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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 360, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 13, 2009, 5:38 PM EDT for Avery County, Caldwell County, North Carolina. It was in force for 67 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
- Aug 13, 2009, 5:38 PM EDT (21:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 13, 2009, 6:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 67 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Avery County, NC, Caldwell County, NC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 Aug 13, 2:46 PM EDT, 2 hours 52 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 13, 2:46 PM EDT, 2 hours 52 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 13, 5:20 AM EDT, 12 hours 18 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 520 AM EDT THU AUG 13 2009 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065- 068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-140930- 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- 520 AM EDT THU AUG 13 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE. GREATEST COVERAGE IS MOST LIKELY OVER THE EXTREME NORTHWESTERN PIEDMONT OF SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE MOUNTAINS OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... NONE. JPT
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 13, 4:19 PM EDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before
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</html>Special weather statement, Aug 13, 5:08 PM EDT, 30 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 508 PM EDT THU AUG 13 2009 NCZ053-065-505-507-508-132215- BUNCOMBE-GREATER RUTHERFORD-HENDERSON-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS- 508 PM EDT THU AUG 13 2009 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN HENDERSON... SOUTHEASTERN BUNCOMBE...SOUTHWESTERN MCDOWELL AND WESTERN RUTHERFORD COUNTIES THROUGH 615 PM EDT... AT 508 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES SOUTH OF OLD FORT...OR 14 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MARION...MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO CHIMNEY ROCK...OLD FORT...LAKE LURE AND BAT CAVE. SMALL HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. 07
Special weather statement, Aug 13, 5:18 PM EDT, 20 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 518 PM EDT THU AUG 13 2009 NCZ506-508-132215- EASTERN MCDOWELL-GREATER RUTHERFORD- 518 PM EDT THU AUG 13 2009 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHERN RUTHERFORD AND SOUTHEASTERN MCDOWELL COUNTIES THROUGH 615 PM EDT... AT 518 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DYSARTSVILLE...OR 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MARION...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BOSTIC... THERMAL CITY...SPINDALE...RUTHERFORDTON...GLENWOOD...FOREST CITY... FERO AND DYSARTSVILLE. SMALL HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. 07
Special weather statement, Aug 13, 5:31 PM EDT, 7 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 531 PM EDT THU AUG 13 2009 NCZ501-502-132230- CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-GREATER CALDWELL- 531 PM EDT THU AUG 13 2009 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CALDWELL COUNTY THROUGH 630 PM EDT... AT 531 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DARBY...OR 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BLOWING ROCK...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 10 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO UPTON... PATTERSON...GLOBE...EDGEMONT...LENOIR...GAMEWELL...COLLETTSVILLE AND CAJAHS MOUNTAIN. SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. 07
Special weather statement, Aug 13, 5:35 PM EDT, 3 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 535 PM EDT THU AUG 13 2009 NCZ065-SCZ003-006-132230- GREATER GREENVILLE-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-HENDERSON- 535 PM EDT THU AUG 13 2009 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHWESTERN GREENVILLE AND SOUTHERN HENDERSON COUNTIES THROUGH 630 PM EDT... AT 535 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FLAT ROCK...OR 8 MILES SOUTH OF HENDERSONVILLE...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO JONES GAP STATE PARK...LAKE ROBINSON...NORTH SALUDA RESERVOIR...TUXEDO...FLAT ROCK...EAST FLAT ROCK...TRAVELERS REST...TIGERVILLE...MARIETTA AND CLEVELAND. SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. 07
The office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 13, 5:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Transylvania | 53 min |
| Aug 13, 6:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Polk, Rutherford | 66 min |
| Aug 13, 7:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Graham, Macon, Swain | 64 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Carolina, 2009Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2009
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.