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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 10, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

February 28, 2011Elbert County, Franklin County, Hart County, Georgia; 4 counties in South Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 28, 2011, 5:50 PM EST for Elbert County, Franklin County, Hart County, Georgia; 4 counties in South Carolina. It was in force for 55 min. 9 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: Feb 28, 2011, 5:50 PM EST (22:50 UTC)
Expired: Feb 28, 2011, 6:45 PM EST
In force: 55 min
Issued by: NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Elbert County, GA, Franklin County, GA, Hart County, GA, Abbeville County, SC, Anderson County, SC, Greenwood County, SC, Laurens County, SC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:50 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
Feb 28, 6:00 PM EST	TSTM WND DMG	Bowersville, GA	TREE DOWN
Feb 28, 6:08 PM EST	TSTM WND DMG	3 E Royston, GA	TREE DOWN IN GOLDMINE AREA
Feb 28, 6:12 PM EST	TSTM WND DMG	4 W Nuberg, GA	TREE DOWN ALONG HIGHWAY 172
Feb 28, 6:16 PM EST	TSTM WND DMG	5 S Nuberg, GA	TREES DOWN FROM DEWY ROSE TO ROCKBRANCH
Feb 28, 6:20 PM EST	TSTM WND DMG	Ruckersville, GA	METAL ROOF BLOWN OFF BUILDING
Feb 28, 6:30 PM EST	TSTM WND DMG	Ware Shoals, SC	SPOTTER REPORTS A TREE FELL ON A HOUSE IN WARE SHOALS. NO INJURIES. RED CROSS ASSISTING.
Feb 28, 6:35 PM EST	TSTM WND DMG	Abbeville, SC	TREES DOWN ALL ACROSS THE COUNTY
Feb 28, 6:47 PM EST	TSTM WND GST 55	3 Nnw Greenwood, SC
Feb 28, 6:52 PM EST	HAIL 0.88	3 Nnw Greenwood, SC

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 7 storm reports to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 10 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
Feb 28, 1:29 PM EST	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 191 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: 1162 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 229 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 350 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.

966 
WUUS52 KGSP 282250
SVRGSP
GAC105-119-147-SCC001-007-047-059-282345-
/O.NEW.KGSP.SV.W.0010.110228T2250Z-110228T2345Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
550 PM EST MON FEB 28 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  ELBERT COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA...
  HART COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA...
  SOUTHERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA...
  ANDERSON COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...
  SOUTHWESTERN LAURENS COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...
  ABBEVILLE COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...
  GREENWOOD COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...

* UNTIL 645 PM EST

* AT 545 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
  HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE
  LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF
  WILLIAMSTON TO 3 MILES NORTH OF REED CREEK TO 12 MILES WEST OF
  FRANKLIN SPRINGS...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 12 MILES
  NORTHEAST OF ANDERSON TO 8 MILES NORTH OF HARTWELL TO 6 MILES EAST
  OF COMMERCE...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  VANNA AND HARTWELL...
  BROADWAY LAKE AND NUBERG...
  DEWY ROSE...
  SECESSION LAKE AND IVA...
  RUCKERSVILLE AND ELBERTON...
  LAKE RUSSELL...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE
OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
LEVEL OF A HOUSE OR OTHER STURDY STRUCTURE IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED.

PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THIS LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE
ALERT FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND
LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN CAN OCCUR WITH ANY THUNDERSTORM. SEEK SHELTER
INDOORS AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS UNTIL THE STORM PASSES.

TO REPORT 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 3398 8209 3397 8219 3401 8223 3397 8230
      3405 8233 3407 8247 3401 8258 3396 8257
      3397 8280 3400 8293 3406 8301 3417 8311
      3423 8309 3426 8312 3423 8317 3425 8334
      3426 8334 3466 8253 3413 8186 3395 8202
TIME...MOT...LOC 2250Z 283DEG 54KT 3465 8245 3446 8282
          3421 8326

$$

BSH

2 follow-up statements

985 
WWUS52 KGSP 282318
SVSGSP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
618 PM EST MON FEB 28 2011

GAC119-147-282328-
/O.CAN.KGSP.SV.W.0010.000000T0000Z-110228T2345Z/
HART GA-FRANKLIN GA-
618 PM EST MON FEB 28 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN FRANKLIN AND HART
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

