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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 115, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 3, 2011, 7:12 PM EDT for 4 counties in North Carolina. It was in force for 63 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
- May 3, 2011, 7:12 PM EDT (23:12 UTC)
- Expired
- May 3, 2011, 8:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Alexander County, NC, Caldwell County, NC, Davie County, NC, Iredell County, NC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 147 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:16 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 3, 7:23 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Ellendale, NC | COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS REPORTS SEVERAL TREES DOWN AROUND ELLENDALE. ALSO HAD REPORTS OF LARGE HAIL BUT NOBODY GAVE A SPECIFIC HAIL SIZE. |
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 severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 11 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, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 121 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
880
WUUS52 KGSP 032312
SVRGSP
NCC003-027-059-097-040015-
/O.NEW.KGSP.SV.W.0115.110503T2312Z-110504T0015Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
712 PM EDT TUE MAY 3 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
ALEXANDER COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...
NORTHWESTERN DAVIE COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...
NORTHERN IREDELL COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...
EASTERN CALDWELL COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 815 PM EDT
* AT 707 PM EDT...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 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF KINGS
CREEK TO 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SAWMILLS...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
FROM 9 MILES SOUTH OF DEEP GAP TO 8 MILES EAST OF MORGANTON...
MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
KINGS CREEK AND SAWMILLS...
RHODHISS AND GRANITE FALLS...
LAKE HICKORY AND ELLENDALE...
TAYLORSVILLE AND MILLERSVILLE...
HIDDENITE...
STONY POINT...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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 3613 8155 3608 8142 3600 8132 3603 8127
3603 8108 3607 8098 3605 8065 3581 8072
3578 8111 3583 8115 3580 8134 3576 8138
3579 8145 3578 8157
TIME...MOT...LOC 2311Z 268DEG 32KT 3610 8145 3574 8151
$$
ARK1 follow-up statement
444
WWUS52 KGSP 032346
SVSGSP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
746 PM EDT TUE MAY 3 2011
NCC027-032355-
/O.CAN.KGSP.SV.W.0115.000000T0000Z-110504T0015Z/
CALDWELL NC-
746 PM EDT TUE MAY 3 2011
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN CALDWELL COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORM THAT HAD PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
LAT...LON 3606 8094 3605 8069 3589 8070 3581 8073
3578 8111 3583 8115 3580 8133 3599 8133
3603 8127 3603 8108 3606 8099 3607 8095
TIME...MOT...LOC 2345Z 264DEG 29KT 3595 8113
$$
NCC003-097-040015-
/O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0115.000000T0000Z-110504T0015Z/
ALEXANDER NC-IREDELL NC-
746 PM EDT TUE MAY 3 2011
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM EDT
FOR NORTHERN IREDELL AND ALEXANDER COUNTIES...
AT 741 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 TAYLORSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
HIDDENITE...STONY POINT...SCOTTS...LOVE VALLEY...UNION GROVE...
TURNERSBURG AND HARMONY
LAT...LON 3606 8094 3605 8069 3589 8070 3581 8073
3578 8111 3583 8115 3580 8133 3599 8133
3603 8127 3603 8108 3606 8099 3607 8095
TIME...MOT...LOC 2345Z 264DEG 29KT 3595 8113
$$
ARKWhat 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, 4 hours 39 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 3, 2:33 PM EDT, 4 hours 39 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...HGHazardous weather outlook, May 3, 4:26 PM EDT, 2 hours 46 minutes 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, 5:14 PM EDT, 1 hour 58 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
ARKSpecial weather statement, May 3, 5:55 PM EDT, 1 hour 17 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
ARKLocal storm report, May 3, 6:17 PM EDT, 55 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
617 PM EDT TUE MAY 03 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
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.
&&
OUTLAWLocal storm report, May 3, 6:35 PM EDT, 37 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
635 PM EDT TUE MAY 03 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0600 PM TSTM WND DMG BLACK MOUNTAIN 35.61N 82.33W
05/03/2011 BUNCOMBE NC TRAINED SPOTTER
*** 1 INJ *** NUMEROUS TREES DOWN IN AND JUST ADJACENT TO
BLACK MOUNTAIN. HIGHWAY 70 AND MANY OTHER ROADS ARE
PARTIALLY BLOCKED FROM TREES IN THE ROAD. ONE INJURY
OCCURRED WHEN A MAN WAS PUTTING AWAY HIS LAWNMOWER WHEN
THE SEVERE GUST HIT RESULTING IN A TREE FALLING TOWARD
HIM. HE WAS ABLE TO DEFLECT THE TREES FALL WITH HIS HAND.
INJURY WAS MINOR. HAIL AT BLACK MOUNTAIN DID NOT GET
LARGER THAN DIME SIZED AND LASTED ONLY ABOUT A MINUTE TO
MINUTE AND A HALF.
&&
OUTLAWLocal storm report, May 3, 6:59 PM EDT, 13 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
659 PM EDT TUE MAY 03 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0608 PM TSTM WND DMG OLD FORT 35.63N 82.18W
05/03/2011 MCDOWELL NC COUNTY OFFICIAL
COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS CENTER REPORTS A FEW TREES DOWN
MAINLY IN THE OLD FORT AREA BUT ALSO AROUND SUGAR HILL. A
TREE FELL ON A MOBILE HOME NEAR OLD FORT WITH NO
INJURIES.
&&
OUTLAWSpecial weather statement, May 3, 7:00 PM EDT, 12 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
700 PM EDT TUE MAY 3 2011
GAZ029-SCZ011-019-032345-
ABBEVILLE-ELBERT-GREENWOOD-
700 PM EDT TUE MAY 3 2011
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT ABBEVILLE...NORTHWESTERN
GREENWOOD AND SOUTHEASTERN ELBERT COUNTIES THROUGH 745 PM EDT...
AT 659 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR FORTSONIA...OR 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
ELBERTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
LAKE RUSSELL...
CALHOUN FALLS...
LOWNDESVILLE...
ANTREVILLE...
ABBEVILLE...
DUE WEST...
DIME SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH
THIS STORM.
LAT...LON 3398 8282 3398 8286 3403 8294 3447 8232
3435 8217 3433 8217 3433 8214 3429 8211
3406 8251 3407 8253 3403 8257 3398 8265
3397 8276
ARKThe office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 3, 3:17 PM EDT | Freeze Watch | GSP | Avery, Mitchell, Yancey | 13 hr |
| May 3, 5:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Buncombe, Henderson, Transylvania | 46 min |
| May 3, 5:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Buncombe, Henderson, McDowell | 50 min |
| May 3, 6:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Buncombe, Henderson, McDowell, Yancey | 55 min |
| May 3, 6:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Avery, Burke, Caldwell, McDowell, Mitchell | 64 min |
| May 3, 6:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Henderson, Polk | 38 min |
| May 3, 7:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Burke, Catawba, Cleveland, Gaston, Lincoln, McDowell and 2 more | 66 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.