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Tornado Warning 43, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

November 22, 20114 counties in North Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this tornado warning at Nov 22, 2011, 10:54 PM EST for 4 counties in North Carolina. It was in force for 23 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: Nov 22, 2011, 10:54 PM EST (03:54 UTC)
Expired: Nov 22, 2011, 11:17 PM EST
In force: 23 min
Issued by: NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Catawba County, NC, Cleveland County, NC, Lincoln County, NC, Rutherford County, NC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:55 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 00:00Z, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 154 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: 113 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -12 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 954 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 207 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 288 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.2

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

325 
WFUS52 KGSP 230354
TORGSP
NCC035-045-109-161-230445-
/O.NEW.KGSP.TO.W.0043.111123T0354Z-111123T0445Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1054 PM EST TUE NOV 22 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN CATAWBA COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF NEWTON...
  NORTHERN CLEVELAND COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...
  WESTERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF LINCOLNTON...
  EAST CENTRAL RUTHERFORD COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...

* UNTIL 1145 PM EST

* AT 1051 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR
  ELLENBORO...OR 12 MILES WEST OF SHELBY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35
  MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  POLKVILLE AND KINGSTOWN...
  LAWNDALE AND CASAR...
  BELWOOD AND FALLSTON...
  COOKSVILLE...
  VALE...
  LINCOLNTON...

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 3552 8110 3541 8140 3542 8145 3540 8144
      3527 8178 3538 8185 3574 8125
TIME...MOT...LOC 0355Z 239DEG 31KT 3537 8170

$$
RB

3 follow-up statements

037 
WWUS52 KGSP 230403
SVSGSP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1103 PM EST TUE NOV 22 2011

NCC161-230413-
/O.CAN.KGSP.TO.W.0043.000000T0000Z-111123T0445Z/
RUTHERFORD NC-
1103 PM EST TUE NOV 22 2011

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

LAT...LON 3552 8110 3542 8138 3542 8145 3539 8145
      3533 8167 3534 8168 3538 8170 3543 8170
      3574 8125
TIME...MOT...LOC 0403Z 239DEG 31KT 3540 8162

$$

NCC035-045-109-230445-
/O.CON.KGSP.TO.W.0043.000000T0000Z-111123T0445Z/
CATAWBA NC-CLEVELAND NC-LINCOLN NC-
1103 PM EST TUE NOV 22 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 PM EST FOR WESTERN
LINCOLN...NORTHERN CLEVELAND AND WESTERN CATAWBA COUNTIES...

AT 1059 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR POLKVILLE...OR 9
MILES NORTHWEST OF SHELBY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
LAWNDALE...FALLSTON...BELWOOD...VALE...LINCOLNTON...NEWTON AND MAIDEN

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS RAPIDLY MOVING TORNADO WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY HEAVY RAIN AND
VERY LITTLE OR NO LIGHTNING. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE THE TORNADO BEFORE
SEEKING SHELTER. IT WILL LIKELY BE TOO LATE! 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.

&&

LAT...LON 3552 8110 3542 8138 3542 8145 3539 8145
      3533 8167 3534 8168 3538 8170 3543 8170
      3574 8125
TIME...MOT...LOC 0403Z 239DEG 31KT 3540 8162

$$

RB

679 
WWUS52 KGSP 230410
SVSGSP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1110 PM EST TUE NOV 22 2011

NCC035-045-109-230445-
/O.CON.KGSP.TO.W.0043.000000T0000Z-111123T0445Z/
CATAWBA NC-CLEVELAND NC-LINCOLN NC-
1110 PM EST TUE NOV 22 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 PM EST FOR WESTERN
LINCOLN...NORTHERN CLEVELAND AND WESTERN CATAWBA COUNTIES...

AT 1107 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR LAWNDALE...OR 9
MILES NORTH OF SHELBY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
FALLSTON...BELWOOD...VALE...LINCOLNTON...NEWTON AND MAIDEN

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS RAPIDLY MOVING TORNADO WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY HEAVY RAIN AND
VERY LITTLE OR NO LIGHTNING. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE THE TORNADO BEFORE
SEEKING SHELTER. IT WILL LIKELY BE TOO LATE! 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.

&&

LAT...LON 3536 8162 3543 8166 3574 8125 3552 8110
      3542 8138 3542 8145 3539 8145
TIME...MOT...LOC 0410Z 242DEG 30KT 3543 8156

$$

RB

197 
WWUS52 KGSP 230417
SVSGSP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1117 PM EST TUE NOV 22 2011

NCC035-045-109-230427-
/O.CAN.KGSP.TO.W.0043.000000T0000Z-111123T0445Z/
CATAWBA NC-CLEVELAND NC-LINCOLN NC-
1117 PM EST TUE NOV 22 2011

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WESTERN LINCOLN...NORTHERN CLEVELAND AND
WESTERN CATAWBA COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM ROTATION THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS DISSIPATED SO THE 
WARNING IS CANCELLED. 

LAT...LON 3536 8162 3543 8166 3574 8125 3552 8110
      3542 8138 3542 8145 3539 8145
TIME...MOT...LOC 0417Z 242DEG 30KT 3545 8149

$$

RB

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Nov 22, 10:25 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Burke	35 min
Nov 22, 10:31 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Rutherford	29 min
Nov 23, 3:33 AM EST	High Wind Warning	GSP	Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Henderson, McDowell and 4 more	11 hr
Nov 23, 3:33 AM EST	Lake Wind Advisory	GSP	Burke, Caldwell, Graham, Haywood, Jackson, McDowell and 6 more	18 hr
Nov 23, 2:52 PM EST	Wind Advisory	GSP	Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Henderson, McDowell and 4 more	7 hr

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.