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Special Weather Statement, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

July 8, 20114 counties in North Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this special weather statement at Jul 8, 2011, 9:49 PM EDT for 4 counties in North Carolina. It was in force for 41 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
Jul 8, 2011, 9:49 PM EDT (01:49 UTC)
Expired
Jul 8, 2011, 10:30 PM EDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

Counties Cabarrus County, NC, Davie County, NC, Mecklenburg County, NC, Rowan County, NC

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 160 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 79 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 00:00Z on 2011-07-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 884 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 00:00Z on 2011-07-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 112 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
884 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-56 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1019 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
112 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
140 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
2.2

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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

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Jul 8, 8:01 PM EDT, 1 hour 48 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 8, 8:01 PM EDT, 1 hour 48 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
801 PM EDT FRI JUL 8 2011

.SYNOPSIS...
A WEAK FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA SATURDAY AND STALL OVER OR JUST
SOUTH OF THE AREA SUNDAY. WEAK HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD MONDAY
BEFORE ANOTHER WEAK FRONT MOVES IN BY MID WEEK.

&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH SATURDAY/...
AS OF 800 PM...WILL DO ANOTHER UPDATE SHORTLY...AS THIS ONE WAS
MAINLY FOR THE 00Z TAFS. A SHORTWAVE IS CROSSING THE CWFA THIS
EVENING...AND HAS PROVIDED ENUF FORCING TO GENERATE A CONSOLIDATING
LINE OF MAINLY MODERATE TO STRONG STORMS ALIGNED JUST EAST OF THE
BLUE RIDGE SOUTH ACRS THE GSP METRO AREA TO ABBEVILLE SC. THE NEXT
UPDATE WILL BE TO BETTER REFLECT THE TRENDS IN POP/WX/T/TD
ASSOCIATED WITH THIS LINE.

PREVIOUS DISCUSSION...
AT 1 PM EDT...AN UPPER TROUGH AXIS WILL CROSS THE SOUTHERN
APPALACHIANS TONIGHT AND REACH THE EAST COAST ON SATURDAY...
WHILE A WELL DEFINED SHORTWAVE MOVES THROUGH THE BASE OF THIS
TROUGH. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SOUTH FROM THE OH RIVER VALLEY...TO
INTO OUR AREA TONIGHT. FORCING ASSOCIATED WITH THE SHORTWAVE AND THE
FRONT...COMBINED WITH DEEP MOISTURE SOUTH OF THE FRONT...WILL
SUPPORT LIKELY POPS THIS EVENING.

WITH INCREASED WIND SHEAR ASSOCIATED WITH THE TROUGH...ORGANIZED
CONVECTION IS POSSIBLE...SOME OF WHICH MAY PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND
GUSTS. ALTHOUGH FREEZING LEVELS ARE RATHER HIGH...LARGE HAIL CANNOT
BE RULED OUT. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH RICH MOISTURE
OVER THE AREA...BUT MODERATE FLOW ALOFT SHOULD KEEP CELLS
MOVING...AND VEERING FLOW ALOFT THIS EVENING  SHOULD LIMIT TRAINING.
ONE HOUR FLASH FLOOD GUIDANCE IS RUNNING 2 TO 3 INCHES...AND
ALTHOUGH THIS MAY BE REACHED IN ISOLATED LOCATION... NO FLASH FLOOD
WATCH IS PLANNED AT THIS TIME. CONVECTION WILL DIMINISH LATER THIS
EVENING WITH THE LOSS OF HEATING...BUT AS LOW LEVEL FLOW
VEERS...UPSLOPE FLOW SHOWERS CAN BE EXPECTED TO PERSIST ALONG THE
TN BORDER OVERNIGHT. MINIMUM TEMPERATURES WILL BE ABOVE NORMAL IN A
MOIST AIR MASS.

