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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 71, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

June 9, 2015Anderson County, Greenville County, South Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 9, 2015, 7:40 PM EDT for Anderson County, Greenville County, South Carolina. It was in force for 50 min. 3 reports 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 9, 2015, 7:40 PM EDT (23:40 UTC)
Expired
Jun 9, 2015, 8:30 PM EDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Anderson County, SC, Greenville County, SC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 35 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:41 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 9, 7:44 PM EDTHAIL 12 S Piedmont, SC1 INCH HAIL JUST SOUTH OF PIEDMONT, SC.
Jun 9, 8:00 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG3 Se Williamston, SCSCHP REPORTED A TREE DOWN ON LEE STEAM PLANT RD.
Jun 9, 8:10 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG4 Se Pelzer, SCSCHP REPORTED A TREE DOWN ON BEECH SPRINGS RD.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

Did it verify

Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched 3 storm reports to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 4 minutes after it went out.

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

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 235 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, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2015-06-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1411 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, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2015-06-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 26 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
1411 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-49 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
861 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
26 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
41 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

628 
WUUS52 KGSP 092340
SVRGSP
SCC007-045-100030-
/O.NEW.KGSP.SV.W.0071.150609T2340Z-150610T0030Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
740 PM EDT TUE JUN 9 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTH CENTRAL GREENVILLE COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...
  NORTHEASTERN ANDERSON COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...

* UNTIL 830 PM EDT

* AT 740 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 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF EASLEY...OR
  NEAR PIEDMONT...AND MOVING SOUTH AT 20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  ANDERSON...PIEDMONT...BELTON...WILLIAMSTON...NORTHLAKE...WEST
  PELZER...DONALDSON CENTER...POWDERVILLE AND WEST GREENVILLE.

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.

THIS STORM IS ALSO PRODUCING EXTREMELY HEAVY RAINFALL. FLOODING OF
DRAINAGE DITCHES AND LOW LYING AREAS MAY OCCUR. DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH
AREAS WHERE WATER IS FLOWING OVER THE ROAD.

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 3478 8252 3476 8232 3448 8236 3452 8273
TIME...MOT...LOC 2340Z 019DEG 16KT 3468 8247 

$$

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2 follow-up statements
391 
WWUS52 KGSP 092358
SVSGSP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
758 PM EDT TUE JUN 9 2015

SCC007-045-100030-
/O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0071.000000T0000Z-150610T0030Z/
GREENVILLE SC-ANDERSON SC-
758 PM EDT TUE JUN 9 2015

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM EDT
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL GREENVILLE AND NORTHEASTERN ANDERSON COUNTIES...

AT 758 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 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MAULDIN...OR 4 MILES
NORTHEAST OF WEST PELZER...MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ANDERSON...PIEDMONT...BELTON...WILLIAMSTON...NORTHLAKE...WEST
PELZER...DONALDSON CENTER...POWDERVILLE AND WEST GREENVILLE.

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.

THIS STORM IS ALSO PRODUCING EXTREMELY HEAVY RAINFALL. FLOODING OF
DRAINAGE DITCHES AND LOW LYING AREAS MAY OCCUR. DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH
AREAS WHERE WATER IS FLOWING OVER THE ROAD.

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 3478 8252 3476 8232 3448 8236 3452 8273
TIME...MOT...LOC 2358Z 356DEG 6KT 3467 8240 

$$

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147 
WWUS52 KGSP 100022
SVSGSP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
822 PM EDT TUE JUN 9 2015

SCC007-045-100031-
/O.EXP.KGSP.SV.W.0071.000000T0000Z-150610T0030Z/
GREENVILLE SC-ANDERSON SC-
822 PM EDT TUE JUN 9 2015

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL GREENVILLE AND
NORTHEASTERN ANDERSON COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 830 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 HEAVY RAIN
IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

