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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 117, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 6, 2016, 8:26 PM EDT for Madison County, Mitchell County, Yancey County, North Carolina. It was in force for 49 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
- Jul 6, 2016, 8:26 PM EDT (00:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 6, 2016, 9:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Madison County, NC, Mitchell County, NC, Yancey County, NC
The radar
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:25 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.
Did it verify
Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.
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
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 217 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
- 846 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -34 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1404 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 48 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 39 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
151
WUUS52 KGSP 070026
SVRGSP
NCC115-121-199-070115-
/O.NEW.KGSP.SV.W.0117.160707T0026Z-160707T0115Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
826 PM EDT WED JUL 6 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
EAST CENTRAL MADISON COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
NORTHERN MITCHELL COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
YANCEY COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 915 PM EDT
* AT 826 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES
NORTHWEST OF BURNSVILLE...OR 8 MILES SOUTH OF BANNER HILL...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BURNSVILLE...BAKERSVILLE...BANDANA...POPLAR...WOLF RIDGE...GREEN
MOUNTAIN...RAMSEYTOWN...FAUST...BULADEAN AND SWISS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SCATTERED TREES AND POWER LINES WILL BE BLOWN DOWN IN THE WARNED
AREA. 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 3613 8227 3613 8226 3612 8213 3611 8213
3610 8208 3605 8206 3585 8228 3584 8265
3597 8254 3598 8251 3601 8246 3608 8241
3612 8236 3612 8233 3614 8229
TIME...MOT...LOC 0026Z 305DEG 18KT 3601 8241
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
WJM1 follow-up statement
959
WWUS52 KGSP 070106
SVSGSP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
906 PM EDT WED JUL 6 2016
NCC115-121-199-070116-
/O.EXP.KGSP.SV.W.0117.000000T0000Z-160707T0115Z/
MADISON NC-MITCHELL NC-YANCEY NC-
906 PM EDT WED JUL 6 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL MADISON...
NORTHERN MITCHELL AND YANCEY COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 915 PM EDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND HAVE EXITED THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL
BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
LAT...LON 3613 8227 3613 8226 3612 8213 3611 8213
3610 8208 3605 8206 3585 8228 3584 8265
3597 8254 3598 8251 3601 8246 3608 8241
3612 8236 3612 8233 3614 8229
TIME...MOT...LOC 0101Z 305DEG 18KT 3601 8241
$$
WJMWhat 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 Jul 6, 7:48 PM EDT, 38 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 6, 7:48 PM EDT, 38 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC
748 PM EDT WED JUL 6 2016
.SYNOPSIS...
An upper disturbance will make its way across the area today. A warm
and unstable airmass should persist across the region for the
remainder of the work week as a cold front approaches the area on
Saturday. This front should stall out somewhere near the area toward
the end of the weekend.
&&
.NEAR TERM /THROUGH THURSDAY/...
As of 730 PM Wednesday: Convection over E TN has pulsed into the NC
mountains and as of AFD time just issued SVR for Buncombe/Henderson
which are right along the sbCAPE gradient. CAMs not handling this
convection well at all but have made some pencil edits to pop grids
to try to outline this thinking with additional convection bubbling
up over the mountains through the evening and transitioning into the
morning when next shortwave comes through. Will monitor trends to
see if this makes it farther SE toward the Piedmont but in the
meantime have significantly reduced pops across the Piedmont areas.
Temps are a mess with rain-cooled air but should catch up to current
overnight lows.
Otherwise, will have to keep an eye to the west throughout the
evening, as an MCS is organizing in association with a short wave
trough across the mid-Miss Valley. Westerly shear could bring this
activity toward the forecast area by daybreak Thursday, especially
in light of the fact that the models generally agree in bringing the
mid-level short wave into western NC between 12Z-15Z. This makes for
another problematic convection forecast for tomorrow afternoon, as
the wave may be pushing to our east during peak heating, and the
atmosphere may be somewhat stabilized by morning convection. Will
essentially feature another round of 40-50 pops across the area from
late morning on.
&&
.SHORT TERM /THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY/...
