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Tornado Warning 30, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

May 26, 2011Gaston County, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina; York County, South Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this tornado warning at May 26, 2011, 9:52 PM EDT for Gaston County, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina; York County, South Carolina. It was in force for 38 min. 9 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: May 26, 2011, 9:52 PM EDT (01:52 UTC)
Expired: May 26, 2011, 10:30 PM EDT
In force: 38 min
Issued by: NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Gaston County, NC, Mecklenburg County, NC, York County, SC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:55 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
May 26, 9:57 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	4 Wnw Crowders, NC	AT LEAST ONE TREE REPORTED DOWN IN THE CROWDERS MOUNTAIN AREA.
May 26, 10:02 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	6 Ene Clover, SC	TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN BLOCKING THE ROADWAY NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF OAK RIDGE ROAD AND HW-557.
May 26, 10:05 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Cramerton, NC	NUMEROUS TREES DOWN IN THE CRAMERTON AREA. DOORS WERE DAMAGED AT THE VFD.
May 26, 10:06 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	2 Ne Belmont, NC	A TREE REPORTED DOWN NEAR THE GASTON AND MECKLENBURG COUNTY BORDER.
May 26, 10:07 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 Sw Gastonia, NC	COCORAHS OBSERVER LOCATED ON HOME TRAIL REPORTS THE DOOR TO A GREENHOUSE BLOWN OFF AND SEVERAL 2-3 INCH DIAMETER TREE LIMBS DOWN NEAR GASTONIA. ALSO HAD PEA SIZE HAIL.
May 26, 10:08 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	10 Wnw Charlotte, NC	MECKLENBURG FIRE REPORTS NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN ACROSS MECKLENBURG COUNTY...MOSTLY IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE COUNTY. LOCATOR DESIGNATION IS WHERE HIGH VELOCITY CORE ENTERED THE COUNTY FROM NEAR BELMONT.
May 26, 10:08 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	2 Sw Paw Creek, NC	TREE DOWN ON A HOME ON WILDLIFE ROAD. OTHER REPORTS OF TREES DOWN ON HOMES IN THE WESTERN PART OF THE COUNTY AS WELL.
May 26, 10:10 PM EDT	TSTM WND GST 64	6 W Charlotte, NC	MEASURED AT CHARLOTTE DOUGLAS INTL AIRPORT
May 26, 10:10 PM EDT	TSTM WND GST 67	6 W Charlotte, NC	WIND SENSOR MEASURED A WIND GUST OF 67 MPH AT THE CHARLOTTE DOUGLAS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.

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
May 26, 5:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 00:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 146 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: 758 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -24 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1903 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 90 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 173 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 3.1

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The text

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

844 
WFUS52 KGSP 270152
TORGSP
NCC071-119-SCC091-270230-
/O.NEW.KGSP.TO.W.0030.110527T0152Z-110527T0230Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
952 PM EDT THU MAY 26 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN GASTON COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF GASTONIA...
  NORTHERN MECKLENBURG COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...CENTER CITY CHARLOTTE...UNC
  CHARLOTTE...
  NORTH CENTRAL YORK COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...

* UNTIL 1030 PM EDT

* AT 951 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 3 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF CLOVER...OR 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GASTONIA...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  CROWDERS...
  GASTONIA...
  RANLO...
  CRAMERTON AND BELMONT...
  MOUNT HOLLY AND STANLEY...
  PAW CREEK AND LUCIA...

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.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT
FRIDAY MORNING FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND
CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA.

&&

LAT...LON 3503 8129 3515 8138 3517 8136 3516 8134
      3517 8133 3523 8133 3541 8101 3540 8096
      3544 8095 3550 8084 3529 8068
TIME...MOT...LOC 0152Z 239DEG 28KT 3515 8125

$$
RB

3 follow-up statements

662 
WWUS52 KGSP 270206
SVSGSP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1006 PM EDT THU MAY 26 2011

SCC091-270216-
/O.CAN.KGSP.TO.W.0030.000000T0000Z-110527T0230Z/
YORK SC-
1006 PM EDT THU MAY 26 2011

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL YORK COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT
FRIDAY MORNING FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND
CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA.

LAT...LON 3514 8105 3515 8106 3515 8113 3526 8125
      3541 8102 3540 8096 3544 8095 3550 8084
      3529 8068
TIME...MOT...LOC 0206Z 247DEG 62KT 3525 8104

$$

NCC071-119-270230-
/O.CON.KGSP.TO.W.0030.000000T0000Z-110527T0230Z/
GASTON NC-MECKLENBURG NC-
1006 PM EDT THU MAY 26 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 PM EDT FOR NORTHERN
MECKLENBURG AND EASTERN GASTON COUNTIES...

