A small cluster of thunderstorms developed ahead of a cold front across western North Carolina during the afternoon. As the cluster pushed into the Piedmont, a significant downburst occurred on the north side of Statesville.
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The episode as NWS GSP wrote it up.
A small cluster of thunderstorms developed ahead of a cold front across western North Carolina during the afternoon. As the cluster pushed into the Piedmont, a significant downburst occurred on the north side of Statesville.
The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Apr 25, 12:53 PM EST, 1 hour 35 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
153 PM EDT FRI APR 25 2014
.SYNOPSIS...
IN THE WAKE OF A COLD FRONT...DRY AND WARM HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD
ACROSS THE REGION THIS WEEKEND. A WET AND POSSIBLY STORMY PATTERN
WILL SET UP MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...FOLLOWED BY COOLER WEATHER.
&&
.NEAR TERM /THROUGH SATURDAY/...
AT 200 PM EDT FRIDAY...A SHORTWAVE WILL CROSS THE SOUTHERN
APPALACHIANS THIS AFTERNOON...BRINGING A COLD FRONT ACROSS THE
REGION. SHEAR AND INSTABILITY WILL MARGINALLY FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE
WEATHER IN THE PIEDMONT...MAINLY IN THE CHARLOTTE METROPOLITAN AREA.
DRYING WILL TAKE PLACE IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT LATE THIS
AFTERNOON...STARTING IN THE UPPER SAVANNAH RIVER VALLEY.
SOME MOIST NW FLOW SHOWERS COULD OCCUR ALONG THE NC BORDER WITH TN
INTO THE EARLY EVENING AS WINDS VEER...BUT ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE
LONG LIVED. WINDS WILL BE SLOW TO DIMINISH OVERNIGHT IN A GRADUALLY
WEAKENING PRESSURE GRADIENT BEHIND THE FRONT...ESPECIALLY AT HIGHER
ELEVATIONS. MINIMUM TEMPERATURES WILL NEAR NORMAL AS DOWNSLOPE FLOW
OFFSETS LIMITED COLD ADVECTION.
FAIR WEATHER IS EXPECTED ON SATURDAY AS DRY HIGH PRESSURE MOVES OFF
TO OUR EAST. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL RUN AROUND FIVE DEGREES ABOVE
NORMAL AS HEIGHTS RISE ALOFT WITH THE APPROACH OF AN AMPLIFYING
UPPER RIDGE.
&&
.SHORT TERM /SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY/...
AS OF 2 PM EDT FRIDAY...THE UPPER PATTERN WILL STILL BE SLOWLY
PROGRESSIVE INTO SUNDAY...BUT THEN WILL COME TO A GRINDING HALT
SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY AS THE AXIS OF THE UPPER RIDGE REACHES THE
CAROLINAS. THUS...WE ARE STILL LOOKING DRY FOR SATURDAY NIGHT AND
THROUGH MOST OF SUNDAY...UNTIL VERY LATE IN THE DAY WHEN THE UPPER
RIDGE AXIS FINALLY ARRIVES. ONCE THIS HAPPENS...THE GULF WILL BE
OPEN AND MOISTURE WILL START TO MOVE BACK INTO THE REGION. THE
INITIAL FOCUS WILL BE ON THE SW MOUNTAINS SUNDAY NIGHT BUT UPSLOPE
FLOW WILL GRADUALLY IMPROVE THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT ALONG THE BLUE
RIDGE AND OVER THE MTNS AS A LEAD SHORTWAVE CLIMBS THE BACK SIDE OF
THE UPPER RIDGE. THE POP RAMPS UP TO CHANCE OVER THE MTNS THROUGH
SUNRISE ON MONDAY. FORCING WEAKENS THROUGH MONDAY...BUT ISENTROPIC
LIFT COMMENCES AT MID LEVELS AND MOIST UPGLIDE GRADUALLY STRENGTHENS
AT LOW LEVELS...SO THE PRECIP CHANCE IS ALLOWED TO GROW AND EXPAND
OUT OVER THE PIEDMONT DURING THE DAY. TEMPS WILL BE ABOUT TWO
CATEGORIES ABOVE NORMAL ON SUNDAY...BUT WILL COOL OFF A BIT FOR
MONDAY AS SHOWERS MAY DEVELOP. OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL BE FAIRLY MILD
WITH THE CLOUDS AND WARM ADVECTION.
&&
.LONG TERM /MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY/...
