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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 87, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

June 18, 2015Habersham County, Rabun County, Georgia

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 18, 2015, 5:33 PM EDT for Habersham County, Rabun County, Georgia. It was in force for 42 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 18, 2015, 5:33 PM EDT (21:33 UTC)
Expired
Jun 18, 2015, 6:15 PM EDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Habersham County, GA, Rabun County, GA

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:36 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 18, 5:42 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGBatesville, GAPOWER LINE DOWN AND TREE BLOWN DOWN NEAR BATESVILLE.

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 9 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, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 182 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 2015-06-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1028 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 2015-06-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -7 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1028 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-79 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1226 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-7 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
54 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

289 
WUUS52 KGSP 182133
SVRGSP
GAC137-241-182215-
/O.NEW.KGSP.SV.W.0087.150618T2133Z-150618T2215Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
533 PM EDT THU JUN 18 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN HABERSHAM COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN GEORGIA...
  SOUTHWESTERN RABUN COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN GEORGIA...

* UNTIL 615 PM EDT

* AT 533 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM
  WAS LOCATED 9 MILES NORTH OF CLARKESVILLE...OR 5 MILES SOUTH OF
  LAKE BURTON...AND MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. PENNY SIZE HAIL MAY ALSO
  ACCOMPANY THE DAMAGING WINDS.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  TALLULAH FALLS...TALLULAH GORGE STATE PARK...LAKE BURTON...
  LAKEMONT...LAKE RABUN...BATESVILLE...TURNERVILLE...SEED LAKE...
  TIGER AND HOLLYWOOD.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF BLOWING DOWN SCATTERED TREES AND POWER
LINES. BRIEF LARGE HAIL MAY ALSO OCCUR. SEEK SHELTER INSIDE AN
INTERIOR ROOM.

PLEASE REPORT DAMAGING WINDS...HAIL...OR FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG BY CALLING TOLL FREE...1...
800...2 6 7...8 1 0 1...OR BY POSTING ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGE...OR TWEET
IT USING HASHTAG NWSGSP. YOUR MESSAGE SHOULD DESCRIBE THE EVENT AND
THE SPECIFIC LOCATION WHERE IT OCCURRED.

&&

LAT...LON 3482 8363 3486 8328 3480 8331 3479 8332
      3477 8332 3474 8334 3473 8335 3471 8335
      3465 8338 3468 8363 3473 8363 3473 8362
TIME...MOT...LOC 2133Z 269DEG 14KT 3475 8356 

$$

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1 follow-up statement
921 
WWUS52 KGSP 182154
SVSGSP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
554 PM EDT THU JUN 18 2015

GAC137-241-182215-
/O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0087.000000T0000Z-150618T2215Z/
HABERSHAM GA-RABUN GA-
554 PM EDT THU JUN 18 2015

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM EDT
FOR NORTHERN HABERSHAM AND SOUTHWESTERN RABUN COUNTIES...

AT 554 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED ANOTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS NEW 
STORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES NORTH OF CLARKESVILLE...OR 4 MILES SOUTH 
OF LAKE BURTON...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. PENNY SIZE HAIL MAY ALSO 
ACCOMPANY THE DAMAGING WINDS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
TALLULAH FALLS...TALLULAH GORGE STATE PARK...LAKE BURTON...
LAKEMONT...LAKE RABUN...BATESVILLE...TURNERVILLE...SEED LAKE...TIGER
AND HOLLYWOOD.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF BLOWING DOWN SCATTERED TREES AND POWER
LINES. BRIEF LARGE HAIL MAY ALSO OCCUR. SEEK SHELTER INSIDE AN
INTERIOR ROOM.

PLEASE REPORT DAMAGING WINDS...HAIL...OR FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG BY CALLING TOLL FREE...1...
800...2 6 7...8 1 0 1...OR BY POSTING ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGE...OR TWEET
IT USING HASHTAG NWSGSP. YOUR MESSAGE SHOULD DESCRIBE THE EVENT AND
THE SPECIFIC LOCATION WHERE IT OCCURRED.

