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Tornado Warning 19, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

February 6, 2020Cabarrus County, Rowan County, North Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this tornado warning at Feb 6, 2020, 11:43 AM EST for Cabarrus County, Rowan County, North Carolina. It was in force for 32 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
Feb 6, 2020, 11:43 AM EST (16:43 UTC)
Expired
Feb 6, 2020, 12:15 PM EST
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
0.0 in

Counties Cabarrus County, NC, Rowan County, NC

The radar

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 165 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:46 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
Feb 6, 11:45 AM ESTTORNADO8 Nw Mount Pleasant, NCTREES AND POWER LINES DOWN ALONG IRISH POTATO ROAD. LIKELY TORNADO.
Feb 6, 11:55 AM ESTTORNADO1 Sw Gold Hill, NCEMERGENCY MNGR REPORTED A GARAGE DESTROYED ON OLD BEATTY FORD RD IN ADDITION TO NUMEROUS TREES DOWN. PROBABLE TORNADO. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.

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 2 storm reports to this tornado warning; the first came 2 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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Feb 6, 10:12 AM ESTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 4.7 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 12:00Z on 2020-02-06Temperature 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 12:00Z on 2020-02-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 310 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
449 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
72 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
310 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
336 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

702 
WFUS52 KGSP 061643
TORGSP
NCC025-159-061715-
/O.NEW.KGSP.TO.W.0019.200206T1643Z-200206T1715Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC
1143 AM EST Thu Feb 6 2020

The National Weather Service in Greenville-Spartanburg has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Northeastern Cabarrus County in the Piedmont of North Carolina...
  Southeastern Rowan County in the Piedmont of North Carolina...

* Until 1215 PM EST.
    
* At 1143 AM EST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a
  tornado was located near Kannapolis, moving northeast at 35 mph.

  HAZARD...Tornado.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.

  IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without 
           shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. 
           Damage to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur.  Tree 
           damage is likely.

* This dangerous storm will be near...
  Rockwell and Faith around 1200 PM EST.

Other locations impacted by this dangerous thunderstorm include Gold
Hill.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.

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 3550 8029 3548 8031 3545 8060 3551 8063
      3565 8031 3561 8024 3558 8021 3555 8021
      3554 8020 3553 8020 3551 8018
TIME...MOT...LOC 1643Z 244DEG 32KT 3551 8055 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN

$$
MANNING
3 follow-up statements
749 
WWUS52 KGSP 061653
SVSGSP

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC
1153 AM EST Thu Feb 6 2020

NCC025-159-061715-
/O.CON.KGSP.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-200206T1715Z/
Cabarrus NC-Rowan NC-
1153 AM EST Thu Feb 6 2020

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1215 PM EST FOR
NORTHEASTERN CABARRUS AND SOUTHEASTERN ROWAN COUNTIES...
    
At 1153 AM EST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 12 miles southeast of Salisbury, or near Rockwell, moving
east at 50 mph.

HAZARD...Tornado.

SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.

IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without 
         shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage 
         to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur.  Tree damage is 
         likely.

This dangerous storm will remain over mainly rural areas of
northeastern Cabarrus and southeastern Rowan Counties, including the
following locations... Gold Hill.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.

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 3550 8029 3548 8031 3546 8048 3553 8044
      3560 8029 3561 8024 3558 8021 3555 8021
      3554 8020 3553 8020 3551 8018
TIME...MOT...LOC 1653Z 269DEG 44KT 3550 8038 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$
MANNING
486 
WWUS52 KGSP 061657
SVSGSP

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC
1157 AM EST Thu Feb 6 2020

NCC025-159-061715-
/O.CON.KGSP.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-200206T1715Z/
Cabarrus NC-Rowan NC-
1157 AM EST Thu Feb 6 2020

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1215 PM EST FOR
NORTHEASTERN CABARRUS AND SOUTHEASTERN ROWAN COUNTIES...
    
At 1156 AM EST, a confirmed tornado was located 13 miles southeast of
Salisbury, or 4 miles southeast of Rockwell, moving northeast at 35
mph.

HAZARD...Damaging tornado.

SOURCE...Emergency management confirmed tornado.

IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without 
         shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage 
         to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur.  Tree damage is 
         likely.

