Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2014
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 196, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 20, 2014, 7:16 PM EDT for Burke County, McDowell County, North Carolina. It was in force for 59 min. 1 report 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, 7:16 PM EDT (23:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 20, 2014, 8:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Burke County, NC, McDowell County, NC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:16 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 20, 7:25 PM EDT | HAIL 0.75 | 3 Ne Nebo, NC | DIME SIZED HAIL FELL AT MOUNTAIN HARBOUR MARINA ON LAKE JAMES. SOME STRONG WIND BUT NO VISIBLE DAMAGE AS OF YET. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
Did it verify
Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.
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, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 183 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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
958
WUUS52 KGSP 202316
SVRGSP
NCC023-111-210015-
/O.NEW.KGSP.SV.W.0196.140620T2316Z-140621T0015Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
716 PM EDT FRI JUN 20 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN BURKE COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
EASTERN MCDOWELL COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 815 PM EDT
* AT 716 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
LAKE JAMES...OR 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF MARION...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST
AT 15 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
DYSARTSVILLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BRIEF DAMAGING WINDS WILL BLOW DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES OVER SMALL
AREAS. A BRIEF PERIOD OF LARGE HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE. 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 3587 8189 3582 8183 3557 8163 3556 8165
3558 8171 3561 8172 3561 8175 3558 8182
3554 8184 3553 8198 3555 8201 3553 8203
3553 8206 3577 8207
TIME...MOT...LOC 2316Z 326DEG 14KT 3574 8192
$$
HG2 follow-up statements
891
WWUS52 KGSP 202336
SVSGSP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
736 PM EDT FRI JUN 20 2014
NCC023-111-210015-
/O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0196.000000T0000Z-140621T0015Z/
MCDOWELL NC-BURKE NC-
736 PM EDT FRI JUN 20 2014
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN
BURKE AND SOUTHEASTERN MCDOWELL COUNTIES UNTIL 815 PM EDT...
AT 736 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE
LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM MORGANTON TO MARION...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
DYSARTSVILLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BRIEF DAMAGING WINDS WILL BLOW DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES OVER SMALL
AREAS. A BRIEF PERIOD OF LARGE HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE. SEEK SHELTER
INSIDE AN INTERIOR ROOM.
&&
LAT...LON 3557 8163 3557 8167 3561 8173 3561 8175
3558 8182 3554 8185 3553 8197 3555 8201
3553 8203 3554 8204 3569 8203 3580 8181
TIME...MOT...LOC 2336Z 326DEG 14KT 3573 8175 3564 8196
$$
HG441
WWUS52 KGSP 210002
SVSGSP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
802 PM EDT FRI JUN 20 2014
NCC023-111-210012-
/O.CAN.KGSP.SV.W.0196.000000T0000Z-140621T0015Z/
MCDOWELL NC-BURKE NC-
802 PM EDT FRI JUN 20 2014
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN BURKE AND
SOUTHEASTERN MCDOWELL COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE LINE OF STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW
SEVERE LEVELS.
LAT...LON 3557 8163 3557 8167 3561 8173 3561 8175
3558 8182 3554 8185 3553 8197 3555 8201
3553 8203 3554 8204 3569 8203 3580 8181
TIME...MOT...LOC 0002Z 326DEG 14KT 3565 8168 3556 8189
$$
HGWhat 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, 4:45 PM EDT, 2 hours 31 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 20, 4:45 PM EDT, 2 hours 31 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
445 PM EDT FRI JUN 20 2014
.SYNOPSIS...
AN UPPER RIDGE WILL CONTINUE TO BREAK DOWN THROUGH THIS EVENING
RESULTING IN WEAKENING HIGH PRESSURE CURRENTLY IN PLACE OVER THE
AREA. THIS SHOULD YIELD A GREATER COVERAGE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE AREA OVER THE WEEKEND AND INTO EARLY NEXT
WEEK. A TYPICAL WARM SUMMERLIKE PATTERN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH NEXT
WEEK.
&&
.NEAR TERM /THROUGH SATURDAY/...
