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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 72, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

May 27, 2014Henderson County, North Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 27, 2014, 3:58 PM EDT for Henderson County, North Carolina. It was in force for 47 min. 3 reports 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 27, 2014, 3:58 PM EDT (19:58 UTC)
Expired: May 27, 2014, 4:45 PM EDT
In force: 47 min
Issued by: NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Henderson County, NC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:58 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 27, 4:10 PM EDT	HAIL 0.88	2 Ssw Etowah, NC	HAIL BEGAN AS PEA SIZED THEN GREW TO JUST UNDER QUARTER SIZED.
May 27, 4:15 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 Ssw Etowah, NC	MULTIPLE TREES DOWN ON PLEASAND GROVE RD AND EADE RD.
May 27, 4:15 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Etowah, NC	MULTIPLE TREES DOWN IN AND AROUND ETOWAH.

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 2 storm reports to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 17 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, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 246 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: 184 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -92 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1049 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 56 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 51 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

764 
WUUS52 KGSP 271958
SVRGSP
NCC089-272045-
/O.NEW.KGSP.SV.W.0072.140527T1958Z-140527T2045Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
358 PM EDT TUE MAY 27 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN HENDERSON COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...

* UNTIL 445 PM EDT

* AT 353 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
  ETOWAH...OR 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF BREVARD...AND MOVING EAST AT 15
  MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
  LAUREL PARK AND MOUNTAIN HOME.
  HENDERSONVILLE.
  FLAT ROCK.

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 3539 8226 3532 8231 3528 8235 3519 8236
      3518 8237 3521 8239 3516 8245 3518 8246
      3515 8258 3519 8260 3530 8262 3537 8269
      3541 8227
TIME...MOT...LOC 1958Z 270DEG 12KT 3528 8258

$$

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2 follow-up statements

550 
WWUS52 KGSP 272017
SVSGSP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
417 PM EDT TUE MAY 27 2014

NCC089-272045-
/O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0072.000000T0000Z-140527T2045Z/
HENDERSON NC-
417 PM EDT TUE MAY 27 2014

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR HENDERSON
COUNTY UNTIL 445 PM EDT...

AT 415 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 
ETOWAH...OR 8 MILES WEST OF HENDERSONVILLE...THIS STORM IS NEARLY 
STATIONARY.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
  MOUNTAIN HOME.
  LAUREL PARK.
  FLAT ROCK AND HENDERSONVILLE.

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 3539 8226 3532 8231 3528 8235 3519 8236
      3518 8237 3521 8239 3516 8245 3518 8246
      3515 8258 3519 8260 3530 8262 3537 8269
      3541 8227
TIME...MOT...LOC 2017Z 270DEG 12KT 3529 8258

$$

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668 
WWUS52 KGSP 272037
SVSGSP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
437 PM EDT TUE MAY 27 2014

NCC089-272048-
/O.EXP.KGSP.SV.W.0072.000000T0000Z-140527T2045Z/
HENDERSON NC-
437 PM EDT TUE MAY 27 2014

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR HENDERSON COUNTY WILL EXPIRE
AT 445 PM EDT...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LEVELS.  HOWEVER SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL
POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

LAT...LON 3539 8226 3532 8231 3528 8235 3519 8236
      3518 8237 3521 8239 3516 8245 3518 8246
      3515 8258 3519 8260 3530 8262 3537 8269
      3541 8227
TIME...MOT...LOC 2038Z 270DEG 12KT 3529 8249

$$

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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 27, 2:36 PM EDT, 1 hour 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 27, 2:36 PM EDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
236 PM EDT TUE MAY 27 2014

.SYNOPSIS...
BERMUDA HIGH PRESSURE LINGERS INTO WEDNESDAY...RESULTING IN A
TYPICAL SUMMERTIME PATTERN ACROSS THE REGION. 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 WEDNESDAY/...
AS OF 230 PM...EXPECT BEST CONVECTIVE COVERAGE TO BE ACROSS THE NC
MTNS AND NRN TIER...TAPERING OFF TO THE WRN UPSTATE AND NE GA THIS
AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. MAY STILL SEE A SVR STORM OR TWO GIVEN
THE DECENT LOW LEVEL LAPSE RATES AND DCAPE VALUES. CONVECTION SHUD
BE DIURNAL IN NATURE...BUT A FEW LINGERING SHRA COULD REMAIN ACROSS
THE NC MTNS OVERNIGHT. LOWS SHUD BE 5 TO 10 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL.

