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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

April 3, 2014Buncombe County, McDowell County, Yancey County, North Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 3, 2014, 7:56 AM EDT for Buncombe County, McDowell County, Yancey County, North Carolina. It was in force for 49 min. 1 report 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
Apr 3, 2014, 7:56 AM EDT (11:56 UTC)
Expired
Apr 3, 2014, 8:45 AM EDT
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Buncombe County, NC, McDowell County, NC, Yancey County, NC

The radar

The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:57 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 3, 8:06 AM EDTHAIL 0.51 W Barnardsville, NCREPORT WAS ACTUALLY 1 CM DIAMETER HAIL.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

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 00:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 226 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 00:00Z on 2014-04-03Temperature 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 00:00Z on 2014-04-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 9 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
3227 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
9 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
23 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

376 
WUUS52 KGSP 031156
SVRGSP
NCC021-111-199-031245-
/O.NEW.KGSP.SV.W.0013.140403T1156Z-140403T1245Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
756 AM EDT THU APR 3 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN BUNCOMBE COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
  WEST CENTRAL MCDOWELL COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
  SOUTHERN YANCEY COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...

* UNTIL 845 AM EDT

* AT 748 AM 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
  BARNARDSVILLE...OR 10 MILES EAST OF MARSHALL...AND MOVING EAST AT
  40 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
  NORTHEASTERN BUNCOMBE...SOUTHERN YANCEY AND WEST CENTRAL MCDOWELL
  COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS MOUNT MITCHELL STATE
  PARK.

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 3586 8219 3561 8225 3570 8255 3581 8251
      3580 8247 3581 8246 3582 8241 3584 8242
TIME...MOT...LOC 1156Z 274DEG 35KT 3577 8241

$$

KRENTZ
2 follow-up statements
661 
WWUS52 KGSP 031207
SVSGSP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
807 AM EDT THU APR 3 2014

NCC021-111-199-031245-
/O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-140403T1245Z/
BUNCOMBE NC-YANCEY NC-MCDOWELL NC-
807 AM EDT THU APR 3 2014

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL
MCDOWELL...SOUTHERN YANCEY AND NORTHEASTERN BUNCOMBE COUNTIES UNTIL
845 AM EDT...

AT 800 AM 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 7 MILES
WEST OF BUSICK...OR 11 MILES SOUTH OF BURNSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 30
MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  CELO.

LAT...LON 3586 8219 3561 8225 3572 8247 3579 8245
      3581 8244 3582 8241 3584 8242
TIME...MOT...LOC 1207Z 275DEG 22KT 3575 8226

$$

KRENTZ
589 
WWUS52 KGSP 031218
SVSGSP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
818 AM EDT THU APR 3 2014

NCC021-111-199-031227-
/O.CAN.KGSP.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-140403T1245Z/
BUNCOMBE NC-YANCEY NC-MCDOWELL NC-
818 AM EDT THU APR 3 2014

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL MCDOWELL...
SOUTHERN YANCEY AND NORTHEASTERN BUNCOMBE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND MOVED OUT
OF THE AREA.

LAT...LON 3586 8219 3561 8225 3572 8247 3579 8245
      3581 8244 3582 8241 3584 8242
TIME...MOT...LOC 1217Z 275DEG 22KT 3574 8219

$$

KRENTZ

What 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 Apr 3, 7:51 AM EDT, 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 3, 7:51 AM EDT, 5 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
751 AM EDT THU APR 3 2014

.SYNOPSIS...
WARM HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN ACROSS THE REGION TODAY. CHANCES OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL COME FRIDAY AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT
ARRIVING FRIDAY NIGHT. COOLER HIGH PRESSURE THEN RETURNS FOR
SATURDAY. ANOTHER SYSTEM THEN DEVELOPS OVER THE MISSISSIPPI
VALLEY...POSSIBLY MAKING FOR A WET START TO THE WEEK ACROSS THE
SOUTHEAST.

&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/...
AS OF 745 AM EDT...THE FORECAST HAS BEEN UPDATED TO INCREASE POPS
AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE NRN TIER THROUGH MID MORNING IN LINE
WITH THE LATEST HRRR AND CONVECTIVE ALLOWING MODEL ENSEMBLE RUNS. IT
APPEARS THAT THE MAX ELEVATED INSTABILITY AND FORCING WILL PASS
ALONG LOCATIONS NORTH OF INTERSTATE 40 THROUGH MID MORNING.

