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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 61, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

July 9, 2021Davie County, North Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 9, 2021, 1:59 PM EDT for Davie County, North Carolina. It was in force for 27 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: Jul 9, 2021, 1:59 PM EDT (17:59 UTC)
Expired: Jul 9, 2021, 2:26 PM EDT
In force: 27 min
Issued by: NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Davie County, NC

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:02 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
Jul 9, 1:59 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	3 Nw Cooleemee, NC	911 CALL CENTER REPORTED TREES DOWN ON JUNCTION 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, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 54 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: 127 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -97 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1287 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -22 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 0 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

555 
WUUS52 KGSP 091759
SVRGSP
NCC059-091845-
/O.NEW.KGSP.SV.W.0061.210709T1759Z-210709T1845Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC
159 PM EDT Fri Jul 9 2021

The National Weather Service in Greenville-Spartanburg has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Central Davie County in the Piedmont of North Carolina...

* Until 245 PM EDT.

* At 159 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Mocksville,
  moving east at 25 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...
  Mocksville, Bermuda Run, Fork Church and Advance. 

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.

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 3589 8040 3588 8042 3587 8039 3585 8039
      3585 8042 3583 8043 3583 8047 3584 8047
      3584 8048 3583 8048 3584 8065 3597 8065
      3601 8042 3599 8042 3596 8038 3589 8037
TIME...MOT...LOC 1759Z 271DEG 20KT 3589 8057 

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

LANE

1 follow-up statement

303 
WWUS52 KGSP 091826
SVSGSP

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC
226 PM EDT Fri Jul 9 2021

NCC059-091835-
/O.CAN.KGSP.SV.W.0061.000000T0000Z-210709T1845Z/
Davie NC-
226 PM EDT Fri Jul 9 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL DAVIE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and has exited the warned area. Therefore the warning has
been cancelled.

LAT...LON 3589 8040 3588 8042 3587 8039 3585 8039
      3585 8042 3583 8043 3583 8047 3584 8047
      3584 8048 3583 8048 3584 8065 3597 8065
      3601 8042 3599 8042 3596 8038 3589 8037
TIME...MOT...LOC 1820Z 271DEG 20KT 3589 8039 

$$

LANE

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 9, 9:37 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Graham	38 min
Jul 9, 10:30 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Macon	45 min
Jul 9, 11:03 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Jackson, Macon	42 min
Jul 9, 11:28 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Buncombe, Haywood	47 min
Jul 9, 11:40 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Transylvania	50 min
Jul 9, 12:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Polk	34 min
Jul 9, 12:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Burke	24 min
Jul 9, 1:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Polk, Rutherford	31 min
Jul 9, 1:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Gaston	28 min
Jul 9, 1:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Iredell	23 min
Jul 9, 1:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Davie	27 min
Jul 9, 1:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Lincoln	26 min
Jul 9, 1:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Lincoln	40 min
Jul 9, 1:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Gaston	35 min
Jul 9, 2:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Gaston	32 min
Jul 9, 2:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Mecklenburg	27 min
Jul 9, 2:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Gaston	25 min
Jul 9, 2:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Mecklenburg	54 min
Jul 9, 2:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Cabarrus	39 min
Jul 9, 2:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Union	48 min
Jul 9, 3:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Stanly	23 min
Jul 9, 3:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Union	36 min
Jul 9, 5:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Caldwell	29 min
Jul 9, 6:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Davie	32 min
Jul 9, 7:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Davie	21 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.