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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 396, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

June 18, 20114 counties in North Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 18, 2011, 2:29 PM EDT for 4 counties in North Carolina. It was in force for 48 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: Jun 18, 2011, 2:29 PM EDT (18:29 UTC)
Expired: Jun 18, 2011, 3:17 PM EDT
In force: 48 min
Issued by: NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Graham County, NC, Jackson County, NC, Macon County, NC, Swain County, NC

The radar

The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:33 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 18, 2:35 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Robbinsville, NC	TREES DOWN ALL OVER THE 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 6 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
Jun 18, 11:05 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 223 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: 1149 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -132 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 704 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 8 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 23 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 33 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.

501 
WUUS52 KGSP 181829
SVRGSP
NCC075-099-113-173-181930-
/O.NEW.KGSP.SV.W.0396.110618T1829Z-110618T1930Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
229 PM EDT SAT JUN 18 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  GRAHAM COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
  MACON COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
  SOUTHERN SWAIN COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
  JACKSON COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...

* UNTIL 330 PM EDT

* AT 227 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
  HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE
  LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 4 MILES SOUTH OF BALSAM TO 5
  MILES SOUTHWEST OF ROBBINSVILLE...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7
  MILES EAST OF SYLVA TO 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ROBBINSVILLE...MOVING
  SOUTH AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  GAY AND CULLOWHEE...
  TUCKASEGEE AND KYLE...
  NANTAHALA LAKE...
  WOLF MOUNTAIN AND FRANKLIN...
  THORPE RESERVOIR...
  RAINBOW SPRINGS...

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.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EDT
SATURDAY EVENING FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND
CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA.

&&

LAT...LON 3536 8400 3558 8324 3546 8313 3529 8291
      3500 8311 3500 8351 3505 8357 3515 8366
      3516 8374 3521 8373 3523 8370 3525 8371
      3524 8378 3525 8384 3521 8396 3523 8401
TIME...MOT...LOC 1828Z 353DEG 24KT 3536 8309 3527 8388

$$

NED

2 follow-up statements

090 
WWUS52 KGSP 181856
SVSGSP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
256 PM EDT SAT JUN 18 2011

NCC075-173-181906-
/O.CAN.KGSP.SV.W.0396.000000T0000Z-110618T1930Z/
GRAHAM NC-SWAIN NC-
256 PM EDT SAT JUN 18 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN SWAIN AND GRAHAM
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EDT
SATURDAY EVENING FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND
CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA.

LAT...LON 3521 8372 3529 8321 3535 8299 3532 8297
      3529 8292 3500 8311 3500 8351 3515 8366
      3516 8374
TIME...MOT...LOC 1856Z 353DEG 24KT 3517 8306 3508 8385

$$

NCC099-113-181930-
/O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0396.000000T0000Z-110618T1930Z/
MACON NC-JACKSON NC-
256 PM EDT SAT JUN 18 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHERN JACKSON AND MACON COUNTIES...

AT 252 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES WEST OF WOLF MOUNTAIN TO 12 MILES WEST OF
NANTAHALA LAKE...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
SYLVA TO 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF HAYESVILLE...MOVING SOUTH AT 30 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO RAINBOW
SPRINGS...CASHIERS...OTTO...HIGHLANDS AND SCALY

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EDT
SATURDAY EVENING FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND
CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA.

&&

LAT...LON 3521 8372 3529 8321 3535 8299 3532 8297
      3529 8292 3500 8311 3500 8351 3515 8366
      3516 8374
TIME...MOT...LOC 1856Z 353DEG 24KT 3517 8306 3508 8385

$$
MCAVOY

036 
WWUS52 KGSP 181917
SVSGSP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
317 PM EDT SAT JUN 18 2011

NCC099-113-181926-
/O.CAN.KGSP.SV.W.0396.000000T0000Z-110618T1930Z/
MACON NC-JACKSON NC-
317 PM EDT SAT JUN 18 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN JACKSON AND MACON
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

SEVERE STORMS HAVE MOVED OUT OF MACON AND JACKSON COUNTIES.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EDT
SATURDAY EVENING FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND
CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA.

LAT...LON 3521 8372 3529 8321 3535 8299 3532 8297
      3529 8292 3500 8311 3500 8351 3515 8366
      3516 8374
TIME...MOT...LOC 1916Z 353DEG 24KT 3504 8304 3495 8383

$$

MCAVOY

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 18, 1:44 PM EDT, 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 18, 1:44 PM EDT, 45 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
144 PM EDT SAT JUN 18 2011

.SYNOPSIS...
A WEAK STATIONARY FRONT WILL LINGER IN OUR AREA INTO THE WEEKEND.
THE FRONT WILL MOVE NORTH AS A WARM FRONT EARLY NEXT WEEK AS HIGH
PRESSURE MOVES INTO THE AREA.

