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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 85, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 29, 2014, 5:56 PM EDT for Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. It was in force for 34 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, 5:56 PM EDT (21:56 UTC)
- Expired
- May 29, 2014, 6:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Mecklenburg County, NC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:59 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 29, 6:20 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 4 Sw Huntersville, NC | 1 TREE DOWN AT INTERSECTION OF HAMBRIGHT RD AND MONTECARLO DR |
| May 29, 6:25 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Nw Huntersville, NC | 1 TREE DOWN HAYENRIDGE CT |
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 24 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, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 112 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
565
WUUS52 KGSP 292156
SVRGSP
NCC119-292230-
/O.NEW.KGSP.SV.W.0085.140529T2156Z-140529T2230Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
556 PM EDT THU MAY 29 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTH CENTRAL MECKLENBURG COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH
CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 630 PM EDT
* AT 554 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
HUNTERSVILLE...OR 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF UNC CHARLOTTE...AND MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
HUNTERSVILLE.
NORTHLAKE MALL.
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 3531 8088 3546 8094 3550 8085 3543 8076
3542 8075 3540 8077 3538 8074
TIME...MOT...LOC 2156Z 330DEG 5KT 3543 8085
$$
KRENTZ1 follow-up statement
483
WWUS52 KGSP 292219
SVSGSP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
619 PM EDT THU MAY 29 2014
NCC119-292230-
/O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0085.000000T0000Z-140529T2230Z/
MECKLENBURG NC-
619 PM EDT THU MAY 29 2014
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL
MECKLENBURG COUNTY UNTIL 630 PM EDT...
AT 612 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
HUNTERSVILLE...OR 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF UNC CHARLOTTE...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
NORTHLAKE MALL.
LAT...LON 3531 8088 3546 8094 3550 8085 3543 8076
3542 8075 3540 8077 3538 8074
TIME...MOT...LOC 2220Z 330DEG 5KT 3540 8083
$$
KRENTZWhat 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, 1 hour 10 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 29, 4:46 PM EDT, 1 hour 10 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/WIMBERLEYHazardous weather outlook, May 29, 3:30 PM EDT, 2 hours 26 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, 4:27 PM EDT, 1 hour 29 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, 1 hour 5 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, 45 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, 35 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
KRENTZSpecial weather statement, May 29, 5:26 PM EDT, 30 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
KRENTZSpecial weather statement, May 29, 5:46 PM EDT, 10 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 546 PM EDT THU MAY 29 2014 NCZ036-056-057-069-071-292230- CATAWBA-IREDELL-LINCOLN-MECKLENBURG-ROWAN- 546 PM EDT THU MAY 29 2014 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT WEST CENTRAL ROWAN...NORTH CENTRAL MECKLENBURG...EASTERN LINCOLN...SOUTHERN IREDELL AND SOUTHEASTERN CATAWBA COUNTIES THROUGH 630 PM EDT... AT 542 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR TROUTMAN...OR 7 MILES SOUTH OF STATESVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR... MOORESVILLE... MOORESVILLE... DAVIDSON... SMALL HAIL...WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. LAKE NORMAN IS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM. GUSTY WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS BOATING CONDITIONS. MOVE TO SHORE IMMEDIATELY. LAT...LON 3563 8057 3540 8096 3566 8105 3580 8092 07
The office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 28, 8:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Lincoln | 52 min |
| May 29, 3:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Alexander | 42 min |
| May 29, 4:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Alexander | 48 min |
| May 29, 4:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Alexander, Catawba, Iredell | 42 min |
| May 29, 5:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Mecklenburg | 49 min |
| May 29, 5:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Rutherford | 49 min |
| May 29, 5:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Mecklenburg, Union | 42 min |
| May 29, 5:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Iredell | 44 min |
| May 29, 6:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cleveland | 38 min |
| May 29, 6:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Union | 45 min |
| May 29, 6:20 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Mecklenburg | 2 hr |
| May 29, 6:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Rutherford | 47 min |
| May 29, 6:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Mecklenburg | 45 min |
| May 29, 6:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cabarrus | 50 min |
| May 29, 6:53 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Mecklenburg, Union | 3 hr |
| May 29, 6:57 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Cleveland | 2 hr |
| May 29, 7:03 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Cabarrus, Iredell, Mecklenburg, Rowan | 117 min |
| May 29, 7:48 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Catawba, Gaston, Iredell, Lincoln, Mecklenburg | 3 hr |
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Sources
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