Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2015
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 35, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 22, 2015, 8:46 PM EDT for Henderson County, Jackson County, Transylvania County, North Carolina; Greenville County, Oconee County, Pickens County, South Carolina. It was in force for 44 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 22, 2015, 8:46 PM EDT (00:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 22, 2015, 9:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Henderson County, NC, Jackson County, NC, Transylvania County, NC, Greenville County, SC, Oconee County, SC, Pickens County, SC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
Did it verify
Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.
Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 264 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
- 23 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -33 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2746 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 62 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 29 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 183 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
483
WUUS52 KGSP 230046
SVRGSP
NCC089-099-175-SCC045-073-077-230130-
/O.NEW.KGSP.SV.W.0035.150423T0046Z-150423T0130Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
846 PM EDT WED APR 22 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN JACKSON COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
SOUTHERN TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
SOUTH CENTRAL HENDERSON COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
NORTH CENTRAL OCONEE COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...
NORTHERN PICKENS COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...
NORTHWESTERN GREENVILLE COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 930 PM EDT
* AT 845 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM
WAS LOCATED 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BREVARD...OR OVER ROSMAN...AND
MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
TRAVELERS REST...SLATER-MARIETTA...ROSMAN...FURMAN UNIVERSITY...
TABLE ROCK STATE PARK...JOCASSEE GORGES...GORGES STATE PARK...
DUPONT STATE FOREST...LAKE TOXAWAY AND PLEASANT RIDGE STATE PARK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF BLOWING DOWN SCATTERED TREES AND POWER
LINES. BRIEF LARGE HAIL MAY ALSO OCCUR. SEEK SHELTER INSIDE AN
INTERIOR ROOM.
PLEASE REPORT DAMAGING WINDS...HAIL...OR FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG BY CALLING TOLL FREE...1...
800...2 6 7...8 1 0 1...OR BY POSTING ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGE...OR TWEET
IT USING HASHTAG NWSGSP. YOUR MESSAGE SHOULD DESCRIBE THE EVENT AND
THE SPECIFIC LOCATION WHERE IT OCCURRED.
&&
LAT...LON 3521 8305 3521 8235 3519 8236 3519 8232
3520 8229 3520 8222 3485 8249 3502 8313
TIME...MOT...LOC 0045Z 284DEG 46KT 3514 8284
$$
CDG2 follow-up statements
022
WWUS52 KGSP 230109
SVSGSP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
909 PM EDT WED APR 22 2015
NCC089-099-175-SCC073-230117-
/O.CAN.KGSP.SV.W.0035.000000T0000Z-150423T0130Z/
JACKSON NC-TRANSYLVANIA NC-HENDERSON NC-OCONEE SC-
909 PM EDT WED APR 22 2015
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN JACKSON...
SOUTHERN TRANSYLVANIA...SOUTH CENTRAL HENDERSON AND NORTH CENTRAL
OCONEE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 3495 8288 3508 8275 3510 8269 3513 8268
3513 8264 3515 8226 3485 8249
TIME...MOT...LOC 0107Z 289DEG 42KT 3502 8258
$$
SCC045-077-230130-
/O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0035.000000T0000Z-150423T0130Z/
PICKENS SC-GREENVILLE SC-
909 PM EDT WED APR 22 2015
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM EDT
FOR NORTHERN PICKENS AND NORTHWESTERN GREENVILLE COUNTIES...
AT 907 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE
OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED 12 MILES NORTHEAST OF PICKENS...OR NEAR SLATER-MARIETTA...
MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
TRAVELERS REST...SLATER-MARIETTA...PLEASANT RIDGE STATE PARK...FURMAN
UNIVERSITY...TABLE ROCK STATE PARK...TIGERVILLE...JOCASSEE GORGES...
JONES GAP STATE PARK...CAESARS HEAD STATE PARK AND PUMPKINTOWN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF BLOWING DOWN SCATTERED TREES AND POWER
LINES. SEEK SHELTER INSIDE AN INTERIOR ROOM.
PLEASE REPORT DAMAGING WINDS...HAIL...OR FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG BY CALLING TOLL FREE...1...
800...2 6 7...8 1 0 1...OR BY POSTING ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGE...OR TWEET
IT USING HASHTAG NWSGSP. YOUR MESSAGE SHOULD DESCRIBE THE EVENT AND
THE SPECIFIC LOCATION WHERE IT OCCURRED.
