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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 583, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 11, 2011, 2:44 PM EDT for 5 counties in North Carolina. It was in force for 61 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
- Aug 11, 2011, 2:44 PM EDT (18:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 11, 2011, 3:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Burke County, NC, Catawba County, NC, Cleveland County, NC, Gaston County, NC, Lincoln County, NC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:45 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 11, 2:49 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Ene Casar, NC | TWO TREES DOWN ON HWY 10 IN BETWEEN CASAR AND TOLUCA. |
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 5 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, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 142 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
- 2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -203 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1602 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -103 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -69 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
096 WUUS52 KGSP 111844 SVRGSP NCC023-035-045-071-109-111945- /O.NEW.KGSP.SV.W.0583.110811T1844Z-110811T1945Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 244 PM EDT THU AUG 11 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHWESTERN CATAWBA COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA... NORTHEASTERN CLEVELAND COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA... NORTHWESTERN GASTON COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA... LINCOLN COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA... SOUTHEASTERN BURKE COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... * UNTIL 345 PM EDT * AT 240 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 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF COOKSVILLE...OR 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MORGANTON... MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... BELWOOD... VALE AND FALLSTON... WACO... CROUSE AND CHERRYVILLE... LINCOLNTON AND BOGER CITY... HIGH SHOALS AND IRON STATION... 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 3548 8101 3524 8127 3554 8167 3568 8153 TIME...MOT...LOC 1844Z 309DEG 18KT 3555 8151 $$ ARK
3 follow-up statements
578
WWUS52 KGSP 111906
SVSGSP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
306 PM EDT THU AUG 11 2011
NCC023-111916-
/O.CAN.KGSP.SV.W.0583.000000T0000Z-110811T1945Z/
BURKE NC-
306 PM EDT THU AUG 11 2011
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN BURKE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
LAT...LON 3548 8101 3524 8127 3554 8167 3557 8164
3557 8160 3556 8158 3557 8154 3560 8151
3565 8145
TIME...MOT...LOC 1906Z 316DEG 10KT 3552 8151
$$
NCC035-045-071-109-111945-
/O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0583.000000T0000Z-110811T1945Z/
CATAWBA NC-CLEVELAND NC-GASTON NC-LINCOLN NC-
306 PM EDT THU AUG 11 2011
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM EDT
FOR LINCOLN...NORTHWESTERN GASTON...NORTHEASTERN CLEVELAND AND
SOUTHWESTERN CATAWBA COUNTIES...
AT 302 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 4 MILES NORTH OF BELWOOD...OR 16 MILES WEST OF LINCOLNTON...
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO VALE...
FALLSTON...WACO...IRON STATION...HIGH SHOALS...CROUSE...
CHERRYVILLE...BOGER CITY AND BESSEMER CITY
LAT...LON 3548 8101 3524 8127 3554 8167 3557 8164
3557 8160 3556 8158 3557 8154 3560 8151
3565 8145
TIME...MOT...LOC 1906Z 316DEG 10KT 3552 8151
$$
ARK504
WWUS52 KGSP 111920
SVSGSP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
320 PM EDT THU AUG 11 2011
NCC035-111930-
/O.CAN.KGSP.SV.W.0583.000000T0000Z-110811T1945Z/
CATAWBA NC-
320 PM EDT THU AUG 11 2011
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN CATAWBA COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
LAT...LON 3524 8127 3541 8148 3556 8156 3557 8155
3557 8150 3556 8136 3556 8122 3548 8101
TIME...MOT...LOC 1920Z 312DEG 10KT 3550 8147
$$
NCC045-071-109-111945-
/O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0583.000000T0000Z-110811T1945Z/
CLEVELAND NC-GASTON NC-LINCOLN NC-
320 PM EDT THU AUG 11 2011
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM EDT
FOR LINCOLN...NORTHWESTERN GASTON AND NORTHEASTERN CLEVELAND
COUNTIES...
AT 318 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS REPORTED CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.
THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF VALE...OR 13 MILES WEST
OF LINCOLNTON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO IRON
STATION...HIGH SHOALS...CROUSE...CHERRYVILLE...BOGER CITY AND
BESSEMER CITY
LAT...LON 3524 8127 3541 8148 3556 8156 3557 8155
3557 8150 3556 8136 3556 8122 3548 8101
TIME...MOT...LOC 1920Z 312DEG 10KT 3550 8147
$$
ARK351
WWUS52 KGSP 111942
SVSGSP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
342 PM EDT THU AUG 11 2011
NCC045-071-109-111951-
/O.EXP.KGSP.SV.W.0583.000000T0000Z-110811T1945Z/
CLEVELAND NC-GASTON NC-LINCOLN NC-
342 PM EDT THU AUG 11 2011
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR LINCOLN...NORTHWESTERN GASTON
AND NORTHEASTERN CLEVELAND COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 345 PM EDT...
THE STORM THAT HAD PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...BUT WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT
LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH.
LAT...LON 3524 8127 3541 8148 3556 8156 3557 8155
3557 8150 3556 8136 3556 8122 3548 8101
TIME...MOT...LOC 1941Z 312DEG 10KT 3546 8142
$$
ARKWhat 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 Aug 11, 1:46 PM EDT, 58 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 11, 1:46 PM EDT, 58 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 146 PM EDT THU AUG 11 2011 .SYNOPSIS... HIGH PRESSURE WILL MOVE FROM THE OHIO VALLEY TODAY TO THE EAST COAST ON FRIDAY. INCREASINGLY MOIST SOUTHERLY FLOW WILL BE SEEN ON SATURDAY AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT WHOSE PASSAGE IS SLATED FOR SUNDAY. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/... AS OF 1045 AM THURSDAY...PREVIOUS CLOUD DECK HAS CLEARED OUT AS SHORT WAVE MOVES EAST OF THE AREA. HOWEVER...CLOUDS EXPECTED TO FILL BACK IN AS CONVECTIVE CU DEVELOPS AND DEBRIS FROM THE MCS OVER AL MOVES EASTWARD. WARM START AND EARLY SUN SHOULD HELP US REACH FCST HIGHS...WHICH ARE SLIGHTLY COOLER ACROSS THE NORTH IN LINE WITH OBS THICKNESSES AND H85 COLD FRONT MOVING INTO THE AREA. POP TRENDS LOOK GOOD AS WELL AS LATEST GUIDANCE SUGGESTS CONVECTION INITIATING OVER THE MTNS AND MOVING INTO THE FOOTHILLS/PIEDMONT THIS AFTERNOON. BASICALLY LITTLE CHANGE IN FCST EXCEPT TO UPDATE CURRENT CONDITIONS. PREVIOUS DISCUSSION. A BROAD LONG WAVE TROUGH WILL REMAIN OVER THE ERN STATES THROUGH TONIGHT. IT/S DEBATABLE WHERE THE SFC FEATURES ARE OVER THE REGION RIGHT NOW. HPC IS ANALYZING A SFC FRONT OVER ERN NC...THE SC MIDLANDS AND CENTRAL GA. THIS IS WHERE I/VE GOT IT AS WELL SINCE THERE IS A WEAK WIND SHIFT A ABOUT A 10 DEGREE DEWPOINT GRADIENT ACROSS THE FRONT. HOWEVER...GSP GOT UP TO 99 DEGREES YESTERDAY...NOT EXACTLY A TYPICAL POST FROPA TEMPERATURE. I/M GOING TO STICK WITH CALLING IT A /COLD/ FRONT. THERE IS A SECOND /COLD/ FRONT WHICH HAS MORE OF A TEMPERATURE CONTRAST ALONG IT WHICH HAS HUNG UP OVER ERN TN. DEWPOINTS HAVE POOLED A BIT ALONG THIS FEATURE...THOUGH MODEL SOUNDINGS AND MOS NUMBERS SUPPORT DEWPOINTS STAYING NEAR 60...OVER THE FA TODAY. THE GFS 1000-850 MB THICKNESSES REMAIN HIGH OVER THE SW PART OF THE FA...WITH 1443M 100-850 MB THICKNESS CENTERED DOWN OVER ELBERT CO BY 00 UTC THIS EVENING. IN SHORT...IT SHOULD BE DRY AND HOT AGAIN...ESPECIALLY ONCE A SOLID AC DECK CLEARS