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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 538, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 13, 2011, 4:10 PM EDT for Cabarrus County, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. It was in force for 80 min. 4 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
- Jul 13, 2011, 4:10 PM EDT (20:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 13, 2011, 5:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 80 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Cabarrus County, NC, Mecklenburg County, NC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 136 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:13 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, 4:58 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 5 Sw Charlotte, NC | MULTIPLE TREES DOWN ON SHOPTON ROAD. |
| Jul 13, 5:07 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Charlotte, NC | TREE DOWN NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF W 4TH STREET AND POPLAR ST. |
| Jul 13, 5:10 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Charlotte, NC | MULTIPLE REPORTS OF POWER LINES DOWN IN CHARLOTTE AREA...BRADFORD DR...FAIRGROUNDS ST...WESTERLY HILLS DR. |
| Jul 13, 5:11 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Charlotte, NC | TREE DOWN ON HOUSE IN CHARLOTTE. NO INJURIES. |
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 4 storm reports to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 48 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, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 120 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.
890
WUUS52 KGSP 132010
SVRGSP
NCC025-119-132130-
/O.NEW.KGSP.SV.W.0538.110713T2010Z-110713T2130Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
410 PM EDT WED JUL 13 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
CABARRUS COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...
MECKLENBURG COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 530 PM EDT
* AT 409 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 11 MILES NORTH OF KANNAPOLIS TO
25 MILES WEST OF CORNELIUS...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES
WEST OF SALISBURY TO 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF LINCOLNTON...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
DAVIDSON AND CORNELIUS...
KANNAPOLIS...
HUNTERSVILLE...
CONCORD...
CHARLOTTE MOTOR SPEEDWAY AND MOUNT PLEASANT...
I-77 AT I-85 AND UNC CHARLOTTE...
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.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.
&&
LAT...LON 3519 8050 3521 8055 3503 8077 3503 8081
3518 8100 3530 8101 3535 8097 3536 8092
3537 8096 3536 8097 3538 8098 3539 8096
3549 8095 3551 8092 3550 8030
TIME...MOT...LOC 2010Z 314DEG 33KT 3564 8059 3552 8130
$$
071 follow-up statement
695
WWUS52 KGSP 132057
SVSGSP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
457 PM EDT WED JUL 13 2011
NCC025-119-132130-
/O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0538.000000T0000Z-110713T2130Z/
CABARRUS NC-MECKLENBURG NC-
457 PM EDT WED JUL 13 2011
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM EDT
FOR MECKLENBURG AND CABARRUS COUNTIES...
AT 455 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER
SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS
WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES NORTH OF KANNAPOLIS
TO 15 MILES WEST OF PAW CREEK...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 11
MILES NORTH OF CONCORD TO 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GASTONIA...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
KANNAPOLIS...
PAW CREEK AND CROFT...
I-77 AT I-85 AND CHARLOTTE MOTOR SPEEDWAY...
CENTER CITY CHARLOTTE AND HARRISBURG...
SOUTHPARK MALL AND EASTLAND MALL...
MIDLAND...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD BE ALERT FOR LARGE HAIL AND
DAMAGING WINDS. FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN CAN OCCUR
WITH ANY THUNDERSTORM. SEEK SHELTER INDOORS AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND
DOORS UNTIL THE STORM PASSES.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.
&&
LAT...LON 3519 8050 3521 8055 3503 8077 3503 8081
3518 8100 3530 8101 3535 8097 3536 8092
3537 8096 3536 8097 3538 8098 3539 8096
3549 8095 3551 8092 3550 8030
TIME...MOT...LOC 2057Z 314DEG 33KT 3554 8061 3520 8119
$$
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, 2:57 PM EDT, 1 hour 13 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 13, 2:57 PM EDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 257 PM EDT WED JUL 13 2011 .SYNOPSIS... A COLD FRONT WILL DRIFT SLOWLY FROM NORTH TO SOUTH ACROSS OUR AREA TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. A RIDGE OF SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL BRING COOLER AIR DOWN THE EAST COAST INTO THE WEEKEND. A STRONG UPPER RIDGE WILL BUILD IN FROM THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY NEXT WEEK AND RETURN OUR REGION TO ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT/... 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 IN THE LOW TO MID 70S AND TEMPS IN THE 90S SHOULD RESULT IN A VERY SHALLOW LAYER OF CIN WITH MODERATE TO HIGH CAPE VALUES. AT A S/W SWINGS ACROSS THE MID ATLANTIC THIS EVENING...MID LEVEL WINDS WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE I-40 CORRDIOR WITH WEAK BAND OF FORCING. BASED ON THE INSTABILITY AND FORCING...IT APPEARS THAT THE GREATEST SVR TSRA POTENTIAL WILL OCCUR ACROSS I-40 CORRIDOR...HIGHLIGHTED WITH SVR WATCH 638 UNTIL 10 PM. OTHERWISE...EXPECT SCT COVERAGE ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NE GA...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE MTNS. 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. 