Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 55, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 9, 2011, 3:12 PM EDT for Buncombe County, McDowell County, Yancey County, North Carolina. It was in force for 48 min. 5 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
- Apr 9, 2011, 3:12 PM EDT (19:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 9, 2011, 4:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Buncombe County, NC, McDowell County, NC, Yancey County, NC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:15 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 9, 3:40 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | Old Fort, NC | COUNTY COMMS REPORTS QUARTER SIZED HAIL |
| Apr 9, 3:50 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | Marion, NC | |
| Apr 9, 3:50 PM EDT | HAIL 2 | 3 Sw Marion, NC | WFO RNK RELAYED REPORT OF EGG SIZED HAIL AT MILE MARKER 81 ON I-40. |
| Apr 9, 4:00 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | 3 Se Marion, NC | SPOTTER REPORTS PEA TO QUARTER SIZED HAIL CURRENTLY FALLING. |
| Apr 9, 4:01 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | 3 Ese Marion, NC | EXIT 86 ON I-40 |
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 28 minutes after it went out.
Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 9, 12:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
| Apr 9, 2:00 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 7.2 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 704 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 169 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 256 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
763
WUUS52 KGSP 091912
SVRGSP
NCC021-111-199-092000-
/O.NEW.KGSP.SV.W.0055.110409T1912Z-110409T2000Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
312 PM EDT SAT APR 9 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN BUNCOMBE COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
SOUTHEASTERN YANCEY COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
MCDOWELL COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 400 PM EDT
* AT 307 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF WEAVERVILLE...OR 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF DOWNTOWN
ASHEVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SWANNANOA...
MONTREAT AND BLACK MOUNTAIN...
MOUNT MITCHELL STATE PARK...
BUSICK...
OLD FORT...
SUGAR HILL...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM SHOULD BE ALERT FOR
LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY
RAIN CAN OCCUR WITH ANY THUNDERSTORM. SEEK SHELTER INDOORS AWAY FROM
WINDOWS AND DOORS UNTIL THE STORM PASSES.
TO REPORT DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...OR FLOODING...THROUGH OUR
AUTOMATED REPORTING SYSTEM...CALL OUR TOLL FREE NUMBER...
1 8 7 7...6 3 3...6 7 7 2.
&&
LAT...LON 3578 8195 3577 8193 3554 8188 3553 8196
3553 8198 3555 8200 3554 8203 3561 8262
3579 8255
TIME...MOT...LOC 1912Z 275DEG 33KT 3566 8241
$$
NED3 follow-up statements
681
WWUS52 KGSP 091935
SVSGSP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
335 PM EDT SAT APR 9 2011
NCC021-199-091944-
/O.CAN.KGSP.SV.W.0055.000000T0000Z-110409T2000Z/
BUNCOMBE NC-YANCEY NC-
335 PM EDT SAT APR 9 2011
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN YANCEY AND
NORTHEASTERN BUNCOMBE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED EAST INTO
MCDOWELL COUNTY. THEREFORE...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR
SOUTHEASTERN YANCEY AND NORTHEASTERN BUNCOMBE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 3578 8195 3576 8193 3554 8188 3553 8198
3555 8200 3554 8203 3556 8223 3557 8226
3569 8230 3571 8228 3570 8226 3573 8220
3578 8216
TIME...MOT...LOC 1934Z 275DEG 33KT 3564 8216
$$
NCC111-092000-
/O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0055.000000T0000Z-110409T2000Z/
MCDOWELL NC-
335 PM EDT SAT APR 9 2011
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EDT
FOR MCDOWELL COUNTY...
AT 332 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 NEAR OLD FORT...OR 10 MILES WEST OF MARION...MOVING EAST AT
40 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SUGAR
HILL...GLENWOOD...FERO...LAKE JAMES AND NEBO
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPORT DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...OR FLOODING...THROUGH OUR
AUTOMATED REPORTING SYSTEM...CALL OUR TOLL FREE NUMBER...
1 8 7 7...6 3 3...6 7 7 2.
