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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 29, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

April 4, 2011Polk County, North Carolina; Greenville County, Pickens County, Spartanburg County, South Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 4, 2011, 11:59 PM EDT for Polk County, North Carolina; Greenville County, Pickens County, Spartanburg County, South Carolina. It was in force for 46 min. 1 report 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: Apr 4, 2011, 11:59 PM EDT (03:59 UTC)
Expired: Apr 5, 2011, 12:45 AM EDT
In force: 46 min
Issued by: NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Polk County, NC, Greenville County, SC, Pickens County, SC, Spartanburg County, SC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:01 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
Apr 5, 12:30 AM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Columbus, NC	WIDESPREAD TREES DOWN AROUND COUNTY

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 one storm report to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 31 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
Apr 4, 9:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 00:00Z, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 238 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 2364 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 144 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 291 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.

883 
WUUS52 KGSP 050359
SVRGSP
NCC149-SCC045-077-083-050445-
/O.NEW.KGSP.SV.W.0029.110405T0359Z-110405T0445Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1159 PM EDT MON APR 4 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN SPARTANBURG COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...
  POLK COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
  NORTHERN GREENVILLE COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...
  NORTHERN PICKENS COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...

* UNTIL 1245 AM EDT

* AT 1157 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
  HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.  THESE STORMS
  WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF NORTH
  SALUDA RESERVOIR TO 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PUMPKINTOWN...OR ALONG A
  LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES SOUTH OF HENDERSONVILLE TO 5 MILES
  NORTH OF PICKENS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 70 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  CLEVELAND...SALUDA...MARIETTA...LAKE ADGER...TIGERVILLE...MILL
  SPRING...COLUMBUS...TRYON...GOWENSVILLE AND LANDRUM

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THIS LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS 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 3540 8213 3525 8196 3519 8198 3484 8290
      3512 8268 3518 8246 3516 8245 3522 8239
      3518 8237 3519 8236 3528 8235 3532 8231
      3537 8228 3540 8223 3541 8215
TIME...MOT...LOC 0359Z 244DEG 74KT 3524 8243 3497 8267

$$
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1 follow-up statement

248 
WWUS52 KGSP 050433
SVSGSP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1233 AM EDT TUE APR 5 2011

SCC077-050442-
/O.CAN.KGSP.SV.W.0029.000000T0000Z-110405T0445Z/
PICKENS SC-
1233 AM EDT TUE APR 5 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN PICKENS COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MOVED NORTHEAST AND OUT OF NORTHERN PICKENS 
COUNTY.

LAT...LON 3525 8196 3519 8198 3503 8244 3522 8239
      3518 8237 3521 8235 3528 8235 3532 8231
      3537 8228 3540 8223 3541 8214
TIME...MOT...LOC 0432Z 244DEG 74KT 3534 8207 3507 8232

$$

NCC149-SCC045-083-050445-
/O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0029.000000T0000Z-110405T0445Z/
SPARTANBURG SC-POLK NC-GREENVILLE SC-
1233 AM EDT TUE APR 5 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1245 AM EDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN GREENVILLE...POLK AND NORTHWESTERN SPARTANBURG
COUNTIES...

AT 1229 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER
SIZE HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.  THESE STORMS
WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM MILL SPRING TO TIGERVILLE...
OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF COLUMBUS TO 13
MILES NORTH OF DOWNTOWN GREENVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 70 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LANDRUM
AND GOWENSVILLE

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 3525 8196 3519 8198 3503 8244 3522 8239
      3518 8237 3521 8235 3528 8235 3532 8231
      3537 8228 3540 8223 3541 8214
TIME...MOT...LOC 0432Z 244DEG 74KT 3534 8207 3507 8232

$$

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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 Apr 4, 9:02 PM EDT, 2 hours 57 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 4, 9:02 PM EDT, 2 hours 57 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
902 PM EDT MON APR 4 2011

.SYNOPSIS...
A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL CROSS OUR AREA FROM WEST TO EAST
TONIGHT...THEN BE OFF THE CAROLINA COAST BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON.  HIGH
PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN ACROSS THE REGION AND DOMINATE OUR WEATHER
THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK.

