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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 5, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

February 28, 20118 counties in North Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 28, 2011, 4:09 PM EST for 8 counties in North Carolina. It was in force for 66 min. 6 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: Feb 28, 2011, 4:09 PM EST (21:09 UTC)
Expired: Feb 28, 2011, 5:15 PM EST
In force: 66 min
Issued by: NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Alexander County, NC, Burke County, NC, Caldwell County, NC, Catawba County, NC, Cleveland County, NC, Lincoln County, NC, McDowell County, NC, Rutherford County, NC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:12 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
Feb 28, 4:12 PM EST	TSTM WND DMG	Glenwood, NC	1.5 TO 2 MILE WIDE SWATH OF WIND DAMAGE IN GLENWOOD. TREES DOWN ON HOUSES AND CARS.
Feb 28, 4:14 PM EST	TSTM WND DMG	2 Ese Morganton, NC	MEDIA REPORTS SEVERAL TREES BLOWN DOWN ON BETHEL RD...SOME ON HOMES.
Feb 28, 4:15 PM EST	HAIL 0.75	1 Ne Morganton, NC
Feb 28, 4:25 PM EST	HAIL 0.75	Drexel, NC	STRONG WINDS BUT NO DAMAGE
Feb 28, 4:38 PM EST	TSTM WND DMG	4 N Conover, NC	2 TREES DOWN ON ST PETERS CHURCH RD ALONG WITH PEA SIZE HAIL
Feb 28, 4:48 PM EST	HAIL 0.75	5 N Conover, NC	WINDS 50 TO 60 MPH

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 3 storm reports to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 3 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
Feb 28, 1:29 PM EST	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 169 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 948 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 425 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 499 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.

964 
WUUS52 KGSP 282109
SVRGSP
NCC003-023-027-035-045-109-111-161-282215-
/O.NEW.KGSP.SV.W.0005.110228T2109Z-110228T2215Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
409 PM EST MON FEB 28 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...
  NORTHWESTERN CLEVELAND COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...
  WESTERN CATAWBA COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...
  SOUTHERN ALEXANDER COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...
  SOUTHEASTERN MCDOWELL COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
  BURKE COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
  SOUTHERN CALDWELL COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
  RUTHERFORD COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...

* UNTIL 515 PM EST

* AT 406 PM EST...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 COLLETTSVILLE
  TO SUGAR HILL...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES WEST OF
  LENOIR TO 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MARION...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO GLEN
  ALPINE...GAMEWELL...FERO...THERMAL CITY...RUTHERFORDTON...
  MORGANTON...CAJAH'S MOUNTAIN...SPINDALE...DYSARTSVILLE...HUDSON...
  DREXEL...FOREST CITY...ALEXANDER MILLS...SAWMILLS...BOSTIC...LAKE
  RHODHISS...VALDESE...SUNSHINE...RUTHERFORD COLLEGE...GRANITE
  FALLS...CONNELLY SPRINGS...CLIFFSIDE...ELLENBORO...RHODHISS...
  ICARD...PLEASANT GROVE...MOORESBORO...LAKE HICKORY...BETHLEHEM...
  HILDEBRAN...LATTIMORE...POLKVILLE...LONGVIEW...CASAR...KINGSTOWN...
  HICKORY...MILLERSVILLE...ST. STEPHENS...LAWNDALE...COOKSVILLE...
  BELWOOD...CONOVER...STONY POINT AND VALE

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 3590 8102 3587 8103 3521 8175 3548 8223
      3551 8223 3553 8217 3555 8221 3593 8166
TIME...MOT...LOC 2109Z 274DEG 49KT 3586 8163 3557 8203

$$

KRENTZ

3 follow-up statements

059 
WWUS52 KGSP 282123
SVSGSP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
423 PM EST MON FEB 28 2011

NCC003-023-027-035-045-109-111-161-282215-
/O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0005.000000T0000Z-110228T2215Z/
LINCOLN NC-CLEVELAND NC-CATAWBA NC-ALEXANDER NC-MCDOWELL NC-BURKE NC-
CALDWELL NC-RUTHERFORD NC-
423 PM EST MON FEB 28 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM EST
FOR EASTERN RUTHERFORD...SOUTHEASTERN CALDWELL...SOUTHERN BURKE...
SOUTHEASTERN MCDOWELL...SOUTHERN ALEXANDER...WESTERN CATAWBA...
NORTHWESTERN CLEVELAND AND NORTHWESTERN LINCOLN COUNTIES...

