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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 84, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

May 29, 2014Cabarrus County, Mecklenburg County, Union County, North Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 29, 2014, 5:33 PM EDT for Cabarrus County, Mecklenburg County, Union County, North Carolina. It was in force for 42 min. 2 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 29, 2014, 5:33 PM EDT (21:33 UTC)
Expired
May 29, 2014, 6:15 PM EDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Cabarrus County, NC, Mecklenburg County, NC, Union County, NC

The radar

The Columbia radar (KCAE), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:33 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 29, 5:40 PM EDTHAIL 14 Ese Mint Hill, NC
May 29, 6:00 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG1 W Matthews, NCA TREE DOWN ON NC 51 NEAR MONROE ROAD.

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 7 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, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 130 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 12:00Z on 2014-05-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 177 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 12:00Z on 2014-05-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -65 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
177 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-119 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1134 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-65 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-45 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.

242 
WUUS52 KGSP 292133
SVRGSP
NCC025-119-179-292215-
/O.NEW.KGSP.SV.W.0084.140529T2133Z-140529T2215Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
533 PM EDT THU MAY 29 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTH CENTRAL CABARRUS COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...
  SOUTHEASTERN MECKLENBURG COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH
  CAROLINA...
  NORTHERN UNION COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...

* UNTIL 615 PM EDT

* AT 530 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
  MINT HILL...OR 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF UNC CHARLOTTE...AND MOVING
  SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
  MATTHEWS.
  HEMBY BRIDGE...FAIRVIEW AND STALLINGS.
  LAKE PARK AND UNIONVILLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BRIEF DAMAGING WINDS WILL BLOW DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES OVER SMALL
AREAS. A BRIEF PERIOD OF LARGE HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE. SEEK SHELTER
INSIDE AN INTERIOR ROOM.

THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS 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 3491 8067 3521 8077 3528 8057 3502 8037
TIME...MOT...LOC 2133Z 337DEG 5KT 3516 8062

$$

KRENTZ
1 follow-up statement
881 
WWUS52 KGSP 292152
SVSGSP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
552 PM EDT THU MAY 29 2014

NCC025-119-179-292215-
/O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0084.000000T0000Z-140529T2215Z/
CABARRUS NC-MECKLENBURG NC-UNION NC-
552 PM EDT THU MAY 29 2014

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN
UNION...SOUTHEASTERN MECKLENBURG AND SOUTH CENTRAL CABARRUS COUNTIES
IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA UNTIL 615 PM EDT...

AT 548 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
FAIRVIEW...OR 12 MILES NORTH OF MONROE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
  FAIRVIEW...HEMBY BRIDGE AND STALLINGS.
  LAKE PARK AND UNIONVILLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BRIEF DAMAGING WINDS WILL BLOW DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES OVER SMALL
AREAS. A BRIEF PERIOD OF LARGE HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE. SEEK SHELTER
INSIDE AN INTERIOR ROOM.

THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS 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 3491 8067 3521 8077 3528 8057 3502 8037
TIME...MOT...LOC 2152Z 337DEG 5KT 3515 8059

$$

KRENTZ

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 29, 4:46 PM EDT, 47 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 29, 4:46 PM EDT, 47 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
446 PM EDT THU MAY 29 2014

.SYNOPSIS...
A BACKDOOR COLD FRONT WILL SLOWLY CROSS THE FORECAST AREA FROM THE
NORTHEAST THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN FROM THE
NORTHEAST THIS WEEKEND...AND MOVE OFFSHORE EARLY NEXT WEEK.