&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH TUESDAY/...
FOR THE 00 UTC UPDATE I/VE SLOWED THE EASTWARD PROGRESSION OF THE
HIGH POPS. THE LINE OF STORMS HAS WEAKENED AND BECOME NEARLY
STATIONARY AS IT HAS ENTERED THE MTNS. THIS IS ABOUT WHAT WAS
EXPECTED...THOUGH IT/S SLOWED DOWN A BIT MORE THAN WHAT I EXPECTED.
MORE IMPORTANTLY...A LARGE BOWING LINE SEGMENT HAS DEVELOPED OVER NW
GA. BASED ON IT/S CURRENT RATE OF MOVEMENT...IT SHOULD MOVE INTO OUR
NE GA COUNTIES AROUND 0250 UTC...POSSIBLY SOONER IF IT ACCELERATES
MORE. WITH MUCAPE VALUES AROUND 1000 OVER THIS AREA...THE LINE
SHOULD HOLD TOGETHER.

PREVIOUS DISCUSSION...
GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS AS A STRONG COLD
FRONT MOVES INTO THE AREA. THEREFORE...WILL EXTEND THE WIND/LAKE
WIND ADV OVERNIGHT AS WELL. GENERAL THOUGHTS FROM THE PREVIOUS FCST
STILL ON TRACK. SOME ISOLATED TO SCT CONVECTION POSSIBLE OVER THE NC
MTNS THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE QLCS SQUALL LINE AHEAD OF A STRONG COLD
FRONT MOVES INTO THE MTNS THIS EVENING...THEN TO A HKY-GSP-GRD LINE
AROUND MIDNIGHT...THEN I-77 CORRIDOR BEFORE DAYBREAK...THEN EAST OF
THE AREA AROUND 12Z. ALL THE GUIDANCE HAS AT LEAST SOME CAPE WITH
THE NAM A SEEMINGLY STRONG OUTLIER. STILL...THE SREF MEAN MUCAPE HAS
VALUES 500 OR BETTER ALONG THE LINE AND MIXED LAYER CAPE SLIGHTLY
LESS. THE SREF ALSO SHOWS MEDIAN BULK SHEAR 60 TO 80 KNOTS AND 0-1KM
HELICITY VALUES FROM 100 TO 300. GIVEN THESE FACTORS IT LOOKS LIKELY
THAT A SEVERE STORMS WILL DEVELOP AS THIS LINE MOVES THRU THE CWFA.
HAVE ALREADY INCLUDED ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS WITH DAMAGING WIND
WORDING IN THE GRIDS. LOWS SHOULD BE AROUND 10 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL.

THE FRONT QUICKLY MOVES EAST OF THE AREA TUE MORNING...TAKING THE
SQUALL LINE WITH IT. HAVE QUICKLY ENDED POP FROM WEST TO EAST OVER
THE AREA. NW FLOW AND LOW LEVEL LINGER OVER THE MTNS...SO HAVE
LIKELY POP DIMINISHING TO SLIGHT CHC FOR THE AFTERNOON. CANNOT RULE
OUT SOME SNOW FOR THE HIGHEST PEAKS...BUT NO SIGNIFICANT ACCUMS
EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE THRU AT LEAST EARLY AFTERNOON.
FOR NOW...WILL NOT EXTEND ANY WIND ADV INTO TUE. HOWEVER...LATER
SHIFTS WILL LIKELY NEED SOMETHING FOR THIS PERIOD. HIGHS 5 TO 10
DEGREES BELOW NORMAL.

