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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 191, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

June 20, 2014Cleveland County, Gaston County, Lincoln County, North Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 20, 2014, 2:05 PM EDT for Cleveland County, Gaston County, Lincoln County, North Carolina. It was in force for 55 min. 4 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 20, 2014, 2:05 PM EDT (18:05 UTC)
Expired
Jun 20, 2014, 3:00 PM EDT
In force
55 min
Issued by
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Cleveland County, NC, Gaston County, NC, Lincoln County, NC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:05 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 20, 2:12 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG2 Wnw Casar, NC3 TREES DOWN OFF W COOK RD AND GOLDEN VALLEY RD.
Jun 20, 2:48 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG3 Ssw Lawndale, NCTREES DOWN ALONG CHATFIELD ROAD.
Jun 20, 2:48 PM EDTHAIL 12 Ssw Lawndale, NCESTIMATED QUARTER SIZED HAIL FELL ALONG WEST DOUBLE SHOALS ROAD.
Jun 20, 2:58 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGWaco, NCTREE DOWN BY HIGH WIND AT WACO.

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 4 storm reports to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 7 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, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 163 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 2014-06-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 160 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 2014-06-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -8 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
160 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-109 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1171 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-8 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
36 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.

923 
WUUS52 KGSP 201805
SVRGSP
NCC045-071-109-201900-
/O.NEW.KGSP.SV.W.0191.140620T1805Z-140620T1900Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
205 PM EDT FRI JUN 20 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN CLEVELAND COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...
  NORTHWESTERN GASTON COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...
  WESTERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...

* UNTIL 300 PM EDT

* AT 201 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
  CASAR...OR 14 MILES SOUTH OF MORGANTON...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10
  MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
  CASAR.
  LAWNDALE.

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 3556 8165 3557 8160 3556 8158 3557 8152
      3557 8146 3546 8124 3524 8144 3545 8170
      3555 8170 3558 8169
TIME...MOT...LOC 1805Z 307DEG 10KT 3553 8163

$$

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1 follow-up statement
989 
WWUS52 KGSP 201830
SVSGSP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
230 PM EDT FRI JUN 20 2014

NCC045-071-109-201900-
/O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0191.000000T0000Z-140620T1900Z/
CLEVELAND NC-GASTON NC-LINCOLN NC-
230 PM EDT FRI JUN 20 2014

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN
LINCOLN...NORTHWESTERN GASTON AND NORTHERN CLEVELAND COUNTIES UNTIL
300 PM EDT...

AT 229 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
LAWNDALE...OR 12 MILES NORTH OF SHELBY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
  CHERRYVILLE.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3557 8145 3546 8124 3524 8144 3543 8168
      3556 8158 3557 8152
TIME...MOT...LOC 1831Z 307DEG 10KT 3546 8154

$$

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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 20, 10:40 AM EDT, 3 hours 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 20, 10:40 AM EDT, 3 hours 25 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1040 AM EDT FRI JUN 20 2014

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

&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/...
1030 AM UPDATE...SCATTERED TSTMS CONTINUE TO BUBBLE ACRS UPPER EAST
TN AND SW VA UNDERNEATH A VERY WEAK SHORTWAVE ROUNDING THE UPPER
RIDGE...WITH ADDITIONAL FORCING LIKELY COMING FROM THE MEAN NWLY
FLOW INTO THE HIGHER TERRAIN. SOME OF THIS ACTIVITY HAS ALREADY
MOVED ACRS THE NC BORDER AND OVERALL IT SHOULD SPREAD INTO THE NRN
FOOTHILLS/PIEDMONT THRU MIDDAY FOLLOWING THE WAVE.
HOWEVER...DOWNSLOPING SEEMS TO BE ACTING AGAINST THE LEADING CELLS
ATTM AND THIS SHOULD KEEP COVERAGE RATHER LOW.

LATEST RUNS OF CONVECTION ALLOWING MODELS SHOW FAIRLY LIMITED
COVERAGE AS THE DAY PROGRESSES. THE 12Z NAM FOLLOWS THE 06Z IN
OVERDOING SBCAPE THIS AFTN ACRS PORTIONS OF THE AREA...HAVING 4000
OR MORE J/KG ALONG WITH DEWPOINTS IN THE UPPER 70S. CURRENT READINGS
ARE MOSTLY IN THE MID 60S AND WITH MEAN NLY FLOW IT JUST DOESN/T
SEEM PLAUSIBLE TO EXPECT THEM TO SKYROCKET. 12Z AREA RAOBS SHOW SOME
DRIER AIR JUST OFF THE SFC AND SOME GUIDANCE...INCLUDING THE
RAP...SHOW DEWPOINTS DROPPING SEVERAL DEGREES THIS AFTN. CAPE VALUES
FROM THE RAP ARE ACCORDINGLY MUCH LOWER. I WILL CLOSELY MONITOR
DEWPOINTS OVER THE NEXT COUPLE HRS TO SEE IF THEY INDEED MIX
OUT...AND HAVE PRELIMINARILY LOWERED POPS OVER THE PIEDMONT THIS
AFTN CLOSER TO CLIMO VALUES GIVEN THIS EXPECTATION.

