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Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

May 26, 2006Gaston County, North Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this flash flood warning at May 26, 2006, 5:40 PM EDT for Gaston County, North Carolina. It was in force for 3 hr. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: May 26, 2006, 5:40 PM EDT (21:40 UTC)
Expired: May 26, 2006, 8:30 PM EDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Gaston County, NC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:42 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 26, 6:30 PM EDT	FLASH FLOOD	High Shoals, NC	NUMEROUS ROADS CLOSED INCLUDING PHILADELPHIA CHURCH ROAD AND ALEXUS ROAD FROM STREAM FLOODING.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

Did it verify

Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched one storm report to this flash flood warning; the first came 50 minutes after it went out.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The nearest sounding before it

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 139 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: 1378 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -36 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 26 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WGUS52 KGSP 262141
FFWGSP
NCC071-270030-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
540 PM EDT FRI MAY 26 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN GASTON COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA

* UNTIL 830 PM EDT

* AT 540 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  THAT FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY TO DEVELOP FROM THE LATEST IN A
  SERIES OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS NEAR CHERRYVILLE...OR ABOUT 9 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF LINCOLNTON...WHICH IS MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  DALLAS...STANLEY...LOWELL...AND MOUNT HOLLY.

DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES THAT IN EXCESS OF 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE 
FALLEN ACROSS NORTHERN GASTON COUNTY...JUST SOUTH OF THE LINCOLN 
BORDER. FLASH FLOODING WILL LIKELY DEVELOP ALONG INDIAN CREEK AND 
BEAVERDAM CREEK...AS WELL AS ALONG TRIBUTARIES FEEDING THE SOUTH 
FORK CATAWBA RIVER.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS 
SAFELY. EVEN MODERN SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES CANNOT BE SAFELY DRIVEN 
THROUGH FLOOD WATERS.

TO REPORT HIGH WATER...FLOODING...MUDSLIDES...LANDSLIDES OR OTHER
SEVERE WEATHER THROUGH OUR AUTOMATED REPORTING SYSTEM...CALL OUR TOLL
FREE NUMBER...1 8 7 7 6 3 3 6 7 7 2.

LAT...LON 3533 8099 3524 8102 3524 8106 3531 8136
      3533 8136 3539 8143 3541 8143 3539 8096
      3537 8098 3535 8093

$$

HG

3 follow-up statements

000 
WGUS72 KGSP 262232
FFSGSP

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
626 PM EDT FRI MAY 26 2006

NCC071-270030-
GASTON NC-
626 PM EDT FRI MAY 26 2006

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 830 PM EDT FOR NORTHERN
GASTON COUNTY...

AT 626 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING. THIS STORM WAS 
LOCATED BETWEEN HIGH SHOALS AND DALLAS...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. 
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 
LOWELL...MOUNT HOLLY.

RADAR INDICATED THAT RAINFALL TOTALS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES HAVE OCCURRED 
IN EXTREME NORTHERN GASTON COUNTY FROM CHERRYVILLE TO HIGH SHOALS IN 
THE PAST THREE HOURS. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES 
WILL BE POSSIBLE JUST SOUTH OF HIGH SHOALS BEFORE THE THUNDERSTORMS 
TAPER OFF.

THE MOST LIKELY LOCATIONS FOR FLOODING TO DEVELOP WILL BE ALONG 
BEAVERDAM CREEK...INDIAN CREEK...SULPHUR BRANCH...AND OTHER 
TRIBUTARIES FEEDING THE SOUTH FORK CATAWBA RIVER.

DURING HEAVY RAIN EVENTS...SEVERE URBAN FLOODING CAN ALSO OCCUR IN 
AREAS SUCH AS UNDERPASSES...AND LOW AREAS WHERE WATER TENDS TO 
COLLECT. DO NOT LET YOUR CHILDREN PLAY NEAR SMALL STREAMS OR FLOODED 
DRAINAGE DITCHES AND STORM SEWERS.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS 
SAFELY. TURN AROUND AND FIND ANOTHER ROUTE.

LAT...LON 3533 8099 3524 8102 3524 8106 3531 8136
      3533 8136 3539 8143 3541 8143 3539 8096
      3537 8098 3535 8093

$$

HG

000 
WGUS72 KGSP 262346
FFSGSP

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
742 PM EDT FRI MAY 26 2006

NCC071-270030-
GASTON NC-
742 PM EDT FRI MAY 26 2006

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 830 PM EDT FOR NORTHERN
GASTON COUNTY...

