Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 685, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 25, 2011, 2:58 PM EDT for Catawba County, Iredell County, Lincoln County, North Carolina. It was in force for 62 min. 2 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, 2:58 PM EDT (18:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 25, 2011, 4:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Catawba County, NC, Iredell County, NC, Lincoln County, NC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:59 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, 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 2 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, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 122 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.
536 WUUS52 KGSP 251858 SVRGSP NCC035-097-109-252000- /O.NEW.KGSP.SV.W.0685.110925T1858Z-110925T2000Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 258 PM EDT SUN SEP 25 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... EASTERN CATAWBA COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA... SOUTHWESTERN IREDELL COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA... EASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA... * UNTIL 400 PM EDT * AT 255 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 NEAR BOGER CITY...OR 2 MILES NORTHEAST OF LINCOLNTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MAIDEN... DENVER... LAKE NORMAN... TERRELL AND CATAWBA... 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 3576 8111 3554 8080 3543 8123 3553 8132 TIME...MOT...LOC 1858Z 231DEG 11KT 3550 8121 $$ 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 Sep 25, 2:58 PM EDT, 0 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 25, 2:58 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 258 PM EDT SUN SEP 25 2011 .SYNOPSIS... A WARM AND MOIST AIR MASS WILL LINGER ACROSS THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN REGION THROUGH MONDAY. A COLD FRONT WILL THEN SLOWLY MOVE INTO THE REGION LATE MONDAY AND PUSH ACROSS THE CAROLINAS ON TUESDAY. A STRONGER COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE AREA LATE IN THE WEEK. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH MONDAY/... WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWS S/W CROSSING OUR FORECAST AREA (FA) AT MID AFTERNOON. CONSIDERABLE DEEP MOISTURE HEAD OF SAID FEATURE...ALONG WITH AN AXIS OF HIGH THETA-E AIR AND DEVELOPING INSTABILITY...AS LOWER CLOUDS THIN...HAVE ALL LED TO A RAMP UP OF SHOWERS AND TSTMS PRIMARILY FROM THE SOUTHERN AND ERN END OF THE SC UPSTATE...TO ESPECIALLY ALONG AND EAST OF I77 IN WESTERN NC. WE WILL CONTINUE MODERATELY HIGH POPS THOSE SECTIONS INTO THE EVENING WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS AND WET MICROBURSTS. WEST OF THE S/W PERHAPS SUBSIDENCE HAS TEMPORARILY HALTED CONVECTIVE INITIATION... ALTHOUGH SHORT RANGE MODELS WERE INDICATING SOME INCREASE BY 00Z. AS A RESULT WE WILL KEEP POPS GOING INTO THIS EVENING. INTERESTINGLY THE MODELS RETURN A SELY FLOW FROM THE SFC TO H85 ALONG THE NC ESCARPMENT TONIGHT...BEFORE VEERING OVERNIGHT. AS A RESULT WE HAVE A SECOND MAXIMUM IN POPS AND QPF THROUGH ABOUT MIDNIGHT OR SO BEFORE THE VEERING TAKES PLACE AND TENDS TO SHUT THINGS OFF. WE CONSIDERED A FLASH FLOOD WATCH BUT DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH CONFIDENCE IN DURATION OF THE EVENT...OR WATER AMOUNTS. LARGE UPPER LOW SPINNING IN PARTS OF THE MO VALLEY WILL SEND A PACKET OF ENERGY OUR WAY MONDAY...AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT. WILL START POPS OUT IN THE CHANCE CATEGORY MONDAY MORNING THEN SPREADING INTO THE EASTERN SECTIONS OF OUR REGION MONDAY AFTERNOON. && .SHORT TERM /MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT/... AS OF 2 PM SUNDAY...THE SHORT TERM FCST PICKS UP AT 00Z ON TUESDAY WITH THE PERSISTENT H5 CLOSED LOW CENTERED OVER NORTHERN ILLINOIS AND UPPER LVL RIDGING TO ITS EAST AND WEST. THE LOW WILL SLOWLY DRIFT EASTWARD THRU THE PERIOD AND WEAKEN SOME...BUT REMAINS WELL DEFINED INTO THE MEDIUM RANGE. UPPER LVL WINDS WILL GRADUALLY BECOME MORE WESTERLY AS THE LOW MOVES FARTHER EAST. LATE MONDAY AND TUESDAY...THE SFC COLD FRONT WILL BE MOVING INTO THE WESTERN NC MTS AND PUSHING A BAND OF DEEP LAYER MOISTURE JUST AHEAD OF THE FRONT ITSELF. THE LATEST MODEL GUIDANCE IS NOW INDICATING THAT THE LOW LVLS WILL DRY OUT A BIT SOONER ONCE THE FRONT MOVES EAST OF THE AREA TUES AFTERNOON/EVENING. MID AND UPPER LVL SUPPORT STILL LOOKS PRETTY MEAGER BUT MODEL SOUNDINGS CONTINUE TO GENERATE SOME WIDESPREAD WEAK INSTABILITY ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE FRONT UNTIL ABOUT 12Z. I KEPT A HIGH CHANCE POP OVER MOST OF THE CWFA FOR THE FIRST 12HRS OR SO OF THE PERIOD. AFTER THAT...POPS WERE LOWERED TO JUST SLIGHT CHANCE FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY. TEMPS WERE KEPT NEAR PERSISTENCE FROM THE PREVIOUS DAY WITH HIGHS WELL ABOVE NORMAL. ON WED...AFTER THE SFC FRONT MOVES OFFSHORE DRIER WEST TO SWLY LOW LVL FLOW PERSIST OVER THE CWFA THRU WED. MODELS ARE TRENDING DRIER OVERALL ON WED WITH LITTLE TO NO INSTABILITY OVER THE AREA. THUS...JUST KEPT A SLIGHT CHANCE POP OVER THE NORTHERN MTS AND FOOTHILLS WED AFTERNOON/EVENING. TEMPS WERE LOWERED A DEGREE OR 2 FROM THE PREVIOUS DAY WITH VALUES STILL WELL ABOVE NORMAL. && .LONG TERM /THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/... AT 120 PM SUNDAY...GOOD AGREEMENT IS SEEN IN THE OP MODELS WITH FINALLY BREAKING DOWN THE UPPER CLOSED LOW THU. A NRN PACIFIC S/W BREAKS THROUGH THE RIDGE AND DROPS DOWN ACROSS THE UPPER MIDWEST WHICH WILL EFFECTIVELY NUDGE THE UPPER LOW INTO THE WESTERLIES AND LIFT IT NE/LY. THE 12Z GFS IS QUICKER WITH THIS SCENARIO THAN THE OTHER MODELS...BUT BY 00Z FRI DECENT CONFIDENCE IS HAD IN THE UPPER PATTERN SHIFTING TO MORE OF A BROAD TROF OR QUASI/ZONAL CONFIG OVER THE CWFA. THIS WILL BREAK THE LONGITUDINAL BLOCK AND ALLOW A VERY STRONG RIDGE TO DEVELOP AND PROPAGATE EASTWARD ACROSS CENTRAL CANADA...INSTIGATING A S/LY DISPLACEMENT OF A CP AIRMASS OVER THE ERN CONUS THROUGH THE WEEKEND. SO...WITH DEEP NW/LY FLOW SETTING UP BEGINNING LATE THU AND CONTINUING THROUGH THE PERIOD...A MAINLY DRY FCST IS IN PLACE. THE EXCEPTION BEING A WEAK COLD FRONT REACHING THE NC MTNS FRI...WHERE DUE TO LIMITED MOISTURE ONLY SLIGHT CHANCE POPS ARE ADVERTISED ATTM. TEMPS WILL STILL BE WARM THU AND FRI WITH HIGHS AND LOWS RIGHT AROUND NORMAL. HOWEVER MAXES WILL BE A COUPLE CATS BELOW NORMAL SAT/SUN WITH THE NEW AIRMASS MIXING AND LOWS WILL MOST LIKELY DROP INTO THE LOWER 40S ACROSS THE NC MTN VALLEYS. && .AVIATION /19Z SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/... AT CLT... SHORT