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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this tornado warning at Dec 28, 2015, 7:21 PM EST for McDowell County, North Carolina. It was in force for 24 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
- Dec 28, 2015, 7:21 PM EST (00:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 28, 2015, 7:45 PM EST
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County McDowell County, NC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:24 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 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 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 201 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
- 4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 504 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 72 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 636 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 699 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
409
WFUS52 KGSP 290021
TORGSP
NCC111-290045-
/O.NEW.KGSP.TO.W.0005.151229T0021Z-151229T0045Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
721 PM EST MON DEC 28 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL MCDOWELL COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 745 PM EST
* AT 721 PM EST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 7
MILES SOUTHWEST OF MARION...OR NEAR OLD FORT...AND MOVING NORTH AT
30 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
OLD FORT...PLEASANT GARDENS...WOODLAWN...MARION...
BUSICK AND B.R. PARKWAY-CRAGGY TO LITTLE SWITZERLAND.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO IS LIKELY DEVELOPING. 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.
TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION...NIGHT TIME TORNADOES ARE ESPECIALLY
DANGEROUS. 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 3580 8198 3580 8197 3556 8205 3558 8218
3576 8218 3579 8217 3580 8216 3580 8215
3581 8215 3582 8214
TIME...MOT...LOC 0021Z 187DEG 26KT 3562 8211
$$
MOORE1 follow-up statement
806
WWUS52 KGSP 290042
SVSGSP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
742 PM EST MON DEC 28 2015
NCC111-290052-
/O.EXP.KGSP.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-151229T0045Z/
MCDOWELL NC-
742 PM EST MON DEC 28 2015
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL MCDOWELL COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 745
PM EST...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER APPEARS TO BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
LAT...LON 3580 8198 3580 8197 3556 8205 3558 8218
3576 8218 3579 8217 3580 8216 3580 8215
3581 8215 3582 8214
TIME...MOT...LOC 0040Z 187DEG 26KT 3562 8211
$$
MOOREWhat 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 Dec 28, 5:14 PM EST, 2 hours 7 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 28, 5:14 PM EST, 2 hours 7 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
514 PM EST MON DEC 28 2015
.SYNOPSIS...
A COLD FRONT WILL LAY OVER ACROSS THE REGION TODAY AND LIKELY STALL
JUST SOUTHEAST OF THE AREA THIS EVENING. MOISTURE WILL RETURN OVER
THE FRONT TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY...WITH HEAVY RAIN POSSIBLE
THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT AS THE FRONT MOVES BACK NORTH. DRYING IS
LIKELY FROM THE WEST LATE IN THE WEEK...WITH COOLER AND DRIER AIR
BUILDING IN THROUGH THE WEEKEND.
&&
.NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/...
AS OF 10 AM EST TUESDAY...THE STALLED WEDGE FRONTAL ZONE REMAINS
DRAPED ALONG THE NC/SC BORDER ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT. LOW
LEVEL MOISTURE IN THE SHALLOW CAD WILL KEEP COOLER TEMPS AND LOW
CLOUDS IN PLACE ACROSS WRN NC BEFORE BETTER INSOLATION ALLOWS SLOW
SCATTERING AS THE WEDGE BOUNDARY MOVES BACK NORTH.
OTHERWISE...SOUTHWEST FLOW WILL INCREASE ONCE AGAIN BUT WITH MUCH
LESS MOISTURE THAN IN PREVIOUS DAYS AND LITTLE TO NO TRIGGERING FOR
SHOWERS THROUGH LATE DAY. PIEDMONT SECTIONS SE OF CHARLOTTE WILL SEE
THE BEST AFTERNOON INSTABILITY BUT AGAIN WITH LITTLE TO NO FORCING
MECHANISMS FOR CONVECTION. WILL MAINTAIN MAINLY ISOLD TO SCT SHOWER
CHANCES THERE WITH PROFILES TOO WARM FOR ROBUST CONVECTION.
ANOTHER ROUND OF PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO MOVE IN FROM THE SOUTH
LATE IN THE PERIOD...LIKELY TOWARDS DAYBREAK ON WEDNESDAY. THE
LATEST GUIDANCE FAVORS THE HEAVIEST QPF MAXIMA OVER THE SRN
TIER...IN AREAS LESS HARD HIT THAN OVER THE PAST 24 HOURS. NO
CHANGES WILL BE MADE TO THE CURRENT FLOOD WATCH BUT THIS WILL BE
REVISTED THIS AFTERNOON.
