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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 534, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 13, 2011, 2:53 PM EDT for McDowell County, Rutherford County, North Carolina. It was in force for 67 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 13, 2011, 2:53 PM EDT (18:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 13, 2011, 4:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 67 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties McDowell County, NC, Rutherford County, NC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:53 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 13, 3:36 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 7 N Rutherfordton, NC | THREE TREES DOWN ON PAINTERS GAP ROAD. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
Did it verify
Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched one storm report to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 43 minutes after it went out.
Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 6.9 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1682 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -64 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1022 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -37 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 8 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
381
WUUS52 KGSP 131853
SVRGSP
NCC111-161-132000-
/O.NEW.KGSP.SV.W.0534.110713T1853Z-110713T2000Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
253 PM EDT WED JUL 13 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN MCDOWELL COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
NORTHWESTERN RUTHERFORD COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 400 PM EDT
* AT 249 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF OLD FORT...
OR 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MARION...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SUGAR
HILL...THERMAL CITY...GLENWOOD...FERO AND DYSARTSVILLE
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.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.
&&
LAT...LON 3565 8184 3561 8183 3535 8200 3552 8221
3553 8217 3556 8224 3558 8228 3573 8216
TIME...MOT...LOC 1853Z 303DEG 4KT 3560 8213
$$
072 follow-up statements
322
WWUS52 KGSP 131928
SVSGSP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
328 PM EDT WED JUL 13 2011
NCC111-161-132000-
/O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0534.000000T0000Z-110713T2000Z/
MCDOWELL NC-RUTHERFORD NC-
328 PM EDT WED JUL 13 2011
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN RUTHERFORD AND SOUTHERN MCDOWELL COUNTIES...
AT 323 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED 5 MILES WEST OF THERMAL CITY...OR 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF
RUTHERFORDTON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
DYSARTSVILLE
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD BE ALERT FOR LARGE HAIL AND
DAMAGING WINDS. FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN CAN OCCUR
WITH ANY THUNDERSTORM. SEEK SHELTER INDOORS AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND
DOORS UNTIL THE STORM PASSES.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.
&&
LAT...LON 3565 8184 3561 8183 3535 8200 3552 8221
3553 8217 3556 8224 3571 8207
TIME...MOT...LOC 1928Z 303DEG 4KT 3550 8205
$$
07558
WWUS52 KGSP 131953
SVSGSP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
353 PM EDT WED JUL 13 2011
NCC111-161-132003-
/O.EXP.KGSP.SV.W.0534.000000T0000Z-110713T2000Z/
MCDOWELL NC-RUTHERFORD NC-
353 PM EDT WED JUL 13 2011
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN RUTHERFORD AND
SOUTHERN MCDOWELL COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 400 PM EDT...
THE THUNDERSTORM WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.
LAT...LON 3565 8184 3561 8183 3535 8200 3552 8221
3553 8217 3556 8224 3571 8207
TIME...MOT...LOC 1953Z 303DEG 4KT 3548 8202
$$