&&
LAT...LON 3495 8288 3508 8275 3510 8269 3513 8268
3513 8264 3515 8226 3485 8249
TIME...MOT...LOC 0107Z 289DEG 42KT 3502 8258
$$
CDG603
WWUS52 KGSP 230125
SVSGSP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
925 PM EDT WED APR 22 2015
SCC045-077-230134-
/O.EXP.KGSP.SV.W.0035.000000T0000Z-150423T0130Z/
PICKENS SC-GREENVILLE SC-
925 PM EDT WED APR 22 2015
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN PICKENS AND
NORTHWESTERN GREENVILLE COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 930 PM EDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS
ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.
LAT...LON 3495 8288 3508 8275 3510 8269 3513 8268
3513 8264 3515 8226 3485 8249
TIME...MOT...LOC 0120Z 284DEG 46KT 3502 8258
$$
CDGWhat 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 Apr 22, 4:49 PM EDT, 3 hours 57 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 22, 4:49 PM EDT, 3 hours 57 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
449 PM EDT WED APR 22 2015
.SYNOPSIS...
A COLD FRONT MOVES SOUTH OF OUR AREA TONIGHT AND COOL...DRY HIGH
PRESSURE BUILDS IN FROM THE NORTH ON FRIDAY. A WARM FRONT BRINGS
BETTER CHANCES FOR RAINFALL TO OUR REGION OVER THE WEEKEND. DRY HIGH
PRESSURE PREVAILS AT THE START OF NEXT WEEK...THEN A LOW MOVING
ALONG THE GULF COAST INFLUENCES OUR WEATHER IN MID WEEK.
&&
.NEAR TERM /THROUGH THURSDAY/...
AS OF 445 PM EDT WEDNESDAY...NO SIG CHANGES NEEDED/MADE TO THE FCST
WITH THIS UPDATE. DID MAKE SLIGHT TWEAKS TO POPS THROUGH THE
EVENING TO ACCOUNT FOR MOST RECENT CAM GUID AS IT PERTAINS TO
SHOWERS ASSOCIATED WITH WEAK COLD FROPA NOW SLIDING THROUGH EAST TN.
WINDS ACROSS THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS LOOK TO BE ON A DOWNWARD TREND
THUS CURRENT PLAN IS TO ALLOW WIND ADVISORY TO EXPIRE ON SCHEDULE AT
7PM.
PREVIOUS DISCUSSION...
AS OF 2 PM WED...LATEST VISIBLE SAT IMAGE SHOWS SCT CUMULUS
DEVELOPING OUTSIDE THE MOUNTAINS...WITH CONSIDERABLE CLOUDINESS OVER
THE MOUNTAINS AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE NW. REGIONAL RADAR
SHOWS A FEW LIGHT RETURNS OVER THE MOUNTAINS. CAM MODELS STILL
INDICATE THAT CT SHOWERS WILL DEVELOP MAINLY OVER THE BORDER
COUNTIES OF WESTERN NC CIRCA 20Z AND MOVE SE. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS
REMAIN POSSIBLE AS SEVERAL HUNDRED JOULES OF CAPE POOL AHEAD OF THE
FRONT. AIRMASS IS QUITE DRY AND WITH A DEEP LAYER WESTERLY COMPONENT
THROUGH THE COLUMN EXPECT THAT DOWNSLOPE SHOULD ESSENTIALLY KILL
MOST...IF NOT ALL OF THE SHOWERS AS THEY TRY TO MOVE OUT OF THE
MOUNTAINS THIS EVENING. HENCE...MOST AREAS EAST OF THE MOUNTAINS
WILL JUST SEE AN INCREASE IN CLOUDS AND SCT SPRINKLES AT BEST.
GRADIENT WINDS WILL REMAIN STRONG WITH SOME GUSTS TO AROUND 30
MPH...EXCEPT 40-50 MPH IN THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS. HENCE...WILL
CONTINUE THE WIND ADVISORY IN THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS. A FEW HIGHER
WIND GUSTS MAY OCCUR WHERE SHOWERS MIX DOWN HIGHER WINDS.
