Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 509, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 4, 2011, 3:24 PM EDT for 5 counties in North Carolina. It was in force for 49 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
- Jul 4, 2011, 3:24 PM EDT (19:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 4, 2011, 4:13 PM EDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Avery County, NC, Burke County, NC, Caldwell County, NC, McDowell County, NC, Mitchell County, NC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:25 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 4, 3:28 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 13 Wnw Morganton, NC | A FEW LARGE LIMBS DOWN IN THE AREA AROUND PARKS DRIVE. |
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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 4, 12:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 177 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
- 880 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -120 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1130 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 22 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
020
WUUS52 KGSP 041924
SVRGSP
NCC011-023-027-111-121-042030-
/O.NEW.KGSP.SV.W.0509.110704T1924Z-110704T2030Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
324 PM EDT MON JUL 4 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN AVERY COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
SOUTHEASTERN MITCHELL COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
NORTH CENTRAL MCDOWELL COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
SOUTHWESTERN CALDWELL COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
NORTHERN BURKE COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 430 PM EDT
* AT 320 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 3 MILES
SOUTH OF ASHFORD...OR 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SPRUCE PINE...MOVING
EAST AT 15 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
JONAS RIDGE...
TABLE ROCK AND GLEN ALPINE...
MORGANTON AND EDGEMONT...
COLLETTSVILLE AND DREXEL...
GAMEWELL...
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 3598 8197 3602 8157 3574 8152 3572 8204
3594 8207
TIME...MOT...LOC 1924Z 258DEG 14KT 3584 8190
$$
BSH2 follow-up statements
985
WWUS52 KGSP 041952
SVSGSP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
352 PM EDT MON JUL 4 2011
NCC011-111-121-042002-
/O.CAN.KGSP.SV.W.0509.000000T0000Z-110704T2030Z/
AVERY NC-MITCHELL NC-MCDOWELL NC-
352 PM EDT MON JUL 4 2011
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL MCDOWELL...
SOUTHEASTERN MITCHELL AND SOUTHERN AVERY COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT MONDAY
EVENING FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA.
LAT...LON 3602 8157 3574 8152 3573 8185 3599 8189
3597 8182 3596 8181 3600 8178
TIME...MOT...LOC 1952Z 258DEG 14KT 3586 8177
$$
NCC023-027-042030-
/O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0509.000000T0000Z-110704T2030Z/
CALDWELL NC-BURKE NC-
352 PM EDT MON JUL 4 2011
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM EDT
FOR CENTRAL BURKE AND SOUTHWESTERN CALDWELL COUNTIES...
AT 350 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR TABLE ROCK...OR 9
MILES NORTHWEST OF MORGANTON...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
COLLETTSVILLE...DREXEL...GAMEWELL...VALDESE AND CAJAH'S MOUNTAIN
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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 800 PM EDT MONDAY
EVENING FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA.
&&
LAT...LON 3602 8157 3574 8152 3573 8185 3599 8189
3597 8182 3596 8181 3600 8178
TIME...MOT...LOC 1952Z 258DEG 14KT 3586 8177
$$
BSH282
WWUS52 KGSP 042013
SVSGSP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
413 PM EDT MON JUL 4 2011
NCC023-027-042023-
/O.CAN.KGSP.SV.W.0509.000000T0000Z-110704T2030Z/
CALDWELL NC-BURKE NC-
413 PM EDT MON JUL 4 2011
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL BURKE AND SOUTHWESTERN
CALDWELL COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT MONDAY
EVENING FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA.
