Alert archive / North Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 2011
Tornado Warning 28, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this tornado warning at Apr 28, 2011, 2:26 AM EDT for 6 counties in North Carolina. It was in force for 49 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
- Apr 28, 2011, 2:26 AM EDT (06:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 28, 2011, 3:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Buncombe County, NC, Burke County, NC, Henderson County, NC, McDowell County, NC, Polk County, NC, Rutherford County, NC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 27, 6:52 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
| Apr 28, 12:56 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 00:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 199 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
- 2272 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 766 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 233 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 271 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 3.5
- Supercell composite
- 14.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
710 WFUS52 KGSP 280626 TORGSP NCC021-023-089-111-149-161-280715- /O.NEW.KGSP.TO.W.0028.110428T0626Z-110428T0715Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 226 AM EDT THU APR 28 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN BUNCOMBE COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... SOUTHWESTERN BURKE COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... NORTHEASTERN HENDERSON COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... SOUTHEASTERN MCDOWELL COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF MARION... NORTH CENTRAL POLK COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... NORTHWESTERN RUTHERFORD COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... * UNTIL 315 AM EDT * AT 224 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR CHIMNEY ROCK...OR 12 MILES NORTH OF COLUMBUS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... LAKE LURE... OLD FORT... SUGAR HILL AND THERMAL CITY... GLENWOOD...FERO AND MARION... DYSARTSVILLE... NEBO AND LAKE JAMES... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TORNADOES WHICH OCCUR AFTER DARK ARE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS. PEOPLE IN THE WARNED AREA SHOULD PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR THIS TORNADO. 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 3585 8195 3562 8167 3533 8222 3548 8237 TIME...MOT...LOC 0626Z 229DEG 42KT 3543 8224 $$ BSH
2 follow-up statements
715 WWUS52 KGSP 280639 SVSGSP SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 239 AM EDT THU APR 28 2011 NCC021-089-149-280649- /O.CAN.KGSP.TO.W.0028.000000T0000Z-110428T0715Z/ BUNCOMBE NC-HENDERSON NC-POLK NC- 239 AM EDT THU APR 28 2011 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL POLK...NORTHEASTERN HENDERSON AND SOUTHEASTERN BUNCOMBE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... LAT...LON 3542 8207 3559 8222 3585 8195 3562 8167 TIME...MOT...LOC 0639Z 226DEG 48KT 3555 8207 $$ NCC023-111-161-280715- /O.CON.KGSP.TO.W.0028.000000T0000Z-110428T0715Z/ MCDOWELL NC-RUTHERFORD NC-BURKE NC- 239 AM EDT THU APR 28 2011 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 AM EDT FOR SOUTHWESTERN BURKE...NORTHWESTERN RUTHERFORD AND SOUTHEASTERN MCDOWELL COUNTIES... AT 236 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SUGAR HILL...OR 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MARION...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO THERMAL CITY...FERO...GLENWOOD...DYSARTSVILLE...NEBO AND LAKE JAMES PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TORNADOES WHICH OCCUR AFTER DARK ARE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS. PEOPLE IN THE WARNED AREA SHOULD PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR THIS TORNADO. 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 3542 8207 3559 8222 3585 8195 3562 8167 TIME...MOT...LOC 0639Z 226DEG 48KT 3555 8207 $$ BSH
002
WWUS52 KGSP 280649
SVSGSP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
249 AM EDT THU APR 28 2011
NCC161-280659-
/O.CAN.KGSP.TO.W.0028.000000T0000Z-110428T0715Z/
RUTHERFORD NC-
249 AM EDT THU APR 28 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN RUTHERFORD COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
LAT...LON 3585 8195 3562 8167 3560 8171 3561 8175
3559 8178 3559 8180 3558 8180 3558 8182
3554 8185 3553 8192 3553 8195 3560 8211
TIME...MOT...LOC 0649Z 229DEG 41KT 3561 8195
$$
NCC023-111-280715-
/O.CON.KGSP.TO.W.0028.000000T0000Z-110428T0715Z/
MCDOWELL NC-BURKE NC-
249 AM EDT THU APR 28 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 AM EDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN BURKE AND EASTERN MCDOWELL COUNTIES...
AT 245 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR FERO...OR 7 MILES
SOUTH OF MARION...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
DYSARTSVILLE...NEBO AND LAKE JAMES
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO THREAT...DAMAGING HAIL TO THE SIZE OF
GOLF BALLS 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.
TORNADOES WHICH OCCUR AFTER DARK ARE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS. PEOPLE IN
THE WARNED AREA SHOULD PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR THIS TORNADO. 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 3585 8195 3562 8167 3560 8171 3561 8175
3559 8178 3559 8180 3558 8180 3558 8182
3554 8185 3553 8192 3553 8195 3560 8211
TIME...MOT...LOC 0649Z 229DEG 41KT 3561 8195
$$
BSHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 27, 10:43 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Macon | 47 min |
| Apr 27, 11:22 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Haywood, Jackson, Macon, Transylvania | 38 min |
| Apr 28, 12:04 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Jackson, Macon | 41 min |
| Apr 28, 12:41 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Haywood, Jackson, Macon, Transylvania | 34 min |
| Apr 28, 12:54 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Jackson, Macon, Transylvania | 51 min |
| Apr 28, 1:17 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Buncombe, Burke, McDowell | 43 min |
| Apr 28, 1:31 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Henderson, Transylvania | 44 min |
| Apr 28, 2:03 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Buncombe, Henderson, Polk, Rutherford | 42 min |
| Apr 28, 2:56 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Alexander, Burke, Caldwell, Catawba, McDowell | 64 min |
| Apr 28, 5:26 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Caldwell | 34 min |
| Apr 28, 5:51 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Burke | 24 min |
| Apr 28, 5:55 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Burke | 35 min |
| Apr 28, 6:04 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Alexander, Burke, Caldwell, Catawba | 29 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.