LAT...LON 3478 8252 3476 8232 3448 8236 3452 8273
TIME...MOT...LOC 0019Z 019DEG 16KT 3467 8240 

$$

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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 9, 2:50 PM EDT, 4 hours 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 9, 2:50 PM EDT, 4 hours 50 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
250 PM EDT TUE JUN 9 2015

.SYNOPSIS...
A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE JUST SOUTH OF OUR AREA TONIGHT AND THEN
DISSIPATE ON WEDNESDAY. AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WILL GRADUALLY BUILD
OVER OUR REGION FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK.  THE RIDGE WILL BE WELL
ESTABLISHED BY LATE WEEKEND AND WE EXPECT HOT TEMPERATURES GOING
INTO NEXT WEEK.

&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
AS OF 230 PM...THE REGION REMAINS UNDER CYCLONIC UPPER FLOW THIS
AFTN...BRISK ENOUGH THAT A LEE TROUGH HAS DEVELOPED OVER THE
PIEDMONT. HOWEVER THE BETTER DYNAMIC FORCING ASSOC WITH THE EMBEDDED
VORT MAX HAS NOW SET UP SOUTH AND EAST OF THE CWFA. A NEARLY
STATIONARY FRONTAL BOUNDARY REMAINS INVOF THE OHIO RIVER...THIS
BOUNDARY SEPARATING THE SUBTROPICAL AIRMASS OVER THE SOUTHEAST FROM
SOMEWHAT DRIER CONTINENTAL AIR OVER THE MIDWEST.

A DEWPOINT GRADIENT DOES EXIST ACRS THE UPSTATE...WHERE THE MORE
NORTHERLY FLOW BEHIND THE TROUGH HAS NOT YET REACHED. WITH MRNG
STRATUS AND CIRRUS BANDS HAVING DEPARTED...DIURNAL DESTABILIZATION
HAS GOTTEN UNDERWAY ACRS THE AREA...WITH CONGESTED CUMULUS SEEN OVER
THE BALSAMS AND SRN BLUE RIDGE ESCARPMENT...AND CLUSTERED TSTMS SEEN
OVER THE CSRA TO OUR SOUTH WITHIN THE MORE JUICY DEWPOINTS THERE.
OVERALL FORCING REMAINS RATHER WEAK AND IT APPEARS THE BEST
CONVECTIVE COVERAGE THIS AFTN WILL BE NEAR THE LEE TROUGH AXIS.
MAINTAINED SCT THUNDER IN THE LOWER PIEDMONT ZONES AND MAINLY ISOLD
MENTION ELSEWHERE. HIGH TEMPS LOOK TO BE ON TRACK. AS FAR AS THREATS
THIS AFTN...THE GREATEST THREAT FOR SEVERE APPEARS TO BE ALONG OUR
SRN FRINGE WHERE THE CAPE VALUES ARE MUCH HIGHER. HOWEVER PROFILES
ARE DRIER FURTHER NORTH IN THE CWFA...IMPLYING ENHANCED POTENTIAL
FOR DOWNBURSTS. SHEAR IS GENERALLY UNDER 20 KT ACRS THE AREA.

TONIGHT THE DIURNALLY DRIVEN CONVECTION SHOULD DIMINISH WITH THE
LOSS OF HEATING...BUT THE DEWPOINT GRADIENT AND/OR LEE TROUGH WILL
REMAIN LOCKED UP OVER SC. SOME GUIDANCE...MAINLY THE NAM...CONTINUES
TO FIRE ELEVATED CONVECTION OVER THIS BOUNDARY WELL INTO THE NIGHT.
HOWEVER AN INSPECTION OF ITS SOUNDINGS PUT THIS IN QUESTION. THERE
IS MUCH BETTER CONSENSUS FOR A NOCTURNAL LULL ANYWAY. THE BOUNDARY
HOWEVER MAY ENABLE LINGERING MOISTURE TO DEVELOP INTO A STRATUS
LAYER OVER PARTS OF THE UPSTATE AND CLT METRO AREA. MIN TEMPS ARE
EXPECTED TO BE SIMILAR TO THOSE THIS MRNG...A FEW DEGREES ABOVE
CLIMO.

