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Tornado Warning 32, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

October 26, 20104 counties in North Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this tornado warning at Oct 26, 2010, 9:00 PM EDT for 4 counties in North Carolina. It was in force for 45 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
Oct 26, 2010, 9:00 PM EDT (01:00 UTC)
Expired
Oct 26, 2010, 9:45 PM EDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Burke County, NC, Catawba County, NC, Cleveland County, NC, Lincoln County, NC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:02 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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Oct 26, 2:16 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr
Oct 26, 7:19 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC12 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 135 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 00:00Z on 2010-10-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 945 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2010-10-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 339 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
945 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
562 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
339 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
439 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.9
Supercell composite
11.4

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The text

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

893 
WFUS52 KGSP 270100
TORGSP
NCC023-035-045-109-270145-
/O.NEW.KGSP.TO.W.0032.101027T0100Z-101027T0145Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
900 PM EDT TUE OCT 26 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN CATAWBA COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...HICKORY...
  NORTH CENTRAL CLEVELAND COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...
  NORTHWESTERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...
  SOUTHEASTERN BURKE COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...

* UNTIL 945 PM EDT

* AT 857 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 5 MILES NORTH OF
  BELWOOD...OR 16 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MORGANTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
  30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  COOKSVILLE...
  COOKSVILLE AND VALE...
  ICARD...
  HILDEBRAN...
  LONGVIEW...
  HICKORY...

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 3574 8107 3542 8153 3555 8168 3577 8144
      3575 8140 3575 8138 3578 8135 3580 8132
      3580 8128 3582 8117
TIME...MOT...LOC 0100Z 233DEG 24KT 3555 8152

$$

HG
2 follow-up statements
501 
WWUS52 KGSP 270109
SVSGSP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
909 PM EDT TUE OCT 26 2010

NCC023-045-109-270119-
/O.CAN.KGSP.TO.W.0032.000000T0000Z-101027T0145Z/
LINCOLN NC-CLEVELAND NC-BURKE NC-
909 PM EDT TUE OCT 26 2010

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN BURKE...NORTH CENTRAL
CLEVELAND AND NORTHWESTERN LINCOLN COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

AT 909 PM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM POSSIBLY 
PRODUCING THE TORNADO HAD MOVED NORTHEAST OF THIS AREA.

LAT...LON 3574 8107 3555 8134 3556 8138 3556 8153
      3561 8150 3570 8140 3576 8137 3580 8132
      3580 8128 3582 8117
TIME...MOT...LOC 0109Z 236DEG 31KT 3560 8142

$$

NCC035-270145-
/O.CON.KGSP.TO.W.0032.000000T0000Z-101027T0145Z/
CATAWBA NC-
909 PM EDT TUE OCT 26 2010

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM EDT FOR WESTERN
CATAWBA COUNTY...

AT 909 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR COOKSVILLE...OR 13
MILES SOUTHWEST OF HICKORY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
LONGVIEW...NEWTON...ST. STEPHENS...CONOVER AND CLAREMONT

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3574 8107 3555 8134 3556 8138 3556 8153
      3561 8150 3570 8140 3576 8137 3580 8132
      3580 8128 3582 8117
TIME...MOT...LOC 0109Z 236DEG 31KT 3560 8142

$$

HG
756 
WWUS52 KGSP 270135
SVSGSP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
935 PM EDT TUE OCT 26 2010

NCC035-270145-
/O.CON.KGSP.TO.W.0032.000000T0000Z-101027T0145Z/
CATAWBA NC-
935 PM EDT TUE OCT 26 2010

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM EDT FOR WESTERN
CATAWBA COUNTY...

AT 932 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
THAT THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS WEAKENING NEAR CONOVER. ALTHOUGH NO 
TORNADO IS CURRENTLY INDICATED BY RADAR...ONE COULD SPIN UP VERY 
QUICKLY. THE TORNADO WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE ON SCHEDULE 
IF NO NEW STRONG ROTATION IS DETECTED.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 
CLAREMONT.

LAT...LON 3574 8107 3555 8134 3556 8138 3556 8153
      3561 8150 3570 8140 3576 8137 3580 8132
      3580 8128 3582 8117
TIME...MOT...LOC 0132Z 236DEG 31KT 3571 8122

$$

HG

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 Oct 26, 8:00 PM EDT, 1 hour earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 26, 8:00 PM EDT, 1 hour before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
800 PM EDT TUE OCT 26 2010

.SYNOPSIS...
AN ACTIVE COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND
NORTHEAST GEORGIA TONIGHT...THEN PUSH EAST OF THE FORECAST AREA BY
WEDNESDAY NIGHT. CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE WILL THEN BUILD IN FOR THE
WEEKEND.

