Alert archive / South Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2014
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 66, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 2014, 4:38 PM EDT for Cherokee County, Spartanburg County, Union County, South Carolina. It was in force for 52 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, 4:38 PM EDT (20:38 UTC)
- Expired
- May 26, 2014, 5:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Cherokee County, SC, Spartanburg County, SC, Union County, SC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:39 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
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 203 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
- 17 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -94 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 887 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 11 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 109 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
092 WUUS52 KGSP 262038 SVRGSP SCC021-083-087-262130- /O.NEW.KGSP.SV.W.0066.140526T2038Z-140526T2130Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 438 PM EDT MON MAY 26 2014 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... WESTERN CHEROKEE COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA... EAST CENTRAL SPARTANBURG COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA... NORTH CENTRAL UNION COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA... * UNTIL 530 PM EDT * AT 435 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SPARTANBURG...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR... COWPENS. PACOLET. THICKETTY. GAFFNEY. 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 3511 8157 3482 8157 3488 8194 3508 8191 TIME...MOT...LOC 2038Z 270DEG 15KT 3498 8185 $$ CDG
3 follow-up statements
788
WWUS52 KGSP 262059
SVSGSP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
459 PM EDT MON MAY 26 2014
SCC083-262109-
/O.CAN.KGSP.SV.W.0066.000000T0000Z-140526T2130Z/
SPARTANBURG SC-
459 PM EDT MON MAY 26 2014
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL SPARTANBURG
COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THIS AREA.
LAT...LON 3485 8177 3491 8171 3493 8175 3494 8176
3503 8179 3504 8181 3509 8182 3511 8157
3482 8157
TIME...MOT...LOC 2059Z 270DEG 15KT 3498 8172
$$
SCC021-087-262130-
/O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0066.000000T0000Z-140526T2130Z/
CHEROKEE SC-UNION SC-
459 PM EDT MON MAY 26 2014
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL
UNION AND SOUTHWESTERN CHEROKEE COUNTIES IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA
UNTIL 530 PM EDT...
AT 457 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF
60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR THICKETTY...OR 7 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF GAFFNEY...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
GAFFNEY.
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 3485 8177 3491 8171 3493 8175 3494 8176
3503 8179 3504 8181 3509 8182 3511 8157
3482 8157
TIME...MOT...LOC 2059Z 270DEG 15KT 3498 8172
$$
CDG460
WWUS52 KGSP 262112
SVSGSP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
512 PM EDT MON MAY 26 2014
SCC087-262122-
/O.CAN.KGSP.SV.W.0066.000000T0000Z-140526T2130Z/
UNION SC-
512 PM EDT MON MAY 26 2014
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL UNION COUNTY IN
UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THIS AREA.
LAT...LON 3490 8165 3490 8166 3491 8170 3494 8176
3503 8179 3504 8181 3509 8182 3511 8157
3488 8157 3489 8160 3487 8163
TIME...MOT...LOC 2112Z 270DEG 15KT 3502 8163
$$
SCC021-262130-
/O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0066.000000T0000Z-140526T2130Z/
CHEROKEE SC-
512 PM EDT MON MAY 26 2014
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN
CHEROKEE COUNTY UNTIL 530 PM EDT...
AT 510 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF
60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR GAFFNEY...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF WESTERN
CHEROKEE COUNTY...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...DRAYTONVILLE.
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 3490 8165 3490 8166 3491 8170 3494 8176
3503 8179 3504 8181 3509 8182 3511 8157
3488 8157 3489 8160 3487 8163
TIME...MOT...LOC 2112Z 270DEG 15KT 3502 8163
$$
CDG871
WWUS52 KGSP 262121
SVSGSP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
521 PM EDT MON MAY 26 2014
SCC021-262131-
/O.EXP.KGSP.SV.W.0066.000000T0000Z-140526T2130Z/
CHEROKEE SC-
521 PM EDT MON MAY 26 2014
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WESTERN CHEROKEE COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 530 PM EDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LEVELS.
LAT...LON 3490 8165 3490 8166 3491 8170 3494 8176
3503 8179 3504 8181 3509 8182 3511 8157
3488 8157 3489 8160 3487 8163
TIME...MOT...LOC 2121Z 270DEG 15KT 3502 8158
$$
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, 1 hour 50 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 26, 2:48 PM EDT, 1 hour 50 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, 4:16 PM EDT, 22 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 416 PM 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>014-019-272030- 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- 416 PM 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...TONIGHT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION INTO THIS EVENING. THE HIGHEST COVERAGE WILL BE IN THE FOOTHILLS LATE THIS AFTERNOON...THEN STORMS WILL GENERALLY DRIFT SOUTHEAST INTO THE PIEDMONT. THE MAIN THREATS WILL BE CLOUD-TO- GROUND LIGHTNING AND TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS. A FEW STORMS COULD PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND LOCALIZED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. .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. NED
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 26, 2:55 PM EDT, 1 hour 43 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
CDGSpecial weather statement, May 26, 3:18 PM EDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
318 PM EDT MON MAY 26 2014
NCZ053-065-262000-
BUNCOMBE-HENDERSON-
318 PM EDT MON MAY 26 2014
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT HENDERSON AND SOUTHEASTERN
BUNCOMBE COUNTIES THROUGH 400 PM EDT...