LAT...LON 3602 8157 3574 8152 3573 8185 3599 8189
3597 8182 3596 8181 3600 8178
TIME...MOT...LOC 2013Z 258DEG 14KT 3588 8167
$$
BSHWhat 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 Jul 4, 2:13 PM EDT, 1 hour 11 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 4, 2:13 PM EDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 213 PM EDT MON JUL 4 2011 .SYNOPSIS... HUMIDITY AND THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE INTO TUESDAY AS A WEAK COLD FRONT DRIFTS DOWN FROM THE NORTH. THIS FRONT WILL STALL OVER THE REGION AND SLOWLY DISSIPATE THROUGH MID WEEK. ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL STALL OVER THE WESTERN CAROLINAS ON THURSDAY AND REMAIN OVER THE REGION INTO NEXT WEEKEND. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/... A QUICK UPDATE TO ADJUST POPS AND ADD HEADLINES FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 594 IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING. PREVIOUS DISCUSSION... AT 1515Z...SHALLOW CU EXISTED ACROSS THE MTN PEAKS LATE THIS MORNING WITH CLEAR SKY COVER ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT. IN ADDITION...A THIN LINE OF CU EXISTED OVER EAST TN ASSOCIATED WITH AN OLD OUTFLOW BOUNDARY. IT APPEARS THAT DEEP CONVECTION INITIATION WILL OCCUR WITHIN THE 16 TO 18Z TIME FRAME ACROSS THE HIGH TERRAIN. COVERAGE WILL EXPAND ACROSS THE MTNS BY MID AFTERNOON AS THE ATMOSPHERE DESTABILIZES AND WITH THE POSSIBLE ARRIVAL OF THE OUTFLOW BOUNDARY. CONVECTION WILL SPREAD AND DEVELOP WITHIN A LEE TROF ACROSS THE NC FOOTHILLS BY MID AFTERNOON. COVERAGE SHOULD PEAK DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING...WITH LIKELY TO CATE POPS OVER THE MTNS WITH HIGH CHC ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT. MORNING SOUNDINGS AT KFFC AND KGSO OBSERVED THE FZL BETWEEN 14.5 TO 15 KFT...PLACING THE 55 DBZ CORE HEIGHT AROUND 26.5 KFT. PW VALUES RANGED FROM 1.6 TO 1.9 INCHES WITH K-INDEX IN THE MID TO UPPER 30S. MESOSCALE ANALYSIS INDICATES 3500 TO 3000 J/KG ACROSS THE MTNS WITH AROUND 2000 J/KG ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT. DCAPE VALUES RANGE AROUND 1000 J/KG. GIVEN THE HIGH FZL AND MOISTURE CONTENT IT APPEARS THAT ONLY ISOLATED HAIL EVENTS ARE POSSIBLE. THE PRIMARY SVR THREAT WILL REMAIN DAMAGING WINDS...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE MTNS AND NC FOOTHILLS. && .SHORT TERM /TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT/... AS OF 220 AM MONDAY...HPC PREFERS THE SLIGHTLY MORE OPEN AND PROGRESSIVE GFS SOLUTION TO THE SLOWER MORE CLOSED UPPER TROUGH ON THE NAM FOR TUE. THIS IS MORE IN LINE WITH THE OLD RUN OF THE ECMWF AND IT/S WHAT I/VE GONE WITH FOR THIS FORECAST AS WELL. LLVL THICKNESSES IMPLY ANOTHER HOT DAY WITH TEMPS RISING INTO THE L-M90S ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT. MODEL SOUNDINGS SHOW A LITTLE CAPPING DURING THE AFTN AND CONVECTION MAY GET A LITTLE BIT OF A LATE START. HOWEVER...AS A SHORT WAVE TROUGH MOVES ACROSS THE MTNS DURING THE LATE AFTN...CONVECTION SHOULD BLOSSOM OVER THE HIGH TERRAIN AND SPREAD INTO THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT. THE GFS HAS IT/S BEST CONVECTIVE COVERAGE DURING THE EVENING HOURS...AND THIS LOOKS LIKE AN EVENT THAT COULD GO WELL PAST SUNSET. ONCE AGAIN LAPSE RATES ARE NOT STEEP...BUT THE MID LEVELS DRY OUT A LITTLE ON THE GFS...AND THERE SHOULD BE A FEW MICROBURST PRODUCING PULSE SEVERE STORMS DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS CONSIDERING HOW HOT THE BNDRY LAYER WILL BE. THE WEAK LLVL BNDRY WILL BECOME QUITE DIFFUSE ON WED...BUT WE WILL BE UNDER AND H5 SHEAR AXIS WITH SEVERAL EMBEDDED SHORT WAVES ACCORDING TO THE GFS. WITH HIGH LAYER RH/S AND MODEST LLVL CONVERGENCE ACROSS THE MTNS...WE SHOULD SEE GOOD CONVECTIVE COVERAGE AGAIN IN THE AFTN. POPS HAVE BEEN RAISED TO 50 PERCENT ACROSS THE FA...WHICH IS IN LINE WITH THE NEIGHBORS. LIKELY POPS WILL PROBABLY BE NEEDED AS WE GET CLOSER TO WED. CONVECTION