Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 549, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 25, 2011, 6:07 PM EDT for Union County, North Carolina. It was in force for 38 min. 2 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 25, 2011, 6:07 PM EDT (22:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 25, 2011, 6:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Union County, NC
The radar
The Columbia radar (KCAE), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:08 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 25, 6:07 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 4 N Marshville, NC | 1 TREE DOWN OFF HWY 205 AND ANSONVILLE RD NORTH OF MARSHVILLE. |
| Jul 25, 6:10 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 S Marshville, NC | 1 TREE DOWN AND BLOCKING ROADWAY ON CAMDEN RD JUST SOUTH OF MARSHVILLE. |
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 0 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, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 137 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
- 809 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -55 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1008 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 35 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 34 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
771
WUUS52 KGSP 252207
SVRGSP
NCC179-252245-
/O.NEW.KGSP.SV.W.0549.110725T2207Z-110725T2245Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
607 PM EDT MON JUL 25 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
EASTERN UNION COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 645 PM EDT
* AT 604 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 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF MARSHVILLE
TO 5 MILES WEST OF TRINITY...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 14
MILES EAST OF MONROE TO 12 MILES SOUTH OF MONROE...MOVING SOUTHEAST
AT 15 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MARSHVILLE...
TRINITY...
STURDIVANTS...
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.
THIS LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAY CAUSE FLOODING OF ROADS WITH
POOR DRAINAGE...PARTICULARLY IN URBAN AREAS. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR
VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. THE WATER MAY BE TOO
DEEP TO ALLOW YOUR VEHICLE TO CROSS.
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 3482 8031 3481 8032 3481 8068 3483 8071
3519 8029 3519 8027
TIME...MOT...LOC 2207Z 307DEG 12KT 3506 8030 3482 8061
$$
NED3 follow-up statements
045 WWUS52 KGSP 252220 SVSGSP SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 620 PM EDT MON JUL 25 2011 NCC179-252245- /O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0549.000000T0000Z-110725T2245Z/ UNION NC- 620 PM EDT MON JUL 25 2011 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM EDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN UNION COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA... AT 616 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MARSHVILLE TO 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TRINITY...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 13 MILES EAST OF MONROE TO 13 MILES NORTHEAST OF LANCASTER...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO STURDIVANTS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS STORM MAY CAUSE FLOODING OF ROADS WITH POOR DRAINAGE... PARTICULARLY IN URBAN AREAS. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. THE WATER MAY BE TOO DEEP TO ALLOW YOUR VEHICLE TO CROSS. TO REPORT DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...OR FLOODING...THROUGH OUR AUTOMATED REPORTING SYSTEM...CALL OUR TOLL FREE NUMBER... 1 8 7 7...6 3 3...6 7 7 2. && LAT...LON 3482 8066 3509 8028 3482 8031 3481 8032 TIME...MOT...LOC 2220Z 307DEG 12KT 3496 8030 3479 8057 $$ NED
139 WWUS52 KGSP 252234 SVSGSP SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 634 PM EDT MON JUL 25 2011 NCC179-252245- /O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0549.000000T0000Z-110725T2245Z/ UNION NC- 634 PM EDT MON JUL 25 2011 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM EDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN UNION COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA... AT 629 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 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF STURDIVANTS TO 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF STURDIVANTS...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 16 MILES EAST OF MONROE TO 14 MILES EAST OF LANCASTER...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. LAT...LON 3482 8057 3501 8029 3482 8031 3481 8032 TIME...MOT...LOC 2234Z 307DEG 12KT 3493 8025 3476 8052 $$ NED
