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Tornado Warning 42, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this tornado warning at Nov 16, 2011, 5:20 PM EST for Iredell County, Rowan County, North Carolina. It was in force for 40 min. 3 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
- Nov 16, 2011, 5:20 PM EST (22:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 16, 2011, 6:00 PM EST
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Iredell County, NC, Rowan County, NC
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 157 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:23 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 16, 5:46 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 2 N Salisbury, NC | 1 TREE REPORTED DOWN ON VEHICLE JUST NORTH OF SALISBURY. |
| Nov 16, 5:48 PM EST | HAIL 1 | Salisbury, NC | PUBLIC REPORTED UP TO 1 INCH HAIL IN SALISBURY, NC. |
| Nov 16, 6:01 PM EST | HAIL 1.75 | 4 N Salisbury, NC |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 16, 4:30 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 73 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
- 116 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 472 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 98 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 129 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
610
WFUS52 KGSP 162220
TORGSP
NCC097-159-162300-
/O.NEW.KGSP.TO.W.0042.111116T2220Z-111116T2300Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
520 PM EST WED NOV 16 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN IREDELL COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...
ROWAN COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF SALISBURY...
* UNTIL 600 PM EST
* AT 517 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 3 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF MOORESVILLE...OR 16 MILES SOUTH OF STATESVILLE...
MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ENOCHVILLE...
LANDIS...
CHINA GROVE...
SALISBURY AND FAITH...
SPENCER AND GRANITE QUARRY...
CRAVEN AND GOLD HILL...
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 3551 8090 3557 8092 3576 8047 3574 8045
3573 8040 3567 8030 3564 8028 3563 8026
3554 8018 3551 8018
TIME...MOT...LOC 2220Z 252DEG 39KT 3556 8083
$$2 follow-up statements
110
WWUS52 KGSP 162234
SVSGSP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
534 PM EST WED NOV 16 2011
NCC097-162244-
/O.CAN.KGSP.TO.W.0042.000000T0000Z-111116T2300Z/
IREDELL NC-
534 PM EST WED NOV 16 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN IREDELL COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EST WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA. A TORNADO WATCH
ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST THURSDAY MORNING FOR
CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA AND CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA.
LAT...LON 3556 8021 3555 8023 3555 8070 3566 8071
3576 8047 3574 8045 3573 8040 3567 8030
3564 8028 3563 8026
TIME...MOT...LOC 2234Z 252DEG 39KT 3562 8064
$$
NCC159-162300-
/O.CON.KGSP.TO.W.0042.000000T0000Z-111116T2300Z/
ROWAN NC-
534 PM EST WED NOV 16 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EST FOR CENTRAL
ROWAN COUNTY...
AT 532 PM EST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6
MILES NORTHWEST OF CHINA GROVE...OR 11 MILES WEST OF SALISBURY...
MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
FAITH...GRANITE QUARRY...ROCKWELL...SPENCER...CRAVEN AND HIGH ROCK
LAKE
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST THURSDAY MORNING
FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA AND CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA.
&&
LAT...LON 3556 8021 3555 8023 3555 8070 3566 8071
3576 8047 3574 8045 3573 8040 3567 8030
3564 8028 3563 8026
TIME...MOT...LOC 2234Z 252DEG 39KT 3562 8064
$$162
WWUS52 KGSP 162302
SVSGSP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
602 PM EST WED NOV 16 2011
NCC159-162312-
/O.EXP.KGSP.TO.W.0042.000000T0000Z-111116T2300Z/
ROWAN NC-
602 PM EST WED NOV 16 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL ROWAN COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...
THE STRONG CIRCULATION NOTED ON RADAR OF POSSIBLE TORNADO HAS MOVED
INTO DAVIDSON COUNTY.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST THURSDAY MORNING
FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA AND CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA.
LAT...LON 3556 8021 3555 8023 3555 8070 3566 8071
3576 8047 3574 8045 3573 8040 3567 8030
3564 8028 3563 8026
TIME...MOT...LOC 2234Z 252DEG 39KT 3562 8064
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 16, 4:15 PM EST | Tornado Warning | GSP | Cleveland | 30 min |
| Nov 16, 5:09 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Iredell, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Rowan | 66 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.