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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 174, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 26, 2018, 1:26 PM EDT for Transylvania County, North Carolina; Greenville County, South 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 counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 26, 2018, 1:26 PM EDT (17:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 26, 2018, 2:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Transylvania County, NC, Greenville County, SC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 257 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
- 143 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -212 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1032 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -11 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -2 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 26, 11:09 AM EDT, 2 hours 17 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 26, 11:09 AM EDT, 2 hours 17 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC 521 AM EDT Tue Jun 26 2018 GAZ010-017-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065-068-069-501>510- 270930- Rabun-Habersham-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- 521 AM EDT Tue Jun 26 2018 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northeast Georgia, piedmont North Carolina and western North Carolina. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight. Scattered to numerous thunderstorms are expected to develop this afternoon and evening. Some of these storms may become severe with damaging winds as the main threat, but large hail cannot be ruled out. Frequent cloud-to-ground lightning and brief heavy rain can be expected as well. .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. GAZ018-026-028-029-NCZ070>072-082-SCZ001>014-019-270930- Stephens-Franklin-Hart-Elbert-Gaston-Mecklenburg-Cabarrus-Union- Oconee Mountains-Pickens Mountains-Greenville Mountains- Greater Oconee-Greater Pickens-Greater Greenville-Spartanburg- Cherokee-York-Anderson-Abbeville-Laurens-Chester-Greenwood- 521 AM EDT Tue Jun 26 2018 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northeast Georgia, piedmont North Carolina and upstate South Carolina. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight. Scattered to numerous thunderstorms are expected to develop this afternoon and evening. Some of these storms may become severe with damaging winds as the main threat, but large hail cannot be ruled out. Frequent cloud-to-ground lightning and brief heavy rain can be expected as well. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday. ..Wednesday...No hazardous weather is expected at this time. ..Thursday...Excessive heat possible. ..Friday...Excessive heat possible. ..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.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 12:51 PM EDT, 35 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 12:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Burke | 24 min |
| Jun 26, 12:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Transylvania | 36 min |
| Jun 26, 1:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Burke | 32 min |
| Jun 26, 1:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Henderson | 34 min |
| Jun 26, 1:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Haywood | 37 min |
| Jun 26, 2:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Henderson | 39 min |
| Jun 26, 2:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | McDowell | 30 min |
| Jun 26, 2:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Transylvania | 26 min |
| Jun 26, 2:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | McDowell, Rutherford | 48 min |
| Jun 26, 2:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Henderson | 29 min |
| Jun 26, 2:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Polk | 26 min |
| Jun 26, 2:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Buncombe | 37 min |
| Jun 26, 2:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Gaston | 35 min |
| Jun 26, 3:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Burke | 36 min |
| Jun 26, 3:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Rutherford | 32 min |
| Jun 26, 3:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Polk | 23 min |
| Jun 26, 3:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Polk, Rutherford | 51 min |
| Jun 26, 3:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Polk, Rutherford | 42 min |
| Jun 26, 3:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cleveland | 33 min |
| Jun 26, 3:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cleveland, Polk, Rutherford | 48 min |
| Jun 26, 4:00 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Cleveland | 4 hr |
| Jun 26, 4:02 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Rutherford | 4 hr |
| Jun 26, 4:07 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Avery, Burke, Caldwell | 3 hr |
| Jun 26, 4:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cleveland, Gaston | 53 min |
| Jun 26, 4:29 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Haywood | 3 hr |
| Jun 26, 4:52 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | McDowell | 3 hr |
| Jun 26, 5:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Madison | 33 min |
| Jun 26, 5:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Madison | 39 min |
| Jun 26, 5:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Haywood, Jackson, Swain | 46 min |
| Jun 26, 6:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Jackson | 31 min |
| Jun 26, 6:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Buncombe, Haywood, Madison, Yancey | 42 min |
| Jun 26, 6:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Macon | 38 min |
| Jun 26, 6:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Graham, Swain | 44 min |
| Jun 26, 6:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Buncombe, Haywood, Henderson, Madison, Transylvania | 41 min |
| Jun 26, 6:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Jackson, Macon | 52 min |
| Jun 26, 7:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Macon | 23 min |
| Jun 26, 7:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Henderson, Polk, Transylvania | 25 min |
| Jun 26, 7:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Henderson, Polk, Transylvania | 46 min |
| Jun 25, 8:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Chester, York | 30 min |
| Jun 25, 8:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Chester | 30 min |
| Jun 26, 2:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Oconee | 24 min |
| Jun 26, 2:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Oconee, Pickens | 50 min |
| Jun 26, 2:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Greenville, Pickens | 46 min |
| Jun 26, 3:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Oconee, Pickens | 44 min |
| Jun 26, 3:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Greenville | 26 min |
| Jun 26, 3:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Anderson, Greenville, Pickens | 50 min |
| Jun 26, 3:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Greenville, Spartanburg | 46 min |
| Jun 26, 3:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Oconee | 31 min |
| Jun 26, 4:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Oconee | 30 min |
| Jun 26, 4:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | York | 25 min |
| Jun 26, 4:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | York | 49 min |
| Jun 26, 4:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Laurens | 36 min |
| Jun 26, 4:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Spartanburg | 35 min |
| Jun 26, 4:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cherokee, Spartanburg, Union | 51 min |
| Jun 26, 4:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Laurens | 46 min |
| Jun 26, 5:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Chester | 24 min |
| Jun 26, 5:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Chester | 26 min |
| Jun 26, 5:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Laurens, Union | 45 min |
| Jun 26, 5:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Union | 41 min |
| Jun 26, 5:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | York | 24 min |
| Jun 26, 5:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Chester, Union | 37 min |
| Jun 26, 5:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Abbeville | 33 min |
| Jun 26, 5:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Greenwood, Laurens | 27 min |
| Jun 26, 6:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Abbeville, Greenwood | 44 min |
| Jun 26, 6:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Lancaster | 25 min |
| Jun 26, 6:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Chester | 27 min |
| Jun 26, 7:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Oconee | 44 min |
| Jun 26, 4:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Hart | 33 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.