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Tornado Warning 16, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this tornado warning at May 6, 2009, 10:05 AM EDT for 4 counties in North Carolina. It was in force for 40 min. 1 report 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 6, 2009, 10:05 AM EDT (14:05 UTC)
- Expired
- May 6, 2009, 10:45 AM EDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Buncombe County, NC, Haywood County, NC, Henderson County, NC, Transylvania County, NC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 10:28 AM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Wnw Asheville, NC | PUBLIC REPORT OF LIMBS BLOWN DOWN ON LEICESTER HIGHWAY |
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 nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 252 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 450 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 88 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 136 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS52 KGSP 061405 TORGSP NCC021-087-089-175-061445- /O.NEW.KGSP.TO.W.0016.090506T1405Z-090506T1445Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1005 AM EDT WED MAY 6 2009 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN BUNCOMBE COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF ASHEVILLE... SOUTHEASTERN HAYWOOD COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... NORTHWESTERN HENDERSON COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... NORTH CENTRAL TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... * UNTIL 1045 AM EDT * AT 1004 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR SUNBURST... OR 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WAYNESVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... CRUSO... CANDLER... BENT CREEK... AVERY CREEK AND I-26 AT I-40... BILTMORE FOREST...SKYLAND...ASHEVILLE AND ASHEVILLE MALL... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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 3569 8243 3546 8232 3531 8288 3548 8297 TIME...MOT...LOC 1404Z 248DEG 26KT 3541 8287 $$ BSH
1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS52 KGSP 061423
SVSGSP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1023 AM EDT WED MAY 6 2009
NCC087-175-061433-
/O.CAN.KGSP.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-090506T1445Z/
TRANSYLVANIA NC-HAYWOOD NC-
1023 AM EDT WED MAY 6 2009
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN HAYWOOD AND NORTH CENTRAL
TRANSYLVANIA COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
LAT...LON 3546 8232 3536 8269 3542 8274 3544 8278
3546 8280 3552 8277 3556 8277 3569 8243
TIME...MOT...LOC 1423Z 240DEG 27KT 3550 8266
$$
NCC021-089-061445-
/O.CON.KGSP.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-090506T1445Z/
HENDERSON NC-BUNCOMBE NC-
1023 AM EDT WED MAY 6 2009
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 AM EDT FOR SOUTHERN
BUNCOMBE AND NORTHWESTERN HENDERSON COUNTIES...
AT 1023 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR CANDLER...OR 10
MILES SOUTHWEST OF ASHEVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BENT
CREEK...AVERY CREEK...I-26 AT I-40...FLETCHER...SKYLAND...BILTMORE
FOREST...UNC ASHEVILLE...DOWNTOWN ASHEVILLE...ASHEVILLE MALL...
FAIRVIEW AND SWANNANOA
LAT...LON 3546 8232 3536 8269 3542 8274 3544 8278
3546 8280 3552 8277 3556 8277 3569 8243
TIME...MOT...LOC 1423Z 240DEG 27KT 3550 8266
$$
