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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 111, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

May 3, 20115 counties in North Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 3, 2011, 6:26 PM EDT for 5 counties in North Carolina. It was in force for 64 min. 2 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
May 3, 2011, 6:26 PM EDT (22:26 UTC)
Expired
May 3, 2011, 7:30 PM EDT
In force
64 min
Issued by
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Avery County, NC, Burke County, NC, Caldwell County, NC, McDowell County, NC, Mitchell 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 3, 6:40 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG10 Nnw Morganton, NCCOUNTY COMMUNICATIONS REPORTS TWO OR THREE TREES DOWN ALONG HIGHWAY 181 IN THE BROWN MOUNTAIN AREA.
May 3, 6:55 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG8 Nnw Lenoir, NCA FEW TREES 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 2 storm reports to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 14 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 nearest sounding before it

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 159 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 12:00Z on 2011-05-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 12:00Z on 2011-05-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 70 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
3 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-12 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
482 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
70 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
129 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

269 
WUUS52 KGSP 032226
SVRGSP
NCC011-023-027-111-121-032330-
/O.NEW.KGSP.SV.W.0111.110503T2226Z-110503T2330Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
626 PM EDT TUE MAY 3 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN AVERY COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
  SOUTHEASTERN MITCHELL COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
  EASTERN MCDOWELL COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
  CALDWELL COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
  BURKE COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...

* UNTIL 730 PM EDT

* AT 621 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
  OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WOODLAWN...OR 7 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF MARION...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  ASHFORD AND INGALLS...
  TABLE ROCK AND JONAS RIDGE...
  LINVILLE AND MORGANTON...
  COLLETTSVILLE AND EDGEMONT...
  GLOBE AND UPTON...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 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 3617 8183 3612 8181 3613 8155 3610 8151
      3608 8142 3600 8132 3592 8135 3580 8133
      3567 8144 3562 8150 3560 8206 3587 8215
      3594 8215
TIME...MOT...LOC 2225Z 240DEG 53KT 3580 8201

$$
ARK
2 follow-up statements
867 
WWUS52 KGSP 032254
SVSGSP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
654 PM EDT TUE MAY 3 2011

NCC111-121-032304-
/O.CAN.KGSP.SV.W.0111.000000T0000Z-110503T2330Z/
MITCHELL NC-MCDOWELL NC-
654 PM EDT TUE MAY 3 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN MCDOWELL AND
SOUTHEASTERN MITCHELL COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

LAT...LON 3617 8183 3612 8181 3613 8154 3608 8142
      3600 8132 3592 8135 3580 8133 3563 8148
      3561 8183 3571 8187 3581 8199 3585 8192
      3588 8191 3595 8193 3592 8199 3598 8206
      3602 8204
TIME...MOT...LOC 2254Z 240DEG 47KT 3596 8163

$$

NCC011-023-027-032330-
/O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0111.000000T0000Z-110503T2330Z/
AVERY NC-CALDWELL NC-BURKE NC-
654 PM EDT TUE MAY 3 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM EDT
FOR BURKE...CALDWELL AND AVERY COUNTIES...

AT 650 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR COLLETTSVILLE...OR 9 MILES WEST OF LENOIR...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
HILDEBRAN...SAWMILLS...HUDSON...RHODHISS...GRANITE FALLS...PATTERSON
AND KINGS CREEK

LAT...LON 3617 8183 3612 8181 3613 8154 3608 8142
      3600 8132 3592 8135 3580 8133 3563 8148
      3561 8183 3571 8187 3581 8199 3585 8192
      3588 8191 3595 8193 3592 8199 3598 8206
      3602 8204
TIME...MOT...LOC 2254Z 240DEG 47KT 3596 8163

$$

ARK
464 
WWUS52 KGSP 032317
SVSGSP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
717 PM EDT TUE MAY 3 2011

NCC011-032327-
/O.CAN.KGSP.SV.W.0111.000000T0000Z-110503T2330Z/
AVERY NC-
717 PM EDT TUE MAY 3 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR AVERY COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

LAT...LON 3610 8151 3608 8142 3600 8132 3592 8135
      3580 8133 3579 8135 3563 8148 3561 8183
      3571 8187 3575 8189 3607 8173 3611 8180
      3613 8154
TIME...MOT...LOC 2317Z 240DEG 45KT 3605 8137

$$

NCC023-027-032330-
/O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0111.000000T0000Z-110503T2330Z/
CALDWELL NC-BURKE NC-
717 PM EDT TUE MAY 3 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM EDT
FOR BURKE AND CALDWELL COUNTIES...

