Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2013
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 331, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 1, 2013, 5:51 PM EDT for 4 counties in North Carolina. It was in force for 54 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 1, 2013, 5:51 PM EDT (21:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 1, 2013, 6:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Cabarrus County, NC, Iredell County, NC, Mecklenburg County, NC, Rowan County, NC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 143 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:51 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 severe thunderstorm 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 nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 108 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
- 875 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -49 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 627 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 84 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 82 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
473
WUUS52 KGSP 012151
SVRGSP
NCC025-097-119-159-012245-
/O.NEW.KGSP.SV.W.0331.130901T2151Z-130901T2245Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
551 PM EDT SUN SEP 1 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
CABARRUS COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...
SOUTHEASTERN IREDELL COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...
NORTHERN MECKLENBURG COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...
SOUTHERN ROWAN COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 645 PM EDT
* AT 546 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
CORNELIUS...OR 14 MILES NORTHWEST OF UNC CHARLOTTE...AND MOVING
EAST AT 25 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
DAVIDSON.
ENOCHVILLE.
KANNAPOLIS AND CONCORD.
LANDIS.
CHINA GROVE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PLEASE REPORT DAMAGING WINDS...HAIL...OR FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG BY CALLING TOLL FREE...1...
800...2 6 7...8 1 0 1...OR BY POSTING ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGE...OR TWEET
IT USING HASHTAG NWSGSP. YOUR MESSAGE SHOULD DESCRIBE THE EVENT AND
SPECIFIC LOCATION WHERE IT OCCURRED.
&&
LAT...LON 3532 8041 3529 8101 3534 8099 3536 8092
3537 8098 3539 8096 3545 8094 3550 8096
3553 8094 3555 8096 3556 8095 3568 8038
3545 8032
TIME...MOT...LOC 2151Z 256DEG 20KT 3544 8088
$$
072 follow-up statements
625
WWUS52 KGSP 012214
SVSGSP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
614 PM EDT SUN SEP 1 2013
NCC097-012224-
/O.CAN.KGSP.SV.W.0331.000000T0000Z-130901T2245Z/
IREDELL NC-
614 PM EDT SUN SEP 1 2013
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN IREDELL COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THIS AREA.
LAT...LON 3532 8041 3529 8100 3534 8098 3536 8092
3537 8098 3545 8094 3551 8080 3550 8075
3553 8074 3568 8038 3545 8032
TIME...MOT...LOC 2214Z 256DEG 19KT 3544 8052
$$
NCC025-119-159-012245-
/O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0331.000000T0000Z-130901T2245Z/
CABARRUS NC-MECKLENBURG NC-ROWAN NC-
614 PM EDT SUN SEP 1 2013
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN
ROWAN...NORTHERN MECKLENBURG AND CABARRUS COUNTIES UNTIL 645 PM
EDT...
AT 611 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
CONCORD...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
MOUNT PLEASANT.
ROCKWELL.
LAT...LON 3532 8041 3529 8100 3534 8098 3536 8092
3537 8098 3545 8094 3551 8080 3550 8075
3553 8074 3568 8038 3545 8032
TIME...MOT...LOC 2214Z 256DEG 19KT 3544 8052
$$
07172
WWUS52 KGSP 012235
SVSGSP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
635 PM EDT SUN SEP 1 2013
NCC025-119-159-012245-
/O.EXP.KGSP.SV.W.0331.000000T0000Z-130901T2245Z/
CABARRUS NC-MECKLENBURG NC-ROWAN NC-
635 PM EDT SUN SEP 1 2013
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN ROWAN...NORTHERN
MECKLENBURG AND CABARRUS COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 645 PM EDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LEVELS.
