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Tornado Warning 33, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

September 5, 2011Cabarrus County, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina; York County, South Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this tornado warning at Sep 5, 2011, 3:14 PM EDT for Cabarrus County, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina; York County, South Carolina. It was in force for 46 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
Sep 5, 2011, 3:14 PM EDT (19:14 UTC)
Expired
Sep 5, 2011, 4:00 PM EDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Cabarrus County, NC, Mecklenburg County, NC, York County, SC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 131 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:15 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 135 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 2011-09-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 109 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°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 2011-09-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 62 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
109 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-38 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
689 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
62 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
48 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.

785 
WFUS52 KGSP 051914
TORGSP
NCC025-119-SCC091-052000-
/O.NEW.KGSP.TO.W.0033.110905T1914Z-110905T2000Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
314 PM EDT MON SEP 5 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CABARRUS COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CONCORD...
  MECKLENBURG COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...CENTER CITY CHARLOTTE...UNC
  CHARLOTTE...
  EAST CENTRAL YORK COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...

* UNTIL 400 PM EDT

* AT 314 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR FORT
  MILL...OR 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF ROCK HILL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25
  MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  CAROWINDS...
  PINEVILLE...
  SOUTHPARK MALL...
  MATTHEWS AND CENTER CITY CHARLOTTE...
  EASTLAND MALL AND I-77 AT I-85...
  MINT HILL...UNC CHARLOTTE AND HARRISBURG...

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 3504 8075 3500 8084 3502 8086 3505 8089
      3501 8090 3493 8086 3489 8090 3499 8108
      3551 8070 3551 8069 3537 8045
TIME...MOT...LOC 1914Z 219DEG 20KT 3501 8093

$$

HG
2 follow-up statements
949 
WWUS52 KGSP 051928
SVSGSP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
328 PM EDT MON SEP 5 2011

SCC091-051937-
/O.CAN.KGSP.TO.W.0033.000000T0000Z-110905T2000Z/
YORK SC-
328 PM EDT MON SEP 5 2011

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

AT 327 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT 
THE POSSIBLY TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM HAD MOVED NORTHEAST OF YORK 
COUNTY.

LAT...LON 3510 8069 3503 8077 3503 8080 3500 8084
      3511 8094 3507 8100 3551 8070 3551 8069
      3537 8046
TIME...MOT...LOC 1927Z 226DEG 25KT 3508 8084

$$

NCC025-119-052000-
/O.CON.KGSP.TO.W.0033.000000T0000Z-110905T2000Z/
CABARRUS NC-MECKLENBURG NC-
328 PM EDT MON SEP 5 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EDT FOR
MECKLENBURG AND WESTERN CABARRUS COUNTIES...

AT 327 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS DEVELOPING TORNADO 
WAS LOCATED NEAR PINEVILLE...OR 12 MILES SOUTH OF CENTER CITY 
CHARLOTTE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
SOUTHPARK MALL...MATTHEWS...I-77 AT I-85...EASTLAND MALL...MINT
HILL...UNC CHARLOTTE...CHARLOTTE MOTOR SPEEDWAY...HARRISBURG AND
CONCORD

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 3510 8069 3503 8077 3503 8080 3500 8084
      3511 8094 3507 8100 3551 8070 3551 8069
      3537 8046
TIME...MOT...LOC 1927Z 226DEG 25KT 3508 8084

$$

HG
844 
WWUS52 KGSP 051943
SVSGSP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
343 PM EDT MON SEP 5 2011

NCC025-119-052000-
/O.CON.KGSP.TO.W.0033.000000T0000Z-110905T2000Z/
CABARRUS NC-MECKLENBURG NC-
343 PM EDT MON SEP 5 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EDT FOR
MECKLENBURG AND WESTERN CABARRUS COUNTIES...

AT 342 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A DEVELOPING TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR 
SOUTHPARK MALL...OR 5 MILES SOUTH OF CENTER CITY CHARLOTTE...MOVING 
NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING 
FUNNEL CLOUDS ACROSS NORTHEAST YORK COUNTY.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
EASTLAND MALL...I-77 AT I-85...MINT HILL...CHARLOTTE MOTOR 
SPEEDWAY...UNC CHARLOTTE...HARRISBURG AND CONCORD.

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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT MONDAY EVENING 
FOR THE AREA AS WELL.

&&

LAT...LON 3510 8068 3505 8076 3516 8094 3550 8071
      3551 8069 3538 8047 3537 8046
TIME...MOT...LOC 1942Z 215DEG 27KT 3518 8081

$$

HG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 5, 11:19 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningGSPHaywood21 hr
Sep 5, 11:19 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningGSPCleveland13 hr
Sep 5, 11:19 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningGSPHenderson, Transylvania21 hr
Sep 5, 11:19 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningGSPMadison21 hr
Sep 5, 11:19 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningGSPMadison21 hr
Sep 5, 11:19 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningGSPBuncombe21 hr
Sep 5, 11:19 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningGSPSwain21 hr
Sep 5, 11:19 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningGSPGaston13 hr
Sep 5, 2:07 PM EDTTornado WarningGSPDavie, Iredell, Rowan38 min
Sep 5, 3:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPRutherford42 min
Sep 5, 3:23 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPBurke, Caldwell6 hr
Sep 5, 3:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPRutherford43 min
Sep 5, 3:58 PM EDTTornado WarningGSPCabarrus, Mecklenburg, Rowan27 min
Sep 5, 4:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPMecklenburg40 min
Sep 5, 4:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPPolk, Rutherford27 min
Sep 5, 6:51 PM EDTTornado WarningGSPGaston, Mecklenburg39 min
Sep 5, 7:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPUnion60 min
Sep 5, 7:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPPolk43 min
Sep 5, 7:47 PM EDTTornado WarningGSPCabarrus, Union43 min
Sep 5, 3:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPSpartanburg51 min
Sep 5, 4:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPCherokee, Spartanburg46 min
Sep 5, 4:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPLaurens40 min
Sep 5, 5:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPCherokee, Spartanburg41 min
Sep 5, 5:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPAnderson52 min
Sep 5, 5:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPAbbeville48 min
Sep 5, 6:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPChester39 min
Sep 5, 6:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPAnderson, Greenville, Laurens, Pickens, Spartanburg56 min
Sep 5, 6:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPYork38 min
Sep 5, 7:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPChester49 min
Sep 5, 7:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPChester, Union, York54 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.