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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 489, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

June 28, 2011Alexander County, North Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 28, 2011, 5:41 PM EDT for Alexander County, North Carolina. It was in force for 49 min. 2 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 28, 2011, 5:41 PM EDT (21:41 UTC)
Expired: Jun 28, 2011, 6:30 PM EDT
In force: 49 min
Issued by: NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Alexander County, NC

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 138 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:44 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 28, 5:45 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	2 N Taylorsville, NC	MULTIPLE TREES DOWN NEAR HWY 16 AT MAX BURGESS MOBILE HOME PARK.
Jun 28, 5:45 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	2 Nw Taylorsville, NC	ONE TREE DOWN ON PINEY GROVE ROAD.

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 2 storm reports to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 4 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 nearest sounding before it

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 111 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: 987 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -101 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1003 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 6 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 87 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 123 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.

274 
WUUS52 KGSP 282141
SVRGSP
NCC003-282230-
/O.NEW.KGSP.SV.W.0489.110628T2141Z-110628T2230Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
541 PM EDT TUE JUN 28 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN ALEXANDER COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...

* UNTIL 630 PM EDT

* AT 538 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 7 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF HIDDENITE...OR 4 MILES NORTH OF TAYLORSVILLE...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  HIDDENITE...
  STONY POINT...

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 3600 8100 3596 8100 3588 8103 3586 8105
      3600 8132 3602 8131 3601 8129 3603 8127
      3604 8121 3603 8108 3605 8103
TIME...MOT...LOC 2142Z 235DEG 10KT 3598 8118

$$

CSH

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 28, 2:16 PM EDT, 3 hours 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 28, 2:16 PM EDT, 3 hours 25 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
216 PM EDT TUE JUN 28 2011

.SYNOPSIS...
A COLD FRONT WILL DROP SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA OVER NIGHT
INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS BACK OVER THE REGION
AND WILL PERSIST THROUGH FRIDAY. ANOTHER FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE
ACROSS THE AREA ON THE WEEKEND.

&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
CONVECTION TOOK ITS TIME INITIATING THIS AFTERNOON...BUT IT HAS
FINALLY STARTED ACROSS THE MTNS...AND TO OUR SOUTH ALONG AN OUTFLOW
BOUNDARY. EXPECT FIRST WAVE OF SVR STORMS TO BE ALONG THE BOUNDARY
TO OUR SOUTH. HOWEVER...AN MCV AND SECONDARY BOUNDARY/WEAK FRONT
SHOULD HELP ORGANIZE THE CONVECTION DEVELOPING OVER THE MTNS AS THE
ENTIRE PACKAGE MOVES EAST ACROSS THE AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO
THE EVENING. HAVE KEPT POP TRENDS BASICALLY UNCHANGED WITH COVERAGE
RAMPING UP TO NUMEROUS OVER THE MTNS THEN SPREADING EAST AND SOUTH
ACROSS THE CWFA. POP ENDS FROM WEST TO EAST TONIGHT...BUT ISOLATED
CONVECTION COULD LINGER ACROSS THE SERN CWFA THRU DAYBREAK. CAPE
VALUES ARE IN THE 2000 TO 3000 J/KG RANGE WITH NO CIN. HOWEVER...
DCAPE VALUES HAVE FALLEN SOMEWHAT AS MID LEVELS MOISTEN. LOW LEVEL
LAPSE RATES HAVE RISEN SIGNIFICANTLY WITH HEATING...WHILE MID LEVEL
LAPSE RATES HAVE WEAKENED. THEREFORE...EVEN THOUGH SOME ORGANIZATION
IS EXPECTED...SVR STORMS WILL LIKELY REMAIN ISOLATED. THAT SAID...
IF COLD POOL CAN ORGANIZE AND STRENGTHEN....THEN SVR WILL BE LIKELY.
EXPECT ANOTHER MILD NIGHT EVEN WITH THE COLD FRONT MOVING THRU.

A MUCH DRIER AIR MASS MOVES IN BEHIND THE FRONT FOR WED. ALTHOUGH
TEMPS WILL ONCE AGAIN REACH THE LOWER 90S...DEW POINTS WILL BE MUCH
LOWER. EXPECT ATMOS TO REMAIN CAPPED THRU THE DAY. THE ONE EXCEPTION
WILL BE ALONG THE UPPER SAVANNAH RIVER VALLEY. LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE
THERE COULD LEAD TO MOISTURE POOLING AND FORCING ENUF TO BREAK THE
CAP. FOR NOW...HAVE NO MENTIONABLE POP.