07What 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 13, 1:52 PM EDT, 1 hour 1 minute earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 13, 1:52 PM EDT, 1 hour 1 minute before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 152 PM EDT WED JUL 13 2011 .SYNOPSIS... A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH INTO THE AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON...AND MOVE SLOWLY SOUTH ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT. A RIDGE OF SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO THE AREA BEHIND THE FRONT AND STRENGTHEN THROUGH LATE WEEK...BEFORE WEAKENING EARLY NEXT WEEK. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/... AT THE SFC...A SHALLOW TROF WILL EXIST PRIMARILY ALONG AND NORTH OF THE I-20 CORRIDOR THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A SLOW MOVING WEST TO EAST COLD FRONT WILL SLOWLY DRIFT SOUTH ACROSS THE MID APPALACHIAN REGION...REMAINING WELL NORTH OF THE CWA. ALOFT...H7 TO H5 RIDGE WILL BREAK DOWN SLIGHTLY ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST. DEWPOINTS WILL REMAIN ELEVATED ACROSS THE REGION BETWEEN THE TWO SURFACE FEATURES...WITH THE HIGHEST VALUES EAST OF THE SFC TROF. BASED ON THE LATEST OBSERVATIONS AND LAMP GUIDANCE IT APPEARS THAT MOST AREAS WILL SEE HIGHS IN THE U90S THIS AFTERNOON. THE OVERLAP OF THE HIGHEST TEMPS AND DEWPOINTS CONTINUES TO APPEAR ALONG AND EAST OF I-85...RESULTING HI VALUES AROUND 105 FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS. THE HEAT ADVISORY CONTINUES TO LOOK WELL PLACED AND TIMED. OTHERWISE...OBSERVED SOUNDINGS AND LATEST MESOSCALE ANALYSIS INDICATES A DEEP LAYER OF CIN ACROSS THE CWA...ASSOCIATED MAINLY WITH AN H85 INVERSION. IT APPEARS THAT DEEP CONVECTION WILL DEVELOP OVER THE MTN RIDGES DURING THE EARLY AND MID AFTERNOON. COVERAGE SHOULD GRADUALLY SPREAD EAST WITH COOL POOLS...BUT COVERAGE APPEARS SCT A BEST. I WILL MAINTAIN SOLID CHC POPS ACROSS THE MTNS AND WILL REDUCE POPS TO 30 PERCENT ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT. LITTLE TO NO UPPER SUPPORT SHOULD RESULT IN TYPICAL REDUCTION IN COVERAGE WITH SUNSET...DRY BY THE LATE NIGHT HOURS. MIN TEMPS MAY PEAK A DEGREE OR TWO COOLER THAN PERSISTENCE. THE 12Z SOUNDINGS AT KGSO AND KFFC OBSERVED HIGH FZL BETWEEN 15.2 TO 15.5 KFT WITH THE WBZ ABOVE 14 KFT. CORE HEIGHTS WILL REMAIN VERY ELEVATED...WITH THE 55 DBZ CORE NEAR 30 KFT. MODIFIED SOUNDINGS INDICATE CAPES AROUND 4000 J/KG THIS AFTERNOON...HIGHER VALUES POSSIBLE OVER THE UPPER SAVANNAH RIVER VALLEY. BASED ON THE TEMPERATURE PROFILES AND MODERATE TO HIGH CAPE IT APPEARS THAT A COUPLE OF SEVERE WET MICROBURSTS ARE POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION...PW BETWEEN 1.9 TO 2 INCHES AND SLOW STORM MOTIONS COULD RESULT IN ISO AREAS OF HEAVY TO EXCESSIVE RAINFALL. WE WILL CONTINUE TO MENTION DAMAGING WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN IN THE HWO. && .SHORT TERM /THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT/... AS OF 130 PM WEDNESDAY...AS SFC RIDGING CONTINUES TO NOSE INTO THE REGION...SHORT RANGE MODEL CONSENSUS DEPICTS DEEP LAYER RH BAND LINGERING ATOP THE SW CWFA THURSDAY NIGHT. THE DEGREE OF E TO SE 925-850MB FLOW IS UNCERTAIN...BUT FOR NOW...WILL MAINTAIN CHANCE POPS ACRS THE SOUTHERN AND WESTERN CWFA. DO NOT PREFER THE 12 UTC NAM MASS FIELDS ON FRIDAY WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF LOW PRESSURE ALONG THE COASTAL FRONT. WILL FAVOR THE GFS/SREF SOLUTION IN DEVELOPING A WEAK SELY 85H FLOW ALONG WITH PWAT VALUES CREEPING TO ABOVE NORMAL LEVELS. GIVEN THIS...SENSIBLE WX WILL CONTINUE TO FEATURE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS...A MID CHANCE POP. GIVEN WEAK STEERING FLOW AND A WEAK LLVL WAA/UPSLOPE FLOW...THERE REMAINS THE POSSIBILITY OF LOCALLY HEAVY/EXCESSIVE RAIN. THE LATEST MOS BLEND CONTINUES TO SUPPORT THE GOING COOLISH MAX...PERHAPS AS MUCH AS 5 DEG F BELOW CLIMO. WILL CONTINUE TO FAVOR THE OP GFS/SREF MASS FIELDS FOR SATURDAY AS WELL IN WHERE THEY LINGER SOME DEGREE OF SELY FLOW ABOVE WEAK SFC RIDGE. WOULD EXPECT ONLY NOMINAL CHANGES TO THE ABV NORMAL PWAT VALUES ATOP THE REGION...WHICH IN THEORY WOULD SUPPORT SIMILAR DEEP CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT TO FRIDAY. AGAIN...WITH THE EXPECTED CLOUDS...SHOWERS AND THE LINGERING EASTERLY FLOW...MAX TEMPERATURES EXPECTED TO BE