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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 74, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 27, 2014, 5:34 PM EDT for Union County, North Carolina. It was in force for 56 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 27, 2014, 5:34 PM EDT (21:34 UTC)
- Expired
- May 27, 2014, 6:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 56 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Union County, NC
The radar
The Columbia radar (KCAE), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:36 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, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 152 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
452
WUUS52 KGSP 272134
SVRGSP
NCC179-272230-
/O.NEW.KGSP.SV.W.0074.140527T2134Z-140527T2230Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
534 PM EDT TUE MAY 27 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN UNION COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 630 PM EDT
* AT 533 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 6 MILES
SOUTH OF WAXHAW...OR 8 MILES NORTH OF LANCASTER...AND MOVING EAST
AT 15 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHERN
UNION COUNTY...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS TRINITY.
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 3481 8043 3481 8079 3482 8080 3485 8080
3491 8079 3497 8041
TIME...MOT...LOC 2134Z 270DEG 12KT 3484 8072
$$
CDG1 follow-up statement
111
WWUS52 KGSP 272153
SVSGSP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
553 PM EDT TUE MAY 27 2014
NCC179-272203-
/O.CAN.KGSP.SV.W.0074.000000T0000Z-140527T2230Z/
UNION NC-
553 PM EDT TUE MAY 27 2014
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN UNION COUNTY IN THE
PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THIS AREA.
HOWEVER SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE
WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.
LAT...LON 3481 8043 3481 8079 3482 8080 3485 8080
3491 8079 3497 8041
TIME...MOT...LOC 2153Z 270DEG 12KT 3484 8064
$$
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 27, 4:59 PM EDT, 35 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 27, 4:59 PM EDT, 35 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
459 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 440 PM...THE FOCUS OF BETTER CONVECTIVE COVERAGE WILL CONTINUE
TO SHIFT INTO THE NC PIEDMONT/FHILLS AND THE NORTHERN TIER OF
COUNTIES IN SC THROUGH THE DURATION OF THE AFTERNOON/EVENING. THE
HIGHEST POPS (50 PERCENT) WILL BE FOCUSED ALONG AND AHEAD OF AN
OUTFLOW BOUNDARY CURRENTLY EXTENDING FROM THE SC MTNS AND FHILLS
INTO THE NC FHILLS. CONSIDERING THE FLAT CU FIELD...POPS WERE
LOWERED A BIT ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE UPSTATE...AS
PROPAGATION OF CELLS NEAR THE NC BORDER SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE TOWARD
THE EAST... OWING TO WESTERLY MEAN CLOUD BEARING WINDS...AND
WESTERLY LOW LEVEL SHEAR FAVORING NEW CELL GROWTH ON THE EASTERN
FLANK OF ACTIVE CELLS. CONSIDERING BULK SHEAR ONLY ON THE ORDER OF
10 KTS...LITTLE IN THE WAY OF UPSCALE GROWTH/ORGANIZATION IS
LIKELY...SO THE MAIN CONVECTIVE THREAT (OTHER THAN LIGHTNING AND
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL) WILL CONTINUE TO BE BRIEF PERIODS OF LARGE HAIL
AND POSSIBLY A DAMAGING MICROBURST FOR UPDRAFTS THAT PULSE WELL
ABOVE THE -20 C LEVEL.
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
CARIBBEAN 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 /21Z 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...
21-03Z 03-09Z 09-15Z 15-21Z
KCLT HIGH 100% HIGH 100% HIGH 100% HIGH 100%
KGSP HIGH 100% HIGH 100% HIGH 100% HIGH 100%
KAVL HIGH 100% HIGH 100% MED 60% HIGH 100%
KHKY HIGH 100% HIGH 91% HIGH 87% HIGH 100%
KGMU HIGH 100% HIGH 100% HIGH 100% HIGH 100%
KAND HIGH 100% HIGH 95% HIGH 83% 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...DEO
NEAR TERM...JDL/RWH
SHORT TERM...JAT
LONG TERM...DEO
AVIATION...RWHHazardous weather outlook, May 27, 3:09 PM EDT, 2 hours 25 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, 4:41 PM EDT, 53 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
441 PM EDT TUE MAY 27 2014
NCZ082-272145-
UNION-
441 PM EDT TUE MAY 27 2014
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT UNION COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF
NORTH CAROLINA THROUGH 545 PM EDT...
