Scattered afternoon thunderstorms developed across the foothills and Piedmont, with a couple of severe storms producing brief damaging downbursts.
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The episode as NWS GSP wrote it up.
Scattered afternoon thunderstorms developed across the foothills and Piedmont, with a couple of severe storms producing brief damaging downbursts.
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 May 29, 1:48 PM EST, 1 hour 45 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
248 PM EDT THU MAY 29 2014
.SYNOPSIS...
A BACKDOOR COLD FRONT WILL SLOWLY CROSS THE FORECAST AREA FROM THE
NORTHEAST THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN FROM THE
NORTHEAST THIS WEEKEND...AND MOVE OFFSHORE EARLY NEXT WEEK.
&&
.NEAR TERM /THROUGH FRIDAY/...
FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON...CONVECTION SHOULD CONTINUE TO
BLOSSOM AND EXPAND FROM THE MOUNTAINS TO THE PIEDMONT. EXPECT
COVERAGE TO BE NUMEROUS OVER THE MTNS AND SCATTERED OVER THE
PIEDMONT. STEERING FLOW IS RATHER WEAK THOUGH...SO STORMS WILL MOVE
ONLY SLOWLY. FLASH FLOODING COULD BE AN ISSUE WITH THE SLOW MOVEMENT
OF THE STORMS AND THE RELATIVELY DEEP MOISTURE. WE MAY SEE A FEW
PULSE-TYPE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AS BUOYANCY LOOKS SUFFICIENT AND
GENERALLY CLIMBING UP ABOVE 2000 J/KG...BUT DCAPE IS MARGINAL THUS
FAR OVER THE UPSTATE AND NE GEORGIA.
OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS...THE MAIN CONCERN WILL BE A FRONTAL ZONE
DROPPING DOWN FROM THE NORTH. A SURFACE REFLECTION ALREADY SHOWS IN
THE CAPE ANALYSIS NUDGING INTO THE NW PIEDMONT...WITH LOW CLOUDINESS
AND STABLE AIR IN N CENTRAL NC. A SHORT WAVE DROPPING DOWN INTO THE
UPPER TROF OFF THE EAST COAST WILL CONTINUE TO DRIVE THIS BOUNDARY
FARTHER SOUTH AND EAST THIS EVENING. THE MODELS DO NOT REALLY SHOW
MUCH IN THE WAY OF LOW LEVEL FORCING BUT THIS COULD BE MASKED BY THE
DIURNAL CONVERGENCE TOWARD THE MTNS. IT STANDS TO REASON THAT THE
BOUNDARY MAY PROVIDE THE FOCUS FOR CONVECTION WELL INTO THE
NIGHTTIME HOURS. THERE IS SOME CONCERN FOR FLASH FLOOD POTENTIAL
OVER THE NC BLUE RIDGE AND FOOTHILLS IF THE BOUNDARY MOVES FAR
ENOUGH SOUTH TO DEVELOP A LOW LEVEL EASTERLY FLOW THAT COULD ANCHOR
STORMS NEAR THE BLUE RIDGE...BUT NOT ENOUGH CONCERN TO ENTERTAIN A
WATCH. EXPECT A DIURNAL REDUCTION IN STORM COVERAGE AFTER MIDNIGHT
IN SPITE OF THE BOUNDARY...SO SOME OF THE LATEST SREF WAS BLENDED
INTO THE POP. ON FRIDAY...SHOWERS AND STORMS SHOULD DEVELOP YET
AGAIN ACROSS THE ENTIRE FCST AREA...BUT WE MIGHT BE COVERED WITH A
LOW CLOUD CEILING BANKED UP AGAINST THE BLUE RIDGE THAT WILL CUT
DOWN ON THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE STORMS. TEMPS SHOULD BE A BIT
COOLER WITH THE ADDITIONAL CLOUD COVER AND EASTERLY FLOW DEVELOPING.
&&
.SHORT TERM /FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY/...
