Alert archive / North Carolina / Flash Flood Warnings in 2015
Flash Flood Warning 10, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this flash flood warning at Jun 2, 2015, 5:29 PM EDT for Alexander County, North Carolina. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 2, 2015, 5:29 PM EDT (21:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 2, 2015, 8:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Alexander County, NC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 138 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:30 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 flash flood 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, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 125 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
- 103 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -48 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 881 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 8 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 3 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
855
WGUS52 KGSP 022129
FFWGSP
NCC003-030030-
/O.NEW.KGSP.FF.W.0010.150602T2129Z-150603T0030Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
529 PM EDT TUE JUN 2 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN ALEXANDER COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 830 PM EDT
* AT 527 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
FALLEN SINCE 4 PM. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
BETHLEHEM...LITTLE RIVER IN ALEXANDER COUNTY...ELLENDALE AND
MILLERSVILLE.
IN PARTICULAR...ROCK CREEK AND MOUNTAIN CREEK ARE EXPECTED TO RISE
OUT OF THEIR BANKS. OTHER SMALL STREAMS THAT FEED INTO LAKE HICKORY
MAY ALSO RISE OUT OF THEIR BANKS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE
WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER
CAN CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.
PLEASE REPORT FLOOD WATER FLOWING OVER ROADS OR THREATENING
PROPERTY...OR LANDSLIDES 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 3591 8121 3582 8119 3582 8120 3581 8123
3582 8125 3581 8126 3581 8128 3580 8130
3580 8133 3589 8133 3592 8128
$$
MOORE1 follow-up statement
775
WGUS72 KGSP 022249
FFSGSP
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
649 PM EDT TUE JUN 2 2015
NCC003-030030-
/O.CON.KGSP.FF.W.0010.000000T0000Z-150603T0030Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
ALEXANDER NC-
649 PM EDT TUE JUN 2 2015
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN ALEXANDER COUNTY...
AT 645 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS HAD MOVED AWAY
FROM ALEXANDER COUNTY. LIGHT RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO FALL ACROSS THE
REGION THROUGH 730 PM. AS MUCH AS THREE TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN WERE
ESTIMATED ACROSS THE SOUTHWESTERN CORNER OF THE COUNTY NEAR
BETHLEHEM. HIGH WATER SHOULD BE EXPECTED ALONG ROCK CREEK AND ITS
TRIBUTARIES.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
BETHLEHEM...LITTLE RIVER IN ALEXANDER COUNTY...AND MILLERSVILLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE
WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER
CAN CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.
PLEASE REPORT FLOOD WATER FLOWING OVER ROADS OR THREATENING
PROPERTY...OR LANDSLIDES TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE
SPARTANBURG BY CALLING TOLL FREE...1...800...2 6 7...8 1 0 1...OR BY
POSTING ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGE...OR TWEET IT USING HASHTAG NWSGSP. YOUR
MESSAGE SHOULD DESCRIBE THE EVENT AND THE SPECIFIC LOCATION WHERE IT
OCCURRED.
&&
LAT...LON 3591 8121 3582 8119 3582 8120 3581 8123
3582 8125 3581 8126 3581 8128 3580 8130
3580 8133 3589 8133 3592 8128
$$
MOOREWhat forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood 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 flash flood warning went out at Jun 2, 4:13 PM EDT, 1 hour 16 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 2, 4:13 PM EDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
413 PM EDT TUE JUN 2 2015
.SYNOPSIS...
UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE WILL GRADUALLY DRIFT ACROSS THE
SOUTHEASTERN STATES THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE WORK WEEK...WHILE
SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD DOWN FROM THE NORTH ON WEDNESDAY.
THIS PATTERN WILL PRODUCE GREATER CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS...AND HELP KEEP TEMPERATURES A FEW DEGREES BELOW
NORMAL.
