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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 119, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

May 3, 20114 counties in North Carolina; Cherokee County, Chester County, York County, South Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 3, 2011, 9:40 PM EDT for 4 counties in North Carolina; Cherokee County, Chester County, York County, South Carolina. It was in force for 48 min. 3 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, 9:40 PM EDT (01:40 UTC)
Expired
May 3, 2011, 10:28 PM EDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Cleveland County, NC, Gaston County, NC, Lincoln County, NC, Mecklenburg County, NC, Cherokee County, SC, Chester County, SC, York County, SC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:40 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, 9:52 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG1 Ne Clover, SCFIRE DEPARTMENT REPORTED ONE TREE DOWN ON THE NORTHEAST SIDE OF CLOVER.
May 3, 9:58 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG7 Ese Clover, SCSC HIGHWAY PATROL REPORTS A TREE IN THE ROADWAY ON HW-49 JUST BEFORE THE INTERSECTION WITH HW-55. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR DATA.
May 3, 10:03 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGMcadenville, NCSPOTTER REPORTS ONE LARGE TREE DOWN OFF HICKORY GROVE ROAD JUST OUTSIDE OF MCADENVILLE.

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 12 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, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 173 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 00:00Z on 2011-05-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 743 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 00:00Z on 2011-05-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 152 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
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.

607 
WUUS52 KGSP 040140
SVRGSP
NCC045-071-109-119-SCC021-023-091-040245-
/O.NEW.KGSP.SV.W.0119.110504T0140Z-110504T0245Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN CLEVELAND COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...
  GASTON COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...
  SOUTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...
  WESTERN MECKLENBURG COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...
  EASTERN CHEROKEE COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...
  NORTHWESTERN CHESTER COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...
  YORK COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...

* UNTIL 1045 PM EDT

* AT 936 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 4 MILES NORTH OF GROVER TO 5
  MILES SOUTH OF BULLOCK CREEK...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8
  MILES SOUTHEAST OF SHELBY TO 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF CHESTER...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  KINGS MOUNTAIN AND SHARON...
  BESSEMER CITY AND LOWRYS...
  CROWDERS AND YORK...
  HIGH SHOALS AND GASTONIA...
  IRON STATION AND RANLO...

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 3494 8088 3467 8145 3472 8145 3473 8149
      3476 8145 3479 8146 3481 8148 3484 8146
      3487 8149 3488 8152 3527 8154 3555 8097
      3550 8096 3552 8090 3501 8090
TIME...MOT...LOC 0140Z 239DEG 35KT 3525 8139 3480 8137

$$
ARK
2 follow-up statements
756 
WWUS52 KGSP 040157
SVSGSP

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

NCC045-SCC021-023-040207-
/O.CAN.KGSP.SV.W.0119.000000T0000Z-110504T0245Z/
CLEVELAND NC-CHEROKEE SC-CHESTER SC-
957 PM EDT TUE MAY 3 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN CHESTER...EASTERN
CHEROKEE AND SOUTHEASTERN CLEVELAND COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

LAT...LON 3482 8114 3483 8138 3505 8141 3514 8140
      3517 8136 3517 8133 3526 8132 3529 8136
      3533 8136 3535 8139 3555 8097 3550 8096
      3552 8090 3501 8090 3494 8088
TIME...MOT...LOC 0157Z 239DEG 34KT 3535 8118 3490 8116

$$

NCC071-109-119-SCC091-040245-
/O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0119.000000T0000Z-110504T0245Z/
GASTON NC-LINCOLN NC-MECKLENBURG NC-YORK SC-
957 PM EDT TUE MAY 3 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 PM EDT
FOR YORK...WESTERN MECKLENBURG...SOUTHEASTERN LINCOLN AND GASTON
COUNTIES...

AT 953 PM EDT...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 DALLAS TO MCCONNELLS...OR
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF GASTONIA TO 8 MILES
SOUTH OF YORK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO HIGH
SHOALS...RANLO...IRON STATION...LOWELL...STANLEY...MCADENVILLE...
CRAMERTON...ROCK HILL...LAKE WYLIE...BELMONT...MOUNT HOLLY...TEGA
CAY...LUCIA...LOWESVILLE...CAROWINDS...FORT MILL...MOUNTAIN ISLAND
LAKE AND PAW CREEK

LAT...LON 3482 8114 3483 8138 3505 8141 3514 8140
      3517 8136 3517 8133 3526 8132 3529 8136
      3533 8136 3535 8139 3555 8097 3550 8096
      3552 8090 3501 8090 3494 8088
TIME...MOT...LOC 0157Z 239DEG 34KT 3535 8118 3490 8116

$$

ARK
178 
WWUS52 KGSP 040228
SVSGSP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1028 PM EDT TUE MAY 3 2011

NCC071-109-119-SCC091-040237-
/O.CAN.KGSP.SV.W.0119.000000T0000Z-110504T0245Z/
GASTON NC-LINCOLN NC-MECKLENBURG NC-YORK SC-
1028 PM EDT TUE MAY 3 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR YORK...WESTERN MECKLENBURG...
SOUTHEASTERN LINCOLN AND GASTON COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE STORMS THAT HAD PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE 
WARNED AREA.