AT 215 PM EDT THURSDAY...ON FRIDAY NIGHT AN UPPER RIDGE OVER THE
NORTHERN PLAINS WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST BETWEEN A CLOSED LOW OVER LA AND
AND UPPER TROUGH OFF THE EAST COAST...REACHING THE SOUTHERN
APPALACHIANS. THE RIDGE CENTER WILL MOVE OVER THE OH RIVER VALLEY ON
SATURDAY...AND OVER GA ON SUNDAY.
A BACK DOOR COLD FRONT WILL DRIFT VERY SLOWLY SOUTH ACROSS SC ON
FRIDAY NIGHT...AND ACROSS THE SAVANNAH RIVER VALLEY ON SATURDAY.
MODEL SOUNDINGS SHOW ELEVATED INSTABILITY VERY SLOWLY DECREASING
ALONG THE BOUNDARY ON FRIDAY NIGHT...AND INCREASING AGAIN ON
SATURDAY...MAINTAINING A THREAT OF CONVECTION AND HEAVY RAINFALL. ON
SATURDAY NIGHT THE FRONT MOVES SOUTHWEST OF OUR AREA...BUT LINGERING
LOW LEVEL MOISTURE AND AN EASTERLY UPSLOPE COMPONENT WILL SUPPORT A
CHANCE PRECIPITATION ALONG THE SOUTHERN BLUE RIDGE ESCARPMENT. DRIER
AIR WORKING INTO THE AREA FROM THE NW ON SUNDAY WILL REDUCE THE
CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION...BUT THE MODEL SUGGEST THAT MOISTURE BANKED
UP AGAINST THE SOUTHERN BLUE RIDGE WILL PERSIST...AND SMALL POPS
WILL BE CARRIED THERE AGAIN.
TEMPERATURES WILL RUN ABOVE NORMAL WITH RISING HEIGHTS ALOFT...UNTIL
COOLER AIR BEHIND THE FRONT WORKS INTO THE AREA ON SUNDAY.
&&
.LONG TERM /SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY/...
AT 215 PM EDT THURSDAY...ON MONDAY AN UPPER RIDGE WILL EXTEND FROM
FL TO THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES...WHILE A CLOSED UPPER LOW WILL BE
OVER THE WESTERN ATLANTIC AND AN UPPER TROUGH WILL BE OVER THE WEST
COAST. THE UPPER RIDGE PROGRESS TO THE EAST COAST BY TUESDAY...WHILE
A SHORTWAVE MOVES ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES AREA. THE PATTERN
DEAMPLIFIES BY WEDNESDAY...LEADING TO A LARGELY ZONAL FLOW ACROSS
THE NATION...AND WEAK FLAT RIDGING OVER THE SOUTHEAST...A PATTERN
THAT PERSISTS INTO THURSDAY.
SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL BE CENTERED NEAR THE COASTAL VA AND NC ON
MONDAY...AND ALTHOUGH GULF INFLOW ON THE WEST SIDE OF THIS RIDGE
WILL BE FOCUSED OVER THE MS...TN AND OH VALLEYS...THE MODELS
INDICATE MOISTURE OVER THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS...WITH UPSLOPE FLOW
AND INCREASING INSTABILITY SUPPORTING DIURNALLY DRIVEN CONVECTION.
AS THE SURFACE HIGH DRIFTS SE AND OFFSHORE FROM TUESDAY THROUGH
THURSDAY...GULF INFLOW WEAKENS...BUT SPREADS EAST...COVERING NE GA
AND THE WESTERN CAROLINAS. UPSLOPE FLOW INTO ELEVATED TERRAIN WILL
BE RATHER WEAK...BUT ENOUGH TO SUPPORT THE BEST CHANCES OF
CONVECTION REMAINING ALONG THE BLUE RIDGE...EVEN AS CONVECTIVE
CHANCES INCREASE TO THE EAST.
TEMPERATURES WILL RISE FROM NEAR NORMAL VALUES...TO ABOVE NORMAL...
EVEN AS HEIGHTS FALL ALOFT...AS COOL NE FLOW VEERS TO THE SW...