THE COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SOUTH OF OUR AREA TOMORROW
MORNING...MEANING THAT FORCING AND THE DEEPEST MOISTURE WILL NOT
COINCIDE WITH THE BEST HEATING OF THE DAY. WITH THAT IN MIND...ONLY
CHANCE POPS WILL BE CARRIED ON SATURDAY...WITH THE MAIN FOCUS
SHIFTING TO THE PIEDMONT BY AFTERNOON...WHERE THE BEST CHANCE OF
SEVERE WEATHER WILL EXIST. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL RUIN SLIGHTLY
ABOVE NORMAL AS HEIGHTS BEGIN TO RISE IN THE WAKE OF THE UPPER
TROUGH.

&&

.SHORT TERM /SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY/...
AS OF 205 PM FRIDAY...MODELS REMAIN IN DECENT AGREEMENT IN BUILDING
AN UPPER RIDGE OVER THE AREA SUN AND MONDAY. HOWEVER...THE MDLS
DISAGREE ON WHERE THE WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY STALLS AND THE AMOUNT OF
LOW LEVEL ELY MOIST FLOW ACROSS THE AREA. THE NAM IS THE DRIEST
PUSHING THE BOUNDARY FARTHER SOUTH...BUT STILL KEEPS MOISTURE AND
LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE FROM THE UPPER SAVANNAH RIVER VALLEY INTO THE
MTNS. THE GFS AND SREF KEEP THE BOUNDARY FARTHER NORTH WITH MORE
MOISTURE ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA. HAVE GONE WITH A BLEND KEEPING CHC
POP CONFINED TO THE WRN UPSTATE...NE GA AND THE SRN MTN/FOOTHILLS OF
NC WITH ISOLATED POP ELSEWHERE FOR SUN. WENT WITH SLIGHT CHC POP ALL
AREAS MONDAY...BUT THIS MAY BE TOO HIGH OUTSIDE OF THE MTNS AND
UPPER SAVANNAH RIVER VALLEY. POP WILL RETAIN A DIURNAL TREND. ABOVE
NORMAL HIGHS SUNDAY GO WELL ABOVE NORMAL MONDAY WITH RISING HEIGHTS.
LOWS REMAIN NEARLY STEADY AT NEAR TO SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL.

&&

.LONG TERM /MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY/...
AS OF 150 PM FRIDAY...UPPER RIDGE OVER THE AREA BEGINS TO RETROGRADE
AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PERIOD AS A TROF FORMS OFF THE EAST COAST.
THIS PUTS OUR AREA IN A WEAK NWLY FLOW. THIS ALLOWS WEAK SHORT WAVES
TO DROP DOWN TOWARD THE AREA PUSHING A FRONT IN FROM THE NW ON TUE.
THE GFS AND CANADIAN TRY TO PUSH THE FRONT SOUTH OF THE AREA WED AND
KEEP IT THERE THU AND FRI AS DRY HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN FROM THE
NORTH. THE ECMWF STALLS THE FRONT OVER THE AREA WED AND ONLY PUSHES
IT TO THE SRN CWFA FOR THU WITH SOME DRIER AIR BUILDING IN FROM THE
N FRI. THERE IS ALWAYS A QUESTION HOW FAR SOUTH A FRONT CAN GO THIS
TIME OF YEAR...SO HAVE TRENDED TOWARD THE ECMWF SOLN. THIS MEANS A
MAINLY DIURNAL POP TREND. WITH BEST CHC WEST TUE AND FRI AND CHC ALL
AREAS WED AND THU. WELL ABOVE NORMAL HIGHS TUE SLOWLY FALL TO NEAR
NORMAL FOR THU AND FRI AS HEIGHTS FALL. LOWS FOLLOW A SIMILAR TREND.

