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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 95, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 12, 2011, 3:46 AM EDT for 5 counties in North Carolina. It was in force for 35 min. 1 report 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 12, 2011, 3:46 AM EDT (07:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 12, 2011, 4:21 AM EDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Alexander County, NC, Burke County, NC, Caldwell County, NC, McDowell County, NC, Rutherford County, NC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:47 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 12, 3:55 AM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Morganton, NC | SEVERAL TREES BLOWN DOWN AT BROUGHTON HOSPITAL. |
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 9 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 00:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 150 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
- 682 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -106 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1647 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 113 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 94 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
371
WUUS52 KGSP 120746
SVRGSP
NCC003-023-027-111-161-120845-
/O.NEW.KGSP.SV.W.0095.110412T0746Z-110412T0845Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
346 AM EDT TUE APR 12 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
WEST CENTRAL ALEXANDER COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...
SOUTHEASTERN MCDOWELL COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
NORTHEASTERN RUTHERFORD COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
CALDWELL COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
BURKE COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 445 AM EDT
* AT 342 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR DYSARTSVILLE...OR 10 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF MARION...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 70 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
GLEN ALPINE...
MORGANTON AND DREXEL...
GAMEWELL AND LAKE RHODHISS...
LENOIR AND CAJAH'S MOUNTAIN...
PATTERSON...
KINGS CREEK AND ELLENDALE...
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 3608 8142 3602 8134 3600 8132 3601 8131
3593 8121 3544 8187 3563 8206 3566 8205
3611 8157
TIME...MOT...LOC 0746Z 224DEG 61KT 3565 8181
$$
MCAVOY3 follow-up statements
858
WWUS52 KGSP 120759
SVSGSP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
359 AM EDT TUE APR 12 2011
NCC111-161-120809-
/O.CAN.KGSP.SV.W.0095.000000T0000Z-110412T0845Z/
MCDOWELL NC-RUTHERFORD NC-
359 AM EDT TUE APR 12 2011
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN RUTHERFORD AND
SOUTHEASTERN MCDOWELL COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
LAT...LON 3608 8142 3602 8134 3600 8132 3601 8131
3593 8121 3569 8163 3576 8182 3583 8187
3611 8157
TIME...MOT...LOC 0759Z 224DEG 62KT 3580 8163
$$
NCC003-023-027-120845-
/O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0095.000000T0000Z-110412T0845Z/
ALEXANDER NC-CALDWELL NC-BURKE NC-
359 AM EDT TUE APR 12 2011
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 AM EDT
FOR CENTRAL BURKE...CALDWELL AND WEST CENTRAL ALEXANDER COUNTIES...
AT 356 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MORGANTON...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 70 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LAKE
RHODHISS...GAMEWELL...COLLETTSVILLE...CAJAH'S MOUNTAIN...SAWMILLS...
HUDSON...LENOIR...PATTERSON...KINGS CREEK AND ELLENDALE
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 3608 8142 3602 8134 3600 8132 3601 8131
3593 8121 3569 8163 3576 8182 3583 8187
3611 8157
TIME...MOT...LOC 0759Z 224DEG 62KT 3580 8163
$$
MCAVOY530
WWUS52 KGSP 120809
SVSGSP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
409 AM EDT TUE APR 12 2011
NCC023-120819-
/O.CAN.KGSP.SV.W.0095.000000T0000Z-110412T0845Z/
BURKE NC-
409 AM EDT TUE APR 12 2011
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL BURKE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
LAT...LON 3608 8142 3600 8132 3601 8131 3593 8121
3578 8148 3578 8153 3583 8159 3597 8165
3609 8156
TIME...MOT...LOC 0809Z 224DEG 62KT 3592 8148
$$
NCC003-027-120845-
/O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0095.000000T0000Z-110412T0845Z/
ALEXANDER NC-CALDWELL NC-
409 AM EDT TUE APR 12 2011
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 AM EDT
FOR EASTERN CALDWELL AND WEST CENTRAL ALEXANDER COUNTIES...
AT 405 AM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS REPORTED CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED
NEAR CAJAH'S MOUNTAIN...OR NEAR LENOIR...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 70 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO KINGS
CREEK AND ELLENDALE
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 3608 8142 3600 8132 3601 8131 3593 8121
3578 8148 3578 8153 3583 8159 3597 8165
3609 8156
TIME...MOT...LOC 0809Z 224DEG 62KT 3592 8148
$$
MCAVOY929
WWUS52 KGSP 120821
SVSGSP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
421 AM EDT TUE APR 12 2011
NCC003-027-120830-
/O.CAN.KGSP.SV.W.0095.000000T0000Z-110412T0845Z/
ALEXANDER NC-CALDWELL NC-
421 AM EDT TUE APR 12 2011
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN CALDWELL AND WEST
CENTRAL ALEXANDER COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF CALDWELL AND
ALEXANDER COUNTIES.