ABOUT 5 DEG F BELOW CLIMO ONCE AGAIN. && .LONG TERM /SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/... AS OF 315 AM WEDNESDAY...THERE WILL PROBABLY BE ONE MORE DAY OF RELATIVELY COOL/SHOWERY WEATHER ON SATURDAY...AS THE SURFACE RIDGE REMAINS IN PLACE. AFTER THAT...DRIER AIR IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN CIRCULATING INTO THE REGION. THIS PROBABLY WILL NOT CUT OFF CONVECTION COMPLETELY...BUT IT SHOULD BECOME MORE ISOLATED AND DIURNAL IN NATURE. OTHERWISE...THE GLOBAL MODELS CONTINUE TO DEPICT DEVELOPMENT OF A HIGH AMPLITUDE PATTERN NEXT WEEK...WITH A MAJOR UPPER HIGH DEVELOPING ACROSS THE CENTRAL CONUS. BY DAY 7...THE RIDGE IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN EXPANDING TO THE EAST...LEADING TO A SIGNIFICANT WARMING TREND...WITH TEMPS LIKELY RETURNING TO ABOVE NORMAL BY TUESDAY. && .AVIATION /18Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY/... AT KCLT AND ELSEWHERE...DEEP CONVECTION WILL FAVOR THE HIGH TERRAIN AND UPPER SAVANNAH RIVER VALLEY THROUGH MID AFTERNOON. AS THE ATMOS DESTABILIZES AND COOL POOLS ADVANCE COVERAGE WILL INCREASE...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE MTNS AND FOOTHILLS. I WILL INCLUDE A CB MENTION FOR EVERY TAF SITE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH MID EVENING. LATE TONIGHT...TAF SITES EAST OF THE MTNS SHOULD REMAIN VFR...BUT MVFR FOG IS POSSIBLE IF THE TERMINAL RECEIVES MEASURABLE RAIN. KAVL WILL LIKELY SEE MVFR FOG OR LESS LATE TONIGHT...GIVEN A WARM CROSS OVER TEMP. LIGHT NORTHEAST WINDS DEVELOPING THURSDAY MORNING WITH SCT TO BKN DEBRIS CLOUDS. OUTLOOK...SCATTERED DIURNAL CONVECTION AND EARLY MORNING FOG... ESPECIALLY AT KAVL...CAN BE EXPECTED INTO THE WEEKEND. RIDGE BUILDS IN FROM THE NE BEGINNING SUN WHICH SHOULD LIMIT CONVECTION TO SLIGHT CHC FOR THE FIRST PART OF NEXT WEEK. AN EXPERIMENTAL AVIATION FORECAST CONSISTENCY TABLE SHOWING THE PERCENTAGE OF GUIDANCE MEMBERS AGREEING WITH THE SCHEDULED ISSUANCE CATEGORY IS AVAILABLE AT FOLLOWING LINK (USE LOWER CASE)... WWW.WEATHER.GOV/GSP/AVIATION/TABLES.HTM && .GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...HEAT ADVISORY UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR GAZ026-028-029. NC...HEAT ADVISORY UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR NCZ071-072-082. SC...HEAT ADVISORY UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR SCZ009>014-019. && SYNOPSIS...JDL NEAR TERM...NED SHORT TERM...JDL LONG TERM...JDL AVIATION...NED
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 13, 2:24 PM EDT, 29 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 224 PM EDT WED JUL 13 2011 GAZ010-017-018-NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-068>070-501>510- SCZ001>008-141830- RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD- BUNCOMBE-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-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS- GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS- GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE- 224 PM EDT WED JUL 13 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING IN ASSOCIATION WITH A WEAK COLD FRONT. THE MAIN THREATS WITH THESE STORMS WILL BE FROM FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAINFALL. HOWEVER...A FEW STORMS COULD PRODUCE BRIEF PERIODS OF LOCALLY DAMAGING WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. 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. NCZ035>037-056-057-141830- ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-CATAWBA-ROWAN- 224 PM EDT WED JUL 13 2011 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 638 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 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...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. 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. GAZ026-028-029-NCZ071-072-082-SCZ009>014-019-141830- FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC-YORK-ANDERSON- ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- 224 PM EDT WED JUL 13 2011 ...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT 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. HEAT ADVISORY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING IN ASSOCIATION WITH A WEAK COLD FRONT. THE MAIN THREATS WITH THESE STORMS WILL BE FROM FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAINFALL. HOWEVER...A FEW STORMS COULD PRODUCE BRIEF PERIODS OF LOCALLY DAMAGING WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. 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, Jul 13, 2:16 PM EDT, 37 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
