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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 30, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

April 16, 2024Buncombe County, McDowell County, Yancey County, North Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 16, 2024, 1:46 PM EDT for Buncombe County, McDowell County, Yancey County, North Carolina. It was in force for 59 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
Apr 16, 2024, 1:46 PM EDT (17:46 UTC)
Expired
Apr 16, 2024, 2:45 PM EDT
In force
59 min
Issued by
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Buncombe County, NC, McDowell County, NC, Yancey County, NC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 219 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 12:00Z on 2024-04-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 80 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 12:00Z on 2024-04-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -33 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
80 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-274 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1856 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-33 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
13 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 15, 8:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPHenderson23 min
Apr 16, 1:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPMcDowell36 min
Apr 16, 2:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPAvery28 min
Apr 16, 2:35 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPYancey3 hr
Apr 16, 2:53 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPAvery3 hr
Apr 16, 3:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPAvery34 min
Apr 16, 3:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPCaldwell37 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.