Widely scattered thunderstorms developed over the northern foothills and northwest Piedmont during the late afternoon and moved east. A couple of storms produced large hail across the Piedmont.
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Widely scattered thunderstorms developed over the northern foothills and northwest Piedmont during the late afternoon and moved east. A couple of storms produced large hail across the Piedmont.
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 28, 1:17 PM EST, 2 hours 18 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
217 PM EDT THU APR 28 2016
.SYNOPSIS...
A COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE AREA TONIGHT...WITH HIGH PRESSURE
BUILDING IN FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL
APPROACH FROM THE WEST LATE SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. THE LOW
WILL LIFT NORTHEAST ALONG THE COAST EARLY NEXT WEEK...BUT LEAVE A
TRAILING COLD FRONT NEAR THE CAROLINA COAST.
&&
.NEAR TERM /THROUGH FRIDAY/...
THE CU FIELD IS QUITE HEALTHY ACROSS MUCH OF THE FORECAST AREA THIS
AFTERNOON...WITH THE BEST BUBBLING NOTED ALONG THE BLUE RIDGE...AND
INDEED WE HAVE FINALLY SEEN SOME ISOLATED DEEP CONVECTION (ONLY
SHOWERS AT THIS POINT) INITIATE ALONG THE BLUE RIDGE...AND ALSO
ACROSS OUR EASTERN PIEDMONT ZONES. SBCAPE IS QUITE ROBUST ACROSS THE
EASTERN HALF OF THE FORECAST AREA...WHERE VALUES AS HIGH AS 2500
J/KG ARE NOTED PER THE LATEST SPC MESOANALYSIS. NEVERTHELESS...OTHER
THAN TERRAIN EFFECTS...THERE REALLY ISN/T MUCH TO FOCUS CONVECTION
ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. A SYNOPTIC SURFACE
TROUGH...EXTENDING FROM A WEAK SURFACE WAVE ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY/
CTRL APPALACHIANS IS CURRENTLY ANALYZED ACROSS THE SOUTHERN
APPALACHIANS. THIS IS EXPECTED TO PUSH OUT ACROSS THE PIEDMONT LATER
THIS AFTERNOON...WHICH COULD ALLOW FOR BETTER COVERAGE OF DEEP
CONVECTION IN THOSE AREAS. THEREFORE...WILL CONTINUE WITH POPS
RANGING FROM LOW CHANCE ACROSS THE MAJORITY OF THE FORECAST
AREA...TO 40-50 PERCENT FROM THE BLUE RIDGE EAST IN NC. BEING THE
AREA IS ON THE PERIPHERY OF THE STRONGER MID-LEVEL FLOW...DEEP LAYER
SHEAR IS NOT OUTSTANDING (30-35 KTS)...BUT CERTAINLY ADEQUATE FOR
ORGANIZED AND/OR ROTATING STORMS. A COUPLE OF SEVERE STORMS STILL
APPEAR TO BE A GOOD BET IN LIGHT OF THE ROBUST BUOYANCY.
DRIER DEWPOINTS ARE EXPECTED TO OVERSPREAD THE AREA THIS
EVENING...AS THE SURFACE TROUGH PROGRESSES EAST. THIS SHOULD BRING A
PRETTY QUICK END TO CONVECTIVE CHANCES. THE REMAINDER OF THE NEAR
TERM WILL BE INACTIVE/MOSTLY CLEAR AND QUITE WARM...WITH TEMPS
EXPECTED TO AVERAGE ABOUT 10 DEGREES ABOVE CLIMO THROUGH THE PERIOD.
&&
.SHORT TERM /FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT/...
AS OF 200 PM EDT THURSDAY...THE SHORT TERM FCST PERIOD INITIALIZES
ON FRIDAY NIGHT AMIDST SHORTWAVE H5 RIDGING OVER THE SOUTHEAST WHILE
AN H5 CYCLONE ROTATES OVER THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES. AT THE
SURFACE...HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE NORTHEAST WILL BUILD SOUTH ALONG
THE EASTERN SEABOARD ATTEMPTING TO SETUP A SHORT LIVED WEDGE...WHILE
CYCLOGENESIS DEVELOPS/STRENGTHENS OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. A
WARM FRONT LOOKS TO SPREAD NORTH OVER THE DEEP SOUTH IN
ASSOCIATION WITH THE A FORE MENTIONED SFC CYCLONE INTO SATURDAY
WITH CONVECTION ACTIVATING ALONG IT OVER PORTIONS OF NORTH MS/AL
AS WELL AS WEST/MIDDLE TN. CLOSER TO HOME...THE WEDGE FRONT MAKES
A PUSH INTO THE REGION ON SATURDAY MORNING BEFORE RETREATING
NORTHEAST INTO THE MID/LATE AFTERNOON HOURS AS THE CONVECTIVELY
ACTIVE WARM FRONT SURGES.
THE UPPER TROF WILL BE ON THE MOVE SUNDAY WITH THE SFC CYCLONE
MOVING NORTHEAST. THE COLD FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH SAID CYCLONE IS
EXPECTED TO PUSH THROUGH THE OH/TN VALLEYS ON SUNDAY POSSIBLY
YIELDING STRONG/SEVERE CONVECTION THANKS TO AN ABUNDANTLY UNSTABLE
AIRMASS BACKED UP BY AN APPROACHING H5 SHORTWAVE. AS FOR NORTHEAST
GA AND THE WESTERN CAROLINAS...THE FRONT SHOULD REMAIN TO THE WEST
THROUGH PEAK HEATING HOWEVER SOUNDINGS CONTINUE TO FAVOR SUBSTANTIAL
INSTABILITY ABOUT THE REGION THANKS TO MID 60S DEWPOINTS AND MODEST
LOW/MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES...ALL SUPPORTING SCATTERED SHRA/TSRA.
