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Tornado Warning 10, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this tornado warning at May 15, 2014, 3:59 PM EDT for Cabarrus County, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. It was in force for 31 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 15, 2014, 3:59 PM EDT (19:59 UTC)
- Expired
- May 15, 2014, 4:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Cabarrus County, NC, Mecklenburg County, NC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 147 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:01 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 tornado 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
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 110 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
- 114 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 582 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 133 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 130 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
505 WFUS52 KGSP 151959 TORGSP NCC025-119-152030- /O.NEW.KGSP.TO.W.0010.140515T1959Z-140515T2030Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 359 PM EDT THU MAY 15 2014 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... WEST CENTRAL CABARRUS COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA... EAST CENTRAL MECKLENBURG COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA... * UNTIL 430 PM EDT * AT 358 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR EASTLAND MALL...OR NEAR UNC CHARLOTTE...AND MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH. * THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR... UNC CHARLOTTE. HARRISBURG. CHARLOTTE MOTOR SPEEDWAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A TORNADO IS LIKELY DEVELOPING. SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST LEVEL OF A HOUSE OR OFFICE BUILDING. PLACE AS MANY FLOORS AND WALLS BETWEEN YOU AND THE OUTSIDE AS POSSIBLE. A BRIEF...WEAK TORNADO IS LIKELY. MOBILE HOMES COULD BE FLIPPED. FALLING TREES CAN CAUSE DEATH OR SERIOUS INJURY...AND MAJOR DAMAGE TO HOUSES. SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST LEVEL OF A HOUSE OR OFFICE BUILDING. 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 THE SPECIFIC LOCATION WHERE IT OCCURRED. && LAT...LON 3542 8074 3538 8057 3520 8068 3522 8077 TIME...MOT...LOC 1959Z 194DEG 16KT 3525 8070 $$ 08
1 follow-up statement
444 WWUS52 KGSP 152018 SVSGSP SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 418 PM EDT THU MAY 15 2014 NCC025-119-152027- /O.CAN.KGSP.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-140515T2030Z/ CABARRUS NC-MECKLENBURG NC- 418 PM EDT THU MAY 15 2014 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL MECKLENBURG AND WEST CENTRAL CABARRUS COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LEVELS. LAT...LON 3542 8074 3538 8057 3520 8068 3522 8077 TIME...MOT...LOC 2017Z 194DEG 16KT 3533 8068 $$ 08
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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 tornado warning went out at May 15, 2:41 PM EDT, 1 hour 18 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 15, 2:41 PM EDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
241 PM EDT THU MAY 15 2014
.SYNOPSIS...
A COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST OF THE AREA TONIGHT AND
TOMORROW WITH COOLER HIGH PRESSURE MOVING OVER THE AREA IN ITS WAKE.
THE HIGH IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN OVER THE REGION WELL INTO NEXT WEEK
WITH TEMPERATURES REBOUNDING EARLY NEXT WEEK.
&&
.NEAR TERM /THROUGH FRIDAY/...
AS OF 225 PM...COLD FRONT CONTINUES TO OOZE SLOWLY THROUGH THE
SOUTHWEST MTNS OF NC/NE GEORGIA. A PRECIP BAND IS GRADUALLY GETTING
ITS ACT TOGETHER ACROSS CENTRAL UPSTATE SC AND THE EASTERN BLUE
RIDGE IN NC. THIS WILL EVENTUALLY CONSOLIDATE WITH AN AREA OF
MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN LIFTING N/NE INTO THE SC PIEDMONT ATTM. AN
EXPANSIVE AREA OF SURFACE PRESSURE FALLS WAS NOTED AT 18Z ACROSS THE
SC MIDLANDS...WHICH IS PROBABLY THE MANIFESTATION OF THE ADVERTISED
MESO-LOW DEVELOPMENT (ALBEIT IN A DIFFERENT LOCATION THAN PREVIOUSLY
ANTICIPATED). THE LATEST NAM LIFTS THIS FEATURE N/NE THROUGH THE
AFTERNOON/EVENING...AND THIS COULD FOCUS AN AXIS OF VERY HEAVY
RAINFALL ACROSS OUR EASTERN PIEDMONT AREAS. WITH THIS IN
MIND...HEAVY RAIN/LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING STILL APPEARS TO BE A
REASONABLE THREAT...ESP ALONG/EAST OF I-77.