&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
TORNADO WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FOR ENTIRE FORECAST AREA BASED ON
MULTIPLE SUPERCELLS DEVELOPING AND MOVING THRU AN ENVIRONMENT RICH
WITH LOW LEVEL SHEAR AND SUFFICIENT BUOYANCY. SIGNIFICANT TORNADO
PARAMETER ON SPC MESO PAGE IS QUITE COMPELLING. LOOKS LIKE A BUSY
EVENING WITH TRAINING SUPERCELLS JUST E OF THE BLUE RIDGE. GRIDS AND
FORECAST WILL BE UPDATED PERIODICALLY TO ADJUST TEMP/DEWPT TRENDS
AND POP TRENDS.

REMAINDER OF PREVIOUS DISCUSSION...

LATE TONIGHT...DEEP LOW PRESSURE OVER MN WILL MOVE NORTH INTO
CANADA...RESULTING IN A DECREASE IN WIDESPREAD FORCING AND DEEP
SOUTHWEST FLOW. AS A RESULT...THE SFC FRONT MAY SLOW OR TEMPORARILY
STALL OVER THE FORECAST AREA TONIGHT. THE 12Z GFS INDICATES THE
FRONTOGENESIS WILL PIVOT OVER THE MTNS...STRONGEST OVER THE NRN
MTNS...AND GRADUALLY WEAKEN. ORGANIZATION AND STORM STRENGTH WILL
LIKELY DECREASE OVERNIGHT. HOWEVER...4 KM WRF INDICATES THAT A FEW
DISCRETE LINE SEGMENTS WILL EXIST EAST OF THE MTNS...SUPPORTED BY
STRONG LLVL SHEAR AND WEAK CAPE. I WILL INDICATE CATE POPS ACROSS
THE MTNS AND TIME LIKELY POPS ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT. MIN
TEMPERATURE WILL REMAIN NEARLY 20 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL...NEAR RECORD
HIGH MINIMUMS.

WEDNESDAY...TEMPERATURES WILL STEADILY WARM AFTER SUNRISE...PEAKING
IN THE U70S TO L80S EAST OF THE MTNS WITH DEWPOINTS MID TO U60S.
AFTERNOON CAPE VALUES SHOULD RANGE FROM 300-800 J/KG WITH HIGH SWEAT
AND HELICITY VALUES. STORMS WILL DEVELOP ALONG THE COLD FRONT AND
TRACK NE. BASED ON THE HIGH SHEAR LOW CAPE ENVIRONMENT...LINE
SEGMENTS OR STORM CLUSTERS MAY BECOME THE FAVORED STORM MODES. THE
PRIMARY THREAT WILL REMAIN WIND...WITH A BRIEF TOR POSSIBLE.

&&

.SHORT TERM /WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY/...
AS OF 245 PM TUESDAY...THE SFC FRONT WILL CROSS THE REGION WED
NIGHT. THE NAM LLVL WINDS INCREASE INTO THE 50+ KT RANGE OVER THE
FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT AHEAD OF THE BNDRY. WITH THE INCREASING LLVL
CONVERGENCE...PCPN INCREASES ACROSS THE PIEDMONT BEFORE FINALLY
MOVING OUT OF THE FA SOMETIME AFTER MIDNIGHT. I/VE UPPED POPS INTO
THE HIGH CHANCE RANGE...BUT IF THE SLOWER AND MORE DYNAMIC TREND
CONTINUES...HIGHER POPS WILL BE IN ORDER WED EVENING. ATTN THE
INSTABILITY DOESN/T LOOK TO BE ALL THAT HIGH. BUT WITH DEWPOINTS
STILL WELL INTO THE 60S...THE BUFKIT SOUNDINGS ARE SHOWING A SMALL
AMOUNT OF CAPE. SO A MODEST SEVERE THREAT WILL CONTINUE INTO THE
EVENING HOURS...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE WESTERN PIEDMONT. THE LLVL
FLOW QUICKLY VEERS TO THE WEST IN THE EARLY EVENING...WHICH SHOULD
CONFINE THE SEVERE THREAT TO A FEW SMALL AREAS OF STRAIGHT LINE WIND
DAMAGE.

