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Tornado Warning 34, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this tornado warning at Sep 5, 2011, 3:58 PM EDT for Cabarrus County, Mecklenburg County, Rowan County, North Carolina. It was in force for 27 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, 3:58 PM EDT (19:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 5, 2011, 4:25 PM EDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Cabarrus County, NC, Mecklenburg County, NC, Rowan County, NC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 162 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:59 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.
Did it verify
Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this tornado warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.
Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 5, 3:42 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 92 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.
576 WFUS52 KGSP 051958 TORGSP NCC025-119-159-052045- /O.NEW.KGSP.TO.W.0034.110905T1958Z-110905T2045Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 358 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... EASTERN MECKLENBURG COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA... THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...CENTER CITY CHARLOTTE...UNC CHARLOTTE... SOUTHERN ROWAN COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF SALISBURY... * UNTIL 445 PM EDT * AT 358 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR EASTLAND MALL...OR 5 MILES SOUTH OF UNC CHARLOTTE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... UNC CHARLOTTE... HARRISBURG... HARRISBURG AND CHARLOTTE MOTOR SPEEDWAY... CONCORD... KANNAPOLIS AND ENOCHVILLE... MOUNT PLEASANT... 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 3573 8057 3557 8024 3512 8068 3521 8087 TIME...MOT...LOC 1958Z 214DEG 24KT 3524 8072 $$ HG
2 follow-up statements
463
WWUS52 KGSP 052011
SVSGSP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
411 PM EDT MON SEP 5 2011
NCC119-052021-
/O.CAN.KGSP.TO.W.0034.000000T0000Z-110905T2045Z/
MECKLENBURG NC-
411 PM EDT MON SEP 5 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN MECKLENBURG COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
AT 411 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT
THE POSSIBLY TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM HAD MOVED NORTHEAST OF
MECKLENBURG COUNTY.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT MONDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND CENTRAL SOUTH
CAROLINA.
LAT...LON 3549 8032 3523 8058 3527 8067 3533 8069
3536 8072 3540 8074 3573 8057 3557 8024
TIME...MOT...LOC 2011Z 216DEG 26KT 3532 8065
$$
NCC025-159-052045-
/O.CON.KGSP.TO.W.0034.000000T0000Z-110905T2045Z/
CABARRUS NC-ROWAN NC-
411 PM EDT MON SEP 5 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM EDT FOR ROWAN AND
CABARRUS COUNTIES...
AT 411 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A DEVELOPING TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR
HARRISBURG...OR 3 MILES EAST OF UNC CHARLOTTE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
30 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
CHARLOTTE MOTOR SPEEDWAY...CONCORD...KANNAPOLIS...ENOCHVILLE...MOUNT
PLEASANT...LANDIS...CHINA GROVE...SALISBURY...ROCKWELL...GRANITE
QUARRY...GOLD HILL AND FAITH.
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 NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND CENTRAL SOUTH
CAROLINA.
&&
LAT...LON 3549 8032 3523 8058 3527 8067 3533 8069
3536 8072 3540 8074 3573 8057 3557 8024
TIME...MOT...LOC 2011Z 216DEG 26KT 3532 8065
$$
HG372
WWUS52 KGSP 052025
SVSGSP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
425 PM EDT MON SEP 5 2011
NCC025-159-052034-
/O.CAN.KGSP.TO.W.0034.000000T0000Z-110905T2045Z/
CABARRUS NC-ROWAN NC-
425 PM EDT MON SEP 5 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR ROWAN AND CABARRUS COUNTIES IS
CANCELLED...
AT 424 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT
THE THUNDERSTORM IN THE VICINITY OF CONCORD HAD WEAKENED BELOW
SEVERE LIMITS AND WAS EXHIBITING ONLY WEAK ROTATION. THE TORNADO
WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
HOWEVER...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT MONDAY
EVENING FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND CENTRAL
SOUTH CAROLINA.
LAT...LON 3549 8032 3523 8058 3527 8067 3533 8069
3536 8072 3540 8074 3573 8057 3557 8024
TIME...MOT...LOC 2024Z 216DEG 26KT 3540 8058
$$
HGWhat forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before this tornado warning went out at Sep 5, 3:09 PM EDT, 49 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 5, 3:09 PM EDT, 49 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
309 PM EDT MON SEP 5 2011
.SYNOPSIS...
A STATIONARY FRONT WILL REMAIN ACROSS OUR AREA TONIGHT AS THE
REMNANT TROPICAL LOW TRACKS NORTHEAST SPREADING DEEP MOISTURE OVER
THE CAROLINAS THROUGH TUESDAY. THE LOW WILL MOVE OUT OF THE AREA
LATER IN THE WEEK AS IT CONTINUES TO WEAKEN.
&&
.NEAR TERM /THROUGH TUESDAY/...
