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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 71, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 9, 2008, 10:02 PM EDT for Greenville County, Pickens County, South Carolina; 4 counties in North Carolina. It was in force for 62 min. 3 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
- May 9, 2008, 10:02 PM EDT (02:02 UTC)
- Expired
- May 9, 2008, 11:04 PM EDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Haywood County, NC, Henderson County, NC, Jackson County, NC, Transylvania County, NC, Greenville County, SC, Pickens County, SC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:03 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 9, 10:30 PM EDT | HAIL 0.75 | 3 Se Brevard, NC | |
| May 9, 10:30 PM EDT | HAIL 1.75 | 4 S Brevard, NC | SEVERAL POWER LINES DOWN AND DEBRIS IN THE ROAD. |
| May 9, 10:32 PM EDT | HAIL 0.75 | Brevard, NC | SPOTTER REPORTS 3/4 INCH HAIL...TORRENTIAL RAINFALL...AND GUSTY WINDS. |
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 28 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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 9, 8:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 260 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 189 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -195 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1560 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 67 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 171 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 218 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS52 KGSP 100203 SVRGSP NCC087-089-099-175-SCC045-077-100315- /O.NEW.KGSP.SV.W.0071.080510T0202Z-080510T0315Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1002 PM EDT FRI MAY 9 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA SOUTHERN HENDERSON COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA SOUTHEASTERN HAYWOOD COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA EASTERN JACKSON COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA NORTHERN PICKENS COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA NORTHWESTERN GREENVILLE COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA * UNTIL 1115 PM EDT * AT 1002 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES EAST OF SYLVA...OR ABOUT 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF WOLF MOUNTAIN...AND WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 38 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... WOLF MOUNTAIN BY 1015 PM EDT... BALSAM GROVE BY 1020 PM EDT... ROSMAN AND BREVARD BY 1030 PM EDT... TABLE ROCK RESERVOIR AND CAESARS HEAD BY 1045 PM EDT... PUMPKINTOWN AND JONES GAP STATE PARK BY 1050 PM EDT... CLEVELAND BY 1055 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. TO REPORT DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...OR FLOODING...THROUGH OUR AUTOMATED REPORTING SYSTEM...CALL OUR TOLL FREE NUMBER... 1 8 7 7...6 3 3...6 7 7 2. LAT...LON 3514 8237 3487 8265 3518 8309 3543 8285 TIME...MOT...LOC 0202Z 311DEG 33KT 3534 8304 $$ BSH
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS52 KGSP 100225 SVSGSP SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1025 PM EDT FRI MAY 9 2008 NCC087-089-099-175-SCC045-077-100315- /O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0071.000000T0000Z-080510T0315Z/ TRANSYLVANIA NC-HENDERSON NC-HAYWOOD NC-JACKSON NC-PICKENS SC- GREENVILLE SC- 1025 PM EDT FRI MAY 9 2008 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 PM EDT FOR NORTHWESTERN GREENVILLE...NORTHERN PICKENS...EAST CENTRAL JACKSON...SOUTHEASTERN HAYWOOD...SOUTH CENTRAL HENDERSON AND TRANSYLVANIA COUNTIES... AT 1025 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BALSAM GROVE...OR ABOUT 7 MILES WEST OF BREVARD...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 39 MPH. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... ROSMAN AND BREVARD BY 1030 PM EDT... CEDAR MOUNTAIN AND TABLE ROCK RESERVOIR BY 1040 PM EDT... CAESARS HEAD AND JONES GAP STATE PARK BY 1045 PM EDT... PUMPKINTOWN BY 1050 PM EDT... CLEVELAND BY 1055 PM EDT... MARIETTA BY 1100 PM EDT... TO REPORT DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...OR FLOODING...THROUGH OUR AUTOMATED REPORTING SYSTEM...CALL OUR TOLL FREE NUMBER... 1 8 7 7...6 3 3...6 7 7 2. LAT...LON 3514 8237 3487 8265 3518 8309 3543 8285 TIME...MOT...LOC 0225Z 305DEG 34KT 3520 8281 $$ BSH
000
WWUS52 KGSP 100234
SVSGSP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1034 PM EDT FRI MAY 9 2008
NCC087-099-100244-
/O.CAN.KGSP.SV.W.0071.000000T0000Z-080510T0315Z/
HAYWOOD NC-JACKSON NC-
1034 PM EDT FRI MAY 9 2008
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL JACKSON AND
SOUTHEASTERN HAYWOOD COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
LAT...LON 3523 8293 3529 8292 3532 8283 3538 8279
3538 8277 3514 8237 3487 8265 3511 8299
3514 8298 3516 8300
TIME...MOT...LOC 0234Z 309DEG 35KT 3515 8271
$$
NCC089-175-SCC045-077-100315-
/O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0071.000000T0000Z-080510T0315Z/
TRANSYLVANIA NC-HENDERSON NC-PICKENS SC-GREENVILLE SC-
1034 PM EDT FRI MAY 9 2008
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 PM EDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN GREENVILLE...NORTHERN PICKENS...SOUTH CENTRAL
HENDERSON AND TRANSYLVANIA COUNTIES...
