Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2014
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 29, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 10, 2014, 3:05 PM EDT for Cabarrus County, Rowan County, North Carolina. It was in force for 55 min. 4 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
- May 10, 2014, 3:05 PM EDT (19:05 UTC)
- Expired
- May 10, 2014, 4:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Cabarrus County, NC, Rowan County, NC
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 163 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:08 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 10, 3:10 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | Concord, NC | QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED BY TWO SEPARATE INDIVIDUALS IN CONCORD. |
| May 10, 3:25 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 E China Grove, NC | SPOTTER REPORTS OF TREES DOWN ON BEATTY RD AND YOST ROAD. |
| May 10, 3:40 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Rockwell, NC | TREE DOWN BLOCKING UPPER PALMER ROAD AND GOLD KNOB ROAD. |
| May 10, 3:46 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Concord, NC | SEVERAL POWERLINES DOWN. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
Did it verify
Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched 4 storm reports to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 5 minutes after it went out.
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, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 71 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
- 133 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -134 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1417 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -22 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -54 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
768
WUUS52 KGSP 101905
SVRGSP
NCC025-159-102000-
/O.NEW.KGSP.SV.W.0029.140510T1905Z-140510T2000Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
305 PM EDT SAT MAY 10 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
CABARRUS COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...
EASTERN ROWAN COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 400 PM EDT
* AT 302 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...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
KANNAPOLIS.
MOUNT PLEASANT.
ROCKWELL AND GRANITE QUARRY.
HIGH ROCK LAKE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BRIEF DAMAGING WINDS WILL BLOW DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES OVER SMALL
AREAS. A BRIEF PERIOD OF LARGE HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE. SEEK SHELTER
INSIDE AN INTERIOR ROOM.
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 3549 8023 3550 8029 3543 8034 3527 8059
3540 8076 3577 8047 3574 8045 3573 8039
3567 8030 3564 8029 3564 8026 3558 8020
3552 8019
TIME...MOT...LOC 1906Z 224DEG 25KT 3540 8061
$$
JOHWhat 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 May 10, 2:05 PM EDT, 1 hour earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 10, 2:05 PM EDT, 1 hour before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
205 PM EDT SAT MAY 10 2014
.SYNOPSIS...
A WEAK SURFACE BOUNDARY WILL APPROACH THE CAROLINAS FROM THE WEST
TODAY BUT MAY WASH OUT BEFORE IT REACHES THE MOUNTAINS. A BERMUDA
HIGH WILL STRENGTHEN AGAIN OVER THE SOUTHEAST ON SUNDAY AND THEN
WILL REMAIN IN CONTROL OF OUR WEATHER THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF NEXT
WEEK. ANOTHER FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION ON THURSDAY.
&&
.NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/...
AS OF 1015 AM...POPS WERE ADJUSTED AGAIN TO MATCH UP WITH THE LATEST
RADAR IMAGERY. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS HAVE POPPED UP ALONG
THE SC AND NC FOOTHILLS...WHILE AN AREA OF LIGHT RAIN HAS MOVED INTO
THE SW NC MTNS.
THE VIS SAT IMAGERY SHOWS EXTENSIVE CLOUDINESS ACRS ABOUT 2/3RD OF
THE CWFA...WITH JUST THE LOWER PIEDMONT FROM ELBERT COUNTY GA TO
UNION COUNTY NC SHOWING SIGNIFICANT BREAKS. THIS LOOKS LIKE A
SIMILAR SETUP TO YESTERDAY...WITH MORE INSTBY AND DCAPE ALONG AND
SOUTHEAST OF I-85 FROM MIDDAY THRU THE AFTN. THERE WILL ACTUALLY BE
A LITTLE BETTER UPPER FORCING...AS A MORE SIGNIFICANT VORT WAS
ANALYZED CROSSING NRN GA (AND IS PROBABLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE EARLY
CONVECTIVE INITIATION THIS MORNING). THERE IS ALSO A LITTLE BETTER
SHEAR (THO STILL MARGINAL AND MORE UNIDIRECTIONAL THAN
YESTERDAY)...0-3 KM BULK SHEAR OF 35-40 KTS PER THE NAM. THE 12Z
RAOBS FROM FFC/GSO/OHX ALL SHOW AN ELEVATED MIXED LAYER FROM ABOUT
900-750 MB. SO EXPECT GOOD COVERAGE OF SHOWERS AGAIN TODAY WHERE THE
INSOLATION WILL BE GREATEST (EASTERN HALF OF THE CWFA). THE
CONVECTION-ALLOWING MODELS ALL SEEM TO HIGHLIGHT THIS (ALTHO SEEM A
BIT SLOW ON TIMING). A CONSENSUS BLENDED IN WITH THE PREVIOUS FCST
RESULTS IN A LIKELY POP ALONG THE I-85 CORRIDOR FROM MIDDAY THRU
LATE AFTN. A QUICK DECREASING TREND SHUD OCCUR BY EARLY EVENING...AS
SHORTWAVE EXITS TO THE EAST AN INSTBY WANES.
