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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 6, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

February 28, 20115 counties in South Carolina; 4 counties in North Carolina; Rabun County, Georgia

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 28, 2011, 4:38 PM EST for 5 counties in South Carolina; 4 counties in North Carolina; Rabun County, Georgia. It was in force for 67 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: Feb 28, 2011, 4:38 PM EST (21:38 UTC)
Expired: Feb 28, 2011, 5:45 PM EST
In force: 67 min
Issued by: NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Rabun County, GA, Henderson County, NC, Polk County, NC, Rutherford County, NC, Transylvania County, NC, Anderson County, SC, Greenville County, SC, Oconee County, SC, Pickens County, SC, Spartanburg County, SC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:42 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
Feb 28, 5:01 PM EST	TSTM WND DMG	5 N Travelers Rest, SC	TWO TREES BLOWN DOWN AND SOME SHINGLES OFF A ROOF NEAR THE HIGHWAY 414 AND HIGHWAY 25 INTERSECTION
Feb 28, 5:15 PM EST	TSTM WND DMG	Marietta, SC	TREE ON ROADWAY
Feb 28, 5:19 PM EST	TSTM WND DMG	5 N Travelers Rest, SC	TREE IN ROADWAY
Feb 28, 5:20 PM EST	TSTM WND DMG	2 E Easley, SC	ROOF SHINGLES BLOWN OFF RESIDENCE...2 SHEDS BLOWN INTO FENCE.
Feb 28, 5:30 PM EST	TSTM WND DMG	Travelers Rest, SC	TREES DOWN

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 5 storm reports to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 23 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
Feb 28, 1:29 PM EST	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 257 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1162 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 229 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 350 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

363 
WUUS52 KGSP 282138
SVRGSP
GAC241-NCC089-149-161-175-SCC007-045-073-077-083-282245-
/O.NEW.KGSP.SV.W.0006.110228T2138Z-110228T2245Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
438 PM EST MON FEB 28 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN RABUN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA...
  TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
  SOUTHERN HENDERSON COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
  NORTH CENTRAL ANDERSON COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...
  NORTHWESTERN SPARTANBURG COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...
  PICKENS COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...
  NORTHERN GREENVILLE COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...
  NORTHEASTERN OCONEE COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...
  SOUTHERN POLK COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
  SOUTH CENTRAL RUTHERFORD COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...

* UNTIL 545 PM EST

* AT 433 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
  EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
  FROM 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF ETOWAH TO 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ROSMAN TO
  3 MILES NORTH OF PINE MOUNTAIN...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 9
  MILES NORTH OF BREVARD TO 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BREVARD TO 14 MILES
  NORTHEAST OF CLAYTON...MOVING EAST AT 65 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  LAKE JOCASSEE AND LITTLE RIVER...
  HENDERSONVILLE AND JONES GAP STATE PARK...
  DANA AND TUXEDO...
  NORTH SALUDA RESERVOIR AND SALUDA...
  LANDRUM AND TRYON...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE
OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
LEVEL OF A HOUSE OR OTHER STURDY STRUCTURE IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED.

DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES ROTATION ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM. IF IT CONTINUES TO STRENGTHEN...A TORNADO WARNING MAY
BE ISSUED. REMEMBER...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO
PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.

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 3500 8317 3502 8302 3503 8301 3506 8305
      3512 8292 3540 8266 3521 8180 3518 8183
      3519 8186 3516 8186 3487 8222 3466 8254
      3495 8328
TIME...MOT...LOC 2138Z 284DEG 58KT 3534 8260 3510 8279
          3496 8309

$$

BSH

1 follow-up statement

603 
WWUS52 KGSP 282213
SVSGSP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
513 PM EST MON FEB 28 2011

GAC241-NCC089-175-SCC073-282223-
/O.CAN.KGSP.SV.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110228T2245Z/
RABUN GA-TRANSYLVANIA NC-HENDERSON NC-OCONEE SC-
513 PM EST MON FEB 28 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN OCONEE...SOUTHERN
HENDERSON...TRANSYLVANIA AND NORTHEASTERN RABUN COUNTIES IS
CANCELLED...