AT 1034 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS REPORTED CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.
THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES SOUTH OF BREVARD...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT
41 MPH.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
CEDAR MOUNTAIN AND TABLE ROCK RESERVOIR BY 1040 PM EDT...
CAESARS HEAD AND JONES GAP STATE PARK BY 1045 PM EDT...
CLEVELAND AND PUMPKINTOWN BY 1050 PM EDT...
MARIETTA BY 1055 PM EDT...
TO REPORT DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...OR FLOODING...THROUGH OUR
AUTOMATED REPORTING SYSTEM...CALL OUR TOLL FREE NUMBER...
1 8 7 7...6 3 3...6 7 7 2.
LAT...LON 3523 8293 3529 8292 3532 8283 3538 8279
3538 8277 3514 8237 3487 8265 3511 8299
3514 8298 3516 8300
TIME...MOT...LOC 0234Z 309DEG 35KT 3515 8271
$$
BSH000
WWUS52 KGSP 100304
SVSGSP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1104 PM EDT FRI MAY 9 2008
NCC089-175-SCC045-077-100314-
/O.CAN.KGSP.SV.W.0071.000000T0000Z-080510T0315Z/
TRANSYLVANIA NC-HENDERSON NC-PICKENS SC-GREENVILLE SC-
1104 PM EDT FRI MAY 9 2008
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN GREENVILLE...
NORTHERN PICKENS...SOUTH CENTRAL HENDERSON AND TRANSYLVANIA COUNTIES
IS CANCELLED...
LAT...LON 3523 8293 3529 8292 3532 8283 3538 8279
3538 8277 3514 8237 3487 8265 3511 8299
3514 8298 3516 8300
TIME...MOT...LOC 0304Z 309DEG 35KT 3496 8244
$$
BSHWhat 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 May 9, 9:06 PM EDT, 56 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 9, 9:06 PM EDT, 56 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 906 PM EDT FRI MAY 9 2008 .SYNOPSIS... WEAK HIGH PRESSURE WILL TEMPORARILY PUSH A STALLED FRONTAL BOUNDARY SOUTH OF THE AREA ON SATURDAY...BEFORE RETURNING NORTH AS A WARM FRONT ON SUNDAY. DRY NORTHWEST FLOW WILL THEN FOLLOW FOR EARLY NEXT WEEK. ANOTHER COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO APPROACH BY THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH SATURDAY/... SHORTWAVES EMBEDDED IN SWIFT ZONAL FLOW ALOFT CONTINUE TO INTERACT WITH STRONG LAPSE RATES AND COOL TEMPERATURES ALOFT TO ALLOW STORM CORES TO GROW RAPIDLY. STRONG ELEVATED SHEAR IS ALLOWING STORMS TO MAINTAIN THEMSELVES MOVING INTO THE MTNS FROM ERN TN AND THESE STORMS SHOULD SURVIVE THE TRIP OVER THE HIGH TERRAIN DESPITE THE DOWNSLOPE EAST OF THE BLUE RIDGE. SVR STORM WATCH 290 WILL RUN FOR WRN NC AND THE NRN UPSTATE UNTIL 1 AM...WITH ACTIVITY DIMINISHING OVERNIGHT. SATURDAY...WEAK BOUNDARY IS EXPECTED TO QUICKLY PUSH SOUTHEAST OF THE CWA BY MID DAY. HIGH PRESSURE WILL SLOWLY BUILD ACROSS THE REGION DURING THE AFTERNOON...SUPPLYING NW WINDS WITH MARGINAL GUSTS. NAM AND GFS INDICATE THAT THE FRONT WILL REMAIN SOUTH OF THE CWA THROUGH THE REST OF THE DAY. HOWEVER...THE FRONT WILL BEGIN TO LIFT NORTHWARD LATE SAT AFTERNOON AND EVENING...POSSIBLY ALLOWING CAPE TO BUILD ACROSS ELBERT AND ABBEVILLE COUNTIES. I WILL KEEP MOST OF THE FORECAST AREA DRY WITH A SCHC ACROSS THE AREA OF HIGHER CAPE. OTHERWISE...HIGH TEMPERATURES SHOULD THE MID 70S IN THE MTN VALLEYS AND MID TO UPPER 80S EAST OF THE MTNS. && .SHORT TERM /SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT/... AS OF 215 PM FRIDAY...SAT NIGHT WILL BEGIN RATHER TRANQUIL WITH HIGH PRESSURE RIDGED S OVER THE AREA AND A FRONTAL BOUNDARY STATIONARY FROM SOUTHERN SC INTO CENTRAL GA. HOWEVER...THAT WILL BE SHORT LIVED AS A SHORT WAVE APPROACHES FROM THE W AND ISENTROPIC LIFT/STRONG MOISTURE FLUX COMMENCES LATE SAT NIGHT. 