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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

January 24, 2010Buncombe County, Henderson County, North Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this tornado warning at Jan 24, 2010, 5:23 PM EST for Buncombe County, Henderson County, North Carolina. It was in force for 25 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jan 24, 2010, 5:23 PM EST (22:23 UTC)
Expired
Jan 24, 2010, 5:48 PM EST
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Buncombe County, NC, Henderson County, NC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:25 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.

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, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 225 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 12:00Z on 2010-01-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 12:00Z on 2010-01-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 488 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
489 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
56 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
488 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
722 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

650 
WFUS52 KGSP 242223
TORGSP
NCC021-089-242300-
/O.NEW.KGSP.TO.W.0001.100124T2223Z-100124T2300Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
523 PM EST SUN JAN 24 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN BUNCOMBE COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
  NORTHEASTERN HENDERSON COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...

* UNTIL 600 PM EST

* AT 521 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR FLETCHER...
  OR 8 MILES NORTH OF HENDERSONVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  SKYLAND...BILTMORE FOREST...FAIRVIEW...SWANNANOA...BLACK MOUNTAIN
  AND MONTREAT

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 100 AM EST MONDAY MORNING FOR
NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA.

&&

LAT...LON 3575 8234 3571 8227 3564 8229 3561 8227
      3559 8229 3556 8226 3554 8219 3533 8246
      3547 8261 3580 8234
TIME...MOT...LOC 2223Z 216DEG 41KT 3545 8249

$$
07
2 follow-up statements
144 
WWUS52 KGSP 242239
SVSGSP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
539 PM EST SUN JAN 24 2010

NCC089-242248-
/O.CAN.KGSP.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-100124T2300Z/
HENDERSON NC-
539 PM EST SUN JAN 24 2010

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN HENDERSON COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

THE THUNDERSTORMS SUSPECTED OF PRODUCING A TORNADO MOVED NORTHEAST 
AND OUT OF HENDERSON COUNTY.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EST MONDAY MORNING FOR
NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA.

LAT...LON 3580 8234 3575 8234 3571 8227 3564 8229
      3561 8227 3559 8229 3556 8226 3554 8219
      3548 8237 3546 8240 3547 8243 3555 8252
TIME...MOT...LOC 2238Z 217DEG 49KT 3558 8234

$$

NCC021-242300-
/O.CON.KGSP.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-100124T2300Z/
BUNCOMBE NC-
539 PM EST SUN JAN 24 2010

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EST FOR EASTERN
BUNCOMBE COUNTY...

AT 533 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR FAIRVIEW...OR 10
MILES SOUTHEAST OF DOWNTOWN ASHEVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BLACK
MOUNTAIN AND MONTREAT

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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EST MONDAY MORNING FOR
NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA.

&&

LAT...LON 3580 8234 3575 8234 3571 8227 3564 8229
      3561 8227 3559 8229 3556 8226 3554 8219
      3548 8237 3546 8240 3547 8243 3555 8252
TIME...MOT...LOC 2238Z 217DEG 49KT 3558 8234

$$

07
610 
WWUS52 KGSP 242248
SVSGSP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
548 PM EST SUN JAN 24 2010

NCC021-242258-
/O.CAN.KGSP.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-100124T2300Z/
BUNCOMBE NC-
548 PM EST SUN JAN 24 2010

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN BUNCOMBE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

THE TORNADO HAS DISSIPATED OVER EASTERN BUNCOMBE COUNTY.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EST MONDAY MORNING FOR
NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA.

LAT...LON 3580 8234 3575 8234 3571 8227 3564 8229
      3561 8227 3559 8229 3556 8226 3554 8219
      3548 8237 3546 8240 3547 8243 3555 8252
TIME...MOT...LOC 2248Z 217DEG 49KT 3569 8224

$$

07

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 Jan 24, 3:02 PM EST, 2 hours 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 24, 3:02 PM EST, 2 hours 21 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
302 PM EST SUN JAN 24 2010

.SYNOPSIS...
A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL CROSS OVER THE FORECAST AREA BY EARLY
MONDAY...BEFORE COOL NORTHWEST FLOW SETTLES IN THROUGH TUESDAY. HIGH
PRESSURE WILL BUILD ACROSS THE REGION WEDNESDAY AND REMAIN THROUGH
THURSDAY...WHILE ANOTHER FRONTAL SYSTEM DEVELOPS AND APPROACHES THE
AREA BY THE END OF THE WEEK.