AND WARM ADVECTION ENSUES.
&&
.AVIATION /19Z THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/...
AT KCLT...FOR THE REST OF THE DAYLIGHT HOURS...VFR CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OUTSIDE OF THUNDERSTORMS. CLOUD BASES SHOULD BE AROUND
045-050. KEPT THE LOW CLOUDS FEW OR SCT FOR THE INITIAL PERIOD BUT
THERE COULD EASILY BE A TEMPORARY CEILING AT THAT LEVEL. THIS
POSSIBILITY WAS LEFT OUT FOR BREVITY. THE CONVECTION ALLOWING MODELS
ARE STILL GOING FOR A WINDOW OF THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY DURING THE
LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS...SO THE TEMPO FOR
THUNDERSTORMS WAS KEPT BUT PUSHED BACK ANOTHER HOUR. THE STORMS
COULD LINGER THROUGH THE EVENING AND EARLY MORNING HOURS AS A BACK
DOOR COLD FRONT DROPS INTO THE REGION. EXPECT THIS WILL BRING AN
MVFR CEILING INTO THE PIEDMONT FOR THE HOURS AROUND DAYBREAK. THE
LOW CLOUD CEILING SHOULD LIFT AND SCATTER BY MID MORNING FRIDAY.
SOME DETAIL WAS LEFT OUT OF THE TAF AFTER SUNRISE FRIDAY.
ELSEWHERE...EXPECT MAINLY AFTN AND EVENING CONVECTION WILL FOCUS
ALONG AN APPROACHING BACKDOOR COLD FRONT...WITH TSRA CHANCES HIGHER
FROM KAVL TO KHKY THAN FARTHER S AT THE UPSTATE SC SITES. SHOWERS
AND ISOLD TO SCT TSTMS MAY LINGER THROUGH THE NIGHT...ESPECIALLY
NEAR THE ERN SLOPES OF THE MTNS FROM KAVL TO NEAR KGSP. SFC WINDS
WILL ADJUST TO NRLY TO NELY WITH THE ARRIVAL OF THE FRONT TODAY AT
THE NC SITES...WHILE CONTINUED SW FLOW IS LIKELY AT THE UPSTATE
SITES BEFORE BECOMING LIGHT AND VARIABLE THIS EVENING.
OUTLOOK...ALTHOUGH GRADUAL DRYING WILL DEVELOP FROM THE NE OVER THE
WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK...CONTINUED BOUNDARY LAYER MOISTURE
WILL PRODUCE ISOLATED TO SCATTERED DIURNAL CONVECTION EACH
DAY...WITH MORNING RESTRICTIONS POSSIBLE.
CONFIDENCE TABLE...
18-24Z 00-06Z 06-12Z 12-18Z
KCLT HIGH 100% HIGH 92% MED 76% MED 76%
KGSP HIGH 100% HIGH 100% MED 61% HIGH 80%
KAVL HIGH 100% MED 74% HIGH 96% HIGH 82%
KHKY HIGH 100% MED 79% HIGH 86% MED 60%
KGMU HIGH 100% HIGH 100% MED 68% MED 79%
KAND HIGH 100% HIGH 100% HIGH 95% MED 79%
THE PERCENTAGE REFLECTS THE NUMBER OF GUIDANCE MEMBERS AGREEING
WITH THE SCHEDULED TAF ISSUANCE FLIGHT RULE CATEGORY. COMPLETE
HOURLY EXPERIMENTAL AVIATION FORECAST CONSISTENCY TABLES AND ENSEMBLE
FORECASTS ARE AVAILABLE AT THE FOLLOWING LINK: (MUST BE LOWER CASE)
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/GSP/AVIATION_TABLES
&&
.GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...NONE.
NC...NONE.
SC...NONE.
