Alert archive / South Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2014
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 65, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 2014, 3:05 PM EDT for Anderson County, Greenville County, Pickens County, South Carolina. It was in force for 55 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
- May 26, 2014, 3:05 PM EDT (19:05 UTC)
- Expired
- May 26, 2014, 4:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Anderson County, SC, Greenville County, SC, Pickens County, SC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 16 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:05 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.
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
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 254 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
- 107 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -170 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1188 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 8 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 48 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
981
WUUS52 KGSP 261905
SVRGSP
SCC007-045-077-262000-
/O.NEW.KGSP.SV.W.0065.140526T1905Z-140526T2000Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
305 PM EDT MON MAY 26 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTH CENTRAL ANDERSON COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...
CENTRAL GREENVILLE COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...
EAST CENTRAL PICKENS COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 400 PM EDT
* AT 300 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
FROM TRAVELERS REST TO I-85 AT HIGHWAY 81...AND MOVING EAST AT 20
MPH.
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
FURMAN UNIVERSITY AND POWDERSVILLE.
CHERRYDALE POINT.
I-85 AT I-185...PIEDMONT AND DOWNTOWN GREENVILLE.
LAKE ROBINSON AND I-85 AT AUGUSTA RD.
HAYWOOD MALL...DONALDSON CENTER AND TAYLORS.
I-85 AT PELHAM ROAD...SHOPS AT GREENRIDGE...MAULDIN AND GREER.
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 3469 8265 3501 8248 3501 8222 3486 8223
3483 8219 3469 8224
TIME...MOT...LOC 1905Z 268DEG 18KT 3499 8243 3470 8256
$$
CDG2 follow-up statements
014
WWUS52 KGSP 261920
SVSGSP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
320 PM EDT MON MAY 26 2014
SCC007-077-261930-
/O.CAN.KGSP.SV.W.0065.000000T0000Z-140526T2000Z/
ANDERSON SC-PICKENS SC-
320 PM EDT MON MAY 26 2014
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL PICKENS AND NORTH
CENTRAL ANDERSON COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE LINE OF STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THIS
AREA.
LAT...LON 3469 8246 3475 8246 3477 8245 3482 8248
3488 8249 3494 8252 3501 8248 3501 8222
3486 8223 3483 8219 3469 8224
TIME...MOT...LOC 1920Z 268DEG 18KT 3499 8232 3470 8245
$$
SCC045-262000-
/O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0065.000000T0000Z-140526T2000Z/
GREENVILLE SC-
320 PM EDT MON MAY 26 2014
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL
GREENVILLE COUNTY UNTIL 400 PM EDT...
AT 317 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
FROM LAKE ROBINSON TO PIEDMONT...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
DONALDSON CENTER...I-85 AT AUGUSTA RD AND TAYLORS.
HAYWOOD MALL.
MAULDIN AND SHOPS AT GREENRIDGE.
I-85 AT PELHAM ROAD AND GREER.
FIVE FORKS AND SIMPSONVILLE.
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
THE SPECIFIC LOCATION WHERE IT OCCURRED.
&&
LAT...LON 3469 8246 3475 8246 3477 8245 3482 8248
3488 8249 3494 8252 3501 8248 3501 8222
3486 8223 3483 8219 3469 8224
TIME...MOT...LOC 1920Z 268DEG 18KT 3499 8232 3470 8245
$$
CDG750
WWUS52 KGSP 261946
SVSGSP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
346 PM EDT MON MAY 26 2014
SCC045-261956-
/O.CAN.KGSP.SV.W.0065.000000T0000Z-140526T2000Z/
GREENVILLE SC-
346 PM EDT MON MAY 26 2014
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL GREENVILLE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE LINE OF STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW
SEVERE LEVELS. HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE
WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS.
LAT...LON 3469 8246 3475 8246 3477 8245 3482 8248
3488 8249 3494 8252 3501 8248 3501 8222
3486 8223 3483 8219 3469 8224
TIME...MOT...LOC 1946Z 268DEG 18KT 3499 8216 3470 8229
$$
CDGWhat 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 May 26, 2:48 PM EDT, 17 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 26, 2:48 PM EDT, 17 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
248 PM EDT MON MAY 26 2014
.SYNOPSIS...
