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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 152, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

May 11, 2011Cleveland County, Rutherford County, North Carolina; Cherokee County, South Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 11, 2011, 9:02 PM EDT for Cleveland County, Rutherford County, North Carolina; Cherokee County, South Carolina. It was in force for 37 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 11, 2011, 9:02 PM EDT (01:02 UTC)
Expired: May 11, 2011, 9:39 PM EDT
In force: 37 min
Issued by: NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Cleveland County, NC, Rutherford County, NC, Cherokee County, SC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:03 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 11, 9:15 PM EDT	HAIL 0.88	3 Nw Ellenboro, NC
May 11, 9:24 PM EDT	HAIL 0.75	2 W Ellenboro, NC

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

Did it verify

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

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, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 185 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: 1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1003 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 53 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 217 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

678 
WUUS52 KGSP 120102
SVRGSP
NCC045-161-SCC021-120200-
/O.NEW.KGSP.SV.W.0152.110512T0102Z-110512T0200Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
902 PM EDT WED MAY 11 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN CLEVELAND COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...
  NORTHERN CHEROKEE COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...
  EASTERN RUTHERFORD COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...

* UNTIL 1000 PM EDT

* AT 859 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 5 MILES
  NORTH OF ELLENBORO...OR 13 MILES EAST OF RUTHERFORDTON...MOVING
  SOUTH AT 20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BOSTIC AND KINGSTOWN...
  ELLENBORO...
  LATTIMORE AND ALEXANDER MILLS...
  MOORESBORO...
  SHELBY...
  CLIFFSIDE AND BOILING SPRINGS NC...

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 3508 8143 3505 8180 3518 8187 3549 8186
      3553 8158
TIME...MOT...LOC 0102Z 355DEG 19KT 3538 8174

$$
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2 follow-up statements

394 
WWUS52 KGSP 120122
SVSGSP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
922 PM EDT WED MAY 11 2011

NCC045-161-SCC021-120200-
/O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0152.000000T0000Z-110512T0200Z/
CLEVELAND NC-CHEROKEE SC-RUTHERFORD NC-
922 PM EDT WED MAY 11 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN RUTHERFORD...NORTHERN CHEROKEE AND SOUTHWESTERN
CLEVELAND COUNTIES...

AT 920 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 ELLENBORO...OR 10 MILES EAST OF RUTHERFORDTON...MOVING
SOUTH AT 20 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
ALEXANDER MILLS...BOILING SPRINGS NC...PATTERSON SPRINGS...
CLIFFSIDE...EARL...BLACKSBURG AND GAFFNEY

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM 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.

&&

LAT...LON 3540 8186 3541 8154 3508 8143 3505 8180
      3518 8187
TIME...MOT...LOC 0122Z 007DEG 19KT 3531 8179

$$

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135 
WWUS52 KGSP 120139
SVSGSP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
939 PM EDT WED MAY 11 2011

NCC045-161-SCC021-120149-
/O.CAN.KGSP.SV.W.0152.000000T0000Z-110512T0200Z/
CLEVELAND NC-CHEROKEE SC-RUTHERFORD NC-
939 PM EDT WED MAY 11 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN RUTHERFORD...
NORTHERN CHEROKEE AND SOUTHWESTERN CLEVELAND COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE THUNDERSTORM HAS WEAKENED...SO THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 3540 8186 3541 8154 3508 8143 3505 8180
      3518 8187
TIME...MOT...LOC 0139Z 007DEG 19KT 3522 8180

$$

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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 11, 8:16 PM EDT, 46 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 11, 8:16 PM EDT, 46 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
816 PM EDT WED MAY 11 2011

.SYNOPSIS...
AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WILL REMAIN OVER THE REGION THROUGH THURSDAY
WHILE A WEAK SURFACE BOUNDARY MEANDERS OVER THE AREA. A CLOSED UPPER
LOW AND ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE AREA FROM THE WEST
FRIDAY AND MOVE THROUGH THE AREA THIS WEEKEND.

