Alert archive / North Carolina / Freeze Warnings in 2011
Freeze Warning 5, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this freeze warning at Apr 5, 2011, 4:08 AM EDT for 17 counties in North Carolina; Rabun County, Georgia. It took effect at Apr 6, 2011, 12:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 9 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 5, 2011, 4:08 AM EDT (08:08 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 6, 2011, 12:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Apr 6, 2011, 9:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Counties Rabun County, GA, Avery County, NC, Buncombe County, NC, Burke County, NC, Caldwell County, NC, Graham County, NC, Haywood County, NC, Henderson County, NC, Jackson County, NC, Macon County, NC, Madison County, NC, McDowell County, NC, Mitchell County, NC, Polk County, NC, Rutherford County, NC, Swain County, NC, Transylvania County, NC, Yancey County, NC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:09 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 00:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 250 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2364 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 144 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 291 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this freeze 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 freeze warning went out at Apr 5, 3:06 AM EDT, 1 hour 2 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 5, 3:06 AM EDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 5, 3:40 AM EDT, 28 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 340 AM EDT TUE APR 5 2011 GAZ017-018-026-028-029-SCZ001>014-019-060745- HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-OCONEE MOUNTAINS- PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER OCONEE- GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK- ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- 340 AM EDT TUE APR 5 2011 ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EDT EARLY THIS MORNING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. LAKE WIND ADVISORY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. 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. NCZ035>037-056-057-068>072-082-502-504-506-508-510-060745- ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON- MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC-GREATER CALDWELL-GREATER BURKE- EASTERN MCDOWELL-GREATER RUTHERFORD-EASTERN POLK- 340 AM EDT TUE APR 5 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EDT EARLY THIS MORNING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA AND WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WIND ADVISORY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. 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. NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-501-503-505-507-509-060745- 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- 340 AM EDT TUE APR 5 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EDT EARLY THIS MORNING... ...FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WIND ADVISORY. FREEZE WATCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FREEZE WATCH. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...TORNADOES OR FLASH FLOODING TO OUR OFFICE. GAZ010-060745- RABUN- 340 AM EDT TUE APR 5 2011 ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EDT EARLY THIS MORNING... ...FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. LAKE WIND ADVISORY. FREEZE WATCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FREEZE WATCH. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...TORNADOES OR FLASH FLOODING TO OUR OFFICE.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Apr 5, 2:12 AM EDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
212 AM EDT TUE APR 05 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0200 AM TSTM WND GST 5 WSW CHARLOTTE 35.17N 80.92W
04/05/2011 M66 MPH MECKLENBURG NC ASOS
&&
KRENTZLocal storm report, Apr 5, 3:03 AM EDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
303 AM EDT TUE APR 05 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0225 AM HAIL 2 SSE CROFT 35.32N 80.81W
04/05/2011 E1.00 INCH MECKLENBURG NC PUBLIC
0225 AM HAIL 5 S NINETY SIX 34.10N 82.01W
04/05/2011 E1.00 INCH GREENWOOD SC PUBLIC
0218 AM HAIL 2 WNW PAW CREEK 35.28N 80.97W
04/05/2011 E1.00 INCH MECKLENBURG NC PUBLIC
&&
KRENTZLocal storm report, Apr 5, 3:06 AM EDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
306 AM EDT TUE APR 05 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0208 AM TSTM WND DMG COOLEEMEE 35.81N 80.56W
04/05/2011 DAVIE NC TRAINED SPOTTER
MULTIPLE TREES DOWN. TREE DOWN ON HOUSE.