Locations impacted include...
High Rock, Gold Hill and Rockwell. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

To repeat, a tornado is on the ground. TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a
basement or an interior room on the lowest floor of a sturdy
building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a mobile home, or in
a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter and protect
yourself from flying debris.

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 3550 8029 3548 8031 3546 8048 3553 8044
      3560 8029 3561 8024 3558 8021 3555 8021
      3554 8020 3553 8020 3551 8018
TIME...MOT...LOC 1656Z 244DEG 32KT 3551 8034 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$
MANNING
243 
WWUS52 KGSP 061701
SVSGSP

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC
1201 PM EST Thu Feb 6 2020

NCC025-061711-
/O.CAN.KGSP.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-200206T1715Z/
Cabarrus NC-
1201 PM EST Thu Feb 6 2020

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN CABARRUS COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
    
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out of 
the warned area therefore the warning has been cancelled.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 500 PM EST for the Piedmont
of North Carolina.

LAT...LON 3550 8027 3550 8034 3554 8035 3560 8029
      3561 8024 3558 8021 3555 8021 3554 8020
      3553 8020 3551 8018
TIME...MOT...LOC 1701Z 246DEG 35KT 3553 8028 

$$

NCC159-061715-
/O.CON.KGSP.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-200206T1715Z/
Rowan NC-
1201 PM EST Thu Feb 6 2020

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1215 PM EST FOR
SOUTHEASTERN ROWAN COUNTY...
    
At 1201 PM EST, a confirmed tornado was located 11 miles northwest of
Badin Lake, or 7 miles east of Rockwell, moving northeast at 40 mph.

HAZARD...Damaging tornado.

SOURCE...Emergency management confirmed tornado damage.

IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without 
         shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage 
         to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur.  Tree damage is 
         likely.

Locations impacted include...
High Rock and Gold Hill. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

To repeat, a tornado is on the ground. TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a
basement or an interior room on the lowest floor of a sturdy
building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a mobile home, or in
a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter and protect
yourself from flying debris.

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 3550 8027 3550 8034 3554 8035 3560 8029
      3561 8024 3558 8021 3555 8021 3554 8020
      3553 8020 3551 8018
TIME...MOT...LOC 1701Z 246DEG 35KT 3553 8028 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$
MANNING

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 Feb 6, 10:38 AM EST, 1 hour 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 6, 10:38 AM EST, 1 hour 5 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC
1038 AM EST Thu Feb 6 2020

.SYNOPSIS...
Abundant moisture will impact the region today into tonight ahead of
an approaching cold front and strong upper-level disturbance.
Colder, but drier, conditions will develop behind the front through
Friday. A swiftly moving system will cross the region on Saturday,
before dry high pressure sets up by Sunday. Another moist cold front
will approach the area slowly from the west during the early to
middle part of next week.

&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/...
As of 1020 AM EST: A Tornado Watch has been issued for the entire
Piedmont and portions of the Foothills (except northern NC
Foothills) in effect till 5 PM EST this afternoon.

The leading edge of the precip shield associated with a slow-moving
cold front has sharpened up and is beginning to show bowing segments
with rotating elements. The line stretches from Catawba County, NC,
toward the SW to the Gainesville, GA area, and should start to pick
up forward eastward motion over the next couple of hours. The latest
mesoanalysis of the environment shows 250-500 J/kg of SBCAPE within
the new watch area, and this will likely increase to 500-1000 J/kg
(per the RAP and NAM). This will be combined with strong shear to
produce severe tstms. The 0-1 km shear is over 50 kts, and the SCP
and STP support embedded supercells and even a 20% chance of
stronger tornadoes.

On the flash flood front, conditions have been worse than expected
in spots, with total rainfall estimates of 4-6" along the escarpment
in SC and southern NC mountains. No changes to the Flash Flood Watch
will be needed with the morning update. Will plan to continue the
mention of landslide threats, as the high terrain sees widespread
areas approaching 5"+ of rainfall since yesterday morning.

