Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 684, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 25, 2011, 2:06 PM EDT for 4 counties in North Carolina. It was in force for 54 min. 3 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
- Sep 25, 2011, 2:06 PM EDT (18:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 25, 2011, 3:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Catawba County, NC, Cleveland County, NC, Gaston County, NC, Lincoln County, NC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:07 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 25, 2:55 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Lincolnton, NC | SEVERAL TREES DOWN, SOME ON BUILDINGS. HAIL-SIZE UNKNOWN. |
| Sep 25, 3:00 PM EDT | HAIL 2 | Lincolnton, NC | |
| Sep 25, 3:03 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Boger City, NC | TREES DOWN ON SALEM CHURCH ROAD AND ON MAIN STREET. PEA SIZE HAIL |
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 2 storm reports to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 49 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, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 151 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
- 535 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 490 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 47 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 84 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
346 WUUS52 KGSP 251806 SVRGSP NCC035-045-071-109-251900- /O.NEW.KGSP.SV.W.0684.110925T1806Z-110925T1900Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 206 PM EDT SUN SEP 25 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHWESTERN CATAWBA COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA... NORTHERN CLEVELAND COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA... NORTHWESTERN GASTON COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA... WESTERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA... * UNTIL 300 PM EDT * AT 203 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 2 MILES SOUTH OF FALLSTON...OR 8 MILES NORTH OF SHELBY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... WACO... FALLSTON... BELWOOD... CHERRYVILLE... VALE...CROUSE...COOKSVILLE AND LINCOLNTON... 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 3569 8139 3548 8114 3527 8150 3540 8166 TIME...MOT...LOC 1807Z 223DEG 8KT 3540 8150 $$ KRENTZ
2 follow-up statements
919 WWUS52 KGSP 251821 SVSGSP SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 221 PM EDT SUN SEP 25 2011 NCC035-045-071-109-251900- /O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0684.000000T0000Z-110925T1900Z/ CATAWBA NC-CLEVELAND NC-GASTON NC-LINCOLN NC- 221 PM EDT SUN SEP 25 2011 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM EDT FOR WESTERN LINCOLN...EXTREME NORTHWESTERN GASTON...CENTRAL CLEVELAND AND SOUTHWESTERN CATAWBA COUNTIES... AT 218 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR FALLSTON...OR 10 MILES NORTH OF SHELBY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BELWOOD...CHERRYVILLE...VALE...LINCOLNTON...CROUSE AND BOGER CITY LAT...LON 3534 8145 3543 8159 3569 8139 3548 8114 TIME...MOT...LOC 1821Z 223DEG 8KT 3542 8147 $$ KRENTZ
452
WWUS52 KGSP 251845
SVSGSP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
245 PM EDT SUN SEP 25 2011
NCC045-071-251855-
/O.CAN.KGSP.SV.W.0684.000000T0000Z-110925T1900Z/
CLEVELAND NC-GASTON NC-
245 PM EDT SUN SEP 25 2011
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EXTREME NORTHWESTERN GASTON
AND CENTRAL CLEVELAND COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
LAT...LON 3548 8114 3541 8131 3542 8138 3554 8148
3569 8139
TIME...MOT...LOC 1845Z 223DEG 8KT 3548 8131
$$
NCC035-109-251900-
/O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0684.000000T0000Z-110925T1900Z/
CATAWBA NC-LINCOLN NC-
245 PM EDT SUN SEP 25 2011
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM EDT
FOR WESTERN LINCOLN AND SOUTHWESTERN CATAWBA COUNTIES...
AT 243 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS REPORTED CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.
THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES NORTH OF CROUSE...OR 4 MILES WEST OF
LINCOLNTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BOGER
CITY
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD BE ALERT FOR LARGE HAIL AND
DAMAGING WINDS. FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN CAN OCCUR
WITH ANY THUNDERSTORM. SEEK SHELTER INDOORS AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND
DOORS UNTIL THE STORM PASSES.