THE AREA. THIS SHOULD HAPPEN A LITTLE AFTER 12 UTC AS AN ADVECTIVE SHORT WAVE MOVES E OF THE FA. THE NAM IS FARTHER SOUTH WITH IT/S THICKNESS RIDGE...WHICH GIVES IT/S LLVL WIND FIELD MORE OF A NE ORIENTATION...VS THE GFS WHICH HAS S WINDS OVER THE ERN PART OF THE FA...AND NW ALONG THE TN LINE. THE SREF SUPPORTS THE GFS...AS DO THE MAX TEMPS FROM YDAY. AND THAT/S WHAT I/M GOING WITH. THE UPSHOT OF THIS IS CONVERGENCE SHOULD BE SUFFICIENT ACROSS THE MTNS FOR SHRA TO DEVELOP THIS AFTN. THE SHRA SHOULD SLOWLY PROGRESS TO THE E DURING THE EVENING...INTO THE CONVERGENCE AXIS OUT ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS. HOWEVER...THE INSTABILITY IS QUITE WEAK. I THINK THAT SPC/S 5 PERCENT SEVERE RISK OVER THE FA IS TOO HIGH...AS IS HPC/S SMALL AREA OF .25 INCH BASIN AVERAGE QPF OVER THE MTNS. I WON/T FEATURE ANY SEVERE WORDING IN THE HWO TDA...AND MY QPF WILL BE LOWER. CHANCE POPS WILL BE CARRIED THIS AFTERNOON...THROUGH LATE EVENING...BUT THEY WILL BE LOW CHANCE POPS. AND I/LL STAY CLOSER TO THE WARMER MAV NUMBERS ACROSS THE FA TODAY. && .SHORT TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/... AS OF 230 AM THURSDAY...STILL EXPECTING JUST SUBTLE VORT ENERGY TO RIPPLE THRU THE NON-DESCRIPT WNW FLOW ALOFT ON FRIDAY. AT THE SFC... WEAK HIPRES REMAINS PROGGED TO SHIFT OFFSHORE EFFECTIVELY VEERING LLVL FLOW TO AN EASTERLY DIRECTION ATOP THE CWFA. WITH JUST NOMINAL MOISTURE FLUX AND BLYR DWPT INCREASES...THE ATMOSPHERE SHOULD REMAIN WEAKLY UNSTABLE. WEAK FORCING REGIME SHOULD KEEP DEEP CONVECTIVE CVRG ISOLATED BUT SLIGHT CHANCES LINGERING INTO FRIDAY NIGHT AS WEAK WAA/UPSLOPE FLOW CONTINUES TO DEVELOP AND LLVL MOISTURE FLUX STEADILY INCREASES. AS S/WV ENERGY DIVES TOWARD THE OHIO VALLEY ON SATURDAY...MID/UPPER LVL FLOW ATOP THE CWFA WILL BECOME BROADLY DIFFLUENT...AND WELL AHEAD OF LLVL FRONTAL ZONE WAA FLOW WILL ALSO STEADILY INCREASE. MODEL PWAT VALUES INCREASE TO ABV CLIMO...AND IN COMBINATION WITH THE ABOVE FORCING MECHANISMS...SHOULD LEAD TO SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS DIURNALLY ENHANCED SHOWERS AND TSTMS. && .LONG TERM /SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... AS OF 325 AM THURSDAY...ALTHOUGH THE RESPONSE AMONG THE 00 UTC OP AND ENS MODELS WITH RESPECT TO THE INCREASING FORCING...DEEP MOISTURE AND FRONTAL ZONE PASSAGE SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY IS VARIABLE... VIRTUALLY EVERY SOLUTION HAS SOME DEGREE OF MODERATE RESPONSE... ESPECIALLY WHERE TERRAIN LIFT IS MAXIMIZED. HARD TO BELIEVE THAT THERE WILL NOT BE AT LEAST NUMEROUS DEEP CONVECTIVE CVRG...WITH PERHAPS LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. BOTH THE 00 UTC OP GFS AND ECMWF TIME DRY SLOT THRU THE CWFA SUNDAY NIGHT LEAVING JUST A TOKEN WRAP-AROUND SHOWER THREAT ACRS MY NORTHERN TIER OF CNTYS INTO MONDAY...OTHERWISE A DRY POST-FRONT AIRMASS IS STILL PROGGED TO SETTLE OVER THE REGION TO START THE WORKWEEK. EASTERN CONUS L/WV TROUGH AXIS WILL SLOWLY PROGRESS EASTWARD THRU TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY...AND SAVE FOR THE SMALL POTENTIAL FOR A FEW DIURNAL MTN SHOWERS EACH DAY...EFFECTIVELY DRY NW FLOW WILL BE SEEN. && .AVIATION /18Z THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/... AT KCLT AND ELSEWHERE...LINE OF TSRA FORMING