AT 716 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR KINGS CREEK...OR 8 MILES WEST OF BOOMER...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

LAT...LON 3610 8151 3608 8142 3600 8132 3592 8135
      3580 8133 3579 8135 3563 8148 3561 8183
      3571 8187 3575 8189 3607 8173 3611 8180
      3613 8154
TIME...MOT...LOC 2317Z 240DEG 45KT 3605 8137

$$

ARK

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 May 3, 2:33 PM EDT, 3 hours 53 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 3, 2:33 PM EDT, 3 hours 53 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
233 PM EDT TUE MAY 3 2011

.SYNOPSIS...
A LARGE UPPER LEVEL TROF WILL MOVE EAST AND SWING A COLD FRONT ACROSS
THE AREA BY LATE TUESDAY. HIGH PRESSURE WILL THEN BUILD IN AND
REMAIN UNTIL SATURDAY...WHEN A FAST MOVING UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE
REACHES THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS.

&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
THE LATEST SFC ANALYSIS PLACES THE APPROACHING COLD FRONT JUST WEST
OF THE SRN APPALACHIANS AT 18Z. RAOB AND LAPS SOUNDINGS CONTINUE TO
SHOW ABUNDANT MID LEVEL DRY AIR...BUT THIS SHOULD BE FILLING IN OVER
THE NEXT FEW HOURS AS FRONTAL ZONE MOISTURE ARRIVES. THE LAPS
ANALYSIS ALSO SHOWS SFC BASED CAPE VALUES OF 500 TO 1500 J/KG AND
RISING THIS AFTERNOON AS BREAKS IN CLOUD COVER CONTINUE. UPPER LEVEL
DIVERGENCE WILL MAXIMIZE 21Z TO 00Z THIS EVENING OVER THE COLD
FRONT...AND COVERAGE SHOULD RAPIDLY INCREASE IN THAT TIME FRAME.
STILL ANTICIPATE STRONG TO ISOLD SEVERE TSTMS EAST OF THE FRONT
THROUGH EVENING...WITH MAINLY A SOLID SHOWER SHIELD OVER THE MTNS
POST FROPA. THE BEST COMBINATION OF FORCING...INSTABILITY...AND
MOISTURE MAY COME TOGETHER ALONG THE INTERSTATE 77 CORRIDOR LATE
THIS EVENING.

ALTHOUGH STRONGER DPVA WILL CROSS THE REGION AHEAD OF THE UPPER
TROUGH 09Z TO 12Z...DRYING PROFILES WILL ALLOW PRECIP TO DIMINISH
FROM THE SW OVERNIGHT. NW FLOW MOISTURE WILL START UP INTO THE WRN
MTNS BEFORE DAYBREAK...AND LIKELY CONTINUE THROUGH WED. WILL KEEP
ANY ASSOC PTYPE LIQUID...BUT PROFILES WILL COOL TOWARD SNOW
SOUNDINGS ALONG THE HIGHER PEAKS. THE UPPER COLD POOL IN THE TROUGH
AXIS WILL THEN CROSS THE NRN TIER WED AFTN. THE ASSOC STEEPER LAPSE
RATES COULD WRING OUT ISOLATED SHOWERS ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE
40. TEMPS WILL RUN 5 TO 10 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL FOR WED MAXES
OUTSIDE THE MTNS...AND ABOUT 10 TO 15 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL ACROSS
THE MTNS.