&&
LAT...LON 3548 8114 3541 8131 3542 8138 3554 8148
3569 8139
TIME...MOT...LOC 1845Z 223DEG 8KT 3548 8131
$$
KRENTZWhat 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 Sep 25, 10:59 AM EDT, 3 hours 7 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 25, 10:59 AM EDT, 3 hours 7 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1059 AM EDT SUN SEP 25 2011 .SYNOPSIS... A WARM AND MOIST AIR MASS WILL LINGER ACROSS THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN REGION TODAY. A DEEP UPPER LOW OVER THE OHIO VALLEY WILL REMAIN THROUGH THE EARLY WEEK...A COLD FRONT WILL SLOWLY MOVE ACROSS THE REGION LATE MONDAY INTO TUESDAY. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/... ADJUSTMENTS BEING MADE FOR CLOUDS AND POPS WITH SLOW EWD CLEARING AND CONVECTION TRYING TO DEVELOP ON DIFFERENTIAL HEATING AND ALONG ELONGATED S/W CROSSING THE FORECAST AREA. IN ADDITION OUR EASTERN FORECAST AREA SITS UNDER THE RIGHT ENTRANCE REGION OF A SLIGHTLY ANTICYCLONIC JET FOR LIFTING PURPOSES...HOWEVER BEST INSTABILITY MAY REMAIN WEST WHERE CLEARING CAN DESTABILIZE A BIT MORE. BELOW IS THE EARLIER FORECAST DISCUSSION. THE LATEST UPDATE KEEPS MORE SOLID CHC POPS ALONG THE ERN ESCARPMENT OF THE MTNS THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS AS S TO SE UPSLOPE FLOW CONTINUES. OTHERWISE...THE CLOSED UPPER LOW CENTER LINGERS OVER IL THIS MORNING. AN UPPER LEVEL JETLET EAST OF THE ASSOCIATED TROUGH HAS PERSISTED ALONG THE APPALACHIAN MTN CHAIN FOR DAYS...AND DIVERGENCE NEAR THE ENTRANCE REGION WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TODAY. SLIGHTLY DRIER AIR WILL ADVECT INTO THE REGION ON SW FLOW AT MID LEVELS TODAY. THIS SHOULD KEEP ANY PRECIP COVERAGE DOWN SOMEWHAT...BUT MAY ALLOW ANY CONVECTION THAT DEVELOPS TO GENERATE BETTER OUTFLOWS GIVEN THE STRONG SFC TO MID LEVEL THETA E LAPSE. SEVERE POTENTIAL STILL APPEARS QUITE LIMITED THOUGH. WILL ADVERTISE BETTER POPS ACROSS NRN AND ERN SECTIONS...AND THE LOWEST POPS IN THE DRIER AIR S AND SW. WILL LEAN STRONGLY TOWARD THE WARMER MOS GUIDANCE FOR MAX TEMPS. SRLY 850 MB FLOW WILL INCREASE TONIGHT...ALONG WITH SE BL FLOW...TO BRING ANOTHER ROUND OF NOCTURNAL UPSLOPE SHOWERS TO THE ERN SLOPES OF THE MTNS. PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES WILL ALSO INCREASE THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS MONDAY AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING FRONT. WILL FOCUS SLIGHT CHC TO LOW END CHC POPS MAINLY ALONG THE EAST SIDE OF THE MTNS ONCE AGAIN. WILL ADVERTISE RELATIVELY WARM MINS...ABOUT 10 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. && .SHORT TERM /MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/... AS OF 4 AM SUNDAY...ON MONDAY...A H5 CLOSED LOW WILL GRADUALLY LIFT NORTHEAST ALONG THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF LAKE MICHIGAN AS RIDGING CONTINUES OVER THE ROCKIES AND THE WESTERN ATLANTIC. SHORT RANGE MODELS INDICATE THAT A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS DURING THE DAY. BY MONDAY EVENING AND OVERNIGHT...THE COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE MTNS AND SLOW IF NOT STALL. CAPE VALUES ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE FRONT APPEAR TO RANGE BETWEEN 500 TO 1000 J/KG THROUGH THE PERIOD. I WILL INDICATE 30 TO 40 POPS ACROSS THE CWA ON MONDAY...HIGHER VALUES ACROSS THE MTNS. MONDAY EVENING...IT APPEARS THAT ISO TO SCT SHRA AND TSRA WILL REMAIN ACROSS THE REGION AS THE FRONT SLOWS. HIGHS ON MONDAY MAY PEAK A COUPLE OF DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. LOWS SHOULD REMAIN BETWEEN 4 TO 6 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL GIVEN THE PLACEMENT OF THE BOUNDARY. ON TUESDAY...THE COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO SLOWLY SLIDE EAST DURING THE DAY. IT APPEARS THAT MID LEVEL SUPPORT WILL REMAIN WEAK...WITH