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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 526, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

July 6, 20115 counties in North Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 6, 2011, 8:00 PM EDT for 5 counties in North Carolina. It was in force for 60 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 6, 2011, 8:00 PM EDT (00:00 UTC)
Expired
Jul 6, 2011, 9:00 PM EDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Cabarrus County, NC, Gaston County, NC, Lincoln County, NC, Mecklenburg County, NC, Rowan County, NC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 147 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:02 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.

Did it verify

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

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 00:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 109 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 00:00Z on 2011-07-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 291 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 00:00Z on 2011-07-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 23 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
291 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-81 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1364 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
23 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
12 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

465 
WUUS52 KGSP 070000
SVRGSP
NCC025-071-109-119-159-070100-
/O.NEW.KGSP.SV.W.0526.110707T0000Z-110707T0100Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
800 PM EDT WED JUL 6 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CABARRUS COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...
  EASTERN GASTON COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...
  SOUTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...
  MECKLENBURG COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...
  SOUTHERN ROWAN COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...

* UNTIL 900 PM EDT

* AT 758 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 3 MILES NORTH OF GOLD HILL TO 4
  MILES SOUTHWEST OF KANNAPOLIS TO LOWESVILLE...OR ALONG A LINE
  EXTENDING FROM 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SALISBURY TO 4 MILES NORTHWEST
  OF CONCORD TO 15 MILES EAST OF LINCOLNTON...MOVING SOUTH AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  LUCIA AND GOLD HILL...
  MOUNTAIN ISLAND LAKE AND CONCORD...
  CHARLOTTE MOTOR SPEEDWAY AND CROFT...
  UNC CHARLOTTE AND MOUNT PLEASANT...
  I-77 AT I-85 AND PAW CREEK...

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 3550 8024 3550 8030 3519 8050 3521 8055
      3500 8084 3511 8094 3505 8103 3506 8106
      3512 8104 3515 8106 3516 8111 3551 8101
      3551 8096 3549 8095 3551 8092 3552 8064
      3565 8029 3564 8026 3561 8023
TIME...MOT...LOC 0000Z 007DEG 21KT 3555 8033 3543 8065
          3541 8099

$$

HG
4 follow-up statements
443 
WWUS52 KGSP 070020
SVSGSP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
820 PM EDT WED JUL 6 2011

NCC071-109-070028-
/O.CAN.KGSP.SV.W.0526.000000T0000Z-110707T0100Z/
GASTON NC-LINCOLN NC-
820 PM EDT WED JUL 6 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN LINCOLN AND
EASTERN GASTON COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

AT 818 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THE LINE 
OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CONFINED TO LOCATIONS MAINLY FROM 
MECKLENBURG COUNTY EASTWARD. THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR 
LINCOLN AND GASTON COUNTIES.

LAT...LON 3550 8024 3550 8030 3519 8050 3521 8055
      3500 8083 3511 8094 3505 8103 3506 8106
      3511 8104 3515 8105 3517 8100 3530 8101
      3535 8097 3536 8092 3538 8098 3551 8092
      3552 8064 3565 8029 3561 8023
TIME...MOT...LOC 0018Z 358DEG 12KT 3552 8024 3540 8056
          3538 8090

$$

NCC025-119-159-070100-
/O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0526.000000T0000Z-110707T0100Z/
CABARRUS NC-MECKLENBURG NC-ROWAN NC-
820 PM EDT WED JUL 6 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHERN ROWAN...MECKLENBURG AND CABARRUS COUNTIES...

AT 818 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 6 MILES EAST OF GOLD HILL TO
CONCORD TO 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HUNTERSVILLE...MOVING SOUTH AT 15 
MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 
CROFT...CHARLOTTE MOTOR SPEEDWAY...HARRISBURG...I-77 AT I-85...AND 
CENTER CITY CHARLOTTE.