AS OF SEVERE THREAT...WE ARE IN A GENERAL THUNDER RISK PER THE DAY 1
SPC CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK. HOWEVER...WITH DCAPE VALUES ALREADY 800-
1000 J/KG ACRS THE LOWER PIEDMONT...AND A LITTLE BETTER
SHEAR...EXPECT A NON-ZERO THREAT FOR DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. THE
CURRENT WORDING IN THE HWO LOOKS GOOD.
PREVIOUS DISCUSSION...
AT 300 AM EDT SATURDAY...THE LEADING EDGE OF A BROAD UPPER TROUGH
WILL MOVE OVER THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS TODAY...WITH A SHORTWAVE
CROSSING OUR AREA AROUND MIDDAY. A WEAKENING COLD FRONT WILL
APPROACH FROM THE NW...REACHING THE AREA BY LATE AFTERNOON OR EARLY
EVENING. DEEP MOISTURE AND LIFT AHEAD OF THE FRONT WILL SUPPORT
PRECIPITATION THROUGH THE DAY...BUT THE BEST CHANCE APPEAR TO BE
TOWARD MIDDAY AND INTO THE AFTERNOON WITH HEATING AND THE PASSAGE
OF THE SHORTWAVE. LOW LEVEL SHEAR APPEARS TO BE A LITTLE BETTER THAN
YESTERDAY...HOWEVER THE BEST INSTABILITY IS OFF TO OUR EAST.
NEVERTHELESS...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CANNOT BE RULED OUT...
ESPECIALLY IN THE EAST. PRECIPITATION IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE
EXCESSIVE...AS WINDS REMAIN PARALLEL TO THE BLUE RIDGE. HIGH
TEMPERATURES WILL RUN SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL.
MODEL TIME HEIGHTS SHOW DRYING FROM ALOFT THIS EVENING AS THE
WEAKENING COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH...BUT LOW LEVELS APPEAR TO
RETAIN STUBBORN MOISTURE...AND WITH WINDS WEAKENING...LOW CLOUDS MAY
HANG ON...WITH FOG DEVELOPING. LOW TEMPERATURES WILL BE AROUND 5
DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL DUE TO CLOUDS AND ONLY WEAK COLD ADVECTION.
&&
.SHORT TERM /SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT/...
AS OF 215 AM EDT SATURDAY...THE MAIN FEATURE FOR THE SHORT RANGE
PART OF THE FORECAST WILL BE THE RESURGENCE OF AN UPPER RIDGE OVER
THE EASTERN PART OF THE UNITED STATES AS THE UPPER PATTERN AMPLIFIES
ACROSS NORTH AMERICA. THIS PATTERN WILL KEEP A BERMUDA HIGH IN PLACE
THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT THAT WILL KEEP TEMPS ABOVE NORMAL. THE MAIN
JUMP SHOULD OCCUR ON SUNDAY WITH HIGH TEMPS ABOUT 5 DEGREES OR SO
WARMER THAN SATURDAY. RH WILL ALSO INCREASE THROUGH THE PERIOD...