&&
.NEAR TERM /THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
AS OF 400 PM EDT TUESDAY...SCATTERED CONVECTION CONTINUES TO
HEADLINE THE WEATHER THIS AFTERNOON. LATEST SPC MESOANALYSIS
INDICATE A BROAD REGION OF SBCAPE IN EXCESS OF 1500J/KG...AMONGST
25-30KTS EFF SHEAR. THUS...EXPECTING CURRENT ACTIVITY TO SUSTAIN
AND PERHAPS SPREAD ACROSS THE REGION AS VARIOUS OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES
TRIGGER NEW CONVECTION. THEREFORE TWEAKED POPS TO ACCOUNT FOR MOST
RECENT RADAR COVERAGE WHICH FEATURED THE ABOVE MENTIONED SUBSEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS. MOST REPORTS AROUND THE REGION ASSOCIATED WITH SAID
CONVECTION HAVE FEATURED PEA SIZED HAIL AND WIND GUSTS IN THE
30-40MPH RANGE. WITH THAT SAID...NO CHANGES WERE MADE TO THE HWO AS
CONDITIONS REMAIN SUPPORTIVE OF POSSIBLE SEVERE CONVECTION THROUGH
EARLY EVENING. ALSO TWEAKED TEMPERATURES/DEWPOINTS IN THE EXTREME
NEAR TERM AND LEFT THE REMAINDER OF THE FCST UNCHANGED.
PREVIOUS DISCUSSION...
AS OF 150 PM...THE UPPER LOW SPINNING ACRS THE TN VALLEY AND
SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS IS ENHANCING CONVECTION ACRS THE CWFA...WHICH
IS NOW MODERATELY UNSTABLE. SO EXPECT LIKELY TO CATEGORICAL COVERAGE
OF CONVECTION THRU THE AFTN AND EARLY EVENING. THE LATEST CAMS SHOW
MARGINAL ORGANIZATION OF ACTIVITY AS IT PUSHES OFF THE BLUE RIDGE
AND ACRS THE PIEDMONT. SO A SMALL SEVERE WIND/HAIL THREAT WILL
CONTINUE. ALSO...SOME CELLS HAVE HAD A TENDENCY TO TRAIN...SO
LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND ISOLD FLOODING IS ALSO A THREAT. TEMPS ARE
CREEPING INTO THE LOWER 80S ACRS THE PIEDMONT AND MID TO UPR 70S IN
THE MTNS.
TONIGHT...THE UPPER LOW IS FCST TO STALL OVER THE SOUTHERN
APPALACHIANS...KEEPING OUR AREA UNDER WEAK BUT PERSISTENT Q-VECTOR
CONVERGENCE. MEANWHILE...A 1025 MB SFC HIGH WILL SETTLE ACRS NEW
ENGLAND...NOSING A WEDGE-LIKE ISOBAR CONFIGURATION BY DAYBREAK
WEDNESDAY. GUIDANCE ALSO SHOWS A WEAK WAVE DEVELOPING ALONG THE
WEDGE FRONT OVER THE CWFA...ENHANCING AN EASTERLY LLVL WIND ACRS THE
NC PIEDMONT. THESE FEATURES WILL LIKELY KEEP AT LEAST A CHC OF
LINGERING SHWRS OVERNIGHT...WITH AN ISOLD EMBEDDED TSTM OR TWO
POSSIBLE. THE OVERALL FORCING DOESN/T LOOK TOO THREATENING FOR HEAVY
RAIN...BUT AN ISOLD THREAT WILL LINGER OVERNIGHT. THERE WILL ALSO BE
SOME PATCHY FOG OUT THERE GIVEN THE WET GROUND. TEMPS WILL BE HELD A
COUPLE CATEGORIES ABOVE NORMAL UNDER THE CLOUD COVER AND MOIST AIR
MASS.