&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH SUNDAY/...
UPSTREAM MCS OVER ERN TN HAS NOT STRENGTHENED MUCH THE PAST COUPLE
HOURS...THOUGH CORE HEIGHTS ALONG THE LINE ARE FINALLY STARTING TO
REACH OBJECTIVE SEVERE CRITERIA. KMRX IS SHOWING A WELL ESTABLISHED
AND STRONG COLD POOL/REAR INFLOW JET BEHIND THE LINE...AND IT SHOULD
STRENGTHEN RAPIDLY AS IT MOVES INTO THE MORE UNSTABLE AIR OVER THE
GREAT VALLEY. AS THE STRONG COLD POOL MOVES INTO THE
MOUNTAINS...WHICH ARE QUITE MIXED AT THIS POINT...POCKETS OF
DAMAGING WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP. AS THE LINE MOVES EAST OF
THE MTNS...INTO AN ENVIRONMENT OF HIGHER DAPE...THE MCS SHOULD BEGIN
TO SURGE EASTWARD. THE 12 UTC NAM NOW HAS BULK SHEAR VALUES OF
AROUND 40 KTS OVER THE ENTIRE FA THROUGH THE AFTN HOURS...WHICH ALSO
BODES WELL FOR THE EVOLUTION OF THE LINE AS IT PROGRESSES INTO AN
INCREASINGLY UNSTABLE AIRMASS.  THE 15 UTC RUN OF THE WORKSTATION
WRF-ARW SHOWS AN EVEN MORE HIGHLY EVOLVED BOW ECHO MOVING ACROSS THE
FA DURING THE EARLY TO MID AFTN HOURS THAN IT DID BEFORE...AND STILL
LINES UP FAIRLY WELL WITH THE MCS OVER ERN TN. THEREFORE...THIS
SHOULD SOON TRANSITION INTO A SIGNIFICANT DAMAGING WIND EVENT FOR
THE FA.

OVERNIGHT AND INTO SUNDAY MORNING...THE NAM DEVELOPS A 30-40KT LLVL
JET OVER THE FA AS HEIGHTS RISE TO OUR WEST. THIS POOLS BL DEWPOINTS
OVER 70S DEGREES ACROSS THE CENTRAL PART OF THE FA. THIS SHOULD
SUPPORT NOCTURNAL ELEVATED CONVECTION OVERNIGHT...THOUGH I/M UNSURE
HOW STRONG ON HOW WIDESPREAD IT WILL BE.

ADDITIONAL CONVECTIVELY INDUCED MCV/S WILL CROSS THE FA ON SUNDAY.
THE NAM IMPLIES A GOOD THREAT OF ADDITIONAL SEVERE STORMS WHILE THE
GFS IS FARTHER NORTH. CONSIDERING THE ONGOING CONVECTION AND HOW
SOUTH IT SHOULD MOVE OVERNIGHT...THE TREAT WILL PROBABLY BE ORIENTED
FARTHER SOUTH THAN THE GFS IMPLIES ON SUNDAY...ONCE AGAIN PUTTING US
UNDER THE GUN.

&&

.SHORT TERM /SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY/...
AS OF 1245 PM SATURDAY...UPPER HEIGHTS OVER THE CWFA WILL START
THEIR RISE ON MONDAY AS GULF COAST RIDGING POKES NORTH AND EAST.
WITH SOLID LOWER TO MID 90S FCST ACRS JUST ABOUT ALL THE MAJOR
VALLEYS AND INTO THE PIEDMONT...THE ATMOSPHERE WILL LIKELY BECOME
MODERATELY UNSTABLE. THERE DOES NOT LOOK TO BE MUCH TO INHIBIT
AFTERNOON AND EVENING TSTM DEVELOPMENT...IN FACT...ENOUGH MID LVL NW
FLOW EXISTS TO GIVE RISE TO A FEW SVR STORMS.

SHORT RANGE MODELS REMAIN CONSISTENT IN DEPICTING BLDG UPPER RIDGE
ATOP THE CWFA ON TUESDAY. THE RESULTANT VERY WEAK FLOW AND WEAKLY
FORCED ENVIRONMENT SHOULD LIMIT DIURNAL DEEP CONVECTION...ESPECIALLY
AWAY FROM THE HIGHER TERRAIN...WHERE THE FCST SNDGS LOOK TO REMAIN
CAPPED. OTHERWISE...THE HEAT WAVE WILL CONTINUE AND THE GOING SWATH
OF MID TO UPPER 90S MAX TEMPS LOOK GOOD.