LAT...LON 3550 8024 3550 8030 3519 8050 3521 8055
      3500 8083 3511 8094 3505 8103 3506 8106
      3511 8104 3515 8105 3517 8100 3530 8101
      3535 8097 3536 8092 3538 8098 3551 8092
      3552 8064 3565 8029 3561 8023
TIME...MOT...LOC 0018Z 358DEG 12KT 3552 8024 3540 8056
          3538 8090

$$

HG
768 
WWUS52 KGSP 070034
SVSGSP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
834 PM EDT WED JUL 6 2011

NCC159-070043-
/O.CAN.KGSP.SV.W.0526.000000T0000Z-110707T0100Z/
ROWAN NC-
834 PM EDT WED JUL 6 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN ROWAN COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

AT 833 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT 
THE LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAD MOVED SOUTH OF ROWAN COUNTY.

LAT...LON 3519 8050 3521 8055 3517 8061 3516 8086
      3547 8091 3547 8053 3550 8043 3550 8030
TIME...MOT...LOC 0033Z 345DEG 11KT 3548 8017 3536 8049
          3534 8083

$$

NCC025-119-070100-
/O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0526.000000T0000Z-110707T0100Z/
CABARRUS NC-MECKLENBURG NC-
834 PM EDT WED JUL 6 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN MECKLENBURG AND CABARRUS COUNTIES...

AT 833 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 CROFT TO CONCORD TO JUST 
SOUTH OF GOLD HILL...MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  CHARLOTTE MOTOR SPEEDWAY AND CROFT...
  HARRISBURG...
  UNC CHARLOTTE...
  I-77 AT I-85...
  CENTER CITY CHARLOTTE...MIDLAND...EASTLAND MALL AND MINT HILL...

LAT...LON 3519 8050 3521 8055 3517 8061 3516 8086
      3547 8091 3547 8053 3550 8043 3550 8030
TIME...MOT...LOC 0033Z 345DEG 11KT 3548 8017 3536 8049
          3534 8083

$$

HG
417 
WWUS52 KGSP 070045
SVSGSP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
845 PM EDT WED JUL 6 2011

NCC119-070053-
/O.CAN.KGSP.SV.W.0526.000000T0000Z-110707T0100Z/
MECKLENBURG NC-
845 PM EDT WED JUL 6 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN MECKLENBURG
COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

AT 843 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT 
THE LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAD MOVED EAST OF MECKLENBURG 
COUNTY.

LAT...LON 3536 8039 3535 8039 3534 8041 3521 8048
      3519 8050 3527 8066 3535 8069 3540 8077
      3541 8077 3542 8076 3542 8051 3550 8038
      3550 8030
TIME...MOT...LOC 0043Z 345DEG 11KT 3543 8032 3533 8048
          3533 8069

$$

NCC025-070100-
/O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0526.000000T0000Z-110707T0100Z/
CABARRUS NC-
845 PM EDT WED JUL 6 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT
FOR CABARRUS COUNTY...

AT 843 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 THE CHARLOTTE MOTOR 
SPEEDWAY TO MOUNT PLEASANT...MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH.

MOST AFFECTED THROUGH 9 PM WILL BE LOCATIONS FROM HARRISBURG AND 
POINTS SOUTHEAST.

LAT...LON 3536 8039 3535 8039 3534 8041 3521 8048
      3519 8050 3527 8066 3535 8069 3540 8077
      3541 8077 3542 8076 3542 8051 3550 8038
      3550 8030
TIME...MOT...LOC 0043Z 345DEG 11KT 3543 8032 3533 8048
          3533 8069

$$

HG
227 
WWUS52 KGSP 070051
SVSGSP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
851 PM EDT WED JUL 6 2011

NCC025-070101-
/O.EXP.KGSP.SV.W.0526.000000T0000Z-110707T0100Z/
CABARRUS NC-
851 PM EDT WED JUL 6 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CABARRUS COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
900 PM EDT...

AT 851 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT 
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER CABARRUS COUNTY HAD WEAKENED BELOW 
SEVERE LIMITS. THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE ON SCHEDULE.

LAT...LON 3536 8039 3535 8039 3534 8041 3521 8048
      3519 8050 3527 8066 3535 8069 3540 8077
      3541 8077 3542 8076 3542 8051 3550 8038
      3550 8030
TIME...MOT...LOC 0051Z 345DEG 11KT 3541 8031 3531 8047
          3531 8068

$$

HG

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 Jul 6, 7:45 PM EDT, 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 6, 7:45 PM EDT, 15 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
745 PM EDT WED JUL 6 2011

.SYNOPSIS...
ANOTHER WEAK FRONT WILL DROP DOWN FROM THE NORTH LATE THURSDAY AND
STALL OUT OVER OUR AREA TO END THE WEEK.  THE PROXIMITY OF THE
FRONT WILL MAINTAIN A GOOD CHANCE OF RAIN THROUGH THE END OF THE
WEEK.  WEAK HIGH PRESSURE WILL MOVE IN FOR THE WEEKEND...BRINGING
DRIER CONDITIONS AND HOTTER TEMPERATURES.

