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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 76, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

June 17, 2015Haywood County, Jackson County, North Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 17, 2015, 7:00 PM EDT for Haywood County, Jackson County, North Carolina. It was in force for 45 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 17, 2015, 7:00 PM EDT (23:00 UTC)
Expired: Jun 17, 2015, 7:45 PM EDT
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Haywood County, NC, Jackson County, NC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:03 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 17, 7:25 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Cullowhee, NC	MANY TREES AND POWER LINES BLOWN DOWN IN AND AROUND THE CAMPUS OF WESTERN CAROLINA UNIVERSITY.

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 one storm report to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 25 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, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 255 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 614 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -81 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1362 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -27 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 7 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.

298 
WUUS52 KGSP 172300
SVRGSP
NCC087-099-172345-
/O.NEW.KGSP.SV.W.0076.150617T2300Z-150617T2345Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
700 PM EDT WED JUN 17 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL JACKSON COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
  SOUTH CENTRAL HAYWOOD COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...

* UNTIL 745 PM EDT

* AT 700 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 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SYLVA...OR
  NEAR CULLOWHEE...AND MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  SYLVA...WAYNESVILLE...CULLOWHEE...BALSAM...WEBSTER...DILLSBORO...
  B.R. PARKWAY...BALSAM GAP TO BLACK BALSAM AREA...B.R. PARKWAY...
  BLACK BALSAM TO MOUNT PISGAH...SUNBURST AND TUCKASEGEE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BRIEF DAMAGING WINDS WILL BLOW DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES OVER SMALL
AREAS. A BRIEF PERIOD OF LARGE HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE. 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 3551 8296 3531 8289 3531 8290 3529 8292
      3524 8293 3521 8322 3524 8322 3524 8323
      3538 8328
TIME...MOT...LOC 2300Z 253DEG 9KT 3532 8317 

$$

RWH

2 follow-up statements

532 
WWUS52 KGSP 172319
SVSGSP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
719 PM EDT WED JUN 17 2015

NCC087-099-172345-
/O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0076.000000T0000Z-150617T2345Z/
JACKSON NC-HAYWOOD NC-
719 PM EDT WED JUN 17 2015

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM EDT
FOR CENTRAL JACKSON AND SOUTH CENTRAL HAYWOOD COUNTIES...

AT 719 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 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SYLVA...OR OVER
CULLOWHEE...MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SYLVA...WAYNESVILLE...CULLOWHEE...BALSAM...WEBSTER...DILLSBORO...B.R.
PARKWAY...BALSAM GAP TO BLACK BALSAM AREA...B.R. PARKWAY...BLACK
BALSAM TO MOUNT PISGAH...SUNBURST AND TUCKASEGEE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BRIEF DAMAGING WINDS WILL BLOW DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES OVER SMALL
AREAS. A BRIEF PERIOD OF LARGE HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE. 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 3551 8296 3531 8289 3531 8290 3529 8292
      3524 8293 3521 8322 3524 8322 3524 8323
      3538 8328
TIME...MOT...LOC 2319Z 253DEG 5KT 3532 8317 

$$

RWH

243 
WWUS52 KGSP 172332
SVSGSP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
732 PM EDT WED JUN 17 2015

NCC087-099-172345-
/O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0076.000000T0000Z-150617T2345Z/
JACKSON NC-HAYWOOD NC-
732 PM EDT WED JUN 17 2015

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM EDT
FOR CENTRAL JACKSON AND SOUTH CENTRAL HAYWOOD COUNTIES...

AT 732 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 SOUTH OF WAYNESVILLE...OR NEAR
B.R. PARKWAY...BLACK BALSAM TO MOUNT PISGAH...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15
MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SYLVA...WAYNESVILLE...CULLOWHEE...BALSAM...WEBSTER...DILLSBORO...B.R.
PARKWAY...BALSAM GAP TO BLACK BALSAM AREA...B.R. PARKWAY...BLACK
BALSAM TO MOUNT PISGAH...SUNBURST AND TUCKASEGEE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BRIEF DAMAGING WINDS WILL BLOW DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES OVER SMALL
AREAS. A BRIEF PERIOD OF LARGE HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE. 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 3551 8296 3531 8289 3531 8290 3529 8292
      3524 8293 3521 8322 3524 8322 3524 8323
      3538 8328
TIME...MOT...LOC 2332Z 244DEG 11KT 3535 8305 

$$

RWH

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 17, 4:10 PM EDT, 2 hours 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 17, 4:10 PM EDT, 2 hours 50 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
410 PM EDT WED JUN 17 2015

