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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 117, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

May 3, 20115 counties in North Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 3, 2011, 8:11 PM EDT for 5 counties in North Carolina. It was in force for 64 min. 4 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, 8:11 PM EDT (00:11 UTC)
Expired: May 3, 2011, 9:15 PM EDT
In force: 64 min
Issued by: NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Alexander County, NC, Catawba County, NC, Davie County, NC, Iredell County, NC, Rowan County, NC

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 142 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:12 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, 8:14 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	4 E Hickory, NC	CATAWBA COUNTY REPORTS A TREE DOWN ON A MOBILE HOME IN THE 3400 BLOCK OF HIGHLAND AVENUE NE.
May 3, 8:15 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	4 Nnw Conover, NC	CATAWBA COUNTY DOT REPORTS 1 TREE DOWN ON DANIEL STREET.
May 3, 8:15 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	5 N Conover, NC	CATAWBA COUNTY DOT REPORTS 2 TREES DOWN ON LEE CLINE ROAD.
May 3, 8:32 PM EDT	HAIL 0.25	Scotts, NC	A REPORT OF PEA SIZED HAIL AND STRONG WIND. NO WIND DAMAGE REPORTED.

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 3 storm reports to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 3 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 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 98 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: 743 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -8 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1145 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 152 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 185 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.5
Supercell composite: 3.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

976 
WUUS52 KGSP 040011
SVRGSP
NCC003-035-059-097-159-040115-
/O.NEW.KGSP.SV.W.0117.110504T0011Z-110504T0115Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
811 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...
  CATAWBA COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...
  WESTERN DAVIE COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...
  IREDELL COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...
  NORTHWESTERN ROWAN COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...

* UNTIL 915 PM EDT

* AT 806 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
  LONGVIEW...OR 3 MILES SOUTH OF HICKORY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40
  MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  ST. STEPHENS AND CONOVER...
  CLAREMONT...
  MILLERSVILLE AND CATAWBA...
  LOOKOUT SHOALS LAKE AND TAYLORSVILLE...
  STONY POINT AND HIDDENITE...
  SCOTTS...

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 3606 8056 3582 8045 3578 8048 3559 8135
      3569 8142 3580 8133 3587 8133 3602 8118
      3607 8098
TIME...MOT...LOC 0011Z 241DEG 35KT 3572 8130

$$
ARK

2 follow-up statements

227 
WWUS52 KGSP 040035
SVSGSP

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

NCC003-035-059-097-159-040115-
/O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0117.000000T0000Z-110504T0115Z/
ALEXANDER NC-CATAWBA NC-DAVIE NC-IREDELL NC-ROWAN NC-
835 PM EDT TUE MAY 3 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM EDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN ROWAN...IREDELL...WESTERN DAVIE...CATAWBA AND
ALEXANDER COUNTIES...

AT 831 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 STONY POINT...OR 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF TAYLORSVILLE...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
STATESVILLE...LOVE VALLEY...TURNERSBURG...UNION GROVE...HARMONY...
WOODLEAF...SHEFFIELD...COOLEEMEE AND MOCKSVILLE

LAT...LON 3606 8056 3582 8045 3578 8048 3559 8135
      3569 8142 3580 8133 3587 8133 3602 8118
      3607 8098
TIME...MOT...LOC 0035Z 240DEG 39KT 3586 8100

$$

ARK

057 
WWUS52 KGSP 040113
SVSGSP

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

NCC003-035-059-097-159-040123-
/O.EXP.KGSP.SV.W.0117.000000T0000Z-110504T0115Z/
ALEXANDER NC-CATAWBA NC-DAVIE NC-IREDELL NC-ROWAN NC-
913 PM EDT TUE MAY 3 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN ROWAN...
IREDELL...WESTERN DAVIE...CATAWBA AND ALEXANDER COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE
AT 915 PM EDT...

STORMS HAVE WEAKENED TO BELOW SEVERE LIMITS.