&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH THURSDAY/...
AS OF 230 PM...MOST OF THE FA IS UNDER A DAY 1 SLIGHT RISK FROM THE
STORM PREDICTION CENTER. THE ONLY EXCEPTION IS THE SW MTNS OF
NC...MOST OF NE GA AND THE GOLDEN CORNER OF THE UPSTATE. SREF BULK
SHEAR VALUES ARE UNDER 30KTS IN THESE AREAS...SO IT MAKES SENSE THAT
CONVECTION WOULD HAVE MORE TROUBLE ORGANIZING. HOWEVER...THE HIGHEST
SBCAPE VALUES ARE OVER THE SW PART OF THE FA...SO PULSE SEVERE IS
POSSIBLE EVEN THERE. PER THE RUC...THE STEEP MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES
SEEN ON THE OHX SOUNDING THIS MORNING SHOULD HAVE OVERSPREAD MOST OF
THE FA BY NOW. ALL OF THIS BODES WELL FOR STRONG STORMS AGAIN TODAY.
WITH THE STEEP...NEARLY DRY ADIABATIC MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES...LARGE
HAIL IS STILL LIKELY...ALONG WITH SOME DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
THE SFC WIND FIELDS MATCH THE NAM/RUC/GFS IS SHOWING A WEAK SFC
FRONT SOMEWHERE BETWEEN GSP AND CLT...EXTENDING BACK UP TOWARD AVL.
THE AREA OF LLVL CONVERGENCE...FAVORED BY OROGRAPHIC ASCENT...IS IS
PROBABLY WHERE THE STORMS WILL INITIATE. THE 12 UTC 4 KM WRF ALSO
SHOWS ABUNDANT STRONG CONVECTION OVER THE FA LATE THIS
AFTN...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE WRN NC ZONES. SO EVEN THOUGH NOTHING
HAS DEVELOPED YET...LIKELY POPS WILL BE RETAINED OVER THE NC BLUE
RIDGE...FOOTHILLS...WRN PIEDMONT AND THE NRN UPSTATE AS IT/S ONLY A
MATTER OF TIME UNTIL STORMS DEVELOP. FORTUNATELY...THE WEAKER MID
LEVEL WIND FIELD SHOULD PREVENT ANYTHING AS ORGANIZED OR STRONG AS
WE HAD LAST NIGHT.

NOT EXPECTING ANY UPSTREAM MCS ACTIVITY TONIGHT...SO ONCE STORMS
MOVE OUT OF THE REGION OR DISSIPATE BY LATE EVENING THAT SHOULD BE
IT. A WEAK RIDGE OF SFC HIGH PRESSURE WILL TURN THE WINDS OUT OF THE
E OVER MOST OF THE FA TONIGHT...AND LOW CLOUDS ARE EXPECTED TO
DEVELOP ACROSS MOST OF THE FA.

&&

.SHORT TERM /THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY/...
AS OF 200 PM WEDNESDAY...WEAK SFC BOUNDARY REMAINS OVER THE AREA THU
WITH ANOTHER CHC OF SHWRS/TSTMS...ESP OVER THE MTNS. MODELS IN GOOD
AGREEMENT BRINGING A CLOSED UPPER LOW ACROSS THE PLAINS THU
NIGHT-FRI AND OVER THE OH VALLEY SAT. A COLD FRONT AHEAD OF THIS
FEATURE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE MS VALLEY FRI AND INTO THE W CWA SAT.
WARM...MOIST S FLOW AHEAD OF THE SYSTEM WILL KEEP TEMPS WELL ABOVE
AVG WITH AT LEAST A CHC OF SHWRS/TSTMS EACH DAY. TEMPS WILL BE A
COUPLE DEG COOLER SAT WITH OVC SKIES AND LIKELY CONVECTION OVER THE
MTNS/FOOTHILLS...SOLID CHC ELSEWHERE.

