Alert archive / South Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2015
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 71, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 9, 7:44 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | 2 S Piedmont, SC | 1 INCH HAIL JUST SOUTH OF PIEDMONT, SC. |
| Jun 9, 8:00 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Se Williamston, SC | SCHP REPORTED A TREE DOWN ON LEE STEAM PLANT RD. |
| Jun 9, 8:10 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 4 Se Pelzer, SC | SCHP 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.
- 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
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 $$ 07
2 follow-up statements
391 WWUS52 KGSP 092358 SVSGSP SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 758 PM EDT TUE JUN 9 2015 SCC007-045-100030- /O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0071.000000T0000Z-150610T0030Z/ GREENVILLE SC-ANDERSON SC- 758 PM EDT TUE JUN 9 2015 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM EDT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL GREENVILLE AND NORTHEASTERN ANDERSON COUNTIES... AT 758 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MAULDIN...OR 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF WEST PELZER...MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... ANDERSON...PIEDMONT...BELTON...WILLIAMSTON...NORTHLAKE...WEST PELZER...DONALDSON CENTER...POWDERVILLE AND WEST GREENVILLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF BLOWING DOWN SCATTERED TREES AND POWER LINES. BRIEF LARGE HAIL MAY ALSO OCCUR. SEEK SHELTER INSIDE AN INTERIOR ROOM. THIS STORM IS ALSO PRODUCING EXTREMELY HEAVY RAINFALL. FLOODING OF DRAINAGE DITCHES AND LOW LYING AREAS MAY OCCUR. DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH AREAS WHERE WATER IS FLOWING OVER THE ROAD. PLEASE REPORT DAMAGING WINDS...HAIL...OR FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG BY CALLING TOLL FREE...1... 800...2 6 7...8 1 0 1...OR BY POSTING ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGE...OR TWEET IT USING HASHTAG NWSGSP. YOUR MESSAGE SHOULD DESCRIBE THE EVENT AND THE SPECIFIC LOCATION WHERE IT OCCURRED. && LAT...LON 3478 8252 3476 8232 3448 8236 3452 8273 TIME...MOT...LOC 2358Z 356DEG 6KT 3467 8240 $$ 07
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
$$
07What 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...WIMBERLEYHazardous 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.
&&
J07Local 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.
&&
LANESpecial 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
JPTLocal 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
&&
07Local 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.
&&
JPTSpecial 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
07The office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 9:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Oconee, Pickens | 41 min |
| Jun 8, 10:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Greenville, Oconee, Pickens | 40 min |
| Jun 8, 10:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Greenville, Pickens | 31 min |
| Jun 8, 11:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cherokee, Spartanburg | 28 min |
| Jun 8, 11:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cherokee, Laurens, Union, York | 32 min |
| Jun 9, 4:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Spartanburg | 33 min |
| Jun 9, 4:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Abbeville | 28 min |
| Jun 9, 4:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cherokee | 35 min |
| Jun 9, 5:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Spartanburg | 30 min |
| Jun 9, 5:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Greenville | 32 min |
| Jun 9, 5:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Spartanburg | 52 min |
| Jun 9, 5:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Greenville, Pickens | 49 min |
| Jun 9, 6:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Greenville, Pickens | 45 min |
| Jun 9, 6:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Greenville | 36 min |
| Jun 9, 6:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Anderson, Greenville | 41 min |
| Jun 9, 6:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | York | 23 min |
| Jun 9, 6:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Union | 25 min |
| Jun 9, 6:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Union | 27 min |
| Jun 9, 6:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Greenville, Laurens, Spartanburg | 51 min |
| Jun 9, 6:59 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Greenville, Laurens, Spartanburg | 2 hr |
| Jun 9, 7:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Greenville | 38 min |
| Jun 9, 7:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Chester | 52 min |
| Jun 9, 7:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Pickens | 28 min |
| Jun 9, 7:45 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | York | 60 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.