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Tornado Warning 39, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

October 27, 20104 counties in North Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this tornado warning at Oct 27, 2010, 4:48 PM EDT for 4 counties in North Carolina. It was in force for 57 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 27, 2010, 4:48 PM EDT (20:48 UTC)
Expired
Oct 27, 2010, 5:45 PM EDT
In force
57 min
Issued by
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Catawba County, NC, Cleveland County, NC, Gaston County, NC, Lincoln County, NC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:49 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 27, 2:06 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 155 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 2010-10-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 237 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°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 2010-10-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 315 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
237 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-16 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
533 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
315 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
322 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.4
Supercell composite
10.6

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

563 
WFUS52 KGSP 272048
TORGSP
NCC035-045-071-109-272145-
/O.NEW.KGSP.TO.W.0039.101027T2048Z-101027T2145Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
448 PM EDT WED OCT 27 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN CATAWBA COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...
  NORTHERN CLEVELAND COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...
  NORTHWESTERN GASTON COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...
  LINCOLN COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF LINCOLNTON...

* UNTIL 545 PM EDT

* AT 444 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR
  POLKVILLE...OR 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF SHELBY...MOVING EAST AT 35
  MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  CASAR...
  LAWNDALE...
  FALLSTON AND BELWOOD...
  WACO...
  CHERRYVILLE...
  VALE AND CROUSE...

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 3543 8101 3531 8170 3531 8172 3535 8170
      3551 8169 3567 8109
TIME...MOT...LOC 2048Z 253DEG 30KT 3542 8162

$$

RWH
3 follow-up statements
809 
WWUS52 KGSP 272113
SVSGSP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
513 PM EDT WED OCT 27 2010

NCC045-272123-
/O.CAN.KGSP.TO.W.0039.000000T0000Z-101027T2145Z/
CLEVELAND NC-
513 PM EDT WED OCT 27 2010

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN CLEVELAND COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM RESPONSIBLE FOR THE WARNING HAS MOVED EAST OF THE COUNTY.

LAT...LON 3567 8109 3543 8101 3536 8140 3538 8143
      3545 8147 3554 8151 3556 8151
TIME...MOT...LOC 2113Z 255DEG 29KT 3547 8139

$$

NCC035-071-109-272145-
/O.CON.KGSP.TO.W.0039.000000T0000Z-101027T2145Z/
GASTON NC-LINCOLN NC-CATAWBA NC-
513 PM EDT WED OCT 27 2010

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM EDT FOR SOUTHERN
CATAWBA...LINCOLN AND NORTHWESTERN GASTON COUNTIES...

AT 511 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR VALE...OR 9 MILES
WEST OF LINCOLNTON...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
CROUSE...HIGH SHOALS...BOGER CITY...MAIDEN AND IRON STATION

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 3567 8109 3543 8101 3536 8140 3538 8143
      3545 8147 3554 8151 3556 8151
TIME...MOT...LOC 2113Z 255DEG 29KT 3547 8139

$$

RWH
838 
WWUS52 KGSP 272128
SVSGSP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
528 PM EDT WED OCT 27 2010

NCC071-272138-
/O.CAN.KGSP.TO.W.0039.000000T0000Z-101027T2145Z/
GASTON NC-
528 PM EDT WED OCT 27 2010

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN GASTON COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM PROMPTING THE WARNING WILL REMAIN NORTH OF GASTON COUNTY.

LAT...LON 3541 8134 3543 8136 3547 8139 3555 8141
      3557 8141 3567 8109 3543 8101
TIME...MOT...LOC 2128Z 252DEG 29KT 3552 8126

$$

NCC035-109-272145-
/O.CON.KGSP.TO.W.0039.000000T0000Z-101027T2145Z/
LINCOLN NC-CATAWBA NC-
528 PM EDT WED OCT 27 2010

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM EDT FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL CATAWBA AND CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTIES...

AT 525 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR LINCOLNTON...
MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BOGER
CITY...IRON STATION AND MAIDEN

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 3541 8134 3543 8136 3547 8139 3555 8141
      3557 8141 3567 8109 3543 8101
TIME...MOT...LOC 2128Z 252DEG 29KT 3552 8126

$$

RWH
187 
WWUS52 KGSP 272146
SVSGSP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
546 PM EDT WED OCT 27 2010

NCC035-109-272155-
/O.EXP.KGSP.TO.W.0039.000000T0000Z-101027T2145Z/
LINCOLN NC-CATAWBA NC-
546 PM EDT WED OCT 27 2010

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL CATAWBA AND CENTRAL LINCOLN
COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...

THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED SIGNIFICANTLY. 
THEREFORE...THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

LAT...LON 3541 8134 3543 8136 3547 8139 3555 8141
      3557 8141 3567 8109 3543 8101
TIME...MOT...LOC 2128Z 252DEG 29KT 3552 8126

$$

RWH

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 27, 2:52 PM EDT, 1 hour 56 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 27, 2:52 PM EDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
252 PM EDT WED OCT 27 2010

.SYNOPSIS...
A COLD FRONT OVER THE AREA WILL MOVE SLOWLY SOUTHEAST TODAY AND WILL
BE EAST OF THE FORECAST AREA BY EARLY THURSDAY. CANADIAN HIGH
PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN FROM THE NORTH LATE ON THURSDAY AND REMAIN
OVER THE AREA THROUGH  THE WEEKEND.

&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH THURSDAY/...
FRONTAL BOUNDARY STILL STALLED ACROSS WESTERN NC THROUGH NE GA AT
18Z. ONE FRONTAL WAVE IS OVER THE NC FOOTHILLS WITH ANOTHER EXPECTED
TO DEVELOP OVER NE GA BY LATE AFTERNOON. ATMOSPHERE HAS DESTABALIZED TO
THE SOUTHEAST OF THE BOUNDARY WITH LAPS CAPES 1000+J AND SUFFICIENT
SHEAR/HELICITY FOR ROTATING UPDRAFTS/SMALL SUPERCELLS. LATEST HRRR
DEVELOPS NUMEROUS SHOWERS/STORMS BY LATE AFTERNOON WITH MOST
ACTIVITY SETTLING INTO THE SOUTHERN UPSTATE/NC PIEDMONT AFTER
MIDNIGHT. SPC HAS A WELL PLACED TORNADO WATCH IN PLACE UNTIL 01Z.
HENCE...GRIDS WILL REFLECT NUMEROUS SHOWERS/STORMS LATE THIS
AFTERNOON/EVENING WITH POPS SLOWLY LOWERING FROM NW TO SE THROUGH
THE NIGHT. BOTH NAM/GFS FINALLY MOVE FRONTAL BOUNDARY OUT OF THE
FORECAST AREA ON THU...THOUGH NAM IS SLOWER. USED A MODEL BLEND
WHICH HANGS ONTO TO SOME CLOUDS/POPS ACROSS THE SOUTHERN UPSTATE
INTO THE NC PIEDMONT INTO THU MORNING. EARLY MORNING STRATUS/FOG
WILL DISSIPATE OTHER AREAS SHORTLY AFTER SUNRISE. LOTS OF SUNSHINE
ALONG WITH DOWNSLOPE FLOW DURING THE AFTERNOON WILL PUSH TEMPS WELL
ABOVE AVERAGE. USED A MOS BLEND FOR MOST FORECAST FIELDS.

&&

.SHORT TERM /THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY/...
AS OF 255 PM WEDNESDAY...COOL HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO THE
REGION THU NIGHT AND FRI AS THE STRONG UPPER LOW OVER THE NE STATES
FLATTENS AND LIFTS INTO SE CANADA. THE MOUNTAINS SHOULD SEE FREEZING
TEMPS THU NIGHT AT THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS AND IN SHELTERED VALLEYS.
ONLY THE SRN NC MTNS HAVE NOT HAD THE FROST/FREEZE PROGRAM TURNED
OFF FOR THE YEAR...AND THESE ZONES DON/T LOOK TO HAVE QUITE ENOUGH
FREEZING TEMPS TO ISSUE A FREEZE WATCH FOR THU NIGHT. THE HIGH WILL
SETTLE OVER THE REGION BY FRIDAY NIGHT...AT WHICH TIME I THINK
FREEZING TEMPS WILL AFFECT THE REST OF THE MTNS. PARTS OF THE
FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT COULD ALSO SEE THEIR FIRST GOOD FROST OF THE
YEAR. I/LL MENTION THIS IN THE HWO. AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITY
VALUES WILL BE LOW ON FRI AND SAT.

&&

.LONG TERM /SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
AS OF 130 PM WEDNESDAY...WHILE THEY GO ABOUT IT IN SOMEWHAT
DIFFERENT WAYS...THE ECMWF AND GFS AGREE IN DEVELOPING A HIGH
AMPLITUDE RIDGE OVER THE WEST COAST...WHICH RESULTS IN THE
DOWNSTREAM DEVELOPMENT OF A SHARP TROUGH OVER THE ERN US. BOTH
MODELS ARE TRENDING TOWARD THE DEVELOPMENT OF A CUT OFF UPPER LOW
OVER THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY FOR TUE AND WED ON NEXT WEEK.