&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH FRIDAY/...
430 PM UPDATE...FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON...CONVECTION
SHOULD CONTINUE TO BLOSSOM. CURRENT ACTIVITY IS MAINLY IN CLUSTERS
ALONG OLD OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES...PARTICULARLY ONE LINEAR CLUSTER
HAVING PROPAGATED IN THIS WAY OVER THE TUGALOO/SAVANNAH RIVERS.
ANOTHER CLUSTER IS DEVELOPING ALONG THE BACKDOOR FRONT JUST NE OF
CHARLOTTE. IN GENERAL THE LATEST HRRR SEEMS TO BE DOING A REASONABLY
GOOD JOB AND ALLOWS THE CURRENT ACTIVITY TO DIE DOWN DIURNALLY OVER
THE WRN HALF OF THE FA...BUT INCREASING COVERAGE OVER THE NC
PIEDMONT ALONG THE FRONT. HAVE MAINTAINED THIS IN THE FCST. STEERING
FLOW IS RATHER WEAK...SO STORMS WILL MOVE ONLY SLOWLY. FLASH
FLOODING COULD BE AN ISSUE WITH THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS AND
THE RELATIVELY DEEP MOISTURE. WE MAY SEE A FEW PULSE-TYPE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS AS BUOYANCY LOOKS SUFFICIENT AND GENERALLY CLIMBING UP
ABOVE 2000 J/KG...AND DCAPE HAS NOW BECOME INTERESTING /600-900 J/
SOUTH OF THE SRN NC BORDER.

OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS...THE MAIN CONCERN WILL BE THE FRONTAL ZONE
DROPPING DOWN FROM THE NORTH. A SURFACE REFLECTION ALREADY SHOWS IN
THE CAPE ANALYSIS NUDGING INTO THE NW PIEDMONT...WITH LOW CLOUDINESS
AND STABLE AIR IN N CENTRAL NC. A SHORT WAVE DROPPING DOWN INTO THE
UPPER TROF OFF THE EAST COAST WILL CONTINUE TO DRIVE THIS BOUNDARY
FARTHER SOUTH AND EAST THIS EVENING. THE MODELS DO NOT REALLY SHOW
MUCH IN THE WAY OF LOW LEVEL FORCING BUT THIS COULD BE MASKED BY THE
DIURNAL CONVERGENCE TOWARD THE MTNS. IT STANDS TO REASON THAT THE
BOUNDARY MAY PROVIDE THE FOCUS FOR CONVECTION WELL INTO THE
NIGHTTIME HOURS. THERE IS SOME CONCERN FOR FLASH FLOOD POTENTIAL
OVER THE NC BLUE RIDGE AND FOOTHILLS IF THE BOUNDARY MOVES FAR
ENOUGH SOUTH TO DEVELOP A LOW LEVEL EASTERLY FLOW THAT COULD ANCHOR
STORMS NEAR THE BLUE RIDGE...BUT NOT ENOUGH CONCERN TO ENTERTAIN A
WATCH. EXPECT A DIURNAL REDUCTION IN STORM COVERAGE AFTER MIDNIGHT
IN SPITE OF THE BOUNDARY...SO SOME OF THE LATEST SREF WAS BLENDED
INTO THE POP. ON FRIDAY...SHOWERS AND STORMS SHOULD DEVELOP YET
AGAIN ACROSS THE ENTIRE FCST AREA...BUT WE MIGHT BE COVERED WITH A
LOW CLOUD CEILING BANKED UP AGAINST THE BLUE RIDGE THAT WILL CUT
DOWN ON THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE STORMS. TEMPS SHOULD BE A BIT
COOLER WITH THE ADDITIONAL CLOUD COVER AND EASTERLY FLOW DEVELOPING.

&&

.SHORT TERM /FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY/...
AT 215 PM EDT THURSDAY...ON FRIDAY NIGHT AN UPPER RIDGE OVER THE
NORTHERN PLAINS WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST BETWEEN A CLOSED LOW OVER LA AND
AND UPPER TROUGH OFF THE EAST COAST...REACHING THE SOUTHERN
APPALACHIANS. THE RIDGE CENTER WILL MOVE OVER THE OH RIVER VALLEY ON
SATURDAY...AND OVER GA ON SUNDAY.