&&

LAT...LON 3482 8363 3486 8328 3480 8331 3479 8332
      3477 8332 3474 8334 3473 8335 3471 8335
      3465 8338 3468 8363 3473 8363 3473 8362
TIME...MOT...LOC 2154Z 264DEG 11KT 3476 8357 

$$

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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 18, 4:56 PM EDT, 37 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 18, 4:56 PM EDT, 37 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
456 PM EDT THU JUN 18 2015

.SYNOPSIS...
AN AREA OF DEEP HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO GRADUALLY
WEAKEN...ALLOWING FOR SLIGHTLY COOLER TEMPERATURES AND A TYPICAL
SUMMERTIME PATTERN OF AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FOR THE
REMAINDER OF THE WEEK. YET ANOTHER STRONG AND HOT UPPER RIDGE WILL
BEGIN BUILDING OVER THE AREA EARLY NEXT WEEK...BUT A COLD FRONT
ARRIVING TUESDAY OR WEDNESDAY MAY PROVIDE SOME RELIEF.

&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH FRIDAY/...
2100 UTC UPDATE...SKY COVER WAS UPDATED PER SATELLITE IMAGERY. POPS
AND QPF WERE ADJUSTED PER RADAR TRENDS...FAVORING THE BLUE RIDGE AND
UPPER SAVANNAH RIVER VALLEY.

AS OF 245 PM EDT THURSDAY...UPPER ANTICYCLONE WILL CONTINUE TO
PREVAIL THROUGH THE PERIOD...ALTHOUGH SLOWLY FLATTENING OUT ON
FRIDAY.  CURRENTLY...SCATTERED CONVECTION CONTINUES TO DEVELOP
AMONGST A RATHER UNSTABLE AIRMASS.  LATEST SPC MESOANALYSIS
CONTINUES INDICATE UPWARDS OF 2500J/KG SPC CAPE ALONG WITH NEARLY
1500J/KG DCAPE.  THIS SETUP IS HIGHLY SUPPORTIVE OF MICROBURSTS
WITHIN THE TALLEST OF PULSE UPDRAFTS.  ADDITIONALLY...ABUNDANT CAPE
IN THE HAIL GROWTH ZONE IS SUPPORTIVE OF SVR HAIL DESPITE FZ LEVELS
IN EXCESS OF 14KFT.  THUS...THE FCST FEATURES SCATTERED CONVECTION
THROUGH THE EVENING BEFORE POPS TAPER WITH HEATING LOSS AFTER SUNSET.

THE CENTER OF THE UPPER HIGH WILL SLIDE EAST THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT
AND EFFECTIVELY ALLOW FOR GRADUAL HEIGHT FALLS INTO FRIDAY.  AS
SUCH...TEMPERATURES ARE FCST TO BE A FEW DEGREES COOLER THAN DAYS
PAST WHICH WILL LEAD TO LESS INSTABILITY AVAILABLE FOR CONVECTION.
THAT SAID...WEAKER INHIBITION THANKS TO THE MIGRATION OF THE RIDGE
WILL OFFSET SUCH...ALLOWING FOR CONVECTION TO DEVELOP ONCE AGAIN ON
FRIDAY.  EXPECTING INITIATION TO OCCUR FIRST OVER THE NC MTNS AND
NORTHEAST GA...THEN MIGRATE EAST OVER THE NC/SC PIEDMONT REGIONS
WITH THE HIGHEST PROBS ALONG AND NORTH OF THE I40 CORRIDOR DUE TO
FALLEN UPPER HEIGHTS.  SINCE HIGH TEMPERATURES ARE FCST TO BE A TAD
COOLER...DO NOT FORESEE ANY BORDERLINE HEAT INDICES ON FRIDAY ALBEIT
STILL RATHER WARM AND HUMID WITH HIGHS TOPPING OUT IN THE MID 90S
OVER THE LOWER TERRAIN WITH 80S OVER THE MTNS.