LAT...LON 3532 8041 3529 8100 3534 8098 3536 8092
3537 8098 3545 8094 3551 8080 3550 8075
3553 8074 3568 8038 3545 8032
TIME...MOT...LOC 2235Z 256DEG 19KT 3547 8039
$$
07What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Sep 1, 5:50 PM EDT, 1 minute earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 1, 5:50 PM EDT, 1 minute before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
550 PM EDT SUN SEP 1 2013
.SYNOPSIS...
MOIST SOUTHERLY FLOW WILL REMAIN ACROSS THE AREA AS WEAK HIGH
PRESSURE SLOWLY SLIDES OFFSHORE THIS EVENING. THIS MOIST FLOW WILL HELP TO
KICK OFF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH LABOR DAY. A COLD FRONT
WILL CROSS THE CAROLINAS ON TUESDAY WITH DRY HIGH PRESSURE RETURNING
ON WEDNESDAY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO
RETURN BY NEXT WEEKEND.
&&
.NEAR TERM /THROUGH MONDAY/...
AS OF 545 PM EDT SUNDAY...INCREASED POPS INTO THE CATEGORICAL RANGE
OVER THE NC PIEDMONT AND SRN FOOTHILLS WHERE A SLOW MOVING MCS WILL
CONTINUE TO PRODUCE AREAS OF HEAVY RAIN FOR ANOTHER COUPLE HOURS. WE
HAVE HAD A FEW REPORTS OF FLOODING. THE LLVL FLOW IS CROSSING THE
E-W ORIENTED OUTFLOW BNDRY AT ABOUT A 60 DEGREE ANGLE...AND THIS
SHOULD CONTINUE TO SUPPORT TRAINING CELLS ALONG THE NC/SC BOARDER
FOR A WHILE LONGER. ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE IN THIS
AREA. THE CELLS TODAY HAVE ALSO PUT OUT HEALTHIER OUTFLOW THAN WOULD
BE EXPECTED WITH RATHER WEAK D-CAPE VALUES...AND WE CONTINUE TO SEE
A DAMAGING WIND THREAT.
AS OF 245 PM...REGIONAL RADAR INDICATED A OUTFLOW SUPPORTED LINE OF
STORMS ACROSS THE UPPER SAVANNAH RIVER VALLEY WITH CLUSTERS OF
STORMS ACROSS THE NC MTNS AND NRN FOOTHILLS. THE CONVECTION APPEARS
TO BE SUPPORTED BY THE APPROACH OF A S/W RIPPLING ACROSS EASTERN
KY/TN. LATEST MESOSCALE ANALYSIS SHOWS THAT CAPES ACROSS THE CWA
RANGE FROM 2000 J/KG ACROSS THE MTNS TO 3500 J/KG ACROSS THE
PIEDMONT. SIMILAR TO SATURDAY...THE FORECAST AREA WILL LIKELY SEE
AFTERNOON DEWPOINTS IN THE LOW TO MID 70S WITH HIGHS IN THE U80S.
DCAPE VALUES MAY CONTINUE TO RANGE BELOW 1000 J/KG. KFFC AND KGSO
FZL ABOVE 14 KFT/WBZ ABOVE 12 KFT AND WEAK SHEAR WILL NOT FAVOR
LARGE HAIL. I ANTICIPATE THAT STORM COVERAGE WILL CONTINUE TO
INCREASE THROUGH THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...THE MODERATELY
UNSTABLE ENVIRONMENT COUPLED WITH INCREASING UPPER SUPPORT WILL
LIKELY RESULT IN A BROAD BAND OF TSRA FORMING OVER THE MTNS LATE
THIS AFTERNOON...TRACKING EAST DURING THE EVENING. STORM COVERAGE
SHOULD BE THE GREATEST DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON TO EARLY EVENING
HOURS. STORMS THROUGH THIS EVENING COULD PRODUCE SEVERAL DAMAGING
WIND EVENTS AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL...HIGHLIGHTED WELL IN THE HWO.