Otherwise, the ingredients are firmly in place for a very wet and
stormy day across the western Carolinas and northeast Georgia. Water
vapor imagery reveals a prominent 500 mb trough moving across TX/OK
this morning. A tremendous fetch of moisture is evident east of the
trough across the lower MS River Valley and stretching up the
Appalachian mountain chain. Precipitable water values in this plume
are running 1.5 to 1.75 inches, with anomalies some 3+ standard
deviations above normal. A Flash Flood Watch is already in place
across the entire forecast area, with several Warnings now issued as
hydro conditions continue to deteriorate. No changes to the Flash
Flood Watch are planned with the expiration still set at midnight
tonight.

As the base of the trough moves east over the lower MS River Valley
today, lobes of stronger DPVA will shuttle northeast across the
southern Appalachians and adjacent foothills/piedmont. This will
combine with robust upper level divergence associated with the
subtropical jet streak reaching 170+ kt at times to produce
impressive forcing. Waves of better sfc-6km bulk shear will cross
the region ahead of the associated surface cold front, with values
around 70 kt at times. Instability was looking to be the main
limiting factor for widespread severe weather, with sbCAPE values
generally just a few hundred J/kg during the daytime hours, and mid-
level lapse rates rather modest. However, recent RAP runs are now
suggesting some sbCAPEs in the 500 to 1000 J/kg range at times
midday as mid 60s dewpoints approach. Overall, the dynamics are so
strong, and the low-level wind shear so abundant, that the existing
Marginal west to Enhanced east gradient of severe threat looks well
placed for today into this evening. Improving updraft helicity on
the mesoscale models will arrive in the southwest mountains before
daybreak, but better organization seems likely over the eastern half
from 16Z onward as the low-level jet ramps up to 50 to 60 kt. Strong
to severe discrete activity will be possible through the morning
hours, but the pre-frontal line should sharpen up through the day as
mesolows move up the frontal boundary to pose the greatest severe
risk through the afternoon hours, perhaps into the early evening
across I-77.

Anticipate a late evening fropa across the mountains, with the
boundary moving east across the piedmont overnight. Snow levels will
fall from the west through daybreak Friday, with light accumulations
most likely along the higher ridges around the Smokies. Winds will
be gusty through the period, both on the warm advection side today
and the cold advection side tonight, but with gusts generally below
advisory levels (30 to 40 mph) at all but the highest peaks.

&&

.SHORT TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT/...
As of 255 AM EST Thursday: With the cold front east of the region by
Friday morning, colder air will continue to spill across the
mountains, with 850 mb temperatures bottoming out at minus 6 or
colder along the spine of the southern Appalachians. Although the
low-level flow will be a less favorable westerly direction for
upslope, orographic lift will still wring out snow showers through
the day, with some high elevations in and around the Smokies seeing
possibly 2 to 4 inches of snow by Friday evening. Accumulations will
be quite terrain dependent, with Advisory or greater snow amounts
limited to mainly above 4000 feet, and very little in the lower
valleys. Will mention in the HWO, but hold off on any Advisories at
present. A brief lull in the moisture is expected on Friday night.
Temperatures will return to below climo values during the period.

The latest model runs continue to show the development of weak low
pressure on Saturday morning as a strong short wave drops down
across the TN Valley into the base of the long wave trof across the
eastern US. The models have shown good run-to-run continuity with
this peculiar feature, blowing up precip over the mtns early in the
day and then moving it slowly off to the E/NE, but the recent trend
is toward lower precip amts possibly because the sfc low looks more
like it will be moving over the OH Valley region on Saturday. It is
worth noting, however, that the operational GFS continues to run at
the low end of the GEFS distribution. The fcst is interesting
because partial thickness remains rather low, the boundary layer
rather cool to start with at onset, and the fcst soundings showing
wet bulb profiles that would support all snow at onset across the
mtns. Eventually, warming takes place in the valleys, but not before
we might get a few hours of light snow, especially if the NAM is
correct. Elevations above about 3k feet would be likely to stay snow
for the duration. Because the QPF has come down in the operational
model guidance, present indications are for an Advisory-level event,
but if we end up closer to the ensemble mean, we could push Warning
criteria at elevations above 3500 feet by Saturday afternoon. East
of the mtns, if the precip can begin early enough in the day, it
could begin as a period of light snow, before an eventual changeover
to rain. This would be somewhat similar to what transpired last
Friday, but the amounts this time would be much less. However, the
latest trend was also to delay the onset by a few hours outside the
mtns. This system lifts out Saturday evening and precip pares back
to the NW flow upslope areas by late evening, and then ends by
daybreak Sunday. Temps should be below normal for this period.

