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Tornado Warning 42, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this tornado warning at Nov 16, 2010, 7:04 PM EST for Polk County, Rutherford County, North Carolina; Spartanburg County, South Carolina. It was in force for 41 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
- Nov 16, 2010, 7:04 PM EST (00:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 16, 2010, 7:45 PM EST
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Polk County, NC, Rutherford County, NC, Spartanburg County, SC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:06 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 16, 7:30 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Forest City, NC | FOREST CITY FD REPORTS A COUPLE OF TREES BLOWN DOWN NEAR WEST MAIN DRIVE IN FOREST CITY. |
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 nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 202 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
- 93 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 572 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 76 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 281 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 259 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
754
WFUS52 KGSP 170004
TORGSP
NCC149-161-SCC083-170045-
/O.NEW.KGSP.TO.W.0042.101117T0004Z-101117T0045Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
704 PM EST TUE NOV 16 2010
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN SPARTANBURG COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...
SOUTHEASTERN POLK COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
SOUTHEASTERN RUTHERFORD COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 745 PM EST
* AT 702 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR LANDRUM...
OR 7 MILES SOUTH OF COLUMBUS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
FINGERVILLE...
HARRIS...
ALEXANDER MILLS...FOREST CITY AND SPINDALE...
BOSTIC AND CLIFFSIDE...
ELLENBORO...
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 3549 8169 3518 8177 3519 8186 3516 8185
3504 8218 3520 8222
TIME...MOT...LOC 0005Z 241DEG 36KT 3516 8213
$$
NED3 follow-up statements
021 WWUS52 KGSP 170022 SVSGSP SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 722 PM EST TUE NOV 16 2010 SCC083-170032- /O.CAN.KGSP.TO.W.0042.000000T0000Z-101117T0045Z/ SPARTANBURG SC- 722 PM EST TUE NOV 16 2010 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN SPARTANBURG COUNTY IS CANCELLED... LAT...LON 3549 8169 3518 8177 3520 8206 3531 8201 TIME...MOT...LOC 0022Z 241DEG 36KT 3524 8195 $$ NCC149-161-170045- /O.CON.KGSP.TO.W.0042.000000T0000Z-101117T0045Z/ POLK NC-RUTHERFORD NC- 722 PM EST TUE NOV 16 2010 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM EST FOR SOUTHEASTERN RUTHERFORD AND SOUTHEASTERN POLK COUNTIES... AT 719 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES WEST OF HARRIS...OR 10 MILES SOUTH OF RUTHERFORDTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ALEXANDER MILLS...FOREST CITY...CLIFFSIDE...BOSTIC AND ELLENBORO LAT...LON 3549 8169 3518 8177 3520 8206 3531 8201 TIME...MOT...LOC 0022Z 241DEG 36KT 3524 8195 $$ NED
972 WWUS52 KGSP 170032 SVSGSP SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 732 PM EST TUE NOV 16 2010 NCC149-170042- /O.CAN.KGSP.TO.W.0042.000000T0000Z-101117T0045Z/ POLK NC- 732 PM EST TUE NOV 16 2010 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN POLK COUNTY IS CANCELLED... LAT...LON 3549 8169 3523 8176 3524 8195 3532 8193 TIME...MOT...LOC 0032Z 241DEG 36KT 3529 8184 $$ NCC161-170045- /O.CON.KGSP.TO.W.0042.000000T0000Z-101117T0045Z/ RUTHERFORD NC- 732 PM EST TUE NOV 16 2010 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM EST FOR CENTRAL RUTHERFORD COUNTY... AT 727 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR HARRIS...OR 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF RUTHERFORDTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO CLIFFSIDE...BOSTIC AND ELLENBORO LAT...LON 3549 8169 3523 8176 3524 8195 3532 8193 TIME...MOT...LOC 0032Z 241DEG 36KT 3529 8184 $$ NED
