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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 427, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 19, 2011, 11:14 PM EDT for Macon County, Swain County, North Carolina. It was in force for 46 min. 4 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 19, 2011, 11:14 PM EDT (03:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 20, 2011, 12:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Macon County, NC, Swain County, NC
The radar
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:15 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 19, 11:30 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 N Nantahala Lake, NC | MULTIPLE TREES DOWN IN THE NANTAHALA COMMUNITY. |
| Jun 19, 11:35 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 N Franklin, NC | 2 TREES DOWN ALONG HW-28 NORTH. |
| Jun 19, 11:40 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Ssw Franklin, NC | ONE TREE DOWN NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF JONES RIDGE ROAD AND HW-441 SOUTH. |
| Jun 19, 11:50 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 5 N Franklin, NC | TREE ON POWERLINES AT BASE OF COWEE MTN. |
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 4 storm reports to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 16 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 19, 9:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 3.2 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 2107 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -17 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1596 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 49 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 122 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
688
WUUS52 KGSP 200314
SVRGSP
NCC113-173-200400-
/O.NEW.KGSP.SV.W.0427.110620T0314Z-110620T0400Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1114 PM EDT SUN JUN 19 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
MACON COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
SOUTH CENTRAL SWAIN COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT
* AT 1111 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 6 MILES WEST OF WESSER TO 28
MILES WEST OF NANTAHALA LAKE...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7
MILES NORTHEAST OF ROBBINSVILLE TO 8 MILES WEST OF MURPHY...MOVING
EAST AT 45 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WESSER...
LUADA...
ALARKA AND KYLE...
NANTAHALA LAKE...
RAINBOW SPRINGS AND FRANKLIN...
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 3521 8373 3523 8370 3530 8369 3540 8352
3535 8334 3527 8332 3523 8328 3523 8325
3519 8322 3500 8352 3503 8354 3505 8357
3515 8366 3516 8374
TIME...MOT...LOC 0314Z 289DEG 40KT 3535 8365 3513 8412
$$
MOORE1 follow-up statement
255
WWUS52 KGSP 200332
SVSGSP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1132 PM EDT SUN JUN 19 2011
NCC113-173-200400-
/O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0427.000000T0000Z-110620T0400Z/
MACON NC-SWAIN NC-
1132 PM EDT SUN JUN 19 2011
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL SWAIN AND MACON COUNTIES...
AT 1130 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER
SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS
WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ALARKA
TO 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF NANTAHALA LAKE...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
FROM 9 MILES NORTH OF FRANKLIN TO 12 MILES EAST OF ANDREWS...MOVING
EAST AT 45 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
RAINBOW SPRINGS...
FRANKLIN...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD BE ALERT FOR LARGE HAIL AND
DAMAGING WINDS. FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN CAN OCCUR
WITH ANY THUNDERSTORM. SEEK SHELTER INDOORS AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND
DOORS UNTIL THE STORM PASSES.
&&
LAT...LON 3527 8357 3538 8346 3535 8334 3527 8332
3523 8328 3523 8325 3519 8322 3500 8352
3508 8359 3510 8362 3512 8362 3517 8370
TIME...MOT...LOC 0333Z 289DEG 40KT 3530 8335 3513 8358
$$
MOOREWhat 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 19, 10:09 PM EDT, 1 hour 5 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 19, 10:09 PM EDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1009 PM EDT SUN JUN 19 2011 .SYNOPSIS... A WEAK STATIONARY FRONT WILL LINGER IN OUR AREA BEFORE MOVING NORTH AS A WARM FRONT EARLY IN THE WEEK AS HIGH PRESSURE MOVES INTO THE AREA. ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL REACH THE AREA LATE IN THE WEEK. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH MONDAY/... QUICK UPDATE TO ADD SVR TSRA WATCH 517 ACROSS WESTERN NC EAST INTO THE UPPER SAVANNAH RIVER VALLEY. AT 2Z...A POTENT MCS WAS LOCATED NEAR CROSSVILLE...IN EAST TN. THE LINE WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AROUND 35 MPH. THE ENVIRONMENT AHEAD OF THE LINE CONTAINS MODERATE INSTABILITY WITH GATHERING DIURNAL CIN. STEERING FLOW WILL BRING THE BRUNT OF THE ACTIVITY ACROSS EXTREME WESTERN NC AND SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE UPPER SAVANNAH RIVER VALLEY. THE LINE IS EXPECTED TO RESULT IN WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE AND AREAS OF LARGE HAIL. PREVIOUS DISCUSSION... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT THROUGH THE NIGHT IN ANTICIPATION OF THE ARRIVAL OF ADDITIONAL MCS/S. ON MONDAY THE STRONG MCV NOW OVER SRN IN WILL MOVE INTO THE MID ATLANTIC STATES...TURNING THE LLVL WINDS MORE OUT OF THE NW AND WEAKENING THEM CONSIDERABLY. THERE WILL BE PLENTY OF INSTABILITY OVER THE REGION AND SOME CONVERGENCE ACROSS THE NC FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT. SPC HAS THIS AREA IN A DAY 2 SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE STORMS. CONSIDERING THAT THE LLVL CAPPING INVERSION WILL WORK NORTH ACROSS THE REGION...WE MAY ONCE AGAIN HAVE TROUBLE INITIATING CONVECTION. I HAVE CHANCE POPS IN THE NE PART OF THE FA TO ACCOUNT FOR THIS. IF STORMS DO FORM THEY WILL CERTAINLY HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE. && .SHORT TERM /MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... AS OF 110 PM SUNDAY...19/12 UTC 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 STILL LOOK TO REMAIN CAPPED. THE HEAT WAVE WILL CONTINUE AND THE GOING SWATH OF MID TO UPPER 90S MAX TEMPS LOOK GOOD. UPPER RIDGING TO GIVE WAY TO FALLING HEIGHTS ON WEDNESDAY...AND THERE WILL EXIST THE POTENTIAL FOR ENERGY TO RIDE UP THE BACKSIDE OF THE EASTWARD SHIFTING RIDGE. IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE INFLUX OF INCREASED LAYER RH...THE CHANCES FOR SCATTERED AFTERNOON TSTMS ARE BECOMING MORE PROBABLE...ESPECIALLY ACRS THE MTNS. IT SHOULD BE THE LAST VERY HOT DAY FOR A SHORT WHILE AS PIEDMONT MAX TEMPS ARE EXPECTED TO BE SOLIDLY IN THE MID 90S. && .LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY/... AS OF 1215 PM SUNDAY...L/WV TROUGH AXIS ACRS THE CENTRAL CONUS AT THE START OF THE PERIOD IS STILL EXPECTED TO EXHIBIT A MODEST EASTWARD PROGRESSION THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. PREFER TO LEAN TOWARD THE LESS AMPLIFIED EVENTUALITY THAT THE ECMWF SHOWS...BUT AT THIS POINT...AMPLIFICATION QUESTIONS WILL HAVE LITTLE AFFECT ON THE FCST SENSIBLE WX. WITH THE PRESENCE OF TROUGHINESS DEVELOPING INTO THE EASTERN CONUS AND THE ENCROACHMENT OF AN ATTENDANT FRONTAL ZONE...FEEL ABOVE CLIMO POP IS WARRANTED EACH DAY AND TEMPERATURES WILL BE PRETTY CLOSE TO THE EARLY SUMMER NORMALS. A TREND TOWARD DEAMPLIFYING AND FLATTER FLOW ALOFT IS EXPECTED NEXT WEEKEND AS SW CONUS RIDGING EXPANDS EASTWARD AND THE WESTERLIES RETREAT NORTHWARD. WEAK FRONTAL ZONE SHOULD BE ABLE TO SHIFT BACK NORTH AS WELL. IT IS SHAPING UP TO BE A PRETTY TYPICAL SUMMER WEEKEND...MAX TEMPS ABOUT A CATEGORY ABOVE NORMAL AND DAILY DIURNAL TSTM PROBABILITIES IN THE CHANCE RANGE. && .AVIATION /02Z MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/... AT KCLT AND ELSEWHERE...BANDS OF DEBRIS CLOUDS WILL LIKELY PASS ACROSS THE TERMINALS THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. FOG IS POSSIBLE NEAR AREAS OF RAINFALL THIS AFTERNOON...I WILL INDICATE MVFR FOG AT KAVL AND KHKY DURING THE PRE DAWN HOURS. WNW WINDS SHOULD DEVELOP AFTER SUNRISE MONDAY AND WILL REMAIN THROUGH THE REST OF THE TAF PERIOD. CB WILL DEVELOP DURING THE EARLY TO MID AFTERNOON...BUT PLACEMENT AND TIMING IS TOO UNCERTAIN TO MENTION AT THIS TIME. OUTLOOK...DRIER AND HOT WEATHER IS EXPECTED 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...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 6 AM EDT MONDAY FOR NCZ033-048>052-058. SC...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...PAT NEAR TERM...NED/MCAVOY SHORT TERM...CSH LONG TERM...CSH AVIATION...NED
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 19, 9:49 PM EDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 949 PM EDT SUN JUN 19 2011 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ053-059-062>065-509-510-SCZ001>006-010- 011-210200- RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-BUNCOMBE- NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON- POLK MOUNTAINS-EASTERN POLK-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS- GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS- GREATER GREENVILLE-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE- 949 PM EDT SUN JUN 19 2011 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 517 IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM EDT MONDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA 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. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. 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>072-082-501>508-SCZ007>009-012>014-019-210200- ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON- MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-GREATER CALDWELL- BURKE MOUNTAINS-GREATER BURKE-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-EASTERN MCDOWELL- RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-GREATER RUTHERFORD-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK- LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- 949 PM EDT SUN JUN 19 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... NONE. NCZ051-052-058-210200- SWAIN-HAYWOOD-GRAHAM- 949 PM EDT SUN JUN 19 2011 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EDT MONDAY... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 517 IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM EDT MONDAY... 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. FLASH FLOOD WATCH. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. 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. NCZ033-048>050-210200- AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL- 949 PM EDT SUN JUN 19 2011 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EDT MONDAY... 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. FLASH FLOOD WATCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. 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.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 19, 6:45 PM EDT, 4 hours 29 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
645 PM EDT SUN JUN 19 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0551 AM TSTM WND DMG CHESTER 34.71N 81.21W
06/19/2011 CHESTER SC 911 CALL CENTER
TREE DOWN ON HILLTOP DR NEAR HIGH SCHOOL, ANOTHER TREE ON
HOUSE ON LESLIE ST.