WEAK SHORT WAVES ROTATING AROUND THE UPPER LOW OVER THE SRN PLAINS
TRY TO MOVE THRU THE WEAK RIDGE OVER THE AREA WED. FCST SOUNDINGS
SHOW LESS INSTABILITY THAN THAN TUESDAY...BUT REMAIN UNSTABLE. LEE
TROF WEAKENS BUT REMAINS IN PLACE AND LOW LEVEL MOISTURE REMAINS
HIGH...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE NC MTNS. GUIDANCE BLEND SHOWS BEST
COVERAGE ACROSS THE MTNS AND I-40 CORRIDOR WITH ISOLATED COVERAGE
SOUTH OF THERE. HAVE FOLLOWED THESE TRENDS WITH POP WHICH IS ALSO
CLOSE TO PREV FCST. SHUD SEE LESS OF A SVR CHC WED WITH LOWER
INSTABILITY AND DCAPE VALUES. HIGHS WILL BE 5 TO 10 DEGREES ABOVE
NORMAL.

&&

.SHORT TERM /WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY/...
AT 230 PM EDT TUESDAY...AN ANOMALOUS CLOSED UPPER LOW WILL BE OVER
THE LOWER MS RIVER VALLEY ON WEDNESDAY EVENING...WHILE A LOW
AMPLITUDE RIDGE RESIDES OVER GA AND THE CAROLINAS...AND AND UPPER
TROUGH BE OFF THE NEW ENGLAND COAST. THE SOUTHEAST RIDGE BREAKS DOWN
ON THURSDAY...WHILE THE UPPER TROUGH AMPLIFIES ALONG THE EAST
COAST...AND THE UPPER LOW WEAKENS NEAR THE NW GULF COAST. AN UPPER
HIGH WILL MOVE OVER THE NORTHERN PLAINS ON EXTENDING SE TO THE TN
RIVER VALLEY BY FRIDAY.

OUR AREA WILL REMAIN IN A MOIST UNSTABLE AIR MASS ON WEDNESDAY
EVENING...WITH AFTERNOON CONVECTION LINGERING INTO THE EVENING UNTIL
COOLING STABILIZES THE LOWER ATMOSPHERE. LIMITED ELEVATED
INSTABILITY WILL REMAIN OVERNIGHT. A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH OUR
AREA FROM THE NORTH ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT...REACHING NC BY THURSDAY
MORNING...AND SC BY THURSDAY EVENING. THIS SLOW MOVING BOUNDARY WILL
SERVE AS A FOCUS FOR CONVECTION AND HEAVY RAINFALL WITH SUFFICIENT
INSTABILITY FOR PRONOUNCED UPDRAFTS.

THE FRONT WILL SETTLE SLOWLY SOUTH INTO THE UPPER SAVANNAH RIVER
VALLEY ON THURSDAY NIGHT...WHILE INSTABILITY GRADUALLY DECREASES.
THE SLOW MOVING FRONT MOVES FARTHER SOUTH THROUGH GA AND SOUTHERN SC
ON FRIDAY. DESPITE SHIFTING WINDS BEHIND THE DEPARTING FRONT...
MOISTURE WILL BE REMAIN OVER THE AREA THROUGH FRIDAY...WITH ENOUGH
ELEVATED INSTABILITY FOR CONVECTION DURING DAYTIME HEATING.

TEMPERATURES WILL RUN ABOVE NORMAL UNDER THE WEAKENING UPPER
RIDGE...WITH A DOWNWARD TREND TOWARD NORMAL AS HEIGHTS FALL ALOFT
AND THE FRONT PASSES BY.

&&

.LONG TERM /FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY/...
AS OF 210 PM TUESDAY...CLOSED UPPER LOW MOVES SOUTH FROM NOVA SCOTIA
THROUGH THE WEEKEND AS AN UPPER RIDGE REMAINS FROM SE STATES TO OHIO
VALLEY. AT THE SURFACE...COLD FRONT DRIFTS SOUTH OF OUR AREA INTO
FLORIDA THEN DISSIPATES BY MONDAY WHILE HIGH PRESSURE DRIFTS SOUTH
ALONG ATLANTIC SEABOARD. TO START THE WEEK...UPPER TROUGH MOVES EAST
OVER ATLANTIC AS UPPER RIDGE BROADENS EASTWARD WITH GFS RIDGE AXIS
ALONG APPALACHIANS AROUND 00Z WED. THE CURRENT VERSION OF THE ECMWF
HAS MUCH FLATTER RIDGE OVER SE STATES WITH ANTICYCLONE OVER TEXAS.
GFS HAS A TROPICAL SYSTEM COMING INTO THE GULF FROM WESTERN
CARRIBEAN IN MID WEEK WHILE NOT SHOWN ON EC.

