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Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

April 20, 2015Cherokee County, Greenville County, Spartanburg County, South Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this flash flood warning at Apr 20, 2015, 3:43 PM EDT for Cherokee County, Greenville County, Spartanburg County, South Carolina. It was in force for 62 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
Apr 20, 2015, 3:43 PM EDT (19:43 UTC)
Expired
Apr 20, 2015, 4:45 PM EDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Cherokee County, SC, Greenville County, SC, Spartanburg County, SC

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, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 228 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 2015-04-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 17 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 2015-04-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 59 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
17 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-48 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
654 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
59 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
77 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.4

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

477 
WGUS52 KGSP 201943
FFWGSP
SCC021-045-083-202045-
/O.NEW.KGSP.FF.W.0005.150420T1943Z-150420T2045Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANSBURG SC
ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
343 PM EDT MON APR 20 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CHEROKEE COUNTY IN SOUTH CAROLINA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF GAFFNEY...
  GREENVILLE COUNTY IN SOUTH CAROLINA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF GREENVILLE...
  SPARTANBURG COUNTY IN SOUTH CAROLINA...

* UNTIL 445 PM EDT

* AT 341 PM EDT...VERY HEAVY RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THE AREA...AROUND  
  2.00 INCHES BASED ON RADAR. FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY IN THE WARNED 
  AREA DURING THE NEXT HOUR.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  TIGERVILLE...MAYO...INMAN...CHESNEE AND BOILING SPRINGS SC

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY
AUTOMOBILE.

&&

LAT...LON 3508 8253 3519 8186 3517 8166 3509 8156
      3480 8244

$$

AWP

What 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 Apr 20, 1:02 PM EDT, 2 hours 41 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 20, 1:02 PM EDT, 2 hours 41 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
102 PM EDT MON APR 20 2015

.SYNOPSIS...
A COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE AREA TODAY BRINGING ANOTHER ROUND OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. DRY HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN FOR TUESDAY
AND WEDNESDAY. ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL PUSH IN FROM THE NORTHWEST ON
THURSDAY...POSSIBLY BRINGING SHOWERS BACK TO THE AREA. A STRONGER
STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE IN FOR THE WEEKEND.

&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/...
AS OF 1000 AM...GUSTY TSTMS...WHAT APPEAR TO BE DRIVEN BY MCV...
SHOULD TRANSLATE QUICKLY EAST OF THE CWFA BY 15 UTC.  IT SEEMS
LIKE THERE WILL BE SVRL HOURS OF ECHO FREE CONDITIONS ACRS THE
CWFA. WITHIN THE BROAD PRE-COLD FRONTAL ENVIRONMENT...PROGRESSIVE
DESTABILIZATION IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. THE NEWLY POSTED
12 UTC NAM AND CONVECTION ALLOWING MODELS EXPECTEDLY RESPOND
FAVORABLY WITHIN LLVL FRONTAL CONVERGENCE ZONE...PROGGING WIDESPREAD
DEEP CONVECTION. FAVORABLE SHEAR PROFILES LEND SUPPORT TO THE
PROBABILITY OF DISCRETE STORMS IN THE PIEDMONT LATER TODAY.

AS OF 645 AM...WELL THE NEAR TERM MODELS AND CAMS ARE NOT DOING VERY
WELL WITH THE CONVECTION ENTERING OUR WESTERN ZONES EARLY THIS
MORNING. HAVE BUMPED UP POP IN THE WEST. STILL EXPECT WEAKENING AS
THE REMNANT PRECIP CROSSES THE AREA THRU THE MORNING HOURS. CANNOT
RULE OUT A STRONG OR MARGINALLY SEVERE STORM EARLY ON...BUT
OTHERWISE JUST SOME CG LIGHTNING AND DOWNPOURS WITH THAT ACTIVITY.
THE REST OF THE FCST WAS LEFT UNCHANGED.

