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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 242, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 23, 2019, 2:13 PM EDT for Oconee County, South Carolina; Franklin County, Stephens County, Georgia. 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 counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 23, 2019, 2:13 PM EDT (18:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 23, 2019, 2:37 PM EDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Franklin County, GA, Stephens County, GA, Oconee County, SC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:14 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 179 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
- 894 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -52 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 959 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 7 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -22 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -11 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 Aug 23, 1:46 PM EDT, 27 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 23, 1:46 PM EDT, 27 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 23, 6:14 AM EDT, 7 hours 59 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC 614 AM EDT Fri Aug 23 2019 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065- 068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-241015- 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- 614 AM EDT Fri Aug 23 2019 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northeast Georgia, western North Carolina, and Upstate South Carolina. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Numerous thunderstorms are expected to develop ahead of an approaching cold front, mainly this afternoon and evening. Some of the thunderstorms could be strong enough to produce small hail and gusty winds, and a few may become severe with wind damage the main threat. The Piedmont of the Carolinas and the Charlotte metro area stand the best chance for severe storms. Localized flooding will be possible in areas affected by multiple thunderstorms. Small streams could approach bankfull conditions where heavy rain falls. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday. Hazardous weather is not expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotters are requested to forward any reports of large hail, damaging winds, or flash flooding to our office. PM
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 23, 1:51 PM EDT, 22 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 22, 9:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Swain | 26 min |
| Aug 22, 9:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Haywood | 31 min |
| Aug 22, 10:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Gaston | 32 min |
| Aug 22, 10:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Madison | 41 min |
| Aug 22, 10:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Haywood | 49 min |
| Aug 22, 10:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Mecklenburg | 41 min |
| Aug 22, 10:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Jackson | 46 min |
| Aug 22, 11:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Haywood | 37 min |
| Aug 23, 12:36 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Haywood | 114 min |
| Aug 23, 12:59 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Iredell | 31 min |
| Aug 23, 1:32 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Iredell | 28 min |
| Aug 23, 2:42 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Iredell, Lincoln | 33 min |
| Aug 23, 2:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Henderson | 31 min |
| Aug 23, 3:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Jackson | 33 min |
| Aug 23, 3:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | McDowell | 33 min |
| Aug 23, 3:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Graham | 26 min |
| Aug 23, 4:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Henderson | 30 min |
| Aug 23, 4:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Henderson | 28 min |
| Aug 23, 5:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Rutherford | 30 min |
| Aug 23, 5:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Catawba | 24 min |
| Aug 23, 5:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cleveland | 57 min |
| Aug 23, 5:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Iredell | 34 min |
| Aug 23, 5:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Catawba, Iredell, Lincoln | 60 min |
| Aug 23, 6:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Gaston, Mecklenburg | 39 min |
| Aug 23, 6:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Lincoln, Mecklenburg | 63 min |
| Aug 23, 6:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Caldwell | 29 min |
| Aug 23, 7:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Mecklenburg | 27 min |
| Aug 23, 7:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Mecklenburg | 44 min |
| Aug 23, 7:49 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Mecklenburg | 116 min |
| Aug 22, 8:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | York | 37 min |
| Aug 22, 8:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Spartanburg | 28 min |
| Aug 22, 8:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cherokee | 34 min |
| Aug 23, 2:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Pickens | 25 min |
| Aug 23, 3:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Anderson | 36 min |
| Aug 23, 3:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Greenville | 25 min |
| Aug 23, 3:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Greenville | 29 min |
| Aug 23, 4:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Union | 23 min |
| Aug 23, 4:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Chester | 15 min |
| Aug 23, 4:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Laurens | 37 min |
| Aug 23, 4:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Spartanburg | 32 min |
| Aug 23, 4:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Chester | 27 min |
| Aug 23, 4:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Spartanburg | 34 min |
| Aug 23, 5:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Greenwood | 18 min |
| Aug 23, 5:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cherokee | 33 min |
| Aug 23, 6:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Chester | 31 min |
| Aug 23, 1:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Stephens | 24 min |
| Aug 23, 6:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Elbert | 27 min |
| Aug 23, 7:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Elbert | 68 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.