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Tornado Warning 33, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

October 26, 2010Burke County, Cleveland County, Rutherford County, North Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this tornado warning at Oct 26, 2010, 9:17 PM EDT for Burke County, Cleveland County, Rutherford County, North Carolina. It was in force for 43 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, 9:17 PM EDT (01:17 UTC)
Expired: Oct 26, 2010, 10:00 PM EDT
In force: 43 min
Issued by: NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Burke County, NC, Cleveland County, NC, Rutherford County, NC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:20 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.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Oct 26, 2:16 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr
Oct 26, 7:19 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	12 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 169 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

070 
WFUS52 KGSP 270117
TORGSP
NCC023-045-161-270200-
/O.NEW.KGSP.TO.W.0033.101027T0117Z-101027T0200Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN CLEVELAND COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...
  SOUTH CENTRAL BURKE COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
  EASTERN RUTHERFORD COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF RUTHERFORDTON...

* UNTIL 1000 PM EDT

* AT 915 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR BOSTIC...OR
  6 MILES EAST OF RUTHERFORDTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  SUNSHINE AND ELLENBORO...
  SUNSHINE...
  POLKVILLE AND KINGSTOWN...
  LAWNDALE...
  CASAR AND FALLSTON...
  BELWOOD...

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 3557 8152 3555 8150 3551 8151 3542 8145
      3526 8188 3541 8200 3567 8166
TIME...MOT...LOC 0117Z 235DEG 35KT 3539 8184

$$

HG

2 follow-up statements

475 
WWUS52 KGSP 270137
SVSGSP

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

NCC023-161-270147-
/O.CAN.KGSP.TO.W.0033.000000T0000Z-101027T0200Z/
BURKE NC-RUTHERFORD NC-
937 PM EDT TUE OCT 26 2010

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN RUTHERFORD AND SOUTH CENTRAL BURKE
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

AT 937 PM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM 
WAS MOVING EAST OF BUKE AND RUTHERFORD COUNTIES.

LAT...LON 3555 8151 3551 8151 3542 8145 3532 8171
      3535 8170 3556 8168 3556 8152
TIME...MOT...LOC 0137Z 239DEG 38KT 3543 8164

$$

NCC045-270200-
/O.CON.KGSP.TO.W.0033.000000T0000Z-101027T0200Z/
CLEVELAND NC-
937 PM EDT TUE OCT 26 2010

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN CLEVELAND COUNTY...

AT 937 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR POLKVILLE...OR 11
MILES NORTHWEST OF SHELBY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
LAWNDALE...CASAR...FALLSTON AND BELWOOD

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 3555 8151 3551 8151 3542 8145 3532 8171
      3535 8170 3556 8168 3556 8152
TIME...MOT...LOC 0137Z 239DEG 38KT 3543 8164

$$

HG

860 
WWUS52 KGSP 270153
SVSGSP

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

NCC045-270202-
/O.EXP.KGSP.TO.W.0033.000000T0000Z-101027T0200Z/
CLEVELAND NC-
953 PM EDT TUE OCT 26 2010

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN CLEVELAND COUNTY WILL EXPIRE
AT 1000 PM EDT...

AT 952 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT 
THE PREVIOUSLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAD MOVED EAST OF CLEVELAND 
COUNTY. THE TORNADO WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE ON SCHEDULE.

LAT...LON 3555 8151 3551 8151 3542 8145 3532 8171
      3535 8170 3556 8168 3556 8152
TIME...MOT...LOC 0152Z 239DEG 38KT 3551 8147

$$

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 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 26, 8:00 PM EDT, 1 hour 17 minutes 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 54 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, 7:48 PM EDT, 1 hour 29 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 24 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 17 minutes 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, 1 hour 5 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, 21 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

Special weather statement, Oct 26, 9:11 PM EDT, 6 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
911 PM EDT TUE OCT 26 2010

NCZ051-058-270200-
GRAHAM-SWAIN-
911 PM EDT TUE OCT 26 2010

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT GRAHAM AND WESTERN SWAIN COUNTIES
THROUGH 1000 PM EDT...

AT 911 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
TALASSEE TO 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF UNAKA...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

THESE STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  TAPOCO...
  FONTANA VILLAGE...
  SANTEETLAH LAKE...
  FONTANA LAKE...
  STECOAH...

WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.

LAT...LON 3538 8402 3542 8403 3548 8392 3552 8388
      3552 8383 3557 8374 3557 8360 3556 8352
      3567 8333 3566 8331 3528 8358 3528 8367
      3524 8373 3524 8385 3521 8397 3523 8400
      3533 8404

HG

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 26, 8:07 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	GSP	Cleveland, Polk, Rutherford	38 min
Oct 26, 8:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Burke, Catawba, Cleveland, Lincoln	59 min
Oct 26, 8:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Polk, Rutherford	49 min
Oct 26, 9:00 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	GSP	Burke, Catawba, Cleveland, Lincoln	45 min
Oct 26, 9:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Graham, Swain	49 min
Oct 26, 9:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Alexander, Catawba, Davie, Iredell	34 min
Oct 26, 9:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Mitchell	45 min
Oct 26, 9:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Catawba, Lincoln	54 min
Oct 26, 9:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Graham, Swain	47 min
Oct 26, 10:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Cleveland, Gaston, Lincoln	50 min
Oct 26, 10:33 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	GSP	Catawba, Iredell	42 min
Oct 26, 10:59 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	GSP	Davie, Iredell, Rowan	46 min
Oct 26, 11:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Cabarrus, Gaston, Mecklenburg, Rowan	44 min
Oct 26, 11:30 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	GSP	Catawba, Iredell, Lincoln, Rowan	45 min
Oct 27, 12:00 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Alexander, Catawba	45 min
Oct 27, 12:02 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Cleveland, Lincoln, Rutherford	43 min
Oct 27, 12:21 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Davie	39 min
Oct 27, 12:28 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Davie, Iredell, Rowan	47 min
Oct 27, 12:40 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Jackson, Macon	50 min
Oct 27, 12:50 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Catawba, Davie, Iredell, Lincoln	55 min
Oct 27, 1:29 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Buncombe, Henderson, Jackson, Transylvania	46 min
Oct 27, 1:36 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Davie	114 min
Oct 27, 2:58 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Burke, Caldwell, McDowell	47 min
Oct 27, 3:24 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Henderson, Polk, Transylvania	51 min
Oct 27, 4:53 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Catawba, Polk, Rutherford	37 min
Oct 27, 5:07 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Alexander, Davie	38 min
Oct 27, 9:41 AM EDT	River Flood Advisory	GSP	Henderson, Transylvania	24 hr
Oct 27, 12:09 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Henderson, Transylvania	111 min
Oct 27, 1:41 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Cleveland, Rutherford	109 min
Oct 27, 2:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Catawba, Iredell	56 min
Oct 27, 2:28 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	GSP	Catawba, Iredell	32 min
Oct 27, 2:38 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Catawba, Lincoln	112 min
Oct 27, 2:55 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	GSP	Henderson, Transylvania	17 hr
Oct 27, 2:59 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	GSP	Davie, Iredell, Rowan	46 min
Oct 27, 4:48 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	GSP	Catawba, Cleveland, Gaston, Lincoln	57 min
Oct 27, 6:24 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	GSP	Cleveland, Gaston, Lincoln, Rutherford	66 min
Oct 27, 6:26 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	GSP	Catawba, Cleveland, Gaston, Lincoln	64 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.