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Tornado Warning 33, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

May 11, 20084 counties in North Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this tornado warning at May 11, 2008, 5:31 PM EDT for 4 counties in North Carolina. It was in force for 53 min. 5 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 11, 2008, 5:31 PM EDT (21:31 UTC)
Expired: May 11, 2008, 6:24 PM EDT
In force: 53 min
Issued by: NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Cabarrus County, NC, Iredell County, NC, Lincoln County, NC, Mecklenburg County, NC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 136 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:31 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 11, 5:50 PM EDT	HAIL 1	Cornelius, NC	QUARTER SIZED HAIL ON W CATAWBA AVENUE IN CORNELIUS.
May 11, 5:50 PM EDT	HAIL 1.75	2 S Cornelius, NC	FROM WCNC...REPORTER HAD GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL ON I-77.
May 11, 6:00 PM EDT	HAIL 0.25	Huntersville, NC	SPOTTER REPORTS PEA SIZE HAIL.
May 11, 6:00 PM EDT	HAIL 1	8 Wnw Concord, NC	SPOTTER REPORTS QUARTER SIZED HAIL AND A WALL CLOUD AT THE INTERSECTION OF HW-73 AND ODELL SCHOOL ROAD.
May 11, 6:10 PM EDT	HAIL 2.75	4 W Concord, NC	SPOTTER REPORTS HAIL AS LARGE AS BASEBALLS AT INTERNATIONAL DRIVE AND POPLAR TENT ROAD.

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 tornado 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.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 11, 2:07 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 115 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: 951 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 63 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 34 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 262 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 
WFUS52 KGSP 112132
TORGSP
NCC025-097-109-119-112230-
/O.NEW.KGSP.TO.W.0033.080511T2131Z-080511T2230Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
531 PM EDT SUN MAY 11 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN CABARRUS COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA
  NORTHERN MECKLENBURG COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA
  SOUTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA
  SOUTHEASTERN IREDELL COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA

* UNTIL 630 PM EDT

* AT 527 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 9 MILES EAST OF
  LINCOLNTON...OR ABOUT 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LAKE NORMAN...MOVING
  EAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE TORNADO EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  CORNELIUS AND DAVIDSON AROUND 555 PM EDT...
  HUNTERSVILLE AROUND 600 PM EDT...
  CROFT AROUND 605 PM EDT...
  UNC CHARLOTTE AROUND 620 PM EDT...
  LOWES MOTOR SPEEDWAY AND HARRISBURG AROUND 625 PM EDT...

MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES SHOULD BE ABANDONED FOR STURDIER SHELTER.
OTHERWISE...GO TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST LEVEL OF YOUR HOME
OR PLACE OF BUSINESS. MAKE SURE THERE ARE AS MANY WALLS AND FLOORS
BETWEEN YOU AND THE OUTSIDE AS POSSIBLE.

TO REPORT TORNADOES...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 3525 8060 3535 8093 3537 8094 3537 8097
      3539 8096 3540 8101 3554 8098 3555 8096
      3550 8066
TIME...MOT...LOC 2131Z 283DEG 21KT 3545 8105

$$

NED

3 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS52 KGSP 112155
SVSGSP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
554 PM EDT SUN MAY 11 2008

NCC097-109-112204-
/O.CAN.KGSP.TO.W.0033.000000T0000Z-080511T2230Z/
LINCOLN NC-IREDELL NC-
554 PM EDT SUN MAY 11 2008

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL IREDELL AND
SOUTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

LAT...LON 3525 8060 3540 8090 3541 8093 3544 8094
      3549 8093 3551 8086 3550 8066 3540 8064
TIME...MOT...LOC 2154Z 288DEG 32KT 3542 8082

$$

NCC025-119-112230-
/O.CON.KGSP.TO.W.0033.000000T0000Z-080511T2230Z/
CABARRUS NC-MECKLENBURG NC-
554 PM EDT SUN MAY 11 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM EDT FOR NORTH
CENTRAL MECKLENBURG AND WESTERN CABARRUS COUNTIES...

AT 553 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED
NEAR HUNTERSVILLE...OR ABOUT 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF UNC CHARLOTTE...
MOVING EAST AT 36 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  LOWES MOTOR SPEEDWAY AND HARRISBURG BY 610 PM EDT...