LAT...LON 3398 8209 3397 8219 3401 8223 3397 8230
      3405 8233 3407 8247 3401 8258 3396 8257
      3400 8293 3418 8311 3423 8307 3424 8300
      3422 8296 3429 8278 3443 8265 3454 8241
      3432 8216 3413 8187 3395 8202
TIME...MOT...LOC 2318Z 279DEG 53KT 3451 8229 3430 8259
          3405 8304

$$

GAC105-SCC001-007-047-282345-
/O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0010.000000T0000Z-110228T2345Z/
ELBERT GA-ANDERSON SC-ABBEVILLE SC-GREENWOOD SC-
618 PM EST MON FEB 28 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM EST
FOR GREENWOOD...ABBEVILLE...SOUTHEASTERN ANDERSON AND ELBERT
COUNTIES...

AT 613 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER
SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS
WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM HONEA PATH TO IVA TO 11
MILES SOUTHWEST OF BOWMAN...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 15 MILES
EAST OF ANDERSON TO 15 MILES EAST OF HARTWELL TO 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
DANIELSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
ANTREVILLE...RUCKERSVILLE...ELBERTON...LOWNDESVILLE...DONALDS...LAKE
RUSSELL...DUE WEST...MIDDLETON...WARE SHOALS...FORTSONIA...HODGES...
CALHOUN FALLS...COKESBURY...ABBEVILLE...CORONACA...VERDERY...TROY...
NINETY SIX...GREENWOOD...DYSON AND CALLISON

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE
OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
LEVEL OF A HOUSE OR OTHER STURDY STRUCTURE IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED.

&&

LAT...LON 3398 8209 3397 8219 3401 8223 3397 8230
      3405 8233 3407 8247 3401 8258 3396 8257
      3400 8293 3418 8311 3423 8307 3424 8300
      3422 8296 3429 8278 3443 8265 3454 8241
      3432 8216 3413 8187 3395 8202
TIME...MOT...LOC 2318Z 279DEG 53KT 3451 8229 3430 8259
          3405 8304

$$

BSH

840 
WWUS52 KGSP 282348
SVSGSP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
648 PM EST MON FEB 28 2011

GAC105-SCC001-007-047-282357-
/O.EXP.KGSP.SV.W.0010.000000T0000Z-110228T2345Z/
ELBERT GA-ANDERSON SC-ABBEVILLE SC-GREENWOOD SC-
648 PM EST MON FEB 28 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR GREENWOOD...ABBEVILLE...
SOUTHEASTERN ANDERSON AND ELBERT COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...

THE TORNADO WARNING FOR ABBEVILLE...GREENWOOD...AND LAURENS COUNTIES 
IS STILL IN EFFECT.

LAT...LON 3398 8209 3397 8219 3401 8223 3397 8230
      3405 8233 3407 8247 3401 8258 3396 8257
      3400 8293 3418 8311 3423 8307 3424 8300
      3422 8296 3429 8278 3443 8265 3454 8241
      3432 8216 3413 8187 3395 8202
TIME...MOT...LOC 2318Z 279DEG 53KT 3449 8229 3429 8259
          3404 8304

$$

BSH

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Feb 28, 5:39 PM EST, 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 28, 5:39 PM EST, 11 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
539 PM EST MON FEB 28 2011

.SYNOPSIS...
A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE AREA AND MOVE OFF THE EAST COAST
TONIGHT. HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN BEHIND THE FRONT ON TUESDAY AND
REMAINS IN PLACE WEDNESDAY. A DRY COLD FRONT CROSSES THE AREA
WEDNESDAY NIGHT WITH ANOTHER HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING IN THROUGH THE
WEEKEND.

&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH TUESDAY/...
AS OF 530 PM EST...TORNADO WATCH TERMINATED FOR NC AND GA MTS...AND
NC FOOTHILLS. WIND PRODUCTS CONTINUE UNTIL 01Z.

