Alert archive / South Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 53, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 14, 2021, 4:00 PM EDT for Cherokee County, Spartanburg County, South Carolina; Cleveland County, Rutherford County, North Carolina. It was in force for 45 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
- Jun 14, 2021, 4:00 PM EDT (20:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 14, 2021, 4:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 45 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), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:03 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
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 196 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1475 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 47 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 41 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
582
WUUS52 KGSP 142000
SVRGSP
NCC045-161-SCC021-083-142045-
/O.NEW.KGSP.SV.W.0053.210614T2000Z-210614T2045Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC
400 PM EDT Mon Jun 14 2021
The National Weather Service in Greenville-Spartanburg has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Southeastern Rutherford County in western North Carolina...
Southwestern Cleveland County in the Piedmont of North Carolina...
Northeastern Spartanburg County in Upstate South Carolina...
Northwestern Cherokee County in Upstate South Carolina...
* Until 445 PM EDT.
* At 400 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 10 miles south of
Forest City, or near Chesnee, moving southeast at 10 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Minor hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind
damage to trees and power lines.
* Locations impacted include...
Chesnee, Cowpens National Battlefield, Cliffside, Henrietta, Mayo
and Harris.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Scattered trees and power lines will be blown down in the warned
area. Seek shelter inside an interior room.
Brief damaging winds will blow down trees and power lines over small
areas. A brief period of large hail is also possible. 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 3518 8161 3502 8179 3518 8193 3527 8183
TIME...MOT...LOC 2000Z 312DEG 7KT 3518 8183
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
KRENTZ1 follow-up statement
462
WWUS52 KGSP 142026
SVSGSP
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC
426 PM EDT Mon Jun 14 2021
NCC045-161-SCC021-083-142045-
/O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0053.000000T0000Z-210614T2045Z/
Rutherford NC-Cleveland NC-Spartanburg SC-Cherokee SC-
426 PM EDT Mon Jun 14 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN RUTHERFORD...SOUTHWESTERN CLEVELAND...NORTHEASTERN
SPARTANBURG AND NORTHWESTERN CHEROKEE COUNTIES...
At 426 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles south of
Forest City, or 5 miles north of Chesnee, moving southeast at 5 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Minor hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind
damage to trees and power lines.
Locations impacted include...
Chesnee, Cowpens National Battlefield, Cliffside, Henrietta, Mayo and
Harris.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Scattered trees and power lines will be blown down in the warned
area. Seek shelter inside an interior room.
Brief damaging winds will blow down trees and power lines over small
areas. A brief period of large hail is also possible. Seek shelter
inside an interior room.
Please report damaging winds, hail, or flooding to the National
Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg by calling toll free, 1, 800,
2 6 7, 8 1 0 1, or by posting on our Facebook page, or Tweet it using
hashtag nwsgsp. Your message should describe the event and the
specific location where it occurred.
&&
LAT...LON 3518 8161 3502 8179 3518 8193 3527 8183
TIME...MOT...LOC 2026Z 315DEG 4KT 3523 8185
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
KRENTZThe office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 2:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Greenville | 25 min |
| Jun 14, 2:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Greenville | 38 min |
| Jun 14, 2:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Pickens | 30 min |
| Jun 14, 2:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Oconee | 23 min |
| Jun 14, 3:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Greenville | 30 min |
| Jun 14, 3:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Oconee | 31 min |
| Jun 14, 3:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Pickens | 44 min |
| Jun 14, 3:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Greenville | 41 min |
| Jun 14, 3:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Anderson, Pickens | 27 min |
| Jun 14, 3:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Greenville | 26 min |
| Jun 14, 4:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | York | 41 min |
| Jun 14, 4:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cherokee | 50 min |
| Jun 14, 4:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Anderson | 31 min |
| Jun 14, 4:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | York | 46 min |
| Jun 14, 4:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cherokee | 30 min |
| Jun 14, 4:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Anderson | 33 min |
| Jun 14, 5:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cherokee | 27 min |
| Jun 14, 5:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | York | 53 min |
| Jun 14, 6:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Chester | 28 min |
| Jun 13, 8:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Transylvania | 30 min |
| Jun 13, 11:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Madison | 45 min |
| Jun 14, 1:30 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cleveland | 30 min |
| Jun 14, 2:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Transylvania | 23 min |
| Jun 14, 2:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cleveland | 35 min |
| Jun 14, 3:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Gaston | 33 min |
| Jun 14, 4:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Lincoln | 45 min |
| Jun 14, 4:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Davie | 36 min |
| Jun 14, 5:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Davie | 35 min |
| Jun 14, 5:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Rowan | 35 min |
| Jun 14, 6:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Rowan | 31 min |
| Jun 14, 7:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Catawba | 32 min |
| Jun 14, 7:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Catawba | 30 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.