The rest of the weekend should be quiet and dry as a flat upper
ridge moves overhead Sunday, pushing high pressure past, then off
the Mid-Atlantic Coast Sunday night. Temperatures should return
to normal. The moisture associated with the next front is not
expected to arrive before daybreak Monday.

&&

.LONG TERM /MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
As of 327 AM EST Thursday: Fcst confidence starts out decent on
Monday morning with the models in general agreement that another
frontal boundary will gradually sag down across the fcst area as
the upper flow slowly goes WSW under a low amplitude trof/ridge
pattern. This system is not expected to have nearly the same
benefit of moisture flux from the Gulf as our current event,
but there should be enough forcing and deep moisture to afford a
likely precip probability ramping up Monday and then continuing into
Tuesday while the front stalls against the WSW flow aloft. Temps
should be warm enough...about 5-10 deg above normal...that it
should be all rain. Confidence plummets dramatically beyond
Tuesday. The op GFS has a stronger short wave coming through
the nrn stream which develops a stronger frontal wave that lifts
out Tuesday. Because the wave is stronger, the flow amplifies an
eastern trof which drives the front through and we dry out for
the middle of the week, until a srn stream wave ejects and brings
moisture and precip back from the SW for Thursday. Meanwhile, the
ECMWF remains more low amplitude and keeps the frontal boundary
stalled across our region right through the end of the period,
with another wave on Thursday. For the time being, we lean toward
the ECMWF solution, which makes for another wet week with fairly
high precip probs. But, again, confidence beyond Tuesday is low.

&&

.AVIATION /16Z THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY/...
At KCLT and Elsewhere: Cannot rule out rogue cloud-to-ground
lightning with just about any convective elements passing over the
airfields today. However, will try to target the prime thunder
periods this afternoon with a TEMPO group, and use VCTS otherwise
where permitted. Cigs should quickly settle down into the IFR range
throughout as the heavier rainfall become widespread, with mainly
MVFR visibility except IFR in the heaviest downpours. LIFR
conditions should develop through the day from time to time as the
stronger forcing and very deep moisture move overhead. Anticipate a
sharp uptick in south to southwesterly gusts. Low-level wind shear
will be possible at all sites as the low-level jet continues to ramp
up this morning, but with less confidence at KCLT. Very little
improvement is expected until the fropa moves through the region
later tonight, and even then low clouds may remain.

Outlook: Northwest flow may persist near KAVL, but drying is
possible elsewhere through Friday. A system will move through the
region on Saturday, with brief restrictions possible, before drying
returns on Sunday.

Confidence Table...

            15-21Z        21-03Z        03-09Z        09-12Z
KCLT       Med   75%     Med   65%     Med   66%     High  90%
KGSP       Med   75%     Med   66%     High  88%     High  98%
KAVL       Med   78%     Med   78%     Med   71%     Med   71%
KHKY       Med   75%     High  86%     Low   51%     High  96%
KGMU       High  80%     Low   58%     High  88%     High  96%
KAND       Med   68%     Low   53%     High  83%     Med   73%

The percentage reflects the number of guidance members agreeing
with the scheduled TAF issuance flight rule category. Complete hourly
experimental aviation forecast consistency tables are available at
the following link:

www.weather.gov/gsp/aviation

&&

.GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...Flash Flood Watch through this evening for GAZ010-017-018-026-
     028-029.
NC...Flash Flood Watch through this evening for NCZ033-035>037-
     048>053-056>059-062>065-068>072-082-501>510.
SC...Flash Flood Watch through this evening for SCZ001>014-019.

&&

SYNOPSIS...HG
NEAR TERM...ARK/HG
SHORT TERM...HG/PM
LONG TERM...PM
AVIATION...HG
Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 6, 10:17 AM EST, 1 hour 26 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC
1017 AM EST Thu Feb 6 2020

GAZ018-026-028-029-NCZ036-037-056-057-068>072-082-507>510-SCZ001>014-
019-071530-
Stephens-Franklin-Hart-Elbert-Iredell-Davie-Catawba-Rowan-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-
1017 AM EST Thu Feb 6 2020

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...
...TORNADO WATCH 27 IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northeast Georgia, piedmont
North Carolina, western North Carolina and upstate South Carolina.