ON WEDNESDAY...UPPER TROUGH CONTINUES TO LIFT AS THE SUBTROPICAL
RIDGE BEGINS TO DOMINATE THE PATTERN. LIGHT SOUTHERLY FLOW WILL
RESUME ACRS THE CWFA. POP DISTRIBUTION SHOULD RETURN TO A MORE
CLIMATOLOGICAL PATTERN HIGHLIGHTING THE SRN ESCARPMENT REGION.
INSTABILITY WILL BE MORE LIMITED...WITH BOTH THE GFS AND NAM
BECOMING UNSTABLE OVER MOST OF THE AREA. PROFILES WILL HAVE DRIED
OUT EVEN MORE...AND SHEAR WILL BE YET WEAKER DUE TO THE LOSS OF THE
UPPER GRADIENT. ISOLATED MICROBURSTS ARE LIKELY...IF NOT
SEVERE...WITH ANY CELLS THAT FIRE. MAX TEMPS WILL BE A CATEGORY OR
TWO ABOVE NORMAL.

&&

.SHORT TERM /WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY/...
AS OF 215 PM TUESDAY...ON THURSDAY...SHORT RANGE MODELS GENERALLY
AGREE THAT THE SOUTHEAST WILL REMAIN UNDER A BROAD H5 TROUGH. BOTH
THE NAM AND GFS INDICATE THAT LIGHT SOUTH WINDS WILL TRANSPORT
MOISTURE FROM THE GULF AND ATLANTIC AREAS...ESPECIALLY DURING THE
DAYLIGHT HOURS ON THURSDAY. THE GFS FORECAST SOUNDINGS INDICATE THAT
PW VALUES WILL INCREASE FROM 1.3 AT SUNRISE TO AROUND 1.6 BY THE
LATE AFTERNOON. AS A RESULT...I WILL FORECAST INCREASING CLOUD COVER
FROM THE SOUTH AFTER 12Z. FORECAST HIGHS WILL REMAIN SLIGHTLY COOLER
OVER THE UPPER SAVANNAH RIVER VALLEY DUE TO THE EARLY ONSET OF
BROKEN OVERCAST SKY COVER. I WILL FORECAST HIGHS FROM THE UPPER 80S
NEAR THE SC/GA LINE TO LOWER 90S ACROSS THE CHARLOTTE METRO
AREA...MOUNTAINS REMAINING IN THE LOW TO MID 80S. IT APPEARS THAT
SBCAPE VALUES WILL PEAK BETWEEN 1000-1500 DURING THE HEAT OF THE
AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...AREAS ACROSS THE I-77 CORRIDOR MAY SEE LOW
LEVEL CIN REMAIN THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. THEREFORE I WILL FAVOR THE
MOUNTAIN AREAS FOR POPS...INDICATING LOW LIKELY VALUES ACROSS THE
RIDGES. BY THE LATE AFTERNOON SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
SHOULD DRIFT OVER THE FOOTHILLS...SUPPORTING POPS AROUND 30 PERCENT.

ON FRIDAY...THE NAM INDICATES A VERY WEAK MID LEVEL LOW / TROUGH
WILL DRIFT ACROSS THE UPSTATE OF SC DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS.
AS A RESULT...MODEL INDICATES A BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
LIFTING NORTH ACROSS THE UPSTATE DURING THE PRE-DAWN HOURS...THE GFS
AND ECMWF REMAIN GENERALLY DRY DURING THIS TIME. I WILL BLEND THE
WETTER NAM WITH THE GFS AND ECMWF...INDICATING SLIGHT CHANCE POPS.
BY THE AFTERNOON HOURS MID LEVEL HEIGHTS ARE FORECAST TO RISE AS THE
CENTER OF A SUB-TROPICAL LOW APPROACHES THE ATLANTIC COAST OF
FLORIDA. FORECAST SOUNDINGS INDICATE LESS INSTABILITY ACROSS THE
FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT COMPARED TO THURSDAY. THE ENVIROMENT ACROSS
THE MOUNTAINS APPEARS GENERALLY UNCHANGED FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
THEREFORE I WILL LIMIT POPS ALONG AND EAST OF I-85 TO A SLIGHT
CHANCE. MOUNTAIN ZONES SHOULD SEE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE
AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. OVERALL TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE 2-
4 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL.