&&

.SHORT TERM /WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY/...
AS OF 150 PM TUESDAY...CAA/LLVL MIXING CONTINUES THRU WED NITE AND
SOME DEGREE OF UPSLOPE CLOUDS MAY REMAIN AS WELL. LATEST MOS BLEND
CONTINUES TO INDICATE A LIGHT ADVECTIVE FREEZING THREAT FOR THE
HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE NC MTNS EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. SELECT
VALLEYS...ESPECIALLY ACRS THE SW MTNS REMAIN UNDER THE GUN FOR FROST
DEVELOPMENT. AT THIS POINT...THERE LOOKS TO BE ENUF CVRG OF FREEZING
TEMPS ACRS THE NORTHERN NC MTNS TO HOIST A FREEZE WATCH.

A PERIOD OF DEEP LAYERED RIDGING TO RESULT IN SUNSHINE FOR THURSDAY
AND MAX TEMPS REBOUNDING CLOSER TO CLIMO. MOISTURE LIMITED S/WV IS
SLATED FOR PASSAGE ON FRIDAY WITH MODEL RESPONSE OF LIGHT QPF WITHIN
WEAK INSTABILITY LIMITED TO NC. OTHERWISE...SENSIBLE WX WILL FEATURE
MIXED SUN AND CLOUDS...DEVELOPING BREEZY AND SEASONABLY WARM MAX
TEMPS.

&&

.LONG TERM /FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY/...
AS OF 145 PM TUESDAY...THE 00Z ECMWF IS ALL ALONE WITH IT/S DEEPER
CLIPPER TYPE S/W SOLN SUN. MEANWHILE THE GFS AND CMC ARE IN GOOD
SUPPORT OF A LOW MAGNITUDE NRN SYSTEM. THE MOST RECENT DPROG/DT IS
MAKING THE CASE FOR MORE OF A DRY SCENARIO SUN...CONTINUING WITH AN
OVERALL STABLE DEEP LAYERED NW FLOW AND MINIMAL AVAILABLE LLVL
MOISTURE.

THE GOING POPS ARE ALREADY FAIRLY LOW FOR SUN...SLIGHT TO LOW END
CHC AND THESE HAVE ONLY BEEN ADJUSTED DOWN A FEW PERCENT. STILL
THINK THERE COULD BE ENOUGH INGREDIENTS FOR MTN TOP CONVERGENCE AND
ISOL TO PERHAPS SCT GENERAL CONVECTION DEVELOPING BY NOON SUN. OTHER
THAN THAT...THE WEATHER WILL REMAIN RATHER QUIET. DRY NW FLOW WILL
ENVELOP THE CWFA SAT AND BY LATE SUN A STRONG L/W RIDGE WILL BEGIN
DEVELOPING TO THE WEST...SLOWLY SHIFTING EAST THROUGH TUE. TEMPS ARE
EXPECTED RIGHT AROUND NORMAL SAT WITH AN INCREASE TO ABOUT 5-8
DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL BY TUE.

&&

.AVIATION /19Z TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/...
AT KCLT...STUBBORN MVFR CIGS HAVE FINALLY SCATTERED EARLY THIS
AFTN...AND ONLY SCT TO BKN VFR CUMULUS OR CB ARE EXPECTED FOR THE
REST OF THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. FRONTAL ZONE MOISTURE
SHOULD ARRIVE MAINLY BETWEEN 02Z AND 07Z...BUT ISOLD TO SCT
CONVECTION CANNOT BE RULED OUT AHEAD OF THE FRONT. SW WINDS MAY GUST
TO NEAR 20 KT PRIOR TO FROPA...WITH A SHARP SWITCH TO NW ANTICIPATED
AFTER 02Z. RAPID CLEARING IS EXPECTED WITH NW FLOW WED
MORNING...WITH FEW TO SCT COLD ADVECTION CUMULUS WITH THE PASSING
UPPER WAVE LATE IN THE PERIOD.

ELSEWHERE...VFR CIGS WILL FILL BACK IN ON MOIST SRLY FLOW AHEAD OF
THE APPROACHING COLD FRONT. ISOLD TO SCT CONVECTION COULD OCCUR
THROUGH EARLY EVENING AHEAD OF THE FRONT...BUT WITH THE BEST SHOWER
COVERAGE POST FROPA 23Z WEST TO 05Z EAST. THE BEST CHANCE OF
RESTRICTIONS TONIGHT WILL BE AT KAVL AS LOW LEVEL MOISTURE INCREASES
ON NW FLOW INTO THE FRENCH BROAD VALLEY. ELSEWHERE...CIGS SHOULD
REMAIN VFR WITH A SHARP WIND SHIFT TO NW FOLLOWING FROPA THIS
EVENING. EXPECT A GENERAL CLEARING TREND ON WED...BUT WITH TEMPO VFR
CIGS POSSIBLE KAVL TO KHKY AS AN UPPER TROUGH PASSES.