.SYNOPSIS...
THE AREA OF DEEP HIGH PRESSURE IS GRADUALLY BEGINNING TO
WEAKEN...ALLOWING TEMPERATURES TO COOL SLIGHTLY. ABOVE AVERAGE
CHANCES OF AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL RETURN OVER THE
WEEKEND AS A MORE TYPICAL SUMMERTIME PATTERN DEVELOPS. YET ANOTHER
STRONG AND HOT RIDGE WILL APPROACH THE AREA BY THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK.

&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH THURSDAY/...
2015 UTC UPDATE...POPS HAVE BEEN INCREASED ALONG THE NC BLUE
RIDGE...NE GA MOUNTAINS...AND ELBERT COUNTY GA PER RADAR TRENDS. QPF
HAS BEEN ADJUSTED ACCORDINGLY. SKY COVER WAS UPDATED FROM VISIBLE
SATELLITE IMAGERY.

AS OF 230 PM EDT WEDNESDAY...SUBTROPICAL RIDGE REMAINS DOMINANT
ACROSS THE REGION LEADING TO ABUNDANT HEATING AND THUS DIURNALLY
FAVORED CONVECTION.  LATEST SPC MESOANALYSIS INDICATES A RATHER
UNSTABLE AIRMASS WITH DCAPES IN EXCESS OF 800-1000 JOULES...AND
SBCAPE NEARING/TOPPING 2000 JOULES.  LIKEWISE...WEAK SHEARING THANKS
TO THE UPPER ANTICYCLONE CONTINUES TO YIELD SLOW STORM MOTIONS AND
THEREBY A PREDOMINATELY PULSE THREAT.  THUS...THE FCST FEATURES
ISOLATED/SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE GREATEST PROBS RESIDING
OVER THE HIGH TERRAIN WHERE CAPPING IS WEAKEST.  PRIMARY THREATS
WITH ANY THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE DAMAGING MICROBURST POTENTIAL IN
ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL WITH THE TALLEST OF CELLS.  ALSO...LOCALIZED
HEAVY RAINFALL CANNOT BE RULED OUT DUE TO THE WEAK FLOW ALOFT.
OTHERWISE...DEWPOINTS HAVE MIXED OUT RATHER WELL ALLOWING FOR HEAT
INDEX VALUES TO REMAIN BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA.

COVERAGE WILL DECREASE WITH HEATING LOSS THIS EVENING LEADING TO A
MOSTLY DRY FCST FOR THE OVERNIGHT WITH ONLY LOW END SLIGHT CHANCE
POPS FAVORED ALONG THE TN LINE.  ANY LOCATIONS THAT RECEIVE
PRECIPITATION THIS AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY THE MTN VALLEYS...WILL BE
SUSCEPTIBLE TO PATCHY FOG OVERNIGHT.  OTHERWISE...MUCH THE SAME FOR
TOMORROW AS RIDGING HOLDS LEADING TO ISOLATED/SCATTERED AIRMASS
THUNDERSTORMS FAVORED BY HEATING.  HEAT INDEX VALUES ON THURSDAY ARE
EXPECTED TO REMAIN RATHER PERSISTENT WITH DAYS PAST THUS REACHING
JUST BELOW ANY ADVISORY CRITERIA...GIVEN THAT DEWPOINTS MIX OUT.
THEREFORE NO HEAT ADVISORY HEADLINES ARE EXPECTED.  TEMPERATURES ON
FRIDAY WILL TOP OUT IN THE MID/UPPER 90S OVER THE
PIEDMONT...DECREASING INTO THE MID/UPPER 80S OVER THE HIGHER
TERRAIN.