WIDESPREAD WEAK INSTABILITY ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE FRONT. I WILL TIE POPS TO THE FORECAST LOCATION OF THE SFC BOUNDARY...RESULTING IN SCHC POPS WEST TO 40 POPS ALONG AND EAST OF I-77 DURING THE HEART OF THE AFTERNOON. HIGH TEMPERATURES SHOULD VERIFY CLOSE TO MONDAY/S VALUES. && .LONG TERM /TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY/... AT 410 AM SUNDAY...THE CLOSED UPPER LOW WILL OPEN AND MOVE OVER EASTERN CANADA DURING THE MID WEEK AS A STRONG RIDGE REMAINS OVER THE ROCKIES. THIS PATTERN WILL LIKELY PERSIST INTO LATE IN THE WORK WEEK. BY THE WEEKEND...A L/W TROF WILL DIG ACROSS THE ATLANTIC STATES AS HEIGHTS RISE OVER THE WEST. A COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO PUSH ACROSS THE REGION ON FRIDAY...BUT MOISTURE REMAINS VERY LIMITED. THIS PATTERN SHOULD FAVOR DRY CONDITIONS ACROSS THE FA THROUGH THE EXTENDED PERIOD. TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE CLOSE TO SEASONABLE VALUES THROUGH FRIDAY...THEN TURNING COOLER FOR THE WEEKEND. && .AVIATION /15Z SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/... AT KCLT...MOIST ESE SFC FLOW CONTINUES THIS MORNING...AND IFR CIGS AND VSBYS...WILL ONLY SLOWLY IMPROVE THROUGH MIDDAY...GIVEN THE FACT OF LACK OF OVERALL MECHANISM TO SCOUR THINGS OUT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH HE MOIST BL AND LINGERING BOUNDARIES...BUT WITH CONFIDENCE TOO LOW TO MENTION FOR THIS AFTN AT PRESENT. ANOTHER ROUND OF LOW CLOUDS APPEARS IN STORE FOR TONIGHT. FLOW WILL CONTINUE TO TOGGLE BETWEEN ESE AND ENE THROUGH THE PERIOD. ELSEWHERE...UPSLOPE PRECIPITATION HAS WANED BUT NEW CONVECTION CONTINUES TO DEVELOP ON THE DIFFERENTIAL HEATING AXIS. EXPECT A SLOW RECOVERY OF CIGS/VSBYS AT ALL SITES BUT WILL HAVE TO PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO AN INCREASE IN TSTM POSSIBILITIES. OUTLOOK...A MOIST BOUNDARY LAYER WILL PERSIST THROUGH MONDAY. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION MON NIGHT AND SLIP EAST OF THE AREA THROUGH TUE NIGHT. DRYING IS EXPECTED FROM WED ONWARD. 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...NED NEAR TERM...HG/TS SHORT TERM...NED LONG TERM...NED AVIATION...HG/TS
Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 25, 3:42 AM EDT, 10 hours 24 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 342 AM EDT SUN SEP 25 2011 NCZ033-049-050-053-065-501>510-260745- AVERY-YANCEY-MITCHELL-BUNCOMBE-HENDERSON-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS- GREATER CALDWELL-BURKE MOUNTAINS-GREATER BURKE-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS- EASTERN MCDOWELL-RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-GREATER RUTHERFORD- POLK MOUNTAINS-EASTERN POLK- 342 AM EDT SUN SEP 25 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS MOVING REPEATEDLY ALONG THE BLUE RIDGE THIS MORNING COULD PRODUCE ISOLATED FLOODING. OTHERWISE...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS...AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY THUNDERSTORMS. THE SHOWER MAY FOCUS ALONG THE BLUE RIDGE AGAIN TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... NONE. NCZ035>037-048-052-056-057-059-063-064-068>072-082-SCZ002-003- 005>014-019-260745- ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-MADISON-HAYWOOD-CATAWBA-ROWAN- NORTHERN JACKSON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN- GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC-PICKENS MOUNTAINS- GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG- CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- 342 AM EDT SUN SEP 25 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ANY THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS...AND BRIEFLY HEAVY RAINFALL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... NONE. GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ051-058-062-SCZ001-004-260745- RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-SWAIN-GRAHAM-MACON- OCONEE MOUNTAINS-GREATER OCONEE- 342 AM EDT SUN SEP 25 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... NONE.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Sep 25, 1:41 PM EDT, 25 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
