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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 243, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

November 30, 2016Oconee County, Pickens County, South Carolina; Transylvania County, North Carolina; Stephens County, Georgia

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 30, 2016, 3:27 PM EST for Oconee County, Pickens County, South Carolina; Transylvania County, North Carolina; Stephens County, Georgia. It was in force for 48 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
Nov 30, 2016, 3:27 PM EST (20:27 UTC)
Expired
Nov 30, 2016, 4:15 PM EST
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Stephens County, GA, Transylvania County, NC, Oconee County, SC, Pickens County, SC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:27 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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Nov 30, 3:23 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC3 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 218 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 2016-11-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 64 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 2016-11-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 278 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
64 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-18 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
660 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
73 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
278 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
274 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
0.8

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The text

As transmitted.

975 
WUUS52 KGSP 302027
SVRGSP
GAC257-NCC175-SCC073-077-302115-
/O.NEW.KGSP.SV.W.0243.161130T2027Z-161130T2115Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
327 PM EST WED NOV 30 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN STEPHENS COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN GEORGIA...
  SOUTHERN TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
  OCONEE COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...
  PICKENS COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...

* UNTIL 415 PM EST

* AT 327 PM EST...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
  EXTENDING FROM 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF PICKENS TO NEAR WALHALLA TO 7
  MILES SOUTHEAST OF TOCCOA...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.

  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  EASLEY...CLEMSON...SENECA...WALHALLA...PICKENS...CENTRAL...
  LIBERTY...WESTMINSTER...NORRIS AND SIX MILE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FEW TREES AND POWER LINES WILL BE BLOWN DOWN IN THE WARNED AREA.
STORMS WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL...AND LITTLE OR NO
LIGHTNING. 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 3477 8327 3491 8318 3494 8311 3499 8310
      3500 8311 3503 8301 3507 8304 3524 8260
      3514 8258 3507 8277 3507 8257 3501 8260
      3501 8254 3482 8249 3467 8279 3448 8300
      3454 8311 3448 8318 3447 8333 3448 8333
TIME...MOT...LOC 2027Z 249DEG 48KT 3501 8304 3478 8308 3448 8326 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

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 Nov 30, 2:45 PM EST, 42 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 30, 2:45 PM EST, 42 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC
245 PM EST Wed Nov 30 2016

.SYNOPSIS...
A cold front will move swiftly east across the region this evening.
Drier and cooler conditions will return tonight through Thursday and
persist through Saturday. Moisture should return from the west for
the latter half of the weekend and possibly linger into early next
week.

&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH THURSDAY/...
At 2 PM Wednesday: An upper trough will broaden and extend across
the Southern Appalachians overnight, with zonal flow resulting across
the southern tier of the USA resulting by Thursday. A weakening vort
lobe will pass cross the Central Appalachians overnight.

At the surface, a cold front will approach from the west this
afternoon, preceded by moist inflow from the Gulf of Mexico. Upslope
flow and modest isentropic upglide over the southern appalachians
will support moderate rainfall amounts, but the expected
acceleration of the front should preclude excessive rainfall.
Although instability is somewhat limited, enough shear will be
present to prevent completely excluding the chance of severe weather
across the area. The front should clear our area by late tonight,
followed by winds veering from south to northwest, and drier air
moving and clearer skies moving in. Minimum temperatures tonight
will run above normal. Maximum temperatures on Thursday will run
near normal.

&&

.SHORT TERM /THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY/...
As of Noon EST Wednesday: Zonal flow will be in place aloft across
the eastern CONUS Thursday night through Friday. Meanwhile, shallow
NW flow moisture may persist along the TN border in the northern
mountains into Friday, but will carry no PoPs given the weak WNW
upslope character and very shallow moisture. Cold temperatures would
support flurries or snow, however, if more moisture arrives than
progged. Otherwise, surface high pressure will gradually build east
toward the Appalachian chain and keep profiles dry across the region.

A broad but shallow ridge will then develop through Saturday across
the southeast. Although model differences persist with the expected
upstream low pressure development across TX and the western gulf
coast, there is good agreement on little if any upglide moisture
returning through 00Z Sunday. Will thus keep the forecast dry
through Saturday afternoon. Temperatures Friday through Saturday
will be near to just below climo, slightly cooler Saturday than
Friday.