197 WWUS52 KGSP 170043 SVSGSP SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 743 PM EST TUE NOV 16 2010 NCC161-170052- /O.EXP.KGSP.TO.W.0042.000000T0000Z-101117T0045Z/ RUTHERFORD NC- 743 PM EST TUE NOV 16 2010 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL RUTHERFORD COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 745 PM EST... THE ROTATION ASSOCIATED WITH THE STORM HAS WEAKENED. HOWEVER...THE THUNDERSTORM MAY CONTINUE TO PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL THROUGH 8 PM. LAT...LON 3549 8169 3523 8176 3524 8195 3532 8193 TIME...MOT...LOC 0042Z 241DEG 36KT 3534 8173 $$ NED
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 Nov 16, 6:49 PM EST, 15 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Nov 16, 6:49 PM EST, 15 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 649 PM EST TUE NOV 16 2010 .SYNOPSIS... LOW PRESSURE WILL TRACK NORTHEAST ACROSS TENNESSEE THROUGH THE EVENING. AS THE LOW MOVES TOWARD NEW ENGLAND ON WEDNESDAY...HIGH PRESSURE WILL BRIEFLY BUILD IN UNTIL A WEAK UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM REACHES OUR AREA THURSDAY. HIGH PRESSURE WILL AGAIN BUILD ACROSS OUR REGION NEXT WEEKEND. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... NEXT ROUND OF SHOWERS ASSOCIATED WITH THE NEXT SHORT WAVE AND COLD FRONT ARE MOVING INTO THE AREA ATTM. LINE OF CONVECTION ALONG THE FRONT IS WEAKENING AS IT MOVES INTO THE MTNS. HOWEVER...SRN END OF THE LINE WILL MOVE INTO BETTER INSTABILITY ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. THIS WILL ALSO BE COINCIDENT WITH SIGNIFICANT SHEAR ACROSS THE AREA. THEREFORE...ISOLATED QLCS WIND DAMAGE AND A TORNADO COULD STILL DEVELOP AS THIS LINE MOVES THRU. GUSTY WINDS OUTSIDE OF THE MTNS WILL DIMINISH WITH FROPA. HOWEVER... GUSTY WINDS OVER THE MTN RIDGES WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT BUT DIRECTION WILL SHIFT TO THE NW. NAM HAS H85 WIND SPEEDS APPROACHING 50 KTS WHILE THE GFS HAS 40 OR LESS. EITHER WAY...THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE NORTH OF THE AREA. SINCE BEST WIND WILL BE CONFINED TO THE RIDGES...WILL NOT ISSUE AN ADV ATTM...BUT KEEP MENTION IN THE HWO. PRECIP WILL END FROM WEST TO EAST AS THE FRONT MOVES THRU AS WILL CLOUDS. HOWEVER...SCT TO ISOLATED SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE TN BORDER COUNTIES IN THE LINGERING MOISTURE...NWLY UPSLOPE FLOW AND WEAK CAA. H85 TEMPS COOL BELOW ZERO...SO SOME SNOW COULD MIX IN AT THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS. HOWEVER...NO SIGNIFICANT ACCUMS EXPECTED. LOWS STILL END UP A COUPLE OF DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. ANY LINGERING PRECIP AND CLOUDS WILL QUICKLY END ACROSS THE TN BORDER COUNTIES EARLY WED MORNING. OTHERWISE...CLEAR SKIES AND DIMINISHING WINDS EXPECTED. WINDS WILL BE DOWNSLOPE...SO WITH NEARLY FULL SUN...HIGHS WILL END UP NEAR TO A COUPLE OF DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. && .SHORT TERM /WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY/... AS OF 135 PM TUESDAY...A WEAKENING CLIPPER SYSTEM WILL TRACK THRU THE CWA THURSDAY...WITH THE ASSOCIATED SHORTWAVE QUICKLY EXITING THE EAST COAST BY THU EVE. A FLAT UPPER RIDGE WILL BUILD IN ACRS THE SRN HALF OF THE CONUS FRI. THE 12Z NAM IS SLOWER AND FURTHER SOUTH WITH THE CLIPPER SFC LOW...WHILE THE GFS AND GEM ARE ON THE FAST END OF GUIDANCE. THE ECMWF AND SREF SEEM TO AGREE MORE WITH THE NAM ON TIMING...SO THE NAM WAS WEIGHTED A LITTLE MORE HEAVILY IN