&&
KRENTZLocal storm report, Apr 5, 3:22 AM EDT, 46 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
322 AM EDT TUE APR 05 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0110 AM HAIL COWPENS 35.02N 81.80W
04/05/2011 E1.00 INCH SPARTANBURG SC PUBLIC
0133 AM HAIL KINGS MOUNTAIN 35.24N 81.35W
04/05/2011 E1.25 INCH CLEVELAND NC PUBLIC
0133 AM TSTM WND DMG KINGS MOUNTAIN 35.24N 81.35W
04/05/2011 CLEVELAND NC PUBLIC
CARPORT BLOWN 100 YARDS
0220 AM TSTM WND DMG WAXHAW 34.92N 80.74W
04/05/2011 UNION NC PUBLIC
LARGE BRANCHES BROKEN
&&
KRENTZLocal storm report, Apr 5, 3:46 AM EDT, 22 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
346 AM EDT TUE APR 05 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0100 AM TSTM WND DMG GRANITE FALLS 35.80N 81.43W
04/05/2011 CALDWELL NC PUBLIC
MULTIPLE TREES DOWN
0215 AM TSTM WND DMG CHARLOTTE 35.20N 80.83W
04/05/2011 MECKLENBURG NC PUBLIC
LARGE OAK TREE DAMAGED HOUSE ON SOUTH PARK ROAD
&&
KRENTZLocal storm report, Apr 5, 3:54 AM EDT, 14 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
354 AM EDT TUE APR 05 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0143 AM TSTM WND DMG DALLAS 35.31N 81.18W
04/05/2011 GASTON NC PUBLIC
LARGE TREES DOWN AND DAMAGED SHED ON OLE HILL ROAD.
&&
KRENTZThe office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 4, 9:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Graham, Swain | 55 min |
| Apr 4, 9:55 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Graham | 4 hr |
| Apr 4, 10:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Jackson, Macon | 61 min |
| Apr 4, 10:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Buncombe, Haywood, Madison, Swain | 63 min |
| Apr 4, 11:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Henderson, Jackson, Macon, Transylvania | 54 min |
| Apr 4, 11:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, McDowell, Madison and 2 more | 65 min |
| Apr 4, 11:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Henderson, McDowell, Polk and 1 more | 62 min |
| Apr 4, 11:52 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Buncombe, Henderson, McDowell, Rutherford | 38 min |
| Apr 4, 11:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Polk | 46 min |
| Apr 5, 12:22 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Alexander, Burke, Caldwell, Catawba | 53 min |
| Apr 5, 12:28 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Burke, Cleveland, Rutherford | 32 min |
| Apr 5, 12:46 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cleveland, Gaston, Polk, Rutherford | 59 min |
| Apr 5, 1:12 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Burke, Catawba, Cleveland, Iredell, Lincoln | 63 min |
| Apr 5, 1:14 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Alexander, Davie, Iredell | 61 min |
| Apr 5, 1:21 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cleveland, Gaston, Lincoln, Mecklenburg | 54 min |
| Apr 5, 1:29 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Catawba, Lincoln | 27 min |
| Apr 5, 1:44 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Catawba, Davie, Iredell, Rowan | 61 min |
| Apr 5, 1:53 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Mecklenburg, Union | 67 min |
| Apr 5, 4:08 AM EDT | Frost Advisory | GSP | Alexander, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell, Catawba, Cleveland and 10 more | 29 hr |
| Apr 4, 11:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Anderson, Oconee, Pickens | 62 min |
| Apr 4, 11:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Anderson | 55 min |
| Apr 5, 12:20 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Anderson, Greenville, Laurens, Oconee, Pickens, Spartanburg | 55 min |
| Apr 5, 12:29 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Abbeville, Anderson | 61 min |
| Apr 5, 12:42 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Abbeville, Anderson, Greenville, Greenwood, Laurens, Spartanburg and 1 more | 63 min |
| Apr 5, 12:57 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cherokee, Spartanburg, York | 63 min |
| Apr 5, 1:18 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Abbeville, Greenwood, Laurens | 57 min |
| Apr 5, 1:35 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Chester, Union | 55 min |
| Apr 5, 1:43 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Laurens | 48 min |
| Apr 5, 1:51 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | York | 41 min |
| Apr 5, 2:08 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Abbeville, Greenwood | 50 min |
| Apr 5, 2:21 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Chester, Union | 54 min |
Nearby
Freeze Warnings in North Carolina, 2011Freeze Warnings in Georgia, 2011Every freeze warning in 2011
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.