940 WWUS52 KGSP 252248 SVSGSP SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 648 PM EDT MON JUL 25 2011 NCC179-252257- /O.EXP.KGSP.SV.W.0549.000000T0000Z-110725T2245Z/ UNION NC- 648 PM EDT MON JUL 25 2011 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN UNION COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA HAS EXPIRED... THE STORM THE PROMPTED THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS MOVED EAST OF THE WARNED AREA. LAT...LON 3482 8057 3501 8029 3482 8031 3481 8032 TIME...MOT...LOC 2234Z 307DEG 12KT 3493 8025 3476 8052 $$ NED
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 25, 2:05 PM EDT, 4 hours 2 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 25, 2:05 PM EDT, 4 hours 2 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 205 PM EDT MON JUL 25 2011 .SYNOPSIS... AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL PERSIST ALONG THE EAST COAST...WITH A WEAK COLD FRONT PUSHING SOUTH AND STALLING ACROSS THE AREA TUESDAY. STRONG RIDGING ALOFT WILL REBUILD OVER THE AREA FROM THE MIDDLE TO LATE IN THE WEEK. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH TUESDAY/... MUCH OF THE RIDGE TOP CONVECTION EARLY THIS AFTERNOON HAS ALREADY MOVED OUT EAST OF THE BLUE RIDGE. THE COVERAGE OF THESE TSTMS...AND ADDITIONAL STORMS FROM THE NW...WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS AS UPPER SUPPORT IMPROVES AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING SHORTWAVE...AND LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE STRENGTHENS ALONG A LEE TROUGH. DEWPOINTS IN THE LOWER 70S HAVE PRODUCED SFC BASED CAPE VALUES AT LEAST 3000 J/KG ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA...HOWEVER....THE SEVERE TSTM POTENTIAL LOOKS LIMITED GIVEN VERY MOIST SOUNDINGS...DEEP LAYER SHEAR LESS THAN 15 KT...AND HIGH FREEZING LEVELS AROUND 15 KFT. HEAVY RAIN MAY BE THE BIGGER CONCERN THROUGH LATE EVENING. LAPS AND RAOB SOUNDINGS INDICATED PRECIPITABLE WATER AT OR ABOVE 2 INCHES UP THE COLUMN. LIGHT WESTERLY STEERING FLOW WILL CREATE A TRAINING HEAVY RAIN THREAT WITH ANY TSTMS THAT FORM. THE MODELS PLACE THIS THREAT MAINLY ALONG THE INTERSTATE 85 CORRIDOR TONIGHT...BUT THIS APPEARS TO BE DUE TO CONVECTIVE FEEDBACK. JUST ABOUT ANY LOCATION WITH REPEATED CELL CROSSINGS WILL HAVE A MARGINAL HYDRO THREAT GIVEN THE WARM AND WET PROFILES. A WEAK SURFACE COLD FRONT WILL ARRIVE FROM THE NORTHWEST OVERNIGHT...WITH DRYING ALOFT DEVELOPING...AND NVA MOVING IN BEHIND THE SHORTWAVE. FAIRLY GOOD FOG COVERAGE IS EXPECTED OVER THE NW HALF...AND IN SE LOCATIONS WHERE HEAVY RAIN FALLS...BUT LOW CEILINGS COULD KEEP IT FROM GETTING TOO DENSE. DEEPER LAYER DRYING WILL THEN CONTINUE FROM THE NW THROUGH TUESDAY. HOWEVER...LOW LEVELS MAY REMAIN MOIST AND A CONVERGENCE AXIS WILL LIKELY SET UP ALONG THE ERN SLOPES OF THE MTNS. THE BETTER PRECIP COVERAGE SHOULD BE CONFINED MAINLY TO LOCATIONS SOUTHEAST OF INTERSTATE 85...WITH A SECONDARY MAXIMA POSSIBLE ALONG THE ERN SLOPES OF THE SRN APPALACHIANS. TEMPS SHOULD RUN INTO THE 80S MTNS TO LOWER 90S PIEDMONT TUE AFTN. && .SHORT TERM /TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY/... AS OF 130 PM MONDAY...THERE WILL BE RIDGING ALOFT THRU THE SHORT TERM...AS EAST COAST TROF EXITS TO THE EAST. THIS SETUP WILL PUSH THE FRONTAL BNDRY FURTHER SOUTH...USHERING IN WEAK DRY NELY LLVL FLOW. THE NAM AND GFS ARE SUSPECT ON DETAILS WITH RESPECT TO INSTBY...AS EACH HAVE RESPECTIVE CONVECTIVE FEEDBACK ISSUES WHICH CORRESPOND TO LLVL WAVES ALONG THE BNDRY TO OUR SOUTH. THESE WAVES MAY BE FORCING EITHER TOO MUCH OR TOO LITTLE LLVL MOISTURE INTO THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE CWFA. SO HAVE NOT MADE ANY MAJOR CHANGES TO INHERITED RELATIVELY DRY FCST. BASED ON 12Z NAM BUFKIT SOUNDINGS...MOST OF THE CWFA LOOKS TO BE CAPPED...BUT CONVECTION OVER THE HIGH TERRAIN WILL LIKELY BE ABLE TO BREAK CAP TO FORM ISOLD TO WIDELY SCATTERED SHWRS AND PERHAPS AN ISOLD TSTM. CONFIDENCE IN ABOVE NORMAL TEMPS IS FAIRLY HIGH HOWEVER...WITH 700 MB RIDGE CENTERED OVER THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS. && .LONG TERM /THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY/... AS OF 1145 AM MONDAY...LATEST MODEL GUIDANCE IS IN GOOD AGREEMENT ON THE UPPER PATTERN ACRS THE REGION...SO I WENT WITH HPC GUIDANCE FOR THE MEDIUM RANGE. A SUBTROPICAL RIDGE (AT 500 MB) WILL SLOWLY RETROGRADE AND STRENGTHEN FROM AN APPROX 594 DAM HIGH EAST OF THE CAROLINA COAST THURSDAY NIGHT...TO AROUND 598 DAM OVER THE SOUTHERN HIGH PLAINS BY MONDAY. AS THE SYSTEM RETROGRADES...AN UPPER TROF WILL DIG INTO THE NORTHEAST STATES...ALLOWING A WEAK COLD FRONT TO SAG SOUTH INTO THE CAROLINAS BY LATE SUNDAY OR EARLY MONDAY. SO TEMPS WILL RETURN TO MID-UPR 90S EACH AFTN WITH LOWS MAINLY IN THE UPR 60S MTNS TO LWR-MID 70S PIEDMONT...WITH TYPICAL AFTN/EVE SCT MTN AND ISOLD PIEDMONT CONVECTION. WITH THE FRONT APPROACHING THE AREA SUNDAY AND UPPER TROFINESS LINGERING ON EAST SIDE OF THE RIDGE...A SLIGHTLY GREATER COVERAGE OF SHWRS/TSTMS IS EXPECTED INTO MONDAY. && .AVIATION /18Z MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/... AT KCLT...COVERAGE IS FILLING IN ACROSS THE NC FOOTHILLS AND WRN PIEDMONT THIS AFTERNOON...AND TSRA IS LOOKING INCREASINGLY LIKELY AT THE AIRFIELD. GIVEN THE HEAVY DOWNPOURS EXPECTED WITH ANY SHOWERS AND TSTMS IN THE MOIST AIRMASS...CONFIDENCE IS NOW STRONG ENOUGH TO FEATURE A 2 HOUR TEMPO WINDOW FOR TSRA ALONG WITH BRIEF IFR CONDITIONS 20Z TO 22Z. WINDS REMAIN TRICKY...WITH FLOW GENERALLY WSW IN WEAK LEE TROUGHING...BUT PERHAPS TOGGLING WNW WITH OUTFLOWS FROM CONVECTION TO THE WEST. WINDS SHOULD EVENTUALLY TURN MORE NW WITH TROUGH/WEAK FRONT PASSAGE LATE TONIGHT...AND GENERALLY N TO NE TUE MORNING. WILL ADVERTISE MVFR RESTRICTIONS OVERNIGHT...BUT SOME IFR IS POSSIBLE IF ANY HEAVY RAIN SETS UP OVER THE TERMINAL. WILL HOLD OFF ON A CB MENTION FOR TOMORROW...BUT PIEDMONT AREAS COULD SEE A CONTINUED TSTM THREAT INTO TUE WITH LINGERING BL MOISTURE AND CONVERGENCE. ELSEWHERE...CONVECTIVE COVERAGE WILL BE ROBUST ACROSS THE REGION...WITH AT LEAST TEMPO TSRA NOW LIKELY AT ALL LOCATIONS AT SOME POINT 18Z THROUGH 00Z. GIVEN THE HEAVY DOWNPOURS IN THE MOIST AIRMASS...IFR RESTRICTIONS SHOULD ACCOMPANY THE THUNDERSTORMS. WSW WINDS AROUND 10 KT OR LESS THROUGH EARLY EVENING ARE EXPECTED TO TURN NW TONIGHT AND THEN POSSIBLY N TO NE BEHIND THE WEAK FRONT TUE MORNING. KAVL AND KHKY COULD SEE IFR CIGS AND VSBY TOWARD DAYBREAK AS MID LEVEL DRYING WORKS IN ATOP A MOIST BOUNDARY LAYER. THE SC TAF SITES COULD ALSO SEE IFR RESTRICTIONS OVERNIGHT IF ENOUGH HEAVY RAIN AFFECTS THE TERMINALS. VFR CIGS SHOULD LINGER THROUGH A GOOD CHUNK OF THE MORNING HOURS TUE. OUTLOOK...AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WILL BUILD OVER THE TERMINAL FORECAST AREA THE REST OF THE WEEK. EXPECT MORNING FOG...ESPECIALLY IN THE MTN VALLEYS...AND ISOLD TO SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY. 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...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...TJB NEAR TERM...HG SHORT TERM...ARK LONG TERM...ARK AVIATION...HG
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 25, 2:21 PM EDT, 3 hours 46 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 221 PM EDT MON JUL 25 2011 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065- 068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-261830- 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- 221 PM EDT MON JUL 25 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. NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. ONE OR TWO OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. THE BIGGER CONCERN WILL BE THE POTENTIAL FOR LOCALLY HEAVY TO EXCESSIVE RAINFALL. ISOLATED FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS COULD OCCUR LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING...ESPECIALLY IN AREAS REPEATEDLY AFFECTED BY THUNDERSTORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...OR FLASH FLOODING TO OUR OFFICE. HG
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 25, 2:50 PM EDT, 3 hours 17 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
250 PM EDT MON JUL 25 2011
NCZ037-251915-
DAVIE-
250 PM EDT MON JUL 25 2011
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHERN DAVIE COUNTY THROUGH
315 PM EDT...
AT 246 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES EAST OF SHEFFIELD...OR 6 MILES NORTHWEST
OF MOCKSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
FARMINGTON...
