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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

April 8, 2006Haywood County, Jackson County, North Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 8, 2006, 3:09 AM EDT for Haywood County, Jackson County, North Carolina. It was in force for 44 min. 2 reports 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
Apr 8, 2006, 3:09 AM EDT (07:09 UTC)
Expired
Apr 8, 2006, 3:53 AM EDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Haywood County, NC, Jackson County, NC

The radar

The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:12 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 8, 3:27 AM EDTHAIL 0.75Waynesville, NCHAIL COVERING THE GROUND TO A DEPTH OF A COUPLE OF INCHES.
Apr 8, 3:32 AM EDTHAIL 0.88Waynesville, NC

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

Did it verify

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 7, 9:20 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC10 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 269 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 00:00Z on 2006-04-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 401 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 00:00Z on 2006-04-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 122 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
401 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-165 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1498 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
122 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
246 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
8.4

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The text

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

000 
WUUS52 KGSP 080709
SVRGSP
NCC087-099-080815-
/O.NEW.KGSP.SV.W.0049.060408T0709Z-060408T0815Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
309 AM EDT SAT APR 8 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  HAYWOOD COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA
  NORTHERN JACKSON COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA

* UNTIL 415 AM EDT

* AT 308 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL.  THIS
  STORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF SYLVA...AND MOVING EAST AT
  50 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  BALSAM AND MAGGIE VALLEY AROUND 315 AM EDT...
  WAYNESVILLE AROUND 320 AM EDT...
  LAKE JUNALUSKA AROUND 325 AM EDT...
  CANTON AROUND 330 AM EDT...

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE
OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
LEVEL OF A HOUSE OR OTHER STURDY STRUCTURE IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED.

LAT...LON 3552 8331 3534 8327 3542 8275 3567 8289

$$

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2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS52 KGSP 080731
SVSGSP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
331 AM EDT SAT APR 8 2006

NCC087-099-080815-
/O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0049.000000T0000Z-060408T0815Z/
HAYWOOD NC-JACKSON NC-
331 AM EDT SAT APR 8 2006

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 415 AM EDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN JACKSON AND HAYWOOD COUNTIES...

AT 329 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL. 
THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 3 MILES NORTH OF SUNBURST...OR ABOUT 5 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF WAYNESVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE
OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
LEVEL OF A HOUSE OR OTHER STURDY STRUCTURE IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED.

LAT...LON 3552 8331 3522 8311 3540 8274 3567 8289

$$

RWH/SBK
000 
WWUS52 KGSP 080753
SVSGSP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
351 AM EDT SAT APR 8 2006

NCC087-099-080801-
/O.CAN.KGSP.SV.W.0049.000000T0000Z-060408T0815Z/
HAYWOOD NC-JACKSON NC-
351 AM EDT SAT APR 8 2006

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN JACKSON AND
HAYWOOD COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM HAS WEAKENED AND MOVED NORTHEAST OUT OF THE COUNTY. 

LAT...LON 3552 8331 3522 8311 3540 8274 3567 8289

$$

RWH/SBK

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 Apr 8, 2:51 AM EDT, 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 8, 2:51 AM EDT, 18 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
251 AM EDT SAT APR 8 2006

.SHORT TERM /TODAY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT/...
MOST OF THE ACTION FOR THIS FORECAST IS CONTAINED IN THE NEXT 18
HOURS OR SO. UPSTREAM RADARS SHOW AN IMPRESSIVE ARRAY OF CELLS
LINED UP ALONG A BOUNDARY MOVING IN FROM THE WEST. CATEGORICAL
POPS ARE A FOREGONE CONCLUSION AS IS THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER.
MAIN QUESTION IS HOW WELL THIS ACTIVITY WILL HOLD UP AS IT MOVES
INTO LESS AND LESS FAVORABLE AIR. OF NOTE IS THE NEW DAY1 OUTLOOK
WHICH KEEPS THE SLIGHT RISK TO OUR IMMEDIATE EAST AFTER 12Z. EXPECT
A NUMBER OF UPDATES EARLY THIS MORNING...THE FIRST OF WHICH SHOULD
BE AROUND THE TIME OF THE TORNADO WATCH EXPIRATION AROUND 5 AM.

THE MODELS SHOW DECENT UPPER FORCING BUT SOMEWHAT POOR INSTABILITY
THIS AFTERNOON ALONG THE FRONT. MODELS ARE IN A BIT BETTER
AGREEMENT WITH THE TIMING OF THE FRONT THIS CYCLE. THE NAM APPEARS
TO HANG ONTO PRECIP BEHIND THE FRONT TOO LONG INTO THE
EVENING...SO THE GFS WAS FAVORED. WILL KEEP A CATEGORICAL POP
ACROSS THE EAST FOR THE SECOND HALF OF THE DAY. EXPECT EVENTUAL
REDEVELOPMENT OF CONVECTION ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA IN THE MIDDLE
PART OF THE DAY...SO POP WAS KEPT FAIRLY HIGH OVER THE WEST FOR
THE AFTERNOON AND THE EARLY PART OF THE EVENING. ANY LINGERING
CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY SHOULD FOR THE MOST PART BE WELL TO OUR EAST
IN THE MID TO LATE EVENING.

