Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 250, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 5, 2011, 4:26 PM EDT for Cleveland County, Gaston County, North Carolina; Cherokee County, York County, South Carolina. It was in force for 64 min. 8 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
- Jun 5, 2011, 4:26 PM EDT (20:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 5, 2011, 5:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Cleveland County, NC, Gaston County, NC, Cherokee County, SC, York County, SC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:27 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 4:33 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 N Grover, NC | SPOTTER REPORTS THAT A WOODEN SHUTTER WAS BLOWN OFF A HOME AND DAMAGED TWO NEARBY VEHICLES. |
| Jun 5, 4:35 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 6 E Shelby, NC | TREE DOWN ACROSS ROAD AT 831 LONGBRANCH ROAD |
| Jun 5, 4:35 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 6 Se Shelby, NC | TREE DOWN ACROSS ROAD AT 831 LONGBRANCH ROAD |
| Jun 5, 4:38 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 5 Sse Shelby, NC | TREE ACROSS ROAD AT 344 RUNYAN ROAD |
| Jun 5, 4:40 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 8 Sse Shelby, NC | TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN 1203 LAVENDER ROAD |
| Jun 5, 4:48 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 4 Ne Blacksburg, SC | TREE DOWN ACROSS THE ROADWAY AT 590 ANTIOCH ROAD. |
| Jun 5, 4:56 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Ene Blacksburg, SC | TREES DOWN AND METAL ROOF OFF PICNIC SHELTER |
| Jun 5, 5:05 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Ne Blacksburg, SC | TREE DOWN ACROSS THE ROADWAY NEAR MILE MARKER 102 ON I-85. |
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 8 storm reports to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 7 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 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 171 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 29 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -360 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1836 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -18 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -5 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
853 WUUS52 KGSP 052026 SVRGSP NCC045-071-SCC021-091-052130- /O.NEW.KGSP.SV.W.0250.110605T2026Z-110605T2130Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 426 PM EDT SUN JUN 5 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN CLEVELAND COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA... SOUTHWESTERN GASTON COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA... EASTERN CHEROKEE COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA... NORTHWESTERN YORK COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA... * UNTIL 530 PM EDT * AT 426 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 WEST OF KINGS MOUNTAIN...OR 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SHELBY...MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... KINGS MOUNTAIN AND EARL... EARL... GROVER... BLACKSBURG... KINGS MOUNTAIN STATE PARK... SMYRNA... 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 3496 8117 3494 8153 3529 8159 3535 8135 TIME...MOT...LOC 2026Z 345DEG 11KT 3524 8143 $$ HG
2 follow-up statements
783
WWUS52 KGSP 052103
SVSGSP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
503 PM EDT SUN JUN 5 2011
NCC045-071-052112-
/O.CAN.KGSP.SV.W.0250.000000T0000Z-110605T2130Z/
CLEVELAND NC-GASTON NC-
503 PM EDT SUN JUN 5 2011
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN GASTON AND
SOUTHEASTERN CLEVELAND COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MOVED SOUTH AND OUT OF NORTH CAROLINA.
LAT...LON 3496 8117 3494 8153 3504 8155 3504 8154
3517 8157 3517 8134 3516 8134 3517 8133
3516 8127
TIME...MOT...LOC 2102Z 345DEG 11KT 3513 8140
$$
SCC021-091-052130-
/O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0250.000000T0000Z-110605T2130Z/
CHEROKEE SC-YORK SC-
503 PM EDT SUN JUN 5 2011
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM EDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN YORK AND EASTERN CHEROKEE COUNTIES...
AT 456 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 KINGS MOUNTAIN STATE PARK...OR 12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
SHELBY...MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
SMYRNA...YORK...SHARON AND HICKORY GROVE
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 3496 8117 3494 8153 3504 8155 3504 8154
3517 8157 3517 8134 3516 8134 3517 8133
3516 8127
TIME...MOT...LOC 2102Z 345DEG 11KT 3513 8140
$$
07908
WWUS52 KGSP 052128
SVSGSP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
528 PM EDT SUN JUN 5 2011
SCC021-091-052138-
/O.EXP.KGSP.SV.W.0250.000000T0000Z-110605T2130Z/
CHEROKEE SC-YORK SC-
528 PM EDT SUN JUN 5 2011
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN YORK AND EASTERN
CHEROKEE COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 530 PM EDT...