LAT...LON 3608 8142 3600 8132 3601 8131 3593 8121
3578 8148 3578 8153 3583 8159 3597 8165
3609 8156
TIME...MOT...LOC 0820Z 224DEG 62KT 3605 8131
$$
MCAVOYWhat 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 12, 1:58 AM EDT, 1 hour 48 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 12, 1:58 AM EDT, 1 hour 48 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
158 AM EDT TUE APR 12 2011
.SYNOPSIS...
A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE OFF THE CAROLINA COAST TODAY. HIGH PRESSURE
WILL THEN BUILD IN TONIGHT AND PERSIST INTO THURSDAY. ANOTHER COLD
FRONT IS EXPECTED TO APPROACH FROM THE WEST ON FRIDAY AND REACH THE
CAROLINA COAST ON SATURDAY.
&&
.NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/...
AT 2 AM EDT TUESDAY...A CLOSED UPPER LOW WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS
SOUTHERN VA TODAY AND TONIGHT. A COLD FRONT NOW CROSSING OUR AREA IS
EXPECTED TO BE DEPARTING TO THE EAST SHORTLY AFTER DAYBREAK.
MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY ASSOCIATED WITH THE UPPER LOW WILL CROSS
THE ARE FROM LATE MORNING INTO THIS AFTERNOON...SUPPORTING
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND PERHAPS SOME THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE
AREA...EVEN AS POST FRONTAL WINDS BECOME WSW AND ATTAIN A DOWNSLOPE
COMPONENT. CLOUD COVER WILL KEEP MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES NEAR THE LOW
END OF GUIDANCE. GUSTY WINDS SUPPORT A LAKE WIND ADVISORY ALONG THE
NC BLUE RIDGE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING.
COOL POOL RELATED SHOWERS WILL GRADUALLY END FROM SOUTH TO NORTH
TONIGHT AS THE UPPER LOW MOVES EAST...AND SURFACE WINDS VEER TO THE
NW BEHIND A SECONDARY FRONT. UPSLOPE FLOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE IN
THE NC MOUNTAINS ALONG THE TN BORDER. MINIMUM TEMPERATURES WILL BE A
COUPLE OF CATEGORIES BELOW NORMAL. MODEL SOUNDINGS IN THE MOUNTAINS
DO NOT SUPPORT WINTER WEATHER...AS THE TOP OF THE MOIST LAYER IS
ONLY AROUND 5 DEGREE BELOW ZERO. GUSTY NW WINDS BEHIND THE SECOND
COLD FRONT APPEAR TO SUPPORT ANOTHER LAKE WIND ADVISORY ACROSS MOST
OF THE NC MOUNTAINS...BUT AS THIS IS DEEP WITHIN THE SECOND PERIOD
OF THE FORECAST...THE PRODUCT WILL NOT BE ISSUED UNTIL CONFIDENCE
IMPROVES.
&&
.SHORT TERM /WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT/...
AS OF 200 AM TUESDAY...HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN ON WEDNESDAY AND WILL
SLOWLY MOVE OFF THE MID ATLANTIC COAST BY THU NIGHT. FAIR WEATHER IS
EXPECTED THROUGH THE PERIOD WITH SLOWLY MODERATING TEMPERATURES.
THERE STILL LOOKS TO BE A CHANCE FOR FROST IN THE NC MTN VALLEYS WED
NIGHT.
&&
.LONG TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY/...
AS OF 220 PM MONDAY...DECENT AGREEMENT IS SEEN IN THE OP MODELS WRT
TO THE TIMING OF THE COLD FRONT FRI. THE CMC IS A BIT OF NRN OUTLIER
WITH THE UPPER LEVEL LOW...HOWEVER THE ECWMF AND THE GFS HAVE COME
INTO DECENT AGREEMENT WITH THE SYNOPTIC FEATURES AND THE OVERALL
CONFIDENCE IS GOOD WITH THE EXPECTED ONSET AND TIMING OF THE FROPA.
