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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 51, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

June 2, 2015Buncombe County, Henderson County, Transylvania County, North Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 2, 2015, 2:05 PM EDT for Buncombe County, Henderson County, Transylvania County, North Carolina. It was in force for 40 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
Jun 2, 2015, 2:05 PM EDT (18:05 UTC)
Expired
Jun 2, 2015, 2:45 PM EDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Buncombe County, NC, Henderson County, NC, Transylvania County, NC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:05 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 256 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 12:00Z on 2015-06-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 103 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 12:00Z on 2015-06-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 8 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
103 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-48 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
881 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
8 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
3 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 Jun 2, 10:31 AM EDT, 3 hours 34 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 2, 10:31 AM EDT, 3 hours 34 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 2, 4:11 AM EDT, 9 hours 54 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
411 AM EDT TUE JUN 2 2015

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065-
068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-030815-
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-
411 AM EDT TUE JUN 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.

A NEARLY STATIONARY FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL REMAIN IN PLACE ACROSS
THE WESTERN CAROLINAS TODAY...BENEATH AN AREA OF UPPER LEVEL LOW
PRESSURE. TOGETHER THESE FEATURES WILL DRIVE THE DEVELOPMENT OF
NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. THE GREATEST COVERAGE IS
EXPECTED IN THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON. CONDITIONS WILL BE
FAVORABLE FOR SEVERAL STORMS TO PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING
WINDS...PARTICULARLY EAST OF THE BLUE RIDGE.

.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...

SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF LARGE
HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...TORNADOES OR FLASH FLOODING TO OUR OFFICE.

WIMBERLEY

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 2, 12:52 PM EDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1252 PM EDT TUE JUN 2 2015

SCZ009-021715-
YORK SC-
1252 PM EDT TUE JUN 2 2015

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF WESTERN YORK COUNTY
UNTIL 115 PM EDT...

AT 1251 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 12
MILES SOUTHWEST OF YORK...OR 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SHARON...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

HALF INCH HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM. TORRENTIAL RAINFALL AT RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR
CAN BE EXPECTED AS WELL.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
YORK...SHARON...HICKORY GROVE...MCCONNELLS...SMYRNA AND BULLOCK
CREEK.

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 3493 8111 3482 8130 3482 8145 3483 8146
      3485 8145 3487 8147 3490 8148 3491 8147
      3494 8147 3494 8149 3495 8149 3512 8133
TIME...MOT...LOC 1651Z 226DEG 13KT 3489 8141

HG
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 12:55 PM EDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1255 PM EDT TUE JUN 2 2015

NCZ063-064-021730-
SOUTHERN JACKSON NC-TRANSYLVANIA NC-
1255 PM EDT TUE JUN 2 2015

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL JACKSON
AND TRANSYLVANIA COUNTIES UNTIL 130 PM EDT...

AT 1254 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 11
MILES WEST OF BREVARD...OR NEAR LAKE TOXAWAY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
15 MPH.

DIME SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM. TORRENTIAL RAINFALL AT RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR
ARE LIKELY AS WELL.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BREVARD...ROSMAN...LAKE TOXAWAY...LOOKING GLASS...GORGES STATE
PARK...CONNESTEE...BALSAM GROVE...WOLF MOUNTAIN AND SAPPHIRE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DIME TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL CAN CAUSE DAMAGE TO VEHICLES. CONSIDER
MOVING VEHICLES TO A COVERED STORAGE AREA BEFORE THE STORM ARRIVES.

&&

LAT...LON 3532 8284 3532 8283 3533 8283 3536 8276
      3512 8267 3513 8268 3513 8269 3511 8270
      3510 8269 3509 8271 3506 8297 3523 8304
TIME...MOT...LOC 1654Z 250DEG 14KT 3518 8292

HG
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 1:14 PM EDT, 51 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
114 PM EDT TUE JUN 2 2015

NCZ052-064-021745-
TRANSYLVANIA NC-HAYWOOD NC-
114 PM EDT TUE JUN 2 2015

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF NORTHEASTERN
TRANSYLVANIA AND SOUTHEASTERN HAYWOOD COUNTIES UNTIL 145 PM EDT...

AT 113 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9
MILES NORTH OF BREVARD...OR NEAR MOUNT PISGAH...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
10 MPH.

HALF INCH HAIL...WIND GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL
RATES UP TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MOUNT PISGAH...LOOKING GLASS...GRAVEYARD FIELDS...B.R. PARKWAY...
BLACK BALSAM TO MOUNT PISGAH...NORTH TRANSYLVANIA...PENROSE AND
CRUSO.

LAT...LON 3547 8280 3546 8278 3544 8278 3542 8274
      3530 8262 3529 8262 3529 8261 3527 8261
      3526 8285 3543 8291
TIME...MOT...LOC 1713Z 254DEG 5KT 3537 8280

HG
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 1:18 PM EDT, 47 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
118 PM EDT TUE JUN 2 2015

SCZ009-013-014-021745-
CHESTER SC-YORK SC-UNION SC-
118 PM EDT TUE JUN 2 2015

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF NORTHEASTERN
UNION...SOUTHWESTERN YORK AND NORTHWESTERN CHESTER COUNTIES UNTIL 145
PM EDT...

