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Special Weather Statement, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

May 2, 2016Henderson County, North Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this special weather statement at May 2, 2016, 3:13 PM EDT for Henderson County, North Carolina. It was in force for 32 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
May 2, 2016, 3:13 PM EDT (19:13 UTC)
Expired
May 2, 2016, 3:45 PM EDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

County Henderson County, NC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 259 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 12:00Z on 2016-05-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 670 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2016-05-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 62 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
670 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-73 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
787 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
62 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
45 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.6

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at May 2, 2:52 PM EDT, 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 2, 2:52 PM EDT, 21 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
252 PM EDT MON MAY 2 2016

.SYNOPSIS...
A WARM AND HUMID AIRMASS WILL PERSIST AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT
APPROACHING FROM THE NORTHWEST THROUGH TONIGHT. THIS FRONT WILL
SLOWLY CROSS THE AREA ON TUESDAY. ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE
REGION ON THURSDAY AND BRING A COOLER AND DRIER AIR MASS FROM CANADA
THAT SHOULD PERSIST INTO THE WEEKEND.

&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH TUESDAY/...
AS OF 150 PM...AS EXPECTED...THE REGION IS SEEING CONVECTION POPPING
UP ON RADAR IMAGERY...AS SBCAPE HAS INCREASED TO 1500-2500 J/KG AND
CONVECTIVE TEMPS HAVE BEEN MADE. FORCING IS STILL SUBTLE
OVERALL...BUT WILL INCREASE AS THE AFTN AND EVENING PROGRESSES. THE
RAP SHOWS 0-6 KM BULK SHEAR AROUND 20-30 KTS...WITH 30-40 KTS ALONG
THE I-40 CORRIDOR. IN THAT AREA...THE SHEAR AND INSTBY WILL COMBINE
FOR A BETTER SEVERE STORM THREAT...WITH SUPERCELL-LIKE STORMS
POSSIBLE. SO A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH WILL BE ISSUED FROM
BUNCOMBE COUNTY NORTH AND EAST UNTIL 10 PM THIS EVENING. TO THE
SOUTH...GIVEN THE STRONG INSTBY...EXPECT AT LEAST A FEW SEVERE
STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AS WELL.

THIS EVENING...GUIDANCE IN GOOD AGREEMENT THAT A COLD FRONT WILL
PUSH INTO THE NC MTNS FROM THE WEST...WHILE AN AREA OF DECENT UPPER
DIVERGENCE WILL SET UP WITHIN A RIGHT ENTRANCE REGION OF A JET
STREAK. FORECAST SOUNDINGS SHOW LINGERING ELCAPE OF 800-1500 J/KG
WITH IMPROVING SHEAR. CAMS AREA ALSO IN GOOD AGREEMENT ON A MAXIMUM
OF CONVECTIVE COVERAGE THIS EVENING. SO POPS ARE MAXIMIZED IN THE
LIKELY TO CATEGORICAL RANGE FROM 0-6Z...THEN START TO TAPER OFF FROM
WEST TO EAST THRU DAYBREAK. LOW TEMPS WILL BE ABOUT 10 DEGREES ABOVE
NORMAL.

TUESDAY...THE ENTRANCE REGION OF THE UPPER JET WILL SHIFT EAST...BUT
PERIODS OF MID-UPPER LEVEL DPVA WILL CONTINUE AS A POSITIVELY TILTED
TROUGH MAKES LITTLE PROGRESS EAST ACROSS THE MID MS VALLEY. A SFC
COLD FRONT WILL STALL ALONG THE BLUE RIDGE IN THE MORNING...AND
LIKELY BE A FOCUS FOR ANOTHER ROUND OF AFTN SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS...MAINLY ALONG AND EAST OF I-85. BULK SHEAR LOOKS
BETTER THAN MONDAY...BUT THE BETTER CAPE WILL BE TO THE EAST AS DRY
AIR STARTS TO WORK IN FROM THE WEST. A DAY 2 MARGINAL SEVERE RISK IS
JUST TO OUR EAST. TEMPS WILL BE ABOUT 5-10 DEG ABOVE NORMAL UNDER
PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES.

