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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 189, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

May 23, 2011Davie County, Iredell County, North Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 23, 2011, 4:41 PM EDT for Davie County, Iredell County, North Carolina. It was in force for 64 min. 9 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 23, 2011, 4:41 PM EDT (20:41 UTC)
Expired: May 23, 2011, 5:45 PM EDT
In force: 64 min
Issued by: NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Davie County, NC, Iredell County, NC

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:44 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 23, 4:45 PM EDT	HAIL 1.75	Union Grove, NC
May 23, 4:52 PM EDT	HAIL 1.75	3 N Harmony, NC
May 23, 5:00 PM EDT	HAIL 0.75	8 Wnw Mocksville, NC	DIME SIZED HAIL 2 MILES NORTH OF SHEFFIELD.
May 23, 5:02 PM EDT	HAIL 1	2 Sw Sheffield, NC	DIME TO QUARTER SIZED HAIL.
May 23, 5:05 PM EDT	HAIL 1	7 Wnw Mocksville, NC	NICKEL TO QUARTER SIZED HAIL FALLING IN SHEFFIELD.
May 23, 5:08 PM EDT	HAIL 1.25	6 Wnw Mocksville, NC	HALF DOLLAR SIZED HAIL.
May 23, 5:20 PM EDT	HAIL 1.75	Mocksville, NC	A FEW HAIL STONES MAY HAVE BEEN LARGER
May 23, 5:20 PM EDT	HAIL 2.5	2 W Mocksville, NC	RALEIGH WEATHER OFFICE RELAYED REPORT OF TENNIE BALL SIZED HAIL JUST OFF INTERSTATE 40 WEST OF MOCKSVILLE.
May 23, 5:23 PM EDT	HAIL 0.75	2 Sw Sheffield, NC	SECOND STORM TO CROSS SAME AREA PRODUCING HAIL.

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 7 storm reports to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 4 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 23, 3:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 61 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: 187 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -191 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 717 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 238 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 253 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

065 
WUUS52 KGSP 232041
SVRGSP
NCC059-097-232145-
/O.NEW.KGSP.SV.W.0189.110523T2041Z-110523T2145Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
441 PM EDT MON MAY 23 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  DAVIE COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...
  NORTHERN IREDELL COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...

* UNTIL 545 PM EDT

* AT 440 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 NEAR
  UNION GROVE...OR 13 MILES SOUTH OF RONDA...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  UNION GROVE...
  HARMONY AND TURNERSBURG...
  SHEFFIELD...
  MOCKSVILLE AND FARMINGTON...
  COOLEEMEE...
  FORK CHURCH AND BERMUDA RUN...

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.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT
MONDAY EVENING FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA.

&&

LAT...LON 3588 8041 3585 8038 3582 8047 3576 8045
      3586 8067 3585 8071 3582 8072 3589 8103
      3607 8097 3606 8053 3603 8043 3599 8041
      3596 8037 3593 8036 3589 8036
TIME...MOT...LOC 2041Z 290DEG 30KT 3604 8087

$$

RWH

3 follow-up statements

913 
WWUS52 KGSP 232058
SVSGSP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
458 PM EDT MON MAY 23 2011

NCC059-097-232145-
/O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0189.000000T0000Z-110523T2145Z/
DAVIE NC-IREDELL NC-
458 PM EDT MON MAY 23 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM EDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN IREDELL AND DAVIE COUNTIES...

AT 457 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR HARMONY...OR 11 MILES SOUTH OF YADKINVILLE...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
SHEFFIELD...FARMINGTON...MOCKSVILLE...COOLEEMEE...BERMUDA RUN...FORK
CHURCH AND ADVANCE

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES ROTATION ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM. IF IT CONTINUES TO STRENGTHEN...A TORNADO WARNING MAY
BE ISSUED. REMEMBER...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO
PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT
MONDAY EVENING FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA.

