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Wind Advisory 11, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

April 16, 20118 counties in South Carolina; 28 counties in North Carolina; 6 counties in Georgia

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this wind advisory at Apr 16, 2011, 3:52 PM EDT for 8 counties in South Carolina; 28 counties in North Carolina; 6 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 16, 2011, 3:52 PM EDT (19:52 UTC)
Expired
Apr 16, 2011, 8:00 PM EDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
All 42 counties

Elbert County, GA, Franklin County, GA, Habersham County, GA, Hart County, GA, Rabun County, GA, Stephens County, GA, Alexander County, NC, Avery County, NC, Buncombe County, NC, Burke County, NC, Cabarrus County, NC, Caldwell County, NC, Catawba County, NC, Cleveland County, NC, Davie County, NC, Gaston County, NC, Graham County, NC, Haywood County, NC, Henderson County, NC, Iredell County, NC, Jackson County, NC, Lincoln County, NC, Macon County, NC, Madison County, NC, McDowell County, NC, Mecklenburg County, NC, Mitchell County, NC, Polk County, NC, Rowan County, NC, Rutherford County, NC, Swain County, NC, Transylvania County, NC, Union County, NC, Yancey County, NC, Abbeville County, SC, Anderson County, SC, Cherokee County, SC, Chester County, SC, Greenwood County, SC, Laurens County, SC, Union County, SC, York County, SC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:55 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 12:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 219 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 2011-04-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°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 2011-04-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 605 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
516 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
605 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
909 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

696 
WWUS72 KGSP 161952
NPWGSP

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
352 PM EDT SAT APR 16 2011

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065-
068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-170000-
/O.CAN.KGSP.LW.Y.0019.000000T0000Z-110417T1000Z/
/O.NEW.KGSP.WI.Y.0011.110416T1952Z-110417T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KGSP.LW.Y.0020.110417T0000Z-110417T1000Z/
RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-AVERY-ALEXANDER-
IREDELL-DAVIE-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-
CATAWBA-ROWAN-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-
TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-
CABARRUS-UNION NC-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-CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-
LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...CLARKESVILLE...TOCCOA...
HARTWELL...ELBERTON...NEWLAND...STATESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE...
SPRUCE PINE...BRYSON CITY...WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...HICKORY...
SALISBURY...SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD...HENDERSONVILLE...
SHELBY...LINCOLNTON...GASTONIA...CHARLOTTE...CONCORD...MONROE...
GREENVILLE...SPARTANBURG...GAFFNEY...ROCK HILL...ANDERSON...
ABBEVILLE...LAURENS...UNION...CHESTER...GREENWOOD
352 PM EDT SAT APR 16 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING...
...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM
EDT SUNDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED
A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING.
A LAKE WIND ADVISORY IS ALSO IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO
6 AM EDT SUNDAY.

* LOCATIONS...MUCH OF THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA.

* HAZARDS...GUSTY WINDS AND ROUGH CHOP ON LAKES.

* TIMING...THROUGH TONIGHT.

* WINDS...WEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH.

* IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT. A FEW TREES
  AND/OR POWER LINES COULD TOPPLE INTO THIS EVENING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A LAKE WIND ADVISORY INDICATES THAT WINDS WILL CAUSE ROUGH CHOP
ON AREA LAKES. SMALL BOATS WILL BE ESPECIALLY PRONE TO CAPSIZING.

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS
THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$
1 follow-up statement
160 
WWUS72 KGSP 170023
NPWGSP

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
823 PM EDT SAT APR 16 2011

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065-
068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-171000-
/O.EXP.KGSP.WI.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-110417T0000Z/
/O.CON.KGSP.LW.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-110417T1000Z/
RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-AVERY-ALEXANDER-
IREDELL-DAVIE-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-
CATAWBA-ROWAN-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-
TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-
CABARRUS-UNION NC-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-CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-
LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...CLARKESVILLE...TOCCOA...
HARTWELL...ELBERTON...NEWLAND...STATESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE...
SPRUCE PINE...BRYSON CITY...WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...HICKORY...
SALISBURY...SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD...HENDERSONVILLE...
SHELBY...LINCOLNTON...GASTONIA...CHARLOTTE...CONCORD...MONROE...
GREENVILLE...SPARTANBURG...GAFFNEY...ROCK HILL...ANDERSON...
ABBEVILLE...LAURENS...UNION...CHESTER...GREENWOOD
823 PM EDT SAT APR 16 2011

...LAKE WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EDT SUNDAY...