TONIGHT...MODERATE AFTERNOON CAPE VALUES WILL SLOWLY ERODE THROUGH
THE LATE NIGHT HOURS. THE LINGERING INSTABILITY AND EXPECTED PASSAGE
OF WEAK VORTS MAY SUPPORT COVERAGE THROUGH MOST OF TONIGHT.
CONVECTION ALLOWING MODELS INDICATE THAT SHRA/TSRA MAY LINGER UNTIL
9Z. HOWEVER...THE GFS CONTINUES QPF ACROSS THE MTNS...POSSIBLY
ASSOCIATED WITH THE ARRIVAL OF CONVECTION FROM THE WEST. I WILL KEEP
POPS OVER THE MTNS WITHIN CHC RANGE...EAST OF THE MTNS WILL REMAIN
SCHC. LOW TEMPERATURES SHOULD ARE FORECAST TO RANGE FROM MID 60S
ACROSS THE MTNS TO AROUND 70 EAST.
LABOR DAY...THE GFS INDICATES THAT H85 TEMPS WILL WARM 2 TO 3
DEGREES FROM THIS AFTERNOON. MOS GUIDANCE INDICATE THAT HIGHS ARE
FORECAST TO WARM ABOVE TODAYS VALUES BY A FEW DEGREES. WARMER
TEMPERATURES AND DEWPOINTS IN THE L70S SHOULD ONCE AGAIN RESULT IN
CAPES AROUND 3000 J/KG. THE PASSAGE OF THE MID LEVEL TROUGH...WITH
MODERATE INSTABILITY WILL RESULT MID DAY MTN THUNDERSTORMS. SIMILAR
TO TODAY...STEERING FLOW SHOULD PUSH COVERAGE EAST DURING THE HEAT
OF THE AFTERNOON. AFTERNOON AND EVENING STORMS MAY RESULT IN SEVERAL
DAMAGING WIND EVENTS AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL.
&&
.SHORT TERM /MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
AS OF 140 PM SUNDAY...UPPER LEVEL L/WV TROUGH AXIS IS SLATED FOR
PASSAGE SOME TIME TUESDAY MORNING WITH THE BETTER LARGE SCALE FORCING
DEVELOPING TOWARD THE COAST TUESDAY AFTERNOON. AT THE SFC...WEAK
COLD FRONT NW OF THE MTNS MONDAY NIGHT REMAINS PROGGED TO JUMP INTO
EXISTING LEE TROUGH POSITION ON TUESDAY. WITHIN THE BROAD UVV/S ALONG
FRONT SIDE OF UPPER TROUGH...AT LEAST SMALL POP WILL NEED TO BE IN
THE FCST ALL NIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. AS TUESDAY WEARS ON...THE
INFLUX OF DRIER LLVL AIR WOULD SEEM TO INCREASINGLY LIMIT DIURNAL
DEEP CONVECTIVE CHANCES TO AREAS E/SE OF THE BLUE RIDGE...ROUGHLY
COINCIDENT WITH THE EASTWARD PROGRESSION OF THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY.
DEEP LAYERED DRY AIR AND WEAK RIDGING ARE STILL EXPECTED TO SPREAD
INTO THE REGION THROUGH WEDNESDAY RESULTING IN QUIET WX CONDS AND
MAX TEMPERATURES A COUPLE OF DEG F BELOW THE EARLY SEPT CLIMO.
&&
.LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY/...
AS OF 1 PM SUNDAY...THE MEDIUM RANGE FCST PICKS UP AT 00Z ON
THURSDAY WITH THE STEEP UPPER RIDGE PERSISTING OVER THE WESTERN
CONUS AND BROAD UPPER TROFFING OVER THE EAST. THIS PATTERN WILL
LARGELY MAINTAIN ITSELF UNTIL A CLOSED H5 LOW SPINS UP OVER THE
PACIFIC NW ON FRI AND THEN GRADUALLY SLIDES EASTWARD AND UP OVER THE
RIDGE. THE LONG RANGE MODELS SUGGEST THAT THIS LOW WILL ACT TO
FLATTEN THE UPPER RIDGE TOWARDS THE END OF THE PERIOD ON
SUN...LEAVING A MORE ZONAL SYNOPTIC PATTERN OVER MOST OF THE CONUS.
