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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 48, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 1, 2015, 5:43 PM EDT for 5 counties in North Carolina. It was in force for 47 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 1, 2015, 5:43 PM EDT (21:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 1, 2015, 6:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Avery County, NC, Burke County, NC, Caldwell County, NC, McDowell County, NC, Mitchell County, NC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 134 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:45 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 6:24 PM EDT | HAIL 0.88 | 1 N Upton, NC |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
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 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 173 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
- 336 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -93 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 996 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 7 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -3 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
635
WUUS52 KGSP 012143
SVRGSP
NCC011-023-027-111-121-012230-
/O.NEW.KGSP.SV.W.0048.150601T2143Z-150601T2230Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
543 PM EDT MON JUN 1 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN CALDWELL COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
NORTHWESTERN BURKE COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
SOUTHEASTERN MITCHELL COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
AVERY COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
NORTHEASTERN MCDOWELL COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 630 PM EDT
* AT 543 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF SPRUCE
PINE...OR OVER LINVILLE FALLS...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
NEWLAND...CROSSNORE...SUGAR MOUNTAIN...SEVEN DEVILS...GRANDFATHER
MOUNTAIN...GRANDFATHER MOUNTAIN STATE PARK...LINVILLE FALLS...B.R.
PARKWAY...LINVILLE FALLS TO GRANDFATHER...NORTH COVE AND UPTON.
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 3611 8181 3612 8168 3599 8154 3581 8206
3603 8207 3616 8183
TIME...MOT...LOC 2143Z 246DEG 23KT 3597 8197
$$
MOORE1 follow-up statement
934
WWUS52 KGSP 012207
SVSGSP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
607 PM EDT MON JUN 1 2015
NCC121-012216-
/O.CAN.KGSP.SV.W.0048.000000T0000Z-150601T2230Z/
MITCHELL NC-
607 PM EDT MON JUN 1 2015
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN MITCHELL COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF
MITCHELL COUNTY. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 3616 8183 3611 8181 3612 8168 3599 8154
3581 8206 3588 8203 3588 8201 3589 8198
3591 8198 3593 8202 3608 8196
TIME...MOT...LOC 2206Z 243DEG 26KT 3600 8179
$$
NCC011-023-027-111-012230-
/O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0048.000000T0000Z-150601T2230Z/
CALDWELL NC-BURKE NC-AVERY NC-MCDOWELL NC-
607 PM EDT MON JUN 1 2015
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM EDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN CALDWELL...NORTHWESTERN BURKE...SOUTHEASTERN AVERY
AND NORTHEASTERN MCDOWELL COUNTIES...
AT 606 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE
OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF NEWLAND...OR 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF B.R.
PARKWAY...LINVILLE FALLS TO GRANDFATHER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
PENNY SIZE HAIL MAY ALSO ACCOMPANY THE DAMAGING WINDS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
NEWLAND...CROSSNORE...SUGAR MOUNTAIN...SEVEN DEVILS...GRANDFATHER
MOUNTAIN...GRANDFATHER MOUNTAIN STATE PARK...LINVILLE FALLS...B.R.
PARKWAY...LINVILLE FALLS TO GRANDFATHER...NORTH COVE AND UPTON.
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 3616 8183 3611 8181 3612 8168 3599 8154
3581 8206 3588 8203 3588 8201 3589 8198
3591 8198 3593 8202 3608 8196
TIME...MOT...LOC 2206Z 243DEG 26KT 3600 8179
$$
MOOREWhat 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 1, 4:27 PM EDT, 1 hour 16 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 1, 4:27 PM EDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
427 PM EDT MON JUN 1 2015
.SYNOPSIS...
BERMUDA HIGH PRESSURE WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE REGION EARLY THIS
WEEK. AN UPPER LOW IS EXPECTED TO FORM OVER THE TENNESSEE VALLEY BY
TUESDAY...REMAINING JUST WEST OF OUR REGION FOR MUCH OF THE
WEEK...WHILE COOL CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD DOWN FROM THE
NORTH. THIS PATTERN WILL HELP ENHANCE LIFT AND MOISTURE RETURN INTO
THE AREA...CREATING ELEVATED CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS...AND KEEPING TEMPERATURES SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL.