PREVIOUS DISCUSSION...

AS OF 315 AM EDT FRIDAY...UPPER RIDGE NOW CENTERED OVER THE
MISSISSIPPI DELTA WILL SLOWLY CONTINUE TO RETROGRADE WEST ALLOWING
THE UPPER PATTERN ACROSS THE EASTERN CONUS TO FLATTEN.  AT THE
SURFACE...A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY THAT PUSHED THROUGH THE REGION ON
THURSDAY EVENING WILL REMAIN ALONG THE GA/SC COASTLINE LEADING TO
PREVAILING WEST NORTHWEST FLOW ACROSS THE SOUTHERN APPS ON FRIDAY.
THIS WILL YIELD SLIGHTLY LOWER DEWPOINTS ACROSS THE REGION THAN DAYS
PAST...THEREBY LEADING TO LESS DIURNAL INSTABILITY.  HOWEVER...IT IS
STILL JUNE AND LAPSE RATES...AND MOISTURE...WILL BE SUFFICIENT FOR
SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IF LIFT IS PROVIDED.  WITH
THAT...THE LATEST 12KM NAM INDICATES A SERIES OF H5 IMPULSES
EJECTING THROUGH THE MEAN UPPER NW FLOW AND INTO THE FORECAST AREA
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.  EXPECTING CONVECTIVE INITIATION ACROSS
THE NC PIEDMONT THIS AFTERNOON WHEN PEAK HEATING COMBINES WITH THE
FIRST OF THE SERIES OF UPPER IMPULSES.  THIS CONVECTION WILL LIKELY
PROPAGATE SOUTHEAST INTO PORTIONS OF THE UPSTATE BEFORE EXITING INTO
THE MIDLANDS AFTER SUNSET.

MEANWHILE...EXPECTING AN MCS TO BE PUSHING TOWARDS THE SOUTHERN APPS
OUT OF EASTERN KY AND MIDDLE TN.  IF THE ATMOSPHERE IS NOT TOO
WORKED OVER FROM PREVIOUS CONVECTION...COULD SEE THIS MCS ENTERING
THE TERRAIN...POTENTIALLY PUSHING INTO THE FOOTHILLS BEFORE DECAYING
BY EARLY MORNING.  THUS...FORECAST WILL FAVOR INCREASING POPS TO
SOLID CHANCE LEVELS ACROSS THE ENTIRE REGION FOR THE LATE AFTERNOON
AND EARLY EVENING HOURS BEFORE DECREASING ACROSS THE EAST LATE IN
THE EVENING.  POPS WILL REMAIN ELEVATED AT CHANCE LEVELS ACROSS THE
HIGH TERRAIN DUE TO POTENTIAL OF ABOVE MENTIONED MCS AND WEAK NW
UPSLOPE FLOW.  NOT EXPECTING ANY WIDESPREAD SEVERE THREATS WITH ANY
THUNDERSTORMS THAT DO DEVELOP DUE TO HIGH LFCS AND POOR MID LEVEL
LAPSE RATES.  HOWEVER...CANNOT RULE OUT AN OCCASIONAL SEVERE
DOWNBURST WITH ANY COLLAPSING STORMS AS INVERTED V SOUNDINGS ARE
PRESENT PER LATEST NAM FORECAST PROFILES.  TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE
NEAR TERM PERIOD WILL REMAIN ABOVE NORMAL.