&&
.SHORT TERM /WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/...
AS OF 230 AM TUESDAY...AS WE HAVE BEEN ADVERTISING FOR THE PAST
FEW DAYS...WE EXPECT THAT AS WE BEGIN THE SHORT TERM THE COLD
FRONT THAT IS CAUSING THE IMMEDIATE RAINFALL PROBLEMS THIS
MORNING WILL BEGIN TO LIFT BACK NORTH AS A WARM FRONT AS A
SECONDARY SLUG OF MOISTURE GETS PULLED INTO THE DEEP SOUTH AND
SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS FROM THE GULF. THIS ALL IN RESPONSE TO
DEEPENING SHORTWAVE OVER THE UPPER MIDWEST. STRONG UPPER RIDGE
REMAINS PERSISTENT OVER THE WESTERN ATLANTIC AND WITH THE MIDWEST
SHORTWAVE...FLOW OVER THE OHIO/TENNESSEE VALLEYS AND SOUTHERN
APPALACHIANS WILL STRENGTHEN BY MIDDAY WEDNESDAY WITH PLENTY OF
SYNOPTIC LIFT. CONTINUED SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW AT THE LOW LEVELS...UP
TO AROUND 40KT AT 850MB...WILL KEEP THE UPSLOPE COMPONENT TO THE
FLOW AS WELL. MAIN CONCERN THROUGH THE SHORT TERM CONTINUES TO
BE THE HEAVY RAIN...THOUGH WITH THE LATEST MODEL RUNS IT DOES
SEEM LIKE THE HEAVY RAIN AXIS IS SHIFTING SOUTH. SEE MORE IN THE
HYDROLOGY SECTION BELOW.
UNSEASONABLY WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE AS WE REMAIN IN THE
WARM SECTOR...HOWEVER SOME MODERATION IS EXPECTED WITH TEMPERATURES
ONLY 10-15 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL INSTEAD OF 20+. WITH THE WARM AND
MOIST AIRMASS COMES THE POTENTIAL FOR ANOTHER ROUND OF MAINLY
AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS ON WEDNESDAY...BUT GIVEN THE PROXIMITY
OF THE FRONT AND ADDITIONAL FORCING MECHANISMS...CONCERN FOR
WEDNESDAY A LITTLE HIGHER. BOTH NAM AND GFS HAVE SBCAPE BETWEEN
500-750 J/KG ACROSS THE UPSTATE...WITH BETWEEN 40-45KT DEEP LAYER
SHEAR AND 0-3KM HELICITY SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 100-300M2/S2 /GFS IS
ON THE LOWER END/. WITH ALL THIS...DEFINITELY A NON-ZERO SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM THREAT...EVEN THOUGH THE SWODY2 ONLY HAS GENERAL
THUNDER ACROSS THE AREA.
FRONT GETS HUNG UP BRIEFLY IN THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS BUT SHOULD
BE PUSHING THROUGH THE AREA TOWARD THE END OF THE PERIOD. NEW ECMWF
A LITTLE MORE STUBBORN HANGING ON TO MOISTURE THROUGH THE END OF
THE SHORT TERM BUT WILL LET THE DAY SHIFT TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT THAT.
&&
.LONG TERM /THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY/...
AS OF 230 PM MONDAY.../NO MID SHIFT UPDATE TO THE EXTENDED DUE
TO ONGOING HYDRO ISSUES/...THE EXTENDED PERIOD BEGINS 00Z FRIDAY
WITH A RATHER DRAMATIC SHIFT IN THE OVERALL PATTERN. THE SURFACE
COLD FRONT WILL HAVE JUST PASSED THROUGH THE AREA BY SUNDOWN ON
NEW YEARS EVE...WITH A DEEP UPPER TROUGH DIGGING DOWN INTO THE
REGION RIGHT ON ITS HEELS. THE INITIAL UPPER TROUGH BASE WILL PASS
ON SATURDAY...WITH A SECONDARY TROUGH ARRIVING AS A SHORTWAVE
AMPLIFIES OVER THE APPALACHIANS ON MONDAY. A DRY SURFACE RIDGE
CENTERED OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS WILL BUILD IN AS THE SECOND UPPER
TROUGH PASSES MONDAY AND TUESDAY OF NEXT WEEK.
