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Special Weather Statement, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

June 2, 2015Union County, South Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this special weather statement at Jun 2, 2015, 2:21 PM EDT for Union County, South Carolina. It was in force for 24 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 2, 2015, 2:21 PM EDT (18:21 UTC)
Expired
Jun 2, 2015, 2:45 PM EDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

County Union County, SC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 207 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

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

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The text

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

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Jun 2, 2:07 PM EDT, 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 2, 2:07 PM EDT, 14 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
207 PM EDT TUE JUN 2 2015

.SYNOPSIS...
UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE WILL GRADUALLY DRIFT ACROSS THE
SOUTHEASTERN STATES THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE WORK WEEK...WHILE
SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD DOWN FROM THE NORTH WEDNESDAY. THIS
PATTERN WILL HELP ENHANCE LIFT AND MOISTURE RETURN INTO THE
AREA...CREATING ELEVATED CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...AND
KEEPING TEMPERATURES A FEW DEGREES BELOW NORMAL.

&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
AS OF 150 PM...THE UPPER LOW SPINNING ACRS THE TN VALLEY AND
SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS IS ENHANCING CONVECTION ACRS THE CWFA...WHICH
IS NOW MODERATELY UNSTABLE. SO EXPECT LIKELY TO CATEGORICAL COVERAGE
OF CONVECTION THRU THE AFTN AND EARLY EVENING. THE LATEST CAMS SHOW
MARGINAL ORGANIZATION OF ACTIVITY AS IT PUSHES OFF THE BLUE RIDGE
AND ACRS THE PIEDMONT. SO A SMALL SEVERE WIND/HAIL THREAT WILL
CONTINUE. ALSO...SOME CELLS HAVE HAD A TENDENCY TO TRAIN...SO
LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND ISOLD FLOODING IS ALSO A THREAT. TEMPS ARE
CREEPING INTO THE LOWER 80S ACRS THE PIEDMONT AND MID TO UPR 70S IN
THE MTNS.

TONIGHT...THE UPPER LOW IS FCST TO STALL OVER THE SOUTHERN
APPALACHIANS...KEEPING OUR AREA UNDER WEAK BUT PERSISTENT Q-VECTOR
CONVERGENCE. MEANWHILE...A 1025 MB SFC HIGH WILL SETTLE ACRS NEW
ENGLAND...NOSING A WEDGE-LIKE ISOBAR CONFIGURATION BY DAYBREAK
WEDNESDAY. GUIDANCE ALSO SHOWS A WEAK WAVE DEVELOPING ALONG THE
WEDGE FRONT OVER THE CWFA...ENHANCING AN EASTERLY LLVL WIND ACRS THE
NC PIEDMONT. THESE FEATURES WILL LIKELY KEEP AT LEAST A CHC OF
LINGERING SHWRS OVERNIGHT...WITH AN ISOLD EMBEDDED TSTM OR TWO
POSSIBLE. THE OVERALL FORCING DOESN/T LOOK TOO THREATENING FOR HEAVY
RAIN...BUT AN ISOLD THREAT WILL LINGER OVERNIGHT. THERE WILL ALSO BE
SOME PATCHY FOG OUT THERE GIVEN THE WET GROUND. TEMPS WILL BE HELD A
COUPLE CATEGORIES ABOVE NORMAL UNDER THE CLOUD COVER AND MOIST AIR
MASS.

WEDNESDAY...GUIDANCE IN DECENT AGREEMENT THAT THE LOW WILL ONLY INCH
SLIGHTLY EAST THRU THE DAY...KEEPING OUR AREA UNDER THE PVA SIDE OF
THE SYSTEM. MEANWHILE...WIDESPREAD LOW STRATUS IS EXPECTED TO
DEVELOP ACRS MOST OF THE CWFA ATOP THE WEAK WEDGE. THIS CLOUD COVER
SHUD SCATTER OUT ACCORDING TO THE GUIDANCE...AS IT DOESN/T LOOK LIKE
TRUE COLD AIR DAMMING. HOWEVER WEAK EASTERLY UPSLOPE FLOW WILL
PERSIST LONGEST ACRS THE I-40 CORRIDOR...SO THEY MAY STAY CLOUDY AND
MORE STABLE. THE REST OF THE AREA IS PROGGED TO BECOME WEAK TO
MODERATELY UNSTABLE WITH ANOTHER ROUND OF SHOT-GUN CONVECTION. THERE
IS LESS SHEAR AND INSTBY IN THE FCST SOUNDINGS THAN TUESDAY/S...SO
EXPECT A SMALLER SEVERE THREAT. STORMS MAY BE
SLOW-MOVING...HOWEVER...SO A HEAVY RAIN AND ISOLD FLOODING THREAT
WILL CONTINUE. TEMPS WILL BE HELD BELOW NORMAL UNDER THE
CLOUDS...WITH ABOUT A 10 DEG GRADIENT FROM NORTH TO SOUTH.