&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH THURSDAY/...
AS OF 745 PM...A SECOND WEAK SHORTWAVE IS ENTERING THE CWFA FROM THE
WEST...PROVIDING ENUF SUPPORT FOR INCREASED COVERAGE OF CONVECTION
ACRS WRN NC. PLENTY OF INSTBY IN PLACE TO KEEP ACTIVITY GOING THRU
THE EVENING...AS SHWRS/TSTMS TRACK FROM NC MTNS/FOOTHILLS INTO THE
PIEDMONT. TWEAKED POPS AGAIN TO REFLECT TRENDS. MOST OF THE CHANGES
FOR THIS UPDATE WERE FOR AVIATION GRIDS.

PREVIOUS DISCUSSION...
AT 1815Z...THE LATEST W/V IMAGES INDICATES A WEAK S/W MOVING OVER
THE NC MTNS. AHEAD OF THE WAVE...A THICK BAND OF MID AND HIGH CLOUDS
EXISTED ACROSS THE EASTERN SLOPES OF THE MTNS AND ADJACENT
FOOTHILLS...WITH ENHANCED CU AND ISO TSRA ACROSS THE PIEDMONT. THE
S/W WILL RIPPLE EAST FROM THE MTNS TO THE PIEDMONT THIS EVENING.
SHRA/TSRA SHOULD CONTINUE TO INCREASE AHEAD OF THE
DISTURBANCE...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT. BASED ON
THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THE S/W...IT APPEARS THAT CONDITIONS WILL BE
MORE SUITABLE FOR CONVECTION TO LINGER WELL INTO THE EVENING AND
POSSIBLY THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. I WILL CONTINUE TO ADVERTISE
LIKELY POPS ACROSS THE CWA INTO THE EVENING...KEEPING A CHC POP A
MOST LOCATIONS THROUGH THE PRE DAWN HOURS. MIN TEMPS TONIGHT ARE
FORECAST TO REMAIN A DEGREE OR TWO ABOVE NORMAL.

MORNING SOUNDINGS AT KFFC AND KGSO INDICATE VERY LITTLE CHANGE FROM
TUESDAY. THE FZL CONTINUE TO RANGE FROM 14 TO 15 KFT WITH WBZ ONLY A
FEW HUNDRED FEET BELOW THE FZL. CORE HEIGHTS WILL REMAIN QUITE
HIGH...WITH THE 55 DBZ HEIGHT AROUND 16 KFT AND THE 50 TO 55 DBZ
HEIGHT IN THE AROUND 33 KFT. FORECAST SOUNDINGS AND MODIFIED
OBSERVED SOUNDINGS INDICATE THAT CAPE VALUES WILL LIKELY RANGE FROM
2000 TO 3000 J/KG THIS AFTERNOON...WITH LESSER AMOUNTS UNDER THE
HIGH CLOUDS. DEEP MOIST PROFILE WILL NOT SUPPLY AN SIGNIFICANT LEVEL
OF DCAPE. SEVERAL OF THIS AFTERNOON/S STORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE
DAMAGING WET MICROBURSTS...ONE OR TWO STORMS MAY PRODUCE SEVERE
HAIL. THIS MORNING SOUNDINGS ALSO INDICATE AN INCREASE IN PW VALUES
FROM YESTERDAY...WITH VALUES AROUND 1.8 INCHES WITH K INDEX VALUES
IN THE MID TO UPPER 30S. RICH MOISTURE CONTENT...MODERATE
INSTABILITY...AND SLOW STORM MOTIONS WILL ALLOW A FEW AREAS TO
APPROACH FFW RAINFALL RATES. WE WILL CONTINUE TO HIGHLIGHT THE
SEVERE WIND AND EXCESSIVE RAINFALL THREAT IN THE HWO.