&&

.SHORT TERM /FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY/...
AS OF 115 PM THURSDAY...AS MENTIONED YESTERDAY...ANY TIME A REMNANT
CIRCULATION OF A TROPICAL LOW ENTERS THE PICTURE...UNCERTAINTY GOES
UP...AND THAT WILL BE THE CASE THROUGH THE SHORT RANGE. WE BEGIN
FRIDAY EVENING WITH ONGOING CONVECTION THAT WILL HAVE A PULSE SEVERE
TYPE THREAT...THAT SHOULD WANE WITH THE LOSS OF HEATING THROUGH LATE
EVENING. OUR ATTENTION THEN TURNS TO THE REMNANTS OF BILL...WHICH
COME OUT ACROSS THE MID MS VALLEY FRIDAY NITE AND OVER THE OH/TN
VALLEY ON SATURDAY. AS THE REMNANT LOW OPENS AND MOVES UP THE OH
VALLEY...THE MODELS STILL SUGGEST THAT SATURDAY WILL BE A BIT LESS
CONVECTIVELY ACTIVE WITH THE FLOW ALOFT COMING AROUND MORE SW...AND
SLIGHTLY LESS BUOYANCY. THE FCST DOES NOT REALLY REFLECT THIS
POSSIBILITY TO ANY GREAT DEGREE APART FROM A LOWER POP OVER THE
LAKELANDS. FCST SOUNDINGS AGAIN INDICATE THE INGREDIENTS FOR PULSE
SEVERE TYPE STORMS WITH WET MICROBURSTS. HIGH TEMPS SHOULD BE A FEW
DEGREES BELOW FRIDAY BECAUSE OF LOWER HEIGHTS AND MORE CLOUD
COVER...STILL PLENTY WARM...BUT WITH NO HEAT INDEX PROBLEMS
ANTICIPATED. WHICH BRINGS US TO SATURDAY NIGHT. THE MODEL GUIDANCE
SHOWS A MORE SOUTHWARD TREND WITH THE REMNANTS OF BILL ON SATURDAY
NIGHT...WITH THE NAM ACTUALLY HOLDING ONTO A SFC LOW THAT MOVES S OF
THE OH RIVER. THE NAM AND GFS BOTH BRING A SHORT WAVE TROF ACROSS
THE REGION SATURDAY NIGHT. IF THIS WERE TO COME TO PASS...THEN SOME
WEAKLY ORGANIZED CONVECTION COULD MOVE ACROSS THE TN VALLEY THRU THE
EARLY EVENING AND MOVE INTO THE NC MTNS AFTER 00Z SUNDAY. HARD TO
SAY IF THERE WOULD BE ANY SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WITH
THIS ACTIVITY...DUE TO UNCERTAINTY OVER ORGANIZATION. ALSO HARD TO
SAY IF IT WOULD CROSS THE MTNS OVERNIGHT...BUT THE NAM SUGGESTS NOT
IN ANY GREAT CAPACITY AS THE SFC BASED CAPE WILL BE ALL BUT USED UP
BY THE TIME THE CONVECTION WOULD ARRIVE FROM THE W. NEVERTHELESS...
THE MODELS SUGGEST HOLDING ONTO A GOOD CHANCE OF PRECIP OVER THE NC
MTNS OVERNIGHT...AND BRIEFLY KILLING OFF THE ACTIVITY E OF THE MTNS
BEFORE INCREASING IT A BIT TOWARD DAYBREAK. A BOUNDARY OF SORTS
WOULD CROSS THE FCST AREA EARLY IN THE DAY ON SUNDAY WITH SOME LOW
END PRECIP CHANCES...THEN BY AFTERNOON MOST OF THE FCST AREA WOULD
BE UNDER A FAIRLY DEEP WNW FLOW THAT WOULD BE LESS THAN FAVORABLE
FOR CONVECTION OUTSIDE THE MTNS NEAR THE TN BORDER. TEMPS WOULD
REBOUND A CATEGORY WARMER WITH THE WEAK DOWNSLOPE FLOW E OF THE MTNS
SUNDAY AFTERNOON...AND THE LACK OF CONVECTION.