WHICH WILL FUEL PRECIP CHANCES THAT WILL BE CLIMATOLOGICAL AND
DIURNAL IN NATURE. THAT TRANSLATES TO A CHANCE OF PRECIP OVER THE
HIGHER TERRAIN...AND A SLIGHT CHANCE OVER THE PIEDMONT...MAINLY IN
THE AFTERNOON. FORECAST SOUNDINGS SHOW A GENERAL LACK OF BOUYANCY ON
SUNDAY AFTERNOON OWING TO A LAYER OF WARMER AIR AT LOW LEVELS WHICH
SHOULD LIMIT STORM SEVERITY...BUT THIS IMPROVES ENOUGH ON MONDAY TO
RAISE SOME INTEREST.
&&
.LONG TERM /TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/...
AS OF 315 AM EDT SATURDAY...THE MAIN PROBLEM IN THE MEDIUM RANGE
CONTINUES TO BE TIMING DIFFERENCES IN THE MODEL GUIDANCE WITH REGARD
TO THE EASTWARD PROGRESSION OF A HIGH AMPLITUDE UPPER TROF DURING
THE MIDDLE TO LATE PART OF THE WEEK. THE LATEST GFS HAS SLOWED DOWN
THE SYSTEM TO WHERE IT RESEMBLES YESTERDAYS 00Z ECMWF...HOWEVER THE
NEW ECMWF IS ALSO SLOWER AND TRAILS THE GFS BY ABOUT A HALF DAY.
THUS...THE MODEL TREND OF SLOWING THE APPROACH OF THE UPPER TROF AND
ATTENDANT SURFACE FRONT MAY CONTINUE AGAIN TODAY. THUS...OUR PERIOD
OF MAINLY DIURNAL THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD PERSIST ON TUESDAY...WITH THE
PRECIP LOSING THE DIURNAL TENDENCY TO DIMINISH BY TUESDAY NIGHT...AS
THE BERMUDA HIGH CONTINUES TO BE OUR MAIN DRIVING FORCE. FOR THIS
UPDATE...HAVE ELECTED TO STRETCH OUT THE CHANCE OF PRECIP THROUGH
THE DAY THURSDAY OWING TO THE DELAYED TIMING OF FRONTAL PASSAGE
SUGGESTED BY THE ECMWF. SKY COVER WAS ALSO INCREASED DURING THIS
PERIOD ACCORDINGLY. IT STILL SEEMS THAT WE WILL HAVE A PERIOD OF
NUMEROUS STORMS AHEAD OF THE FRONT...BUT CONFIDENCE IS NOT HIGH
ENOUGH TO PIN DOWN WHICH FCST PERIOD THAT THE GREATEST THREAT WILL
EXIST...SO THE FCST KEEPS THE POP IN THE CHANCE RANGE IN SPITE OF
MOSGUIDE AND HPC GUIDANCE THAT HAS LIKELY POPS AT SOME POINT. TEMPS
SHOULD COOL OFF CLOSER TO NORMAL FOR THE END OF THE WEEK.
&&
.AVIATION /18Z SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/...
AT KCLT...AS WITH THE 15Z AMD...EXPECT SHRA AND TSRA TO START
DEVELOPING AND/OR MOVING INTO THE CLT AREA WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE
HOURS...WITH MAX COVERAGE EXPECTED TO BE IN THE 19-22Z TIME FRAME.
LIKE YESTERDAY...EXPECT BRIEF TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS...LIGHTNING...AND
GUSTY WINDS WITH ANY STORMS THAT IMPACT THE TERMINAL DIRECTLY. FROM
THERE...COVERAGE SHUD WANE FAIRLY QUICKLY UPON SUNSET...AS INSTBY
WANES. GUIDANCE SHOWS PLENTY OF DRYING OF THE MID AND UPR LVLS
OVERNIGHT...BUT LINGERING LLVL MOISTURE. SO THERE MAY BE SOME PATCHY
FOG DEVELOPMENT. GUIDANCE IS NOT IN GOOD AGREEMENT ON VSBY
RESTRICTIONS AT KCLT. FOR NOW...WILL GO WITH A COUPLE HOURS OF MVFR
VSBY AROUND DAYBREAK. HIGH PRES BUILDS IN ON SUNDAY...SO EXPECTING
ONLY ISOLD CONVECTION ACRS THE PIEDMONT SUNDAY AFTN. WINDS WILL
FAVOR SW THRU THIS EVENING...EXCEPT VRB NEAR TS. THEN GOING CALM OR
LGT/VRB THIS EVENING THRU SUNDAY MORNING.