&&

.SHORT TERM /TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY/...
AS OF 200 PM MONDAY...SHORT TERM WEATHER WILL BE QUIET AS AN
UPPER RIDGE BUILDS OVER THE SE U.S. THROUGH THU. SURFACE HIGH
PRESSURE CENTERED TO THE SW OF THE AREA TUE NIGHT WILL TRANSITION TO
OFF THE EAST COAST BY LATE WED AND REMAIN THERE THROUGH THE SHORT
TERM. THE ONLY WEATHER CONCERN WILL BE THE COLD TEMPS FORECAST FOR
TUE NIGHT. DRY ATMOSPHERE AND LIGHT WINDS WILL PROMOTE IDEAL
RADIATIONAL COOLING. CURRENT MIN TEMP GRID HAS TEMPS BELOW FREEZING
OVER ALL THE MOUNTAINS...WITH FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT MIN TEMPS
GENERALLY IN THE MID 30S. HENCE...WILL HOIST A FREEZE WATCH FOR THE
MOUNTAINS FOR TUE NIGHT. PATCHY FROST IS A GOOD BET OVER MOST
FOOTHILL/PIEDMONT LOCATIONS TUE NIGHT...ESPECIALLY LOW LYING AREAS.
OTHERWISE...GENERALLY CLEAR CONDITIONS WITH SLOWLY WARMING TEMPS.
STAYED CLOSE TO A MOS BLEND FOR TEMPS.

&&

.LONG TERM /THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY/...
AS OF 140 PM MONDAY...THE MEDIUM RANGE MODEL OF CHOICE IS THE ECMWF.
THERE ARE SOME BIG TIMING DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE GFS AND ECMWF AND
THE GFS IS FOR THE MOST PART CONSIDERED AN OUTLIER MODEL.  SOUTHERLY
FLOW AND INSTABILITY WILL RESULT IN AN INCREASE OF SHOWERS AND
STORMS ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY IN THE MOUNTAINS.  HIGH
TEMPERATURES WILL BE ABOUT TEN DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL.  A LULL IS
EXPECTED FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING WITH MORE STABILITY AND
NO FOCUS MECHANISM.  THE ECMWF SHOWS A MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE SYSTEM
LEAVING OKLAHOMA FRIDAY EVENING AND REACHING THE UPPER TENNESSEE AND
OHIO VALLEYS SATURDAY AFTERNOON.  IF THIS PANS OUT...WE WILL GET THE
SOUTHERN END OF THE PASSAGE OF THIS AS IT TRACKS ACROSS THE
VIRGINIAS SATURDAY NIGHT.  WE WILL THEN BE UNDER OR NEAR THE AXIS OF
THE UPPER RIDGE LATE SUNDAY INTO MUCH OF SUNDAY NIGHT AND VERY
LITTLE CONVECTION.  THE NEXT FRONT WILL BE APPROACHING ACROSS
TENNESSEE ON MONDAY AND VERY SLOWLY REACHING OUR AREA LATE MONDAY
AND INTO MONDAY NIGHT.  THE DYNAMICS WILL BE PASSING WELL NORTH AND
THE FRONT TENDS TO WASH OUT AS IT CROSSES FROM NW TO SE LATE MONDAY
NIGHT.

&&

.AVIATION /01Z TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/...
AT KCLT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL ORGANIZE OVER NRN GA AND AL THIS
EVENING AND THEN SPRINT TO THE NE OVERNIGHT. ATTM I EXPECT THE
STORMS TO AFFECT THE AIRFIELD BETWEEN ABOUT 7 AND 10 UTC...THOUGH
THAT WILL PROBABLY CHANGE A LITTLE ONCE THE UPSTREAM LINE BECOMES
MORE ORGANIZED AND WE GET A BETTER HANDLE ON IT/S MOVEMENT.
CONDITIONS SHOULD BE QUITE WINDY TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. I HAVE THE
WIND SHIFT TRAILING THE LINE...BUT ONCE THE STORMS COME
THROUGH...WINDS WILL BE QUITE ERRATIC. THE STORMS WILL GIVE WAY TO A
PERIOD OF LIGHTER RAIN AND THEN CLEARING BY MID TO LATE MORNING WITH
A FROPA. THERE WILL ALSO BE LOW LEVEL WIND SHEAR TONIGHT AS THE LOW
LEVEL WINDS WILL BE QUITE STRONG AHEAD OF THE FRONT.