WILL SLOWLY WIND DOWN WED EVENING. WITH A MODEST SWLY BNDRY LAYER FLOW...SOME STRATUS MAY DEVELOP OVERNIGHT. && .LONG TERM /THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/... AS OF 1200 PM MONDAY...NO NOTEWORTHY CHANGES WERE MADE TO THE MEDIUM RANGE FORECAST. OVERALL THE THINKING IS VERY SIMILAR TO THE PREVIOUS FORECAST WITH THE EASTERN CONUS TROF LINGERING INTO THE START OF THE WEEKEND BEFORE STARTING TO WEAKEN. THE MODELS DIFFER A BIT REGARDING THE RIDGE ATTEMPTING TO BUILD BACK OVER THE EAST WITH THE EC HANGING ONTO THE TROF THE LONGEST. A SEMI STATIONARY BOUNDARY WILL REMAIN IN THE VICINITY OF THE FA INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. THIS WILL ALLOW FOR DEEP MOISTURE AND MODERATE TO STRONG LEVEL OF SURFACE BASED INSTABILITY EACH AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE WILL MORE THAN LIKELY BE NUMEROUS THROUGH ABOUT SUNDAY WITH PERHAPS A LITTLE LESS COVERAGE BY MONDAY. CONFIDENCE IN THE DAY 7 FORECAST IS STILL PRETTY LOW AT THIS POINT. FURTHERMORE...1000-500 MB FLOW WILL BE VERY WEAK EACH AFTERNOON AND EVENING SO THE THREAT OF SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE A PRIMARY CONCERN. TEMPERATURES WILL BE CLOSE TO NORMAL THROUGH THE ENTIRE PERIOD...ESPECIALLY WITH WIDESPREAD CLOUD COVER AND THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY LIMITING MAX HEATING JUST A BIT. && .AVIATION /18Z MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/... AT KCLT AND ELSEWHERE...COVERAGE OF SHRA/TSRA WILL CERTAINLY INCREASE AND SPREAD EAST ACROSS THE CWA THIS AFTERNOON. TAFS WILL CONTAIN A CB IN THE SKY FIELD THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. I WILL INCLUDE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING TEMPOS AT KAVL/KHKY/KCLT FOR TSRA. CONVECTION SHOULD DECREASE THROUGH THE LATE EVENING AND EARLY MORNING HOURS. AREAS OF RAINFALL THROUGH THIS EVENING WILL BE PRIME AREAS FOR FOG TONIGHT. I WILL FORECAST AT LEAST MVFR FOG DURING THE PRE DAWN HOURS FOR THE TSRA TEMPO SITES. CONVECTION POTENTIAL APPEARS JUST AS HIGH TOMORROW...BUT NOT BEFORE 18Z. OUTLOOK...A VERY UNSETTLED PATTERN WILL BE IN PLACE ALL WEEK AS ONE FRONT DISSIPATES IN THE VICINITY AND ANOTHER COLD FRONT ARRIVES FROM THE NW LATE IN THE WEEK. MORNING MVFR FOG IS LIKELY...AT LEAST IN THE MTN VALLEYS...WITH SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS AFTN/EVENING TSTMS EACH DAY. && .GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...MCAVOY NEAR TERM...NED SHORT TERM...MCAVOY LONG TERM...MCAVOY AVIATION...NED
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 4, 12:53 PM EDT, 2 hours 31 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1253 PM EDT MON JUL 4 2011 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ071-072-082-SCZ001>014-019-051700- RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS- UNION NC-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS- GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG- CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- 1253 PM EDT MON JUL 4 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THE COVERAGE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE REGION TODAY...ESPECIALLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE SLOW MOVING...PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IN AFFECTED AREAS. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE...PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS OF 60 MPH OR GREATER. STAY INFORMED OF THE LATEST FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS AS YOU CARRY OUT YOUR HOLIDAY PLANS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AGAIN ON TUESDAY ACROSS MOST OF THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY ONCE AGAIN BECOME SEVERE...PRODUCING DAMAGING STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. THE SLOW MOVING STORMS WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. ISOLATED AREAS OF FLASH FLOODING WILL BECOME MORE OF