AT 418 PM EST...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 SAWMILLS TO DYSARTSVILLE...
OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LENOIR TO 12
MILES SOUTHEAST OF MARION...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
RHODHISS...CLIFFSIDE...ELLENBORO...ICARD...PLEASANT GROVE...LAKE
HICKORY...MOORESBORO...BETHLEHEM...HILDEBRAN...LONGVIEW...
LATTIMORE...POLKVILLE...CASAR...HICKORY...KINGSTOWN...ST. STEPHENS...
MILLERSVILLE...COOKSVILLE...LAWNDALE...BELWOOD...CONOVER...STONY
POINT AND VALE

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES ROTATION ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM. IF IT CONTINUES TO STRENGTHEN...A TORNADO WARNING MAY
BE ISSUED. REMEMBER...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO
PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.

&&

LAT...LON 3590 8102 3586 8104 3521 8175 3556 8208
      3592 8153
TIME...MOT...LOC 2123Z 274DEG 49KT 3583 8139 3554 8180

$$

KRENTZ

675 
WWUS52 KGSP 282142
SVSGSP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
442 PM EST MON FEB 28 2011

NCC027-111-161-282153-
/O.CAN.KGSP.SV.W.0005.000000T0000Z-110228T2215Z/
MCDOWELL NC-CALDWELL NC-RUTHERFORD NC-
442 PM EST MON FEB 28 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN RUTHERFORD...
SOUTHEASTERN CALDWELL AND SOUTHEASTERN MCDOWELL COUNTIES IS
CANCELLED...

LAT...LON 3590 8102 3586 8104 3535 8160 3558 8167
      3565 8183 3577 8161 3577 8144 3575 8138
      3579 8133 3585 8134 3591 8133
TIME...MOT...LOC 2143Z 274DEG 49KT 3579 8105 3551 8147

$$

NCC003-023-035-045-109-282215-
/O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0005.000000T0000Z-110228T2215Z/
LINCOLN NC-CLEVELAND NC-CATAWBA NC-ALEXANDER NC-BURKE NC-
442 PM EST MON FEB 28 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM EST
FOR SOUTHEASTERN BURKE...SOUTHERN ALEXANDER...WESTERN CATAWBA...NORTH
CENTRAL CLEVELAND AND NORTHWESTERN LINCOLN COUNTIES...

AT 436 PM EST...A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS REPORTED CAPABLE
OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60
MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM
MILLERSVILLE TO CASAR...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES SOUTH
OF TAYLORSVILLE TO 16 MILES NORTH OF SHELBY...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.

LAT...LON 3590 8102 3586 8104 3535 8160 3558 8167
      3565 8183 3577 8161 3577 8144 3575 8138
      3579 8133 3585 8134 3591 8133
TIME...MOT...LOC 2143Z 274DEG 49KT 3579 8105 3551 8147

$$

KRENTZ

881 
WWUS52 KGSP 282210
SVSGSP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
510 PM EST MON FEB 28 2011

NCC003-023-035-045-109-282220-
/O.EXP.KGSP.SV.W.0005.000000T0000Z-110228T2215Z/
LINCOLN NC-CLEVELAND NC-CATAWBA NC-ALEXANDER NC-BURKE NC-
510 PM EST MON FEB 28 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN BURKE...SOUTHERN
ALEXANDER...WESTERN CATAWBA...NORTH CENTRAL CLEVELAND AND
NORTHWESTERN LINCOLN COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 515 PM EST...

LAT...LON 3590 8102 3586 8104 3535 8160 3558 8167
      3565 8183 3577 8161 3577 8144 3575 8138
      3579 8133 3585 8134 3591 8133
TIME...MOT...LOC 2210Z 274DEG 49KT 3575 8060 3547 8102

$$

KRENTZ

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 Feb 28, 2:43 PM EST, 1 hour 26 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 28, 2:43 PM EST, 1 hour 26 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
243 PM EST MON FEB 28 2011

.SYNOPSIS...
A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE AREA AND MOVE OFF THE EAST COAST
TONIGHT. HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN BEHIND THE FRONT ON TUESDAY AND
REMAINS IN PLACE WEDNESDAY. A DRY COLD FRONT CROSSES THE AREA
WEDNESDAY NIGHT WITH ANOTHER HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING IN THROUGH THE
WEEKEND.