BERMUDA HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO INFLUENCE THE REGION THROUGH
MIDWEEK...RESULTING IN A MORE TYPICAL SUMMERTIME PATTERN...WITH
AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND STORMS EACH DAY. A BACKDOOR COLD FRONT WILL
SAG SOUTHWARD INTO THE FORECAST AREA THURSDAY...AND GRADUALLY SETTLE
SOUTH OF THE AREA INTO THE WEEKEND.
&&
.NEAR TERM /THROUGH TUESDAY/...
AS OF 245 PM...CONVECTION HAS INCREASED IN COVERAGE ACROSS THE SRN
BLUE RIDGE AND WRN NC MTNS...BUT REMAINS ISOLATED NEAR THE NRN BLUE
RIDGE WITH LITTLE CONVECTION ELSEHWERE. LATEST GUIDANCE HAS BACKED
OFF ON EXPECTED COVERAGE ACROSS THE NC SRN PIEDMONT...BUT KEEPS
DECENT SCT COVERAGE ELSEWHERE. THIS IS IN LINE WITH CURRENT RADAR
INDICATIONS...SO HAVE UPDATED POP TO PUT BEST CHC ACROSS THE MTNS
AND WRN UPSTATE/NE GA. A FEW ADDITIONAL CELLS THIS AFTERNOON WILL
LIKELY GO SEVERE GIVEN THE INCREASING DCAPE AND LOW LEVEL LAPSE
RATES...ALONG WITH INCREASING LOW END BULK SHEAR. CONVECTION SHUD
DIMINISH THIS EVENING WITH LOSS OF HEATING...BUT ISOLATED SHRA AND A
FEW TSRA MAY LINGER ACROSS THE MTNS THRU THE NITE. EXPECT ANOTHER
ROUND OF PATCHY DENSE FOG IN THE MTN VALLEYS TOWARD MORNING...
ALTHOUGH INCREASING MID AND HIGH CLOUDS COULD KEEP FOG AT BAY. LOWS
SHUD BE AROUND 5 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL.
UPPER RIDGE BUILDS OVER THE SERN CONUS TUE. HOWEVER...SHORT WAVE
ENERGY COULD STILL ROTATE INTO THE AREA AROUND AN UPPER LOW
APPROACHING FROM THE WEST. LOW LEVEL MOISTURE REMAINS QUITE HIGH.
THIS ALONG WITH INCREASING LOW LEVEL LAPSE RATES WILL LEAD TO
ANOTHER DAY OF MODERATE INSTABILITY. DCAPE IS NOT FORECAST TO BE AS
HIGH AND SHEAR SHOULD BE SIGNIFICANTLY LESS WITH THE RIDGE BUILDING
IN. THEREFORE...HAVE CONTINUED SCT MAINLY DIURNAL CONVECTION BUT
MORE IN THE WAY OF CLOUDS. EVEN WITH THE CLOUDS...HIGHS WILL BE
AROUND 5 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL.
&&
.SHORT TERM /TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY/...
AS OF 2 PM MONDAY...WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY...SHORT RANGE MODELS
INDICATE THAT A BROAD H5 TROUGH ACROSS THE DEEP SOUTH AND
SOUTHEAST...WITH THE LOW CENTER OVER LA. AT THE SFC...WEAK HIGH
PRESSURE WILL SETTLE OVER NEW ENGLAND...UNDER AREA OF MID LEVEL
CONFLUENCE. THIS HIGH WILL SLOWLY RIDGE SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE
ATLANTIC STATES THROUGH THURSDAY. A WEAK BACK DOOR COLD FRONT IS
EXPECTED SLIP NE TO SW ACROSS THE CWA ON THURSDAY. FORECAST
SOUNDINGS FOR EACH AFTERNOON INDICATE THAT CAPE WILL RANGE IN THE
1500-2000 J/KG...WITH LITTLE TO NO INHIBITION. THE ENVIRONMENT FOR
BOTH WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY APPEARS RIPE FOR DIURNAL
CONVECTION...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE MTNS. I WILL FORECAST CHC POPS
ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT WITH LIKELY POPS ACROSS THE
MTNS...THE GREATEST COVERAGE WILL OCCUR THURSDAY. MARGINAL
INSTABILITY AND WEAK FLOW SHOULD SUPPORT GENERAL TSRA. HOWEVER...IT
IS POSSIBLE THAT A COUPLE OF STORMS COULD PRODUCE SVR WIND OR HAIL.