&&

.SHORT TERM /SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT/...
AS OF 230 AM FRIDAY...MODELS CONTINUE TO INDICATE THAT H5 HEIGHTS
WILL SLOWLY FALL ACROSS THE REGION SAT/SUN AS AN UPPER H5 HIGH
RETROGRADES TOWARD THE SOUTH CENTRAL STATES AND AN UPPER TROUGH
ROTATES OFF THE NE COAST. A SERIES OF UPPER IMPULSES WILL TRIGGER
MCS/MCC OVER THE OHIO VALLEY FRI NIGHT AND PROPAGATE TOWARD THE
NORTHERN NC PIEDMONT THRU EARLY SAT. HOWEVER...WITH THE LOSS OF
HEATING/CAPE OVERNIGHT...THIS SYSTEM SHOULD WEAKEN CONSIDERABLY AS
IT PASSES JUST TO OUR NORTH. HENCE...HAVE INHERITED LOW END CHANCE
POPS MAINLY IN THE NORTHERN ZONES SAT MORNING. FOR SAT AFTERNOON...A
BACK DOOR FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL PUSH SOUTH...WITH SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ALONG THE FRONT MAINLY IN THE NC PIEDMONT
ZONES. THE NAM/GFS KEEPS THE CONDITIONS RELATIVELY DRY IN THE
MTN/UPSTATE SC GIVEN MUCH DRIER PROFILE IN PREDOMINANT N/NW FLOW
ALOFT. WITH THE HELP OF DOWNSLOPING WINDS...TEMPERATURES WILL BE
AROUND 3-5 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL OVER THE PIEDMONT WITH NEAR NORMAL
IN THE MTNS.

SUN...HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED OVER THE NE WILL NOSE DOWN INTO THE
REGION...WITH ANOTHER ROUND OF MCS/MCC DEVELOPING OVER IN THE
VICINITY OF KY/OHIO VALLEY...PROPAGATING SOUTHWARD TOWARD THE
SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS SUN AFTERNOON. THIS FEATURE WILL REACH THE TN
BORDERLINE AROUND 21Z SUN PER LATEST NAM AND WEAKENS CONSIDERABLY
(THE NAM TOTALLY DRIES OUT) AS IT MOVES ACROSS EAST OF THE MTNS.
THIS IS DUE TO THE PREVAILING N/NW DOWNSLOPE WINDS YIELDING MUCH
DRIER PROFILE/STABLE ENVIRONMENT OVER THE PIEDMONT. HENCE...POPS
REMAIN IN THE SLIGHT CHANCE/LOW CHANCE RANGE ACROSS MUCH OF THE
REGION...WITH BETTER CHANCE IN THE MTN ZONES. TEMPERATURES WILL COOL
DOWN BY 2-3 DEGREES ON SUN.

&&

.LONG TERM /MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/...
AS OF 130 AM EDT FRIDAY...THE LATEST GLOBAL MODELS AGREE THAT WEAK
UPPER RIDGING WILL BUILD ACROSS THE SE U.S. MONDAY IN RESPONSE TO AN
APPROACHING UPPER TROUGH FROM THE UPPER MIDWEST. HOWEVER...MODELS
CONTINUE TO DIVERGE QUIET A BIT BY TUE...WITH THE GFS EARLIER AND
DEEPER WITH THE TROUGH PERSISTING ACROSS THE EASTERN STATES LATE TUE
INTO FRI. MEANWHILE...THE ECMWF SUGGESTS THAT RATHER WEAK UPPER
TROUGH WILL PASS NORTH OF THE REGION LATE WED...WITH AN UPPER RIDGE
BUILDING BACK IN FROM THE WEST BY THU.

AT THE SURFACE...HIGH PRESSURE WILL WEAKEN AND GRADUALLY SHIFT EAST
MON INTO TUE AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. THE
COMBINATION OF INCREASING ATLANTIC MOISTURE ADVECTION IN SELY
FLOW...WEAKLY SHEARED ENVIRONMENT AND MODERATE DIURNAL BUOYANCY...WE
WILL SEE SOLID CHANCE OF PULSE TYPE CONVECTION ACROSS MUCH OF THE
REGION...FAVORING IN THE MTN ZONES. BOTH THE GFS AND ECMWF PUSH A
COLD FRONT FROM WEST TO EAST THROUGH THE REGION ON WED YIELDING
GREATER COVERAGE OF CONVECTION. WEAK SURFACE HIGH RETURNS ON
THURSDAY WITH DIURNALLY DRIVEN CONVECTION EXPECTED. TEMPERATURES
WILL REMAIN NEAR NORMAL RANGE THROUGH THE PERIOD.

&&

.AVIATION /15Z FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/...
AT KCLT...VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL THROUGH THE PERIOD WITH THE
EXCEPTION OF MVFR VISB RESTRICITONS DUE TO POSSIBLE AFTERNOON TSRA.
FEW/SCT HIGH CIRRUS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE MID/LATE MORNING BEFORE
GIVING WAY TO SCT LOW VFR CU AS HEATING BUILDS AND LAPSE RATES
STEEPEN IN THE PBL.  EXPECTING A BKN CU FIELD TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE
PIEDMONT IN THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS OF PEAK HEATING...ALONG WITH
INCREASING INSTABILITY AND TSRA POTENTIAL.  BACKED UP BY ONE HOUR
AND KEPT PREVIOUS TSRA MENTION IN THE FORM OF A TEMPO FROM 19-23Z.
WINDS THROUGH THE PERIOD WILL REMAIN WEST NORTHWESTERLY AND IN THE
5-8KTS RANGE BEFORE CALMING THIS EVENING.