&&
SYNOPSIS...JAT
NEAR TERM...PM
SHORT TERM...JAT
LONG TERM...JAT
AVIATION...PMHAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 330 PM EDT THU MAY 29 2014 NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065-068>072-082-501>510-301930- 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 NC-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-GREATER CALDWELL- BURKE MOUNTAINS-GREATER BURKE-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-EASTERN MCDOWELL- RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-GREATER RUTHERFORD-POLK MOUNTAINS-EASTERN POLK- 330 PM EDT THU MAY 29 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA AND WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA THROUGH TONIGHT AS A COLD FRONT CROSSES THE REGION FROM THE NORTHEAST. SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. ISOLATED FLOODING COULD RESULT IF SEVERAL ROUNDS OF THUNDERSTORMS AFFECT THE SAME LOCATION...ESPECIALLY IN URBAN AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. IN ADDITION...SEVERAL OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE LOCALIZED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND LARGE HAIL. ALL OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL GENERATE DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. ..FRIDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ..SATURDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ..SUNDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ..MONDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ..TUESDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ..WEDNESDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...TORNADOES OR FLASH FLOODING TO OUR OFFICE. GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-SCZ001>014-019-301930- RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-OCONEE MOUNTAINS- PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER OCONEE- GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK- ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- 330 PM EDT THU MAY 29 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA THROUGH TONIGHT AS A COLD FRONT PUSHES INTO THE REGION FROM THE NORTHEAST. SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER AFFECTED AREAS. ISOLATED FLOODING COULD RESULT IF SEVERAL ROUNDS OF THUNDERSTORMS AFFECT THE SAME LOCATION...ESPECIALLY IN URBAN AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. IN ADDITION...A FEW OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE LOCALIZED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND LARGE HAIL. ALL OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL GENERATE DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. ..FRIDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ..SATURDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ..SUNDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ..MONDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ..TUESDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ..WEDNESDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...TORNADOES OR FLASH FLOODING TO OUR OFFICE. 07
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
333 PM EDT THU MAY 29 2014
NCZ035-292015-
ALEXANDER-
333 PM EDT THU MAY 29 2014
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT WESTERN ALEXANDER COUNTY THROUGH
415 PM EDT...
AT 330 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR ELLENDALE...OR 5 MILES WEST OF
TAYLORSVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH.
THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
TAYLORSVILLE...
SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.
THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS AND WET SOIL CONDITIONS WILL CAUSE
SCATTERED TREES AND POWER LINES TO FALL. SEEK SHELTER INSIDE AN
INTERIOR ROOM.
LAT...LON 3592 8115 3586 8122 3587 8131 3595 8134
3599 8133 3601 8131 3603 8127 3604 8120
KRENTZSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 336 PM EDT THU MAY 29 2014 GAZ017-292015- HABERSHAM- 336 PM EDT THU MAY 29 2014 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL HABERSHAM COUNTY THROUGH 415 PM EDT... AT 330 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR CLARKESVILLE...MOVING NORTH AT 5 MPH. THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR... CLARKESVILLE... SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. HEAVY RAINS 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 AND RIVERS MAY ALSO RISE RAPIDLY. SEEK HIGHER GROUND IF THREATENED BY FLOOD WATERS. FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. IF OUTDOORS...TRY TO GET INDOORS OR INTO A HARD TOPPED VEHICLE. OTHERWISE...STAY AWAY FROM OPEN AREAS AND ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES. WHEN INDOORS... STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS AND AVOID USING WIRED ELECTRONIC DEVICES. TRY TO UNPLUG UNNECESSARY APPLIANCES BEFORE THE STORM APPROACHES. LAT...LON 3471 8364 3468 8340 3450 8354 3451 8363 KRENTZ
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 341 PM EDT THU MAY 29 2014 GAZ018-026-SCZ001-004-292030- FRANKLIN-GREATER OCONEE-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-STEPHENS- 341 PM EDT THU MAY 29 2014 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHWESTERN OCONEE...NORTHERN FRANKLIN AND EASTERN STEPHENS COUNTIES THROUGH 430 PM EDT... AT 336 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR EASTANOLEE...OR 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF TOCCOA...MOVING NORTH AT 5 MPH. THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR... LAKE HARTWELL... TOCCOA... SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS AND WET SOIL CONDITIONS WILL CAUSE SCATTERED TREES AND POWER LINES TO FALL. SEEK SHELTER INSIDE AN INTERIOR ROOM. LAT...LON 3445 8335 3472 8335 3469 8305 3442 8313 KRENTZ
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
342 PM EDT THU MAY 29 2014
GAZ028-029-292030-
ELBERT-HART-
342 PM EDT THU MAY 29 2014
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT SOUTHWESTERN HART AND ELBERT
COUNTIES THROUGH 430 PM EDT...
