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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 50, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

April 9, 2011McDowell County, Mitchell County, Yancey County, North Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 9, 2011, 1:38 PM EDT for McDowell County, Mitchell County, Yancey County, North Carolina. It was in force for 52 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: Apr 9, 2011, 1:38 PM EDT (17:38 UTC)
Expired: Apr 9, 2011, 2:30 PM EDT
In force: 52 min
Issued by: NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties McDowell County, NC, Mitchell County, NC, Yancey County, NC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:38 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
Apr 9, 1:47 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	2 S Celo, NC	LARGE LIMBS DOWN. PEA SIZE HAIL.

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 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
Apr 9, 12:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 203 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: 704 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 169 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 256 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.

979 
WUUS52 KGSP 091738
SVRGSP
NCC111-121-199-091830-
/O.NEW.KGSP.SV.W.0050.110409T1738Z-110409T1830Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
138 PM EDT SAT APR 9 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN MITCHELL COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
  SOUTHEASTERN YANCEY COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
  NORTHERN MCDOWELL COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...

* UNTIL 230 PM EDT

* AT 134 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 NEAR
  MOUNT MITCHELL STATE PARK...OR 8 MILES SOUTH OF BURNSVILLE...MOVING
  EAST AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BUSICK...CELO AND MICAVILLE...
  LEDGER...
  WOODLAWN AND SPRUCE PINE...
  LAKE JAMES...

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 3602 8209 3582 8195 3581 8199 3574 8189
      3572 8188 3570 8228 3573 8228 3573 8231
      3575 8234 3587 8236
TIME...MOT...LOC 1739Z 261DEG 20KT 3580 8223

$$

KRENTZ

3 follow-up statements

537 
WWUS52 KGSP 091752
SVSGSP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
152 PM EDT SAT APR 9 2011

NCC111-121-199-091830-
/O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0050.000000T0000Z-110409T1830Z/
MITCHELL NC-YANCEY NC-MCDOWELL NC-
152 PM EDT SAT APR 9 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 PM EDT
FOR NORTHERN MCDOWELL...SOUTHEASTERN YANCEY AND SOUTHEASTERN MITCHELL
COUNTIES...

AT 146 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR BUSICK...OR 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SPRUCE PINE...MOVING
EAST AT 25 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
WOODLAWN AND LAKE JAMES

LAT...LON 3582 8195 3582 8197 3581 8199 3577 8193
      3572 8188 3570 8225 3590 8230 3602 8209
TIME...MOT...LOC 1752Z 261DEG 20KT 3581 8214

$$

KRENTZ

632 
WWUS52 KGSP 091802
SVSGSP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
202 PM EDT SAT APR 9 2011

NCC111-121-199-091830-
/O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0050.000000T0000Z-110409T1830Z/
MITCHELL NC-YANCEY NC-MCDOWELL NC-
202 PM EDT SAT APR 9 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 PM EDT
FOR NORTH CENTRAL MCDOWELL...EAST CENTRAL YANCEY AND SOUTHEASTERN
MITCHELL COUNTIES...

AT 200 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS REPORTED CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.
 THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 13 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CELO...OR NEAR
MARION...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SPRUCE
PINE

LAT...LON 3582 8195 3582 8196 3582 8197 3582 8198
      3577 8227 3590 8230 3602 8209
TIME...MOT...LOC 1802Z 261DEG 20KT 3570 8205

$$

KRENTZ

484 
WWUS52 KGSP 091823
SVSGSP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
223 PM EDT SAT APR 9 2011

NCC111-121-199-091833-
/O.EXP.KGSP.SV.W.0050.000000T0000Z-110409T1830Z/
MITCHELL NC-YANCEY NC-MCDOWELL NC-
223 PM EDT SAT APR 9 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL MCDOWELL...EAST
CENTRAL YANCEY AND SOUTHEASTERN MITCHELL COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 230
PM EDT...

LAT...LON 3582 8195 3582 8196 3582 8197 3582 8198
      3577 8227 3590 8230 3602 8209
TIME...MOT...LOC 1823Z 261DEG 20KT 3572 8191

$$

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 Apr 9, 10:48 AM EDT, 2 hours 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 9, 10:48 AM EDT, 2 hours 50 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1048 AM EDT SAT APR 9 2011

.SYNOPSIS...
A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH FROM THE NORTH TODAY. THE FRONT WILL MOVE
NORTHEAST AND AWAY FROM OUR AREA ON SUNDAY. ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL
APPROACH FROM THE WEST ON MONDAY.