COLD ADVECTION BEHIND THE FRONT WILL BE NOTICABLE OVER THE MOUNTAINS
TONIGHT. TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TO FALL INTO THE MIDDLE 30S TO
LOWER 40S. CLOUDS AND WINDS SHOULD PRECLUDE ANY FROST FORMATION
OVERNIGHT. MINIMUM TEMPS OUTSIDE THE MOUNTAINS WILL RANGE FROM THE
MIDDLE 40S OVER THE NORTHERN FOOTHILLS TO THE MIDDLE 50S IN THE
LOWER PIEMDMONT.
THE FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA BY EARLY THU. HIGH
PRESSURE WILL THEN RIDGE SE OVER THE AREA ON THURSDAY. A FEW CLOUDS
MAY LINGER EZXPECIALLY OVER SOUTHERN SECTIONS EARLY TOMORROW...BUT
CONSIDERABLE SUNSHINE SHOULD BE THE RULE. MAX TEMPS WILL BE WELL
BELOW CLIMO IN THE MOUNTAINS AND A CATEGORY OR SO BELOW NORMAL
OUTSIDE THE MOUNTAINS.
&&
.SHORT TERM /THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY/...
AS OF 200 PM WED...UPPER TROUGH AXIS MOVES EWD AND OFFSHORE THU
NIGHT AND FRI ALLOWING HEIGHTS TO RISE OVER THE CWFA...AND DRY HIGH
PRESSURE TO CENTER OVER THE SRN APPALACHIANS BY FRI MRNG. THE
AIRMASS IS CANADIAN IN ORIGIN THOUGH IS LIKELY HAVE MODIFIED TO SOME
EXTENT BY THE TIME IT SETTLES IN. THE SFC HIGH IS NOT THAT
EXPANSIVE...AND FURTHERMORE THE RELATIVELY TIGHT HEIGHT GRADIENT
ALOFT MAY KEEP THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS UNDER SLIGHT FLOW THRU THE
NIGHT. MOS GUIDANCE BASICALLY SUPPORTS A HARD FREEZE OVER THE NRN
MTN ZONES AND VICINITY. THIS SEEMS A BIT TOO LOW. FOR NOW WILL
FEATURE MINS WITHIN A DEGREE OR TWO OF FREEZING AT THE COOLEST
SPOTS. HIGH VALLEYS MAY END UP THE COLDEST. FROST APPEARS TO BE OF
LITTLE CONCERN DUE TO DRY DEWPOINTS THAT WILL ACCOMPANY THE AIRMASS.
CAN/T RULE OUT THE EVENTUAL ISSUANCE OF A FREEZE WARNING...BUT FOR
NOW WILL JUST CONTINUE MENTION IN HWO.
THE HIGH SHIFTS OFF TO THE SOUTHEAST AS THE RIDGE AXIS APPROACHES
LATER FRIDAY. SKIES WILL INITIALLY BE MOSTLY CLEAR AND TEMPS SHOULD
BE ABLE TO REBOUND TO ABOUT A CATEGORY BELOW NORMAL FOR MAXES.
HOWEVER...A SHORTWAVE MOVING FROM THE SRN ROCKIES INTO THE PLAINS AND
ASSOCIATED SFC LOW WILL ADVECT GULF MOISTURE INTO THE SERN STATES.
CLOUDS WILL INCREASE AS ISENTROPIC LIFT RAMPS UP OVER THE AREA DURING
THE SECOND HALF OF THE DAY...WITH POPS FOLLOWING SUIT. CLOUDY SKIES
FRI NIGHT WILL KEEP TEMPS ABOVE FREEZING. MOISTURE AND DEEP FORCING
PEAK DURING THE DAY SATURDAY...WITH AT LEAST MODEST CONVECTIVE
ENHANCEMENT POSSIBLE. PWAT VALUES ARE PROGGED BY THE GFS TO REACH
NEAR RECORD VALUES OVER AT LEAST THE SRN PORTION OF THE AREA. USED
SREF PLUMES TO GET A FEEL FOR QPF...WITH A FAIRLY WIDE RANGE AND
SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION NOTED BETWEEN DIFFERENT MODELS. LOCALLY HEAVY
RAIN IS OF SOME CONCERN SATURDAY ESP IF CONVECTIVE ELEMENTS GET
INVOLVED. HOWEVER WIND PROFILES WILL LIKELY KEEP CELLS MOVING...AND
SOIL CAPACITY LIKELY WILL HAVE RECOVERED SOMEWHAT FROM THE RECENT
RAINFALL.