As of 200 PM EDT Wednesday: The short term fcst period initializes
on Thursday evening amidst a fairly zonal flow regime aloft with a
series of embedded shortwaves as well as a deepening trof axis
sliding southeast across the upper Midwest states, while a broad
elongated subtropical ridge attempts to retrograde westward. At the
surface, high pressure beneath said H5 ridge looks to be in control
across the southeast states as surface cyclogenesis and thus a cold
front move beneath the a fore mentioned Midwest H5 trof. An initial
vortmax is progged to slide atop the southern Appalachians on
Thursday, with remnant convection likely ongoing across the NC high
terrain, possibly breaking containment across the NC/SC piedmont by
the time this fcst initializes. Said convection looks to weaken
with heating loss throughout the late evening hours leading to
drying overnight conditions.
Pattern evolution into/through Friday favors abundant deep layer
subsidence as upper heights build atop the surface anticyclone.
With that, temperatures are expected to surge into the upper 90s,
possibly exceeding the century mark along and south of the I85
corridor, which combined with dewpoints in the mid/upper 60s will
present the possibility for excessive heat indices. Despite the
amount of heating, it looks as if any llv capping will be to strong
to overcome without any significant triggering mechanisms, aside for
across the high terrain where upsloping could aid said cap erosion.
Any storms that do develop could be strong given abundant cape and
weak yet improving shear. Meanwhile, the upper trof and associated
surface features will have advected further downstream, with the
leading of two fronts approaching the TN valley late on Friday into
Saturday as the primary upper low moves across the central Great
Lakes. Guidance does favor convection moving along the front
however seems to also suggest a weakening trend as it moves east
encountering the deeper subsidence.
On Saturday the frontal axis is progged to stall/washout in an east
to west orientation across TN/KY. Meanwhile, another potent/compact
H5 wave looks to eject eastward out of the mid MS river valley into
the lower OH/TN valleys with weak sfc wave development probable
along said frontal axis. Guidance favors showers and thunderstorms
out ahead of the primary upper wave, however looks to keep any
activity to the west through the afternoon hours before convection
finally spreads across portions of northeast GA and southwest NC
near the end of the period. Given little change in the pattern,
temperatures looks to be excessive yet again on Saturday.
&&
.LONG TERM /SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
As of 230 PM EDT Wednesday: The medium range period kicks off on
Saturday evening as an upper trof moves eastward across the eastern
Great Lakes toward New England, while a shortwave impulse moves out
of the Ozarks into the Midsouth region and a ridge amplifies over
the central/southern Plains states. At the surface, a weak
trof/front will enter the Appalachians region with high pressure
prevailing out ahead across northeast GA and the western Carolinas.
The front is progged to move atop/through the fcst area overnight
likely with little fanfare. Moving along, high pressure behind the
departing upper trof looks to move across the OH valley through
Sunday into Monday with guidance favoring intrusion of a back door
front in lee of the southern Appalachians. This fropa could provide
some relief from the heat, as well as drought conditions due to
increased shower and thunderstorm chances Sunday and Monday as the
front looks to stall out in the vicinity. Meanwhile the above
mentioned Midsouth wave looks to become cutoff from the mean flow,
slowly working its was eastward across KY/TN, possibly adding
additional support for more widespread showers and thunderstorms as
moisture is lifted atop the stalled frontal axis. All that said,
confidence remains low at this range given the approaching amplified
ridge pattern advecting eastward through midweek. Temperatures
through the medium range are fcst to be a bit cooler, generally
around or just above normal levels.
&&
.AVIATION /00Z THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY/...
At KCLT: VFR through the period with SW winds between 4-8kt this
evening and overnight. Delayed PROB30 TSRA for Thursday until 18z,
though with VCSH by 16z, but kept similar overall trends as previous
TAF in line with timing for upper disturbance moving through.
Introduced gusty SW winds by 18z as well and kept them through the
end of the period. Will have to refine PROB30/TEMPO TSRA vs. VCTS or
prevailing TSRA with updated forecasts.
Elsewhere: Also VFR through the period, with the exception of TAF-
time TSRA at KAVL where SVR TSRA is passing through. Kept VCTS at
KAVL through 03z and will reevaluate through the evening. For
KAVL/KHKY, have long period of PROB30 starting in the predawn hours
and lasting through the day. Will need to refine this timing with
later issuances. Delayed PROB30 at Upstate TAFs until 16z and
carried through the end of the period. KAVL should see more up-
valley winds, though other TAFs will see SW winds picking up
Thursday, especially at Upstate sites where, like KCLT, low-end
gusts are expected.
Outlook: A mainly diurnal pattern of showers and thunderstorms will
continue the rest of the week into the weekend. Fog and low stratus
will be possible each morning in the mountain river valleys and also
in locations that receive heavy rainfall from diurnal thunderstorms.