WEDNESDAY...GUIDANCE IN DECENT AGREEMENT THAT THE LOW WILL ONLY INCH
SLIGHTLY EAST THRU THE DAY...KEEPING OUR AREA UNDER THE PVA SIDE OF
THE SYSTEM. MEANWHILE...WIDESPREAD LOW STRATUS IS EXPECTED TO
DEVELOP ACRS MOST OF THE CWFA ATOP THE WEAK WEDGE. THIS CLOUD COVER
SHUD SCATTER OUT ACCORDING TO THE GUIDANCE...AS IT DOESN/T LOOK LIKE
TRUE COLD AIR DAMMING. HOWEVER WEAK EASTERLY UPSLOPE FLOW WILL
PERSIST LONGEST ACRS THE I-40 CORRIDOR...SO THEY MAY STAY CLOUDY AND
MORE STABLE. THE REST OF THE AREA IS PROGGED TO BECOME WEAK TO
MODERATELY UNSTABLE WITH ANOTHER ROUND OF SHOT-GUN CONVECTION. THERE
IS LESS SHEAR AND INSTBY IN THE FCST SOUNDINGS THAN TUESDAY/S...SO
EXPECT A SMALLER SEVERE THREAT. STORMS MAY BE
SLOW-MOVING...HOWEVER...SO A HEAVY RAIN AND ISOLD FLOODING THREAT
WILL CONTINUE. TEMPS WILL BE HELD BELOW NORMAL UNDER THE
CLOUDS...WITH ABOUT A 10 DEG GRADIENT FROM NORTH TO SOUTH.
&&
.SHORT TERM /WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY/...
AS OF 240 PM TUE...GUIDANCE NOW SHOWING THE CLOSED UPPER LOW ONLY
SLOWLY FILLING AS IT MOVES ACROSS THE AREA THU. AT THE SFC...HIGH
PRESSURE BUILDS IN FROM THE NORTH ON A CAD LIKE CONFIGURATION. EVEN
THO COOLER MID LEVEL TEMPS WILL BE MOVING ACROSS THE AREA WITH THE
UPPER LOW...INSTABILITY WILL BE WEAKER THAN THE PREVIOUS FEW DAYS AS
TEMPS AND DEW POINTS WILL BE LOWER. STILL...FORCING WILL BE ENOUGH
TO HELP CONVECTION DEVELOP AND INCREASE TO NUMEROUS COVERAGE. SHEAR
AND DCAPE WILL BE LOWER AS WELL...BUT PW VALUES WILL INCREASE.
THEREFORE...EXPECT SVR STORM CHC TO BE LOWER...BUT CHC OF HEAVY RAIN
WILL BE HIGHER. THE UPPER LOW MOVES EAST OF THE AREA FRI LEAVING A
WEAK NWLY FLOW IN PLACE. AT THE SFC...THE RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE
BEGINS TO WEAKEN BUT REMAINS IN PLACE. EXPECT A RETURN TO A MORE
NORMAL DIURNAL CONVECTIVE MODE WITH HIGHEST POP FAVORING THE MTNS.
INSTABILITY AND SHEAR WILL AGAIN BE RELATIVELY WEAK...BUT DCAPE
VALUES WILL BE HIGHER. SVR CHC AND HEAVY RAIN CHC WILL PROBABLY EVEN
OUT FOR THE AFTERNOON. A LITTLE BELOW NORMAL TEMPS THU WILL RISE TO
AROUND NORMAL FOR FRI.
&&
.LONG TERM /FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY/...
AS OF 2 PM TUESDAY...THE MEDIUM RANGE FCST PICKS UP AT 00Z ON
SATURDAY WITH THE REMNANTS OF THE LONG LIVED UPPER LOW FINALLY
OPENING BACK UP TO THE MEAN FLOW AS IT LIFTS OFF THE NC COAST. AT
THE SAME TIME...AN UPPER SHORTWAVE ROUNDS THE EASTERN PERIPHERY OF
THE UPPER RIDGE TO OUR WEST. AS WE MOVE INTO LATE SUN AND THEN
MON...THE LONG RANGE MODELS AMPLIFY THE NORTHERN STREAM AND DIG
ANOTHER UPPER TROF DOWN OVER THE GREAT LAKES. AS IS TYPICAL IN THE
WARM SEASON...THE TROF WONT MAKE IT FAR ENOUGH SOUTHWARD TO HAVE
MUCH DIRECT INFLUENCE ON OUR FCST AREA...BUT IT WILL HELP SUPPRESS
TEMPS THRU THE END OF THE MEDIUM RANGE.