LAT...LON 3466 8254 3480 8289 3487 8290 3529 8217
      3521 8180 3518 8183 3519 8186 3516 8186
      3487 8222
TIME...MOT...LOC 2213Z 284DEG 58KT 3519 8193 3495 8213
          3481 8243

$$

NCC149-161-SCC007-045-077-083-282245-
/O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110228T2245Z/
ANDERSON SC-SPARTANBURG SC-PICKENS SC-GREENVILLE SC-POLK NC-
RUTHERFORD NC-
513 PM EST MON FEB 28 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM EST
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL RUTHERFORD...SOUTHERN POLK...NORTHERN GREENVILLE...
CENTRAL PICKENS...NORTHWESTERN SPARTANBURG AND NORTH CENTRAL ANDERSON
COUNTIES...

AT 508 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM FINGERVILLE TO GREER TO POWDERSVILLE...OR ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES EAST OF COLUMBUS TO 13 MILES NORTHEAST OF
DOWNTOWN GREENVILLE TO 7 MILES WEST OF DOWNTOWN GREENVILLE...MOVING
EAST AT 65 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
LYMAN...HAYWOOD MALL...WHITE HORSE ROAD AT I-85...GSP AIRPORT...
PELHAM ROAD AT I-85 AND SHOPS AT GREENRIDGE

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE
OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
LEVEL OF A HOUSE OR OTHER STURDY STRUCTURE IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED.

&&

LAT...LON 3466 8254 3480 8289 3487 8290 3529 8217
      3521 8180 3518 8183 3519 8186 3516 8186
      3487 8222
TIME...MOT...LOC 2213Z 284DEG 58KT 3519 8193 3495 8213
          3481 8243

$$

BSH

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 Feb 28, 2:43 PM EST, 1 hour 55 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 28, 2:43 PM EST, 1 hour 55 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
243 PM EST MON FEB 28 2011

.SYNOPSIS...
A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE AREA AND MOVE OFF THE EAST COAST
TONIGHT. HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN BEHIND THE FRONT ON TUESDAY AND
REMAINS IN PLACE WEDNESDAY. A DRY COLD FRONT CROSSES THE AREA
WEDNESDAY NIGHT WITH ANOTHER HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING IN THROUGH THE
WEEKEND.

&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH TUESDAY/...
AS OF 130 PM...MAIN ACTION WILL BE IN THE FIRST 6 HOURS OR SO AS A
QLCS PRECEDING A SURFACE COLD FRONT MOVES QUICKLY ACROSS THE AREA.
CURRENTLY A BROKEN LINE IS STILL OVER EASTERN TN...BUT MESOSCALE
MODELS INDICATE THAT IT WILL BEGIN TO MOVE MORE RAPIDLY AND ENTER
GSP'S WESTERN NC COUNTIES BY 4PM...AND THEN QUICKLY MOVE ACROSS THE
REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST AREA BY 03Z. MODEL SOUNDINGS STILL DEPICT
A STRONG VEERING WIND FIELD ALOFT PRECEDING THE COLD FRONT AND
RESULTANT HIGH HELICITY. 50+KT JET EXTENDS BELOW 5KFT...SO MAIN
THREAT LOOKS TO BE LOCALIZED WIND DAMAGE WHERE CONVECTIVE ELEMENTS
OCCUR. HOWEVER...ISOLATED TORNADOES MAY ALSO OCCUR NEAR BREAKING
LINE SEGMENTS. THE LINE OF STORMS SHOULD CLEAR ALL OF THE AREA BY
MIDNIGHT WITH RAPID CLEARING OCCURRING BEHIND COLD FRONT...ALONG WITH A
PERIOD OF GUSTY POST FRONTAL NW WINDS.

SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTROL THE WEATHER ON TUESDAY RESULTING
IN ALMOST 100% INSOLATION AND TEMPS NEAR AVERAGE. USED A MOS BLEND
FOR TEMPS.