&&
.NEAR TERM /THROUGH TUESDAY/...
AS OF 415 PM EDT MONDAY...SCATTERED CONVECTION UNDERWAY ACROSS THE
REGION...THE DEEPEST OF WHICH OCCURRING SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE 85
CORRIDOR WHERE MOST RECENT SPC MESO ANALYSIS INDICATES A CAPE MAXIMA
OF APPROX 2K J/KG. THE ATMOSPHERE FURTHER NORTH ACROSS THE NC
PIEDMONT REMAINS RELATIVELY UNTOUCHED/UNSTABLE THEREFORE CAM GUID
FAVORS MTN CONVECTION BREAKING CONTAINMENT THIS EVENING AND SLIDING
INTO THE REGION. INSTABILITY WILL LIKELY BE WANING AT THE
TIME...HOWEVER COULD STILL BE SUFFICIENT TO PRODUCE STRONG/SEVERE
CONVECTION. THUS THE HWO REMAINS UNCHANGED WITH THIS UPDATE. DID
TWEAK POPS TO ACCOUNT FOR RECENT RADAR TRENDS...ALONG WITH NEAR TERM
CAM GUIDANCE. OTHERWISE...TEMPERATURES/DEWPOINTS/SKY WERE ADJUSTED TO
REFLECTED LATEST OBSERVATIONS.
PREVIOUS DISCUSSION...
AS OF 150 PM...AREA TEMPS REACHING THE UPR 70S TO MID 80S ARE
RESULTING IN CONVECTIVE INITIATION...WITH RADAR RETURNS BLOSSOMING
ACRS THE CWFA. A SHARP UPPER TROF WILL BEGIN TO CLOSE OFF INTO A
COMPACT UPPER LOW OVER THE TN VALLEY...ENHANCING THE LIFT ACRS THE
AREA. POPS RAMP UP TO THE HIGH-END CHC IN THE SOUTHEAST TO
CATEGORICAL ALONG THE TN BORDER BY LATE AFTN. THE 12Z GSO/FFC
SOUNDINGS SHOWED A LOT OF MID LVL MOISTURE...WITH WEAK SHEAR AND
MODERATE LAPSE RATES. SO EXPECTING MAINLY GARDEN VARIETY
CONVECTION...WITH A COUPLE OF MARGINAL PULSE SEVERE STORMS
POSSIBLE...WITH WIND BEING THE MAIN THREAT.
CONVECTION SHUD DIMINISH TO JUST ISOLD BY THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...WITH
PLENTY OF DEBRIS CLOUDINESS PERSISTING. THE MOIST GROUND FROM THE
EXPECTED CONVECTION WILL SUPPORT PATCHY FOG AND LOW STRATUS AGAIN
TUESDAY MORNING. MIN TEMPS WILL BE A COUPLE CATEGORIES ABOVE NORMAL.
TUESDAY...THE UPPER LOW WILL SLOW DOWN OVER THE TN VALLEY...KEEPING
OUR AREA UNDER THE Q-VECTOR CONVERGENCE SIDE OF THE CIRCULATION.
MEANWHILE...A SFC FRONT WILL SAG SOUTHEAST INTO THE AREA...WITH AXIS
OF DEEP MOISTURE STILL IN PLACE. SO ANOTHER ROUND OF NUMEROUS TO
WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND TSTMS IS EXPECTED WITH DAYTIME HEATING. THE
SEVERE THREAT LOOKS EVEN MORE MARGINAL THAN MONDAY...WITH LOW DCAPE
AND WEAK SHEAR. TEMPS WILL ALSO BE HELD IN CHECK BY PLENTY OF CLOUD
COVER AND RELATIVELY EARLY CONVECTIVE INITIATION...GENERALLY A
CATEGORY OR SO BELOW NORMAL.
&&
.SHORT TERM /TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY/...