HEAVY RAIN STILL LIKELY OVER PORTIONS OF THE MTNS AND ADJACENT
FOOTHILLS. SVR WX BECOMING THE MAIN THREAT OUTSIDE OF THE MTNS. COLD
FRONT REMAINS STALLED NEAR THE SPINE OF THE APPALACHIANS TONIGHT
WHILE THE REMNANT LOW FROM LEE MOVES NORTHEAST ALONG THE FRONT. MDLS
CONTINUE TO SHOW THE BEST FRONTOGENETICAL AND DEFORMATION ZONE
FORCING REMAINING WEST OF THE SPINE. THAT SAID...PW VALUES ACROSS THE
AREA ARE 2 STANDARD DEVIATIONS ABOVE NORMAL WHILE SLY LOW LEVEL
WINDS IN THE 30 KT RANGE WILL CONTINUE THRU THE NITE.
THEREFORE...THE MOST LIKELY LOCATIONS TO SEE WIDESPREAD HEAVY
RAINFALL WILL BE IN THE PRIME UPSLOPE AREAS ALONG THE BLUE RIDGE AND
NEAR THE TN BORDER CLOSER TO THE BETTER SYNOPTIC FORCING. THE HEAVY
RAIN OUTSIDE OF THOSE AREAS WILL LIKELY BE MORE ISOLATED AND
CONFINED TO LOCATIONS THAT SEE REPEATED CONVECTION AND/OR OVER MORE
URBAN ARES. WILL LEAVE THE FLOOD WATCHES AS IS...BUT INDICATE THE
NEW THINKING IN THE WORDING. WHILE THE FLOOD THREAT HAS
DIMINISHED...THE SEVERE CHANCES HAVE INCREASED. HEATING OUTSIDE OF
THE MTNS HAS LEAD TO MODERATE INSTABILITY ALONG AND SOUTH OF I-85.
BULK SHEAR AND HELICITY VALUES REMAIN QUITE HEIGHT. THIS COMBINED
WITH LOW LCL HEIGHTS WILL LEAD TO A SIGNIFICANT TORNADO THREAT
THROUGH THE EVENING AND POSSIBLY OVERNIGHT.
COLD FRONT BEGINS TO MOVE TUESDAY AS THE LOW MOVES ALONG THE FRONT
AND INTO OUR AREA. DRY SLOT MOVES IN BEHIND THE FRONT HELPING TO END
HEAVY PRECIP FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE AREA OUTSIDE OF THE MTNS
DURING THE MORNING. HEAVY RAIN COULD LINGER ACROSS THE MTNS...AT
LEAST THRU THE MORNING. STRONG SLY LOW LEVEL FLOW AND MODERATE
INSTABILITY WILL CONTINUE AHEAD OF THE FRONT. THEREFORE...LOCATIONS
AHEAD OF THE FRONT WILL RETAIN A TORNADO THREAT UNTIL THE FRONT
MOVES EAST OF THE AREA DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON. EXPECT THE HEAVY
RAIN THREAT AND PRECIP TO DIMINISH ACROSS THE MTNS DURING THE
AFTERNOON WITH THE SVR THREAT DIMINISHING AS WELL.
&&
.SHORT TERM /TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY/...
AS OF 230 PM MONDAY...12Z GFS AND NAM IN GOOD AGREEMENT THAT REMNANT
LOW FROM ONCE TS LEE WILL BE OVER THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AT 00Z WED
WITH A CONVERGENCE ZONE EAST OF THE CENTER. EXPECT THAT A CONVECTIVE
LINE OF STORMS ASSOCIATED WITH THE CONVERGENCE AREA WILL BE JUST
EAST OF THE FORECAST AREA AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PERIOD WITH THE
AREA EAST OF THE MOUNTAINS DRY SLOTTED. HENCE EXPECT ONLY SOME
SCATTERED SHOWERS OVER THE MOUNTAINS AS THE SURFACE LOW MOVES
SLOWLY NE TUE NIGHT. THE UPPER LOW WEST OF THE MOUNTAINS IS
EXPECTED TO MOVE ONLY VERY SLOWLY NORTHWARD INTO THE LOWER OHIO
VALLEY BY THU. LOOKS LIKE A PERSISTENT DOWNSLOPE FLOW AND A DRYING
AIRMASS WILL PRECLUDE ANY SHOWERS OUTSIDE OF THE MOUNTAINS BOTH
WED AND THU. ENOUGH MOISTURE SHOULD REMAIN OVER THE MOUNTAINS FOR
WIDELY SCATTERED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS THROUGH THE PERIOD. THE
SHOWERS WILL BE DIURNALLY ENHANCED EACH AFTERNOON...AND UPSLOPE
AREAS COULD SEE A SHOWER ANY TIME. CONSIDERABLE CLOUDINESS ON WED
WILL TEMPER MAX TEMPS AND KEEP THEM BELOW AVERAGE...BUT WITH
INCREASING SUNSHINE ON THU EXPECT MAX TEMPS SHOULD TOP OUT NEAR
AVERAGE VALUES.