&&
TBENTHALLocal storm report, Jun 19, 6:58 PM EDT, 4 hours 16 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
658 PM EDT SUN JUN 19 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0745 PM TSTM WND DMG SANTUC 34.63N 81.52W
06/15/2011 UNION SC CO-OP OBSERVER
TREES AND LIMBS DOWN IN SANTUCK.
&&
TBENTHALLocal storm report, Jun 19, 7:19 PM EDT, 3 hours 55 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
719 PM EDT SUN JUN 19 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0615 PM LIGHTNING 3 NW LONG CREEK 34.80N 83.30W
06/18/2011 OCONEE SC 911 CALL CENTER
*** 2 INJ *** TWO PEOPLE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING ALONG
CHATTOOGA RIVER AT STATE LINE. TRANSPORTED TO HOSPITAL
FOR TREATMENT. NO FURTHER DETAILS.
&&
TBENTHALLocal storm report, Jun 19, 8:38 PM EDT, 2 hours 36 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
838 PM EDT SUN JUN 19 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0500 PM TSTM WND DMG GREENVILLE 34.84N 82.37W
06/19/2011 GREENVILLE SC NEWSPAPER
SEVERAL TREES DOWN NEAR THE STREET INTERSECTION OF MAIN
AND CROFT. ONE TREE CLIPPED A HOUSE. ANOTHER TREE FELL ON
A COUPLE OF PARKED CARS.
&&
NEDSpecial weather statement, Jun 19, 10:01 PM EDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1001 PM EDT SUN JUN 19 2011 NCZ051-058-062-200415- SWAIN-GRAHAM-MACON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHEROKEE...BRYSON CITY...FRANKLIN 1001 PM EDT SUN JUN 19 2011 ...STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING TOWARD WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... A CLUSTER OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER EASTERN TENNESSEE WILL APPROACH THE WESTERN PART OF NORTH CAROLINA AROUND 11 PM. IF THE STORMS HOLD TOGETHER...THEY WILL REACH GRAHAM AND SWAIN COUNTIES AROUND 1115 PM AND MACON COUNTY AFTER 1130 PM. THE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. RESIDENTS OF SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA AND THE SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THESE STORMS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. MOORE
Special weather statement, Jun 19, 10:52 PM EDT, 22 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1052 PM EDT SUN JUN 19 2011
NCZ048>050-053-505-200330-
BUNCOMBE-MADISON-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-MITCHELL-YANCEY-
1052 PM EDT SUN JUN 19 2011
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT MADISON...MCDOWELL...
NORTHEASTERN BUNCOMBE...SOUTHEASTERN MITCHELL AND YANCEY COUNTIES
THROUGH 1130 PM EDT...
AT 1050 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR WHITEROCK...OR 8 MILES NORTH OF MARSHALL...
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
PEOPLE IN MADISON...MCDOWELL...NORTHEASTERN BUNCOMBE...SOUTHEASTERN
MITCHELL AND YANCEY COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
MARS HILL AND BARNARDSVILLE...
SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE
WARNINGS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE
WEATHER THREATEN.
SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.
LAT...LON 3602 8260 3597 8260 3596 8257 3600 8248
3589 8191 3585 8192 3581 8199 3579 8196
3570 8204 3552 8216 3587 8290 3594 8283
3593 8281 3602 8275 3604 8270
MOOREThe office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 10:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Graham, Swain | 43 min |
| Jun 19, 10:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Madison, Yancey | 38 min |
| Jun 19, 10:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Buncombe, McDowell, Madison, Yancey | 49 min |
| Jun 19, 11:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Jackson, Transylvania | 44 min |
| Jun 19, 11:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Jackson, Macon, Transylvania | 50 min |
| Jun 20, 4:17 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Avery, Madison, Mitchell, Yancey | 58 min |
| Jun 20, 5:05 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Buncombe, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, Transylvania | 55 min |
| Jun 20, 8:52 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, McDowell, Madison and 2 more | 38 min |
| Jun 20, 10:47 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Avery, Mitchell, Yancey | 58 min |
| Jun 20, 11:21 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Avery, Mitchell, Yancey | 24 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.