ELSEWHERE...THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED INTO THE NC MTNS...AND SHOULD
AFFECT KAVL WITHIN THE HOUR. THESE STORMS WILL BE VERY SLOW TO MOVE
EASTWARD...AND WE WILL PROBABLY HAVE TO WAIT FOR STRONGER STORMS TO
MOVE OUT OF NRN GA A LITTLE AFTER MIDNIGHT BEFORE THE FOOTHILL AND
PIEDMONT TAF SITES SEE ANYTHING. THESE STORMS SHOULD MOVE QUITE FAST
AND WILL PRODUCE A COUPLE HOURS OF SIGNIFICANT VSBY AND CIG
REDUCTIONS. A PERIOD OF IFR CIGS IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BEHIND THE
LINE FOR A COUPLE HOURS BEFORE THE COLD FRONT CROSSES THE
REGION...TURNING THE WINDS OUT OF THE NW AND BRINGING CLEARING SKIES.

OUTLOOK...CONDITIONS SHOULD BE VFR TUE AFTERNOON INTO FRIDAY. SOME
RESTRICTIONS ARE POSSIBLE AGAIN LATE FRIDAY AS A FRONT DROPS DOWN
INTO THE AREA.

&&

.FIRE WEATHER...
S FUEL MOISTURE REMAINS LOW...AND SUSTAINED WINDS ARE STILL IN IN
THE 15 TO 25 MPH RANGE WITH GUSTS WELL OVER 30 MPH...A FIRE DANGER
STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF TODAY FOR NORTH
CAROLINA AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA.

&&

.GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...FREEZE WATCH FROM LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING
     FOR GAZ010.
     LAKE WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 6 AM EDT TUESDAY FOR GAZ010-017-018-
     026-028-029.
NC...FREEZE WATCH FROM LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING
     FOR NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-501-503-505-507-509.
     WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 6 AM EDT TUESDAY FOR NCZ033-035>037-
     048>053-056>059-062>065-068>072-082-501>510.
SC...LAKE WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 6 AM EDT TUESDAY FOR SCZ001>014-019.

&&

SYNOPSIS...DEO
NEAR TERM...MCAVOY/RWH
SHORT TERM...LG
LONG TERM...DEO
AVIATION...MCAVOY

Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 4, 11:54 PM EDT, 5 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1154 PM EDT MON APR 4 2011

GAZ017-018-026-028-029-SCZ001>014-019-060400-
HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-
PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER OCONEE-
GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK-
ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD-
1154 PM EDT MON APR 4 2011

...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EDT TUESDAY...
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 97 IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM EDT TUESDAY...

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

   LAKE WIND ADVISORY.
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH.

.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.

NCZ035>037-056-057-068>072-082-502-504-506-508-510-060400-
ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-
MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC-GREATER CALDWELL-GREATER BURKE-
EASTERN MCDOWELL-GREATER RUTHERFORD-EASTERN POLK-
1154 PM EDT MON APR 4 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EDT TUESDAY...
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 97 IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM EDT TUESDAY...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA AND
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.

   WIND ADVISORY.
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH.

.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.

NCZ051-052-058-059-062-063-060400-
SWAIN-HAYWOOD-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-
1154 PM EDT MON APR 4 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EDT TUESDAY...
...FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY
MORNING...

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.

   WIND ADVISORY.

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

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

   FREEZE WATCH.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

NCZ033-048>050-053-064-065-501-503-505-507-509-060400-
AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-BUNCOMBE-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-
CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-BURKE MOUNTAINS-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-
RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-POLK MOUNTAINS-
1154 PM EDT MON APR 4 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EDT TUESDAY...
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 97 IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM EDT TUESDAY...
...FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY
MORNING...

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.

   WIND ADVISORY.
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH.

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

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

   FREEZE WATCH.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

GAZ010-060400-
RABUN-
1154 PM EDT MON APR 4 2011

...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EDT TUESDAY...
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 97 IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM EDT TUESDAY...
...FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY
MORNING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

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

   LAKE WIND ADVISORY.
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH.

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

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

   FREEZE WATCH.