&&

.LONG TERM /SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
As of 230 PM EST Wednesday...the medium range portion of the
forecast continues to be plagued with uncertainty among the global
models. The extended period kicks off 00z Sunday with our area under
a weak upper ridge, with a surface high centered over the OH River
Valley and an upper low over the Baha Peninsula. A plume of moisture
associated with a gulf surface low begins to extend into the CWA
overnight Saturday, with pops ramping up to the chance category by
Sunday morning.

Models diverge at this point on the handling of the progression and
depth of the upper low as it ejects out of the desert Southwest,
which has fairly significant implications as far as pops/QPF in our
area. As WPC mentioned in today's extended discussion, the faster
ECMWF has displayed poorer run-to-run consistency than the GFS, so
confidence is generally higher in the 12Z GFS solution and the
forecast is weighted more heavily toward it and its ensemble mean,
which is also in relatively good agreement on the handling of the
upper low.

The first possible round of rainfall, associated with a gulf low and
weak front, will arrive Sunday night and last into Monday morning.
There may be a brief lull in the precip Monday during the day before
the upper low ejecting from the desert southwest develops a surface
reflection and frontal structure, and ramps up rain chances Tuesday
once again. Another lull in pops in anticipated Wednesday before
another frontal system arrives Thursday, though confidence in this
lull is low enough that low-end chance pops are carried through the
entire extended period. Bottom line...next week looks like it will
favor a rather wet pattern, though QPF totals are uncertain for the
time being. The temperature forecast is also uncertain to say the
least at the moment, though there is a good feeling that the medium
range will begin with temps about 5 degrees below normal. A
moderating trend back to average seems like the most likely solution
for the rest of the extended period at this point, though there are
some hints at much colder air arriving over the area towards the end
of the next work week, with some mixed precip possible over the
higher terrain. This will of course be re-evaluated in future
forecast cycles.

&&

.AVIATION /20Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY/...
At KCLT and elsewhere: Model guidance supports rain induced
afternoon vsby restrictions at Foothill sites and KAVL as a cold
front moves across the area, but keeps KCLT VFR. Convection is
possible at all sites. As the front moves through overnight, winds
veer from south to northwest in NC, and west in SC, remaining just
strong enough to keep daybreak vsby restrictions from occurring. IFR
vsby restrictions this afternoon will lift to low VFR this evening
before eroding completely overnight.

Outlook: Dry high pressure returns in the wake of the front for
Thursday thru Saturday.

Confidence Table...

            19-01Z        01-07Z        07-13Z        13-18Z
KCLT       High  91%     High  96%     High 100%     High 100%
KGSP       Med   70%     High  99%     High 100%     High 100%
KAVL       Med   70%     High  95%     High 100%     High 100%
KHKY       Med   74%     High  90%     High 100%     High 100%
KGMU       Med   66%     High  99%     High 100%     High 100%
KAND       Med   79%     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

&&

.GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...None.
NC...Wind Advisory until 7 PM EST this evening for NCZ033-048>053-
     058-059-062>064-505.
SC...None.

&&

SYNOPSIS...HG
NEAR TERM...JAT
SHORT TERM...HG
LONG TERM...LEV
AVIATION...JAT
Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 30, 4:50 AM EST, 10 hours 37 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
450 AM EST WED NOV 30 2016

NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>064-505-011000-
AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM-
NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-
MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-
450 AM EST WED NOV 30 2016

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTH
CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   WIND ADVISORY.

BANDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE
MOUNTAINS UNTIL A COLD FRONT PUSHES EAST LATE THIS AFTERNOON.
CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING AND STRONG WIND GUSTS ARE THE MAIN
THREATS WITH ANY THUNDERSTORMS. THE LINES OF SHOWERS AND STORMS
WILL ALSO BRING HEAVY RAIN...IN THE ONE TO TWO INCH RANGE...WITH
HIGHER AMOUNTS IN SOUTHERLY UPSLOPE AREAS. THIS AMOUNT OF RAIN
COULD BE ENOUGH TO CAUSE SOME MINOR FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE
AREAS.

.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.

