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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 68, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

May 26, 20144 counties in North Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 2014, 6:21 PM EDT for 4 counties in North Carolina. It was in force for 54 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: May 26, 2014, 6:21 PM EDT (22:21 UTC)
Expired: May 26, 2014, 7:15 PM EDT
In force: 54 min
Issued by: NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Gaston County, NC, Iredell County, NC, Lincoln County, NC, Mecklenburg County, NC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 134 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:23 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
May 26, 6:30 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	4 Ssw Denver, NC	COUNTY FIRE DEPTS REPORTED A FEW TREES DOWN ACROSS THE EASTERN HALF OF LINCOLN COUNTY

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

Did it verify

Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched one storm report to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 9 minutes after it went out.

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, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 116 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

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

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

727 
WUUS52 KGSP 262221
SVRGSP
NCC071-097-109-119-262315-
/O.NEW.KGSP.SV.W.0068.140526T2221Z-140526T2315Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
621 PM EDT MON MAY 26 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN GASTON COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...
  SOUTH CENTRAL IREDELL COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...
  LINCOLN COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...
  NORTHERN MECKLENBURG COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...

* UNTIL 715 PM EDT

* AT 620 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 DAVIDSON TO LINCOLNTON...AND
  MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
  MCGUIRE STATION AND LOWESVILLE.
  HUNTERSVILLE.
  STANLEY.
  MOUNTAIN ISLAND LAKE AND DALLAS.
  NORTHLAKE MALL.
  MOUNT HOLLY.
  LOWELL AND GASTONIA.
  UNC CHARLOTTE...I-77 AT I-85...PAW CREEK AND BELMONT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO PRODUCING FREQUENT AND INTENSE
LIGHTNING. TURN OFF ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES. DO NOT USE CORDED
TELEPHONES. DO NOT TAKE A BATH OR SHOWER.

THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO PRODUCING EXTREMELY HEAVY
RAINFALL. FLOODING OF DRAINAGE DITCHES AND LOW LYING AREAS MAY OCCUR.
DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH AREAS WHERE WATER IS FLOWING OVER THE ROAD.

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 3520 8117 3556 8138 3555 8097 3558 8095
      3560 8082 3551 8077 3550 8079 3542 8075
      3540 8077 3535 8069 3529 8067
TIME...MOT...LOC 2221Z 331DEG 16KT 3549 8086 3544 8124

$$

CDG

3 follow-up statements

364 
WWUS52 KGSP 262239
SVSGSP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
639 PM EDT MON MAY 26 2014

NCC097-262249-
/O.CAN.KGSP.SV.W.0068.000000T0000Z-140526T2315Z/
IREDELL NC-
639 PM EDT MON MAY 26 2014

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL IREDELL COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...

THE LINE OF STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THIS 
AREA.

LAT...LON 3520 8117 3541 8122 3555 8117 3555 8096
      3553 8094 3550 8096 3549 8095 3552 8090
      3550 8079 3542 8075 3540 8077 3535 8070
      3529 8067
TIME...MOT...LOC 2239Z 331DEG 16KT 3542 8081 3537 8119

$$

NCC071-109-119-262315-
/O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0068.000000T0000Z-140526T2315Z/
GASTON NC-LINCOLN NC-MECKLENBURG NC-
639 PM EDT MON MAY 26 2014

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN
MECKLENBURG...EASTERN LINCOLN AND EASTERN GASTON COUNTIES UNTIL 715
PM EDT...

AT 635 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 HUNTERSVILLE TO IRON STATION...
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
  STANLEY.
  MOUNTAIN ISLAND LAKE AND DALLAS.
  NORTHLAKE MALL.
  MOUNT HOLLY.
  LOWELL AND GASTONIA.
  UNC CHARLOTTE...PAW CREEK AND BELMONT.
  HIDDEN VALLEY...I-77 AT I-85 AND CRAMERTON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

LAKE LAKE NORMAN IS IN THE PATH OF THIS LINE OF SEVERE 
THUNDERSTORMS. BOATERS SHOULD SEEK IMMEDIATE SHELTER ONSHORE.

THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO PRODUCING FREQUENT AND INTENSE
LIGHTNING. TURN OFF ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES. DO NOT USE CORDED
TELEPHONES. DO NOT TAKE A BATH OR SHOWER.

THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO PRODUCING EXTREMELY HEAVY
RAINFALL. FLOODING OF DRAINAGE DITCHES AND LOW LYING AREAS MAY OCCUR.
DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH AREAS WHERE WATER IS FLOWING OVER THE ROAD.

&&

LAT...LON 3520 8117 3541 8122 3555 8117 3555 8096
      3553 8094 3550 8096 3549 8095 3552 8090
      3550 8079 3542 8075 3540 8077 3535 8070
      3529 8067
TIME...MOT...LOC 2239Z 331DEG 16KT 3542 8081 3537 8119

$$

CDG

690 
WWUS52 KGSP 262304
SVSGSP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
704 PM EDT MON MAY 26 2014

NCC071-109-262314-
/O.CAN.KGSP.SV.W.0068.000000T0000Z-140526T2315Z/
GASTON NC-LINCOLN NC-
704 PM EDT MON MAY 26 2014

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN LINCOLN AND EASTERN
GASTON COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE LINE OF STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THIS 
AREA.

LAT...LON 3523 8101 3528 8101 3534 8099 3536 8092
      3537 8098 3539 8096 3550 8094 3552 8090
      3550 8079 3542 8075 3540 8077 3535 8070
      3529 8067
TIME...MOT...LOC 2304Z 308DEG 15KT 3547 8081 3534 8093

$$

NCC119-262315-
/O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0068.000000T0000Z-140526T2315Z/
MECKLENBURG NC-
704 PM EDT MON MAY 26 2014

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN
MECKLENBURG COUNTY UNTIL 715 PM EDT...

AT 701 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 DAVIDSON TO MOUNTAIN ISLAND
LAKE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
  PAW CREEK.
  I-77 AT I-85...HIDDEN VALLEY AND NORTHLAKE MALL.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

LAKE NORMAN IS IN THE PATH OF THIS LINE OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS. BOATERS SHOULD SEEK IMMEDIATE SHELTER ONSHORE.

THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO PRODUCING FREQUENT AND INTENSE
LIGHTNING. TURN OFF ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES. DO NOT USE CORDED
TELEPHONES. DO NOT TAKE A BATH OR SHOWER.

THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO PRODUCING EXTREMELY HEAVY
RAINFALL. FLOODING OF DRAINAGE DITCHES AND LOW LYING AREAS MAY OCCUR.
DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH AREAS WHERE WATER IS FLOWING OVER THE ROAD.

&&

LAT...LON 3523 8101 3528 8101 3534 8099 3536 8092
      3537 8098 3539 8096 3550 8094 3552 8090
      3550 8079 3542 8075 3540 8077 3535 8070
      3529 8067
TIME...MOT...LOC 2304Z 308DEG 15KT 3547 8081 3534 8093

$$

CDG

059 
WWUS52 KGSP 262307
SVSGSP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
707 PM EDT MON MAY 26 2014

NCC119-262317-
/O.EXP.KGSP.SV.W.0068.000000T0000Z-140526T2315Z/
MECKLENBURG NC-
707 PM EDT MON MAY 26 2014

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN MECKLENBURG COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 715 PM EDT...

THE LINE OF STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW
SEVERE LEVELS.  HOWEVER SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN ARE
STILL POSSIBLE WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS.

LAT...LON 3523 8101 3528 8101 3534 8099 3536 8092
      3537 8098 3539 8096 3550 8094 3552 8090
      3550 8079 3542 8075 3540 8077 3535 8070
      3529 8067
TIME...MOT...LOC 2307Z 308DEG 15KT 3546 8080 3533 8092

$$

CDG

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 May 26, 2:48 PM EDT, 3 hours 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 26, 2:48 PM EDT, 3 hours 33 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...RWH

Hazardous weather outlook, May 26, 4:16 PM EDT, 2 hours 5 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, 4:35 PM EDT, 1 hour 46 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

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Special weather statement, May 26, 4:58 PM EDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
458 PM EDT MON MAY 26 2014

NCZ036-056-069-262145-
CATAWBA-IREDELL-LINCOLN-
458 PM EDT MON MAY 26 2014

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN LINCOLN...SOUTHERN
IREDELL AND SOUTHEASTERN CATAWBA COUNTIES THROUGH 545 PM EDT...

