Alert archive / North Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 2009
Tornado Warning 21, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this tornado warning at May 6, 2009, 5:36 PM EDT for Davie County, Iredell County, Rowan County, North Carolina. It was in force for 39 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, 5:36 PM EDT (21:36 UTC)
- Expired
- May 6, 2009, 6:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Davie County, NC, Iredell County, NC, Rowan County, NC
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 134 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:39 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 6, 5:56 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | Mocksville, NC |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
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 6, 2:16 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 71 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 062136
TORGSP
NCC059-097-159-062215-
/O.NEW.KGSP.TO.W.0021.090506T2136Z-090506T2215Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
536 PM EDT WED MAY 6 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
DAVIE COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF MOCKSVILLE...
EAST CENTRAL IREDELL COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...
NORTHWESTERN ROWAN COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 615 PM EDT
* AT 535 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 8 MILES
NORTHWEST OF CLEVELAND...OR 6 MILES EAST OF STATESVILLE...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WOODLEAF...
COOLEEMEE...
MOCKSVILLE...
FORK CHURCH...
FARMINGTON...
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.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA. A TORNADO WATCH
ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR WESTERN
NORTH CAROLINA AND CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA.
&&
LAT...LON 3568 8079 3587 8087 3604 8053 3600 8043
3585 8040
TIME...MOT...LOC 2136Z 235DEG 35KT 3581 8077
$$
NED3 follow-up statements
000
WWUS52 KGSP 062153
SVSGSP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
553 PM EDT WED MAY 6 2009
NCC097-062159-
/O.CAN.KGSP.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-090506T2215Z/
IREDELL NC-
553 PM EDT WED MAY 6 2009
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL IREDELL COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL
IREDELL COUNTY HAS MOVED NORTHEAST INTO NORTHWESTERN ROWAN COUNTY.
THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL IREDELL COUNTY HAS
BEEN CANCELLED. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM
EDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND CENTRAL SOUTH
CAROLINA.
LAT...LON 3569 8076 3570 8076 3585 8070 3592 8070
3604 8053 3600 8043 3585 8040
TIME...MOT...LOC 2149Z 239DEG 28KT 3584 8064
$$
NCC059-159-062215-
/O.CON.KGSP.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-090506T2215Z/
DAVIE NC-ROWAN NC-
553 PM EDT WED MAY 6 2009
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM EDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN ROWAN AND DAVIE COUNTIES...
AT 548 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR COOLEEMEE...OR 7
MILES SOUTHWEST OF MOCKSVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO FORK
CHURCH AND FARMINGTON
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA.
&&
LAT...LON 3569 8076 3570 8076 3585 8070 3592 8070
3604 8053 3600 8043 3585 8040
TIME...MOT...LOC 2149Z 239DEG 28KT 3584 8064
$$
NED000
WWUS52 KGSP 062203
SVSGSP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
603 PM EDT WED MAY 6 2009
NCC059-159-062215-
/O.CON.KGSP.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-090506T2215Z/
DAVIE NC-ROWAN NC-
603 PM EDT WED MAY 6 2009
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM EDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN ROWAN AND DAVIE COUNTIES...
AT 600 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR
MOCKSVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. AT 600 PM EDT...ANOTHER
DEVELOPING STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CLEVELAND.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
FARMINGTON AND FORK CHURCH
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA.
&&
LAT...LON 3569 8076 3570 8076 3585 8070 3592 8070
3604 8053 3600 8043 3585 8040
TIME...MOT...LOC 2202Z 245DEG 32KT 3589 8050
$$
NED000
WWUS52 KGSP 062217
SVSGSP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
617 PM EDT WED MAY 6 2009
NCC059-159-062223-
/O.EXP.KGSP.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-090506T2215Z/
DAVIE NC-ROWAN NC-
617 PM EDT WED MAY 6 2009
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN ROWAN AND DAVIE COUNTIES WILL
EXPIRE AT 615 PM EDT...
THE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE TORNADO WARNING HAS MOVED
NORTHEAST OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG
LOW LEVEL ROTATION WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTHERN ROWAN AND SOUTH CENTRAL
DAVIE COUNTIES THROUGH 645 PM. A TORNADO WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR
NORTHWESTERN ROWAN AND SOUTH CENTRAL DAVIE COUNTIES UNTIL 645 PM.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA.
LAT...LON 3569 8076 3570 8076 3585 8070 3592 8070
3604 8053 3600 8043 3585 8040
TIME...MOT...LOC 2213Z 245DEG 32KT 3593 8039
$$
NEDThe 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, 10:05 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Buncombe, Haywood, Henderson, Transylvania | 40 min |
| 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, 6:06 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Davie, Rowan | 25 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.