&&

LAT...LON 3589 8041 3585 8038 3582 8047 3576 8045
      3586 8067 3585 8071 3582 8072 3587 8083
      3606 8084 3606 8052 3603 8043 3599 8041
      3596 8037 3589 8036
TIME...MOT...LOC 2058Z 294DEG 29KT 3598 8072

$$

RWH

077 
WWUS52 KGSP 232111
SVSGSP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
511 PM EDT MON MAY 23 2011

NCC097-232121-
/O.CAN.KGSP.SV.W.0189.000000T0000Z-110523T2145Z/
IREDELL NC-
511 PM EDT MON MAY 23 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN IREDELL COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT
MONDAY EVENING FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA.

THE STORM HAS MOVED EAST OF THE COUNTY.

LAT...LON 3589 8036 3588 8041 3585 8038 3582 8047
      3576 8045 3586 8067 3585 8070 3606 8069
      3606 8051 3603 8043 3599 8041 3596 8037
TIME...MOT...LOC 2111Z 298DEG 29KT 3592 8062

$$

NCC059-232145-
/O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0189.000000T0000Z-110523T2145Z/
DAVIE NC-
511 PM EDT MON MAY 23 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM EDT
FOR DAVIE COUNTY...

AT 509 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR SHEFFIELD...OR NEAR MOCKSVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35
MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
FARMINGTON...COOLEEMEE...BERMUDA RUN...FORK CHURCH AND ADVANCE

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES ROTATION ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM. IF IT CONTINUES TO STRENGTHEN...A TORNADO WARNING MAY
BE ISSUED. REMEMBER...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO
PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT
MONDAY EVENING FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA.

&&

LAT...LON 3589 8036 3588 8041 3585 8038 3582 8047
      3576 8045 3586 8067 3585 8070 3606 8069
      3606 8051 3603 8043 3599 8041 3596 8037
TIME...MOT...LOC 2111Z 298DEG 29KT 3592 8062

$$

RWH

162 
WWUS52 KGSP 232133
SVSGSP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
533 PM EDT MON MAY 23 2011

NCC059-232145-
/O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0189.000000T0000Z-110523T2145Z/
DAVIE NC-
533 PM EDT MON MAY 23 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM EDT
FOR DAVIE COUNTY...

AT 530 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS REPORTED CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60
MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR FORK CHURCH...OR NEAR MOCKSVILLE...
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ADVANCE

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

ALTHOUGH LARGE HAIL TO THE SIZE OF GOLF BALLS IS THE MAIN THREAT 
WITH THIS STORM...BRIEF DAMAGING WINDS COULD ALSO OCCUR.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT
MONDAY EVENING FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA.

&&

LAT...LON 3589 8036 3588 8041 3585 8038 3582 8047
      3576 8045 3586 8067 3585 8070 3606 8069
      3606 8051 3603 8043 3599 8041 3596 8037
TIME...MOT...LOC 2133Z 295DEG 26KT 3587 8046

$$

RWH

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 23, 2:12 PM EDT, 2 hours 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 23, 2:12 PM EDT, 2 hours 29 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
212 PM EDT MON MAY 23 2011

.SYNOPSIS...
WEAK HIGH PRESSURE WILL LINGER OVER THE REGION THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF
THE WEEK WITH TEMPERATURES REMAINING WELL ABOVE NORMAL. A LOW
PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL THEN PUSH A WEAK COLD FRONT OVER THE AREA LATE
THURSDAY AND INTO FRIDAY. MORE SUMMER LIKE WEATHER IS EXPECTED AGAIN
OVER THE WEEKEND.