AT 742 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
THAT ALL THE THUNDERSTORMS AFFECTING NORTHERN GASTON COUNTY HAD 
MOVED EAST OF THE AREA. HOWEVER...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS 
REPORT NUMEROUS ROAD CLOSURES IN THE NORTHERN END OF THE 
COUNTY...ESPECIALLY IN THE VICINITY OF HIGH SHOALS. DUE TO THE 
LINGERING DANGERS OF HIGH WATER CONDITIONS AND SWOLLEN CREEKS...THE 
FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO CONTINUE UNTIL EXPIRATION AT 
830 PM.

BE VERY CAUTIOUS DRIVING IN NORTHERN GASTON COUNTY THIS EVENING. DO 
NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS 
THE ROADWAY. TURN AROUND AND FIND ANOTHER ROUTE.

LAT...LON 3533 8099 3524 8102 3524 8106 3531 8136
      3533 8136 3539 8143 3541 8143 3539 8096
      3537 8098 3535 8093

$$

HG

000 
WGUS72 KGSP 270035
FFSGSP

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
830 PM EDT FRI MAY 26 2006

NCC071-270050-
GASTON NC-
830 PM EDT FRI MAY 26 2006

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR GASTON COUNTY HAS EXPIRED AS OF 830 
PM...

AT 828 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
THAT NO SIGNIFICANT RAIN WAS OCCURRING IN GASTON COUNTY.  ANOTHER 
AREA OF SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL APPROACH GASTON COUNTY FROM THE 
NORTHWEST AFTER 10 PM.  STREAMS AND CREEKS ACROSS THE COUNTY WILL 
CONTINUE TO FALL DURING THE EVENING WHILE NO ADDITIONAL RAIN IS 
FALLING.  STREAM LEVEL RISES MAY OCCUR AGAIN WITH ANY ADDITIONAL 
HEAVY RAIN LATE THIS EVENING.

BE VERY CAUTIOUS DRIVING IN NORTHERN GASTON COUNTY THIS EVENING. DO 
NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS 
THE ROADWAY. TURN AROUND AND FIND ANOTHER ROUTE.

LAT...LON 3533 8099 3524 8102 3524 8106 3531 8136
      3533 8136 3539 8143 3541 8143 3539 8096
      3537 8098 3535 8093

$$

DEO/HG

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood 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 flash flood warning went out at May 26, 2:20 PM EDT, 3 hours 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 26, 2:20 PM EDT, 3 hours 20 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
220 PM EDT FRI MAY 26 2006

.SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY/...
THE THREAT FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING IS
THE PRIMARY CONCERN FOR THE NEAR TERM. CONVECTION IS TAKING ITS
OWN SWEET TIME TO DEVELOP...BUT EXPECT INITIATION TO TAKE PLACE BY
19Z AS THE LAST OF THE CONVECTIVE INHIBITION AND DEBRIS CLOUDS IS
WORKED OUT OF THE REGION. WHAT IS SOMEWHAT TROUBLING IS THE MID
LEVEL DRYING MOVING ACROSS THE MTNS SEEN IN THE WATER VAPOR
IMAGERY... WHICH SHOULD INCREASE OUR POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING WIND
GUSTS IN THE STRONGER STORMS OVER THE PIEDMONT AS THIS MOVES EAST.
FOR THE FIRST PERIOD...WILL HOLD OFF UNTIL RIGHT BEFORE ISSUANCE
TO DECIDE IF LIKELY POPS ARE WARRANTED ANYWHERE...PROBABLY EAST OF
THE MTNS...BUT ALL LOCATIONS WILL GET AT LEAST A CHANCE THROUGH
THE EVENING. BEYOND THAT...WILL CUT BACK OVERNIGHT AS FORCING
SHOULD MOVE EAST OF AREA.

FOR SATURDAY...UPPER/SURFACE RIDGING BUILDS IN FROM THE WEST/NORTH.
THE GFS APPEARS OVERDONE WITH PRECIP ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS...BUT
RESIDUAL LOW LEVEL MOISTURE SHOULD REMAIN HIGH ENOUGH FOR
DIFFERENTIAL HEATING TO TRIGGER SOME DEEP CONVECTION...SO A
SLIGHT CHANCE WILL BE CARRIED THERE. DOWNSLOPE EAST OF THE MOUNTAINS
SHOULD ALLOW TEMPS TO REACH THEIR HIGHEST YET THIS SEASON...90 OR
ABOVE IN MANY LOCATIONS. NOT QUITE READY TO GO AS HIGH AS THE MET
GUIDANCE THOUGH.