&&

.SHORT TERM /TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT/...
AS OF 230 PM EDT MONDAY...AN EASTERN CONUS TROUGH WILL DEEPEN FROM THE
GREAT LAKES TO THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS THROUGH WEDNESDAY...WHILE A
DEPARTING SURFACE COLD FRONT SETTLES SOUTHEAST OF THE REGION. A LEAD
SHORTWAVE WILL CROSS THE MOUNTAINS TUESDAY NIGHT AHEAD OF THE MAIN
TROUGH...BUT LIKELY WITH LIMITED MOISTURE AND PRECIPITATION. THE
CLOSED UPPER LOW CENTER WILL THEN CROSS WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA WED
NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY AND STEEPER LAPSE RATES UNDER THIS SYSTEM
SHOULD PROVIDE FOR BETTER SHOWER COVERAGE OVER THE HIGH
TERRAIN...WITH LESSER CHANCES EAST OF THE MOUNTAINS IN DRIER AIR AND
LOW LEVEL DOWNSLOPE FLOW.

MOST OF THE MOISTURE IN THE DEEP LAYER NW FLOW UNDER THE PASSING
TROUGH WILL BE CONFINED TO THE MOUNTAINS...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE TN
BORDER. 850 MB TEMPERATURES MAY BOTTOM OUT NEAR FREEZING BY 12Z ON
THURSDAY...BUT MODEL PROFILES OVER THE HIGH MOUNTAIN HAVE A SURFACE
WARM LAYER TO KEEP MINS IN THE MID 30S WITH MAINLY RAIN.
OTHERWISE...BREEZY TO WINDY CONDITIONS OVER THE MOUNTAINS WILL BE
THE BIGGEST IMPACT ON THURSDAY. MINS WILL BE A CATEGORY BELOW
CLIMO...WITH THU AFTERNOON MAXES 10 TO 15 DEGREES BELOW CLIMO IN THE
COOLER AIRMASS.

&&

.LONG TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY/...
AS OF 240 PM EDT MONDAY...THE PASSING UPPER LEVEL TROUGH AXIS WILL
DEPART THE EASTERN SEABOARD ON FRIDAY. HEIGHTS WILL THEN BUILD FROM
THE WEST OVER THE WEEKEND WITH SPRAWLING SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE FROM
THE LOWER MS RIVER VALLEY TO THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS. THIS WILL
KEEP THE WEATHER DRY THROUGH THE WEEKEND. A BACKDOOR BOUNDARY WILL
SETTLE JUST NORTH OF THE AREA ON SUNDAY...HOWEVER ANY PRECIPITATION
WITH THIS FEATURE SHOULD REMAIN JUST NORTH OF OUR FORECAST
AREA...WITH THE BOUNDARY LIFTING BACK NORTHWARD THROUGH MONDAY.
ISOLATED CONVECTION ALONG THE BLUE RIDGE COULD RETURN AS EARLY AS
MONDAY AFTERNOON IN THE WARM SECTOR. TEMPERATURES WILL QUICKLY
RECOVER TO WELL ABOVE CLIMO SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

&&

.AVIATION /19Z MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/...
AT KCLT...THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS BEGINNING TO PICK UP RAPIDLY THIS
AFTN...WITH NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND STORMS EXPECTED BY LATE AFTN. GIVEN
THE SHOTGUN APPEARANCE ON RADAR...TIMING WHEN CELLS WILL IMPACT
STILL TOO UNCERTAIN...SO WILL GO WITH FOUR HOUR TEMPO FROM 18-22Z.
THE INSTBY IS FAIRLY ROBUST...SO GUSTY WINDS AND/OR HAIL THREAT WILL
EXIST WITH THE AFTN ACTIVITY. LATER THIS EVENING...STORMS FROM THE
WEST ARE EXPECT TO CROSS THE AREA...AS MOISTURE AND FORCING SHOULD
SUPPORT CONVECTION WELL PASSED SUNSET. WILL CONTINUE THE PREVAILING
TSRA WITH LOWERING CIGS TO MVFR. CONVECTION SHOULD BEGIN TO TAPER
OFF IN THE 6-9Z TIME FRAME. LOW CLOUDS WILL BEGIN TO LIFT LATE
TUESDAY MORNING. WINDS WILL FAVOR A SW DIRECTION THRU THE
PERIOD...WITH A FEW LOW-END GUSTS POSSIBLE THIS AFTN...BUT MAINLY
GUSTS WILL BE WITH CONVECTION.

