Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 72, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 9, 2011, 6:42 PM EDT for Union County, North Carolina. It was in force for 48 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
- Apr 9, 2011, 6:42 PM EDT (22:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 9, 2011, 7:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Union County, NC
The radar
The Columbia radar (KCAE), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:42 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 9, 7:00 PM EDT | HAIL 1.25 | 6 Ne Waxhaw, NC | COCORAHS OBSERVER REPORTED HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL. |
| Apr 9, 7:02 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | 6 S Monroe, NC | |
| Apr 9, 7:15 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 8 Wnw Pageland, NC | SPOTTER REPORTS METAL ROOF PEELED OFF A HORSE STALL AND MULTIPLE 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 2 storm reports to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 18 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, 2:44 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, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 144 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
464
WUUS52 KGSP 092242
SVRGSP
NCC179-092330-
/O.NEW.KGSP.SV.W.0072.110409T2242Z-110409T2330Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
642 PM EDT SAT APR 9 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN UNION COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 730 PM EDT
* AT 638 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 3 MILES
NORTH OF WAXHAW...OR 11 MILES WEST OF MONROE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT
60 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MONROE...
TRINITY...WINGATE AND MARSHVILLE...
STURDIVANTS...
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 3481 8032 3481 8080 3482 8081 3494 8078
3507 8053 3506 8030
TIME...MOT...LOC 2242Z 312DEG 51KT 3493 8068
$$
NED1 follow-up statement
958
WWUS52 KGSP 092327
SVSGSP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
727 PM EDT SAT APR 9 2011
NCC179-092336-
/O.EXP.KGSP.SV.W.0072.000000T0000Z-110409T2330Z/
UNION NC-
727 PM EDT SAT APR 9 2011
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN UNION COUNTY IN THE
PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA WILL EXPIRE AT 730 PM EDT...
A NEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR SOUTHERN
MECKLENBURG AND EAST CENTRAL YORK COUNTY UNTIL 830 PM.
LAT...LON 3481 8032 3481 8080 3482 8081 3494 8078
3507 8053 3506 8030
TIME...MOT...LOC 2326Z 312DEG 51KT 3451 8012
$$
NEDWhat 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 51 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 9, 2:51 PM EDT, 3 hours 51 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, 6:37 PM EDT, 5 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 637 PM EDT SAT APR 9 2011 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ035>037-056-057-069-072-SCZ001-004- 102245- RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-ALEXANDER-IREDELL- DAVIE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-LINCOLN-CABARRUS-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-GREATER OCONEE- 637 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...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... NONE. NCZ048-049-051>053-059-063>065-068-070-071-082-503>510-SCZ002-003- 005>014-019-102245- MADISON-YANCEY-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-NORTHERN JACKSON- SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-CLEVELAND-GASTON-MECKLENBURG- UNION NC-BURKE MOUNTAINS-GREATER BURKE-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS- EASTERN MCDOWELL-RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-GREATER RUTHERFORD- POLK MOUNTAINS-EASTERN POLK-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS- GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK- ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- 637 PM EDT SAT APR 9 2011 ...TORNADO WATCH 115 IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM EDT SUNDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...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... NONE. NCZ033-050-058-062-501-502-102245- AVERY-MITCHELL-GRAHAM-MACON-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-GREATER CALDWELL- 637 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...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... NONE.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Apr 9, 6:35 PM EDT, 7 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
635 PM EDT SAT APR 09 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0615 PM HAIL 1 SE MORGANTON 35.73N 81.69W
04/09/2011 E1.25 INCH BURKE NC TRAINED SPOTTER
ON SOUTH STERLING STREET IN MORGANTON.
&&
BSHLocal storm report, Apr 9, 6:36 PM EDT, 6 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
636 PM EDT SAT APR 09 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0610 PM HAIL GASTONIA 35.25N 81.17W
04/09/2011 E1.00 INCH GASTON NC PUBLIC
&&
HGLocal storm report, Apr 9, 6:37 PM EDT, 5 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
637 PM EDT SAT APR 09 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0630 PM HAIL BURNSVILLE 35.92N 82.30W
04/09/2011 E1.00 INCH YANCEY NC COUNTY OFFICIAL
&&
HGLocal storm report, Apr 9, 6:39 PM EDT, 3 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
639 PM EDT SAT APR 09 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0552 PM HAIL TEGA CAY 35.03N 81.02W
04/09/2011 E1.75 INCH YORK SC PUBLIC
&&
HGLocal storm report, Apr 9, 6:40 PM EDT, 2 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
640 PM EDT SAT APR 09 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0520 PM HAIL 4 SSE GASTONIA 35.20N 81.14W
04/09/2011 E2.75 INCH GASTON NC AMATEUR RADIO
HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF BASEBALLS DAMAGED MULTIPLE PLANES
AT THE GASTONIA AIRPORT.
&&
BSHLocal storm report, Apr 9, 6:41 PM EDT, 1 minute before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
641 PM EDT SAT APR 09 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0635 PM HAIL 5 WSW LAKE WYLIE 35.09N 81.14W
04/09/2011 E2.50 INCH YORK SC AMATEUR RADIO
SECOND ROUND OF HAIL AT HW-55 AND S KINGSBURY RD.
&&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, 6:17 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, 6:47 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 |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Carolina, 2011Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2011
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.