AS OF 330 AM...IN THE IMMEDIATE NEAR TERM...THE RADAR HAS GONE INTO
CLEAR AIR MODE...AS A LEAD SHORTWAVE HAS EXITED TO THE NE WITHIN
DEEP LAYER SWLY FLOW. A QUASI-LINEAR MCS IS CURRENTLY CROSSING
CENTRAL TN AND NRN AL. GUIDANCE SEEMS TO BE UNDERESTIMATING THE
STRENGTH/PERSISTENCE OF THIS SYSTEM. THE LATEST RAP ANALYSIS SHOWS
500-1000 J/KG OF MUCAPE WITH 35-45 KTS OF EFFECTIVE SHEAR DOWNSTREAM
OF THIS CLUSTER. THIS RESULTS IN A /MCS MAINTENANCE/ PROB AT 70-80
PCT. SO IT IS NOW EXPECTED THAT THESE STORMS (WHILE STILL ON A
GRADUAL WEAKENING TREND) WILL LIKELY STILL SURVIVE INTO THE NC MTNS
EARLY THIS MORNING. GIVEN THE CURRENT STATE...CANNOT RULE OUT A
STRONG OR SEVERE STORM OR TWO...ESP IN GRAHAM/SWAIN...WHEN THE LINE
GETS INTO THE CWFA. FROM THERE...IT/S DIFFICULT TO SAY HOW MUCH
PRECIP WILL LINGER ACRS THE CWFA THIS MORNING. I HAVE BUMPED UP POP
IN THE WRN MTNS...BUT KEEP JUST A SHOTGUN CHC POP FOR THE REST OF
THE AREA THIS MORNING.

LATER TODAY...GUIDANCE IN GOOD AGREEMENT ON ANOTHER SPOKE OF
VORTICITY ROTATING AROUND THE BROAD CYCLONICALLY CURVED
FLOW...CROSSING THE CWFA FROM THE SOUTHWEST DURING THE PEAK-HEATING
AFTN HOURS. MEANWHILE...A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH INTO THE AREA THIS
AFTN. THE FRONT LOOKS TO ONLY HAVE MODEST LLVL CONVERGENCE.
HOWEVER...GIVEN THE STEEP MID LVL LAPSE RATES AND LINGERING BL
MOISTURE (DEWPTS IN THE MID 60S ACRS THE PIEDMONT). FAIRLY CONFIDENT
IN AT LEAST 40-50 PCT COVERAGE OF CONVECTION...MAYBE HIGHER TO THE
EAST. THE FCST SNDGS SHOW LONG BUT SLIGHTLY CURVED HODOGRAPHS WITH
1500-2500 J/KG OF UNCAPPED SBCAPE. SO EXPECT SOMEWHAT DISCRETE
STORMS INITIALLY...WITH POTENTIAL FOR SUPERCELLS. DEFINITELY WILL
BE A DAMAGING WIND AND HAIL THREAT...WITH AN ISOLD TORNADO THREAT
ACRS THE PIEDMONT THIS AFTN. THE HIGH RES MODELS DO NOT SEEM THAT
IMPRESSED WITH COVERAGE OR INTENSITY. I/M NOT SURE WHAT IS LIMITING
THEIR CONVECTION EXPECT FOR PERHAPS LACK OF DEEPER MOISTURE. THE NEW
DAY 1 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK STILL HAS ALL AREAS EAST OF THE MTNS IN THE
SLGT RISK...AND A MARGINAL RISK FOR THE MTNS. OTHERWISE...IT WILL BE
BREEZY TODAY UNDER MOSTLY CLOUDY TO PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES WITH TEMPS
BACK ABOVE NORMAL AHEAD OF THE FRONT.

TONIGHT...DRY AIR WILL FILTER IN FROM THE WEST BEHIND THE FRONT.
POPS WILL TAPER OFF...LINGERING THRU THE EVENING ALONG THE TN BORDER
DUE TO UPSLOPE NWLY FLOW. LOWS WILL BE A COUPLE CATEGORIES ABOVE
NORMAL.

&&

.SHORT TERM /TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT/...
AS OF 240 AM MONDAY...THINGS DRY OUT TUE AS DRY HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS
IN FROM THE WEST. EXPECT A MILD AND BREEZY DAY WITH HIGHS UP TO 5
DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. A BROAD AND LOW AMPLITUDE UPPER TROF SETS UP
ACROSS THE AREA FOR WED. WEAK SHORT WAVES MOVING THRU THE TROF WILL
HELP PUSH A WEAK COLD FRONT INTO THE AREA WED AND SOUTH OF THE AREA
WED NITE. THERE IS NOT A LOT OF DEEP MOISTURE WITH THIS SYSTEM AND
THE FORCING IS WEAK. THEREFORE...EXPECT SCT SHRA NEAR THE TN BORDER
WHERE THE MOISTURE IS DEEPEST AND WLY FLOW WILL HELP INCREASE
FORCING. ELSEWHERE...ONLY ISOLATED SHRA ARE EXPECTED...WITH LITTLE
CHC OF PRECIP SOUTH OF I-85. HIGHS WILL RISE TO NEAR NORMAL WED...
WITH LOWS NEAR NORMAL TUE NITE AND ABOVE NORMAL WED NITE.

