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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 281, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

July 9, 2007Catawba County, Lincoln County, North Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 9, 2007, 3:51 PM EDT for Catawba County, Lincoln County, North Carolina. It was in force for 54 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
Jul 9, 2007, 3:51 PM EDT (19:51 UTC)
Expired
Jul 9, 2007, 4:45 PM EDT
In force
54 min
Issued by
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Catawba County, NC, Lincoln County, NC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:51 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
Jul 9, 4:00 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG2 Nw Vale, NCSEVERAL LIMBS AND ONE TREE DOWN ON KIWI LANE.
Jul 9, 4:00 PM EDTHAIL 0.752 Nw Vale, NCLOCATED ON KIWI LANE.

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 severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 9 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, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 145 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, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 12:00Z on 2007-07-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 385 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, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 12:00Z on 2007-07-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 18 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
385 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-118 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1092 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
6 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
18 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
15 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WUUS52 KGSP 091951
SVRGSP
NCC035-109-092045-
/O.NEW.KGSP.SV.W.0281.070709T1951Z-070709T2045Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
351 PM EDT MON JUL 9 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  LINCOLN COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA
  SOUTHWESTERN CATAWBA COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA

* UNTIL 445 PM EDT

* AT 347 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 10
  MILES NORTHWEST OF LINCOLNTON...OR ABOUT NEAR VALE...AND WAS MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  RURAL SOUTHWESTERN CATAWBA COUNTY THROUGH 410 PM EDT
  RURAL WESTERN CATAWBA COUNTY THROUGH 440 PM EDT

PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM SHOULD BE ALERT FOR
LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY
RAIN CAN OCCUR WITH ANY THUNDERSTORM. SEEK SHELTER INDOORS AWAY FROM
WINDOWS AND DOORS UNTIL THE STORM PASSES.

IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS LIGHTNING
IS OCCURRING WITH THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. STAY INDOORS AWAY FROM
WINDOWS. AVOID USING APPLIANCES THAT REQUIRE AN ELECTRICAL CORD.
UNPLUG EXPENSIVE ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT.

LAT...LON 3550 8148 3549 8128 3564 8120 3565 8145

$$
MCAVOY
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS52 KGSP 092016
SVSGSP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
415 PM EDT MON JUL 9 2007

NCC035-109-092045-
/O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0281.000000T0000Z-070709T2045Z/
LINCOLN NC-CATAWBA NC-
415 PM EDT MON JUL 9 2007

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN CATAWBA AND LINCOLN COUNTIES...

AT 412 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR VALE...OR ABOUT 10
MILES NORTHWEST OF LINCOLNTON. THIS STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.

ANOTHER STORM THAT WAS ON THE THRESHOLD OF BECOMING SEVERE WAS LOCATED 
OVER SOUTHWESTERN LINCOLN COUNTY ABOUT 7 MILES SOUTH OF VALE. THIS 
STORM WAS ALSO SHOWING LITTLE MOVEMENT.

THIS STORM MAY CAUSE FLOODING OF ROADS WITH POOR DRAINAGE...
PARTICULARLY IN URBAN AREAS. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS
WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. THE WATER MAY BE TOO DEEP TO ALLOW YOUR
VEHICLE TO CROSS.

LAT...LON 3542 8148 3541 8128 3558 8119 3560 8146

$$
MCAVOY
000 
WWUS52 KGSP 092039
SVSGSP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
439 PM EDT MON JUL 9 2007

NCC035-109-092049-
/O.EXP.KGSP.SV.W.0281.000000T0000Z-070709T2045Z/
LINCOLN NC-CATAWBA NC-
439 PM EDT MON JUL 9 2007

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN CATAWBA AND
WESTERN LINCOLN COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 445 PM EDT...

THE STORMS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE WARNING HAVE WEAKENED AND ARE NO 
LONGER SEVERE.

LAT...LON 3542 8148 3541 8128 3558 8119 3560 8146

$$
MCAVOY

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 Jul 9, 2:46 PM EDT, 1 hour 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 9, 2:46 PM EDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
246 PM EDT MON JUL 9 2007

.SYNOPSIS...
WEAK LOW PRESSURE WILL CROSS THE AREA TONIGHT...AS A BERMUDA HIGH
SETS UP. THE HIGH WILL BRING WARM TEMPERATURES AND INCREASING
HUMIDITY DURING THE MIDDLE PART OF THE WEEK. A COLD FRONT WILL DROP
IN FROM THE NORTHWEST ON THURSDAY AND IS EXPECTED TO STALL ACROSS
THE REGION ON FRIDAY...KEEPING UNSETTLED WEATHER THROUGH THE BETTER
PART OF THE WEEKEND.

&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH TUESDAY/...
THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT...CONVECTION WILL DIMINISH WITH THE LOSS
OF HEATING AFTER SUNSET. LOW LEVEL FLOW WILL CONTINUE OUT OF THE
SOUTHWEST...BRINGING IN GULF MOISTURE AND KEEPING SKIES PARTLY TO
MOSTLY CLOUDY. GUIDANCE SHOWS A MAINLY MID LEVEL DECK OF CLOUDS
DECREASING SOME AFTER MIDNIGHT. MINIMUM TEMPERATURES WILL BE RATHER
WARM WITH CLOUDS AND INCREASING DEW POINTS.

