As the remnants of tropical cyclone Lee moved toward the region, increasing wind shear and instability resulted in a few low topped, rotating thunderstorms. Despite the storms' having strong mid-level rotation on radar, only one of them went on to produce a tornado over the North Carolina piedmont.
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The episode as NWS GSP wrote it up.
As the remnants of tropical cyclone Lee moved toward the region, increasing wind shear and instability resulted in a few low topped, rotating thunderstorms. Despite the storms' having strong mid-level rotation on radar, only one of them went on to produce a tornado over the North Carolina piedmont. A little straight-line wind damage was also reported over the region.
The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Sep 5, 2:09 PM EST, 3 hours 51 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
309 PM EDT MON SEP 5 2011
.SYNOPSIS...
A STATIONARY FRONT WILL REMAIN ACROSS OUR AREA TONIGHT AS THE
REMNANT TROPICAL LOW TRACKS NORTHEAST SPREADING DEEP MOISTURE OVER
THE CAROLINAS THROUGH TUESDAY. THE LOW WILL MOVE OUT OF THE AREA
LATER IN THE WEEK AS IT CONTINUES TO WEAKEN.
&&
.NEAR TERM /THROUGH TUESDAY/...
HEAVY RAIN STILL LIKELY OVER PORTIONS OF THE MTNS AND ADJACENT
FOOTHILLS. SVR WX BECOMING THE MAIN THREAT OUTSIDE OF THE MTNS. COLD
FRONT REMAINS STALLED NEAR THE SPINE OF THE APPALACHIANS TONIGHT
WHILE THE REMNANT LOW FROM LEE MOVES NORTHEAST ALONG THE FRONT. MDLS
CONTINUE TO SHOW THE BEST FRONTOGENETICAL AND DEFORMATION ZONE
FORCING REMAINING WEST OF THE SPINE. THAT SAID...PW VALUES ACROSS THE
AREA ARE 2 STANDARD DEVIATIONS ABOVE NORMAL WHILE SLY LOW LEVEL
WINDS IN THE 30 KT RANGE WILL CONTINUE THRU THE NITE.
THEREFORE...THE MOST LIKELY LOCATIONS TO SEE WIDESPREAD HEAVY
RAINFALL WILL BE IN THE PRIME UPSLOPE AREAS ALONG THE BLUE RIDGE AND
NEAR THE TN BORDER CLOSER TO THE BETTER SYNOPTIC FORCING. THE HEAVY
RAIN OUTSIDE OF THOSE AREAS WILL LIKELY BE MORE ISOLATED AND
CONFINED TO LOCATIONS THAT SEE REPEATED CONVECTION AND/OR OVER MORE
URBAN ARES. WILL LEAVE THE FLOOD WATCHES AS IS...BUT INDICATE THE
NEW THINKING IN THE WORDING. WHILE THE FLOOD THREAT HAS
DIMINISHED...THE SEVERE CHANCES HAVE INCREASED. HEATING OUTSIDE OF
THE MTNS HAS LEAD TO MODERATE INSTABILITY ALONG AND SOUTH OF I-85.
BULK SHEAR AND HELICITY VALUES REMAIN QUITE HEIGHT. THIS COMBINED
WITH LOW LCL HEIGHTS WILL LEAD TO A SIGNIFICANT TORNADO THREAT
THROUGH THE EVENING AND POSSIBLY OVERNIGHT.
COLD FRONT BEGINS TO MOVE TUESDAY AS THE LOW MOVES ALONG THE FRONT
AND INTO OUR AREA. DRY SLOT MOVES IN BEHIND THE FRONT HELPING TO END
HEAVY PRECIP FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE AREA OUTSIDE OF THE MTNS
DURING THE MORNING. HEAVY RAIN COULD LINGER ACROSS THE MTNS...AT
LEAST THRU THE MORNING. STRONG SLY LOW LEVEL FLOW AND MODERATE
INSTABILITY WILL CONTINUE AHEAD OF THE FRONT. THEREFORE...LOCATIONS
AHEAD OF THE FRONT WILL RETAIN A TORNADO THREAT UNTIL THE FRONT
MOVES EAST OF THE AREA DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON. EXPECT THE HEAVY
RAIN THREAT AND PRECIP TO DIMINISH ACROSS THE MTNS DURING THE
AFTERNOON WITH THE SVR THREAT DIMINISHING AS WELL.