AT THE SFC...A FAIRLY STRONG CANADIAN HIGH WILL BE SLIDING ACROSS
THE GREAT LAKES ON SAT AS DEEP LYR MOISTURE LINGERS OVER THE FCST
AREA. AS WE MOVE INTO SUN AND THE HIGH SLIDES FARTHER EAST...A BRIEF
WEDGE PATTERN TRIES TO DEVELOP OVER THE CAROLINAS. THE MODEL
GUIDANCE INDICATES THAT THIS WILL LIKELY BE SHORT LIVED AS THE HIGH
GETS PUSHED WELL OFFSHORE AND A LOW DEVELOPS NEAR THE GREAT LAKES BY
EARLY MON. THE COLD FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS LOW IS PROJECTED TO
MOVE ACROSS THE CWFA BY LATE MON WITH SOME DEGREE OF DRYING AND
DOWNSLOPE FLOW IN ITS WAKE. AS FOR THE SENSIBLE FCST...I KEPT A
SOLID CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND TS EACH DAY WITH TEMPS TRENDING BACK UP
ABOVE CLIMO ON DAYS 6 AND 7.
&&
.AVIATION /20Z TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/...
AT KCLT...CONVECTION IS DEVELOPING ACROSS THE AREA THANKS TO
MODERATE INSTBY AND AN UPPER LOW PROVIDING LIFT. COVERAGE SHUD
CONTINUE TO EXPAND TO NUMEROUS TO WIDESPREAD BY EARLY EVENING...THEN
START TO WANE. A CLUSTER OF TSTMS ARE SLOWLY DRIFTING NW TOWARD
KCLT. HAVE GONE WITH A TEMPO FOR THE FIRST FOUR HOURS OF THE 18Z
TAF. FROM THERE...EXPECT CONVECTION OFF THE BLUE RIDGE TO HOLD
TOGETHER AS IT CROSSES THE PIEDMONT THIS EVENING...SO WILL GO WITH
PREVAILING TSRA. OVERNIGHT...THERE WILL BE PLENTY OF MID AND HIGH
CLOUDS LEFT OVER FROM THE CONVECTION. THEN HIGH PRES WILL BUILD
SOUTHWARD INTO THE NC PIEDMONT BEFORE DAYBREAK...RESULTING IN LIGHT
EASTERLY FLOW AND STRATUS DEVELOPMENT. CIGS WILL LIKELY BE IFR...BUT
SOME GUIDANCE HAS IT AT MVFR. THE CLOUDS WILL BEGIN TO LIFT...BUT
SLOWLY...LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING. WINDS WILL FAVOR A SOUTH DIRECTION
THIS AFTN/EVE...THEN SHIFT OUT OF THE NE OVERNIGHT...AND INCREASE TO
5-8 KTS.
ELSEWHERE...AS WITH KCLT ABOVE...THE MAIN CHALLENGE IS HOW TO HANDLE
INCREASING CONVECTION ACROSS THE AREA. KAVL WILL LIKELY BE DIRECTLY
IMPACTED BY TSRA AT START OF TAF. THE OTHER SITES WILL ALSO AT SOME
POINT BETWEEN ABOUT 18-22Z. FROM THERE...GUIDANCE HAS CONVECTION
SLIDE EAST ACRS THE PIEDMONT...RESULTING IN A PERIOD OF PREVAILING
TSRA. CONVECTION SHUD DIMINISH LATE EVENING THRU THE OVERNIGHT. SOME
LINGERING SHRA AND ISOLD TSRA CANNOT BE RULED OUT OVERNIGHT...BUT
CONFIDENCE IS TOO LOW TO KEEP A MENTION. BEFORE DAYBREAK...GUIDANCE
SHOWS STRATUS DEVELOPING...ESP ACRS NC...AS HIGH PRES SURGES FROM
THE NORTH...SWITCHING THE LOW LVL FLOW OUT OF THE EAST. IFR TO MVFR
CIGS ARE EXPECTED...WITH HIGHEST CONFIDENCE AT KHKY AND KAVL. THE
STRATUS WILL BEGIN TO SCATTER AND LIFT TOWARD END OF 18Z TAF PERIOD.
