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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 44, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

June 9, 2021Burke County, Caldwell County, North Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 9, 2021, 3:16 PM EDT for Burke County, Caldwell County, North Carolina. It was in force for 44 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: Jun 9, 2021, 3:16 PM EDT (19:16 UTC)
Expired: Jun 9, 2021, 4:00 PM EDT
In force: 44 min
Issued by: NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Burke County, NC, Caldwell County, NC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:16 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
Jun 9, 3:36 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	5 Sw Lenoir, NC	A TREE AND A LARGE TREE BRANCH BLOWN DOWN NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF HWY 18/64 AND CALICO 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, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 157 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: 234 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -97 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1021 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 39 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 38 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

447 
WUUS52 KGSP 091916
SVRGSP
NCC023-027-092000-
/O.NEW.KGSP.SV.W.0044.210609T1916Z-210609T2000Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC
316 PM EDT Wed Jun 9 2021

The National Weather Service in Greenville-Spartanburg has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Central Caldwell County in western North Carolina...
  Central Burke County in western North Carolina...

* Until 400 PM EDT.

* At 315 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles west of
  Lenoir, or 4 miles northwest of Gamewell, moving east at 10 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...
  Lenoir, Sawmills, Granite Falls, Gamewell, Hudson, Cajah's
  Mountain, Cedar Rock, Collettsville and Patterson.

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 3579 8173 3597 8177 3606 8147 3579 8141
TIME...MOT...LOC 1915Z 260DEG 10KT 3590 8166 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

RWH

2 follow-up statements

821 
WWUS52 KGSP 091939
SVSGSP

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC
339 PM EDT Wed Jun 9 2021

NCC023-027-092000-
/O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0044.000000T0000Z-210609T2000Z/
Caldwell NC-Burke NC-
339 PM EDT Wed Jun 9 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EDT
FOR CENTRAL CALDWELL AND CENTRAL BURKE COUNTIES...

At 338 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Lenoir, or near
Gamewell, moving east at 10 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...
Lenoir, Sawmills, Granite Falls, Gamewell, Hudson, Cajah's Mountain,
Cedar Rock, Collettsville and Patterson.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Brief damaging winds will blow down trees and power lines over small
areas. A brief period of large hail is also possible. Seek shelter
inside an interior room.

This storms 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 3579 8173 3601 8165 3606 8147 3579 8141
TIME...MOT...LOC 1938Z 275DEG 10KT 3587 8157 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

RWH

584 
WWUS52 KGSP 091958
SVSGSP

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC
358 PM EDT Wed Jun 9 2021

NCC023-027-092007-
/O.EXP.KGSP.SV.W.0044.000000T0000Z-210609T2000Z/
Caldwell NC-Burke NC-
358 PM EDT Wed Jun 9 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL CALDWELL AND CENTRAL
BURKE COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 400 PM EDT...
                
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore the warning will be allowed to expire. However gusty winds 
and heavy rain are still possible with this thunderstorm.

LAT...LON 3579 8173 3601 8165 3606 8147 3579 8141
TIME...MOT...LOC 1957Z 260DEG 10KT 3588 8151 

$$

RWH

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 8, 10:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Macon	25 min
Jun 9, 1:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Henderson	21 min
Jun 9, 2:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Yancey	27 min
Jun 9, 2:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Caldwell	28 min
Jun 9, 3:06 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	McDowell	24 min
Jun 9, 4:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Caldwell	32 min
Jun 9, 4:27 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Burke, Caldwell	103 min

Nearby

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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.