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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 293, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

July 10, 2007Iredell County, North Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 10, 2007, 2:56 PM EDT for Iredell County, North Carolina. It was in force for 64 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 10, 2007, 2:56 PM EDT (18:56 UTC)
Expired
Jul 10, 2007, 4:00 PM EDT
In force
64 min
Issued by
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Iredell County, NC

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 146 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 93 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 2007-07-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 771 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 2007-07-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -7 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
771 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-89 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
982 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-7 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
25 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 10, 11:51 AM EDT, 3 hours 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 10, 11:51 AM EDT, 3 hours 5 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 10, 6:08 AM EDT, 8 hours 48 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
608 AM EDT TUE JUL 10 2007

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065-
068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-111015-
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-
608 AM EDT TUE JUL 10 2007

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE WESTERN
CAROLINAS AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING. THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY THAT A FEW OF THE STORMS COULD
BECOME SEVERE...WITH THE MAIN THREAT OF DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. A FEW
OF THE STORMS COULD PERSIST OVER SOME LOCATIONS LONG ENOUGH TO
PRODUCE FLOODING. THE STORMS SHOULD WEAKEN BY LATE IN THE EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION LATE IN THE
DAY ON WEDNESDAY AND COULD ENHANCE THE FORMATION OF STRONG TO
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TODAY AND AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY.

MOORE

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 10, 1:20 PM EDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jul 10, 1:51 PM EDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
151 PM EDT TUE JUL 10 2007

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

0150 PM     HAIL             WEAVERVILLE             35.70N 82.56W
07/10/2007  E0.75 INCH       BUNCOMBE           NC   EMERGENCY MNGR

            PENNY SIZE HAIL REPORTED TO 911

&&

TBENTHAL
Special weather statement, Jul 10, 2:08 PM EDT, 48 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
208 PM EDT TUE JUL 10 2007

NCZ504-506-101845-
EASTERN MCDOWELL-GREATER BURKE-
208 PM EDT TUE JUL 10 2007

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL BURKE AND SOUTHEASTERN
MCDOWELL COUNTIES THROUGH 245 PM EDT...

AT 208 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES WEST OF DYSARTSVILLE...OR 8 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF MARION...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  MORGANTON...GLENWOOD...GLEN ALPINE...FERO AND DYSARTSVILLE.

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

BSH
Local storm report, Jul 10, 2:37 PM EDT, 19 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
237 PM EDT TUE JUL 10 2007

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

0135 PM     HAIL             WEAVERVILLE             35.70N 82.56W
07/10/2007  E0.75 INCH       BUNCOMBE           NC   EMERGENCY MNGR

            PENNY SIZE HAIL REPORTED TO 911

&&
CORRECTED TIME OF EVENT.

BSH
Special weather statement, Jul 10, 2:47 PM EDT, 9 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
247 PM EDT TUE JUL 10 2007

NCZ056-504-101915-
CATAWBA-GREATER BURKE-
247 PM EDT TUE JUL 10 2007

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHEASTERN BURKE AND WESTERN
CATAWBA COUNTIES THROUGH 315 PM EDT...

AT 247 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES SOUTH OF ICARD...OR 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
HICKORY...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO RUTHERFORD
  COLLEGE...ST. STEPHENS...NEWTON...LONGVIEW...ICARD...HILDEBRAN...
  HICKORY...COOKSVILLE...CONOVER...CONNELLY SPRINGS AND CLAREMONT.

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

BSH
Local storm report, Jul 10, 2:53 PM EDT, 3 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
253 PM EDT TUE JUL 10 2007

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

0249 PM     TSTM WND DMG     3 E TROUTMAN            35.70N 80.84W
07/09/2007                   IREDELL            NC   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TIN ROOF PEELED BACK ON ROOF OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
            EMPLOYEE

&&

JBP

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 10, 1:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPBuncombe53 min
Jul 10, 1:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPHenderson, Polk37 min
Jul 10, 1:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPAlexander24 min
Jul 10, 2:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPAlexander61 min
Jul 10, 2:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPBurke, Catawba56 min
Jul 10, 3:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPDavie61 min
Jul 10, 3:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPRowan53 min
Jul 10, 4:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPMecklenburg23 min
Jul 10, 6:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPBurke23 min
Jul 10, 7:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPAlexander32 min
Jul 10, 3:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPOconee62 min
Jul 10, 4:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPAbbeville77 min
Jul 10, 4:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPAnderson, Pickens48 min
Jul 10, 5:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPGreenville59 min
Jul 10, 5:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPSpartanburg57 min
Jul 10, 6:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPUnion43 min
Jul 10, 6:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPChester, York46 min
Jul 9, 8:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPElbert22 min
Jul 10, 3:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPHabersham, Rabun65 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.