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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

March 28, 20105 counties in North Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this tornado warning at Mar 28, 2010, 5:42 PM EDT for 5 counties in North Carolina. It was in force for 48 min. 3 reports 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: Mar 28, 2010, 5:42 PM EDT (21:42 UTC)
Expired: Mar 28, 2010, 6:30 PM EDT
In force: 48 min
Issued by: NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Cabarrus County, NC, Gaston County, NC, Iredell County, NC, Mecklenburg County, NC, Rowan County, NC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 142 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:45 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
Mar 28, 5:43 PM EDT	TORNADO	8 Wnw Charlotte, NC	DAMAGE FROM THE TORNADO CONTINUED NORTHEAST OVER FAR WESTERN MECKLENBURG COUNTY WITH SHEDS WRAPPED AROUND POWER POLES...A ROOF OFF A BUILDING AND POWER LINES DOWN.
Mar 28, 5:48 PM EDT	HAIL 0.25	11 Nw Charlotte, NC	PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL REPORTED NEAR MT ISLAND LAKE.
Mar 28, 5:55 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Salisbury, NC	MULTIPLE LARGE LIMBS DOWN.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

Did it verify

Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched one storm report to this tornado warning; the first came 1 minutes after it went out.

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
Mar 28, 3:47 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 109 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 595 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 289 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 318 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

544 
WFUS52 KGSP 282142
TORGSP
NCC025-071-097-119-159-282230-
/O.NEW.KGSP.TO.W.0007.100328T2142Z-100328T2230Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
542 PM EDT SUN MAR 28 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN CABARRUS COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CONCORD...
  EASTERN GASTON COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...
  SOUTHEASTERN IREDELL COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...
  NORTHERN MECKLENBURG COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF UNC CHARLOTTE...
  ROWAN COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF SALISBURY...

* UNTIL 630 PM EDT

* AT 540 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR MOUNT
  HOLLY...OR 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF CENTER CITY CHARLOTTE...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  CROFT...
  HUNTERSVILLE AND UNC CHARLOTTE...
  DAVIDSON AND CORNELIUS...
  CONCORD...
  ENOCHVILLE AND MOORESVILLE...
  LANDIS AND MOUNT ULLA...

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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT SUNDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND CENTRAL SOUTH
CAROLINA.

&&

LAT...LON 3515 8101 3530 8113 3540 8103 3540 8095
      3548 8095 3582 8060 3574 8043 3555 8020
TIME...MOT...LOC 2142Z 222DEG 40KT 3531 8097

$$
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3 follow-up statements

045 
WWUS52 KGSP 282150
SVSGSP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
550 PM EDT SUN MAR 28 2010

NCC025-071-097-119-159-282230-
/O.CON.KGSP.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-100328T2230Z/
GASTON NC-CABARRUS NC-MECKLENBURG NC-IREDELL NC-ROWAN NC-
550 PM EDT SUN MAR 28 2010

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM EDT FOR ROWAN...
SOUTHEASTERN IREDELL...NORTHERN MECKLENBURG...NORTHERN CABARRUS AND
EASTERN GASTON COUNTIES...

AT 547 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AND TRAINED SPOTTERS REPORTED 
A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 1 MILE NORTH OF PAW CREEK...OR 
7 MILES NORTHWEST OF CENTER CITY CHARLOTTE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 
MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  CROFT...
  HUNTERSVILLE...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION! DAMAGE IS BEING REPORTED WITH THIS 
TORNADO! MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES SHOULD BE ABANDONED IMMEDIATELY 
FOR STURDIER SHELTER. OTHERWISE...DO NOT LEAVE YOUR HOME OR PLACE OF 
BUSINESS! GO TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING.
IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK OUT A LOW SPOT IN AN OPEN AREA AWAY FROM 
ROADS. SHIELD YOUR HEAD FROM THE DANGERS OF FLYING DEBRIS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT SUNDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND CENTRAL SOUTH
CAROLINA.