A BACK DOOR COLD FRONT WILL DRIFT VERY SLOWLY SOUTH ACROSS SC ON
FRIDAY NIGHT...AND ACROSS THE SAVANNAH RIVER VALLEY ON SATURDAY.
MODEL SOUNDINGS SHOW ELEVATED INSTABILITY VERY SLOWLY DECREASING
ALONG THE BOUNDARY ON FRIDAY NIGHT...AND INCREASING AGAIN ON
SATURDAY...MAINTAINING A THREAT OF CONVECTION AND HEAVY RAINFALL. ON
SATURDAY NIGHT THE FRONT MOVES SOUTHWEST OF OUR AREA...BUT LINGERING
LOW LEVEL MOISTURE AND AN EASTERLY UPSLOPE COMPONENT WILL SUPPORT A
CHANCE PRECIPITATION ALONG THE SOUTHERN BLUE RIDGE ESCARPMENT. DRIER
AIR WORKING INTO THE AREA FROM THE NW ON SUNDAY WILL REDUCE THE
CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION...BUT THE MODEL SUGGEST THAT MOISTURE BANKED
UP AGAINST THE SOUTHERN BLUE RIDGE WILL PERSIST...AND SMALL POPS
WILL BE CARRIED THERE AGAIN.

TEMPERATURES WILL RUN ABOVE NORMAL WITH RISING HEIGHTS ALOFT...UNTIL
COOLER AIR BEHIND THE FRONT WORKS INTO THE AREA ON SUNDAY.

&&

.LONG TERM /SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY/...
AT 215 PM EDT THURSDAY...ON MONDAY AN UPPER RIDGE WILL EXTEND FROM
FL TO THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES...WHILE A CLOSED UPPER LOW WILL BE
OVER THE WESTERN ATLANTIC AND AN UPPER TROUGH WILL BE OVER THE WEST
COAST. THE UPPER RIDGE PROGRESS TO THE EAST COAST BY TUESDAY...WHILE
A SHORTWAVE MOVES ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES AREA. THE PATTERN
DEAMPLIFIES BY WEDNESDAY...LEADING TO A LARGELY ZONAL FLOW ACROSS
THE NATION...AND WEAK FLAT RIDGING OVER THE SOUTHEAST...A PATTERN
THAT PERSISTS INTO THURSDAY.

SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL BE CENTERED NEAR THE COASTAL VA AND NC ON
MONDAY...AND ALTHOUGH GULF INFLOW ON THE WEST SIDE OF THIS RIDGE
WILL BE FOCUSED OVER THE MS...TN AND OH VALLEYS...THE MODELS
INDICATE MOISTURE OVER THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS...WITH UPSLOPE FLOW
AND INCREASING INSTABILITY SUPPORTING DIURNALLY DRIVEN CONVECTION.
AS THE SURFACE HIGH DRIFTS SE AND OFFSHORE FROM TUESDAY THROUGH
THURSDAY...GULF INFLOW WEAKENS...BUT SPREADS EAST...COVERING NE GA
AND THE WESTERN CAROLINAS. UPSLOPE FLOW INTO ELEVATED TERRAIN WILL
BE RATHER WEAK...BUT ENOUGH TO SUPPORT THE BEST CHANCES OF
CONVECTION REMAINING ALONG THE BLUE RIDGE...EVEN AS CONVECTIVE
CHANCES INCREASE TO THE EAST.

TEMPERATURES WILL RISE FROM NEAR NORMAL VALUES...TO ABOVE NORMAL...
EVEN AS HEIGHTS FALL ALOFT...AS COOL NE FLOW VEERS TO THE SW...
AND WARM ADVECTION ENSUES.