&&
LAT...LON 3578 8195 3576 8193 3554 8188 3553 8198
3555 8200 3554 8203 3556 8223 3557 8226
3569 8230 3571 8228 3570 8226 3573 8220
3578 8216
TIME...MOT...LOC 1934Z 275DEG 33KT 3564 8216
$$
NED618
WWUS52 KGSP 091954
SVSGSP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
354 PM EDT SAT APR 9 2011
NCC111-092000-
/O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0055.000000T0000Z-110409T2000Z/
MCDOWELL NC-
354 PM EDT SAT APR 9 2011
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EDT
FOR CENTRAL MCDOWELL COUNTY...
AT 349 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS REPORTED CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60
MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR GLENWOOD...OR NEAR MARION...MOVING
EAST AT 40 MPH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DAMAGING HAIL TO THE SIZE OF GOLFBALLS WILL ACCOMPANY DAMAGING WINDS
IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. WIND DRIVEN HAIL OF THIS SIZE POSES A
SIGNIFICANT RISK OF INJURY AND CAN CAUSE SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO
STRUCTURES AND VEHICLES. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. GO TO AN INTERIOR
ROOM ON THE LOWEST LEVEL OF YOUR HOME OR PLACE OF BUSINESS.
TO REPORT DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...OR FLOODING...THROUGH OUR
AUTOMATED REPORTING SYSTEM...CALL OUR TOLL FREE NUMBER...
1 8 7 7...6 3 3...6 7 7 2.
&&
LAT...LON 3576 8193 3554 8188 3553 8198 3555 8201
3554 8203 3561 8221 3569 8218 3573 8212
3578 8195
TIME...MOT...LOC 1954Z 275DEG 33KT 3562 8193
$$
NED814
WWUS52 KGSP 092000
SVSGSP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
400 PM EDT SAT APR 9 2011
NCC111-092010-
/O.EXP.KGSP.SV.W.0055.000000T0000Z-110409T2000Z/
MCDOWELL NC-
400 PM EDT SAT APR 9 2011
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL MCDOWELL COUNTY HAS
EXPIRED...
THE THUNDERSTORM HAS STRENGTHEN AND A TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN
ISSUED.
LAT...LON 3576 8193 3554 8188 3553 8198 3555 8201
3554 8203 3561 8221 3569 8218 3573 8212
3578 8195
TIME...MOT...LOC 2000Z 275DEG 33KT 3561 8186
$$
NEDWhat 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 Apr 9, 2:51 PM EDT, 21 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 9, 2:51 PM EDT, 21 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 251 PM EDT SAT APR 9 2011 .SYNOPSIS... STRONG UPPER RIDGING WILL BUILD ATOP THE REGION FOR SUNDAY BUT GIVE WAY TO AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT MONDAY NIGHT. HIGH PRESSURE THEN RETURNS FOR TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH SUNDAY/... THE ENTIRE FORECAST AREA WILL BE IN A CONVECTIVE WATCH THROUGH EARLY EVENING. THE TOR WATCH REMAINS FOR THE NC MTNS AND FOOTHILLS...WITH A NEW SEVERE WATCH FARTHER TO THE SE. WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWS THE POTENT UPSTREAM MCV OVER THE OH VALLEY...WITH A STRONG MCC AHEAD OF IT. STRONG TO SEVERE CONVECTION IS DEVELOPING TO THE SOUTH OF THIS FEATURE IN THE VERY UNSTABLE WARM SECTOR AIRMASS. LAPS CAPE VALUES ARE ALREADY AROUND 3000 J/KG ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA...AND ADDITIONAL DEWPOINT RECOVERY IS LIKELY THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON IN THE SOUTHERLY FLOW. FORCING IS BETTER NORTH THAN SOUTH THROUGH THE PM HOURS...BUT HEALTHY SRN TIER POPS WILL BE NEEDED AS OUTFLOWS DEVELOP. THERE