ALONG THE BLUE RIDGE WILL SPREAD EAST AND SOUTH THRU THE AFTERNOON. HAVE INCLUDED CB EVERY SITE WITH TEMPO TS AT KHKY WHERE TSRA IS NEARBY. WILL AMD OTHER STIES AS NEEDED. OTHERWISE...EXPECT VFR CIGS TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE OVERNIGHT AS SELY FLOW ACTS ON LINGERING LOW LEVEL MOISTURE. EVEN THE MORE BULLISH NAM KEEPS CIGS AT TAF SITES VFR...SO HAVE GONE THAT WAY AS WELL. BEST CHC FOR ANY FOG IS AT KAVL. DID NOT MENTION ANY SHRA BUT THEY COULD LINGER OVERNIGHT AT THE NC SITES AS WELL. EXPECT AN EVEN BETTER DAY FOR CONVECTION FRI BUT TOO EARLY TO INCLUDE IN TAFS ATTM. KEPT VFR CIGS THRU THE PERIOD. WINDS ARE TRICKY WITH WEAK LOW PRESSURE AND LEE TROF IN PLACE. HAVE TRENDED TOWARD A MDL BLEND WITH E TO SE WIND BECOMING NE OVERNIGHT. KAVL THE EXCEPTION WHERE N WIND CONTINUES. OUTLOOK...EVEN BETTER CONVECTION CHANCES SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. A COLD FRONT SHOULD BRING MUCH DRIER WEATHER MON AND TUE. 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...CSH NEAR TERM...MCAVOY/RWH SHORT TERM...CSH LONG TERM...CSH/NED AVIATION...RWH
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 11, 6:00 AM EDT, 8 hours 44 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 600 AM EDT THU AUG 11 2011 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065- 068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-121000- 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- 600 AM EDT THU AUG 11 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION TODAY WITH THE PRIMARY THREAT BEING A FEW CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. A MODERATE COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE AREA LATER THIS WEEKEND. SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN ADVANCE OF THIS FRONT WILL BE POSSIBLE SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY. LOCALIZED AREAS OF GUSTY WIND...HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN ARE PROBABLE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... NONE.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 11, 1:02 PM EDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
102 PM EDT THU AUG 11 2011
NCZ501>504-111745-
BURKE MOUNTAINS-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-GREATER BURKE-GREATER CALDWELL-
102 PM EDT THU AUG 11 2011
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN BURKE AND SOUTHERN
CALDWELL COUNTIES THROUGH 145 PM EDT...
AT 1258 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES WEST OF COLLETTSVILLE...OR 11 MILES WEST
OF LENOIR...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO RUTHERFORD
COLLEGE...LAKE RHODHISS...EDGEMONT...VALDESE...SAWMILLS...LENOIR...
HUDSON...GAMEWELL...CONNELLY SPRINGS...COLLETTSVILLE AND CAJAH'S
MOUNTAIN.
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 3592 8135 3570 8149 3589 8186 3596 8181
3604 8175 3604 8174
07Special weather statement, Aug 11, 1:46 PM EDT, 58 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
146 PM EDT THU AUG 11 2011
NCZ035-056-502-504-111830-
ALEXANDER-CATAWBA-GREATER BURKE-GREATER CALDWELL-
146 PM EDT THU AUG 11 2011
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EASTERN BURKE...SOUTHERN
CALDWELL...SOUTHWESTERN ALEXANDER AND WESTERN CATAWBA COUNTIES
THROUGH 230 PM EDT...
