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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 63, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

April 9, 20115 counties in North Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 9, 2011, 5:40 PM EDT for 5 counties in North Carolina. It was in force for 42 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, 5:40 PM EDT (21:40 UTC)
Expired: Apr 9, 2011, 6:22 PM EDT
In force: 42 min
Issued by: NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Avery County, NC, Burke County, NC, Caldwell County, NC, McDowell County, NC, Mitchell County, NC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:43 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, 6:10 PM EDT	HAIL 1	1 Se Morganton, NC	ON OLD SHELBY ROAD.
Apr 9, 6:10 PM EDT	HAIL 1.25	2 Nw Morganton, NC
Apr 9, 6:10 PM EDT	HAIL 1.75	Morganton, NC
Apr 9, 6:15 PM EDT	HAIL 1.25	1 Se Morganton, NC	ON SOUTH STERLING STREET IN MORGANTON.
Apr 9, 6:15 PM EDT	HAIL 1.5	Morganton, NC

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 30 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, 2:00 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 159 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: 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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

494 
WUUS52 KGSP 092140
SVRGSP
NCC011-023-027-111-121-092245-
/O.NEW.KGSP.SV.W.0063.110409T2140Z-110409T2245Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
540 PM EDT SAT APR 9 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN AVERY COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
  SOUTHEASTERN MITCHELL COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
  NORTHEASTERN MCDOWELL COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
  CALDWELL COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
  BURKE COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...

* UNTIL 645 PM EDT

* AT 538 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
  HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.  THESE STORMS
  WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF
  UPTON TO 3 MILES NORTH OF JONAS RIDGE TO 9 MILES WEST OF JONAS
  RIDGE...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BEECH
  MOUNTAIN TO 5 MILES SOUTH OF NEWLAND TO 4 MILES NORTH OF SPRUCE
  PINE...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  JONAS RIDGE...
  UPTON AND GLOBE...
  LAKE JAMES...
  PATTERSON AND TABLE ROCK...
  GLEN ALPINE...
  MORGANTON AND LENOIR...

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.

PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THIS LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE
ALERT FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND
LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN CAN OCCUR WITH ANY THUNDERSTORM. SEEK SHELTER
INDOORS AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS UNTIL THE STORM PASSES.

TO REPORT DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...OR FLOODING...THROUGH OUR
AUTOMATED REPORTING SYSTEM...CALL OUR TOLL FREE NUMBER...
1 8 7 7...6 3 3...6 7 7 2.

&&

LAT...LON 3610 8151 3610 8148 3608 8142 3604 8137
      3584 8140 3564 8172 3583 8215 3586 8214
      3600 8187 3612 8181 3613 8155
TIME...MOT...LOC 2140Z 292DEG 39KT 3616 8179 3600 8188
          3596 8204

$$

KRENTZ

2 follow-up statements

642 
WWUS52 KGSP 092206
SVSGSP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
606 PM EDT SAT APR 9 2011

NCC011-111-121-092217-
/O.CAN.KGSP.SV.W.0063.000000T0000Z-110409T2245Z/
AVERY NC-MITCHELL NC-MCDOWELL NC-
606 PM EDT SAT APR 9 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN MCDOWELL...
SOUTHEASTERN MITCHELL AND SOUTHEASTERN AVERY COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

LAT...LON 3610 8151 3610 8148 3608 8142 3604 8137
      3584 8140 3564 8172 3584 8187 3596 8169
      3613 8156 3613 8155
TIME...MOT...LOC 2207Z 292DEG 39KT 3605 8145 3589 8155
          3585 8171

$$

NCC023-027-092245-
/O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0063.000000T0000Z-110409T2245Z/
CALDWELL NC-BURKE NC-
606 PM EDT SAT APR 9 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM EDT
FOR CENTRAL BURKE AND CALDWELL COUNTIES...

AT 605 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER
SIZE HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.  THESE STORMS
WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF
PATTERSON TO LENOIR TO TABLE ROCK...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 11
MILES NORTH OF LENOIR TO LENOIR TO 8 MILES NORTH OF MORGANTON...
MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO CAJAH'S
MOUNTAIN...KINGS CREEK...HUDSON...DREXEL...SAWMILLS...VALDESE AND
LAKE RHODHISS

LAT...LON 3610 8151 3610 8148 3608 8142 3604 8137
      3584 8140 3564 8172 3584 8187 3596 8169
      3613 8156 3613 8155
TIME...MOT...LOC 2207Z 292DEG 39KT 3605 8145 3589 8155
          3585 8171

$$

KRENTZ

136 
WWUS52 KGSP 092222
SVSGSP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
622 PM EDT SAT APR 9 2011

NCC023-027-092232-
/O.CAN.KGSP.SV.W.0063.000000T0000Z-110409T2245Z/
CALDWELL NC-BURKE NC-
622 PM EDT SAT APR 9 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL BURKE AND CALDWELL
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

LAT...LON 3610 8151 3610 8148 3608 8142 3604 8137
      3584 8140 3564 8172 3584 8187 3596 8169
      3613 8156 3613 8155
TIME...MOT...LOC 2222Z 292DEG 39KT 3599 8126 3583 8136
          3579 8152

$$

KRENTZ

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 Apr 9, 2:51 PM EDT, 2 hours 49 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 9, 2:51 PM EDT, 2 hours 49 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, 2 hours 50 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

Local storm report, Apr 9, 5:12 PM EDT, 28 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
512 PM EDT SAT APR 09 2011

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

0510 PM     HAIL             LIBERTY                 34.79N 82.70W
04/09/2011  E1.00 INCH       PICKENS            SC   AMATEUR RADIO

&&

Local storm report, Apr 9, 5:13 PM EDT, 27 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
513 PM EDT SAT APR 09 2011

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

0510 PM     HAIL             BESSEMER CITY           35.28N 81.29W
04/09/2011  E2.75 INCH       GASTON             NC   AMATEUR RADIO

&&

Local storm report, Apr 9, 5:21 PM EDT, 19 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
521 PM EDT SAT APR 09 2011

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

0518 PM     HAIL             CROWDERS                35.19N 81.21W
04/09/2011  E1.75 INCH       GASTON             NC   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

BSH

Local storm report, Apr 9, 5:27 PM EDT, 13 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
527 PM EDT SAT APR 09 2011

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

0518 PM     HAIL             4 SSE EASLEY            34.77N 82.56W
04/09/2011  E1.75 INCH       ANDERSON           SC   TRAINED SPOTTER

            AT EAST CHURCH ROAD AND HW-8.

&&

BSH

Local storm report, Apr 9, 5:39 PM EDT, 1 minute before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
539 PM EDT SAT APR 09 2011

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

0532 PM     HAIL             4 SE GASTONIA           35.22N 81.11W
04/09/2011  E1.25 INCH       GASTON             NC   PUBLIC

            COCORAHS OBSERVER

&&

Local storm report, Apr 9, 5:40 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
540 PM EDT SAT APR 09 2011

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

0528 PM     HAIL             4 SE GASTONIA           35.22N 81.11W
04/09/2011  E1.00 INCH       GASTON             NC   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

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, 3:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Buncombe, McDowell, Yancey	48 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, 5:43 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.