&&

.AVIATION /00Z SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
AT KCLT...STILL PLENTY OF STORMS NEAR THE TERMINAL...SO I WILL HAVE
A TEMPO FOR TS AND SOME RA AND GUSTY WINDS FOR FIRST HOUR OF 00Z
TAF. AFTER THAT...ANOTHER ROUND OF STORMS TO THE WEST MAY AFFECT THE
TERMINAL LATER THIS EVENING...SO I WILL KEEP CB MENTION FOR A FEW
HOURS. THINGS SHUD WIND DOWN BEHIND THAT LINE BY 06Z. AS FAR AS
STRATUS...FOG/HAZE/SMOKE LATER TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY...I MAY DO AN
AMENDMENT TO ADD SOME RESTRICTIONS. GUIDANCE WAS NOT VERY
IMPRESSED...BUT GIVEN ALL THE RAIN AND CONTINUED WEAK LLVL
FLOW...THINK THERE WILL BE FOG AND STRATUS AROUND SATURDAY MORNING.
BY MIDDAY...BACK TO VFR WITH SCATTERED SHRA/TSRA AGAIN...BUT
COVERAGE IS EXPECTED TO BE LOWER THAN LAST FEW DAYS. SO NO CB OR
SHRA MENTION AT THIS TIME. NELY WIND BEHIND A SLOW-MOVING COLD FRONT
IS EXPECTED...BUT SOME OF THE GUIDANCE KEEPS WINDS SELY.

ELSEWHERE...AT TIME OF 00Z TAF ISSUANCE...TS WAS AFFECTING
GMU/GSP/HKY...BUT THINGS SHUD PUSH OFF TO THE EAST OF THIS LINE BY
01Z. THERE IS STILL SOME CHC OF CONVECTION FOR THE REST OF THE
EVENING...SO WILL KEEP A MENTION OF CB. BY 06Z...SHUD BE FAIRLY
QUIET...BUT MOISTURE OF THE RAIN AND LIGHT FLOW AHEAD OF A
SLOW-MOVING COLD FRONT WILL ALLOW FOR PATCHY FOG AND STRATUS TO
DEVELOP AGAIN OVERNIGHT. KAVL AND KHKY HAVE THE HIGHEST CHC OF
FOG...BUT MAY NEED TO AMEND FOR GMU/GSP WHERE RAIN IS CURRENTLY
FALLING. WINDS WILL VEER FROM SW THIS EVENING TO NW BY DAWN...AS A
COLD FRONT MOVES THOUGH FROM THE NORTH. KAND WILL BE THE
EXCEPTION...WITH WESTERLY WINDS REMAINING SOUTH OF THE FRONT.
CONVECTION SATURDAY WILL BE MOST LIKELY NEAR THE FRONT AT KAND AND
KGMU...BUT CONFIDENCE IS TOO LOW TO CARRY CB.

OUTLOOK...A STALLED COLD FRONT ACROSS THE AREA ON SUNDAY IS EXPECTED
TO PUSH SOUTH ON MONDAY. AFTERNOON CONVECTIVE RESTRICTIONS
POSSIBLE...FOLLOWED BY MORNING FOG RESTRICTIONS WHERE RAIN FELL THE
DAY BEFORE. EXPECT SLIGHTLY DRIER CONDITIONS BY MONDAY.

AN EXPERIMENTAL AVIATION FORECAST CONSISTENCY TABLE SHOWING THE
PERCENTAGE OF GUIDANCE MEMBERS AGREEING WITH THE SCHEDULED ISSUANCE
CATEGORY IS AVAILABLE AT WEATHER.GOV/GSP/AVIATION/AVIATION.PHP#TABLE

&&

.GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...NONE.
NC...NONE.
SC...NONE.

&&

SYNOPSIS...RWH
NEAR TERM...ARK/JAT
SHORT TERM...RWH
LONG TERM...RWH
AVIATION...JAT
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 8, 3:25 PM EDT, 6 hours 24 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
325 PM EDT FRI JUL 8 2011

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065-
068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-091930-
RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-AVERY-ALEXANDER-
IREDELL-DAVIE-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-CATAWBA-
ROWAN-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-
HENDERSON-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-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-
PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER OCONEE-
GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK-
ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD-
325 PM EDT FRI JUL 8 2011

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PIEDMONT
NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH
THE EVENING. AREAS OF HEAVY RAIN WILL DEVELOP WITH LOCALIZED FLASH
FLOODING POSSIBLE. A FEW SEVERE STORMS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE...
WITH DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS THE MAIN THREAT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

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, Jul 8, 8:29 PM EDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
829 PM EDT FRI JUL 08 2011

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

0805 PM     TSTM WND DMG     4 ESE FINGERVILLE       35.11N 81.94W
07/08/2011                   SPARTANBURG        SC   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

            TREES DOWN ON POWER LINES NEAR 2044 PEACHTREE ROAD ESE OF
            FINGERVILLE, SC.