AT 142 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR CAJAH'S MOUNTAIN...OR 4 MILES SOUTH OF
LENOIR...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO RUTHERFORD
COLLEGE...LAKE RHODHISS...LAKE HICKORY...VALDESE...SAWMILLS...
RHODHISS...LONGVIEW...LENOIR...ICARD...HUDSON...HILDEBRAN...
HICKORY...GRANITE FALLS...GAMEWELL...CONNELLY SPRINGS...CAJAH'S
MOUNTAIN AND BETHLEHEM.
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 3586 8123 3564 8137 3581 8170 3597 8160
3597 8159
07Special weather statement, Aug 11, 2:11 PM EDT, 33 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 211 PM EDT THU AUG 11 2011 NCZ035-036-056-502-111900- ALEXANDER-CATAWBA-GREATER CALDWELL-IREDELL- 211 PM EDT THU AUG 11 2011 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHERN CATAWBA...SOUTHEASTERN CALDWELL...SOUTHERN ALEXANDER AND WESTERN IREDELL COUNTIES THROUGH 300 PM EDT... AT 207 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES NORTH OF BETHLEHEM...OR 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TAYLORSVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LOOKOUT SHOALS LAKE...LAKE HICKORY...TAYLORSVILLE...STONY POINT...ST. STEPHENS...SCOTTS...MILLERSVILLE...ELLENDALE...CONOVER... CLAREMONT...CATAWBA AND BETHLEHEM. 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 3584 8093 3563 8108 3583 8143 3598 8133 07
Special weather statement, Aug 11, 2:12 PM EDT, 32 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
212 PM EDT THU AUG 11 2011
NCZ056-068-069-504-111900-
CATAWBA-CLEVELAND-GREATER BURKE-LINCOLN-
212 PM EDT THU AUG 11 2011
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHWESTERN CLEVELAND...
SOUTHEASTERN BURKE...SOUTHWESTERN CATAWBA AND WESTERN LINCOLN
COUNTIES THROUGH 300 PM EDT...
AT 207 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES WEST OF PLEASANT GROVE...OR 6 MILES SOUTH
OF MORGANTON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO VALE...
PLEASANT GROVE...MORGANTON...COOKSVILLE...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 3566 8128 3541 8140 3542 8146 3555 8170
3558 8169 3561 8172 3560 8173 3561 8175
3559 8178 3561 8180 3577 8171
07Special weather statement, Aug 11, 2:23 PM EDT, 21 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
223 PM EDT THU AUG 11 2011
NCZ036-037-111915-
DAVIE-IREDELL-
223 PM EDT THU AUG 11 2011
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT DAVIE AND NORTHEASTERN IREDELL
COUNTIES THROUGH 315 PM EDT...
AT 219 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LONE HICKORY...OR 8 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF YADKINVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
HARMONY...
FARMINGTON...
MOCKSVILLE...
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 3580 8051 3601 8090 3606 8086 3606 8047
3605 8045 3601 8041 3599 8041 3597 8039
07The office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 11, 1:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Caldwell | 43 min |
| Aug 11, 1:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Caldwell | 44 min |
| Aug 11, 1:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Burke, Caldwell, Catawba | 56 min |
| Aug 11, 2:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Alexander | 49 min |
| Aug 11, 2:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Burke | 48 min |
| Aug 11, 2:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Davie | 52 min |
| Aug 11, 2:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Davie, Rowan | 52 min |
| Aug 11, 3:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Lincoln | 47 min |
| Aug 11, 3:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Rutherford | 41 min |
| Aug 11, 4:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Iredell, Lincoln, Mecklenburg | 56 min |
| Aug 11, 4:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cleveland | 38 min |
| Aug 11, 4:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cleveland, Gaston, Mecklenburg | 59 min |
| Aug 11, 4:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cabarrus | 49 min |
| Aug 11, 5:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Gaston, Mecklenburg, Union | 65 min |
| Aug 11, 6:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Union | 63 min |
| Aug 11, 7:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Avery | 49 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.