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Special Weather Statement, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

June 10, 2011Yancey County, North Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this special weather statement at Jun 10, 2011, 2:13 PM EDT for Yancey County, North Carolina. It was in force for 47 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 10, 2011, 2:13 PM EDT (18:13 UTC)
Expired
Jun 10, 2011, 3:00 PM EDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

County Yancey County, NC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 214 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 12:00Z on 2011-06-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 332 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 12:00Z on 2011-06-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -55 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
332 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-131 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1122 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-55 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-3 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.2

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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What forecasters said that day

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NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Jun 10, 1:29 PM EDT, 44 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 10, 1:29 PM EDT, 44 minutes before
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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 10, 11:58 AM EDT, 2 hours 15 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jun 10, 12:17 PM EDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1217 PM EDT FRI JUN 10 2011

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

0225 PM     HAIL             5 NW MARION             35.72N 82.08W
06/09/2011  E1.00 INCH       MCDOWELL           NC   PUBLIC

            DIME TO QUARTER SIZED HAIL FELL AT THE LAKE TOHOMA DAM.

&&

MCAVOY
Local storm report, Jun 10, 12:29 PM EDT, 1 hour 44 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1229 PM EDT FRI JUN 10 2011

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

0602 PM     HAIL             7 W BURNSVILLE          35.92N 82.42W
06/09/2011  E0.75 INCH       YANCEY             NC   PUBLIC

&&

LG
Local storm report, Jun 10, 12:42 PM EDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1242 PM EDT FRI JUN 10 2011

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

0600 PM     TSTM WND DMG     1 ESE SWISS             35.91N 82.44W
06/09/2011                   YANCEY             NC   PUBLIC

            TREES BLOWN DOWN

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Special weather statement, Jun 10, 1:53 PM EDT, 20 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
153 PM EDT FRI JUN 10 2011

NCZ062-063-101845-
MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-
153 PM EDT FRI JUN 10 2011

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EASTERN MACON AND SOUTHERN
JACKSON COUNTIES THROUGH 245 PM EDT...

AT 148 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES WEST OF THORPE RESERVOIR...OR 9 MILES
EAST OF FRANKLIN...MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO THORPE
  RESERVOIR.

DIME SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH
THIS STORM.

LAT...LON 3524 8314 3507 8311 3506 8327 3522 8329

MCAVOY
Special weather statement, Jun 10, 2:13 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
213 PM EDT FRI JUN 10 2011

NCZ049-101900-
YANCEY-
213 PM EDT FRI JUN 10 2011

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHEASTERN YANCEY COUNTY
THROUGH 300 PM EDT...

AT 205 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR MOUNT MITCHELL STATE PARK...OR 10 MILES
SOUTH OF BURNSVILLE...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 5 MPH.

SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.

LAT...LON 3579 8216 3574 8220 3570 8226 3574 8232
      3578 8234 3583 8233 3583 8221

MCAVOY

The office that day

Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 9, 9:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPRowan38 min
Jun 9, 9:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPCabarrus, Iredell, Mecklenburg, Rowan60 min
Jun 9, 11:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPCabarrus46 min
Jun 9, 11:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPUnion44 min
Jun 9, 11:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPUnion46 min
Jun 10, 1:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPJackson52 min
Jun 10, 2:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPAvery46 min
Jun 10, 3:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPAvery, Mitchell49 min
Jun 10, 5:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPBuncombe, Henderson45 min
Jun 10, 5:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPMecklenburg, Union67 min
Jun 10, 6:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPCleveland, Rutherford42 min
Jun 10, 6:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPBurke, Catawba40 min
Jun 10, 6:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPBuncombe, Madison44 min
Jun 10, 6:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPDavie, Iredell, Rowan60 min
Jun 10, 7:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPRowan52 min
Jun 9, 8:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPAbbeville, Greenwood, Laurens58 min
Jun 10, 5:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPOconee54 min
Jun 10, 5:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPGreenville, Pickens67 min
Jun 10, 5:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPAnderson60 min
Jun 10, 6:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPAnderson, Oconee, Pickens67 min
Jun 10, 6:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPGreenville, Spartanburg60 min
Jun 10, 4:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPRabun43 min
Jun 10, 5:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPFranklin, Stephens61 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in North Carolina, 2011Every special weather statement 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.