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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 69, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

May 26, 2014Greenville County, Laurens County, Spartanburg County, South Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 2014, 8:11 PM EDT for Greenville County, Laurens County, Spartanburg County, South Carolina. It was in force for 64 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, 8:11 PM EDT (00:11 UTC)
Expired
May 26, 2014, 9:15 PM EDT
In force
64 min
Issued by
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Greenville County, SC, Laurens County, SC, Spartanburg County, SC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 19 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:12 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 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 241 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 00:00Z on 2014-05-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 585 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 00:00Z on 2014-05-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 8 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
585 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-16 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1482 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
8 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
148 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.

893 
WUUS52 KGSP 270011
SVRGSP
SCC045-059-083-270115-
/O.NEW.KGSP.SV.W.0069.140527T0011Z-140527T0115Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL GREENVILLE COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...
  NORTH CENTRAL LAURENS COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...
  SOUTHWESTERN SPARTANBURG COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...

* UNTIL 915 PM EDT

* AT 808 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
  FIVE FORKS...OR 14 MILES EAST OF DOWNTOWN GREENVILLE...AND MOVING
  EAST AT 10 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
  WOODRUFF.

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 3485 8189 3464 8201 3478 8225 3488 8218
TIME...MOT...LOC 0011Z 291DEG 10KT 3481 8216

$$

CDG
2 follow-up statements
215 
WWUS52 KGSP 270026
SVSGSP

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

SCC045-270036-
/O.CAN.KGSP.SV.W.0069.000000T0000Z-140527T0115Z/
GREENVILLE SC-
826 PM EDT MON MAY 26 2014

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL GREENVILLE COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THIS AREA.

LAT...LON 3473 8217 3478 8215 3480 8217 3484 8221
      3488 8218 3485 8189 3464 8201
TIME...MOT...LOC 0026Z 291DEG 10KT 3479 8211

$$

SCC059-083-270115-
/O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0069.000000T0000Z-140527T0115Z/
LAURENS SC-SPARTANBURG SC-
826 PM EDT MON MAY 26 2014

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN
SPARTANBURG AND NORTH CENTRAL LAURENS COUNTIES UNTIL 915 PM EDT...

AT 825 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
REIDVILLE...OR 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SPARTANBURG...MOVING EAST AT 10
MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
  WOODRUFF.

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 3473 8217 3478 8215 3480 8217 3484 8221
      3488 8218 3485 8189 3464 8201
TIME...MOT...LOC 0026Z 291DEG 10KT 3479 8211

$$

CDG
395 
WWUS52 KGSP 270050
SVSGSP

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

SCC059-083-270059-
/O.CAN.KGSP.SV.W.0069.000000T0000Z-140527T0115Z/
LAURENS SC-SPARTANBURG SC-
850 PM EDT MON MAY 26 2014

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN SPARTANBURG AND
NORTH CENTRAL LAURENS COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LEVELS.

LAT...LON 3473 8217 3478 8215 3480 8217 3484 8221
      3488 8218 3485 8189 3464 8201
TIME...MOT...LOC 0049Z 291DEG 10KT 3477 8204

$$

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, 8:05 PM EDT, 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 26, 8:05 PM EDT, 6 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
805 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 8 PM...CONVECTION HAS TAPERED OFF TO ISOLATED COVERAGE (AT
BEST) THIS EVENING...AND WILL FEATURE 20 POPS IN MOST LOCATIONS...
TAPERING OFF TO LESS THAN SLIGHT CHANCE BY MIDNIGHT IN MANY
AREAS.

AS OF 450 PM...CONVECTION IS BIT TAMER THIS AFTERNOON THAN AT THIS
TIME YESTERDAY...OWING TO A LITTLE WEAKER INSTABILITY AND WEAKER
SHEAR DOWNSTREAM OF BUILDING UPPER RIDGE AXIS. MOST OF THE BETTER
CONVECTIVE COVERAGE IS NOW CONFINED TO AREAS EAST OF THE BLUE
RIDGE...AND SOUTH OF I-40/EAST OF I-26. THE HIGHEST POPS (GENERALLY
AROUND 50 PERCENT) WILL RESIDE IN THIS AREA THROUGH EARLY EVENING.
ELSEWHERE...COVERAGE SHOULD BE MORE ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED IN
NATURE. THE BEST CHANCE FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE ACROSS THE NC AND
EASTERN SC PIEDMONT...WHERE BRIEF MARGINALLY SEVERE HAIL WILL BE
POSSIBLE WITH PULSE STORMS. THERE ALSO MAY BE JUST ENOUGH SHEAR IN
THE ENVIRONMENT TO SUPPORT SOME MARGINAL UP-SCALE ORGANIZATION INTO
CLUSTERS...WHICH COULD POSE A THREAT OF LOCALIZED DAMAGING WIND
GUSTS.