&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH TUESDAY/...
FLAT UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WILL RENMAIN OVER THE SE STATES THROUGH TUE.
AT THE SURFACE...SUBTROPICAL HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO RIDGE
WESTWARD INTO THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS. THEREFORE...THE
UNSEASONALBY WARM TEMPS WILL CONTINUE. LATEST MESO-SCALE MODEL RUNS
AND 12Z NAM/GFS ARE RATHER TEMPERED WITH CONVECTIVE RESPONSES FOR
THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. BEST INSTABILITY AND
LEAST AMOUNT OF CIN IS FORECAST TO BE OVER THE NORTHERN NC
MOUNTAINS/FOOTHILLS. THEREFORE...THE HIGHEST POPS FOR SCATTERED TYPE
COVERAGE OF STORMS WILL BE IN THAT AREA IN THE VERY NEAR TERM. WITH
DAPES RATHER HIGH AGAIN...ANY STORMS THAT DO DEVELOP WILL HAVE THE
POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE DAMAGING DOWNBURST WINDS.  EXPECT THAT ANY
CONVECTION THAT DEVELOPS WILL DISSIPATE DURING THE EVENING LEAVING
MOSTLY CLEAR AND WARM CONDITIONS FOR THE OVERNIGHT. SOME MOUNTAIN
VALLEY FOG IS A GOOD BET AGAIN FOR LATE TONIGHT. MCS DEVELOPING IN
SOUTHERN MISSOURI/NORTHERN ARK WILL MAKE A RUN E/NE OVERNIGHT AND
COULD CLIP THE MOUNTAIN BORDER COUNTIES EARLY ON TUE. AFTER
THAT...LOOKS LIKE CONVECTIVE CHANCES WILL BE RATHER LIMITED AS
FORECAST SOUNDINGS STILL DEPICTING SUBSTANTIAL CIN...ESPECIALLY
ACROSS NE GA/UPSTATE. BEST CHANCE FOR ANY CONVECTION TUE AFTERNOON
WILL AGAIN BE OVER THE NORTHERN NC MOUNTAINS/FOOTHILLS. USED A MOS
BLEND FOR OVERNIGHT MIN TEMPS...BUT STAYED CLOSE TO THE LOWER MET
GUIDANCE TEMPS FOR TUE...BUT THIS STILL FEATURES LOWER 90S OUTSIDE
THE MOUNTAINS.

&&

.SHORT TERM /TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY/...
AS OF 2 PM MONDAY...THE SHORT TERM FCST PICKS UP AT 00Z ON WEDNESDAY
WITH SUMMER-LIKE ABOVE AVERAGE TEMPS EXPECTED TO PERSIST THROUGH
THURS. AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PERIOD...THE REGION WILL BE UNDER A
RELATIVELY FLAT UPPER RIDGE WHILE AN UPPER TROF SPINS INTO A MORE
COHERENT CLOSED H5 LOW OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS. THAT SYSTEM AND ITS
ASSOCIATED SFC LOW WILL GRADUALLY APPROACH THE CWFA LATE IN THE
PERIOD AND IS EXPECTED TO BE JUST TO OUR WEST BY THE END OF THE
PERIOD ON 00Z FRI. DURING THE PAST 24 HRS OR SO...MODEL GUIDANCE HAS
BEEN SLOWING THE PROGRESSION OF THIS SYSTEM. IT NOW APPEARS THAT THE
SFC LOW AND ITS ASSOCIATED WEAK COLD FRONT WILL NOT MOVE INTO THE
FCST AREA UNTIL EARLY FRI. WITH THAT SAID...SUMMER TIME DIURNAL
CONVECTION WILL BE THE BEST CHANCE FOR ANY PRECIP ON WED AND
THURS...HOWEVER THE HIGHEST POPS CURRENTLY ADVERTISED ARE JUST A
SLIGHT CHANCE OVER THE MTS AND ADJACENT FOOTHILLS. POPS DO RAMP UP
FAIRLY QUICKLY THURS EVENING WITH THE APPROACH OF THE LOW AND ITS
ASSOCIATED FRONT...HOWEVER THE TIMING FOR FROPA/PRECIP MAY HAVE TO
BE PUSHED BACK EVEN FARTHER IF MODELS CONTINUE TO SLOW DOWN AND/OR
PUSH THE SFC LOW FARTHER TO THE NORTH. IF ANY CONVECTION DOES FIRE
UP ON WED AND THURS...SOUNDINGS INDICATE MODERATE TO HIGH SFC BASED
CAPE OVER MOST OF THE FCST AREA...SO PULSE SVR TS ARE CERTAINLY
POSSIBLE.