LAT...LON 3482 8114 3483 8138 3505 8141 3514 8140
      3517 8136 3517 8133 3526 8132 3529 8136
      3533 8136 3535 8139 3555 8097 3550 8096
      3552 8090 3501 8090 3494 8088
TIME...MOT...LOC 0227Z 239DEG 34KT 3550 8088 3505 8086

$$

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, 1 hour 48 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 3, 7:52 PM EDT, 1 hour 48 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, 5 hours 14 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

Local storm report, May 3, 8:48 PM EDT, 52 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
848 PM EDT TUE MAY 03 2011

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

0607 PM     TSTM WND DMG     5 NW OLD FORT           35.68N 82.24W
05/03/2011                   MCDOWELL           NC   COUNTY OFFICIAL

            THE MILL CREEK ROAD AREA IN FAR WESTERN MCDOWELL COUNTY
            WAS ESPECIALLY HARD HIT WITH NUMEROUS TREES DOWN. NO
            REPORTS OF ANY INJURIES AS THE EARLIER MOBILE HOME HIT BY
            A TREE, NOBODY HOME AT THE TIME.

&&

OUTLAW
Local storm report, May 3, 9:05 PM EDT, 35 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
905 PM EDT TUE MAY 03 2011

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

0723 PM     TSTM WND DMG     ELLENDALE               35.93N 81.28W
05/03/2011                   ALEXANDER          NC   COUNTY OFFICIAL

            COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS REPORTS SEVERAL TREES DOWN AROUND
            ELLENDALE. ALSO HAD REPORTS OF LARGE HAIL BUT NOBODY GAVE
            A SPECIFIC HAIL SIZE.

&&

OUTLAW
Local storm report, May 3, 9:07 PM EDT, 33 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
907 PM EDT TUE MAY 03 2011

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

0655 PM     TSTM WND DMG     8 NNW LENOIR            36.01N 81.59W
05/03/2011                   CALDWELL           NC   COUNTY OFFICIAL

            A FEW TREES DOWN.

&&

OUTLAW
Special weather statement, May 3, 9:16 PM EDT, 24 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
916 PM EDT TUE MAY 3 2011

NCZ068-070-SCZ008-009-013-014-040200-
CHEROKEE-CHESTER-CLEVELAND-GASTON-UNION-YORK-
916 PM EDT TUE MAY 3 2011

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT CHEROKEE...EASTERN UNION...
SOUTHERN CLEVELAND...WESTERN CHESTER...WESTERN GASTON AND WESTERN
YORK COUNTIES THROUGH 1000 PM EDT...

AT 914 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF
GAFFNEY TO 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF ADAMSBURG TO 3 MILES WEST OF CARLISLE
TO 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WHITMIRE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

THESE STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  CARLISLE...
  EARL...
  HICKORY GROVE...
  KINGS MOUNTAIN...
  MCCONNELLS...

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

LAT...LON 3450 8160 3454 8159 3480 8165 3518 8171
      3541 8123 3541 8118 3479 8107 3456 8110
      3455 8113 3456 8141 3450 8141 3448 8149
      3444 8154

ARK
Local storm report, May 3, 9:17 PM EDT, 23 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
917 PM EDT TUE MAY 03 2011

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

0832 PM     HAIL             SCOTTS                  35.84N 81.01W
05/03/2011  E0.25 INCH       IREDELL            NC   COUNTY OFFICIAL

            A REPORT OF PEA SIZED HAIL AND STRONG WIND. NO WIND
            DAMAGE REPORTED.

&&

OUTLAW
Local storm report, May 3, 9:29 PM EDT, 11 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
929 PM EDT TUE MAY 03 2011

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

0847 PM     TSTM WND DMG     4 S CLINTON             34.42N 81.87W
05/03/2011                   LAURENS            SC   COUNTY OFFICIAL

            COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS AND JOANNA FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORT
            ONE TREE DOWN ALONG OLD MILTON ROAD.

0902 PM     HAIL             JOANNA                  34.42N 81.81W
05/03/2011  E0.75 INCH       LAURENS            SC   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

            JOANNA FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORTED LARGEST HAIL AT THEIR
            STATION WAS DIME SIZED.

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OUTLAW

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 3, 8:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPAlexander, Catawba, Davie, Iredell, Rowan64 min
May 3, 9:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPGaston44 min
May 3, 10:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPCabarrus, Iredell, Mecklenburg, Rowan, Union59 min
May 3, 10:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPDavie, Rowan52 min
May 3, 11:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPUnion32 min
May 4, 4:17 AM EDTFrost AdvisoryGSPBuncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Graham, Haywood, Henderson and 8 more29 hr
May 4, 4:17 AM EDTFreeze WarningGSPAvery, Haywood, Jackson, Macon, Mitchell, Swain and 1 more29 hr
May 3, 8:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPAbbeville, Greenwood, Laurens61 min
May 3, 8:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPCherokee51 min
May 3, 10:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPChester38 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Carolina, 2011Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in South Carolina, 2011Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2011

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.