDATE...ONGOING CONVECTION HAS BECOME QUITE STRONG TO
SEVERE WITH A FEW STORMS ACROSS THE NC MTNS AND FTHILLS. UPPER BROAD
S/W IS ENHANCING DEEP CONVECTION AND ALLOWING THE STORMS ACROSS THE
FTHILLS TO TAP INTO VERY HIGH VALUES OF DCAPE. THE CLT TDWR
INDICATED A WIDE AREA OF VELOCITIES WITH ONE STORM ON THE ORDER OF
50+ KTS...NO DOUBT KNOCKING DOWN SEVERAL TREES AND PWR LINES.
THUS...A WIND THREAT SEEMS MORE PROBABLE AS THE STORMS MOVE INTO THE
PIEDMONT OF THE CAROLINAS THIS AFTERNOON. QUARTER SIZE HAIL HAS BEEN
PRETTY MUCH THE LARGEST REPORTED SO FAR...EVEN WITH VERY TALL AND
ROBUST STORMS. MAKES SENSE WITH THE RELATIVELY WARM MLVLS AND HIGH
FREEZING LEVELS. WILL EXPECT THE BEST COVERAGE OF TSTMS OVER THE
I/77 CORRIDOR THROUGH 23Z WITH STORMS ALSO DEVELOPING SOUTH OVER NE
GA AND ACROSS NRN UPSTATE.

AS OF 215 PM EDT...ISOLD DEEP CONVECTION HAS KICKED OFF OVER THE
HIGHER MTNS...WITH CELLS LINED UP UPSTREAM ACRS THE GREAT TENN VALLEY
AS WELL...UNDER A WEAK SHORTWAVE ROUNDING THE RIDGE OVER THE SERN
STATES. ACTIVITY ALONG THE OLD OUTFLOW BDY ACRS FAR ERN KY AND SRN WV
STILL SAGGING SOUTH. LATEST MESO MODELS SHOW BOTH OF THESE LINEAR
FEATURES MOVING TOWARD OUR CWFA THRU THE REST OF THE AFTN. INFLOW
WINDS ARE WEAK...BUT INSTABILITY AHEAD OF THE LINES IS STRONG AS ONE
MIGHT EXPECT. IT LOOKS LIKE THE MESO GUIDANCE IS SUGGESTING MORE OF A
PROPAGATION INTO OUR AREA AND SUBSEQUENT REDEVELOPMENT ALONG REMNANT
BOUNDARIES. NONETHELESS...HIGHEST POPS REMAIN OVER THE MTNS WITH A
LATER INCREASE IN POPS OVER THE PIEDMONT AS ROUNDS OF STORMS FORM
ACRS THE AREA.

TONIGHT...MOST OF THE ENERGY WITH THE AFOREMENTIONED SHORTWAVE MOVES
OFF THE MID-ATLANTIC COAST BUT SOME WEAK DPVA MAY TRAIL IT...MOVING
SEWD ACRS THE CWFA THIS EVENING. A MINOR LLVL BOUNDARY IS SHOWN TO
MOVE SWD IN THE WAKE OF THE WAVE AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS SLIGHTLY S
AND E OUT OF THE GREAT LAKES AREA. SOME LINGERING MUCAPE IS SHOWN
THOUGH IT DIMINISHES AND IS INHIBITED AND WELL ELEVATED ANYWAY. IT
APPEARS MOST LIKELY THAT ANY REMAINING CONVECTION ALONG BOUNDARIES IN
OR INVOF THE FA WILL DIMINISH EXCEPT PERHAPS IN THE MTNS. LOWS WILL
BE NEAR NORMAL.