&&

LAT...LON 3515 8101 3530 8113 3540 8103 3540 8095
      3548 8095 3582 8060 3574 8043 3555 8020
TIME...MOT...LOC 2149Z 223DEG 35KT 3532 8092

$$
MCAVOY

957 
WWUS52 KGSP 282158
SVSGSP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
558 PM EDT SUN MAR 28 2010

NCC071-282207-
/O.CAN.KGSP.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-100328T2230Z/
GASTON NC-
558 PM EDT SUN MAR 28 2010

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

THE TORNADO MOVED NORTHEAST AND OUT OF GASTON COUNTY.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT SUNDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND CENTRAL SOUTH
CAROLINA.

LAT...LON 3526 8081 3529 8100 3534 8097 3535 8092
      3537 8094 3537 8098 3540 8095 3548 8095
      3582 8060 3574 8046 3574 8043 3555 8020
TIME...MOT...LOC 2157Z 223DEG 35KT 3538 8085

$$

NCC025-097-119-159-282230-
/O.CON.KGSP.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-100328T2230Z/
CABARRUS NC-MECKLENBURG NC-IREDELL NC-ROWAN NC-
558 PM EDT SUN MAR 28 2010

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM EDT FOR ROWAN...
SOUTHEASTERN IREDELL...NORTHERN MECKLENBURG AND NORTHERN CABARRUS
COUNTIES...

AT 554 PM EDT...A TORNADO WAS REPORTED.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED
NEAR CROFT...OR 9 MILES NORTH OF CENTER CITY CHARLOTTE...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO UNC
CHARLOTTE...HUNTERSVILLE...CORNELIUS...CHARLOTTE MOTOR SPEEDWAY...
DAVIDSON...CONCORD...MOORESVILLE...ENOCHVILLE...KANNAPOLIS...
LANDIS...MOUNT ULLA...CHINA GROVE...WOODLEAF...SPENCER...SALISBURY...
ROCKWELL...GRANITE QUARRY...GOLD HILL...FAITH...CRAVEN AND CLEVELAND

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DAMAGE IS BEING REPORTED WITH THIS TORNADO! MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES
SHOULD BE ABANDONED IMMEDIATELY FOR STURDIER SHELTER. OTHERWISE...GO
TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST LEVEL OF YOUR HOME OR PLACE OF
BUSINESS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT SUNDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND CENTRAL SOUTH
CAROLINA.

&&

LAT...LON 3526 8081 3529 8100 3534 8097 3535 8092
      3537 8094 3537 8098 3540 8095 3548 8095
      3582 8060 3574 8046 3574 8043 3555 8020
TIME...MOT...LOC 2157Z 223DEG 35KT 3538 8085

$$

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745 
WWUS52 KGSP 282217
SVSGSP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
617 PM EDT SUN MAR 28 2010

NCC097-119-282226-
/O.CAN.KGSP.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-100328T2230Z/
MECKLENBURG NC-IREDELL NC-
617 PM EDT SUN MAR 28 2010

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN IREDELL AND NORTHERN
MECKLENBURG COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE TORNADO MOVED NORTHEAST AND OUT OF MECKLENBURG AND IREDELL 
COUNTIES.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT SUNDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND CENTRAL SOUTH
CAROLINA.

LAT...LON 3538 8057 3540 8076 3542 8075 3546 8076
      3548 8078 3550 8078 3551 8073 3558 8074
      3582 8060 3574 8046 3574 8043 3555 8020
TIME...MOT...LOC 2216Z 223DEG 35KT 3553 8068

$$

NCC025-159-282230-
/O.CON.KGSP.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-100328T2230Z/
CABARRUS NC-ROWAN NC-
617 PM EDT SUN MAR 28 2010

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM EDT FOR ROWAN AND
NORTHERN CABARRUS COUNTIES...

AT 613 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR ENOCHVILLE...OR 9
MILES NORTHWEST OF CONCORD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
LANDIS...CHINA GROVE...WOODLEAF...SPENCER...SALISBURY...ROCKWELL...
GRANITE QUARRY...GOLD HILL...FAITH AND CRAVEN

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DAMAGE HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS TORNADO! MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES
SHOULD BE ABANDONED IMMEDIATELY FOR STURDIER SHELTER. OTHERWISE...GO
TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST LEVEL OF YOUR HOME OR PLACE OF
BUSINESS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT SUNDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND CENTRAL SOUTH
CAROLINA.