TORNADOES IN THE CAROLINAS ARE OFTEN OBSCURED BY 
RAIN...HAZE...TREES...AND TERRAIN. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE THE TORNADO 
BEFORE SEEKING SHELTER. BY THE TIME YOU SEE IT...IT MAY BE TOO LATE 
MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES SHOULD BE ABANDONED FOR STURDIER SHELTER. 
OTHERWISE...GO TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST LEVEL OF YOUR HOME 
OR PLACE OF BUSINESS.

LAT...LON 3525 8060 3540 8090 3541 8093 3544 8094
      3549 8093 3551 8086 3550 8066 3540 8064
TIME...MOT...LOC 2154Z 288DEG 32KT 3542 8082

$$

NED

000 
WWUS52 KGSP 112213
SVSGSP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
612 PM EDT SUN MAY 11 2008

NCC119-112222-
/O.CAN.KGSP.TO.W.0033.000000T0000Z-080511T2230Z/
MECKLENBURG NC-
612 PM EDT SUN MAY 11 2008

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL MECKLENBURG COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

LAT...LON 3529 8061 3534 8066 3539 8073 3541 8073
      3544 8073 3546 8071 3548 8066 3540 8064
TIME...MOT...LOC 2212Z 288DEG 34KT 3539 8063

$$

NCC025-112230-
/O.CON.KGSP.TO.W.0033.000000T0000Z-080511T2230Z/
CABARRUS NC-
612 PM EDT SUN MAY 11 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM EDT FOR WESTERN
CABARRUS COUNTY...

AT 610 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER WEST CENTRAL
CABARRUS COUNTY...OR ABOUT 3 MILES WEST OF CONCORD...MOVING EAST AT 
35 MPH. AT 610 PM EDT...A STORM SPOTTER REPORTED BASEBALL SIZE HAIL 
NEAR CONCORD.

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO THREAT...DAMAGING HAIL TO THE SIZE OF 
GOLFBALLS TO BASEBALLS WILL PRECEDE THE TORNADO. WIND DRIVEN HAIL OF 
THIS SIZE POSES A SIGNIFICANT RISK OF INJURY AND DAMAGE. MOBILE 
HOMES AND VEHICLES SHOULD BE ABANDONED FOR STURDIER SHELTER. 
OTHERWISE...GO TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST LEVEL OF YOUR HOME 
OR PLACE OF BUSINESS.

LAT...LON 3529 8061 3534 8066 3539 8073 3541 8073
      3544 8073 3546 8071 3548 8066 3540 8064
TIME...MOT...LOC 2212Z 288DEG 34KT 3539 8063

$$

NED

000 
WWUS52 KGSP 112224
SVSGSP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
620 PM EDT SUN MAY 11 2008

NCC025-112230-
/O.CAN.KGSP.TO.W.0033.000000T0000Z-080511T2230Z/
CABARRUS NC-
620 PM EDT SUN MAY 11 2008

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WESTERN CABARRUS COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAS PUSHED EAST OF THE WARNED AREA. A 
TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL AND EASTERN CABARRUS COUNTY REMAINS IN 
EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM.

LAT...LON 3529 8061 3534 8066 3539 8073 3541 8073
      3544 8073 3546 8071 3548 8066 3540 8064
TIME...MOT...LOC 2220Z 288DEG 34KT 3537 8054

$$

NED

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this tornado 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 tornado warning went out at May 11, 4:26 PM EDT, 1 hour 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 11, 4:26 PM EDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
426 PM EDT SUN MAY 11 2008

.SYNOPSIS...
A DEEP LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BE NEAR THE NEW JERSEY COAST TONIGHT
AS IT DRAGS A COLD FRONT TOWARD THE CAROLINA COAST.  DRY HIGH
PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN FROM THE WEST MONDAY AND TUESDAY. ANOTHER
COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH FROM THE WEST THURSDAY BEFORE STALLING IN
THE VICINITY AND KEEPING CONDITIONS UNSETTLED INTO NEXT WEEKEND.

&&

.NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM MONDAY MORNING/...
FORECAST HAS BEEN UPDATED TO ADD MORE OF THE NC PIEDMONT AND EASTERN
FOOTHILLS TO THE EXISTING TORNADO WATCH. SPINUPS COULD CONTINUE
WHERE EXISTING CONVECTION INTERSECTS THE BOUNDARY IN THE PIEDMONT.
THESE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL MOVE EAST OF THE AREA THIS
EVENING. HOWEVER...LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WRAPS BACK INTO THE MTNS AND
SHOWERS WILL REDEVELOP THERE AS STRONG UPSLOPE FLOW AND SHORT WAVE
ENERGY MOVE IN.

WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO PICK UP AND BECOME GUSTY ACROSS THE WESTERN
SECTIONS AS THE FRONT MOVES THROUGH. THESE WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO
THE EVENING BEFORE DIMINISHING OUTSIDE OF THE MTNS. THE WINDS
ACTUALLY INCREASE ACROSS THE MTNS OVERNIGHT WITH GUSTS POSSIBLY 50
KTS OR HIGHER. GIVEN THESE WINDS...CURRENT WIND ADVISORY/HIGH WIND
WARNINGS LOOK GOOD. THESE WILL REMAIN IN PLACE OVERNIGHT.

TEMPERATURES OVER SOME RIDGE TOPS WILL FALL INTO THE MID
30S..ALTHOUGH VALLEY LOCATIONS WILL REMAIN IN THE LOW TO MID 40S.
WITH THE EXPECTED WINDS...FROST SHOULD NOT BE A PROBLEM. CANNOT RULE
OUT SOME SNOWFLAKES MIXING IN WITH THE RAIN ABOVE 5000 FT...BUT NO
TRAVEL PROBLEMS EXPECTED. OUTSIDE OF THE MTNS...TEMPS WILL FALL INTO
THE UPPER 40S TO LOWER 50S.

&&

.SHORT TERM /6 AM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT/...
AS OF 230 PM SUNDAY...STILL EXPECTING A PERIOD OF BLUSTERY
CONDITIONS ON MONDAY AS THE CWFA LINGERS WITHIN THE CIRCULATION OF
DEPARTING LOW PRESSURE. DOWNSLOPE DRYING IS ON TAP FOR AREAS
EAST OF THE BLUE RIDGE...WITH SOME WRAP-AROUND/UPSLOPE SHOWERS
PROBABLE FOR THE NC MTNS...ESPECIALLY THE WESTERN SLOPES. GOING WIND
ADVISORY AND WARNINGS LOOK TO BE ON TRACK AND WILL LIKELY NEED LAKE
WIND ADVISORIES FOR THOSE AREAS OUTSIDE OF EXPECTED WIND
WARNING/ADVISORY. WITH SFC RIDGING BUILDING EAST INTO THE CWFA
MONDAY NIGHT...WINDS WILL BECOME LIGHT. DEEP DRYING WITHIN
NW FLOW ALOFT WILL PROMOTE MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES ALLOWING TEMPERATURES
TO FALL TO BELOW NORMAL LEVELS. DEEP LAYERED RIDGING TO PROMOTE
SUNSHINE AND SEASONABLY MILD CONDITIONS FOR TUESDAY. HIGHER LEVEL
MOISTURE WILL TOP UPPER RIDGING TUESDAY NIGHT LEADING TO SOME DEGREE
OF INCREASING CLOUDS. FRONTAL BNDRY PROGGED TO SAG SOUTHEAST TOWARD
THE REGION ON WEDNESDAY...AND WILL MAINTAIN GOING CHANCE POPS.

&&

.LONG TERM /THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/...
AS OF 215 PM SUNDAY...AS THE FRONT CROSSES THE AREA FROM THE
NORTHWEST EARLY THURSDAY...IT IS FORECAST TO STALL OUT VERY NEAR OR
JUST TO THE SOUTH OF OUR FORECAST AREA.  LOW PRESSURE WILL FORM NEAR
TEXAS AND RIDE ALONG THE FRONT SPREADING MOISTURE INTO THE CAROLINAS
FROM THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY.  IT APPEARS THAT INSTABILITY WILL
GENERALLY BE LIMITED TO LOCATIONS IN THE PIEDMONT AND FOOTHILLS AS
THE LOW APPROACHES FROM THE SOUTHWEST.  THE ECMWF IS CONSIDERED THE
PREFERRED MODEL AND IT TAKES THE LOW OFF THE MID ATLANTIC COAST
FRIDAY NIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY.  A DEEP UPPER TROUGH FOLLOWS BEHIND
THE LOW THROUGH THE WEEKEND AS IT MOVES SOUTHEAST FROM THE GREAT
LAKES.  MOISTURE WILL ATTEND THE UPPER TROUGH EXTENDING SOUTH ALONG
THE APPALACHIANS.  NOT SURE HOW FAR SOUTH THIS WILL EXTEND...BUT
WANTED TO INCLUDE POPS FOR THE NC MOUNTAINS AND TAPPER IT OFF AT THE
END OF THE WEEKEND.  TEMPERATURES WILL BE BELOW NORMAL AS THE AXIS
OF THIS TROUGH PASSES.