A CONCERN AS MORE AREAS RECEIVE HEAVY RAIN DURING THE WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... NONE. NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065-068>070-501>510-051700- AVERY-ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD- BUNCOMBE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON- SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON- CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-GREATER CALDWELL-BURKE MOUNTAINS-GREATER BURKE- MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-EASTERN MCDOWELL-RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS- GREATER RUTHERFORD-POLK MOUNTAINS-EASTERN POLK- 1253 PM EDT MON JUL 4 2011 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 594 IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA 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. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AGAIN ON TUESDAY ACROSS MOST OF THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY ONCE AGAIN BECOME SEVERE...PRODUCING DAMAGING STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. THE SLOW MOVING STORMS WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. ISOLATED AREAS OF FLASH FLOODING WILL BECOME MORE OF A CONCERN AS MORE AREAS RECEIVE HEAVY RAIN DURING THE WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... NONE.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 4, 1:32 PM EDT, 1 hour 52 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
132 PM EDT MON JUL 4 2011
NCZ048-053-041800-
BUNCOMBE-MADISON-
132 PM EDT MON JUL 4 2011
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHERN MADISON AND WESTERN
BUNCOMBE COUNTIES THROUGH 200 PM EDT...
AT 131 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES WEST OF CANTO...OR 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
MARSHALL...MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH.
THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
LEICESTER...
PEOPLE IN SOUTHERN MADISON AND WESTERN BUNCOMBE COUNTIES...INCLUDING
THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
LEICESTER...
SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE
WARNINGS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE
WEATHER THREATEN.
PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.
LAT...LON 3581 8261 3559 8261 3563 8285 3564 8287
3565 8288 3576 8289
BSHSpecial weather statement, Jul 4, 2:04 PM EDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 204 PM EDT MON JUL 4 2011 NCZ063-064-SCZ001-002-041830- OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA- 204 PM EDT MON JUL 4 2011 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHERN OCONEE...NORTHWESTERN PICKENS...SOUTHEASTERN JACKSON AND SOUTHWESTERN TRANSYLVANIA COUNTIES THROUGH 230 PM EDT... AT 200 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SAPPHIRE...OR 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BREVARD...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR... LAKE TOXAWAY... PEOPLE IN NORTHERN OCONEE...NORTHWESTERN PICKENS...SOUTHEASTERN JACKSON AND SOUTHWESTERN TRANSYLVANIA COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... LAKE TOXAWAY... SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER THREATEN. PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. LAT...LON 3523 8281 3501 8274 3499 8307 3513 8309 BSH
Special weather statement, Jul 4, 2:47 PM EDT, 37 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
247 PM EDT MON JUL 4 2011
NCZ033-049-050-505-041915-
AVERY-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-MITCHELL-YANCEY-
247 PM EDT MON JUL 4 2011
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EASTERN YANCEY...NORTHERN
MCDOWELL...SOUTHEASTERN MITCHELL AND SOUTHWESTERN AVERY COUNTIES
THROUGH 315 PM EDT...
AT 242 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES WEST OF SPRUCE PINE...MOVING EAST AT 15
MPH.
THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
INGALLS...