&&

.LONG TERM /THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY/...
AS OF NOON MONDAY...ALTHOUGH THERE ARE SOME DETAIL DIFFERENCES IN
THE MDLS...THE 23/00Z ECMWF AND THE 23/06Z GFS END UP WITH FAIRLY
CLOSE SOLUTIONS FOR THE MEDIUM RANGE FCST. A MODERATE SHORT WAVE SLOWLY
CROSSES THE AREA THRU THE FRIDAY TIME FRAME...WITH NEARLY ZONAL FLOW
FOR SAT...THEN UPPER RIDGING BUILDS IN FOR SUN AND MON. EXPECT
LIKELY TO GOOD CHC FOR DIURNAL CONVECTION ACROSS THE MTNS WITH LESSER
BUT STILL DECENT CHANCES ELSEWHERE THU NITE AND FRI. WEAK SHORT WAVE
MOVING THRU THE NEARLY ZONAL FLOW SAT WILL LEAD TO MAINLY DIURNAL
CONVECTION AGAIN ON SAT WITH BEST CHC NC AND LESSER CHC NE GA AND
UPSTATE. MAINLY DIURNAL CONVECTION WITH CHC MTNS SLIGHT CHC
ELSEWHERE SUN AND MON. WITH THE RIDGING IN PLACE...TEMPS WILL BE
MUCH WARMER THAN PREV FCST. LOWS NEARLY STEADY AND WELL ABOVE NORMAL
THRU THE PERIOD. HIGHS ABOVE NORMAL FRI AND SAT BECOME WELL ABOVE
NORMAL FOR SUN AND MON.

&&

.AVIATION /18Z MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/...
AT KCLT...VFR CONDITIONS SHOULD CONTINUE THROUGH THIS TAF PERIOD AS
ANY THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP WELL NORTH OF THE
AIR FIELD LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WINDS SHOULD REMAIN SW.

ELSEWHERE...NUNMERICAL MODELS RATHER LIMITED WITH CONVECTIVE
RESPONSE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. LOOKS LIKE THE NC
FOOTHILLS WILL HAVE THE BEST CHANCE. THEREFORE CARRIED A CB CLOUD
GROUP AT KHKY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. OTHERWISE...TAFS WILL FEATURE
LIGHT MAINLY SW WINDS WITH VFR CONDITIONS. THUNDERSTORM CHCS APPEAR
TOO LIMITED TO MENTION AT KAVL AND SC AIRPORTS HAVE LITTLE IF ANY
CHANCE FOR THUNDER. LOOKS LIKE RADIATION FOG WILL RETURN TO THE
MOUNTAIN VALLEYS LATE TONIGHT...SO HAVE INTRODUCED IFR CONDITIONS AT
KAVL AFTER 09Z.

OUTLOOK...VFR CONDITIONS WILL BE THE RULE THROUGH THU WITH ONLY LATE
NIGHT FOG PRODUCING RESTRICTIONS IN THE MOUNTAIN VALLEYS. ISOLATED
TO WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT MAINLY THE MOUNTAINS.
CONDITIONS WILL GRADUALLY BECOME MORE UNSETTLED LATE IN THE THE WEEK
AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES.

&&

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

&&

SYNOPSIS...JPT
NEAR TERM...LG
SHORT TERM...JPT
LONG TERM...RWH
AVIATION...LG

Hazardous weather outlook, May 23, 3:23 PM EDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
323 PM EDT MON MAY 23 2011

NCZ033-035>037-049-050-056-057-501>506-241930-
AVERY-ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-YANCEY-MITCHELL-CATAWBA-ROWAN-
CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-GREATER CALDWELL-BURKE MOUNTAINS-GREATER BURKE-
MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-EASTERN MCDOWELL-
323 PM EDT MON MAY 23 2011

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 344 IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND 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.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING ACROSS
THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS AND THE INTERSTATE 40 CORRIDOR. SOME OF THE
STORMS ARE LIKELY TO BECOME SEVERE. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND
GUSTS ARE THE MAIN THREATS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

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>053-058-059-062>065-068>072-
082-507>510-SCZ001>014-019-241930-
RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-MADISON-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-
BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-
HENDERSON-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC-
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-
323 PM EDT MON MAY 23 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.

