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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

April 25, 2014Davie County, Iredell County, Rowan County, North Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this tornado warning at Apr 25, 2014, 3:32 PM EDT for Davie County, Iredell County, Rowan County, North Carolina. It was in force for 28 min. 2 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: Apr 25, 2014, 3:32 PM EDT (19:32 UTC)
Expired: Apr 25, 2014, 4:00 PM EDT
In force: 28 min
Issued by: NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Davie County, NC, Iredell County, NC, Rowan County, NC

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 138 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:33 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
Apr 25, 3:32 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Statesville, NC	BUILDING AND ROOF DAMAGE NEAR CENTER OF STATESVILLE, NC.
Apr 25, 3:50 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	5 N Cleveland, NC	TREE DOWN NEAR INTERSECTION OF NEEDMORE RD AND COOL SPRINGS RD.

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 tornado 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, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 81 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 664 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 141 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 164 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.

918 
WFUS52 KGSP 251932
TORGSP
NCC059-097-159-252000-
/O.NEW.KGSP.TO.W.0005.140425T1932Z-140425T2000Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
332 PM EDT FRI APR 25 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WEST CENTRAL DAVIE COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...
  CENTRAL IREDELL COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...
  NORTHWESTERN ROWAN COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...

* UNTIL 400 PM EDT

* AT 330 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS STORM WAS
  LOCATED NEAR STATESVILLE...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
  STATESVILLE.
  COOL SPRINGS.
  CLEVELAND.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A STRONG TORNADO IS LIKELY DEVELOPING. ABANDON MOBILE HOMES. SEEK
IMMEDIATE SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST LEVEL OF A HOUSE
OR OFFICE BUILDING. PLACE AS MANY FLOORS AND WALLS BETWEEN YOU AND
THE OUTSIDE AS POSSIBLE.

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
THE SPECIFIC LOCATION WHERE IT OCCURRED.

&&

LAT...LON 3592 8062 3571 8061 3578 8095 3589 8093
TIME...MOT...LOC 1931Z 273DEG 32KT 3583 8091

$$

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2 follow-up statements

832 
WWUS52 KGSP 251941
SVSGSP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
341 PM EDT FRI APR 25 2014

NCC059-097-159-252000-
/O.CON.KGSP.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-140425T2000Z/
DAVIE NC-IREDELL NC-ROWAN NC-
341 PM EDT FRI APR 25 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN ROWAN...EAST
CENTRAL IREDELL AND WEST CENTRAL DAVIE COUNTIES UNTIL 400 PM EDT...

AT 339 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS STORM WAS 
LOCATED 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF STATESVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  CLEVELAND AND COOL SPRINGS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO IS LIKELY DEVELOPING OR ALREADY OCCURRING. SEEK SHELTER IN
AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST LEVEL OF A HOUSE OR OFFICE BUILDING.
PLACE AS MANY FLOORS AND WALLS BETWEEN YOU AND THE OUTSIDE AS
POSSIBLE.

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
THE SPECIFIC LOCATION WHERE IT OCCURRED.

&&

LAT...LON 3577 8087 3590 8084 3592 8062 3571 8061
TIME...MOT...LOC 1941Z 273DEG 32KT 3582 8080

$$

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461 
WWUS52 KGSP 252000
SVSGSP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
400 PM EDT FRI APR 25 2014

NCC059-097-159-252009-
/O.EXP.KGSP.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-140425T2000Z/
DAVIE NC-IREDELL NC-ROWAN NC-
400 PM EDT FRI APR 25 2014

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN ROWAN...EAST CENTRAL IREDELL
AND WEST CENTRAL DAVIE COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 400 PM EDT...

THE ROTATION IN THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED.

LAT...LON 3577 8087 3590 8084 3592 8062 3571 8061
TIME...MOT...LOC 1959Z 273DEG 32KT 3581 8060

$$

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this tornado 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 tornado warning went out at Apr 25, 1:53 PM EDT, 1 hour 39 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 25, 1:53 PM EDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
153 PM EDT FRI APR 25 2014

.SYNOPSIS...
IN THE WAKE OF A COLD FRONT...DRY AND WARM HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD
ACROSS THE REGION THIS WEEKEND. A WET AND POSSIBLY STORMY PATTERN
WILL SET UP MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...FOLLOWED BY COOLER WEATHER.

