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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 99, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

June 9, 2014Greenwood County, South Carolina

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 9, 4:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 12:00Z on 2014-06-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 78 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 2014-06-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 29 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
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

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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, Jun 9, 9:02 AM EDT, 10 hours 24 minutes before
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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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

KRENTZ
Special 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

KRENTZ

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 8, 8:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPLincoln44 min
Jun 9, 6:10 AM EDTDense Fog AdvisoryGSPAlexander, Burke, Caldwell, Catawba, Cleveland, Gaston and 5 more3 hr
Jun 9, 4:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPCaldwell52 min
Jun 9, 5:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPAlexander, Caldwell43 min
Jun 9, 6:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPAlexander44 min
Jun 9, 6:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPAlexander46 min
Jun 9, 7:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPDavie, Iredell44 min
Jun 9, 7:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPDavie, Rowan47 min
Jun 9, 3:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPPickens42 min
Jun 9, 4:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPGreenville, Spartanburg59 min
Jun 9, 4:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPSpartanburg44 min
Jun 9, 4:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPAbbeville, Anderson, Greenwood, Laurens54 min
Jun 9, 4:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPAbbeville, Anderson41 min
Jun 9, 4:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPCherokee, Spartanburg51 min
Jun 9, 5:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPGreenville, Spartanburg30 min
Jun 9, 5:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPCherokee42 min
Jun 9, 6:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPChester43 min
Jun 9, 6:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPUnion47 min
Jun 9, 6:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPChester50 min
Jun 9, 6:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPGreenwood50 min
Jun 9, 7:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPChester50 min

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Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in South Carolina, 2014Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2014

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.