Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 80, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 1, 2021, 4:31 AM EDT for Davie County, Iredell 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
- Aug 1, 2021, 4:31 AM EDT (08:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 1, 2021, 5:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Davie County, NC, Iredell County, NC
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:34 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 4:55 AM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 5 Nne Harmony, NC | EMERGENCY MNGR REPORTED SEVERAL LARGE TREES DOWN ON N MEADOW 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 00:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 70 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
- 36 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -24 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1676 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 46 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 119 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
586
WUUS52 KGSP 010831
SVRGSP
NCC059-097-010915-
/O.NEW.KGSP.SV.W.0080.210801T0831Z-210801T0915Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC
431 AM EDT Sun Aug 1 2021
The National Weather Service in Greenville-Spartanburg has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Northern Davie County in the Piedmont of North Carolina...
Northeastern Iredell County in the Piedmont of North Carolina...
* Until 515 AM EDT.
* At 431 AM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 13 miles south of
Ronda, or 4 miles northeast of Love Valley, moving east at 20 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to trees and power lines.
* Locations impacted include...
Bermuda Run, Harmony, Love Valley, Olin, Sheffield, Union Grove and
Farmington.
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 3592 8098 3605 8102 3606 8098 3606 8089
3604 8049 3606 8046 3603 8044 3601 8042
3599 8042 3596 8038
TIME...MOT...LOC 0831Z 259DEG 18KT 3603 8092
HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
RWH1 follow-up statement
413
WWUS52 KGSP 010848
SVSGSP
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC
448 AM EDT Sun Aug 1 2021
NCC059-097-010915-
/O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0080.000000T0000Z-210801T0915Z/
Davie NC-Iredell NC-
448 AM EDT Sun Aug 1 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 AM EDT
FOR NORTHERN DAVIE AND NORTHEASTERN IREDELL COUNTIES...
At 448 AM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 9 miles southwest of
Yadkinville, or 4 miles southwest of Lone Hickory, moving east at 25
mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to trees and power lines.
Locations impacted include...
Bermuda Run, Harmony, Sheffield, Farmington, Olin and Union Grove.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Scattered trees and power lines will be blown down in the warned
area. Seek shelter inside an interior room.
Please report damaging winds, hail, or flooding to the National
Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg by calling toll free, 1, 800,
2 6 7, 8 1 0 1, or by posting on our Facebook page, or Tweet it using
hashtag nwsgsp. Your message should describe the event and the
specific location where it occurred.
&&
LAT...LON 3593 8085 3606 8086 3604 8049 3606 8046
3603 8044 3601 8042 3599 8042 3596 8038
TIME...MOT...LOC 0848Z 265DEG 20KT 3602 8078
HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
RWHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 2:50 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Graham, Swain | 25 min |
| Aug 1, 3:15 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Graham, Swain | 30 min |
| Aug 1, 4:26 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Yadkin | 34 min |
| Aug 1, 5:14 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Davie, Iredell | 46 min |
| Aug 1, 2:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Iredell | 31 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.