AT 457 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR TERRELL...OR 13 MILES EAST OF NEWTON...
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
  TERRELL...
  DENVER...
  LAKE NORMAN...
  MOORESVILLE...

SMALL HAIL...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 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 3551 8081 3552 8090 3549 8095 3546 8094
      3544 8095 3543 8098 3561 8115 3573 8098
      3555 8074

CDG

Special weather statement, May 26, 5:18 PM EDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
518 PM EDT MON MAY 26 2014

SCZ008-009-262230-
CHEROKEE-YORK-
518 PM EDT MON MAY 26 2014

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT WESTERN YORK AND EASTERN CHEROKEE
COUNTIES THROUGH 630 PM EDT...

AT 514 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM EARL TO 5 MILES
NORTH OF JONESVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

THESE STORMS WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
  BLACKSBURG...
  HICKORY GROVE...

SMALL HAIL...WIND GUSTS OF 40 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 3482 8129 3482 8147 3484 8146 3487 8149
      3487 8153 3488 8153 3487 8154 3489 8159
      3517 8159 3516 8123

CDG

Special weather statement, May 26, 5:35 PM EDT, 46 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
535 PM EDT MON MAY 26 2014

NCZ071-072-262230-
CABARRUS-MECKLENBURG-
535 PM EDT MON MAY 26 2014

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTH CENTRAL MECKLENBURG AND
NORTHWESTERN CABARRUS COUNTIES THROUGH 630 PM EDT...

AT 531 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR LAKE NORMAN...OR 18 MILES SOUTH OF
STATESVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
  CORNELIUS...
  MCGUIRE STATION...
  HUNTERSVILLE...

NICKEL SIZE HAIL...WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 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.

LAKE NORMAN IS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM. CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS BOATING CONDITIONS.
MOVE TO SHORE IMMEDIATELY.

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 3531 8089 3540 8096 3544 8096 3545 8094
      3549 8095 3552 8090 3551 8081 3551 8071
      3544 8062

CDG

Special weather statement, May 26, 5:47 PM EDT, 34 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
547 PM EDT MON MAY 26 2014

NCZ036-056-069-262245-
CATAWBA-IREDELL-LINCOLN-
547 PM EDT MON MAY 26 2014

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EASTERN LINCOLN...SOUTHEASTERN
IREDELL AND SOUTHEASTERN CATAWBA COUNTIES THROUGH 645 PM EDT...

AT 543 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR DENVER...OR 14 MILES EAST OF LINCOLNTON...
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
  LAKE NORMAN...
  LOWESVILLE...

SMALL HAIL...WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 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.

LAKE NORMAN IS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM. CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS BOATING CONDITIONS.
MOVE TO SHORE IMMEDIATELY.

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 8075 3551 8081 3552 8090 3549 8095
      3545 8094 3544 8096 3540 8096 3541 8108
      3561 8125 3568 8098 3554 8074 3551 8074

CDG

Local storm report, May 26, 6:19 PM EDT, 2 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
619 PM EDT MON MAY 26 2014

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0525 PM     TSTM WND DMG     1 SE TERRELL            35.58N 80.96W
05/26/2014                   CATAWBA            NC   PUBLIC

            BRANCHES DOWN AND HAIL OF UNKNOWN SIZE OBSERVED.

&&

CSH

The office that day

Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 26, 1:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Haywood	29 min
May 26, 1:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Transylvania	54 min
May 26, 1:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Caldwell	44 min
May 26, 2:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Polk	50 min
May 26, 3:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Henderson	42 min
May 26, 3:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Burke, McDowell	46 min
May 26, 4:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	McDowell, Rutherford	40 min
May 26, 4:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Iredell	47 min
May 26, 5:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Catawba, Iredell, Lincoln	36 min
May 26, 5:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Mecklenburg	55 min
May 26, 5:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Lincoln	58 min
May 26, 6:43 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Iredell, Lincoln, Mecklenburg	107 min
May 26, 7:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Mecklenburg	63 min
May 26, 7:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Rowan	45 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.