&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH MONDAY/...
SFC OBSERVATIONS INDICATE THAT MOST OF THE CWA REMAINS UNDER COOL
STABLE CAD AT 1930Z. HOWEVER...IT APPEARS THAT THE WEDGE IS
BEGINNING TO ERODE ACROSS THE LAKELANDS...WHERE TEMPERATURES RANGE
FROM46 AT LAURENS TO 64 AT NEWBERRY. LOCAL WRF AND NAM WIND AND TEMPERATURE
FIELDS CONTINUE TO SHOW THE EASTERN AND SOUTHERN BORDER OF THE CAD
RETREATING NE THIS AFTERNOON...REACHING THE I-85 AND I-77 CORRIDORS BY 0Z.
EAST OF THE WEDGE FRONT...SFC BASED CAPES SHOULD RANGE FROM 100-300
J/KG. VEERING LLVL WINDS COUPLED WITH THE ARRIVAL OF THE H85 JET
WILL YIELD HELICITY VALUES OF 300-400 M2/S2. STABILITY AND HELICITY
VALUES WILL REMAIN UNTIL CONVECTION SWEEPS EAST OF THE
CWA...POSSIBLY KEEPING A HEIGHTEN THREAT OF SVR WEATHER UNTIL EARLY
MONDAY MORNING. IT APPEARS THAT THE PEAK PERIOD AND AREA OF SVR
THUNDERSTORM WINDS AND POSSIBLE TORNADOES MAY EXIST ACROSS BROAD
RIVER VALLEY BETWEEN 0Z-4Z.

WIND PROFILES WILL RESULT IN AREAS OF RAIN WITH CONVECTIVE CLUSTERS
TO TRACK SSW TO NNE THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING. THIS MAY INCREASE THE
POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY TO EXCESSIVE RAINFALL RATES WITH PROLONG
TRAINING. OTHERWISE...LINGERING UPSLOPE FLOW...PW GREATER THAN 1.3
INCHES...AND SLOW MOVEMENT OF THE RAIN SHIELD SHOULD RESULT IN
WIDESPREAD 2-3 INCHES THROUGH TONIGHT...POSSIBLY 4 INCHES ACROSS THE
SW RIDGES. THE GOING FLASH FLOOD WATCH TIMING AND PLACEMENT LOOKS
GOOD.

THE APPROACH AND EVENTUAL PASSAGE OF A SFC LOW AND PLACEMENT OF THE
CAD BOUNDARY WILL STRENGTHEN THE WINDS AND GUSTS POTENTIAL ACROSS
THE PIEDMONT THROUGH THIS EVENING. AT 1930Z...GUSTS ACROSS THE
MIDLAND RANGED FROM THE L20S TO 30 KTS. I WILL KEEP A LAKE WIND
ADVISORY FOR THE PIEDMONT UNTIL MIDNIGHT.

ON MONDAY...LARGE LOW PRESSURE WILL REMAIN NORTH ALONG THE
INTERNATIONAL BORDER THROUGH THE DAY. THE COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE
TO PUSH EAST THROUGH THE DAY...YIELDING CAA ACROSS THE CWA. FORECAST
SOUNDINGS INDICATE THAT MIXING HEIGHTS MAY REACH 3-5 KFT MON
AFTERNOON. MODERATE MIXING...CAA...AND 6-8 MB PRESSURE GRADIENT
SHOULD SUPPORT WIDESPREAD GUSTY CONDITIONS ACROSS FORECAST AREA MON
AFTERNOON. IT APPEARS THAT SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL REACH 15 TO 25
MPH...WITH GUSTS AROUND 35 MPH. SATURATED SOIL CONDITIONS COMBINED
WITH GUSTY WINDS MAY RESULT IN TREE AND POWERLINE DAMAGE. I WILL
HIGHLIGHT WITH A WIND ADVISORY. WEST WINDS ACROSS THE MTNS WILL LIFT
COOL MOIST AIR ACROSS THE WEST FACING SLOPES. I WILL PAINT THE TN
BORDER WITH A CHC OF SHRA...POSSIBLY SOME SN OVER THE RIDGES BY LATE
AFTERNOON.