TUESDAY...WITH CONTINUED RIDGE ALOFT AND SFC HIGH BUILDING
OFFSHORE...THE AREA WILL BE UNDER SWLY FLOW. THE MAIN RESULT WILL BE
ABOVE NORMAL TEMPS AND TYPICAL ISO/SCT AFTN SHOWERS/TSTMS. GUIDANCE
SHOWS A LITTLE LESS INSTABILITY THAN MONDAY...WITH SOME MID LEVEL
WARMING. GOING POP FCST LOOKS GOOD. ONLY MINOR CHANGES MADE TO MAX
TEMPS. UNDERCUT GFS MOS MAX TEMPS A DEG OR TWO...AS IT SEEMS A BIT
OVERDONE. BUT MAX TEMPS SHOULD STILL REACH THE LOWER TO MID 90S
ACROSS THE PIEDMONT (80S MTNS).

&&

.SHORT TERM /TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY/...
SHORT RANGE MODELS IN GENERAL AGREEMENT WITH THE OVERALL PATTERN
THROUGH THE PERIOD. FAIRLY STRONG SHORT WAVE EJECTS EASTWARD FROM
THE SOUTHERN PLAINS HELPING TO DEEPEN THE EAST COAST TROF. THIS TROF
HOLDS ON THROUGH AT LEAST THURSDAY. AT THE SURFACE...LOW PRESSURE
ASSOCIATED WITH THE SHORT WAVE DEVELOPS ALONG A COLD FRONT. BOTH OF
THESE FEATURES TRACK EASTWARD AND END UP OVER OR JUST SOUTH AND EAST
OF THE AREA BY LATE THURSDAY. THE MODELS DEPICT SIMILAR TIMING OF
THE FEATURES. HOWEVER...THE NAM IS STRONGER AND MORE CONSOLIDATED
WITH THE SHORT WAVE AND ASSOCIATED SFC LOW. THE CANADIAN IS VERY
SIMILAR TO THE NAM WHILE THE 09Z SREF HAS A NOTICEABLY WEAKER SHORT
WAVE AND SFC LOW.

TUE NIGHT EXPECT CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY TO BE DIURNAL IN NATURE OUTSIDE
OF THE MTNS WITH ONLY ISOLATED COVERAGE. SCATTERED CONVECTION OVER
THE MTNS MAY LINGER ALL NIGHT AS THIS AREA WILL BE UNDER THE
INFLUENCE OF BETTER FORCING AND CONTINUED LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE.

FOR WEDNESDAY...GOOD FORCING AND LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE REMAINS OVER
THE MTNS. HAVE RAISED POP TO GOOD CHC ACROSS THIS AREA. POP TAPERS
TO LOW CHC OVER THE FOOTHILLS AND MOST OF THE PIEDMONT. FORCING AND
LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE WEAKER THERE...BUT THERE WILL BE SOME
INSTABILITY AROUND.

FOR WEDNESDAY NIGHT...FRONT ENTERS THE AREA...BUT GFS SHOWS A MORE
DIURNAL TREND THAN THE NAM WITH ITS STRONGER SHORT WAVE AND SURFACE
LOW. HAVE GONE WITH A MODEL BLEND FOR POP WHICH MEANS ONLY A SMALL
DIURNAL TREND FOR THE MTNS...WITH GOOD CHC MUCH OF THE NIGHT.
COVERAGE DROPS TO ISOLATED FOR PART OF THE FOOTHILLS AND MOST OF THE
PIEDMONT.

DIFFERENCES CONTINUE THURSDAY AS THE NAM KEEPS THE ACTIVITY GOING
THROUGH THE DAY ACROSS THE NORTH...WITH THE GFS SHOWING DIURNAL
TIMING WITH CONVECTION MAINLY TO OUR EAST AND SOUTH. THE NAM KEEPS
DECENT INSTABILITY OVER THE AREA WITH GOOD LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WHILE
THE GFS DRIES US OUT BEHIND THE FRONT LEADING TO LITTLE TO NO
INSTABILITY. THE 09Z SREF SHOWS DECENT CHANCES OF INSTABILITY MAINLY
ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 85. THEREFORE...HAVE FOLLOWED THE
MODEL BLEND SOLUTION WITH DIURNAL POP IN THE LOW CHC RANGE FOR MUCH
OF THE CWFA.

EXPECT LOWS AND HIGHS TO BE A LITTLE ABOVE NORMAL EACH PERIOD.