&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH SATURDAY/...
AT 200 PM EDT FRIDAY...A SHORTWAVE WILL CROSS THE SOUTHERN
APPALACHIANS THIS AFTERNOON...BRINGING A COLD FRONT ACROSS THE
REGION. SHEAR AND INSTABILITY WILL MARGINALLY FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE
WEATHER IN THE PIEDMONT...MAINLY IN THE CHARLOTTE METROPOLITAN AREA.
DRYING WILL TAKE PLACE IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT LATE THIS
AFTERNOON...STARTING IN THE UPPER SAVANNAH RIVER VALLEY.

SOME MOIST NW FLOW SHOWERS COULD OCCUR ALONG THE NC BORDER WITH TN
INTO THE EARLY EVENING AS WINDS VEER...BUT ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE
LONG LIVED. WINDS WILL BE SLOW TO DIMINISH OVERNIGHT IN A GRADUALLY
WEAKENING PRESSURE GRADIENT BEHIND THE FRONT...ESPECIALLY AT HIGHER
ELEVATIONS. MINIMUM TEMPERATURES WILL NEAR NORMAL AS DOWNSLOPE FLOW
OFFSETS LIMITED COLD ADVECTION.

FAIR WEATHER IS EXPECTED ON SATURDAY AS DRY HIGH PRESSURE MOVES OFF
TO OUR EAST. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL RUN AROUND FIVE DEGREES ABOVE
NORMAL AS HEIGHTS RISE ALOFT WITH THE APPROACH OF AN AMPLIFYING
UPPER RIDGE.

&&

.SHORT TERM /SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY/...
AS OF 2 PM EDT FRIDAY...THE UPPER PATTERN WILL STILL BE SLOWLY
PROGRESSIVE INTO SUNDAY...BUT THEN WILL COME TO A GRINDING HALT
SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY AS THE AXIS OF THE UPPER RIDGE REACHES THE
CAROLINAS. THUS...WE ARE STILL LOOKING DRY FOR SATURDAY NIGHT AND
THROUGH MOST OF SUNDAY...UNTIL VERY LATE IN THE DAY WHEN THE UPPER
RIDGE AXIS FINALLY ARRIVES. ONCE THIS HAPPENS...THE GULF WILL BE
OPEN AND MOISTURE WILL START TO MOVE BACK INTO THE REGION. THE
INITIAL FOCUS WILL BE ON THE SW MOUNTAINS SUNDAY NIGHT BUT UPSLOPE
FLOW WILL GRADUALLY IMPROVE THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT ALONG THE BLUE
RIDGE AND OVER THE MTNS AS A LEAD SHORTWAVE CLIMBS THE BACK SIDE OF
THE UPPER RIDGE. THE POP RAMPS UP TO CHANCE OVER THE MTNS THROUGH
SUNRISE ON MONDAY. FORCING WEAKENS THROUGH MONDAY...BUT ISENTROPIC
LIFT COMMENCES AT MID LEVELS AND MOIST UPGLIDE GRADUALLY STRENGTHENS
AT LOW LEVELS...SO THE PRECIP CHANCE IS ALLOWED TO GROW AND EXPAND
OUT OVER THE PIEDMONT DURING THE DAY. TEMPS WILL BE ABOUT TWO
CATEGORIES ABOVE NORMAL ON SUNDAY...BUT WILL COOL OFF A BIT FOR
MONDAY AS SHOWERS MAY DEVELOP. OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL BE FAIRLY MILD
WITH THE CLOUDS AND WARM ADVECTION.