A BLEND OF PREFERRED MOS SUPPORTS HIGHS 3 TO 6 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL
ON WEDNESDAY...OR LOW 80S WITHIN THE MTNS VALLEYS TO NEAR 90 EAST.
CLOUD COVER AND LIGHT NE WINDS SHOULD KEEP HIGHS A LITTLE LOWER ON
THURSDAY. I WILL FORECAST HIGHS SLIGHTLY ABOVE CLIMO.
&&
.LONG TERM /THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY/...
AS OF 100 PM EDT MONDAY...LATEST GLOBAL MODELS CONTINUE TO AGREE
THAT A BROAD UPPER RIDGE OF HIGH WILL COVER MUCH OF THE CENTRAL
CONUS AND SOUTHEAST STATES THU NIGHT INTO FRI WITH AN UPPER LOW
PRESSURE TROUGH ROTATING DOWN ACROSS THE NORTHEAST. THE UPPER LOW
WILL MOVE OFF THE NEW ENGLAND COAST BY SAT...ALLOWING THE UPPER
RIDGE AXIS OVER THE CENTRAL STATES TO SLOWLY SHIFT EASTWARD. BY
SUN...AN UPPER H5 HIGH (+585DM) WILL BUILD ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST AS A
BROAD UPPER TROUGH DEEPENS ACROSS THE WESTERN STATES.
AT THE SURFACE...A STATIONARY FRONT WILL BISECT THE CWA THU NIGHT
AND FRI...BEFORE IT DROPS SOUTH OF THE AREA SAT. HAVE INHERITED
SOLID CHANCE POPS FRI AFTERNOON AS ATMOS WILL BE UNCAPPED WITH CAPE
VALUES REACHING TO AROUND 2000 TO 2500 J/KG ACROSS MUCH OF THE
REGION. SAT NIGHT AND SUNDAY...COOLER HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN
FROM THE NORTH BRINGING COOLER AND DRIER CONDITIONS TO THE REGION.
MODEL SOUNDING SUGGEST ATMOS WILL BE WEAKLY CAPPED EAST OF THE MTNS.
HENCE...HAVE MENTIONED A SLIGHT CHANCE OF DIURNAL CONVECTION OVER
THE PIEDMONT WITH LOW END CHANCE IN THE MTNS. TEMPERATURES WILL BE
AROUND 2-3 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL FRI AND SAT WITH NEAR NORMAL ON
SUNDAY.
&&
.AVIATION /19Z MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/...
AT KCLT...TSRA CHC LESS HERE THAN OTHER TAF SITES. HOWEVER...
CONVECTION ALLOWING MODELS AND CCFP SHOW POTENTIAL THERE THIS
AFTERNOON. THEREFORE...HAVE GONE WITH A SHORT TEMPO FOR VFR TS FROM
21Z TO 24Z. OTHERWISE...EXPECT SCT CU WITH INCREASING CONVECTIVE
DEBRIS CLOUDS THRU THE AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING WITH SSW WINDS.
WINDS DROP OFF THIS EVENING WITH LINGERING DEBRIS CLOUDS. CANNOT
RULE OUT ANOTHER BRIEF PERIOD OF MVFR CIGS NEAR DAYBREAK...BUT
GUIDANCE IS IN TOO MUCH DISAGREEMENT TO INCLUDE ATTM. SWLY WINDS
DEVELOP THRU THE MORNING TUE. EXPECT ANY CONVECTION TUE WILL BE
AFTER THIS TAF PERIOD.