AT 528 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT
THE PREVIOUSLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAD WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS.
THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE...BUT PEA SIZE HAIL AND WIND
GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH REMAIN POSSIBLE.
LAT...LON 3496 8117 3494 8153 3504 8155 3504 8154
3517 8157 3517 8134 3516 8134 3517 8133
3516 8127
TIME...MOT...LOC 2128Z 345DEG 11KT 3505 8137
$$
HGWhat 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 Jun 5, 2:27 PM EDT, 1 hour 59 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 5, 2:27 PM EDT, 1 hour 59 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 227 PM EDT SUN JUN 5 2011 .SYNOPSIS... A STORM SYSTEM WILL APPROACH THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS FROM THE WEST TONIGHT. WARM UPPER LEVEL RIDGING WILL STRENGTHEN FROM THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY INTO MID WEEK. A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH FROM THE NORTH NEXT WEEKEND. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH MONDAY/... CONVECTIVE TRENDS STILL UNCERTAIN EVEN AT THIS HOUR. GUIDANCE STILL SUGGESTING A WAVE DROPS ACROSS OUR CWFA IN THE NLY FLOW PROVIDING SCT COVERAGE NORTH AND EAST...AND ISOLATED AT BEST SW. HOWEVER... MCS NEAR THE KY/TN BORDER HAS TAKEN A SOUTHWARD TURN. THE MCS COULD TAKE A SOUTH OR SE TRACK. A SE TRACK WOULD BRING ORGANIZED CONVECTION OVER THE WRN CWFA WHILE A S TRACK WOULD TAKE IT TO OUR WEST. TAKING A LOOK AT CURRENT SYSTEM MOVEMENT...CORFIDI VECTORS AND MEAN H85-H3 WIND...SHOWS THE WRN CWFA MAY BE UNDER THE GUN FROM THIS SYSTEM. THEREFORE...WILL ADD SCT POP TO THE WESTERN CWFA. LATER SHIFT HAS A COUPLE OF HOURS TO REFINE THE FCST AND GO WITH HIGHER POP SHOULD THE SITUATION WARRANT. SEVERE STORMS ARE LIKELY... ESPECIALLY IF THE MCS MOVES IN TO HELP ORGANIZE THE STORMS. ATMOSPHERE IS VERY UNSTABLE WITH DCAPE OVER 1000 J/KG AND EFFECTIVE SHEAR IN THE 20 TO 40 KT RANGE. THE CONVECTION MAY LINGER THRU THE EVENING AND FINALLY DISSIPATE/MOVE OUT NEAR MIDNIGHT. EXPECT QUITE A BIT OF DEBRIS CLOUD MUCH OF THE NITE...WITH LOWS AGAIN ABOVE NORMAL. GUIDANCE SUGGESTS THE ATMOS BECOMES UNSTABLE ONCE AGAIN MONDAY AFTERNOON AS LOW LEVEL MOISTURE LINGERS ACROSS THE AREA. WITH COOLER TEMPS IN PLACE...ATMOS APPEARS TO BE CAPPED ACROSS THE NRN CWFA. HOWEVER...THERE COULD BE SOME WEAK UPSLOPE FLOW AND DIFFERENTIAL HEATING TO PRODUCE ISOLATED TSRA OVER THE NE GA...UPSTATE AND THE WRN MTNS. HAVE INCLUDED SLIGHT CHC POP FOR THESE AREAS. HIGHS WILL BE COOLER...BUT STILL ABOVE NORMAL. && .SHORT TERM /MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... AS OF 155 PM SUNDAY...UPPER LEVEL RIDGING REASSERTS ITSELF ACROSS THE SE CONUS DURING THE SHORT RANGE. MODELS AGREE WELL WITH MAINTAINING A CLOSED 588 DM HIGH ACROSS MIDDLE TN SHIFTING SLOWLY EAST TO THE TN/NC BORDER BEGINNING MID DAY TUE THROUGH WED NIGHT. THERE IS TOO MUCH DIFFERENCE IN THE OP MODELS WRT TO A SE/WARD DIVING S/W ON THE FRONT END OF THE ANTICYCLONE TO WARRANT MUCH CONCERN....BUT SOME ENHANCEMENT OF DIURNAL MOUNTAIN CONVEC IS CERTAINLY POSSIBLE LATER TUE WITH COLD POOL ORGANIZATION PUSHING TSTMS INTO THE PIEDMONT INTO THE LATE EVENING. SOUNDINGS REMAIN RATHER BENIGN OUTSIDE THE NC MTNS WITH THE MLVLS REMAINING TOO WARM...HOWEVER HIGH AMOUNTS OF ELCAPE COULD BE REALIZED IF AN ORGANIZED MCS GETS GOING ACROSS THE NC MTNS. POPS HAVE