AT 317 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR ARDEN...OR 9 MILES SOUTH OF DOWNTOWN
ASHEVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.
THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
ARDEN...
FLETCHER...
MOUNTAIN HOME...
HENDERSONVILLE...
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 3550 8233 3547 8227 3544 8228 3539 8226
3528 8235 3521 8235 3518 8237 3521 8239
3516 8245 3518 8246 3515 8258 3530 8262
3536 8268 3547 8269 3553 8253
CDGSpecial weather statement, May 26, 3:29 PM EDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
329 PM EDT MON MAY 26 2014
SCZ006-007-012-262030-
GREATER GREENVILLE-LAURENS-SPARTANBURG-
329 PM EDT MON MAY 26 2014
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT EAST CENTRAL GREENVILLE...
SPARTANBURG AND EXTREME NORTHWESTERN LAURENS COUNTIES THROUGH 430 PM
EDT...
AT 326 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES NORTH OF
GREER TO FOUNTAIN INN...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
THESE STORMS WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
LYMAN...
REIDVILLE...
I-85 AT I-26...
WESTGATE MALL...
USC UPSTATE...
SPARTANBURG...
WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE 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 3469 8225 3501 8223 3506 8181 3504 8181
3503 8179 3493 8175 3491 8171 3483 8179
3467 8183 3466 8184
CDGSpecial weather statement, May 26, 3:44 PM EDT, 54 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
344 PM EDT MON MAY 26 2014
NCZ504>506-508-262030-
EASTERN MCDOWELL-GREATER BURKE-GREATER RUTHERFORD-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-
344 PM EDT MON MAY 26 2014
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT SOUTHWESTERN BURKE...NORTHERN
RUTHERFORD AND SOUTHERN MCDOWELL COUNTIES THROUGH 430 PM EDT...
AT 339 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM MORGANTON TO OLD
FORT...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
THESE STORMS WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
SALEM...
GLENWOOD...
DYSARTSVILLE...
THERMAL CITY...
SMALL HAIL...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL ARE
EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.
FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. IF OUTDOORS...TRY TO
GET INDOORS OR INTO A HARD TOPPED VEHICLE. OTHERWISE...STAY AWAY FROM
OPEN AREAS AND ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES. WHEN INDOORS...
STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS AND AVOID USING WIRED ELECTRONIC
DEVICES. TRY TO UNPLUG UNNECESSARY APPLIANCES BEFORE THE STORM
APPROACHES.
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 3558 8153 3556 8156 3557 8160 3556 8165
3558 8169 3551 8170 3542 8207 3550 8212
3553 8208 3552 8213 3567 8223 3581 8174
CDGSpecial weather statement, May 26, 4:07 PM EDT, 31 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
407 PM EDT MON MAY 26 2014
SCZ007-008-262100-
CHEROKEE-SPARTANBURG-
407 PM EDT MON MAY 26 2014
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT NORTHERN SPARTANBURG AND WESTERN
CHEROKEE COUNTIES THROUGH 500 PM EDT...
AT 405 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF
LAKE BOWEN TO REIDVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
THESE STORMS WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
I-85 AT I-26...
WESTGATE MALL...
USC UPSTATE...
ROEBUCK...
ROEBUCK...
SPARTANBURG...
SMALL HAIL...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL ARE
EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.
FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. IF OUTDOORS...TRY TO
GET INDOORS OR INTO A HARD TOPPED VEHICLE. OTHERWISE...STAY AWAY FROM
OPEN AREAS AND ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES. WHEN INDOORS...
STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS AND AVOID USING WIRED ELECTRONIC
DEVICES. TRY TO UNPLUG UNNECESSARY APPLIANCES BEFORE THE STORM
APPROACHES.
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 3484 8213 3519 8203 3518 8166 3517 8164
3491 8171 3485 8177 3482 8179
CDGSpecial weather statement, May 26, 4:35 PM EDT, 3 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
435 PM EDT MON MAY 26 2014
NCZ068-504>506-508-262115-
CLEVELAND-EASTERN MCDOWELL-GREATER BURKE-GREATER RUTHERFORD-MCDOWELL
MOUNTAINS-
435 PM EDT MON MAY 26 2014
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHWESTERN BURKE...NORTHERN
RUTHERFORD...MCDOWELL AND NORTHWESTERN CLEVELAND COUNTIES THROUGH 515
PM EDT...
AT 431 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR GLENWOOD...OR 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MARION...
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.
THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
DYSARTSVILLE...
THERMAL CITY...
SMALL HAIL...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. IF OUTDOORS...TRY TO
GET INDOORS OR INTO A HARD TOPPED VEHICLE. OTHERWISE...STAY AWAY FROM
OPEN AREAS AND ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES. WHEN INDOORS...
STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS AND AVOID USING WIRED ELECTRONIC
DEVICES. TRY TO UNPLUG UNNECESSARY APPLIANCES BEFORE THE STORM
APPROACHES.
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 3550 8154 3531 8195 3551 8210 3553 8208
3553 8211 3568 8223 3580 8197
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, 3:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Anderson, Greenville, Pickens | 55 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, 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.