&&

.SHORT TERM /THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY/...
AS OF 235 PM WEDNESDAY...ANY TIME A REMNANT OF A TROPICAL CYCLONE IS
THROWN INTO THE MIX...UNCERTAINTY GOES UP...AND THAT WILL BE THE
CASE AS WE GO INTO THE WEEKEND. AS EXPECTED...AS THE REMNANT OF BILL
LIFTS OUT OF THE SRN PLAINS INTO THE OH VALLEY...THE MODEL GUIDANCE
STILL SUPPRESSES/SHUNTS THE UPPER ANTICYCLONE/RIDGE OFF TO THE
SOUTHEAST THRU SATURDAY. THAT SHOULD ALLOW A SUBTLE LOWERING OF HIGH
TEMPS JUST ENOUGH TO ALLEVIATE ANY HEAT INDEX CONCERNS...ALTHO IT
WILL STILL FEEL PLENTY WARM ENOUGH. ANY AIR MASS CHANGES WILL ALSO
BE SUBTLE...MEANING THAT WE SHOULD EXPECT A CONTINUATION OF THE
MAINLY DIURNAL SHOWERS AND STORMS FRIDAY AND INTO SATURDAY. THIS
SHOULD TAKE THE FORM OF MOST OF THE ACTIVITY DEVELOPING OVER THE
MTNS/BLUE RIDGE IN THE AFTERNOON...THEN MOVING OUT OVER THE
FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT IN THE EVENING. PRECIP CHANCES RAMP DOWN OVER
THE MTNS DURING THE OVERNIGHT...BUT THEN BACK UP ON THE TN BORDER IN
THE EARLY MORNING IN THE EVENT THAT UPSTREAM CONVECTION REMNANTS
REACH THE NC BORDER BY DAYBREAK. A FEW STRONG/SEVERE STORMS SHOULD
BE EXPECTED IN SPITE OF WEAK LAPSE RATES...BECAUSE OF SUFFICIENT MID
LEVEL DRY AIR AND LOW LEVEL DCAPE EACH DAY. A SOMEWHAT INTERESTING
DEVELOPMENT IN THE MODEL GUIDANCE ON SATURDAY IS THE PRESENTATION OF
THE REMNANT OF BILL AS MORE OF A CLASSIC OPEN SURFACE WAVE...WITH
THE WESTERN CAROLINAS IN A BROAD WARM SECTOR. THE MODELS SHOW LESS
OF A RESPONSE IN THE PRECIP FIELD...SO PERHAPS SOME WARMER AIR ALOFT
WILL CUT DOWN ON THE COVERAGE. HOWEVER...THIS WILL NOT REALLY BE
INDICATED YET...BECAUSE OF THE UNCERTAINTY.

&&

.LONG TERM /SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
AS OF 230 PM WEDNESDAY...GUIDANCE FOR THE MEDIUM RANGE IS IN GOOD
AGREEMENT AS FAR AS SYNOPTIC SCALE FEATURES. THE PERIOD BEGINS
SATURDAY NIGHT WITH THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION BILL BEING
ABSORBED INTO THE MEAN FLOW AND INTERACTING WITH SOME TYPE OF
BOUNDARY OVER THE OHIO RIVER VALLEY. THE BEST FORCING/MOISTURE
ASSOCIATED WITH THE REMNANTS APPEAR TO REMAIN TO THE NORTH OF THE
FORECAST AREA...SO IMPACTS FROM IT ON THE LOCAL AREA APPEAR QUITE
MINIMAL. WEST/SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW WILL BE MAINTAINED OVER THE AREA
HOWEVER...SO POP CHANCES WILL BE ELEVATED JUST ABOVE CLIMO FOR THE
REMAINDER OF THE WEEKEND. A WEAK BOUNDARY ASSOCIATED WITH AN UPPER
LEVEL TROUGH WILL SAG INTO THE MID-ATLANTIC STATES EARLY NEXT
WEEK...BUT WILL BECOME STATIONARY JUST NORTH OF OUR AREA. IMPACTS
FROM IT AGAIN ARE EXPECTED TO BE MINIMAL...WITH THE BIGGER FACTOR
BEING THE TYPICAL SUMMERTIME ATLANTIC SURFACE RIDGE DRIVING DIURNAL
POPS. ANOTHER STRONG H5 RIDGE WILL BE SWEPT INTO THE SOUTHEASTERN
CONUS BY MID-WEEK...AND ANOTHER HOT REGIME WITH SOMEWHAT SUPPRESSED
DIURNAL CONVECTION APPEARS LIKELY BY MID/LATE NEXT WEEK. HIGH
TEMPERATURES EARLY IN THE PERIOD WILL DROP FROM SHORT TERM
LEVELS...THOUGH WILL STILL STAY WELL ABOVE AVERAGE. MAX TEMPS COULD
ONCE AGAIN REACH ALMOST 10 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL BY THE END OF NEXT
WEEK.

