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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 296, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 2, 2014, 11:18 PM EDT for Burke County, McDowell County, North Carolina. It was in force for 32 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 2, 2014, 11:18 PM EDT (03:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 2, 2014, 11:50 PM EDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Burke County, NC, McDowell County, NC
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 00:00Z, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 191 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
574
WUUS52 KGSP 030318
SVRGSP
NCC023-111-030415-
/O.NEW.KGSP.SV.W.0296.140903T0318Z-140903T0415Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1118 PM EDT TUE SEP 2 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
WEST CENTRAL BURKE COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
SOUTHERN MCDOWELL COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 1215 AM EDT
* AT 1113 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 6 MILES WEST OF MARION...AND MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
MARION.
GLENWOOD.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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 3575 8178 3553 8193 3553 8196 3562 8218
3572 8211
TIME...MOT...LOC 0318Z 281DEG 5KT 3565 8210
$$
KRENTZ1 follow-up statement
962
WWUS52 KGSP 030350
SVSGSP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1150 PM EDT TUE SEP 2 2014
NCC023-111-030400-
/O.CAN.KGSP.SV.W.0296.000000T0000Z-140903T0415Z/
MCDOWELL NC-BURKE NC-
1150 PM EDT TUE SEP 2 2014
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL BURKE AND
SOUTHERN MCDOWELL COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THIS AREA.
LAT...LON 3575 8178 3553 8193 3553 8196 3562 8218
3572 8211
TIME...MOT...LOC 0350Z 281DEG 5KT 3564 8205
$$
KRENTZWhat 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, 9:58 PM EDT, 1 hour 20 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 2, 9:58 PM EDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
958 PM EDT TUE SEP 2 2014
.SYNOPSIS...
A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH THE REGION TONIGHT FOLLOWED BY
BERMUDA HIGH PRESSURE WEDNESDAY INTO FRIDAY. ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL
SWEEP THROUGH THE REGION OVER THE WEEKEND PROVIDING AN ADDITIONAL
FOCUS FOR THUNDERSTORMS ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. BUILDING HIGH
PRESSURE WILL HIGHLIGHT THE WEATHER PATTERN FOR THE START OF THE
NEXT WORK WEEK LEADING TO COOLER TEMPERATURES AND MORE STABLE
WEATHER.
&&
.NEAR TERM /THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
AS OF 945 PM EDT...OUTFLOWS FROM THE MIDLANDS AND PIEDMONT
CONVECTION HAVE MOVED W TO TRIGGER ADDITIONAL TSTMS IN THE RESIDUAL
EVENING INSTABILITY ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA. THIS HAS BEEN
OCCURRING IN TANDEM WITH A CONVECTIVE LINE MOVING SE INTO THE WRN
MTNS AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING UPPER SHORTWAVE AND A WEAK SFC FRONT.
IT REMAINS QUITE POSSIBLE THAT THESE OUTFLOW SYSTEMS WILL MEET IN
THE MIDDLE NEAR THE BLUE RIDGE TO TRIGGER ONE LAST LINE OF ROBUST
TSTMS LATE THIS EVENING/EARLY OVERNIGHT. HOWEVER...SFC BASED
INSTABILITY IS SLOWLY WANING ON THE LAPS ANALYSIS...AND IR IMAGERY
AND LIGHTNING STRIKE RATES ARE SUBSIDING WITH THE ACTIVITY ARRIVING
FROM THE NW. THE OVERALL TREND SHOULD THUS BE A GRADUAL DIMINUTION
OF COVERAGE AND INTENSITY OF THE TSTMS. HOWEVER...WILL STILL NEED TO
CARRY AT LEAST ISOLD TO LOW END SCT POPS ACROSS THE AREA OVERNIGHT
GIVEN THE UPPER SHORTWAVE MOVING OVHD. EXPECT CONTINUED MILD MINS IN
THE SOUPY AIRMASS WITH DEBRIS CLOUDS AROUND ALL NIGHT...AND ANOTHER
ROUND OF MOUNTAIN VALLEY FOG.
ON WEDNESDAY...THE MODELS AGREE WITH STALLING THE REMNANTS OF THE
UPPER WAVE OVER THE PIEDMONT TO OUR SOUTH AND EAST...YET STILL
DEVELOP CONVECTION IN THE AFTERNOON BECAUSE OF AMPLE MOISTURE AT LOW
LEVELS. THIS SEEMS LIKE A DECENT BET OVER THE MTNS AND ALONG THE
EASTERN BORDER CLOSE TO THE WAVE REMNANTS...BUT THERE IS UNCERTAINTY
IN BETWEEN THESE TWO AREAS. THE GUIDANCE PAINTS A SLIGHT CHANCE POP
ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA WHILE THE ONGOING FCST HAS A CHANCE. WILL
KEEP THE CHANCE EVERYWHERE BASED ON THE LATEST SREF FOR THE TIME
BEING. TEMPS SHOULD BE A FEW DEGREES COOLER BASED ON INCREASED CLOUD
COVER.