141 PM EDT SUN SEP 25 2011
NCZ068>070-251830-
CLEVELAND-GASTON-LINCOLN-
141 PM EDT SUN SEP 25 2011
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL CLEVELAND...NORTHWESTERN
GASTON AND WESTERN LINCOLN COUNTIES THROUGH 230 PM EDT...
AT 138 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR KINGSTOWN...OR 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF
SHELBY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.
THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
LAWNDALE...
CHERRYVILLE...
SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.
LAT...LON 3537 8125 3524 8163 3536 8171 3542 8170
3557 8144 3556 8138
KRENTZSpecial weather statement, Sep 25, 1:47 PM EDT, 19 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
147 PM EDT SUN SEP 25 2011
NCZ071-251830-
MECKLENBURG-
147 PM EDT SUN SEP 25 2011
...A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL WILL AFFECT CENTRAL
MECKLENBURG COUNTY THROUGH 230 PM EDT...
AT 142 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CENTER CITY CHARLOTTE...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH.
THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
SOUTHPARK MALL...
PAW CREEK...
CENTER CITY CHARLOTTE...
PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.
ADDITIONALLY...HEAVY RAINS MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES
AND UNDERPASSES. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS.
WATER LEVELS OF SMALL STREAMS AND RIVERS MAY ALSO RISE...THEREFORE
SEEK HIGHER GROUND IF THREATENED BY FLOOD WATERS.
LAT...LON 3507 8090 3516 8101 3518 8100 3522 8101
3525 8101 3542 8088 3525 8065
KRENTZSpecial weather statement, Sep 25, 2:01 PM EDT, 5 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 201 PM EDT SUN SEP 25 2011 SCZ007-012-013-251845- LAURENS-SPARTANBURG-UNION- 201 PM EDT SUN SEP 25 2011 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL LAURENS...SOUTHEASTERN SPARTANBURG AND UNION COUNTIES THROUGH 245 PM EDT... AT 154 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES SOUTH OF CROSS ANCHOR...OR 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF LAURENS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR... CROSS KEYS... BUFFALO... DIME SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. LAT...LON 3484 8170 3464 8152 3445 8190 3460 8203 KRENTZ
The office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 25, 12:49 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | McDowell | 3 hr |
| Sep 25, 1:37 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | McDowell, Mitchell | 5 hr |
| Sep 25, 2:18 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Avery, Burke, Caldwell | 100 min |
| Sep 25, 3:11 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Avery, Burke, Caldwell | 4 hr |
| Sep 25, 7:19 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Burke, Caldwell, McDowell, Polk, Rutherford | 101 min |
| Sep 25, 1:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cleveland | 49 min |
| Sep 25, 1:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Mecklenburg | 43 min |
| Sep 25, 2:04 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Mecklenburg | 6 hr |
| Sep 25, 2:19 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Mecklenburg | 6 hr |
| Sep 25, 2:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Catawba, Iredell, Lincoln | 62 min |
| Sep 25, 4:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Gaston, Lincoln, Mecklenburg | 37 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.