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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 103, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

June 19, 2015Cleveland County, North Carolina; Cherokee County, York County, South Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 19, 2015, 9:12 PM EDT for Cleveland County, North Carolina; Cherokee County, York County, South Carolina. It was in force for 33 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 19, 2015, 9:12 PM EDT (01:12 UTC)
Expired: Jun 19, 2015, 9:45 PM EDT
In force: 33 min
Issued by: NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Cleveland County, NC, Cherokee County, SC, York County, SC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 176 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 335 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -103 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1201 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -19 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 11 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 19, 8:41 PM EDT, 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 19, 8:41 PM EDT, 31 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 19, 5:14 AM EDT, 15 hours 58 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
514 AM EDT FRI JUN 19 2015

GAZ010-017-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065-068-069-501>510-
SCZ001>003-200915-
RABUN-HABERSHAM-AVERY-ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-MADISON-YANCEY-
MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-GRAHAM-
NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-
CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-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-
514 AM EDT FRI JUN 19 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE NORTHEAST
GEORGIA MOUNTAINS...THE NORTHWEST PIEDMONT OF NORTH
CAROLINA...THE FOOTHILLS AND MOUNTAINS OF WESTERN NORTH
CAROLINA...AND THE MOUNTAINS OF UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ANY OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL HAVE THE
POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND BRIEFLY HEAVY
RAINFALL. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE...PRODUCING
DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND HAIL AS LARGE AS QUARTERS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

..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.
..THURSDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

NONE.

GAZ018-026-028-029-NCZ070>072-082-SCZ004>014-019-200915-
STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION-
GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-
CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-CHESTER-GREENWOOD-
514 AM EDT FRI JUN 19 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...THE
CHARLOTTE METRO AREA...AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ANY OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL HAVE THE
POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND BRIEFLY HEAVY
RAINFALL. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE...PRODUCING
DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND HAIL AS LARGE AS QUARTERS.

IN ADDITION...HIGH TEMPERATURES REACHING THE MID TO UPPER 90S WILL
COMBINE WITH DEW POINTS IN THE MID TO UPPER 60S TO PRODUCE HEAT
INDEX VALUES OF 98 TO 103 THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHEAST
GEORGIA...UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...AND THE CHARLOTTE METRO AREA. STAY
IN AN AIR CONDITIONED AREA AND OUT OF THE SUN AS MUCH AS
POSSIBLE. IF YOU DO GO OUTSIDE...DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...AND WEAR
LIGHT COLORED AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

..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.
..THURSDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

NONE.

HG

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 19, 6:27 PM EDT, 2 hours 45 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 19, 7:03 PM EDT, 2 hours 9 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 19, 7:17 PM EDT, 1 hour 55 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 19, 8:02 PM EDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 19, 8:40 PM EDT, 32 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 19, 8:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Madison	28 min
Jun 19, 9:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Mitchell	32 min
Jun 19, 11:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Union	27 min
Jun 19, 11:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Union	33 min
Jun 19, 11:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Alexander	37 min
Jun 20, 12:11 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Gaston	34 min
Jun 20, 3:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Cabarrus	35 min
Jun 20, 3:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Gaston	31 min
Jun 20, 4:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Cabarrus	31 min
Jun 20, 4:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Cabarrus, Mecklenburg, Rowan	47 min
Jun 20, 4:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Mecklenburg, Union	38 min
Jun 20, 5:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Cabarrus, Rowan	32 min
Jun 19, 10:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Cherokee	25 min
Jun 19, 11:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	York	35 min
Jun 19, 11:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Cherokee	29 min
Jun 20, 2:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Anderson, Greenville, Spartanburg	22 min
Jun 20, 3:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Anderson, Cherokee, Laurens, Spartanburg, Union	26 min
Jun 20, 3:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Cherokee	30 min
Jun 20, 3:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Union	27 min
Jun 20, 4:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Abbeville, Anderson, Greenville	42 min
Jun 20, 5:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Abbeville, Greenwood, Laurens	44 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in South Carolina, 2015 Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Carolina, 2015 Every severe thunderstorm 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.