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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 68, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

April 9, 20116 counties in North Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 9, 2011, 6:17 PM EDT for 6 counties in North Carolina. It was in force for 28 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: Apr 9, 2011, 6:17 PM EDT (22:17 UTC)
Expired: Apr 9, 2011, 6:45 PM EDT
In force: 28 min
Issued by: NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Alexander County, NC, Burke County, NC, Caldwell County, NC, Catawba County, NC, Cleveland County, NC, Lincoln County, NC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:19 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, 6:40 PM EDT	HAIL 1.75	Valdese, 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 one storm report 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
Apr 9, 2:00 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr
Apr 9, 2:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr
Apr 9, 6:16 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 138 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.

586 
WUUS52 KGSP 092217
SVRGSP
NCC003-023-027-035-045-109-092315-
/O.NEW.KGSP.SV.W.0068.110409T2217Z-110409T2315Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN ALEXANDER COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...
  WESTERN CATAWBA COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...
  NORTH CENTRAL CLEVELAND COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...
  NORTHWESTERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...
  SOUTHEASTERN CALDWELL COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
  SOUTHEASTERN BURKE COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...

* UNTIL 715 PM EDT

* AT 615 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PING PONG BALL
  SIZE HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.  THESE
  STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 3 MILES NORTH OF
  GRANITE FALLS TO VALDESE TO 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF PLEASANT GROVE...
  OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LENOIR TO 9
  MILES EAST OF MORGANTON TO 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MORGANTON...MOVING
  EAST AT 50 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  RHODHISS AND PLEASANT GROVE...
  BETHLEHEM AND LAKE HICKORY...
  MILLERSVILLE AND ST. STEPHENS...
  VALE AND CONOVER...
  NEWTON AND CLAREMONT...

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 3583 8107 3564 8119 3546 8150 3565 8173
      3577 8165 3594 8142
TIME...MOT...LOC 2217Z 288DEG 41KT 3583 8141 3573 8152
          3568 8163

$$

KRENTZ

2 follow-up statements

073 
WWUS52 KGSP 092230
SVSGSP

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

NCC003-027-092241-
/O.CAN.KGSP.SV.W.0068.000000T0000Z-110409T2315Z/
ALEXANDER NC-CALDWELL NC-
630 PM EDT SAT APR 9 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN CALDWELL AND
SOUTHWESTERN ALEXANDER COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

LAT...LON 3578 8112 3564 8119 3546 8150 3559 8166
      3569 8159 3574 8142 3576 8139 3576 8138
      3580 8134 3580 8130 3581 8128 3580 8127
      3583 8115
TIME...MOT...LOC 2231Z 288DEG 41KT 3578 8122 3568 8133
          3563 8144

$$

NCC023-035-045-109-092315-
/O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0068.000000T0000Z-110409T2315Z/
CATAWBA NC-CLEVELAND NC-LINCOLN NC-BURKE NC-
630 PM EDT SAT APR 9 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN BURKE...NORTHWESTERN LINCOLN...NORTH CENTRAL
CLEVELAND AND WESTERN CATAWBA COUNTIES...

AT 627 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 ST. STEPHENS TO LONGVIEW TO
COOKSVILLE...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM HICKORY TO 12 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF HICKORY...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
CONOVER...VALE...NEWTON AND CLAREMONT

LAT...LON 3578 8112 3564 8119 3546 8150 3559 8166
      3569 8159 3574 8142 3576 8139 3576 8138
      3580 8134 3580 8130 3581 8128 3580 8127
      3583 8115
TIME...MOT...LOC 2231Z 288DEG 41KT 3578 8122 3568 8133
          3563 8144

$$

KRENTZ

859 
WWUS52 KGSP 092245
SVSGSP

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

NCC023-035-045-109-092255-
/O.CAN.KGSP.SV.W.0068.000000T0000Z-110409T2315Z/
CATAWBA NC-CLEVELAND NC-LINCOLN NC-BURKE NC-
645 PM EDT SAT APR 9 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN BURKE...
NORTHWESTERN LINCOLN...NORTH CENTRAL CLEVELAND AND WESTERN CATAWBA
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

LAT...LON 3578 8112 3564 8119 3546 8150 3559 8166
      3569 8159 3574 8142 3576 8139 3576 8138
      3580 8134 3580 8130 3581 8128 3580 8127
      3583 8115
TIME...MOT...LOC 2245Z 288DEG 41KT 3573 8103 3563 8114
          3558 8125

$$

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, 3 hours 26 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 9, 2:51 PM EDT, 3 hours 26 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, 3 hours 27 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, 5:58 PM EDT, 19 minutes before

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

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

0547 PM     HAIL             5 WSW LAKE WYLIE        35.09N 81.14W
04/09/2011  E2.00 INCH       YORK               SC   AMATEUR RADIO

            HW-55 AND SOUTH KINGSBURY RD

&&

Local storm report, Apr 9, 6:00 PM EDT, 17 minutes before

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

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

0555 PM     HAIL             2 NNW DALLAS            35.34N 81.19W
04/09/2011  E1.25 INCH       GASTON             NC   TRAINED SPOTTER

            ALONG HW-321 JUST OUTSIDE OF DALLAS.

&&

BSH

Local storm report, Apr 9, 6:05 PM EDT, 12 minutes before

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

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

0601 PM     HAIL             SHELBY                  35.29N 81.54W
04/09/2011  E1.00 INCH       CLEVELAND          NC   TRAINED SPOTTER

            QUARTER SIZE HAIL AT CLEVELAND COUNTY HOSPITAL.

&&

HG

Local storm report, Apr 9, 6:07 PM EDT, 10 minutes before

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

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

0558 PM     HAIL             3 SE ROCK HILL          34.91N 80.98W
04/09/2011  E1.75 INCH       YORK               SC   AMATEUR RADIO

            I-77 EXIT 77

&&

Local storm report, Apr 9, 6:11 PM EDT, 6 minutes before

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

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

0610 PM     HAIL             2 NW MORGANTON          35.76N 81.72W
04/09/2011  E1.25 INCH       BURKE              NC   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

BSH

Local storm report, Apr 9, 6:17 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

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

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

0542 PM     HAIL             PELZER                  34.64N 82.46W
04/09/2011  E1.00 INCH       ANDERSON           SC   PUBLIC

&&

HG

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, 5:40 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, 6:25 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.