&&

.LONG TERM /FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY/...
AS OF 200 PM EDT TUESDAY...THE MEDIUM RANGE FCST PERIOD STARTS AT
00Z SATURDAY. AT THE SURFACE...BERMUDA HIGH PRESSURE WITH A
SUBTROPICAL RIDGE AT 500MB. THE MEDIUM RANGE MODELS ARE IN GOOD
AGREEMENT THAT THIS RIDGE WILL BECOME WELL ESTABLISHED BY LATE IN
THE WEEKEND AND CONTINUE INTO THE FIRST HALF OF NEXT WEEK.  500MB
HEIGHTS WILL HAVE AN ANTICYCLONE CLOSED CENTER OF AT LEAST 592. THIS
PATTERN WILL FAVOR RIDGE TOP CONVECTION WITH VERY LITTLE MOVEMENT.
AS SHOWERS AND STORMS DEVELOP...THEY WILL TEND TO RAIN THEMSELVES
OUT NEAR WHERE THEY FORMED. NOT MUCH CONVECTION OVER THE PIEDMONT.
HOWEVER...THE ECMWF IS TRENDING A BIT TOWARD RETROGRADING THE RIDGE
TO THE WEST WHICH MAY BRING CONVECTION AROUND THE TOP OF THE RIDGE
TO SPILL SE INTO THE CAROLINAS. ALSO...IF SOME VERSION OF A LEE
TROUGH WERE TO DEVELOP TOWARD MID WEEK...THIS WOULD HELP IN PIEDMONT
CONVECTION.  TEMPERATURES WILL BE WELL ABOVE NORMAL AND PERHAPS TEN
DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL WITH PIEDMONT HIGHS IN THE MID 90S NEXT WEEK.
IT IS POSSIBLE SOME PIEDMONT LOCATIONS COULD REACH UPPER 90S ON
TUESDAY.

&&

.AVIATION /19Z TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/...
AT KCLT...STRATOCU WILL FORM NEAR MVFR THRESHOLD BUT LIKELY LIFT TO
ABOUT 040 BEFORE FORMING A CIG. CONVECTION MAY DEEPEN INTO TSRA
ESPECIALLY ON ACCOUNT OF LEE TROUGH OVER THE PIEDMONT. BRIEF TEMPO
TO COVER THE CHANCE...BUT ACTIVITY IS PROGGED TO PROPAGATE SEWD AND
OUT OF THE AREA BY LATE AFTN. TONIGHT PLENTIFUL LOW LEVEL MOISTURE
WILL STILL BE PRESENT. THE UPPER HEIGHT GRADIENT WEAKENS BUT THE
AREA REMAINS UNDER CYCLONIC FLOW...AND A LINGERING BOUNDARY OR
TROUGH IS EXPECTED INVOF INTERSTATE 85. SOME GUIDANCE SHOWS LOW VFR
OR MVFR STRATUS DEVELOPING ALONG THAT BOUNDARY. HINTED AT THIS WITH
SCT LAYERS NEAR DAWN. WINDS WILL INITIALLY FAVOR WSW THIS AFTN...BUT
THE LEE TROF COULD BRING THEM CLOSER TO SW AT TIMES. NEARLY CALM
WINDS OVERNIGHT...COMING UP FROM THE SW AGAIN WED.

