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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 180, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

May 22, 2011Avery County, Caldwell County, North Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 22, 2011, 6:46 PM EDT for Avery County, Caldwell County, North Carolina. It was in force for 44 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 22, 2011, 6:46 PM EDT (22:46 UTC)
Expired
May 22, 2011, 7:30 PM EDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Avery County, NC, Caldwell County, NC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 136 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:45 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.

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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 22, 5:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 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 12:00Z on 2011-05-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2011-05-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 66 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1494 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
66 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
114 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.

382 
WUUS52 KGSP 222246
SVRGSP
NCC011-027-222330-
/O.NEW.KGSP.SV.W.0180.110522T2246Z-110522T2330Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
646 PM EDT SUN MAY 22 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL AVERY COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
  NORTHWESTERN CALDWELL COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...

* UNTIL 730 PM EDT

* AT 645 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 3 MILES
  SOUTH OF LINVILLE...OR 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF NEWLAND...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  GRANDFATHER MOUNTAIN...
  UPTON...

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 3613 8181 3612 8181 3613 8173 3612 8158
      3597 8184 3598 8187 3600 8189 3598 8192
      3600 8196 3614 8185
TIME...MOT...LOC 2247Z 233DEG 17KT 3604 8185

$$
MCAVOY
1 follow-up statement
801 
WWUS52 KGSP 222323
SVSGSP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
723 PM EDT SUN MAY 22 2011

NCC011-027-222333-
/O.EXP.KGSP.SV.W.0180.000000T0000Z-110522T2330Z/
AVERY NC-CALDWELL NC-
723 PM EDT SUN MAY 22 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN CALDWELL AND EAST
CENTRAL AVERY COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 730 PM EDT...

THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND MOVED OUT OF 
THE COUNTY.

LAT...LON 3613 8181 3612 8181 3613 8173 3612 8158
      3597 8184 3598 8187 3600 8189 3598 8192
      3600 8196 3614 8185
TIME...MOT...LOC 2323Z 233DEG 17KT 3614 8168

$$
MCAVOY

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 22, 4:42 PM EDT, 2 hours 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 22, 4:42 PM EDT, 2 hours 4 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
442 PM EDT SUN MAY 22 2011

.SYNOPSIS...
WEAK HIGH PRESSURE WILL LINGER OVER THE REGION THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF
THE WEEK WITH TEMPERATURES STAYING WELL ABOVE NORMAL THROUGH WEDNESDAY. A
LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL THEN BRING UNSETTLED WEATHER TO THE REGION
THURSDAY THROUGH THE WEEKEND.

&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH MONDAY/...
WOULD EXPECT DEEP CONVECTIVE CVRG TO BECOME NUMEROUS ACRS THE NC
MTNS INTO EARLY EVENING AS ACTIVITY AHEAD OF EASTWARD RIPPLING
IMPULSE ENCROACHES. WITHIN MLCAPE VALUES OF 1500-2000 J/KG AND
ENHANCED FLOW AROUND NEARING IMPULSE...A FEW SVR STORMS WILL BE
POSSIBLE.

DEEP CONVECTION WILL TAPER OFF LATE THIS EVE BUT EXPECT AT LEAST
SLIGHT CHC POPS OVER MTNS THRU THE NIGHT AS WEAK H5 VORTICES
CONTINUE TO MOVE OVER THE AREA. TEMPS WILL COOL INTO THE M60S ACROSS
THE PIEDMONT AND 50S IN THE MTNS. WX PATTERN MON LOOKS SIMILAR TO
TODAY BUT WITH A LITTLE LESS FORCING ALOFT. IN ANY CASE TEMPS WILL
WARM INTO THE 90S...80S MTNS AGAIN AND EXPECT CHC TSTMS MTNS INTO N
NC PIEDMONT...SLIGHT CHC AGAIN ACROSS S CWA.

&&

.SHORT TERM /MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
AS OF 2 PM SUNDAY...THE SHORT TERM FCST PICKS UP AT 00Z ON TUESDAY
WITH THE LONGWAVE H5 RIDGE AXIS WELL OFFSHORE TO OUR EAST AND THE
UPPER TROF AXIS FAR TO OUR NORTH OVER THE GREAT LAKES REGION. NOT
MUCH CHANGE IS EXPECTED WRT THE SYNOPTIC PATTERN THRU THE PERIOD.
WEAK RIDGING AT THE SFC AND ALOFT WILL KEEP THE AREA IN A VERY WARM
SUMMER-LIKE PATTERN WITH SWLY LOW LVL FLOW EACH DAY/EVENING. ALL OF
THE OP MODELS GENERATE SOME DEGREE OF PVA EMBEDDED WITHIN NUMEROUS
WEAK SHORTWAVES THAT PROPAGATE TO OUR NORTH DURING THE FIRST 24HRS
OR SO OF THE PERIOD. THE LATEST 12Z GFS APPEARS TO BE THE MOST
BULLISH WRT SHORTWAVE AMPLIFICATION ON TUES...WITH THE NAM AND ECMWF
DOWNPLAYING THEIR AMPLITUDE AND PROXIMITY TO THE CWFA. FORECAST
SOUNDINGS CONTINUE TO GENERATE MARGINAL TO MODERATE INSTABILITY
ACROSS THE MTNS AND LOWER CAPE VALUES OVER THE PIEDMONT AND FOOTHILLS.
OVERALL...BEST CHANCES FOR SH AND TS ARE STILL LOOKING LIKE THE MTS
WITH ANY ORGANIZED CONVECTIVE THREAT STAYING TO OUR NORTH. TEMPS
WILL CHANGED VERY LITTLE FROM THE PREVIOUS FCST WITH HIGHS IN THE
LOWER 90S FOR LOWER ELEVATIONS AND MID 80S FOR THE MTS.

