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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 51, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

May 6, 2022Catawba County, Gaston County, Lincoln County, North Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 6, 2022, 7:37 PM EDT for Catawba County, Gaston County, Lincoln County, North Carolina. It was in force for 25 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 6, 2022, 7:37 PM EDT (23:37 UTC)
Expired: May 6, 2022, 8:02 PM EDT
In force: 25 min
Issued by: NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Possible
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Catawba County, NC, Gaston County, NC, Lincoln County, NC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 6, 1:41 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 135 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 606 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 160 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 213 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 6, 7:19 PM EDT, 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 6, 7:19 PM EDT, 18 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 6, 1:55 PM EDT, 5 hours 42 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC
155 PM EDT Fri May 6 2022

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065-
068>072-082-501>510-SCZ008>014-019-101>109-071800-
Rabun-Habersham-Stephens-Franklin-Hart-Elbert-Avery-Alexander-
Iredell-Davie-Madison-Yancey-Mitchell-Swain-Haywood-Buncombe-Catawba-
Rowan-Graham-Northern Jackson-Macon-Southern Jackson-Transylvania-
Henderson-Cleveland-Lincoln-Gaston-Mecklenburg-Cabarrus-Union NC-
Caldwell Mountains-Greater Caldwell-Burke Mountains-Greater Burke-
McDowell Mountains-Eastern McDowell-Rutherford Mountains-
Greater Rutherford-Polk Mountains-Eastern Polk-Cherokee-York-
Anderson-Abbeville-Laurens-Union SC-Chester-Greenwood-
Oconee Mountains-Pickens Mountains-Greenville Mountains-
Greater Oconee-Greater Pickens-Central Greenville-
Southern Greenville-Northern Spartanburg-Southern Spartanburg-
155 PM EDT Fri May 6 2022

...TORNADO WATCH 186 IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northeast Georgia, piedmont
North Carolina, western North Carolina and upstate South Carolina.

.DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the
Internet for more information about the following hazards.

   Tornado Watch.

Numerous to widespread showers and thunderstorms are expected across
the area through the afternoon. Damaging straight-line winds and hail
area also possible in addition to the tornado threat. The severe
weather threat will diminish by evening.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation may be needed. Please relay any information about
observed severe weather to the NWS while following all local, state,
and CDC guidelines.

Wimberley

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 6, 7:08 PM EDT, 29 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 6, 7:20 PM EDT, 17 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 6, 7:25 PM EDT, 12 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 6, 7:25 PM EDT, 12 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 6, 7:33 PM EDT, 4 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 6, 7:36 PM EDT, 1 minute before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 6, 1:50 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Haywood, Jackson, Swain	40 min
May 6, 5:03 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Cleveland, Gaston	27 min
May 6, 5:29 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Gaston	31 min
May 6, 6:50 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Rowan	25 min
May 6, 9:19 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Graham	26 min
May 6, 10:43 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Macon	32 min
May 6, 12:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Cleveland	36 min
May 6, 1:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Burke, Cleveland, Lincoln, Rutherford	43 min
May 6, 1:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Union	25 min
May 6, 1:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Rutherford	31 min
May 6, 1:21 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	GSP	Burke, Caldwell, Catawba, Cleveland, Lincoln, Rutherford	24 min
May 6, 1:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Gaston	27 min
May 6, 1:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Gaston, Mecklenburg	29 min
May 6, 1:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Alexander	28 min
May 6, 1:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Catawba, Gaston, Iredell, Lincoln	29 min
May 6, 2:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Cabarrus	32 min
May 6, 2:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Union	36 min
May 6, 2:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Graham, Macon, Swain	24 min
May 6, 2:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Davie, Iredell, Rowan	39 min
May 6, 2:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Iredell	35 min
May 6, 2:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Rowan	24 min
May 6, 2:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Union	34 min
May 6, 3:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	McDowell	23 min
May 6, 3:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Haywood, Madison	46 min
May 6, 4:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	McDowell	50 min
May 6, 4:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Davie	52 min
May 6, 4:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Madison	46 min
May 6, 5:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Cleveland, Polk, Rutherford	41 min
May 6, 5:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Swain	52 min
May 6, 5:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Alexander	50 min
May 6, 5:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Mitchell	33 min
May 6, 5:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	GSP	Cleveland, Gaston, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Rutherford	49 min
May 6, 5:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Avery	32 min
May 6, 5:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Union	31 min
May 6, 6:00 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	GSP	Gaston, Mecklenburg	31 min
May 6, 6:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Avery, Mitchell, Yancey	39 min
May 6, 6:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Cabarrus, Catawba, Gaston, Iredell, Lincoln, Mecklenburg and 1 more	52 min
May 6, 6:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Transylvania	34 min
May 6, 6:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Avery, McDowell	35 min
May 6, 6:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Henderson, Polk, Rutherford	27 min
May 6, 6:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Catawba, Cleveland, Gaston, Lincoln	39 min
May 6, 6:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Avery, Burke, Caldwell, McDowell, Mitchell	50 min
May 6, 6:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Union	33 min
May 6, 7:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Lincoln	42 min
May 6, 7:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Cabarrus	51 min
May 6, 7:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Gaston	48 min
May 6, 4:40 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Cherokee	35 min
May 6, 12:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Cherokee	23 min
May 6, 1:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Chester, York	45 min
May 6, 3:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Pickens	32 min
May 6, 4:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Greenville, Oconee, Pickens	24 min
May 6, 4:13 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	GSP	Greenville, Pickens	21 min
May 6, 4:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Greenville, Pickens, Spartanburg	43 min
May 6, 4:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Union	31 min
May 6, 5:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Cherokee, Chester, Laurens, Spartanburg, Union, York	47 min
May 6, 5:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Chester	26 min
May 6, 7:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	York	20 min
May 6, 2:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Habersham, Rabun	47 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.