ELSEWHERE...AS EXPECTED...CONVECTION HAS REALLY STARTED TO TAKE OFF
ACRS THE UPSTATE. GIVEN THE CURRENT COVERAGE...WILL HAVE VCTS AND
TEMPO TSRA AT ALL THREE UPSTATE TAF SITES. CONVECTION SHUD START TO
DIMINISH AND HEAD EAST OF THE TERMINALS BY LATE AFTN/EARLY EVENING
GUSTY WINDS AND BRIEF MVFR OR EVEN IFR RESTRICTIONS CAN BE EXPECTED
WITH ANY DIRECT IMPACTS. THERE IS LESS INSTBY AT KAVL AND KHKY...SO
EXPECTING MAINLY SHRA THRU THE REST OF THE AFTN. THE MID AND UPR
LVLS WILL BEGIN TO DRY OUT THIS EVENING...BUT LLVL MOISTURE WILL
LINGER THRU THE OVERNIGHT. WINDS SHUD GO CALM OR LGT/VRB AT PRETTY
MUCH ALL TAF SITES. WITH THE MOIST BOUNDARY LAYER...THERE MAY BE
PATCHY FOG DEVELOPMENT. SO SOME VSBY RESTRICTIONS WERE ADDED TO ALL
TAF SITES LATE TONIGHT THRU DAYBREAK SUNDAY. THE BEST CHANCES FOR
FOG WILL BE IN THE WEST (KAVL AND KAND)...AS THEY WILL CLEAR
EARLIEST. VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED NOT LONG AFTER SUNRISE...WITH
MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES. HIGH PRES BUILDING IN SHUD LIMIT CONVECTION TO
MAINLY ISOLD IN THE PIEDMONT AND WIDELY SCATTERED IN THE MTNS SUNDAY
AFTN.
OUTLOOK...HIGH PRESSURE RETURNS SUNDAY AND MONDAY...BUT AFTERNOON
AND EVENING CONVECTION WILL BE POSSIBLE BOTH DAYS. WEDNESDAY AND
THURSDAY FEATURE A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT...YIELDING A BETTER CHANCE
OF RESTRICTIONS IN PROLONGED PRECIPITATION.
CONFIDENCE TABLE...
18-24Z 00-06Z 06-12Z 12-18Z
KCLT HIGH 100% HIGH 100% HIGH 95% HIGH 95%
KGSP HIGH 100% HIGH 100% HIGH 100% HIGH 95%
KAVL HIGH 100% HIGH 100% HIGH 83% HIGH 90%
KHKY HIGH 100% HIGH 100% MED 75% HIGH 95%
KGMU HIGH 100% HIGH 100% HIGH 100% HIGH 95%
KAND HIGH 100% HIGH 100% HIGH 91% 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...PM
NEAR TERM...ARK/JAT
SHORT TERM...PM
LONG TERM...PM
AVIATION...ARKHazardous weather outlook, May 10, 5:46 AM EDT, 9 hours 19 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 546 AM EDT SAT MAY 10 2014 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065- 068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-111000- 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- 546 AM EDT SAT MAY 10 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA AGAIN TODAY...MAINLY THIS AFTERNOON. THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS MAY OCCUR OVER THE PIEDMONT OF THE CAROLINAS. ONE OR TWO OF THE STORMS MAY GROW LARGE ENOUGH TO PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND LARGE HAIL. OTHERWISE...THE MOST LIKELY THREATS ARE FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. ..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. ..THURSDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ..FRIDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... NONE. PM
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 10, 1:43 PM EDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
143 PM EDT SAT MAY 10 2014
GAZ028-029-SCZ010-011-101830-
ABBEVILLE-ANDERSON-ELBERT-HART-
143 PM EDT SAT MAY 10 2014
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT SOUTHWESTERN ANDERSON...WESTERN
ABBEVILLE...EASTERN HART AND ELBERT COUNTIES THROUGH 230 PM EDT...
AT 138 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES SOUTH OF
BOWMAN TO ELBERTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
THESE STORMS WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
BOWMAN...
