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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 73, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

April 9, 20114 counties in North Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 9, 2011, 6:47 PM EDT for 4 counties in North Carolina. It was in force for 31 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: Apr 9, 2011, 6:47 PM EDT (22:47 UTC)
Expired: Apr 9, 2011, 7:18 PM EDT
In force: 31 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), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:48 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, 6:49 PM EDT	HAIL 1.75	4 Wnw Dallas, NC	HW-279 AND PUETTS CHAPEL RD
Apr 9, 6:52 PM EDT	HAIL 0.75	Dallas, 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 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 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, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 124 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.

041 
WUUS52 KGSP 092247
SVRGSP
NCC035-045-071-109-092345-
/O.NEW.KGSP.SV.W.0073.110409T2247Z-110409T2345Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CATAWBA COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...
  SOUTHEASTERN CLEVELAND COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...
  GASTON COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...
  LINCOLN COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...

* UNTIL 745 PM EDT

* AT 643 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
  HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE
  LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CATAWBA TO
  3 MILES NORTH OF BESSEMER CITY...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6
  MILES EAST OF NEWTON TO 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF GASTONIA...MOVING
  SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  IRON STATION AND DALLAS...
  TERRELL AND STANLEY...
  LAKE NORMAN AND MCADENVILLE...
  MOUNT HOLLY AND LUCIA...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 3564 8094 3562 8093 3555 8096 3553 8094
      3551 8096 3549 8095 3538 8098 3532 8099
      3528 8101 3515 8102 3517 8133 3556 8151
      3576 8119
TIME...MOT...LOC 2247Z 314DEG 34KT 3563 8108 3530 8124

$$

NED

2 follow-up statements

282 
WWUS52 KGSP 092307
SVSGSP

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

NCC035-045-109-092317-
/O.CAN.KGSP.SV.W.0073.000000T0000Z-110409T2345Z/
CATAWBA NC-CLEVELAND NC-LINCOLN NC-
707 PM EDT SAT APR 9 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR LINCOLN...SOUTHEASTERN
CLEVELAND AND CATAWBA COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

LAT...LON 3532 8099 3528 8101 3515 8102 3517 8133
      3541 8120 3538 8098
TIME...MOT...LOC 2307Z 314DEG 34KT 3521 8105

$$

NCC071-092345-
/O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0073.000000T0000Z-110409T2345Z/
GASTON NC-
707 PM EDT SAT APR 9 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM EDT
FOR GASTON COUNTY...

AT 701 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BASEBALL SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR LOWELL...OR NEAR GASTONIA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS
OF THE INDICATED COUNTY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 3532 8099 3528 8101 3515 8102 3517 8133
      3541 8120 3538 8098
TIME...MOT...LOC 2307Z 314DEG 34KT 3521 8105

$$

NED

375 
WWUS52 KGSP 092318
SVSGSP

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

NCC071-092329-
/O.CAN.KGSP.SV.W.0073.000000T0000Z-110409T2345Z/
GASTON NC-
718 PM EDT SAT APR 9 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR GASTON COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

LAT...LON 3532 8099 3528 8101 3515 8102 3517 8133
      3541 8120 3538 8098
TIME...MOT...LOC 2319Z 314DEG 34KT 3513 8095

$$

NED

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 56 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 9, 2:51 PM EDT, 3 hours 56 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, 10 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, 6:36 PM EDT, 11 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

&&

HG

Local storm report, Apr 9, 6:37 PM EDT, 10 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

&&

HG

Local storm report, Apr 9, 6:39 PM EDT, 8 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

&&

HG

Local storm report, Apr 9, 6:40 PM EDT, 7 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.

&&

BSH

Local storm report, Apr 9, 6:41 PM EDT, 6 minutes 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.

&&

Local storm report, Apr 9, 6:45 PM EDT, 2 minutes before

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

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

0605 PM     HAIL             3 NE HICKORY TAVERN     34.56N 82.15W
04/09/2011  E1.00 INCH       LAURENS            SC   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, 5:40 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, 6:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Union	48 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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Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Carolina, 2011 Every 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.