&&

.LONG TERM /SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
AS OF 230 PM WEDNESDAY...ECMWF AND GFS CONTINUE TO SHOW UPPER LOW
AND ASSOC SFC COLD FRONT MOVG ACROSS THE AREA SAT NIGHT-SUN. EXPECT
A SOLID CHC OF SHRWS/TSTMS WITH TEMPS ABOVE AVG IN THE WARM S FLOW
AS THE AND INCREASED CLOUD COVER OVERNIGHT. ANOTHER SHORTWAVE DROPS
SE INTO THE UPPER TROF OVER THE E US MON-TUE TO KEEP A CHC OF
CONVECTION IN THE AREA. UPPER LOW BEGINS TO MOVE NE WED WITH DRYER
AIRMASS MOVG IN BEHIND IT BUT SOME MOISTURE WRAPS AROUND LOW AS IT
TRACKS NW SO HELD ON TO CHC POPS...MAINLY FOR THE MTNS...WED AFTN.
TEMPS WILL BE NEAR AVG MON...BELOW AVG TUE-WED.

&&

.AVIATION /00Z THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY/...
AT KCLT...TSRA CHANCES WILL INCREASE THROUGH 3Z AS ACTIVITY TRACKS
SOUTH FROM THE I-40 CORRIDOR. AFTER 6Z...TSRA CHCS APPEAR VERY
SLIM...WILL ADVERTISE BKN DEBRIS CLOUDS. GUIDANCE INDICATES THAT
MVFR TO IFR CEILINGS WILL EXPAND SOUTHWEST ACROSS THE CLT TERMINAL
LATE TONIGHT. AROUND DAWN...EXPECT WIDESPREAD MVFR CEILINGS WITH
PATCHES OF IFR AND MVFR VIS IN BR. RESTRICTIONS ARE FORECAST TO
IMPROVE THROUGH MID MORNING. WINDS SHOULD REMAIN SE
TONIGHT...VEERING SOUTH DURING THE DAYLIGHT HOURS THURSDAY.

ELSEWHERE...TSRA COVERAGE HAS BEEN TRENDING LOWER THIS EVENING...BUT
WILL REMAIN A POSSIBILITY THROUGH THE REST OF THE EVENING. GUIDANCE
INDICATES THAT MVFR TO IFR CEILINGS WILL EXPAND SOUTHWEST ACROSS THE
WESTERN CAROLINAS TONIGHT...REACHING AS FAR AS THE I-26 CORRIDOR.
KAND WILL REMAIN VFR. RESTRICTIONS ARE FORECAST TO IMPROVE THROUGH
MID MORNING. WINDS SHOULD REMAIN SE TONIGHT...VEERING SOUTH DURING
THE DAYLIGHT HOURS THURSDAY.

OUTLOOK...SCATTERED CEILING AND VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS IN
THUNDERSTORMS MOST NUMEROUS OVER MOUNTAINS AND DURING AFTERNOONS AND
EVENINGS THROUGH END OF WEEK. MORNING MVFR FOG POSSIBLE WHERE RAIN
FELL THE NIGHT BEFORE.

&&

.GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...NONE.
NC...NONE.
SC...NONE.

&&

SYNOPSIS...RB
NEAR TERM...MCAVOY
SHORT TERM...RB
LONG TERM...RB
AVIATION...NED

Hazardous weather outlook, May 11, 2:58 PM EDT, 6 hours 4 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
258 PM EDT WED MAY 11 2011

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065-
068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-121900-
RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-AVERY-ALEXANDER-
IREDELL-DAVIE-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-CATAWBA-
ROWAN-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-
HENDERSON-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-
258 PM EDT WED MAY 11 2011

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER
THE BLUE RIDGE AND FOOTHILLS LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THE STORMS ARE
THEN EXPECTED TO MOVE SOUTH...ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT
INTO THE EVENING HOURS. SOME STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE...
PRODUCING DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS AND LARGE HAIL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

NONE.