&&

.AVIATION /21Z SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/...
SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TS SHOULD MOVE EAST OF THE AREA QUICKLY THIS
AFTERNOON. LOW CIGS WILL CONTINUE UNTIL THE DRY SLOT SEEN TO OUR
WEST MOVES IN. WINDS WILL PICK UP HOWEVER AND BECOME GUSTY THRU THE
EVENING. WINDS DIMINISH OVERNIGHT EXCEPT OVER KAVL WHERE GUSTS
CONTINUE AND WILL ACTUALLY STRENGTHEN. LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WRAPS BACK
INTO THE AREA WITH MVFR CIGS REDEVELOPING AT KAVL...WITH LOW VFR
CIGS POSSIBLE ELSEWHERE. THESE LOW CIGS WILL CONTINUE AT KAVL MONDAY
MORNING...BUT WILL LIFT ELSEWHERE. WINDS BECOME GUSTY ONCE AGAIN
OUTSIDE OF THE MTNS AS MIXING BEGINS.

OUTLOOK...WINDS REMAIN VERY GUSTY THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON WITH
DIMINISHING CLOUDS. CONDITIONS WILL STEADILY IMPROVE TUESDAY...WITH
SLACKENING WINDS AND VFR CONDITIONS. DIURNAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL
RETURN MID TO LATE WEEK AS A COLD FRONT MOVES IN FROM THE WEST AND
STALLS NEAR THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS.

&&

.GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...LAKE WIND ADVISORY UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT FOR GAZ010-017-
     018-026-028-029.
     WIND ADVISORY FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM EDT MONDAY FOR
     GAZ010-017.
NC...LAKE WIND ADVISORY UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT FOR NCZ033-
     048>053-058-059-062>065-501-503-505-507-509.
     WIND ADVISORY FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM EDT MONDAY FOR
     NCZ048-051-052-058-059-062>064-502-504-506-508-510.
     HIGH WIND WARNING FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM EDT MONDAY FOR
     NCZ033-049-050-053-065-501-503-505-507-509.
SC...LAKE WIND ADVISORY UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT FOR SCZ001>007-
     010>014-019.
     WIND ADVISORY FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM EDT MONDAY FOR
     SCZ001>003.

&&

SYNOPSIS...DEO
NEAR TERM...HG/RWH
SHORT TERM...CSH
LONG TERM...DEO
AVIATION...RWH

Hazardous weather outlook, May 11, 4:30 PM EDT, 1 hour 1 minute before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
430 PM EDT SUN MAY 11 2008

SCZ006-007-012-013-019-122030-
GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-LAURENS-UNION SC-GREENWOOD-
430 PM EDT SUN MAY 11 2008

...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR 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.

   LAKE WIND ADVISORY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION SHOULD NOT BE NEEDED.

NCZ048-052-064-SCZ003-122030-
MADISON-HAYWOOD-TRANSYLVANIA-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-
430 PM EDT SUN MAY 11 2008

...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT...
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM EDT
MONDAY...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR 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.

   LAKE WIND ADVISORY.
   WIND ADVISORY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   WIND ADVISORY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TO REPORT STRONG WINDS.

NCZ033-049-050-053-065-501-503-505-507-509-122030-
AVERY-YANCEY-MITCHELL-BUNCOMBE-HENDERSON-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-
BURKE MOUNTAINS-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-
POLK MOUNTAINS-
430 PM EDT SUN MAY 11 2008

...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT...
...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM EDT
MONDAY...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH 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.

   LAKE WIND ADVISORY.
   HIGH WIND WARNING.

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL HAVE THE CAPABILITY TO PRODUCE HAIL TO
THE SIZE OF PENNIES...LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING INTO EARLY EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   HIGH WIND WARNING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TO REPORT STRONG WINDS.

NCZ035>037-056-057-068>072-082-SCZ009-122030-
ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-
MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC-YORK-
430 PM EDT SUN MAY 11 2008

...TORNADO WATCH 307 IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

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.

   TORNADO WATCH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED FOR THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING.

NCZ502-504-506-508-510-122030-
GREATER CALDWELL-GREATER BURKE-EASTERN MCDOWELL-GREATER RUTHERFORD-
EASTERN POLK-
430 PM EDT SUN MAY 11 2008

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM EDT
MONDAY...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH 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.

   WIND ADVISORY.

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL HAVE THE CAPABILITY TO PRODUCE HAIL TO
THE SIZE OF PENNIES...LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING INTO EARLY EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   WIND ADVISORY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED EARLY THIS EVENING.