A LAKE WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EDT SUNDAY.

* LOCATIONS...MUCH OF THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST 
  GEORGIA.

* HAZARDS...GUSTY WINDS AND ROUGH CHOP ON LAKES.

* TIMING...THROUGH TONIGHT.

* WINDS...WEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH.

* IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT. A FEW TREES
  AND/OR POWER LINES MAY STILL TOPPLE THIS EVENING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A LAKE WIND ADVISORY INDICATES THAT WINDS WILL CAUSE ROUGH CHOP
ON AREA LAKES. SMALL BOATS WILL BE ESPECIALLY PRONE TO CAPSIZING.

&&

$$

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this wind advisory 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 wind advisory went out at Apr 16, 3:01 PM EDT, 51 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 16, 3:01 PM EDT, 51 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
301 PM EDT SAT APR 16 2011

.SYNOPSIS...
A COLD FRONT WILL TRACK MOVE OFF THE COAST THIS EVENING. A SURFACE
RIDGE WILL BUILD OVER THE REGION SUNDAY AND REMAIN INTO MID WEEK.
ANOTHER COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO AFFECT THE AREA FOR THE LAST PART
OF THE WEEK.

&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH SUNDAY/...
COLD FRONT HAS MOVED EAST OF THE AREA TAKING THE STORMS WITH THEM.
CLEARING SKIES AND GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING
OUTSIDE OF THE MTNS. ACROSS THE MTNS GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE.
HOWEVER...CLOUDS RETURN AS WRAP AROUND MOISTURE MOVES BACK IN THIS
EVENING. ISOLATED TO SCT SHOWERS WILL ALSO DEVELOP...MAINLY OVER THE
TN BORDER COUNTIES...THEN DIMINISH AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOWS WILL BE
AROUND 5 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. HIGHER ELEVATIONS WILL SEE TEMPS FALL
NEAR TO POSSIBLY BELOW FREEZING WITH MID 30S IN THE VALLEYS. WILL
NOT ISSUE A FREEZE WARNING SINCE ONLY THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS WILL
SEE THAT. EXPECT WINDS AND CLOUDS WILL KEEP ANY FROST PATCHY. WITH
WINDS CONTINUING MOST OF THE NIGHT...WILL EXTEND THE LAKE WIND ADV
ALL NIGHT ACROSS THE CWFA.

HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN SUNDAY ENDING THE GUSTY CONDITIONS OUTSIDE OF
THE MTNS. HOWEVER...A GRADIENT WILL REMAIN OVER THE MTNS BETWEEN THE
HIGH AND A GREAT LAKES LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM. THIS WILL KEEP GUSTY
WINDS OVER THE MTNS THRU THE MORNING. LAKE WIND ADV MAY NEED TO BE
EXTENDED THERE AT LEAST THRU SUNDAY MORNING. OTHERWISE...SUNNY SKIES
AND NEAR NORMAL HIGHS EXPECTED.

&&

.SHORT TERM /SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY/...
AS OF 300 PM SATURDAY...NEARLY ZONAL FLOW CONTINUES MONDAY THEN
PATTERN AMPLIFIES TUE AS RIDGE BUILDS OVER THE EAST COAST AND WAVE
DIGS OVER THE PLAINS. AT THE SFC...HIGH PRESSURE MOVES OFF SHORE BUT
REMAINS RIDGED INTO THE AREA AS A WARM FRONT DEVELOPS FROM THE
PLAINS INTO THE MID ATLANTIC. EXPECT MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES AND WARMING
TEMPS IN THE RISING THICKNESSES AND SLY FLOW. HIGHS ALMOST 10
DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL BY TUE AND LOWS AROUND 5 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL
MON NITE.