&&

.LONG TERM /SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY/...
AS OF 130 PM THU...FAST AND NEARLY ZONAL UPPER FLOW WILL BE IN PLACE
AT THE START OF THE MEDIUM RANGE PERIOD. A CLOSED UPPER RIDGE WILL
BE CENTERED OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS...GRADUALLY PUSHING EWD THRU
THE EARLY WEEK AND AMPLIFYING THE PATTERN SLIGHTLY. MEAN SOUTHWEST
SFC FLOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THE CWFA AROUND BERMUDA HIGH PRESSURE.
RATHER ORDINARY DIURNAL CONVECTION IS INITIALLY EXPECTED TO DEVELOP
MONDAY AS A RESULT. HOWEVER A WEAK SHORTWAVE WILL SWING ACRS THE
AREA MON AFTN OR NIGHT. WHILE THE BETTER ENERGY WILL BE TO OUR
NORTH...THE GFS DOES DEVELOP SOME QPF RESPONSE PAST THE DIURNAL PEAK
OVER WRN NC. FLOW IN THE WAKE OF THE WAVE WILL BE A BIT MORE
WESTERLY ON TUE...BUT THIS MAY CONTINUE TO ENHANCE DIURNAL
CONVECTION VIA UPSLOPE NEAR THE TENN BORDER. THE AMPLIFYING PATTERN
PUTS OUR AREA MORE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF SHORTWAVES ROUNDING THE
RIDGE TO OUR WEST TUE NIGHT OR WED...AND A WEAK COLD FRONT SAGS INTO
THE AREA THEREAFTER. A WEAK SFC WAVE MAY DEVELOP NEAR THE COAST AS
IT DOES SO...THANKS TO THE CYCLONIC FLOW ALOFT.

TEMPS WILL REMAIN HOT...WITH 850 AND 1000 MB TEMPS UPWARDS OF 2 STD
DEV ABOVE CLIMO PER NAEFS. WILL CONTINUE TO FORECAST MAX TEMPS IN
THE UPPER 90S EACH AFTN. THE FRONT MAY BRING A BRIEF PERIOD OF
COOLER TEMPS BEFORE THE FRONT WASHES OUT AND/OR THE AIRMASS
MODIFIES...BUT CONFIDENCE IS LOW ON WHICH DAY THIS MAY OCCUR. BY
COOLER...WE ARE STILL TALKING SEVERAL DEGREES ABOVE CLIMO.

&&

.AVIATION /21Z THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/...
AT KCLT...VFR WILL PREVAIL THROUGH THE PERIOD WITH THE EXCEPTION OF
POSSIBLE PULSE CONVECTION THIS AFTERNOON YIELDING MVFR CONDITIONS.
INITIALIZED TAF WITH LOW VFR CU AND LIGHT SW FLOW.  EARLIER TEMPO
WAS CARRIED OVER TO ACCOUNT FOR MVFR CONVECTIVE RESTRICTIONS WITH
VRB GUSTS.  MUCH LIKE YESTERDAY...SOUNDINGS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
MICROBURST POTENTIAL THUS THIS WOULD BE THE PRIMARY THREAT TO THE
AIRFIELD IF ANY STRONGER/DEEPER CELLS MOVE NEARBY.
OTHERWISE...WINDS WILL CALM UNDER A SCT/BKN HIGH LEVEL DECK THROUGH
THE OVERNIGHT BEFORE LIGHT SW WINDS AND SCT LOW VFR CU PREVAILS BY
LATE MORNING FRIDAY.

ELSEWHERE...MUCH THE SAME AS KCLT ABOVE WITH VFR PREVAILING THROUGH
THE AFTERNOON/EVENING WITH THE EXCEPTION OF POSSIBLE MVFR TSRA
RESTRICTIONS.  THUS...WHERE PROBS ARE GREATEST ACROSS THE NC
SITES...TEMPO GROUPS WHERE INCLUDED...WITH VCTS BEING THE PRIMARY
WEATHER MENTION AT THE SC SITES.  AS MENTIONED ABOVE...MICROBURST
POTENTIAL IS ELEVATED THUS THIS WOULD BE THE PRIMARY SVR WEATHER
CONCERN.  CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE AFTER SUNSET WITH ALL SITES BEING
DRY AFTER 02-03Z UNDER BKN/SCT HIGH LEVEL CLOUDS.  GOING WITH
PERSISTENCE...OPTED TO CONTINUE PREVIOUS TAF MENTION OF MVFR/IFR FOG
AND PERHAPS CIGS AT KAVL AS THE MTN VALLEYS HAVE BEEN PRONE TO SUCH
OVER MORNINGS PAST.  BEYOND THAT...EXPECTING LIGHT NW FLOW AT KAVL
WHILE FLOW REMAINS BACKED SW AT ALL OTHER SITES THROUGH THE LATE
MORNING HOURS WITH LOW VFR CU DEVELOPING.