&&

.LONG TERM /THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/...
AS OF 350 AM MONDAY...AN UPPER TROF AXIS WILL SLIDE EAST OF THE AREA
THURSDAY ALLOWING FLAT RIDGING TO BUILD IN ON FRI. A SHORT WAVE
CROSSES THE AREA SATURDAY WITH ANOTHER BROAD AND LOW AMPLITUDE UPPER
TROF DEVELOPING ON SUNDAY.

HIGH PRESSURE BRIEFLY RETURNS TO THE AREA FRI BEFORE A STRONGER
STORM SYSTEM MOVES IN ON SATURDAY. PRECIP CHC SLOWLY RAMPS UP FRIDAY
WITH POTENTIALLY HEAVY PRECIP ON SATURDAY. DRY HIGH PRESSURE RETURNS
FOR SUNDAY. NEAR NORMAL HIGHS THURSDAY...FALL BELOW NORMAL FOR THE
REST OF THE PERIOD. LOWS BOUNCE AROUND FROM NEAR TO A LITTLE ABOVE
NORMAL.

&&

.AVIATION /17Z MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/...
AT KCLT AND ELSEWHERE...GUSTY SSW WINDS AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD
FRONT WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON AS CU FIELD THICKENS AND EXPANDS.
THUNDERSTORM CVRG WILL ALSO CONTINUE TO BLOSSOM WITH TIME AND GIVEN
THE EXPECTED CVRG...A TEMPO TSRA WILL BE INCLUDED AT ALL TERMINAL
LOCATIONS ALONG WITH CIGS OCCASIONALLY DIPPING DIPPING TO MVFR.
CONVECTION ALLOWING MODELS DIMINISH TSTM CVRG 21-23Z TODAY FOLLOWED
BY LLVL DRYING/DROPPING SFC DWPTS AND THE INFLUX OF POST-FRONTAL
AIR. A WIND SHIFT TO WEST IS EXPECTED THIS EVENING AND GUSTS WILL
DROP OFF. CLEARING AND VFR CONDITIONS ARE ON TAP OVERNIGHT AND INTO
TUESDAY MORNING.

OUTLOOK...DRY HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN ACROSS THE REGION FOR THE
MIDDLE OF THE WEEK...LEADING TO LOW PRECIP/RESTRICTION CHANCES.

CONFIDENCE TABLE...

            17-23Z        23-05Z        05-11Z        11-12Z
KCLT       MED   60%     HIGH 100%     HIGH 100%     HIGH 100%
KGSP       MED   60%     HIGH 100%     HIGH 100%     HIGH 100%
KAVL       HIGH 100%     HIGH 100%     HIGH 100%     HIGH 100%
KHKY       HIGH 100%     HIGH 100%     HIGH 100%     HIGH 100%
KGMU       MED   60%     HIGH 100%     HIGH 100%     HIGH 100%
KAND       MED   70%     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...NONE.
SC...NONE.

&&

SYNOPSIS...RWH
NEAR TERM...ARK/CSH
SHORT TERM...RWH
LONG TERM...RWH
AVIATION...ARK/CSH
Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 20, 4:55 AM EDT, 10 hours 48 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
455 AM EDT MON APR 20 2015

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065-
068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-210900-
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-
455 AM EDT MON APR 20 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PIEDMONT
NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

A COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE AREA TODAY BRINGING ANOTHER ROUND OF
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE
WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. IN ADDITION...ISOLATED
TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE...MAINLY ACROSS THE PIEDMONT OF THE
CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA.

WATER LEVELS WILL REMAIN HIGH IN AREA RIVERS AND STREAMS.
ALTHOUGH THE STORMS WILL BE FAST MOVING...HEAVY RAINFALL IS
POSSIBLE AND ISOLATED FLOODING MAY AGAIN DEVELOP.

.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.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 20, 1:42 PM EDT, 2 hours 1 minute before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
142 PM EDT MON APR 20 2015

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0135 PM     HAIL             3 S SALEM               34.85N 82.98W
04/20/2015  E1.00 INCH       OCONEE             SC   TRAINED SPOTTER

            UP TO 1 INCH HAIL REPORTED JUST SOUTH OF SALEM, SC.