&&

.SHORT TERM /WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY/...
AS OF 130 PM TUESDAY...WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN
SOUTH OF THE FORECAST AREA THROUGH THE SHORT TERM AND GRADUALLY
WEAKEN. HIGH PRESSURE INITIALLY OVER THE LOWER GREAT LAKES WILL
DOMINATE THE WEATHER AS IT MOVES SLOWLY SOUTHEASTWARD TO NEAR THE
ATALNTIC COAST BY LATE FRIDAY. THEREFORE...EXPECT GENERALLY CLEAR
AND DRY CONDITIONS THROUGH FRI. CAN'T COMPLETELY RULE OUT A COUPLE
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS BOTH THU AND FRI AFTERNOONS IN THE UPPER
SAVANNAH RIVER VALLEY AND WESTERN NC MOUNTAINS WHERE MODELS INDICATE
SOME WEAK LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE AND POOLING DEWPOINTS. MAX TEMPS
WILL RISE THROUGH THE PERIOD AS HEIGHTS RISE IN RESPONSE TO THE
UPPER HIGH TO THE WEST BUILDING EASTWARD. THEREFORE...MAX TEMPS WILL
REMAIN ABOVE AVERAGE BY ONE TO TWO CATEGORIES EACH DAY.

&&

.LONG TERM /FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY/...
AT 1215 PM TUESDAY...MEDIUM RANGE MODELS IN GOOD AGRREMENT THAT THE
UPPER HIGH OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS WILL BUILD EAST OVER THE AREA
FOR THE UPCOMING WEEKEND. THIS PORTENDS ANOTHER ROUND OF QUITE HOT
TEMPS WITH SUPRESSED DIURNAL CONVECTION. HAVE STAYED CLOSE TO HPC
GUIDANCE WHICH HANDLES THIS SCENARIO WELL. HENCE OUTSIDE THE MOUNTAINS...
WILL FORECAST MAX TEMPS IN THE MID TO UPPER 90S ON SAT...AND
APPROACHING IF NOT REACHING 100 DEGREES ON SUN. EXPECT THAT ANY
CONVECTION WILL BE OF THE ISOLATED MOUNTAIN TOP VARIETY BOTH DAYS.
ON MON/TUE...THERE IS SOME DISAGREEMENT BETWEEN THE GFS/ECWMF IN
REGARD TO HOW FAST THE UPPER RIDGE BREAKS DOWN OVER THE SE U.S.
HPC USED A MODEL BLEND WHICH ALLOWS FOR MORE DIURNAL CONVECTION ON
MON...WITH THE HIGHEST POPS ON TUE AS A FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE
NW. TEMPS MON AND TUE REMAIN HOT...BUT PROBABLY NOT AS HOT AS SUN
DUE TO MORE CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY.

&&

.AVIATION /18Z TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/...
AT KCLT...CONVECTION NOT NEAR THE TAF SITE...BUT CB CLOSE ENUF TO
INCLUDE AT THE START. STILL EXPECT BKN LINE OF CONVECTION TO MOVE
EAST ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON...SO HAVE KEPT -SHRA BKN CB IN
THE TAF WITH LITTLE CHANGE. SWLY WIND BECOMES WSW THIS AFTERNOON
THEN NW THIS EVENING AS WEAK FRONT MOVES THRU. VFR EXPECTED UNLESS
CELL MOVES OVER THE AIRFIELD. WIND GOES NLY OVERNIGHT WITH
DIMINISHING CLOUDS. INCREASING NELY WIND EXPECTED WED MORN WITH SCT
MID CLOUDS. CANNOT RULE OUT SOME FOG AROUND DAYBREAK...BUT DRIER AIR
MOVING IN BEHIND THE FRONT COULD KEEP IT AT BAY.

ELSEWHERE...CONVECTION WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE ACROSS THE MTNS AND
MOVE EAST ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. HAVE STARTED WITH CB ALL
AREAS THEN TIMED IN -SHRA AND BKN CB. WLY WIND WILL CONTINUE UNTIL
EVENING WHEN WIND GOES NW BEHIND THE FRONT. CLEARING SKIES AND NLY
TO NWLY WIND EXPECTED OVERNIGHT. HAVE INCLUDED FOG AT KAVL/KAND
WHICH ARE MORE FOG PRONE...BUT IT COULD HAPPEN ANY LOCATION.
INCREASING N TO NELY WIND WITH ONLY SCT CLOUDS EXPECTED AFTER ANY
FOG BURNS OFF.

OUTLOOK...ISOLATED CONVECTION POSSIBLE WED LATE AFT/EVE UPPER
SAVANNAH RIVER VALLEY...THEN VFR THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK.

&&

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

&&

SYNOPSIS...PAT
NEAR TERM...RWH
SHORT TERM...LG
LONG TERM...LG
AVIATION...RWH

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 28, 3:08 PM EDT, 2 hours 33 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
308 PM EDT TUE JUN 28 2011

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065-
068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-291915-
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-
308 PM EDT TUE JUN 28 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 ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON
AND EARLY EVENING ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST
GEORGIA. THE THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER THE MOUNTAINS WILL
EXPAND EASTWARD ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT THROUGH THE
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE STORMS MAY LINGER INTO THE LATE EVENING
HOURS OVER THE WESTERN PIEDMONT. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL
CONTAIN LARGE HAIL AND WILL PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. SLOW
MOVING STORMS OVER THE SAME AREAS MAY ALSO PRODUCE ENOUGH RAIN TO
CAUSE FLASH FLOODING. THE STORMS SHOULD DIMINISH BY THE EARLY
MORNING HOURS ON WEDNESDAY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

NONE.