BSHWhat 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 6, 7:34 AM EDT, 2 hours 31 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 6, 7:34 AM EDT, 2 hours 31 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 734 AM EDT WED MAY 6 2009 .SYNOPSIS... A FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL LIFT NORTH OF THE AREA TODAY...THEN PUSH BACK SOUTHEAST INTO THE REGION THURSDAY MORNING. THE FRONT WILL STALL OVER THE AREA AND DISSIPATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY. ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH FROM THE NORTHWEST SATURDAY NIGHT. WEAK HIGH PRESSURE THEN BUILDS INTO THE AREA FROM THE WEST LATE SUNDAY INTO MONDAY. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/... AN ACTIVE DAY EXPECTED AGAIN TODAY AS A SERIES OF SHORT WAVES MOVE ACROSS THE AREA. THIS COMBINED WITH AN APPROACHING JET MAX AND ITS ASSOCIATED UPPER DIVERGENCE WILL PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT FORCING OVER THE AREA. SFC BOUNDARY CURRENTLY NEAR THE NC/SC BORDER WILL SLOWLY LIFT NORTHWARD TODAY WITH MODERATE INSTABILITY DEVELOPING GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF I-85. BULK SHEAR REACHES 30 TO 40 KTS AGAIN TODAY...BUT HELICITY VALUES WILL REACH SIGNIFICANT LEVELS AS H85 WINDS BACK AHEAD OF THE FORCING AND INCREASE TO 50 KTS. ALL THESE FACTORS WILL LEAD TO A CHANCE OF SVR STORMS WITH DAMAGING WINDS THE MAIN THREAT. HOWEVER...GIVEN THE HELICITY VALUES AND LINGERING BOUNDARY...ISOLATED SUPERCELLS WITH LARGE HAIL AND EVEN A TORNADO ARE A DISTINCT POSSIBILITY. THE MAIN QUESTION WILL BE TIMING. THE GFS BRINGS THE STRONGEST STORMS IN A LITTLE EARLIER WITH REMNANTS OF THE MCS OVER THE MID SOUTH...WHILE THE NAM IS A LITTLE LATER IN THE AFTERNOON. THE SREF IS BETWEEN THE TWO MODELS SO HAVE TRENDED IN THAT DIRECTION. HEAVY RAINFALL THREAT CONTINUES TODAY AS WELL. PW VALUES WILL BE AS MUCH AS 170 PERCENT ABOVE NORMAL...SO ANY STORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO DROP QUITE A BIT OF RAINFALL. THE SYSTEM APPEARS TO BE PROGRESSIVE WITH ANY TRAINING ECHOES REMAINING WEST OF OUR CWFA. THE HPC WRF HAS HEAVIEST RAINFALL POTENTIAL STORMS OVER THE PIEDMONT. WILL NOT ISSUE A FLOOD WATCH ATTM...HOWEVER ISOLATED FLOODING IS A REAL POSSIBILITY ESPECIALLY IN URBAN AREAS LIKE OCCURRED TUESDAY IN CHARLOTTE. A SECOND ROUND OF STORMS IS LIKELY THIS EVENING BEHIND THE INITIAL AFTERNOON STORMS...ESPECIALLY ON THE NAM AND SREF. THESE ARE PRODUCED BY A SECOND ROUND OF SHORT WAVE ENERGY MOVING ACROSS THE AREA. SINCE WE HAVE HAD LATE EVENING CONVECTION THE PAST SEVERAL NIGHTS...THIS SEEMS LIKELY TO OCCUR AGAIN. ANY LINGERING SVR STORMS WOULD BE ISOLATED AT MOST. THE CONVECTION SHOULD END FROM WEST TO EAST AFTER MIDNIGHT AS THE FORCING MOVES EAST AND ATMOS BECOMES STABLE. && .SHORT TERM /THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/... AS OF 300 AM WEDNESDAY...LTL CHANGE IN THE PAT INTO THIS WEEKEND...WITH UNSETTLED WX CONTINUING ACRS THE FA. THURSDAY MAY BE A RELATIVELY QUIET DAY...AS AREA WILL BE UNDER RFQ OF UPR JET AND A MESOHIGH IS SHOWN IN MOST OF THE GUIDANCE DURING THE AFTN HOURS CENTERED OVR THE NC MTNS. THERE WILL STILL BE SOME INSTBY...AND THE GFS AND NAM INDICATE LLVL CONVERGENCE ZONE OVR UPSTATE PROPAGATING NEWD INTO THE NC SW PIEDMONT. I THINK THE COMBINATION WILL BE ENUF FOR SCT CONVECTION ACRS THE PIEDMONT ZONES...SO I TWEAKED THE GRID TO PRODUCE 30 POP FOR THU. THE SPC DAY 2 OUTLOOK NOW INCLUDES THE PIEDMONT IN A SLGT RISK...AND GIVEN THE EXTRA MID LVL DRY AIR BEHIND H5 S/W IN THE FCST SNDGS...POTENTIAL FOR ISOLD SVR LUKS GOOD. TEMPS ABV NORMAL (MID-UPR 70S MTNS AND LWR 80S PIEDMONT). THU NGT THRU SAT...A SERIES OF UPR LVL S/WVS WILL TRACK FROM THE CENTRAL PLAINS TO THE OH VLY. THE FIRST WILL APPROACH THE APPALACHIANS ARND 00Z SAT...W/ GUIDANCE IN GOOD AGREEMENT ON TSTM COMPLEX MOVING THRU THE TN VLY. MAIN E-W ORIENTED SFC BNDRY WILL LIFT N OF THE FA BY FRI AFTN. SO IT/S HARD TO SAY HOW MUCH CONVECTION WILL DEVELOP OVR THE AREA. THE 00Z GFS NOW KEEPS MOST OF THE ACTIVITY TO THE N...W/ JUST ISOLD