&&

LAT...LON 3538 8057 3540 8076 3542 8075 3546 8076
      3548 8078 3550 8078 3551 8073 3558 8074
      3582 8060 3574 8046 3574 8043 3555 8020
TIME...MOT...LOC 2216Z 223DEG 35KT 3553 8068

$$

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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 Mar 28, 2:26 PM EDT, 3 hours 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 28, 2:26 PM EDT, 3 hours 16 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
226 PM EDT SUN MAR 28 2010

.SYNOPSIS...
A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST FROM THE TENNESSEE
VALLEY TODAY...AS LOW PRESSURE MOVES ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY. THE
COLD FRONT ALONG WITH THE ASSOCIATED LOW WILL REACH THE CAROLINA
COAST EARLY MONDAY AND THEN MOVE NORTH. DRY HIGH PRESSURE WILL
THEN...BUILD INTO THE REGION AND REMAIN OVER THE AREA THOUGH
THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK.

&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH MONDAY/...
SHOWERS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND MOVE NE ACROSS THE REGION AS A
STRONG SHORTWAVE APPROACHES FROM THE W. MODELS CONT TO SHOW CAPE OF
400-600 J/KG MOVG IN FROM THE S THIS AFTN WITH PVA...Q FORCING...
WIND SHEAR AND UPPER LEVEL DIVERGENCE ALL COMING TOGETHER OVER THE
AREA. SATELLITE LOOPS ARE SHOWING SOME BREAKS IN THE CLOUDS MOVG IN
FROM THE SW SO IF AREA DESTABILIZES ENOUGH EXPECT AT LEAST A FEW
SEVERE STORMS TO DEVELOP. SPC HAS GA AND THE CAROLINAS IN AN AREA OF
SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE STORMS...MAINLY THIS AFTN-EVE. ANY STRONG
CONVECTION THAT DOES DEVELOP SHOULD TAPER OFF FROM THE W LATE THIS
EVE WITH COOLING BUT SHWRS WILL LINGER OVERNIGHT...ESPECIALLY OVER
THE MTNS AND E CWA. MIN TEMPS WILL BE MILD TONIGHT DUE TO THE CLOUD
COVER. UPPER LOW MOVES OVER AREA DURING THE DAY MON AND ENOUGH
FORCING AND LL MOISTURE IS EXPECTED FOR CHC SHWRS THRU THE DAY...ESP
OVER THE MTNS AND E ZONES. HI TEMPS WILL BE BELOW AVG.

&&

.SHORT TERM /MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
AS OF 2 PM EDT SUNDAY...AN UPPER LEVEL LOW OVER NC MONDAY EVENING
WILL OFF THE MID ATLANTIC COAST ON TUESDAY. AN UPPER RIDGE WILL
CROSS THE MS RIVER ON TUESDAY NIGHT...AND REACH THE TN AND OH RIVER
VALLEYS ON WEDNESDAY. WEAK MOIST NORTHWEST FLOW WILL PERSIST MONDAY
NIGHT AND SUPPORT SCATTERED SHOWERS IN UPSLOPE FLOW ALONG THE TN
BORDER. FREEZING LEVELS DROP BELOW THE HIGHER PEAKS OF THE NC
MOUNTAINS BY DAWN TUESDAY...BUT WITH THE TOP OF THE MOIST LAYER NOT
VERY COLD...ICE NUCLEATION IS NOT A SURE THING.

DRYING OCCURS LATE TUESDAY MORNING. ON TUESDAY THE  PRESSURE
GRADIENT GRADUALLY RELAXES. SURFACE RIDGING BUILDS IN FORM THE
SOUTHWEST ON TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. MINIMUM TEMPERATURES WILL
TREND DOWNWARD FROM NEAR NORMAL...AND MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES UPWARD
FROM NEAR NORMAL...AS DRIER AIR ALLOWS FOR A GREATER DIURNAL RANGE.

&&

.LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY/...
AS PM 2 PM EDT SUNDAY...THE SLOWER SOLUTION OF THE ECMWF WAS
PREFERRED BY HPC OVER THE FASTER GFS. A SLOWLY PROGRESSIVE UPPER
RIDGE WILL AMPLIFY OVER THE EASTERN USA FROM THURSDAY THROUGH
SUNDAY...SUPPORTING WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS. TEMPERATURES WILL RISE
TO 10 DEGREES OR MORE ABOVE NORMAL BY THE WEEKEND.