AT 336 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 4 MILES NORTH OF
CARLTON TO FORTSONIA...MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH.
THESE STORMS WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
FORTSONIA...
ELBERTON...
BOWMAN...
VANNA...
RUCKERSVILLE...
SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE
STORMS.
THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS AND WET SOIL CONDITIONS WILL CAUSE
SCATTERED TREES AND POWER LINES TO FALL. SEEK SHELTER INSIDE AN
INTERIOR ROOM.
FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. IF OUTDOORS...TRY TO
GET INDOORS OR INTO A HARD TOPPED VEHICLE. OTHERWISE...STAY AWAY FROM
OPEN AREAS AND ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES. WHEN INDOORS...
STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS AND AVOID USING WIRED ELECTRONIC
DEVICES. TRY TO UNPLUG UNNECESSARY APPLIANCES BEFORE THE STORM
APPROACHES.
LAT...LON 3398 8282 3398 8286 3404 8298 3409 8303
3414 8306 3417 8311 3429 8306 3416 8272
3414 8270 3413 8268 3406 8263 3398 8264
3397 8279
KRENTZSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
424 PM EDT THU MAY 29 2014
SCZ006-007-292115-
GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-
424 PM EDT THU MAY 29 2014
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EAST CENTRAL GREENVILLE AND WEST
CENTRAL SPARTANBURG COUNTIES THROUGH 515 PM EDT...
AT 418 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR FIVE FORKS...OR 12 MILES EAST OF DOWNTOWN
GREENVILLE...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 5 MPH.
THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
FIVE FORKS...
MAULDIN...
SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.
HEAVY RAINS 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 AND RIVERS MAY ALSO RISE RAPIDLY. SEEK HIGHER
GROUND IF THREATENED BY FLOOD WATERS.
LAT...LON 3480 8233 3490 8217 3478 8205 3475 8211
3478 8215 3470 8219 3468 8223
KRENTZSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 427 PM EDT THU MAY 29 2014 NCZ035-036-056-292115- ALEXANDER-CATAWBA-IREDELL- 427 PM EDT THU MAY 29 2014 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT WEST CENTRAL IREDELL...NORTH CENTRAL CATAWBA AND SOUTHEASTERN ALEXANDER COUNTIES THROUGH 515 PM EDT... AT 424 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTH OF TAYLORSVILLE. THIS STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR... STONY POINT... SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS AND WET SOIL CONDITIONS WILL CAUSE SCATTERED TREES AND POWER LINES TO FALL. SEEK SHELTER INSIDE AN INTERIOR ROOM. HEAVY RAINS 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 AND RIVERS MAY ALSO RISE RAPIDLY. SEEK HIGHER GROUND IF THREATENED BY FLOOD WATERS. LAT...LON 3583 8095 3572 8115 3584 8126 3594 8115 KRENTZ
The Greer radar (KGSP), 138 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:33 UTC.
3 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Park Service Employee reported numerous 2-3 inch diameter limbs blown down in Riverbend Park.
County comms and broadcast media reported multiple trees and power lines blown down along Highway 18 near the Burke County line. One tree fell on a home at the intersection of Antioch Rd while part of the roof was torn off a barn on Hartland Rd.
Public reported quarter size hail.
FD reported a tree blown down on Hayenridge Ct (1.5 NW Huntersville) and another tree down at the intersection of Montecarlo Dr and Hambright Rd (4 WSW).
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in North Carolina in 2014Every state in 2014This day in weather historyWarnings in North Carolina, May 2014
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 517312, 517315, 517317, 517313.