&&

JPT
Special weather statement, Jul 8, 8:31 PM EDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
831 PM EDT FRI JUL 8 2011

NCZ036-037-057-071-072-090100-
CABARRUS-DAVIE-IREDELL-MECKLENBURG-ROWAN-
831 PM EDT FRI JUL 8 2011

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT CABARRUS...DAVIE...NORTHEASTERN
MECKLENBURG...ROWAN AND SOUTHEASTERN IREDELL COUNTIES THROUGH 900 PM
EDT...

AT 831 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
TURNERSBURG TO I-77 AT I-85...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

THESE STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  UNC CHARLOTTE...
  ENOCHVILLE...
  CHARLOTTE MOTOR SPEEDWAY...
  MOCKSVILLE...
  CONCORD...
  SALISBURY...

PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE
STORMS. HEAVY RAINS MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS. WATER
LEVELS OF SMALL STREAMS AND RIVERS MAY ALSO RISE...THEREFORE SEEK
HIGHER GROUND IF THREATENED BY FLOOD WATERS.

LAT...LON 3588 8037 3588 8041 3586 8038 3584 8039
      3582 8047 3574 8045 3572 8038 3528 8045
      3515 8089 3593 8078 3603 8043 3601 8041
      3599 8041 3596 8037 3590 8036

HG
Special weather statement, Jul 8, 8:53 PM EDT, 56 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
853 PM EDT FRI JUL 8 2011

NCZ037-057-072-090130-
CABARRUS-DAVIE-ROWAN-
853 PM EDT FRI JUL 8 2011

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT DAVIE...EASTERN CABARRUS AND
ROWAN COUNTIES THROUGH 930 PM EDT...

AT 853 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 4 MILES WEST OF
FARMINGTON TO 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CONCORD...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

THESE STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  FARMINGTON...
  SALISBURY...
  SPENCER...
  BERMUDA RUN...
  HIGH ROCK LAKE...

WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.

LAT...LON 3550 8030 3525 8046 3526 8059 3606 8068
      3605 8049 3607 8046 3593 8036 3589 8036
      3588 8041 3585 8038 3582 8047 3574 8045
      3571 8032 3568 8033 3564 8029 3558 8020
      3550 8018

HG
Special weather statement, Jul 8, 9:24 PM EDT, 25 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
924 PM EDT FRI JUL 8 2011

NCZ036-056-069>071-SCZ009-090215-
CATAWBA-GASTON-IREDELL-LINCOLN-MECKLENBURG-YORK-
924 PM EDT FRI JUL 8 2011

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT EASTERN CATAWBA...EASTERN
LINCOLN...GASTON...SOUTHERN IREDELL...WESTERN MECKLENBURG AND YORK
COUNTIES THROUGH 1015 PM EDT...

AT 923 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM MAIDEN TO GASTONIA
TO 4 MILES SOUTH OF SHARON...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

THESE STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  CLAREMONT...
  STANLEY...
  DENVER...
  MOUNT HOLLY...
  LAKE NORMAN...
  MOUNTAIN ISLAND LAKE...

WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS...WHICH
COULD TOPPLE A FEW SMALL OR WEAK TREES...AND DAMAGE LIMBS. IN
ADDITION...HEAVY RAINFALL MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES
AND UNDERPASSES. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS.
WATER LEVELS OF SMALL STREAMS AND RIVERS MAY ALSO RISE...THEREFORE
SEEK HIGHER GROUND IF THREATENED BY FLOOD WATERS.

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.