&&
.LONG TERM /SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
AS OF 205 PM WEDNESDAY...THE MEDIUM RANGE FCST PICKS UP AT 00Z ON
SUNDAY WITH FLATTENING UPPER RIDGING OVER THE SE CONUS AND AN H5
SHORTWAVE MOVING INTO THE FCST AREA FROM THE WEST. AT THE SAME
TIME...A LARGE AND PERSISTENT CLOSED UPPER LOW IS SPINNING AND
REMAINS NEARLY STATIONARY OVER NEW ENGLAND. THE OVERALL AGREEMENT
BETWEEN THE LONG RANGE MODELS WRT TO THE SYNOPTIC PATTERN EVOLUTION
DOES NOT LOOK VERY GOOD AT THIS TIME. THE 00Z ECMWF HAS THE H5
SHORTWAVE BEING ABSORBED BACK INTO THE CLOSED LOW LATE SUN AND THE
CENTER OF THE LOW SLIDING GRADUALLY SW ON MON AND TUES. THE GFS
KEEPS THE UPPER LOW FARTHER TO THE NE AND BRINGS ANOTHER ROUND OF
UPPER RIDGING OVER THE FCST AREA ON MON. BOTH MODELS SPIN OFF A
SOUTHERN STREAM CLOSED H5 LOW OVER ARIZONA/NEW MEXICO EARLY IN THE
WEEK AND MOVE THE LOW TO OUR REGION BY MID WEEK. THE GFS MAINTAINS A
DEEPER AND MORE WELL DEFINED LOW COMPARED TO THE ECWMF WHICH TRIES
TO REABSORB THE LOW BACK INTO THE NORTHERN FLOW. REGARDLESS OF THE
SOLUTION YOU USE...BOTH HAVE THE UPPER TROF/LOW MOVING OVER THE CWFA
BY NEW DAY 7 ON WED.
AT THE SFC...A WARM FRONT WILL BE MOVING NORTH OF THE CWFA LATE
SAT/EARLY SUN AS THE PARENT LOW APPROACHES THE CAROLINAS FROM THE
WEST. AS THE CENTER OF THE LOW MOVES TOWARDS THE COAST...LOW LVL
WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME MORE NORTHERLY AND THE DEEPER LYR
MOISTURE SHOULD DWINDLE. BY MON MORNING...CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE
WILL SPREAD BACK OVER THE REGION FROM THE NORTH AND DRY THINGS OUT.
ON TUES...A GREAT PLAINS LOW WILL DEEPEN AND MAKES ITS WAY TOWARDS
THE FCST AREA. AT THIS POINT...MODEL DIFFERENCE BECOME MORE
SIGNIFICANT WITH THE ECMWF KEEPING THE LOW ON A MORE SLY PATH AND
NOT HAVING IT REACH THE CWFA UNTIL EARLY WED...WHILE THE GFS
DEVELOPS A DEEPER LOW AND KEEPS IT ON A MORE NLY TRACK AS IT
APPROACHES THE CWFA ON TUES. EITHER WAY...THE END OF THE FCST PERIOD
SHOULD BE THE WETTEST AND MOST ACTIVE. TEMPS START OUT AROUND CLIMO
ON SUN AND STEADILY DROP THRU THE PERIOD WITH HIGHS ON DAYS 6 AND 7
ABOUT 7 TO 10 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL.
&&
.AVIATION /21Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY/...
AT KCLT AND ELSEWHERE... GUSTY WEST-SOUTHWEST (NORTHWEST AT KAVL)
WINDS WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON...WITH POTENTIAL FOR 25-30 KT
GUSTS AT TIMES. A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH INTO THE AREA LATE THIS AFTN
AND MOVE ACRSOSS THE REGION OVERNIGHT. MAINLY MID AND UPR LVL
MOISTURE WILL ACCOMPANY THE FRONT. A ISOLD TO SCATTERED SHRA ARE
EXPECTED O MOVE INTO THE NC MTNS TO THE FOOTHILLS FROM THE NORTH.
CAN'T RULE OUT ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS DUE TO SOME ELEVATED CAPE.
HOWEVER...WILL REMOVE MENTION OF VCTS AT KAVL AND KHKY AS 12Z
GUIDANCE KEEPS MOST CONVECTION TO THEIR WEST. WINDS WILL SUBSIDE
AFTER SUNSET THIS EVENING WITH MID TO HIGH CLOUD CIGS MOVING ACROSS
THE AREA OVERNIGHT. HOWEVER...VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH
THE PERIOD.
