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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 17, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 27, 2021, 4:17 PM EDT for Cabarrus County, Rowan County, North Carolina. It was in force for 28 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
- Mar 27, 2021, 4:17 PM EDT (20:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 27, 2021, 4:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Cabarrus County, NC, Rowan County, NC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 165 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:20 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 27, 4:20 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | 6 Wnw Concord, NC | QUARTER SIZE HAIL. |
| Mar 27, 4:39 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | 1 Wnw Mount Pleasant, NC | QUARTER SIZE HAIL. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 27, 2:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 94 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2434 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 60 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 145 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
366
WUUS52 KGSP 272017
SVRGSP
NCC025-159-272045-
/O.NEW.KGSP.SV.W.0017.210327T2017Z-210327T2045Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC
417 PM EDT Sat Mar 27 2021
The National Weather Service in Greenville-Spartanburg has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Cabarrus County in the Piedmont of North Carolina...
South central Rowan County in the Piedmont of North Carolina...
* Until 445 PM EDT.
* At 417 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Downtown
Concord, moving east at 30 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...
Kannapolis, Downtown Concord, West Concord, Harrisburg, Mt
Pleasant, Coddle Creek Reservoir, Charlotte Motor Speedway and Gold
Hill.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Scattered trees and power lines will be blown down in the warned
area. Seek shelter inside an interior room.
This storm is also producing extremely heavy rainfall. Flooding of
drainage ditches and low lying areas may occur. Small streams will
rise rapidly. Do not drive through areas where water is flowing over
the road.
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 3546 8033 3530 8043 3532 8068 3534 8069
3535 8070 3550 8072 3553 8031
TIME...MOT...LOC 2017Z 268DEG 24KT 3541 8063
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
RM1 follow-up statement
170
WWUS52 KGSP 272029
SVSGSP
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC
429 PM EDT Sat Mar 27 2021
NCC025-159-272045-
/O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0017.000000T0000Z-210327T2045Z/
Cabarrus NC-Rowan NC-
429 PM EDT Sat Mar 27 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM EDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN CABARRUS AND SOUTH CENTRAL ROWAN COUNTIES...
At 429 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Downtown
Concord, moving east at 30 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail.
SOURCE...Public.
IMPACT...Minor hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind
damage to trees and power lines.
Locations impacted include...
Mt Pleasant, Gold Hill and Downtown Concord.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Scattered trees and power lines will be blown down in the warned
area. Seek shelter inside an interior room.
This storm is producing frequent and intense lightning. Turn off
electrical appliances. Do not use corded telephones. Do not take a
bath or shower.
Please report damaging winds, hail, or flooding to the National
Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg by calling toll free, 1, 800,
2 6 7, 8 1 0 1, or by posting on our Facebook page, or Tweet it using
hashtag nwsgsp. Your message should describe the event and the
specific location where it occurred.
&&
LAT...LON 3546 8033 3530 8043 3531 8058 3551 8058
3553 8031
TIME...MOT...LOC 2029Z 268DEG 24KT 3541 8053
HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
RMThe office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 27, 12:51 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Rowan | 4 hr |
| Mar 27, 6:05 AM EDT | River Flood Advisory | GSP | Cleveland | 15 hr |
| Mar 27, 11:58 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Graham, Swain | 62 min |
| Mar 27, 12:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Madison | 55 min |
| Mar 27, 12:50 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | GSP | Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Graham, Haywood and 11 more | 23 hr |
| Mar 27, 12:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Avery, Mitchell, Yancey | 61 min |
| Mar 27, 1:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Buncombe | 67 min |
| Mar 27, 1:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Buncombe | 45 min |
| Mar 27, 1:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Davie, Iredell, Rowan | 43 min |
| Mar 27, 1:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Avery, Burke, Caldwell | 66 min |
| Mar 27, 1:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Burke, Caldwell, McDowell | 55 min |
| Mar 27, 2:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Burke, Cleveland, McDowell, Rutherford | 45 min |
| Mar 27, 2:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Alexander, Caldwell | 29 min |
| Mar 27, 2:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cleveland, Polk, Rutherford | 31 min |
| Mar 27, 2:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Alexander, Catawba, Cleveland, Davie, Gaston, Iredell and 1 more | 45 min |
| Mar 27, 3:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Davie, Iredell, Rowan | 45 min |
| Mar 27, 3:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cleveland, Gaston, Lincoln | 51 min |
| Mar 27, 3:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cabarrus, Gaston, Mecklenburg, Rowan | 52 min |
| Mar 27, 3:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Mecklenburg | 31 min |
| Mar 27, 5:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Union | 41 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.