&&

.SHORT TERM /TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY/...
AS OF 225 PM MONDAY...SHORT WAVES TO OUR NORTH DIG A LOW AMPLITUDE
TROF OVER THE EAST COAST TUE NITE AND WED. THE TROF MOVES OFF SHORE
AS A LOW AMPLITUDE RIDGE MOVES IN ON THU. AT THE SFC...DRY HIGH
PRESSURE OVER THE AREA TUE NITE GIVES WAY TO A DRY BACK DOOR COLD
FRONT WHICH MOVES THRU THE AREA WED NITE. SFC HIGH PRESSURE REMAINS
RIDGED INTO THE AREA THU. THE RESULTING SENSIBLE WX WILL BE
RELATIVELY QUIET WITH MAINLY CIRRUS CLOUDS AND BELOW NORMAL LOWS TUE
NITE AND ABOVE NORMAL HIGHS WED. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NE AND BE
BREEZY AT TIMES WED NITE AND THU AS THE FRONT MOVES THRU. EXPECT A
SMALL INCREASE IN LOW CLOUDS LOW LEVEL SELY FLOW BRINGS IN SOME
MOISTURE...BUT BETTER LOW LEVEL MOISTURE MOVES IN LATER. THE WINDS
WILL KEEP THE ATMOS SOMEWHAT MIXED AND THE SCT CLOUDS WILL LIMIT
RADIATION WED NITE WITH LOWS ENDING UP A LITTLE ABOVE NORMAL. HIGHS
THU SHOULD BE NEAR TO ONLY SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL WITH THE COOLER AIR
MASS MOVING IN.

&&

.LONG TERM /THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY/...
AS OF 240 PM MONDAY...THE MEDIUM RANGE FCST PICKS UP AT 00Z FRIDAY
WITH NEARLY FLAT/ZONAL H5 FLOW OVER THE AREA. MODELS DEVELOP ANOTHER
FAIRLY POTENT UPPER SHORTWAVE OVER THE CENTRAL ROCKIES LATE
FRI/EARLY SAT AND THEN TRANSLATE THE FEATURE EASTWARD. MODEL
SOLUTIONS BEGIN TO DIVERGE AT THIS POINT WRT THE AMPLITUDE AND SPEED
OF THE SHORTWAVE. THE LATEST 12Z GFS IS STILL CONSIDERABLY FASTER
AND LESS AMPLIFIED WHILE THE OLDER 00Z ECMWF LAGS BY NEARLY 24HRS
AND DEVELOPS A CLOSED H5 LOW BY EARLY SUNDAY AS THE DEEPER TROF
MOVES OVER THE SOUTHERN MISS RIVER VALLEY. AT THE SFC...HIGH
PRESSURE TO OUR NE IS EXPECTED TO MAINTAIN A BRIEF COLD AIR DAMMING
SCENARIO THROUGH FRIDAY. THE SFC PATTERN FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE
MEDIUM RANGE...THROUGH THE WEEKEND...REMAINS UNCLEAR WITH OVERALL
LOW CONFIDENCE IN THE SENSIBLE FCST. THE FASTER GFS DEVELOPS A
SOUTHERN PLAINS SFC LOW AND MOVES A COLD FRONT OVER THE FCST AREA
LATE SAT/EARLY SUN...WHILE THE ECMWF DEVELOPS A LOW FARTHER SE AND
DOES NOT PUSH A FRONT THROUGH UNTIL LATE SUN. THE EC ALSO HAS SOME
HEALTHY LOOKING WRAP AROUND MOISTURE OVER WESTERN NC AND EXTREME NE
GA EARLY MON. ONCE THE LOW FINALLY CLEARS THE REGION...THINGS SHOULD
DRY OUT FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE PERIOD. HPC CONTINUES TO FAVOR THE
ECMWF SOLUTION MORE AND KEEPS AT LEAST CHANCE POPS OVER MUCH OF THE
CWFA THRU EARLY MONDAY. IF THE EC SOLUTION DOES WORK OUT...WE CAN
EXPECT MOST OF THE PRECIP TO FALL ON SUN WITH THE FROPA. TEMPS
SHOULD REMAIN BELOW CLIMO ON FRI WITH THE WEDGE IN PLACE AND WARM TO
A FEW DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL OVER THE WEEKEND AS THE WEDGE ERODES.

&&

.AVIATION /20Z MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/...
AT KCLT...DEEP MIXED LAYER PROMOTING STIFF SW WINDS WITH GUSTS TO
AROUND 30KT THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. MAIN WEATHER EVENT FOR THE
AIRFIELD WILL BE THE PASSAGE OF A COLD FRONT ACCOMPANIED BY A LINE
OF THUNDERSTORMS EARL;Y THIS EVENING. EXPECT A PERIOD OF THUNDER/LOW
MVFR CONDTIONS FROM ABOUT 23Z-01Z WITH THE FRONTAL PASSAGE AND
PERHAPS A PEAK NW GUST IN EXCESS OF 40KT. EXPECT RAPID IMPROVEMENT
(TO VFR) BY 05Z WITH WINDS VEERING TO THE NW AND THEN TO THE NE
AROUND 12Z TUE.