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. DEWPOINTS WILL REMAIN ELEVATED ACROSS THE REGION BETWEEN THE TWO SURFACE FEATURES...WITH THE HIGHEST VALUES EAST OF THE SFC TROF. LATEST OBS ALONG AND EAST OF I-85 INDICATE HI VALUES OF 103 TO 105. THE HEAT ADVISORY CONTINUES UNTIL 9 PM. OVERNIGHT AND THURSDAY...A BACK DOOR COLD FRONT WILL SLIDE SOUTH...REACHING THE CWA THURSDAY MORNING. BY THE AFTERNOON...THE FRONT IS EXPECTED TO STALL ACROSS THE UPSTATE OF SC. MODELS ARE QUITE ACTIVE WITH CONVECTION ALONG THE BOUNDARY. FAVORING THE GFS...I WILL FAVOR THE UPPER SAVANNAH RIVER VALLEY AND NC MTNS FOR POPS. THE LATEST DY2 SPC OUTLOOK INDICATES A GENERAL RISK. I WILL FORECAST CHC POPS SW WITH SCHC NE. HIGH TEMPS SHOULD VERIFY SEVERAL CATES BELOW VALUES OBSERVED EARLIER THIS WEEK...WITH U80S FAVORED. && .SHORT TERM /FRIDAY/... 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 /FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... AS OF 230 PM WEDNESDAY...AS THE CENTER OF THE SURFACE HIGH SHIFTS FARTHER OFFSHORE...STILL EXPECT A WEAK MOIST FETCH FROM THE ATLANTIC FEEDING IN ACROSS GEORGIA AND SOUTHERN SOUTH CAROLINA INTO SUNDAY. THIS WEAK FLOW BREAKS DOWN BY LATE SUNDAY. BOTH THE GFS AND ECMWF HAVE A WEAK TROPICAL SYSTEM FORMING EAST OF JACKSONVILLE FLORIDA SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT...BUT MOVES THIS OUT TO SEA AS THE UPPER RIDGE BUILDS OVER THE MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. GOING INTO DAY 6 AND 7...THERE WAS BIG DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE GFS AND ECMWF...AS THE GFS DUG AN UPPER TROUGH DOWN THE EAST COAST AS THE ECMWF WAS BUILDING THE MISSISSIPPI RIDGE TOWARD THE CAROLINAS. THE LATEST RUN OF THE GFS IS TRENDING TOWARD THE ECMWF WITH THE RIDGE BUILDING IN FROM THE WEST. THE CONSENSUS IS FOR THE TEMPERATURES TO SLOWLY CLIMB BACK INTO THE 90S NEXT WEEK FOR THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT AND AROUND 90 DEGREES FOR THE MOUNTAINS BY MID WEEK. A SHORTWAVE COMING AROUND THE TOP OF THE RIDGE MAY GIVE MAINLY NC PIEDMONT SECTIONS A FEW SHOWERS AND STORMS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...BY THAT TIME THE RIDGE MAY SUPPRESS ALL ENERGY TO OFF THE MID ATLANTIC COAST. && .AVIATION /19Z 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...DEO NEAR TERM...NED SHORT TERM...CSH LONG TERM...DEO AVIATION...NED
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 13, 2:24 PM EDT, 1 hour 46 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, 3:40 PM EDT, 30 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
340 PM EDT WED JUL 13 2011
SCZ014-132030-
CHESTER-
340 PM EDT WED JUL 13 2011
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHERN CHESTER COUNTY THROUGH
430 PM EDT...
AT 335 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR CORNWELL...OR 7 MILES SOUTH OF CHESTER...
MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO CORNWELL...
CHESTER AND BLACKSTOCK.
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 3454 8097 3456 8129 3457 8132 3472 8125
3465 8092
07Special weather statement, Jul 13, 3:48 PM EDT, 22 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 348 PM EDT WED JUL 13 2011 NCZ056-068>070-504-132030- CATAWBA-CLEVELAND-GASTON-GREATER BURKE-LINCOLN- 348 PM EDT WED JUL 13 2011 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN CLEVELAND... NORTHWESTERN GASTON...SOUTHEASTERN BURKE...SOUTHWESTERN CATAWBA AND WESTERN LINCOLN COUNTIES THROUGH 430 PM EDT... AT 344 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF COOKSVILLE...OR 16 MILES WEST OF LINCOLNTON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WACO... VALE...LINCOLNTON...FALLSTON...CROUSE...COOKSVILLE...CHERRYVILLE... CASAR AND BELWOOD. 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 3549 8122 3529 8141 3552 8165 3566 8155 07
Local storm report, Jul 13, 3:53 PM EDT, 17 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
353 PM EDT WED JUL 13 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0350 PM TSTM WND DMG MOCKSVILLE 35.90N 80.56W
07/13/2011 DAVIE NC FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
MULTIPLE POWERLINES DOWN.
&&
ZHARGROVLocal storm report, Jul 13, 4:00 PM EDT, 10 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
400 PM EDT WED JUL 13 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0325 PM TSTM WND DMG STATESVILLE 35.79N 80.89W
07/13/2011 IREDELL NC EMERGENCY MNGR
POWER LINES DOWN JUST EAST OF STATESVILLE ON TWIN OAKS
ROAD.
&&
ZHARGROVSpecial weather statement, Jul 13, 4:00 PM EDT, 10 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
400 PM EDT WED JUL 13 2011
SCZ001-004-132045-
GREATER OCONEE-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-
400 PM EDT WED JUL 13 2011
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL OCONEE COUNTY THROUGH
445 PM EDT...
AT 356 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES EAST OF LONG CREEK...OR 7 MILES WEST OF
WALHALLA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
WESTMINSTER...WALHALLA...SENECA...MOUNTAIN REST AND LONG 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 3482 8329 3481 8327 3484 8327 3488 8321
3488 8320 3490 8319 3491 8317 3473 8289
3455 8310 3479 8333
07Local storm report, Jul 13, 4:04 PM EDT, 6 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
404 PM EDT WED JUL 13 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0354 PM TSTM WND DMG COOLEEMEE 35.81N 80.56W
07/13/2011 DAVIE NC EMERGENCY MNGR
TREE DOWN NEAR SHOPPING CENTER IN COOLEEMEE.
&&
ZHARGROVThe 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, 2:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | McDowell, Rutherford | 67 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, 4:28 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 |
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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.