MEANWHILE...LATEST SPC MESOANALYSIS DEPICTS SBCAPE OF 500-1000
J/K...MAINLY ACROSS THE UPSTATE/SOUTHERN NC PIEDMONT. STRONG
CONVECTION HAS DEVELOPED WITHIN THE PAST HOUR ACROSS THE SC
MIDLANDS...AND WILL MOVE N/NE TOWARD OUR SOUTHEAST ZONES OVER THE
NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. THE ROBUST LOW LEVEL SHEAR HAS SHIFTED EAST OF
OUR AREA...BUT GOOD DEEP LAYER SHEAR WILL SUPPORT A LOW END SEVERE
THREAT THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...PRIMARILY ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST HALF
OF THE FORECAST AREA. DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREAT.
POPS WILL BE HIGHEST (CATEGORICAL) ALONG/AHEAD OF OF THE ONGOING
ACTIVITY (ACROSS THE EASTERN HALF OF THE AREA)...BUT SCATTERED
CONVECTION WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE IMMEDIATELY ALONG/JUST BEHIND THE
COLD FRONT AS WELL (AS WE/RE SEEING ACROSS THE WESTERN NC MTNS
ATTM). THEREFORE...POPS WILL ONLY RAMP DOWN SLOWLY THROUGH THE
AFTERNOON/EVENING.
SKIES WILL GRADUALLY CLEAR TONIGHT AS DRIER/COOLER AIR PENETRATES
INTO THE REGION. ROBUST COLD ADVECTION BEHIND THE FRONT WILL DROP
MIN TEMPS TO 5-10 DEGREES BELOW CLIMO IN MOST AREAS. A COOL AND
RATHER PLEASANT DAY IS ANTICIPATED FOR FRIDAY. AS THE COLD CORE
UPPER TROUGH APPROACHES STRONGLY INSOLATED LOW LEVELS...A FEW
SHOWERS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE TN VALLEY/SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS
TOMORROW AFTERNOON...BUT THIS APPEARS TO ONLY WARRANT A SLIGHT
CHANCE OF SHOWERS ACROSS THE FAR WESTERN MTNS DURING THE AFTERNOON.
MAXES WILL AVERAGE ABOUT 5 DEGREES BELOW CLIMO.
&&
.SHORT TERM /FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY/...
AS OF 2 PM EDT THURSDAY...THE SHORT TERM FCST PICKS UP AT 00Z ON
SATURDAY WITH MAIN AXIS OF THE DEEP UPPER TROF LIFTING TO OUR
NORTHEAST AND UPPER RIDGING PERSISTING WELL TO OUR WEST. HEIGHTS
WILL RISE SOME OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS AND FLATTEN OUT TO SOME
EXTENT...HOWEVER THE REGION IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN UNDER BROAD UPPER
TROFFING AS WE MOVE INTO THE MEDIUM RANGE PERIOD.
ON SATURDAY...BROAD AND WEAK SFC HIGH PRESSURE WILL BE DRIFTING INTO
THE REGION IN THE WAKE OF THE DEPARTING SFC LOW AND ITS FRONT. THIS
HIGH IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN OVER THE REGION FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS
AND GRADUALLY SHIFT EAST EACH DAY. MOST OF THE MODELS HAVE BEEN
GENERATING A DEEP LYR PLUME OF MOISTURE WELL TO OUR WEST AND MOVE IT
OVER THE WESTERN CAROLINAS SAT MORNING AND AFTERNOON WITH A 2ND
ROUND MOVING ACROSS THE AREA ON SUN. THIS PLUME APPEARS TO COINCIDE
WITH A WEAK UPPER SHORTWAVE AND IMPRESSIVE BULLSEYE OF LOW TO MID
LVL POSITIVE OMEGA. THE DEEP MOISTURE COUPLED WITH THIS MID AND UPPER
LVL SUPPORT COULD BE ENOUGH TO KICK OFF SOME SHOWERS OVER THE AREA
SAT AND SUN WITH HIGHER POPS FAVORED MORE TO THE SOUTH ON SUN. QPF
AMOUNTS SHOULD BE LIMITED TO ABOUT A QUARTER INCH EACH DAY WITH SOME
LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. LAPSE RATES APPEAR TO BE PRETTY WEAK SO NOT
MUCH INSTABILITY IS CURRENTLY PRESENT IN THE MODEL SOUNDINGS...THUS
ANY WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORMS ARE UNLIKELY. OTHERWISE...TEMPS WILL
REMAIN 1 TO 2 CATEGORIES BELOW NORMAL ON SAT AND SUN.