OTHERWISE...ONCE THE MCV AND ASSOCIATED CLOUD COVER AND PCPN MOVE
EAST OF THE REGION BY EARLY AFTN...WE SHOULD SEE MAX TEMPS ONCE
AGAIN BALLOON INTO THE LOWER TO MID 80S OVER THE FOOTHILLS AND
PIEDMONT. WITH DOWNSLOPE FLOW ACROSS SOME OF THE LARGER MOUNTAIN
VALLEYS...LOCATIONS LIKE ASHEVILLE ALSO STAND A GOOD CHANCE OF
HITTING 80 AGAIN TODAY.

DURING THE LATE AFTN AND EVENING HOURS...A SMALL CHANCE FOR A SHOWER
OR TSTM WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE NRN NC MOUNTAINS. THE REST OF THE
FORECAST AREA SHOULD SEE FAIR WEATHER BY THIS AFTERNOON AND THROUGH
TONIGHT. THE NAM AND GFS DO IMPLY THAT LOW CLOUDS WILL SPREAD ACROSS
NE GA...THE WRN UPSTATE AND THE SRN NC MTNS LATE TONIGHT. THIS COULD
MAKE FOR A MURKY MORNING ACROSS THESE ZONES EARLY FRIDAY.

&&

.SHORT TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT/...
AS OF EARLY THU MRNG...OCCLUDED SFC LOW WILL MOVE INTO THE CENTRAL
GREAT LAKES FRIDAY WITH RELATIVELY WEAK COLD FRONT BEING PULLED ACRS
THE TENN VALLEY. PREFRONTAL MOISTURE PLUME WILL SPREAD INTO THE
AREA...WITH SOME DEGREE OF SFC BASED INSTABILITY DEVELOPING ACRS THE
AREA IN THE AFTERNOON AS A RESULT. IN DAY 2 OTLK...WHICH PUTS THE NW
HALF OF THE FA IN A SLIGHT RISK...SPC SUGGESTS THIS AN ELEVATED
MIXED LAYER WILL ADVECT OVER THE FA EARLY IN THE DAY...WHICH WILL
HAVE TO ERODE IN ORDER TO REALIZE THE OTHERWISE SUFFICIENT
INSTABILITY.

LLVL WIND FIELDS INDICATE ABUNDANT 0-3KM SHEAR WILL BE PRESENT FOR
DAMAGING WIND THREAT IF DESTABILIZATION OCCURS. LAPSE RATES REMAIN
SOMEWHAT MARGINAL INTO THE EVENING BUT SMALL CAPE CONTINUES TO BE
PRESENT ALONG WITH THE SHEAR...UNTIL FRONT CROSSES LATE FRI EVENING.
SAID FRONT CONTINUES TO BE DEPICTED AS LOSING STEAM AS THE SYSTEM
WRAPS UP AND UPPER FORCING LIFTS AWAY. WHILE THE FRONTAL
EVOLUTION/TIMING LOOK SIMILAR TO PREVIOUS RUNS...LESS CAPPING HAD
BEEN INDICATED DURING THE DAY SO TRENDS STILL BEAR WATCHING. SEVERE
THREAT DOES NOT NECESSARILY LOOK ANY HIGHER THAN ALREADY EXPECTED.
PWAT VALUES HAVE INCHED UP A BIT FROM LAST NIGHT/S RUNS...NOW CLOSER
TO 1.25 INCHES FRI AFTN...AND THUS CLOSER TO 2 STD DEV ABOVE NORMAL.
MODEL QPF IS NOT MUCH TO WRITE HOME ABOUT. NAM AND SREF PRODUCE
LITTLE CONVECTIVE QPF...BUT WITH THE HIGH PWATS ANY CELLS THAT
DEVELOP WOULD BE CAPABLE OF DECENT RAIN RATES. HYDRO WOULD PROBABLY
STILL REMAIN A SECONDARY CONCERN HOWEVER. HIGH TEMPS FRI LOOK A
LITTLE WARMER WITH THE PCPN/FRONT COMING LATER. HIGHS WILL AGAIN BE
10 DEGREES OR SO ABOVE NORMAL.