THE DIFFERENCES LIE WITH THE AMOUNT OF FORCING AVAILABLE. THE GFS
SFC LOW IS SUPPORTED MORE DYNAMICALLY WITH A NEG TILT H5 LOW AND
BETTER ULVL DIV. THIS SLOWS THE GFS DOWN A LITTLE MORE THAN THE
ECMWF AND ALLOWS AN INSITU SFC HIGH AHEAD OF THE SYSTEM TO PERSIST
LONGER AND MAINTAIN A E/LY LLVL WIND FIELD...THUS THE AMOUNT OF SFC
BASED INSTABILITY AVAILABLE. THE ECWMF IS MORE UNSTABLE WITH BL
WINDS DEVELOPING S/LY EARLY FRI AND THIS WILL BE GIVEN MORE WEIGHT.
IT/S JUST HARD TO BELIEVE THE ATMOS WILL NOT BE UNSTABLE AT ALL
AHEAD OF A DAYTIME FRONTAL PASSAGE THIS TIME OF YEAR. SO...THE GRIDS
WERE MAINTAINED WITH TS ACTIVITY BEGINNING EARLY FRI...SHIFTING EAST
THROUGHOUT THE DAY. EXPECT A QUICK MOVING DRY SLOT TO PUSH IN FRI
NIGHT AS THE UPPER LOW REMAINS CUTOFF. VERY GOOD BULK SHEAR AND 50+
KT H85 JET WILL AIDE IN A STRONG TO SEVERE POTENTIAL AS THE TRIPLE
POINT LOW MOVES INTO THE WRN ZONES AROUND 06Z SAT. SO...SOME
ORGANIZED QLCS IS THE MOST LIKELY STORM MODE AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM.
SUPERCELL DEVELOPMENT IS NOT LIKELY DUE TO A MOIST COLUMN AND LACK
OF HIGH END SBCAPE...HOWEVER A LOW END HYDRO EVENT IS POSSIBLE WITH
PW/S APPROACHING 1.25 INCHES FOR SEVERAL HOURS. TOTAL QPF FOR THE
EVENT COULD NEAR 2 INCHES ACROSS THE NC MTNS WHERE STREAMS AND SMALL
RIVERS MAY FLOOD OR REACH BANKFULL.
HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN SAT AND AN AIRMASS CHANGE/MIX WILL PUSH IN
SAT NIGHT. THERE MAY BE A BRIEF PERIOD OF -SNSH ACROSS THE NC MTN
SPINE IN COLD WRAP AROUND MOISTURE...HOWEVER CONFIDENCE AND POPS ARE
LOW RIGHT NOW TO INCLUDE IN THE FCST. MAX TEMPS WILL START OUT FRI A
FEW DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL...AND BY SUN HIGHS SHOULD ONLY REACH A FEW
DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. A SRN STREAM SYSTEM IS PROJECTED TO DEVELOP
LATE SUN NIGHT ACROSS THE NRN GOM...BUT THE TIMING AND STRENGTH OF
THIS SYSTEM STILL NEED TO BE IRONED OUT...SO SILENT SLIGHT POPS WERE
INTRODUCED FOR MON.
&&
.AVIATION /06Z TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/...
AT KCLT...LOW LEVEL WIND SHEAR IS EXPECTED FOR THE FIRST FEW HOURS
OF THE TAF...WITH A LOW LEVEL SOUTHWESTERLY JET. SURFACE WINDS
INCREASE FROM THE SOUTH AND BECOME GUSTY. SHOWERS AND ASSOCIATED
MVFR VISIBILITY ACCOMPANY THE FRONT AS IT GETS INTO THE AREA BEFORE
DAWN...AND INDICATIONS ARE THAT CUMULONIMBUS WILL BE PRESENT. GUSTY
WINDS VEER TO SOUTHWEST THIS MORNING. BY AFTERNOON INSTABILITY WITH
A MID LEVEL COOL POOL ASSOCIATED WITH THE UPPER LOW WILL SUPPORT
ANOTHER ROUND SHOWERS IN THE VICINITY AND MORE CUMULONIMBUS. WINDS
VEER TO THE NW WITH A SECONDARY FRONTAL PASSAGE LATE THIS
AFTERNOON...THEN LOSE THEIR GUSTINESS IN THE MID EVENING AS MIXING
DECREASES.
AT KAVL...GUSTY SW WINDS WILL PREVAIL IN THE PRE DAWN HOURS AHEAD OF
THE FRONT...WITH THUNDERSTORMS REDUCING VISIBILITY TO MVFR.