&&

.LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY/...
AS OF NOON SUNDAY...THE GLOBAL MODELS ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT THAT A
RATHER ABRUPT AND DRAMATIC PATTERN CHANGE IS IN STORE FOR THE
SOUTHEAST LATE IN THE WEEK...AS HEIGHT FALLS OVERSPREAD MUCH OF THE
EASTERN HALF OF THE COUNTRY...RESULTING IN MEAN TROUGHING THAT IS
EXPECTED TO PERSIST THROUGH THE END OF THE PERIOD. IN FACT...THE GFS
AND ECMWF ESTABLISH A RATHER DEEP UPPER LOW IN THE VICINITY OF THE
SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS BY DAY 7. THE UPSHOT WOULD BE A TRANSITION
FROM VERY WARM/DRY MOSTLY DRY CONDITIONS DURING MID-WEEK...TO A
WETTER AND COOLER PATTERN BY FRIDAY...CONTINUING THROUGH THE
WEEKEND.

WITH THIS IN MIND...HIGHER-THAN-CLIMO POPS (I.E. SOLID CHANCES) WILL
BE FEATURED IN THE FORECAST SUITE FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
THE END OF THE PERIOD. IT APPEARS THERE COULD BE AN ORGANIZED SEVERE
WX THREAT AS THE TROUGH APPROACHES THE REGION ON THURSDAY...WITH
PERHAPS A TRANSITION TO MORE OF A HEAVY RAIN THREAT NEXT WEEKEND AS
THE MATURING SYNOPTIC PATTERN FAVORS A CONTINUOUS FEED OF ABUNDANT
MOISTURE INTO THE REGION. THIS SHOULD ALSO RESULT IN OCCURRENCE OF
CONVECTION BEING LESS STRONGLY TIED TO THE DIURNAL HEATING CYCLE...
SO SOLID POPS WILL BE MAINTAINED DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.

TEMPS ON THURSDAY WILL REMAIN WELL ABOVE NORMAL. HOWEVER...AS THE
COOLER/WETTER PATTERN ESTABLISHES ITSELF LATE IN THE WEEK...TEMPS
WILL BE AROUND...IF NOT A LITTLE BELOW NORMAL BY DAY 7.

&&

.AVIATION /21Z SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/...
KCLT AND ELSEWHERE...CLOUD DEBRIS FROM CONVECTION OVER THE OH VALLEY
WILL MOVE ACROSS THE CWA. CU WILL ALSO CONTINUE TO DEVELOP WITH SCT
SHWRS/TSTMS EXPECTED ACROSS THE MTNS INTO THE NC FOOTHILLS AND
PIEDMONT. BEST COVERAGE SHOULD STAY N OF KCLT BUT INCLUDED CB CLOUDS
IN TAF AFT 23Z. KAVL AND KHKY WILL SEE BETTER CHC SO HAVE VFR LOW
CLOUD CIGS...CB AND VCSH. CONVECTION SHOULD TAPER OFF THIS
EVE...THEN THERE IS A CHC OF MVFR FOG...MAINLY NC TERMINALS
INCLUDING KCLT. EXPECT GENERALLY SW WINDS LESS THAN 10KT EXCEPT NEAR
SHWRS.

OUTLOOK...MOSTLY VFR THRU THU AS A WEAK RIDGE REMAINS OVER THE
REGION. RESTRICTIONS WILL BE DUE TO LOWER CIG/VIS IN AND AROUND SCT
AFTN-EVE TSTMS EACH DAY...AND EARLY MRNG FOG. A COLD FRONT MOVES IN
FROM THE W FRI.

&&

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

&&

SYNOPSIS...JPT
NEAR TERM...CSH/RB
SHORT TERM...JPT
LONG TERM...JDL
AVIATION...RB
Hazardous weather outlook, May 22, 5:48 PM EDT, 58 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
548 PM EDT SUN MAY 22 2011

NCZ033-035-048>053-058-059-062>065-501>510-232200-
AVERY-ALEXANDER-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-
GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-
HENDERSON-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-GREATER CALDWELL-BURKE MOUNTAINS-
GREATER BURKE-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-EASTERN MCDOWELL-
RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-GREATER RUTHERFORD-POLK MOUNTAINS-EASTERN POLK-
548 PM EDT SUN MAY 22 2011

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 333 IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF LARGE
HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...TORNADOES OR FLASH FLOODING TO OUR OFFICE.