THE REMAINDER OF THE SHORT TERM IS TRANQUIL IN COMPARISON AS
UPPER/SURFACE RIDGING BUILDS IN FROM THE WEST FOR THE EARLY PART
OF THE WEEK. FEW CHANGES WERE MADE AND THEY WERE RELATIVELY
MINOR...MAINLY A NUDGE ONE WAY OR THE OTHER TOWARD THE NEW MAV
GUIDANCE.
&&

.LONG TERM /TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/...

HIGH PRESSURE MOVING OFF THE NEW ENGLAND COAST WILL REMAIN IN
CONTROL THROUGH THE FIRST HALF OF THE MEDIUM RANGE AS IT RIDGES
DOWN TO THE LEE OF THE MOUNTAINS. A PASSING SHORTWAVE LATE
WEDNESDAY STILL LOOKS MOISTURE STARVED.ISLIGHT CHC POPS WILL BE
CARRIED WED EVE THRU THU AFTN FOR MTNS AND ADJACENT FOOTHILLS.
THEN TEMPERATURES WILL STEADILY RISE TO ABOVE AVG FOR LATTER PART
OF WEEK. DECIDED TO ADD THE NEW DAY 7 TO THE GRIDS NOW IN CASE DAY
SHIFT IS BUSY LATER THIS MORNING. IT LOOKS DRY.

&&

.AVIATION...
DETERIORATING CONDITIONS ADVERTISED AT ALL TAF SITES THIS PACKAGE
WITH THE APPROACHING PRE-FRONTAL CONVECTION...FOLLOWED BY CONVECTION
ASSOCIATED WITH THE FRONT ITSELF. MVFR VISIBILITIES/CEILINGS
ADVERTISED FOR MOST OF THE DAY...WITH BEST TIME FOR TSRA PROGD
BETWEEN 07Z AND 10Z FOR KAVL...AND 12Z TO 16Z AT KGSP/KAND/KCLT.
CONVECTION MAY BE AS LATE AS 13Z ARRIVING AT KCLT. WE ADVERTISED
SOMEWHAT IMPROVED VISIBILITIES BUT WITH STILL MVFR CEILINGS FOR THE
AFTERNOON...AND ALTHOUGH WE DO NOT ADVERTISE THUNDER CHANCES DURING
THIS TIME...THEY COULD DEVELOP AT ANY TIME AS LONG AS THE COLD FRONT
HAS YET TO PASS THE AREA. A CB WAS INCLUDED WITH CLOUD GROUP AT
KCLT AS LATE AS 22Z. SURFACE WIND SHOULD REMAIN RATHER STIFF FROM
THE SOUTHWEST UNTIL FRONTAL PASSAGE...WITH POTENTIAL FOR STRONG
GUSTS IN ANY THUNDERSTORM. THE OUTLOOK PERIOD FEATURES A TURN OF
THE SURFACE WIND TO NORTHWEST AT KAVL AND TO A NORTH OR NORTHEAST
WIND AT ALL OTHER TAF SITES...WITH LOWERING CEILINGS AGAIN AS 85H
MOISTURE MAX PASSES OVER THE REGION. NO PRECIPITATION IS
ADVERTISED DURING THE OUTLOOK PERIOD...MOSTLY BECAUSE OF THE
UNFAVORABLE LOW LEVEL WIND DIRECTION.

&&

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

SHORT TERM...MOORE
LONG TERM...PM
AVIATION...SAB
Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 7, 4:30 AM EDT, 22 hours 39 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
430 AM EDT FRI APR 7 2006

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-
SCZ001>014-019-080830-
RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-AVERY-CALDWELL-
ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-
BUNCOMBE-MCDOWELL-BURKE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-
MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-POLK-RUTHERFORD-
CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC-
OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-
GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-
CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-
GREENWOOD-
430 AM EDT FRI APR 7 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

A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE FROM THE CENTRAL PLAINS TO UPSTATE
SOUTH CAROLINA SATURDAY MORNING. THE LOW WILL DRAG A COLD FRONT
THROUGH THE AREA. UNSTABLE AIR COMBINED WITH STRONG WIND FIELDS
AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE REGION FRIDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY SATURDAY.
FOR THE LATEST DETAILS...PLEASE SEE THE SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK...
CAESPSGSP.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH EARLY
SATURDAY. COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS CENTERS SHOULD MAKE SURE THAT
EMERGENCY MANAGERS ARE AWARE OF THE LATEST SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

LG

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 7, 10:18 PM EDT, 4 hours 51 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1018 PM EDT FRI APR 7 2006

NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-080500-
AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM-
NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE...CHEROKEE...
WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD...
HENDERSONVILLE
1018 PM EDT FRI APR 7 2006

...GUSTY WINDS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TO BEGIN AFFECTING THE
NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS THROUGH 1 AM...

AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER EASTERN TENNESSEE WILL SEND
GUSTY WEST WINDS OF 35 TO 40 MPH INTO THE TENNESSEE BORDER
COUNTIES OF THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS THROUGH MIDNIGHT.
ALSO...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING JUST WEST OF
CHATTANOOGA LATE THIS EVENING WILL BRUSH WESTERN GRAHAM AND SWAIN
COUNTIES BEFORE 1 AM. ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE THEN
EXPECTED TO BECOME MORE NUMEROUS IN THE WESTERN MOUNTAINS OF NORTH
CAROLINA THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS.

HG
Special weather statement, Apr 7, 11:30 PM EDT, 3 hours 39 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1130 PM EDT FRI APR 7 2006

NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-080600-
AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM-
NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE...CHEROKEE...
WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD...
HENDERSONVILLE
1130 PM EDT FRI APR 7 2006

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TO MOVE GRADUALLY INTO THE WESTERN
MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA THROUGH 2 AM...

A BROAD AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL SLIP SLOWLY INTO
THE TENNESSEE BORDER COUNTIES OF NORTH CAROLINA THROUGH 2 AM. THE
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY FREQUENT LIGHTNING...HEAVY
RAIN OF UP TO 1/2 INCH PER HOUR...AND BRIEFLY GUSTY WINDS OF 40 MPH.
SOME STORMS...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE SMOKY MOUNTAINS...COULD CONTAIN
SMALL HAIL AS WELL.

HG
Special weather statement, Apr 7, 11:38 PM EDT, 3 hours 31 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1138 PM EDT FRI APR 7 2006

NCZ048-080445-
MADISON-
1138 PM EDT FRI APR 7 2006

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM TO AFFECT NORTHWEST MADISON COUNTY THROUGH
1230 AM...

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE FROM HOT SPRINGS TO ALLENSTAND
BY MIDNIGHT. FREQUENT LIGHTNING...PEA SIZE HAIL...AND TORRENTIAL
DOWNPOURS WILL ACCOMPANY THIS THUNDERSTORM. BRIEFLY GUSTY WINDS OF
40 MPH CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED THROUGH 1230 AM.

HG
Special weather statement, Apr 8, 12:33 AM EDT, 2 hours 36 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1233 AM EDT SAT APR 8 2006

NCZ033-049-050-080645-
AVERY-YANCEY-MITCHELL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE
1233 AM EDT SAT APR 8 2006

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM TO AFFECT THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS OF NORTH
CAROLINA THROUGH 130 AM...

AT 1230 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR BULADEAN IN NORTHERN MITCHELL COUNTY.
THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH...AND WILL REACH
ELK PARK BY 1 AM...AND BEECH MOUNTAIN BY 115 AM. EXPECT FREQUENT
LIGHTNING...TORRENTIAL RAINFALL..AND POSSIBLY PEA SIZE HAIL WITH
THIS THUNDERSTORM.

HG
Special weather statement, Apr 8, 1:03 AM EDT, 2 hours 6 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
103 AM EDT SAT APR 8 2006

NCZ033-034-048>055-058-059-062>067-080715-
AVERY-CALDWELL-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-
MCDOWELL-BURKE-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-
TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-POLK-RUTHERFORD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE...CHEROKEE...
WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...MARION...MORGANTON...SYLVA...FRANKLIN...
BREVARD...HENDERSONVILLE...COLUMBUS...RUTHERFORDTON
103 AM EDT SAT APR 8 2006

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TO AFFECT THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS
AND FOOTHILLS THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS...

A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO SLIP SLOWLY
SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS THROUGH THE EARLY
MORNING HOURS. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL AFFECT LOCATIONS FROM
THE BLUE RIDGE WESTWARD THROUGH 3 AM. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS
WILL MOVE FROM NORTHERN GEORGIA INTO THE SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS OF
NORTH CAROLINA BETWEEN 2 AND 3 AM...AFFECTING MAINLY LOCATIONS
FROM THE SMOKIES SOUTHWARD. SMALL HAIL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND
WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE FROM BRYSON CITY TO
ROBBINSVILLE TO FRANKLIN WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS.

HG
Special weather statement, Apr 8, 2:54 AM EDT, 15 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
254 AM EDT SAT APR 8 2006

NCZ051-059-062-063-080800-
MACON NC-NORTHERN JACKSON NC-SOUTHERN JACKSON NC-SWAIN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHEROKEE...FRANKLIN...SYLVA
254 AM EDT SAT APR 8 2006

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT THE SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS OF
NORTH CAROLINA THIS MORNING...

A LARGE THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS MACON...SWAIN AND
JACKSON COUNTIES THIS MORNING. FREQUENT LIGHTNING ALONG WITH PEA SIZE
HAIL...WIND GUSTS TO NEAR 50 MPH AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL WILL BE
ASSOCIATED WITH THIS STORM THROUGH 400 AM.

SBK

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 8, 1:34 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPGraham, Swain56 min
Apr 8, 4:11 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPMcDowell44 min
Apr 8, 4:28 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPBurke47 min
Apr 8, 4:47 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPCaldwell32 min
Apr 8, 5:09 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPAlexander34 min
Apr 8, 6:59 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPCleveland20 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Carolina, 2006Every severe thunderstorm 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.