430 PM EDT UPDATE...LOW SFC TD/S AND A NOTABLE LOBE OF DNVA HAS KEPT
CONVECTION MINIMAL AND RELATIVELY SHORT LIVED ACROSS CWFA THUS FAR
THIS AFTERNOON. THE STORMS TO THE EAST HAVE BEEN ABLE TO TAP INTO
HIGH VALUES OF DCAPE AND PRODUCE SEVERE WINDS...BUT THE REMAINING
CELLS HAVE HAD FAIRLY NARROW AND WEAKER UPDRAFTS. THE NAM12 HAS A
GOOD HANDLE ON THE UPPER VORT FIELD AND WILL FOLLOW IT/S GUIDANCE
WRT TO POPS AND CONVEC INITIATION OVER THE NEXT COUPLE HRS. THE
UPSTATE HAS THE LOWEST INSTABILITY COMBINED WITH NEGATIVE ULVL
FORCING...SO POPS WILL BE LOWERED TO ISOL THERE...ACROSS THE SRN NC
FTHILLS. THE BEST CHANCE FOR NEW DEVELOPMENT WILL BE ACROSS THE NC
MTN SPINE WHERE ENHANCED CONVECTION SHOULD MOVE IN AND LIKELY WEAKEN
THROUGH 8 PM.
AS OF 200 PM EDT...CELLS NOW LINING UP ALONG THE BLUE RIDGE AS A
WEAK RIPPLE ROUNDS THE RIDGE OVER THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AND
MOVES SEWD ACRS THE AREA. HRRR SEEMS TO HAVE PICKED UP ON THIS
ACTIVITY AND ALLOWS IT TO PROPAGATE SEWD SLIGHTLY BEFORE
DISSIPATING...POSSIBLY DUE TO DOWNSLOPING BY THE NW FLOW ABOVE THE
BOUNDARY LAYER. THE NCEP HIRES WINDOW /NMM/ SUGGESTS THE SAME...BUT
DEVELOPS A NEW ROUND OF CONVECTION IN THE MTNS BEHIND IT WHICH FILLS
IN THE SAME AREA. DEWPOINTS HAVE MIXED OUT SLIGHTLY AS
EXPECTED...BUT NOT ENOUGH TO KEEP SBCAPE FROM RISING TO 2000 J OR
MORE PER SPC MESOANALYSIS. NO SEVERE REPORTS HAVE YET BEEN RECEIVED
BUT A FEW STORMS HAVE MET WARNING CRITERIA. I AM NO LONGER CONFIDENT
IN OUR EARLIER EXPECTATIONS THAT WE WOULD NOT GET UNSTABLE ENOUGH
FOR LARGE HAIL TO BE MUCH OF A CONCERN...BUT PROFILES REMAIN DRY
ENOUGH FOR DCAPES OF 700-1000 J SUPPORTING A MICROBURST THREAT. CHC
RANGE POPS HAVE BEEN MAINTAINED ACRS MOST OF THE AREA...BUT NOW THE
GREATEST CHANCE APPEARS TO BE DOWNSTREAM OF THE CURRENT ACTIVITY.
SOME MODELS INCLUDING THE NAM TRY TO DEVELOP ANOTHER ROUND OF
CONVECTION AFTER SUNSET...BUT PROFILES HAVE ENOUGH CIN THAT I THINK
THIS IS UNLIKELY IN THE PRESENCE OF SUCH WEAK FORCING. POPS DIMINISH
EAST OF THE MTNS BY LATE EVENING.
MAIN FORECAST CHALLENGE FOR THE OVERNIGHT IS WHETHER ANY ACTIVITY
WILL MOVE INTO OUR AREA FROM THE WEST...AS SUGGESTED BY SOME OF THE
MESO GUIDANCE AND THE 12Z NAM. THE NAM SHOWS AN MCV DEVELOPING OVER
THE OHIO VALLEY LATE THIS AFTN AND PROGRESSING SEWD ACRS KY/TN...THE
ORIGINAL CONVECTION DYING BUT THE MCV KICKING OFF NEW DEVELOPMENT ON
THE WEST SLOPES OF THE MTNS WHICH THEN MOVES INTO NW NC AROUND
DAYBREAK. SO FAR THE NAM DEPICTION OF THE ORIGINATING CONVECTION
SEEMS OVERDONE...SO WILL ONLY GIVE THIS SMALL WEIGHT IN THE FCST.