THE GRIDS. IN ANY CASE...GUIDANCE AGREES ON A VERY BRIEF SHOT OF SHALLOW MOISTURE AND UPSLOPE FORCING ON THU. THE STRONG MID-UPR QG FORCING DOES NOT COUPLE WITH THE LLVL MOISTURE/LIFT. SO I WILL KEEP THE POP AT SLGT CHC ALONG TN/NC BORDER (DELAYING TIMING TO MIDDAY THU INTO THU EVE). BOTH THE NAM AND GFS FCST SNDGS AGREE ON MID LVL MOISTURE ASSOCIATED WITH THE UPPER WAVE...SO CLOUD COVER WAS BUMPED UP SLIGHTLY THU. TEMPS WILL BE NEAR NORMAL THU...AND ABOUT A CATEGORY COOLER FRI BEHIND THE SYSTEM. MIN TEMPS WILL BE NEAR FREEZING IN THE MTN VLYS TO LWR 40S INVOF THERMAL BELT WED NGT AND THU NGT. THESE TEMPS ARE GENERALLY TOO WARM FOR SNOW (WITH ANY SHWR ACTIVITY THAT MAY DEVELOP). HOWEVER...A FEW FLAKES MAY FALL NEAR RIDGETOPS. && .LONG TERM /FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY/... AS OF 115 PM TUESDAY...VERY GOOD AGREEMENT CONTINUES IN THE EXT RANGE BTW THE OP MODELS AND THE 12Z GFS ENS MEMBERS. VERY LITTLE SPREAD IS SEEN IN THE GEFS WRT THE DEVELOPMENT OF A LARGE SCALE 588 DM HIGH CENTERED OVER THE SRN GOM BY LATE SAT. THIS HIGH WILL REMAIN PRETTY MUCH IN PLACE THROUGHOUT THE PERIOD AND SLOWLY SWING A DECENT RIDGE AXIS OVER THE CWFA SUN THROUGH MON. THIS WILL ENABLE A REINFORCING SFC HIGH TO BUILD IN FROM THE NORTH AND KEEP THE FCST DRY. BY EARLY TUE...THE SFC HIGH SHIFTS OFFSHORE AND ALLOWS SOME MEASURE OF MOIST GOM RETURN FLOW ACROSS THE REGION. NO QPF RESPONSE IS SEEN IN EITHER THE GFS NOR THE ECMWF BUT STEEPENING ISENTROPIC SURFACES SHOULD BECOME QUITE SATURATED ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN AND UPSLOPE REGIONS. THEREFORE...SLT CHANCE -SHRA HAS BEEN ADDED TO NEW DAY 7 ACROSS THE WRN HALF OF THE FA. A GENERAL WARMING TREND WILL TAKE PLACE THROUGH THE PERIOD AS DEEP SUBSIDENCE ALLOWS PLENTY OF INSOLATION WHILE LLVL FLOW REMAIN SLY. EXPECT MAX TEMPS RIGHT AROUND OR A COUPLE DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL SAT...REACHING ABOUT 5-8 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL BY TUE. MINS WILL BEGIN AROUND NORMAL AS WELL...BUT INCREASE ONLY BY 2-3 DEGREES BY THE END OF THE PERIOD. && .AVIATION /00Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/... AT KCLT...MVFR CIGS WILL CONTINUE FOR THE FIRST COUPLE OF HOURS OF THE FORECAST PERIOD...WITH A FEW LIGHT SHOWERS POSSIBLE. HOWEVER...A MORE ROBUST LINE OF SHOWERS/ISOLATED TS WILL APPROACH THE AIRFIELD BY AROUND 02Z...AND TEMPOS FOR MVFR VISBY AND A CB HAVE BEEN INCLUDED. A COLD FRONT WILL THEN SWEEP SHOWER CHANCES/MVFR CIGS EAST OF THE AREA BY AROUND 06Z. WINDS WILL REMAIN RATHER STOUT OUT OF THE SOUTH EARLY...BUT GRADUALLY VEER TO THE SW AND W/SW AS THE FRONT PASSES. AFTER SUNRISE...MAINLY CLEAR SKIES AND W/NW OF AROUND 10 KT ARE EXPECTED. ELSEWHERE...MVFR CIGS ARE GRADUALLY CLEARING FROM WEST TO EAST...AND ALL TERMINALS SHOULD BE VFR NO LATER THAN 03Z. MEANWHILE...SCATTERED SHOWERS ARE DEVELOPING IN THE MOIST AIRMASS OUT AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT...AND VCSH/CB WILL BE MENTIONED AT MOST LOCATIONS THROUGH 02-03Z. THE FRONT WILL SWEEP ACROSS THE AREA GENERALLY IN THE 04-06Z TIME FRAME...WITH WINDS TURNING TO THE WEST OR W/NW BY SUNRISE. OUTLOOK...VFR SHOULD CONTINUE THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK. THE ONLY EXCEPTION WILL BE ALONG THE TN/NC BORDER WHERE RESTRICTIONS IN RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON THURSDAY. && .GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...SBK NEAR TERM...RWH SHORT TERM...ARK LONG TERM...SBK AVIATION...JDL
Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 16, 3:26 PM EST, 3 hours 38 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 326 PM EST TUE NOV 16 2010 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ035>037-056-057-068>072-082-502-504- 506-508-510-SCZ001>014-019-172030- RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-ALEXANDER-IREDELL- DAVIE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS- UNION NC-GREATER CALDWELL-GREATER BURKE-EASTERN MCDOWELL- GREATER RUTHERFORD-EASTERN POLK-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS- GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS- GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE- LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- 326 PM EST TUE NOV 16 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL EXPECTED ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT OF THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA THIS EVENING. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD BE SEVERE...PRODUCING DAMAGING WIND. ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY OVER THE PIEDMONT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... NONE. NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-501-503-505-507-509-172030- 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- 326 PM EST TUE NOV 16 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM IS POSSIBLE THIS EVENING IN PORTIONS OF THE MOUNTAINS OF THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL AND CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. AFTER MIDNIGHT...WINDS WILL TURN TO THE WEST-NORTHWEST AND INCREASE BEHIND A PASSING COLD FRONT. THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR WIND GUSTS REACHING WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA AT RIDGETOPS...ESPECIALLY IN THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... NONE.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Nov 16, 3:48 PM EST, 3 hours 16 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
348 PM EST TUE NOV 16 2010
GAZ010-017-NCZ062-162115-
HABERSHAM-MACON-RABUN-
348 PM EST TUE NOV 16 2010
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHWESTERN HABERSHAM...RABUN
AND SOUTHEASTERN MACON COUNTIES THROUGH 415 PM EST...
AT 347 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES WEST OF NACOOHE LAKE...OR 11 MILES NORTH
OF CLARKESVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
NACOOHE LAKE...
LAKE RABUN...
LAKEMONT...
CLAYTON...
MOUNTAIN CITY...
PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.
LAT...LON 3483 8366 3516 8323 3499 8310 3493 8313
3493 8315 3492 8316 3492 8317 3488 8321
3488 8324 3487 8324 3467 8356 3481 8367
NEDSpecial weather statement, Nov 16, 4:29 PM EST, 2 hours 35 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
429 PM EST TUE NOV 16 2010
NCZ063-064-SCZ001-162200-
OCONEE MOUNTAINS-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-
429 PM EST TUE NOV 16 2010
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN OCONEE...
SOUTHEASTERN JACKSON AND TRANSYLVANIA COUNTIES THROUGH 500 PM EST...
AT 425 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES SOUTH OF CASHIERS...OR 17 MILES NORTH OF
WALHALLA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
LAKE TOXAWAY...
ROSMAN...
BREVARD...
PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.
LAT...LON 3509 8315 3535 8267 3515 8257 3513 8262
3512 8268 3510 8269 3509 8273 3509 8276
3506 8287 3502 8291 3494 8311 3496 8312
3499 8310 3506 8316
NEDSpecial weather statement, Nov 16, 5:29 PM EST, 1 hour 35 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
529 PM EST TUE NOV 16 2010
NCZ064-SCZ001>003-162300-
GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-TRANSYLVANIA-
529 PM EST TUE NOV 16 2010
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN OCONEE...
NORTHWESTERN GREENVILLE...NORTHWESTERN PICKENS AND SOUTHERN
TRANSYLVANIA COUNTIES THROUGH 600 PM EST...
AT 524 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LAKE JOCASSEE...OR 16 MILES
NORTH OF WALHALLA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
ROCKY BOTTOM...