THE STRNGTHENING UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WILL CONTROL THE WEATHER FOR
SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY...WHILE A DRY AND PERSISTENT SURFACE
RIDGE WILL TAKES UP RESISDENCE ALONG THE EAST COAST. SOME CLOUDS MAY
LINGER ALONG THE SOUTHWESTERN TIER OF COUNTIES AS THE OLD SURFACE
BOUNDARY REMAINS OVER SOUTHERN GEORGIA...BUT PRECIPITATION WILL NOT
BE CARRIED IN THE FORECAST. TEMPERATURES WILL BE QUITE WARM UNDER
THE RIDGE ALOFT...TEMPERED SLIGHLY BE AN EASTERLY LOW LEVEL FLOW
COMPONENT.

&&

.LONG TERM /MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY/...
THE KEY FEATURE OF THE MEDIUM RANGE IS THE STRONG EAST COAST UPPER
RIDGE THAT PERSISTS INTO TUESDAY...THEN BEGINS BREAKING DOWN ON
WEDNESDAY. ON THURSDAY AN UPPER TROUGH PROGRESSES ACROSS THE GREAT
LAKES...REACHING THE EAST COAST BY FRIDAY. A DRY AND PERSISTENT
SURFACE RIDGE RESIDES ALONG THE EASTERN SEABOARD THROUGH
THURSDAY...WITH MOISTURE GENERALLY REMAINING WEST OF THE
APPALACHIANS. THE GFS SHOWS A CUT OFF UPPER LOW OFF THE CAROLINA
COAST...BUT MOISTURE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS FEATURE SHOULD REMAIN WELL
EAST OF THE AREA. ON THURSDAY MOISTURE BEGINS TO INCREASE IN THE
MOUNTAINS...AND SMALL POPS WILL BE SPREAD EAST ACROSS THE AREA. A
SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH FROM THE WEST ON FRIDAY...
WARRANTING CHANCE POPS. TEMPERATURES WILL START OUT WARM UNDER THE
UPPER RIDGE...THEN COOL AS HEIGHTS FALL AND EASTERLY LOW LEVEL FLOW
PERSISTS. FRIDAY WILL BE A BIT WARMER AS LIMITED WARM ADVECTION
PRECEDES FRONTAL PASSAGE.

&&

.AVIATION...
MAIN SHORT TERM TAF CONCERN IS CONVECTION. AT 17Z...SOME LOW LEVEL
INHIBITION HAD YET TO BE OVERCOME WHILE A LARGE PATCH OF DEBRIS
CLOUDS WAS MOVING ACROSS THE PIEDMONT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS
SHOULD POP THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON...BUT CONFIDENCE IS NOT HIGH
ENOUGH AT ANY TAF SITE TO INCLUDE MORE THAN JUST A VCSH AND CB CLOUD
GROUP. OTHERWISE...RELATIVELY STRONG WINDS AT THE TOP OF THE MIXED
LAYER SHOULD BRING GUSTY SW WINDS DOWN TO THE GROUND. CLOUDS WILL
THIN AFTER SUNSET AGAIN AS THE MAIN VORT LOBE MOVES EAST. KAVL HAS
THE BEST CHANCE AT MVFR FOG OVERNIGHT...BUT ALL OTHER SITES WILL BE
KEPT VFR FOR NOW. THIS WILL BE CHANGED DEPENDING ON WHICH SITES GET
RAIN THIS AFTERNOON. THE OUTLOOK FOR SATURDAY IS VFR WITH DOWNSLOPE
KEEPING THE LOW CLOUDS AT BAY AND HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING IN.

&&

.GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...NONE.
NC...NONE.
SC...NONE.
&&

SHORT TERM...JAT/PM
LONG TERM...JAT
AVIATION...PM

Hazardous weather outlook, May 26, 5:39 AM EDT, 12 hours 1 minute before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
539 AM EDT FRI MAY 26 2006

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065-
068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-270945-
RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-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-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-
GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS-
GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-
LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD-
539 AM EDT FRI MAY 26 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST
GEORGIA...PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND
UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE AREA TODAY. PLEASE SEE
THE SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK...CAESPSGSP FOR DETAILS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED THROUGH MONDAY. SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL RETURN TO THE AREA BY THE MIDDLE OF NEXT
WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NECESSARY LATER TODAY.

LANE

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 26, 4:40 PM EDT, 1 hour before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
440 PM EDT FRI MAY 26 2006

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

0400 PM     TSTM WND DMG     CHERRYVILLE             35.38N 81.38W
05/26/2006                   GASTON             NC   TRAINED SPOTTER

            5 TREES DOWN OF 12 INCHES DIAMETER AT THE KENTUCKY FRIED
            CHICKEN IN CHERRYVILLE. MARBLE-SIZED HAIL.

0400 PM     TSTM WND DMG     11 W LINCOLNTON         35.48N 81.44W
05/26/2006                   LINCOLN            NC   TRAINED SPOTTER

            A TREE LIMB OF 15 INCH DIAMETER OFF A BRADFORD PARE TREE.