SCZ008-122030-
CHEROKEE-
430 PM EDT SUN MAY 11 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL HAVE THE CAPABILITY TO PRODUCE HAIL TO
THE SIZE OF PENNIES...LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING INTO EARLY EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED EARLY THIS EVENING.

SCZ014-122030-
CHESTER-
430 PM EDT SUN MAY 11 2008

...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT...
...TORNADO WATCH 307 IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR 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.

   LAKE WIND ADVISORY.
   TORNADO WATCH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED.

GAZ018-026-028-029-SCZ004-005-010-011-122030-
STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS-
ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-
430 PM EDT SUN MAY 11 2008

...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA 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.

   LAKE WIND ADVISORY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION SHOULD NOT BE NEEDED.

GAZ010-017-NCZ051-058-059-062-063-SCZ001-002-122030-
RABUN-HABERSHAM-SWAIN-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-
OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-
430 PM EDT SUN MAY 11 2008

...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT...
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM EDT
MONDAY...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...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.

   LAKE WIND ADVISORY.
   WIND ADVISORY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   WIND ADVISORY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION SHOULD NOT BE NEEDED.

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 11, 4:53 PM EDT, 38 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
453 PM EDT SUN MAY 11 2008

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

0451 PM     HAIL             VALE                    35.54N 81.40W
05/11/2008  E1.75 INCH       LINCOLN            NC   TRAINED SPOTTER

            SPOTTER IN VALE REPORTS HAIL HAS INCREASED TO GOLF BALL
            SIZED.

&&

BSH

Local storm report, May 11, 5:18 PM EDT, 13 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
518 PM EDT SUN MAY 11 2008

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

0505 PM     HAIL             LINCOLNTON              35.48N 81.25W
05/11/2008  E2.00 INCH       LINCOLN            NC   PUBLIC

0514 PM     HAIL             LINCOLNTON              35.48N 81.25W
05/11/2008  E1.00 INCH       LINCOLN            NC   AMATEUR RADIO

            REPORT OF QUARTER SIZED HAIL AT THE LINCOLNTON COUNTY
            AIRPORT.

&&

BSH

Local storm report, May 11, 5:20 PM EDT, 11 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
520 PM EDT SUN MAY 11 2008

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

0517 PM     HAIL             7 NE LINCOLNTON         35.55N 81.16W
05/11/2008  E1.00 INCH       LINCOLN            NC   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

BSH

Local storm report, May 11, 5:22 PM EDT, 9 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
522 PM EDT SUN MAY 11 2008

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

0521 PM     HAIL             5 E LINCOLNTON          35.48N 81.16W
05/11/2008  E1.75 INCH       LINCOLN            NC   AMATEUR RADIO

            LINCOLNTON COUNTY AIRPORT.

&&

BSH

Local storm report, May 11, 5:26 PM EDT, 5 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
526 PM EDT SUN MAY 11 2008

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

0525 PM     FUNNEL CLOUD     7 E LINCOLNTON          35.48N 81.12W
05/11/2008                   LINCOLN            NC   AMATEUR RADIO

            REPORT OF A FUNNEL CLOUD OVER HW-73.

&&

BSH

Local storm report, May 11, 5:28 PM EDT, 3 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
528 PM EDT SUN MAY 11 2008

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

0509 PM     HAIL             3 N LINCOLNTON          35.52N 81.25W
05/11/2008  E2.50 INCH       LINCOLN            NC   TRAINED SPOTTER

            HAIL RANGING FROM GOLF BALL TO TENNIS BALL SIZED.

&&

BSH

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 11, 4:11 AM EDT	High Wind Warning	GSP	Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Graham, Haywood and 11 more	38 hr
May 11, 4:11 AM EDT	Lake Wind Advisory	GSP	Alexander, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell and 22 more	38 hr
May 11, 4:11 AM EDT	Wind Advisory	GSP	Alexander, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell, Catawba, Cleveland and 16 more	34 hr
May 11, 2:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Cabarrus, Iredell, Mecklenburg, Rowan	60 min
May 11, 3:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Burke, McDowell	41 min
May 11, 4:10 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	GSP	Burke, Cleveland, McDowell, Rutherford	50 min
May 11, 4:40 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	GSP	Catawba, Cleveland, Lincoln	44 min
May 11, 5:09 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	GSP	Catawba, Gaston, Lincoln	36 min
May 11, 6:08 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	GSP	Cabarrus	35 min
May 11, 7:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Rowan	62 min

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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.