&&
.LONG TERM /SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY/...
AS OF 1200 PM EDT THURSDAY...THE EXTENDED RANGE PERIOD INITIALIZES
SUNDAY EVENING WITH A BROAD UPPER TROF IN PLACE ACROSS THE EASTERN
CONUS. A SERIES OF SHORT WAVE RIPPLES WILL PASS THROUGH MEAN UPPER
FLOW PUSHING A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY THROUGH THE REGION WARRANTING
SLIGHT CHANCE POPS THAT WILL TAPER DOWN INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS OF
MONDAY MORNING. BEYOND THAT...THE UPPER PATTERN WILL SHIFT
SIGNIFICANTLY AS THE ABOVE MENTIONED UPPER LONGWAVE TROF EJECTS OUT
TO SEA WHILE UPPER RIDGING BUILDS ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST. SURFACE
HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS BENEATH THE INCREASING SUBSIDENCE ALOFT...THEN
SHIFTS SOUTHEAST OVER BERMUDA INTO TUESDAY. IN RESPONSE...SOUTHERLY
FLOW WILL RETURN TO THE REGION ALLOWING FOR MODERATING
TEMPERATURES. SLIGHT TO CHANCE LEVEL POPS WILL REMAIN IN THE
FORECAST FOR AREAS NORTH OF INTERSTATE 40 DUE TO MODEL UNCERTAINTY
REGARDING POTENTIAL MCS DEVELOPMENT ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY EJECTING
SOUTHEAST ALONG THE RIDGE. AS MENTIONED ABOVE...TEMPERATURES WILL
WARM GRADUALLY AMIDST THE SOUTHERLY FLOW LEADING TO THE RETURN OF
ABOVE NORMAL HIGHS BY WEDNESDAY...LASTING THROUGH THE PERIOD.
&&
.AVIATION /19Z THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/...
AT KCLT/KGSP/KGMU...RAIN WILL BEGIN AT THE TERMINALS BETWEEN 18 AND
19Z...WITH PERIODS OF IFR VISBY BEING LIKELY IN HEAVY RAIN. PERIODIC
IFR CIGS WILL CONTINUE AT KCLT FOR ANOTHER HOUR OR TWO...BUT ALL
TERMINALS SHOULD SEE MVFR CIGS BY 20-21Z. THUNDER AND ATTENDANT
GUSTY/VRBL WINDS WILL BE MOST LIKELY AT KCLT...BUT ARE CERTAINLY
POSSIBLE AT KGSP/KGMU (WHERE VCTS IS BEING FAVORED). OTHERWISE...
PRECIP SHOULD TAPER OFF TO ISLD/SCT SHOWERS BY AROUND 21Z AT THE SC
TERMINALS...BUT WILL PERSIST AT KCLT INTO THE EVENING. IN FACT...
CAN/T RULE OUT TS CHANCES PERSISTING INTO THE EVENING AS WELL. A
COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH THE AREA LATER THIS EVENING INTO THE
OVERNIGHT...TURNING WINDS TO THE W/NW AND LIFTING/SCATTERING
CIGS.
ELSEWHERE...SCATTERED SHOWERS/POSSIBLE TS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE NEAR
KAND/KAVL THROUGH THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS...BUT THE HIGHER CHANCES
APPEAR TO BE SHIFTING EAST. SPEAKING OF WHICH...KHKY SHOULD SEE
SHOWERS/POSSIBLE PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN AND IFR VISBY AFTER ABOUT
20Z. A BRIEF THUNDERSTORM CAN ALSO NOT BE RULED OUT. OTHERWISE...
SHOWER CHANCES WILL DIMINISH EVERYWHERE THIS EVENING. A COLD FRONT
WILL PUSH THROUGH THE AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING...
TURNING WINDS TO THE W/NW AND LIFTING/SCATTERING CIGS.
OUTLOOK...EXPECT VFR CONDITIONS THROUGH FRIDAY. SHALLOW MOISTURE MAY
MOVE THROUGH THE REGION WITH AN UPPER LEVEL WAVE OVER THE
WEEKEND...BUT ANY RESTRICTIONS WILL BE HARD TO TIME.
CONFIDENCE TABLE...