ELSEWHERE...WHILE DEEP CONVECTION THIS AFTN SHOULD BE MOST
WIDESPREAD OVER UPSTATE SC...A SMALL CHANCE EXISTS ACRS ALL SITES
AND ESP NEAR THE SRN FACING BLUE RIDGE. VCTS USED AS NEEDED TO COVER
LOW POPS. OTHERWISE MAINLY LOW VFR CU OR STRATOCU WILL BE SEEN WITH
LIGHT WLY TO SWLY BREEZES /NWLY AT KAVL/. TONIGHT LIGHT FOG IS
EXPECTED AROUND THE AREA WITH RESTRICTIVE CIGS NOT TOTALLY OUT OF
THE QUESTION OVER THE UPSTATE...WHERE A WEAK BOUNDARY OR TROUGH WILL
PERSIST. LOW VFR CU SHOULD POP OUT WED MRNG BUT PRECIP CHANCES ARE
TOO LOW TO MENTION UNTIL AFTER 18Z. WINDS WILL BE SOMEWHAT VRB EARLY
IN THE DAY...BUT WILL GENERALLY PREVAIL SOUTHERLY BY LATE MRNG.

OUTLOOK...HIGH PRESSURE RIDGING WILL REDEVELOP OVER THE SOUTHEAST
THROUGH LATE WEEK IN A TYPICAL SUMMERTIME PATTERN. ISOLD AFTN TSRA
ARE STILL POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY OVER THE MTNS. EACH MRNG SOME
RESTRICTIONS MAY OCCUR PARTICULARLY WHERE HEAVY RAIN FELL IN TSRA
THE PREVIOUS DAY.

CONFIDENCE TABLE...

            00-06Z        06-12Z        12-18Z        18-00Z
KCLT       HIGH 100%     HIGH  95%     HIGH  93%     HIGH 100%
KGSP       HIGH 100%     HIGH  97%     HIGH  99%     HIGH 100%
KAVL       MED   77%     MED   72%     HIGH  81%     HIGH 100%
KHKY       HIGH  88%     HIGH  88%     HIGH  85%     HIGH 100%
KGMU       HIGH 100%     HIGH  97%     HIGH  99%     HIGH 100%
KAND       HIGH 100%     HIGH 100%     HIGH  88%     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...WIMBERLEY
SHORT TERM...NED/HOY
LONG TERM...DEO
AVIATION...WIMBERLEY
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 9, 3:18 PM EDT, 4 hours 22 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
318 PM EDT TUE JUN 9 2015

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ051-052-058-059-062>065-068>072-082-
507>510-SCZ001>014-019-101930-
RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-GRAHAM-
NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-
CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION-
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-
318 PM EDT TUE JUN 9 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.

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO
DEVELOP ACROSS THE WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS EAST ACROSS
THE UPSTATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. SOME OF
THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD BE STRONG TO SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WIND
GUSTS...LARGE HAIL...AND HEAVY RAINFALL BEING THE PRIMARY 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.

NCZ033-035>037-048>050-053-056-057-501>506-101930-
AVERY-ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-BUNCOMBE-
CATAWBA-ROWAN-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-GREATER CALDWELL-BURKE MOUNTAINS-
GREATER BURKE-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-EASTERN MCDOWELL-
318 PM EDT TUE JUN 9 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA AND
WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.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

Local storm report, Jun 9, 7:01 PM EDT, 39 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
701 PM EDT TUE JUN 09 2015

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0645 PM     HAIL             4 ENE MAULDIN           34.81N 82.24W
06/09/2015  E0.50 INCH       GREENVILLE         SC   COCORAHS

            FIFTEEN MINUTE DURATATION.

&&

J07
Local storm report, Jun 9, 7:06 PM EDT, 34 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
706 PM EDT TUE JUN 09 2015

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0700 PM     HAIL             2 N SIMPSONVILLE        34.76N 82.26W
06/09/2015  E1.50 INCH       GREENVILLE         SC   TRAINED SPOTTER

            FORMER NWS EMPLOYEE REPORTS PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL
            BETWEEN SIMPSONVILLE AND FIVE FORKS.

