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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 173, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

September 8, 2021Alexander County, Caldwell County, North Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 8, 2021, 2:07 PM EDT for Alexander County, Caldwell County, North Carolina. It was in force for 53 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
Sep 8, 2021, 2:07 PM EDT (18:07 UTC)
Expired
Sep 8, 2021, 3:00 PM EDT
In force
53 min
Issued by
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Alexander County, NC, Caldwell County, NC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 146 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 120 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 2021-09-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1161 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°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 2021-09-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 34 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1161 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-41 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
818 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
34 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
8 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

244 
WUUS52 KGSP 081807
SVRGSP
NCC003-027-081900-
/O.NEW.KGSP.SV.W.0173.210908T1807Z-210908T1900Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC
207 PM EDT Wed Sep 8 2021

The National Weather Service in Greenville-Spartanburg has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Alexander County in the Piedmont of North Carolina...
  Southeastern Caldwell County in western North Carolina...

* Until 300 PM EDT.

* At 207 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles north of
  Hickory, or near Lake Hickory, moving northeast at 15 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...
  Taylorsville, Bethlehem, Lake Hickory, Hiddenite, Northlakes,
  Little River In Alexander County, Vashti, Millersville, Ellendale
  and Granite Falls.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

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 3603 8108 3596 8100 3590 8103 3583 8115
      3582 8120 3581 8122 3582 8125 3581 8126
      3580 8134 3577 8136 3576 8138 3586 8148
      3600 8133 3601 8129 3603 8127 3604 8119
      3603 8117 3604 8111
TIME...MOT...LOC 1807Z 228DEG 15KT 3584 8134 

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

$$

CSH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 8, 6:15 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPGaston45 min
Sep 8, 6:44 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPMecklenburg31 min
Sep 8, 6:54 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPGaston51 min
Sep 8, 7:19 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPCabarrus26 min
Sep 8, 7:55 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPCabarrus35 min
Sep 8, 8:26 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPRowan34 min
Sep 8, 8:58 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPDavie32 min
Sep 8, 12:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPHenderson23 min
Sep 8, 1:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPHenderson30 min
Sep 8, 1:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPHenderson, Polk, Rutherford39 min
Sep 8, 1:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPUnion23 min
Sep 8, 2:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPBurke42 min
Sep 8, 2:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPPolk, Rutherford48 min
Sep 8, 2:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPUnion45 min
Sep 8, 2:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPCaldwell35 min
Sep 8, 2:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPCleveland33 min
Sep 8, 5:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPMcDowell23 min
Sep 8, 5:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPIredell30 min
Sep 8, 5:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPBuncombe23 min
Sep 8, 5:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPMcDowell28 min
Sep 8, 5:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPTransylvania51 min
Sep 8, 6:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPDavie27 min
Sep 8, 6:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPDavie32 min
Sep 8, 6:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPMcDowell28 min
Sep 8, 6:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPMcDowell48 min
Sep 8, 7:29 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPBuncombe2 hr
Sep 8, 7:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPRutherford28 min
Sep 8, 7:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPDavie34 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.