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the
Internet for more information about the following hazards.

   Tornado Watch.
   Flash Flood Watch.

Scattered to numerous thunderstorms are also expected to develop
across the region today through this evening ahead of an advancing
cold front. Some of the thunderstorms may well become strong to
severe, with damaging wind gusts possible in addition to cloud to
ground lightning. A few brief, isolated tornadoes will be possible,
especially along and southeast of Interstate 85 this afternoon and
evening. Plan now for the actions that you will take if Severe
Thunderstorm or Tornado Watches or Warnings are issued today. This
is especially important if you in a mobile home. Make arrangements
now to flee quickly to a nearby, sturdier structure if warnings are
issues for your location.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday.

Hazardous weather is not expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotters are requested to forward any reports of large hail,
damaging winds, tornadoes, or flash flooding to our office.

GAZ010-017-NCZ033-035-048>053-058-059-062>065-501>506-071530-
Rabun-Habersham-Avery-Alexander-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-
1017 AM EST Thu Feb 6 2020

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northeast Georgia, piedmont
North Carolina and western North Carolina.

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the
Internet for more information about the following hazards.

   Flash Flood Watch.

Scattered thunderstorms are also expected to develop across the
region today ahead of an advancing cold front. Some of the
thunderstorms may become strong to severe, with damaging wind gusts
possible in addition to cloud to ground lightning.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday.

Snow showers will develop behind the departing cold front late
tonight through Friday. Light snow accumulations are expected across
the mountains, especially at elevations above 3500 feet where a
couple of inches will be possible. Two to four inches of snow will
be possible along the highest ridge tops around the Great Smoky
Mountains.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotters are requested to forward any reports of large hail,
damaging winds, tornadoes, or flash flooding to our office.

ARK

In the hours before

Local storm report, Feb 6, 10:51 AM EST, 52 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1051 AM EST THU FEB 6 2020

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

1030 AM     DEBRIS FLOW      BRYSON CITY             35.43N 83.45W
02/06/2020                   SWAIN              NC   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            SEVERAL ROADS CLOSED DUE TO DEBRIS ACROSS THE ROADS FROM
            A MUDSLIDE NEAR BRYSON CITY.

&&

SWILKINS
Local storm report, Feb 6, 11:02 AM EST, 41 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1102 AM EST THU FEB 6 2020

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

0948 AM     TSTM WND DMG     LAWNDALE                35.41N 81.56W
02/06/2020                   CLEVELAND          NC   BROADCAST MEDIA

            SEVERAL TREES DOWN AT 300 BLOCK OF BELWOOD-LAWNDALE ROAD.
            POSSIBLE TORNADO.

&&

SWILKINS
Local storm report, Feb 6, 11:17 AM EST, 26 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1117 AM EST THU FEB 6 2020

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

0922 AM     TORNADO          SPARTANBURG             34.94N 81.93W
02/06/2020                   SPARTANBURG        SC   EMERGENCY MNGR

            EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTS EXTENSIVE DAMAGE ALONG WEST
            MAIN STREET NEAR INTERSTATE 26. TWO TRACTOR TRAILERS WERE
            FLIPPED AND SOME BUILDINGS ARE COLLAPSED. A DEBRIS
            SIGNATURE WAS OBSERVED SO LIKELY TORNADO.

&&

SWILKINS
Local storm report, Feb 6, 11:25 AM EST, 18 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1125 AM EST THU FEB 6 2020

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

1110 AM     TORNADO          GASTONIA                35.25N 81.17W
02/06/2020                   GASTON             NC   AMATEUR RADIO

            TREE DOWN ON A HOUSE IN GASTONIA. LIKELY DUE TO A
            TORNADO.

&&

SWILKINS
Local storm report, Feb 6, 11:38 AM EST, 5 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1138 AM EST THU FEB 6 2020

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

1106 AM     TORNADO          CROWDERS                35.19N 81.21W
02/06/2020                   GASTON             NC   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN ALONG PINNACLE ROAD AND UNITY
            CHURCH ROAD. LIKELY TORNADO.

