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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 134, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

June 26, 2015Davie County, North Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 26, 2015, 5:00 PM EDT for Davie County, North Carolina. It was in force for 27 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 26, 2015, 5:00 PM EDT (21:00 UTC)
Expired: Jun 26, 2015, 5:27 PM EDT
In force: 27 min
Issued by: NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Davie County, NC

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 60 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: 392 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -114 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1497 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -50 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -18 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: -0.2

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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 26, 4:53 PM EDT, 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 26, 4:53 PM EDT, 7 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 26, 4:23 PM EDT, 37 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
423 PM EDT FRI JUN 26 2015

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065-
068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-271100-
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-
423 PM EDT FRI JUN 26 2015

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT. SOME OF
THE STORMS COULD BE SEVERE...PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING
WINDS. MEANWHILE...ANY OF THE THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS.

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

..SATURDAY... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE.
..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...

SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF LARGE
HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...TORNADOES OR FLASH FLOODING TO OUR OFFICE.

STUREY

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 26, 3:55 PM EDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
355 PM EDT FRI JUN 26 2015

NCZ065-262100-
HENDERSON NC-
355 PM EDT FRI JUN 26 2015

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF HENDERSON COUNTY
UNTIL 500 PM EDT...

AT 355 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8
MILES NORTHWEST OF HENDERSONVILLE...OR NEAR MILLS RIVER...MOVING EAST
AT 15 MPH.

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

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HENDERSONVILLE...MILLS RIVER...FLETCHER...FLAT ROCK...ETOWAH...
MOUNTAIN HOME...LAUREL PARK...B.R. PARKWAY...MOUNT PISGAH TO THE NC
ARBORETUM...BAT CAVE AND ASHEVILLE AIRPORT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL MAY FLOOD AREAS WITH POOR DRAINAGE...SUCH AS
DITCHES AND UNDERPASSES. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED
ROADS. WATER LEVELS OF SMALL STREAMS AND RIVERS MAY ALSO RISE
RAPIDLY. SEEK HIGHER GROUND IF THREATENED BY FLOOD WATERS.

&&

LAT...LON 3546 8227 3544 8228 3539 8226 3529 8235
      3519 8236 3519 8238 3521 8239 3519 8242
      3526 8262 3530 8262 3537 8269 3546 8267
      3544 8262 3544 8255 3542 8254 3545 8253
      3545 8247 3547 8242 3546 8237 3548 8237
TIME...MOT...LOC 1955Z 277DEG 11KT 3537 8260

CDG

Special weather statement, Jun 26, 4:14 PM EDT, 46 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
414 PM EDT FRI JUN 26 2015

NCZ064-SCZ001>003-005-262100-
TRANSYLVANIA NC-GREATER PICKENS SC-PICKENS MOUNTAINS SC-
OCONEE MOUNTAINS SC-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS SC-
414 PM EDT FRI JUN 26 2015

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN
TRANSYLVANIA...NORTHEASTERN OCONEE...NORTHERN PICKENS AND
NORTHWESTERN GREENVILLE COUNTIES UNTIL 500 PM EDT...

AT 414 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 15
MILES NORTHWEST OF PICKENS...OR NEAR GORGES STATE PARK...MOVING EAST
AT 20 MPH.

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

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PICKENS...KEOWEE TOXAWAY STATE PARK...TABLE ROCK STATE PARK...DEVILS
FORK STATE PARK...JOCASSEE GORGES...LAKE JOCASSEE...JONES GAP STATE
PARK...CAESARS HEAD STATE PARK...GORGES STATE PARK AND LAKE KEOWEE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL MAY FLOOD AREAS WITH POOR DRAINAGE...SUCH AS
DITCHES AND UNDERPASSES. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED
ROADS. WATER LEVELS OF SMALL STREAMS AND RIVERS MAY ALSO RISE
RAPIDLY. SEEK HIGHER GROUND IF THREATENED BY FLOOD WATERS.

&&

LAT...LON 3495 8302 3512 8299 3513 8253 3486 8257
TIME...MOT...LOC 2014Z 276DEG 16KT 3503 8292

CDG

Local storm report, Jun 26, 4:48 PM EDT, 12 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 26, 4:53 PM EDT, 7 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 26, 3:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Henderson	65 min
Jun 26, 4:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Henderson	38 min
Jun 26, 4:53 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Haywood	52 min
Jun 26, 4:58 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Henderson	3 hr
Jun 26, 5:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Transylvania	41 min
Jun 26, 5:06 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Alexander	24 min
Jun 26, 5:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Buncombe	45 min
Jun 26, 5:35 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Jackson, Transylvania	3 hr
Jun 26, 5:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Iredell	42 min
Jun 26, 6:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Iredell, Rowan	45 min
Jun 26, 7:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Rowan	34 min
Jun 26, 7:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Rowan	44 min
Jun 26, 4:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Pickens	46 min
Jun 26, 5:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Anderson	38 min
Jun 26, 6:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Oconee	42 min
Jun 26, 6:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Greenville	45 min
Jun 26, 6:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Abbeville	39 min
Jun 26, 6:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Abbeville, Anderson, Greenwood	63 min
Jun 26, 7:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Oconee	44 min
Jun 26, 7:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Spartanburg	42 min
Jun 26, 7:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Spartanburg	44 min
Jun 26, 7:53 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Oconee	3 hr
Jun 26, 5:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Hart	52 min
Jun 26, 6:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Hart	44 min
Jun 26, 6:18 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Hart	117 min
Jun 26, 6:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Habersham, Stephens	57 min
Jun 26, 7:50 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Hart	115 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.