Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 356, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 11, 2011, 7:55 PM EDT for Catawba County, Iredell County, Lincoln County, North Carolina. It was in force for 65 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 11, 2011, 7:55 PM EDT (23:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 11, 2011, 9:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Catawba County, NC, Iredell County, NC, Lincoln County, NC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 139 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
Did it verify
Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.
Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 110 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
- 574 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -118 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1033 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 5 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 28 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 30 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
643
WUUS52 KGSP 112355
SVRGSP
NCC035-097-109-120100-
/O.NEW.KGSP.SV.W.0356.110611T2355Z-110612T0100Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
755 PM EDT SAT JUN 11 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
EASTERN CATAWBA COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...
SOUTHERN IREDELL COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...
NORTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 900 PM EDT
* AT 751 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 4 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF NEWTON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CATAWBA...
DENVER...
TERRELL...
TROUTMAN...
LAKE NORMAN...
MOORESVILLE...
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 3552 8074 3551 8083 3552 8090 3549 8095
3546 8095 3542 8097 3555 8132 3574 8120
3577 8094 3566 8077
TIME...MOT...LOC 2356Z 295DEG 14KT 3562 8114
$$
BSH3 follow-up statements
347
WWUS52 KGSP 120019
SVSGSP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
819 PM EDT SAT JUN 11 2011
NCC035-097-109-120100-
/O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0356.000000T0000Z-110612T0100Z/
CATAWBA NC-IREDELL NC-LINCOLN NC-
819 PM EDT SAT JUN 11 2011
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN LINCOLN...SOUTHERN IREDELL AND EASTERN CATAWBA
COUNTIES...
AT 816 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED 4 MILES WEST OF DENVER...OR 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF
LINCOLNTON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
TERRELL...TROUTMAN...LAKE NORMAN AND MOORESVILLE
LAT...LON 3552 8074 3551 8083 3552 8090 3549 8095
3546 8095 3542 8097 3555 8132 3574 8120
3577 8094 3566 8077
TIME...MOT...LOC 0019Z 301DEG 20KT 3553 8109
$$
BSH060
WWUS52 KGSP 120032
SVSGSP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
832 PM EDT SAT JUN 11 2011
NCC035-097-109-120100-
/O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0356.000000T0000Z-110612T0100Z/
CATAWBA NC-IREDELL NC-LINCOLN NC-
832 PM EDT SAT JUN 11 2011
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN LINCOLN...SOUTH CENTRAL IREDELL AND SOUTHEASTERN
CATAWBA COUNTIES...
AT 829 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS REPORTED CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED
NEAR DENVER...OR 12 MILES EAST OF LINCOLNTON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25
MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LAKE
NORMAN
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.
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 3549 8116 3559 8106 3560 8095 3560 8084
3552 8074 3551 8083 3552 8090 3549 8095
3546 8095 3542 8097
TIME...MOT...LOC 0033Z 301DEG 20KT 3549 8101
$$
BSH537
WWUS52 KGSP 120057
SVSGSP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
857 PM EDT SAT JUN 11 2011
NCC035-097-109-120108-
/O.EXP.KGSP.SV.W.0356.000000T0000Z-110612T0100Z/
CATAWBA NC-IREDELL NC-LINCOLN NC-
857 PM EDT SAT JUN 11 2011
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN LINCOLN...SOUTH
CENTRAL IREDELL AND SOUTHEASTERN CATAWBA COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 900
PM EDT...