&&

.AVIATION /19Z SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/...
AT KCLT AND ELSEWHERE...THERE COULD BE BREAKS WHERE CIGS GO VFR BUT
EXPECT PREDOMINANT MVFR/IFR CIGS WITH OCNL IFR VSBY...ESP IN HEAVY
SHWRS. CB CLOUDS INCLUDED IN TAFS TO ACCOUNT FOR SCT TSTMS AND SOME
STORMS COULD BE SVR...MAINLY LATE AFTN-EARLY EVE. SE TO S WINDS WILL
BE GUSTY AT TIMES...ESP NEAR CONVECTION. GUIDANCE STILL AT ODDS ON
WHETHER TO LIFT CIGS OVERNIGHT WITH GFS MOST PESSIMISTIC. THERE IS A
LOT OF CONFLICTING GUIDANCE WITH NAM MOST QUESTIONABLE...SO LEANING
TOWARD GFS/SREF BLEND. EXPECT IMPORVEMENT TO AT LEAST MVFR MON MRNG.

OUTLOOK...EXPECT CONDITIONS TO IMPROVE TO VFR BY LATE MON AND
CONTINUE VFR TUE-FRI AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS OVER THE REGION.

&&

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

&&

SYNOPSIS...PAT
NEAR TERM...RB
SHORT TERM...JAT
LONG TERM...JAT
AVIATION...RB

Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 28, 6:43 AM EDT, 10 hours 59 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
643 AM EDT SUN MAR 28 2010

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065-
068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-291045-
RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-AVERY-ALEXANDER-
IREDELL-DAVIE-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-CATAWBA-
ROWAN-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-
HENDERSON-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC-
CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-GREATER CALDWELL-BURKE MOUNTAINS-GREATER BURKE-
MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-EASTERN MCDOWELL-RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-
GREATER RUTHERFORD-POLK MOUNTAINS-EASTERN POLK-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-
PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER OCONEE-
GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK-
ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD-
643 AM EDT SUN MAR 28 2010

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

A COLD FRONT AND AN ASSOCIATED AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
WILL MOVE ACROSS THE TENNESSEE VALLEY THIS MORNING. BY THE TIME
THE FRONT MOVES INTO THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS AND SURROUNDING
AREAS THIS AFTERNOON...THE ATMOSPHERE WILL BE WEAKLY UNSTABLE
ACROSS THE REGION. THIS WILL COMBINE WITH VERY STRONG WINDS ALOFT
TO ALLOW THE LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO INTENSIFY AS IT
MOVES EAST ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA
DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. IT APPEARS LIKELY THAT ISOLATED
STORMS EMBEDDED WITHIN THE LINE COULD PRODUCE SEVERE WEATHER...
WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS BEING THE MAIN THREAT.
HOWEVER...THERE WILL ALSO BE A THREAT OF ISOLATED TORNADOES...
ESPECIALLY WITH ANY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP OUT
AHEAD OF THE MAIN LINE OF SHOWERS AND STORMS.

ALTHOUGH SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE POSSIBLE ANYWHERE ACROSS THE
AREA...THE MOST LIKELY LOCATIONS TO SEE LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING
WINDS...AND TORNADOES THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WILL BE ACROSS
UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

LANE

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Mar 28, 5:01 PM EDT, 41 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
501 PM EDT SUN MAR 28 2010

GAZ017-018-SCZ001-004-282200-
GREATER OCONEE-HABERSHAM-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-STEPHENS-
501 PM EDT SUN MAR 28 2010

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHERN HABERSHAM...STEPHENS
AND WESTERN OCONEE COUNTIES THROUGH 600 PM EDT...

AT 454 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR BALDWIN...OR 8 MILES SOUTH OF
CLARKESVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  CLARKESVILLE...
  TOCCOA...
  TALLULAH FALLS...

DIME SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH
THIS STORM.

MCAVOY

Special weather statement, Mar 28, 5:08 PM EDT, 34 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
508 PM EDT SUN MAR 28 2010

NCZ068>071-SCZ009-282145-
CLEVELAND-GASTON-LINCOLN-MECKLENBURG-YORK-
508 PM EDT SUN MAR 28 2010

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EASTERN LINCOLN...GASTON...
NORTHERN MECKLENBURG...NORTHERN YORK AND SOUTHEASTERN CLEVELAND
COUNTIES THROUGH 545 PM EDT...

