Alert archive / North Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 2011
Tornado Warning 33, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
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.
- 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
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
$$
HG2 follow-up statements
949
WWUS52 KGSP 051928
SVSGSP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
328 PM EDT MON SEP 5 2011
SCC091-051937-
/O.CAN.KGSP.TO.W.0033.000000T0000Z-110905T2000Z/
YORK SC-
328 PM EDT MON SEP 5 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL YORK COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
AT 327 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT
THE POSSIBLY TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM HAD MOVED NORTHEAST OF YORK
COUNTY.
LAT...LON 3510 8069 3503 8077 3503 8080 3500 8084
3511 8094 3507 8100 3551 8070 3551 8069
3537 8046
TIME...MOT...LOC 1927Z 226DEG 25KT 3508 8084
$$
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
$$
HG844
WWUS52 KGSP 051943
SVSGSP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
343 PM EDT MON SEP 5 2011
NCC025-119-052000-
/O.CON.KGSP.TO.W.0033.000000T0000Z-110905T2000Z/
CABARRUS NC-MECKLENBURG NC-
343 PM EDT MON SEP 5 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EDT FOR
MECKLENBURG AND WESTERN CABARRUS COUNTIES...
AT 342 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A DEVELOPING TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR
SOUTHPARK MALL...OR 5 MILES SOUTH OF CENTER CITY CHARLOTTE...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING
FUNNEL CLOUDS ACROSS NORTHEAST YORK COUNTY.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
EASTLAND MALL...I-77 AT I-85...MINT HILL...CHARLOTTE MOTOR
SPEEDWAY...UNC CHARLOTTE...HARRISBURG AND CONCORD.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES SHOULD BE ABANDONED FOR STURDIER SHELTER.
OTHERWISE...GO TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST LEVEL OF YOUR HOME
OR PLACE OF BUSINESS. MAKE SURE THERE ARE AS MANY WALLS AND FLOORS
BETWEEN YOU AND THE OUTSIDE AS POSSIBLE.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT MONDAY EVENING
FOR THE AREA AS WELL.
&&
LAT...LON 3510 8068 3505 8076 3516 8094 3550 8071
3551 8069 3538 8047 3537 8046
TIME...MOT...LOC 1942Z 215DEG 27KT 3518 8081
$$
HGThe office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 5, 11:19 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | GSP | Haywood | 21 hr |
| Sep 5, 11:19 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | GSP | Cleveland | 13 hr |
| Sep 5, 11:19 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | GSP | Henderson, Transylvania | 21 hr |
| Sep 5, 11:19 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | GSP | Madison | 21 hr |
| Sep 5, 11:19 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | GSP | Madison | 21 hr |
| Sep 5, 11:19 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | GSP | Buncombe | 21 hr |
| Sep 5, 11:19 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | GSP | Swain | 21 hr |
| Sep 5, 11:19 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | GSP | Gaston | 13 hr |
| Sep 5, 2:07 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Davie, Iredell, Rowan | 38 min |
| Sep 5, 3:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Rutherford | 42 min |
| Sep 5, 3:23 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Burke, Caldwell | 6 hr |
| Sep 5, 3:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Rutherford | 43 min |
| Sep 5, 3:58 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Mecklenburg, Rowan | 27 min |
| Sep 5, 4:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Mecklenburg | 40 min |
| Sep 5, 4:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Polk, Rutherford | 27 min |
| Sep 5, 6:51 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Gaston, Mecklenburg | 39 min |
| Sep 5, 7:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Union | 60 min |
| Sep 5, 7:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Polk | 43 min |
| Sep 5, 7:47 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Union | 43 min |
| Sep 5, 3:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Spartanburg | 51 min |
| Sep 5, 4:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cherokee, Spartanburg | 46 min |
| Sep 5, 4:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Laurens | 40 min |
| Sep 5, 5:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cherokee, Spartanburg | 41 min |
| Sep 5, 5:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Anderson | 52 min |
| Sep 5, 5:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Abbeville | 48 min |
| Sep 5, 6:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Chester | 39 min |
| Sep 5, 6:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Anderson, Greenville, Laurens, Pickens, Spartanburg | 56 min |
| Sep 5, 6:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | York | 38 min |
| Sep 5, 7:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Chester | 49 min |
| Sep 5, 7:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Chester, Union, York | 54 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.