SOME GUIDANCE DEVELOPS LIGHT QPF IN THE CONVERGENCE BAND ALG THE
FRONT LATER FRI NIGHT...BUT IN GENERAL A CLEARING TREND WILL BEGIN
BEHIND IT OVERNIGHT LEAVING A DRY AND MOSTLY SUNNY SATURDAY. WITH
SOLAR WARMING OFFSETTING THE COLDER AIRMASS...HIGHS WILL DROP BACK TO
WITHIN A CATEGORY OR SO ABOVE NORMAL. RETURN FLOW OVER THE STALLED
FRONT NEAR THE GULF COAST LOOKS TO BRING SOME CLOUDINESS AND MAYBE
EVEN SOME SPRINKLES BACK UP FROM THE SOUTH SATURDAY NIGHT...WITH MIN
TEMPS STILL NEAR NORMAL.

&&

.LONG TERM /SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
AS OF EARLY THU MRNG...AS TRANSIENT HIGH PRESSURE DRIFTS OFF THE
EAST COAST SUNDAY...SOUTHERLY LLVL FLOW BRINGS CONTINUED MOISTURE
RETURN TO THE FA. MODELS CONTINUE TO SHOW BROAD TROUGH MOVING OUT OF
THE WRN US INITIATING CYCLOGENESIS OVER LOUISIANA LATE SUNDAY.
LATEST GFS/EC/GEM AGREE ON THE LOW TRACK REASONABLY WELL THRU MON
MRNG...BUT BEYOND THERE THE EC TAKES THE LOW INTO THE GREAT LAKES
INSTEAD OF THRU THE OHIO VALLEY LIKE THE OTHERS. 18Z GEFS MEMBERS
MOSTLY FOLLOW THE GFS-LIKE TRACK BUT THERE IS SOME SUPPORT FOR THE
EC...OR EVEN TAKING THE LOW TOWARD THE DELMARVA. IN-SITU CAD WEDGE
COULD DEVELOP BY EARLY MON ACRS THE REGION BUT THIS WOULD LIKELY BE
SCOURED OUT BY THE PASSAGE OF THE LOW.

SEVERE WEATHER COULD AGAIN OCCUR MON AFTN ACRS THE FA WITH DECENT SFC
BASED INSTABILITY AND IMPRESSIVE LLVL SHEAR. CIPS ANALOGS MATCH A
HANDFUL OF EVENTS PRODUCING A SOUTHEAST OUTBREAK AND THE GENERAL
SETUP IS KNOWN TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH SVR WX IN OUR REGION.

THE LOW LIFTS AWAY AND A LULL IN PRECIP OCCURS PRIOR TO THE POSSIBLE
ARRIVAL OF THE WRAPAROUND MOISTURE AND NW FLOW EARLY TUE. AS UPPER
TROUGH DIGS INTO THE DEEP SOUTH...THICKNESSES AND 850MB TEMPS DROP
MARGINALLY COLD ENOUGH ON THE GFS TO BRING WINTRY PRECIP TO THE MTNS.
THE EC HOWEVER IS DRY AND WARMER. BOTH MODELS DO BRING SOME LIGHT QPF
ACROSS WED AS THE TROUGH AXIS SWINGS ACRS THE SOUTHEAST. TEMPS WILL
RETURN TO A FEW DEGREES BELOW NORMAL FOR THE MAJORITY OF THE MEDIUM
RANGE PERIOD...INITIALLY BEING KEPT COLDER BY THE WEDGE...BUT THEN
AN EFFECT OF THE DEEP ERN TROUGH.

&&

.AVIATION /12Z THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY/...
KCLT...THERE ARE REPORTS OF A SMOKE LAYER TRAPPED UNDER THE
INVERSION THIS MORNING...BUT THIS SHOULD DISSIPATE WITH MIXING.
OTHERWISE...MID LEVEL CLOUDS ARE EXPECTED TO PERSIST MOST OF THE
MORNING...WITH MAINLY SCATTERED HIGH CLOUDS IN THE AFTN. THERE MAY
BE A FEW SPRINKLES AROUND THIS MORNING...BUT SHOWERS WILL PASS
MAINLY NORTH OF THE AIRFIELD. WINDS WILL BE SOUTHWEST THROUGH THE
PERIOD...INCREASING TO AROUND 10KTS THIS AFTN WITH GUSTS UP TO 18-20
KTS. NO CIG OR VSBY RESTRICTIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE VALID
PERIOD OF THE TAF.