&&
.SHORT TERM /WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY/...
AS OF 230 PM TUESDAY...ON THURSDAY...MID LEVEL RIDGE WILL REMAIN
CENTERED ACROSS THE CAROLINAS AND WESTERN ATLANTIC. SHORT RANGE
MODELS INDICATE THAT MOISTURE WILL LIFT NORTH ACROSS THE REGION
DURING THE DAYLIGHT HOURS ON THURSDAY. MOISTURE IS LIKELY INCREASING
SOUTH OF WEAK WARM FRONT LIFTING NORTH ACROSS THE CAROLINAS.
FORECAST SOUNDINGS INDICATE THAT PW WILL INCREASE TO 1.75
INCHES...WITH CAPES AROUND 1500-2000 J/KG. THIS ENVIRONMENT SHOULD
PRIMARILY SUPPORT AIR MASS TSRA...FORMING OVER THE MTNS DURING THE
EARLY AFTERNOON...EXPANDING EAST THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE
AFTERNOON. PULSE SVR TSRA APPEAR POSSIBLE ACROSS THE CWA. ON
FRIDAY...CONDITIONS WILL CHANGE LITTLE FROM THURSDAY. FORECAST
SOUNDINGS INDICATE THE PW WILL INCREASE TO 1.8 INCHES WITH BROAD
LLVL SE FLOW. WEAK UPSLOPE FLOW WILL FAVOR THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS FOR
TSRA. BOTH DAYS...I WILL FORECAST 30 POPS ACROSS THE PIEDMONT TO
40-50 ACROSS THE MTNS. THURSDAY AND FRIDAY...HIGH TEMPERATURES ARE
FORECAST TO RANGE NEAR NORMAL.
&&
.LONG TERM /FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY/...
AS OF 200 PM EDT TUESDAY...LATEST GLOBAL MODELS CONTINUE TO AGREE
THAT AN UPPER TROUGH WILL PROGRESS EASTWARD ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES
REGION SAT AND INTO THE EASTERN SEABOARD BY SUN. THIS WILL PUSH A
TRAILING COLD FRONT INTO THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS BY LATE SAT.
WITH INCREASING ATLANTIC MOISTURE ADVECTION IN SELY FLOW ALONG WITH
DIURNAL BUOYANCY...POPS RAMP UP INTO THE SOLID CHANCE RANGE OVER THE
PIEDMONT AND INTO THE LIKELY RANGE OVER THE NC MTNS SAT AFTERNOON.
THE FRONT WILL THEN CONSIDERABLY SLOWS DOWN ITS SEWARD PROGRESSION
AS IT REACHES THE TN/NC BORDER LINE. BOTH THE GFS AND THE ECMWF
INDICATE THAT THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL BECOME STATIONARY OVER THE
PIEDMONT BY EARLY SUN BEFORE IT EVENTUALLY PUSHES SOUTH OF THE AREA
BY MON. THIS WILL YIELD WIDESPREAD CONVECTION ONGOING SUNDAY INTO
EARLY MON AND THUS HAVE MENTIONED SOLID TO LIKELY POPS ACROSS MUCH
OF THE REGION DURING THIS PERIOD. GIVEN THE MOIST PROFILE (PW VALUES
NEAR 2")...GOOD LLVL CONVERGENCE AND MODERATE INSTABILITY...HEAVY
RAINFALL LOOKS TO BE THE MAIN CONCERN ATT. MON AND TUE...POPS RAMP
DOWN AS THE FRONT REMAINS SOUTH OF THE AREA AND A WEDGE OF SURFACE
HIGH BUILDS IN FROM THE NE. TEMPERATURES WILL STAY NEAR NORMAL
FRI/SAT BEFORE COOLING DOWN CONSIDERABLY BY MON.
&&
.AVIATION /02Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/...
AT KCLT...ISOLD TSTMS CONTINUE TO DANCE AROUND THE KCLT VICINITY ON
RESIDUAL EVENING OUTFLOWS...BUT HAVE MISSED THE AIRFIELD THUS FAR.