AT 117 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
UNION...OR OVER MONARCH MILL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

HALF INCH HAIL...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL
RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
UNION...MONARCH MILL...LOCKHART...BULLOCK CREEK...SANTUC AND
ADAMSBURG.

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 3470 8166 3488 8157 3487 8156 3487 8154
      3488 8153 3487 8153 3488 8152 3487 8149
      3484 8146 3490 8148 3492 8147 3481 8126
      3461 8148
TIME...MOT...LOC 1717Z 212DEG 11KT 3469 8155

HG
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 1:55 PM EDT, 10 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
155 PM EDT TUE JUN 2 2015

SCZ009-021830-
YORK SC-
155 PM EDT TUE JUN 2 2015

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF EASTERN YORK COUNTY
UNTIL 230 PM EDT...

AT 154 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
ROCK HILL...OR OVER NEWPORT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

PEA SIZE HAIL...WIND GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH...AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL
RATES UP TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ROCK HILL...YORK...FORT MILL...TEGA CAY...NEWPORT...TOWN OF LAKE
WYLIE...CAROWINDS AND LESSLIE.

LAT...LON 3484 8111 3499 8123 3513 8105 3511 8103
      3509 8106 3506 8106 3504 8104 3511 8093
      3508 8091 3503 8090 3501 8091 3499 8089
      3497 8089 3496 8087 3494 8087
TIME...MOT...LOC 1754Z 235DEG 15KT 3496 8110

HG
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 1:58 PM EDT, 7 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
158 PM EDT TUE JUN 2 2015

NCZ053-064-065-021830-
BUNCOMBE NC-TRANSYLVANIA NC-HENDERSON NC-
158 PM EDT TUE JUN 2 2015

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF NORTHEASTERN
TRANSYLVANIA...SOUTH CENTRAL BUNCOMBE AND NORTHWESTERN HENDERSON
COUNTIES UNTIL 230 PM EDT...

AT 158 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7
MILES NORTHEAST OF BREVARD...OR NEAR ETOWAH...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
20 MPH.

PEA SIZE HAIL...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH...AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL
RATES UP TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WEST ASHEVILLE...DOWNTOWN ASHEVILLE...EAST ASHEVILLE...BREVARD...
ARDEN...ASHEVILLE AIRPORT...SKYLAND...MILLS RIVER...FLETCHER AND
ETOWAH.

LAT...LON 3548 8234 3522 8263 3532 8281 3541 8276
      3541 8275 3542 8275 3563 8261
TIME...MOT...LOC 1758Z 214DEG 21KT 3533 8267

HG

The office that day

Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 1, 9:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPLincoln25 min
Jun 1, 9:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPLincoln34 min
Jun 2, 12:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPAvery37 min
Jun 2, 12:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPTransylvania35 min
Jun 2, 1:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPTransylvania31 min
Jun 2, 1:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPHenderson32 min
Jun 2, 2:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPMecklenburg36 min
Jun 2, 2:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPCabarrus, Mecklenburg, Union39 min
Jun 2, 2:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPHenderson40 min
Jun 2, 2:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPTransylvania36 min
Jun 2, 3:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPAvery28 min
Jun 2, 3:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPUnion30 min
Jun 2, 3:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPJackson26 min
Jun 2, 3:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPMcDowell33 min
Jun 2, 4:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPAlexander37 min
Jun 2, 5:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPRutherford29 min
Jun 2, 5:29 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningGSPAlexander3 hr
Jun 2, 5:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPPolk, Rutherford42 min
Jun 2, 5:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPAlexander, Catawba36 min
Jun 2, 5:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPAlexander, Catawba, Iredell41 min
Jun 2, 6:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPCleveland42 min
Jun 2, 6:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPDavie, Iredell, Rowan54 min
Jun 2, 6:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPSwain65 min
Jun 2, 7:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPDavie31 min
Jun 1, 8:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPCherokee29 min
Jun 2, 12:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPYork23 min
Jun 2, 1:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPYork29 min
Jun 2, 1:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPUnion27 min
Jun 2, 1:40 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPYork110 min
Jun 2, 1:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPYork35 min
Jun 2, 2:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPUnion24 min
Jun 2, 3:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPLaurens26 min
Jun 2, 3:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPGreenwood34 min
Jun 2, 3:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPPickens29 min
Jun 2, 4:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPUnion28 min
Jun 2, 4:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPGreenville25 min
Jun 2, 4:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPAnderson35 min
Jun 2, 4:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPSpartanburg33 min
Jun 2, 6:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPCherokee28 min
Jun 2, 3:58 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPHabersham, Rabun, Stephens32 min
Jun 2, 4:54 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPFranklin36 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North 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.