FRIDAY...FLOW ACRS THE SRN CONUS GENERALLY BECOMES MORE ZONAL.
NORTHERLY FLOW PERSISTS WITH LOW PRS OFF THE ATLANTIC COAST AND SOME
SEMBLANCE OF THE BOUNDARY REMAINING IN THE AREA...THOUGH ONLY
PROVIDING VERY WEAK CONVERGENCE. OVERALL...THE FA REMAINS UNDER
WEAKLY SHEARED BUT SEASONABLY HOT AND UNSTABLE CONDITIONS. LAPSE
RATES ARE SHOWN TO BE A LITTLE WEAKER THAN THOSE SEEN TODAY...WITH
LOWER CAPE VALUES DURING PEAK HEATING. VALUES HOWEVER REMAIN HIGH
ENOUGH TO EXPECT A SMALL SEVERE THREAT...FROM DOWNBURST WIND AND
HAIL.

&&

.SHORT TERM /FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY/...
AS OF 145 PM THURSDAY...CHANGES TO THE OVERALL PATTERN WILL BE
TYPICALLY SUBTLE DURING THE SHORT TERM PERIOD...AND ARE UNLIKELY TO
HAVE A GREAT DEAL OF IMPACT ON THE SENSIBLE WEATHER. THE UPPER RIDGE
IS FORECAST TO SLOWLY RETROGRADE TOWARD THE SOUTH CENTRAL CONUS AND
WEAKEN DURING THE PERIOD...PLACING THE SOUTHEAST AND MID-ATLANTIC
ALONG THE SOUTHERN PERIPHERY OF THE WESTERLIES...WITH A DEEP NW FLOW
ANTICIPATED ACROSS OUR AREA. WHILE THIS WILL THEORETICALLY RENDER
THE AREA MORE SUSCEPTIBLE TO ORGANIZED CONVECTION MOVING OUT OF THE
OHIO VALLEY REGION...BASED UPON WIND PROFILES...IT IS DOUBTFUL THAT
ANYTHING TOO ORGANIZED AND SELF-SUSTAINING WILL BE ABLE TO DEVELOP
UPSTREAM...AS ONE MAY NEED TO TRAVEL AS FAR NORTH AS THE CANADIAN
BORDER TO FIND ROBUST SHEAR. NEVERTHELESS...WITH A WEAK COLD FRONT
APPROACHING THE REGION...AND HALFWAY DECENT STEERING CURRENTS (MEAN
CLOUD BEARING WINDS ON THE ORDER OF 15-20 KTS...ABOVE CLIMO POPS
(GENERALLY 30-40 PERCENT DURING THE AFTERNOON/EVENING...20/30
PERCENT DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS) APPEAR WARRANTED THROUGH THE
PERIOD.

THE WEAK COLD FRONT MAY BACK DOOR ITS WAY THROUGH THE AREA BY THE
END OF THE WEEKEND...POSSIBLY KNOCKING TEMPS DOWN TO NEAR...OR
SLIGHTLY BELOW CLIMO ACROSS THE NC PIEDMONT...IN ADDITION TO
PROVIDING A FOCUS FOR INITIATION OF AFTERNOON/EVENING SHOWERS AND
STORMS. OVERALL...TYPICAL EARLY SUMMER WEATHER APPEARS IN STORE THIS
WEEKEND...WITH PERHAPS SLIGHTLY HIGHER COVERAGE OF CONVECTION THAN
IS TYPICAL.

&&

.LONG TERM /SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY/...
AS OF 1245 PM THURSDAY...NO BIG CHANGES WERE MADE TO THE FCST IN THE
MEDIUM RANGE.

THE UPPER PATTERN WILL BE PROGRESSIVE...WITH RELATIVELY FLAT FLOW
ACRS THE ERN CONUS. THE WESTERLIES/POLAR JET WILL STAY WELL NORTH OF
THE CWFA. SO EXPECT PRIMARILY DIURNALLY-DRIVEN CONVECTION EVERY DAY
THRU LATE NEXT WEEK. THE OPERATIONAL GFS AND ECWMF DIVERGE QUITE A
BIT BY MIDWEEK...WITH THE GFS EARLIER AND DEEPER WITH A LONGWAVE
TROF ACRS THE MIDWEST TO THE GREAT LAKES. THE ECMWF KEEPS STRONGER
RIDGING ALONG THE EAST COAST. THE GFE/ECMWF ENSEMBLE MEANS WERE A
COMPROMISE AND PREFERRED BY WPC. THIS KEEPS ANY SIGNIFICANT/SYNOPTIC
FRONTAL BOUNDARIES TO OUR NORTH AND WEST THRU THURSDAY. I BLENDED
THE WPC/CONS/BCCONSALL WITH OFFICIAL...WHICH RESULTS IN ONLY SMALL
CHANGES. BEST COVERAGE OF CONVECTION WILL BE ACRS THE MTNS EACH DAY.
TEMPS WILL CONTINUE TO BE SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL THRU THE MEDIUM
RANGE.