NCZ035>037-056-057-065-068>072-082-501>504-506>510-SCZ008-009-014-
011000-
ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-HENDERSON-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-
GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-
GREATER CALDWELL-BURKE MOUNTAINS-GREATER BURKE-EASTERN MCDOWELL-
RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-GREATER RUTHERFORD-POLK MOUNTAINS-EASTERN POLK-
CHEROKEE-YORK-CHESTER-
450 AM EST WED NOV 30 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE FOOTHILLS AND WESTERN
PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA AND THE NORTHERN UPSTATE OF SOUTH
CAROLINA...INCLUDING THE CHARLOTTE METRO AREA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

BANDS OR LINES OF SHOWERS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS AND
PIEDMONT OF THE CAROLINAS...MAINLY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AS
A COLD FRONT PUSHES EAST ACROSS THE REGION. A FEW CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING STRIKES ARE POSSIBLE. SOME OF THE SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE ACCOMPANIED BY STRONG WIND GUSTS THAT COULD
KNOCK DOWN TREES AND LIMBS. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE
POSSIBLE.

.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.

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-SCZ001>007-010>013-019-011000-
RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-
PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER OCONEE-
GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-
LAURENS-UNION-GREENWOOD-
450 AM EST WED NOV 30 2016

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

BANDS AND LINES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...WITH LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINFALL...WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY
THIS EVENING AS A COLD FRONT PUSHES EAST. A FEW CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING STRIKES WILL BE POSSIBLE. THE SHOWERS AND STORMS COULD
BE ACCOMPANIED BY STRONG TO SEVERE WIND GUSTS CAPABLE OF KNOCKING
DOWN TREES AND LIMBS. ENOUGH WIND SHEAR WILL BE PRESENT TO PROVIDE
FOR SOME ORGANIZATION OF THE THUNDERSTORMS SUCH THAT AN ISOLATED
TORNADO CANNOT BE RULED OUT. THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER SHOULD
END DURING THE EARLY EVENING AS THE COLD FRONT PASSES.

.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.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Nov 30, 1:28 PM EST, 1 hour 59 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
128 PM EST WED NOV 30 2016

NCZ051-052-058-301900-
HAYWOOD NC-SWAIN NC-GRAHAM NC-
128 PM EST WED NOV 30 2016

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SWAIN...NORTHEASTERN GRAHAM AND
NORTHWESTERN HAYWOOD COUNTIES UNTIL 200 PM EST...

AT 127 PM EST...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 11
MILES NORTHWEST OF BRYSON CITY...OR 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF SMOKY
MOUNTAINS-FONTANA AREA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

LOCATIONS TO BE IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BRYSON CITY...CHEROKEE...SMOKY MOUNTAINS-DEEP CREEK...SMOKY
MOUNTAINS-CATALOOCHEE...SMOKY MOUNTAINS-FONTANA AREA...SMOKY
MOUNTAINS-OCONALUFTEE...SMOKY MOUNTAINS-BALSAM MOUNTAIN...SMOKY
MOUNTAINS-BIG CREEK...SMOKY MOUNTAINS-NEWFOUND GAP AND SMOKY
MOUNTAINS-CLINGMANS DOME.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3558 8361 3556 8350 3566 8335 3566 8330
      3573 8324 3572 8320 3576 8316 3579 8308
      3577 8299 3579 8296 3574 8295 3574 8292
      3568 8289 3551 8321 3552 8324 3547 8332
      3547 8334 3544 8336 3533 8357 3555 8378
TIME...MOT...LOC 1827Z 239DEG 48KT 3554 8360

RWH
Special weather statement, Nov 30, 1:37 PM EST, 1 hour 50 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
137 PM EST WED NOV 30 2016

NCZ059-062-301900-
NORTHERN JACKSON NC-MACON NC-
137 PM EST WED NOV 30 2016

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHERN JACKSON AND MACON
COUNTIES UNTIL 200 PM EST...