&&

.AVIATION /21Z THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/...
AT KCLT...FOR THE REST OF THE DAYLIGHT HOURS...VFR CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OUTSIDE OF THUNDERSTORMS. CLOUD BASES SHOULD BE AROUND
045-050. KEPT THE LOW CLOUDS FEW OR SCT FOR THE INITIAL PERIOD BUT
THERE COULD EASILY BE A TEMPORARY CEILING AT THAT LEVEL. THIS
POSSIBILITY WAS LEFT OUT FOR BREVITY. THE CONVECTION ALLOWING MODELS
ARE STILL GOING FOR A WINDOW OF THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY DURING THE
LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS...SO THE TEMPO FOR
THUNDERSTORMS WAS KEPT. THE STORMS COULD LINGER THROUGH THE EVENING
AND EARLY MORNING HOURS AS A BACK DOOR COLD FRONT DROPS INTO THE
REGION. INCLUDING A MENTION OF VCSH FOR NOW BUT EXPECT A TEMPO TO BE
ADDED AGAIN AFTER THE FIRST TEMPO EXPIRES. FRONT WILL BRING AN MVFR
CEILING INTO THE PIEDMONT FOR THE HOURS AROUND DAYBREAK. THE LOW
CLOUD CEILING SHOULD LIFT AND SCATTER BY MID MORNING FRIDAY. SOME
DETAIL WAS LEFT OUT OF THE TAF AFTER SUNRISE FRIDAY.

ELSEWHERE...EXPECT MAINLY AFTN AND EVENING CONVECTION WILL FOCUS
ALONG AN APPROACHING BACKDOOR COLD FRONT...WITH TSRA CHANCES HIGHER
FROM KAVL TO KHKY THAN FARTHER S AT THE UPSTATE SC SITES. SHOWERS
AND ISOLD TO SCT TSTMS MAY LINGER THROUGH THE NIGHT...ESPECIALLY
NEAR THE ERN SLOPES OF THE MTNS FROM KAVL TO NEAR KGSP. SFC WINDS
WILL ADJUST TO NRLY TO NELY WITH THE ARRIVAL OF THE FRONT TODAY AT
THE NC SITES...WHILE CONTINUED SW FLOW IS LIKELY AT THE UPSTATE
SITES BEFORE BECOMING LIGHT AND VARIABLE THIS EVENING.

OUTLOOK...ALTHOUGH GRADUAL DRYING WILL DEVELOP FROM THE NE OVER THE
WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK...CONTINUED BOUNDARY LAYER MOISTURE
WILL PRODUCE ISOLATED TO SCATTERED DIURNAL CONVECTION EACH
DAY...WITH MORNING RESTRICTIONS POSSIBLE.

CONFIDENCE TABLE...

            20-02Z        02-08Z        08-14Z        14-20Z
KCLT       HIGH 100%     HIGH  92%     MED   64%     HIGH  86%
KGSP       HIGH 100%     HIGH 100%     LOW   45%     HIGH  91%
KAVL       HIGH 100%     MED   71%     HIGH  83%     HIGH  86%
KHKY       HIGH 100%     MED   77%     MED   67%     MED   68%
KGMU       HIGH 100%     HIGH 100%     LOW   56%     HIGH  91%
KAND       HIGH 100%     HIGH  94%     HIGH  86%     HIGH  91%

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...JAT
NEAR TERM...PM/WIMBERLEY
SHORT TERM...JAT
LONG TERM...JAT
AVIATION...PM/WIMBERLEY
Hazardous weather outlook, May 29, 3:30 PM EDT, 2 hours 3 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
330 PM EDT THU MAY 29 2014

NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065-068>072-082-501>510-301930-
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-
330 PM EDT THU MAY 29 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA AND
WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS WESTERN
NORTH CAROLINA THROUGH TONIGHT AS A COLD FRONT CROSSES THE REGION
FROM THE NORTHEAST. SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE VERY
HEAVY RAINFALL. ISOLATED FLOODING COULD RESULT IF SEVERAL ROUNDS
OF THUNDERSTORMS AFFECT THE SAME LOCATION...ESPECIALLY IN URBAN
AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.

IN ADDITION...SEVERAL OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE
LOCALIZED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND LARGE HAIL. ALL OF THE
THUNDERSTORMS WILL GENERATE DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING
STRIKES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

..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.
..TUESDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
..WEDNESDAY...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.