AT 1005 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR CRAMERTON...OR 7
MILES EAST OF GASTONIA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 70 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO MOUNT
HOLLY...LUCIA...PAW CREEK...MOUNTAIN ISLAND LAKE...CENTER CITY
CHARLOTTE...I-77 AT I-85...CROFT...HUNTERSVILLE...CORNELIUS...
DAVIDSON AND UNC CHARLOTTE

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.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT
FRIDAY MORNING FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND
CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA.

&&

LAT...LON 3514 8105 3515 8106 3515 8113 3526 8125
      3541 8102 3540 8096 3544 8095 3550 8084
      3529 8068
TIME...MOT...LOC 0206Z 247DEG 62KT 3525 8104

$$

RB

238 
WWUS52 KGSP 270214
SVSGSP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1014 PM EDT THU MAY 26 2011

NCC071-119-270230-
/O.CON.KGSP.TO.W.0030.000000T0000Z-110527T0230Z/
GASTON NC-MECKLENBURG NC-
1014 PM EDT THU MAY 26 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 PM EDT FOR NORTHERN
MECKLENBURG AND NORTHEASTERN GASTON COUNTIES...

AT 1013 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR PAW CREEK...OR 9
MILES NORTHWEST OF CENTER CITY CHARLOTTE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45
MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
LUCIA...MOUNTAIN ISLAND LAKE...I-77 AT I-85...CROFT...HUNTERSVILLE...
CORNELIUS...UNC CHARLOTTE AND DAVIDSON

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.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT
FRIDAY MORNING FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND
CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA.

&&

LAT...LON 3520 8105 3531 8113 3540 8100 3540 8096
      3544 8095 3550 8084 3529 8068
TIME...MOT...LOC 0214Z 241DEG 40KT 3529 8097

$$

RB

349 
WWUS52 KGSP 270224
SVSGSP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1024 PM EDT THU MAY 26 2011

NCC071-119-270233-
/O.EXP.KGSP.TO.W.0030.000000T0000Z-110527T0230Z/
GASTON NC-MECKLENBURG NC-
1024 PM EDT THU MAY 26 2011

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN MECKLENBURG AND NORTHEASTERN
GASTON COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 1030 PM EDT...

THE ROTATION THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED SIGNIFICANTLY SO 
THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. DAMAGING WINDS ARE STILL 
POSSIBLE AND A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT.

LAT...LON 3520 8105 3531 8113 3540 8100 3540 8096
      3544 8095 3550 8084 3529 8068
TIME...MOT...LOC 0223Z 241DEG 40KT 3535 8089

$$

RB

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 26, 8:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Henderson, Polk	55 min
May 26, 8:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Cleveland, Polk, Rutherford	64 min
May 26, 8:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Alexander, Burke, Caldwell, Catawba, Cleveland, Lincoln and 3 more	63 min
May 26, 9:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Mecklenburg	67 min
May 26, 9:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Alexander, Caldwell, Catawba, Cleveland, Gaston, Iredell and 2 more	98 min
May 26, 10:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Cabarrus, Davie, Iredell, Mecklenburg, Rowan, Union	64 min
May 27, 1:55 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Union	35 min
May 27, 11:09 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Polk	36 min
May 27, 11:26 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Gaston, Mecklenburg	34 min
May 27, 11:47 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Union	28 min
May 27, 12:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Cabarrus, Mecklenburg	28 min
May 27, 12:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Cabarrus, Rowan	38 min
May 27, 12:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Cabarrus, Davie, Rowan	61 min
May 27, 12:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Cleveland	36 min
May 27, 12:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Union	42 min
May 27, 1:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Union	34 min
May 27, 2:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Union	27 min
May 27, 3:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Union	58 min
May 27, 3:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Cabarrus, Mecklenburg	53 min
May 27, 4:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Union	46 min
May 27, 4:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Cabarrus, Rowan	54 min
May 27, 4:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Cabarrus, Gaston, Mecklenburg	64 min
May 27, 5:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Davie, Rowan	44 min
May 27, 5:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Gaston, Mecklenburg	39 min
May 27, 5:39 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Mecklenburg	117 min
May 26, 8:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Abbeville, Anderson, Greenville, Greenwood, Laurens	58 min
May 26, 9:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Greenwood, Laurens	57 min
May 27, 1:06 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Chester	24 min
May 27, 9:11 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Greenwood, Laurens, Union	64 min
May 27, 10:16 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Chester, Union, York	44 min
May 27, 11:00 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Cherokee, Chester, York	45 min
May 27, 12:06 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Cherokee	24 min
May 27, 1:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Abbeville	30 min
May 27, 2:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Greenwood	41 min
May 27, 2:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Abbeville	24 min
May 27, 2:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Chester	33 min
May 27, 2:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Chester, York	53 min
May 27, 3:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Greenwood	28 min
May 27, 3:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Union	32 min
May 27, 4:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Chester	25 min
May 27, 4:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Chester, York	64 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.