OUTLOOK...CLEARING AND DRYING CONTINUES THROUGH THURSDAY. A CLIPPER
SYSTEM WILL BRUSH THE AREA ON FRIDAY BEFORE HIGH PRES RETURNS AGAIN
OVER THE WEEKEND.

&&

.GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...NONE.
NC...FREEZE WATCH FROM LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY
     MORNING FOR NCZ033-049-050.
SC...NONE.

&&

SYNOPSIS...SBK
NEAR TERM...HG
SHORT TERM...CSH
LONG TERM...SBK
AVIATION...HG
Hazardous weather outlook, May 3, 4:26 PM EDT, 2 hours before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
426 PM EDT TUE MAY 3 2011

NCZ048-052-053-059-062>065-042030-
MADISON-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-
TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-
426 PM EDT TUE MAY 3 2011

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE INTO THIS
EVENING...AND A FEW OF THESE STORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO
BECOME SEVERE...WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS BEING THE
MAIN THREATS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

A CHILLY AIRMASS WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION...GIVING RISE TO THE
POSSIBILITY OF A LIGHT FREEZE ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS EARLY THURSDAY
MORNING...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. FROST WILL ALSO
BE POSSIBLE IN SHELTERED VALLEYS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

NONE.

NCZ033-049-050-042030-
AVERY-YANCEY-MITCHELL-
426 PM EDT TUE MAY 3 2011

...FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY
MORNING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE INTO THIS
EVENING...AND A FEW OF THESE STORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO
BECOME SEVERE...WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS BEING THE
MAIN THREATS.

.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.

A CHILLY AIRMASS WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION...GIVING RISE TO THE
POSSIBILITY OF A LIGHT FREEZE ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS EARLY THURSDAY
MORNING. FROST WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE IN SHELTERED VALLEYS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

NONE.

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ035>037-056-057-068>072-082-501>510-
SCZ001>014-019-042030-
RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-ALEXANDER-IREDELL-
DAVIE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-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-
426 PM EDT TUE MAY 3 2011

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE INTO THIS
EVENING...AND A FEW OF THESE STORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO
BECOME SEVERE...WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS BEING THE
MAIN THREATS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

NONE.

NCZ051-058-042030-
SWAIN-GRAHAM-
426 PM EDT TUE MAY 3 2011

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

A CHILLY AIRMASS WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION...GIVING RISE TO THE
POSSIBILITY OF A LIGHT FREEZE ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS EARLY THURSDAY
MORNING...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. FROST WILL ALSO
BE POSSIBLE IN SHELTERED VALLEYS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

NONE.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 3, 4:45 PM EDT, 1 hour 41 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
445 PM EDT TUE MAY 3 2011

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-NCZ062-SCZ001-002-004-005-010-032130-
ANDERSON-FRANKLIN-GREATER OCONEE-GREATER
PICKENS-HABERSHAM-HART-MACON-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS
MOUNTAINS-RABUN-STEPHENS-
445 PM EDT TUE MAY 3 2011

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT EASTERN HABERSHAM...EASTERN
RABUN...NORTHERN FRANKLIN...NORTHERN HART...OCONEE...PICKENS...
SOUTHEASTERN MACON...STEPHENS AND WESTERN ANDERSON COUNTIES THROUGH
530 PM EDT...

AT 439 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM DILLARD TO ALTO...
MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

THESE STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  TALLULAH FALLS...
  TOCCOA...
  PINE MOUNTAIN...
  EASTANOLEE...
  MARTIN...
  LAKE HARTWELL...

SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE
STORMS.

