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Tornado Warning 15, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

April 9, 2011Mitchell County, Yancey County, North Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this tornado warning at Apr 9, 2011, 6:05 PM EDT for Mitchell County, Yancey County, North Carolina. It was in force for 40 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, 6:05 PM EDT (22:05 UTC)
Expired
Apr 9, 2011, 6:45 PM EDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Mitchell County, NC, Yancey County, NC

The radar

The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:05 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 9, 6:30 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGBurnsville, NCMANY LARGE LIMBS DOWN.
Apr 9, 6:30 PM EDTHAIL 1Burnsville, NC

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 9, 2:00 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 211 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 2011-04-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2011-04-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 169 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
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.

131 
WFUS52 KGSP 092205
TORGSP
NCC121-199-092245-
/O.NEW.KGSP.TO.W.0015.110409T2205Z-110409T2245Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  MITCHELL COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
  YANCEY COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BURNSVILLE...

* UNTIL 645 PM EDT

* AT 601 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 4 MILES WEST OF
  POPLAR...OR 5 MILES SOUTH OF ERWIN...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  POPLAR...
  RAMSEYTOWN...
  BURNSVILLE...
  LEDGER...BANDANA...BAKERSVILLE AND MICAVILLE...
  CELO...

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.

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 3612 8224 3605 8205 3602 8204 3600 8206
      3596 8205 3578 8223 3598 8250 3602 8245
      3606 8243 3610 8239 3613 8231
TIME...MOT...LOC 2205Z 300DEG 19KT 3606 8239

$$

KRENTZ

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 9, 2:22 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPAvery, Mitchell, Yancey53 min
Apr 9, 3:12 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPAvery, Burke, Caldwell, McDowell, Mitchell, Yancey63 min
Apr 9, 1:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPBuncombe43 min
Apr 9, 1:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPBuncombe, McDowell, Yancey42 min
Apr 9, 1:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPMcDowell, Mitchell, Yancey52 min
Apr 9, 1:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPBuncombe29 min
Apr 9, 2:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPBuncombe, Madison, Yancey24 min
Apr 9, 2:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPAvery, Burke, Caldwell, Mitchell42 min
Apr 9, 2:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPAvery, Burke, McDowell, Mitchell, Yancey57 min
Apr 9, 2:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPBurke, Caldwell28 min
Apr 9, 3:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPBuncombe, McDowell, Yancey48 min
Apr 9, 3:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPIredell37 min
Apr 9, 3:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPJackson, Macon62 min
Apr 9, 3:58 PM EDTTornado WarningGSPBurke, Cleveland, McDowell, Rutherford47 min
Apr 9, 3:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPTransylvania46 min
Apr 9, 4:19 PM EDTTornado WarningGSPCleveland, Gaston, Lincoln, Rutherford41 min
Apr 9, 4:57 PM EDTTornado WarningGSPCleveland, Gaston, Lincoln48 min
Apr 9, 5:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPAvery, Madison, Mitchell, Yancey53 min
Apr 9, 5:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPRutherford36 min
Apr 9, 5:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPMcDowell, Rutherford36 min
Apr 9, 5:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPCleveland, Lincoln, Rutherford56 min
Apr 9, 5:24 PM EDTTornado WarningGSPGaston36 min
Apr 9, 5:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPCabarrus, Mecklenburg, Union64 min
Apr 9, 5:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPAvery, Burke, Caldwell, McDowell, Mitchell42 min
Apr 9, 5:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPCleveland, Gaston62 min
Apr 9, 5:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPUnion52 min
Apr 9, 6:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPAlexander, Burke, Caldwell, Catawba, Cleveland, Lincoln28 min
Apr 9, 6:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPMecklenburg, Union65 min
Apr 9, 6:37 PM EDTTornado WarningGSPBurke, McDowell, Mitchell, Yancey28 min
Apr 9, 6:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPBuncombe, Haywood, Madison, Swain, Yancey65 min
Apr 9, 6:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPUnion48 min
Apr 9, 6:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPCatawba, Cleveland, Gaston, Lincoln31 min
Apr 9, 7:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPCabarrus, Iredell, Mecklenburg, Rowan40 min
Apr 9, 7:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPBurke, Cleveland, McDowell, Rutherford56 min
Apr 9, 7:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPBuncombe, McDowell, Yancey45 min
Apr 9, 7:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPMecklenburg, Union38 min
Apr 9, 7:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPBurke, Catawba, Cleveland, Gaston, Lincoln, Rutherford41 min
Apr 9, 7:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPBuncombe, McDowell, Madison, Mitchell, Yancey60 min
Apr 9, 7:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPBuncombe, Haywood, Henderson, Transylvania36 min
Apr 9, 7:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPMcDowell, Polk, Rutherford26 min
Apr 9, 7:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPCleveland, Gaston67 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.