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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 185, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

May 22, 20115 counties in North Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 22, 2011, 8:54 PM EDT for 5 counties in North Carolina. It was in force for 66 min. 10 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 22, 2011, 8:54 PM EDT (00:54 UTC)
Expired: May 22, 2011, 10:00 PM EDT
In force: 66 min
Issued by: NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Alexander County, NC, Burke County, NC, Caldwell County, NC, Catawba County, NC, Iredell County, NC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 144 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:56 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 22, 9:06 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	3 Nne Hickory, NC	TREES ACROSS FALLING CREEK RD
May 22, 9:22 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Conover, NC	* 1 INJ * TREE BLOWN DOWN ON CAR. DRIVER INJURED AND TAKEN TO HOSPITAL.
May 22, 9:23 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	5 Sse Stony Point, NC	TREES DOWN ACROSS OLD MOUNTAIN RD
May 22, 9:24 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Hiddenite, NC	CHURCH UNDER CONSTRUCTION DESTROYED...NUMEROUS LARGE TREES SNAPPED OFF AND POWER LINES DOWN.
May 22, 9:26 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	3 Ese Stony Point, NC	TREES DOWN ACROSS ANTIETAM RD
May 22, 9:26 PM EDT	TSTM WND GST 67	Newton, NC
May 22, 9:28 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	4 Nne Stony Point, NC	TREES ACROSS 1100 BLOCK OF PISGAH CHURCH RD...NEAR HARRIS BRIDGE RD.
May 22, 9:35 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 S Love Valley, NC	TREE ACROSS MYRTLE RD
May 22, 9:38 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	4 Nnw Statesville, NC	TREE DOWN ALONG NIXON RD AND CHIPLEY FORD RD
May 22, 9:40 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	4 W Turnersburg, NC	TREE ACROSS JENNINGS AND LENTZ RD

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 10 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 watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 22, 5:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 115 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: 1111 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -15 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1533 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 56 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 65 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.1
Supercell composite: 1.2

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

812 
WUUS52 KGSP 230054
SVRGSP
NCC003-023-027-035-097-230200-
/O.NEW.KGSP.SV.W.0185.110523T0054Z-110523T0200Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
854 PM EDT SUN MAY 22 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...
  CENTRAL IREDELL COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...
  SOUTHEASTERN CALDWELL COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
  SOUTHEASTERN BURKE COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...

* UNTIL 1000 PM EDT

* AT 852 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS
  IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
  EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES WEST OF ELLENDALE TO 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
  ICARD...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES EAST OF LENOIR TO 13
  MILES SOUTHEAST OF MORGANTON...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  ELLENDALE AND LONGVIEW...
  LAKE HICKORY AND ST. STEPHENS...
  TAYLORSVILLE AND MILLERSVILLE...
  NEWTON AND HIDDENITE...
  LOOKOUT SHOALS LAKE AND STONY POINT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND SPEEDS
OF 60 TO 75 MPH. THESE WINDS CAN TOPPLE TREES AND POWER LINES. SEEK
SHELTER ON THE LOWEST LEVEL OF YOUR HOME OR OFFICE BUILDING. AVOID
ROOMS THAT MAY BE DAMAGED BY FALLING TREES. IF DRIVING...PULL OVER IN
A CLEAR AREA AWAY FROM LARGE TREES AND POWER POLES.

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 3601 8078 3557 8089 3560 8155 3582 8142
      3594 8139
TIME...MOT...LOC 0054Z 272DEG 36KT 3592 8137 3560 8151

$$
MCAVOY

2 follow-up statements

741 
WWUS52 KGSP 230125
SVSGSP

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

NCC023-027-230135-
/O.CAN.KGSP.SV.W.0185.000000T0000Z-110523T0200Z/
CALDWELL NC-BURKE NC-
925 PM EDT SUN MAY 22 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN BURKE AND
SOUTHEASTERN CALDWELL COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE LINE OF SEVERE STORMS HAS MOVED EAST OF BURKE AND CALDWELL 
COUNTIES.

LAT...LON 3562 8147 3581 8132 3594 8130 3601 8078
      3557 8089
TIME...MOT...LOC 0125Z 266DEG 32KT 3597 8103 3562 8121

$$

NCC003-035-097-230200-
/O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0185.000000T0000Z-110523T0200Z/
ALEXANDER NC-CATAWBA NC-IREDELL NC-
925 PM EDT SUN MAY 22 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
FOR CENTRAL IREDELL...CATAWBA AND SOUTHERN ALEXANDER COUNTIES...