TABLE ROCK RESERVOIR...
CAESARS HEAD...
PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.
HEAVY RAINS MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS. WATER
LEVELS OF SMALL STREAMS AND RIVERS MAY ALSO RISE...THEREFORE SEEK
HIGHER GROUND IF THREATENED BY FLOOD WATERS.
LAT...LON 3521 8265 3503 8258 3489 8297 3501 8304
3503 8301 3503 8303 3505 8305
NEDSpecial weather statement, Nov 16, 5:59 PM EST, 1 hour 5 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
559 PM EST TUE NOV 16 2010
SCZ002-003-005-162330-
GREATER PICKENS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-
559 PM EST TUE NOV 16 2010
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHERN PICKENS AND
NORTHWESTERN GREENVILLE COUNTIES THROUGH 630 PM EST...
AT 554 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR NINE TIMES...OR 7 MILES WEST OF PICKENS...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
PICKENS...
TABLE ROCK RESERVOIR...
MARIETTA...
PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.
HEAVY RAINS MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS. WATER
LEVELS OF SMALL STREAMS AND RIVERS MAY ALSO RISE...THEREFORE SEEK
HIGHER GROUND IF THREATENED BY FLOOD WATERS.
LAT...LON 3481 8285 3495 8291 3496 8290 3517 8247
3502 8236 3497 8253 3494 8252
NEDSpecial weather statement, Nov 16, 6:24 PM EST, 40 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
624 PM EST TUE NOV 16 2010
NCZ504-506-508-170000-
EASTERN MCDOWELL-GREATER BURKE-GREATER RUTHERFORD-
624 PM EST TUE NOV 16 2010
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT NORTHERN RUTHERFORD...
SOUTHEASTERN MCDOWELL AND SOUTHERN BURKE COUNTIES THROUGH 700 PM
EST...
AT 619 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM THERMAL CITY TO 7
MILES NORTHEAST OF MILL SPRING...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
THESE STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
DYSARTSVILLE...
PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH
THESE STORMS.
HEAVY RAINS MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS. WATER
LEVELS OF SMALL STREAMS AND RIVERS MAY ALSO RISE...THEREFORE SEEK
HIGHER GROUND IF THREATENED BY FLOOD WATERS.
LAT...LON 3542 8172 3538 8211 3539 8214 3566 8199
3573 8164
NEDSpecial weather statement, Nov 16, 6:34 PM EST, 30 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
634 PM EST TUE NOV 16 2010
SCZ003-006-007-170000-
GREATER GREENVILLE-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-SPARTANBURG-
634 PM EST TUE NOV 16 2010
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT NORTHERN GREENVILLE AND
NORTHWESTERN SPARTANBURG COUNTIES THROUGH 700 PM EST...
AT 632 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NORTH SALUDA
RESERVOIR TO TIGERVILLE TO 3 MILES SOUTH OF MARIETTA...MOVING EAST AT
25 MPH.
THESE STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
LANDRUM...
LAKE ROBINSON...
PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH
THESE STORMS.
LAT...LON 3499 8254 3520 8240 3520 8238 3518 8236
3519 8235 3519 8231 3520 8228 3519 8202
3507 8204 3497 8224
GSPThe office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 16, 7:20 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Alexander, Caldwell, Catawba, Iredell | 55 min |
| Nov 16, 7:57 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Union | 48 min |
| Nov 16, 8:07 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Catawba, Lincoln | 23 min |
| Nov 16, 8:45 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Catawba, Iredell | 30 min |
| Nov 16, 8:52 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cleveland | 23 min |
| Nov 16, 9:02 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Mecklenburg | 43 min |
| Nov 16, 9:16 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Davie, Iredell | 29 min |
| Nov 16, 9:24 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Catawba, Lincoln | 36 min |
| Nov 16, 9:37 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Union | 23 min |
| Nov 16, 9:40 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Davie | 35 min |
| Nov 16, 9:56 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Davie, Iredell, Rowan | 35 min |
| Nov 16, 10:33 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Union | 27 min |
| Nov 16, 8:13 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Greenville, Spartanburg | 35 min |
| Nov 16, 9:08 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Chester | 52 min |
| Nov 16, 9:53 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Chester | 52 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.