&&

.SHORT TERM /MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT/...
AS OF 245 PM SUNDAY...A BELT OF STRONG MID LEVEL WESTERLIES WILL
REMAIN OVER THE FORECAST AREA MON NIGHT THROUGH TUE. BREEZY TO WINDY
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DURING THE NIGHTTIME HOURS ACROSS THE HIGH
TERRAIN...WHILE GUSTS WILL PICK UP WITH MIXING AGAIN E OF THE MTNS
LATE TUE MORNING. MOISTURE IN THE WESTERLY UPSLOPE FLOW INTO THE
MTNS WILL COMBINE WITH INCREASINGLY COLD PROFILES TO PRODUCE
SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS IN THE WRN NC MTNS THROUGH TUESDAY. THE LOW
LEVEL MOISTURE SHOULD DRY UP QUICKLY TUE NIGHT...BUT A CONSENSUS OF
MODEL QPF AND EXPECTED 13 TO 1 SNOW TO LIQUID RATIOS SUGGEST SOME
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS IN EXCESS OF AN INCH ALONG THE TN BORDER. WINTER
WEATHER AND/OR WIND ADVISORY PRODUCTS MAY BE NEEDED BY MONDAY FOR
THE EARLY SHORT RANGE ACROSS PARTS OF THE NC MTNS.

HEIGHTS WILL STEADILY RISE TUE NIGHT THROUGH WED. ZONAL FLOW WILL
DEVELOP ALOFT ALONG WITH SFC HIGH PRES CENTERED OVER THE AREA. DRY
PROFILES PRODUCING FULL SUN WILL ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO REBOUND TO
SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL VALUES WED AFTN.

&&

.LONG TERM /THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/...
AS OF 245 PM SUNDAY...A SRN STREAM SYSTEM IN THE PLAINS STATES WILL
SLOWLY OPEN UP AND DAMPEN AS IT MOVES EAST WED NIGHT THROUGH THU.
HOWEVER...THE SYSTEM WILL PHASE WITH A DIGGING NRN STREAM WAVE TO
CARVE OUT A TRUOGH TO THE WEST THU THROUGH FRI. BETTER MOISTURE WILL
INITIALLY LAY OVER ACROSS THE NRN TIER WITH THE ARRIVAL OF A WEAK
COLD FRONT THURSDAY. BOTH TIMING AND THERMAL DIFFERENCES APPEAR IN
THE MODELS THU NIGHT THROUGH FRI. NRN TIER GFS PROFILES ARE QUITE A
BIT COLDER THAN THE ECM AS DEEPER MOISTURE AND LOW PRESSURE APPROACH
FROM THE WEST. THE FORECAST TIMING AND PROFILES WILL BE A BLEND OF
THE FASTER GFS AND SLOWER ECM...WHICH IS VERY NEAR THE GFS ENSEMBLE
MEAN FORECAST THU THROUGH FRI. THIS SHOULD RELEGATE ANY PTYPE
PROBLEMS TO THE FAR NRN TIER NEAR THE BLUE RIDGE ON THE WARM
ADVECTION SIDE OF THE SYSTEM INTO FRI.

THE DEEPEST MOISTURE AND FORCING WILL CROSS THE AREA FRIDAY WITH THE
PASSAGE OF UPPER JET RIGHT ENTRANCE REGION...THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT AS
THE LOW MOVES EAST ALONG THE FRONTAL ZONE. ADDITIONAL MOISTURE IN A
COMMA HEAD TRAILING THE LOW SHOULD THEN TRANSIT THE AREA
SATURDAY...WITH FALLING THICKNESSES POSSIBLY CAUSING A CHANGEOVER TO
SNOW FROM THE WEST. THIS WILL NEED TO BE MONITORED CAREFULLY THROUGH
THE WEEK FOR POSSIBLE ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL. DRIER NW FLOW WILL
DEVELOP BEHIND THE DEPARTING E COAST TROUGH ON SUNDAY.