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 11, 7:29 PM EDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
729 PM EDT WED MAY 11 2011

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

0728 PM     HAIL             4 E COLUMBUS            35.25N 82.13W
05/11/2011  E1.00 INCH       POLK               NC   NWS EMPLOYEE

&&

BSH

Local storm report, May 11, 7:39 PM EDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
739 PM EDT WED MAY 11 2011

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

0720 PM     HAIL             2 NW TURNERVILLE        34.71N 83.45W
05/11/2011  E0.75 INCH       HABERSHAM          GA   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

BSH

Special weather statement, May 11, 7:50 PM EDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
750 PM EDT WED MAY 11 2011

NCZ036-037-057-120030-
DAVIE-IREDELL-ROWAN-
750 PM EDT WED MAY 11 2011

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN IREDELL...
NORTHWESTERN ROWAN AND WESTERN DAVIE COUNTIES THROUGH 830 PM EDT...

AT 747 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF SHEFFIELD...OR 10 MILES
SOUTH OF YADKINVILLE...MOVING SOUTH AT 25 MPH.

PEOPLE IN NORTHEASTERN IREDELL...NORTHWESTERN ROWAN AND WESTERN DAVIE
COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...

HARMONY AND CLEVELAND...

SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE
WARNINGS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE
WEATHER THREATEN.

DIME SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.

LAT...LON 3576 8046 3570 8081 3605 8082 3605 8059

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Local storm report, May 11, 7:51 PM EDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
751 PM EDT WED MAY 11 2011

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

0720 PM     HAIL             2 NW TURNERVILLE        34.71N 83.45W
05/11/2011  E1.00 INCH       HABERSHAM          GA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            SPOTTER CALLED BACK AND AFTER A QUICK SURVEY OF THE YARD
            FOUND THAT MANY OF THE HAIL STONES WERE 1 INCH IN
            DIAMETER.

&&

BSH

Local storm report, May 11, 8:19 PM EDT, 43 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
819 PM EDT WED MAY 11 2011

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

0709 PM     TSTM WND DMG     LAKEMONT                34.78N 83.42W
05/11/2011                   RABUN              GA   COUNTY OFFICIAL

            RABUN COUNTY COMMS REPORTS ONE TREE DOWN AND SEVERAL
            POWERLINES DOWN IN LAKEMONT.

&&

BSH

Special weather statement, May 11, 8:34 PM EDT, 28 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
834 PM EDT WED MAY 11 2011

NCZ068-508-120115-
CLEVELAND-GREATER RUTHERFORD-
834 PM EDT WED MAY 11 2011

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EASTERN RUTHERFORD AND WESTERN
CLEVELAND COUNTIES THROUGH 915 PM EDT...

AT 829 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF SUNSHINE...OR 15 MILES
NORTHEAST OF RUTHERFORDTON...MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH.

PEOPLE IN EASTERN RUTHERFORD AND WESTERN CLEVELAND COUNTIES...
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...

POLKVILLE AND ELLENBORO...

SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE
WARNINGS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE
WEATHER THREATEN.

DIME SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.

LAT...LON 3556 8164 3524 8149 3518 8160 3519 8186
      3554 8187 3559 8176

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 11, 8:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Cleveland	41 min
May 11, 10:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Union	52 min
May 11, 10:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Mecklenburg	47 min
May 12, 2:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Henderson	45 min
May 12, 3:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Buncombe, Henderson	64 min
May 12, 3:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Buncombe	42 min
May 12, 4:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Henderson, Transylvania	56 min
May 12, 4:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	McDowell, Rutherford	39 min
May 12, 4:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Haywood	44 min
May 12, 5:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Transylvania	43 min
May 12, 5:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Transylvania	52 min
May 12, 5:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Haywood	43 min
May 12, 6:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Transylvania	50 min
May 12, 7:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Transylvania	56 min
May 12, 5:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Oconee	48 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Carolina, 2011 Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in South Carolina, 2011 Every 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.