&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/...
RADAR AND SATELLITE IMAGES LATE THIS MORNING NICELY DEPICT THE
STRONG TO SEVERE CONVECTION AHEAD OF THE MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE VORTEX
OVER THE LOWER OH VALLEY. DEEP LAYER...FORWARD PROPAGATING...CORFIDI
VECTOR STEERING FLOW HAS THIS MCV DRIVEN CONVECTION MAKING A RIGHT
TURN OVER THE RIDGE AND IMPACTING THE NRN TIER OF THE FORECAST AREA
FROM MID AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY EVENING. A DEEP...ELEVATED MIXED
LAYER ON THE OHX SOUNDINGS THIS MORNING SUGGESTS THAT VERY STEEP
LAPSE RATES WILL TRAVERSE THE SRN APPALACHIANS TO ALLOW THE SYSTEM
TO BE MAINTAINED. SFC BASED CAPE VALUES ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA
SHOULD BE QUITE ROBUST EVERYWHERE EXCEPT THE NW NC PIEDMONT...WHERE
LOW CLOUDS NE OF THE STALLED SFC FRONT WILL LINGER AND KEEP TEMPS A
BIT COOLER THAN PREVIOUSLY FORECAST. FORCING WILL BE BEST IN THE
LOWER CAPE AIR ACROSS THE NORTH...WHILE 1000 TO 2000 J/KG CAPE LOOK
BETTER ACROSS THE SRN HALF WHERE FORCING IS WEAKER. CONVECTIVE POPS
LOOK LIKELY FOR MOST AREAS AT SOME POINT LATER THIS AFTERNOON...AND
HAVE ADJUSTED THE NC FOOTHILL POPS UP TO CATEGORICAL FOR THIS
UPDATE. WILL CONTINUE THE SEVERE WORDING IN THE HWO GIVEN THE DEEP
LAYER WESTERLY SHEAR.

CONVECTION SHOULD END FAIRLY RAPIDLY LATER THIS EVENING WITH THE
PASSAGE OF THE UPPER VORT. LOW CLOUDS OVER THE NC FOOTHILLS AND
PIEDMONT ARE A GOOD BET AS THE BACK DOOR FRONT SLIPS BACK SLIGHTLY
SOUTHWARD. MIN TEMPS SHOULD STAY WELL ABOVE NORMAL AS THE AIRMASS
WARMS WITH RISING HEIGHTS OVERNIGHT.

&&

.SHORT TERM /SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT/...
AT 2 AM EDT SATURDAY...A STRONG UPPER RIDGE WILL MOVE FROM THE OH
AND TN VALLEYS ON SUNDAY...TO THE EAST COAST ON MONDAY. AN UPPER
TROUGH UPSTREAM WILL REACH THE APPALACHIANS MONDAY NIGHT. ON SUNDAY
OUR AREA WILL BE IN THE WARM SECTOR BETWEEN A WARM FRONT DEPARTING
THE TO THE EAST...AND A COLD FRONT MOVING INTO THE MS RIVER VALLEY.
MOIST INFLOW FROM THE GULF AHEAD OF THE FRONT WILL BE QUITE
LIMITED...AND THE BEST POPS WILL BE RESTRICTED TO THE VICINITY OF
THE FRONT AS MIT MOVES INTO OUT AREA MONDAY AFTERNOON. THE FRONT
SWEEPS ACROSS THE AREA MONDAY EVENING...FOLLOWED BY LIMITED UPSLOPE
FLOW SHOWERS IN THE NC MOUNTAINS ALONG THE TN BORDER. SMALL CAPE AND
MODERATE HELICITY WILL ACCOMPANY THE FRONT...AND SEVERE WEATHER
APPEARS POSSIBLE AROUND FRONTAL PASSAGE. QPF WILL BE LIMITED BY THE
SPEED OF THE SYSTEM AND WEAK INFLOW AHEAD OF IT.

