Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 405, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 18, 2011, 3:56 PM EDT for 5 counties in North Carolina; York County, South Carolina. It was in force for 79 min. 14 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 18, 2011, 3:56 PM EDT (19:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 18, 2011, 5:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 79 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Catawba County, NC, Cleveland County, NC, Gaston County, NC, Lincoln County, NC, Mecklenburg County, NC, York County, SC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:56 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, 4:05 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 5 Ssw Gastonia, NC | LARGE TREE LIMBS DOWN ON CROWDERS CREEK RD NEAR WHITWORTH RD. |
| Jun 18, 4:06 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Cornelius, NC | TREES DOWN |
| Jun 18, 4:07 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 9 Sw Mooresville, NC | EM REPORTS TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN ON STONEMAKER RD. |
| Jun 18, 4:12 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 4 Nnw Clover, NC | TREES DOWN NEAR CROWDERS CREEK RD AND WILD WING DR |
| Jun 18, 4:23 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 S Croft, NC | POWERLINES DOWN OAK DRIVE |
| Jun 18, 4:24 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Ne Charlotte, NC | TREES DOWN ON EAST COOK ST |
| Jun 18, 4:24 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 4 W Newell, NC | TREES DOWN ON WOODSTONE DR |
| Jun 18, 4:28 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Sw Charlotte, NC | TREES DOWN NEAR TYVOLA RD AND OLD STATESVILLE RD |
| Jun 18, 4:31 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 5 Ene Charlotte, NC | PUBLIC REPORTS A LARGE TREE DOWN BLOCKING WILANN DR. |
| Jun 18, 4:33 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Ne Charlotte, NC | POWERLINES DOWN NEAR CENTRAL AVE AND ST. JULIEN ST |
| Jun 18, 4:38 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Ssw Charlotte, NC | POWERLINES DOWN ALONG FARMBROOK DR |
| Jun 18, 4:39 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Ssw Newell, NC | TREES DOWN ALONG BARRINGTON DR |
| Jun 18, 4:41 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 4 Ssw Harrisburg, NC | TREES DOWN NEAR ROCKY RIVER AND HOOD ROADS |
| Jun 18, 4:44 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Wnw Charlotte, NC | POWER LINES DOWN ALONG MAGNOLIA AVE |
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 14 storm reports to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 9 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
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 141 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
- 166 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -76 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1389 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 24 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -56 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
074
WUUS52 KGSP 181956
SVRGSP
NCC035-045-071-109-119-SCC091-182115-
/O.NEW.KGSP.SV.W.0405.110618T1956Z-110618T2115Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
356 PM EDT SAT JUN 18 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
CATAWBA COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...
CLEVELAND COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...
GASTON COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...
LINCOLN COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...
MECKLENBURG COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...
YORK COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 515 PM EDT
* AT 351 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 3 MILES EAST OF MAIDEN TO 3
MILES EAST OF EARL...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF NEWTON TO 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SHELBY...MOVING EAST AT
45 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BULLOCK CREEK AND IRON STATION...
TERRELL AND LAKE NORMAN...
RANLO AND LUCIA...
MCCONNELLS AND MOUNTAIN ISLAND LAKE...
PAW CREEK AND HUNTERSVILLE...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND SPEEDS
OF 60 TO 75 MPH. THESE WINDS CAN TOPPLE TREES AND POWER LINES. SEEK
SHELTER ON THE LOWEST LEVEL OF YOUR HOME OR OFFICE BUILDING. AVOID
ROOMS THAT MAY BE DAMAGED BY FALLING TREES. IF DRIVING...PULL OVER IN
A CLEAR AREA AWAY FROM LARGE TREES AND POWER POLES.
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 3500 8084 3506 8090 3483 8087 3483 8146
3503 8148 3505 8141 3518 8136 3519 8176
3535 8170 3558 8169 3557 8154 3580 8133
3583 8114 3572 8107 3562 8093 3550 8096
3550 8079 3540 8077 3527 8067 3520 8056
TIME...MOT...LOC 1955Z 281DEG 40KT 3557 8109 3518 8142
$$
NED3 follow-up statements
022
WWUS52 KGSP 182015
SVSGSP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
415 PM EDT SAT JUN 18 2011
NCC045-182024-
/O.CAN.KGSP.SV.W.0405.000000T0000Z-110618T2115Z/
CLEVELAND NC-
415 PM EDT SAT JUN 18 2011
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CLEVELAND COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EDT
SATURDAY EVENING FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND
CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT SATURDAY EVENING FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND
CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA.