REMAINDER TAF SITES...SIMILAR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE
FOOTHILL AND PIEDMONT TAF SITES AS AT KCLT THROUGH THE PERIOD. OVER
THE UPSTATE...WINDS MAY GUST UP TO 20-22 KTS THIS AFTN. AT KAVL
THERE WILL BE A BETTER CHANCE FOR SHOWERS VERY EARLY IN THE TAF
PERIOD...AND SHOWERS/TSTMS STAND A CHANCE OF REACHING KHKY BY MID
MORNING. A FEW TSTMS ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE MOUNTAINS AGAIN DURING
THE AFTN...BUT THEY ARE EXPECTED TO STAY NW OF THE AIRFIELDS.
OTHERWISE...NO CIG OR VSBY RESTRICITONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE
VALID PERIOD OF THE TAFS.

OUTLOOK...A COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE REGION ON FRI WHICH MIGHT
BRING SOME RESTRICTIONS IN THE FORM OF LOW CLOUDS EARLY IN THE DAY
AND SHOWERS AND TSTMS IN THE AFTN. CONDITIONS SHOULD IMPROVE INTO
THE VFR RANGE AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN FOR SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.
MOISTURE RETURN AHEAD OF THE NEXT WEATHER SYSTEM MAY BRING LOW
CLOUDS AND RAIN BACK UP FROM THE SOUTH SUNDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY.

CONFIDENCE TABLE...

            12-18Z        18-24Z        00-06Z        06-12Z
KCLT       HIGH 100%     HIGH 100%     HIGH 100%     HIGH 100%
KGSP       HIGH 100%     HIGH 100%     HIGH 100%     HIGH 100%
KAVL       HIGH 100%     HIGH 100%     HIGH 100%     HIGH 100%
KHKY       HIGH 100%     HIGH 100%     HIGH 100%     HIGH 100%
KGMU       HIGH 100%     HIGH 100%     HIGH 100%     HIGH 100%
KAND       HIGH 100%     HIGH 100%     HIGH 100%     HIGH  86%

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...WIMBERLEY
NEAR TERM...HG/MCAVOY
SHORT TERM...WIMBERLEY
LONG TERM...WIMBERLEY
AVIATION...HG/MCAVOY
Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 3, 4:27 AM EDT, 3 hours 29 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
427 AM EDT THU APR 3 2014

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ035>037-051-056>059-062>065-068>072-
082-507>510-SCZ001>014-019-040830-
RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-ALEXANDER-IREDELL-
DAVIE-SWAIN-CATAWBA-ROWAN-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-
SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-
MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC-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-
427 AM EDT THU APR 3 2014

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

..FRIDAY...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE. THE PRESENCE OF
WARM...MOIST...AND UNSTABLE AIR OVER THE REGION IS EXPECTED TO
LEAD TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE DAY. STRONG
WIND SHEAR AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT MAY ALLOW A FEW OF
THESE THUNDERSTORMS TO PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS.
..SATURDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
..SUNDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
..MONDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
..TUESDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
..WEDNESDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

NONE.

NCZ033-048>050-052-053-501>506-040830-
AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-
GREATER CALDWELL-BURKE MOUNTAINS-GREATER BURKE-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-
EASTERN MCDOWELL-
427 AM EDT THU APR 3 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE CENTRAL AND NORTHERN
MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS OF NORTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT THE
AREA TODAY. THE MAIN THREAT FROM ANY THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

..FRIDAY...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE. THE PRESENCE OF
WARM...MOIST...AND UNSTABLE AIR OVER THE REGION IS EXPECTED TO
LEAD TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY DURING THE
AFTERNOON. STRONG WIND SHEAR AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT
MAY ALLOW A FEW OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS TO PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND
GUSTS.
..SATURDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
..SUNDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
..MONDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
..TUESDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
..WEDNESDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

NONE.

WIMBERLEY

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 3, 6:51 AM EDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
651 AM EDT THU APR 3 2014

NCZ048-049-031115-
MADISON-YANCEY-
651 AM EDT THU APR 3 2014

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT WEST CENTRAL YANCEY AND NORTHERN
MADISON COUNTIES THROUGH 715 AM EDT...

AT 647 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES WEST OF HOT SPRINGS...OR 15 MILES EAST OF
NEWPORT TENNESSEE...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
  HOT SPRINGS...
  MARS HILL...

PEA SIZE HAIL...AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. IF OUTDOORS...TRY TO
GET INDOORS OR INTO A HARD TOPPED VEHICLE. OTHERWISE...STAY AWAY FROM
OPEN AREAS AND ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES. WHEN INDOORS...
STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS AND AVOID USING WIRED ELECTRONIC
DEVICES. TRY TO UNPLUG UNNECESSARY APPLIANCES BEFORE THE STORM
APPROACHES.