AS OF 215 PM MON...CLOSED UPPER LOW REMAINS NEARLY STATIONARY OVER
THE SRN APPALACHIANS WED THEN WEAKENS ON THU AS IT MOVES SLOWLY EAST
INTO THE CWFA. AT THE SFC...A WEAK SFC BOUNDARY MOVES EAST OF THE
AREA AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN FROM THE NE IN A CAD LIKE
CONFIGURATION. THIS SHOULD LEAD TO QUITE A BIT OF CONVECTIVE
COVERAGE EACH DAY...WITH A DIURNAL TREND. HOWEVER...COPIOUS LOW
LEVEL MOISTURE AND A SELY LOW LEVEL FLOW...ALONG WITH WEAK ELEVATED
INSTABILITY...WILL HELP KEEP CONVECTION AROUND DURING THE OVERNIGHTS
AND THE MORNINGS. THERE WILL BE A CHC OF ISOLATED SVR STORMS EACH
DAY WITH DAMAGING WINDS THE MAIN THREATS. HOWEVER...THE CHANCE OF
FLOODING WILL BE ON THE INCREASE GIVEN THE HIGH PW VALUES AND
POSSIBLE TRAINING OR BACK BUILDING OF CELLS. HIGHS WILL BE A LITTLE
BELOW NORMAL EACH DAY WHILE LOWS WILL BE A LITTLE ABOVE NORMAL.
&&
.LONG TERM /THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY/...
AS OF 2 PM MON...SMALL DIFFERENCES IN SYNOPTIC FEATURES OF
THE GFS AND ECMWF FOR THE MEDIUM RANGE AT LEAST ON FRIDAY AND
SATURDAY. UPPER LOW OPENS INTO THE GENERAL TROFINESS THURSDAY NIGHT
INTO FRIDAY WITH THE AFTERNOON WARMTH HELPING TO FUEL THE MORE
CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY. THE FORECAST THROUGH THE WEEKEND AND INTO
EARLY NEXT WEEK WILL DEPEND ON THE TIMING OF SHORTWAVES AND THE
BRIEF CALM OF HIGH PRESSURE RIDGING DOWN FROM THE NORTH. THE GFS
AND ECMWF DIFFER THE MOST IN THE DAY 6 AND 7 PORTION OF THE
FORECAST WHERE THE GFS CONTINUES ALMOST NONSTOP ACTIVITY AND THE EC
HAS SUNDAY AND MONDAY UNDER HIGH PRESSURE. BEST NOT TO MAKE MUCH
CHANGE IN THE PRIOR FORECAST TO SEE MORE CONSISTENCY TOWARD THE
LATER PERIODS. PM INSTABILITY FORECASTS HAVE TRENDED LOWER SO
PERHAPS LESS THUNDER AROUND NEXT WEEKEND. TEMPERATURES REMAIN TO BE
A LITTLE BELOW NORMAL.
&&
.AVIATION /21Z MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/...
AT KCLT...A CLUSTER OF SHOWERS WITHIN A SFC TROF WILL LIKELY TRACK
NEAR THE TERMINAL EARLY THIS MORNING...DEPARTING BY 14Z. I WILL
HIGHLIGHT THE CONVECTION WITH A VCSH IN THE INTIAL LINE. FORECAST
SOUNDINGS AND PERSISTENCE FOR RECENT MORNINGS SUPPORT THE FORMATION
OF MVFR STRATUS AROUND DAYBREAK...DISSIPATING BY 14Z. THE SFC TROF
WILL REMAIN THROUGH THE DAYLIGHT HOURS...RESULTING IN SOUTHWEST
WINDS THROUGH THE DAY. CAM MODELS INDICATE THAT A LINE OF TSRA WILL
DEVELOP OVER NRN GA AND THE UPSTATE OF SC THIS AFTERNOON...TRACKING
TO THE NORTHEAST...SIMILAR TO EARLY THIS MORNING. I WILL HIGHLIGHT
THE POTENTIAL FOR TSRA WITH A TEMPO FROM 19Z-23Z.
ELSEWHERE...THE PRIMARY FORECAST CHALLENGE WILL BE THE FORMATION OF
FOG AND LOW CLOUDS OVER WET GROUND...AT EACH TAF SITE THIS MORNING.