AT 921 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM HIDDENITE TO NEWTON...OR ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF TAYLORSVILLE TO NEWTON...MOVING
EAST AT 35 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LOOKOUT
SHOALS LAKE...STONY POINT...SCOTTS...CATAWBA...TERRELL...
STATESVILLE...TURNERSBURG AND TROUTMAN

LAT...LON 3562 8147 3581 8132 3594 8130 3601 8078
      3557 8089
TIME...MOT...LOC 0125Z 266DEG 32KT 3597 8103 3562 8121

$$
MCAVOY

261 
WWUS52 KGSP 230146
SVSGSP

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

NCC003-230156-
/O.CAN.KGSP.SV.W.0185.000000T0000Z-110523T0200Z/
ALEXANDER NC-
946 PM EDT SUN MAY 22 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN ALEXANDER COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

LAT...LON 3601 8078 3557 8089 3560 8121 3579 8116
      3581 8113 3579 8113 3578 8111 3582 8107
      3588 8103 3598 8100
TIME...MOT...LOC 0146Z 263DEG 27KT 3599 8084 3564 8102

$$

NCC035-097-230200-
/O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0185.000000T0000Z-110523T0200Z/
CATAWBA NC-IREDELL NC-
946 PM EDT SUN MAY 22 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
FOR CENTRAL IREDELL AND EASTERN CATAWBA COUNTIES...

AT 942 PM EDT...A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS REPORTED CAPABLE
OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE
LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF TURNERSBURG
TO CATAWBA...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 14 MILES NORTH OF
STATESVILLE TO 9 MILES EAST OF NEWTON...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO TERRELL
AND TROUTMAN

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND SPEEDS OF 60 TO 75 MPH. THESE
WINDS CAN TOPPLE TREES AND POWER LINES. SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST
LEVEL OF YOUR HOME OR OFFICE BUILDING. AVOID ROOMS THAT MAY BE
DAMAGED BY FALLING TREES. IF DRIVING...PULL OVER IN A CLEAR AREA AWAY
FROM LARGE TREES AND POWER POLES.

&&

LAT...LON 3601 8078 3557 8089 3560 8121 3579 8116
      3581 8113 3579 8113 3578 8111 3582 8107
      3588 8103 3598 8100
TIME...MOT...LOC 0146Z 263DEG 27KT 3599 8084 3564 8102

$$
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, 7:58 PM EDT, 56 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 22, 7:58 PM EDT, 56 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
758 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/...
WW333 HAS BEEN CLEARED BEHIND BKN LINE OF COOL POOL DRIVEN SVR DEEP
CONVECTION AND LIKELY WILL BE ABLE TO CLEAR ADDITIONAL COUNTIES
BEFORE WATCH EXPIRATION AS NC MTN ACTIVITY DIMINISHES.

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 /00Z MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/...
AT KCLT...CHANCES FOR A TSTM OCCURRING NEAR THE TERMINAL REMAIN
SMALL THIS EVENING AS IT IS FAR LESS THAN CERTAIN HOW MTN TSTM
LINE WILL DEVELOP INTO THE LOWER ELEVATIONS...GIVING THE FCST OF
INCREASE CONVECTIVE INHIBITION. OTHERWISE...JUST A SMALL POSSIBILITY
OF MVFR BR TOWARD DAYBREAK. SW WINDS COULD BECOME GUSTY MONDAY
AFTERNOON...AND AT THIS POINT...TSTM CHANCES REMAIN SMALL ENUF TO
NOT INCLUDE ANY CB MENTION.

ELSEWHERE...EVENING TSTM POSSIBILITIES WILL BE SEEN FROM
KAVL-KHKY...OTHERWISE FAIR TONIGHT...WITH AREAS OF MVFR BR
DEVELOPING. THE NW PORTION OF THE FA REMAINS UNDER THE BETTER
TSTM CHANCES MONDAY AFTERNOON.

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...CSH/RB

Hazardous weather outlook, May 22, 8:51 PM EDT, 3 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
851 PM EDT SUN MAY 22 2011

NCZ033-035-049-050-053-064-065-501>510-240100-
AVERY-ALEXANDER-YANCEY-MITCHELL-BUNCOMBE-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-
CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-GREATER CALDWELL-BURKE MOUNTAINS-GREATER BURKE-
MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-EASTERN MCDOWELL-RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-
GREATER RUTHERFORD-POLK MOUNTAINS-EASTERN POLK-
851 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.