AS OF 1240 PM EDT FRIDAY...CENTRAL PLAINS DEEP LOW PRESSURE WILL BE
WOBBLING IT/S WAY EASTWARD TO START OFF THE PERIOD AND
ACCORDINGLY...SE CONUS UPPER RIDGE AXIS SHOULD BE SHIFTING OFFSHORE
THROUGH TUESDAY. AS THE GULF AND ATLANTIC FETCH INCREASES...EXPECT A
DESTABILIZING WARM SECTOR AND ERODING SFC RIDGE. TO WHAT DEGREE
AND HOW FAR NW INTO THE CWFA NOTABLE INSTABILITY DEVELOPS REMAINS TO
BE SEEN...AND WITH EXPECTED TURNING SHEAR PROFILES...SVR TSTMS ARE
STILL POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ACRS THE PIEDMONT. SENSIBLE WX WISE...
PROBABLY NOT GOING TO MAKE MUCH CHANGE TO THE GOING DAY 4 FCST...
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS BECOMING NUMEROUS WITH MAX TEMPERATURES
NEAR THE LATE APRIL CLIMO.
UPPER HEIGHTS ATOP THE REGION SHOULD CONTINUE TO FALL THROUGH
WEDNESDAY AS WE INCREASINGLY INTERACT WITH THE ENCROACHING
POTENTIALLY MODERATELY FORCED COLD FRONTAL ZONE. WITH AT LEAST
NUMEROUS SHOWERS LINGERING THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT...THERE IS A
QUESTION ABOUT THE DEGREE OF INSTABILITY INTERACTING WITH THE
IMPRESSIVE SHEAR PROFILES...BUT AT THIS POINT...THE POTENTIAL
FOR ORGANIZED SVR TSTMS REMAINS ALIVE. JUST LIKE ON TUESDAY...
SENSIBLE WX WILL FEATURE AT LEAST NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND POSSIBLE
HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS.
THE MEDIUM RANGE MODEL CONSENSUS PROGS COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE ON
THURSDAY WITH SOME LINGERING DEEP CONVECTIVE THREAT. DEEPER LAYER
DRY AIR SHOULD MAKE ENOUGH INROADS INTO THE REGION BY FRIDAY...
HOWEVER...THE CWFA IS PROGGED TO REMAIN WITHIN THE CYCLONIC FLOW
OF DEEP UPPER LOW THROUGH THE END OF THE PERIOD.
&&
.AVIATION /18Z FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
AT KCLT...CIG AND VSBY ARE LIFTING AS HEATING AND MIXING TAKE PLACE.
INCREASING MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT WILL
SUPPORT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...AND MVFR
RESTRICTIONS AND PRONOUNCED GUSTS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN MORE DEVELOPED
STORMS. FRONTAL PASSAGE WILL TAKE PLACE LATE THIS AFTERNOON...
FOLLOWED BY VEERING WINDS AND LESSENING CLOUD COVER. NW WINDS WILL
DECREASE BEHIND THE FRONT LATE THIS EVENING. DRYING WILL PREVENT FOG
FROM FORMING. WINDS BACK TO THE SW ON SATURDAY AS HIGH PRESSURE
MOVES SE OF THE AREA.
ELSEWHERE...IMPROVEMENTS IN CIGS AND VSBY WILL CONTINUE AS WINDS
INCREASE AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT. SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS AHEAD OF THE FRONT MAY PRODUCE MVFR RESTRICTIONS AND
GUSTY WINDS EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. FRONTAL PASSAGE LATE THIS
AFTERNOON WILL BE FOLLOWED BY AND WINDS VEERING TO NW. WINDS WILL
DECREASES LATE THIS EVENING AS THE PRESSURE GRADIENT RELAXES BEHIND
THE FRONT. DRIER AIR WILL PRECLUDE FOG FORMATION. WINDS BACK TO THE
SW ON SATURDAY AS HIGH PRESSURE MOVES OFF THE THE SE.
OUTLOOK...NO RESTRICTIONS EXPECTED THROUGH THE WEEKEND AS HIGH
PRESSURE PREVAILS. INCREASING MOISTURE AHEAD OF ANOTHER COLD FRONT
COULD BRING THE RETURN OF SHRA/TSRA RESTRICITIONS BY MIDWEEK.
CONFIDENCE TABLE...
