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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 294, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 2, 2014, 8:27 PM EDT for Iredell County, North Carolina. It was in force for 48 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
- Sep 2, 2014, 8:27 PM EDT (00:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 2, 2014, 9:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Iredell County, NC
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 146 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:27 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 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 93 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
- 1524 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -24 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1318 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 68 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 100 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 Sep 2, 7:56 PM EDT, 31 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 2, 7:56 PM EDT, 31 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 815 PM EDT TUE SEP 2 2014 NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-501-503-505-507-509-040000- AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM- NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON- CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-BURKE MOUNTAINS-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS- RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-POLK MOUNTAINS- 815 PM EDT TUE SEP 2 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ACROSS EASTERN TENNESSEE AND SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY THIS EVENING WILL MAKE A RUN SOUTHEASTWARD INTO THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS LATE THIS EVENING INTO THE EARLY OVERNIGHT HOURS. ALTHOUGH THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO WEAKEN SOMEWHAT AS IT APPROACHES THE MOUNTAINS...SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE LINE MAY STILL PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND LOCALLY VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. .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... SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE ASKED TO RELAY ANY REPORTS OF WIND DAMAGE OR FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ035>037-056-057-068>072-082-502-504- 506-508-510-SCZ001>014-019-040000- RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-ALEXANDER-IREDELL- DAVIE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS- UNION NC-GREATER CALDWELL-GREATER BURKE-EASTERN MCDOWELL- GREATER RUTHERFORD-EASTERN POLK-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS- GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS- GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE- LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- 815 PM EDT TUE SEP 2 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA...THE FOOTHILLS OF NORTH CAROLINA...AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THROUGHOUT THE PIEDMONT THIS EVENING. ANY OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE LOCALLY TORRENTIAL RAINFALL AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. A FEW MAY PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND LARGE HAIL. BACK TO THE WEST...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO WEAKEN AS IT CROSSES THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS FROM THE NORTHWEST LATE THIS EVENING. HOWEVER...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS MAY SURVIVE INTO THE ADJACENT FOOTHILLS...AND POSSIBLY OUT INTO THE PIEDMONT INTO THE EARLY OVERNIGHT HOURS. A FEW CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES AND BRIEFLY GUSTY WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT SURVIVE THE TRIP ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS TONIGHT. .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... SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE ASKED TO RELAY ANY REPORTS OF WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL...OR FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. HG
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Sep 2, 7:06 PM EDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
706 PM EDT TUE SEP 2 2014
NCZ057-072-022345-
CABARRUS-ROWAN-
706 PM EDT TUE SEP 2 2014
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHEASTERN ROWAN AND
NORTHEASTERN CABARRUS COUNTIES THROUGH 745 PM EDT...
AT 705 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR MOUNT PLEASANT...OR 10 MILES EAST OF
CONCORD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
ROCKWELL...
SMALL HAIL...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
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 3550 8029 3537 8038 3533 8044 3547 8058
3568 8033 3567 8030 3564 8028 3564 8026
3558 8020 3555 8020 3552 8018 3550 8018
KRENTZSpecial weather statement, Sep 2, 7:39 PM EDT, 48 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2, 8:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Rowan | 43 min |
| Sep 2, 8:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cabarrus | 43 min |
| Sep 2, 8:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Iredell | 39 min |
| Sep 2, 8:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Avery, Graham, Haywood, Madison, Mitchell, Swain and 1 more | 43 min |
| Sep 2, 9:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Haywood, Madison | 54 min |
| Sep 2, 10:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Yancey | 52 min |
| Sep 2, 10:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Buncombe | 40 min |
| Sep 2, 11:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | McDowell | 41 min |
| Sep 2, 11:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Burke, McDowell | 32 min |
| Sep 3, 5:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Madison | 52 min |
| Sep 3, 6:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Haywood | 44 min |
| Sep 3, 6:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Mecklenburg, Union | 64 min |
| Sep 3, 6:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Jackson | 47 min |
| Sep 3, 6:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Madison | 57 min |
| Sep 3, 6:49 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Mecklenburg | 2 hr |
| Sep 3, 7:16 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Mecklenburg | 3 hr |
| Sep 3, 7:42 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Cabarrus, Mecklenburg | 108 min |
| Sep 3, 7:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Transylvania | 54 min |
| Sep 3, 7:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Union | 67 min |
| Sep 2, 8:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Abbeville | 38 min |
| Sep 2, 8:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cherokee | 48 min |
| Sep 2, 8:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Abbeville | 51 min |
| Sep 2, 9:07 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Abbeville | 113 min |
| Sep 2, 9:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Greenwood | 46 min |
| Sep 2, 10:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Anderson | 44 min |
| Sep 3, 1:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Laurens | 41 min |
| Sep 3, 2:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Greenwood | 42 min |
| Sep 3, 3:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Laurens | 41 min |
| Sep 3, 3:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Chester | 44 min |
| Sep 3, 3:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Greenwood | 38 min |
| Sep 3, 4:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Laurens | 40 min |
| Sep 3, 4:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Chester, York | 52 min |
| Sep 3, 4:42 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Greenwood | 3 hr |
| Sep 3, 5:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Abbeville | 40 min |
| Sep 3, 5:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Abbeville | 38 min |
| Sep 3, 5:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Greenville | 41 min |
| Sep 3, 6:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Greenville | 52 min |
| Sep 3, 6:22 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Greenville, Spartanburg | 3 hr |
| Sep 3, 6:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Pickens | 47 min |
| Sep 3, 4:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Elbert | 48 min |
| Sep 3, 5:03 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Elbert | 117 min |
| Sep 3, 5:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Hart | 40 min |
| Sep 3, 6:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Franklin | 41 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.