OUTLOOK...NEAR NORMAL COVERAGE OF AFTN CONVECTION IS EXPECTED INTO
THE WEEKEND 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  91%     HIGH 100%
KGSP       HIGH 100%     HIGH 100%     MED   74%     HIGH 100%
KAVL       HIGH 100%     HIGH  91%     MED   72%     HIGH  91%
KHKY       HIGH 100%     HIGH 100%     HIGH  91%     HIGH 100%
KGMU       HIGH 100%     HIGH 100%     HIGH  91%     HIGH 100%
KAND       HIGH 100%     HIGH 100%     MED   74%     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 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...WIMBERLEY
NEAR TERM...CDG/JAT
SHORT TERM...PM
LONG TERM...WIMBERLEY
AVIATION...CDG
CLIMATE...
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 18, 5:44 AM EDT, 11 hours 49 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
544 AM EDT THU JUN 18 2015

GAZ010-017-NCZ033-035-048>053-056-058-059-062>065-501>507-509-
SCZ001>003-190945-
RABUN-HABERSHAM-AVERY-ALEXANDER-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-
HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-CATAWBA-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-
SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-
GREATER CALDWELL-BURKE MOUNTAINS-GREATER BURKE-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-
EASTERN MCDOWELL-RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-POLK MOUNTAINS-
OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-
544 AM EDT THU JUN 18 2015

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON
OVER THE MOUNTAINS OF THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST
GEORGIA...AND THE NORTHERN FOOTHILLS OF NORTH CAROLINA. WHILE THE
PRIMARY THREATS WILL BE FROM FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING
AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...A FEW STORMS WILL BECOME BRIEFLY
SEVERE...PRODUCING LOCALIZED DAMAGING WINDS AND POSSIBLY LARGE
HAIL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

..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.
..WEDNESDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

NONE.

GAZ018-026-028-029-NCZ036-037-057-068>072-082-508-510-SCZ004>014-019-
190945-
STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-IREDELL-DAVIE-ROWAN-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-
GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION-GREATER RUTHERFORD-EASTERN POLK-
GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-
CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-CHESTER-GREENWOOD-
544 AM EDT THU JUN 18 2015

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

TEMPERATURES IN THE MID TO UPPER 90S AND MODERATE LEVELS OF
HUMIDITY WILL AGAIN RESULT IN HEAT INDEX VALUES OF 99 TO 104 THIS
AFTERNOON ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA...UPSTATE SOUTH
CAROLINA...AND THE NORTH CAROLINA PIEDMONT. STAY IN AN AIR-
CONDITIONED AREA AND OUT OF THE SUN AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. IF YOU DO
GO OUTSIDE...DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...AND WEAR LIGHT COLORED AND
LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING.

IN ADDITION...ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON. 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...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

..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.
..WEDNESDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

NONE.

LANE

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 18, 4:16 PM EDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
416 PM EDT THU JUN 18 2015

NCZ052-182045-
HAYWOOD NC-
416 PM EDT THU JUN 18 2015

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF NORTHWESTERN HAYWOOD
COUNTY UNTIL 445 PM EDT...

AT 416 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 15
MILES SOUTHEAST OF NEWPORT...OR NEAR SMOKY MOUNTAINS...BIG CREEK...
MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

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

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SMOKY MOUNTAINS...BIG CREEK...SMOKY MOUNTAINS...CATALOOCHEE...FINES
CREEK...WATERVILLE AND MAX PATCH.