BERMUDA RUN...
PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.
INTENSE 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 3586 8070 3591 8071 3605 8069 3606 8066
3605 8049 3607 8046 3601 8041 3599 8041
3596 8037 3593 8037
NEDSpecial weather statement, Jul 25, 3:18 PM EDT, 2 hours 49 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
318 PM EDT MON JUL 25 2011
NCZ056-068>070-251945-
CATAWBA-CLEVELAND-GASTON-LINCOLN-
318 PM EDT MON JUL 25 2011
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT EASTERN CLEVELAND...NORTHWESTERN
GASTON...SOUTHWESTERN CATAWBA AND WESTERN LINCOLN COUNTIES THROUGH
345 PM EDT...
AT 315 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 3 MILES SOUTH OF
COOKSVILLE TO 5 MILES EAST OF PATTERSON SPRINGS...MOVING EAST AT 10
MPH.
THESE STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
CHERRYVILLE...
PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH
THESE STORMS.
LAT...LON 3525 8128 3523 8152 3556 8153 3561 8151
3562 8149 3564 8128
NEDSpecial weather statement, Jul 25, 3:38 PM EDT, 2 hours 29 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
338 PM EDT MON JUL 25 2011
NCZ036-037-057-252015-
DAVIE-IREDELL-ROWAN-
338 PM EDT MON JUL 25 2011
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT DAVIE...EASTERN IREDELL AND
NORTHWESTERN ROWAN COUNTIES THROUGH 415 PM EDT...
AT 336 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES NORTH OF CLEVELAND...OR 9 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF MOCKSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
MOCKSVILLE...
COOLEEMEE...
PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.
LAT...LON 3589 8041 3585 8038 3582 8047 3579 8047
3577 8045 3574 8045 3573 8043 3574 8091
3596 8086 3604 8045 3601 8041 3599 8041
3597 8038 3588 8037
NEDSpecial weather statement, Jul 25, 3:56 PM EDT, 2 hours 11 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
356 PM EDT MON JUL 25 2011
NCZ069-252030-
LINCOLN-
356 PM EDT MON JUL 25 2011
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT LINCOLN COUNTY THROUGH 430 PM
EDT...
AT 353 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR LINCOLNTON...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
PEOPLE IN LINCOLN COUNTY...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
LINCOLNTON...BOGER CITY AND IRON STATION...
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.
INTENSE 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 3541 8096 3542 8139 3555 8138 3555 8098
3554 8095
NEDSpecial weather statement, Jul 25, 4:42 PM EDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
442 PM EDT MON JUL 25 2011
NCZ053-252115-
BUNCOMBE-
442 PM EDT MON JUL 25 2011
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT WESTERN BUNCOMBE COUNTY THROUGH
515 PM EDT...
AT 439 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF CANDLER...OR 10 MILES WEST
OF DOWNTOWN ASHEVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
PEOPLE IN WESTERN BUNCOMBE COUNTY...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
LOCATIONS...
I-26 AT I-40...BILTMORE FOREST AND AVERY CREEK...
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 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.
LAT...LON 3546 8243 3544 8263 3546 8267 3543 8274
3551 8279 3554 8276 3556 8278 3557 8277
3563 8282 3562 8285 3567 8288 3570 8276
3573 8270
NEDSpecial weather statement, Jul 25, 6:04 PM EDT, 3 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
604 PM EDT MON JUL 25 2011
NCZ082-252230-
UNION-
604 PM EDT MON JUL 25 2011
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT EASTERN UNION COUNTY THROUGH 630
PM EDT...
AT 559 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF
MARSHVILLE TO TRINITY...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
PEOPLE IN EASTERN UNION COUNTY...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
WINGATE...MARSHVILLE AND STURDIVANTS...
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 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE
STORMS.
LAT...LON 3482 8031 3481 8032 3482 8069 3514 8034
3512 8028
NEDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 24, 8:12 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Union | 108 min |
| Jul 25, 2:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Davie | 25 min |
| Jul 25, 3:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Lincoln | 27 min |
| Jul 25, 3:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Davie, Iredell | 37 min |
| Jul 25, 3:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Lincoln | 34 min |
| Jul 25, 4:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Buncombe | 33 min |
| Jul 25, 6:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Union | 26 min |
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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.