&&

.LONG TERM /MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY/...
AS OF 1240 PM EDT FRIDAY...CENTRAL PLAINS DEEP LOW PRESSURE WILL BE
WOBBLING IT/S WAY EASTWARD TO START OFF THE PERIOD AND
ACCORDINGLY...SE CONUS UPPER RIDGE AXIS SHOULD BE SHIFTING OFFSHORE
THROUGH TUESDAY. AS THE GULF AND ATLANTIC FETCH INCREASES...EXPECT A
DESTABILIZING WARM SECTOR AND ERODING SFC RIDGE. TO WHAT DEGREE
AND HOW FAR NW INTO THE CWFA NOTABLE INSTABILITY DEVELOPS REMAINS TO
BE SEEN...AND WITH EXPECTED TURNING SHEAR PROFILES...SVR TSTMS ARE
STILL POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ACRS THE PIEDMONT. SENSIBLE WX WISE...
PROBABLY NOT GOING TO MAKE MUCH CHANGE TO THE GOING DAY 4 FCST...
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS BECOMING NUMEROUS WITH MAX TEMPERATURES
NEAR THE LATE APRIL CLIMO.

UPPER HEIGHTS ATOP THE REGION SHOULD CONTINUE TO FALL THROUGH
WEDNESDAY AS WE INCREASINGLY INTERACT WITH THE ENCROACHING
POTENTIALLY MODERATELY FORCED COLD FRONTAL ZONE. WITH AT LEAST
NUMEROUS SHOWERS LINGERING THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT...THERE IS A
QUESTION ABOUT THE DEGREE OF INSTABILITY INTERACTING WITH THE
IMPRESSIVE SHEAR PROFILES...BUT AT THIS POINT...THE POTENTIAL
FOR ORGANIZED SVR TSTMS REMAINS ALIVE. JUST LIKE ON TUESDAY...
SENSIBLE WX WILL FEATURE AT LEAST NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND POSSIBLE
HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS.

THE MEDIUM RANGE MODEL CONSENSUS PROGS COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE ON
THURSDAY WITH SOME LINGERING DEEP CONVECTIVE THREAT. DEEPER LAYER
DRY AIR SHOULD MAKE ENOUGH INROADS INTO THE REGION BY FRIDAY...
HOWEVER...THE CWFA IS PROGGED TO REMAIN WITHIN THE CYCLONIC FLOW
OF DEEP UPPER LOW THROUGH THE END OF THE PERIOD.

&&

.AVIATION /18Z FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
AT KCLT...CIG AND VSBY ARE LIFTING AS HEATING AND MIXING TAKE PLACE.
INCREASING MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT WILL
SUPPORT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...AND MVFR
RESTRICTIONS AND PRONOUNCED GUSTS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN MORE DEVELOPED
STORMS. FRONTAL PASSAGE WILL TAKE PLACE LATE THIS AFTERNOON...
FOLLOWED BY VEERING WINDS AND LESSENING CLOUD COVER. NW WINDS WILL
DECREASE BEHIND THE FRONT LATE THIS EVENING. DRYING WILL PREVENT FOG
FROM FORMING. WINDS BACK TO THE SW ON SATURDAY AS HIGH PRESSURE
MOVES SE OF THE AREA.

ELSEWHERE...IMPROVEMENTS IN CIGS AND VSBY WILL CONTINUE AS WINDS
INCREASE AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT. SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS AHEAD OF THE FRONT MAY PRODUCE MVFR RESTRICTIONS AND
GUSTY WINDS EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. FRONTAL PASSAGE LATE THIS
AFTERNOON WILL BE FOLLOWED BY AND WINDS VEERING TO NW. WINDS WILL
DECREASES LATE THIS EVENING AS THE PRESSURE GRADIENT RELAXES BEHIND
THE FRONT. DRIER AIR WILL PRECLUDE FOG FORMATION. WINDS BACK TO THE
SW ON SATURDAY AS HIGH PRESSURE MOVES OFF THE THE SE.

OUTLOOK...NO RESTRICTIONS EXPECTED THROUGH THE WEEKEND AS HIGH
PRESSURE PREVAILS.  INCREASING MOISTURE AHEAD OF ANOTHER COLD FRONT
COULD BRING THE RETURN OF SHRA/TSRA RESTRICITIONS BY MIDWEEK.

CONFIDENCE TABLE...

