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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 159, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 26, 2021, 3:51 PM EDT for Rutherford County, North Carolina. It was in force for 27 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
- Aug 26, 2021, 3:51 PM EDT (19:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 26, 2021, 4:18 PM EDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Rutherford County, NC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:52 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 195 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
- 929 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -51 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 973 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 16 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 11 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
459 WUUS52 KGSP 261951 SVRGSP NCC161-262030- /O.NEW.KGSP.SV.W.0159.210826T1951Z-210826T2030Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Warning National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC 351 PM EDT Thu Aug 26 2021 The National Weather Service in Greenville-Spartanburg has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Central Rutherford County in western North Carolina... * Until 430 PM EDT. * At 351 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Rutherfordton, or near Spindale, moving north at 10 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to trees and power lines. * Locations impacted include... Forest City, Rutherfordton, Spindale, Bostic, Union Mills and Sunshine. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Brief damaging winds will blow down trees and power lines over small areas. A brief period of large hail is also possible. Seek shelter inside an interior room. Please report damaging winds, hail, or flooding to the National Weather Service 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 3533 8183 3533 8198 3549 8202 3550 8181 TIME...MOT...LOC 1951Z 177DEG 8KT 3540 8191 HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH $$ ARK
1 follow-up statement
385
WWUS52 KGSP 262018
SVSGSP
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC
418 PM EDT Thu Aug 26 2021
NCC161-262028-
/O.CAN.KGSP.SV.W.0159.000000T0000Z-210826T2030Z/
Rutherford NC-
418 PM EDT Thu Aug 26 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL RUTHERFORD COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled. However heavy rain is
still possible with this thunderstorm.
To report severe weather to the National Weather Service
Greenville-Spartanburg, call toll free, 1, 800, 2 6 7, 8 1 0 1, or
post on our Facebook page, or Tweet it using hashtag nwsgsp. Your
message should describe the event and the specific location where it
occurred.
LAT...LON 3533 8183 3533 8198 3549 8202 3550 8181
TIME...MOT...LOC 2013Z 177DEG 8KT 3546 8191
$$
ARKThe office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 26, 3:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Buncombe | 28 min |
| Aug 26, 3:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Lincoln | 27 min |
| Aug 26, 3:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Burke | 31 min |
| Aug 26, 4:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Burke | 30 min |
| Aug 26, 4:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Burke | 51 min |
| Aug 26, 5:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Burke, McDowell | 26 min |
| Aug 26, 5:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Madison | 27 min |
| Aug 26, 5:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Henderson | 23 min |
| Aug 26, 5:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Yancey | 37 min |
| Aug 26, 6:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Transylvania | 29 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.