WINDS SHIFT TO UPSLOPE FORM THE NW WITH FRONTAL PASSAGE TOWARD
DAYBREAK...AND POST FRONTAL SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO MAINTAIN MVFR
VSBY FOR A FEW HOURS. BY MID MORNING A MID LEVEL COOL POOL
ASSOCIATED WITH THE UPPER LOW WILL SUPPORT MORE SHOWERS IN THE
VICINITY...AND ADDITIONAL CUMULONIMBUS...WHICH LAST THROUGH MIDDAY.
BY MID EVENING AND MVFR CIG IS EXPECTED IN CONTINUED MOIST UPVALLEY
FLOW.
ELSEWHERE...AS THE COLD FRONT APPROACHES...GUSTY SSW WINDS DEVELOP
EARLY ON....AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL REDUCE VSBY TO MVFR. LOW LEVEL
WIND SHEAR IS SUPPORTED AT KHKY BEFORE FRONTAL PASSAGE. WINDS VEER
TO WSW AS THE FRONT MOVES THROUGH BEFORE DAYBREAK...END
RESTRICTIONS. BY MID TO LATE MORNING INSTABILITY ASSOCIATED WITH
COOL MID LEVEL TEMPERATURES AROUND THE UPPER LOW SUPPORT ANOTHER
ROUND OF SHOWERS IN THE VICINITY...AND MORE CUMULONIMBUS
CLOUDS...LASTING INTO THE AFTERNOON. BY EVENING WINDS VEER TO THE NW
WITH A SECONDARY COLD FRONT.
OUTLOOK...DRIER HIGH PRES IS EXPECTED WED. CONDITIONS BECOME
UNSETTLED AHEAD OF THE NEXT SYSTEM THU THROUGH SAT.
&&
.GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...NONE.
NC...LAKE WIND ADVISORY FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM EDT THIS
EVENING FOR NCZ033-049-050-053-063>065-501>510.
SC...NONE.
&&
SYNOPSIS...DEO
NEAR TERM...JAT
SHORT TERM...MCAVOY
LONG TERM...MCAVOY
AVIATION...JATHazardous weather outlook, Apr 11, 10:18 PM EDT, 5 hours 28 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1018 PM EDT MON APR 11 2011 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-SCZ001>007- 010>012-019-130230- RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY- MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON- SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-OCONEE MOUNTAINS- PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER OCONEE- GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE- LAURENS-GREENWOOD- 1018 PM EDT MON APR 11 2011 ...TORNADO WATCH 132 IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM EDT TUESDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...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...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...TORNADOES OR FLASH FLOODING TO OUR OFFICE. NCZ035>037-056-057-068>072-082-501>510-SCZ008-009-013-014-130230- ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON- MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-GREATER CALDWELL- BURKE MOUNTAINS-GREATER BURKE-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-EASTERN MCDOWELL- RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-GREATER RUTHERFORD-POLK MOUNTAINS-EASTERN POLK- CHEROKEE-YORK-UNION SC-CHESTER- 1018 PM EDT MON APR 11 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. A COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE AREA FROM THE WEST TONIGHT... ACCOMPANIED BY THUNDERSTORMS. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE SEVERE...PRODUCING DAMAGING WIND...AND PERHAPS LARGE HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...TORNADOES OR FLASH FLOODING TO OUR OFFICE.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Apr 12, 1:31 AM EDT, 2 hours 15 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
131 AM EDT TUE APR 12 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1252 AM TSTM WND DMG LAKE JUNALUSKA 35.53N 82.98W
04/12/2011 HAYWOOD NC COUNTY OFFICIAL
TREES BLOWN DOWN ON HIGHWAY 19 IN LAKE JUNALUSKA.
&&
MCAVOYSpecial weather statement, Apr 12, 1:35 AM EDT, 2 hours 11 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
135 AM EDT TUE APR 12 2011
GAZ017-018-SCZ001-004-120600-
GREATER OCONEE-HABERSHAM-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-STEPHENS-
135 AM EDT TUE APR 12 2011
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL OCONEE...SOUTHERN
HABERSHAM AND STEPHENS COUNTIES THROUGH 200 AM EDT...
AT 133 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR HOLLINGSWORTH...OR 8 MILES NORTH OF HOMER...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 75 MPH.
THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
TOCCOA...
WALHALLA...
PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.