            18-24Z        00-06Z        06-12Z        12-18Z
KCLT       HIGH  98%     HIGH 100%     HIGH  94%     HIGH 100%
KGSP       HIGH  95%     HIGH 100%     HIGH 100%     HIGH 100%
KAVL       HIGH 100%     HIGH 100%     HIGH 100%     HIGH 100%
KHKY       HIGH  91%     HIGH  97%     HIGH  90%     HIGH 100%
KGMU       HIGH  98%     HIGH 100%     HIGH 100%     HIGH 100%
KAND       HIGH  99%     HIGH 100%     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...CSH
NEAR TERM...JAT
SHORT TERM...PM
LONG TERM...CSH
AVIATION...JAT

Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 25, 3:21 PM EDT, 11 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
321 PM EDT FRI APR 25 2014

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-SCZ001>007-010>013-019-261930-
RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-
PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER OCONEE-
GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-
LAURENS-UNION SC-GREENWOOD-
321 PM EDT FRI APR 25 2014

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ALONG AND
AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT MOVING EAST ACROSS THE UPSTATE AND NORTHEAST
GEORGIA THROUGH THE EARLY PART OF THE EVENING. SOME OF THE STORMS
MAY CONTAIN GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND SMALL HAIL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

..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.
..THURSDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

NONE.

NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-501>510-261930-
AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM-
NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-
CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-GREATER CALDWELL-BURKE MOUNTAINS-GREATER BURKE-
MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-EASTERN MCDOWELL-RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-
GREATER RUTHERFORD-POLK MOUNTAINS-EASTERN POLK-
321 PM EDT FRI APR 25 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

..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.
..THURSDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

NONE.

NCZ035>037-056-057-068>072-082-SCZ008-009-014-261930-
ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-
MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC-CHEROKEE-YORK-CHESTER-
321 PM EDT FRI APR 25 2014

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT AND WILL MOVE
ACROSS THE PIEDMONT OF THE CAROLINAS DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON
HOURS. A FEW OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD BE SEVERE...WITH LARGE
HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS...ALONG WITH FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING. THE THREAT OF SEVERE STORMS SHOULD END BY SUNSET.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

..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.
..THURSDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

NONE.

PM

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 25, 1:04 PM EDT, 2 hours 28 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
104 PM EDT FRI APR 25 2014

NCZ053-505-506-251730-
BUNCOMBE-EASTERN MCDOWELL-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-
104 PM EDT FRI APR 25 2014

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHWESTERN MCDOWELL AND EAST
CENTRAL BUNCOMBE COUNTIES THROUGH 130 PM EDT...

AT 100 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BLACK MOUNTAIN...OR 16 MILES
EAST OF DOWNTOWN ASHEVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SUGAR
  HILL...OLD FORT AND FERO.

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

DIME TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL CAN CAUSE CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO VEHICLES.
CONSIDER MOVING VEHICLES TO A COVERED STORAGE AREA BEFORE THE STORM
ARRIVES.

LAT...LON 3554 8189 3553 8198 3555 8201 3553 8203
      3553 8209 3552 8214 3553 8217 3552 8222
      3549 8223 3549 8228 3559 8232 3567 8206

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Special weather statement, Apr 25, 1:17 PM EDT, 2 hours 15 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
117 PM EDT FRI APR 25 2014

NCZ048>050-251800-
MADISON-MITCHELL-YANCEY-
117 PM EDT FRI APR 25 2014

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT NORTHWESTERN YANCEY...
NORTHWESTERN MITCHELL AND MADISON COUNTIES THROUGH 200 PM EDT...

AT 109 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES WEST OF
JONESBOROUGH TO 9 MILES SOUTH OF PARROTTSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 35
MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WOLF
  RIDGE...GREEN MOUNTAIN...WHITEROCK...WALNUT...SWISS...RAMSEYTOWN...
  POPLAR...MARS HILL...HOT SPRINGS...FAUST...BULADEAN AND ALLENSTAND.

WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH 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.

LAT...LON 3613 8213 3611 8212 3611 8208 3578 8257
      3585 8293 3593 8292 3596 8287 3593 8281
      3599 8279 3607 8264 3604 8259 3597 8260
      3596 8256 3598 8251 3612 8235 3614 8224

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Special weather statement, Apr 25, 1:55 PM EDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
155 PM EDT FRI APR 25 2014

NCZ033-501-251830-
AVERY-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-
155 PM EDT FRI APR 25 2014

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHWESTERN CALDWELL AND
SOUTHEASTERN AVERY COUNTIES THROUGH 230 PM EDT...