.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

Special weather statement, Apr 4, 6:20 PM EDT, 5 hours 39 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
620 PM EDT MON APR 4 2011

GAZ010-NCZ048-051>053-058-059-062>064-SCZ001-042300-
BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM-HAYWOOD-MACON-MADISON-NORTHERN JACKSON-OCONEE
MOUNTAINS-RABUN-SOUTHERN JACKSON-SWAIN-TRANSYLVANIA-
620 PM EDT MON APR 4 2011

...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL AFFECT
GRAHAM...HAYWOOD...JACKSON...MACON...NORTHEASTERN RABUN...NORTHERN
OCONEE...SOUTHWESTERN MADISON...SWAIN...WESTERN BUNCOMBE AND WESTERN
TRANSYLVANIA COUNTIES THROUGH 700 PM EDT...

AT 614 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE SOUTHWEST NORTH
CAROLINA MOUNTAINS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

THIS STORMS WILL AFFECT...
  FRANKLIN...
  ALARKA...
  CULLOWHEE...
  SYLVA...
  BALSAM...
  WAYNESVILLE...

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

LAT...LON 3543 8401 3558 8368 3557 8349 3577 8315
      3580 8308 3578 8299 3584 8292 3592 8292
      3595 8284 3559 8253 3545 8265 3542 8274
      3539 8271 3486 8317 3505 8357 3515 8366
      3515 8373 3525 8371 3522 8393 3528 8403

LG

Special weather statement, Apr 4, 7:03 PM EDT, 4 hours 56 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
703 PM EDT MON APR 4 2011

NCZ048-051>053-058-059-062-042345-
BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM-HAYWOOD-MACON-MADISON-NORTHERN JACKSON-SWAIN-
703 PM EDT MON APR 4 2011

...SHOWERS A COUPLE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT
GRAHAM...HAYWOOD...MACON...NORTHERN JACKSON...SOUTHWESTERN
MADISON...SWAIN AND WESTERN BUNCOMBE COUNTIES THROUGH 745 PM EDT...

AT 657 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE SOUTHWEST
NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

THESE STORMS WILL AFFECT...
  FONTANA LAKE...
  ALARKA...
  BRYSON CITY...
  CHEROKEE...
  SMOKEMONT...
  MAGGIE VALLEY...

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

LAT...LON 3543 8401 3557 8372 3557 8349 3567 8334
      3566 8330 3573 8324 3573 8319 3577 8315
      3580 8308 3578 8299 3584 8292 3591 8291
      3567 8256 3505 8355 3515 8366 3516 8375
      3523 8370 3525 8371 3523 8389 3531 8404

LG

Special weather statement, Apr 4, 7:48 PM EDT, 4 hours 11 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
748 PM EDT MON APR 4 2011

NCZ048>052-058-059-050030-
GRAHAM-HAYWOOD-MADISON-MITCHELL-NORTHERN JACKSON-SWAIN-YANCEY-
748 PM EDT MON APR 4 2011

...SHOWERS AND A COUPLE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT
GRAHAM...MADISON...NORTHERN HAYWOOD...NORTHERN YANCEY...NORTHWESTERN
JACKSON...NORTHWESTERN MITCHELL AND SWAIN COUNTIES THROUGH 830 PM
EDT...

AT 738 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE MOUTNAINS OF NORTH
CAROLINA NEAR THE TENNESSEE BORDER. THE INDIVIDUAL STORMS WERE
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 65 MPH.

THE AREAS AFFECTED BE...
  FONTANA LAKE...
  BRYSON CITY...
  CHEROKEE...
  SMOKEMONT...
  WATERVILLE...

LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND ISOLATED WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE
EXPECTED. SMALL CREEKS IN GRAHAM COUNTY AND THE GREAT SMOKY
MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK ARE LIKELY TO HAVE RAPID RISES THIS EVENING.