CLOUD COVER PROGGED BY THE MODELS APPEARS MAINLY TO BE CONVECTIVE
DEBRIS AND IT IS A BIT HARDER TO HEDGE ON THAT.
THE NAM SUGGESTS DEEP RH WILL BE HIGHER ON SATURDAY...PROBABLY SINCE
IT EXPECTS DEBRIS TO COME IN DURING THE MORNING. GFS PROFILES REALLY
DO NOT LOOK TOO MUCH DIFFERENT FROM TODAY...THOUGH SBCAPE IS STILL
LOWER DUE TO SLIGHTLY WEAKER LAPSE RATES. THE DIFFERENCE IS NOT ONLY
IMPORTANT FOR THE POTENTIALLY SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION IN INSTABILITY
DUE TO CLOUDIER SKIES...BUT FOR A REDUCTION IN DCAPE AND MITIGATED
SEVERE RISK. SPC FEATURES A 5 PCT AREA JUST TO OUR EAST WHERE WEAK
SHORTWAVE /THE POTENTIAL MCV/ WILL PASS OVER DURING PEAK HEATING. IT
DOES APPEAR THE BEST PRECIP CHANCES OVERALL WILL BE DURING THE
MORNING IN THE NORTHERN FA AND THEN OVER THE I-77 CORRIDOR DURING
THE AFTN WHERE THE BEST BUOYANCY IS SUGGESTED. TEMPS TONIGHT AND
TOMORROW WILL REMAIN A CATEGORY OR SO ABOVE CLIMO.
&&
.SHORT TERM /SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY/...
AS OF 200 PM FRIDAY...HEIGHTS WILL GRADUALLY FALL THROUGH EARLY NEXT
WEEK...AS UPPER HIGH CONTINUES TO WEAKEN AND RETROGRADE TOWARDS
THE WESTERN GULF OF MEXICO. THIS WILL ALSO ALLOW WEAK FRONTAL ZONE
TO BACK DOOR ITS WAY THROUGH THE AREA BY SUNDAY...POSSIBLY
INTRODUCING SLIGHTLY COOLER AND DRIER AIR. THIS IS NOT EXPECTED TO
ELIMINATE INSTABILITY ENOUGH TO HALT DIURNAL CONVECTION...BUT
COVERAGE OF SUNDAY AFTERNOON/EVENING CONVECTION IS EXPECTED TO BE
MORE TYPICAL OF WHAT ONE WOULD EXPECT THIS TIME OF YEAR (30-40 POPS
MTNS...20/30 PIEDMONT).
BY MONDAY... SHORT TERM MODELS DEPICT ESTABLISHMENT OF AN E/SE FLOW
IN ASSOCIATION WITH A WEAK INVERTED RIDGE ALONG THE EASTERN
SEABOARD. THIS UPSLOPE FLOW COULD SUPPORT A BIT MORE IN THE WAY OF
DIURNAL CONVECTION BY MONDAY AFTERNOON...SO POPS RETURN TO ABOVE
CLIMO BY THIS TIME. WEAK SHEAR WITH HALFWAY DECENT STEERING FLOW
SHOULD PRECLUDE ANYTHING MORE THAN A TYPICAL EARLY SUMMER PULSE
SEVERE THREAT OR FLASH FLOODING THREAT SUNDAY. HOWEVER...HEAVY
RAINFALL MAY BECOME AN ISSUE MONDAY...AS UPPER FLOW WEAKENS ABOVE
THE LOW LEVEL SOUTHEAST FLOW...POSSIBLY FAVORING ANCHORING OF CELLS
ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE HIGH TERRAIN. TEMPS ARE EXPECTED TO RETURN TO
NEAR CLIMO BY MONDAY IN THE RELATIVELY COOL E/SE FLOW
REGIME.
&&
.LONG TERM /MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY/...