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-SCZ001>014-019-301930-
RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-
PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER OCONEE-
GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK-
ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD-
330 PM EDT THU MAY 29 2014

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS UPSTATE SOUTH
CAROLINA AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA THROUGH TONIGHT AS A COLD FRONT
PUSHES INTO THE REGION FROM THE NORTHEAST. SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS
COULD PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER AFFECTED AREAS. ISOLATED
FLOODING COULD RESULT IF SEVERAL ROUNDS OF THUNDERSTORMS AFFECT
THE SAME LOCATION...ESPECIALLY IN URBAN AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.

IN ADDITION...A FEW OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE LOCALIZED
DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND LARGE HAIL. ALL OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL
GENERATE DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

..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.
..TUESDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
..WEDNESDAY...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 29, 4:24 PM EDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
424 PM EDT THU MAY 29 2014

SCZ006-007-292115-
GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-
424 PM EDT THU MAY 29 2014

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EAST CENTRAL GREENVILLE AND WEST
CENTRAL SPARTANBURG COUNTIES THROUGH 515 PM EDT...

AT 418 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR FIVE FORKS...OR 12 MILES EAST OF DOWNTOWN
GREENVILLE...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 5 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
  FIVE FORKS...
  MAULDIN...

SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.

HEAVY RAINS MAY FLOOD AREAS WITH POOR DRAINAGE...SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS. WATER
LEVELS OF SMALL STREAMS AND RIVERS MAY ALSO RISE RAPIDLY. SEEK HIGHER
GROUND IF THREATENED BY FLOOD WATERS.

LAT...LON 3480 8233 3490 8217 3478 8205 3475 8211
      3478 8215 3470 8219 3468 8223

KRENTZ
Special weather statement, May 29, 4:27 PM EDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
427 PM EDT THU MAY 29 2014

NCZ035-036-056-292115-
ALEXANDER-CATAWBA-IREDELL-
427 PM EDT THU MAY 29 2014

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT WEST CENTRAL IREDELL...NORTH
CENTRAL CATAWBA AND SOUTHEASTERN ALEXANDER COUNTIES THROUGH 515 PM
EDT...

AT 424 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTH OF TAYLORSVILLE. THIS STORM WAS
NEARLY STATIONARY.

THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
  STONY POINT...

SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.

THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS AND WET SOIL CONDITIONS WILL CAUSE
SCATTERED TREES AND POWER LINES TO FALL. SEEK SHELTER INSIDE AN
INTERIOR ROOM.

HEAVY RAINS MAY FLOOD AREAS WITH POOR DRAINAGE...SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS. WATER
LEVELS OF SMALL STREAMS AND RIVERS MAY ALSO RISE RAPIDLY. SEEK HIGHER
GROUND IF THREATENED BY FLOOD WATERS.

LAT...LON 3583 8095 3572 8115 3584 8126 3594 8115

KRENTZ
Special weather statement, May 29, 4:51 PM EDT, 42 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
451 PM EDT THU MAY 29 2014

SCZ006-292130-
GREATER GREENVILLE-
451 PM EDT THU MAY 29 2014

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL GREENVILLE COUNTY
THROUGH 530 PM EDT...

AT 448 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR HAYWOOD MALL...OR NEAR DOWNTOWN
GREENVILLE...MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
  CHERRYDALE POINT...
  TAYLORS...

SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.

LAT...LON 3481 8246 3495 8243 3493 8222 3478 8232

KRENTZ
Special weather statement, May 29, 5:11 PM EDT, 22 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
511 PM EDT THU MAY 29 2014

NCZ071-072-082-292200-
CABARRUS-MECKLENBURG-UNION-
511 PM EDT THU MAY 29 2014

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTH CENTRAL UNION...EASTERN
MECKLENBURG AND SOUTHWESTERN CABARRUS COUNTIES IN THE PIEDMONT OF
NORTH CAROLINA THROUGH 600 PM EDT...

AT 506 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR HARRISBURG...OR NEAR UNC CHARLOTTE...MOVING
SOUTH AT 5 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
  MINT HILL...