THURSDAY...ANOTHER WEAK VORT MAX IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE MTNS
DURING THE AFTERNOON. IT APPEARS THAT THE ENVIRONMENT WILL REMAIN
VIRTUALLY UNCHANGED FROM THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS. DURING THE
AFTERNOON...EXPECT MODERATE UNSTABLE CONDITIONS...HIGH FREEZING
LEVELS...WEAK SHEAR...AND HIGH PW VALUES. THE ENVIRONMENT COMBINED
WITH THE PASSING DISTURBANCE SHOULD YIELD ANOTHER AFTERNOON AND
EVENING WITH LIKELY POPS. THE POTENTIAL REMAINS FOR DAMAGING WET
MICROBURSTS AND AREAS OF EXCESSIVE RAINFALL...WE WILL CONTINUE TO
MENTION IN THE HWO. HIGH TEMPERATURES THURSDAY SHOULD VERIFY CLOSELY
TO PERSISTENCE FROM TODAY.

&&

.SHORT TERM /THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY/...
AT 2 PM EDT WEDNESDAY...AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL PERSIST OVER THE
OH AND TN VALLEYS THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT...THEN WILL WEAKEN AND
PROGRESS ACROSS THE EAST COAST ON SATURDAY. AN OLD FRONTAL BOUNDARY
WILL REMAIN TO OUR NORTH ON FRIDAY....THEN MOVES SOUTH ACROSS OUR
AREA EARLY SATURDAY. POPS WILL BE GREATEST IN THE MOIST AIR MASS
SOUTH OTHER FRONT ON FRIDAY...AND LOWER BEHIND THE FRONT ON
SATURDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL RUN SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL AS THE UPPER
TROUGH WEAKENS AND DEPARTS....FOLLOWED BY RISING HEIGHTS ALOFT.

&&

.LONG TERM /SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
AT 2 PM EDT WEDNESDAY...A FLAT UPPER RIDGE WILL BE CENTERED OVER THE
LOWER MS RIVER VALLEY FROM SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...WHILE A LOW
AMPLITUDE UPPER TROUGH RESIDES OVER ATLANTIC CANADA. A WEAK
STATIONARY FRONT WILL BE OVER THE CAROLINAS ON SUNDAY. WEAK HIGH
PRESSURE WILL BE CENTERED OVER THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS ON MONDAY
AND TUESDAY. A BACK DOOR COLD FRONT REACHES THE CAROLINAS AND
NORTHEAST GA ON WEDNESDAY. SMALL CHANCE POPS WILL BE CARRIED...
GREATEST IN THE MOUNTAINS FOR OROGRAPHIC EFFECTS. TEMPERATURES WILL
BE NEAR NORMAL ON SUNDAY AS A WEAK UPPER LOW FILLS OVER SC...THEN
WILL RUN A CATEGORY OR TWO ABOVE NORMAL THROUGH TUESDAY AS THE UPPER
RIDGE BROADENS FROM THE MS RIVER VALLEY TO THE EAST COAST. ON
WEDNESDAY MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES FALL TOWARD NORMAL AS THE BACK DOOR
FRONT ARRIVES WITH INCREASED CLOUD COVER.

&&

.AVIATION /00Z THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY/...
AT KCLT...AN OUTFLOW BNDRY FROM STORMS NORTH OF THE AIRFIELD WILL
REACH THE TERMINAL BY 0030Z. TDWR VELOCITIES INDICATE GUSTS UP TO
NEAR 20 KTS POSSIBLE. ALSO...SHWRS AND TSTMS ARE DEVELOPING ALONG
THE BNDRY. CONFIDENCE OF TS IS TOO LOW TO MENTION IN THE TAF...BUT
MAY BE ADDED WITH AMENDMENT SHORTLY. GUIDANCE INDICATE POTENTIAL FOR
FOG. WILL KEEP MVFR VSBY ARND DAYBREAK. FAIRLY WIDESPREAD
SHWRS/TSTMS EXPECTED AGAIN THU AFTN. SO ALREADY HAVE SH AND CB
MENTION AFTER 18Z.

