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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 240, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 4, 2015, 5:13 PM EDT for Burke County, North Carolina. It was in force for 29 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
- Sep 4, 2015, 5:13 PM EDT (21:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 4, 2015, 5:42 PM EDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Burke County, NC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 167 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
- 760 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -84 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1288 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 4 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 15 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -2 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 Sep 4, 4:49 PM EDT, 24 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 4, 4:49 PM EDT, 24 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 353 PM EDT FRI SEP 4 2015 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065- 068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-052000- 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- 353 PM EDT FRI SEP 4 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH TONIGHT. THE MAIN HAZARD FROM MOST OF THE STORMS WILL BE CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. HOWEVER...THROUGH MID-EVENING...A FEW WILL BE CAPABLE OF SEVERE WEATHER IN THE FORM OF DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND LARGE HAIL. .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. WIMBERLEY
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Sep 4, 4:25 PM EDT, 48 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
425 PM EDT FRI SEP 4 2015
NCZ048-053-042115-
BUNCOMBE NC-MADISON NC-
425 PM EDT FRI SEP 4 2015
...CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN
MADISON AND CENTRAL BUNCOMBE COUNTIES UNTIL 515 PM EDT...
AT 424 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE LEADING EDGE OF A CLUSTER
OF THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 12 MILES EAST OF
MARSHALL TO 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF DOWNTOWN ASHEVILLE...AND MOVING
SOUTH AT 10 MPH.
PEA SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE
STORMS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
DOWNTOWN ASHEVILLE...MARSHALL...WOODFIN...WEAVERVILLE...BILTMORE
FOREST...BENT CREEK...NORTH ASHEVILLE...WEST ASHEVILLE...B.R.
PARKWAY-EAST ASHEVILLE TO CRAGGY GARDENS AND WARREN WILSON COLLEGE.
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.
FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS. IF OUTDOORS...TRY
TO GET INDOORS OR INTO A HARD TOPPED VEHICLE. OTHERWISE...STAY AWAY
FROM OPEN AREAS AND ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES. WHEN
INDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS AND AVOID USING WIRED
ELECTRONIC DEVICES. TRY TO UNPLUG UNNECESSARY APPLIANCES BEFORE THE
STORMS APPROACH.
&&
LAT...LON 3586 8242 3582 8241 3582 8236 3580 8234
3578 8234 3575 8233 3573 8231 3573 8229
3545 8264 3578 8271 3586 8243
TIME...MOT...LOC 2024Z 005DEG 9KT 3575 8247 3563 8262
CDGSpecial weather statement, Sep 4, 4:34 PM EDT, 39 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 434 PM EDT FRI SEP 4 2015 NCZ504-042100- GREATER BURKE NC- 434 PM EDT FRI SEP 4 2015 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL BURKE COUNTY UNTIL 500 PM EDT... AT 434 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR MORGANTON...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 5 MPH. PEA SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MORGANTON...DREXEL...GLEN ALPINE AND SOUTH MOUNTAINS STATE PARK. 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 3580 8169 3575 8158 3560 8161 3570 8183 TIME...MOT...LOC 2034Z 029DEG 5KT 3572 8168 CDG
Special weather statement, Sep 4, 4:39 PM EDT, 34 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
439 PM EDT FRI SEP 4 2015
NCZ071-SCZ009-042115-
MECKLENBURG NC-YORK SC-
439 PM EDT FRI SEP 4 2015
...STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF SOUTHWESTERN
MECKLENBURG AND NORTHEASTERN YORK COUNTIES UNTIL 515 PM EDT...
AT 439 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 11
MILES SOUTHEAST OF GASTONIA...OR OVER TOWN OF LAKE WYLIE...MOVING
SOUTHWEST AT 5 MPH.
PEA SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
TEGA CAY...TOWN OF LAKE WYLIE...STEELE CREEK...CAROWINDS AND
SOUTHWEST CHARLOTTE.
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 3499 8101 3507 8119 3515 8110 3515 8101
3517 8101 3515 8094
TIME...MOT...LOC 2039Z 029DEG 5KT 3512 8104
CDGSpecial weather statement, Sep 4, 4:47 PM EDT, 26 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 4, 1:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Transylvania | 33 min |
| Sep 4, 2:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Avery | 37 min |
| Sep 4, 2:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | McDowell | 36 min |
| Sep 4, 2:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Mitchell | 34 min |
| Sep 4, 2:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | McDowell | 28 min |
| Sep 4, 2:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Buncombe | 23 min |
| Sep 4, 3:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Union | 24 min |
| Sep 4, 3:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Mitchell | 27 min |
| Sep 4, 3:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | McDowell | 24 min |
| Sep 4, 3:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Buncombe, McDowell | 50 min |
| Sep 4, 3:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Macon | 34 min |
| Sep 4, 3:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Mecklenburg | 41 min |
| Sep 4, 4:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Buncombe | 33 min |
| Sep 4, 4:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Buncombe | 50 min |
| Sep 4, 4:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Burke | 26 min |
| Sep 4, 4:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Polk | 43 min |
| Sep 4, 5:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Haywood | 27 min |
| Sep 4, 5:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Burke | 36 min |
| Sep 4, 5:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Polk | 51 min |
| Sep 4, 5:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Haywood | 26 min |
| Sep 4, 5:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Lincoln | 24 min |
| Sep 4, 5:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Davie | 50 min |
| Sep 4, 5:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Rowan | 29 min |
| Sep 4, 5:53 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Haywood | 3 hr |
| Sep 4, 6:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Rowan | 48 min |
| Sep 4, 6:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cabarrus | 48 min |
| Sep 4, 6:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Mecklenburg | 46 min |
| Sep 4, 7:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Union | 46 min |
| Sep 4, 7:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Mecklenburg | 27 min |
| Sep 4, 7:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Alexander | 28 min |
| Sep 4, 3:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Laurens | 30 min |
| Sep 4, 3:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Union | 35 min |
| Sep 4, 3:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Chester | 31 min |
| Sep 4, 3:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Laurens | 30 min |
| Sep 4, 4:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | York | 36 min |
| Sep 4, 6:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Chester | 44 min |
| Sep 4, 6:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Chester | 41 min |
| Sep 4, 6:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Greenville | 45 min |
| Sep 4, 6:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Anderson, Greenville, Pickens | 41 min |
| Sep 4, 7:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cherokee | 45 min |
| Sep 4, 7:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Greenville | 40 min |
| Sep 4, 7:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Spartanburg | 42 min |
| Sep 4, 7:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Union | 24 min |
| Sep 4, 7:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Pickens | 35 min |
| Sep 4, 7:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Spartanburg | 33 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.