&&

.AVIATION /20Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY/...
AT KCLT AND ELSEWHERE...VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL THROUGH THE TAF
CYCLE WITH THE POSSIBLE EXCEPTION OF AFTERNOON TSRA...AND FOG AT
KAVL.  ALL TAFS FEATURE LIGHT AND SOMEWHAT VARIABLE SW WINDS UNDER
SCT/BKN LOW VFR CU.  WX IS INTRODUCED AT ALL SITES OVER THE NEXT FEW
HOURS...EITHER IN THE FORM OF PREVAILING VCTS...OR BY MVFR TSRA
TEMPO GROUPS WHERE PROBS ARE THE GREATEST.  PRIMARY CONCERNS FOR ANY
TSRA THIS AFTERNOON WILL BE DAMAGING MICROBURST WINDS AS AREA DCAPES
ARE RATHER IMPRESSIVE...THUS ALL TEMPOS HAVE VRB GUSTS INCLUDED.
BEYOND THAT EXPECTING LOW VFR TO SCT TO HIGH LEVEL CIRRUS THROUGH
THE NIGHT.  GUIDANCE CONTINUES TO FAVOR MTN VALLEY FOG OVERNIGHT
THUS TAF REMAINS COMPLEMENTARY AT KAVL WHERE MVFR VISB IS CARRIED
THROUGH MID MORNING.  WINDS WILL VEER NW AND REMAIN LIGHT/CALM OVERNIGHT
BEFORE INCREASING BENEATH BUILDING CU LATE IN THE PERIOD.

OUTLOOK...NEAR NORMAL COVERAGE OF AFTN CONVECTION IS EXPECTED FOR
THE LATTER HALF OF THE WEEK WITH SCT COVERAGE OVER THE MTNS AND
ISOLATED OVER THE PIEDMONT. MORNING RESTRICTIONS DUE TO FOG AND/OR
STRATUS ARE POSSIBLE... PARTICULARLY WHERE HEAVY RAIN FELL THE
PREVIOUS DAY...AND IN MTN VALLEYS.

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 100%     HIGH 100%     HIGH 100%
KHKY       HIGH 100%     HIGH 100%     HIGH  95%     HIGH 100%
KGMU       HIGH 100%     HIGH 100%     HIGH 100%     HIGH 100%
KAND       HIGH 100%     HIGH 100%     HIGH  95%     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

&&

.CLIMATE...
RECORD MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES FOR WEDNESDAY JUNE 17TH...

 GSP  101 1887
 CLT  100 1943
 AVL   92 1936

RECORD MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES FOR THURSDAY JUNE 18TH...

 GSP  101 1887
 CLT   99 1944
 AVL   94 1944

RECORD MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES FOR FRIDAY JUNE 19TH...

 GSP  103 1887
 CLT  102 1944
 AVL   92 1931/1933

&&

.GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...NONE.
NC...NONE.
SC...NONE.

&&

SYNOPSIS...LEV
NEAR TERM...CDG/JAT
SHORT TERM...PM
LONG TERM...LEV
AVIATION...CDG
CLIMATE...

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 17, 5:57 PM EDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
557 PM EDT WED JUN 17 2015

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065-
068-069-501>510-SCZ001>005-182200-
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-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-
557 PM EDT WED JUN 17 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 ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS
EVENING OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS OF THE WESTERN CAROLINAS
AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA...THE NORTHWEST PIEDMONT OF NORTH
CAROLINA...AND THE UPPER SAVANNAH RIVER VALLEY OF GEORGIA AND
SOUTH CAROLINA. WHILE THE PRIMARY THREATS WILL BE FROM FREQUENT
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...A COUPLE OF
STORMS COULD BECOME BRIEFLY SEVERE...PRODUCING LOCALIZED DAMAGING
WINDS AND POSSIBLY LARGE HAIL.

.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...