ELSEWHERE...SIMILAR TO KCLT ABOVE. HAVE VCTS AND/OR TEMPO FOR TSRA
THIS AFTN...AS RADAR ECHOES ARE BLOSSOMING QUICKLY. MORE STORMS WILL
ENTER THE AREA FROM THE WEST THIS EVENING...WITH MOISTURE AND
FORCING SUPPORTING CONVECTION WELL PAST SUNSET. PREVAILING TSRA AND
PROB30 FOR TS THRU MOST OF THE NIGHT. CONVECTION SHOULD TAPER OFF
FROM WEST TO EAST DURING THE PRE-DAWN HOURS. WINDS WILL FAVOR A S TO
SW DIRECTION THRU THE PERIOD...EXCEPT SWITCHING TO NW AROUND 6Z AT
KAVL AS A FRONT PUSHES IN FROM THE WEST. THE FRONT IS EXPECTED TO
GET HUNG UP ALONG THE BLUE RIDGE THRU 18Z TUESDAY. AS FOR FOG AND/OR
STRATUS...GUIDANCE IS MIXED...BUT I EXPECT THAT IF WE GET WIDESPREAD
RAIN OVERNIGHT AND SOME CLEARING OF MID CLOUDS AND PRECIP ENDS
BEFORE DAYBREAK...MAY SEE MORE IFR OR LOWER RESTRICTIONS. WILL GO
WITH MVFR FOR NOW. CIGS WILL BEGIN TO LIFT LATE TUESDAY MORNING.

OUTLOOK...AFTN SHRA/TSRA EXPECT AGAIN TUESDAY...BUT MOSTLY EAST OF
THE MTNS. DRY AIR WILL WORK IN FROM THE WEST TUESDAY NIGHT THRU
WEDNESDAY. A STRONG UPPER LOW WILL SWING THRU THE AREA WED NIGHT
THRU THU...AND WILL BRING SHRA AND TSRA MAINLY TO THE MTNS.

CONFIDENCE TABLE...

            18-24Z        00-06Z        06-12Z        12-18Z
KCLT       HIGH 100%     HIGH  98%     HIGH  86%     HIGH  80%
KGSP       HIGH 100%     HIGH  91%     MED   71%     HIGH  83%
KAVL       HIGH 100%     HIGH  80%     MED   75%     HIGH  81%
KHKY       HIGH 100%     HIGH  91%     HIGH  85%     HIGH  80%
KGMU       HIGH 100%     HIGH  89%     MED   70%     HIGH  84%
KAND       HIGH 100%     HIGH  87%     MED   62%     HIGH  86%

THE PERCENTAGE REFLECTS THE NUMBER OF GUIDANCE MEMBERS AGREEING
WITH THE SCHEDULE TAF ISSUANCE FLIGHT RULE CATEGORY.  COMPLET HOURLY
EXPERIMENTAL AVIATION FORECAST CONSISTENCY TABLES AND ENSEMBLE FORECASTS
ARE AVAILABLE AT THE FOLLOWING LINK:

WWW.WEATHER.GOV/GSP/AVIATION

&&

.GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...NONE.
NC...NONE.
SC...NONE.

