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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 167, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

August 31, 2021Burke County, McDowell County, Rutherford County, North Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 31, 2021, 5:06 PM EDT for Burke County, McDowell County, Rutherford County, North Carolina. It was in force for 39 min. 11 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: Aug 31, 2021, 5:06 PM EDT (21:06 UTC)
Expired: Aug 31, 2021, 5:45 PM EDT
In force: 39 min
Issued by: NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Burke County, NC, McDowell County, NC, Rutherford County, NC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:08 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 31, 5:06 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 E Rutherfordton, NC	TREE DOWN ON POWER LINES ON TEXTILE AVE IN SPINDALE.
Aug 31, 5:06 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	2 Ese Rutherfordton, NC	TREE DOWN ON NEBRASKA ST. IN SPINDALE.
Aug 31, 5:07 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	3 Nne Rutherfordton, NC	TREE DOWN ON ROCK RD.
Aug 31, 5:11 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	5 Ene Lake Lure, NC	TREE DOWN ON POWER LINE AT BILLS CREEK RD AND CEDAR CREEK RD.
Aug 31, 5:14 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	5 W Thermal City, NC	TREE DOWN ON TIGHTRUN LOOP RD.
Aug 31, 5:16 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	4 Se Dysartsville, NC	TREE DOWN ON STATE HWY 226
Aug 31, 5:26 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	2 Sw Glenwood, NC	TREES DOWN ON MUD CUT ROAD IN GLENWOOD.
Aug 31, 5:30 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 Nw Marion, NC	TREES DOWN AT ROBINSON ROAD AND NORTH MAIN STREET IN MARION.
Aug 31, 5:35 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	5 Nne Marion, NC	TREES DOWN NEAR LAKE JAMES IN MARION. REPORTED 68MPH WIND GUST.
Aug 31, 5:45 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	2 Ssw Glen Alpine, NC	911 CALL CENTER REPORTED TREE DOWN ON LYTLE DR
Aug 31, 5:50 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	2 E Morganton, NC	MULTIPLE TREES DOWN NEAR BETHEL PARK, ON BETHEL ROAD.

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 178 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: 379 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -96 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1017 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 6 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 72 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

476 
WUUS52 KGSP 312106
SVRGSP
NCC023-111-161-312145-
/O.NEW.KGSP.SV.W.0167.210831T2106Z-210831T2145Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC
506 PM EDT Tue Aug 31 2021

The National Weather Service in Greenville-Spartanburg has issued a

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

* Until 545 PM EDT.

* At 506 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from 12 miles west of Rutherfordton to near Forest City,
  moving north at 45 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Expect damage to trees and power lines.

* Locations impacted include...
  Morganton, Forest City, Marion, Rutherfordton, Valdese, Spindale,
  Drexel, Glen Alpine, Bostic and Lake Rhodhiss.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

A few trees and power lines will be blown down in the warned area.
Storms will be accompanied by brief heavy rainfall, and little or no
lightning. 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 3579 8157 3578 8155 3578 8152 3556 8164
      3557 8167 3558 8169 3547 8170 3527 8181
      3536 8209 3541 8216 3540 8221 3585 8209
      3586 8180
TIME...MOT...LOC 2106Z 201DEG 37KT 3543 8217 3535 8187 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

MOORE

2 follow-up statements

888 
WWUS52 KGSP 312122
SVSGSP

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC
522 PM EDT Tue Aug 31 2021

NCC023-111-161-312145-
/O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0167.000000T0000Z-210831T2145Z/
McDowell NC-Rutherford NC-Burke NC-
522 PM EDT Tue Aug 31 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM EDT
FOR MCDOWELL...NORTHERN RUTHERFORD AND SOUTHWESTERN BURKE COUNTIES...

At 522 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 7 miles southwest of Marion to 13 miles northeast of
Forest City, moving north at 40 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Expect damage to trees and power lines.

Locations impacted include...
Morganton, Marion, Valdese, Drexel, Glen Alpine, Lake Rhodhiss, Lake
James State Park, Table Rock, South Mountains State Park and Lake
James.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

A few trees and power lines will be blown down in the warned area.
Storms will be accompanied by brief heavy rainfall, and little or no
lightning. 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 3579 8157 3578 8155 3578 8152 3556 8164
      3557 8167 3558 8169 3547 8170 3541 8173
      3539 8188 3547 8208 3552 8218 3585 8209
      3586 8180
TIME...MOT...LOC 2122Z 199DEG 37KT 3559 8207 3551 8177 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

MOORE

020 
WWUS52 KGSP 312136
SVSGSP

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC
536 PM EDT Tue Aug 31 2021

NCC023-111-161-312145-
/O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0167.000000T0000Z-210831T2145Z/
McDowell NC-Rutherford NC-Burke NC-
536 PM EDT Tue Aug 31 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM EDT
FOR CENTRAL MCDOWELL...NORTHEASTERN RUTHERFORD AND SOUTHWESTERN BURKE
COUNTIES...

At 535 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line 
extending from near Marion to 9 miles south of Morganton, moving 
north at 50 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Expect damage to trees and power lines.

Locations impacted include...
Morganton, Marion, Valdese, Drexel, Glen Alpine, Lake James State
Park, Lake Rhodhiss, Table Rock, South Mountains State Park and Lake
James.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A few trees and power lines will be blown down in the warned area.
Storms will be accompanied by brief heavy rainfall, and little or no
lightning. 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 3579 8157 3578 8155 3578 8152 3556 8164
      3557 8167 3558 8169 3547 8170 3546 8170
      3550 8176 3555 8185 3559 8202 3561 8216
      3585 8209 3586 8180
TIME...MOT...LOC 2135Z 270DEG 37KT 3568 8203 3560 8173 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

MOORE

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 30, 11:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Jackson	30 min
Aug 31, 10:16 AM EDT	Wind Advisory	GSP	Avery, Graham, Haywood, Jackson, Madison, Mitchell and 2 more	18 hr
Aug 31, 2:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Graham, Macon	29 min
Aug 31, 2:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Jackson, Macon	33 min
Aug 31, 4:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Henderson, Polk, Rutherford	45 min
Aug 31, 4:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Cleveland, Gaston, Lincoln, Rutherford	37 min
Aug 31, 5:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Gaston	29 min
Aug 31, 5:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Burke, Catawba, Cleveland, Lincoln	17 min
Aug 31, 5:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Catawba, Gaston, Lincoln	27 min
Aug 31, 5:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Alexander, Avery, Burke, Caldwell, Catawba, McDowell and 2 more	49 min
Aug 31, 5:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Union	39 min
Aug 31, 6:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Alexander, Catawba	25 min
Aug 31, 6:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Mecklenburg	32 min
Aug 31, 6:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Alexander	30 min
Aug 31, 6:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Rowan	32 min
Aug 31, 7:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Iredell	34 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.