LAT...LON 3520 8056 3500 8083 3506 8090 3483 8087
3483 8146 3503 8148 3505 8141 3517 8137
3517 8133 3526 8132 3532 8137 3543 8128
3581 8115 3572 8107 3562 8093 3550 8096
3550 8079 3540 8077 3529 8069
TIME...MOT...LOC 2014Z 281DEG 40KT 3552 8089 3511 8122
$$
NCC035-071-109-119-SCC091-182115-
/O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0405.000000T0000Z-110618T2115Z/
CATAWBA NC-GASTON NC-LINCOLN NC-MECKLENBURG NC-YORK SC-
415 PM EDT SAT JUN 18 2011
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM EDT
FOR YORK...MECKLENBURG...EASTERN LINCOLN...GASTON AND EASTERN CATAWBA
COUNTIES...
AT 408 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 LAKE NORMAN TO 4 MILES EAST OF KINGS MOUNTAIN STATE
PARK...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 16 MILES EAST OF LINCOLNTON TO
9 MILES NORTHWEST OF YORK...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO MOUNT
HOLLY...CRAMERTON...MCCONNELLS...DAVIDSON...MOUNTAIN ISLAND
LAKE...HUNTERSVILLE...LAKE WYLIE...TEGA CAY...ROCK HILL...CENTER
CITY CHARLOTTE...PINEVILLE...SOUTHPARK MALL...MATTHEWS AND MINT HILL
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 3520 8056 3500 8083 3506 8090 3483 8087
3483 8146 3503 8148 3505 8141 3517 8137
3517 8133 3526 8132 3532 8137 3543 8128
3581 8115 3572 8107 3562 8093 3550 8096
3550 8079 3540 8077 3529 8069
TIME...MOT...LOC 2014Z 281DEG 40KT 3552 8089 3511 8122
$$
MCAVOY883
WWUS52 KGSP 182035
SVSGSP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
435 PM EDT SAT JUN 18 2011
NCC035-109-182043-
/O.CAN.KGSP.SV.W.0405.000000T0000Z-110618T2115Z/
CATAWBA NC-LINCOLN NC-
435 PM EDT SAT JUN 18 2011
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN LINCOLN AND EASTERN
CATAWBA COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EDT
SATURDAY EVENING FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND
CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT SATURDAY EVENING FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND
CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA.
LAT...LON 3520 8056 3501 8083 3506 8090 3483 8087
3483 8146 3503 8148 3505 8141 3512 8133
3518 8121 3530 8109 3540 8094 3550 8092
3550 8079 3540 8077 3529 8069
TIME...MOT...LOC 2033Z 281DEG 40KT 3548 8064 3501 8101
$$
NCC071-119-SCC091-182115-
/O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0405.000000T0000Z-110618T2115Z/
GASTON NC-MECKLENBURG NC-YORK SC-
435 PM EDT SAT JUN 18 2011
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM EDT
FOR YORK...MECKLENBURG AND SOUTHEASTERN GASTON COUNTIES...
AT 425 PM EDT...A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS REPORTED CAPABLE
OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE
LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES EAST OF DAVIDSON TO 6
MILES WEST OF TEGA CAY...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES
NORTHWEST OF CONCORD TO 7 MILES EAST OF YORK...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CENTER CITY CHARLOTTE...ROCK HILL...SOUTHPARK MALL AND UNC
CHARLOTTE...
EASTLAND MALL...
MATTHEWS AND CATAWBA...
MINT HILL...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
STRONG WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD FOR SEVERAL MILES AHEAD OF THIS STORM.
THE ONSET OF DAMAGING WINDS WILL OCCUR WITH LITTLE OR NO RAIN AND
LIGHTNING. SEEK SHELTER NOW ON THE LOWEST LEVEL OF YOUR HOME OR
OFFICE BUILDING. AVOID ROOMS THAT MAY BE DAMAGED BY FALLING TREES.
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 3520 8056 3501 8083 3506 8090 3483 8087
3483 8146 3503 8148 3505 8141 3512 8133
3518 8121 3530 8109 3540 8094 3550 8092
3550 8079 3540 8077 3529 8069
TIME...MOT...LOC 2033Z 281DEG 40KT 3548 8064 3501 8101
$$
MCAVOY669
WWUS52 KGSP 182107
SVSGSP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
507 PM EDT SAT JUN 18 2011
NCC071-119-SCC091-182116-
/O.EXP.KGSP.SV.W.0405.000000T0000Z-110618T2115Z/
GASTON NC-MECKLENBURG NC-YORK SC-
507 PM EDT SAT JUN 18 2011
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR YORK...MECKLENBURG AND
SOUTHEASTERN GASTON COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 515 PM EDT...