BEEN KEPT IN THE ISOL RANGE FOR TUE EVENING...BUT THIS COULD BE SITUATION TO WATCH FOR STRONG TO SEVERE POTENTIAL. ON WED...THE UPPER HIGH AND STRONG NVA WILL HAVE MORE INFLUENCE OVER THE CWFA AND IT WILL BE LESS LIKELY FOR ANYTHING BUT DIFFERENTIAL HEATING OR MOUNTAIN TOP CONVECTION FIRING UP. POPS WERE MAINTAINED RIGHT AROUND CLIMO FOR WED AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPS AGAIN WILL REACH WELL ABOVE NORMAL...ABOUT 10 ABOVE FOR TUE AND EVEN A COUPLE MORE DEGREES HOTTER ON WED. MINS WILL AVERAGE ABOUT 10-12 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. && .LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY/... AT 2 PM EDT SUNDAY...AN UPPER RIDGE WILL EXIST OVER THE EASTERN TWO THIRDS OF THE NATION FROM THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. THIS RIDGE WILL FLATTEN OVER THE WEEKEND. SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN OVER OUR AREA. A COLD FRONT SETTLES INTO THE POTOMAC RIVER VALLEY BY SUNDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL BE ABOVE NORMAL...WITH A SLIGHT DECREASE AS HEIGHTS FALL ALOFT OVER THE WEEKEND. SMALL POPS WILL BE CARRIED THROUGH THE PERIOD...WITH THE GREATEST COVERAGE DURING DAYTIME HEATING. && .AVIATION /19Z SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/... AT KCLT AND ELSEWHERE...CONVECTIVE TRENDS STILL UNCERTAIN ATTM. MCS NEAR KY/TN BORDER TAKING A SRN JOG AND MAY MISS THE CWFA ENTIRELY. STILL EXPECTING SOME WAVE TO DIVE INTO THE AREA AND PROVIDE FOCUS FOR CONVECTION. ATMOS ALREADY VERY UNSTABLE...SO ANY FORCING SHOULD SET OFF ORGANIZED CONVECTION. THE NC SITES STILL THE MOST LIKELY LOCATION TO SEE ANY TSRA...SO HAVE KEPT CB THERE. LESS CHC OVER SC SO NO CB. HAVE ADJUSTED TIMING SLIGHTLY TO LATEST THINKING. N TO NW WIND OVER NC WITH W TO NW OVER SC THIS AFTERNOON...BECOMES LIGHT NLY TO NELY THIS EVENING. CONVECTION COULD LINGER THRU MIDNIGHT OR SO... THEN MAINLY HIGH VFR CIGS EXPECTED. MTN VALLEY FOG EXPECTED ONCE AGAIN. LIGHT NE WIND WITH DEVELOPING CU EXPECTED THRU THE MORNING MONDAY. OUTLOOK...A RETURN TO AN ISOLATED DIURNAL TSTM THREAT MON AFT THRU THU WITH RIDGING ALOFT. MTN VALLEY FOG POSSIBLE EACH MORNING. && .GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...SBK NEAR TERM...RWH SHORT TERM...SBK LONG TERM...JAT AVIATION...RWH
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 5, 3:53 PM EDT, 33 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 353 PM EDT SUN JUN 5 2011 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065- 068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-062000- 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- 353 PM EDT SUN JUN 5 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. A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL DROP SOUTH ACROSS THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ALONG AND EAST OF THE FRONT AND ISOLATED SEVERE WEATHER WILL DEVELOP WITH THESE STORMS. DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREATS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... NONE. KRENTZ
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 5, 4:01 PM EDT, 25 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
401 PM EDT SUN JUN 5 2011
NCZ052-059-063-052045-
HAYWOOD-NORTHERN JACKSON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-
401 PM EDT SUN JUN 5 2011
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EASTERN JACKSON AND SOUTHERN
HAYWOOD COUNTIES THROUGH 445 PM EDT...