THE FRONTAL PASSAGE THURSDAY NIGHT APPEARS TO BE CLEAN...WITH
MUCH DRIER AND COOLER AIR ARRIVING IN TIME FOR NEW YEARS DAY. BOTH
MAX AND MIN TEMPS WILL DROP TO AVERAGE ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY AS
THE FIRST UPPER TROUGH PASSES...WITH MUCH OF THE AREA DROPPING TO
FREEZING OVERNIGHT AND HIGHER TERRAIN POSSIBLY DIPPING INTO THE
UPPER TEENS. AS THE SECONDARY TROUGH DIPS DOWN ON MONDAY...MAX AND
MIN TEMPERATURES COULD EVEN DROP TO ABOUT 5 DEGREES BELOW AVERAGE
EARLY NEXT WEEK. POPS REMAIN VERY LOW FOR THE ENTIRE PERIOD ENDING
TUESDAY MORNING...PROVIDING A MUCH-NEEDED BREAK FROM THE VERY WET
PATTERN FEATURED THE PAST FEW WEEKS.
&&
.AVIATION /22Z MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/...
AT KCLT...LIFR CIGS AND IFR VSBY IN FOG HAVE ROLLED INTO THE
AIRFIELD...BUT SLOW IMPROVEMENT IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE EARLY
AFTERNOON HOURS AS THE SHALLOW WEDGE LAYER EXPERIENCES HEATING FROM
ABOVE AND S TO SW FLOW RETURNS. WILL PERMIT SLOW IMPROVEMENT THROUGH
IFR INTO MVFR AFTER 18Z BEFORE LIFTING SCATTERING TO VFR OCCURS
LATE. MOISTURE WILL RETURN FROM THE SOUTH OVERNIGHT...BUT WITH ANY
MENTIONABLE PRECIPITATION LIKELY HOLD OFF UNTIL NEAR DAYBREAK.
ELSEWHERE...SLOW SCATTERING AND LIFTING OF THE LOW LEVEL MOISTURE
CONTINUES THROUGH MVFR LEVELS LATE THIS MORNING...WITH VFR LIKELY
THIS AFTERNOON. SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE PERIOD
WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTING POSSIBLE. KHKY WILL BE THE MAIN EXCEPTION IN
THE LINGERING SHALLOW WEDGE...WHERE IFR CIGS COULD PERSIST INTO THE
AFTERNOON HOURS. INTRODUCED THE RETURN OF MVFR/IFR RESTRICTIONS FROM
THE SOUTH AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AT ALL SITES AS THE NEXT WAVE OF
PRECIPITATION SLIDES ALONG THE OLD STALLED FRONT INTO NE GA AND THE
WESTERN CAROLINAS.
OUTLOOK...DEEP MOISTURE WILL RETURN TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY
AS THE FRONT MOVES BACK NORTHWARD. DRYING IS EXPECTED ON THURSDAY
INTO FRIDAY.
CONFIDENCE TABLE...
15-21Z 21-03Z 03-09Z 09-12Z
KCLT HIGH 100% HIGH 91% HIGH 91% HIGH 84%
KGSP HIGH 84% HIGH 98% HIGH 94% HIGH 100%
KAVL HIGH 90% HIGH 100% HIGH 100% LOW 36%
KHKY HIGH 82% HIGH 100% HIGH 88% MED 73%
KGMU HIGH 85% HIGH 98% HIGH 100% MED 66%
KAND HIGH 83% HIGH 88% HIGH 91% MED 76%
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
&&
.HYDROLOGY...
THE NEXT WAVE OF HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE ASSOCIATED WITH THE
SECONDARY SLUG OF MOISTURE EXPECTED TO LIFT NORTHEAST FROM THE GULF
INTO THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY.
FORTUNATELY...NEW GUIDANCE IS SHIFTING THE AXIS OF HEAVIEST RAINFALL
FARTHER SOUTH...MORE ACROSS THE UPSTATE AREAS...BUT EVEN SO WITH
SATURATED SOILS IN PLACE FROM THE FIRST WAVE OF HEAVY RAIN...THIS
SECOND WAVE COULD RESULT IN MORE SERIOUS IMPACTS...ESPECIALLY
WEDNESDAY MORNING. ADDITIONAL RAIN FROM THIS SECOND WAVE WILL BE
ANOTHER 1-2 INCHES ACROSS THE UPSTATE AND INTO THE FOOTHILLS...WITH
MUCH LOWER VALUES IN THE RAIN SHADOW BEHIND THE BLUE RIDGE. WPC
EXCESSIVE RAINFALL FORECAST CONTINUES WITH SLIGHT RISK ACROSS THESE
AREAS. NO FURTHER CHANGES TO THE FLOOD WATCH ARE PLANNED AT THIS
TIME.