ELSEWHERE...SHWRS AND TSTMS ARE GETTING A LATE START...BUT AT TIME
OF 00Z TAF ISSUANCE...COVERAGE WAS INCREASING ON RADAR. WILL KEEP CB
MENTION AT ALL SITES FOR NEXT 3-5 HOURS...WITH A TEMPO FOR TS AT
KHKY DUE TO CLOSE PROXIMITY OF CELLS THERE. STILL EXPECT COVERAGE TO
DECREASE LATER THIS EVENING WITH LOSS OF HEATING...LEAVING PLENTY OF
VFR CLOUDINESS INTO THE OVERNIGHT. GIVEN VERY MOIST CONDITIONS AND
POSSIBILITY OF RAIN AT SEVERAL OF THE TAF SITES THIS EVENING...MVFR
FOG LOOKS LIKELY EAST OF THE MTNS LATE TONIGHT...WITH IFR CONDITIONS
NEAR KAVL. FOG WILL DISSIPATE ONE TO TWO HOURS AFTER SUNRISE
THURSDAY.

OUTLOOK...A VERY UNSETTLED PATTERN WILL RESULT IN CONTINUED HIGH
CHANCES FOR AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. AS THE ATMOSPHERE
MOISTENS THROUGH A DEEPER LAYER...THE CHANCES FOR AREAS OF MORNING
FOG...LOW STRATUS...AND NOCTURNAL SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL INCREASE
THROUGH LATE WEEK.

&&

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

&&

SYNOPSIS...DEO
NEAR TERM...ARK/NED
SHORT TERM...JAT
LONG TERM...JAT
AVIATION...ARK
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 6, 7:56 PM EDT, 4 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
756 PM EDT WED JUL 6 2011

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065-
068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-080000-
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-
756 PM EDT WED JUL 6 2011

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL LINGER ACROSS THE AREA
THROUGH THIS EVENING. A FEW OF THE STORMS MAY BE CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. THE STORMS WILL BE SLOW
MOVING AND WILL PRODUCE LOCALLY VERY HEAVY RAIN. FLOODING WILL BE
POSSIBLE WHERE THUNDERSTORMS BECOME STATIONARY OR REPEATEDLY MOVE
ACROSS THE SAME AREAS. MOST OF THE SHOWERS AND STORMS SHOULD END
AFTER SUNSET.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

SEVERAL ROUNDS OF SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY ARE EXPECTED
FOR THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. THE ATMOSPHERE OVER THE REGION WILL BE
VERY MOIST DURING THIS PERIOD. THIS WILL SET THE STAGE FOR AN
INCREASING FLASH FLOOD THREAT FOR THE END OF THE WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

NONE.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 6, 4:57 PM EDT, 3 hours 3 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
457 PM EDT WED JUL 6 2011

NCZ505-506-062130-
EASTERN MCDOWELL-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-
457 PM EDT WED JUL 6 2011

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHERN MCDOWELL COUNTY THROUGH
530 PM EDT...

AT 457 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF OLD FORT...OR 7 MILES WEST
OF MARION...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  MARION...
  GLENWOOD...

DIME SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM. TORRENTIAL RAINFALL AT RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR CAN BE
EXPECTED AS WELL.

LAT...LON 3561 8187 3552 8197 3555 8201 3553 8203
      3553 8209 3552 8214 3565 8228 3578 8212

HG
Local storm report, Jul 6, 5:31 PM EDT, 2 hours 29 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
531 PM EDT WED JUL 06 2011

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

0405 PM     TSTM WND DMG     2 WSW MARION            35.67N 82.04W
07/06/2011                   MCDOWELL           NC   911 CALL CENTER

            COUNTY REPORTS ONE TREE DOWN ALONG NIX CREEK ROAD. THE
            PUBLIC ALSO REPORTED TREES DOWN IN THE MARION AREA AT
            THIS TIME.

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BSH
Special weather statement, Jul 6, 7:00 PM EDT, 1 hour before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
700 PM EDT WED JUL 6 2011

NCZ057-062330-
ROWAN-
700 PM EDT WED JUL 6 2011

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EASTERN ROWAN COUNTY THROUGH 730
PM EDT...

AT 659 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF HIGH ROCK LAKE...OR 8 MILES
EAST OF SALISBURY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH.