18-24Z 00-06Z 06-12Z 12-18Z
KCLT HIGH 98% HIGH 100% HIGH 94% HIGH 100%
KGSP HIGH 95% HIGH 100% HIGH 100% HIGH 100%
KAVL HIGH 100% HIGH 100% HIGH 100% HIGH 100%
KHKY HIGH 91% HIGH 97% HIGH 90% HIGH 100%
KGMU HIGH 98% HIGH 100% HIGH 100% HIGH 100%
KAND HIGH 99% HIGH 100% HIGH 100% HIGH 100%
THE PERCENTAGE REFLECTS THE NUMBER OF GUIDANCE MEMBERS AGREEING
WITH THE SCHEDULED TAF ISSUANCE FLIGHT RULE CATEGORY. COMPLETE
HOURLY EXPERIMENTAL AVIATION FORECAST CONSISTENCY TABLES AND ENSEMBLE
FORECASTS ARE AVAILABLE AT THE FOLLOWING LINK: (MUST BE LOWER CASE)
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/GSP/AVIATION_TABLES
&&
.GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...NONE.
NC...NONE.
SC...NONE.
&&
SYNOPSIS...CSH
NEAR TERM...JAT
SHORT TERM...PM
LONG TERM...CSH
AVIATION...JATHAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 321 PM EDT FRI APR 25 2014 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-SCZ001>007-010>013-019-261930- RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-OCONEE MOUNTAINS- PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER OCONEE- GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE- LAURENS-UNION SC-GREENWOOD- 321 PM EDT FRI APR 25 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ALONG AND AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT MOVING EAST ACROSS THE UPSTATE AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA THROUGH THE EARLY PART OF THE EVENING. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY CONTAIN GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND SMALL HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. ..SATURDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ..SUNDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ..MONDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ..TUESDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ..WEDNESDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ..THURSDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... NONE. NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-501>510-261930- AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM- NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON- CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-GREATER CALDWELL-BURKE MOUNTAINS-GREATER BURKE- MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-EASTERN MCDOWELL-RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS- GREATER RUTHERFORD-POLK MOUNTAINS-EASTERN POLK- 321 PM EDT FRI APR 25 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. ..SATURDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ..SUNDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ..MONDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ..TUESDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ..WEDNESDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ..THURSDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... NONE. NCZ035>037-056-057-068>072-082-SCZ008-009-014-261930- ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON- MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC-CHEROKEE-YORK-CHESTER- 321 PM EDT FRI APR 25 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT AND WILL MOVE ACROSS THE PIEDMONT OF THE CAROLINAS DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. A FEW OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD BE SEVERE...WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS...ALONG WITH FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. THE THREAT OF SEVERE STORMS SHOULD END BY SUNSET. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. ..SATURDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ..SUNDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ..MONDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ..TUESDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ..WEDNESDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ..THURSDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... NONE. PM
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
104 PM EDT FRI APR 25 2014
NCZ053-505-506-251730-
BUNCOMBE-EASTERN MCDOWELL-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-
104 PM EDT FRI APR 25 2014
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHWESTERN MCDOWELL AND EAST
CENTRAL BUNCOMBE COUNTIES THROUGH 130 PM EDT...
AT 100 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BLACK MOUNTAIN...OR 16 MILES
EAST OF DOWNTOWN ASHEVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SUGAR
HILL...OLD FORT AND FERO.
PEA SIZE HAIL...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
DIME TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL CAN CAUSE CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO VEHICLES.
CONSIDER MOVING VEHICLES TO A COVERED STORAGE AREA BEFORE THE STORM
ARRIVES.
LAT...LON 3554 8189 3553 8198 3555 8201 3553 8203
3553 8209 3552 8214 3553 8217 3552 8222
3549 8223 3549 8228 3559 8232 3567 8206
MCAVOYSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
117 PM EDT FRI APR 25 2014
NCZ048>050-251800-
MADISON-MITCHELL-YANCEY-
117 PM EDT FRI APR 25 2014
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT NORTHWESTERN YANCEY...
NORTHWESTERN MITCHELL AND MADISON COUNTIES THROUGH 200 PM EDT...
AT 109 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES WEST OF
JONESBOROUGH TO 9 MILES SOUTH OF PARROTTSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 35
MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WOLF
RIDGE...GREEN MOUNTAIN...WHITEROCK...WALNUT...SWISS...RAMSEYTOWN...
POPLAR...MARS HILL...HOT SPRINGS...FAUST...BULADEAN AND ALLENSTAND.
WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.
GUSTY WINDS CAN BLOW DOWN TREES THAT ARE DEAD...OR THAT HAVE WEAKENED
ROOT SYSTEMS. OUTDOOR FURNITURE AND SIMILAR ITEMS CAN BE TOSSED
AROUND IF NOT ANCHORED. SEEK SHELTER INDOORS.