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

NCZ070>072-082-SCZ006>014-019-182200-
GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-
CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-CHESTER-GREENWOOD-
557 PM EDT WED JUN 17 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA AND
UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING ACROSS MUCH OF
THE PIEDMONT OF THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA.
WHILE THE PRIMARY THREATS WILL BE FROM FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...A COUPLE OF STORMS COULD
BECOME BRIEFLY SEVERE...PRODUCING LOCALIZED DAMAGING WINDS AND
POSSIBLY LARGE HAIL.

.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...

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

07

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 17, 5:18 PM EDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
518 PM EDT WED JUN 17 2015

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

0438 PM     HAIL             3 ESE MARION            35.66N 81.96W
06/17/2015  E1.00 INCH       MCDOWELL           NC   BROADCAST MEDIA

            VOLUNTEER FIRE FIGHTER REPORTS QUARTER SIZED HAIL AT THE
            LOVES TRAVEL STOP AT EXIT 86 OFF INTERSTATE 40.

0400 PM     TSTM WND DMG     1 NE MARION             35.70N 82.00W
06/17/2015                   MCDOWELL           NC   BROADCAST MEDIA

            TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN AT INTERSECTION OF SCHOOL
            STREET AND VIRGINIA ROAD.

&&

OUTLAW

Special weather statement, Jun 17, 5:43 PM EDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
543 PM EDT WED JUN 17 2015

NCZ508-172215-
GREATER RUTHERFORD NC-
543 PM EDT WED JUN 17 2015

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF EASTERN RUTHERFORD
COUNTY UNTIL 615 PM EDT...

AT 543 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4
MILES NORTH OF RUTHERFORDTON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

PEA SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
FOREST CITY...RUTHERFORDTON...SPINDALE...ELLENBORO...BOSTIC...GREEN
HILL...CAROLEEN...HENRIETTA...UNION MILLS AND HARRIS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

GUSTY WINDS CAN BLOW DOWN TREES THAT ARE DEAD...OR THAT HAVE WEAKENED
ROOT SYSTEMS. OUTDOOR FURNITURE AND SIMILAR ITEMS CAN BE TOSSED
AROUND IF NOT ANCHORED. SEEK SHELTER INDOORS.

FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. 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 3542 8170 3535 8170 3530 8173 3518 8184
      3539 8209 3553 8196 3553 8193
TIME...MOT...LOC 2143Z 307DEG 14KT 3542 8195

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Special weather statement, Jun 17, 6:20 PM EDT, 40 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
620 PM EDT WED JUN 17 2015

NCZ053-172245-
BUNCOMBE NC-
620 PM EDT WED JUN 17 2015

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF CENTRAL BUNCOMBE
COUNTY UNTIL 645 PM EDT...

AT 619 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 10
MILES WEST OF WEST ASHEVILLE...OR 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LEICESTER...
MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

HALF INCH HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
NORTH ASHEVILLE...WEST ASHEVILLE...DOWNTOWN ASHEVILLE...EAST
ASHEVILLE...ARDEN...SKYLAND...WOODFIN...WEAVERVILLE...BILTMORE FOREST
AND B.R. PARKWAY...EAST ASHEVILLE TO CRAGGY GARDENS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

GUSTY WINDS CAN BLOW DOWN TREES THAT ARE DEAD...OR THAT HAVE WEAKENED
ROOT SYSTEMS. OUTDOOR FURNITURE AND SIMILAR ITEMS CAN BE TOSSED
AROUND IF NOT ANCHORED. SEEK SHELTER INDOORS.

FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. 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 3572 8244 3546 8245 3545 8246 3550 8278
      3553 8278 3554 8277 3560 8280 3563 8281
      3562 8284 3569 8284 3569 8279
TIME...MOT...LOC 2219Z 272DEG 19KT 3560 8276

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Special weather statement, Jun 17, 6:26 PM EDT, 34 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
626 PM EDT WED JUN 17 2015

NCZ065-509-172300-
POLK MOUNTAINS NC-HENDERSON NC-
626 PM EDT WED JUN 17 2015

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF NORTHWESTERN POLK
AND NORTHEASTERN HENDERSON COUNTIES UNTIL 700 PM EDT...