Confidence Table...
23-05Z 05-11Z 11-17Z 17-18Z
KCLT High 100% High 100% High 100% High 100%
KGSP High 100% High 100% High 100% High 100%
KAVL High 100% High 100% Med 78% High 100%
KHKY High 100% High 100% High 100% High 100%
KGMU High 100% High 100% High 100% High 100%
KAND High 100% High 100% High 100% 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:
www.weather.gov/gsp/aviation
&&
.CLIMATE...
RECORDS FOR 07-06
MAX TEMPERATURE MIN TEMPERATURE
STATION HIGH LOW HIGH LOW
------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ----------
KAVL 93 1993 69 1967 70 1931 51 1933
1953
KCLT 99 1930 63 1892 78 1881 57 1964
1881
KGSP 100 1993 69 1892 76 2002 54 1892
RECORDS FOR 07-07
MAX TEMPERATURE MIN TEMPERATURE
STATION HIGH LOW HIGH LOW
------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ----------
KAVL 95 1993 62 1940 70 1948 50 1972
KCLT 100 1993 65 1979 78 1881 55 1972
1954
1930
KGSP 100 1993 66 1979 75 1977 58 1972
1986 1930 1892
1888
RECORDS FOR 07-08
MAX TEMPERATURE MIN TEMPERATURE
STATION HIGH LOW HIGH LOW
------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ----------
KAVL 96 1988 63 1909 69 1969 50 1972
KCLT 101 2012 75 1950 81 1881 58 1892
2010
KGSP 101 1986 72 1896 76 2012 57 1913
1888 1931
RECORDS FOR 07-09
MAX TEMPERATURE MIN TEMPERATURE
STATION HIGH LOW HIGH LOW
------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ----------
KAVL 93 1986 64 1979 71 1980 49 1896
KCLT 101 1986 71 1908 78 1986 57 1891
KGSP 100 1993 67 1979 78 1930 55 1896
1986
1977
RECORDS FOR 07-10
MAX TEMPERATURE MIN TEMPERATURE
STATION HIGH LOW HIGH LOW
------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ----------
KAVL 99 1936 69 1979 71 2011 49 1961
1948
KCLT 101 1926 73 1892 77 1879 53 1961
KGSP 100 2015 66 1909 75 2000 54 1891
1885 1998
1957
RECORDS FOR 07-11
MAX TEMPERATURE MIN TEMPERATURE
STATION HIGH LOW HIGH LOW
------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ----------
KAVL 92 1993 70 1999 70 2011 49 1963
1977 1980
1938
KCLT 100 1986 75 1999 78 1992 55 1963
1898 1881 1961
KGSP 100 1936 75 1999 75 1981 54 1891
1896
RECORDS FOR 07-12
MAX TEMPERATURE MIN TEMPERATURE
STATION HIGH LOW HIGH LOW
------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ----------
KAVL 93 1980 62 1999 72 2011 50 1891
1930
KCLT 102 1930 64 1999 78 1879 59 1953
1898
KGSP 102 1930 64 1999 80 1937 58 1891
1888
&&
.GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...None.
NC...None.
SC...None.
&&
SYNOPSIS...Staarmann
NEAR TERM...JDL/TDP
SHORT TERM...CDG
LONG TERM...CDG
AVIATION...TDP
CLIMATE...Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 6, 2:04 PM EDT, 6 hours 22 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 204 PM EDT WED JUL 6 2016 GAZ010-017-018-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065-068-069- 501>510-SCZ001-004-071815- RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-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-GREATER OCONEE- 204 PM EDT WED JUL 6 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND PORTIONS OF UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS ARE IN THE FORECAST TODAY. THE MAIN HAZARDS WILL BE STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS COULD BE SEVERE. .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 AND DAMAGING WINDS TO OUR OFFICE. GAZ026-028-029-SCZ002-003-005>014-019-071815- FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS- GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK- ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-UNION-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- 204 PM EDT WED JUL 6 2016 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 336 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. THUNDERSTORMS ARE IN THE FORECAST TODAY. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL BEING THE PRIMARY THREATS. HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL EXCEED 100 DEGREES THIS AFTERNOON FOR SOME LOCATIONS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. ..THURSDAY...EXCESSIVE HEAT POSSIBLE. HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL APPROACH 105 DEGREES. ..FRIDAY...EXCESSIVE HEAT POSSIBLE. HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL APPROACH 105 DEGREES. ..SATURDAY...EXCESSIVE HEAT POSSIBLE. HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL APPROACH 105 DEGREES. ..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 AND DAMAGING WINDS TO OUR OFFICE. NCZ070>072-082-071815- GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION- 204 PM EDT WED JUL 6 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS ARE IN THE FORECAST TODAY. THE MAIN HAZARDS WILL BE STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS COULD BE SEVERE. HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL EXCEED 100 DEGREES THIS AFTERNOON FOR SOME LOCATIONS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. ..THURSDAY...EXCESSIVE HEAT POSSIBLE. HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL APPROACH 105 DEGREES. ..FRIDAY...EXCESSIVE HEAT POSSIBLE. HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL APPROACH 105 DEGREES. ..SATURDAY...EXCESSIVE HEAT POSSIBLE. HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL APPROACH 105 DEGREES. ..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 AND DAMAGING WINDS TO OUR OFFICE. CDG
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 6, 7:17 PM EDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
717 PM EDT WED JUL 6 2016
NCZ051-058-062-062345-
SWAIN NC-GRAHAM NC-MACON NC-
717 PM EDT WED JUL 6 2016
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH INTENSE LIGHTNING WILL IMPACT SWAIN...