LAT...LON 3613 8213 3611 8212 3611 8208 3578 8257
3585 8293 3593 8292 3596 8287 3593 8281
3599 8279 3607 8264 3604 8259 3597 8260
3596 8256 3598 8251 3612 8235 3614 8224
MCAVOYSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
155 PM EDT FRI APR 25 2014
NCZ033-501-251830-
AVERY-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-
155 PM EDT FRI APR 25 2014
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHWESTERN CALDWELL AND
SOUTHEASTERN AVERY COUNTIES THROUGH 230 PM EDT...
AT 151 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR LINVILLE...OR 5 MILES SOUTH OF NEWLAND...
MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO PINEOLA...
ALTAMONT...LINVILLE...UPTON...GLOBE...EDGEMONT AND CROSSNORE.
PEA SIZE HAIL...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. IF OUTDOORS...TRY TO
GET INDOORS OR INTO A HARD TOPPED VEHICLE. OTHERWISE...STAY AWAY FROM
OPEN AREAS AND ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES. WHEN INDOORS...
STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS AND AVOID USING WIRED ELECTRONIC
DEVICES. TRY TO UNPLUG UNNECESSARY APPLIANCES BEFORE THE STORM
APPROACHES.
LAT...LON 3611 8163 3593 8168 3591 8170 3595 8181
3597 8182 3596 8183 3600 8190 3596 8196
3607 8196
MCAVOYSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
246 PM EDT FRI APR 25 2014
NCZ504-251915-
GREATER BURKE-
246 PM EDT FRI APR 25 2014
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EAST CENTRAL BURKE COUNTY
THROUGH 315 PM EDT...
AT 242 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR SALEM...OR NEAR MORGANTON...MOVING EAST AT
35 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SALEM...
RUTHERFORD COLLEGE...LAKE RHODHISS...VALDESE...MORGANTON...ICARD...
HILDEBRAN...DREXEL AND CONNELLY SPRINGS.
SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.
LAKE RHODHISS IS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM. CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS BOATING CONDITIONS.
MOVE TO SHORE IMMEDIATELY.
LAT...LON 3578 8144 3577 8143 3575 8137 3567 8145
3568 8170 3576 8172 3578 8156 3578 8154
3579 8144
MCAVOYSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
250 PM EDT FRI APR 25 2014
NCZ057-072-251915-
CABARRUS-ROWAN-
250 PM EDT FRI APR 25 2014
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT SOUTHEASTERN ROWAN AND
NORTHEASTERN CABARRUS COUNTIES THROUGH 315 PM EDT...
AT 248 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM CHINA GROVE TO MOUNT
PLEASANT...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO HIGH ROCK
LAKE...ROCKWELL...GRANITE QUARRY...GOLD HILL...FAITH...CRAVEN AND
CHINA GROVE.
SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE
STORMS.
HIGH ROCK LAKE IS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM. CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS BOATING CONDITIONS.
MOVE TO SHORE IMMEDIATELY.
LAT...LON 3550 8029 3544 8034 3540 8057 3560 8061
3573 8034 3571 8032 3568 8033 3564 8028
3564 8026 3561 8023 3556 8019 3550 8018
MCAVOYSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
257 PM EDT FRI APR 25 2014
NCZ035-056-502-251945-
ALEXANDER-CATAWBA-GREATER CALDWELL-
257 PM EDT FRI APR 25 2014
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT SOUTHEASTERN CALDWELL...NORTH
CENTRAL CATAWBA AND ALEXANDER COUNTIES THROUGH 345 PM EDT...
AT 251 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM KINGS CREEK TO
GRANITE FALLS...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
THESE STORMS WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
ELLENDALE...
LAKE HICKORY...
TAYLORSVILLE...
CONOVER...
LOOKOUT SHOALS LAKE...
STONY POINT...
SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE
STORMS.
LAKE HICKORY IS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM. CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING
AND GUSTY WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS BOATING CONDITIONS. MOVE TO
SHORE IMMEDIATELY.
LAT...LON 3602 8102 3600 8101 3587 8103 3578 8111
3577 8110 3568 8115 3577 8144 3579 8145
3579 8150 3602 8137 3602 8134 3600 8132
3603 8128 3604 8111
MCAVOYThe Roanoke radar (KFCX), 147 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:29 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Spotters reported garage doors blown in and siding stripped off some homes along Scotts Creek Rd (4.5 NW) and multiple trees down on the northwest side of Statesville. Public reported minor roof damage to buildings near the city center.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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