&&

.LONG TERM /TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/...
AT 2 AM EDT SATURDAY...A SLOW MOVING UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL CROSS
THE EAST COAST ON TUESDAY...FOLLOWED BY UPPER RIDGING FROM WEDNESDAY
THROUGH FRIDAY. LATE FRIDAY AND UPPER LOW MOVES ACROSS THE SOUTH
CENTRAL PORTION OF THE NATION. A COLD FRONT WILL BE EXITING THE EAST
COAST ON TUESDAY...WITH A DRYING WESTERLY FLOW BEHIND IT. HIGH
PRESSURE MOVES ACROSS THE AREA ON WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY...WITH
MOIST GULF INFLOW ON THE SIDE OF THE HIGH REACHING THE SOUTHERN
APPALACHIANS LATE THURSDAY. MOIST SOUTHERLY FLOW CONTINUES INTO
FRIDAY AS A COLD FRONT CROSSES THE LOWER MS RIVER VALLEY. POPS WILL
BE CARRIED WITH THE GULF MOISTURE THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. TEMPERATURES
WILL BE SEVERAL CATEGORIES ABOVE NORMAL...AS DOWNSLOPE WARMING
BEHIND THE FRONT IS FOLLOWED BY HEIGHT RISES ALOFT.

&&

.AVIATION /15Z SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
AT KCLT...THE LOW CLOUD SHIELD HAS GENERALLY STALLED NE OF THE
AIRPORT. WITH SFC WINDS TURNING SE...HEATING OCCURRING...AND NO
ADDITIONAL STRONG PUSH ON NE FLOW...WILL KEEP THE AIRPORT VFR
THROUGH THE DAY. SCT CUMULUS CLOUDS WILL DEVELOP WITH HEATING AT VFR
LEVELS...WITH CB CIGS LIKELY LATER THIS AFTERNOON. THUNDERSTORMS
ARRIVING FROM THE NW STILL SEEM BEST TIMED AFTER 20Z. THESE STORMS
COULD BE STRONG TO SEVERE. LOW CIGS ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT AS THE SFC
FRONT REMAINS IN THE VICINITY.

ELSEWHERE...VFR LEVEL CUMULUS...WITH CB CEILING...ARE LIKELY THROUGH
THE AFTN. THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD ARRIVE FROM THE NW THIS AFTN...MAINLY
AFFECTING KAVL TO KHKY BY MID AFTN...18Z TO 20Z...AND THEN SC TAF
SITES IN A MORE SCATTERED VARIETY LATER IN THE DAY...GENERALLY AFT
20Z. THESE STORMS COULD BE STRONG TO SEVERE. MVFR CLOUDS MAY STILL
FLIRT WITH KHKY THIS AFTN...BUT MAINLY VFR IS EXPECTED. SE FLOW WILL
TURN MORE SW THROUGH THE PERIOD. PATCHY FOG WILL BE POSSIBLE
TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY IN LOCATIONS RECEIVING ABUNDANT RAINFALL THIS
AFTN/EVENING.

OUTLOOK....STRONGER RIDGING RETURNS ON SUNDAY. SCT SHRA/TSTMS MAY
ARRIVE WITH A COLD FRONT MONDAY. DRIER HIGH PRES IS EXPECTED TUE AND
WED.

&&

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

&&

SYNOPSIS...JAT
NEAR TERM...HG
SHORT TERM...JAT
LONG TERM...JAT
AVIATION...HG

Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 9, 11:02 AM EDT, 2 hours 36 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1102 AM EDT SAT APR 9 2011

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065-
068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-101515-
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-
1102 AM EDT SAT APR 9 2011

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE WESTERN
CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY THIS
EVENING AS A STRONG UPPER DISTURBANCE CROSSES THE REGION. THE
ATMOSPHERE WILL BECOME QUITE UNSTABLE THIS AFTERNOON...AND MANY
OF THE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE. LARGE HAIL AND
DAMAGING WINDS SHOULD BE THE MAIN THREAT FROM ANY SEVERE STORMS
THAT DEVELOP. SOME OF THE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
UNUSUALLY LARGE HAIL FOR THIS PART OF THE COUNTRY...AS WELL AS
LONG SWATHS OF WIND DAMAGE. THE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD START OVER
THE MOUNTAINS BY MID AFTERNOON AND QUICKLY SPREAD EASTWARD ACROSS
THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT.

.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.

GERAPETRITIS

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 9, 1:02 PM EDT, 36 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
102 PM EDT SAT APR 9 2011

NCZ053-091745-
BUNCOMBE-
102 PM EDT SAT APR 9 2011

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT BUNCOMBE COUNTY THROUGH 145 PM
EDT...