AS OF 130 PM EDT FRIDAY...THE MEDIUM RANGE FCST PICKS UP AT 00Z ON
TUESDAY WITH WEAK UPPER RIDGING OVER THE SE CONUS AND A LOW
AMPLITUDE UPPER TROF DIGGING DOWN OVER OVER THE DAKOTAS AND
MINNESOTA. OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS...THE TROF SLOWLY PROPAGATES
EASTWARD...YET IT DOES NOT APPEAR TO MAKE MUCH HEADWAY SOUTHWARD.
THE LONG RANGE MODELS HAVE BEEN DIFFERING A FAIR AMOUNT WRT THE
AMPLIFICATION OF THIS TROF...BUT ITS LOOKING LIKE THEY ARE LEANING
MORE TOWARDS STRONGER RIDGING OVER OUR FCST AREA THRU DAY 7. THIS PATTERN
LEAVES OUR AREA UNDER GENERALLY WEAK WEST TO SWLY STEERING FLOW THRU
THE PERIOD. AT THE SFC...THE REGION WILL BE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF
THE BERMUDA HIGH FOR MOST OF THE PERIOD WITH A COLD FRONT
APPROACHING THE CAROLINAS BY EARLY WED AND WASHING OUT AS IT MOVES
OVER THE CWFA. IN ITS WAKE...WEAK CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE TRIES TO
PUSH SOUTHWARD FROM NEW ENGLAND BUT ITS PROGRESS IS SUPPRESSED BY
THE BERMUDA HIGH. WITH THE COMBINATION OF SLY MOIST FLOW...A WEAKLY
SHEARED ENVIRONMENT AND MODERATE DIURNAL BUOYANCY...WE STILL HAVE A
SOLID CHANCE OF PULSE TYPE CONVECTION ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION EACH
DAY...FAVORING IN THE MTN ZONES OVERALL. TEMPERATURES SHOULD REMAIN
FAIRLY STEADY WITH VALUES NEAR NORMAL OR POSSIBLE A FEW DEGREES
WARMER.
&&
.AVIATION /21Z FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
AT KCLT...SOME QUESTION WHETHER TSRA WILL BE ABLE TO FORM EARLY THIS
AFTN. CLUSTER OF CELLS NEAR THE BLUE RIDGE AT 1745Z IS SLOWLY MOVING
SEWD TOWARD THE FIELD. OUTFLOW FROM THESE CELLS COULD REACH THE
FIELD 20-21Z BUT MIGHT KICK NEW ACTIVITY OFF BEFOREHAND. INCLUDED A
TEMPO MVFR TSRA WHEN CHANCES LOOK GREATEST OVERALL PER MESO MODELS
AND THE TIMING OF A WEAK SHORTWAVE PASSING THRU. BRISK GUSTS
POSSIBLE WITH ANY TSRA. SOME CONVECTIVE DEBRIS FORMING A VFR CIG MAY
LINGER OVERNIGHT IF TSRA CLUSTERS FORM UPSTREAM AS SUGGESTED BY
GUIDANCE. MRNG RESTRICTIONS ARE NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION IF A TSRA
DOES AFFECT THE FIELD THIS AFTN...ESP IF SAID DEBRIS DOES NOT FORM
AND RADIATION IS MAXIMIZED UNDER LIGHT FLOW REGIME. DIURNAL CU WILL
LIKELY FORM A BIT LOWER SATURDAY BUT STILL VFR. WINDS PREVAILING
NWLY INTO SAT MRNG BUT THEN WILL BACK TO A NEAR CROSSWIND AS LEE
TROUGH DEVELOPS.
ELSEWHERE...CONVECTIVE CHANCES THIS AFTN ARE OVERALL NOT AS HIGH AS
THE PAST COUPLE OF DAYS...BUT STILL WARRANTS A MENTION AT ALL SITES
EXCEPT KAND. BEST CHANCES ARE ACTUALLY EAST OF THE BLUE RIDGE IN THE
VICINITY OF A SMALL SHORTWAVE THAT WILL MOVE SEWD ACRS THE PIEDMONT
THIS AFTN. GUSTY WINDS OF 20-25 KT AND BRIEF MVFR VSBY COULD OCCUR
WITH ANY TSRA. EXCEPT IN THE VCNTY OF TSRA...NW TO W WINDS WILL
PREVAIL THOUGH SOME VARIABILITY IS LIKELY GIVEN THE WEAK FLOW. MTN
VALLEY FOG LIKELY AGAIN TONIGHT AND RAINFALL THIS AFTN WILL ENHANCE
THE FOG POTENTIAL AS USUAL. NW TO WNW WINDS PREVAIL SAT WITH LEE
TROUGH TO THE E.