GRAHAM AND NORTHWESTERN MACON COUNTIES UNTIL 745 PM EDT...
AT 717 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH
INTENSE LIGHTNING 8 MILES EAST OF ROBBINSVILLE...OR 6 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF FONTANA LAKE...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
LOCATIONS TO BE IMPACTED INCLUDE... BRYSON
CITY...ROBBINSVILLE...TOWN OF SANTEETLAH...FONTANA LAKE...SMOKY
MOUNTAINS-DEEP CREEK...LAKE SANTEETLAH...SMOKY MOUNTAINS-FONTANA
AREA... SMOKY MOUNTAINS-OCONALUFTEE...FONTANA VILLAGE AND CHEROKEE.
IN ADDITION TO INTENSE LIGHTNING...HALF INCH HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP
TO 45 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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. DO NOT TAKE A SHOWER OR BATH. TRY TO UNPLUG UNNECESSARY
APPLIANCES BEFORE THE STORM APPROACHES.
&&
LAT...LON 3557 8367 3555 8326 3548 8329 3548 8331
3547 8332 3547 8334 3546 8335 3542 8336
3541 8335 3539 8334 3519 8344 3533 8402
TIME...MOT...LOC 2317Z 287DEG 21KT 3536 8367
WJMLocal storm report, Jul 6, 7:47 PM EDT, 39 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
747 PM EDT WED JUL 06 2016
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0743 PM HAIL 4 NNE HENDERSONVILLE 35.37N 82.44W
07/06/2016 E1.00 INCH HENDERSON NC TRAINED SPOTTER
MOSTLY MARBLE TO NICKEL SIZED HAIL...BUT A FEW STONES UP
TO QUARTER-SIZED.
&&
TPALMERSpecial weather statement, Jul 6, 7:50 PM EDT, 36 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 750 PM EDT WED JUL 6 2016 NCZ065-509-510-070015- HENDERSON NC-EASTERN POLK NC-POLK MOUNTAINS NC- 750 PM EDT WED JUL 6 2016 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH INTENSE LIGHTNING WILL IMPACT WESTERN POLK AND NORTHEASTERN HENDERSON COUNTIES UNTIL 815 PM EDT... AT 750 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH INTENSE LIGHTNING 4 MILES EAST OF HENDERSONVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. LOCATIONS TO BE IMPACTED INCLUDE... HENDERSONVILLE...COLUMBUS...FLAT ROCK...VALLEY HILL...EAST FLAT ROCK... DANA...MILL SPRING...LAKE ADGER AND EDNEYVILLE. IN ADDITION TO INTENSE LIGHTNING...HALF INCH HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. DO NOT TAKE A SHOWER OR BATH. TRY TO UNPLUG UNNECESSARY APPLIANCES BEFORE THE STORM APPROACHES. && LAT...LON 3528 8250 3543 8240 3533 8207 3520 8214 TIME...MOT...LOC 2350Z 290DEG 16KT 3534 8238 WJM
Special weather statement, Jul 6, 7:52 PM EDT, 34 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 752 PM EDT WED JUL 6 2016 NCZ051-059-062-063-070015- NORTHERN JACKSON NC-SWAIN NC-SOUTHERN JACKSON NC-MACON NC- 752 PM EDT WED JUL 6 2016 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH INTENSE LIGHTNING WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN JACKSON...SOUTHEASTERN SWAIN AND NORTHEASTERN MACON COUNTIES UNTIL 815 PM EDT... AT 751 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH INTENSE LIGHTNING 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BRYSON CITY...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. LOCATIONS TO BE IMPACTED INCLUDE... SYLVA...BRYSON CITY...CHEROKEE...CULLOWHEE...WEBSTER...DILLSBORO...SMOKY MOUNTAINS- DEEP CREEK...LAKE GLENVILLE...ALARKA AND BURNINGTOWN. IN ADDITION TO INTENSE LIGHTNING...WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. DO NOT TAKE A SHOWER OR BATH. TRY TO UNPLUG UNNECESSARY APPLIANCES BEFORE THE STORM APPROACHES. && LAT...LON 3523 8356 3551 8342 3544 8311 3514 8309 TIME...MOT...LOC 2351Z 290DEG 16KT 3538 8338 WJM