&&
.CLIMATE...
DAILY MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE RECORDS FOR TUESDAY DECEMBER 29...
AVL 74 1984
CLT 74 1984
GSP 72 1984
DAILY HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATURE RECORDS FOR TUESDAY DEC 29...
AVL 56 1954
CLT 61 1954
GSP 54 1996
&&
.GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...FLOOD WATCH THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING FOR GAZ010-017-018-026-
028-029.
NC...FLOOD WATCH THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING FOR NCZ051>053-058-059-
062>065-507>510.
FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 5 AM EST TUESDAY FOR NCZ033-048>050-501>506.
SC...FLOOD WATCH THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING FOR SCZ001>007-010-011.
&&
SYNOPSIS...SBK
NEAR TERM...CDG/HG
SHORT TERM...TDP
LONG TERM...LEV
AVIATION...CDG/HG
HYDROLOGY...CDG/HG
CLIMATE...CDGHazardous weather outlook, Dec 28, 4:48 PM EST, 2 hours 33 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 448 PM EST MON DEC 28 2015 NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-292200- AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM- NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON- 448 PM EST MON DEC 28 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST TUESDAY ABOVE 3500 FEET... ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FLOOD WATCH. WIND ADVISORY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. ..TUESDAY...HEAVY RAIN WITH FLOODING LIKELY. A COUPLE MORE ROUNDS OF RAIN ARE EXPECTED...ONE TONIGHT AND ANOTHER ON WEDNESDAY. DUE TO NEARLY SATURATED SOILS AND HIGH RIVER LEVELS...SOME FLOODING IS EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY IN THE MOUNTAINS. ..WEDNESDAY...HEAVY RAIN WITH FLOODING LIKELY. ..THURSDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ..FRIDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ..SATURDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ..SUNDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... NONE. NCZ035>037-056-057-292200- ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-CATAWBA-ROWAN- 448 PM EST MON DEC 28 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. OCCASIONAL HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS MAY IMPACT THE PIEDMONT THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS ALONG A FRONT SAGGING IN FROM THE NORTH. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS MAY IMPACT THE AREA TONIGHT FROM THE WEST. ISOLATED FLOODING COULD RESULT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. ..TUESDAY...HEAVY RAIN WITH FLOODING POSSIBLE. THE HEAVY RAIN CHANCES ARE GREATEST IN THE MORNING. ..WEDNESDAY...HEAVY RAIN WITH FLOODING POSSIBLE. ..THURSDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ..FRIDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ..SATURDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ..SUNDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... NONE. NCZ501>507-509-292200- CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-GREATER CALDWELL-BURKE MOUNTAINS-GREATER BURKE- MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-EASTERN MCDOWELL-RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS- POLK MOUNTAINS- 448 PM EST MON DEC 28 2015 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FLOOD WATCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. ..TUESDAY...HEAVY RAIN WITH FLOODING LIKELY. A COUPLE MORE ROUNDS OF RAIN ARE EXPECTED...ONE TONIGHT AND ANOTHER ON WEDNESDAY. DUE TO NEARLY SATURATED SOILS AND HIGH RIVER LEVELS...SOME FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE. ..WEDNESDAY...HEAVY RAIN WITH FLOODING LIKELY. ..THURSDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ..FRIDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ..SATURDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ..SUNDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... NONE. GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ508-510-SCZ001>007-010-011-292200- RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-GREATER RUTHERFORD- EASTERN POLK-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS- GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG- ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE- 448 PM EST MON DEC 28 2015 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FLOOD WATCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. ..TUESDAY...HEAVY RAIN WITH FLOODING LIKELY. A COUPLE MORE ROUNDS OF RAIN ARE EXPECTED...ONE TONIGHT AND ANOTHER ON WEDNESDAY. DUE TO NEARLY SATURATED SOILS AND HIGH RIVER LEVELS...SOME FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE. ..WEDNESDAY...HEAVY RAIN WITH FLOODING LIKELY. ..THURSDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ..FRIDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ..SATURDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ..SUNDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... NONE. NCZ068>072-082-SCZ008-009-012>014-019-292200- CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION-CHEROKEE-YORK- LAURENS-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- 448 PM EST MON DEC 28 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. WEAK INSTABILITY COMBINED WITH STRONG VERTICAL WIND SHEAR WILL PRESENT A NON ZERO CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE PRIMARY THREATS WITH ANY OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL...GUSTY WINDS...AND CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. ..TUESDAY...HEAVY RAIN WITH FLOODING POSSIBLE. THE HEAVY RAIN CHANCES ARE GREATEST IN THE MORNING. ..WEDNESDAY...HEAVY RAIN WITH FLOODING POSSIBLE. ..THURSDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ..FRIDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ..SATURDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ..SUNDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... NONE. ARK
In the hours before
Local storm report, Dec 28, 6:27 PM EST, 54 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
627 PM EST MON DEC 28 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0458 PM TORNADO 3 NNE TRINITY 34.89N 80.52W
12/28/2015 UNION NC EMERGENCY MNGR
TREES BLOWN DOWN ALONG WITH DAMAGE TO A SHED AND VEHICLES
ON JUGG BROOME ROAD.