&&

LANE
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 7:08 PM EDT, 32 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
708 PM EDT TUE JUN 9 2015

SCZ009-014-100000-
CHESTER SC-YORK SC-
708 PM EDT TUE JUN 9 2015

...A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF SOUTHWESTERN
YORK AND NORTHERN CHESTER COUNTIES UNTIL 800 PM EDT...

AT 707 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS
12 MILES NORTHWEST OF CHESTER...OR NEAR LOCKHART...MOVING SOUTHEAST
AT 10 MPH.

HALF INCH HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CHESTER...MCCONNELLS...RICHBURG...LOWRYS...CHESTER STATE PARK...
BULLOCK CREEK AND EDGEMOOR.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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
STORM APPROACHES.

&&

LAT...LON 3472 8093 3463 8138 3475 8147 3476 8145
      3478 8145 3481 8147 3481 8148 3482 8149
      3483 8146 3485 8145 3492 8109 3484 8099
TIME...MOT...LOC 2307Z 312DEG 7KT 3479 8141

JPT
Local storm report, Jun 9, 7:11 PM EDT, 29 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
711 PM EDT TUE JUN 09 2015

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0711 PM     HAIL             MAULDIN                 34.79N 82.30W
06/09/2015  E0.25 INCH       GREENVILLE         SC   PUBLIC

&&

07
Local storm report, Jun 9, 7:12 PM EDT, 28 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
712 PM EDT TUE JUN 09 2015

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0655 PM     HAIL             3 NNE SIMPSONVILLE      34.77N 82.24W
06/09/2015  E0.88 INCH       GREENVILLE         SC   NWS EMPLOYEE

            UP TO NICKEL SIZED HAIL NNE OF SIMPSONVILLE, SC.

&&

JPT
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 7:17 PM EDT, 23 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
717 PM EDT TUE JUN 9 2015

SCZ005-010-092345-
GREATER PICKENS SC-ANDERSON SC-
717 PM EDT TUE JUN 9 2015

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN PICKENS
AND NORTHEASTERN ANDERSON COUNTIES UNTIL 745 PM EDT...

AT 717 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4
MILES SOUTHWEST OF EASLEY...OR NEAR LIBERTY...MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH.

PEA SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
EASLEY...CLEMSON...PICKENS...POWDERVILLE...CENTRAL...LIBERTY...
NORRIS...PIEDMONT AND WELCOME.

LAT...LON 3469 8285 3488 8272 3482 8248 3479 8246
      3478 8246 3478 8245 3476 8246 3475 8246
      3467 8247 3461 8254
TIME...MOT...LOC 2317Z 017DEG 5KT 3479 8265

07

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 8, 9:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPOconee, Pickens41 min
Jun 8, 10:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPGreenville, Oconee, Pickens40 min
Jun 8, 10:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPGreenville, Pickens31 min
Jun 8, 11:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPCherokee, Spartanburg28 min
Jun 8, 11:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPCherokee, Laurens, Union, York32 min
Jun 9, 4:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPSpartanburg33 min
Jun 9, 4:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPAbbeville28 min
Jun 9, 4:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPCherokee35 min
Jun 9, 5:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPSpartanburg30 min
Jun 9, 5:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPGreenville32 min
Jun 9, 5:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPSpartanburg52 min
Jun 9, 5:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPGreenville, Pickens49 min
Jun 9, 6:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPGreenville, Pickens45 min
Jun 9, 6:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPGreenville36 min
Jun 9, 6:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPAnderson, Greenville41 min
Jun 9, 6:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPYork23 min
Jun 9, 6:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPUnion25 min
Jun 9, 6:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPUnion27 min
Jun 9, 6:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPGreenville, Laurens, Spartanburg51 min
Jun 9, 6:59 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPGreenville, Laurens, Spartanburg2 hr
Jun 9, 7:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPGreenville38 min
Jun 9, 7:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPChester52 min
Jun 9, 7:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPPickens28 min
Jun 9, 7:45 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPYork60 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.