LAT...LON 3549 8116 3559 8106 3560 8095 3560 8084
3552 8074 3551 8083 3552 8090 3549 8095
3546 8095 3542 8097
TIME...MOT...LOC 0058Z 301DEG 20KT 3542 8086
$$
BSHWhat 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 11, 7:52 PM EDT, 3 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 11, 7:52 PM EDT, 3 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 752 PM EDT SAT JUN 11 2011 .SYNOPSIS... A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN OVER THE REGION TODAY AND BEGIN TO WEAKEN BEFORE A COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE AREA SUNDAY. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD SOUTH ACROSS THE AREA BEHIND THE FRONT THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH SUNDAY/... 0000 UTC UPDATE...POPS AND QPF HAVE ADJUSTED UP TO ACCOUNT FOR LATEST CONVECTIVE TRENDS NEAR KSVH AND KGSP. AT 225 PM...LATEST VISIBLE SATELLITE IMAGES SHOWS EXTENSIVE CONVECTIVE CLOUDS OVER THE RIDGES WITH SHALLOW CU FIELD EAST OF THE MTNS. IN ADDITION...AN OLD OUTFLOW BOUNDARY WAS OVER MIDDLE KY/TN...TREKKING SOUTHEAST. IT IS QUESTIONABLE IF THE OUTFLOW WILL REACH THE CWA. TSRA SHOULD CONTINUE TO POPULATE THE MTN RIDGES THIS AFTERNOON...SPREADING ACROSS THE VALLEYS DURING THE MID AND LATE AFTERNOON WITH FURTHER DESTABILIZATION AND SUPPORT FROM LOCALLY PRODUCED OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES. DEEP CONVECTION EAST OF THE MTNS SHOULD BECOME COMMON DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AS CIN BECOMES ZERO. AS THE CASE LATE THIS WEEK...CONVECTION MAY SURVIVE A COUPLE OF HOURS PAST MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. LOW TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TO RANGE FROM THE L60S ACROSS THE MTN VALLEYS TO THE U60S EAST. AT 18Z...MESOSCALE ANALYSIS INDICATED THAT CAPES RANGED BETWEEN 1500 TO 2500 J/KG. DCAPE VALUES MAY RANGE AROUND 1000 J/KG. FZL SHOULD RANGE AROUND 13.5 KFT...PLACING THE 55 DBZ CORE HEIGHT AROUND 24.5 KFT. PW SHOULD RANGE FROM 1.25 TO 1.5 INCHES WITH K-INDEX VALUES IN THE MID 30S. STORM MOTIONS WILL REMAIN VERY SLOW...INCREASING POTENTIAL FOR EXCESSIVE RAINFALL. SEVERAL STORMS MAY PRODUCE SVR HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. WE WILL CONTINUE TO MENTION IN THE HWO. SUNDAY...A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE CWA FROM THE WEST THROUGH THE MORNING...REACHING THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. BEFORE THE FRONT ARRIVES...THE ENVIRONMENT WILL BECOME MODERATELY UNSTABLE WITH WEAK CIN DURING THE AFTERNOON. WEAK SHEAR AND GOOD INSTABILITY SHOULD SUPPORT MAINLY PULSE STORMS FROM EARLY AFTERNOON UNTIL THE FRONT ARRIVES. AS THE FRONT APPROACHES...CONVECTION MAY FORM INTO MULTICELLS WITH QUICKER STORM MOTIONS. I WILL FORECAST HIGH CHC POPS BY LATE AFTERNOON. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN NEAR 10 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. && .SHORT TERM /SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY/... AS OF 200 PM SATURDAY...THE UPSTREAM FLOW BECOMES MORE AMPLIFIED WITH A RATHER PRONOUNCED RIDGE AXIS REDEVELOPING ACROSS THE CENTRAL MIDWEST. THE MODELS ARE STILL BRINGING IN A S/W ASSOCIATED WITH THE NEW ENG LOW MON AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE 12Z GFS IS THE STRONGEST WITH THIS FEATURE AND THE DPVA FIELD...WHILE THE NAM AND SREF SHOW ONLY MODEST SUPPORT. A TRICKY FORECAST FOR POPS ACROSS THE NC MTNS AS THE LLVLS WILL BE EXPERIENCING AN INFLUX OF LOWER THEATA/E WHILE A CA HIGH BUILDS OVER THE OH VALLEY. MODEL SOUNDINGS ACROSS THE MTNS HAVE NEGLIGIBLE SBCAPE AND VERY LITTLE ELCAPE...WHILE CINS REMAIN IN THE 300-400 J/KG. SO...WITH SUSPECT CONV INSTABILITY AND AN UNFAVORABLE LLVL THERMAL STRUCTURE AND MINIMAL MOISTURE...THE GRIDS WILL BE LEFT POP FREE EXCEPT ACROSS ELEVATIONS ABOVE 4KFT WHERE ISOL TSTMS WILL POSSIBLE ASSOCIATED WITH MECHANICAL LIFT AND THE UPPER ENERGY SUPPORT. ON TUES...THE PATTERN BECOMES A LITTLE MORE SUPPRESSED AS THE AFOREMENTIONED CA HIGH REINFORCES AND RIDGES DEEPER SOUTH ACROSS THE CWFA. THE GFS IS ACTIVATING A WARM FRONT OFF TO THE WEST AND THIS COULD SWING CLOSE ENOUGH TO THE MTNS FOR A LATE DAY CONVECTIVE THREAT....HOWEVER THERE IS LITTLE LLVL RESPONSE SEEN ON THE MUCH FURTHER NORTH NAM. SO...WILL KEEP THE GRIDS POP FREE FOR TUE. DEEP LAYERED FLOW WILL BECOME STRONGER AND DEEP NW/LY AS WELL...WHICH WILL ALSO HELP SUPPRESS CONV INITIATION THROUGH THE DAY. MAX AND TEMPS THROUGH THE PERIOD WILL REMAIN A COUPLE CATS ABOVE NORMAL...WITH A BIT COOLER CONDITIONS EXPECTED FOR TUE WITH THE LOWER THETA/E AIR MIXING IN. && .LONG TERM /TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY/... AS OF 1230 PM SATURDAY...THE MEDIUM RANGE LOOKS LIKE A RETURN TO SOMEWHAT ACTIVE WEATHER FOR THE LATTER HALF OF NEXT WEEK. ALTHOUGH THE GUIDANCE SHOWS A SHORT WAVE RIDGE MOVING ACROSS THE AREA ON WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT...A MEAN UPPER LONG WAVE TROF WILL REMAIN OVER THE EASTERN PART OF THE COUNTRY. AFTER