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 /00Z TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/...
AT KCLT...OUTFLOW BOUNDARY HAS TURNED WINDS TO NORTH AT THE
TERMINAL...BUT THESE SHOULD NOT LAST. EXPECT S/SW WINDS TO RETURN BY
02Z AT AROUND 5 KTS. IN THE INTERIM...WINDS WILL LIKELY GO LGT/VRBL
BY AROUND 01Z. OTHERWISE...AN INCREASINGLY MOIST AIR MASS WILL POSE
AT LEAST A LOW THREAT OF EARLY MORNING FOG AND/OR STRATUS...BUT THIS
APPEARS TO BE A LOW PROBABILITY EVENT ATTM...AND HAVE MAINTAINED A
VFR FORECAST THROUGH THE PERIOD. SCATTERED CONVECTION WILL REDEVELOP
TUE AFTERNOON...AND A PROB30 HAS BEEN INTRODUCED AFTER 18Z.

ELSEWHERE...CONVECTION IS BECMG INCREASINGLY ISOLATED ACROSS THE
AREA THIS EVENING...AND IS NOT ANTICIPATED NEAR THE TERMINALS AGAIN
UNTIL TOMORROW AFTERNOON (AT WHICH TIME VCTS RETURNS TO THE
FORECAST). IN THE INTERIM...THE FOG/LOW STRATUS POTENTIAL APPEARS
AT LEAST AS LIKELY AT KAVL AS IT DID LAST NIGHT...AND HAVE INCLUDED
MVFR CONDITIONS THERE BY 05Z...WITH LIFR BY 07Z. ELSEWHERE...THE
FOG/LOW STRATUS POTENTIAL IS NON-ZERO...BUT APPEARS LOW ATTM. MVFR
VISBY WILL BE FORECAST AT KHKY/KAND...WITH VFR AT KGMU/KGSP.

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...

            00-06Z        06-12Z        12-18Z        18-24Z
KCLT       HIGH 100%     HIGH 100%     HIGH 100%     HIGH 100%
KGSP       HIGH 100%     HIGH 100%     HIGH 100%     HIGH 100%
KAVL       HIGH 100%     MED   67%     HIGH  82%     HIGH 100%
KHKY       HIGH 100%     HIGH 100%     HIGH 100%     HIGH 100%
KGMU       HIGH 100%     HIGH 100%     HIGH 100%     HIGH 100%
KAND       HIGH 100%     HIGH  91%     HIGH  97%     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...JDL/RWH
SHORT TERM...NED
LONG TERM...JOH
AVIATION...JDL
Hazardous weather outlook, May 26, 4:16 PM EDT, 3 hours 55 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, 5:47 PM EDT, 2 hours 24 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, 1 hour 52 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
Local storm report, May 26, 6:23 PM EDT, 1 hour 48 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
623 PM EDT MON MAY 26 2014

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

0608 PM     TSTM WND DMG     2 NNW LINCOLNTON        35.50N 81.27W
05/26/2014                   LINCOLN            NC   AMATEUR RADIO

            2 INCH DIAMETER LIMBS DOWN

&&

CSH
Special weather statement, May 26, 7:12 PM EDT, 59 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
712 PM EDT MON MAY 26 2014

NCZ071-072-270015-
CABARRUS-MECKLENBURG-
712 PM EDT MON MAY 26 2014

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT NORTHERN MECKLENBURG AND
NORTHWESTERN CABARRUS COUNTIES THROUGH 815 PM EDT...

AT 708 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM CORNELIUS TO PAW
CREEK...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

THESE STORMS WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
  DAVIDSON...
  NORTHLAKE MALL...
  I-77 AT I-85...
  HIDDEN VALLEY...
  UNC CHARLOTTE...
  CHARLOTTE MOTOR SPEEDWAY...

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 3526 8070 3527 8101 3534 8099 3536 8092
      3537 8096 3536 8097 3538 8098 3539 8096
      3545 8094 3547 8095 3550 8094 3551 8092
      3550 8065

CDG
Local storm report, May 26, 7:22 PM EDT, 49 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
722 PM EDT MON MAY 26 2014

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

0630 PM     TSTM WND DMG     4 SSW DENVER            35.48N 81.07W
05/26/2014                   LINCOLN            NC   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

            COUNTY FIRE DEPTS REPORTED A FEW TREES DOWN ACROSS THE
            EASTERN HALF OF LINCOLN COUNTY

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CSH
Special weather statement, May 26, 7:30 PM EDT, 41 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
730 PM EDT MON MAY 26 2014

NCZ057-270015-
ROWAN-
730 PM EDT MON MAY 26 2014

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHEASTERN ROWAN COUNTY
THROUGH 815 PM EDT...

AT 729 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR HIGH ROCK LAKE...OR 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
LEXINGTON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
  HIGH ROCK LAKE...

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.

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 3549 8021 3550 8027 3572 8039 3572 8038
      3573 8034 3571 8032 3568 8033 3567 8030
      3564 8029 3564 8026 3558 8020 3551 8018

CDG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 26, 8:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPSpartanburg51 min
May 26, 11:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPYork48 min
May 27, 3:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPYork53 min
May 27, 3:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPGreenville67 min
May 27, 3:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPGreenville60 min
May 27, 4:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPYork44 min
May 27, 4:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPPickens49 min
May 27, 4:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPOconee41 min
May 27, 4:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPSpartanburg47 min
May 27, 5:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPCherokee47 min
May 27, 5:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPOconee48 min
May 27, 6:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPOconee62 min
May 27, 6:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPAnderson58 min
May 27, 7:11 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPOconee109 min
May 27, 7:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPAnderson52 min

Nearby

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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.