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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 99, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 9, 2014, 7:26 PM EDT for Greenwood County, South Carolina. It was in force for 51 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 9, 2014, 7:26 PM EDT (23:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 9, 2014, 8:17 PM EDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Greenwood County, SC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 9, 4:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 295 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
- 78 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -150 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 682 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 29 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 43 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 Jun 9, 5:03 PM EDT, 2 hours 23 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 9, 5:03 PM EDT, 2 hours 23 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 902 AM EDT MON JUN 9 2014 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065- 068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-101315- 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- 902 AM EDT MON JUN 9 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON...WITH SOME STORMS STILL POSSIBLE THIS EVENING. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. A FEW OF THE STORMS MAY PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. ..TUESDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ..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. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... NONE. CDG
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 6:13 PM EDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before
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</html>Special weather statement, Jun 9, 6:44 PM EDT, 42 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 644 PM EDT MON JUN 9 2014 NCZ035-036-056-092330- ALEXANDER-CATAWBA-IREDELL- 644 PM EDT MON JUN 9 2014 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT WEST CENTRAL IREDELL...NORTH CENTRAL CATAWBA AND SOUTHEASTERN ALEXANDER COUNTIES THROUGH 730 PM EDT... AT 642 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR CONOVER...OR 6 MILES NORTH OF NEWTON... MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR... CLAREMONT... LOOKOUT SHOALS LAKE... STONY POINT... SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 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. LAT...LON 3590 8097 3576 8090 3570 8125 3580 8131 KRENTZ
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 6:55 PM EDT, 31 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
655 PM EDT MON JUN 9 2014
SCZ011-019-092345-
ABBEVILLE-GREENWOOD-
655 PM EDT MON JUN 9 2014
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHERN GREENWOOD AND
SOUTHEASTERN ABBEVILLE COUNTIES THROUGH 745 PM EDT...
AT 654 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES SOUTH OF ABBEVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 20
MPH.
THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
TROY...
GREENWOOD...
NINETY SIX...
SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 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.
LAT...LON 3406 8234 3405 8242 3407 8247 3415 8249
3425 8202 3421 8195 3420 8192 3412 8187
3402 8196 3399 8223 3401 8226 3399 8227
3398 8232
KRENTZSpecial weather statement, Jun 9, 7:01 PM EDT, 25 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
701 PM EDT MON JUN 9 2014
NCZ036-037-057-092345-
DAVIE-IREDELL-ROWAN-
701 PM EDT MON JUN 9 2014
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHWESTERN ROWAN...EAST
CENTRAL IREDELL AND DAVIE COUNTIES THROUGH 745 PM EDT...
AT 700 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES SOUTH OF HARMONY...OR 8 MILES NORTHEAST
OF STATESVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
HARMONY...
MOCKSVILLE...
SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 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.
LAT...LON 3588 8037 3589 8041 3585 8038 3582 8047
3576 8045 3578 8089 3600 8091 3603 8043
3601 8041 3599 8041 3597 8038 3589 8036
KRENTZThe office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 8:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Lincoln | 44 min |
| Jun 9, 6:10 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | GSP | Alexander, Burke, Caldwell, Catawba, Cleveland, Gaston and 5 more | 3 hr |
| Jun 9, 4:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Caldwell | 52 min |
| Jun 9, 5:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Alexander, Caldwell | 43 min |
| Jun 9, 6:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Alexander | 44 min |
| Jun 9, 6:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Alexander | 46 min |
| Jun 9, 7:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Davie, Iredell | 44 min |
| Jun 9, 7:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Davie, Rowan | 47 min |
| Jun 9, 3:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Pickens | 42 min |
| Jun 9, 4:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Greenville, Spartanburg | 59 min |
| Jun 9, 4:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Spartanburg | 44 min |
| Jun 9, 4:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Abbeville, Anderson, Greenwood, Laurens | 54 min |
| Jun 9, 4:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Abbeville, Anderson | 41 min |
| Jun 9, 4:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cherokee, Spartanburg | 51 min |
| Jun 9, 5:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Greenville, Spartanburg | 30 min |
| Jun 9, 5:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cherokee | 42 min |
| Jun 9, 6:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Chester | 43 min |
| Jun 9, 6:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Union | 47 min |
| Jun 9, 6:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Chester | 50 min |
| Jun 9, 6:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Greenwood | 50 min |
| Jun 9, 7:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Chester | 50 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.