ELSEWHERE...FEW TO SCT MID/HIGH CLOUDS WILL PREVAIL THROUGH MID
MORNING BEFORE ALL SITES EXPERIENCE DEVELOPING CU THROUGH THE
HEATING OF THE DAY.  KEPT PREVIOUS WX MENTIONS AT ALL SITES FOR
POSSIBLE AFTERNOON TSRA AND MVFR RESTRICTIONS IN THE FORM OF TEMPO
OR PROB30 DEPENDING ON TIMING AND CONFIDENCE AT THE SITE.  ADDED
PROB30 NEAR THE END OF THE PERIOD FOR KAVL AS NORTHWEST FLOW COULD
PROLONG SHOWER ACTIVITY INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS WITH IFR
RESTRICITONS POSSIBLE.  WINDS THROUGH THE PERIOD WILL REMAIN WEST
NORTHWESTERLY AND IN THE 5-8KTS RANGE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON MIXING
HOURS.

OUTLOOK...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS
ARE EXPECTED INTO THE WEEKEND...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...

            14-20Z        20-02Z        02-08Z        08-14Z
KCLT       HIGH 100%     HIGH 100%     HIGH 100%     HIGH 100%
KGSP       HIGH 100%     HIGH 100%     HIGH 100%     HIGH 100%
KAVL       HIGH 100%     HIGH 100%     HIGH 100%     MED   62%
KHKY       HIGH 100%     HIGH 100%     HIGH 100%     HIGH 100%
KGMU       HIGH 100%     HIGH 100%     HIGH 100%     HIGH 100%
KAND       HIGH 100%     HIGH 100%     HIGH 100%     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...JOH
NEAR TERM...CDG/WIMBERLEY
SHORT TERM...JOH
LONG TERM...JOH
AVIATION...CDG
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 20, 4:27 AM EDT, 9 hours 38 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
427 AM EDT FRI JUN 20 2014

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065-
068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-210830-
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-
427 AM EDT FRI JUN 20 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 SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS
THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA...MAINLY THIS
AFTERNOON. ALL OF THE STORMS WILL PRODUCE FREQUENT CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAINFALL. A FEW STORMS MAY BECOME
SEVERE PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. THE STORMS
SHOULD WEAKEN AND DIMINISH THIS EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

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

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

NONE.

JOH

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 20, 11:06 AM EDT, 2 hours 59 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1106 AM EDT FRI JUN 20 2014

NCZ048>050-201545-
MADISON-MITCHELL-YANCEY-
1106 AM EDT FRI JUN 20 2014

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHERN YANCEY...MITCHELL AND
NORTHEASTERN MADISON COUNTIES THROUGH 1145 AM EDT...

AT 1102 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES WEST OF RAMSEYTOWN...OR 11 MILES SOUTH OF
ERWIN...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
  RAMSEYTOWN...
  BURNSVILLE...

SMALL HAIL...WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

DIME TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL CAN CAUSE CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO VEHICLES.
CONSIDER MOVING VEHICLES TO A COVERED STORAGE AREA BEFORE THE STORM
ARRIVES.

LAT...LON 3608 8209 3584 8212 3592 8258 3596 8257
      3598 8254 3598 8251 3602 8245 3606 8243
      3609 8240

07
Local storm report, Jun 20, 11:37 AM EDT, 2 hours 28 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1137 AM EDT FRI JUN 20 2014

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

0630 PM     TSTM WND DMG     CHESTER                 34.71N 81.21W
06/19/2014                   CHESTER            SC   COUNTY OFFICIAL

            TREES DOWN ON PARK DRIVE. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.

&&

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Special weather statement, Jun 20, 12:45 PM EDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1245 PM EDT FRI JUN 20 2014

NCZ505-506-201730-
EASTERN MCDOWELL-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-
1245 PM EDT FRI JUN 20 2014

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHERN MCDOWELL COUNTY THROUGH
130 PM EDT...

AT 1241 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR OLD FORT...OR 7 MILES WEST OF MARION...
MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

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

SMALL HAIL...WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

DIME TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL CAN CAUSE CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO VEHICLES.
CONSIDER MOVING VEHICLES TO A COVERED STORAGE AREA BEFORE THE STORM
ARRIVES.