AT 401 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES SOUTH OF BALSAM...OR 8 MILES EAST OF
SYLVA...MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH.
THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
CULLOWHEE...
PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.
LAT...LON 3542 8323 3549 8302 3530 8290 3529 8292
3527 8292 3523 8293 3519 8297 3515 8312
HGSpecial weather statement, Jun 5, 4:06 PM EDT, 20 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
406 PM EDT SUN JUN 5 2011
NCZ068-070-052045-
CLEVELAND-GASTON-
406 PM EDT SUN JUN 5 2011
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHEASTERN CLEVELAND AND
WESTERN GASTON COUNTIES THROUGH 445 PM EDT...
AT 406 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WACO...OR 5 MILES NORTHEAST
OF SHELBY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.
THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
BESSEMER CITY...
KINGS MOUNTAIN...
PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.
LAT...LON 3516 8117 3517 8150 3517 8151 3534 8160
3542 8143 3542 8140
HGSpecial weather statement, Jun 5, 4:10 PM EDT, 16 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
410 PM EDT SUN JUN 5 2011
NCZ053-505-052100-
BUNCOMBE-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-
410 PM EDT SUN JUN 5 2011
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EASTERN BUNCOMBE AND
SOUTHWESTERN MCDOWELL COUNTIES THROUGH 500 PM EDT...
AT 410 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF MONTREAT...OR 14 MILES
NORTHEAST OF DOWNTOWN ASHEVILLE...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH.
THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
BLACK MOUNTAIN...
SWANNANOA...
FAIRVIEW...
PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.
LAT...LON 3575 8234 3570 8227 3572 8222 3552 8215
3552 8222 3547 8224 3546 8226 3550 8233
3548 8237 3546 8237 3547 8242 3546 8243
3577 8248 3579 8234
HGSpecial weather statement, Jun 5, 4:18 PM EDT, 8 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
418 PM EDT SUN JUN 5 2011
NCZ510-SCZ007-052100-
EASTERN POLK-SPARTANBURG-
418 PM EDT SUN JUN 5 2011
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHERN SPARTANBURG AND
SOUTHEASTERN POLK COUNTIES THROUGH 500 PM EDT...
AT 419 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MILL SPRING...OR 9 MILES
EAST OF COLUMBUS...MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH.
THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
LAKE BOWEN...
BOILING SPRINGS SC...
PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.
LAT...LON 3527 8200 3525 8196 3519 8197 3518 8190
3499 8182 3493 8211 3531 8218 3533 8205
HGSpecial weather statement, Jun 5, 4:20 PM EDT, 6 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
420 PM EDT SUN JUN 5 2011
NCZ035-056-502-052100-
ALEXANDER-CATAWBA-GREATER CALDWELL-
420 PM EDT SUN JUN 5 2011
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT ALEXANDER...NORTHERN CATAWBA AND
SOUTHEASTERN CALDWELL COUNTIES THROUGH 500 PM EDT...
AT 418 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES EAST OF KINGS CREEK...OR 6 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF BOOMER...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LAKE
HICKORY...KINGS CREEK...TAYLORSVILLE...STONY POINT...ST.
STEPHENS...MILLERSVILLE...HIDDENITE...HICKORY...ELLENDALE AND
BETHLEHEM.
VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. IF OUTDOORS...STAY
AWAY FROM ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES. MOVE INDOORS IF
POSSIBLE. WHEN INDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS AND AVOID
USING TELEPHONES UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY. TRY TO UNPLUG UNNECESSARY
ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES BEFORE THE THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES.
LAT...LON 3605 8139 3604 8136 3600 8132 3603 8127
3604 8120 3587 8103 3582 8107 3578 8110
3568 8131 3603 8147 3606 8139
07Special weather statement, Jun 5, 4:23 PM EDT, 3 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
423 PM EDT SUN JUN 5 2011
SCZ002-005-010-052115-
ANDERSON-GREATER PICKENS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-
423 PM EDT SUN JUN 5 2011
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHWESTERN ANDERSON AND
SOUTHWESTERN PICKENS COUNTIES THROUGH 515 PM EDT...
AT 424 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR SIX MILE...OR 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
PICKENS...MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH.
THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
NORRIS...
CENTRAL...
CLEMSON...
PENDLETON...
SANDY SPRINGS...
PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.
LAT...LON 3456 8284 3462 8286 3462 8284 3463 8285
3464 8283 3470 8287 3473 8286 3474 8289
3479 8288 3487 8291 3492 8272 3463 8259
HGThe office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 3:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Rutherford | 42 min |
| Jun 5, 3:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Polk, Rutherford | 53 min |
| Jun 5, 4:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Jackson | 44 min |
| Jun 5, 4:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cleveland | 39 min |
| Jun 5, 4:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Buncombe | 50 min |
| Jun 5, 4:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Polk | 42 min |
| Jun 5, 4:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Alexander | 40 min |
| Jun 5, 4:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Iredell | 42 min |
| Jun 5, 4:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Polk | 53 min |
| Jun 5, 4:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Alexander, Catawba, Iredell | 66 min |
| Jun 5, 4:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Polk | 48 min |
| Jun 5, 4:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | McDowell, Polk, Rutherford | 60 min |
| Jun 5, 4:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Alexander, Burke, Caldwell, Catawba | 54 min |
| Jun 5, 5:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Transylvania | 58 min |
| Jun 5, 5:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Madison | 29 min |
| Jun 5, 5:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Catawba, Iredell, Lincoln, Mecklenburg | 56 min |
| Jun 5, 5:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Gaston, Lincoln | 66 min |
| Jun 5, 5:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Buncombe, Madison | 61 min |
| Jun 5, 5:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Lincoln | 43 min |
| Jun 5, 5:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Haywood | 50 min |
| Jun 5, 6:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cleveland, Gaston, Lincoln | 58 min |
| Jun 5, 6:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Graham | 48 min |
| Jun 5, 6:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Gaston, Lincoln, Mecklenburg | 62 min |
| Jun 5, 6:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Graham | 39 min |
| Jun 5, 6:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Lincoln | 51 min |
| Jun 5, 6:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Mitchell, Yancey | 57 min |
| Jun 5, 6:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Gaston, Mecklenburg, Union | 56 min |
| Jun 5, 7:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Yancey | 28 min |
| Jun 5, 7:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | McDowell | 44 min |
| Jun 5, 4:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Pickens | 52 min |
| Jun 5, 4:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Pickens | 33 min |
| Jun 5, 5:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cherokee | 45 min |
| Jun 5, 5:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Spartanburg, Union | 53 min |
| Jun 5, 5:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Greenville, Laurens, Spartanburg | 57 min |
| Jun 5, 5:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Oconee | 38 min |
| Jun 5, 6:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Oconee, Pickens | 54 min |
| Jun 5, 6:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Union | 50 min |
| Jun 5, 6:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Chester, Union | 42 min |
| Jun 5, 6:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Laurens, Spartanburg | 62 min |
| Jun 5, 6:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Anderson, Oconee, Pickens | 61 min |
| Jun 5, 7:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Chester, York | 53 min |
| Jun 5, 7:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cherokee | 50 min |
| Jun 5, 7:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Chester | 47 min |
| Jun 5, 7:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Abbeville, Anderson, Greenwood | 58 min |
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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.