&&
.SHORT TERM /TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY/...
AS OF 230 PM MONDAY...12Z GFS AND NAM IN GOOD AGREEMENT THAT REMNANT
LOW FROM ONCE TS LEE WILL BE OVER THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AT 00Z WED
WITH A CONVERGENCE ZONE EAST OF THE CENTER. EXPECT THAT A CONVECTIVE
LINE OF STORMS ASSOCIATED WITH THE CONVERGENCE AREA WILL BE JUST
EAST OF THE FORECAST AREA AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PERIOD WITH THE
AREA EAST OF THE MOUNTAINS DRY SLOTTED. HENCE EXPECT ONLY SOME
SCATTERED SHOWERS OVER THE MOUNTAINS AS THE SURFACE LOW MOVES
SLOWLY NE TUE NIGHT. THE UPPER LOW WEST OF THE MOUNTAINS IS
EXPECTED TO MOVE ONLY VERY SLOWLY NORTHWARD INTO THE LOWER OHIO
VALLEY BY THU. LOOKS LIKE A PERSISTENT DOWNSLOPE FLOW AND A DRYING
AIRMASS WILL PRECLUDE ANY SHOWERS OUTSIDE OF THE MOUNTAINS BOTH
WED AND THU. ENOUGH MOISTURE SHOULD REMAIN OVER THE MOUNTAINS FOR
WIDELY SCATTERED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS THROUGH THE PERIOD. THE
SHOWERS WILL BE DIURNALLY ENHANCED EACH AFTERNOON...AND UPSLOPE
AREAS COULD SEE A SHOWER ANY TIME. CONSIDERABLE CLOUDINESS ON WED
WILL TEMPER MAX TEMPS AND KEEP THEM BELOW AVERAGE...BUT WITH
INCREASING SUNSHINE ON THU EXPECT MAX TEMPS SHOULD TOP OUT NEAR
AVERAGE VALUES.
&&
.LONG TERM /THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY/...
AS OF 1 PM MONDAY...THE EXTENDED PORTION OF THE FORECAST LEANED
HEAVILY ON THE HPC/ECMWF FORECAST. THE REMNANT UPPER LOW PREVIOUSLY
ASSOCIATED WITH TS LEE IS FORECAST TO CONTINUE TO MEANDER ACROSS THE
TN VALLEY THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK AND THEN GRADUALLY MOVE
EASTWARD AND SLOWLY FILL ACROSS THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS THE
FIRST OF NEXT WEEK. PERSISTENT...BUT GENERALLY WEAK DOWNSLOPE FLOW
EAST OF THE MOUNTAINS THROUGH SUNDAY...AND A MID LEVEL INVERSION
SUGGESTS GENERALLY DRY WEATHER IN THE PIEDMONT AREAS WITH ENHANCED
CU FIELDS DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. IN THE
MOUNTAINS...SUFFICIENT MOISTURE AND LAPSE RATES SHOULD EXIST FOR
SOME LOW TOPPED SHOWERS TO DEVELOP DIURNALLY EACH AFTERNOON. ON
MONDAY...WITH THE UPPER TROUGH MOVING EASTWARD ACROSS THE
AREA...SCATTERED AFTERNOON SHOWERS POSSIBLE ALL AREAS.
TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE PERIOD WILL AVERAGE ABOUT A CATEGORY
BELOW SEASONAL NORMS.
&&
.AVIATION /19Z MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/...