AS OF 130 PM...MAIN ACTION WILL BE IN THE FIRST 6 HOURS OR SO AS A
QLCS PRECEDING A SURFACE COLD FRONT MOVES QUICKLY ACROSS THE AREA.
CURRENTLY A BROKEN LINE IS STILL OVER EASTERN TN...BUT MESOSCALE
MODELS INDICATE THAT IT WILL BEGIN TO MOVE MORE RAPIDLY AND ENTER
GSP'S WESTERN NC COUNTIES BY 4PM...AND THEN QUICKLY MOVE ACROSS THE
REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST AREA BY 03Z. MODEL SOUNDINGS STILL DEPICT
A STRONG VEERING WIND FIELD ALOFT PRECEDING THE COLD FRONT AND
RESULTANT HIGH HELICITY. 50+KT JET EXTENDS BELOW 5KFT...SO MAIN
THREAT LOOKS TO BE LOCALIZED WIND DAMAGE WHERE CONVECTIVE ELEMENTS
OCCUR. HOWEVER...ISOLATED TORNADOES MAY ALSO OCCUR NEAR BREAKING
LINE SEGMENTS. THE LINE OF STORMS SHOULD CLEAR ALL OF THE AREA BY
MIDNIGHT WITH RAPID CLEARING OCCURRING BEHIND COLD FRONT...ALONG
WITH A PERIOD OF GUSTY POST FRONTAL NW WINDS.

SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTROL THE WEATHER ON TUESDAY RESULTING
IN ALMOST 100% INSOLATION AND TEMPS NEAR AVERAGE. USED A MOS BLEND
FOR TEMPS.

&&

.SHORT TERM /TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY/...
AS OF 225 PM MONDAY...SHORT WAVES TO OUR NORTH DIG A LOW AMPLITUDE
TROF OVER THE EAST COAST TUE NITE AND WED. THE TROF MOVES OFF SHORE
AS A LOW AMPLITUDE RIDGE MOVES IN ON THU. AT THE SFC...DRY HIGH
PRESSURE OVER THE AREA TUE NITE GIVES WAY TO A DRY BACK DOOR COLD
FRONT WHICH MOVES THRU THE AREA WED NITE. SFC HIGH PRESSURE REMAINS
RIDGED INTO THE AREA THU. THE RESULTING SENSIBLE WX WILL BE
RELATIVELY QUIET WITH MAINLY CIRRUS CLOUDS AND BELOW NORMAL LOWS TUE
NITE AND ABOVE NORMAL HIGHS WED. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NE AND BE
BREEZY AT TIMES WED NITE AND THU AS THE FRONT MOVES THRU. EXPECT A
SMALL INCREASE IN LOW CLOUDS LOW LEVEL SELY FLOW BRINGS IN SOME
MOISTURE...BUT BETTER LOW LEVEL MOISTURE MOVES IN LATER. THE WINDS
WILL KEEP THE ATMOS SOMEWHAT MIXED AND THE SCT CLOUDS WILL LIMIT
RADIATION WED NITE WITH LOWS ENDING UP A LITTLE ABOVE NORMAL. HIGHS
THU SHOULD BE NEAR TO ONLY SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL WITH THE COOLER AIR
MASS MOVING IN.