THE STORMS THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE CHARLOTTE
METRO AREA AND THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 515 PM.
LAT...LON 3520 8056 3501 8083 3506 8090 3483 8087
3483 8146 3503 8148 3505 8141 3512 8133
3518 8121 3530 8109 3540 8094 3550 8092
3550 8079 3540 8077 3529 8069
TIME...MOT...LOC 2106Z 281DEG 40KT 3541 8020 3494 8057
$$
MCAVOYWhat 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, 2 hours 12 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 18, 1:44 PM EDT, 2 hours 12 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, 4 hours 49 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
Local storm report, Jun 18, 3:30 PM EDT, 26 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
330 PM EDT SAT JUN 18 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0255 PM TSTM WND DMG 2 NE TABLE ROCK 35.86N 81.78W
06/18/2011 BURKE NC TRAINED SPOTTER
TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN
&&
CSHLocal storm report, Jun 18, 3:37 PM EDT, 19 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
337 PM EDT SAT JUN 18 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0334 PM TSTM WND DMG 3 ESE ELLENBORO 35.31N 81.71W
06/18/2011 CLEVELAND NC AMATEUR RADIO
TREE AND POWERLINES DOWN MOORESBORO AND DEVON RDS
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CSHLocal storm report, Jun 18, 3:42 PM EDT, 14 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
342 PM EDT SAT JUN 18 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0220 PM TSTM WND DMG 3 NW BANNER ELK 36.19N 81.91W
06/18/2011 AVERY NC 911 CALL CENTER
TREES DOWN ON BEECH MTN PARKWAY AND ON WEDLING WEG RD IN
BEECH MTN.
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TBENTHALLLocal storm report, Jun 18, 3:49 PM EDT, 7 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
349 PM EDT SAT JUN 18 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0335 PM TSTM WND DMG 4 NNW SPARTANBURG 35.00N 81.95W
06/18/2011 SPARTANBURG SC LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREE IN ROADWAY HIGHWAY 9 AND BUSINESS 85
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CSHLocal storm report, Jun 18, 3:51 PM EDT, 5 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
351 PM EDT SAT JUN 18 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0322 PM TSTM WND DMG FINGERVILLE 35.13N 82.01W
06/18/2011 SPARTANBURG SC AMATEUR RADIO
HAM RADIO OPERATOR REPORTED POWER LINES DOWN AT CANNON
FORD RD AND COUNTRY ESTATES RD. ALSO HIGHWAY PATROL
REPORTS A TREE DOWN ON COLEY SPRING RD- 3 NE
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LANELocal storm report, Jun 18, 3:53 PM EDT, 3 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
353 PM EDT SAT JUN 18 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0334 PM TSTM WND DMG LATTIMORE 35.32N 81.66W
06/18/2011 CLEVELAND NC AMATEUR RADIO
SPOTTER REPORTS NUMEROUS TREES BLOWN DOWN IN THE
LATTIMORE AREA
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LANEThe 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, 2:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Graham, Jackson, Macon, Swain | 48 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, 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 |
| Jun 18, 1:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Oconee, Pickens | 62 min |
| Jun 18, 2:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Greenville, Oconee, Pickens, Spartanburg | 70 min |
| Jun 18, 3:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cherokee | 68 min |
| Jun 18, 3:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Anderson, Greenville | 69 min |
| Jun 18, 3:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Oconee, Pickens | 48 min |
| Jun 18, 3:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Greenville, Spartanburg | 77 min |
| Jun 18, 3:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Abbeville, Greenville, Greenwood, Laurens | 77 min |
| Jun 18, 4:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Union | 74 min |
| Jun 18, 4:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Chester | 53 min |
| Jun 18, 4:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Abbeville, Greenwood, Laurens | 71 min |
| Jun 18, 4:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Anderson | 29 min |
| Jun 18, 5:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Abbeville, Greenwood, Laurens | 64 min |
| Jun 18, 5:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Anderson | 32 min |
| Jun 18, 6:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Oconee | 51 min |
| Jun 18, 6:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Laurens | 41 min |
| Jun 18, 6:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Anderson, Pickens | 62 min |
| Jun 18, 6:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Abbeville | 59 min |
| Jun 18, 7:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Laurens | 48 min |
| Jun 18, 7:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Greenwood | 39 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.