LAT...LON 3606 8056 3582 8045 3578 8048 3559 8135
      3569 8142 3580 8133 3587 8133 3602 8118
      3607 8098
TIME...MOT...LOC 0113Z 246DEG 43KT 3597 8047

$$

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, 7:52 PM EDT, 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 3, 7:52 PM EDT, 19 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
752 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/...
HAVE MADE SOME MINOR CHANGES TO THE TIMING OF THE CONVECTIVE PRECIP
BASED ON LATEST RADAR TRENDS AT 2330Z. OTHERWISE...CURRENT FORECAST
LOOKS OKAY.

REMAINDER OF PREVIOUS DISCUSSION...
STILL ANTCIPATE 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 TUESDAY/...
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 /00Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/...
AT KCLT...COLD FRONT IS APPROACHING FROM THE WEST AT TAF ISSUANCE
TIME WITH A BROKEN LINE OF CONVECTION. WILL INCLUDE A VICINITY TS
AND CB CLOUD AT THIS TIME STARTING AT 01Z...AND WILL AMEND AS
NECESSARY IF THE LINE FILLS IN. AFTER THE MAIN CONVECTIVE LINE MOVES
THRU...EXPECT A FEW HOURS OF OCCASIONAL SHOWERS AS THE FRONT PASSES
THROUGH. PREFER TO KEEP CEILING VFR AS MOST LOCATIONS HAVE NOT HAD A
RESTRICTIVE CEILING WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE SHOWERS AND STORMS.
THINK WINDS SHOULD BE NW BY 03Z AND WILL BECOME N AFTER 07Z. LOWER
CLOUDS SHOULD SCATTER OUT BY SUNRISE LEAVING AN ALTOCU CEILING THAT
WILL PERSIST INTO THE MIDDLE PART OF WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE
AFTERNOON SHOULD BE VFR.

ELSEWHERE...KGSP RADAR SHOWS SEVERAL CLUMPS OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA. MOST TAF SITES WILL
BE HANDLED WITH A TEMPO AS APPROPRIATE FOR THE PASSAGE OF THE MAIN
CONVECTION. ONCE THE WIND SHIFT MOVES THROUGH...NOW UNTIL 02Z...
EXPECT OCCASIONAL SHOWERS. FOR THE MOST PART...THE CEILING WILL STAY
VFR. THE EXCEPTION WILL BE KAVL. BEHIND THE FRONT...SOME UPSLOPE
CLOUDS WILL EVENTUALLY MAKE IT UP THE VALLEY IN THE EARLY MORNING
HOURS...SO AN MVFR CEILING IS STARTED AT 08Z AND KEPT THROUGH 12Z.
THE REST OF THE TAF SITES SHOULD STAY VFR THROUGH THE REST OF THE
PERIOD.

OUTLOOK...VFR THURSDAY NIGHT. A CLIPPER SYSTEM WILL BRUSH THE AREA
ON FRIDAY BEFORE HIGH PRES RETURNS AGAIN OVER THE WEEKEND.
CONDITIONS SHOULD STAY VFR.

&&

.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/PM
SHORT TERM...CSH
LONG TERM...SBK
AVIATION...PM

Hazardous weather outlook, May 3, 4:26 PM EDT, 3 hours 45 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, 2 hours 16 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 54 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, 1 hour 36 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, 1 hour 12 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, 1 hour 11 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, 51 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.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 3, 9:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Gaston	44 min
May 3, 9:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Cleveland, Gaston, Lincoln, Mecklenburg	48 min
May 3, 10:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Cabarrus, Iredell, Mecklenburg, Rowan, Union	59 min
May 3, 10:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Davie, Rowan	52 min
May 3, 11:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Union	32 min
May 4, 4:17 AM EDT	Frost Advisory	GSP	Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Graham, Haywood, Henderson and 8 more	29 hr
May 4, 4:17 AM EDT	Freeze Warning	GSP	Avery, Haywood, Jackson, Macon, Mitchell, Swain and 1 more	29 hr

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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.