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...
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 95% HIGH 100% HIGH 84%
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...STAARMANN
NEAR TERM...SBK/WIMBERLEY
SHORT TERM...JDL
LONG TERM...JPT
AVIATION...WIMBERLEYHazardous weather outlook, Jun 20, 5:16 PM EDT, 2 hours before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 516 PM 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>014-019-212130- 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- 516 PM 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...TONIGHT. ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING. WHILE THE MAIN THREATS WILL BE FROM FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...A FEW STORMS MAY BECOME BRIEFLY SEVERE...PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND LOCALIZED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. .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. LANE
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 20, 6:13 PM EDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
613 PM EDT FRI JUN 20 2014
NCZ505>508-202245-
EASTERN MCDOWELL-GREATER RUTHERFORD-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-RUTHERFORD
MOUNTAINS-
613 PM EDT FRI JUN 20 2014
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHWESTERN RUTHERFORD AND
SOUTH CENTRAL MCDOWELL COUNTIES THROUGH 645 PM EDT...
AT 613 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF OLD FORT...OR 12 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF MARION...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.
THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
THERMAL CITY...
PEA SIZE HAIL...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
LAT...LON 3560 8203 3558 8197 3556 8193 3545 8184
3531 8203 3549 8223 3552 8222 3553 8217
3556 8223 3565 8210
HGSpecial weather statement, Jun 20, 6:28 PM EDT, 48 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
628 PM EDT FRI JUN 20 2014
NCZ064-065-202315-
HENDERSON-TRANSYLVANIA-
628 PM EDT FRI JUN 20 2014
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT EASTERN TRANSYLVANIA AND
HENDERSON COUNTIES THROUGH 715 PM EDT...
AT 628 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM BILTMORE PARK TO
LOOKING GLASS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.
THESE STORMS WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
LOOKING GLASS...
FLETCHER...
MOUNTAIN HOME...
LAUREL PARK...
PEA SIZE HAIL...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL ARE
EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.
LAT...LON 3533 8230 3523 8237 3516 8250 3516 8255
3512 8266 3513 8268 3510 8270 3510 8272
3530 8289 3532 8283 3542 8275 3546 8267
3544 8263 3544 8255 3542 8254 3544 8253
3545 8247 3547 8241
HGSpecial weather statement, Jun 20, 6:35 PM EDT, 41 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
635 PM EDT FRI JUN 20 2014
NCZ501>504-202300-
BURKE MOUNTAINS-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-GREATER BURKE-GREATER CALDWELL-
635 PM EDT FRI JUN 20 2014
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT BURKE AND WESTERN CALDWELL
COUNTIES THROUGH 700 PM EDT...
AT 636 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES WEST OF COLLETTSVILLE...OR 11 MILES
NORTHWEST OF MORGANTON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.
PEA SIZE HAIL...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
LAT...LON 3578 8155 3566 8178 3586 8192 3592 8191
3597 8182 3596 8181 3598 8180 3600 8176
HGLocal storm report, Jun 20, 6:45 PM EDT, 31 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
645 PM EDT FRI JUN 20 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0248 PM HAIL 2 SSW LAWNDALE 35.38N 81.57W
06/20/2014 E1.00 INCH CLEVELAND NC TRAINED SPOTTER
ESTIMATED QUARTER SIZED HAIL FELL ALONG WEST DOUBLE
SHOALS ROAD.
0248 PM TSTM WND DMG 3 SSW LAWNDALE 35.37N 81.59W
06/20/2014 CLEVELAND NC TRAINED SPOTTER
TREES DOWN ALONG CHATFIELD ROAD.