AT 437 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR WAXHAW...OR 12 MILES WEST OF MONROE...MOVING
EAST AT 10 MPH.
THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
MINERAL SPRINGS...
MONROE...
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 3481 8046 3481 8079 3482 8080 3494 8079
3500 8085 3501 8084 3503 8080 3503 8077
3506 8074 3509 8040
CDGSpecial weather statement, May 27, 4:46 PM EDT, 48 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
446 PM EDT TUE MAY 27 2014
NCZ068-508-272130-
CLEVELAND-GREATER RUTHERFORD-
446 PM EDT TUE MAY 27 2014
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN RUTHERFORD AND
NORTHWESTERN CLEVELAND COUNTIES THROUGH 530 PM EDT...
AT 441 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DYSARTSVILLE...OR 15 MILES
NORTHEAST OF RUTHERFORDTON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.
THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
CASAR...
POLKVILLE...
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 3561 8172 3558 8171 3556 8165 3557 8154
3555 8151 3550 8150 3531 8166 3548 8191
3558 8182 3558 8180 3559 8180 3559 8178
3561 8175
CDGSpecial weather statement, May 27, 4:49 PM EDT, 45 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
449 PM EDT TUE MAY 27 2014
GAZ010-SCZ001-272130-
OCONEE MOUNTAINS-RABUN-
449 PM EDT TUE MAY 27 2014
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHWESTERN OCONEE AND RABUN
COUNTIES THROUGH 530 PM EDT...
AT 445 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR LAKEMONT...OR 5 MILES SOUTH OF CLAYTON...
MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
LONG CREEK...
MOUNTAIN REST...
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 3494 8360 3495 8356 3500 8355 3500 8311
3502 8304 3474 8301 3472 8336 3475 8343
3472 8348 3475 8355 3479 8356 3483 8360
3482 8366 3485 8367
CDGSpecial weather statement, May 27, 4:58 PM EDT, 36 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
458 PM EDT TUE MAY 27 2014
SCZ007-008-272145-
CHEROKEE-SPARTANBURG-
458 PM EDT TUE MAY 27 2014
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL SPARTANBURG AND WEST
CENTRAL CHEROKEE COUNTIES THROUGH 545 PM EDT...
AT 454 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR I-85 AT I-26...OR 7 MILES WEST OF
SPARTANBURG...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.
THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
I-85 AT I-26...
WESTGATE MALL...
USC UPSTATE...
SPARTANBURG...
CEDAR SPRINGS...
CEDAR SPRINGS...
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 3506 8214 3511 8173 3491 8170 3491 8171
3487 8176 3487 8213
CDGLocal storm report, May 27, 5:07 PM EDT, 27 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
507 PM EDT TUE MAY 27 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0415 PM TSTM WND DMG 1 SSW ETOWAH 35.30N 82.60W
05/27/2014 HENDERSON NC 911 CALL CENTER
MULTIPLE TREES DOWN ON PLEASAND GROVE RD AND EADE RD.
&&
JOHLocal storm report, May 27, 5:15 PM EDT, 19 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
515 PM EDT TUE MAY 27 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0353 PM TSTM WND DMG 8 N TRAVELERS REST 35.08N 82.44W
05/27/2014 GREENVILLE SC NWS EMPLOYEE
NWS EMPLOYEE REPORTED A TREE BLOWN DOWN AT N BUNCOMBE RD
AND HIGHWAY 25.
&&
LANEThe 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, 3:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Henderson | 47 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, 5:38 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.