STORMS OVR THE CAROLINAS. THE 00Z NAM IS QUITE SIMILAR. THE GEM/ECMWF/SREF ALL STILL SHOW HIGH POP ACRS THE MTN ZONES. THE LTST GFS AND NAM RUNS HAVE TRENDED FURTHER N WITH THE BNDRY SAT (AND HENCE WARMER AND DRIER).I DO NOT WANT TO FLIP-FLOP ON POP...SO WILL LEAVE THE SHOTGUN CHC POP FOR FRI AND SAT AFTNS. I DID BUMP UP TEMPS FRI AND SAT GIVEN THE AREA BEING MORE SOLIDLY IN THE WARM SECTOR (ABT A CATEGORY OR TWO ABV THU). && .LONG TERM /SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY/... AS OF 315 AM WEDNESDAY...CONTINUITY IN THE DETAILS OF TIMING/PLACEMENT OF NEXT COLD FRONT TO AFFECT THE FA NOT AS GOOD AS YDA/S MODEL RUNS. WITH THE PAT STAYING QUASI-ZONAL AND PROGRESSIVE...IT/S NO SURPRISE. OVERALL TREND IS A LATER ARRIVAL...W/ PERHAPS A RELATIVELY CAPPED AMS SAT AFTN...THEN CONVECTION MOVING IN FROM THE WEST SAT NGT. LTST GFS STALLS BNDRY OVR SRN TIER OF CWFA FOR SUNDAY AFTN. THE 00Z ECMWF IS FAIRLY CONSISTENT W/ THE 12Z RUN. WITH THAT SAID...SUNDAY AND MONDAY MAY CONTINUE TO BE UNSETTLED (WHEREAS THE INHERITED FCST IS RELATIVELY DRY). I HAVE OPTED TO LEAVE THE EXTENDED AS IS...GIVEN THE UNCERTAINTY IN THE DETAILS. TEMPS WILL CONTINUE TO BE AT OR SLGTLY ABV NORMAL. && .AVIATION /12Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/... WIDESPREAD IFR CIGS WITH ONLY PATCHY MVFR TO IFR VSBY THIS MORNING. THESE CONDITIONS SHOULD SLOWLY IMPROVE TO MVFR BY LATE MORNING... THEN EVEN SOME LOW VFR BY AFTERNOON. THAT SAID...CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR WIDESPREAD CONVECTION TODAY...SO RESTRICTIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE AT ANY TIME. HOWEVER...THESE WILL BE HARD TO TIME GIVEN THE NATURE OF THE CONVECTION. THEREFORE...HAVE VCSH AND CB AT ALL SITES. ANOTHER COMPLICATION IS THE STATIONARY SFC FRONT ACROSS THE AREA. THIS IS PROGGED TO LIFT TO THE NORTH DURING THE DAY. IF THIS FRONT IS SLOWER TO MOVE...THEN RESTRICTIONS WILL LINGER. CONVECTION CONTINUES INTO THE EVENING...THEN ENDS FROM WEST TO EAST AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOOKS LIKE MVFR TO IFR CIGS WILL FILL BACK IN BEHIND THE CONVECTION. LIGHT NELY WINDS NORTH OF THE FRONT AND SOUTH SOUTH OF THE FRONT WILL BECOME SLY AS THE FRONT LIFTS NORTH. WINDS BECOME GUSTY FOR THE AFTERNOON...THEN DIMINISH THRU THE EVENING. AT KCLT...EXPECT THE WINDS TO FAVOR A NORTHEASTERLY COMPONENT EARLY THIS MORNING UNTIL THE FRONT LIFTS NORTH AND SLY FLOW DEVELOPS BY LATE MORNING. GUSTS DEVELOP FOR THE AFTERNOON. IFR CIGS SLOWLY LIFT TO MVFR...THEN EVEN VFR FOR THE AFTERNOON AS THE FRONT MOVES NORTH. IF THE FRONT IS SLOWER TO MOVE...THEN THE WINDS AND CIGS WILL BE SLOWER TO CHANGE. WIDESPREAD CONVECTION EXPECTED BY AFTERNOON...AND WILL BRING RESTRICTIONS FROM TIME TO TIME. HOWEVER...TIMING THEM IS STILL PROBLEMATIC. CONVECTION LINGERS INTO THE EVENING THEN MOVES EAST OF THE AREA AFTER MIDNIGHT...WITH MVFR CIGS RETURNING. OUTLOOK...THE FRONT WILL PUSH SE OF THE AREA THURSDAY TO PROVIDE SOME DRYING. ANOTHER FRONT WILL PUSH SE INTO THE AREA FRIDAY AND REMAIN THROUGH THE WEEKEND. ANOTHER ROUND OF SHOWERS AND MVFR TO IFR CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED FRI TO SUN. && .GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...ARK NEAR TERM...RWH SHORT TERM...ARK LONG TERM...ARK AVIATION...RWH
Hazardous weather outlook, May 6, 4:30 AM EDT, 5 hours 35 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 430 AM EDT WED MAY 6 2009 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065- 068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-070830- 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- 430 AM EDT WED MAY 6 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...WITH THE MAIN THREAT BEING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. THE HIGHEST CHANCES FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL CONTINUE TO BE OVER THE PIEDMONT...WHERE ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. THERE IS ALSO A HEAVY RAIN THREAT...WITH LOCALIZED FLOODING POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MAINLY THE PIEDMONT THURSDAY AFTERNOON. A FEW OF THESE STORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... NONE. ARK
