Alert archive / North Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 2011
Tornado Warning 18, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this tornado warning at Apr 16, 2011, 12:40 PM EDT for Davie County, Rowan County, North Carolina. It was in force for 18 min. 4 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 16, 2011, 12:40 PM EDT (16:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 16, 2011, 12:58 PM EDT
- In force
- 18 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Davie County, NC, Rowan County, NC
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 136 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:44 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 16, 12:41 PM EDT | TORNADO | 4 Nnw Salisbury, NC | EF1 TORNADO CONFIRMED 4.5 NNW TO 6.5 N OF SALISBURY. |
| Apr 16, 12:45 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 N Salisbury, NC | TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN. |
| Apr 16, 12:45 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 N Salisbury, NC | ESTIMATES OF UP TO 200 TREES BLOWN DOWN IN A SWATH ALONG HIGHWAY 601 NORTH OF SALISBURY. THIS AREA WILL BE SURVEYED FOR POSSIBLE TORNADO ON SUNDAY. |
| Apr 16, 12:45 PM EDT | TORNADO | 5 Ese Cooleemee, NC | EF0 TORNADO CONFIRMED 5.5 MILES ESE OF COOLEEMEE 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 16, 5:57 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 57 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 516 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 605 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 909 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
698
WFUS52 KGSP 161640
TORGSP
NCC059-159-161715-
/O.NEW.KGSP.TO.W.0018.110416T1640Z-110416T1715Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1240 PM EDT SAT APR 16 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN DAVIE COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...
NORTH CENTRAL ROWAN COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 115 PM EDT
* AT 1238 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER CENTRAL
ROWAN COUNTY...OR 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF SALISBURY...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 55 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL MAINLY AFFECT LOCATIONS EAST OF WOODLEAF AND EAST
OF COOLEEMEE.
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 3588 8037 3588 8041 3585 8038 3582 8047
3579 8047 3577 8045 3574 8045 3572 8039
3565 8054 3575 8061 3593 8037 3589 8036
TIME...MOT...LOC 1640Z 231DEG 49KT 3574 8050
$$
LANE2 follow-up statements
794
WWUS52 KGSP 161651
SVSGSP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1251 PM EDT SAT APR 16 2011
NCC159-161700-
/O.CAN.KGSP.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-110416T1715Z/
ROWAN NC-
1251 PM EDT SAT APR 16 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL ROWAN COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE CIRCULATION HAS MOVED INTO DAVIDSON COUNTY.
LAT...LON 3584 8049 3593 8037 3589 8036 3588 8037
3588 8041 3585 8038 3582 8047
TIME...MOT...LOC 1650Z 218DEG 37KT 3581 8043
$$
NCC059-161715-
/O.CON.KGSP.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-110416T1715Z/
DAVIE NC-
1251 PM EDT SAT APR 16 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 115 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN DAVIE COUNTY...
AT 1249 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER EXTREME WEST
CENTRAL DAVIDSON COUNTY...OR 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MOCKSVILLE...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE AREAS SOUTHEAST OF ADVANCE.
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.
&&
LAT...LON 3584 8049 3593 8037 3589 8036 3588 8037
3588 8041 3585 8038 3582 8047
TIME...MOT...LOC 1650Z 218DEG 37KT 3581 8043
$$
LANE200
WWUS52 KGSP 161658
SVSGSP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1258 PM EDT SAT APR 16 2011
NCC059-161708-
/O.CAN.KGSP.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-110416T1715Z/
DAVIE NC-
1258 PM EDT SAT APR 16 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN DAVIE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA.
LAT...LON 3584 8049 3593 8037 3589 8036 3588 8037
3588 8041 3585 8038 3582 8047
TIME...MOT...LOC 1658Z 218DEG 37KT 3587 8037
$$
ARKThe office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 16, 4:20 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Henderson | 6 hr |
| Apr 16, 4:54 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Transylvania | 6 hr |
| Apr 16, 7:23 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | GSP | Henderson, Transylvania | 60 hr |
| Apr 16, 7:37 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Avery, Mitchell, Yancey | 4 hr |
| Apr 16, 8:35 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Avery, Burke, Caldwell, McDowell, Mitchell, Yancey | 6 hr |
| Apr 16, 9:48 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | GSP | Henderson, Transylvania | 6 hr |
| Apr 16, 10:23 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cleveland | 37 min |
| Apr 16, 11:01 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Catawba, Gaston, Lincoln | 29 min |
| Apr 16, 11:31 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Alexander, Catawba, Gaston, Iredell, Lincoln, Mecklenburg | 29 min |
| Apr 16, 11:50 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Davie, Gaston, Iredell, Lincoln, Mecklenburg and 1 more | 40 min |
| Apr 16, 11:59 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Mecklenburg, Union | 46 min |
| Apr 16, 12:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Davie, Rowan | 45 min |
| Apr 16, 12:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Union | 44 min |
| Apr 16, 1:00 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Union | 26 min |
| Apr 16, 2:16 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | GSP | Burke, Caldwell | 6 hr |
| Apr 16, 3:31 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Henderson, Transylvania | 119 min |
| Apr 16, 3:52 PM EDT | Lake Wind Advisory | GSP | Alexander, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell and 22 more | 14 hr |
| Apr 16, 3:52 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | GSP | Alexander, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell and 22 more | 4 hr |
| Apr 16, 7:53 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | GSP | Burke, Caldwell | 6 hr |
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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.