IS CONSIDERABLE CIN TO BE OVERCOME IN THE SOUNDINGS ACROSS SRN SECTIONS...BUT INSTABILITY WILL BE QUITE STRONG WHEN REALIZED. FREEZING LEVELS AROUND 12 K FT...STEEP LAPSE RATES ALOFT...AND IMPROVING SHEAR PROFILES WILL MAKE FOR A ROBUST SEVERE WEATHER THREAT THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. STORM CORES TO 22 OR 23 KFT SHOULD BE SUFFICIENT FOR LARGE HAIL...AND VERY LARGE HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG WITH SIGNIFICANT WIND DAMAGE. WARM ADVECTION WILL INCREASE ALONG THE 850 MB BAROCLINIC ZONE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS...WITH WARM ADVECTION THE STRONGEST IN THE DEEPER MOISTURE ACROSS THE NE HALF. THE BEST LATE EVENING POPS WILL BE FEATURED THERE AS THE MCV MOVES EAST OF THE AREA. PATCHY FOG IS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT IN AREAS RECEIVING APPRECIABLE RAINFALL...AND MIN TEMPS SHOULD BE ON THE MILD SIDE DESPITE THE SFC FRONT SAGGING BACK TO THE SW. UPPER LEVEL HEIGHTS WILL BUILD SHARPLY OVER THE AREA THE REST OF TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. 850 MB TEMPS WILL WARM ANOTHER COUPLE OF DEGREES UNDER THE RIDGE TO PRODUCE A VERY WARM SUNDAY AFTERNOON. A PLUME OF RICH THETA E AIR IS EXPECTED TO STRETCH ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA SUN AFTN...BUT A TRIGGER FOR CONVECTION WILL BE HARD TO FIND. && .SHORT TERM /SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY/... AT 215 PM SATURDAY...LARGER SCALE LIFT AHEAD OF DEVELOPING SOUTHERN STREAM S/WV WILL OVERSPREAD THE CWFA LATE MONDAY INTO MONDAY NIGHT. IT IS STILL LIKELY THAT A ROUND OF FRONTAL BAND PCPN WILL AFFECT THE AREA DURING THIS PERIOD...HOWEVER...JUST LIKE WHAT WAS FCST YESTERDAY...TSTM MAGNITUDE IS QUESTIONABLE...WITH THE 09 UTC SREF PROBABILITIES OF CAPE VALUES OF AT LEAST 1000 J/KG STILL VERY LOW. PRE-FRONTAL PRESSURE GRADIENT TIGHTENS ENUF TO DEVELOP BREEZY CONDS MONDAY AFTERNOON...AND DESPITE ENCROACHING CLOUDS...ANOTHER WARM DAY IS ON TAP. ENCROACHING DRY SLOT TUESDAY MORNING EXPECTED TO QUICKLY DIMINISH PCPN CHANCES DESPITE AXIS OF MID-LVL WAVE NOT TRANSLATING DOWNSTREAM OF THE CWFA UNTIL LATER IN THE DAY. WILL SHOOT FOR INCREASING SUNSHINE WITH MAX TEMPS CLOSER TO CLIMO...ALBEIT NEAR 5 DEG F ABOVE NORMAL. && .LONG TERM /TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY/... AT 230 PM SATURDAY...IT LOOKS LIKE THERE IS ENUF AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE 12 UTC OP GFS AND THE LATEST HPC EXTENDED PROGS IN DEPICTING DEEP LAYERED RIDGING ATOP THE EASTERN CONUS FOR WEDNESDAY TO PROVIDE DRY AND SEASONABLY MILD WX. THE ONSET OF INCREASINGLY MOIST GULF TAP AHEAD OF ENCROACHING PLAINS SYSTEM IS SLATED FOR THURSDAY...BUT WOULD EXPECT ANOTHER ESSENTIALLY DRY AND SEASONABLY MILD DAY. IT REMAINS TO BE SEEN HOW QUICKLY AND TO WHAT DEGREE AFOREMENTIONED SYSTEM GETS WRAPPED UP AS IT HEADS TOWARD THE GREAT LAKES BY THE END OF THE PERIOD. THE ATTENDANT MODERATELY FORCED COLD FRONT WILL STEADILY ENCROACH AS WELL AND IT/S PROBABLE THAT THE MILD AND MOISTENING AIRMASS WILL PROVIDE FUEL FOR DAILY TSTM CHANCES IN THE WARM SECTOR. && .AVIATION /19Z SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/... AT KCLT...THE FIRST ROUND OF CONVECTION MOVING OFF THE BLUE RIDGE EARLY THIS AFTERNOON IS STILL A FEW HOURS AWAY FROM THREATENING KCLT. SHOWERS MAY FILL IN ACROSS THE PIEDMONT IN THE INTERIM...WITH