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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 175, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 14, 2015, 7:47 PM EDT for Abbeville County, Anderson County, South Carolina; Elbert County, Georgia. It was in force for 43 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 14, 2015, 7:47 PM EDT (23:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 14, 2015, 8:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Elbert County, GA, Abbeville County, SC, Anderson County, SC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 14, 4:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 199 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
- 1704 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -38 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 988 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -31 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -39 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -1.1
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 14, 7:46 PM EDT, 1 minute earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 14, 7:46 PM EDT, 1 minute before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 332 PM EDT TUE JUL 14 2015 NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-501-503-505-151945- AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM- NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON- CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-BURKE MOUNTAINS-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS- 332 PM EDT TUE JUL 14 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING AND THEN ANOTHER CLUSTER AROUND MIDNIGHT. FREQUENT CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING... TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS...AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS. SOME FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS WILL BE POSSIBLE WHERE STORMS REPEATEDLY MOVE THROUGH. .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... NONE. NCZ035>037-056-057-068>072-082-502-504-506>510-SCZ008-009-014-151945- ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON- MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION-GREATER CALDWELL-GREATER BURKE- EASTERN MCDOWELL-RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-GREATER RUTHERFORD- POLK MOUNTAINS-EASTERN POLK-CHEROKEE-YORK-CHESTER- 332 PM EDT TUE JUL 14 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. A BROKEN BAND OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA SOMTIME BETWEEN 11 PM AND 4AM TONIGHT ASSOCIATED WITH A COLD FORNT. DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND LARGE HAIL WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS. .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... NONE. GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-SCZ001>007-010>013-019-151945- RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-OCONEE MOUNTAINS- PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER OCONEE- GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE- LAURENS-UNION-GREENWOOD- 332 PM EDT TUE JUL 14 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP AND MOVE ACROSS NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE UPSTATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING. DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND LARGE HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION...THERE WILL BE ENOUGH WIND SHEAR IN THE LOWER PART OF THE ATMOSPHERE SUCH THAT A BRIEF TORNADO CANNOT BE RULED OUT. ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE MAINLY AFTER MIDNIGHT AS A COLD FRONT PUSHES ACROSS THE REGION. .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... NONE.
In the hours 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 |
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| Jul 13, 8:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Alexander, Burke, Caldwell, Catawba, Iredell, McDowell and 1 more | 39 min |
| Jul 13, 8:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Buncombe, Henderson, McDowell, Polk, Rutherford, Transylvania | 21 min |
| Jul 13, 8:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cabarrus | 26 min |
| Jul 13, 8:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Iredell, Mecklenburg, Rowan | 48 min |
| Jul 13, 8:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Catawba, Cleveland, Davie, Iredell, Lincoln | 28 min |
| Jul 13, 8:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Rowan | 65 min |
| Jul 13, 8:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Rowan | 47 min |
| Jul 13, 9:03 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Cabarrus, Mecklenburg | 117 min |
| Jul 13, 9:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Union | 61 min |
| Jul 13, 9:50 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Union | 3 hr |
| Jul 14, 6:36 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Avery, Madison, Mitchell, Yancey | 54 min |
| Jul 14, 7:27 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Buncombe, Haywood, Henderson, McDowell, Polk, Rutherford | 63 min |
| Jul 14, 7:47 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Buncombe, Haywood, Henderson, McDowell, Polk, Rutherford and 1 more | 58 min |
| Jul 14, 7:52 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Alexander, Burke, Catawba, Cleveland, Iredell, Lincoln | 68 min |
| Jul 14, 8:22 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Avery, Buncombe, Haywood, Madison, Mitchell, Yancey | 3 hr |
| Jul 14, 8:33 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Avery, Buncombe, Haywood, Madison, Mitchell, Yancey | 42 min |
| Jul 14, 9:30 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Swain | 30 min |
| Jul 14, 10:00 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Jackson | 30 min |
| Jul 14, 10:11 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Graham | 34 min |
| Jul 14, 10:34 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Graham, Jackson, Macon, Swain | 56 min |
| Jul 14, 11:11 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Madison | 2 hr |
| Jul 14, 11:30 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Graham | 15 min |
| Jul 14, 11:46 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Macon | 29 min |
| Jul 14, 4:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Graham, Haywood, Swain | 55 min |
| Jul 14, 4:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Graham, Haywood, Jackson, Macon, Swain | 75 min |
| Jul 14, 5:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Jackson, Macon | 77 min |
| Jul 13, 8:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Chester, York | 52 min |
| Jul 13, 8:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cherokee, Spartanburg, Union, York | 46 min |
| Jul 13, 9:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | York | 34 min |
| Jul 14, 8:30 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cherokee, Greenville, Spartanburg, Union, York | 60 min |
| Jul 14, 12:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Oconee | 38 min |
| Jul 14, 1:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Abbeville | 32 min |
| Jul 14, 6:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Anderson, Oconee, Pickens | 72 min |
| Jul 14, 1:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Elbert, Franklin, Hart | 39 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in South Carolina, 2015Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Georgia, 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.