RUCKERSVILLE...
LAKE RUSSELL...
HARTWELL...
IVA...
SECESSION LAKE...
SMALL HAIL...WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL ARE
EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.
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.
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 3413 8306 3416 8309 3457 8283 3435 8245
3399 8285
JOHLocal storm report, May 10, 1:46 PM EDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
146 PM EDT SAT MAY 10 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0145 PM HAIL MAULDIN 34.79N 82.30W
05/10/2014 E0.50 INCH GREENVILLE SC PUBLIC
PUBLIC REPORT OF PEA TO HALF INCH HAIL ALONG BUTLER
ROAD.
&&
HGLocal storm report, May 10, 2:16 PM EDT, 49 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
216 PM EDT SAT MAY 10 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0215 PM HAIL SIMPSONVILLE 34.73N 82.26W
05/10/2014 E0.75 INCH GREENVILLE SC PUBLIC
PUBLIC REPORT OF DIME SIZE HAIL.
&&
HGLocal storm report, May 10, 2:22 PM EDT, 43 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
222 PM EDT SAT MAY 10 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0218 PM HAIL SIMPSONVILLE 34.73N 82.26W
05/10/2014 E0.75 INCH GREENVILLE SC TRAINED SPOTTER
SPOTTER REPORT OF DIME SIZE HAIL ON SOUTH MAIN STREET.
&&
HGSpecial weather statement, May 10, 2:22 PM EDT, 43 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
222 PM EDT SAT MAY 10 2014
NCZ071-072-082-101900-
CABARRUS-MECKLENBURG-UNION-
222 PM EDT SAT MAY 10 2014
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHWESTERN UNION...MECKLENBURG
AND SOUTH CENTRAL CABARRUS COUNTIES IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA
THROUGH 300 PM EDT...
AT 219 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR PINEVILLE...OR 9 MILES SOUTH OF CENTER CITY
CHARLOTTE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
SOUTHPARK MALL...
FREEDOM PARK...
MCALPINE CREEK PARK...
EASTLAND MALL...
MINT HILL...
HIDDEN VALLEY...
SMALL HAIL...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
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.
HEAVY RAINS MAY FLOOD AREAS WITH POOR DRAINAGE...SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS. WATER
LEVELS OF SMALL STREAMS AND RIVERS MAY ALSO RISE RAPIDLY. SEEK HIGHER
GROUND IF THREATENED BY FLOOD WATERS.
LAT...LON 3498 8078 3504 8088 3511 8094 3509 8096
3509 8097 3539 8081 3526 8048
JOHLocal storm report, May 10, 2:47 PM EDT, 18 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
247 PM EDT SAT MAY 10 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0225 PM HAIL SIMPSONVILLE 34.73N 82.26W
05/10/2014 E0.75 INCH GREENVILLE SC PUBLIC
REPORT OF DIME TO PENNY HAIL ROCKY CREEK AND GEORGIA
ROADS.
&&
HGThe office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 10, 9:40 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Polk | 50 min |
| May 10, 10:03 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Polk, Rutherford | 42 min |
| May 10, 10:47 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Alexander, Catawba, Lincoln | 43 min |
| May 10, 11:38 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Polk, Rutherford | 52 min |
| May 10, 12:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Buncombe | 44 min |
| May 10, 1:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | McDowell | 39 min |
| May 10, 1:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cleveland, Rutherford | 62 min |
| May 10, 2:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Catawba, Cleveland, Gaston, Lincoln | 56 min |
| May 10, 2:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Mecklenburg | 38 min |
| May 10, 2:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cleveland, Gaston | 67 min |
| May 10, 2:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Mecklenburg | 64 min |
| May 10, 2:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Gaston, Iredell, Lincoln, Mecklenburg | 55 min |
| May 10, 3:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Rowan, Union | 65 min |
| May 10, 3:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Davie, Rowan | 60 min |
| May 10, 3:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Davie, Iredell, Rowan | 54 min |
| May 10, 3:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Mecklenburg, Union | 64 min |
| May 10, 3:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Gaston, Mecklenburg | 56 min |
| May 10, 4:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cabarrus, Rowan, Union | 42 min |
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Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Carolina, 2014Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2014
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.