DIME SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL ALSO PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AT
RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR. ISOLATED FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND
POOR DRAINAGE AREAS MAY RESULT.

LAT...LON 3557 8039 3574 8048 3575 8046 3573 8042
      3573 8034 3571 8032 3568 8033 3567 8030
      3564 8028 3564 8026 3562 8025

HG
Special weather statement, Jul 6, 7:28 PM EDT, 32 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
728 PM EDT WED JUL 6 2011

NCZ064-070000-
TRANSYLVANIA-
728 PM EDT WED JUL 6 2011

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY
THROUGH 800 PM EDT...

AT 729 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES EAST OF ROSMAN...OR 6 MILES SOUTH OF
BREVARD...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

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

LAT...LON 3527 8274 3518 8259 3514 8258 3512 8263
      3513 8265 3512 8266 3513 8268 3510 8270
      3510 8272 3507 8276 3507 8278 3508 8278
      3508 8281 3513 8288

HG
Special weather statement, Jul 6, 7:50 PM EDT, 10 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
750 PM EDT WED JUL 6 2011

NCZ053-064-065-070015-
BUNCOMBE-HENDERSON-TRANSYLVANIA-
750 PM EDT WED JUL 6 2011

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN TRANSYLVANIA...
NORTHWESTERN HENDERSON AND SOUTHWESTERN BUNCOMBE COUNTIES THROUGH 815
PM EDT...

AT 749 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES EAST OF CRUSO...OR 14 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
DOWNTOWN ASHEVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

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

DIME SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH
THIS STORM. TORRENTIAL RAINFALL AT RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR
CAN BE EXPECTED AS WELL.

LAT...LON 3539 8241 3523 8263 3538 8280 3539 8277
      3541 8274 3543 8275 3544 8278 3546 8279
      3555 8270

HG
Special weather statement, Jul 6, 7:54 PM EDT, 6 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
754 PM EDT WED JUL 6 2011

NCZ036-057-071-072-070030-
CABARRUS-IREDELL-MECKLENBURG-ROWAN-
754 PM EDT WED JUL 6 2011

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT CABARRUS...NORTHERN
MECKLENBURG...SOUTHEASTERN IREDELL AND SOUTHERN ROWAN COUNTIES
THROUGH 830 PM EDT...

AT 754 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM CRAVEN TO KANNAPOLIS
TO 4 MILES WEST OF CORNELIUS...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH.

THESE STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  ROCKWELL...
  HUNTERSVILLE...
  CONCORD...

PEA SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE
STORMS. HEAVY RAINFALL FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY ALSO 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.

LAT...LON 3550 8029 3542 8035 3531 8057 3530 8098
      3534 8099 3536 8092 3537 8098 3539 8096
      3545 8094 3550 8096 3555 8095 3556 8068
      3572 8033 3568 8033 3564 8029 3558 8020
      3550 8018

HG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 6, 8:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPBurke28 min
Jul 6, 8:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPTransylvania24 min
Jul 6, 8:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPHenderson33 min
Jul 6, 9:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPMcDowell27 min
Jul 6, 9:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPCleveland38 min
Jul 6, 11:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPRutherford40 min
Jul 7, 3:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPMcDowell41 min
Jul 7, 3:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPYancey33 min
Jul 7, 3:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPGaston28 min
Jul 7, 4:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPMcDowell25 min
Jul 7, 4:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPAlexander24 min
Jul 7, 4:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPMecklenburg37 min
Jul 7, 4:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPCatawba24 min
Jul 7, 4:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPCabarrus31 min
Jul 7, 4:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPAlexander, Burke, Caldwell, Catawba, Iredell48 min
Jul 7, 5:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPCabarrus27 min
Jul 7, 5:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPCleveland30 min
Jul 7, 5:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPCabarrus32 min
Jul 7, 5:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPGaston, Lincoln38 min
Jul 7, 5:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPRowan32 min
Jul 7, 6:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPRowan24 min
Jul 7, 6:13 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPCatawba, Lincoln107 min
Jul 7, 6:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPCleveland24 min
Jul 7, 6:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPGaston, Lincoln31 min
Jul 7, 6:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPCleveland26 min
Jul 7, 7:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPUnion24 min
Jul 7, 7:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPUnion34 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.