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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 116, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

May 3, 2011Elbert County, Georgia; Abbeville County, Greenwood County, South Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 3, 2011, 7:25 PM EDT for Elbert County, Georgia; Abbeville County, Greenwood County, South Carolina. It was in force for 65 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, 7:25 PM EDT (23:25 UTC)
Expired
May 3, 2011, 8:30 PM EDT
In force
65 min
Issued by
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Elbert County, GA, Abbeville County, SC, Greenwood County, SC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:28 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, 8:13 PM EDTHAIL 1Cokesbury, SCQUARTER SIZED HAIL REPORTED IN COKESBURY. ALSO HAD TREE LIMBS DOWN OF UNKNOWN SIZE IN THIS REPORT.
May 3, 8:24 PM EDTHAIL 13 Nnw Greenwood, SCA TRAINED SPOTTER...AND ALSO A COCORAHS OBSERVER...HAD QUARTER SIZED HAIL THAT LASTED ABOUT 5 MINUTES.

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 48 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

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 203 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, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2011-05-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 4 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, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2011-05-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 161 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
4 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-259 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
931 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
161 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
205 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.

720 
WUUS52 KGSP 032325
SVRGSP
GAC105-SCC001-047-040030-
/O.NEW.KGSP.SV.W.0116.110503T2325Z-110504T0030Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN ELBERT COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA...
  ABBEVILLE COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...
  NORTHWESTERN GREENWOOD COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...

* UNTIL 830 PM EDT

* AT 720 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES
  SOUTH OF FORTSONIA...OR 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ELBERTON...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MIDDLETON...
  RUCKERSVILLE...
  LAKE RUSSELL...
  CALHOUN FALLS...
  LOWNDESVILLE...
  ANTREVILLE AND SECESSION LAKE...

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 3398 8266 3397 8276 3398 8286 3402 8293
      3420 8275 3447 8234 3441 8223 3435 8217
      3433 8217 3429 8208 3407 8234 3405 8238
      3407 8248 3407 8253 3401 8259 3396 8256
TIME...MOT...LOC 2325Z 228DEG 32KT 3398 8274

$$
ARK
1 follow-up statement
887 
WWUS52 KGSP 032354
SVSGSP

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

GAC105-040004-
/O.CAN.KGSP.SV.W.0116.000000T0000Z-110504T0030Z/
ELBERT GA-
754 PM EDT TUE MAY 3 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN ELBERT COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

LAT...LON 3407 8265 3409 8264 3413 8267 3415 8272
      3421 8274 3447 8234 3442 8225 3435 8217
      3433 8217 3429 8208 3407 8234 3405 8238
      3407 8253 3401 8259
TIME...MOT...LOC 2354Z 242DEG 30KT 3423 8239

$$

SCC001-047-040030-
/O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0116.000000T0000Z-110504T0030Z/
ABBEVILLE SC-GREENWOOD SC-
754 PM EDT TUE MAY 3 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM EDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN GREENWOOD AND ABBEVILLE COUNTIES...

AT 749 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR ABBEVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO DUE
WEST...DONALDS...HODGES...COKESBURY AND WARE SHOALS

LAT...LON 3407 8265 3409 8264 3413 8267 3415 8272
      3421 8274 3447 8234 3442 8225 3435 8217
      3433 8217 3429 8208 3407 8234 3405 8238
      3407 8253 3401 8259
TIME...MOT...LOC 2354Z 242DEG 30KT 3423 8239

$$

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, 4 hours 52 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 3, 2:33 PM EDT, 4 hours 52 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 59 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, 5:55 PM EDT, 1 hour 30 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, 1 hour 8 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.

&&

OUTLAW
Local storm report, May 3, 6:35 PM EDT, 50 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.

&&

OUTLAW
Local storm report, May 3, 6:59 PM EDT, 26 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.

&&

OUTLAW
Special weather statement, May 3, 7:00 PM EDT, 25 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

ARK
Local storm report, May 3, 7:20 PM EDT, 5 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
720 PM EDT TUE MAY 03 2011

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

0640 PM     TSTM WND DMG     10 NNW MORGANTON        35.88N 81.77W
05/03/2011                   BURKE              NC   COUNTY OFFICIAL

            COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS REPORTS TWO OR THREE TREES DOWN
            ALONG HIGHWAY 181 IN THE BROWN MOUNTAIN AREA.

&&

OUTLAW

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 3, 4:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPFranklin, Rabun, Stephens45 min
May 3, 7:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPFranklin, Stephens32 min
May 3, 5:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPOconee, Pickens46 min
May 3, 6:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPGreenville, Spartanburg38 min
May 3, 7:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPAbbeville45 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.