KAND HAS ALREADY OBSERVED VLIFR FOG CONDITIONS...WITH NEARBORING
SITES LIMITED TO IFR. GUIDANCE REMAINS QUITE MIXED AT THIS
TIME...HOWEVER...BASED ON THE NAM AND PERSISTENCE I WILL MENTION AT
LEAST A TEMPO FOR MVFR CEILINGS DURING THE EARLY DAYLIGHT HOURS EAST
OF THE MTNS. SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 5 TO 10 KTS AND CU BASED AROUND
050 SHOULD OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON. ANOTHER ROUND OF LATE AFTERNOON TO
EARLY EVENING TSRA APPEARS POSSIBLE WITH THE ARRIVAL OF A MID LEVEL
VORT...HIGHLIGHTED WITH A TEMPO. AREAS THAT RECEIVE RAINFALL WILL BE
PRIMED FOR FOG DEVELOPMENT LATE TONIGHT.
OUTLOOK...A MID LEVEL LOW IS FORECAST TO REMAIN ACROSS THE DEEP
SOUTH THROUGH THE WORK WEEK. DEEP MOISTURE WILL LINGER ACROSS
THE SOUTHEAST CONUS THROUGH THE WEEK. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY
DEVELOP EACH AFTERNOON AND EVENING. MORNING STRATUS AND FOG WILL
REMAIN A POSSIBILITY...ESPECIALLY OVER WET GROUND.
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% MED 79%
KAVL HIGH 100% HIGH 100% HIGH 95% HIGH 100%
KHKY HIGH 100% HIGH 100% HIGH 83% MED 79%
KGMU HIGH 100% HIGH 100% HIGH 100% MED 79%
KAND HIGH 88% 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...NONE.
SC...NONE.
&&
SYNOPSIS...DEO
NEAR TERM...ARK/CDG
SHORT TERM...RWH
LONG TERM...DEO
AVIATION...ARKHazardous weather outlook, Jun 1, 4:45 PM EDT, 58 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 445 PM EDT MON JUN 1 2015 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065- 068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-022045- 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- 445 PM EDT MON JUN 1 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING...WITH SOME FORMING CLUSTERS OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS. CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS FROM ANY THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND TONIGHT. HOWEVER...A FEW OF THE STORMS MAY PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. ISOLATED FLOODING COULD ALSO DEVELOP...ESPECIALLY IN LOCATIONS WHERE STORMS REPEATEDLY MOVE OVER THE SAME AREAS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. ..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. ..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. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... NONE.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 1, 4:17 PM EDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
417 PM EDT MON JUN 1 2015
SCZ009-012030-
YORK SC-
417 PM EDT MON JUN 1 2015
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN YORK
COUNTY UNTIL 430 PM EDT...
AT 416 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7
MILES EAST OF ROCK HILL...OR NEAR FORT MILL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15
MPH.
PEA SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LESSLIE...FORT MILL AND CATAWBA.
THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND
TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 3490 8088 3487 8088 3486 8087 3484 8087
3482 8090 3482 8097 3494 8098 3502 8091
3501 8091 3499 8089 3497 8088 3496 8087
3492 8086
TIME...MOT...LOC 2016Z 230DEG 15KT 3495 8090
MOORELocal storm report, Jun 1, 4:25 PM EDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
425 PM EDT MON JUN 01 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0330 PM HAIL 6 WNW LEICESTER 35.69N 82.79W
06/01/2015 E0.25 INCH BUNCOMBE NC COCORAHS
&&
KRENTZSpecial weather statement, Jun 1, 4:27 PM EDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
427 PM EDT MON JUN 1 2015
NCZ071-082-012115-
UNION NC-MECKLENBURG NC-
427 PM EDT MON JUN 1 2015
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN
MECKLENBURG AND NORTHWESTERN UNION COUNTIES UNTIL 515 PM EDT...
AT 427 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 11
MILES EAST OF ROCK HILL...OR OVER MARVIN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15
MPH.
PEA SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MONROE...MATTHEWS...MINT HILL...INDIAN TRAIL...WEDDINGTON...
STALLINGS...WESLEY CHAPEL...WAXHAW...LAKE PARK AND HEMBY BRIDGE.
THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND
TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 3487 8079 3494 8078 3506 8089 3526 8073
3503 8052
TIME...MOT...LOC 2027Z 230DEG 15KT 3500 8083
MOORESpecial weather statement, Jun 1, 4:53 PM EDT, 50 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
453 PM EDT MON JUN 1 2015
NCZ071-072-012130-
CABARRUS NC-MECKLENBURG NC-
453 PM EDT MON JUN 1 2015
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL
MECKLENBURG AND CENTRAL CABARRUS COUNTIES UNTIL 530 PM EDT...
AT 452 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8
MILES SOUTHEAST OF NORTHEAST CHARLOTTE...OR OVER REEDY CREEK PARK...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
PEA SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
DOWNTOWN CONCORD...KANNAPOLIS...NORTHEAST CHARLOTTE...MINT HILL...
HARRISBURG...HIDDEN VALLEY...EAST CHARLOTTE...CHARLOTTE MOTOR
SPEEDWAY...REEDY CREEK PARK AND WEST CONCORD.
THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND
TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 3535 8040 3518 8059 3513 8064 3524 8081
3550 8064 3537 8038
TIME...MOT...LOC 2052Z 215DEG 18KT 3525 8068
MOORESpecial weather statement, Jun 1, 5:08 PM EDT, 35 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
508 PM EDT MON JUN 1 2015
NCZ057-072-012215-
ROWAN NC-CABARRUS NC-
508 PM EDT MON JUN 1 2015
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN ROWAN
AND NORTHEASTERN CABARRUS COUNTIES UNTIL 615 PM EDT...
AT 507 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7
MILES EAST OF KANNAPOLIS...OR 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ROCKWELL...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
PEA SIZE HAIL...WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL RATES
UP TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
KANNAPOLIS...SALISBURY...SPENCER...GRANITE QUARRY...ROCKWELL...MT
PLEASANT...FAITH...HIGH ROCK LAKE...CHINA GROVE AND GOLD HILL.
THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND
TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 3551 8021 3550 8029 3544 8034 3538 8045
3548 8063 3574 8046 3572 8042 3572 8034
3571 8032 3568 8033 3567 8031 3563 8029
3562 8025 3558 8021 3555 8021 3554 8020
3553 8020
TIME...MOT...LOC 2107Z 215DEG 18KT 3550 8049
MOORESpecial weather statement, Jun 1, 5:28 PM EDT, 15 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
528 PM EDT MON JUN 1 2015
NCZ033-050-501-503-505-012200-
AVERY NC-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS NC-BURKE MOUNTAINS NC-
CALDWELL MOUNTAINS NC-MITCHELL NC-
528 PM EDT MON JUN 1 2015
...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF WEST
CENTRAL CALDWELL...NORTHWESTERN BURKE...SOUTHEASTERN MITCHELL...
SOUTHERN AVERY AND NORTHEASTERN MCDOWELL COUNTIES UNTIL 600 PM EDT...
AT 527 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A LINE OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR SPRUCE PINE TO 10
MILES NORTHWEST OF MARION...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
PEA SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE
STORMS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SPRUCE PINE...NEWLAND...CROSSNORE...GRANDFATHER MOUNTAIN...
GRANDFATHER MOUNTAIN STATE PARK...LINVILLE FALLS...B.R. PARKWAY...
LINVILLE FALLS TO GRANDFATHER...B.R. PARKWAY...LITTLE SWITZERLAND TO
LINVILLE...B.R. PARKWAY...CRAGGY TO LITTLE SWITZERLAND AND NORTH
COVE.
THESE STORMS MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND
TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 3611 8181 3611 8179 3606 8174 3589 8173
3580 8194 3576 8212 3599 8216 3613 8182
TIME...MOT...LOC 2127Z 246DEG 22KT 3595 8210 3582 8208
MOOREThe office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 11:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Burke | 26 min |
| Jun 1, 3:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Madison | 52 min |
| Jun 1, 3:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Buncombe | 33 min |
| Jun 1, 4:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Union | 48 min |
| Jun 1, 4:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cabarrus | 37 min |
| Jun 1, 5:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Rowan | 67 min |
| Jun 1, 5:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Avery | 32 min |
| Jun 1, 6:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Burke | 43 min |
| Jun 1, 7:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Burke | 26 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.