THE BEST CHANCE OF TSRA NOW LIKELY STARTING AROUND 21Z. CONVECTION WITH THE PASSING UPPER WAVE SHOULD MOVE EAST OF THE AREA BY LATE EVENING. LOW LEVEL NE FLOW BEHIND A WEAK FRONT SHOULD BRING MVFR CLOUDS BACK INTO THE PICTURE OVERNIGHT. THE LOW CLOUDS WILL SCATTER CIRCA 14Z WITH MIXING ON SUNDAY AS A RIDGE BUILDS IN ALOFT AND LOW LEVEL FLOW BECOMES SE ONCE AGAIN. ELSEWHERE...THUNDER CHANCES WILL BE GREATEST FROM KAVL TO KHKY THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS...WITH TSRA INCREASING AT THE SC TAF SITES MAINLY AROUND 21Z. VFR LEVEL CB CIGS ARE EXPECTED...WITH WINDS GENERALLY S TO SW THROUGH EVENING. A PUSH FROM THE NE IS AGAIN EXPECTED AS A WEAK SFC BOUNDARY DIPS BACK TO THE SW...BUT ANY ASSOCIATED MVFR CLOUDS SHOULD IMPACT MAINLY KHKY AND KAVL...AND POSSIBLY FLIRT WITH THE UPSTATE SITES OVERNIGHT. LOW CLOUDS WILL SCATTER UNDER THE BUILDING RIDGE SUNDAY MORNING. OUTLOOK....STRONGER RIDGING RETURNS ON SUNDAY. SCT SHRA/TSTMS MAY ARRIVE WITH A COLD FRONT MONDAY. DRIER HIGH PRES IS EXPECTED TUE AND WED. && .GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...CSH NEAR TERM...HG SHORT TERM...CSH LONG TERM...CSH AVIATION...HG
Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 9, 2:50 PM EDT, 22 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 250 PM EDT SAT APR 9 2011 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ035>037-056-057-068>072-082-SCZ001>014- 019-101900- RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-ALEXANDER-IREDELL- DAVIE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS- UNION NC-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS- GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG- CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- 250 PM EDT SAT APR 9 2011 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 114 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN 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. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. 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. NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-501>510-101900- AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM- NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON- CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-GREATER CALDWELL-BURKE MOUNTAINS-GREATER BURKE- MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-EASTERN MCDOWELL-RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS- GREATER RUTHERFORD-POLK MOUNTAINS-EASTERN POLK- 250 PM EDT SAT APR 9 2011 ...TORNADO WATCH 113 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR 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. TORNADO WATCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. 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, Apr 9, 1:02 PM EDT, 2 hours 10 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
102 PM EDT SAT APR 9 2011
NCZ053-091745-
BUNCOMBE-
102 PM EDT SAT APR 9 2011
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT BUNCOMBE COUNTY THROUGH 145 PM
EDT...
AT 100 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF LEICESTER...OR 8 MILES
NORTHWEST OF DOWNTOWN ASHEVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ASHEVILLE
MALL...UNC ASHEVILLE...FAIRVIEW...WOODFIN...WEAVERVILLE...
SWANNANOA...LEICESTER AND DOWNTOWN ASHEVILLE.
SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.
