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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 78, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 27, 2014, 6:57 PM EDT for Graham County, Macon County, Swain County, North Carolina. It was in force for 63 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, 6:57 PM EDT (22:57 UTC)
- Expired
- May 27, 2014, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Graham County, NC, Macon County, NC, Swain County, NC
The radar
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:01 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
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 240 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
- 731 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -53 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 811 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -29 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -12 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
134
WUUS52 KGSP 272257
SVRGSP
NCC075-113-173-280000-
/O.NEW.KGSP.SV.W.0078.140527T2257Z-140528T0000Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
657 PM EDT TUE MAY 27 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
EASTERN GRAHAM COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
NORTHWESTERN MACON COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
SOUTHERN SWAIN COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 800 PM EDT
* AT 656 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
STECOAH...OR 7 MILES EAST OF ROBBINSVILLE...AND MOVING EAST AT 15
MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
ALARKA.
BRYSON CITY.
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 3541 8381 3553 8328 3550 8328 3547 8332
3547 8335 3543 8336 3540 8334 3533 8334
3531 8332 3525 8331 3524 8370 3525 8371
3524 8373 3524 8377
TIME...MOT...LOC 2258Z 261DEG 13KT 3534 8368
$$
CDG1 follow-up statement
960
WWUS52 KGSP 272323
SVSGSP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
723 PM EDT TUE MAY 27 2014
NCC075-113-173-272334-
/O.CAN.KGSP.SV.W.0078.000000T0000Z-140528T0000Z/
GRAHAM NC-MACON NC-SWAIN NC-
723 PM EDT TUE MAY 27 2014
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN SWAIN...NORTHWESTERN
MACON AND EASTERN GRAHAM COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LEVELS.
LAT...LON 3541 8381 3553 8328 3550 8328 3547 8332
3547 8335 3543 8336 3540 8334 3533 8334
3531 8332 3525 8331 3524 8370 3525 8371
3524 8373 3524 8377
TIME...MOT...LOC 2324Z 261DEG 13KT 3535 8357
$$
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, 1 hour 58 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 27, 4:59 PM EDT, 1 hour 58 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, 3 hours 48 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, 5:48 PM EDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
548 PM EDT TUE MAY 27 2014
GAZ018-272230-
STEPHENS-
548 PM EDT TUE MAY 27 2014
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT STEPHENS COUNTY THROUGH 630 PM
EDT...
AT 545 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR TOCCOA...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.
THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
TOCCOA...
EASTANOLEE...
MARTIN...
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 3466 8337 3467 8330 3461 8323 3461 8316
3459 8317 3459 8315 3458 8316 3454 8311
3448 8318 3447 8338 3446 8340 3448 8346
CDGSpecial weather statement, May 27, 6:08 PM EDT, 49 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
608 PM EDT TUE MAY 27 2014
NCZ065-509-272315-
HENDERSON-POLK MOUNTAINS-
608 PM EDT TUE MAY 27 2014
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHWESTERN POLK AND HENDERSON
COUNTIES THROUGH 715 PM EDT...
AT 605 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR MOUNTAIN HOME...OR 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF
HENDERSONVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
MOUNTAIN HOME...
FLETCHER...
HENDERSONVILLE...
BAT CAVE...
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 3546 8227 3541 8227 3540 8222 3537 8222
3528 8229 3528 8261 3534 8267 3546 8268
3543 8258 3544 8255 3542 8254 3544 8253
3545 8247 3547 8242 3546 8237 3550 8233
CDGLocal storm report, May 27, 6:29 PM EDT, 28 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
629 PM EDT TUE MAY 27 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0605 PM TSTM WND DMG 2 E TOCCOA 34.58N 83.29W
05/27/2014 STEPHENS GA TRAINED SPOTTER
7 TREES BLOWN DOWN ON FERNSIDE DRIVE
&&
JOHLocal storm report, May 27, 6:47 PM EDT, 10 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
647 PM EDT TUE MAY 27 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0400 PM TSTM WND DMG 5 SW HICKORY 35.70N 81.39W
05/27/2014 CATAWBA NC 911 CALL CENTER
ONE POWER LINE DOWN ON OLD SHELBY ROAD NEAR SUNRISE
DRIVE.
&&
JOHSpecial weather statement, May 27, 6:54 PM EDT, 3 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
654 PM EDT TUE MAY 27 2014
NCZ068-070-280000-
CLEVELAND-GASTON-
654 PM EDT TUE MAY 27 2014
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT GASTON AND SOUTHEASTERN
CLEVELAND COUNTIES THROUGH 800 PM EDT...
AT 652 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR KINGS MOUNTAIN...OR 9 MILES WEST OF
GASTONIA...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
BESSEMER CITY...
SOUTH GASTONIA...
GASTONIA...
LOWELL...
CRAMERTON...
CRAMERTON...
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 3535 8097 3530 8101 3522 8101 3517 8100
3515 8102 3517 8144 3535 8143 3538 8098
3536 8097 3537 8096 3536 8092
CDGLocal storm report, May 27, 6:55 PM EDT, 2 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
655 PM EDT TUE MAY 27 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0425 PM NON-TSTM WND DMG NEWTON 35.67N 81.22W
05/27/2014 CATAWBA NC 911 CALL CENTER
A TREE LIMB FELL ON A POWER LINE ON HWY 10.
&&
JOHThe 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, 5:34 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, 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 |
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.