THURSDAY WILL BE A MUCH DRIER DAY. DOWNSLOPE FLOW WILL WARM TEMPS
INTO THE M-U70S OVER THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT...WITH 60S IN THE
MTNS. THE GRADIENT TIGHTENS ACROSS THE THE MTNS THU NIGHT AS A
STRONG SHORT WAVE MOVES INTO THE MID ATLANTIC STATES. USING A BLEND
OF THE MET/MAV AND COOP MOS...I HAVE MIN TEMPS FALLING BELOW
FREEZING IN PART OF THE NC MTNS. FRIDAY WILL BE CLEAR AND
COOLER...THOUGH MAX TEMPS WILL STILL ONLY BE A DEGREE OR TWO BELOW
NORMAL.

&&

.LONG TERM /FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY/...
AS OF 145 PM TUESDAY...THE EXT RANGE CONTINUES TO SHOW GOOD
CONTINUITY BTW MODEL RUNS AND OVERALL RUN TO RUN CONSISTENCY. THE
LARGE WAVE PATTERN IS WELL AGREED UPON UNTIL THE END OF THE PERIOD
WHEN SIGNIFICANT DYNAMIC DIFFERENCES ARISE. IN THE MEANTIME...EXPECT
THE CP SFC HIGH TO SLOWLY TRANSITION EAST ACROSS THE CWFA AND BY MON
THE CENTER SHOULD BE OFFSHORE ALLOWING SOME MEASURE OF GOM MOISTURE
ADV INTO THE AREA. THE 12Z GFS PUSHES A BACKDOOR COLD FRONT INTO THE
NRN ZONES SUN NIGHT...HOWEVER THIS FEATURE IS NOT SUPPORTED BY THE
00Z ECMWF AND LOOKS TO BE VERY DRY IN ANY REGARD. WITH UNCERTAINTY
IN THE LARGE SCALE SYNOPTIC PATTERN MON...WILL NOT JUMP ON THE
MOISTER GFS SOLN ATTM AND WILL GO WITH ONLY A SMALL AREA OF SLT
CHC UPSLOPE SHOWERS ACROSS THE SW MTNS...WITH POPS BECOMING MORE
WIDESPREAD TUE THEN GOING TO CHC ACROSS THE WRN ZONES AS MOISTURE
LEVELS WILL INCREASE. LITTLE IN THE WAY OF INSTABILITY SHOULD BE
REALIZED TUE WITH THE MIXED POLAR AIRMASS SLOW TO MODIFY...EVEN
CONSIDERING THE MORE DYNAMIC AND WARM ADVECTIVE GFS...SO TSTM
MENTION HAS BEEN LEFT OUT OF THE FCST. MAX TEMPS WILL START OUT
AROUND NORMAL SAT AND GRADUALLY BECOME A FEW DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL
THROUGH THE PERIOD. MINS WILL FOLLOW THE SAME TREND WITH MOISTURE
INCREASING THROUGH THE COLUMN.

&&

.AVIATION /00Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/...
AT KCLT...LOW LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE RICH WITH SHEAR AND
INSTABILITY...BUT THE CONVERGENCE OF STORMS JUST EAST OF THE BLUE
RIDGE APPEARS TO REMAIN WEST OF KCLT UNTIL AFTER THE EVENING
PUSH...PROBABLY MOVING THROUGH SOME TIME IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS.
UNTIL THEN...ONLY SCT LOW CLOUDS ARE EXPECTED WITH PERHAPS A BRIEF
LOW CLOUD CEILING. AS THE PRECIP BAND MIGRATES EASTWARD...A LOW
CLOUD CEILING SHOULD MOVE IN...AFTER 07Z...BECOMING MVFR AFTER 09Z.
THE FRONT ITSELF WILL NOT MOVE MUCH OVERNIGHT...SO WE WILL KEEP A
SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM THREAT FOR THE TIME BEING. BOTH THE
SOUNDINGS AND MOS GUIDANCE SUPPORTS A MENTION OF MVFR CEILINGS...
AROUND 1500 FT...DEVELOPING DURING THE PRE DAWN HOURS ALONG WITH DZ
OR RA. MVFR CEILINGS SHOULD LIFT AFTER SUNRISE...WITH GUSTS AROUND
20 KTS REDEVELOPING BY 15Z. AFTER THAT...WE MAY BE IN AND OUT OF A
CONVECTIVE HIGH END MVFR CEILING THROUGH THE MIDDLE PART OF THE DAY
DEPENDING ON SHOWER DEVELOPMENT AND COVERAGE.