LAT...LON 3603 8239 3582 8237 3583 8294 3588 8291
      3593 8292 3595 8289 3595 8285 3593 8281
      3597 8278 3599 8279 3601 8260 3597 8260
      3596 8256 3603 8245

08
Special weather statement, Apr 3, 7:13 AM EDT, 43 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
713 AM EDT THU APR 3 2014

NCZ048-052-053-031145-
BUNCOMBE-HAYWOOD-MADISON-
713 AM EDT THU APR 3 2014

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT MADISON...NORTHERN BUNCOMBE AND
NORTHWESTERN HAYWOOD COUNTIES THROUGH 745 AM EDT...

AT 706 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF WATERVILLE...OR 16 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF NEWPORT. THIS STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.

SMALL HAIL...WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

SUB-SEVERE WINDS GUSTY WINDS CAN BLOW DOWN TREES THAT ARE DEAD...OR
THAT HAVE WEAKENED ROOT SYSTEMS. OUTDOOR FURNITURE AND SIMILAR ITEMS
CAN BE TOSSED AROUND IF NOT ANCHORED. SEEK SHELTER INDOORS.

LAT...LON 3604 8259 3597 8260 3596 8256 3598 8251
      3595 8248 3593 8250 3589 8246 3571 8246
      3570 8318 3575 8318 3577 8315 3580 8308
      3578 8299 3584 8292 3594 8290 3596 8287
      3593 8281 3599 8279 3606 8266

KRENTZ
Special weather statement, Apr 3, 7:16 AM EDT, 40 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
716 AM EDT THU APR 3 2014

NCZ048-052-053-031145-
BUNCOMBE-HAYWOOD-MADISON-
716 AM EDT THU APR 3 2014

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT MADISON...NORTHERN BUNCOMBE AND
NORTHWESTERN HAYWOOD COUNTIES THROUGH 745 AM EDT...

AT 706 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF WATERVILLE...OR 16 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF NEWPORT. THIS STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.

SMALL HAIL...WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

SUB-SEVERE WIND GUSTS CAN BLOW DOWN TREES THAT ARE DEAD...OR THAT
HAVE WEAKENED ROOT SYSTEMS. OUTDOOR FURNITURE AND SIMILAR ITEMS CAN
BE TOSSED AROUND IF NOT ANCHORED. SEEK SHELTER INDOORS.

LAT...LON 3604 8259 3597 8260 3596 8256 3598 8251
      3595 8248 3593 8250 3589 8246 3571 8246
      3570 8318 3575 8318 3577 8315 3580 8308
      3578 8299 3584 8292 3594 8290 3596 8287
      3593 8281 3599 8279 3606 8266

KRENTZ/HG
Special weather statement, Apr 3, 7:46 AM EDT, 10 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
746 AM EDT THU APR 3 2014

NCZ048-049-053-031215-
BUNCOMBE-MADISON-YANCEY-
746 AM EDT THU APR 3 2014

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EASTERN MADISON...NORTHERN
BUNCOMBE AND WESTERN YANCEY COUNTIES THROUGH 815 AM EDT...

AT 736 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR MARSHALL...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
  MARS HILL...
  BARNARDSVILLE...

SMALL HAIL...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

SUB-SEVERE WINDS CAN BLOW DOWN TREES THAT ARE DEAD...OR THAT HAVE
WEAKENED ROOT SYSTEMS. OUTDOOR FURNITURE AND SIMILAR ITEMS CAN BE
TOSSED AROUND IF NOT ANCHORED. SEEK SHELTER INDOORS.

LAT...LON 3606 8262 3604 8259 3597 8260 3596 8257
      3598 8251 3602 8246 3599 8233 3559 8245
      3570 8277 3603 8272 3607 8264

KRENTZ

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 3, 6:51 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPMadison24 min
Apr 3, 7:13 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPMadison32 min
Apr 3, 7:16 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPMadison29 min
Apr 3, 7:46 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPMadison29 min
Apr 3, 8:13 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPMcDowell47 min
Apr 3, 8:31 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPBurke, McDowell, Rutherford44 min
Apr 3, 8:35 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPYancey25 min
Apr 3, 8:52 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPBurke23 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.