AT KCLT AND ELSEWHERE...CONDITIONS OUTSIDE OF THE MTNS HAVE NOT BEEN
AS DIRE AS PREV FCST AS RAIN HAS BEEN SPOTTY. THAT SAID...PRECIP IS
EXPECTED TO BECOME WIDESPREAD LATER THIS AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVENING
WITH AT LEAST MVFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED. CONDITIONS DETERIORATE INTO
THE IFR RANGE THIS EVENING OR OVERNIGHT AS PRECIP...LOW LEVEL
MOISTURE AND UPSLOPE FLOW CONTINUE. CONDITIONS SHUD IMPROVE OUTSIDE
OVER THE WRN NON-MTN SITES AFTER DAYBREAK AS PRECIP SLOWLY COMES TO
AN END. LOW CONDITIONS COULD CONTINUE AT KCLT/KAVL THRU THE END OF
THE PERIOD. S TO SE WINDS WILL CONTINUE THRU THE NITE WITH LOW END
GUSTS FROM TIME TO TIME. THIS COULD CAUSE SOME LOW LEVEL WIND SHEAR
PROBLEMS. WINDS REMAIN S TO SW TUE MORNING WITH LOW END GUSTS
POSSIBLE AGAIN.
OUTLOOK...CONDITIONS SHOULD IMPROVE DURING THE AFTERNOON AS DRY SLOT
WORKS IN FROM THE WEST...HOWEVER CLOUDS COULD LINGER OVER THE MTNS.
THE FORECAST FOR MID-WEEK IS VERY UNCERTAIN DUE TO LOW CONFIDENCE IN
THE EVENTUAL PROGRESSION OF A REMNANT LOW.
AN EXPERIMENTAL AVIATION FORECAST CONSISTENCY TABLE SHOWING THE
PERCENTAGE OF GUIDANCE MEMBERS AGREEING WITH THE SCHEDULED ISSUANCE
CATEGORY IS AVAILABLE AT FOLLOWING LINK (USE LOWER CASE)...
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/GSP/AVIATION/TABLES.HTM
&&
.GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR GAZ010-017-018-
026-028-029.
NC...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR NCZ033-035>037-
048>053-056>059-062>065-068>072-082-501>510.
SC...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR SCZ001>010.
&&
SYNOPSIS...DEO
NEAR TERM...RWH
SHORT TERM...LG
LONG TERM...LG
AVIATION...RWHHAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 410 PM EDT MON SEP 5 2011 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ035>037-056-057-068>072-082-501>510- SCZ001>010-062015- RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-ALEXANDER-IREDELL- DAVIE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS- UNION NC-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- 410 PM EDT MON SEP 5 2011 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... ...TORNADO WATCH 840 IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. TORNADO WATCH. FLASH FLOOD WATCH. A SLOW MOVING FRONT NEAR THE NORTH CAROLINA AND TENNESSEE BORDER WILL MOVE INTO THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA ON TUESDAY. LOW PRESSURE...THE REMNANT OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION LEE...WILL MOVE NORTHEAST ALONG THE FRONT. AS THE LOW APPROACHES...THE ENVIRONMENT WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY SUPPORTIVE FOR HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLY SOME ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND TORNADOES. HEAVY RAINFALL COULD PRODUCE SOME LOCALIZED FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FLASH FLOOD WATCH. ALSO...THERE WILL BE A CONTINUING THREAT OF SEVERE STORMS ON TUESDAY EAST OF THE MOUNTAINS AS A FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE AREA. A CONVECTIVE LINE OF STORMS IS LIKELY TO DEVELOP BY MIDDAY AND MOVE EAST THE AREA BY EVENING. ISOLATED TORNADOES AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS. SEVERE WEATHER AND HEAVY RAIN WILL END BY TUESDAY NIGHT. OTHERWISE...NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER IS EXPECTED. NONE. SCZ011>014-019-062015- ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- 410 PM EDT MON SEP 5 2011 ...TORNADO WATCH 840 IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. TORNADO WATCH. A SLOW MOVING FRONT NEAR THE NORTH CAROLINA AND TENNESSEE BORDER WILL MOVE INTO THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA ON TUESDAY. LOW PRESSURE...THE REMNANT OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION LEE...WILL MOVE NORTHEAST ALONG THE FRONT. AS THE LOW APPROACHES...THE ENVIRONMENT WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY SUPPORTIVE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND TORNADOES. IN ADDITION...EXCESSIVE RAINFALL MAY RESULT IN POSSIBLE FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. THERE WILL BE A CONTINUING THREAT OF SEVERE STORMS ON TUESDAY EAST OF THE MOUNTAINS AS A FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE AREA. A CONVECTIVE LINE OF STORMS IS LIKELY TO DEVELOP BY MIDDAY AND MOVE EAST THE AREA BY EVENING. ISOLATED TORNADOES AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS. SEVERE WEATHER AND HEAVY RAIN WILL END BY TUESDAY NIGHT. OTHERWISE...