THE FRONT BEING IN THE VICINITY SATURDAY WILL KEEP FOCUS OF
CONVECTION MAINLY MTNS TO WESTERN UPSTATE AND NE GA. CONVECTION AT A
MINIMUM SUNDAY MAINLY SW AREAS NE GA TO SW NC MTNS. MODELS AGREE
THERE WILL BE UPPER ENERGY APPROACHING FROM THE NW IN MID WEEK.
TEMPS WILL BE BELOW NORMAL OVER THE WEEKEND...NEAR NORMAL MONDAY AND
ABOVE NORMAL BY A CATEGORY OR TWO TUESDAY.

&&

.AVIATION /19Z TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/...
AT KCLT...CONVECTION FIRING NORTH AND WEST OF THE AREA SHUD SLIDE SE
TOWARD THE AIRFIELD THIS AFTERNOON. PER PREVIOUS COLLABORATION...
HAVE KEPT A TEMPO FOR THUNDER WITH VARIABLE WIND GUSTS IN PLACE.
EXPECT WIND OUTSIDE OF STORMS/OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES TO REMAIN WSW INTO
THE EARLY EVENING BEFORE GOING CALM. CANNOT RULE OUT SOME MVFR VSBY
TOWARD DAYBREAK...ESPECIALLY IF CONVECTION DOES MOVE OVER.
HOWEVER...CHC TOO LOW TO INCLUDE ATTM. SHUD SEE BKN DEBRIS CLOUDS
THRU MUCH OF THE NITE WHICH THEN SCATTER OUT WED MORNING. WNW WINDS
PICK UP WITH MIXING BY MID MORNING WED.

ELSEWHERE...SIMILAR CONDITIONS TO KCLT...EXCEPT EARLIER VCTS AT
KAVL/KHKY AND LATER AT THE SC SITES. AGAIN...MVFR POSSIBLE TOWARD
MORNING AT KGSP/KGMU...BUT TOO LOW TO INCLUDE ATTM WITHOUT KNOWING
IF PRECIP FALLS THERE. OTHERWISE...EXPECT MVFR VSBY NEAR DAYBREAK AT
KHKY/KAND AND IFR VSBY/CIGS AT KAVL. ANY RESTRICTIONS SHUD BURN OFF
QUICKLY WED MORNING. SIMILAR TRENDS TO WIND AS WELL...EXCEPT THE
USUAL NNW WIND AT KAVL.

OUTLOOK...UNSETTLED WEATHER WITH SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING
THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD OCCUR DAILY THROUGH LATE WEEK. MORNING FOG AND
LOW CLOUDS ARE LIKELY EACH DAY IN THE MOUNTAIN VALLEYS AND AT
FOOTHILL/PIEDMONT LOCATIONS WHERE APPRECIABLE RAIN FALLS THE
PREVIOUS AFTN/EVENING.

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  82%
KHKY       HIGH 100%     HIGH 100%     MED   79%     HIGH 100%
KGMU       HIGH 100%     HIGH 100%     HIGH 100%     HIGH 100%
KAND       HIGH 100%     HIGH 100%     HIGH  83%     HIGH  95%

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...DEO
NEAR TERM...RWH
SHORT TERM...JAT
LONG TERM...DEO
AVIATION...RWH

Hazardous weather outlook, May 27, 3:09 PM EDT, 49 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
309 PM EDT TUE MAY 27 2014

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065-
068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-281930-
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-
309 PM EDT TUE MAY 27 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PIEDMONT
NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED INTO THIS EVENING. THE MAIN
THREATS WILL BE CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAINFALL. A
FEW STORMS MAY PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

..WEDNESDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
..THURSDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
..FRIDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
..SATURDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
..SUNDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
..MONDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF LARGE
HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...TORNADOES OR FLASH FLOODING TO OUR OFFICE.

07

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 27, 3:24 PM EDT, 34 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
324 PM EDT TUE MAY 27 2014

NCZ505-506-272015-
EASTERN MCDOWELL-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-
324 PM EDT TUE MAY 27 2014

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT MCDOWELL COUNTY THROUGH 415 PM
EDT...

AT 320 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES WEST OF MARION...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
  MARION...
  LAKE JAMES...
  GLENWOOD...
  DYSARTSVILLE...

NICKEL SIZE HAIL...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL
ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

LAT...LON 3573 8189 3571 8187 3559 8183 3554 8185
      3552 8197 3555 8200 3553 8203 3554 8205
      3563 8223 3580 8215

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Special weather statement, May 27, 3:25 PM EDT, 33 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
325 PM EDT TUE MAY 27 2014

NCZ057-272015-
ROWAN-
325 PM EDT TUE MAY 27 2014

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EASTERN ROWAN COUNTY THROUGH 415
PM EDT...

