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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 161, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

August 26, 2021Burke County, McDowell County, North Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 26, 2021, 5:04 PM EDT for Burke County, McDowell County, North Carolina. It was in force for 26 min. 1 report 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: Aug 26, 2021, 5:04 PM EDT (21:04 UTC)
Expired: Aug 26, 2021, 5:30 PM EDT
In force: 26 min
Issued by: NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Burke County, NC, McDowell County, NC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:04 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
Aug 26, 5:19 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	3 Sw Ashford, NC	LARGE TREE UPROOTED ON OLD LINVILLE RD. OTHER TREES DOWN IN A BACKYARD IN THE AREA.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 187 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: 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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

041 
WUUS52 KGSP 262104
SVRGSP
NCC023-111-262130-
/O.NEW.KGSP.SV.W.0161.210826T2104Z-210826T2130Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC
504 PM EDT Thu Aug 26 2021

The National Weather Service in Greenville-Spartanburg has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northeastern McDowell County in western North Carolina...
  Southwestern Burke County in western North Carolina...

* Until 530 PM EDT.

* At 503 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles northeast
  of Marion, or over Lake James, moving west at 10 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Minor hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind 
           damage to trees and power lines.

* Locations impacted include...
  Marion, Lake James State Park, Lake James, Nebo, North Cove,
  Pleasant Gardens, Ashford, Woodlawn, Table Rock and B.R.
  Parkway-Little Switzerland To Linville.

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.

If on or near Lake James, get away from the water and move indoors 
or inside a vehicle. Remember, lightning can strike out to 15 miles 
from the parent thunderstorm. If you can hear thunder, you are close 
enough to be struck by lightning. Move to safe shelter now!  Do not 
be caught on the water in a thunderstorm.

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 3582 8178 3564 8182 3564 8212 3586 8204
      3588 8202 3588 8201 3587 8200 3589 8198
      3590 8198
TIME...MOT...LOC 2103Z 101DEG 7KT 3575 8190 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

ARK

1 follow-up statement

261 
WWUS52 KGSP 262121
SVSGSP

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC
521 PM EDT Thu Aug 26 2021

NCC023-111-262131-
/O.EXP.KGSP.SV.W.0161.000000T0000Z-210826T2130Z/
McDowell NC-Burke NC-
521 PM EDT Thu Aug 26 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN MCDOWELL AND
SOUTHWESTERN BURKE COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 530 PM EDT...
                
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 will be allowed to expire.  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 3582 8178 3564 8182 3564 8212 3586 8204
      3588 8202 3588 8201 3587 8200 3589 8198
      3590 8198
TIME...MOT...LOC 2121Z 101DEG 7KT 3576 8194 

$$

ARK

The 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, 3:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Rutherford	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, 5:33 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

Nearby

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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.