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... NONE. NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>064-062015- AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM- NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA- 410 PM EDT MON SEP 5 2011 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FLASH FLOOD WATCH. A STALLED COLD FRONT NEAR THE NORTH CAROLINA AND TENNESSEE BORDER WILL REMAIN OVER THE AREA THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. THE CENTER OF LOW PRESSURE...THE REMNANT OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION LEE...WILL MOVE NORTHEAST ALONG THE FRONT. AS THE LOW APPROACHES...THE ENVIRONMENT WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY SUPPORTIVE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND TORNADOES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FLASH FLOOD WATCH. HEAVY RAIN WILL END ON TUESDAY. OTHERWISE...NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER IS EXPECTED. NONE. NCZ065-062015- HENDERSON- 410 PM EDT MON SEP 5 2011 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... ...TORNADO WATCH 840 IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. TORNADO WATCH. FLASH FLOOD WATCH. A STALLED COLD FRONT NEAR THE NORTH CAROLINA AND TENNESSEE BORDER WILL REMAIN OVER THE AREA THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. THE CENTER OF LOW PRESSURE...THE REMNANT OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION LEE...WILL MOVE NORTHEAST ALONG THE FRONT. AS THE LOW APPROACHES...THE ENVIRONMENT WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY SUPPORTIVE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND TORNADOES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FLASH FLOOD WATCH. ALSO...THERE WILL BE A CONTINUING THREAT OF SEVERE STORMS ON TUESDAY EAST OF THE MOUNTAINS AS A FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE AREA. A CONVECTIVE LINE OF STORMS IS LIKELY TO DEVELOP BY MIDDAY AND MOVE EAST THE AREA BY EVENING. ISOLATED TORNADOES AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS. SEVERE WEATHER AND HEAVY RAIN WILL END BY TUESDAY NIGHT. OTHERWISE...NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER IS EXPECTED.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
553 PM EDT MON SEP 5 2011
SCZ010-052245-
ANDERSON-
553 PM EDT MON SEP 5 2011
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT ANDERSON COUNTY THROUGH 645 PM
EDT...
AT 553 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR NUBERG...OR 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HARTWELL...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
IVA...
BROADWAY LAKE...
ANDERSON...
HONEA PATH...
BELTON...
PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.
LAT...LON 3427 8275 3430 8278 3434 8280 3437 8284
3446 8286 3472 8270 3474 8265 3457 8242
3456 8242 3449 8232 3421 8274
HGSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
557 PM EDT MON SEP 5 2011
SCZ006-010-011-019-052245-
ABBEVILLE-ANDERSON-GREATER GREENVILLE-GREENWOOD-
557 PM EDT MON SEP 5 2011
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT ABBEVILLE...EASTERN ANDERSON...
NORTHWESTERN GREENWOOD AND SOUTHERN GREENVILLE COUNTIES THROUGH 645
PM EDT...
AT 557 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES SOUTH OF ANTREVILLE...OR 8 MILES WEST OF
ABBEVILLE...MOVING NORTH AT 40 MPH.
THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
ANTREVILLE...
DUE WEST...
WARE SHOALS...
HONEA PATH...
BELTON...
WILLIAMSTON...
PEA SIZE HAIL...TORRENTIAL RAINFALL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH
ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
LAT...LON 3419 8264 3466 8251 3457 8224 3454 8224
3449 8231 3447 8231 3445 8229 3438 8221
3413 8243
HGSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
606 PM EDT MON SEP 5 2011
SCZ009-014-052245-
CHESTER-YORK-
606 PM EDT MON SEP 5 2011
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CHESTER AND SOUTHEASTERN YORK
COUNTIES THROUGH 645 PM EDT...
AT 606 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF CORNWELL...OR 6 MILES SOUTH
OF CHESTER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
CHESTER...
RICHBURG...
CATAWBA...
ROCK HILL...
PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM. TORRENTIAL RAINFALL CAN BE EXPECTED AS WELL.