&&

.LONG TERM /THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY/...
LATEST GUIDANCE POINTS TO AN UNSETTLED LONG TERM FORECAST FOR
THE FA...AS EASTERN TROF SETS UP THROUGH THE WEEKEND. FRONTAL
BOUNDARY EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE AREA BY FRIDAY MORNING BEFORE
STALLING OUT OVER CENTRAL SC AND GA ON SATURDAY. WITH RETURN FLOW
AND MOIST LOW LEVEL AIRMASS...CHANCE POPS ARE CARRIED THROUGHOUT THE
LONG TERM. ONLY MINOR TWEAKS WERE MADE TO PREVIOUS FORECAST...MAINLY
TO UPDATE WITH LATEST HPC GUIDANCE. TEMPS WILL BE A BIT
COOLER...ESPECIALLY OVER THE WEEKEND AS TROF IS IN PLACE. LOOKS LIKE
SOME WARMING CAN BE EXPECTED EARLY NEXT WEEK AS UPPER TROF LIFTS
NORTHWARD AND ITS AMPLITUDE DECREASES.

&&

.AVIATION /19Z MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/...
SCATTERED CONVECTION IS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING
WITH THE MAXIMUM DAYTIME HEATING. HAVE NOW INCLUDED VCSH AND CB
MENTION AT ALL TAF SITES...AS CURRENT RADAR SHOWS SCATTERED SHOWERS
ACROSS THE MOST OF THE AREA. LATEST MODEL GUIDANCE NOW DEPICTS SOME
MVFR VSBY AT ALL SITES...BUT STILL ONLY KEPT THE FOG TUESDAY MORNING
AT KAVL. SOME OF THE SITES WILL LIKELY GET A SHOWER THIS
AFTERNOON...AND WITH THAT AN INCREASE IN FOG DEVELOPMENT (MAY BE
INCLUDED IN NEXT ISSUANCE).

AVIATION OUTLOOK...EXPECT SLIGHT CHANCE TO CHANCE OF MAINLY DIURNAL
SHWRS/TSTMS EACH DAY. A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH FROM THE WEST LATE
IN THE WEEK...BRINGING INCREASED CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND TSTMS ACROSS
THE AREA. LOWER VSBYS IN FOG IS EXPECTED EACH MORNING.

&&

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

&&

SYNOPSIS...ARK
NEAR TERM...ARK
SHORT TERM...RWH
LONG TERM...BSH
AVIATION...ARK
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 9, 6:36 AM EDT, 9 hours 15 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
636 AM EDT MON JUL 9 2007

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065-
068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-101045-
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-
636 AM EDT MON JUL 9 2007

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

PM

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 9, 2:10 PM EDT, 1 hour 41 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
210 PM EDT MON JUL 9 2007

NCZ059-091845-
NORTHERN JACKSON-
210 PM EDT MON JUL 9 2007

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHERN JACKSON COUNTY THROUGH
245 PM EDT...

AT 210 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CHEROKEE...OR 5 MILES
NORTHWEST OF SYLVA. THIS STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.

* OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WEBSTER...
  SYLVA...DILLSBORO AND BALSAM.

PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.

BSH
Special weather statement, Jul 9, 2:46 PM EDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
246 PM EDT MON JUL 9 2007

NCZ508-091915-
GREATER RUTHERFORD-
246 PM EDT MON JUL 9 2007

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EASTERN RUTHERFORD COUNTY
THROUGH 315 PM EDT...

AT 246 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR ELLENBORO...OR 11 MILES WEST OF SHELBY. THIS
STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.

* OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BOSTIC...
  SUNSHINE AND ELLENBORO.

PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.

BSH
Special weather statement, Jul 9, 2:53 PM EDT, 58 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
253 PM EDT MON JUL 9 2007

NCZ059-062-091930-
MACON-NORTHERN JACKSON-
253 PM EDT MON JUL 9 2007

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL MACON AND WESTERN
JACKSON COUNTIES THROUGH 330 PM EDT...

AT 253 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR FRANKLIN. THIS STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.

* OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO GAY AND
  FRANKLIN.

PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.

BSH
Special weather statement, Jul 9, 3:32 PM EDT, 19 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
332 PM EDT MON JUL 9 2007

NCZ062-092015-
MACON-
332 PM EDT MON JUL 9 2007

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT MACON COUNTY THROUGH 415 PM
EDT...

AT 326 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FRANKLIN...MOVING SOUTHWEST
AT 10 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO OTTO.

SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.

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.

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.

MCAVOY
Special weather statement, Jul 9, 3:45 PM EDT, 6 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
345 PM EDT MON JUL 9 2007

NCZ056-069-092030-
CATAWBA-LINCOLN-
345 PM EDT MON JUL 9 2007

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHWESTERN LINCOLN AND
SOUTHWESTERN CATAWBA COUNTIES THROUGH 430 PM EDT...

AT 343 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR VALE...OR 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF LINCOLNTON...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH.

WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

MCAVOY

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 9, 6:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPMecklenburg64 min
Jul 9, 6:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPCabarrus59 min
Jul 9, 7:00 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningGSPCabarrus, Mecklenburg3 hr
Jul 9, 7:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPRowan24 min
Jul 9, 7:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPIredell64 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Carolina, 2007Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2007

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.