ADDITIONAL FOOTHILL/PIEDMONT COVERAGE TO THE WEST WILL HAVE TO BE
MONITORED LATE THIS EVENING...AND OUTFLOWS FROM THE MTN CONVECTION
COULD APPROACH OVERNIGHT. NONE OF THIS POSES ANY IMMINENT
THREAT...SO THE TAF WILL REMAIN FREE OF CONVECTION FOR THE MOMENT.
WILL FEATURE JUST DEBRIS CIGS OVERNIGHT WITH NO RESTRICTIONS. WINDS
MAY TOGGLE BRIEFLY NW ON ANY OUTFLOWS...BUT EXPECT MAINLY WSW TO SSW
SFC WINDS WITH MIXING ON WED...BUILDING CUMULUS...CONTINUED HIGH
LEVEL CIGS...AND THEN SCATTERED LATE DAY TSTM COVERAGE ONCE AGAIN.
ELSEWHERE...TSTMS HAVE BACKBUILT TOWARD KAND LATE THIS EVENING ON
THE STRENGTH OF PIEDMONT OUTFLOWS...BUT CONVECTIVE CHANCES AT THE
OTHER FOOTHILL SITES ARE STILL FAIRLY REMOTE THROUGH MIDNIGHT. A
MORE SOLID LINE OF SHRA AND TSRA OVER THE WRN MOUNTAINS IS EXPECTED
TO WEAKEN AS IT MOVES EAST TO THE BLUE RIDGE...BUT CONFIDENCE IS
HIGH ENOUGH TO WARRANT A TEMPO FOR TSRA AT KAVL. WILL MENTION
NOTHING MORE THAN VCSH AT KHKY FOR NOW...BUT SCT TSTMS MAY SURVIVE
THE TRIP TO THREATEN THE FOOTHILL SITES INTO THE EARLY MORNING
HOURS. OTHERWISE...DEBRIS CLOUDS SHOULD INHIBIT LOW CLOUDS AND FOG
AT MOST LOCATIONS...BUT BRIEF RESTRICTIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE ANYWHERE
RAIN FALLS TONIGHT. KAVL REMAINS HARD TO PIN DOWN...BUT SOUNDINGS
AND MOS HAVE GOOD CONSENSUS ON IFR CIGS AND VSBY TOWARD
DAYBREAK...SO WILL GO AHEAD AND INCLUDE THAT DESPITE INCONSISTENT
PERFORMANCE THE PAST FEW MORNINGS. WINDS MAY GO NW THROUGHOUT AS ANY
BOUNDARIES SLIP THROUGH...BUT PREVAILING SW WINDS ARE EXPECTED AT
THE FOOTHILL SITES ON WED. WILL FEATURE PROB30 THROUGHOUT FOR
AFTN/EVENING TSTMS TRIGGERING IN THE UNSTABLE AIRMASS AGAIN ON WED.
OUTLOOK...GENERALLY VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE REST OF
THE WEEK...BUT LOW CLOUD AND FOG RESTRICTIONS ARE LIKELY EARLY EACH
MORNING IN THE MOUNTAIN VALLEYS. DIURNALLY DRIVEN TSRA ARE EXPECTED
EACH AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING...WITH THE MOST COVERAGE OVER THE
MOUNTAINS. THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE MAY INCREASE THIS WEEKEND AS A COLD
FRONT ARRIVES.
CONFIDENCE TABLE...
02-08Z 08-14Z 14-20Z 20-02Z
KCLT HIGH 100% HIGH 100% HIGH 100% HIGH 100%
KGSP HIGH 100% HIGH 94% HIGH 100% HIGH 100%
KAVL HIGH 81% MED 65% HIGH 81% HIGH 100%
KHKY HIGH 94% HIGH 83% HIGH 100% HIGH 100%
KGMU HIGH 100% HIGH 91% 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...HG/PM
SHORT TERM...NED
LONG TERM...JOH
AVIATION...HGHazardous weather outlook, Sep 2, 8:15 PM EDT, 3 hours 3 minutes before
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, 9:29 PM EDT, 1 hour 49 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
929 PM EDT TUE SEP 2 2014
SCZ011-019-030215-
ABBEVILLE-GREENWOOD-
929 PM EDT TUE SEP 2 2014
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT GREENWOOD AND EASTERN ABBEVILLE
COUNTIES THROUGH 1015 PM EDT...
AT 928 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM WARE SHOALS TO 5
MILES EAST OF ABBEVILLE TO 10 MILES WEST OF TROY...MOVING EAST AT 10
MPH.
THESE STORMS WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
WARE SHOALS...
COKESBURY...
TROY...
PEA SIZE HAIL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH...AND
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. THE COMBINATION
OF GUSTY WINDS AND WET SOIL CONDITIONS MAY CAUSE SCATTERED TREES AND
POWER LINES TO FALL. SEEK SHELTER INSIDE AN INTERIOR ROOM.