0258 PM TSTM WND DMG WACO 35.36N 81.43W
06/20/2014 CLEVELAND NC TRAINED SPOTTER
TREE DOWN BY HIGH WIND AT WACO.
0640 PM TSTM WND DMG 2 N COOLEEMEE 35.84N 80.56W
06/19/2014 DAVIE NC PUBLIC
A FEW LARGE LIMBS DOWN IN AN AREA BETWEEN MOCKSVILLE AND
COOLEEMEE. A FEW LIMBS ABOUT THE DIAMETER OF A PERSONS
WRIST AND ONE VERY LARGE POPLAR TREE LIMB OF OVER A FOOT
IN DIAMETER. ALSO HAD PEA TO MARBLE SIZED HAIL.
&&
OUTLAWLocal storm report, Jun 20, 7:11 PM EDT, 5 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
711 PM EDT FRI JUN 20 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
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0658 PM HAIL 2 ENE ETOWAH 35.33N 82.56W
06/20/2014 E0.75 INCH HENDERSON NC PUBLIC
DIME SIZED HAIL FELL BETWEEN ETOWAH AND HORSE SHOE.
0701 PM HAIL N MORGANTON 35.74N 81.70W
06/20/2014 E1.00 INCH BURKE NC BROADCAST MEDIA
QUARTER SIZED HAIL REPORTED NEAR INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAYS
18 AND 64 IN MORGANTON.
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OUTLAWSpecial weather statement, Jun 20, 7:12 PM EDT, 4 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
712 PM EDT FRI JUN 20 2014
NCZ053-210000-
BUNCOMBE-
712 PM EDT FRI JUN 20 2014
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTH CENTRAL BUNCOMBE COUNTY
THROUGH 800 PM EDT...
AT 712 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR ENKA...OR 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DOWNTOWN
ASHEVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
BILTMORE FOREST...
BILTMORE PARK...
AVERY CREEK...
ARDEN...
PEA SIZE HAIL...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
LAT...LON 3547 8237 3546 8237 3547 8242 3545 8247
3544 8253 3542 8254 3544 8255 3543 8257
3544 8263 3546 8265 3546 8268 3555 8275
3566 8258
HGThe office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 8:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Union | 24 min |
| Jun 19, 8:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Union | 38 min |
| Jun 19, 8:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Union | 31 min |
| Jun 20, 11:06 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Mitchell, Yancey | 39 min |
| Jun 20, 12:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | McDowell | 45 min |
| Jun 20, 1:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Rutherford | 50 min |
| Jun 20, 1:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | McDowell, Polk, Rutherford | 63 min |
| Jun 20, 1:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Henderson, Transylvania | 55 min |
| Jun 20, 1:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Caldwell | 53 min |
| Jun 20, 1:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Caldwell | 64 min |
| Jun 20, 1:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cleveland | 48 min |
| Jun 20, 2:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cleveland, Gaston, Lincoln | 55 min |
| Jun 20, 2:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Henderson | 42 min |
| Jun 20, 2:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Caldwell | 40 min |
| Jun 20, 2:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Alexander | 51 min |
| Jun 20, 2:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cleveland, Gaston | 64 min |
| Jun 20, 3:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Lincoln | 44 min |
| Jun 20, 3:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Iredell | 34 min |
| Jun 20, 3:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Gaston | 29 min |
| Jun 20, 3:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Gaston, Mecklenburg | 61 min |
| Jun 20, 5:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Haywood | 23 min |
| Jun 20, 6:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Henderson | 25 min |
| Jun 20, 6:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Madison | 24 min |
| Jun 20, 6:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Rutherford | 32 min |
| Jun 20, 6:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Henderson | 47 min |
| Jun 20, 6:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Burke | 25 min |
| Jun 20, 6:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Henderson, Transylvania | 58 min |
| Jun 20, 6:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Burke, Caldwell | 65 min |
| Jun 20, 7:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Buncombe | 48 min |
| Jun 20, 7:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Polk | 57 min |
| Jun 20, 7:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Alexander | 37 min |
| Jun 20, 7:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Alexander, Catawba, Iredell | 57 min |
| Jun 20, 7:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Henderson | 50 min |
| Jun 20, 7:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Macon | 55 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.