&&

.AVIATION /20Z SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/...
AT KCLT...KGSP...KGMU...CONTINUE TO EXPECT LIFR CEILINGS WITH IFR
VIS IN RA TO CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING HOURS. IN ADDITION...LATEST
RADAR VWP INDICATE STRONG LLVL WINDS BETWEEN 1-2 KFT. LLVL WINDS
SHOULD CONTINUE TO STRENGTHEN THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS.
HOWEVER...GUSTY SFC WINDS ARE FORECAST TO DEVELOP AROUND 21Z...AS
CAD BOUNDARY RETREATS. THE STRENGTHENING SFC WINDS MAY DECREASE THE
SHEAR VALUES BELOW LLWS CRITERIA. A BAND OF SHRA AND EMBEDDED TSRA
IS EXPECTED TO SWEEP ACROSS THE REGION BETWEEN 0Z-5Z. AFTER THE LINE
PASSES...WINDS SHOULD VEER TO THE SOUTH AND EVENTUALLY SOUTHWEST.
CEILINGS MAY GRADUALLY LIFT TO MVFR...WITH A TEMPO IFR CEILING
POSSIBLE DURING THE PRE DAWN HOURS. VFR CONDITIONS AND GUST SW WINDS
SHOULD DEVELOP BETWEEN 13Z-15Z.

ELSEWHERE...CONTINUE TO EXPECT LIFR CEILINGS WITH IFR VIS IN RA TO
CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING HOURS. IN ADDITION...LATEST RADAR VWP
INDICATE STRONG LLVL WINDS BETWEEN 1-2 KFT. LLVL WINDS SHOULD
CONTINUE TO STRENGTHEN THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS.
HOWEVER...THE CORE OF LLVL JET WILL SHIFT EAST OF THE MTNS AFTER
21Z...DECREASING THE LLWS POTENTIAL. A BAND OF SHRA AND EMBEDDED
TSRA IS EXPECTED TO SWEEP ACROSS THE REGION BETWEEN 23Z-3Z. AFTER
THE LINE PASSES...WINDS SHOULD VEER TO THE SOUTH AND EVENTUALLY
SOUTHWEST. CEILINGS MAY GRADUALLY LIFT TO MVFR...WITH A TEMPO IFR
CEILING POSSIBLE DURING THE PRE DAWN HOURS. VFR CONDITIONS AND GUST
SW WINDS SHOULD DEVELOP BETWEEN 13Z-15Z.

OUTLOOK...VFR AND GUSTY CONDITIONS EAST OF THE MTNS ON MONDAY
AFTERNOON...BUT NW FLOW SNOW SHOWERS WILL AFFECT THE MTNS MON
NIGHT-TUE NGHT. FAIR WX IS EXPECTED WED AND THU.

&&

.GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT FOR GAZ010-017-
     018-026-028-029.
     WIND ADVISORY FROM 10 AM TO 6 PM EST MONDAY FOR GAZ010-017-018-
     026-028-029.
     LAKE WIND ADVISORY UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT FOR GAZ026-028-
     029.
NC...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT FOR NCZ033-
     048>053-058-059-062>065-501>510.
     WIND ADVISORY FROM 10 AM TO 6 PM EST MONDAY FOR NCZ033-035>037-
     048>053-056>059-062>065-068>072-082-501>510.
     LAKE WIND ADVISORY UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT FOR NCZ036-037-
     056-057-069>072-082.
     WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING FOR NCZ033-048>053-
     058-059-062>065.
     FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH LATE TONIGHT FOR NCZ035>037-056-057-
     068>072-082.
SC...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT FOR SCZ001>007-
     010>012-019.
     WIND ADVISORY FROM 10 AM TO 6 PM EST MONDAY FOR SCZ001>014-019.
     LAKE WIND ADVISORY UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT FOR SCZ006>014-
     019.
     FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH LATE TONIGHT FOR SCZ008-009-013-014.