OUTLOOK...A MID LEVEL LOW WILL LINGER OVER THE AREA THRU AT LEAST
THURSDAY...WITH DEEP MOISTURE. SO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
ARE EXPECTED EACH AFTERNOON AND EVENING. MORNING STRATUS AND FOG
WILL ALSO REMAIN A POSSIBILITY...ESPECIALLY OVER WET GROUND...THRU
AT LEAST FRIDAY.
CONFIDENCE TABLE...
20-02Z 02-08Z 08-14Z 14-18Z
KCLT HIGH 100% HIGH 89% MED 72% HIGH 89%
KGSP HIGH 90% HIGH 91% HIGH 81% HIGH 91%
KAVL MED 69% HIGH 95% MED 73% HIGH 85%
KHKY HIGH 87% HIGH 82% MED 64% HIGH 87%
KGMU HIGH 90% HIGH 91% HIGH 90% HIGH 91%
KAND HIGH 100% HIGH 87% MED 77% HIGH 87%
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...JPT
NEAR TERM...ARK/CDG
SHORT TERM...RWH
LONG TERM...JPT
AVIATION...ARKHazardous weather outlook, Jun 2, 4:15 PM EDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 415 PM EDT TUE JUN 2 2015 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065- 068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-032015- 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- 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-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- 415 PM EDT TUE JUN 2 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. A NEARLY STATIONARY FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL REMAIN IN PLACE ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS TONIGHT...BENEATH AN AREA OF UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE. TOGETHER THESE FEATURES WILL DRIVE THE DEVELOPMENT OF NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...WHICH WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING. CONDITIONS WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR SOME OF THE STORMS TO PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL ARE LIKELY AS WELL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. ..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. ..MONDAY...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.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 4:35 PM EDT, 54 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 435 PM EDT TUE JUN 2 2015 SCZ002-003-005-006-022100- GREATER PICKENS SC-PICKENS MOUNTAINS SC-GREATER GREENVILLE SC- GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS SC- 435 PM EDT TUE JUN 2 2015 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF NORTHEASTERN PICKENS AND CENTRAL GREENVILLE COUNTIES UNTIL 500 PM EDT... AT 434 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF EASLEY...OR NEAR BEREA...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. PEA SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... GREENVILLE DOWNTOWN...TAYLORS...EASLEY...BEREA...TRAVELERS REST... SLATER-MARIETTA...FURMAN UNIVERSITY...WEST GREENVILLE...TIGERVILLE AND LAKE ROBINSON. THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. LAT...LON 3481 8259 3498 8264 3512 8230 3485 8224 TIME...MOT...LOC 2034Z 257DEG 17KT 3492 8254 MOORE
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 4:38 PM EDT, 51 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
438 PM EDT TUE JUN 2 2015
NCZ035-056-502-504-022115-
GREATER BURKE NC-ALEXANDER NC-CATAWBA NC-GREATER CALDWELL NC-
438 PM EDT TUE JUN 2 2015
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF EASTERN CALDWELL...
EASTERN BURKE...NORTHWESTERN CATAWBA AND ALEXANDER COUNTIES UNTIL 515
PM EDT...
AT 438 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5
MILES SOUTHWEST OF TAYLORSVILLE...OR NEAR BETHLEHEM...MOVING NORTH AT
20 MPH.
PEA SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HICKORY...TAYLORSVILLE...ST. STEPHENS...LONGVIEW...GRANITE FALLS...
BETHLEHEM...ICARD...HILDEBRAN...RHODHISS AND CEDAR ROCK.
THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND
TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 3598 8100 3591 8103 3579 8109 3578 8111
3570 8138 3573 8148 3604 8146 3604 8137
3602 8134 3600 8133 3603 8127 3604 8119
3603 8117 3604 8113 3603 8107 3604 8104
TIME...MOT...LOC 2038Z 195DEG 15KT 3586 8125
MOORESpecial weather statement, Jun 2, 4:40 PM EDT, 49 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
440 PM EDT TUE JUN 2 2015
SCZ006-010-022115-
GREATER GREENVILLE SC-ANDERSON SC-
440 PM EDT TUE JUN 2 2015
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN
GREENVILLE AND EAST CENTRAL ANDERSON COUNTIES UNTIL 515 PM EDT...