AT 324 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR GRANITE QUARRY...OR 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
SALISBURY...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

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

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 3550 8033 3558 8053 3574 8046 3572 8032
      3568 8033 3567 8030 3564 8028 3564 8026
      3558 8020 3550 8018

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Special weather statement, May 27, 3:34 PM EDT, 24 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
334 PM EDT TUE MAY 27 2014

NCZ049-050-272015-
MITCHELL-YANCEY-
334 PM EDT TUE MAY 27 2014

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EAST CENTRAL YANCEY AND SOUTHERN
MITCHELL COUNTIES THROUGH 415 PM EDT...

AT 332 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR MICAVILLE...OR 6 MILES EAST OF BURNSVILLE...
MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
  BAKERSVILLE...
  SPRUCE PINE...
  SPRUCE PINE...

NICKEL SIZE 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 3603 8205 3596 8205 3591 8198 3589 8198
      3587 8200 3588 8201 3588 8203 3586 8204
      3585 8209 3583 8214 3586 8231 3604 8228

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Local storm report, May 27, 3:36 PM EDT, 22 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
336 PM EDT TUE MAY 27 2014

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

0312 PM     HAIL             3 ENE KINGS MOUNTAIN ST 35.16N 81.32W
05/27/2014  E1.25 INCH       YORK               SC   TRAINED SPOTTER

            A FEW HAILSTONES THE SIZE OF HALF DOLLARS FELL NEAR THE
            SOUTH CAROLINA AND NORTH CAROLINA STATE LINE.

&&

OUTLAW

Special weather statement, May 27, 3:38 PM EDT, 20 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
338 PM EDT TUE MAY 27 2014

NCZ065-509-510-SCZ003-006-272045-
EASTERN POLK-GREATER GREENVILLE-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-HENDERSON-POLK
MOUNTAINS-
338 PM EDT TUE MAY 27 2014

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHERN GREENVILLE...
SOUTHWESTERN POLK AND SOUTH CENTRAL HENDERSON COUNTIES THROUGH 445 PM
EDT...

AT 336 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR JONES GAP STATE PARK...OR 14 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF BREVARD...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
  MARIETTA...
  HIGHWAY 25 AT HIGHWAY 11...
  TIGERVILLE...
  LAKE ROBINSON...

PEA SIZE 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 3526 8218 3520 8218 3519 8221 3499 8222
      3498 8253 3515 8257 3515 8259 3517 8259
      3521 8260

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Special weather statement, May 27, 3:48 PM EDT, 10 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
348 PM EDT TUE MAY 27 2014

NCZ056-272045-
CATAWBA-
348 PM EDT TUE MAY 27 2014

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CATAWBA COUNTY THROUGH 445 PM
EDT...

AT 345 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR MOUNTAIN VIEW...OR NEAR HICKORY...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
  HICKORY...
  CONOVER...
  NEWTON...
  MAIDEN...
  TERRELL...

NICKEL SIZE 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 3579 8113 3577 8109 3572 8107 3571 8105
      3571 8100 3562 8093 3555 8097 3557 8143
      3562 8149 3571 8140 3580 8134 3580 8130
      3583 8115

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 27, 6:45 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Swain	45 min
May 27, 1:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Davie	36 min
May 27, 2:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Caldwell	36 min
May 27, 2:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Buncombe	49 min
May 27, 2:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	McDowell	45 min
May 27, 3:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Gaston	43 min
May 27, 3:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Burke	57 min
May 27, 3:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Gaston	53 min
May 27, 3:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Transylvania	40 min
May 27, 3:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	McDowell	51 min
May 27, 3:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Rowan	50 min
May 27, 3:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Mitchell, Yancey	41 min
May 27, 3:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Catawba	57 min
May 27, 4:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Polk	38 min
May 27, 4:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Mecklenburg	52 min
May 27, 4:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Catawba, Lincoln	39 min
May 27, 4:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Avery, Mitchell	63 min
May 27, 4:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Davie	41 min
May 27, 4:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Union	64 min
May 27, 4:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Cleveland	44 min
May 27, 5:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Union	56 min
May 27, 5:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Rutherford	52 min
May 27, 6:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Henderson	67 min
May 27, 6:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Gaston	66 min
May 27, 6:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Graham, Macon, Swain	63 min
May 27, 7:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Mecklenburg	53 min
May 27, 7:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Polk	41 min
May 27, 7:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Henderson	44 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.