LAT...LON 3541 8403 3553 8388 3557 8377 3557 8349
      3577 8315 3578 8299 3594 8290 3593 8281
      3599 8279 3607 8264 3596 8256 3610 8239
      3614 8228 3600 8216 3570 8278 3569 8286
      3565 8288 3529 8358 3521 8396 3523 8401

LG

Local storm report, Apr 4, 8:12 PM EDT, 3 hours 47 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
812 PM EDT MON APR 04 2011

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

0600 PM     NON-TSTM WND DMG 5 W SALISBURY           35.67N 80.57W
04/04/2011                   ROWAN              NC   TRAINED SPOTTER

            LARGE TREE FELL THROUGH A HOUSE ON KENT RD.

&&

MCAVOY

Local storm report, Apr 4, 11:20 PM EDT, 39 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1120 PM EDT MON APR 04 2011

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

1053 PM     TSTM WND DMG     WAYNESVILLE             35.48N 83.00W
04/04/2011                   HAYWOOD            NC   COUNTY OFFICIAL

            MANY TREES DOWN AROUND THE COUNTY. TREES REPORTED DOWN ON
            HOUSES ACROSS MAGGIE VALLEY AND IN WAYNESVILLE. A FEW
            FIRES DUE TO DOWNED POWERLINES.

&&

KRENTZ

Local storm report, Apr 4, 11:54 PM EDT, 5 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1154 PM EDT MON APR 04 2011

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

1120 PM     TSTM WND DMG     1 SW ASHEVILLE          35.56N 82.56W
04/04/2011                   BUNCOMBE           NC   TRAINED SPOTTER

            2 TREES DOWN ON NEAR THE INTERCHANGE INTERSTATE 240 AND
            INTERSTATE 26.

&&

KRENTZ

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 4, 9:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Graham, Swain	55 min
Apr 4, 9:55 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Graham	4 hr
Apr 4, 10:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Jackson, Macon	61 min
Apr 4, 10:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Buncombe, Haywood, Madison, Swain	63 min
Apr 4, 11:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Henderson, Jackson, Macon, Transylvania	54 min
Apr 4, 11:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, McDowell, Madison and 2 more	65 min
Apr 4, 11:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Henderson, McDowell, Polk and 1 more	62 min
Apr 4, 11:52 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	GSP	Buncombe, Henderson, McDowell, Rutherford	38 min
Apr 5, 12:22 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Alexander, Burke, Caldwell, Catawba	53 min
Apr 5, 12:28 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	GSP	Burke, Cleveland, Rutherford	32 min
Apr 5, 12:46 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Cleveland, Gaston, Polk, Rutherford	59 min
Apr 5, 1:12 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Burke, Catawba, Cleveland, Iredell, Lincoln	63 min
Apr 5, 1:14 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Alexander, Davie, Iredell	61 min
Apr 5, 1:21 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Cleveland, Gaston, Lincoln, Mecklenburg	54 min
Apr 5, 1:29 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	GSP	Catawba, Lincoln	27 min
Apr 5, 1:44 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Catawba, Davie, Iredell, Rowan	61 min
Apr 5, 1:53 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Cabarrus, Mecklenburg, Union	67 min
Apr 5, 4:08 AM EDT	Frost Advisory	GSP	Alexander, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell, Catawba, Cleveland and 10 more	29 hr
Apr 5, 4:08 AM EDT	Freeze Warning	GSP	Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Graham, Haywood and 11 more	29 hr
Apr 4, 11:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Anderson, Oconee, Pickens	62 min
Apr 4, 11:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Anderson	55 min
Apr 5, 12:20 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Anderson, Greenville, Laurens, Oconee, Pickens, Spartanburg	55 min
Apr 5, 12:29 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Abbeville, Anderson	61 min
Apr 5, 12:42 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Abbeville, Anderson, Greenville, Greenwood, Laurens, Spartanburg and 1 more	63 min
Apr 5, 12:57 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Cherokee, Spartanburg, York	63 min
Apr 5, 1:18 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Abbeville, Greenwood, Laurens	57 min
Apr 5, 1:35 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Chester, Union	55 min
Apr 5, 1:43 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Laurens	48 min
Apr 5, 1:51 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	York	41 min
Apr 5, 2:08 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Abbeville, Greenwood	50 min
Apr 5, 2:21 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Chester, Union	54 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.