PEOPLE IN EASTERN YANCEY...NORTHERN MCDOWELL...SOUTHEASTERN MITCHELL
AND SOUTHWESTERN AVERY COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
LOCATIONS...
SPRUCE PINE AND INGALLS...
SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE
WARNINGS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE
WEATHER THREATEN.
PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.
LAT...LON 3608 8191 3597 8193 3596 8194 3595 8193
3583 8195 3581 8220 3600 8224
BSHSpecial weather statement, Jul 4, 2:56 PM EDT, 28 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
256 PM EDT MON JUL 4 2011
NCZ049-505-506-041930-
EASTERN MCDOWELL-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-YANCEY-
256 PM EDT MON JUL 4 2011
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL MCDOWELL AND
SOUTHEASTERN YANCEY COUNTIES THROUGH 330 PM EDT...
AT 251 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES SOUTH OF BUSICK...OR 10 MILES WEST OF
MARION...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
LAKE JAMES...
PEOPLE IN CENTRAL MCDOWELL AND SOUTHEASTERN YANCEY COUNTIES...
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
BUSICK...LAKE JAMES AND MARION...
SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE
WARNINGS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE
WEATHER THREATEN.
PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.
LAT...LON 3582 8195 3582 8196 3582 8197 3581 8199
3576 8192 3564 8191 3563 8222 3580 8227
3584 8195
BSHSpecial weather statement, Jul 4, 3:05 PM EDT, 19 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
305 PM EDT MON JUL 4 2011
NCZ033-501-041930-
AVERY-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-
305 PM EDT MON JUL 4 2011
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EASTERN AVERY AND NORTHWESTERN
CALDWELL COUNTIES THROUGH 330 PM EDT...
AT 303 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES EAST OF GRANDFATHER MOUNTAIN...OR 6 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF BLOWING ROCK...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.
THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
GLOBE...
PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.
FREQUENT 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 3612 8181 3613 8173 3613 8155 3610 8151
3610 8148 3607 8148 3602 8180 3614 8185
3615 8182
BSHSpecial weather statement, Jul 4, 3:17 PM EDT, 7 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
317 PM EDT MON JUL 4 2011
NCZ064-065-041945-
HENDERSON-TRANSYLVANIA-
317 PM EDT MON JUL 4 2011
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL HENDERSON AND
NORTHEASTERN TRANSYLVANIA COUNTIES THROUGH 345 PM EDT...
AT 316 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES NORTH OF BREVARD...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
ETOWAH...
PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.
LAT...LON 3524 8243 3525 8280 3534 8282 3538 8279
3544 8255 3542 8254 3543 8253 3544 8253
3545 8251 3545 8247
RBThe office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 4, 1:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Yancey | 33 min |
| Jul 4, 1:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Madison | 28 min |
| Jul 4, 1:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Buncombe, Haywood, Henderson, Transylvania | 65 min |
| Jul 4, 1:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Buncombe, Madison, Yancey | 55 min |
| Jul 4, 2:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Transylvania | 26 min |
| Jul 4, 2:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Madison, Yancey | 39 min |
| Jul 4, 2:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Jackson, Transylvania | 50 min |
| Jul 4, 2:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Avery, Mitchell | 28 min |
| Jul 4, 2:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | McDowell | 34 min |
| Jul 4, 3:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Watauga | 25 min |
| Jul 4, 3:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Henderson | 28 min |
| Jul 4, 3:43 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Avery | 3 hr |
| Jul 4, 3:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Caldwell | 40 min |
| Jul 4, 3:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Alexander | 36 min |
| Jul 4, 3:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Polk | 32 min |
| Jul 4, 4:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Alexander, Catawba, Iredell | 66 min |
| Jul 4, 4:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Alexander, Burke, Catawba, Iredell, Lincoln | 67 min |
| Jul 4, 4:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cleveland, Gaston, Lincoln | 66 min |
| Jul 4, 4:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cleveland, Gaston | 63 min |
| Jul 4, 5:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cabarrus, Davie, Rowan | 50 min |
| Jul 4, 5:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Gaston, Iredell, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Union | 55 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.