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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

April 8, 2019Cleveland County, Rutherford County, North Carolina; Cherokee County, Spartanburg County, South Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 8, 2019, 2:43 PM EDT for Cleveland County, Rutherford County, North Carolina; Cherokee County, Spartanburg County, South Carolina. It was in force for 46 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
Apr 8, 2019, 2:43 PM EDT (18:43 UTC)
Expired
Apr 8, 2019, 3:29 PM EDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Cleveland County, NC, Rutherford County, NC, Cherokee County, SC, Spartanburg County, SC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 8, 2:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 197 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 2019-04-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 233 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 2019-04-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 124 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
233 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-41 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
515 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
124 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
120 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
0.5

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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 Apr 8, 11:32 AM EDT, 3 hours 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 8, 11:32 AM EDT, 3 hours 11 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 8, 5:12 AM EDT, 9 hours 31 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC
512 AM EDT Mon Apr 8 2019

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065-
068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-090915-
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-
512 AM EDT Mon Apr 8 2019

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northeast Georgia, piedmont
North Carolina, western North Carolina and upstate South Carolina.

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

There is a risk of severe thunderstorms this afternoon and tonight
over the entire forecast area. The primary threat is high wind gusts,
with some threat from hail, and a more remote threat from rotating
storms. Rainfall could be, locally, heavy enough to cause isolated
flash flooding, especially if storms train over the same area.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday.

Another round of thunderstorms, some possibly severe, is possible on
Friday.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

None.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 8, 1:35 PM EDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 8, 2:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPCleveland51 min
Apr 8, 2:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPAlexander, Catawba45 min
Apr 8, 2:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPGaston, Lincoln35 min
Apr 8, 3:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPDavie, Rowan45 min
Apr 8, 3:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPCleveland, Gaston, Lincoln, Mecklenburg47 min
Apr 8, 3:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPIredell24 min
Apr 8, 3:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPUnion31 min
Apr 8, 4:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPCabarrus, Gaston, Iredell, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Rowan28 min
Apr 8, 4:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPMecklenburg34 min
Apr 8, 4:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPCabarrus, Union45 min
Apr 8, 4:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPGaston, Lincoln28 min
Apr 8, 5:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPGaston, Mecklenburg45 min
Apr 8, 5:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPCabarrus, Union42 min
Apr 8, 7:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPRutherford24 min
Apr 8, 7:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPCleveland31 min
Apr 7, 10:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPLaurens31 min
Apr 8, 12:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPAbbeville, Anderson49 min
Apr 8, 1:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPLaurens40 min
Apr 8, 2:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPSpartanburg41 min
Apr 8, 2:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPCherokee36 min
Apr 8, 3:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPAbbeville43 min
Apr 8, 3:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPCherokee, York32 min
Apr 8, 3:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPAbbeville, Greenwood40 min
Apr 8, 3:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPAbbeville, Greenwood44 min
Apr 8, 4:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPLaurens39 min
Apr 8, 4:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPSpartanburg, Union43 min
Apr 8, 4:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPCherokee, York50 min
Apr 8, 5:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPYork37 min
Apr 8, 2:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPElbert45 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Carolina, 2019Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in South Carolina, 2019Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2019

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.