216 PM EDT WED JUL 13 2011
NCZ053-065-131900-
BUNCOMBE-HENDERSON-
216 PM EDT WED JUL 13 2011
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHWESTERN HENDERSON AND
SOUTHWESTERN BUNCOMBE COUNTIES THROUGH 300 PM EDT...
AT 211 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR CANDLER...OR 9 MILES WEST OF DOWNTOWN
ASHEVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO I-26 AT
I-40...SKYLAND...MILLS RIVER...LEICESTER...FLETCHER...CANDLER...
BILTMORE FOREST...BENT CREEK AND AVERY CREEK.
VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 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 3551 8238 3531 8257 3549 8280 3553 8278
3554 8276 3556 8278 3557 8277 3560 8279
3567 8272
07Special weather statement, Jul 13, 2:28 PM EDT, 25 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
228 PM EDT WED JUL 13 2011
NCZ035-036-056-131915-
ALEXANDER-CATAWBA-IREDELL-
228 PM EDT WED JUL 13 2011
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT ALEXANDER...NORTHERN CATAWBA AND
WESTERN IREDELL COUNTIES THROUGH 315 PM EDT...
AT 224 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR TAYLORSVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH.
THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
TAYLORSVILLE...
STONY POINT...
VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 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 3603 8117 3604 8115 3591 8091 3572 8110
3592 8134 3594 8134 3603 8124 3604 8121
3604 8118
07Special weather statement, Jul 13, 2:45 PM EDT, 8 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
245 PM EDT WED JUL 13 2011
NCZ505-506-508-131930-
EASTERN MCDOWELL-GREATER RUTHERFORD-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-
245 PM EDT WED JUL 13 2011
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHERN RUTHERFORD AND SOUTHERN
MCDOWELL COUNTIES THROUGH 330 PM EDT...
AT 240 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR OLD FORT...OR 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MARION...
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO THERMAL
CITY...SUGAR HILL...OLD FORT...GLENWOOD AND FERO.
VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 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 3562 8186 3541 8200 3548 8212 3553 8209
3552 8215 3556 8222 3556 8224 3559 8228
3573 8219
07The office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 13, 2:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Buncombe | 44 min |
| Jul 13, 2:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Alexander | 47 min |
| Jul 13, 2:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Alexander, Catawba, Iredell | 58 min |
| Jul 13, 2:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | McDowell | 45 min |
| Jul 13, 3:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Burke | 39 min |
| Jul 13, 3:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Burke, Catawba, Davie, Iredell, Lincoln, Mecklenburg and 1 more | 57 min |
| Jul 13, 3:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Lincoln | 42 min |
| Jul 13, 3:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Burke, Catawba, Cleveland, Gaston, Lincoln, Polk and 1 more | 78 min |
| Jul 13, 4:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Mecklenburg | 80 min |
| Jul 13, 4:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Union | 62 min |
| Jul 13, 4:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Mecklenburg | 75 min |
| Jul 13, 5:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Union | 57 min |
| Jul 13, 6:24 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Cabarrus, Mecklenburg | 66 min |
| Jul 13, 7:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Henderson | 43 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.