AT 100 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF LEICESTER...OR 8 MILES
NORTHWEST OF DOWNTOWN ASHEVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ASHEVILLE
  MALL...UNC ASHEVILLE...FAIRVIEW...WOODFIN...WEAVERVILLE...
  SWANNANOA...LEICESTER AND DOWNTOWN ASHEVILLE.

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

LAT...LON 3559 8229 3548 8237 3564 8278 3572 8273
      3572 8272 3573 8271 3573 8267 3577 8259

KRENTZ

Local storm report, Apr 9, 1:17 PM EDT, 21 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
117 PM EDT SAT APR 09 2011

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

0107 PM     HAIL             2 W WEAVERVILLE         35.70N 82.59W
04/09/2011  E0.50 INCH       BUNCOMBE           NC   NWS EMPLOYEE

            NO WIND

&&

PTANNER

Local storm report, Apr 9, 1:19 PM EDT, 19 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
119 PM EDT SAT APR 09 2011

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

0115 PM     HAIL             2 W ASHEVILLE           35.57N 82.58W
04/09/2011  E1.00 INCH       BUNCOMBE           NC   PUBLIC

&&

PTANNER

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 9, 2:22 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Avery, Mitchell, Yancey	53 min
Apr 9, 3:12 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Avery, Burke, Caldwell, McDowell, Mitchell, Yancey	63 min
Apr 9, 1:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Buncombe	43 min
Apr 9, 1:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Buncombe, McDowell, Yancey	42 min
Apr 9, 1:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Buncombe	29 min
Apr 9, 2:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Buncombe, Madison, Yancey	24 min
Apr 9, 2:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Avery, Burke, Caldwell, Mitchell	42 min
Apr 9, 2:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Avery, Burke, McDowell, Mitchell, Yancey	57 min
Apr 9, 2:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Burke, Caldwell	28 min
Apr 9, 3:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Buncombe, McDowell, Yancey	48 min
Apr 9, 3:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Iredell	37 min
Apr 9, 3:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Jackson, Macon	62 min
Apr 9, 3:58 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	GSP	Burke, Cleveland, McDowell, Rutherford	47 min
Apr 9, 3:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Transylvania	46 min
Apr 9, 4:19 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	GSP	Cleveland, Gaston, Lincoln, Rutherford	41 min
Apr 9, 4:57 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	GSP	Cleveland, Gaston, Lincoln	48 min
Apr 9, 5:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Avery, Madison, Mitchell, Yancey	53 min
Apr 9, 5:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Rutherford	36 min
Apr 9, 5:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	McDowell, Rutherford	36 min
Apr 9, 5:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Cleveland, Lincoln, Rutherford	56 min
Apr 9, 5:24 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	GSP	Gaston	36 min
Apr 9, 5:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Cabarrus, Mecklenburg, Union	64 min
Apr 9, 5:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Avery, Burke, Caldwell, McDowell, Mitchell	42 min
Apr 9, 5:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Cleveland, Gaston	62 min
Apr 9, 5:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Union	52 min
Apr 9, 6:05 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	GSP	Mitchell, Yancey	40 min
Apr 9, 6:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Alexander, Burke, Caldwell, Catawba, Cleveland, Lincoln	28 min
Apr 9, 6:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Mecklenburg, Union	65 min
Apr 9, 6:37 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	GSP	Burke, McDowell, Mitchell, Yancey	28 min
Apr 9, 6:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Buncombe, Haywood, Madison, Swain, Yancey	65 min
Apr 9, 6:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Union	48 min
Apr 9, 6:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Catawba, Cleveland, Gaston, Lincoln	31 min
Apr 9, 7:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Cabarrus, Iredell, Mecklenburg, Rowan	40 min
Apr 9, 7:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Burke, Cleveland, McDowell, Rutherford	56 min
Apr 9, 7:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Buncombe, McDowell, Yancey	45 min
Apr 9, 7:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Mecklenburg, Union	38 min
Apr 9, 7:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Burke, Catawba, Cleveland, Gaston, Lincoln, Rutherford	41 min
Apr 9, 7:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Buncombe, McDowell, Madison, Mitchell, Yancey	60 min
Apr 9, 7:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Buncombe, Haywood, Henderson, Transylvania	36 min
Apr 9, 7:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	McDowell, Polk, Rutherford	26 min
Apr 9, 7:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Cleveland, Gaston	67 min

Nearby

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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.