ELSEWHERE...NEARLY THE SAME STORY WITH STRONG SW WINDS THIS
AFTERNOON. EXPECT FRONTAL PASSAGE ACCOMPANIED BY THUNDER/LOW MVFR
CONDITIONS IN THE 22Z-01Z TIMEFRAME. SOME WIND SHEAR INDICATED
ACROSS UPSTATE SC LATE THIS AFTERNOON. COULD SEE A PEAK NW GUST WITH
THE FRONTAL PASSAGE IN EXCESS OF 40KT. RAPID IMPROVEMENT EXPECTED BY
05Z (VFR) WITH WINDS VEERING TO THE NW AND THEN NE ON TUE.

OUTLOOK...A DRY HIGH PRESSURE WILL DOMIANTE THRU THU. MOISTURE WILL
RETURN TO THE AREA LATE IN THE WEEK AS A FLOW OFF THE ATLANTIC DEVELOPS.

&&

.GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING FOR GAZ010.
     LAKE WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING FOR GAZ017-018-
     026-028-029.
NC...WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING FOR NCZ033-048>053-
     058-059-062>065-501-503-505-507-509.
     LAKE WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING FOR NCZ035>037-
     056-057-068>072-082-502-504-506-508-510.
SC...LAKE WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING FOR SCZ001>014-
     019.

&&

SYNOPSIS...RWH
NEAR TERM...LG
SHORT TERM...RWH
LONG TERM...JPT
AVIATION...LG

Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 28, 3:32 PM EST, 1 hour 6 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
332 PM EST MON FEB 28 2011

GAZ017-018-026-028-NCZ035>037-056-068>070-502-504-506-508-510-
SCZ001>008-010-012045-
HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-CATAWBA-
CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-GREATER CALDWELL-GREATER BURKE-
EASTERN MCDOWELL-GREATER RUTHERFORD-EASTERN POLK-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-
PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER OCONEE-
GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-ANDERSON-
332 PM EST MON FEB 28 2011

...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING...
...TORNADO WATCH 33 IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EST 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.

   LAKE WIND ADVISORY.
   TORNADO WATCH.

.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...TORNADOES OR FLASH FLOODING TO OUR OFFICE.

GAZ010-NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-501-503-505-507-509-012045-
RABUN-AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM-
NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-
CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-BURKE MOUNTAINS-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-
RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-POLK MOUNTAINS-
332 PM EST MON FEB 28 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING...
...TORNADO WATCH 33 IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EST THIS EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA 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.

   TORNADO WATCH.
   WIND ADVISORY.

.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...TORNADOES OR FLASH FLOODING TO OUR OFFICE.

GAZ029-NCZ057-071-072-082-SCZ009-011>014-019-012045-
ELBERT-ROWAN-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC-YORK-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-
UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD-
332 PM EST MON FEB 28 2011

...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST 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.

   LAKE WIND ADVISORY.

A COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS THIS EVENING.
OUT AHEAD OF THE FRONT...STRONG WIND SHEAR AND SUFFICIENT
INSTABILITY WILL SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF A LINE OF STRONG TO
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. PRESENT INDICATIONS ARE THAT THE LINE OF
THUNDERSTORMS WOULD MOVE OUT ACROSS THE PIEDMONT BY LATE
AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVENING. DAMAGING WIND GUSTS ARE THE PRIMARY
THREAT WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE LINE OF STORMS...ALTHOUGH A FEW
BRIEF TORNADOES WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. THE RISK OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD END BY THE MIDDLE PART OF THE EVENING.

.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...TORNADOES OR FLASH FLOODING TO OUR OFFICE.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Feb 28, 1:25 PM EST, 3 hours 13 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
125 PM EST MON FEB 28 2011

NCZ033-049-050-281900-
AVERY-MITCHELL-YANCEY-
125 PM EST MON FEB 28 2011

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHERN MITCHELL...NORTHWESTERN
AVERY AND NORTHWESTERN YANCEY COUNTIES THROUGH 200 PM EST...

AT 120 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BANNER HILL...OR 5 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF ERWIN...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  BULADEAN...
  NEWLAND...

PEOPLE IN NORTHERN MITCHELL...NORTHWESTERN AVERY AND NORTHWESTERN
YANCEY COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...