LAT...LON 3559 8229 3548 8237 3564 8278 3572 8273
3572 8272 3573 8271 3573 8267 3577 8259
KRENTZLocal storm report, Apr 9, 1:17 PM EDT, 1 hour 55 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
117 PM EDT SAT APR 09 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0107 PM HAIL 2 W WEAVERVILLE 35.70N 82.59W
04/09/2011 E0.50 INCH BUNCOMBE NC NWS EMPLOYEE
NO WIND
&&
PTANNERLocal storm report, Apr 9, 1:19 PM EDT, 1 hour 53 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
119 PM EDT SAT APR 09 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0115 PM HAIL 2 W ASHEVILLE 35.57N 82.58W
04/09/2011 E1.00 INCH BUNCOMBE NC PUBLIC
&&
PTANNERSpecial weather statement, Apr 9, 1:46 PM EDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 146 PM EDT SAT APR 9 2011 NCZ048-053-091815- BUNCOMBE-MADISON- 146 PM EDT SAT APR 9 2011 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHERN BUNCOMBE AND SOUTHEASTERN MADISON COUNTIES THROUGH 215 PM EDT... AT 140 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR MARSHALL...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR... MARS HILL... WEAVERVILLE... BARNARDSVILLE... DIME SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. LAT...LON 3582 8243 3561 8251 3572 8274 3585 8266 KRENTZ
Local storm report, Apr 9, 1:49 PM EDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
149 PM EDT SAT APR 09 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0115 PM HAIL 2 W WEAVERVILLE 35.70N 82.59W
04/09/2011 E1.00 INCH BUNCOMBE NC PUBLIC
&&Local storm report, Apr 9, 2:00 PM EDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
200 PM EDT SAT APR 09 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0121 PM HAIL WEAVERVILLE 35.70N 82.56W
04/09/2011 E0.88 INCH BUNCOMBE NC PUBLIC
&&The office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 9, 2:22 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Avery, Mitchell, Yancey | 53 min |
| Apr 9, 3:12 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Avery, Burke, Caldwell, McDowell, Mitchell, Yancey | 63 min |
| Apr 9, 1:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Buncombe | 43 min |
| Apr 9, 1:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Buncombe, McDowell, Yancey | 42 min |
| Apr 9, 1:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | McDowell, Mitchell, Yancey | 52 min |
| Apr 9, 1:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Buncombe | 29 min |
| Apr 9, 2:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Buncombe, Madison, Yancey | 24 min |
| Apr 9, 2:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Avery, Burke, Caldwell, Mitchell | 42 min |
| Apr 9, 2:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Avery, Burke, McDowell, Mitchell, Yancey | 57 min |
| Apr 9, 2:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Burke, Caldwell | 28 min |
| Apr 9, 3:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Iredell | 37 min |
| Apr 9, 3:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Jackson, Macon | 62 min |
| Apr 9, 3:58 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Burke, Cleveland, McDowell, Rutherford | 47 min |
| Apr 9, 3:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Transylvania | 46 min |
| Apr 9, 4:19 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Cleveland, Gaston, Lincoln, Rutherford | 41 min |
| Apr 9, 4:57 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Cleveland, Gaston, Lincoln | 48 min |
| Apr 9, 5:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Avery, Madison, Mitchell, Yancey | 53 min |
| Apr 9, 5:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Rutherford | 36 min |
| Apr 9, 5:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | McDowell, Rutherford | 36 min |
| Apr 9, 5:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cleveland, Lincoln, Rutherford | 56 min |
| Apr 9, 5:24 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Gaston | 36 min |
| Apr 9, 5:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Mecklenburg, Union | 64 min |
| Apr 9, 5:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Avery, Burke, Caldwell, McDowell, Mitchell | 42 min |
| Apr 9, 5:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cleveland, Gaston | 62 min |
| Apr 9, 5:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Union | 52 min |
| Apr 9, 6:05 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Mitchell, Yancey | 40 min |
| Apr 9, 6:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Alexander, Burke, Caldwell, Catawba, Cleveland, Lincoln | 28 min |
| Apr 9, 6:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Mecklenburg, Union | 65 min |
| Apr 9, 6:37 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Burke, McDowell, Mitchell, Yancey | 28 min |
| Apr 9, 6:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Buncombe, Haywood, Madison, Swain, Yancey | 65 min |
| Apr 9, 6:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Union | 48 min |
| Apr 9, 6:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Catawba, Cleveland, Gaston, Lincoln | 31 min |
| Apr 9, 7:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Iredell, Mecklenburg, Rowan | 40 min |
| Apr 9, 7:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Burke, Cleveland, McDowell, Rutherford | 56 min |
| Apr 9, 7:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Buncombe, McDowell, Yancey | 45 min |
| Apr 9, 7:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Mecklenburg, Union | 38 min |
| Apr 9, 7:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Burke, Catawba, Cleveland, Gaston, Lincoln, Rutherford | 41 min |
| Apr 9, 7:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Buncombe, McDowell, Madison, Mitchell, Yancey | 60 min |
| Apr 9, 7:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Buncombe, Haywood, Henderson, Transylvania | 36 min |
| Apr 9, 7:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | McDowell, Polk, Rutherford | 26 min |
| Apr 9, 7:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cleveland, Gaston | 67 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.