AT 503 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES SOUTH OF KINGS MOUNTAIN...OR 13 MILES
NORTHWEST OF YORK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO I-77 AT
  I-85...MOUNTAIN ISLAND LAKE...KINGS MOUNTAIN STATE PARK...CLOVER...
  KINGS MOUNTAIN...GROVER...LOWESVILLE...IRON STATION...DENVER...PAW
  CREEK...HUNTERSVILLE...CROFT...STANLEY...RANLO...MOUNT HOLLY...
  MCADENVILLE...LUCIA...LOWELL...HIGH SHOALS...GASTONIA...DALLAS...
  CROWDERS...CRAMERTON...BESSEMER CITY AND BELMONT.

SMALL HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH
ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

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Special weather statement, Mar 28, 5:21 PM EDT, 21 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
521 PM EDT SUN MAR 28 2010

NCZ057-072-282145-
CABARRUS-ROWAN-
521 PM EDT SUN MAR 28 2010

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHWESTERN CABARRUS AND ROWAN
COUNTIES THROUGH 545 PM EDT...

AT 517 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES WEST OF ENOCHVILLE...OR 11 MILES
NORTHWEST OF CONCORD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO HIGH ROCK
  LAKE...SPENCER...SALISBURY...ROCKWELL...LANDIS...GRANITE QUARRY...
  FAITH...ENOCHVILLE...CRAVEN...CHINA GROVE AND KANNAPOLIS.

SMALL HAIL...HEAVY RAINFALL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

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Special weather statement, Mar 28, 5:26 PM EDT, 16 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
526 PM EDT SUN MAR 28 2010

SCZ008-009-013-282230-
CHEROKEE-UNION-YORK-
526 PM EDT SUN MAR 28 2010

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN UNION...
SOUTHEASTERN CHEROKEE AND WESTERN YORK COUNTIES THROUGH 630 PM EDT...

AT 517 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR UNION...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  HICKORY GROVE...
  MCCONNELLS...
  YORK...

DIME SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.

MCAVOY

Special weather statement, Mar 28, 5:31 PM EDT, 11 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
531 PM EDT SUN MAR 28 2010

SCZ001-002-004-005-282230-
GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-
531 PM EDT SUN MAR 28 2010

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL OCONEE AND SOUTHWESTERN
PICKENS COUNTIES THROUGH 630 PM EDT...

AT 522 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES WEST OF WESTMINSTER...OR 8 MILES
NORTHEAST OF TOCCOA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LAKE
  KEOWEE...WESTMINSTER...WALHALLA...SENECA...SIX
  MILE...NORRIS...NINE   TIMES...CLEMSON AND CENTRAL.

DIME SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.

MCAVOY

Local storm report, Mar 28, 5:34 PM EDT, 8 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
534 PM EDT SUN MAR 28 2010

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

0519 PM     HAIL             TOCCOA                  34.58N 83.32W
03/28/2010  E0.25 INCH       STEPHENS           GA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            REPORT NEAR DOWNTOWN BY SPOTTER OF PEA SIZED HAIL. WORST
            OF STORM PASSED NORTH OF TOWN ACCORDING TO RADAR.

&&

OUTLAW

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 28, 4:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Cabarrus, Davie, Iredell, Mecklenburg, Rowan	48 min
Mar 28, 5:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Cabarrus, Davie, Rowan	61 min
Mar 28, 5:48 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	GSP	Rowan	27 min
Mar 28, 6:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Polk, Rutherford	53 min
Mar 28, 6:30 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	GSP	Rowan	30 min
Mar 28, 6:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Catawba, Cleveland, Gaston, Iredell, Lincoln, Mecklenburg	58 min
Mar 28, 7:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Cleveland, Rutherford	54 min
Mar 28, 7:25 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	GSP	Cleveland, Rutherford	35 min
Mar 28, 7:52 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	GSP	Catawba, Gaston, Lincoln, Mecklenburg	38 min
Mar 28, 7:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Davie, Iredell, Rowan	49 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.