AT 151 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR LINVILLE...OR 5 MILES SOUTH OF NEWLAND...
MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO PINEOLA...
  ALTAMONT...LINVILLE...UPTON...GLOBE...EDGEMONT AND CROSSNORE.

PEA SIZE HAIL...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH 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 3611 8163 3593 8168 3591 8170 3595 8181
      3597 8182 3596 8183 3600 8190 3596 8196
      3607 8196

MCAVOY

Special weather statement, Apr 25, 2:46 PM EDT, 46 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
246 PM EDT FRI APR 25 2014

NCZ504-251915-
GREATER BURKE-
246 PM EDT FRI APR 25 2014

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EAST CENTRAL BURKE COUNTY
THROUGH 315 PM EDT...

AT 242 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR SALEM...OR NEAR MORGANTON...MOVING EAST AT
35 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SALEM...
  RUTHERFORD COLLEGE...LAKE RHODHISS...VALDESE...MORGANTON...ICARD...
  HILDEBRAN...DREXEL AND CONNELLY SPRINGS.

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

LAKE RHODHISS IS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM. CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS BOATING CONDITIONS.
MOVE TO SHORE IMMEDIATELY.

LAT...LON 3578 8144 3577 8143 3575 8137 3567 8145
      3568 8170 3576 8172 3578 8156 3578 8154
      3579 8144

MCAVOY

Special weather statement, Apr 25, 2:50 PM EDT, 42 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
250 PM EDT FRI APR 25 2014

NCZ057-072-251915-
CABARRUS-ROWAN-
250 PM EDT FRI APR 25 2014

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT SOUTHEASTERN ROWAN AND
NORTHEASTERN CABARRUS COUNTIES THROUGH 315 PM EDT...

AT 248 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM CHINA GROVE TO MOUNT
PLEASANT...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO HIGH ROCK
  LAKE...ROCKWELL...GRANITE QUARRY...GOLD HILL...FAITH...CRAVEN AND
  CHINA GROVE.

SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE
STORMS.

HIGH ROCK LAKE IS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM. CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS BOATING CONDITIONS.
MOVE TO SHORE IMMEDIATELY.

LAT...LON 3550 8029 3544 8034 3540 8057 3560 8061
      3573 8034 3571 8032 3568 8033 3564 8028
      3564 8026 3561 8023 3556 8019 3550 8018

MCAVOY

Special weather statement, Apr 25, 2:57 PM EDT, 35 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
257 PM EDT FRI APR 25 2014

NCZ035-056-502-251945-
ALEXANDER-CATAWBA-GREATER CALDWELL-
257 PM EDT FRI APR 25 2014

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT SOUTHEASTERN CALDWELL...NORTH
CENTRAL CATAWBA AND ALEXANDER COUNTIES THROUGH 345 PM EDT...

AT 251 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM KINGS CREEK TO
GRANITE FALLS...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

THESE STORMS WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
  ELLENDALE...
  LAKE HICKORY...
  TAYLORSVILLE...
  CONOVER...
  LOOKOUT SHOALS LAKE...
  STONY POINT...

SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE
STORMS.

LAKE HICKORY IS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM. CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING
AND GUSTY WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS BOATING CONDITIONS. MOVE TO
SHORE IMMEDIATELY.

LAT...LON 3602 8102 3600 8101 3587 8103 3578 8111
      3577 8110 3568 8115 3577 8144 3579 8145
      3579 8150 3602 8137 3602 8134 3600 8132
      3603 8128 3604 8111

MCAVOY

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 25, 1:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	McDowell	26 min
Apr 25, 1:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Madison	43 min
Apr 25, 1:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Avery	35 min
Apr 25, 2:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Burke	29 min
Apr 25, 2:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Rowan	25 min
Apr 25, 2:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Alexander	48 min
Apr 25, 3:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Alexander, Catawba, Iredell	55 min
Apr 25, 3:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Davie, Iredell, Rowan	60 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.