OUTLOOK...A DRY HIGH PRES SYSTEM WILL BUILD IN THURSDAY THROUGH
FRIDAY...BEFORE ANOTHER WET STORM SYSTEM APPROACHES THE AREA FROM
THE WEST OVER THE WEEKEND ALONMG WITH RESTRICTIONS.
CONFIDENCE TABLE...
20-02Z 02-08Z 08-14Z 14-18Z
KCLT HIGH 100% HIGH 100% HIGH 100% HIGH 100%
KGSP HIGH 100% HIGH 100% HIGH 100% HIGH 100%
KAVL HIGH 100% HIGH 89% HIGH 100% HIGH 100%
KHKY HIGH 100% HIGH 100% HIGH 100% HIGH 100%
KGMU HIGH 100% HIGH 100% HIGH 100% HIGH 100%
KAND HIGH 100% HIGH 100% HIGH 100% HIGH 100%
THE PERCENTAGE REFLECTS THE NUMBER OF GUIDANCE MEMBERS AGREEING
WITH THE SCHEDULED TAF ISSUANCE FLIGHT RULE CATEGORY. COMPLETE HOURLY
EXPERIMENTAL AVIATION FORECAST CONSISTENCY TABLES AND ENSEMBLE FORECASTS
ARE AVAILABLE AT THE FOLLOWING LINK: (MUST BE LOWER CASE)
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/GSP/AVIATION_TABLES
&&
.GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...NONE.
NC...WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR NCZ033-049-050.
SC...NONE.
&&
SYNOPSIS...DEO
NEAR TERM...CDG/LG
SHORT TERM...WIMBERLEY
LONG TERM...JPT
AVIATION...LGHazardous weather outlook, Apr 22, 7:53 PM EDT, 53 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 753 PM EDT WED APR 22 2015 NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-501-503-505-507-509-240000- AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM- NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON- CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-BURKE MOUNTAINS-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS- RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-POLK MOUNTAINS- 753 PM EDT WED APR 22 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS REMAIN IN THE FORECAST THIS EVENING AS A WEAK COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH. THE PRIMARY THREATS WITH ANY OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ALONG WITH ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. ..THURSDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ..FRIDAY...FREEZE POSSIBLE. LIGHT WINDS AND CLEAR SKIES WILL ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO DROP INTO THE UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. ..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. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... NONE. GAZ026-028-029-NCZ035>037-056-057-068>072-082-502-504-506-508-510- SCZ004>014-019-240000- FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-CLEVELAND- LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION-GREATER CALDWELL- GREATER BURKE-EASTERN MCDOWELL-GREATER RUTHERFORD-EASTERN POLK- GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG- CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- 753 PM EDT WED APR 22 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA...THE FOOTHILLS OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND MOST OF UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. ..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. ..TUESDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... NONE. GAZ010-017-018-SCZ001>003-240000- RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS- GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS- 753 PM EDT WED APR 22 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND WESTERN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS REMAIN IN THE FORECAST THIS EVENING AS A WEAK COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH. THE PRIMARY THREATS WITH ANY OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ALONG WITH ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. ..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. ..TUESDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... NONE. CDG
In the hours before
Local storm report, Apr 22, 3:33 PM EDT, 5 hours 13 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
333 PM EDT WED APR 22 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0459 PM HAIL 3 SSE WOODRUFF 34.70N 82.01W
04/20/2015 E1.00 INCH SPARTANBURG SC PUBLIC
QUARTER SIZED HAIL FELL BRIEFLY. STRONG WIND GUST BUT DID
NOT FIND ANY DAMAGE.
&&
OUTLAWLocal storm report, Apr 22, 4:06 PM EDT, 4 hours 40 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
406 PM EDT WED APR 22 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0430 PM HAIL GAFFNEY 35.07N 81.66W
04/20/2015 E0.50 INCH CHEROKEE SC EMERGENCY MNGR
A REPORT OF MARBLE SIZED HAIL.
&&
OUTLAWThe office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 23, 3:47 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | GSP | Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Graham, Haywood and 9 more | 29 hr |
| Apr 22, 9:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Anderson | 41 min |
| Apr 22, 11:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Abbeville | 26 min |
| Apr 22, 11:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Abbeville, Cherokee, Chester, Greenwood, Laurens, Spartanburg and 2 more | 61 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Carolina, 2015Severe 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.