LAT...LON 3401 8226 3397 8231 3406 8234 3406 8247
3416 8239 3443 8240 3447 8234 3445 8229
3435 8217 3433 8217 3420 8192 3414 8187
3409 8190 3398 8209 3397 8219
HGSpecial weather statement, Sep 2, 10:01 PM EDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1001 PM EDT TUE SEP 2 2014
SCZ006-010-030245-
ANDERSON-GREATER GREENVILLE-
1001 PM EDT TUE SEP 2 2014
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTH CENTRAL GREENVILLE AND
EAST CENTRAL ANDERSON COUNTIES THROUGH 1045 PM EDT...
AT 953 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR BELTON...OR 10 MILES EAST OF ANDERSON...
MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.
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 3448 8254 3457 8256 3466 8232 3449 8231
3447 8233
KRENTZSpecial weather statement, Sep 2, 10:08 PM EDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1008 PM EDT TUE SEP 2 2014
NCZ048-049-052-053-030300-
BUNCOMBE-HAYWOOD-MADISON-YANCEY-
1008 PM EDT TUE SEP 2 2014
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT SOUTHERN YANCEY...EASTERN
MADISON...NORTH CENTRAL HAYWOOD AND NORTHERN BUNCOMBE COUNTIES
THROUGH 1100 PM EDT...
AT 1005 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF
MARS HILL TO 5 MILES SOUTH OF MARSHALL TO 9 MILES NORTH OF CANTON...
MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.
THESE STORMS WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
MARS HILL...
WEAVERVILLE...
LEICESTER...
SMALL HAIL...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL ARE
EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.
LAT...LON 3593 8215 3592 8215 3567 8235 3556 8268
3568 8306 3574 8272 3598 8254 3599 8250
KRENTZLocal storm report, Sep 2, 10:27 PM EDT, 51 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1027 PM EDT TUE SEP 02 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0725 PM HAIL 4 S ROCKWELL 35.50N 80.40W
09/02/2014 E0.75 INCH CABARRUS NC PUBLIC
BRIEF DIME SIZED HAIL ON ROCK OLIVE DRIVE. WIND WAS VERY
STRONG AND PERHAPS WHEN DAYLIGHT COMES MAY FIND A TREE OR
TWO BLOWN DOWN. TWO SPOTTERS WITHIN A MILE OR TWO OF THIS
LOCATION HAD PEA TO MARBLE SIZED HAIL AND A GUST
ESTIMATED 40 TO 45 MPH.
&&
OUTLAWSpecial weather statement, Sep 2, 10:35 PM EDT, 43 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1035 PM EDT TUE SEP 2 2014
NCZ049-050-053-505-030315-
BUNCOMBE-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-MITCHELL-YANCEY-
1035 PM EDT TUE SEP 2 2014
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT NORTHWESTERN MCDOWELL...
SOUTHEASTERN YANCEY...SOUTHEASTERN MITCHELL AND BUNCOMBE COUNTIES
THROUGH 1115 PM EDT...
AT 1031 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM MICAVILLE TO 6 MILES
NORTH OF BLACK MOUNTAIN TO ENKA...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.
THESE STORMS WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
DOWNTOWN ASHEVILLE...
WEST ASHEVILLE...
BUSICK...
SWANNANOA...
SMALL HAIL...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL ARE
EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.
LAT...LON 3589 8196 3564 8213 3549 8251 3557 8269
3570 8240 3593 8215
KRENTZSpecial weather statement, Sep 2, 11:04 PM EDT, 14 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1104 PM EDT TUE SEP 2 2014
NCZ053-065-503>506-030345-
BUNCOMBE-BURKE MOUNTAINS-EASTERN MCDOWELL-GREATER
BURKE-HENDERSON-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-
1104 PM EDT TUE SEP 2 2014
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT WEST CENTRAL BURKE...MCDOWELL...
NORTHEASTERN HENDERSON AND SOUTHEASTERN BUNCOMBE COUNTIES THROUGH
1145 PM EDT...
AT 1100 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM ASHFORD TO OLD FORT
TO ARDEN...MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH.
THESE STORMS WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
FAIRVIEW...
MARION...
SMALL HAIL...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL ARE
EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.
LAT...LON 3588 8176 3562 8193 3552 8213 3552 8222
3547 8224 3546 8226 3547 8226 3545 8228
3543 8232 3549 8253 3565 8214 3589 8197
KRENTZThe office that day
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, 8:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Iredell | 48 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 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 |
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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.