Special weather statement, Jul 6, 8:11 PM EDT, 15 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
811 PM EDT WED JUL 6 2016
NCZ048-049-053-070045-
BUNCOMBE NC-YANCEY NC-MADISON NC-
811 PM EDT WED JUL 6 2016
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH INTENSE LIGHTNING WILL IMPACT
MADISON...WEST CENTRAL YANCEY AND NORTHWESTERN BUNCOMBE COUNTIES
UNTIL 845 PM EDT...
AT 811 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH
INTENSE LIGHTNING 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF MARSHALL...OR NEAR HOT
SPRINGS...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
LOCATIONS TO BE IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MARSHALL...WOODFIN...WEAVERVILLE...MARS HILL...HOT SPRINGS...NORTH
ASHEVILLE...WALNUT...SPRING CREEK...FAUST AND SWISS.
IN ADDITION TO INTENSE LIGHTNING...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE
POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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. DO NOT TAKE A SHOWER OR BATH. TRY TO UNPLUG UNNECESSARY
APPLIANCES BEFORE THE STORM APPROACHES.
&&
LAT...LON 3593 8231 3561 8258 3579 8291 3595 8285
3592 8282 3593 8280 3594 8281 3597 8278
TIME...MOT...LOC 0011Z 285DEG 25KT 3586 8279
WJMSpecial weather statement, Jul 6, 8:17 PM EDT, 9 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 817 PM EDT WED JUL 6 2016 NCZ508>510-SCZ007-070045- GREATER RUTHERFORD NC-EASTERN POLK NC-POLK MOUNTAINS NC- SPARTANBURG SC- 817 PM EDT WED JUL 6 2016 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH INTENSE LIGHTNING WILL IMPACT SOUTH CENTRAL RUTHERFORD...POLK AND NORTH CENTRAL SPARTANBURG COUNTIES UNTIL 845 PM EDT... AT 817 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH INTENSE LIGHTNING NEAR COLUMBUS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. LOCATIONS TO BE IMPACTED INCLUDE... FOREST CITY...COLUMBUS...RUTHERFORDTON...BOILING SPRINGS SC...LANDRUM... LAKE BOWEN...USC UPSTATE...SPINDALE...FINGERVILLE AND GREEN CREEK. IN ADDITION TO INTENSE LIGHTNING...HALF INCH HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. DO NOT TAKE A SHOWER OR BATH. TRY TO UNPLUG UNNECESSARY APPLIANCES BEFORE THE STORM APPROACHES. && LAT...LON 3524 8225 3538 8225 3534 8184 3496 8199 TIME...MOT...LOC 0017Z 305DEG 18KT 3526 8221 WJM
The office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 6, 8:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Madison | 34 min |
| Jul 6, 8:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Polk | 28 min |
| Jul 6, 8:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Buncombe, Madison, Yancey | 46 min |
| Jul 6, 9:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Alexander, Caldwell | 28 min |
| Jul 7, 4:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cabarrus | 25 min |
| Jul 7, 4:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Gaston, Mecklenburg | 36 min |
| Jul 7, 4:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cabarrus | 33 min |
| Jul 7, 6:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Graham | 32 min |
| Jul 7, 7:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Graham, Haywood, Jackson, Macon, Swain | 49 min |
| Jul 7, 7:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Jackson, Macon, Transylvania | 49 min |
| Jul 7, 7:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Buncombe, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, Madison, Transylvania | 46 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.