12Z NAM/GFS BOTH RESPOND TO THIS FORCING BY RAPIDLY DEVELOPING PRECIP FROM W TO E OVER THE FORECAST AREA LATE SAT NIGHT INTO EARLY SUN. THIS EARLY ONSET OF PRECIP ALLOWS FOR A WEDGE TO DEVELOP EARLY ON SUN AND MODELS MAINTAIN IT ESSENTIALLY UNTIL THE COLD FRONT ARRIVES LATE IN THE DAY TO SCOUR IT OUT. THEREFORE...EXPECT A COOL/RAINY DAY ON SUN OVER MOST OF THE FORECAST AREA. INSTABILITY LOOKS MEAGER ON SUN DUE TO WEDGE AND TRIPLE POINT SURFACE LOW PASSING TO THE S. WILL FORECAST RAIN...WITH JUST A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDER IN THE AFTERNOON AS COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE REGION. MODELS INDICATE THAT PRECIP SHOULD GENERALLY MOVE E OF THE AREA BY 00Z MON. THE EXCEPTION WILL BE IN THE MOUINTAINS WHERE A RATHER EXTENDED PERIOD OF MOIST/UPSLOPE IS FORECAST. HENCE...WILL MAINTAIN CLOUDS AND SCATTERED SHOWERS IN THE USUAL AREAS FOR UPSLOPE PRECIP. UPSLOPE SHOWERS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH MON. ELSEWHERE...A COOL NW FLOW WILL AFFECT THE AREA WITH BREEZING CONDITIONS ON MON. HOWEVER...EVEN WITH DOWNSLOPE WARMING MAX TEMPS WILL BE BELOW AVERAGE. STAYED CLOSE TO THE MAV MAX/MIN TEMP GUIDANCE. GUIDANCE POPS REASONABLE AS WELL. && .LONG TERM /TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/... AS OF 250 PM FRIDAY...STAYED CLOSE TO HPC GUIDANCE WHICH TRENDED TOWARD A MORE ECWMF SOLUTION. EXPECT DRY WEATHER TUE INTO WED AS SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE AND UPPER RIDGE BUILDS OVER THE REGION. ON WED...THE HIGH SHIFTS E ALLOWING FOR A RETURN FLOW OF GULF MOISTURE ON WED. UPSLOPE FLOW AND INCREASING INSTABILITY SUPPORTS A MENTION OF A CHANCE OF SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MOUNTAINS. THE THREAT FOR SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE ENTIRE FORECAST AREA WED NIGHT AND INTO THU AS COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH. A DRY PERIOD BEHIND THE FRONT IS EXPECTED THU NIGHT INTO FRI BEFORE A SECONDARY FRONT APPROACHES AND POSSIBLY SPREADS SHOWERS IN THE MOUNTAINS LATE FRI. && .AVIATION /01Z SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... SHORTWAVES MOVING EAST ACROSS THE TERMINAL FORECAST AREA THIS EVENING HAVE PRODUCED ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS...BUT THESE SHOULD REMAIN JUST NORTH OF THE VICINITY OF KCLT THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. DEEPER MOISTURE WILL PUSH INTO THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS OVERNIGHT...BUT GENERALLY PRODUCE ONLY VFR LEVEL CEILINGS AT KAVL. MODEL SOUNDINGS ARE HINTING AT SOME MVFR DEVELOPMENT TOWARD DAYBREAK...BUT HIGHER LEVEL CLOUDINESS MAKES THIS UNCERTAIN AT PRESENT. SFC TO 850 MB WILL REMAIN POOLED ACROSS THE REGION TOMORROW ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE SURFACE BOUNDARY DRAPED THROUGH THE WESTERN CAROLINAS. THIS WILL PRODUCE SCATTERED TO BROKEN CONVECTIVE CUMULUS...BUT KEEP ANY CEILINGS AT VFR LEVELS. OUTLOOK...VFR CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE INTO SAT NIGHT...WITH SOME SOME MVFR CLOUDS POSSIBLY DEVELOPING EARLY SUN MORNING. ANOTHER ROUND OF SCT SHWRS/TSTMS AND CIG/VSBY RESTRICTIONS EXPECTED SUN TO SUN NIGHT. LOOK FOR DRY WEATHER AND VFR CONDITIONS TO RETURN MON TO WED. && .GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...PAT NEAR TERM...HG SHORT TERM...LG LONG TERM...LG AVIATION...HG
Hazardous weather outlook, May 9, 9:09 PM EDT, 53 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 909 PM EDT FRI MAY 9 2008 NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065-068>072-082-501>510-SCZ002- 003-005>009-013-014-110115- 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- PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER PICKENS- GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK-UNION SC-CHESTER- 909 PM EDT FRI MAY 9 2008 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 290 IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EDT SATURDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION SUNDAY...BRINGING NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE AREA. SOME SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE...PARTICULARLY ACROSS THE PIEDMONT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-SCZ001-004-010>012-019-110115- RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-OCONEE MOUNTAINS- GREATER OCONEE-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-GREENWOOD- 909 PM EDT FRI MAY 9 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION SUNDAY...BRINGING NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE AREA. SOME SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE...PARTICULARLY ACROSS THE PIEDMONT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 9, 6:17 PM EDT, 3 hours 45 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 617 PM EDT FRI MAY 9 2008 NCZ036-056-069-071-092245- CATAWBA-IREDELL-LINCOLN-MECKLENBURG- 617 PM EDT FRI MAY 9 2008 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EASTERN LINCOLN...NORTHERN MECKLENBURG...SOUTHEASTERN CATAWBA AND SOUTHERN IREDELL COUNTIES THROUGH 645 PM EDT... AT 613 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MAIDEN...OR 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF LINCOLNTON...MOVING EAST AT 26 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LAKE NORMAN...TERRELL...MOORESVILLE...MAIDEN...LOWESVILLE... LINCOLNTON...HUNTERSVILLE...DENVER...DAVIDSON...CORNELIUS AND BOGER CITY. SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. ARK
Local storm report, May 9, 6:48 PM EDT, 3 hours 14 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
648 PM EDT FRI MAY 09 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0635 PM HAIL DENVER 35.53N 81.03W
05/09/2008 E0.88 INCH LINCOLN NC PUBLIC
&&
BSHLocal storm report, May 9, 7:55 PM EDT, 2 hours 7 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
755 PM EDT FRI MAY 09 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0725 PM HAIL 5 SW CONCORD 35.36N 80.66W
05/09/2008 E1.00 INCH CABARRUS NC TRAINED SPOTTER
TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED ABUNDANT PENNY TO NICKEL SIZE
HAIL WITH SOME QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
&&
HGSpecial weather statement, May 9, 8:32 PM EDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 832 PM EDT FRI MAY 9 2008 NCZ069-071-072-100100- CABARRUS-LINCOLN-MECKLENBURG- 832 PM EDT FRI MAY 9 2008 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CABARRUS...NORTHERN MECKLENBURG AND SOUTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTIES THROUGH 900 PM EDT... AT 831 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF HUNTERSVILLE...OR 13 MILES NORTHWEST OF UNC CHARLOTTE...MOVING EAST AT 31 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LOWES MOTOR SPEEDWAY...UNC CHARLOTTE...KANNAPOLIS...HUNTERSVILLE... HARRISBURG...DAVIDSON...CROFT...CORNELIUS AND CONCORD. SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. ARK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 9, 10:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Greenville, Laurens, Pickens, Spartanburg | 71 min |
| May 9, 11:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cherokee, Chester, Spartanburg, Union, York | 38 min |
| May 9, 9:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Buncombe, Haywood, Jackson, Swain | 82 min |
| May 10, 3:57 PM EDT | High Wind Watch | GSP | Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Graham, Haywood and 11 more | 12 hr |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Carolina, 2008Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in South Carolina, 2008Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2008
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.