ELSEWHERE...SIMILAR CONDITIONS TO KCLT...BUT WITH BETTER CHANCE OF
CONVECTION...BUT TRICKY TIMING. THEREFORE...HAVE INCLUDED VCTS AND
WILL AMEND AS NEEDED. ALSO...LOW END GUSTS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON
AT THE SC SITES. IFR VSBY AND CIGS LIKELY AGAIN AT KAVL TOWARD
DAYBREAK WHICH BURN OFF BEFORE MID MORNING...WITH MVFR LIKELY AT
KAND/KHKY AND POSSIBLE AT KGSP/KGMU. CONVECTION POSSIBLE BEFORE THE
END OF THE PERIOD AT KAVL/KHKY...BUT SHUD BE AFTER ELSEWHERE.
OUTLOOK...UNSETTLED WEATHER WITH SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING
THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED DAILY THROUGH THE WEEK. MORNING FOG AND
LOW CLOUDS ARE LIKELY EACH DAY IN THE MOUNTAIN VALLEYS AND AT
FOOTHILL/PIEDMONT LOCATIONS WHERE APPRECIABLE RAIN FELL THE PREVIOUS
DAY.
CONFIDENCE TABLE...
18-24Z 00-06Z 06-12Z 12-18Z
KCLT HIGH 100% HIGH 100% HIGH 100% HIGH 100%
KGSP HIGH 100% HIGH 100% HIGH 100% HIGH 100%
KAVL HIGH 100% HIGH 100% MED 78% HIGH 93%
KHKY HIGH 100% HIGH 100% HIGH 95% 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...JOH
NEAR TERM...RWH
SHORT TERM...NED
LONG TERM...JOH
AVIATION...RWHHazardous weather outlook, May 26, 4:50 AM EDT, 10 hours 15 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 450 AM EDT MON MAY 26 2014 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065- 068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-270900- 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- 450 AM EDT MON MAY 26 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 REGION THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. THE HIGHEST COVERAGE WILL BE IN THE MOUNTAINS EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON...THEN STORMS WILL GENERALLY DRIFT SOUTHEAST INTO THE PIEDMONT. THE MAIN THREATS WILL BE CLOUD- TO-GROUND LIGHTNING AND TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. ..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. ..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. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... NONE. ARK
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 26, 1:18 PM EDT, 1 hour 47 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
118 PM EDT MON MAY 26 2014
NCZ064-SCZ001-002-261800-
OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-TRANSYLVANIA-
118 PM EDT MON MAY 26 2014
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHWESTERN PICKENS...
NORTHEASTERN OCONEE AND SOUTHERN TRANSYLVANIA COUNTIES THROUGH 200 PM
EDT...
AT 117 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR LAKE JOCASSEE...OR 16 MILES NORTHWEST OF
PICKENS...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.
THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
ROCKY BOTTOM...
PEA SIZE 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 3513 8298 3512 8269 3510 8269 3510 8272
3506 8276 3505 8274 3506 8271 3506 8270
3490 8276 3499 8303
JOHSpecial weather statement, May 26, 1:28 PM EDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
128 PM EDT MON MAY 26 2014
GAZ010-018-SCZ001-002-004-005-261815-
GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS
MOUNTAINS-RABUN-STEPHENS-
128 PM EDT MON MAY 26 2014
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT WESTERN PICKENS...OCONEE...EAST
CENTRAL RABUN AND NORTHERN STEPHENS COUNTIES THROUGH 215 PM EDT...
AT 124 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM MOUNTAIN REST TO
TOCCOA...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
THESE STORMS WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
OCONEE STATE PARK...
LAKE HARTWELL...
SALEM...
DEVILS FORK STATE PARK...
KEOWEE TOXAWAY STATE PARK...
OCONEE NUCLEAR STATION...
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.
HEAVY RAINS MAY FLOOD AREAS WITH POOR DRAINAGE...SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS. WATER
LEVELS OF SMALL STREAMS AND RIVERS MAY ALSO RISE RAPIDLY. SEEK HIGHER
GROUND IF THREATENED BY FLOOD WATERS.