&&

SYNOPSIS...HG
NEAR TERM...ARK
SHORT TERM...HG
LONG TERM...HG
AVIATION...ARK
Hazardous weather outlook, May 2, 2:28 PM EDT, 45 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
228 PM EDT MON MAY 2 2016

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ051-052-058-059-062>065-068>072-082-
507>510-SCZ001>014-019-031830-
RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-GRAHAM-
NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-
CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION-
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-CHESTER-GREENWOOD-
228 PM EDT MON MAY 2 2016

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A FEW OF THE STORMS MAY BECOME
SEVERE...WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS BEING THE PRIMARY
THREAT. LOCALIZED HEAVY RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED AS WELL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

..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.
..SATURDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
..SUNDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF LARGE
HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...TORNADOES OR FLASH FLOODING TO OUR OFFICE.

NCZ033-035>037-048>050-053-056-057-501>506-031830-
AVERY-ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-BUNCOMBE-
CATAWBA-ROWAN-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-GREATER CALDWELL-BURKE MOUNTAINS-
GREATER BURKE-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-EASTERN MCDOWELL-
228 PM EDT MON MAY 2 2016

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 138 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AS WELL...AND
ISOLATED FLOODING COULD RESULT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

..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.
..SATURDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
..SUNDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF LARGE
HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...TORNADOES OR FLASH FLOODING TO OUR OFFICE.

HG

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 2, 2:49 PM EDT, 24 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
249 PM EDT MON MAY 2 2016

NCZ071-082-SCZ007>009-012>014-021915-
UNION NC-MECKLENBURG NC-SPARTANBURG SC-CHEROKEE SC-UNION SC-
LAURENS SC-CHESTER SC-YORK SC-
249 PM EDT MON MAY 2 2016

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF SOUTHWESTERN
MECKLENBURG...SOUTHWESTERN UNION...NORTHEASTERN LAURENS...UNION...
YORK...SOUTHEASTERN SPARTANBURG...SOUTHEASTERN CHEROKEE AND
NORTHWESTERN CHESTER COUNTIES UNTIL 315 PM EDT...

AT 249 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

LOCATIONS TO BE IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ROCK HILL...UNION...YORK...CHESTER...UPTOWN CHARLOTTE...CENTRAL CHARLOTTE...
SOUTH CHARLOTTE...SOUTHWEST CHARLOTTE...EAST CHARLOTTE AND MATTHEWS.

HALF INCH HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THESE
AREAS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND TV
STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

&&

LAT...LON 3492 8064 3485 8079 3494 8078 3508 8091
      3501 8091 3492 8086 3481 8089 3449 8158
      3453 8164 3446 8170 3439 8179 3465 8204
      3507 8139 3515 8108 3515 8102 3518 8100
      3526 8070
TIME...MOT...LOC 1849Z 241DEG 23KT 3482 8128

KRENTZ
Local storm report, May 2, 2:52 PM EDT, 21 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
252 PM EDT MON MAY 02 2016

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0251 PM     HAIL             2 S OLD FORT            35.61N 82.18W
05/02/2016  E1.75 INCH       MCDOWELL           NC   BROADCAST MEDIA

&&

TPALMER
Special weather statement, May 2, 2:59 PM EDT, 14 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
259 PM EDT MON MAY 2 2016

NCZ051-058-062-021930-
SWAIN NC-GRAHAM NC-MACON NC-
259 PM EDT MON MAY 2 2016

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL
SWAIN...SOUTHEASTERN GRAHAM AND NORTHWESTERN MACON COUNTIES UNTIL 330
PM EDT...

AT 259 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 10
MILES SOUTHEAST OF ROBBINSVILLE...OR 4 MILES NORTH OF NANTAHALA
LAKE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

LOCATIONS TO BE IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BRYSON CITY...NANTAHALA LAKE...SMOKY MOUNTAINS-DEEP CREEK...COWEE...
WHITTIER...WESSER...LUADA...AQUONE...ALMOND AND ALARKA.

PEA SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THESE
AREAS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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. DO NOT TAKE A SHOWER OR BATH. TRY TO UNPLUG UNNECESSARY
APPLIANCES BEFORE THE STORM APPROACHES.