LAT...LON 3482 8089 3480 8088 3455 8115 3456 8122
3464 8134 3509 8097 3511 8094 3506 8089
3501 8090 3495 8086 3484 8086
HGSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
619 PM EDT MON SEP 5 2011
SCZ002>007-010>012-052315-
ABBEVILLE-ANDERSON-GREATER GREENVILLE-GREATER OCONEE-GREATER
PICKENS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-LAURENS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-SPARTANBURG-
619 PM EDT MON SEP 5 2011
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT ANDERSON...GREENVILLE...
NORTHEASTERN ABBEVILLE...PICKENS...SOUTHEASTERN OCONEE...SPARTANBURG
AND WESTERN LAURENS COUNTIES THROUGH 715 PM EDT...
AT 619 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
TOWNVILLE TO WATERLOO...MOVING NORTH AT 40 MPH.
THESE STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
PENDLETON...
WILLIAMSTON...
GRAY COURT...
PIEDMONT...
DONALDSON CENTER...
WHITE HORSE ROAD AT I-85...
PEA SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE
STORMS. IN ADDITION...HEAVY RAINS MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS
DITCHES AND UNDERPASSES. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED
ROADS. WATER LEVELS OF SMALL STREAMS AND RIVERS MAY ALSO
RISE...THEREFORE SEEK HIGHER GROUND IF THREATENED BY FLOOD WATERS.
LAT...LON 3434 8217 3441 8224 3437 8230 3451 8298
3507 8283 3508 8278 3507 8276 3510 8269
3513 8268 3512 8266 3516 8255 3517 8245
3516 8245 3521 8239 3518 8237 3520 8228
3510 8183 3503 8179 3430 8199
HGSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
637 PM EDT MON SEP 5 2011
SCZ009-014-052315-
CHESTER-YORK-
637 PM EDT MON SEP 5 2011
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN CHESTER AND
SOUTHEASTERN YORK COUNTIES THROUGH 715 PM EDT...
AT 632 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR EDGEMOOR...OR 11 MILES SOUTH OF ROCK HILL...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
CATAWBA...
ROCK HILL...
FORT MILL...
PEA SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM. IN ADDITION...HEAVY RAINS MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS
DITCHES AND UNDERPASSES. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED
ROADS. WATER LEVELS OF SMALL STREAMS AND RIVERS MAY ALSO
RISE...THEREFORE SEEK HIGHER GROUND IF THREATENED BY FLOOD WATERS.
LAT...LON 3482 8089 3479 8087 3477 8087 3468 8096
3478 8114 3509 8092 3506 8089 3501 8090
3495 8086 3484 8086
HGSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
700 PM EDT MON SEP 5 2011
NCZ082-060000-
UNION-
700 PM EDT MON SEP 5 2011
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT UNION COUNTY THROUGH 800 PM
EDT...
AT 700 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES EAST OF CATAWBA...OR 9 MILES NORTH OF
LANCASTER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
WAXHAW...
MINERAL SPRINGS...
MONROE...
WINGATE...
UNIONVILLE...
MARSHVILLE...
PEA SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM. IN ADDITION..HEAVY RAINS MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS
DITCHES AND UNDERPASSES. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED
ROADS. WATER LEVELS OF SMALL STREAMS AND RIVERS MAY ALSO
RISE...THEREFORE SEEK HIGHER GROUND IF THREATENED BY FLOOD WATERS.
LAT...LON 3503 8029 3481 8068 3481 8079 3482 8080
3494 8079 3498 8082 3520 8053 3517 8044
3518 8037 3517 8035 3519 8029 3517 8027
HGThe Greer radar (KGSP), 126 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:58 UTC.
3 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
A few trees and large limbs were blown down in the Tuckaseegee Park area.
Quarter size hail fell at Sardis Church Rd and Unionville-Indian Trail Rd.
This brief, weak tornado touched down at a farm site just southwest of the intersection of Ridge Rd and C.J. Thomas Rd. The tornado traveled around one-half mile before lifting near Bernard Thompson Rd. A few barns received roof damage and some trees were blown down.
Trees were blown down on Stagecoach Rd.
Multiple trees were blown down on East Ridge Rd. At least one tree fell on and caused minor damage to a home.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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