&&

.SHORT TERM /WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY/...
AS OF 300 AM TUE...CLOSED UPPER LOW WILL SLOWLY BEGIN TO FILL AS IT
CROSSES THE CWFA WED AND THU. HIGH PRESSURE OVER NEW ENGLAND WILL
BRIEFLY TAKE ON A CAD-LIKE CONFIGURATION...THE WEDGE STRENGTHENING
THRU WED AND SEEMINGLY PEAKING WED NIGHT. HOWEVER THE MAIN DRIVER FOR
PRECIP WED AND EVEN WED EVENING IS STILL EXPECTED TO BE DIURNAL
INSTABILITY. LOW LEVEL FLOW IS EASTERLY BUT NOT VERY STRONG...AND IT
IS NOT UNTIL WED NIGHT THAT PROFILES REFLECT ENOUGH LOW LEVEL
SATURATION IN THE WEDGE TO EXPECT STRATIFORM RAIN. HOWEVER THE UPPER
LOW AFFORDS GOOD LAPSE RATES...AND IT IS MAINLY FOR THIS REASON POPS
ARE IN LIKELY RANGE ACRS MOST OF THE AREA WED. WITH THE PATTERN
BEGINNING TO BREAK DOWN THU...POPS ARE SOMEWHAT LOWER WITH THE WEAKER
UPSLOPE COMPONENT. A NOTABLE MOISTURE PLUME IS SEEN TO OUR EAST ON
NAM/GFS PROGS...WITH PWAT VALUES ABOVE NORMAL IN THE CWFA BUT NOT
EXCEPTIONAL. DESPITE THIS ABUNDANT MOISTURE WILL STILL BE AVAILABLE
AND HEAVY RAIN MAY BE A CONCERN AT TIMES. ON WED 0-6KM BULK SHEAR
WILL BE SOMEWHAT ATYPICAL FOR OUR AREA IN JUNE...20 TO 30 KT. THIS
AND THE ABOVE AVERAGE BUOYANCY HAS PROMPTED THE INCLUSION OF MAINLY
OUR SC/GA ZONES IN THE MARGINAL RISK AREA ON THE SPC DAY 2 OUTLOOK.

MAX TEMPS WILL BE BELOW CLIMO BOTH WED AND THU...ESPECIALLY OVER WRN
NC WHERE MANY AREAS WILL ONLY SEE HIGHS IN THE MID 70S. MINS WILL BE
NEAR NORMAL.

&&

.LONG TERM /FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY/...
AS OF 230 AM TUE...THE UPPER LOW OVER THE CWFA DRIFTS EASTWARD
FRIDAY...AND AN AMPLIFYING NRN STREAM TROUGH QUICKLY PHASES WITH IT.
AS THE SAME TROUGH MOVES INTO NEW ENGLAND IT SHOULD HELP ERODE WHAT/S
LEFT OF THE WEDGE...WHICH WILL BE LOSING STRENGTH ANYWAY GIVEN THE
DEPARTURE OF THE PARENT HIGH. THOUGH FLOW WILL BE NWLY AND
DOWNSLOPING...SUFFICIENT SBCAPE VALUES ARE PROGGED FOR MODEST POPS.

CONFIDENCE BECOMES A BIT LOWER GOING INTO SATURDAY AS MODEL SOLUTIONS
BEGIN TO DIVERGE. A SHORTWAVE EXITING THE OHIO VALLEY WILL APPROACH
OUR AREA. THE EC IS FASTER THAN THE GFS WITH THIS FEATURE AND BRINGS
IT IN FAST ENOUGH TO ACTUALLY REINFORCE THE SHORTWAVE REMAINING OVER
THE CAROLINAS FROM EARLIER IN THE WEEK...TURNING IT INTO ANOTHER
NEARLY STATIONARY UPPER LOW OVERHEAD. BOTH MODELS DO FEATURE A BROAD
SFC HIGH BUILDING IN BEHIND THAT NORTHERN STREAM TROUGH. THIS PUSHES
A COLD FRONT AT LEAST AS FAR SOUTH AS KY/VA BY SUNDAY. EASTERLY FLOW
ACCORDINGLY RESUMES INTO OUR AREA. EC DEPICTS MORE MOISTURE ALONG THE
BOUNDARY...AND LOWER HEIGHTS OVER OUR CWFA ON ACCOUNT OF THE MERGED
UPPER LOW SITTING ATOP IT. THE GFS PATTERN FOR SUNDAY IS MUCH MORE
LIKE CAD THOUGH THE EC/S INTERACTING BOUNDARY AND UPPER LOW WOULD
PRODUCE SIMILAR EFFECTS FOR US. BOTH MODELS BREAK DOWN THESE PATTERNS
LATE SUNDAY AND EARLY MONDAY AS HEIGHTS FALL TO OUR NORTH AND
WEST...AND A COLD FRONT SUBSEQUENTLY MOVES IN.