AT 136 PM EST...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 12
MILES EAST OF ANDREWS...OR 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF NANTAHALA LAKE...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

LOCATIONS TO BE IMPACTED INCLUDE...
FRANKLIN...SYLVA...CULLOWHEE...WEBSTER...DILLSBORO...NANTAHALA
LAKE...B.R. PARKWAY-SMOKY MOUNTAINS TO BALSAM GAP...CHEROKEE...
BURNINGTOWN AND AQUONE.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3519 8371 3520 8373 3524 8369 3529 8358
      3530 8346 3533 8343 3533 8334 3537 8333
      3541 8335 3550 8317 3527 8301 3523 8322
      3517 8322 3504 8356 3511 8362 3513 8362
      3514 8365 3515 8365 3515 8372 3517 8374
TIME...MOT...LOC 1836Z 239DEG 48KT 3514 8361

RWH
Special weather statement, Nov 30, 2:01 PM EST, 1 hour 26 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
201 PM EST WED NOV 30 2016

NCZ052-059-062>064-301930-
HAYWOOD NC-NORTHERN JACKSON NC-TRANSYLVANIA NC-SOUTHERN JACKSON NC-
MACON NC-
201 PM EST WED NOV 30 2016

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT JACKSON...CENTRAL TRANSYLVANIA...
HAYWOOD AND MACON COUNTIES UNTIL 230 PM EST...

AT 201 PM EST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF WAYNESVILLE TO 7 MILES SOUTH
OF SYLVA TO 10 MILES SOUTH OF FRANKLIN...AND MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

LOCATIONS TO BE IMPACTED INCLUDE...
FRANKLIN...SYLVA...WAYNESVILLE...CANTON...CULLOWHEE...LAKE
JUNALUSKA...CLYDE...HIGHLANDS...MAGGIE VALLEY AND BALSAM.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3525 8350 3532 8344 3533 8334 3541 8336
      3550 8328 3552 8324 3552 8318 3555 8316
      3560 8319 3563 8317 3572 8291 3562 8285
      3563 8281 3557 8277 3547 8280 3539 8271
      3505 8295 3499 8329 3500 8352 3504 8354
TIME...MOT...LOC 1901Z 252DEG 44KT 3559 8312 3527 8327 3504 8344

RWH
Special weather statement, Nov 30, 2:07 PM EST, 1 hour 20 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
207 PM EST WED NOV 30 2016

GAZ010-017-301930-
RABUN GA-HABERSHAM GA-
207 PM EST WED NOV 30 2016

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT HABERSHAM AND RABUN COUNTIES
UNTIL 230 PM EST...

AT 207 PM EST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF CLAYTON TO 10 MILES NORTH OF
CLEVELAND TO 5 MILES SOUTH OF DAHLONEGA...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40
MPH.

LOCATIONS TO BE IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CLAYTON...CLARKESVILLE...CORNELIA...BALDWIN...DEMOREST...MOUNT
AIRY...ALTO...MOUNTAIN CITY...TIGER AND DILLARD.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3491 8363 3495 8355 3499 8355 3500 8312
      3499 8312 3491 8317 3488 8324 3482 8327
      3479 8332 3473 8335 3469 8334 3467 8337
      3449 8346 3449 8354 3443 8362 3450 8367
      3454 8362 3465 8366 3474 8362 3480 8368
TIME...MOT...LOC 1907Z 241DEG 36KT 3497 8351 3474 8372 3446 8400

RWH
Special weather statement, Nov 30, 2:28 PM EST, 59 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
228 PM EST WED NOV 30 2016

GAZ010-017-018-026-NCZ052-059-062>064-SCZ001-004-005-302000-
FRANKLIN GA-STEPHENS GA-RABUN GA-HABERSHAM GA-HAYWOOD NC-
NORTHERN JACKSON NC-TRANSYLVANIA NC-SOUTHERN JACKSON NC-MACON NC-
GREATER OCONEE SC-OCONEE MOUNTAINS SC-GREATER PICKENS SC-
228 PM EST WED NOV 30 2016

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT STEPHENS...HABERSHAM...RABUN...
SOUTHEASTERN JACKSON...TRANSYLVANIA...SOUTHEASTERN HAYWOOD...
SOUTHEASTERN MACON...OCONEE AND SOUTHWESTERN PICKENS COUNTIES UNTIL
300 PM EST...