&&

SWILKINS
Local storm report, Feb 6, 11:43 AM EST, 0 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1143 AM EST THU FEB 6 2020

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

1142 AM     FLASH FLOOD      EASLEY                  34.82N 82.59W
02/06/2020                   PICKENS            SC   EMERGENCY MNGR

            EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTED 42 ROADS CLOSED ACROSS THE
            COUNTY.

&&

SWILKINS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 5, 11:43 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementGSPMadison47 min
Feb 6, 12:20 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementGSPBuncombe, Mitchell, Yancey25 min
Feb 6, 3:16 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningGSPGraham, Swain8 hr
Feb 6, 5:52 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningGSPMacon10 hr
Feb 6, 6:13 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningGSPHaywood, Jackson10 hr
Feb 6, 6:27 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningGSPTransylvania10 hr
Feb 6, 6:45 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningGSPHenderson9 hr
Feb 6, 6:51 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementGSPMacon24 min
Feb 6, 7:21 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningGSPPolk, Rutherford12 hr
Feb 6, 9:01 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPPolk44 min
Feb 6, 9:21 AM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPBurke, McDowell72 min
Feb 6, 9:48 AM ESTTornado WarningGSPCleveland, Gaston, Lincoln27 min
Feb 6, 10:08 AM ESTTornado WarningGSPCatawba, Lincoln42 min
Feb 6, 10:09 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningGSPSwain22 hr
Feb 6, 10:15 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningGSPSwain14 hr
Feb 6, 10:22 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningGSPBurke, Caldwell, McDowell5 hr
Feb 6, 10:27 AM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPAlexander, Cabarrus, Catawba, Cleveland, Davie, Gaston and 4 more14 hr
Feb 6, 10:32 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningGSPBuncombe11 hr
Feb 6, 10:40 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningGSPAlexander, Catawba, Cleveland, Gaston, Lincoln10 hr
Feb 6, 10:43 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPDavie, Iredell, Rowan47 min
Feb 6, 10:45 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningGSPMadison46 hr
Feb 6, 10:45 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningGSPBuncombe, Henderson48 hr
Feb 6, 10:45 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningGSPBuncombe32 hr
Feb 6, 10:46 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPCleveland, Gaston, Lincoln, Mecklenburg59 min
Feb 6, 10:47 AM ESTTornado WarningGSPDavie, Rowan43 min
Feb 6, 10:55 AM ESTTornado WarningGSPCleveland, Gaston35 min
Feb 6, 10:57 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningGSPGraham, Swain10 hr
Feb 6, 11:04 AM ESTTornado Warning Tornado observedGSPCabarrus, Gaston, Mecklenburg41 min
Feb 6, 11:22 AM ESTTornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threatGSPCabarrus, Gaston, Mecklenburg38 min
Feb 6, 11:28 AM ESTTornado WarningGSPCabarrus, Mecklenburg32 min
Feb 6, 11:51 AM ESTRiver Flood AdvisoryGSPCleveland12 hr
Feb 6, 11:58 AM ESTRiver Flood AdvisoryGSPHaywood4 hr
Feb 6, 12:02 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPCabarrus, Gaston, Mecklenburg, Union43 min
Feb 6, 12:11 PM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPCabarrus, Davie, Gaston, Mecklenburg, Rowan, Union3 hr
Feb 6, 12:12 PM ESTTornado WarningGSPMecklenburg, Union33 min
Feb 6, 12:34 PM ESTTornado WarningGSPCabarrus9 min
Feb 6, 1:23 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningGSPCleveland32 hr
Feb 6, 1:36 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningGSPMadison44 hr
Feb 6, 1:54 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningGSPMecklenburg, Union6 hr
Feb 6, 2:03 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningGSPGaston7 hr
Feb 6, 3:18 PM ESTAreal Flood WarningGSPBurke, Caldwell19 hr
Feb 6, 3:32 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningGSPMacon4 hr
Feb 6, 3:54 PM ESTAreal Flood WarningGSPHenderson6 hr
Feb 6, 4:20 PM ESTAreal Flood WarningGSPHaywood, Jackson6 hr
Feb 6, 4:30 PM ESTAreal Flood WarningGSPMcDowell6 hr
Feb 6, 4:48 PM ESTAreal Flood WarningGSPCabarrus18 hr
Feb 6, 5:02 PM ESTAreal Flood WarningGSPRowan6 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.