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Tornado Warning 11, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

April 9, 20114 counties in North Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this tornado warning at Apr 9, 2011, 3:58 PM EDT for 4 counties in North Carolina. It was in force for 47 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, 3:58 PM EDT (19:58 UTC)
Expired: Apr 9, 2011, 4:45 PM EDT
In force: 47 min
Issued by: NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Burke County, NC, Cleveland County, NC, McDowell County, NC, Rutherford County, NC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:57 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, 4:00 PM EDT	HAIL 1	3 Se Marion, NC	SPOTTER REPORTS PEA TO QUARTER SIZED HAIL CURRENTLY FALLING.
Apr 9, 4:01 PM EDT	HAIL 1	3 Ese Marion, NC	EXIT 86 ON I-40

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

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, 12:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	4 hr
Apr 9, 2:00 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr
Apr 9, 2:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 167 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

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The text

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

679 
WFUS52 KGSP 091958
TORGSP
NCC023-045-111-161-092045-
/O.NEW.KGSP.TO.W.0011.110409T1958Z-110409T2045Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
358 PM EDT SAT APR 9 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN CLEVELAND COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...
  SOUTHERN BURKE COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
  SOUTHEASTERN MCDOWELL COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF MARION...
  NORTHEASTERN RUTHERFORD COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...

* UNTIL 445 PM EDT

* AT 353 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR GLENWOOD...
  OR 4 MILES SOUTH OF MARION...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  NEBO AND LAKE JAMES...
  DYSARTSVILLE...
  GLEN ALPINE...
  CASAR...
  PLEASANT GROVE...
  BELWOOD...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES SHOULD BE ABANDONED FOR STURDIER SHELTER.
OTHERWISE...GO TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST LEVEL OF YOUR HOME
OR PLACE OF BUSINESS. MAKE SURE THERE ARE AS MANY WALLS AND FLOORS
BETWEEN YOU AND THE OUTSIDE AS POSSIBLE.

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO THREAT...DAMAGING HAIL TO THE SIZE OF 
BASEBALLS WILL PRECEDE THE TORNADO. WIND DRIVEN HAIL OF THIS SIZE 
POSES A SIGNIFICANT RISK OF INJURY AND DAMAGE. MOBILE HOMES AND 
VEHICLES SHOULD BE ABANDONED FOR STURDIER SHELTER. OTHERWISE...GO TO 
AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST LEVEL OF YOUR HOME OR PLACE OF 
BUSINESS.

TO REPORT TORNADOES...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 3571 8145 3565 8146 3557 8153 3555 8151
      3552 8151 3548 8148 3547 8149 3554 8210
      3563 8215 3576 8207
TIME...MOT...LOC 1958Z 273DEG 35KT 3563 8195

$$

NED

3 follow-up statements

391 
WWUS52 KGSP 092007
SVSGSP

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

NCC023-045-111-161-092045-
/O.CON.KGSP.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-110409T2045Z/
CLEVELAND NC-MCDOWELL NC-RUTHERFORD NC-BURKE NC-
407 PM EDT SAT APR 9 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM EDT FOR SOUTHERN
BURKE...NORTHEASTERN RUTHERFORD...SOUTHEASTERN MCDOWELL AND
NORTHWESTERN CLEVELAND COUNTIES...

AT 402 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR GLENWOOD...OR NEAR
MARION...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
DYSARTSVILLE...GLEN ALPINE...PLEASANT GROVE...CASAR AND BELWOOD

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO THREAT...DAMAGING HAIL TO THE SIZE OF 
GOLFBALLS WILL PRECEDE THE TORNADO. WIND DRIVEN HAIL OF THIS SIZE 
POSES A SIGNIFICANT RISK OF INJURY AND DAMAGE. MOBILE HOMES AND 
VEHICLES SHOULD BE ABANDONED FOR STURDIER SHELTER. OTHERWISE...GO TO 
AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST LEVEL OF YOUR HOME OR PLACE OF 
BUSINESS.

&&

LAT...LON 3571 8145 3565 8146 3557 8153 3555 8151
      3552 8151 3550 8149 3547 8149 3553 8205
      3562 8211 3575 8195
TIME...MOT...LOC 2006Z 286DEG 30KT 3559 8195

$$

NED

368 
WWUS52 KGSP 092023
SVSGSP

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

NCC023-111-092033-
/O.CAN.KGSP.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-110409T2045Z/
MCDOWELL NC-BURKE NC-
423 PM EDT SAT APR 9 2011

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHERN BURKE AND SOUTHEASTERN MCDOWELL
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

LAT...LON 3561 8172 3558 8171 3556 8165 3557 8160
      3556 8152 3547 8149 3552 8196 3554 8185
      3558 8182 3558 8180 3559 8180 3559 8178
      3561 8175
TIME...MOT...LOC 2023Z 286DEG 30KT 3555 8178

$$

NCC045-161-092045-
/O.CON.KGSP.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-110409T2045Z/
CLEVELAND NC-RUTHERFORD NC-
423 PM EDT SAT APR 9 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM EDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN RUTHERFORD AND NORTHWESTERN CLEVELAND COUNTIES...

AT 420 PM EDT...A TORNADO WAS REPORTED.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 11
MILES WEST OF CASAR...OR 14 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MARION...MOVING EAST
AT 35 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BELWOOD

LAT...LON 3561 8172 3558 8171 3556 8165 3557 8160
      3556 8152 3547 8149 3552 8196 3554 8185
      3558 8182 3558 8180 3559 8180 3559 8178
      3561 8175
TIME...MOT...LOC 2023Z 286DEG 30KT 3555 8178

$$

KRENTZ

115 
WWUS52 KGSP 092042
SVSGSP

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

NCC045-161-092051-
/O.EXP.KGSP.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-110409T2045Z/
CLEVELAND NC-RUTHERFORD NC-
442 PM EDT SAT APR 9 2011

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN RUTHERFORD AND NORTHWESTERN
CLEVELAND COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 445 PM EDT...

THE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED SOUTH OF THE 
WARNING AREA. ANOTHER TORNADO WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL 
CLEVELAND COUNTY UNTIL 5 PM.

LAT...LON 3561 8172 3558 8171 3556 8165 3557 8160
      3556 8152 3547 8149 3552 8196 3554 8185
      3558 8182 3558 8180 3559 8180 3559 8178
      3561 8175
TIME...MOT...LOC 2041Z 286DEG 30KT 3551 8160

$$

NED

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, 3:59 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, 7:09 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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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.