ELSEWHERE...THE EASTERN EDGE OF THE CONVECTIVE AREA WILL PERSIST
WHICH WILL BRING SEVERAL CELLS NEAR OR ACROSS THE OTHER TAF SITES.
FOR THE MOST PART...VFR CONDITIONS PREVAIL OUTSIDE THE
THUNDERSTORMS...SO ALL TAFS WITH EXCEPTION OF KAVL FEATURE THAT
ALONG WITH A VICINITY SHOWER/THUNDERSTORM. WILL AMEND TAFS AS STORMS
LOOK LIKE THEY WILL IMPACT THE TAF SITES.BOTH THE SOUNDINGS AND MOS
GUIDANCE SUPPORTS A MENTION OF MVFR TO IFR CEILINGS DEVELOPING
DURING THE PRE DAWN HOURS ALONG WITH DZ OR RA. LOW CEILINGS SHOULD
LIFT AFTER SUNRISE...WITH GUSTS AROUND 20 KTS REDEVELOPING BY 15Z.

OUTLOOK...CONVECTION AND CEILINGS MAY LINGER INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING
EAST OF THE MTNS. DRY HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD OVER THE REGION ON
THURSDAY AND REMAIN THROUGH MUCH OF THE WEEKEND.

&&

.GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...NONE.
NC...WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 3 AM EDT WEDNESDAY FOR NCZ033-048>053-058-
     059-062>065-501-503-505-507-509.
SC...NONE.

&&

SYNOPSIS...SBK
NEAR TERM...NED/PM
SHORT TERM...MCAVOY
LONG TERM...SBK
AVIATION...PM
Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 26, 7:23 PM EDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
723 PM EDT TUE OCT 26 2010

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ035-068-502-504-506-508-510-SCZ001>008-
010>013-019-272330-
RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-ALEXANDER-CLEVELAND-
GREATER CALDWELL-GREATER BURKE-EASTERN MCDOWELL-GREATER RUTHERFORD-
EASTERN POLK-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-
GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-
CHEROKEE-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-UNION SC-GREENWOOD-
723 PM EDT TUE OCT 26 2010

...TORNADO WATCH 729 IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM EDT WEDNESDAY...

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

A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS
LATER TONIGHT. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ALONG AND
AHEAD OF THE FRONT. STRONG WIND SHEAR...COUPLED WITH WEAK TO
MODERATE INSTABILITY...WILL CREATE AN ENVIRONMENT FAVORABLE FOR
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. DAMAGING WIND GUSTS...CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTING...HEAVY RAINFALL...LARGE HAIL AND A FEW TORNADOES WILL
ALSO BE POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

A COLD FRONT WILL SLOWLY CROSS THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT OF THE
WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA DURING THE DAY ON
WEDNESDAY. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO END DURING THE MORNING
HOURS OVER THE MOUNTAINS...BUT WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE DAY OVER
THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT. WITH STRONG SHEAR AND MODERATE
INSTABILITY...SEVERE STORMS WILL AGAIN BE POSSIBLE. STRAIGHT LINE
DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT...THOUGH AN ISOLATED
TORNADO IS POSSIBLE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF LARGE
HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...TORNADOES OR FLASH FLOODING TO OUR OFFICE.

NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-501-503-505-507-509-272330-
AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM-
NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-
CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-BURKE MOUNTAINS-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-
RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-POLK MOUNTAINS-
723 PM EDT TUE OCT 26 2010

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM EDT WEDNESDAY...
...TORNADO WATCH 729 IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM EDT WEDNESDAY...

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.

   TORNADO WATCH.
   WIND ADVISORY.

A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS
LATER TONIGHT. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ALONG AND
AHEAD OF THE FRONT. STRONG WIND SHEAR...COUPLED WITH WEAK TO
MODERATE INSTABILITY...WILL CREATE AN ENVIRONMENT FAVORABLE FOR
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. DAMAGING WIND GUSTS...CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTING...AND HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS ASSOCIATED
WITH THESE STORMS. LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL ALSO BE
POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

THE COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE EAST OF THE MOUNTAINS WEDNESDAY
MORNING...BRINGING AN END TO THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF LARGE
HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...TORNADOES OR FLASH FLOODING TO OUR OFFICE.

NCZ036-037-056-057-069>072-082-SCZ009-014-272330-
IREDELL-DAVIE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-
UNION NC-YORK-CHESTER-
723 PM EDT TUE OCT 26 2010

...TORNADO WATCH 729 IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM EDT WEDNESDAY...

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.