WHILE THE GFS APPEARS TO CUT OFF THE LOW TOO FAR TO THE SOUTH...AND
THE EC IS PROBABLY TAKING TOO MUCH ENERGY INTO THE BASE OF THE
TOUGH...THE OVERALL SCENARIO POTENTIALLY LOOKS QUITE WET ACROSS THE
WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NE GA FOR TUE AND WED OF NEXT WEEK. AS FAR
SOUTH AS THE LOW DIGS...AND WITH SIGNS OF COLD AIR DAMMING IN THE
SFC PRESSURE FIELD...THIS LOOKS TO BE MORE OF A HEAVY RAIN THAN A
SEVERE EVENT...THOUGH THAT COULD CERTAINLY CHANGE.

THE WEATHER BEFOREHAND...FOR SUNDAY AND MONDAY...LOOKS DRY AND MILD.

&&

.AVIATION /19Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY/...
AT KCLT...CURRENT RADAR TRENDS SUPPORT THE IDEA THAT A FRONTAL WAVE
WILL MOVE ALONG THE STALLED BOUNDARY TO THE NORTH AND SPREAD
WIDESPREAD SHOWERS/STORMS INTO THE CLT AIRSPACE BY LATE AFTERNOON.
LATEST HRRR SUGGESTS THAT THE BEST WINDOW FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE
21Z-00Z. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG WINDS AND CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING A TORNADO CANNOT BE RULED OUT. LOW VFR CEILINGS WILL LOWER
TO IFR/MVFR IN STORMS. ALL GUIDANCE SUPPORTS LOW IFR CEILIGNS LATE
TONIGHT...THEN LIFTING SLOWLY AFTER 12Z. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY VEER
TO THE W-SW BY LATE TONIGHT.

ELSEWHERE...EXPECT COVERAGE OF SHOWERS TO INCREASE ALONG WITH
THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT ACROSS UPSTATE SC FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE
AFTERNOON. ALSO CAN'T RULE OUT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING A BRIEF TORNADO. SCATTERED SHOWERS WILL REMAIN IN THE
KAVL/KHKY UNTIL LATE EVENING WITH JUST AN OUTSIDE CHANCE OF A
THUNDERSTORM. SHOWERS/STORMS WLL TAPER OFF AFTER MIDNIGHT. ALL
GUIDANCE SUGGESTS THAT CEILINGS WILL LOWER TO LOW IFR LATE TONIGHT
AND THEN LIFT/SCATTERED THU MORNING. IFR FOG ALSO IS EXPECTED AT
KAVL/KHKY EARLY THU.

OUTLOOK...DRY HIGH PRESSURE WILL BE FEATURED FRIDAY THRU SUNDAY WITH
NO RESTRICTIONS OTHER THAN EARLY MORNING MOUNTAIN VALLEY FOG POSSIBLE.

&&

.GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...NONE.
NC...NONE.
SC...NONE.

&&

SYNOPSIS...PAT
NEAR TERM...LG
SHORT TERM...MCAVOY
LONG TERM...MCAVOY
AVIATION...LG
Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 27, 3:32 PM EDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
332 PM EDT WED OCT 27 2010

GAZ026-028-029-NCZ036-037-056-057-068>072-082-SCZ003-006>014-019-
281945-
FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-IREDELL-DAVIE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-
GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-
GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-
LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD-
332 PM EDT WED OCT 27 2010

...TORNADO WATCH 735 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

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

   TORNADO WATCH.

A COLD FRONT HAS STALLED OVER THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS. AHEAD
OF THE FRONT...THE ATMOSPHERE OVER THE PIEDMONT OF THE WESTERN
CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA CONTINUES TO EXHIBIT STRONG WIND
SHEAR AND MODERATE INSTABILITY. DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS AND
ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGER STORMS OVER
THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL TRAIN...OR REPEATEDLY MOVE OVER
THE SAME LOCATION. THIS WILL RESULT IN LOCALLY VERY HEAVY RAIN. A
FEW AREAS OF FLASH FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE AS THIS OCCURS...
ESPECIALLY WHERE HEAVY RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THE PAST 24 HOURS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

NONE.

NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-501-503-505-507-509-281945-
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-
332 PM EDT WED OCT 27 2010

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

A STATIONARY FRONT WILL REMAIN DRAPED OVER THE NORTH CAROLINA
MOUNTAINS THROUGH TONIGHT. THE THREAT FOR SEVERE STORMS AND
FLOODING RAINFALL WILL BE HIGHEST OVER THE PIEDMONT THROUGH THE
LATE EVENING HOURS. HOWEVER THERE WILL BE ENOUGH INSTABILITY ALONG
THE SOUTH AND EAST SLOPES OF THE BLUE RIDGE FOR A COUPLE STRONG
STORMS...WHICH COULD PRODUCE DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. THESE
SAME AREAS COULD ALSO SEE ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING AS THE
THUNDERSTORMS WILL TEND TO FOLLOW ONE BEHIND THE OTHER IN NARROW
BANDS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

NONE.