AT 626 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6
MILES EAST OF HENDERSONVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

PEA SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HENDERSONVILLE...BAT CAVE...SALUDA...CHIMNEY ROCK STATE PARK...
DANA...EDNEYVILLE AND GERTON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

GUSTY WINDS CAN BLOW DOWN TREES THAT ARE DEAD...OR THAT HAVE WEAKENED
ROOT SYSTEMS. OUTDOOR FURNITURE AND SIMILAR ITEMS CAN BE TOSSED
AROUND IF NOT ANCHORED. SEEK SHELTER INDOORS.

FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. 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 3547 8227 3544 8228 3539 8226 3540 8225
      3540 8220 3529 8229 3527 8229 3524 8234
      3537 8249 3547 8240 3546 8237 3548 8237
TIME...MOT...LOC 2226Z 226DEG 10KT 3536 8235

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Special weather statement, Jun 17, 6:48 PM EDT, 12 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
648 PM EDT WED JUN 17 2015

NCZ053-172315-
BUNCOMBE NC-
648 PM EDT WED JUN 17 2015

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF NORTHWESTERN
BUNCOMBE COUNTY UNTIL 715 PM EDT...

AT 648 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 10
MILES SOUTH OF MARSHALL...OR NEAR LEICESTER...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

PEA SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
NORTH ASHEVILLE...WEST ASHEVILLE...DOWNTOWN ASHEVILLE...EAST
ASHEVILLE...WOODFIN...WEAVERVILLE...LEICESTER...UNC ASHEVILLE...ENKA
AND CANTO.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

GUSTY WINDS CAN BLOW DOWN TREES THAT ARE DEAD...OR THAT HAVE WEAKENED
ROOT SYSTEMS. OUTDOOR FURNITURE AND SIMILAR ITEMS CAN BE TOSSED
AROUND IF NOT ANCHORED. SEEK SHELTER INDOORS.

FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. 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 3557 8250 3554 8277 3560 8280 3563 8281
      3562 8283 3569 8286 3570 8285 3569 8281
      3570 8275 3571 8275 3572 8271 3573 8271
      3573 8267 3574 8267 3578 8257
TIME...MOT...LOC 2248Z 253DEG 9KT 3566 8275

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Special weather statement, Jun 17, 6:56 PM EDT, 4 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
656 PM EDT WED JUN 17 2015

NCZ059-063-172330-
SOUTHERN JACKSON NC-NORTHERN JACKSON NC-
656 PM EDT WED JUN 17 2015

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF CENTRAL JACKSON
COUNTY UNTIL 730 PM EDT...

AT 656 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6
MILES SOUTHEAST OF SYLVA...OR NEAR CULLOWHEE...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

PEA SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SYLVA...CULLOWHEE...BALSAM...WEBSTER...B.R. PARKWAY...BLACK BALSAM TO
MOUNT PISGAH...B.R. PARKWAY...BALSAM GAP TO BLACK BALSAM AREA...
DILLSBORO...LAKE GLENVILLE...SAVANNAH AND TUCKASEGEE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

GUSTY WINDS CAN BLOW DOWN TREES THAT ARE DEAD...OR THAT HAVE WEAKENED
ROOT SYSTEMS. OUTDOOR FURNITURE AND SIMILAR ITEMS CAN BE TOSSED
AROUND IF NOT ANCHORED. SEEK SHELTER INDOORS.

FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. 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 3544 8308 3542 8305 3540 8304 3538 8302
      3537 8299 3532 8296 3530 8292 3526 8292
      3523 8293 3522 8296 3521 8296 3517 8322
      3518 8323 3521 8322 3524 8322 3523 8326
      3533 8333
TIME...MOT...LOC 2256Z 253DEG 9KT 3530 8314

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 17, 2:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	McDowell	32 min
Jun 17, 3:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Burke	34 min
Jun 17, 3:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Alexander	26 min
Jun 17, 3:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Burke, McDowell	58 min
Jun 17, 3:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Henderson, Polk	53 min
Jun 17, 3:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Burke, McDowell, Rutherford	50 min
Jun 17, 4:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Burke, McDowell, Rutherford	49 min
Jun 17, 5:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Rutherford	32 min
Jun 17, 6:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Buncombe	25 min
Jun 17, 6:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Henderson	34 min
Jun 17, 6:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Buncombe	27 min
Jun 17, 6:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Jackson	34 min
Jun 17, 7:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Mitchell, Yancey	31 min
Jun 17, 7:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Madison	23 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.