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 6, 9:27 AM EDT, 38 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 927 AM EDT WED MAY 6 2009 NCZ059-062-063-061400- MACON-NORTHERN JACKSON-SOUTHERN JACKSON- 927 AM EDT WED MAY 6 2009 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL JACKSON AND EASTERN MACON COUNTIES THROUGH 1000 AM EDT... AT 927 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES EAST OF FRANKLIN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. PEOPLE IN CENTRAL JACKSON AND EASTERN MACON COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... LAKE THORPE... SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER THREATEN. WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. BSH
Special weather statement, May 6, 9:37 AM EDT, 28 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 937 AM EDT WED MAY 6 2009 NCZ052-059-063-061400- HAYWOOD-NORTHERN JACKSON-SOUTHERN JACKSON- 937 AM EDT WED MAY 6 2009 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL JACKSON AND SOUTHERN HAYWOOD COUNTIES THROUGH 1000 AM EDT... AT 937 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR CULLOWHEE...OR 6 MILES SOUTH OF SYLVA... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. PEOPLE IN CENTRAL JACKSON AND SOUTHERN HAYWOOD COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... CULLOWHEE... SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER THREATEN. WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. BSH
Special weather statement, May 6, 9:54 AM EDT, 11 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 954 AM EDT WED MAY 6 2009 NCZ052-059-061430- HAYWOOD-NORTHERN JACKSON- 954 AM EDT WED MAY 6 2009 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EASTERN JACKSON AND SOUTHERN HAYWOOD COUNTIES THROUGH 1030 AM EDT... AT 954 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BALSAM...OR 8 MILES SOUTH OF WAYNESVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. PEOPLE IN EASTERN JACKSON AND SOUTHERN HAYWOOD COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... CRUSO... SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER THREATEN. WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. BSH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 9:35 AM EDT | Flood Watch | GSP | Buncombe, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, Macon and 3 more | 18 hr |
| May 6, 10:44 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Buncombe, Henderson, McDowell, Yancey | 46 min |
| May 6, 10:50 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Jackson, Macon | 3 hr |
| May 6, 3:09 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Catawba, Lincoln | 21 min |
| May 6, 4:19 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Cleveland | 41 min |
| May 6, 5:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Catawba, Iredell | 8 min |
| May 6, 5:03 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Catawba, Iredell | 42 min |
| May 6, 5:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Davie, Iredell, Rowan | 10 min |
| May 6, 5:36 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Davie, Iredell, Rowan | 39 min |
| May 6, 6:06 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Davie, Rowan | 25 min |
Nearby
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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.