LAT...LON 3585 8080 3528 8078 3505 8087 3505 8089
      3500 8089 3485 8095 3482 8131 3482 8144
      3525 8128 3569 8127

HG
Special weather statement, Jul 8, 9:34 PM EDT, 15 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
934 PM EDT FRI JUL 8 2011

SCZ009-013-014-090200-
CHESTER-UNION-YORK-
934 PM EDT FRI JUL 8 2011

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT CHESTER...SOUTHEASTERN UNION AND
SOUTHERN YORK COUNTIES THROUGH 1000 PM EDT...

AT 934 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
BULLOCK CREEK TO 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CARLISLE...MOVING EAST AT 25
MPH.

THESE STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  LOWRYS...
  CHESTER...
  BLACKSTOCK...

WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. IN
ADDITION...HEAVY RAINS MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS. WATER
LEVELS OF SMALL STREAMS AND RIVERS MAY ALSO RISE...THEREFORE SEEK
HIGHER GROUND IF THREATENED BY FLOOD WATERS.

LAT...LON 3447 8153 3483 8141 3487 8094 3454 8104
      3456 8141 3456 8142 3450 8141 3449 8142

HG
Special weather statement, Jul 8, 9:49 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
949 PM EDT FRI JUL 8 2011

NCZ036-037-057-071-072-090230-
CABARRUS-DAVIE-IREDELL-MECKLENBURG-ROWAN-
949 PM EDT FRI JUL 8 2011

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT CABARRUS...DAVIE...MECKLENBURG...
ROWAN AND SOUTHEASTERN IREDELL COUNTIES THROUGH 1030 PM EDT...

AT 949 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 3 MILES EAST OF
TROUTMAN TO DAVIDSON TO 3 MILES EAST OF LAKE WYLIE...MOVING EAST AT
35 MPH.

THESE STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  PINEVILLE...
  I-77 AT I-85...
  SOUTHPARK MALL...
  UNC CHARLOTTE...
  CHARLOTTE MOTOR SPEEDWAY...
  MOCKSVILLE...

WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. IN
ADDITION...HEAVY RAINS MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS. WATER
LEVELS OF SMALL STREAMS AND RIVERS MAY ALSO RISE...THEREFORE SEEK
HIGHER GROUND IF THREATENED BY FLOOD WATERS.

LAT...LON 3519 8052 3521 8055 3503 8077 3500 8084
      3511 8095 3545 8087 3583 8084 3598 8060
      3601 8041 3596 8037 3589 8036 3588 8041
      3586 8038 3584 8039 3582 8047 3574 8045
      3573 8034 3567 8030

HG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 8, 8:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPAlexander27 min
Jul 8, 8:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPCleveland46 min
Jul 8, 8:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPDavie35 min
Jul 8, 8:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPCabarrus, Davie, Mecklenburg, Rowan29 min
Jul 8, 8:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPCatawba, Cleveland, Gaston, Lincoln54 min
Jul 8, 8:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPCabarrus, Davie, Rowan37 min
Jul 8, 9:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPCatawba, Gaston, Iredell, Lincoln, Mecklenburg51 min
Jul 8, 9:32 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPLincoln118 min
Jul 8, 9:42 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPMecklenburg108 min
Jul 8, 10:17 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPRowan103 min
Jul 8, 10:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPCabarrus, Mecklenburg, Rowan, Union40 min
Jul 8, 10:45 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningGSPDavie, Rowan93 min
Jul 8, 8:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPLaurens29 min
Jul 8, 8:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPGreenwood, Laurens29 min
Jul 8, 8:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPChester, Greenwood, Laurens, Union, York67 min
Jul 8, 9:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPChester26 min
Jul 8, 9:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPChester35 min
Jul 9, 3:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPChester52 min
Jul 9, 4:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPGreenville28 min
Jul 9, 5:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPLaurens34 min
Jul 9, 5:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPAnderson37 min
Jul 9, 6:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPGreenville23 min
Jul 9, 6:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPAnderson31 min
Jul 9, 6:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPGreenwood31 min
Jul 9, 7:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPAbbeville, Greenwood30 min
Jul 9, 7:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPAnderson23 min
Jul 9, 7:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPAbbeville32 min
Jul 9, 7:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPElbert32 min

Nearby

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.