AT 440 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 13
MILES EAST OF ANDERSON...OR NEAR HONEA PATH...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25
MPH.
PEA SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MAULDIN...BELTON...HONEA PATH...DONALDSON CENTER...SIMPSONVILLE...
PRINCETON AND FORK SHOALS.
THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND
TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 3448 8253 3479 8236 3470 8223 3453 8224
3441 8242
TIME...MOT...LOC 2040Z 212DEG 20KT 3450 8241
MOORESpecial weather statement, Jun 2, 4:57 PM EDT, 32 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
457 PM EDT TUE JUN 2 2015
SCZ007-022130-
SPARTANBURG SC-
457 PM EDT TUE JUN 2 2015
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF CENTRAL SPARTANBURG
COUNTY UNTIL 530 PM EDT...
AT 457 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8
MILES SOUTHWEST OF SPARTANBURG...OR NEAR REIDVILLE...MOVING NORTH AT
30 MPH.
PEA SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SPARTANBURG...BOILING SPRINGS...DUNCAN...LYMAN...WELLFORD...INMAN...
MAYO...ROEBUCK...REIDVILLE AND LAKE BOWEN.
THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND
TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 3481 8217 3482 8218 3519 8211 3514 8185
3506 8181 3475 8197
TIME...MOT...LOC 2057Z 197DEG 28KT 3486 8205
MOORELocal storm report, Jun 2, 5:07 PM EDT, 22 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
507 PM EDT TUE JUN 02 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0242 PM TSTM WND DMG 4 E PINEVILLE 35.09N 80.82W
06/02/2015 MECKLENBURG NC FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
AT LEAST 2 POWER LINES DOWN IN THE AREA AS STORM PASSED
OVER. A SPOTTER NEARBY REPORTED VERY STRONG WIND THAT
BLEW DOWN LOTS OF SMALL LIMBS AND TWIGS.
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OUTLAWSpecial weather statement, Jun 2, 5:16 PM EDT, 13 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 516 PM EDT TUE JUN 2 2015 NCZ508-510-022145- EASTERN POLK NC-GREATER RUTHERFORD NC- 516 PM EDT TUE JUN 2 2015 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN RUTHERFORD AND SOUTHEASTERN POLK COUNTIES UNTIL 545 PM EDT... AT 515 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR FOREST CITY...MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH. PEA SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... FOREST CITY...RUTHERFORDTON...SPINDALE...ELLENBORO...BOSTIC... CAROLEEN...HENRIETTA...GREEN CREEK...HARRIS AND GREEN HILL. THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. LAT...LON 3542 8170 3518 8183 3519 8213 3549 8203 TIME...MOT...LOC 2115Z 193DEG 9KT 3529 8192 MOORE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 9:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Lincoln | 25 min |
| Jun 1, 9:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Lincoln | 34 min |
| Jun 2, 12:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Avery | 37 min |
| Jun 2, 12:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Transylvania | 35 min |
| Jun 2, 1:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Transylvania | 31 min |
| Jun 2, 1:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Henderson | 32 min |
| Jun 2, 2:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Buncombe, Henderson, Transylvania | 40 min |
| Jun 2, 2:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Mecklenburg | 36 min |
| Jun 2, 2:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Mecklenburg, Union | 39 min |
| Jun 2, 2:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Henderson | 40 min |
| Jun 2, 2:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Transylvania | 36 min |
| Jun 2, 3:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Avery | 28 min |
| Jun 2, 3:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Union | 30 min |
| Jun 2, 3:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Jackson | 26 min |
| Jun 2, 3:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | McDowell | 33 min |
| Jun 2, 4:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Alexander | 37 min |
| Jun 2, 5:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Rutherford | 29 min |
| Jun 2, 5:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Polk, Rutherford | 42 min |
| Jun 2, 5:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Alexander, Catawba | 36 min |
| Jun 2, 5:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Alexander, Catawba, Iredell | 41 min |
| Jun 2, 6:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cleveland | 42 min |
| Jun 2, 6:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Davie, Iredell, Rowan | 54 min |
| Jun 2, 6:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Swain | 65 min |
| Jun 2, 7:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Davie | 31 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.