18-24Z 00-06Z 06-12Z 12-18Z
KCLT MED 76% MED 78% HIGH 100% HIGH 100%
KGSP MED 63% HIGH 97% HIGH 100% HIGH 100%
KAVL LOW 58% HIGH 88% HIGH 100% HIGH 100%
KHKY MED 64% HIGH 86% HIGH 98% HIGH 100%
KGMU LOW 54% HIGH 99% HIGH 100% HIGH 100%
KAND HIGH 85% HIGH 100% HIGH 100% 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...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH LATE TONIGHT FOR NCZ033-035>037-049-
050-053-056-057-065-068>072-082-501>510.
SC...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH LATE TONIGHT FOR SCZ003-006>009.
&&
SYNOPSIS...JPT
NEAR TERM...JDL
SHORT TERM...JPT
LONG TERM...CDG
AVIATION...JDLHazardous weather outlook, May 15, 11:34 AM EDT, 4 hours 25 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1134 AM EDT THU MAY 15 2014 NCZ033-035>037-049-050-053-056-057-065-068>072-082-501>510-SCZ003- 006>009-161545- AVERY-ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-YANCEY-MITCHELL-BUNCOMBE-CATAWBA-ROWAN- 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-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS- GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK- 1134 AM EDT THU MAY 15 2014 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FLASH FLOOD WATCH. ADDITIONALLY...NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS THE MAIN THREAT FROM THESE STORMS. HOWEVER...STRONG WINDS THROUGH A DEEP LAYER OF THE ATMOSPHERE COULD ALLOW A FEW OF THE STORMS TO PRODUCE SEVERE WEATHER IN THE FORM OF DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. .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. SCZ012>014-019-161545- LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- 1134 AM EDT THU MAY 15 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA THROUGH THIS EVENING. HEAVY RAIN AND CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE THE MAIN THREATS FROM THESE STORMS. HOWEVER...STRONG WINDS THROUGH A DEEP LAYER OF THE ATMOSPHERE COULD ALLOW A FEW OF THE STORMS TO PRODUCE SEVERE WEATHER IN THE FORM OF DAMAGING WIND GUSTS...OR EVEN A BRIEF ISOLATED TORNADO. .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-NCZ048-051-052-058-059-062>064-SCZ001-002- 004-005-010-011-161545- RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-MADISON-SWAIN-HAYWOOD- GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA- OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS- ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE- 1134 AM EDT THU MAY 15 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. ADDITIONALLY...THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA TODAY. CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS THE MAIN THREAT FROM THESE STORMS. HOWEVER...STRONG WINDS THROUGH A DEEP LAYER OF THE ATMOSPHERE COULD ALLOW A FEW OF THE STORMS TO PRODUCE SEVERE WEATHER IN THE FORM OF DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. .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...OR FLASH FLOODING TO OUR OFFICE. LANE
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 15, 10:10 AM EDT, 5 hours 49 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1010 AM EDT THU MAY 15 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0340 AM TSTM WND DMG 5 NE WARE SHOALS 34.44N 82.18W
05/15/2014 LAURENS SC PUBLIC
MULTIPLE TREES DOWN AND SOME MINOR DAMAGE TO A COUPLE OF
SHEDS NE OF WARE SHOALS, SC.
&&
JPTLocal storm report, May 15, 10:39 AM EDT, 5 hours 20 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1039 AM EDT THU MAY 15 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0420 AM TSTM WND DMG 4 NNE BOILING SPRINGS S 35.10N 81.96W
05/15/2014 SPARTANBURG SC LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES DOWN IN ROADWAY AT OLD FURNACE RD AND RIVER OAK RD.
&&
JPTLocal storm report, May 15, 11:19 AM EDT, 4 hours 40 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1119 AM EDT THU MAY 15 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0525 AM TSTM WND DMG SHELBY 35.29N 81.54W
05/15/2014 CLEVELAND NC EMERGENCY MNGR
1 TREE DOWN OFF WEST ZION CHURCH RD AND 1 DOWN OFF
KIMBERLEE DRIVE IN SHELBY, NC.
&&
JPTThe office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 14, 9:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Jackson | 46 min |
| May 15, 3:26 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Transylvania | 2 hr |
| May 15, 4:13 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | McDowell, Polk | 47 min |
| May 15, 4:51 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cleveland, Lincoln, Rutherford | 54 min |
| May 15, 6:00 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Catawba, Gaston, Iredell, Lincoln, Mecklenburg | 60 min |
| May 15, 6:46 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Mecklenburg | 44 min |
| May 15, 8:04 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Davie, Rowan | 41 min |
| May 15, 3:53 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Cabarrus, Mecklenburg, Union | 3 hr |
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.