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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 80, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

June 22, 20194 counties in South Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 22, 2019, 3:05 PM EDT for 4 counties in South Carolina. It was in force for 40 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 22, 2019, 3:05 PM EDT (19:05 UTC)
Expired: Jun 22, 2019, 3:45 PM EDT
In force: 40 min
Issued by: NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Cherokee County, SC, Greenville County, SC, Pickens County, SC, Spartanburg County, SC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 7 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:08 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.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 22, 2:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 242 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1069 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 55 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 155 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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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 Jun 22, 2:32 PM EDT, 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 22, 2:32 PM EDT, 33 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 22, 2:14 PM EDT, 51 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 22, 1:30 PM EDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC
130 PM EDT Sat Jun 22 2019

NCZ048>053-059-062>065-503-505-221815-
Buncombe NC-Transylvania NC-Swain NC-Madison NC-Northern Jackson NC-
McDowell Mountains NC-Haywood NC-Yancey NC-Burke Mountains NC-
Henderson NC-Southern Jackson NC-Mitchell NC-Macon NC-
130 PM EDT Sat Jun 22 2019

...A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTH CENTRAL MACON...
CENTRAL MCDOWELL...CENTRAL TRANSYLVANIA...NORTHWESTERN HENDERSON...
JACKSON...MADISON...SWAIN...SOUTHEASTERN MITCHELL...HAYWOOD...
BUNCOMBE AND YANCEY COUNTIES UNTIL 215 PM EDT...

At 128 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated the leading edge of a cluster
of thunderstorms along a line extending from 8 miles southwest of
Burnsville to 6 miles south of Sylva, and moving east at 40 mph.

Locations to be impacted include...
Downtown Asheville, Sylva, Spruce Pine, Waynesville, Burnsville,
Bryson City, Marshall, East Asheville, Arden and West Asheville.

Wind gusts up to 40 mph, pea size hail and very heavy rainfall rates
up to 2 inches per hour 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.

Torrential rainfall may flood areas with poor drainage, such as
ditches and underpasses. Avoid these areas and do not cross flooded
roads. Water levels of small streams may also rise rapidly. Seek
higher ground if threatened by flood waters.

&&

LAT...LON 3601 8261 3597 8261 3595 8257 3599 8249
      3592 8192 3579 8192 3518 8287 3530 8355
      3557 8357 3556 8350 3566 8335 3566 8330
      3572 8325 3576 8316 3578 8299 3588 8290
      3593 8292 3595 8287 3593 8281 3600 8277
TIME...MOT...LOC 1728Z 274DEG 33KT 3582 8240 3528 8325

ARK

Special weather statement, Jun 22, 1:51 PM EDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 22, 2:12 PM EDT, 53 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 22, 2:45 PM EDT, 20 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 22, 3:04 PM EDT, 1 minute before

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Local storm report, Jun 22, 3:05 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 21, 11:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Graham, Haywood, Jackson, Macon, Swain	63 min
Jun 22, 12:31 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Buncombe, Haywood, Madison, Yancey	44 min
Jun 22, 12:38 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Buncombe, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, Macon, Transylvania	52 min
Jun 22, 1:15 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Avery, Burke, Caldwell, Henderson, McDowell, Mitchell and 3 more	60 min
Jun 22, 2:33 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Catawba, Cleveland, Davie, Gaston, Iredell, Lincoln	42 min
Jun 22, 3:12 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Cabarrus, Mecklenburg, Rowan, Union	48 min
Jun 22, 11:13 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Swain	47 min
Jun 22, 12:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Haywood	45 min
Jun 22, 12:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Haywood	27 min
Jun 22, 12:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Haywood, Jackson	38 min
Jun 22, 1:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Buncombe, Haywood, Jackson, Madison, Swain, Yancey	45 min
Jun 22, 1:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Burke, McDowell	24 min
Jun 22, 2:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Buncombe, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, Swain, Yancey	48 min
Jun 22, 2:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Transylvania	42 min
Jun 22, 2:36 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Buncombe, Haywood, Swain	3 hr
Jun 22, 2:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Polk, Rutherford	45 min
Jun 22, 3:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Cleveland, Gaston, Lincoln	52 min
Jun 22, 4:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Cabarrus, Mecklenburg, Union	47 min
Jun 22, 4:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Cabarrus, Mecklenburg, Union	49 min
Jun 22, 12:48 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Oconee, Pickens	57 min
Jun 22, 1:39 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Anderson, Oconee	66 min
Jun 22, 1:43 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Pickens	62 min
Jun 22, 1:57 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Abbeville, Anderson, Oconee, Pickens	48 min
Jun 22, 2:31 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Greenville, Laurens, Spartanburg, Union	29 min
Jun 22, 2:32 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Abbeville, Anderson, Greenville, Greenwood, Laurens	58 min
Jun 22, 3:01 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Chester, Laurens, Union	29 min
Jun 22, 3:26 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Laurens, Union	19 min
Jun 22, 3:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Cherokee, Chester, Spartanburg, Union, York	48 min
Jun 22, 4:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Chester, Union, York	41 min
Jun 22, 4:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Laurens, Union	26 min

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Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in South Carolina, 2019 Every 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.