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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 83, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

May 8, 20247 counties in North Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 8, 2024, 11:15 PM EDT for 7 counties in North Carolina. It was in force for 60 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: May 8, 2024, 11:15 PM EDT (03:15 UTC)
Expired: May 9, 2024, 12:15 AM EDT
In force: 60 min
Issued by: NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Buncombe County, NC, Graham County, NC, Haywood County, NC, Jackson County, NC, Macon County, NC, Madison County, NC, Swain County, NC

The radar

The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:18 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
May 8, 11:11 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 264 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: 1387 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -10 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1252 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 22 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 68 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.2
Supercell composite: 2.5

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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 May 8, 8:01 PM EDT, 3 hours 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 8, 8:01 PM EDT, 3 hours 14 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 8, 5:58 PM EDT, 5 hours 17 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 8, 8:52 PM EDT, 2 hours 23 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 8, 8:53 PM EDT, 2 hours 22 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC
853 PM EDT Wed May 8 2024

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0253 PM     Hail             Forest City             35.34N 81.87W
05/08/2024  M1.00 Inch       Rutherford         NC   911 Call Center

            911 Call Center reported quarter sized hail
            at the 911 Call Center.

&&

Local storm report, May 8, 8:54 PM EDT, 2 hours 21 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC
854 PM EDT Wed May 8 2024

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0304 PM     Tstm Wnd Dmg     Ellenboro               35.33N 81.76W
05/08/2024                   Rutherford         NC   911 Call Center

            911 Call Center reported numerous trees down
            in the Ellenboro area.

&&

Local storm report, May 8, 8:56 PM EDT, 2 hours 19 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC
856 PM EDT Wed May 8 2024

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0310 PM     Tstm Wnd Dmg     Polkville               35.42N 81.64W
05/08/2024                   Cleveland          NC   911 Call Center

            911 Call Center reported numerous trees and
            powerlines down across the Polkville area.

&&

Local storm report, May 8, 9:01 PM EDT, 2 hours 14 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC
901 PM EDT Wed May 8 2024

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0239 PM     Tstm Wnd Dmg     Landrum                 35.17N 82.19W
05/08/2024                   Spartanburg        SC   Emergency Mngr

            Emergency Management reported tree down on
            powerline in Landrum.

&&

Local storm report, May 8, 9:08 PM EDT, 2 hours 7 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC
908 PM EDT Wed May 8 2024

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0445 PM     Tstm Wnd Dmg     Chester                 34.70N 81.21W
05/08/2024                   Chester            SC   911 Call Center

            Corrects previous tstm wnd dmg report from
            Chester. County official reports many trees
            down across the county.

&&

Krentz

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 8, 11:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Avery, Mitchell, Yancey	40 min
May 8, 11:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Buncombe, Haywood, Henderson, McDowell	49 min
May 9, 12:09 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Haywood, Jackson, Macon, Transylvania	46 min
May 9, 12:15 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	GSP	Buncombe, McDowell, Rutherford	25 min
May 9, 12:29 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Graham, Macon, Swain	3 hr
May 9, 12:45 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Cleveland, Polk, Rutherford	45 min
May 9, 12:48 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Henderson, Polk, Transylvania	57 min
May 9, 1:18 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Alexander, Catawba, Davie, Iredell	42 min
May 9, 1:23 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Cleveland, Gaston, Lincoln	37 min
May 9, 1:50 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Cabarrus, Davie, Gaston, Iredell, Lincoln, Mecklenburg and 1 more	40 min
May 9, 2:35 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Cabarrus, Mecklenburg, Rowan, Union	25 min
May 9, 7:24 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Macon	51 min
May 9, 7:52 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Buncombe, Transylvania	38 min
May 9, 10:27 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Henderson	15 hr
May 9, 10:36 AM EDT	River Flood Advisory	GSP	Henderson, Transylvania	13 hr
May 9, 12:38 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Oconee	37 min
May 9, 12:52 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Anderson, Oconee, Pickens	68 min
May 9, 1:29 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Abbeville, Anderson, Greenville, Greenwood, Laurens, Pickens and 1 more	61 min
May 9, 1:50 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	GSP	Abbeville, Anderson, Greenville, Laurens	25 min
May 9, 2:00 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Cherokee, Spartanburg, Union, York	45 min
May 9, 2:23 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	GSP	Abbeville, Greenwood, Laurens, Spartanburg, Union	40 min
May 9, 2:32 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	GSP	Laurens	13 min
May 9, 2:41 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Chester, Union, York	49 min
May 9, 4:23 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Abbeville	37 min
May 9, 4:40 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Greenwood	50 min
May 9, 8:16 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Anderson, Oconee	44 min
May 9, 8:25 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Anderson	3 hr
May 9, 8:43 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Abbeville	32 min
May 9, 8:49 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Abbeville	41 min
May 9, 9:01 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Abbeville, Anderson, Greenwood, Laurens	74 min
May 9, 1:31 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Habersham, Rabun	3 hr
May 9, 1:43 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Elbert, Hart	47 min
May 9, 3:56 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Elbert	35 min
May 9, 7:22 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Habersham, Stephens	113 min
May 9, 7:52 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	GSP	Habersham, Stephens	4 hr
May 9, 7:59 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Hart	46 min
May 9, 8:01 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Franklin, Hart, Stephens	44 min
May 9, 8:07 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Franklin	3 hr

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.