TERM MESO ANALYSIS SHOWS NOSE OF HIGHER THETA-E AIR PUNCHING INTO PARTS OF OUR SOUTHERN AND EASTERN FORECAST AREA (FA). CLOUDS HAVE ALLOWED INSTABILITY TO BE REALIZED...AS A RESULT WOULD EXPECT AN AXIS OF SCATTERED HEAVY CONVECTION TO RULE THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING IN THE AFOREMENTIONED AREAS INCLUDING CLT WITH VERY REDUCED CIGS AND VSBYS. ADDITIONALLY AXIS OF DCAPE CO-INCIDENT WITH ACTIVITY AND ISOLATED SEVERE HAS ALREADY COMMENCED. FINALLY MODELS CLEARLY DEPICTING S/W AXIS SLOWLY PROGRESSING INTO THAT REGION. ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE S/W AXIS APPARENT SUBSIDENCE PATTERN HAS AT LEAST TEMPORARILY THROTTLED CONVECTION...ALTHOUGH VARIOUS MESO SCALE MODELS SHOW INITIATION THIS AFTERNOON. WE WILL CONTINUE TO MENTION CB'S AND VFR CIGS WEST OF THE S/W AXIS. LOOK FOR SITES TO GO INTO THE DUMPS TONIGHT WITH CIGS AND VSBYS FALLING INTO IFR CONDITIONS. WE MAY NOT HAVE HIT SOME PLACES HARD ENOUGH IN COMPARISON TO THIS MORNING...AND WILL ALERT THE INCOMING SHIFT. OTHERWISE LOOK FOR SUBTLE CIG AND VSBY IMPROVEMENT AFTER SUNRISE MONDAY AHEAD OF THE NEXT FRONT. OUTLOOK....AFTER ANOTHER RAMP-UP OF SHOWERS AND STORMS MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...LOOK FOR THINGS TO SETTLE A BIT. 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...JPT NEAR TERM...TS SHORT TERM...JPT LONG TERM...SBK AVIATION...TS
Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 25, 3:42 AM EDT, 11 hours 16 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, 1 hour 17 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, 1 hour 11 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, 57 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
Local storm report, Sep 25, 2:25 PM EDT, 33 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
225 PM EDT SUN SEP 25 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0136 PM TSTM WND DMG LAURENS 34.50N 82.03W
09/25/2011 LAURENS SC TRAINED SPOTTER
SPOTTER REPORTED NUMEROUS TREES DOWN IN THE CITY OF
LAURENS.
&&
JPTLocal storm report, Sep 25, 2:27 PM EDT, 31 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
227 PM EDT SUN SEP 25 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0140 PM HAIL LAURENS 34.50N 82.03W
09/25/2011 E1.25 INCH LAURENS SC TRAINED SPOTTER
HAIL UP TO HALF DOLLAR SIZE REPORTED IN THE CITY OF
LAURENS BY SPOTTER.
&&
JPTSpecial weather statement, Sep 25, 2:47 PM EDT, 11 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
247 PM EDT SUN SEP 25 2011
SCZ013-014-251930-
CHESTER-UNION-
247 PM EDT SUN SEP 25 2011
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHEASTERN UNION AND WESTERN
CHESTER COUNTIES THROUGH 330 PM EDT...
AT 243 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR WHITMIRE...OR 15 MILES SOUTH OF UNION...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
CARLISLE...
SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.
LAT...LON 3451 8160 3452 8164 3456 8168 3456 8170
3480 8146 3463 8125 3456 8134 3456 8141
3456 8142 3451 8141 3448 8145 3448 8149
3444 8154
KRENTZThe 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, 2:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Catawba, Cleveland, Gaston, Lincoln | 54 min |
| Sep 25, 2:19 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Mecklenburg | 6 hr |
| 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.