BULADEAN AND NEWLAND...

SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE
WARNINGS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE
WEATHER THREATEN.

WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

LAT...LON 3604 8186 3600 8247 3610 8239 3613 8230
      3613 8227 3615 8222 3615 8217 3611 8212
      3611 8207 3613 8205 3613 8203 3626 8195
      3626 8191

BSH

Special weather statement, Feb 28, 3:50 PM EST, 48 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
350 PM EST MON FEB 28 2011

NCZ053-503>506-508-282115-
BUNCOMBE-BURKE MOUNTAINS-EASTERN MCDOWELL-GREATER BURKE-GREATER
RUTHERFORD-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-
350 PM EST MON FEB 28 2011

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT EASTERN BUNCOMBE...MCDOWELL...
NORTHERN RUTHERFORD AND SOUTHERN BURKE COUNTIES THROUGH 415 PM EST...

AT 342 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 3 MILES NORTH OF
BUSICK TO SWANNANOA...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.

THESE STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  OLD FORT...
  LAKE JAMES...
  GLENWOOD...
  THERMAL CITY...

WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.

LAT...LON 3579 8157 3545 8192 3549 8212 3552 8209
      3553 8218 3552 8222 3550 8223 3553 8245
      3570 8228 3572 8221 3574 8218 3579 8216
      3584 8210 3587 8201

KRENTZ

Local storm report, Feb 28, 4:07 PM EST, 31 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
407 PM EST MON FEB 28 2011

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0340 PM     TSTM WND DMG     4 S ALMOND              35.31N  83.57W
02/28/2011                   SWAIN              NC   COUNTY OFFICIAL

            2 TREES REPORTED DOWN OFF HWY 28 JUST SOUTH OF ALMOND.

&&

JPT

Local storm report, Feb 28, 4:27 PM EST, 11 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
427 PM EST MON FEB 28 2011

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0425 PM     HAIL             DREXEL                  35.76N 81.61W
02/28/2011  M0.75 INCH       BURKE              NC   TRAINED SPOTTER

            STRONG WINDS BUT NO DAMAGE

&&

RWH

Local storm report, Feb 28, 4:28 PM EST, 10 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
428 PM EST MON FEB 28 2011

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0415 PM     HAIL             1 NE MORGANTON          35.75N  81.69W
02/28/2011  E0.75 INCH       BURKE              NC   TRAINED SPOTTER

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JAT

The office that day

Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 27, 8:21 PM EST	Lake Wind Advisory	GSP	Abbeville, Anderson, Cherokee, Chester, Greenwood, Laurens and 2 more	23 hr
Feb 28, 3:57 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Oconee, Pickens	63 min
Feb 28, 4:59 PM EST	Tornado Warning	GSP	Greenville, Spartanburg	31 min
Feb 28, 5:21 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Anderson	39 min
Feb 28, 5:30 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Anderson, Cherokee, Chester, Greenville, Laurens, Spartanburg and 2 more	60 min
Feb 28, 5:50 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Abbeville, Anderson, Greenwood, Laurens	55 min
Feb 28, 6:06 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	York	54 min
Feb 28, 6:25 PM EST	Tornado Warning	GSP	Abbeville, Greenwood, Laurens	35 min
Feb 28, 6:42 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Chester	48 min
Feb 28, 6:51 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Abbeville, Greenwood, Laurens	39 min
Feb 28, 6:57 PM EST	Tornado Warning	GSP	Greenwood, Laurens	14 min
Feb 28, 3:46 AM EST	Wind Advisory	GSP	Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Graham, Haywood and 11 more	14 hr
Feb 28, 1:25 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Avery	35 min
Feb 28, 2:30 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Madison, Mitchell, Yancey	45 min
Feb 28, 3:14 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Graham, Swain	61 min
Feb 28, 3:50 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Burke, McDowell	25 min
Feb 28, 4:09 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Alexander, Burke, Caldwell, Catawba, Cleveland, Lincoln and 2 more	66 min
Feb 28, 4:39 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Alexander, Catawba, Iredell	38 min
Feb 28, 4:59 PM EST	Tornado Warning	GSP	Iredell, Rowan	17 min
Feb 28, 5:08 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Davie, Iredell, Rowan	32 min
Feb 28, 5:45 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Cabarrus, Mecklenburg, Union	45 min

Nearby

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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.