LAT...LON 3493 8326 3501 8270 3464 8283 3454 8293
3452 8337
JOHSpecial weather statement, May 26, 1:31 PM EDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
131 PM EDT MON MAY 26 2014
NCZ501-502-261815-
CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-GREATER CALDWELL-
131 PM EDT MON MAY 26 2014
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN CALDWELL COUNTY
THROUGH 215 PM EDT...
AT 127 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR PATTERSON...OR 9 MILES NORTH OF LENOIR...
MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.
THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
CEDAR ROCK...
KINGS CREEK...
SMALL HAIL...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS AND WET SOIL CONDITIONS WILL CAUSE
SCATTERED TREES AND POWER LINES TO FALL. SEEK SHELTER INSIDE AN
INTERIOR ROOM.
LAT...LON 3610 8151 3610 8146 3608 8144 3608 8142
3602 8134 3587 8135 3594 8164 3612 8164
3613 8157 3613 8155
JOHSpecial weather statement, May 26, 2:05 PM EDT, 1 hour before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
205 PM EDT MON MAY 26 2014
SCZ002-003-261845-
GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-
205 PM EDT MON MAY 26 2014
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN PICKENS AND
NORTHWESTERN GREENVILLE COUNTIES THROUGH 245 PM EDT...
AT 202 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR JONES GAP STATE PARK...OR 12 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF BREVARD...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH.
THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
MARIETTA...
SMALL HAIL...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS AND WET SOIL CONDITIONS WILL CAUSE
SCATTERED TREES AND POWER LINES TO FALL. SEEK SHELTER INSIDE AN
INTERIOR ROOM.
LAT...LON 3512 8267 3513 8265 3512 8263 3514 8261
3514 8258 3516 8255 3505 8237 3496 8254
3496 8258
JOHSpecial weather statement, May 26, 2:52 PM EDT, 13 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
252 PM EDT MON MAY 26 2014
SCZ005-006-010-261930-
ANDERSON-GREATER GREENVILLE-GREATER PICKENS-
252 PM EDT MON MAY 26 2014
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT SOUTHEASTERN PICKENS...CENTRAL
GREENVILLE AND NORTH CENTRAL ANDERSON COUNTIES THROUGH 330 PM EDT...
AT 247 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
TABLE ROCK STATE PARK TO LIBERTY...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
THESE STORMS WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
EASLEY...
EASLEY...
TRAVELERS REST...
FURMAN UNIVERSITY...
CHERRYDALE POINT...
DOWNTOWN GREENVILLE...
SMALL HAIL...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL ARE
EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.
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 3471 8273 3494 8262 3497 8255 3498 8251
3495 8231 3464 8244
CDGSpecial weather statement, May 26, 2:55 PM EDT, 10 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
255 PM EDT MON MAY 26 2014
NCZ510-SCZ003-006-007-261945-
EASTERN POLK-GREATER GREENVILLE-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-SPARTANBURG-
255 PM EDT MON MAY 26 2014
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHERN GREENVILLE...SOUTHERN
POLK AND NORTHWESTERN SPARTANBURG COUNTIES THROUGH 345 PM EDT...
AT 252 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR TRYON...OR 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF COLUMBUS...
MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
COLUMBUS...
LANDRUM...
LAKE BOWEN...
SMALL HAIL...WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
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 3499 8253 3517 8248 3518 8246 3516 8245
3521 8239 3518 8237 3520 8226 3525 8226
3530 8205 3530 8203 3525 8196 3518 8197
3493 8222
CDGThe office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 1:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Pickens | 42 min |
| May 26, 1:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Oconee, Pickens | 54 min |
| May 26, 1:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Oconee | 47 min |
| May 26, 2:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Greenville | 40 min |
| May 26, 2:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Oconee, Pickens | 63 min |
| May 26, 2:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Greenville | 38 min |
| May 26, 3:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Spartanburg | 61 min |
| May 26, 4:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Spartanburg | 53 min |
| May 26, 4:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cherokee, Spartanburg, Union | 52 min |
| May 26, 5:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cherokee | 72 min |
| May 26, 6:58 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Oconee | 2 hr |
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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.