AT THE SFC...DRY CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE WILL BE SLIDING OVER THE
REGION WITH WEAK FLOW AT THE SFC AND ALOFT. AS WE MOVE INTO FRI AND
THE WEEKEND...THE BERMUDA HIGH WILL GRADUALLY SPREAD MOIST SLY FLOW
OVER THE FCST AREA WITH INCREASING CHANCES FOR SCT SH AND TS EACH
DAY/EVENING. TEMPS SHOULD START THE PERIOD NEAR CLIMO AND DROP A
DEGREE OR 2 BY DAYS 6 AND 7.
&&
.AVIATION /22Z SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/...
AT KCLT...LATEST VISIBLE SATELLITE IMAGES AND WEB CAMS INDICATE
WEAKLY DEVELOPED CU ACROSS THE TERMINAL AT TAF ISSUANCE TIME.
REGIONAL RADARS INDICATE A FEW TSRA BANDS EXITING THE
FOOTHILLS...ON A TRACK TO MOVE NORTH AND SOUTH OF THE TERMINAL.
HOWEVER...THE SPC SSEO INDICATES THAT CONVECTION WILL RAPIDLY
DEVELOP OVER THE MTNS LATER THIS AFTERNOON AS A MODERATE S/W MOVES
TOWARD THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS. STEERING FLOW SHOULD BRING THE
CONVECTION ACROSS THE TERMINAL BETWEEN 22Z TO 2Z. SFC WINDS AHEAD OF
THE CONVECTION SHOULD REMAIN SW AROUND 10 KTS. FOLLOWING THE PASSAGE
OF THE STORMS...THICK DEBRIS CLOUDS SHOULD REMAIN OVER THE REGION
FOR MOST OF THE NIGHT. VFR FOG MAY DEVELOP OVER RAIN SOAKED AREAS
AROUND DAWN. ONE OR TWO HOURS AFTER SUNRISE MONDAY...WITH SHOULD
INCREASE TO AROUND 5 KTS FROM THE WSW WITH SCT CU BASES AROUND 030.
ELSEWHERE...KAND/KGSP/KGMU/KAVL WILL HAVE A GOOD CHANCE FOR
OBSERVING A SHRA OR TSRA DURING THE BEGINNING HOURS OF THE 18Z TAF.
I WILL INCLUDE A MENTION OF TEMPO FOR TS OR VCTS FOR EACH SITE. KHKY
SHOULD SEE VCTS BY 21Z. THE SPC SSEO INDICATES THAT CONVECTION WILL
RAPIDLY DEVELOP OVER THE MTNS LATER THIS AFTERNOON AS A MODERATE S/W
MOVES TOWARD THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS. STEERING FLOW SHOULD BRING
THE CONVECTION ACROSS THE TERMINALS THROUGH EARLY EVENING. SFC WINDS AHEAD
OF THE CONVECTION SHOULD REMAIN SW AROUND 10 KTS. FOLLOWING THE
PASSAGE OF THE STORMS...THICK DEBRIS CLOUDS SHOULD REMAIN OVER THE
REGION FOR MOST OF THE NIGHT. MVFR FOG MAY DEVELOP OVER RAIN SOAKED
AREAS AROUND DAWN. FORECAST SOUNDINGS INDICATE THAT KAVL WILL LIKELY
SEE ANOTHER PERIOD AROUND DAWN OF LIFR FOG AND CEILINGS. ONE OR TWO
HOURS AFTER SUNRISE MONDAY...WITH SHOULD INCREASE TO AROUND 5 KTS
FROM THE WSW WITH SCT CU WITH VFR BASES.
