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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 174, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 8, 2021, 2:12 PM EDT for Polk County, Rutherford County, North Carolina. It was in force for 48 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
- Sep 8, 2021, 2:12 PM EDT (18:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 8, 2021, 3:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Polk County, NC, Rutherford County, NC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:13 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 8, 2:30 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 4 W Rutherfordton, NC | 911 CALL CENTER REPORTED A TREE DOWN ON MAPLE CREEK RD |
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, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 193 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
246
WUUS52 KGSP 081812
SVRGSP
NCC149-161-081900-
/O.NEW.KGSP.SV.W.0174.210908T1812Z-210908T1900Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC
212 PM EDT Wed Sep 8 2021
The National Weather Service in Greenville-Spartanburg has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Rutherford County in western North Carolina...
Northeastern Polk County in western North Carolina...
* Until 300 PM EDT.
* At 212 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 6 miles northwest
of Rutherfordton, moving east 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...
Forest City, Rutherfordton, Spindale, Ellenboro, Bostic, Green
Hill, Thermal City, Henrietta, Sunshine and Lake Adger.
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 3527 8174 3525 8175 3533 8225 3550 8214
3554 8185 3555 8184 3557 8170
TIME...MOT...LOC 1812Z 270DEG 12KT 3542 8205
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
CSHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 8, 6:15 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Gaston | 45 min |
| Sep 8, 6:44 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Mecklenburg | 31 min |
| Sep 8, 6:54 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Gaston | 51 min |
| Sep 8, 7:19 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cabarrus | 26 min |
| Sep 8, 7:55 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cabarrus | 35 min |
| Sep 8, 8:26 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Rowan | 34 min |
| Sep 8, 8:58 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Davie | 32 min |
| Sep 8, 12:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Henderson | 23 min |
| Sep 8, 1:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Henderson | 30 min |
| Sep 8, 1:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Henderson, Polk, Rutherford | 39 min |
| Sep 8, 1:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Union | 23 min |
| Sep 8, 2:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Burke | 42 min |
| Sep 8, 2:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Alexander, Caldwell | 53 min |
| Sep 8, 2:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Union | 45 min |
| Sep 8, 2:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Caldwell | 35 min |
| Sep 8, 2:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cleveland | 33 min |
| Sep 8, 5:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | McDowell | 23 min |
| Sep 8, 5:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Iredell | 30 min |
| Sep 8, 5:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Buncombe | 23 min |
| Sep 8, 5:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | McDowell | 28 min |
| Sep 8, 5:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Transylvania | 51 min |
| Sep 8, 6:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Davie | 27 min |
| Sep 8, 6:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Davie | 32 min |
| Sep 8, 6:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | McDowell | 28 min |
| Sep 8, 6:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | McDowell | 48 min |
| Sep 8, 7:29 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Buncombe | 2 hr |
| Sep 8, 7:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Rutherford | 28 min |
| Sep 8, 7:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Davie | 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.