POPS WILL CONTINUE TO REFLECT SOME DIURNAL VARIATION BUT THE PATTERN
WILL SUPPORT SOME DEGREE OF NOCTURNAL CONVECTION. ABOVE CLIMO POPS
ARE EXPECTED EACH DAY WITH THE BEST CHANCE EXPECTED SATURDAY. TEMPS
WARM SLIGHTLY FRIDAY TO SATURDAY...REACHING NEAR CLIMO
VALUES...BEFORE DIPPING AGAIN SUNDAY ON THE COOL SIDE OF THE BOUNDARY
/OR WITHIN THE WEDGE/. SLIGHTLY WARMER TEMPS RETURN MONDAY.

&&

.AVIATION /18Z TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/...
AT KCLT...CONVECTION IS DEVELOPING ACROSS THE AREA THANKS TO
MODERATE INSTBY AND AN UPPER LOW PROVIDING LIFT. COVERAGE SHUD
CONTINUE TO EXPAND TO NUMEROUS TO WIDESPREAD BY EARLY EVENING...THEN
START TO WANE. A CLUSTER OF TSTMS ARE SLOWLY DRIFTING NW TOWARD
KCLT. HAVE GONE WITH A TEMPO FOR THE FIRST FOUR HOURS OF THE 18Z
TAF. FROM THERE...EXPECT CONVECTION OFF THE BLUE RIDGE TO HOLD
TOGETHER AS IT CROSSES THE PIEDMONT THIS EVENING...SO WILL GO WITH
PREVAILING TSRA. OVERNIGHT...THERE WILL BE PLENTY OF MID AND HIGH
CLOUDS LEFT OVER FROM THE CONVECTION. THEN HIGH PRES WILL BUILD
SOUTHWARD INTO THE NC PIEDMONT BEFORE DAYBREAK...RESULTING IN LIGHT
EASTERLY FLOW AND STRATUS DEVELOPMENT. CIGS WILL LIKELY BE IFR...BUT
SOME GUIDANCE HAS IT AT MVFR. THE CLOUDS WILL BEGIN TO LIFT...BUT
SLOWLY...LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING. WINDS WILL FAVOR A SOUTH DIRECTION
THIS AFTN/EVE...THEN SHIFT OUT OF THE NE OVERNIGHT...AND INCREASE TO
5-8 KTS.

ELSEWHERE...AS WITH KCLT ABOVE...THE MAIN CHALLENGE IS HOW TO HANDLE
INCREASING CONVECTION ACROSS THE AREA. KAVL WILL LIKELY BE DIRECTLY
IMPACTED BY TSRA AT START OF TAF. THE OTHER SITES WILL ALSO AT SOME
POINT BETWEEN ABOUT 18-22Z. FROM THERE...GUIDANCE HAS CONVECTION
SLIDE EAST ACRS THE PIEDMONT...RESULTING IN A PERIOD OF PREVAILING
TSRA. CONVECTION SHUD DIMINISH LATE EVENING THRU THE OVERNIGHT. SOME
LINGERING SHRA AND ISOLD TSRA CANNOT BE RULED OUT OVERNIGHT...BUT
CONFIDENCE IS TOO LOW TO KEEP A MENTION. BEFORE DAYBREAK...GUIDANCE
SHOWS STRATUS DEVELOPING...ESP ACRS NC...AS HIGH PRES SURGES FROM
THE NORTH...SWITCHING THE LOW LVL FLOW OUT OF THE EAST. IFR TO MVFR
CIGS ARE EXPECTED...WITH HIGHEST CONFIDENCE AT KHKY AND KAVL. THE
STRATUS WILL BEGIN TO SCATTER AND LIFT TOWARD END OF 18Z TAF PERIOD.

OUTLOOK...A MID LEVEL LOW WILL LINGER OVER THE AREA THRU AT LEAST
THURSDAY...WITH DEEP MOISTURE. SO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
ARE EXPECTED EACH AFTERNOON AND EVENING. MORNING STRATUS AND FOG
WILL ALSO REMAIN A POSSIBILITY...ESPECIALLY OVER WET GROUND...THRU
AT LEAST FRIDAY.

CONFIDENCE TABLE...