A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS
LATER TONIGHT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP
OVER THE WESTERN PIEDMONT OF NORTH AND SOUTH CAROLINA THIS
EVENING. WHILE THERE WILL NOT BE MANY STORMS THIS EVENING...THERE
WILL BE A THREAT OF SCATTERED SEVERE STORMS AND EVEN A FEW TORNADOES
WITH THOSE STORMS THAT DO FORM.

THERE REMAINS SOME UNCERTAINTY AS TO HOW QUICKLY A LINE OF SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO AREA LATE TONIGHT OR WEDNESDAY
MORNING. IF THE LINE IS NOT SIGNIFICANTLY DISRUPTED AS IT CROSSES
THE MOUNTAINS...THEN THE SEVERE THREAT COULD INCREASE OVER THE
REGION A LITTLE AFTER MIDNIGHT. IF THE INITIAL LINE OF STORMS
FALLS APART OVER THE MOUNTAINS...THE SEVERE THREAT WILL HOLD OFF
UNTIL THE DAYTIME HOURS ON WEDNESDAY. WITH STRONG WIND SHEAR AND
MODERATE INSTABILITY...ANY STORMS THAT DO MOVE INTO THE REGION
LATER TONIGHT WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE AREAS OF STRAIGHT
LINE WIND DAMAGE AND ISOLATED TORNADOES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

A COLD FRONT WILL SLOWLY CROSS THE PIEDMONT OF THE WESTERN
CAROLINAS DURING THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED
TO PERSIST THROUGH THE DAY OVER THE PIEDMONT...WITH THE SEVERE
THREAT NOT ENDING UNTIL THE LATE EVENING HOURS ONCE THE FRONT
MOVES THROUGH. WITH STRONG SHEAR AND MODERATE INSTABILITY
CONTINUING...SEVERE STORMS WILL AGAIN BE POSSIBLE. STRAIGHT LINE
DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT...THOUGH THERE WILL STILL
BE A SMALL CHANCE FOR AN ISOLATED TORNADO.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF LARGE
HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...TORNADOES OR FLASH FLOODING TO OUR OFFICE.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Oct 26, 7:16 PM EDT, 1 hour 44 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
716 PM EDT TUE OCT 26 2010

GAZ018-026-262345-
FRANKLIN-STEPHENS-
716 PM EDT TUE OCT 26 2010

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHWESTERN FRANKLIN AND
STEPHENS COUNTIES THROUGH 745 PM EDT...

AT 712 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR HOLLINGSWORTH...OR 6 MILES NORTH OF HOMER...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40
MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

PEOPLE IN NORTHWESTERN FRANKLIN AND STEPHENS COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE
FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...

TOCCOA...EASTANOLEE AND MARTIN...

SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE
WARNINGS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE
WEATHER THREATEN.

LAT...LON 3446 8340 3447 8346 3448 8347 3454 8343
      3464 8327 3462 8324 3460 8317 3450 8309
      3436 8339

LANE
Special weather statement, Oct 26, 7:48 PM EDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
748 PM EDT TUE OCT 26 2010

GAZ018-026-SCZ004-010-270015-
ANDERSON-FRANKLIN-GREATER OCONEE-STEPHENS-
748 PM EDT TUE OCT 26 2010

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN FRANKLIN...
SOUTHEASTERN OCONEE...SOUTHEASTERN STEPHENS AND WESTERN ANDERSON
COUNTIES THROUGH 815 PM EDT...

AT 744 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES WEST OF LAKE HARTWELL...OR 10 MILES EAST
OF TOCCOA...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 30
TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

PEOPLE IN NORTHEASTERN FRANKLIN...SOUTHEASTERN OCONEE...SOUTHEASTERN
STEPHENS AND WESTERN ANDERSON COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
LOCATIONS...

WHITWORTH AND LAKE HARTWELL...

SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE
WARNINGS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE
WEATHER THREATEN.

LAT...LON 3445 8319 3458 8324 3460 8318 3460 8316
      3463 8313 3472 8295 3450 8282 3448 8303
      3449 8305 3447 8307

LANE
Local storm report, Oct 26, 7:53 PM EDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
753 PM EDT TUE OCT 26 2010

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

0738 PM     HAIL             TRYON                   35.21N 82.24W
10/26/2010  E0.75 INCH       POLK               NC   TRAINED SPOTTER

            3/4 INCH HAIL REPORTED IN TRYON.