&&

JPT
Local storm report, Apr 20, 1:51 PM EDT, 1 hour 52 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
151 PM EDT MON APR 20 2015

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0145 PM     HAIL             2 NW SIX MILE           34.83N 82.84W
04/20/2015  E1.00 INCH       PICKENS            SC   PUBLIC

            1 INCH HAIL IN SIX MILE, SC.

&&

JPT
Special weather statement, Apr 20, 1:57 PM EDT, 1 hour 46 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
157 PM EDT MON APR 20 2015

NCZ508-510-SCZ007-201830-
EASTERN POLK NC-GREATER RUTHERFORD NC-SPARTANBURG SC-
157 PM EDT MON APR 20 2015

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN EASTERN
POLK...SOUTHEASTERN GREATER RUTHERFORD AND NORTHWESTERN SPARTANBURG
UNTIL 230 PM EDT...

AT 157 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
LAKE BOWEN...OR 12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF COLUMBUS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
35 MPH.

DIME SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
FOREST CITY...BOILING SPRINGS...INMAN...CHESNEE...CAMPOBELLO...
ELLENBORO...BOSTIC...LAKE BOWEN...MAYO AND SPINDALE.

LAT...LON 3543 8183 3532 8172 3522 8176 3518 8177
      3518 8187 3510 8183 3499 8204 3513 8218
TIME...MOT...LOC 1757Z 230DEG 30KT 3511 8205

TDP
Local storm report, Apr 20, 2:01 PM EDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
201 PM EDT MON APR 20 2015

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0125 PM     HAIL             3 NW GREER              34.97N 82.27W
04/20/2015  E1.25 INCH       GREENVILLE         SC   PUBLIC

            UP TO HALF DOLLAR SIZED HAIL REPORTED OFF HWY 290N.

&&

JPT
Local storm report, Apr 20, 2:07 PM EDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
207 PM EDT MON APR 20 2015

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0158 PM     HAIL             6 SSE TIGERVILLE        35.00N 82.32W
04/20/2015  E0.88 INCH       GREENVILLE         SC   TRAINED SPOTTER

            NICKEL HAIL NEAR LAKE ROBINSON DAM.

&&

JPT
Local storm report, Apr 20, 2:09 PM EDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
209 PM EDT MON APR 20 2015

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0200 PM     HAIL             TRAVELERS REST          34.97N 82.44W
04/20/2015  E1.00 INCH       GREENVILLE         SC   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

LG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 19, 10:15 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningGSPYork6 hr
Apr 20, 4:02 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningGSPYork6 hr
Apr 20, 7:09 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPOconee51 min
Apr 20, 8:18 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPAnderson, Greenville, Pickens, Spartanburg42 min
Apr 20, 9:05 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPCherokee, Spartanburg, Union, York55 min
Apr 20, 9:53 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningGSPYork6 hr
Apr 20, 1:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPOconee, Pickens50 min
Apr 20, 1:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPGreenville, Spartanburg39 min
Apr 20, 1:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPGreenville, Pickens48 min
Apr 20, 2:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPGreenville, Spartanburg42 min
Apr 20, 2:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPOconee40 min
Apr 20, 2:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPCherokee35 min
Apr 20, 2:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPGreenville, Spartanburg29 min
Apr 20, 2:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPGreenville, Oconee, Pickens42 min
Apr 20, 3:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPOconee28 min
Apr 20, 3:21 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningGSPGreenville, Oconee, Pickens39 min
Apr 20, 3:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPCherokee, Greenville, Spartanburg39 min
Apr 20, 3:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPAnderson, Greenville, Oconee, Pickens49 min
Apr 20, 3:54 PM EDTTornado WarningGSPAnderson, Greenville36 min
Apr 20, 4:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPAbbeville, Anderson43 min
Apr 20, 4:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPCherokee, Greenville, Spartanburg33 min
Apr 20, 4:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPAnderson, Greenville, Laurens, Spartanburg47 min
Apr 20, 4:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPCherokee, York44 min
Apr 20, 5:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPChester, Union44 min
Apr 20, 5:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPChester, Union, York51 min
Apr 20, 5:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPAbbeville33 min
Apr 20, 6:02 PM EDTTornado WarningGSPChester, York28 min
Apr 20, 6:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPAbbeville, Greenwood, Laurens52 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in South Carolina, 2015Every flash flood warning in 2015

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.