&&
KRENTZLocal storm report, Dec 28, 6:29 PM EST, 52 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
629 PM EST MON DEC 28 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0459 PM TORNADO 3 NNE TRINITY 34.89N 80.52W
12/28/2015 UNION NC EMERGENCY MNGR
STRUCTURAL DAMAGE REPORTED ON SANDY RIDGE ROAD.
&&
KRENTZSpecial weather statement, Dec 28, 6:54 PM EST, 27 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
654 PM EST MON DEC 28 2015
NCZ507-508-510-290030-
RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS NC-GREATER RUTHERFORD NC-EASTERN POLK NC-
654 PM EST MON DEC 28 2015
...STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF NORTHWESTERN
RUTHERFORD AND NORTH CENTRAL POLK COUNTIES UNTIL 730 PM EST...
AT 654 PM EST...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 12
MILES WEST OF RUTHERFORDTON...OR NEAR LAKE LURE...MOVING NORTH AT 30
MPH.
WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LAKE LURE...CHIMNEY ROCK STATE PARK...SHINGLE HOLLOW AND LAKE ADGER.
LAT...LON 3554 8201 3533 8210 3534 8223 3536 8223
3539 8220 3540 8220 3540 8223 3550 8222
3552 8223 3553 8217 3552 8214 3554 8207
TIME...MOT...LOC 2354Z 186DEG 28KT 3543 8216
MOOREThe office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 28, 7:50 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Polk | 55 min |
| Dec 28, 8:12 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Jackson, Macon | 3 hr |
| Dec 28, 8:32 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Buncombe, McDowell, Mitchell, Rutherford, Yancey | 3 hr |
| Dec 28, 9:12 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Jackson, Macon | 3 hr |
| Dec 28, 9:18 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Transylvania | 3 hr |
| Dec 29, 12:12 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Polk | 3 hr |
| Dec 29, 12:17 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Transylvania | 4 hr |
| Dec 29, 12:18 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Henderson, Polk, Rutherford | 57 min |
| Dec 29, 12:47 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | GSP | Jackson, Macon | 3 hr |
| Dec 29, 1:03 AM EST | River Flood Warning | GSP | Buncombe | 23 hr |
| Dec 29, 1:03 AM EST | River Flood Warning | GSP | Haywood | 25 hr |
| Dec 29, 1:17 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Rutherford | 3 hr |
| Dec 29, 2:16 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Buncombe | 3 hr |
| Dec 29, 3:16 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | GSP | Polk | 9 hr |
| Dec 29, 3:36 AM EST | River Flood Warning | GSP | Buncombe | 17 hr |
| Dec 29, 3:38 AM EST | River Flood Warning | GSP | Buncombe, Henderson | 21 hr |
| Dec 29, 4:26 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | GSP | Transylvania | 9 hr |
| Dec 29, 5:07 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | GSP | Buncombe | 6 hr |
| Dec 29, 1:23 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Transylvania | 4 hr |
| Dec 29, 1:34 PM EST | River Flood Advisory | GSP | Gaston | 12 hr |
| Dec 29, 1:42 PM EST | River Flood Advisory | GSP | Cleveland | 12 hr |
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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.