Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 77, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 9, 2011, 7:09 PM EDT for Buncombe County, McDowell County, Yancey County, North Carolina. It was in force for 45 min. 6 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, 7:09 PM EDT (23:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 9, 2011, 7:54 PM EDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Buncombe County, NC, McDowell County, NC, Yancey County, NC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:10 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, 7:10 PM EDT | HAIL 1.75 | Marion, NC | |
| Apr 9, 7:10 PM EDT | HAIL 2 | Marion, NC | |
| Apr 9, 7:15 PM EDT | HAIL 0.88 | Barnardsville, NC | |
| Apr 9, 7:20 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | 4 Se Barnardsville, NC | QUARTER HAIL. TREE DOWN ON CRAGGY GARDENS ROAD. |
| Apr 9, 7:20 PM EDT | HAIL 1.25 | 8 S Burnsville, NC | HAIL QUARTER TO HALF DOLLAR NEAR LAUREL RIDGE. |
| Apr 9, 7:33 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | Old Fort, 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 5 storm reports to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 1 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, 6:16 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 219 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.
136
WUUS52 KGSP 092309
SVRGSP
NCC021-111-199-100015-
/O.NEW.KGSP.SV.W.0077.110409T2309Z-110410T0015Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
709 PM EDT SAT APR 9 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
EASTERN BUNCOMBE COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
SOUTHERN YANCEY COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
MCDOWELL COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 815 PM EDT
* AT 706 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 4 MILES
EAST OF BARNARDSVILLE...OR 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BURNSVILLE...
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MOUNT MITCHELL STATE PARK...
MOUNT MITCHELL STATE PARK AND SWANNANOA...
MONTREAT AND BLACK MOUNTAIN...
MONTREAT AND BUSICK...
OLD FORT AND WOODLAWN...
MARION...
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 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 3575 8192 3552 8219 3551 8223 3549 8223
3546 8226 3550 8233 3548 8236 3576 8253
3581 8246 3582 8242 3585 8242 3590 8236
TIME...MOT...LOC 2309Z 307DEG 18KT 3578 8236
$$
KRENTZ1 follow-up statement
277
WWUS52 KGSP 092354
SVSGSP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
754 PM EDT SAT APR 9 2011
NCC021-111-199-100004-
/O.CAN.KGSP.SV.W.0077.000000T0000Z-110410T0015Z/
BUNCOMBE NC-YANCEY NC-MCDOWELL NC-
754 PM EDT SAT APR 9 2011
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR MCDOWELL...SOUTHERN YANCEY AND
EASTERN BUNCOMBE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
LAT...LON 3575 8192 3552 8219 3551 8223 3549 8223
3546 8226 3550 8233 3548 8236 3576 8253
3581 8246 3582 8242 3585 8242 3590 8236
TIME...MOT...LOC 2354Z 307DEG 18KT 3564 8214
$$
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 Apr 9, 2:51 PM EDT, 4 hours 18 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 9, 2:51 PM EDT, 4 hours 18 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, 32 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, 6:51 PM EDT, 18 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
651 PM EDT SAT APR 09 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0640 PM TSTM WND DMG LINCOLNTON 35.48N 81.25W
04/09/2011 LINCOLN NC COUNTY OFFICIAL
TREE ON A HOUSE IN LINCOLNTON.
0641 PM TSTM WND DMG 2 S LINCOLNTON 35.45N 81.25W
04/09/2011 LINCOLN NC COUNTY OFFICIAL
ONE TREE DOWN NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF SOUTH FORK ROAD
AND SOUTHSIDE ROAD.
&&
BSHLocal storm report, Apr 9, 6:59 PM EDT, 10 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
659 PM EDT SAT APR 09 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0649 PM HAIL 4 WNW DALLAS 35.35N 81.24W
04/09/2011 E1.75 INCH GASTON NC AMATEUR RADIO
HW-279 AND PUETTS CHAPEL RD
&&Local storm report, Apr 9, 7:00 PM EDT, 9 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
700 PM EDT SAT APR 09 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0648 PM HAIL 5 WNW FAUST 35.93N 82.61W
04/09/2011 E1.75 INCH MADISON NC EMERGENCY MNGR
&&Local storm report, Apr 9, 7:04 PM EDT, 5 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
704 PM EDT SAT APR 09 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0703 PM HAIL 2 NNW MARION 35.71N 82.02W
04/09/2011 E1.00 INCH MCDOWELL NC TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
BSHLocal storm report, Apr 9, 7:08 PM EDT, 1 minute before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
708 PM EDT SAT APR 09 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0706 PM HAIL 3 SE MARION 35.65N 81.98W
04/09/2011 E1.50 INCH MCDOWELL NC AMATEUR RADIO
&&Local storm report, Apr 9, 7:09 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
709 PM EDT SAT APR 09 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0606 PM LIGHTNING MORGANTON 35.74N 81.70W
04/09/2011 BURKE NC COUNTY OFFICIAL
*** 9 INJ *** NINE PEOPLE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING AT COUNTY
FAIRGROUNDS. VICTIMS TRANSPORTED TO HOSPITAL.
&&
HGThe 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, 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, 7:25 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.