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE
EVENING ACROSS NORTHEAST GEORGIA...UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...AND
THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE MOUNTAINS...FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT OF
NORTH CAROLINA. ONE OR TWO OF THE STORMS THAT DEVELOP ACROSS THE
SOUTHERN FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA COULD BECOME
SEVERE. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS ARE THE MAIN THREATS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

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.

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 23, 10:46 AM EDT, 5 hours 55 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1046 AM EDT MON MAY 23 2011

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

0924 PM     TSTM WND DMG     HIDDENITE               35.90N 81.09W
05/22/2011                   ALEXANDER          NC   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

            CHURCH UNDER CONSTRUCTION DESTROYED...NUMEROUS LARGE
            TREES SNAPPED OFF AND POWER LINES DOWN.

&&

LG

Local storm report, May 23, 11:23 AM EDT, 5 hours 18 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1123 AM EDT MON MAY 23 2011

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

0638 PM     TSTM WND DMG     3 SSW BURNSVILLE        35.88N 82.32W
05/22/2011                   YANCEY             NC   DEPT OF HIGHWAYS

            SEVERAL TREES DOWN ON AND ALONG PRICES CREEK ROAD.

0645 PM     TSTM WND DMG     8 SSW NEWLAND           35.98N 81.98W
05/22/2011                   AVERY              NC   DEPT OF HIGHWAYS

            5 TREES DOWN ON THREE MILE HWY/HWY 194.

&&

TBENTHALL

Special weather statement, May 23, 3:32 PM EDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
332 PM EDT MON MAY 23 2011

NCZ507-508-510-232015-
EASTERN POLK-GREATER RUTHERFORD-RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-
332 PM EDT MON MAY 23 2011

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL RUTHERFORD AND NORTHERN
POLK COUNTIES THROUGH 415 PM EDT...

AT 331 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LAKE LURE...OR 12 MILES WEST
OF RUTHERFORDTON...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

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

LAT...LON 3552 8197 3553 8194 3540 8190 3535 8222
      3536 8223 3540 8219 3540 8223 3540 8225
      3545 8228 3554 8198

KRENTZ

Special weather statement, May 23, 4:30 PM EDT, 11 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
430 PM EDT MON MAY 23 2011

NCZ068-508-232115-
CLEVELAND-GREATER RUTHERFORD-
430 PM EDT MON MAY 23 2011

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EASTERN RUTHERFORD AND NORTHERN
CLEVELAND COUNTIES THROUGH 515 PM EDT...

AT 424 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTH OF ELLENBORO...OR 12 MILES EAST OF
RUTHERFORDTON...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.

LAT...LON 3554 8151 3552 8151 3544 8146 3541 8145
      3536 8141 3533 8136 3532 8137 3529 8183
      3547 8187

KRENTZ

Local storm report, May 23, 4:32 PM EDT, 9 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
432 PM EDT MON MAY 23 2011

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

0340 PM     HAIL             7 NW RUTHERFORDTON      35.44N 82.05W
05/23/2011  E0.75 INCH       RUTHERFORD         NC   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

            DIME SIZED HAIL REPORTED JUST NORTH OF THE GREEN HILL
            FIRE DEPARTMENT.

0340 PM     HAIL             10 NW RUTHERFORDTON     35.47N 82.09W
05/23/2011  E0.75 INCH       RUTHERFORD         NC   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

            DIME SIZED HAIL AT THE SHINGLE HOLLOW FIRE DEPARTMENT AND
            VERY LITTLE WIND AT THEIR LOCATION.

0337 PM     TSTM WND DMG     6 NE LAKE LURE          35.50N 82.13W
05/23/2011                   RUTHERFORD         NC   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

            A FEW TREES DOWN IN THE BILLS CREEK AREA REPORTED BY THE
            SHINGLE HOLLOW FIRE DEPARTMENT.

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OUTLAW

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, 8:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Alexander, Burke, Caldwell, Catawba, Iredell	66 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, 5:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Davie	28 min

Nearby

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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.