&&
.LONG TERM /THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY/...
AS OF 1 PM MONDAY...THE EXTENDED PORTION OF THE FORECAST LEANED
HEAVILY ON THE HPC/ECMWF FORECAST. THE REMNANT UPPER LOW PREVIOUSLY
ASSOCIATED WITH TS LEE IS FORECAST TO CONTINUE TO MEANDER ACROSS THE
TN VALLEY THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK AND THEN GRADUALLY MOVE
EASTWARD AND SLOWLY FILL ACROSS THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS THE
FIRST OF NEXT WEEK. PERSISTENT...BUT GENERALLY WEAK DOWNSLOPE FLOW
EAST OF THE MOUNTAINS THROUGH SUNDAY...AND A MID LEVEL INVERSION
SUGGESTS GENERALLY DRY WEATHER IN THE PIEDMONT AREAS WITH ENHANCED
CU FIELDS DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. IN THE
MOUNTAINS...SUFFICIENT MOISTURE AND LAPSE RATES SHOULD EXIST FOR
SOME LOW TOPPED SHOWERS TO DEVELOP DIURNALLY EACH AFTERNOON. ON
MONDAY...WITH THE UPPER TROUGH MOVING EASTWARD ACROSS THE
AREA...SCATTERED AFTERNOON SHOWERS POSSIBLE ALL AREAS.
TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE PERIOD WILL AVERAGE ABOUT A CATEGORY
BELOW SEASONAL NORMS.
&&
.AVIATION /19Z MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/...
AT KCLT AND ELSEWHERE...CONDITIONS OUTSIDE OF THE MTNS HAVE NOT BEEN
AS DIRE AS PREV FCST AS RAIN HAS BEEN SPOTTY. THAT SAID...PRECIP IS
EXPECTED TO BECOME WIDESPREAD LATER THIS AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVENING
WITH AT LEAST MVFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED. CONDITIONS DETERIORATE INTO
THE IFR RANGE THIS EVENING OR OVERNIGHT AS PRECIP...LOW LEVEL
MOISTURE AND UPSLOPE FLOW CONTINUE. CONDITIONS SHUD IMPROVE OUTSIDE
OVER THE WRN NON-MTN SITES AFTER DAYBREAK AS PRECIP SLOWLY COMES TO
AN END. LOW CONDITIONS COULD CONTINUE AT KCLT/KAVL THRU THE END OF
THE PERIOD. S TO SE WINDS WILL CONTINUE THRU THE NITE WITH LOW END
GUSTS FROM TIME TO TIME. THIS COULD CAUSE SOME LOW LEVEL WIND SHEAR
PROBLEMS. WINDS REMAIN S TO SW TUE MORNING WITH LOW END GUSTS
POSSIBLE AGAIN.
OUTLOOK...CONDITIONS SHOULD IMPROVE DURING THE AFTERNOON AS DRY SLOT
WORKS IN FROM THE WEST...HOWEVER CLOUDS COULD LINGER OVER THE MTNS.
THE FORECAST FOR MID-WEEK IS VERY UNCERTAIN DUE TO LOW CONFIDENCE IN
THE EVENTUAL PROGRESSION OF A REMNANT LOW.
AN EXPERIMENTAL AVIATION FORECAST CONSISTENCY TABLE SHOWING THE
PERCENTAGE OF GUIDANCE MEMBERS AGREEING WITH THE SCHEDULED ISSUANCE
CATEGORY IS AVAILABLE AT FOLLOWING LINK (USE LOWER CASE)...
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/GSP/AVIATION/TABLES.HTM
&&
.GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR GAZ010-017-018-
026-028-029.
NC...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR NCZ033-035>037-
048>053-056>059-062>065-068>072-082-501>510.
SC...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR SCZ001>010.