LG

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 28, 2:42 PM EDT, 2 hours 59 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
242 PM EDT TUE JUN 28 2011

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

0239 PM     HAIL             5 S SPRUCE PINE         35.84N 82.07W
06/28/2011  E0.88 INCH       MCDOWELL           NC   TRAINED SPOTTER

            NICKEL SIZE HAIL IN LITTLE SWITZERLAND FROM A TRAINED
            SPOTTER.

&&

ZHARGROV

Special weather statement, Jun 28, 3:37 PM EDT, 2 hours 4 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
337 PM EDT TUE JUN 28 2011

NCZ053-065-282015-
BUNCOMBE-HENDERSON-
337 PM EDT TUE JUN 28 2011

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHWESTERN HENDERSON AND
SOUTHWESTERN BUNCOMBE COUNTIES THROUGH 415 PM EDT...

AT 336 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF AVERY CREEK...OR 13 MILES
NORTH OF BREVARD...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  AVERY CREEK...

DIME SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH
THIS STORM.

LAT...LON 3534 8244 3532 8264 3540 8272 3544 8278
      3547 8280 3552 8278 3555 8252

CSH

Special weather statement, Jun 28, 4:08 PM EDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
408 PM EDT TUE JUN 28 2011

NCZ053-065-282100-
BUNCOMBE-HENDERSON-
408 PM EDT TUE JUN 28 2011

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT NORTHERN HENDERSON
AND SOUTHERN BUNCOMBE COUNTIES THROUGH 500 PM EDT...

AT 405 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR FLETCHER...OR 9 MILES NORTH OF
HENDERSONVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  BILTMORE FOREST...
  ASHEVILLE MALL...
  FAIRVIEW...
  SWANNANOA...
  BAT CAVE...
  BLACK MOUNTAIN...

DIME 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.

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 3570 8229 3565 8229 3563 8227 3559 8229
      3553 8217 3551 8223 3549 8223 3547 8224
      3547 8226 3544 8228 3541 8227 3532 8261
      3553 8268

CSH

Special weather statement, Jun 28, 5:21 PM EDT, 20 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
521 PM EDT TUE JUN 28 2011

NCZ505-506-282200-
EASTERN MCDOWELL-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-
521 PM EDT TUE JUN 28 2011

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL MCDOWELL COUNTY THROUGH
600 PM EDT...

AT 517 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MARION...MOVING EAST AT 25
MPH.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  MARION...
  LAKE JAMES...
  DYSARTSVILLE...

SMALL 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.

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 3571 8187 3558 8183 3557 8186 3555 8214
      3560 8216 3572 8219 3580 8198

CSH

Special weather statement, Jun 28, 5:25 PM EDT, 16 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
525 PM EDT TUE JUN 28 2011

NCZ033-501-282215-
AVERY-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-
525 PM EDT TUE JUN 28 2011

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT NORTHWESTERN
CALDWELL AND SOUTHEASTERN AVERY COUNTIES THROUGH 615 PM EDT...

AT 521 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR EDGEMONT...OR 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BLOWING
ROCK...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  GLOBE...

DIME 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.

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 3608 8144 3591 8174 3597 8182 3597 8183
      3600 8191 3608 8192 3612 8183 3613 8172
      3613 8157

CSH

Special weather statement, Jun 28, 5:39 PM EDT, 2 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
539 PM EDT TUE JUN 28 2011

NCZ035-056-502-504-282230-
ALEXANDER-CATAWBA-GREATER BURKE-GREATER CALDWELL-
539 PM EDT TUE JUN 28 2011

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EASTERN BURKE...NORTHERN
CATAWBA...SOUTHEASTERN CALDWELL AND SOUTHERN ALEXANDER COUNTIES
THROUGH 630 PM EDT...

AT 538 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR HICKORY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  LAKE HICKORY...
  BETHLEHEM...

DIME SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH
THIS STORM.

LAT...LON 3589 8103 3580 8108 3577 8111 3566 8133
      3576 8150 3590 8134

CSH

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 27, 8:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Caldwell	31 min
Jun 28, 1:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Madison	29 min
Jun 28, 2:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Jackson	26 min
Jun 28, 2:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	McDowell	32 min
Jun 28, 3:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Henderson	38 min
Jun 28, 4:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Buncombe	52 min
Jun 28, 4:59 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	McDowell, Mitchell, Yancey	91 min
Jun 28, 5:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	McDowell	39 min
Jun 28, 5:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Caldwell	50 min
Jun 28, 5:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Catawba	51 min
Jun 28, 5:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Cabarrus, Mecklenburg	41 min
Jun 28, 6:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Alexander, Caldwell, Catawba	41 min
Jun 28, 6:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Iredell	62 min
Jun 28, 6:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Davie, Rowan	78 min
Jun 28, 7:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Gaston	44 min
Jun 28, 7:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Gaston	45 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.