LAT...LON 3575 8190 3570 8186 3568 8185 3553 8189
      3552 8197 3555 8200 3553 8203 3560 8226
      3572 8223 3573 8220 3577 8217

07
Special weather statement, Jun 20, 1:25 PM EDT, 40 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
125 PM EDT FRI JUN 20 2014

NCZ507-508-201815-
GREATER RUTHERFORD-RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-
125 PM EDT FRI JUN 20 2014

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT WESTERN RUTHERFORD COUNTY
THROUGH 215 PM EDT...

AT 119 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES SOUTH OF OLD FORT...OR 12 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF MARION...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
  LAKE LURE...

SMALL HAIL...WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

DIME TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL CAN CAUSE CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO VEHICLES.
CONSIDER MOVING VEHICLES TO A COVERED STORAGE AREA BEFORE THE STORM
ARRIVES.

LAT...LON 3535 8184 3529 8201 3541 8215 3540 8221
      3549 8224 3549 8223 3551 8223 3553 8218
      3552 8214 3553 8209 3553 8203 3555 8200

07
Special weather statement, Jun 20, 1:37 PM EDT, 28 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
137 PM EDT FRI JUN 20 2014

NCZ501-502-201830-
CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-GREATER CALDWELL-
137 PM EDT FRI JUN 20 2014

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CALDWELL COUNTY THROUGH 230 PM
EDT...

AT 134 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR GLOBE...OR 8 MILES SOUTH OF BLOWING ROCK...
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
  COLLETTSVILLE...
  PATTERSON...
  LENOIR...

SMALL HAIL...WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

DIME TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL CAN CAUSE CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO VEHICLES.
CONSIDER MOVING VEHICLES TO A COVERED STORAGE AREA BEFORE THE STORM
ARRIVES.

LAT...LON 3593 8138 3580 8157 3583 8160 3582 8162
      3585 8165 3587 8170 3599 8179 3607 8175
      3613 8166 3613 8164

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Special weather statement, Jun 20, 1:57 PM EDT, 8 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
157 PM EDT FRI JUN 20 2014

NCZ068-069-504-508-201845-
CLEVELAND-GREATER BURKE-GREATER RUTHERFORD-LINCOLN-
157 PM EDT FRI JUN 20 2014

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTH CENTRAL BURKE...
NORTHEASTERN RUTHERFORD...WESTERN LINCOLN AND NORTHERN CLEVELAND
COUNTIES THROUGH 245 PM EDT...

AT 154 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF CASAR...OR 12 MILES SOUTH OF
MORGANTON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
  CASAR...
  POLKVILLE...
  LAWNDALE...

SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.

DIME TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL CAN CAUSE CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO VEHICLES.
CONSIDER MOVING VEHICLES TO A COVERED STORAGE AREA BEFORE THE STORM
ARRIVES.

LAT...LON 3560 8151 3557 8153 3557 8150 3557 8146
      3551 8135 3532 8155 3555 8183 3569 8169

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 19, 8:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPUnion24 min
Jun 19, 8:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPUnion38 min
Jun 19, 8:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPUnion31 min
Jun 20, 11:06 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPMitchell, Yancey39 min
Jun 20, 12:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPMcDowell45 min
Jun 20, 1:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPRutherford50 min
Jun 20, 1:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPMcDowell, Polk, Rutherford63 min
Jun 20, 1:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPHenderson, Transylvania55 min
Jun 20, 1:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPCaldwell53 min
Jun 20, 1:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPCaldwell64 min
Jun 20, 1:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPCleveland48 min
Jun 20, 2:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPHenderson42 min
Jun 20, 2:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPCaldwell40 min
Jun 20, 2:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPAlexander51 min
Jun 20, 2:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPCleveland, Gaston64 min
Jun 20, 3:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPLincoln44 min
Jun 20, 3:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPIredell34 min
Jun 20, 3:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPGaston29 min
Jun 20, 3:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPGaston, Mecklenburg61 min
Jun 20, 5:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPHaywood23 min
Jun 20, 6:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPHenderson25 min
Jun 20, 6:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPMadison24 min
Jun 20, 6:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPRutherford32 min
Jun 20, 6:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPHenderson47 min
Jun 20, 6:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPBurke25 min
Jun 20, 6:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPHenderson, Transylvania58 min
Jun 20, 6:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPBurke, Caldwell65 min
Jun 20, 7:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPBuncombe48 min
Jun 20, 7:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPBurke, McDowell59 min
Jun 20, 7:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPPolk57 min
Jun 20, 7:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPAlexander37 min
Jun 20, 7:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPAlexander, Catawba, Iredell57 min
Jun 20, 7:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPHenderson50 min
Jun 20, 7:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPMacon55 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.