&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH TUESDAY/...
AS OF 130 PM...MAIN ACTION WILL BE IN THE FIRST 6 HOURS OR SO AS A
QLCS PRECEDING A SURFACE COLD FRONT MOVES QUICKLY ACROSS THE AREA.
CURRENTLY A BROKEN LINE IS STILL OVER EASTERN TN...BUT MESOSCALE
MODELS INDICATE THAT IT WILL BEGIN TO MOVE MORE RAPIDLY AND ENTER
GSP'S WESTERN NC COUNTIES BY 4PM...AND THEN QUICKLY MOVE ACROSS THE
REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST AREA BY 03Z. MODEL SOUNDINGS STILL DEPICT
A STRONG VEERING WIND FIELD ALOFT PRECEDING THE COLD FRONT AND
RESULTANT HIGH HELICITY. 50+KT JET EXTENDS BELOW 5KFT...SO MAIN
THREAT LOOKS TO BE LOCALIZED WIND DAMAGE WHERE CONVECTIVE ELEMENTS
OCCUR. HOWEVER...ISOLATED TORNADOES MAY ALSO OCCUR NEAR BREAKING
LINE SEGMENTS. THE LINE OF STORMS SHOULD CLEAR ALL OF THE AREA BY
MIDNIGHT WITH RAPID CLEARING OCCURRING BEHIND COLD FRONT...ALONG WITH A
PERIOD OF GUSTY POST FRONTAL NW WINDS.

SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTROL THE WEATHER ON TUESDAY RESULTING
IN ALMOST 100% INSOLATION AND TEMPS NEAR AVERAGE. USED A MOS BLEND
FOR TEMPS.

&&

.SHORT TERM /TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY/...
AS OF 225 PM MONDAY...SHORT WAVES TO OUR NORTH DIG A LOW AMPLITUDE
TROF OVER THE EAST COAST TUE NITE AND WED. THE TROF MOVES OFF SHORE
AS A LOW AMPLITUDE RIDGE MOVES IN ON THU. AT THE SFC...DRY HIGH
PRESSURE OVER THE AREA TUE NITE GIVES WAY TO A DRY BACK DOOR COLD
FRONT WHICH MOVES THRU THE AREA WED NITE. SFC HIGH PRESSURE REMAINS
RIDGED INTO THE AREA THU. THE RESULTING SENSIBLE WX WILL BE
RELATIVELY QUIET WITH MAINLY CIRRUS CLOUDS AND BELOW NORMAL LOWS TUE
NITE AND ABOVE NORMAL HIGHS WED. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NE AND BE
BREEZY AT TIMES WED NITE AND THU AS THE FRONT MOVES THRU. EXPECT A
SMALL INCREASE IN LOW CLOUDS LOW LEVEL SELY FLOW BRINGS IN SOME
MOISTURE...BUT BETTER LOW LEVEL MOISTURE MOVES IN LATER. THE WINDS
WILL KEEP THE ATMOS SOMEWHAT MIXED AND THE SCT CLOUDS WILL LIMIT
RADIATION WED NITE WITH LOWS ENDING UP A LITTLE ABOVE NORMAL. HIGHS
THU SHOULD BE NEAR TO ONLY SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL WITH THE COOLER AIR
MASS MOVING IN.