OUTLOOK...DIURNALLY DRIVEN ISOLD TO SCT CONVECTION EXPECTED AGAIN
MONDAY. DAYBREAK FOG WILL BE MOST LIKELY IN MOUNTAIN VALLEYS AND
WHERE RAIN FELL THE DAY BEFORE. A COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE AREA ON
TUESDAY...BUT CONVECTIVE CHANCES ARE UNCERTAIN AT THIS TIME. DRIER
AIR WILL FOLLOW THE FRONT.
CONFIDENCE TABLE...
21-03Z 03-09Z 09-15Z 15-21Z
KCLT HIGH 100% HIGH 100% HIGH 100% HIGH 100%
KGSP HIGH 100% HIGH 87% HIGH 95% HIGH 100%
KAVL HIGH 100% HIGH 83% MED 71% HIGH 100%
KHKY HIGH 100% HIGH 100% HIGH 87% HIGH 100%
KGMU HIGH 100% HIGH 100% HIGH 95% HIGH 100%
KAND HIGH 100% HIGH 98% HIGH 100% HIGH 100%
THE PERCENTAGE REFLECTS THE NUMBER OF GUIDANCE MEMBERS AGREEING
WITH THE SCHEDULED TAF ISSUANCE FLIGHT RULE CATEGORY. COMPLETE
HOURLY EXPERIMENTAL AVIATION FORECAST CONSISTENCY TABLES AND ENSEMBLE
FORECASTS ARE AVAILABLE AT THE FOLLOWING LINK: (MUST BE LOWER CASE)
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/GSP/AVIATION_TABLES
&&
.GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...NONE.
NC...NONE.
SC...NONE.
&&
SYNOPSIS...JPT
NEAR TERM...MCAVOY/NED
SHORT TERM...CSH
LONG TERM...JPT
AVIATION...NEDHazardous weather outlook, Sep 1, 3:22 PM EDT, 2 hours 29 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 322 PM EDT SUN SEP 1 2013 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065- 068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-021930- 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- 322 PM EDT SUN SEP 1 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION INTO THIS EVENING. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS REMAIN LIKELY WITH WIND GUSTS GREATER THAN 40 MPH. THE COMBINATION OF WET SOIL...GUSTY WINDS...AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS MAY RESULT IN AREAS OF DOWNED TREES AND POWERLINES. A FEW STORMS COULD PRODUCE WIND GUSTS GREATER THAN 60 MPH....RESULTING IN MORE SUBSTANTIAL WIND DAMAGE. IN ADDITION TO THE WIND...THE HEAVY DOWNPOURS COULD LEAD TO AREAS OF FLASH FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA ON MONDAY. THE ATMOSPHERE WILL REMAIN CONDUCIVE TO SUPPORT SCATTERED STRONG STORMS. A FEW SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE...PRODUCING DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS OR FLASH FLOODING TO OUR OFFICE.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Sep 1, 4:45 PM EDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
445 PM EDT SUN SEP 1 2013
SCZ002-003-012115-
GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-
445 PM EDT SUN SEP 1 2013
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN PICKENS AND
NORTHWESTERN GREENVILLE COUNTIES THROUGH 515 PM EDT...
AT 442 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF PUMPKINTOWN...OR 12 MILES
NORTHEAST OF PICKENS...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
MARIETTA...
WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS AND WET SOIL CONDITIONS WILL CAUSE
SCATTERED TREES AND POWER LINES TO FALL. SEEK SHELTER INSIDE AN
INTERIOR ROOM.
LAT...LON 3501 8274 3507 8272 3512 8238 3500 8246
3495 8258
CSHLocal storm report, Sep 1, 4:51 PM EDT, 1 hour before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
451 PM EDT SUN SEP 01 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0400 PM TSTM WND DMG MORGANTON 35.74N 81.70W
09/01/2013 BURKE NC COUNTY OFFICIAL
TREES BLOWN DOWN ON PIEDMONT ROAD AND BETHEL ROAD.