&&

.LONG TERM /THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY/...
AS OF 240 PM MONDAY...THE MEDIUM RANGE FCST PICKS UP AT 00Z FRIDAY
WITH NEARLY FLAT/ZONAL H5 FLOW OVER THE AREA. MODELS DEVELOP ANOTHER
FAIRLY POTENT UPPER SHORTWAVE OVER THE CENTRAL ROCKIES LATE
FRI/EARLY SAT AND THEN TRANSLATE THE FEATURE EASTWARD. MODEL
SOLUTIONS BEGIN TO DIVERGE AT THIS POINT WRT THE AMPLITUDE AND SPEED
OF THE SHORTWAVE. THE LATEST 12Z GFS IS STILL CONSIDERABLY FASTER
AND LESS AMPLIFIED WHILE THE OLDER 00Z ECMWF LAGS BY NEARLY 24HRS
AND DEVELOPS A CLOSED H5 LOW BY EARLY SUNDAY AS THE DEEPER TROF
MOVES OVER THE SOUTHERN MISS RIVER VALLEY. AT THE SFC...HIGH
PRESSURE TO OUR NE IS EXPECTED TO MAINTAIN A BRIEF COLD AIR DAMMING
SCENARIO THROUGH FRIDAY. THE SFC PATTERN FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE
MEDIUM RANGE...THROUGH THE WEEKEND...REMAINS UNCLEAR WITH OVERALL
LOW CONFIDENCE IN THE SENSIBLE FCST. THE FASTER GFS DEVELOPS A
SOUTHERN PLAINS SFC LOW AND MOVES A COLD FRONT OVER THE FCST AREA
LATE SAT/EARLY SUN...WHILE THE ECMWF DEVELOPS A LOW FARTHER SE AND
DOES NOT PUSH A FRONT THROUGH UNTIL LATE SUN. THE EC ALSO HAS SOME
HEALTHY LOOKING WRAP AROUND MOISTURE OVER WESTERN NC AND EXTREME NE
GA EARLY MON. ONCE THE LOW FINALLY CLEARS THE REGION...THINGS SHOULD
DRY OUT FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE PERIOD. HPC CONTINUES TO FAVOR THE
ECMWF SOLUTION MORE AND KEEPS AT LEAST CHANCE POPS OVER MUCH OF THE
CWFA THRU EARLY MONDAY. IF THE EC SOLUTION DOES WORK OUT...WE CAN
EXPECT MOST OF THE PRECIP TO FALL ON SUN WITH THE FROPA. TEMPS
SHOULD REMAIN BELOW CLIMO ON FRI WITH THE WEDGE IN PLACE AND WARM TO
A FEW DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL OVER THE WEEKEND AS THE WEDGE ERODES.

&&

.AVIATION /00Z TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/...
AT KCLT...SQUALL LINE AHEAD OF FRONT WILL SHIFT WIND TO NW
EARLY...WITH CONVECTION AND IFR TO MVFR RESTRICTIONS ENDING. NW
WINDS BECOME GUSTY AGAIN BEHIND THE COLD FRONT LATE THIS EVENING. BY
MORNING WINDS VEER TO NNE...AND BY AFTERNOON TO NE...WHILE GUSTS
DIMINISH.

ELSEWHERE...SQUALL LINE WILL CROSS AREA AHEAD OF FRONT VERY EARLY IN
THE FORECAST...VEERING WIND TO THE NORTHWEST. RETRACTIONS WILL END
IN ITS WAKE. WINDS WILL REMAIN GUSTY UNTIL LATE TONIGHT IN A TIGHT
SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT. AFTER DAYBREAK WINDS VEER TO THE NE.

OUTLOOK...A DRY HIGH PRESSURE WILL DOMINATE THRU THU. MOISTURE WILL
RETURN TO THE AREA LATE IN THE WEEK AS A FLOW OFF THE ATLANTIC
DEVELOPS.

&&

.GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING FOR GAZ010.
     LAKE WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 8 PM EST THIS EVENING FOR GAZ017-018-
     026-028-029.
NC...WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING FOR NCZ033-048>053-
     058-059-062>065-501-503-505-507-509.
     LAKE WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 8 PM EST THIS EVENING FOR NCZ035>037-
     056-057-068>072-082-502-504-506-508-510.
SC...LAKE WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 8 PM EST THIS EVENING FOR SCZ001>014-
     019.

&&

SYNOPSIS...RWH
NEAR TERM...JAT/LG
SHORT TERM...RWH
LONG TERM...JPT
AVIATION...JAT

Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 28, 5:21 PM EST, 29 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
521 PM EST MON FEB 28 2011

GAZ017-018-026-028-029-NCZ035>037-056-057-068>072-082-502-504-506-
508-510-SCZ001>014-019-012230-
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-
521 PM EST MON FEB 28 2011

...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EST THIS EVENING...
...TORNADO WATCH 33 IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EST THIS EVENING...

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

.DAY ONE...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.
   TORNADO WATCH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

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.

GAZ010-NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-501-503-505-507-509-012230-
RABUN-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-
521 PM EST MON FEB 28 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING...
...TORNADO WATCH 33 IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EST THIS EVENING...

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   TORNADO WATCH.
   WIND ADVISORY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

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.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Feb 28, 5:30 PM EST, 20 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
530 PM EST MON FEB 28 2011

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

0455 PM     TSTM WND DMG     STATESVILLE             35.79N  80.89W
02/28/2011                   IREDELL            NC   TRAINED SPOTTER

            POWER LINE DOWN ON JANE SOWER RD.