&&

.LONG TERM /THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY/...
AS OF 240 PM MONDAY...THE MEDIUM RANGE FCST PICKS UP AT 00Z FRIDAY
WITH NEARLY FLAT/ZONAL H5 FLOW OVER THE AREA. MODELS DEVELOP ANOTHER
FAIRLY POTENT UPPER SHORTWAVE OVER THE CENTRAL ROCKIES LATE
FRI/EARLY SAT AND THEN TRANSLATE THE FEATURE EASTWARD. MODEL
SOLUTIONS BEGIN TO DIVERGE AT THIS POINT WRT THE AMPLITUDE AND SPEED
OF THE SHORTWAVE. THE LATEST 12Z GFS IS STILL CONSIDERABLY FASTER
AND LESS AMPLIFIED WHILE THE OLDER 00Z ECMWF LAGS BY NEARLY 24HRS
AND DEVELOPS A CLOSED H5 LOW BY EARLY SUNDAY AS THE DEEPER TROF
MOVES OVER THE SOUTHERN MISS RIVER VALLEY. AT THE SFC...HIGH
PRESSURE TO OUR NE IS EXPECTED TO MAINTAIN A BRIEF COLD AIR DAMMING
SCENARIO THROUGH FRIDAY. THE SFC PATTERN FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE
MEDIUM RANGE...THROUGH THE WEEKEND...REMAINS UNCLEAR WITH OVERALL
LOW CONFIDENCE IN THE SENSIBLE FCST. THE FASTER GFS DEVELOPS A
SOUTHERN PLAINS SFC LOW AND MOVES A COLD FRONT OVER THE FCST AREA
LATE SAT/EARLY SUN...WHILE THE ECMWF DEVELOPS A LOW FARTHER SE AND
DOES NOT PUSH A FRONT THROUGH UNTIL LATE SUN. THE EC ALSO HAS SOME
HEALTHY LOOKING WRAP AROUND MOISTURE OVER WESTERN NC AND EXTREME NE
GA EARLY MON. ONCE THE LOW FINALLY CLEARS THE REGION...THINGS SHOULD
DRY OUT FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE PERIOD. HPC CONTINUES TO FAVOR THE
ECMWF SOLUTION MORE AND KEEPS AT LEAST CHANCE POPS OVER MUCH OF THE
CWFA THRU EARLY MONDAY. IF THE EC SOLUTION DOES WORK OUT...WE CAN
EXPECT MOST OF THE PRECIP TO FALL ON SUN WITH THE FROPA. TEMPS
SHOULD REMAIN BELOW CLIMO ON FRI WITH THE WEDGE IN PLACE AND WARM TO
A FEW DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL OVER THE WEEKEND AS THE WEDGE ERODES.

&&

.AVIATION /20Z MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/...
AT KCLT...DEEP MIXED LAYER PROMOTING STIFF SW WINDS WITH GUSTS TO
AROUND 30KT THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. MAIN WEATHER EVENT FOR THE
AIRFIELD WILL BE THE PASSAGE OF A COLD FRONT ACCOMPANIED BY A LINE
OF THUNDERSTORMS EARL;Y THIS EVENING. EXPECT A PERIOD OF THUNDER/LOW
MVFR CONDTIONS FROM ABOUT 23Z-01Z WITH THE FRONTAL PASSAGE AND
PERHAPS A PEAK NW GUST IN EXCESS OF 40KT. EXPECT RAPID IMPROVEMENT
(TO VFR) BY 05Z WITH WINDS VEERING TO THE NW AND THEN TO THE NE
AROUND 12Z TUE.

ELSEWHERE...NEARLY THE SAME STORY WITH STRONG SW WINDS THIS
AFTERNOON. EXPECT FRONTAL PASSAGE ACCOMPANIED BY THUNDER/LOW MVFR
CONDITIONS IN THE 22Z-01Z TIMEFRAME. SOME WIND SHEAR INDICATED
ACROSS UPSTATE SC LATE THIS AFTERNOON. COULD SEE A PEAK NW GUST WITH
THE FRONTAL PASSAGE IN EXCESS OF 40KT. RAPID IMPROVEMENT EXPECTED BY
05Z (VFR) WITH WINDS VEERING TO THE NW AND THEN NE ON TUE.

OUTLOOK...A DRY HIGH PRESSURE WILL DOMIANTE THRU THU. MOISTURE WILL
RETURN TO THE AREA LATE IN THE WEEK AS A FLOW OFF THE ATLANTIC DEVELOPS.

&&

.GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING FOR GAZ010.
     LAKE WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING FOR GAZ017-018-
     026-028-029.
NC...WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING FOR NCZ033-048>053-
     058-059-062>065-501-503-505-507-509.
     LAKE WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING FOR NCZ035>037-
     056-057-068>072-082-502-504-506-508-510.
SC...LAKE WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING FOR SCZ001>014-
     019.

&&

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

Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 28, 3:32 PM EST, 37 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
332 PM EST MON FEB 28 2011

GAZ017-018-026-028-NCZ035>037-056-068>070-502-504-506-508-510-
SCZ001>008-010-012045-
HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-CATAWBA-
CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-GREATER CALDWELL-GREATER BURKE-
EASTERN MCDOWELL-GREATER RUTHERFORD-EASTERN POLK-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-
PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER OCONEE-
GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-ANDERSON-
332 PM EST MON FEB 28 2011

...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING...
...TORNADO WATCH 33 IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EST THIS EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PIEDMONT
NORTH CAROLINA...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.

   LAKE WIND ADVISORY.
   TORNADO WATCH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

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.