&&

.LONG TERM /TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY/...
AS OF 235 PM SATURDAY...THE MEDIUM RANGE MARKED BY GENERAL LOW
AMPLITUDE FLOW ACROSS MUCH OF THE CONUS...WITH RATHER WEAK RIDGING
ALONG/JUST OFF THE SE COAST. A SIGNIFICANT SW TROUGH LIFTING OUT OF
THE MIDWEST INTO THE NORTHEAST WILL DRIVE A COLD FRONT INTO THE AREA
EARLY IN THE PERIOD. THE GLOBAL MODELS GENERALLY AGREE THAT THIS
FRONT WILL STALL SOMEWHERE OVER THE SOUTHEAST AS IT TAKES ON A MORE
ZONAL ORIENTATION. THIS MAY RESULT IN SEVERAL PERIODS OF SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE PERIOD. IN FACT...WE HAVE AT
LEAST SLIGHT CHANCES FROM WEDNESDAY THROUGH DAY 7. TEMPERATURES WILL
BE WELL ABOVE NORMAL EARLY IN THE PERIOD...WITH A TRANSITION TO MORE
CLIMATOLOGICAL REASONABLE VALUES LATE IN THE WEEK.

&&

.AVIATION /19Z SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/...
AT KCLT...FRONT HAS MOVED EAST OF THE AREA LEAVING ONLY SCT CU AND
GUSTY WSW WINDS. THE GUSTS WILL DIMINISH AROUND SUNSET...BUT NOT END
UNTIL CLOSER TO MIDNIGHT. WINDS THEN GO WNW AND CONTINUE THRU THE
MORNING SUNDAY. CU WILL DIMINISH THIS EVENING WITH CIRRUS THE REST
OF THE PERIOD.

ELSEWHERE...GUSTY WSW WINDS WILL CONTINUE THRU THE AFTERNOON. WINDS
BECOME NW AT KAVL BEFORE SUNSET. WINDS DIMINISH AROUND SUNSET BUT
REMAIN GUSTY UNTIL AROUND MIDNIGHT...ALL NIGHT AT KAVL. FEW TO SCT
CU WILL DIMINISH WITH SUNSET. KAVL WILL SEE INCREASING LOW VFR
STRATOCU THIS AFTERNOON AND IT CONTINUES MOST OF THE NIGHT. CANNOT
RULE OUT A SHOWER BEFORE MIDNIGHT AT KAVL AS WELL. GENERALLY LIGHT
WLY WIND CONTINUES THRU THE MORNING SUNDAY...WITH A LITTLE STRONGER
NW WIND AT KAVL. WINDS COULD BECOME SWLY OVER THE UPSTATE WITH LEE
TROF DEVELOPING. CIRRUS WILL BE THE MAIN CLOUD GROUP SUNDAY.

OUTLOOK...DRY HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD OVER THE REGION ON SUNDAY
AFTERNOON AND REMAIN THROUGH TUESDAY. ANOTHER COLD FRONT MAY SWEEP
ACROSS THE REGION WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

&&

.GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...LAKE WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 6 AM EDT SUNDAY FOR GAZ010-017-018-
     026-028-029.
NC...LAKE WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 6 AM EDT SUNDAY FOR NCZ033-035>037-
     048>053-056>059-062>065-068>072-082-501>510.
SC...LAKE WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 6 AM EDT SUNDAY FOR SCZ001>014-019.

&&

SYNOPSIS...PAT
NEAR TERM...RWH
SHORT TERM...RWH
LONG TERM...JDL
AVIATION...RWH
Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 16, 3:52 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
352 PM EDT SAT APR 16 2011

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065-
068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-172000-
RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-AVERY-ALEXANDER-
IREDELL-DAVIE-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-CATAWBA-
ROWAN-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-
HENDERSON-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC-
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-CHEROKEE-YORK-
ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD-
352 PM EDT SAT APR 16 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING...
...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM EDT
SUNDAY...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PIEDMONT
NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   WIND ADVISORY.
   LAKE WIND ADVISORY.

HIGH WATER LEVELS CAN BE EXPECTED INTO THE EVENING AS RUNOFF FROM
THE PREVIOUS STORMS WORKS ITS WAY DOWNSTREAM.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

NONE.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 16, 1:41 PM EDT, 2 hours 11 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
141 PM EDT SAT APR 16 2011

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1245 PM     TSTM WND DMG     1 N SALISBURY           35.68N 80.48W
04/16/2011                   ROWAN              NC   TRAINED SPOTTER

            TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN.