&&
KRENTZSpecial weather statement, Sep 1, 4:59 PM EDT, 52 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 459 PM EDT SUN SEP 1 2013 NCZ053-065-012130- BUNCOMBE-HENDERSON- 459 PM EDT SUN SEP 1 2013 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL HENDERSON AND SOUTHERN BUNCOMBE COUNTIES THROUGH 530 PM EDT... AT 455 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FLETCHER...OR 6 MILES NORTH OF HENDERSONVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. LAT...LON 3551 8233 3531 8233 3532 8252 3550 8253 07
Local storm report, Sep 1, 5:14 PM EDT, 37 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
514 PM EDT SUN SEP 01 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0459 PM TSTM WND DMG 2 W BAT CAVE 35.45N 82.32W
09/01/2013 HENDERSON NC COUNTY OFFICIAL
POWER LINES AND TREES DOWN NEAR THE GERTON AREA.
&&
KRENTZLocal storm report, Sep 1, 5:27 PM EDT, 24 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
527 PM EDT SUN SEP 01 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0430 PM TSTM WND DMG HICKORY 35.74N 81.33W
09/01/2013 CATAWBA NC COUNTY OFFICIAL
A COUPLE TREES BLOWN DOWN ON POWERLINES.
&&
KRENTZSpecial weather statement, Sep 1, 5:38 PM EDT, 13 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
538 PM EDT SUN SEP 1 2013
NCZ068-SCZ008-012230-
CHEROKEE-CLEVELAND-
538 PM EDT SUN SEP 1 2013
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHERN CHEROKEE AND SOUTHERN
CLEVELAND COUNTIES THROUGH 630 PM EDT...
AT 533 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES WEST OF BOILING SPRINGS NC...OR 10 MILES
WEST OF SHELBY...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
BOILING SPRINGS NC...
EARL...
KINGS MOUNTAIN...
SMALL HAIL...WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
LAT...LON 3517 8133 3516 8134 3517 8136 3512 8140
3515 8180 3518 8179 3518 8177 3523 8176
3527 8174 3525 8132
07The office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 31, 9:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Macon | 43 min |
| Sep 1, 11:06 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Mitchell | 24 min |
| Sep 1, 2:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | McDowell | 49 min |
| Sep 1, 3:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Alexander | 44 min |
| Sep 1, 3:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Alexander, Caldwell, Catawba, Iredell | 55 min |
| Sep 1, 3:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Henderson | 51 min |
| Sep 1, 3:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Burke, Caldwell, McDowell | 57 min |
| Sep 1, 3:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Iredell | 43 min |
| Sep 1, 3:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | McDowell | 40 min |
| Sep 1, 3:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Jackson, Transylvania | 51 min |
| Sep 1, 4:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Alexander, Burke, Caldwell, Catawba, Iredell, McDowell | 53 min |
| Sep 1, 4:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Burke, Cleveland, McDowell, Rutherford | 58 min |
| Sep 1, 4:18 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Alexander, Caldwell | 3 hr |
| Sep 1, 4:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Davie | 43 min |
| Sep 1, 4:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Alexander, Catawba, Davie, Iredell, Rowan | 57 min |
| Sep 1, 4:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Henderson, Polk, Rutherford | 52 min |
| Sep 1, 4:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cleveland, Lincoln, Rutherford | 64 min |
| Sep 1, 4:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Henderson | 31 min |
| Sep 1, 5:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cleveland, Gaston, Lincoln | 57 min |
| Sep 1, 5:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Buncombe, Henderson, McDowell, Polk, Rutherford | 62 min |
| Sep 1, 5:26 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Henderson, Polk, Rutherford | 3 hr |
| Sep 1, 5:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cleveland | 52 min |
| Sep 1, 6:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Gaston, Mecklenburg | 48 min |
| Sep 1, 6:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Gaston | 51 min |
| Sep 1, 7:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Union | 57 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.