Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 35, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 28, 2021, 5:03 PM EDT for Cabarrus County, Rowan County, North Carolina. It was in force for 27 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
- May 28, 2021, 5:03 PM EDT (21:03 UTC)
- Expired
- May 28, 2021, 5:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Cabarrus County, NC, Rowan County, NC
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 161 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:06 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, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 67 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
- 106 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -53 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1467 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 83 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 62 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
311
WUUS52 KGSP 282103
SVRGSP
NCC025-159-282130-
/O.NEW.KGSP.SV.W.0035.210528T2103Z-210528T2130Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC
503 PM EDT Fri May 28 2021
The National Weather Service in Greenville-Spartanburg has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Northeastern Cabarrus County in the Piedmont of North Carolina...
Southeastern Rowan County in the Piedmont of North Carolina...
* Until 530 PM EDT.
* At 502 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 8 miles southeast
of Salisbury, or near Rockwell, moving northeast at 55 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to trees and power lines.
* Locations impacted include...
Granite Quarry, Rockwell, Faith, High Rock Lake, Gold Hill and High
Rock.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Scattered trees and power lines will be blown down in the warned
area. Seek shelter inside an interior room.
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 3550 8026 3550 8029 3548 8031 3544 8041
3560 8052 3570 8033 3568 8033 3567 8031
3564 8029 3563 8027 3559 8021 3555 8021
3553 8019
TIME...MOT...LOC 2102Z 240DEG 49KT 3556 8039
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
HG2 follow-up statements
107
WWUS52 KGSP 282120
SVSGSP
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC
520 PM EDT Fri May 28 2021
NCC025-282129-
/O.CAN.KGSP.SV.W.0035.000000T0000Z-210528T2130Z/
Cabarrus NC-
520 PM EDT Fri May 28 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN CABARRUS COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved
northeast out of Cabarrus County. Therefore, the warning has been
cancelled for this area.
LAT...LON 3550 8025 3550 8036 3565 8043 3570 8033
3568 8033 3567 8031 3564 8029 3561 8024
3560 8023 3559 8021 3555 8021 3554 8020
3553 8020
TIME...MOT...LOC 2119Z 238DEG 46KT 3557 8026
$$
NCC159-282130-
/O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0035.000000T0000Z-210528T2130Z/
Rowan NC-
520 PM EDT Fri May 28 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN ROWAN COUNTY...
At 519 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 11 miles northwest
of Badin Lake, or 6 miles southeast of High Rock Lake, moving
northeast at 55 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to trees and power lines.
Locations impacted include...
High Rock Lake, Gold Hill and High Rock.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Scattered trees and power lines will be blown down in the warned
area. Seek shelter inside an interior room.
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 3550 8025 3550 8036 3565 8043 3570 8033
3568 8033 3567 8031 3564 8029 3561 8024
3560 8023 3559 8021 3555 8021 3554 8020
3553 8020
TIME...MOT...LOC 2119Z 238DEG 46KT 3557 8026
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
HG198
WWUS52 KGSP 282129
SVSGSP
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC
529 PM EDT Fri May 28 2021
NCC159-282139-
/O.EXP.KGSP.SV.W.0035.000000T0000Z-210528T2130Z/
Rowan NC-
529 PM EDT Fri May 28 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN ROWAN COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 530 PM EDT...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and has exited the warned area. Therefore, the warning will
be allowed to expire on schedule at 530 pm EDT. However, gusty winds
to 30 mph still possible in the wake of this storm.
LAT...LON 3550 8025 3550 8036 3565 8043 3570 8033
3568 8033 3567 8031 3564 8029 3561 8024
3560 8023 3559 8021 3555 8021 3554 8020
3553 8020
TIME...MOT...LOC 2129Z 240DEG 49KT 3564 8012
$$
HGThe office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 28, 3:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Lincoln | 37 min |
| May 28, 3:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Mecklenburg | 32 min |
| May 28, 3:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Gaston | 36 min |
| May 28, 3:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Gaston | 37 min |
| May 28, 4:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Rowan | 22 min |
| May 28, 4:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Graham | 24 min |
| May 28, 4:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cabarrus, Rowan | 34 min |
| May 28, 4:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Gaston | 29 min |
| May 28, 4:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Swain | 31 min |
| May 28, 4:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cabarrus | 27 min |
| May 28, 4:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Mecklenburg | 25 min |
| May 28, 5:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Mecklenburg | 28 min |
| May 28, 5:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Union | 31 min |
| May 28, 5:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Graham, Swain | 52 min |
| May 28, 6:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Madison, Mitchell, Swain | 59 min |
| May 28, 6:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Avery, Mitchell, Yancey | 56 min |
| May 28, 6:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Graham, Haywood, Jackson, Macon, Swain | 67 min |
| May 28, 7:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Avery | 26 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.