&&

HG
Local storm report, Apr 16, 1:42 PM EDT, 2 hours 10 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
142 PM EDT SAT APR 16 2011

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0900 AM     FLASH FLOOD      6 N MORGANTON           35.83N 81.70W
04/16/2011                   BURKE              NC   OFFICIAL NWS OBS

            FLOOD STAGE REACHED AT JOHNS RIVER GAGE. JOHNS RIVER ROAD
            FLOODED.

&&

PTANNER
Local storm report, Apr 16, 1:53 PM EDT, 1 hour 59 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
153 PM EDT SAT APR 16 2011

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1030 AM     FLASH FLOOD      5 N TABLE ROCK          35.91N 81.81W
04/16/2011                   BURKE              NC   EMERGENCY MNGR

            BRIDGE FLOODED NEAR HIGHWAY181. STEEL CREEK FLOODING A
            ROAD.

&&

PTANNER
Local storm report, Apr 16, 2:17 PM EDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
217 PM EDT SAT APR 16 2011

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0200 PM     NON-TSTM WND DMG FALLSTON                35.43N 81.50W
04/16/2011                   CLEVELAND          NC   TRAINED SPOTTER

            SPOTTER REPORTS TREE DOWN ON POWER LINES AT STAGE COACH
            AND NEW BETHEL ROAD.

&&

HG
Local storm report, Apr 16, 3:06 PM EDT, 46 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
306 PM EDT SAT APR 16 2011

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1245 PM     TSTM WND DMG     3 N SALISBURY           35.71N 80.48W
04/16/2011                   ROWAN              NC   TRAINED SPOTTER

            ESTIMATES OF UP TO 200 TREES BLOWN DOWN IN A SWATH ALONG
            HIGHWAY 601 NORTH OF SALISBURY. THIS AREA WILL BE
            SURVEYED FOR POSSIBLE TORNADO ON SUNDAY.

&&

HG
Local storm report, Apr 16, 3:38 PM EDT, 14 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
338 PM EDT SAT APR 16 2011

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0106 PM     TSTM WND DMG     3 NNE MONROE            35.03N 80.52W
04/16/2011                   UNION              NC   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

            ROOF AND SIDING DAMAGE TO STRUCTURES ALONG HIGHWAY
            601/CONCORD HIGHWAY. TREES DOWN AS WELL.

&&

HG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 15, 11:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPOconee44 min
Apr 16, 12:40 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPGreenwood35 min
Apr 16, 1:17 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPLaurens28 min
Apr 16, 9:44 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPGreenville, Spartanburg61 min
Apr 16, 10:23 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPCherokee37 min
Apr 16, 11:01 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPCherokee, Union29 min
Apr 16, 11:31 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPChester, York29 min
Apr 16, 11:59 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPChester, York46 min
Apr 16, 3:52 PM EDTLake Wind AdvisoryGSPAbbeville, Anderson, Cherokee, Chester, Greenwood, Laurens and 2 more14 hr
Apr 16, 4:20 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningGSPHenderson6 hr
Apr 16, 4:54 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningGSPTransylvania6 hr
Apr 16, 7:23 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningGSPHenderson, Transylvania60 hr
Apr 16, 7:37 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPAvery, Mitchell, Yancey4 hr
Apr 16, 8:35 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningGSPAvery, Burke, Caldwell, McDowell, Mitchell, Yancey6 hr
Apr 16, 9:48 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningGSPHenderson, Transylvania6 hr
Apr 16, 11:50 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPCabarrus, Davie, Gaston, Iredell, Lincoln, Mecklenburg and 1 more40 min
Apr 16, 12:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPCabarrus, Davie, Rowan45 min
Apr 16, 12:40 PM EDTTornado WarningGSPDavie, Rowan18 min
Apr 16, 12:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPUnion44 min
Apr 16, 1:00 PM EDTTornado WarningGSPUnion26 min
Apr 16, 2:16 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningGSPBurke, Caldwell6 hr
Apr 16, 3:31 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPHenderson, Transylvania119 min
Apr 16, 7:53 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningGSPBurke, Caldwell6 hr
Apr 15, 10:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPFranklin, Hart, Stephens54 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.