AT 228 PM EST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES SOUTH OF WAYNESVILLE TO 14 MILES SOUTH OF
FRANKLIN TO NEAR CLAYTON TO 13 MILES NORTHWEST OF CLARKESVILLE TO 4
MILES SOUTH OF CLEVELAND...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

LOCATIONS TO BE IMPACTED INCLUDE...
TOCCOA...SENECA...BREVARD...WALHALLA...CLAYTON...CLARKESVILLE...
CLEMSON...CORNELIA...BALDWIN AND WESTMINSTER.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3491 8363 3500 8348 3503 8353 3548 8279
      3530 8262 3522 8260 3513 8264 3506 8289
      3499 8294 3481 8290 3489 8274 3463 8284
      3447 8316 3449 8354 3444 8362 3451 8367
      3454 8362 3465 8366 3474 8362 3480 8368
TIME...MOT...LOC 1928Z 243DEG 50KT 3537 8298 3498 8336 3487 8344 3478
8364 3454 8376

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Special weather statement, Nov 30, 3:00 PM EST, 27 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
300 PM EST WED NOV 30 2016

NCZ053-063>065-302030-
BUNCOMBE NC-TRANSYLVANIA NC-SOUTHERN JACKSON NC-HENDERSON NC-
300 PM EST WED NOV 30 2016

...A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT EAST CENTRAL JACKSON...
CENTRAL TRANSYLVANIA...BUNCOMBE AND HENDERSON COUNTIES UNTIL 330 PM
EST...

AT 300 PM EST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE LEADING EDGE OF A CLUSTER
OF THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR DOWNTOWN ASHEVILLE
TO 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF BREVARD TO 19 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SYLVA...AND
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

LOCATIONS TO BE IMPACTED INCLUDE...
DOWNTOWN ASHEVILLE...HENDERSONVILLE...BREVARD...EAST ASHEVILLE...
ARDEN...WEST ASHEVILLE...NORTH ASHEVILLE...BLACK MOUNTAIN...MILLS
RIVER AND WOODFIN.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3572 8228 3568 8229 3562 8227 3559 8229
      3556 8225 3553 8217 3552 8223 3550 8222
      3546 8225 3546 8227 3542 8227 3520 8261
      3513 8309 3531 8289 3532 8283 3541 8275
      3542 8275 3544 8278 3565 8267 3577 8234
TIME...MOT...LOC 2000Z 247DEG 44KT 3558 8255 3536 8265 3520 8295

RWH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 30, 2:28 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementGSPOconee32 min
Nov 30, 2:45 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPOconee45 min
Nov 30, 3:16 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPAnderson, Oconee44 min
Nov 30, 3:59 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPAbbeville, Anderson, Greenville, Oconee, Pickens46 min
Nov 30, 4:12 PM ESTTornado WarningGSPAnderson, Greenville48 min
Nov 30, 4:41 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPAbbeville, Anderson, Cherokee, Greenville, Greenwood, Laurens and 2 more49 min
Nov 30, 4:54 PM ESTTornado Warning Tornado observedGSPGreenville, Laurens, Spartanburg36 min
Nov 30, 5:04 PM ESTTornado WarningGSPCherokee, Spartanburg26 min
Nov 30, 5:26 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPCherokee, Chester, Laurens, Spartanburg, Union, York49 min
Nov 30, 5:50 PM ESTTornado WarningGSPChester, Union40 min
Nov 30, 5:53 PM ESTTornado WarningGSPChester, York37 min
Nov 30, 6:13 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPChester, York47 min
Nov 30, 6:26 PM ESTTornado WarningGSPYork34 min
Nov 30, 7:47 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementGSPGraham, Haywood, Jackson, Macon, Swain, Transylvania73 min
Nov 30, 9:37 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementGSPGraham53 min
Nov 30, 10:47 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementGSPMadison43 min
Nov 30, 12:53 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementGSPGraham37 min
Nov 30, 1:28 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementGSPSwain32 min
Nov 30, 1:37 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementGSPJackson, Macon23 min
Nov 30, 2:01 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementGSPHaywood, Jackson, Macon29 min
Nov 30, 3:00 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementGSPBuncombe, Henderson, Transylvania30 min
Nov 30, 6:56 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPCabarrus, Davie, Rowan, Union34 min
Nov 30, 2:07 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementGSPHabersham, Rabun23 min

Nearby

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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.