LAT...LON 3436 8339 3446 8340 3448 8346 3504 8346
      3504 8314 3500 8311 3504 8295 3504 8259
      3501 8259 3501 8254 3436 8254

ARK
Special weather statement, May 3, 5:14 PM EDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
514 PM EDT TUE MAY 3 2011

NCZ052-053-059-063>065-SCZ001>006-032200-
BUNCOMBE-GREATER GREENVILLE-GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS-GREENVILLE
MOUNTAINS-HAYWOOD-HENDERSON-NORTHERN JACKSON-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS
MOUNTAINS-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-
514 PM EDT TUE MAY 3 2011

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT EASTERN JACKSON...HENDERSON...
NORTHWESTERN GREENVILLE...OCONEE...PICKENS...SOUTHEASTERN HAYWOOD...
SOUTHERN BUNCOMBE AND TRANSYLVANIA COUNTIES THROUGH 600 PM EDT...

AT 509 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
BALSAM TO 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF TOCCOA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

THESE STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  WESTMINSTER...
  LAKE TOXAWAY...
  LAKE JOCASSEE...
  LAKE KEOWEE...
  BREVARD...
  ASHEVILLE...

SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE
STORMS.

LAT...LON 3559 8229 3553 8218 3546 8227 3539 8226
      3528 8235 3519 8236 3519 8232 3520 8230
      3519 8230 3484 8242 3462 8313 3461 8323
      3468 8332 3484 8326 3494 8312 3499 8310
      3506 8317 3511 8317 3545 8305 3573 8228

ARK
Special weather statement, May 3, 5:55 PM EDT, 31 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
555 PM EDT TUE MAY 3 2011

NCZ049-053-064-065-504>507-509-SCZ002-003-032245-
BUNCOMBE-EASTERN MCDOWELL-GREATER BURKE-GREENVILLE
MOUNTAINS-HENDERSON-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-POLK
MOUNTAINS-RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-TRANSYLVANIA-YANCEY-
555 PM EDT TUE MAY 3 2011

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT EASTERN BUNCOMBE...EASTERN
TRANSYLVANIA...HENDERSON...MCDOWELL...NORTHERN GREENVILLE...NORTHERN
PICKENS...SOUTHEASTERN YANCEY...WESTERN BURKE...WESTERN POLK AND
WESTERN RUTHERFORD COUNTIES THROUGH 645 PM EDT...

AT 551 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
WEAVERVILLE TO NINE TIMES...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

THESE STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  TABLE ROCK RESERVOIR...
  FAIRVIEW...
  JONES GAP STATE PARK...
  FLAT ROCK...
  EDNEYVILLE...
  BAT CAVE...

SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE
STORMS.

LAT...LON 3592 8192 3588 8191 3581 8199 3577 8192
      3584 8181 3552 8197 3555 8200 3553 8208
      3529 8230 3520 8226 3519 8221 3507 8222
      3486 8290 3494 8291 3574 8253 3585 8214
      3582 8214

ARK
Local storm report, May 3, 6:17 PM EDT, 9 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
617 PM EDT TUE MAY 03 2011

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0600 PM     TSTM WND DMG     1 SW BLACK MOUNTAIN     35.60N 82.34W
05/03/2011                   BUNCOMBE           NC   TRAINED SPOTTER

            ONE TREE DOWN ACROSS BLUE RIDGE ROAD AT THE BRIDGE AND
            SEVERAL OTHER LARGE LIMBS DOWN

0606 PM     HAIL             1 SW BLACK MOUNTAIN     35.60N 82.34W
05/03/2011  E0.75 INCH       BUNCOMBE           NC   TRAINED SPOTTER

            DIME SIZED HAIL REPORTED.

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OUTLAW

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 3, 3:17 PM EDTFreeze WatchGSPAvery, Mitchell, Yancey13 hr
May 3, 5:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPBuncombe, Henderson, Transylvania46 min
May 3, 5:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPBuncombe, Henderson, McDowell50 min
May 3, 6:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPBuncombe, Henderson, McDowell, Yancey55 min
May 3, 6:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPHenderson, Polk38 min
May 3, 7:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPBurke, Catawba, Cleveland, Gaston, Lincoln, McDowell and 2 more66 min
May 3, 7:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPAlexander, Caldwell, Davie, Iredell63 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.