            18-24Z        00-06Z        06-12Z        12-18Z
KCLT       HIGH  85%     HIGH  93%     MED   77%     HIGH  92%
KGSP       HIGH  92%     MED   79%     HIGH  85%     HIGH  91%
KAVL       MED   64%     HIGH 100%     HIGH  84%     HIGH  81%
KHKY       HIGH  80%     MED   76%     MED   77%     HIGH  89%
KGMU       HIGH  92%     MED   79%     HIGH  94%     HIGH  88%
KAND       HIGH 100%     HIGH  84%     HIGH  89%     HIGH  88%

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...WIMBERLEY
NEAR TERM...ARK
SHORT TERM...WIMBERLEY
LONG TERM...WIMBERLEY
AVIATION...ARK
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 2, 4:11 AM EDT, 10 hours 10 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
411 AM EDT TUE JUN 2 2015

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065-
068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-030815-
RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-AVERY-ALEXANDER-
IREDELL-DAVIE-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-CATAWBA-
ROWAN-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-
HENDERSON-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION-
CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-GREATER CALDWELL-BURKE MOUNTAINS-GREATER BURKE-
MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-EASTERN MCDOWELL-RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-
GREATER RUTHERFORD-POLK MOUNTAINS-EASTERN POLK-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-
PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER OCONEE-
GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK-
ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-CHESTER-GREENWOOD-
411 AM EDT TUE JUN 2 2015

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

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

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

..WEDNESDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
..THURSDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
..FRIDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
..SATURDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
..SUNDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
..MONDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

WIMBERLEY

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 2, 12:55 PM EDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1255 PM EDT TUE JUN 2 2015

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

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

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

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

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

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

HG
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 1:14 PM EDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
114 PM EDT TUE JUN 2 2015

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

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

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

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

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

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

HG
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 1:18 PM EDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
118 PM EDT TUE JUN 2 2015

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

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

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

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

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

THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND
TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

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

HG
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 1:55 PM EDT, 26 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
155 PM EDT TUE JUN 2 2015

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

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

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

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

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

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

HG
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 1:58 PM EDT, 23 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
158 PM EDT TUE JUN 2 2015

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

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

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

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

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

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

HG
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 2:21 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
221 PM EDT TUE JUN 2 2015

SCZ013-014-021845-
CHESTER SC-UNION SC-
221 PM EDT TUE JUN 2 2015

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL UNION
AND WESTERN CHESTER COUNTIES UNTIL 245 PM EDT...

AT 221 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8
MILES SOUTHEAST OF UNION...OR 5 MILES NORTH OF CARLISLE...MOVING EAST
AT 15 MPH.

PEA SIZE HAIL...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH...AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL
RATES UP TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS COULD RESULT FROM THE
HEAVY RAINFALL.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MONARCH MILL...CARLISLE...CHESTER STATE PARK...LOCKHART...LEEDS AND
SANTUC.

LAT...LON 3472 8161 3482 8140 3482 8130 3461 8121
      3456 8153
TIME...MOT...LOC 1821Z 249DEG 11KT 3467 8149

HG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 1, 9:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPLincoln25 min
Jun 1, 9:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPLincoln34 min
Jun 2, 12:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPAvery37 min
Jun 2, 12:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPTransylvania35 min
Jun 2, 1:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPTransylvania31 min
Jun 2, 1:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPHenderson32 min
Jun 2, 2:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPBuncombe, Henderson, Transylvania40 min
Jun 2, 2:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPMecklenburg36 min
Jun 2, 2:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPCabarrus, Mecklenburg, Union39 min
Jun 2, 2:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPHenderson40 min
Jun 2, 2:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPTransylvania36 min
Jun 2, 3:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPAvery28 min
Jun 2, 3:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPUnion30 min
Jun 2, 3:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPJackson26 min
Jun 2, 3:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPMcDowell33 min
Jun 2, 4:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPAlexander37 min
Jun 2, 5:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPRutherford29 min
Jun 2, 5:29 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningGSPAlexander3 hr
Jun 2, 5:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPPolk, Rutherford42 min
Jun 2, 5:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPAlexander, Catawba36 min
Jun 2, 5:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPAlexander, Catawba, Iredell41 min
Jun 2, 6:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPCleveland42 min
Jun 2, 6:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPDavie, Iredell, Rowan54 min
Jun 2, 6:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPSwain65 min
Jun 2, 7:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPDavie31 min
Jun 1, 8:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPCherokee29 min
Jun 2, 12:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPYork23 min
Jun 2, 1:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPYork29 min
Jun 2, 1:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPUnion27 min
Jun 2, 1:40 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPYork110 min
Jun 2, 1:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPYork35 min
Jun 2, 3:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPLaurens26 min
Jun 2, 3:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPGreenwood34 min
Jun 2, 3:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPPickens29 min
Jun 2, 4:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPUnion28 min
Jun 2, 4:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPGreenville25 min
Jun 2, 4:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPAnderson35 min
Jun 2, 4:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPSpartanburg33 min
Jun 2, 6:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPCherokee28 min
Jun 2, 3:58 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPHabersham, Rabun, Stephens32 min
Jun 2, 4:54 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPFranklin36 min

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.