&&

JPT
Local storm report, Oct 26, 8:00 PM EDT, 1 hour before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
800 PM EDT TUE OCT 26 2010

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

0710 PM     TSTM WND DMG     6 W VALE                35.54N 81.50W
10/26/2010                   LINCOLN            NC   BROADCAST MEDIA

            SEVERAL HOMES COLLAPSED WEST OF VALE. POSSIBLE TORNADO
            DAMAGE.

&&

JPT
Local storm report, Oct 26, 8:12 PM EDT, 48 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
812 PM EDT TUE OCT 26 2010

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

0745 PM     TORNADO          CLAREMONT               35.71N 81.15W
10/26/2010                   CATAWBA            NC   AMATEUR RADIO

            SEVERAL CARS OVERTURNED IN CLAREMONT.

&&

JPT
Special weather statement, Oct 26, 8:56 PM EDT, 4 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
856 PM EDT TUE OCT 26 2010

NCZ508-510-270145-
EASTERN POLK-GREATER RUTHERFORD-
856 PM EDT TUE OCT 26 2010

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EASTERN POLK AND RUTHERFORD
COUNTIES THROUGH 945 PM EDT...

AT 855 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR CLIFFSIDE...OR 12 MILES WEST OF SHELBY.
THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

THE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT LOCATIONS FROM MILL SPRING TO FOREST
CITY...NORTHWARD TO NEAR THERMAL CITY. WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH
ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

LAT...LON 3556 8168 3535 8170 3519 8177 3519 8211
      3532 8220 3541 8218 3552 8209 3554 8200
      3552 8198 3553 8184 3555 8184

HG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 26, 8:07 PM EDTTornado WarningGSPCleveland, Polk, Rutherford38 min
Oct 26, 8:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPBurke, Catawba, Cleveland, Lincoln59 min
Oct 26, 8:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPPolk, Rutherford49 min
Oct 26, 9:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPGraham, Swain49 min
Oct 26, 9:17 PM EDTTornado WarningGSPBurke, Cleveland, Rutherford43 min
Oct 26, 9:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPAlexander, Catawba, Davie, Iredell34 min
Oct 26, 9:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPMitchell45 min
Oct 26, 9:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPCatawba, Lincoln54 min
Oct 26, 9:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPGraham, Swain47 min
Oct 26, 10:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPCleveland, Gaston, Lincoln50 min
Oct 26, 10:33 PM EDTTornado WarningGSPCatawba, Iredell42 min
Oct 26, 10:59 PM EDTTornado WarningGSPDavie, Iredell, Rowan46 min
Oct 26, 11:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPCabarrus, Gaston, Mecklenburg, Rowan44 min
Oct 26, 11:30 PM EDTTornado WarningGSPCatawba, Iredell, Lincoln, Rowan45 min
Oct 27, 12:00 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPAlexander, Catawba45 min
Oct 27, 12:02 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPCleveland, Lincoln, Rutherford43 min
Oct 27, 12:21 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPDavie39 min
Oct 27, 12:28 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPDavie, Iredell, Rowan47 min
Oct 27, 12:40 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPJackson, Macon50 min
Oct 27, 12:50 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPCatawba, Davie, Iredell, Lincoln55 min
Oct 27, 1:29 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPBuncombe, Henderson, Jackson, Transylvania46 min
Oct 27, 1:36 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPDavie114 min
Oct 27, 2:58 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPBurke, Caldwell, McDowell47 min
Oct 27, 3:24 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPHenderson, Polk, Transylvania51 min
Oct 27, 4:53 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPCatawba, Polk, Rutherford37 min
Oct 27, 5:07 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPAlexander, Davie38 min
Oct 27, 9:41 AM EDTRiver Flood AdvisoryGSPHenderson, Transylvania24 hr
Oct 27, 12:09 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPHenderson, Transylvania111 min
Oct 27, 1:41 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPCleveland, Rutherford109 min
Oct 27, 2:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPCatawba, Iredell56 min
Oct 27, 2:28 PM EDTTornado WarningGSPCatawba, Iredell32 min
Oct 27, 2:38 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPCatawba, Lincoln112 min
Oct 27, 2:55 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningGSPHenderson, Transylvania17 hr
Oct 27, 2:59 PM EDTTornado WarningGSPDavie, Iredell, Rowan46 min
Oct 27, 4:48 PM EDTTornado WarningGSPCatawba, Cleveland, Gaston, Lincoln57 min
Oct 27, 6:24 PM EDTTornado WarningGSPCleveland, Gaston, Lincoln, Rutherford66 min
Oct 27, 6:26 PM EDTTornado WarningGSPCatawba, Cleveland, Gaston, Lincoln64 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.