&&

JAT

Local storm report, Feb 28, 5:33 PM EST, 17 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
533 PM EST MON FEB 28 2011

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

0518 PM     HAIL             5 NW SALISBURY          35.72N  80.55W
02/28/2011  E1.00 INCH       ROWAN              NC   TRAINED SPOTTER

            SPOTTER REPORTED UP TO 1 INCH HAIL NW OF SALISBURY.

&&

JPT

Local storm report, Feb 28, 5:35 PM EST, 15 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
535 PM EST MON FEB 28 2011

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

0525 PM     TSTM WND DMG     SALISBURY               35.67N  80.48W
02/28/2011                   ROWAN              NC   TRAINED SPOTTER

            LARGE ROOF BLOCKING STATESVILLE BLVD NEAR HURLEY SCHOOL
            RD

&&

RWH

Local storm report, Feb 28, 5:39 PM EST, 11 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
539 PM EST MON FEB 28 2011

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

0500 PM     TSTM WND DMG     12 W STATESVILLE        35.79N  81.10W
02/28/2011                   IREDELL            NC   TRAINED SPOTTER

            TREES DOWN ON HOUSE ON ISLAND FORD RD

&&

RWH

Local storm report, Feb 28, 5:40 PM EST, 10 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
540 PM EST MON FEB 28 2011

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

0525 PM     TSTM WND DMG     SALISBURY               35.67N  80.48W
02/28/2011                   ROWAN              NC   TRAINED SPOTTER

            POWER LINES DOWN AT SATESVILLE BLVD AND ENON CHRUCH RD

&&

RWH

Special weather statement, Feb 28, 5:45 PM EST, 5 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
545 PM EST MON FEB 28 2011

NCZ070>072-082-SCZ009-282330-
CABARRUS-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-UNION-YORK-
545 PM EST MON FEB 28 2011

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT CABARRUS...MECKLENBURG...
NORTHEASTERN YORK...NORTHERN UNION AND SOUTHEASTERN GASTON COUNTIES
THROUGH 630 PM EST...

AT 542 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM CONCORD TO I-77 AT
I-85 TO 5 MILES WEST OF LAKE WYLIE...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO I-77 AT
  I-85...CAROWINDS...CHARLOTTE MOTOR SPEEDWAY...MINERAL SPRINGS...
  UNIONVILLE...CENTER CITY CHARLOTTE...SOUTHPARK MALL...EASTLAND
  MALL...UNC CHARLOTTE...WEDDINGTON...STALLINGS...PINEVILLE...NEW
  SALEM...MOUNT PLEASANT...MONROE...MINT HILL...MIDLAND...MATTHEWS...
  INDIAN TRAIL...HARRISBURG...CONCORD...TEGA CAY...LAKE WYLIE...FORT
  MILL...CLOVER AND FAIRVIEW.

WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 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 3507 8029 3490 8064 3495 8081 3505 8089
      3498 8089 3509 8130 3527 8090 3549 8059
      3544 8034 3519 8049 3517 8046 3517 8040
      3518 8038 3518 8033 3519 8028

KRENTZ

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 27, 8:21 PM EST	Lake Wind Advisory	GSP	Elbert, Franklin, Habersham, Hart, Stephens	23 hr
Feb 28, 3:46 AM EST	Wind Advisory	GSP	Rabun	14 hr
Feb 28, 3:57 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Habersham, Rabun, Stephens	63 min
Feb 28, 4:38 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Rabun	67 min
Feb 28, 5:21 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Franklin, Hart, Stephens	39 min
Feb 28, 4:59 PM EST	Tornado Warning	GSP	Greenville, Spartanburg	31 min
Feb 28, 5:30 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Anderson, Cherokee, Chester, Greenville, Laurens, Spartanburg and 2 more	60 min
Feb 28, 6:06 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	York	54 min
Feb 28, 6:25 PM EST	Tornado Warning	GSP	Abbeville, Greenwood, Laurens	35 min
Feb 28, 6:42 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Chester	48 min
Feb 28, 6:51 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Abbeville, Greenwood, Laurens	39 min
Feb 28, 6:57 PM EST	Tornado Warning	GSP	Greenwood, Laurens	14 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.