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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 150, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 2, 2015, 2:26 PM EDT for 5 counties in South Carolina. It was in force for 49 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
- Jul 2, 2015, 2:26 PM EDT (18:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 2, 2015, 3:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Abbeville County, SC, Anderson County, SC, Greenville County, SC, Greenwood County, SC, Laurens County, SC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 235 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
- 152 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -108 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 885 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 74 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 72 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 Jul 2, 2:04 PM EDT, 22 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 2, 2:04 PM EDT, 22 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1039 AM EDT THU JUL 2 2015 NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-031445- AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM- NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON- 1039 AM EDT THU JUL 2 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREAT...AND LOCALIZED FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY IN THE SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS NEAR THE SMOKIES. ANY THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND A FEW OF THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE STRONG WIND GUSTS AND SMALL HAIL. .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... NONE. GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ035>037-056-057-068>072-082-501>510- SCZ001>014-019-031445- RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-ALEXANDER-IREDELL- DAVIE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-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- 1039 AM EDT THU JUL 2 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA TODAY INTO TONIGHT...WITH THE BEST CHANCES THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. IN ADDITION TO CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS...SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE STRONG WIND GUSTS AND SMALL HAIL. .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... NONE. GERAPETRITIS
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 2, 12:57 PM EDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1257 PM EDT THU JUL 2 2015 GAZ010-017-018-SCZ001-021745- STEPHENS GA-RABUN GA-HABERSHAM GA-OCONEE MOUNTAINS SC- 1257 PM EDT THU JUL 2 2015 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF NORTHERN STEPHENS... NORTHEASTERN HABERSHAM...SOUTH CENTRAL RABUN AND SOUTHWESTERN OCONEE COUNTIES UNTIL 145 PM EDT... AT 1256 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES SOUTH OF CLAYTON...OR NEAR TIGER...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. PEA SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... CLAYTON...TOCCOA...WALHALLA...TIGER...TALLULAH FALLS...TALLULAH GORGE STATE PARK...LAKEMONT...LAKE RABUN...WESTMINSTER AND TURNERVILLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... GUSTY WINDS CAN BLOW DOWN TREES THAT ARE DEAD...OR THAT HAVE WEAKENED ROOT SYSTEMS. OUTDOOR FURNITURE AND SIMILAR ITEMS CAN BE TOSSED AROUND IF NOT ANCHORED. SEEK SHELTER INDOORS. && LAT...LON 3475 8355 3491 8336 3474 8302 3453 8324 TIME...MOT...LOC 1656Z 304DEG 27KT 3482 8342 LANE
Special weather statement, Jul 2, 1:41 PM EDT, 45 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 7:37 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Graham, Haywood, Jackson, Macon, Swain | 83 min |
| Jul 2, 8:54 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Graham, Haywood, Jackson, Macon, Swain | 81 min |
| Jul 2, 10:14 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Graham, Haywood, Jackson, Macon, Swain | 106 min |
| Jul 1, 8:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Greenwood | 45 min |
| Jul 1, 8:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Greenwood | 33 min |
| Jul 2, 12:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Oconee | 48 min |
| Jul 2, 1:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Oconee, Pickens | 44 min |
| Jul 2, 1:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Spartanburg | 34 min |
| Jul 2, 2:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Anderson | 49 min |
| Jul 2, 2:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Anderson | 29 min |
| Jul 2, 2:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Greenwood | 37 min |
| Jul 2, 2:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Chester | 35 min |
| Jul 2, 3:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Abbeville, Greenwood, Laurens | 43 min |
| Jul 2, 3:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Union | 36 min |
| Jul 2, 3:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Laurens, Union | 24 min |
| Jul 2, 3:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Chester, Union | 32 min |
| Jul 2, 12:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Rabun | 37 min |
| Jul 2, 1:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Elbert, Hart | 23 min |
| Jul 2, 2:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Hart | 43 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in South Carolina, 2015Every 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.