&&

.AVIATION /21Z THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/...
AT KCLT...WINDS SHOULD SHIFT TO THE NW BY MID AFTN...IF NOT
SOONER...AS LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPS FURTHER S ALONG THE VA/NC COAST.
THEY WILL PREVAIL NORTHERLY INTO FRIDAY. CONVECTION ALLOWING MODELS
ARE CURRENTLY HANDLING UPSTREAM TSRA WELL AND SUPPORT PRECIP CHANCES
IN TEMPO RANGE LATE AFTN AND EARLY EVENING. ANY TSRA SHOULD BE MODT
TO HEAVY AND WELL CAPABLE OF MVFR VSBY...AND GUSTY WINDS. FOLLOWING
THE END OF CONVECTION...A VFR CLOUD DECK WILL LIKELY PERSIST AS A
WEAK BOUNDARY SAGS SWD THRU THE REGION. RESTRICTIONS FROM AM FOG NOT
LIKELY...BUT IF PROLONGED RAIN OCCURS THIS AFTN SOME PATCHY FOG
COULD DEVELOP.

ELSEWHERE...SHRA/TSRA WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER THE MTNS THIS
AFTN...WITH ADDITIONAL ACTIVITY POSSIBLY MOVING IN FROM EAST TN
LATER BENEATH A WEAK SHORTWAVE. CHANCES ARE BEST OVER THE MTNS AND
ADJACENT FOOTHILLS...SO TEMPO TSRA INCLUDED AS AT KCLT. ELSEWHERE
VCTS LOOKS SUFFICIENT. MTN VALLEY FOG EXPECTED AT DAYBREAK
PARTICULARLY IF TSRA AFFECT THOSE AREAS THIS AFTN. GUIDANCE ALSO
HITS KAND WITH FOG. WINDS WILL GENERALLY BECOME NORTHERLY THIS AFTN
AND CONTINUE TO PREVAIL NLY THRU 18Z FRI...IF THEY DO NOT GO CALM
OVERNIGHT.

OUTLOOK...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS
ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK...WITH THE GREATEST
COVERAGE ACROSS THE MTNS. RESTRICTIONS MAY OCCUR DURING TSRA AND
ALSO IN THE MTN VALLEYS EACH MORNING WHERE LOW CLOUDS AND FOG MAY
FORM OVER AREAS OF RECENT RAINFALL.

CONFIDENCE TABLE...

            20-02Z        02-08Z        08-14Z        14-20Z
KCLT       HIGH 100%     HIGH 100%     HIGH 100%     HIGH 100%
KGSP       HIGH 100%     HIGH 100%     HIGH 100%     HIGH 100%
KAVL       HIGH 100%     HIGH  94%     HIGH  97%     HIGH 100%
KHKY       HIGH 100%     HIGH 100%     HIGH  80%     HIGH 100%
KGMU       HIGH 100%     HIGH 100%     HIGH 100%     HIGH 100%
KAND       HIGH 100%     HIGH 100%     HIGH  91%     HIGH 100%

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...ARK
NEAR TERM...SBK/WIMBERLEY
SHORT TERM...JDL
LONG TERM...ARK
AVIATION...WIMBERLEY
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 19, 6:06 AM EDT, 11 hours 28 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

Special weather statement, Jun 19, 5:16 PM EDT, 18 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
516 PM EDT THU JUN 19 2014

NCZ035>037-192145-
ALEXANDER-DAVIE-IREDELL-
516 PM EDT THU JUN 19 2014

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT NORTHERN IREDELL...NORTHWESTERN
DAVIE AND EASTERN ALEXANDER COUNTIES THROUGH 545 PM EDT...

