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Tornado Warning 41, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this tornado warning at Oct 27, 2010, 6:26 PM EDT for 4 counties in North Carolina. It was in force for 64 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 27, 2010, 6:26 PM EDT (22:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 27, 2010, 7:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 64 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), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 27, 6:36 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 N Cherryville, NC | SEVERAL TREES REPORTED BLOWN DOWN ON POWER LINES |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
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 27, 2:06 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 121 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
167
WFUS52 KGSP 272226
TORGSP
NCC035-045-071-109-272330-
/O.NEW.KGSP.TO.W.0041.101027T2226Z-101027T2330Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
626 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...
NORTH CENTRAL 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 730 PM EDT
* AT 625 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR FALLSTON...
OR 10 MILES NORTH OF SHELBY...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CHERRYVILLE...
CROUSE AND VALE...
LINCOLNTON...
BOGER CITY...
MAIDEN AND IRON STATION...
DENVER...
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 3565 8095 3561 8093 3558 8094 3556 8096
3546 8094 3544 8095 3536 8152 3553 8159
3570 8101
TIME...MOT...LOC 2227Z 251DEG 28KT 3544 8147
$$
RWH4 follow-up statements
974
WWUS52 KGSP 272244
SVSGSP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
644 PM EDT WED OCT 27 2010
NCC035-045-071-109-272330-
/O.CON.KGSP.TO.W.0041.000000T0000Z-101027T2330Z/
GASTON NC-LINCOLN NC-CLEVELAND NC-CATAWBA NC-
644 PM EDT WED OCT 27 2010
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM EDT FOR SOUTHERN
CATAWBA...NORTH CENTRAL CLEVELAND...LINCOLN AND NORTHWESTERN GASTON
COUNTIES...
AT 643 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR CROUSE...OR NEAR
LINCOLNTON...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BOGER
CITY...IRON STATION...MAIDEN...DENVER AND TERRELL
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES SHOULD BE ABANDONED FOR STURDIER SHELTER.
OTHERWISE...GO TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST LEVEL OF YOUR HOME
OR PLACE OF BUSINESS. MAKE SURE THERE ARE AS MANY WALLS AND FLOORS
BETWEEN YOU AND THE OUTSIDE AS POSSIBLE.
&&
LAT...LON 3565 8095 3561 8093 3558 8094 3556 8096
3546 8094 3544 8095 3536 8152 3553 8159
3570 8101
TIME...MOT...LOC 2244Z 251DEG 28KT 3546 8131
$$
RWH135
WWUS52 KGSP 272304
SVSGSP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
704 PM EDT WED OCT 27 2010
NCC045-071-272313-
/O.CAN.KGSP.TO.W.0041.000000T0000Z-101027T2330Z/
GASTON NC-CLEVELAND NC-
704 PM EDT WED OCT 27 2010
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL CLEVELAND AND NORTHWESTERN
GASTON COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THIS WARNING HAS MOVED EAST OF THESE
PORTIONS OF THE COUNTIES. HOWEVER...ADDITIONAL STORMS ARE MOVING
THROUGH THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THESE COUNTIES AND MAY STILL
PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...OR ISOLATED TORNADOES.
LAT...LON 3565 8095 3561 8093 3558 8094 3556 8096
3546 8094 3544 8095 3541 8116 3541 8139
3541 8140 3555 8133 3570 8101
TIME...MOT...LOC 2303Z 251DEG 28KT 3551 8112
$$
NCC035-109-272330-
/O.CON.KGSP.TO.W.0041.000000T0000Z-101027T2330Z/
LINCOLN NC-CATAWBA NC-
704 PM EDT WED OCT 27 2010
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN CATAWBA AND LINCOLN COUNTIES...
AT 701 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR BOGER CITY...OR 6
MILES EAST OF LINCOLNTON...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO DENVER
AND TERRELL
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES SHOULD BE ABANDONED FOR STURDIER SHELTER.
OTHERWISE...GO TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST LEVEL OF YOUR HOME
OR PLACE OF BUSINESS. MAKE SURE THERE ARE AS MANY WALLS AND FLOORS
BETWEEN YOU AND THE OUTSIDE AS POSSIBLE.
&&
LAT...LON 3565 8095 3561 8093 3558 8094 3556 8096
3546 8094 3544 8095 3541 8116 3541 8139
3541 8140 3555 8133 3570 8101
TIME...MOT...LOC 2303Z 251DEG 28KT 3551 8112
$$
RWH950
WWUS52 KGSP 272318
SVSGSP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
718 PM EDT WED OCT 27 2010
NCC035-109-272330-
/O.CON.KGSP.TO.W.0041.000000T0000Z-101027T2330Z/
LINCOLN NC-CATAWBA NC-
718 PM EDT WED OCT 27 2010
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN CATAWBA AND LINCOLN COUNTIES...
AT 715 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR DENVER...OR 14
MILES SOUTHEAST OF NEWTON...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO TERRELL
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 3565 8095 3561 8093 3558 8094 3556 8096
3546 8094 3544 8095 3541 8116 3541 8139
3541 8140 3555 8133 3570 8101
TIME...MOT...LOC 2318Z 251DEG 28KT 3556 8099
$$
RWH393
WWUS52 KGSP 272331
SVSGSP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
731 PM EDT WED OCT 27 2010
NCC035-109-272341-
/O.EXP.KGSP.TO.W.0041.000000T0000Z-101027T2330Z/
LINCOLN NC-CATAWBA NC-
731 PM EDT WED OCT 27 2010
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN CATAWBA AND LINCOLN COUNTIES
HAS EXPIRED...
THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THIS WARNING HAS WEAKENED. THEREFORE...THE
WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
LAT...LON 3565 8095 3561 8093 3558 8094 3556 8096
3546 8094 3544 8095 3541 8116 3541 8139
3541 8140 3555 8133 3570 8101
TIME...MOT...LOC 2318Z 251DEG 28KT 3556 8099
$$
RWHWhat 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, 3 hours 34 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 27, 2:52 PM EDT, 3 hours 34 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, 2 hours 54 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, 4 hours 53 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, 4 hours 22 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
MOORELocal storm report, Oct 27, 4:45 PM EDT, 1 hour 41 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.
&&
MCAVOYThe 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, 9:17 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Burke, Cleveland, Rutherford | 43 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 |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.