&&
SYNOPSIS...DEO
NEAR TERM...RWH
SHORT TERM...LG
LONG TERM...LG
AVIATION...RWHHazardous weather outlook, Sep 5, 10:57 AM EDT, 5 hours 1 minute before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1057 AM EDT MON SEP 5 2011 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035-048>053-058-059-062>065- 501>510-SCZ001>007-010-061500- RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-AVERY-ALEXANDER- MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM- NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON- CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-GREATER CALDWELL-BURKE MOUNTAINS-GREATER BURKE- MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-EASTERN MCDOWELL-RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS- GREATER RUTHERFORD-POLK MOUNTAINS-EASTERN POLK-OCONEE MOUNTAINS- PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER OCONEE- GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-ANDERSON- 1057 AM EDT MON SEP 5 2011 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FLASH FLOOD WATCH. A STALLED COLD FRONT NEAR THE NORTH CAROLINA AND TENNESSEE BORDER WILL REMAIN OVER THE AREA THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. THE CENTER OF LOW PRESSURE...THE REMNANT OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION LEE...WILL MOVE NORTHEAST ALONG THE FRONT. AS THE LOW APPROACHES...THE ENVIRONMENT WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY SUPPORTIVE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND TORNADOES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FLASH FLOOD WATCH. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND TORNADOES REMAIN POSSIBLE ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...TORNADOES OR FLASH FLOODING TO OUR OFFICE. NCZ036-037-056-057-068>072-082-SCZ008-009-061500- IREDELL-DAVIE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG- CABARRUS-UNION NC-CHEROKEE-YORK- 1057 AM EDT MON SEP 5 2011 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FLASH FLOOD WATCH. A STALLED COLD FRONT NEAR THE NORTH CAROLINA AND TENNESSEE BORDER WILL REMAIN OVER THE AREA THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. THE CENTER OF LOW PRESSURE...THE REMNANT OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION LEE...WILL MOVE NORTHEAST ALONG THE FRONT. AS THE LOW APPROACHES...THE ENVIRONMENT WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY SUPPORTIVE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND TORNADOES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FLASH FLOOD WATCH. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND TORNADOES REMAIN POSSIBLE ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...TORNADOES OR FLASH FLOODING TO OUR OFFICE. SCZ011>014-019-061500- ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- 1057 AM EDT MON SEP 5 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. A STALLED COLD FRONT NEAR THE NORTH CAROLINA AND TENNESSEE BORDER WILL REMAIN OVER THE AREA THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. THE CENTER OF LOW PRESSURE...THE REMNANT OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION LEE...WILL MOVE NORTHEAST ALONG THE FRONT. AS THE LOW APPROACHES...THE ENVIRONMENT WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY SUPPORTIVE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND TORNADOES. IN ADDITION...EXCESSIVE RAINFALL MAY RESULT IN POSSIBLE FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...TORNADOES...AND EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...TORNADOES OR FLASH FLOODING TO OUR OFFICE.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Sep 5, 3:03 PM EDT, 55 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
303 PM EDT MON SEP 5 2011
NCZ068-508-510-SCZ007-051945-
CLEVELAND-EASTERN POLK-GREATER RUTHERFORD-SPARTANBURG-
303 PM EDT MON SEP 5 2011
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EASTERN RUTHERFORD...NORTHERN
SPARTANBURG...SOUTHEASTERN POLK AND WESTERN CLEVELAND COUNTIES
THROUGH 345 PM EDT...
AT 303 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR INMAN...OR 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF
SPARTANBURG...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
LAKE BOWEN...
CHESNEE...
CLIFFSIDE...
FOREST CITY...
ELLENBORO...
WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
LAT...LON 3539 8156 3518 8178 3518 8187 3512 8184
3496 8200 3506 8218 3554 8181
HGSpecial weather statement, Sep 5, 3:32 PM EDT, 26 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
332 PM EDT MON SEP 5 2011
NCZ068-504-506-508-052015-
CLEVELAND-EASTERN MCDOWELL-GREATER BURKE-GREATER RUTHERFORD-
332 PM EDT MON SEP 5 2011
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHWESTERN CLEVELAND...
RUTHERFORD...SOUTHEASTERN MCDOWELL AND SOUTHERN BURKE COUNTIES
THROUGH 415 PM EDT...
AT 332 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES WEST OF RUTHERFORDTON...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 25 MPH.
THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
RUTHERFORDTON...
THERMAL CITY...
DYSARTSVILLE...
WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
LAT...LON 3558 8155 3526 8199 3533 8205 3534 8207
3540 8214 3574 8185
HGSpecial weather statement, Sep 5, 3:54 PM EDT, 4 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
354 PM EDT MON SEP 5 2011
SCZ006-007-012-052045-
GREATER GREENVILLE-LAURENS-SPARTANBURG-
354 PM EDT MON SEP 5 2011
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHWESTERN LAURENS...
SOUTHEASTERN GREENVILLE AND SPARTANBURG COUNTIES THROUGH 445 PM
EDT...
AT 354 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES EAST OF FORK SHOALS...OR 15 MILES
NORTHWEST OF LAURENS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
FOUNTAIN INN...
WOODRUFF...
REIDVILLE...
ROEBUCK...
SPARTANBURG...
WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
LAT...LON 3465 8237 3507 8192 3490 8172 3484 8177
3452 8222
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, 3:14 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Mecklenburg | 46 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, 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 |
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Tornado Warnings in North Carolina, 2011Every tornado warning in 2011Tornadoes in 2011
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.