AT 516 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM BROOKS CROSSROADS TO
6 MILES SOUTH OF MORAVIAN FALLS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

THESE STORMS WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
  TAYLORSVILLE...
  STONY POINT...

PEA SIZE HAIL...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL ARE
EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.

LAT...LON 3605 8048 3604 8046 3583 8108 3601 8130
      3603 8127 3604 8121 3603 8108 3607 8098

HG
Local storm report, Jun 19, 5:23 PM EDT, 11 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
523 PM EDT THU JUN 19 2014

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

0405 PM     TSTM WND DMG     4 NW CRUSO              35.46N 82.87W
06/19/2014                   HAYWOOD            NC   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

            TOP OF A TREE DOWN NEAR INTERSECTION OF CRUSO ROAD AND
            MAX THOMPSON ROAD.

&&

OUTLAW
Special weather statement, Jun 19, 5:24 PM EDT, 10 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
524 PM EDT THU JUN 19 2014

NCZ070>072-192200-
CABARRUS-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-
524 PM EDT THU JUN 19 2014

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT MECKLENBURG...SOUTHEASTERN GASTON
AND CABARRUS COUNTIES THROUGH 600 PM EDT...

AT 524 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM HUNTERSVILLE TO
GASTONIA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

THESE STORMS WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
  MOUNT HOLLY...
  NORTHLAKE MALL...
  PAW CREEK...
  I-85 AT HIGHWAY 73...
  I-85 AT FREEDOM DRIVE...

PEA SIZE HAIL...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL ARE
EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.

GUSTY WINDS CAN BLOW DOWN TREES THAT ARE DEAD...OR THAT HAVE WEAKENED
ROOT SYSTEMS. OUTDOOR FURNITURE AND SIMILAR ITEMS CAN BE TOSSED
AROUND IF NOT ANCHORED. SEEK SHELTER INDOORS.

LAT...LON 3512 8071 3510 8093 3511 8094 3508 8105
      3512 8104 3515 8106 3516 8121 3522 8133
      3525 8132 3541 8105 3540 8096 3547 8094
      3551 8086 3550 8062 3546 8039

HG
Special weather statement, Jun 19, 5:27 PM EDT, 7 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
527 PM EDT THU JUN 19 2014

SCZ005-006-010-192200-
ANDERSON-GREATER GREENVILLE-GREATER PICKENS-
527 PM EDT THU JUN 19 2014

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EAST CENTRAL PICKENS...CENTRAL
GREENVILLE AND NORTHEASTERN ANDERSON COUNTIES THROUGH 600 PM EDT...

AT 527 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FURMAN UNIVERSITY...OR 8
MILES WEST OF DOWNTOWN GREENVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
  FURMAN UNIVERSITY...
  CHERRYDALE POINT...
  DOWNTOWN GREENVILLE...

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

LAT...LON 3471 8252 3488 8267 3496 8258 3499 8249
      3485 8226 3468 8244

HG
Local storm report, Jun 19, 5:29 PM EDT, 5 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
529 PM EDT THU JUN 19 2014

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

0500 PM     HAIL             15 NW MORGANTON         35.90N 81.89W
06/19/2014  E1.25 INCH       BURKE              NC   BROADCAST MEDIA

            MEDIA RELAYED REPORT OF HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL AT THE
            TABLE ROCK PARKING LOT.

&&

JLANE
Local storm report, Jun 19, 5:32 PM EDT, 2 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
532 PM EDT THU JUN 19 2014

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

0520 PM     HAIL             2 WNW MOORE             34.84N 82.02W
06/19/2014  E0.75 INCH       SPARTANBURG        SC   PUBLIC

            DIME SIZED HAIL FROM 2 PUBLIC REPORTS AND STILL COMING
            DOWN. STRONG WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH.

&&

OUTLAW

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, 2:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPMcDowell66 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, 5:37 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

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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.