&&

.LONG TERM /TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY/...
AS OF 1215 PM SATURDAY...THE TREND TOWARD LESS HOT CONDITIONS
COMMENCES ON WEDNESDAY AS UPPER RIDGE AXIS ATOP THE SE CONUS
TRANSLATES EASTWARD. AS HEIGHTS START TO FALL AND RETURN FLOW
MOISTURE BEGINS AN UPWARD CREEP...WOULD EXPECT TSTM CHANCES TO CLIMB
BACK TO NEAR CLIMO PROBABILITIES.

CENTRAL CONUS TROUGH LOOKS TO CONTINUE TO IMPINGE UPON THE EASTERN
SEABOARD ON THURSDAY...AND GIVEN THE PROBABILITY OF INCREASED LARGER
SCALE FORCING...POP WILL BE INCREASED TO SOLID CHANCE AND EXPANDED
ACRS THE WHOLE CWFA. MEDIUM RANGE MODELS ARE STILL ADVERTISING L/WV
TROUGH AXIS TO SET UP ATOP THE EASTERN CONUS ON FRIDAY BEFORE
LIFTING SOME NEXT SATURDAY. AN ATTENDANT FRONTAL ZONE SHOULD SAG
SOUTH INTO THE REGION AS WELL BUT THE SOUTHWARD PENETRATION AND ANY
INFLUX OF DRIER AIR BY THE END OF THE PERIOD IS QUESTIONABLE AND
PROBABLY DOUBTFUL. GIVEN THIS...WILL MAINTAIN TOKEN CHANCE POP FOR
DAYS 6-7 ALONG WITH MAX TEMPERATURES NEAR EARLY SUMMER NORMALS.

&&

.AVIATION /18Z SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/...
KCLT...BIG NEWS OF THE DAY IS THE MCS THAT IS NOW PUSHING INTO THE
MOUNTAINS. WITH THE UNSTABLE AIRMASS EAST OF THE MTNS...IT SHOULD
RAPIDLY MOVE EASTWARD OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS. THE MOST LIKELY TIME
FOR STORM PASSAGE IS AROUND 21 UTC. I/M GIVING A 3 HOUR WINDOW OWING
TO DEVELOPMENT AHEAD OF THE LINE AND A LINGERING PERIOD OF THUNDER
AND HEAVY RAIN BEHIND IT. WINDS WILL GUST OUT OF THE WEST AS THE
LINE CROSSES...AND WILL BE WSW AHEAD OF IT...AND ERRATIC AND
VARIABLE OVERNIGHT BEHIND. A LITTLE FOG IS POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT
DEPENDING HOW MUCH RAIN FALLS...BUT WITH HIGH CLOUDS LIKELY LASTING
THROUGH THE NIGHT...NOT EXPECTING MORE. ALSO...SCT SHRA/TSTMS MAY
DEVELOP AGAIN LATE TONIGHT AND SUN MORNING...THOUGH I HAVE NOT
INCLUDED THAT IN THE TAF YET.

ELSEWHERE...THINKING FOR THE OTHER TAF SITES IS BASICALLY THE SAME
AS FOR CLT WITH A WIDESPREAD LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS
EXPECTED TO CROSS THE REGION FROM THE WEST THIS AFTN. BEHIND THE
LINE...AREAS OF FOG WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT. HOWEVER...HIGH
CLOUDS SHOULD INHIBIT WIDESPREAD FOG. IN FACT...SHRA AND TSTMS MAY
DEVELOP AGAIN OVER THE REGION LATE TONIGHT.

OUTLOOK...THERE WILL BE A GOOD CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN ON
SUNDAY. DRIER AND HOT WEATHER IS EXPECTED MONDAY AND
TUESDAY...THOUGH ISOLATED TSTMS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE MTNS. A COLD
FRONT WILL BRING A BETTER CHANCE OF TSTMS...AND RESTRICTIONS...BY
WED OR THU.

&&

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

&&

SYNOPSIS...PAT
NEAR TERM...MCAVOY
SHORT TERM...CSH
LONG TERM...CSH
AVIATION...MCAVOY

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 18, 11:07 AM EDT, 3 hours 22 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1107 AM EDT SAT JUN 18 2011

GAZ010-017-018-026-NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-501>510-SCZ001>007-
191515-
RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-
SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-
SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-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-
1107 AM EDT SAT JUN 18 2011

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 500 IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

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

A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO THE NORTH
CAROLINA MOUNTAINS DURING THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS...THEN RAPIDLY
CROSS THE REST OF THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA
DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. AREAS OF DAMAGING
STRAIGHT LINE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO ACCOMPANY THE LINE AS IT
CROSSES THE REGION...ALONG WITH SOME LARGE HAIL.

THIS A DANGEROUS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION. PEOPLE WITH OUTDOOR
PLANS TODAY SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR THE WEATHER AND PREPARE TO MOVE
INDOORS WHEN THE STORMS APPROACH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

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.