&&

SYNOPSIS...SBK
NEAR TERM...NED
SHORT TERM...HG
LONG TERM...HG
AVIATION...NED
Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 24, 3:21 PM EST, 2 hours 2 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
321 PM EST SUN JAN 24 2010

GAZ010-017-018-NCZ501>510-SCZ001>005-252030-
RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-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-
321 PM EST SUN JAN 24 2010

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT...
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 6 PM EST MONDAY...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...WESTERN
NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

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

   FLASH FLOOD WATCH.

A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING. SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE FRONT LATE THIS
AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING. DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND ISOLATED
TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF
INTERSTATE 85.

.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...

NONE.

GAZ026-028-029-SCZ006-007-010>012-019-252030-
FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-ANDERSON-
ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-GREENWOOD-
321 PM EST SUN JAN 24 2010

...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT...
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT...
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 6 PM EST MONDAY...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND UPSTATE
SOUTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND 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.
   FLASH FLOOD WATCH.

A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING. SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE FRONT LATE THIS
AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING. DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND ISOLATED
TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF
INTERSTATE 85.

.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...

NONE.

NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-252030-
AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM-
NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-
321 PM EST SUN JAN 24 2010

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING...
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT...
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 6 PM EST MONDAY...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

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

   FLASH FLOOD WATCH.
   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...

NONE.

NCZ036-037-056-057-069>072-082-SCZ008-009-013-014-252030-
IREDELL-DAVIE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-
UNION NC-CHEROKEE-YORK-UNION SC-CHESTER-
321 PM EST SUN JAN 24 2010

...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT...
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 6 PM EST MONDAY...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PIEDMONT NORTH
CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND 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.
   FLASH FLOOD WATCH.

A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING. SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE FRONT LATE THIS
AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING. DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND ISOLATED
TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF
INTERSTATE 85.

.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...

NONE.

NCZ035-068-252030-
ALEXANDER-CLEVELAND-
321 PM EST SUN JAN 24 2010

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 6 PM EST MONDAY...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA AND
WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

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

   FLASH FLOOD WATCH.

A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING. SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE FRONT LATE THIS
AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING. DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND ISOLATED
TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY CLOSER TO INTERSTATE 85.

.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...

NONE.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jan 24, 1:16 PM EST, 4 hours 7 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
116 PM EST SUN JAN 24 2010

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

1100 AM     NON-TSTM WND DMG WAYNESVILLE             35.48N 83.00W
01/24/2010                   HAYWOOD            NC   COUNTY OFFICIAL

            TREES DOWN ON POWER LINES NEAR JOHNSON CREEK

1100 AM     NON-TSTM WND DMG ROBBINSVILLE            35.32N 83.81W
01/24/2010                   GRAHAM             NC   COUNTY OFFICIAL

            SEVERAL TREES DOWN ON POWER LINES. MANY POWER OUTAGES
            REPORTED.

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KRENTZ

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 23, 7:54 PM ESTWind AdvisoryGSPAvery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Graham, Haywood and 9 more19 hr
Jan 24, 3:54 AM ESTHigh Wind WarningGSPGraham, Haywood, Jackson, Macon, Madison, Swain11 hr
Jan 24, 8:50 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningGSPHenderson, Transylvania4 days
Jan 24, 11:19 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningGSPGaston3 days
Jan 24, 11:34 AM ESTLake Wind AdvisoryGSPCabarrus, Catawba, Davie, Gaston, Iredell, Lincoln and 3 more12 hr
Jan 24, 12:24 PM ESTRiver Flood AdvisoryGSPBuncombe24 hr
Jan 24, 12:24 PM ESTRiver Flood AdvisoryGSPHaywood24 hr
Jan 24, 12:24 PM ESTRiver Flood AdvisoryGSPCleveland24 hr
Jan 24, 3:18 PM ESTWind AdvisoryGSPAvery, Buncombe, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson and 6 more3 hr
Jan 24, 3:18 PM ESTWind AdvisoryGSPAlexander, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell and 22 more27 hr
Jan 24, 3:20 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningGSPGraham, Swain6 hr
Jan 24, 5:36 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningGSPHenderson, Transylvania6 hr

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.