GAZ010-NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-501-503-505-507-509-012045-
RABUN-AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM-
NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-
CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-BURKE MOUNTAINS-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-
RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-POLK MOUNTAINS-
332 PM EST MON FEB 28 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING...
...TORNADO WATCH 33 IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EST THIS EVENING...

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

   TORNADO WATCH.
   WIND ADVISORY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

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.

GAZ029-NCZ057-071-072-082-SCZ009-011>014-019-012045-
ELBERT-ROWAN-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC-YORK-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-
UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD-
332 PM EST MON FEB 28 2011

...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PIEDMONT
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.

   LAKE WIND ADVISORY.

A COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS THIS EVENING.
OUT AHEAD OF THE FRONT...STRONG WIND SHEAR AND SUFFICIENT
INSTABILITY WILL SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF A LINE OF STRONG TO
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. PRESENT INDICATIONS ARE THAT THE LINE OF
THUNDERSTORMS WOULD MOVE OUT ACROSS THE PIEDMONT BY LATE
AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVENING. DAMAGING WIND GUSTS ARE THE PRIMARY
THREAT WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE LINE OF STORMS...ALTHOUGH A FEW
BRIEF TORNADOES WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. THE RISK OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD END BY THE MIDDLE PART OF THE EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

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

Special weather statement, Feb 28, 1:25 PM EST, 2 hours 44 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
125 PM EST MON FEB 28 2011

NCZ033-049-050-281900-
AVERY-MITCHELL-YANCEY-
125 PM EST MON FEB 28 2011

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHERN MITCHELL...NORTHWESTERN
AVERY AND NORTHWESTERN YANCEY COUNTIES THROUGH 200 PM EST...

AT 120 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BANNER HILL...OR 5 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF ERWIN...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  BULADEAN...
  NEWLAND...

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

BULADEAN AND NEWLAND...

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

WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

LAT...LON 3604 8186 3600 8247 3610 8239 3613 8230
      3613 8227 3615 8222 3615 8217 3611 8212
      3611 8207 3613 8205 3613 8203 3626 8195
      3626 8191

BSH

Special weather statement, Feb 28, 3:50 PM EST, 19 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
350 PM EST MON FEB 28 2011

NCZ053-503>506-508-282115-
BUNCOMBE-BURKE MOUNTAINS-EASTERN MCDOWELL-GREATER BURKE-GREATER
RUTHERFORD-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-
350 PM EST MON FEB 28 2011

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT EASTERN BUNCOMBE...MCDOWELL...
NORTHERN RUTHERFORD AND SOUTHERN BURKE COUNTIES THROUGH 415 PM EST...

AT 342 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 3 MILES NORTH OF
BUSICK TO SWANNANOA...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.

THESE STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  OLD FORT...
  LAKE JAMES...
  GLENWOOD...
  THERMAL CITY...

WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.

LAT...LON 3579 8157 3545 8192 3549 8212 3552 8209
      3553 8218 3552 8222 3550 8223 3553 8245
      3570 8228 3572 8221 3574 8218 3579 8216
      3584 8210 3587 8201

KRENTZ

Local storm report, Feb 28, 4:07 PM EST, 2 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
407 PM EST MON FEB 28 2011

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

0340 PM     TSTM WND DMG     4 S ALMOND              35.31N  83.57W
02/28/2011                   SWAIN              NC   COUNTY OFFICIAL

            2 TREES REPORTED DOWN OFF HWY 28 JUST SOUTH OF ALMOND.

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JPT

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 27, 8:21 PM EST	Lake Wind Advisory	GSP	Alexander, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell and 22 more	23 hr
Feb 28, 3:46 AM EST	Wind Advisory	GSP	Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Graham, Haywood and 11 more	14 hr
Feb 28, 1:25 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Avery	35 min
Feb 28, 2:30 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Madison, Mitchell, Yancey	45 min
Feb 28, 3:14 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Graham, Swain	61 min
Feb 28, 3:50 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Burke, McDowell	25 min
Feb 28, 3:57 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Jackson, Macon, Transylvania	63 min
Feb 28, 4:38 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Henderson, Polk, Rutherford, Transylvania	67 min
Feb 28, 4:39 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Alexander, Catawba, Iredell	38 min
Feb 28, 4:59 PM EST	Tornado Warning	GSP	Iredell, Rowan	17 min
Feb 28, 5:08 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Davie, Iredell, Rowan	32 min
Feb 28, 5:45 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Cabarrus, Mecklenburg, Union	45 min
Feb 28, 6:06 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Cabarrus, Mecklenburg, Union	54 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.