GAZ028-029-NCZ035>037-056-057-068>072-082-SCZ008>014-019-191515-
HART-ELBERT-ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-
GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC-CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-
ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD-
1107 AM EDT SAT JUN 18 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 LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO THE NORTH
CAROLINA MOUNTAINS DURING THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS...THEN RAPIDLY
CROSS THE REST OF THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA
DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. AREAS OF DAMAGING
STRAIGHT LINE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO ACCOMPANY THE LINE AS IT
CROSSES THE REGION...ALONG WITH SOME LARGE HAIL.

THIS A DANGEROUS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION. PEOPLE WITH OUTDOOR
PLANS TODAY SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR THE WEATHER AND PREPARE TO MOVE
INDOORS WHEN THE STORMS APPROACH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

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.

MCAVOY

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 18, 1:38 PM EDT, 51 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
138 PM EDT SAT JUN 18 2011

NCZ033-049-050-181830-
AVERY-MITCHELL-YANCEY-
138 PM EDT SAT JUN 18 2011

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT AVERY...MITCHELL AND YANCEY
COUNTIES THROUGH 230 PM EDT...

AT 135 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES EAST OF
HUNTER TO 4 MILES WEST OF ROCKY FORK...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

PEOPLE IN AVERY...MITCHELL AND YANCEY COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE
FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...

BULADEAN...RAMSEYTOWN...BAKERSVILLE...BURNSVILLE...BANNER ELK...
NEWLAND...MICAVILLE...LINVILLE...INGALLS AND SPRUCE PINE...

SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE
WARNINGS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE
WEATHER THREATEN.

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

LAT...LON 3621 8190 3619 8184 3611 8180 3607 8173
      3597 8186 3600 8190 3595 8196 3592 8196
      3583 8213 3570 8226 3598 8251 3610 8239
      3614 8225 3617 8222 3615 8215 3611 8212
      3613 8204 3628 8193 3629 8190

NED

Local storm report, Jun 18, 2:02 PM EDT, 27 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
202 PM EDT SAT JUN 18 2011

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

0147 PM     HAIL             1 SSW BRYSON CITY       35.42N 83.45W
06/18/2011  E0.88 INCH       SWAIN              NC   EMERGENCY MNGR

            HAIL LASTED FOR 3 MINUTES.

&&

CSH

Local storm report, Jun 18, 2:04 PM EDT, 25 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
204 PM EDT SAT JUN 18 2011

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

0159 PM     TSTM WND DMG     4 NNE LAKE JUNALUSKA    35.58N 82.95W
06/18/2011                   HAYWOOD            NC   911 CALL CENTER

            TREE ACROSS CRAWFORD RD

&&

CSH

Local storm report, Jun 18, 2:20 PM EDT, 9 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
220 PM EDT SAT JUN 18 2011

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

0213 PM     TSTM WND DMG     3 SSW LEICESTER         35.61N 82.71W
06/18/2011                   BUNCOMBE           NC   911 CALL CENTER

            POWERLINES DOWN AND STARTED A FIRE

&&

CSH

Local storm report, Jun 18, 2:22 PM EDT, 7 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
222 PM EDT SAT JUN 18 2011

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

0212 PM     TSTM WND DMG     4 SE MARSHALL           35.75N 82.63W
06/18/2011                   BUNCOMBE           NC   911 CALL CENTER

            TREE DOWN NEAR FLINT HILL RD AND PANTHER BRANCH RD

&&

CSH

Local storm report, Jun 18, 2:24 PM EDT, 5 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
224 PM EDT SAT JUN 18 2011

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

0215 PM     TSTM WND DMG     4 NNW LEICESTER         35.70N 82.72W
06/18/2011                   BUNCOMBE           NC   911 CALL CENTER

            TREE DOWN PINEY KNOB RD AND HORSEBACK LANE

&&

CSH

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 18, 1:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Buncombe, Graham, Haywood, Jackson, Macon, Madison and 1 more	73 min
Jun 18, 1:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Avery, Mitchell, Yancey	52 min
Jun 18, 1:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Avery, Mitchell, Yancey	54 min
Jun 18, 1:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Buncombe, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, Macon, Transylvania	64 min
Jun 18, 2:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Burke, Caldwell, McDowell, Polk, Rutherford	81 min
Jun 18, 2:36 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Buncombe, Haywood, Madison	84 min
Jun 18, 2:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Alexander, Catawba, Cleveland, Gaston, Lincoln	61 min
Jun 18, 3:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Henderson, Transylvania	25 min
Jun 18, 3:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Iredell	56 min
Jun 18, 3:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Catawba, Cleveland, Gaston, Lincoln, Mecklenburg	79 min
Jun 18, 4:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Cabarrus, Davie, Rowan	72 min
Jun 18, 4:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Union	67 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.