&&

OUTLAW

Local storm report, May 26, 4:45 PM EDT, 55 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
445 PM EDT FRI MAY 26 2006

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

0355 PM     TSTM WND DMG     4 SW LINCOLNTON         35.43N 81.30W
05/26/2006                   LINCOLN            NC   COUNTY OFFICIAL

            ONE TREE DOWN 4 SW OF LINCOLNTON.

&&

OUTLAW

Local storm report, May 26, 4:59 PM EDT, 41 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
459 PM EDT FRI MAY 26 2006

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

0440 PM     TSTM WND DMG     3 N DALLAS              35.36N 81.18W
05/26/2006                   GASTON             NC   COUNTY OFFICIAL

            TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN ALONG HIGHWAY 321 NORTH OF
            DALLAS.

0451 PM     TSTM WND DMG     5 N GREER               35.01N 82.23W
05/26/2006                   GREENVILLE         SC   TRAINED SPOTTER

            TREE ON MOBILE HOME.

&&

OUTLAW

Local storm report, May 26, 4:59 PM EDT, 41 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTION ON THE DATE AND TIME
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
459 PM EDT FRI MAY 26 2006

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

0150 PM     TSTM WND DMG     5 N GREER               35.01N 82.23W
05/25/2006                   GREENVILLE         SC   TRAINED SPOTTER

            TREE ON MOBILE HOME.

&&

THE PERSON WHO REPORTED THIS MISTAKENLY MADE THE IMPRESSION
THAT THE TREE FELL ON THE MOBILE HOME TODAY.  HE CALLED BACK TO
CORRECT THAT SINCE IT FELL ON THURSDAY.

OUTLAW

Special weather statement, May 26, 5:22 PM EDT, 18 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
522 PM EDT FRI MAY 26 2006

NCZ037-057-262145-
DAVIE-ROWAN-
522 PM EDT FRI MAY 26 2006

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS AFFECTING DAVIE AND ROWAN COUNTIES...

AT 518 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR SPENCER...OR 6 MILES NORTH OF SALISBURY...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

SMALL HAIL...AND WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

INTENSE LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. IF OUTDOORS...STAY
AWAY FROM ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES. MOVE INDOORS IF
POSSIBLE. WHEN INDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS AND AVOID
USING TELEPHONES UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY. TRY TO UNPLUG UNNECESSARY
ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES BEFORE THE THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES.

GABRIC

Local storm report, May 26, 5:23 PM EDT, 17 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
523 PM EDT FRI MAY 26 2006

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

0445 PM     HAIL             3 NE WACO               35.39N 81.39W
05/26/2006  E1.00 INCH       GASTON             NC   TRAINED SPOTTER

            QUARTER-SIZED HAIL.

0445 PM     HAIL             CROUSE                  35.42N 81.31W
05/26/2006  E1.00 INCH       LINCOLN            NC   COUNTY OFFICIAL

            QUARTER-SIZED HAIL REPORTED BY FIRE DEPARTMENT.

0440 PM     TSTM WND DMG     TALLULAH FALLS          34.72N 83.38W
05/26/2006                   RABUN              GA   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            MANY TREES DOWN REPORTED BY THE POLICE CHIEF.

0445 PM     TSTM WND DMG     CHARLOTTE               35.20N 80.83W
05/26/2006                   MECKLENBURG        NC   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREES DOWN IN DOWNTOWN CHARLOTTE REPORTED BY POLICE
            DEPARTMENT.

0440 PM     TSTM WND DMG     9 SSW CLAYTON           34.76N 83.46W
05/26/2006                   RABUN              GA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            TREES DOWN AT LAKE RABUN REPORTED BY SPOTTER.

&&

OUTLAW

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 26, 3:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Cleveland, Rutherford	54 min
May 26, 3:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Lincoln	61 min
May 26, 3:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Gaston	63 min
May 26, 4:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Mecklenburg	65 min
May 26, 4:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Lincoln	57 min
May 26, 5:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Gaston, Mecklenburg	58 min
May 26, 5:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Mitchell, Yancey	66 min
May 26, 5:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Lincoln	60 min
May 26, 6:09 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	GSP	Gaston	51 min
May 26, 6:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Mecklenburg	41 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in North Carolina, 2006 Every flash flood warning in 2006

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.