LAT...LON 3495 8307 3477 8289 3474 8290 3474 8287
3472 8286 3447 8330 3447 8338 3446 8341
3448 8347 3449 8354 3443 8361 3448 8365
RBSpecial weather statement, Apr 12, 1:55 AM EDT, 1 hour 51 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
155 AM EDT TUE APR 12 2011
NCZ064-065-SCZ001>006-120645-
GREATER GREENVILLE-GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS-GREENVILLE
MOUNTAINS-HENDERSON-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-TRANSYLVANIA-
155 AM EDT TUE APR 12 2011
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHERN GREENVILLE...OCONEE...
PICKENS...SOUTHEASTERN TRANSYLVANIA AND SOUTHERN HENDERSON COUNTIES
THROUGH 245 AM EDT...
AT 152 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES WEST OF WESTMINSTER...OR 9 MILES
NORTHEAST OF TOCCOA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 70 MPH.
THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
WALHALLA...
LAKE KEOWEE...
NINE TIMES...
ROCKY BOTTOM...
TABLE ROCK RESERVOIR...
CAESARS HEAD...
PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.
LAT...LON 3533 8258 3504 8228 3459 8315 3459 8317
3461 8316 3461 8323 3471 8333
RBSpecial weather statement, Apr 12, 3:12 AM EDT, 34 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 312 AM EDT TUE APR 12 2011 SCZ003-006>009-012>014-121000- GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK- LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREENVILLE...SPARTANBURG...GAFFNEY... ROCK HILL...LAURENS...UNION...CHESTER 312 AM EDT TUE APR 12 2011 ...BRIEF VERY WINDY CONDITIONS EARLY THIS MORNING... WINDS WILL GUST UP TO 40 MPH ALONG A COLD FRONT AS IT MOVES ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN PARTS OF UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA BETWEEN 3 AND 5 AM. SOUTH WINDS WILL SHIFT TO WEST BEHIND THE FRONT AND GUST FOR ABOUT 30 MINUTES BEFORE TAPERING OFF. NCZ036-037-056-057-068>072-082-508-510-121000- IREDELL-DAVIE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG- CABARRUS-UNION NC-GREATER RUTHERFORD-EASTERN POLK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STATESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE...HICKORY... SALISBURY...SHELBY...LINCOLNTON...GASTONIA...CHARLOTTE... CONCORD...MONROE...RUTHERFORD...COLUMBUS 312 AM EDT TUE APR 12 2011 ...BRIEF VERY WINDY CONDITIONS EARLY THIS MORNING... WINDS WILL GUST UP TO 40 MPH ALONG A COLD FRONT AS IT MOVES ACROSS THE SOUTHERN FOOTHILLS AND WESTERN PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA BETWEEN 4 AND 6 AM. SOUTH WINDS WILL SHIFT TO WEST BEHIND THE FRONT AND GUST FOR ABOUT 30 MINUTES BEFORE TAPERING OFF. MCAVOY
Special weather statement, Apr 12, 3:44 AM EDT, 2 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
344 AM EDT TUE APR 12 2011
NCZ035-501>504-506-508-120830-
ALEXANDER-BURKE MOUNTAINS-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-EASTERN MCDOWELL-GREATER
BURKE-GREATER CALDWELL-GREATER RUTHERFORD-
344 AM EDT TUE APR 12 2011
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT BURKE...CALDWELL...NORTHEASTERN
RUTHERFORD...SOUTHEASTERN MCDOWELL AND WESTERN ALEXANDER COUNTIES
THROUGH 430 AM EDT...
AT 342 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR DYSARTSVILLE...OR 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
MARION...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 70 MPH.
THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
MORGANTON...
GAMEWELL...
LENOIR...
PATTERSON...
KINGS CREEK...
WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
INTENSE LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. IF OUTDOORS...STAY
AWAY FROM ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES. MOVE INDOORS IF
POSSIBLE. WHEN INDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS AND AVOID
USING TELEPHONES UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY. TRY TO UNPLUG UNNECESSARY
ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES BEFORE THE THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES.
LAT...LON 3608 8142 3602 8134 3600 8132 3601 8131
3593 8121 3544 8187 3563 8206 3566 8205
3611 8157
MCAVOYThe office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 12, 12:44 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Buncombe, Haywood, McDowell, Madison, Mitchell, Yancey | 61 min |
| Apr 12, 1:21 AM EDT | Lake Wind Advisory | GSP | Alexander, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell and 22 more | 19 hr |
| Apr 12, 3:44 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Burke, Caldwell | 46 min |
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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.