DIME SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.

GUSTY WINDS CAN BLOW DOWN TREES THAT ARE DEAD...OR THAT HAVE WEAKENED
ROOT SYSTEMS. OUTDOOR FURNITURE AND SIMILAR ITEMS CAN BE TOSSED
AROUND IF NOT ANCHORED. SEEK SHELTER INDOORS.

HEAVY RAINS MAY FLOOD AREAS WITH POOR DRAINAGE...SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS. WATER
LEVELS OF SMALL STREAMS AND RIVERS MAY ALSO RISE RAPIDLY. SEEK HIGHER
GROUND IF THREATENED BY FLOOD WATERS.

LAT...LON 3509 8077 3535 8082 3540 8060 3516 8048

KRENTZ
Special weather statement, May 29, 5:21 PM EDT, 12 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
521 PM EDT THU MAY 29 2014

SCZ002-003-005-292200-
GREATER PICKENS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-
521 PM EDT THU MAY 29 2014

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN PICKENS AND WEST
CENTRAL GREENVILLE COUNTIES THROUGH 600 PM EDT...

AT 518 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MARIETTA...OR 9 MILES
NORTHEAST OF PICKENS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH.

SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.

GUSTY WINDS CAN BLOW DOWN TREES THAT ARE DEAD...OR THAT HAVE WEAKENED
ROOT SYSTEMS. OUTDOOR FURNITURE AND SIMILAR ITEMS CAN BE TOSSED
AROUND IF NOT ANCHORED. SEEK SHELTER INDOORS.

HEAVY RAINS MAY FLOOD AREAS WITH POOR DRAINAGE...SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS. WATER
LEVELS OF SMALL STREAMS AND RIVERS MAY ALSO RISE RAPIDLY. SEEK HIGHER
GROUND IF THREATENED BY FLOOD WATERS.

LAT...LON 3494 8271 3507 8263 3501 8246 3499 8247
      3497 8253 3492 8252 3487 8254

KRENTZ
Special weather statement, May 29, 5:26 PM EDT, 7 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
526 PM EDT THU MAY 29 2014

NCZ508-292215-
GREATER RUTHERFORD-
526 PM EDT THU MAY 29 2014

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL RUTHERFORD COUNTY
THROUGH 615 PM EDT...

AT 524 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTH OF THERMAL CITY...OR 6 MILES NORTH
OF RUTHERFORDTON...MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
  RUTHERFORDTON...
  SPINDALE...

WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

GUSTY WINDS CAN BLOW DOWN TREES THAT ARE DEAD...OR THAT HAVE WEAKENED
ROOT SYSTEMS. OUTDOOR FURNITURE AND SIMILAR ITEMS CAN BE TOSSED
AROUND IF NOT ANCHORED. SEEK SHELTER INDOORS.

LAT...LON 3557 8173 3532 8174 3537 8208 3553 8207
      3554 8203 3553 8203 3555 8200 3552 8197
      3554 8185 3556 8183

KRENTZ

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 28, 8:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPLincoln52 min
May 29, 3:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPAlexander42 min
May 29, 4:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPAlexander48 min
May 29, 4:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPAlexander, Catawba, Iredell42 min
May 29, 5:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPMecklenburg49 min
May 29, 5:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPRutherford49 min
May 29, 5:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPIredell44 min
May 29, 5:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPMecklenburg34 min
May 29, 6:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPCleveland38 min
May 29, 6:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPUnion45 min
May 29, 6:20 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPMecklenburg2 hr
May 29, 6:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPRutherford47 min
May 29, 6:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPMecklenburg45 min
May 29, 6:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPCabarrus50 min
May 29, 6:53 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningGSPMecklenburg, Union3 hr
May 29, 6:57 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPCleveland2 hr
May 29, 7:03 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPCabarrus, Iredell, Mecklenburg, Rowan117 min
May 29, 7:48 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPCatawba, Gaston, Iredell, Lincoln, Mecklenburg3 hr

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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.