A DRY TUESDAY NIGHT...DIURNAL CONVECTION WILL BE THE RULE ON WEDNESDAY. THE MAIN FEATURE OF INTEREST HERE IS THE NEXT UPPER LOW DROPPING DOWN ACROSS THE MIDWEST ON THURSDAY. THIS IS EXPECTED TO BRING DEEPER MOISTURE AND FORCING INTO THE AREA FROM THE WEST ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THIS MAY MANIFEST ITSELF AS A WARM FRONT OF SORTS MOVING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING EARLY IN THE DAY WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STORMS. A COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO DROP INTO THE FCST AREA ON THURSDAY AND THEN SHOULD STALL ACROSS THE AREA FOR FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. SO...THURSDAY AND THURSDAY EVENING COULD HAVE A SHOWER OR STORM AT ANY TIME. SUSPECT THAT COVERAGE WILL BE NUMEROUS TO WIDESPREAD WHEN ALL IS SAID AND DONE...BUT THE POP WILL BE LIMITED TO CHANCE FOR THE TIME BEING. THE PRESENCE OF THE SURFACE BOUNDARY SHOULD GIVE US A DECENT CHANCE FOR MORE PRECIP FRIDAY AND SATURDAY...BUT IT WILL BE MODULATED BY THE DIURNAL CYCLE. TEMPS GENERALLY HAVE BEEN NUDGED DOWNWARD A FEW DEGREES OWING TO MORE CLOUD COVER ACROSS THE REGION. && .AVIATION /00Z SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/... AT KCLT...CONVECTION WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH WITH THE LOSS OF HEATING AND INSTABILITY. LIGHT SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL BECOME SOUTHWEST SUNDAY MORNING...SHIFTING TO NW SUNDAY AFTERNOON. GUIDANCE CARRIES NO FOG RESTRICTION AT DAYBREAK. ANOTHER ROUND OF CONVECTION WILL SET UP SUNDAY AFTERNOON AS A COLD FRONT MOVES SOUTH INTO OUR AREA...AND WITH A WELL DEFINED FOCUSING MECHANISM...CB WILL BE CARRIED IN THE AFTERNOON. RESTRICTIONS ACCOMPANYING CONVECTION ARE TOO UNCERTAIN TO MENTION AT THIS TIME. ELSEWHERE...CONVECTION WILL DECREASE WITH THE LOSS OF HEATING AND INSTABILITY THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL BECOME LIGHT AND VARIABLE OR STAY LIGHT FRONT THE SOUTH OVERNIGHT. GUIDANCE ONLY AGREES ON FOG RESTRICTIONS AT KAVL AT DAYBREAK...WHERE MVFR VSBY WILL BE FORECAST. WINDS WILL BE LIGHT FROM THE WSW ON SUNDAY MORNING...EXCEPT CHANNELED UPVALLEY FORM THE NW AT KAVL. WINDS SHIFT TO NW IN THE AFTERNOON...BECOMING GUSTY AT KAVL. CONVECTION WILL FIRE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AS A FRONT MOVES SOUTH INTO THE AREA. CB WILL BE CARRIED IN ALL TAFS AS THE FRONT PRESENTS A WELL DEFINED FOCUSING MECHANISM FOR LIFT. RESTRICTIONS ACCOMPANYING CONVECTION ARE TOO UNCERTAIN TO MENTION AT THIS TIME. OUTLOOK...A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SOUTH OF THE AREA SUNDAY NIGHT. DRIER HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN FROM THE NORTH EARLY NEXT WEEK. && .GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...SBK NEAR TERM...JAT/NED SHORT TERM...SBK LONG TERM...PM AVIATION...JAT
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 11, 2:32 PM EDT, 5 hours 23 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 232 PM EDT SAT JUN 11 2011 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065- 068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-121845- 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- 232 PM EDT SAT JUN 11 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. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. A FEW OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY BECOME SEVERE...PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL AS LARGE AS QUARTERS. THE STORMS WILL MOVE VERY SLOWLY AND LOCALIZED FLOODING MAY RESULT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION FROM THE NORTHWEST ON SUNDAY. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT...WITH SEVERAL STORMS LIKELY BECOMING SEVERE. DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS AND LARGE HAIL WILL BE THE MAIN CONCERNS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...OR FLASH FLOODING TO OUR OFFICE.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 11, 6:43 PM EDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 643 PM EDT SAT JUN 11 2011 NCZ071-112315- MECKLENBURG- 643 PM EDT SAT JUN 11 2011 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHEASTERN MECKLENBURG COUNTY THROUGH 715 PM EDT... AT 639 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR SOUTHPARK MALL...OR 7 MILES SOUTH OF CENTER CITY CHARLOTTE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR... MATTHEWS... EASTLAND MALL... PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. 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 3527 8075 3517 8061 3507 8080 3516 8087 BSH
Local storm report, Jun 11, 7:04 PM EDT, 51 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
704 PM EDT SAT JUN 11 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0630 PM TSTM WND DMG 6 NE SIMPSONVILLE 34.79N 82.18W
06/11/2011 GREENVILLE SC PUBLIC
TWO TREES AND SOME OTHER LARGE LIMBS DOWN ON ROPER
MOUNTAIN ROAD NEAR ANDERSON RIDGE ROAD IN THE FIVE FORKS
AREA.