NCZ036-037-056-057-068>072-240100-
IREDELL-DAVIE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-
CABARRUS-
851 PM EDT SUN MAY 22 2011

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA AND
WESTERN NORTH 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.

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ048-051-052-058-059-062-063-082-
SCZ001>014-019-240100-
RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-MADISON-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-
GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-UNION NC-
OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-
GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-
CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD-
851 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.

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, 6:56 PM EDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
656 PM EDT SUN MAY 22 2011

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

0630 PM     HAIL             MARSHALL                35.80N 82.68W
05/22/2011  E1.00 INCH       MADISON            NC   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

&&

KRENTZ

Special weather statement, May 22, 7:10 PM EDT, 1 hour 44 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
710 PM EDT SUN MAY 22 2011

NCZ052-064-230000-
HAYWOOD-TRANSYLVANIA-
710 PM EDT SUN MAY 22 2011

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHERN TRANSYLVANIA AND
SOUTHEASTERN HAYWOOD COUNTIES THROUGH 800 PM EDT...

AT 702 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES SOUTH OF SUNBURST...OR 12 MILES SOUTH OF
WAYNESVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  CRUSO...

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

LAT...LON 3547 8280 3544 8278 3540 8272 3528 8261
      3527 8262 3523 8293 3529 8292 3532 8297
      3533 8297 3540 8302 3549 8279

MCAVOY

Special weather statement, May 22, 7:24 PM EDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
724 PM EDT SUN MAY 22 2011

NCZ048-230130-
MADISON-
724 PM EDT SUN MAY 22 2011

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHEASTERN MADISON COUNTY
THROUGH 930 PM EDT...

AT 719 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR MARS HILL...OR 6 MILES EAST OF MARSHALL.

HEAVY RAINS MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS. WATER
LEVELS OF SMALL STREAMS AND RIVERS MAY ALSO RISE...THEREFORE SEEK
HIGHER GROUND IF THREATENED BY FLOOD WATERS.

LAT...LON 3586 8242 3582 8241 3581 8246 3580 8247
      3580 8251 3573 8268 3573 8271 3572 8271
      3570 8276 3583 8276 3584 8275 3590 8245

KRENTZ

Special weather statement, May 22, 7:31 PM EDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
731 PM EDT SUN MAY 22 2011

NCZ053-505-230015-
BUNCOMBE-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-
731 PM EDT SUN MAY 22 2011

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT EASTERN BUNCOMBE AND WESTERN
MCDOWELL COUNTIES THROUGH 815 PM EDT...

AT 723 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM WEAVERVILLE TO 5
MILES EAST OF CRUSO...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

THESE STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  ASHEVILLE MALL...
  AVERY CREEK...
  SWANNANOA...
  FAIRVIEW...

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

LAT...LON 3570 8227 3570 8225 3549 8223 3549 8230
      3550 8233 3548 8237 3545 8264 3546 8269
      3570 8252 3572 8228

Local storm report, May 22, 7:34 PM EDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
734 PM EDT SUN MAY 22 2011

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

0702 PM     HAIL             MARS HILL               35.83N 82.55W
05/22/2011  E1.75 INCH       MADISON            NC   EMERGENCY MNGR

            HAIL RANGING FROM QUARTER TO GOLFBALL SIZE.

&&

KRENTZ

Local storm report, May 22, 8:53 PM EDT, 1 minute before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
853 PM EDT SUN MAY 22 2011

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

0835 PM     TSTM WND DMG     2 W GLEN ALPINE         35.73N 81.81W
05/22/2011                   BURKE              NC   BROADCAST MEDIA

            SEVERAL TREES DOWN.

0835 PM     TSTM WND DMG     4 W GLEN ALPINE         35.72N 81.85W
05/22/2011                   BURKE              NC   COUNTY OFFICIAL

            MANY TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN.

&&

KRENTZ

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 22, 8:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Alexander, Burke, Caldwell, Catawba	55 min
May 22, 9:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Davie, Iredell, Rowan	83 min
May 23, 3:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Rutherford	43 min
May 23, 3:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	McDowell, Rutherford	27 min
May 23, 4:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Cleveland	45 min
May 23, 4:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Cleveland, Lincoln, Rutherford	20 min
May 23, 4:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Davie, Iredell	64 min
May 23, 5:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Davie	28 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.