GAZ010-017-NCZ036-037-056-057-068>072-082-SCZ001>003-232200-
RABUN-HABERSHAM-IREDELL-DAVIE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-
MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-
GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-
548 PM EDT SUN MAY 22 2011

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING.
GUSTY WINDS AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL BE THE
MAIN THREATS WITH THESE STORMS. HOWEVER...A FEW STORMS MAY PRODUCE
BRIEF PERIODS OF LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF LARGE
HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...TORNADOES OR FLASH FLOODING TO OUR OFFICE.

GAZ018-026-028-029-SCZ004>014-019-232200-
STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS-
GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-
LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD-
548 PM EDT SUN MAY 22 2011

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

NONE.

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 22, 5:45 PM EDT, 1 hour 1 minute before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
545 PM EDT SUN MAY 22 2011

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

0540 PM     HAIL             2 NE MARSHALL           35.82N 82.66W
05/22/2011  E0.75 INCH       MADISON            NC   TRAINED SPOTTER

            SPOTTER REPORTS 3/4 INCH HAIL ON HIGHWAY 25 BYPASS

&&

LANE
Local storm report, May 22, 5:56 PM EDT, 50 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
556 PM EDT SUN MAY 22 2011

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

0535 PM     HAIL             3 N MARSHALL            35.84N 82.68W
05/22/2011  E1.75 INCH       MADISON            NC   TRAINED SPOTTER

0535 PM     HAIL             3 N MARSHALL            35.84N 82.68W
05/22/2011  E1.75 INCH       MADISON            NC   TRAINED SPOTTER

            SPOTTER REPORTS GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL

&&

KRENTZ
Special weather statement, May 22, 6:15 PM EDT, 31 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
615 PM EDT SUN MAY 22 2011

NCZ062-222245-
MACON-
615 PM EDT SUN MAY 22 2011

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHERN MACON COUNTY THROUGH
645 PM EDT...

AT 608 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF KYLE...OR 9 MILES WEST OF
FRANKLIN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  FRANKLIN...

MOTHBALL SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH
THIS STORM.

LAT...LON 3530 8350 3530 8346 3532 8345 3533 8333
      3531 8332 3527 8332 3523 8328 3517 8325
      3510 8354 3523 8363

MCAVOY
Local storm report, May 22, 6:19 PM EDT, 27 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
619 PM EDT SUN MAY 22 2011

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

0603 PM     HAIL             MARS HILL               35.83N 82.55W
05/22/2011  E1.75 INCH       MADISON            NC   EMERGENCY MNGR

            EM RELAYED REPORTS OF GOLF BALL SIE HAIL IN THE MARS HILL
            AREA

0603 PM     TSTM WND DMG     MARS HILL               35.83N 82.55W
05/22/2011                   MADISON            NC   EMERGENCY MNGR

            EM REPORTED A TREE ON A HOUSE IN MARS HILL...WITH OTHER
            TREES DOWN BETWEEN MARSHALL AND MARS HILL

&&

LANE
Special weather statement, May 22, 6:20 PM EDT, 26 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
620 PM EDT SUN MAY 22 2011

NCZ033-050-503-505-222245-
AVERY-BURKE MOUNTAINS-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-MITCHELL-
620 PM EDT SUN MAY 22 2011

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHERN MCDOWELL...NORTHWESTERN
BURKE...SOUTHEASTERN MITCHELL AND SOUTHERN AVERY COUNTIES THROUGH 645
PM EDT...

AT 616 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES EAST OF SPRUCE PINE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
20 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  JONAS RIDGE...
  LINVILLE...

PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.

LAT...LON 3601 8178 3597 8180 3595 8178 3583 8197
      3592 8212 3612 8190

MCAVOY
Special weather statement, May 22, 6:29 PM EDT, 17 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
629 PM EDT SUN MAY 22 2011

NCZ053-222315-
BUNCOMBE-
629 PM EDT SUN MAY 22 2011

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT BUNCOMBE COUNTY THROUGH 715 PM
EDT...

AT 624 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES WEST OF CANDLER...OR 12 MILES WEST OF
DOWNTOWN ASHEVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  I-26 AT I-40...
  BILTMORE FOREST...
  WOODFIN...
  WEAVERVILLE...

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

LAT...LON 3561 8233 3560 8232 3544 8277 3544 8279
      3547 8280 3553 8278 3554 8276 3556 8278
      3557 8277 3563 8282 3562 8283 3580 8250
      3580 8246

KRENTZ

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 22, 4:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPMadison36 min
May 22, 5:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPMadison62 min
May 22, 6:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPBuncombe, Madison, Yancey57 min
May 22, 6:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPBuncombe, Madison62 min
May 22, 6:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPMacon30 min
May 22, 6:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPAvery25 min
May 22, 6:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPBuncombe46 min
May 22, 7:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPBuncombe, Madison, Yancey58 min
May 22, 7:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPTransylvania50 min
May 22, 7:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPMadison2 hr
May 22, 7:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPBuncombe44 min
May 22, 7:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPHenderson, Transylvania43 min
May 22, 7:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPBurke, McDowell, Yancey58 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.