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.

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

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 3578 8295 3574 8295 3574 8292 3569 8290
      3568 8289 3567 8289 3565 8314 3575 8317
      3576 8316 3577 8311 3579 8308 3579 8303
      3577 8299 3579 8296
TIME...MOT...LOC 2016Z 255DEG 9KT 3576 8309

RWH
Local storm report, Jun 18, 4:43 PM EDT, 50 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
443 PM EDT THU JUN 18 2015

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

0410 PM     TSTM WND DMG     2 SSW GLEN ALPINE       35.69N 81.79W
06/18/2015                   BURKE              NC   BROADCAST MEDIA

            SEVERAL LARGE LIMBS BLOWN DOWN AT SILVER CREEK PLANTATION
            GOLF COURSE. RADAR VELOCITY IMAGE GAVE THE TIME.

0422 PM     HAIL             6 SSE GLEN ALPINE       35.66N 81.73W
06/18/2015  E0.75 INCH       BURKE              NC   BROADCAST MEDIA

            DIME SIZED HAIL ALONG HOPEWELL ROAD.

&&

OUTLAW
Special weather statement, Jun 18, 4:43 PM EDT, 50 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
443 PM EDT THU JUN 18 2015

GAZ018-SCZ001-182130-
STEPHENS GA-OCONEE MOUNTAINS SC-
443 PM EDT THU JUN 18 2015

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF STEPHENS AND
SOUTHWESTERN OCONEE COUNTIES UNTIL 530 PM EDT...

AT 442 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
TOCCOA...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

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

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
TOCCOA...EASTANOLEE AND BOYDVILLE.

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 3461 8340 3473 8318 3463 8313 3460 8317
      3459 8317 3459 8316 3458 8316 3457 8314
      3456 8314 3456 8312 3454 8311 3449 8340
      3454 8343
TIME...MOT...LOC 2042Z 251DEG 14KT 3458 8333

MOORE
Special weather statement, Jun 18, 4:50 PM EDT, 43 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
450 PM EDT THU JUN 18 2015

SCZ010-182115-
ANDERSON SC-
450 PM EDT THU JUN 18 2015

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ANDERSON
COUNTY UNTIL 515 PM EDT...

AT 450 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6
MILES SOUTHWEST OF ANDERSON...OR NEAR ANDERSON AIRPORT...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

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

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ANDERSON...HOMELAND PARK...NORTHLAKE...ANDERSON AIRPORT...LAKE
HARTWELL...BELTON...SADLERS CREEK STATE PARK...SANDY SPRINGS AND
BROADWAY LAKE.

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 3435 8281 3442 8285 3443 8285 3443 8286
      3446 8286 3446 8287 3447 8287 3448 8289
      3450 8290 3469 8263 3446 8246
TIME...MOT...LOC 2050Z 238DEG 12KT 3448 8275

MOORE
Local storm report, Jun 18, 5:02 PM EDT, 31 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
502 PM EDT THU JUN 18 2015

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

0420 PM     TSTM WND DMG     6 WSW HARTWELL          34.32N 83.02W
06/18/2015                   HART               GA   COUNTY OFFICIAL

            SEVERAL TREES DOWN ON FRANK KELLEY ROAD BLOCKING THE
            ROAD. TREE ALSO DOWN ON AIRLINE GOLDMINE RD.

&&

MOORE
Local storm report, Jun 18, 5:26 PM EDT, 7 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
526 PM EDT THU JUN 18 2015

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

0415 PM     TSTM WND DMG     5 NNE DYSARTSVILLE      35.67N 81.83W
06/18/2015                   BURKE              NC   BROADCAST MEDIA

            SEVERAL TREES DOWN NEAR INTERSECTION OF MORNING STAR
            CHURCH RD AND TALLENT RD.

&&

MOORE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 18, 1:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPHabersham, Rabun32 min
Jun 18, 4:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPHart40 min
Jun 18, 4:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPHart34 min
Jun 18, 4:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPStephens47 min
Jun 18, 7:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPHart38 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.