NCZ035-502-504-506-508-510-281945-
ALEXANDER-GREATER CALDWELL-GREATER BURKE-EASTERN MCDOWELL-
GREATER RUTHERFORD-EASTERN POLK-
332 PM EDT WED OCT 27 2010

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

A STATIONARY FROM WILL REMAIN DRAPED OVER THE NORTH CAROLINA
MOUNTAINS THROUGH TONIGHT. THE THREAT FOR SEVERE STORMS AND
FLOODING RAINFALL WILL BE HIGHEST OVER THE WESTERN PIEDMONT
THROUGH THE LATE EVENING HOURS. HOWEVER THERE WILL BE ENOUGH
INSTABILITY OVER THE NORTH CAROLINA FOOTHILLS FOR A COUPLE STRONG
STORMS...WHICH COULD PRODUCE DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. THESE
SAME AREAS COULD ALSO SEE ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING AS THE
THUNDERSTORMS WILL TEND TO FOLLOW ONE BEHIND THE OTHER IN NARROW
BANDS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

NONE.

GAZ010-017-018-SCZ001-002-004-005-281945-
RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-
GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS-
332 PM EDT WED OCT 27 2010

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

A STATIONARY FRONT WILL REMAIN DRAPED OVER THE NORTH CAROLINA
MOUNTAINS THROUGH TONIGHT. WHILE THE THREAT FOR SEVERE STORMS AND
FLOODING RAINFALL WILL BE HIGHEST OVER THE SOUTHERN PARTS OF THE
UPSTATE...AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA SOUTH OF HARTWELL...AREAS CLOSER
TO THE MOUNTAINS WILL SEE BANDS OF HEAVY SHOWERS AND A FEW
THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE EVENING. AS THESE AREAS OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS WILL TEND TO REPEATEDLY AFFECT THE SAME
AREAS...ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

NONE.

MCAVOY

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Oct 27, 1:33 PM EDT, 3 hours 15 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
133 PM EDT WED OCT 27 2010

SCZ006-010-012-271830-
ANDERSON-GREATER GREENVILLE-LAURENS-
133 PM EDT WED OCT 27 2010

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHERN ANDERSON...NORTHWESTERN
LAURENS AND SOUTHEASTERN GREENVILLE COUNTIES THROUGH 230 PM EDT...

AT 131 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR ANDERSON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

PEOPLE IN NORTHERN ANDERSON...NORTHWESTERN LAURENS AND SOUTHEASTERN
GREENVILLE COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...

ANDERSON...BELTON...WILLIAMSTON...SIMPSONVILLE AND FOUNTAIN INN...

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.

LAT...LON 3458 8276 3485 8222 3466 8202 3443 8268

$$'

MOORE
Special weather statement, Oct 27, 2:04 PM EDT, 2 hours 44 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
204 PM EDT WED OCT 27 2010

NCZ035-036-056-069-504-271900-
ALEXANDER-CATAWBA-GREATER BURKE-IREDELL-LINCOLN-
204 PM EDT WED OCT 27 2010

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CATAWBA...NORTHWESTERN
LINCOLN...SOUTHEASTERN ALEXANDER...SOUTHEASTERN BURKE AND WESTERN
IREDELL COUNTIES THROUGH 300 PM EDT...

AT 159 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES SOUTH OF COOKSVILLE...OR 15 MILES WEST OF
LINCOLNTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

PEOPLE IN CATAWBA...NORTHWESTERN LINCOLN...SOUTHEASTERN ALEXANDER...
SOUTHEASTERN BURKE AND WESTERN IREDELL COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE
FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...

VALE...NEWTON...CONOVER...CLAREMONT...LOOKOUT SHOALS LAKE AND
STATESVILLE...

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.

LAT...LON 3597 8097 3574 8079 3564 8094 3550 8151
      3551 8151 3555 8151 3556 8152 3556 8154
      3556 8158 3560 8161

MOORE
Local storm report, Oct 27, 4:45 PM EDT, 3 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
445 PM EDT WED OCT 27 2010

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

0725 PM     TORNADO          3 NW TIGERVILLE         35.10N 82.42W
10/26/2010                   GREENVILLE         SC   NWS STORM SURVEY

            NUMEROUS TREES DOWN...AS WELL AS POWER POLES...AT THE
            LOOK UP LODGE...JUST OFF OF HIGHWAY 11.

&&

MCAVOY

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, 9:00 PM EDTTornado WarningGSPBurke, Catawba, Cleveland, Lincoln45 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, 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.