&&
BSHLocal storm report, Jun 11, 7:15 PM EDT, 40 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
715 PM EDT SAT JUN 11 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0651 PM HAIL GREENVILLE 34.84N 82.37W
06/11/2011 M0.75 INCH GREENVILLE SC TRAINED SPOTTER
0712 PM HAIL 2 S HICKORY 35.71N 81.33W
06/11/2011 M1.00 INCH CATAWBA NC TRAINED SPOTTER
0712 PM TSTM WND GST 2 S HICKORY 35.71N 81.33W
06/11/2011 E60 MPH CATAWBA NC TRAINED SPOTTER
0712 PM TSTM WND DMG 2 S HICKORY 35.71N 81.33W
06/11/2011 CATAWBA NC TRAINED SPOTTER
LARGE TREE LIMB DOWN
&&
07Special weather statement, Jun 11, 7:17 PM EDT, 38 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
717 PM EDT SAT JUN 11 2011
NCZ051-112345-
SWAIN-
717 PM EDT SAT JUN 11 2011
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL SWAIN COUNTY THROUGH 745
PM EDT...
AT 713 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES SOUTH OF ELKMONT...OR 12 MILES NORTHWEST
OF BRYSON CITY...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.
PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.
INTENSE 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 3555 8363 3558 8360 3557 8359 3557 8349
3560 8347 3563 8340 3560 8340 3543 8349
3552 8365
BSHLocal storm report, Jun 11, 7:42 PM EDT, 13 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
742 PM EDT SAT JUN 11 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0720 PM TSTM WND DMG 1 S HICKORY 35.72N 81.33W
06/11/2011 CATAWBA NC TRAINED SPOTTER
LARGE TREES DOWN
0720 PM TSTM WND GST 1 S HICKORY 35.72N 81.33W
06/11/2011 E65 MPH CATAWBA NC TRAINED SPOTTER
0720 PM HAIL 1 S HICKORY 35.72N 81.33W
06/11/2011 M1.00 INCH CATAWBA NC TRAINED SPOTTER
COVERED GROUND
&&
07Local storm report, Jun 11, 7:44 PM EDT, 11 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
744 PM EDT SAT JUN 11 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0655 PM TSTM WND DMG GREENVILLE 34.84N 82.37W
06/11/2011 GREENVILLE SC PUBLIC
ONE LARGE TREE DOWN BLOCKING LOWNDES HILL ROAD NEAR THE
INTERSECTION WITH LOWNDES AVENUE.
&&
BSHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 10, 8:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Gaston | 41 min |
| Jun 10, 9:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Union | 63 min |
| Jun 11, 12:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | McDowell | 40 min |
| Jun 11, 2:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Rowan | 64 min |
| Jun 11, 2:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Rowan | 48 min |
| Jun 11, 2:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Rowan | 60 min |
| Jun 11, 3:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Mecklenburg | 45 min |
| Jun 11, 3:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Rowan | 65 min |
| Jun 11, 3:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Buncombe, Haywood, Henderson, Transylvania | 67 min |
| Jun 11, 3:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Henderson, Polk | 61 min |
| Jun 11, 3:50 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Cabarrus | 3 hr |
| Jun 11, 5:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Alexander, Burke, Caldwell, Catawba | 57 min |
| Jun 11, 6:23 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Mecklenburg, Union | 3 hr |
| Jun 11, 6:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Transylvania | 32 min |
| Jun 11, 6:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Haywood | 39 min |
| Jun 11, 6:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Mecklenburg | 32 min |
| Jun 11, 6:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Alexander, Iredell | 67 min |
| Jun 11, 7:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Catawba | 53 min |
| Jun 11, 7:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Swain | 28 min |
| Jun 11, 7:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cleveland | 54 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Carolina, 2011Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2011
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.