&&

LAT...LON 3527 8378 3556 8343 3547 8335 3542 8336
      3540 8334 3533 8334 3530 8332 3514 8364
      3514 8365 3515 8365 3516 8366 3515 8367
      3521 8372 3523 8369 3524 8369 3526 8371
      3524 8375
TIME...MOT...LOC 1859Z 231DEG 28KT 3525 8365

TDP
Special weather statement, May 2, 2:59 PM EDT, 14 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
259 PM EDT MON MAY 2 2016

NCZ056-069-070-021930-
CATAWBA NC-GASTON NC-LINCOLN NC-
259 PM EDT MON MAY 2 2016

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL
CATAWBA...NORTHEASTERN GASTON AND LINCOLN COUNTIES UNTIL 330 PM
EDT...

AT 259 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4
MILES SOUTH OF LINCOLNTON...OR NEAR HIGH SHOALS...MOVING EAST AT 20
MPH.

LOCATIONS TO BE IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LINCOLNTON...MAIDEN...STANLEY...HIGH SHOALS...IRON STATION...BOGER CITY...
CHERRYVILLE...VALE...LUCIA AND CROUSE.

HALF INCH HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THESE
AREAS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND TV
STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

&&

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT FOR
CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.

LAT...LON 3568 8113 3535 8098 3532 8131 3553 8143
TIME...MOT...LOC 1859Z 249DEG 16KT 3542 8125

KRENTZ
Local storm report, May 2, 3:13 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 1, 8:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPCabarrus33 min
May 1, 8:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPMacon29 min
May 1, 9:22 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningGSPMecklenburg6 hr
May 1, 9:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPGaston30 min
May 1, 11:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPDavie26 min
May 2, 12:32 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPMecklenburg43 min
May 2, 1:19 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPUnion56 min
May 2, 1:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPUnion31 min
May 2, 2:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPUnion48 min
May 2, 2:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPMcDowell38 min
May 2, 2:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPBuncombe, McDowell50 min
May 2, 2:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPAvery23 min
May 2, 2:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPCabarrus51 min
May 2, 2:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPMacon31 min
May 2, 3:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPBurke, McDowell, Rutherford49 min
May 2, 3:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPAvery29 min
May 2, 3:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPCabarrus, Mecklenburg, Rowan42 min
May 2, 3:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPCabarrus, Iredell, Mecklenburg, Rowan38 min
May 2, 3:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPSwain30 min
May 2, 3:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPAvery14 min
May 2, 3:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPUnion39 min
May 2, 3:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPBurke33 min
May 2, 4:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPDavie37 min
May 2, 4:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPUnion34 min
May 2, 4:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPCabarrus35 min
May 2, 4:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPIredell26 min
May 2, 5:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPAlexander, Iredell47 min
May 2, 5:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPGaston30 min
May 2, 5:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPCleveland26 min
May 2, 5:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPCleveland, Gaston, Lincoln, Mecklenburg39 min
May 2, 5:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPCleveland25 min
May 2, 5:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPIredell32 min
May 2, 6:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPDavie, Iredell, Rowan49 min
May 2, 6:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPLincoln25 min
May 2, 6:35 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPMecklenburg3 hr
May 2, 6:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPMadison50 min
May 2, 6:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPMadison43 min
May 2, 6:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPLincoln42 min
May 2, 7:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPMitchell, Yancey43 min
May 1, 8:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPYork32 min
May 1, 8:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPYork26 min
May 1, 9:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPYork34 min
May 1, 10:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPGreenville26 min
May 1, 10:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPYork33 min
May 1, 11:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPUnion33 min
May 2, 12:02 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPYork28 min
May 2, 12:04 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPUnion26 min
May 2, 1:13 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPChester32 min
May 2, 6:58 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPYork2 hr
May 2, 1:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPYork32 min
May 2, 2:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPAbbeville, Greenwood, Laurens42 min
May 2, 2:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPChester, Union, York26 min
May 2, 3:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPChester28 min
May 2, 3:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPChester49 min
May 2, 3:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPChester, York43 min
May 2, 4:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPChester35 min
May 2, 4:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPGreenwood24 min
May 2, 5:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPChester26 min
May 2, 5:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPPickens34 min
May 2, 7:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPGreenville, Spartanburg38 min
May 2, 5:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPElbert27 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.