EXPECTING ANY DEVELOPMENT TO WEAKEN WITH HEATING LOSS INTO THE
EVENING HOURS SUNDAY AS THE FRONT CONTINUES APPROACHING FROM THE
WEST...LIKELY BANKING AGAINST THE WESTERN SLOPES OF THE SOUTHERN
APPS BY MID MORNING MONDAY.
AS FOR THE FCST...POPS WILL INCREASE FROM THE WEST SATURDAY WITH
SLIGHT CHANCES FAVORED OVER THE SW MTNS BY LATE
MORNING...SPREADING/INCREASING NORTH AND EAST INTO THE AFTERNOON
HOURS WHERE MID CHANCES POPS ARE MENTIONED. FURTHER INCREASES ARE
WARRANTED SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY GIVEN THE WARM FROPA WITH THE
VAST MAJORITY OF THE FCST AREA UNDER LIKELY POPS BY DAYBREAK...WHILE
CATEGORICAL LEVELS ARE ANCHORED ALONG THE SOUTHERN BLUE RIDGE
ESCARPMENT. THESE POP LEVELS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE DAY BEFORE
GRADUALLY LOWERING INTO THE OVERNIGHT. REGARDING ANY HAZARDOUS
WX...CANT RULE OUT A STRONG/SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ON SATURDAY ALONG
THE WARM FRONT...WITH BETTER CHANCES BEING ON SUNDAY WHEN
INSTABILITY IS FCST TO BE HIGHER AND DEEPER THROUGH THE COLUMN.
PRECIPITATION TOTALS WILL RANGE FROM 1-2 INCHES OVER THE WEEKEND
WITH LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE ASSOCIATED WITH ANY DEEPER
CONVECTION. TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE PERIOD WILL REMAIN ABOVE
NORMAL.
&&
.LONG TERM /MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/...
AS OF 100 PM THURSDAY...THE MODEL GUIDANCE CONTINUES TO DISPLAY
SIGFNT DIFFERENCES WITH THE LARGE SCALE PATTERN AND SENSIBLE WX
ACROSS THE SE CONUS BEGINNING MON. THE GFS IS STILL THE DRIER AND
MORE SUPPRESSED MODEL ALLOWING STRONG CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE TO BUILD
IN AFTER A MOIST FROPA MON...WHILE THE ECMWF HAS A MUCH WETTER SOLN.
THE ECMWF IS PHASING AN UPPER TROF ACROSS THE MIDWEST AND SWINGS IT SE
INDUCING AN INVERTED GOM TROF...WHICH THEN MOVES NE ALONG STATIONARY
FRONT OVER THE CAROLINAS. THE GFS ENS MEANS ALSO SHOW MUCH SPREAD
WITH THE H5 PATTERN BEGINNING MON...BUT IT/S MEANS SUPPORT THE SPLIT
FLOW PATTERN OF THE OP GFS. WITH SO MUCH UNCERTAINTY...WILL MAINTAIN
LOW END POPS GIVING MORE WEIGHT TO CLIMO AND CONSMOS. INSTABILITY
SHUD REMAIN FAIRLY LOW AFTER THE FROPA AND LOWERING SFC TD/S...SO
NOT ANTICIPATING STRONG OR SEVERE ACTIVITY....MAINLY ISOL TO SCT
GENERAL TSTMS. TEMPS COULD BE AN ISSUE AS THE AMOUNT OF DEEP
MOISTURE AND AIR MASS CHANGE/MIX IS STILL UNCLEAR. SO...WILL ALSO
GIVE MOS MORE WEIGHT WITH TEMPS REMAINING A CAT OR SO ABOVE NORMAL
MON...THEN RETURNING TO NORMAL VALUES TUE THROUGH THE PERIOD.
&&
.AVIATION /18Z THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/...
AT KCLT/KHKY...BEGINNING TO SEE ISOLATED SHOWERS DEVELOP ACROSS WESTERN
NC EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS...THE BEST
CHANCES FOR CONVECTION WILL EXIST NEAR THE BLUE RIDGE...AND A VCTS/
TEMPO FOR TSRA WILL CONTINUE AT KHKY BEGINNING AT 19Z. A TEMPO FOR
TSRA WAS INTRODUCED AT THE 15Z UPDATE AT KCLT...AND WHILE CONFIDENCE
IS NOT GREAT THAT THIS WILL WORK OUT...CONFIDENCE WAS NOT LOW ENOUGH
TO REMOVE IT...ESPECIALLY IN LIGHT OF THE FACT THAT WE ARE ALREADY
SEEING SOME CONVECTION DEVELOP ABOUT 20 MILES SOUTH OF THE TERMINAL.
OTHERWISE...CONVECTION SHOULD DIMINISH BY AROUND SUNSET...AS DRIER
AIR PUSHES ACROSS THE AREA IN THE WAKE OF A SURFACE TROUGH. THIS IS
EXPECTED TO RESULT IN VFR CONDITIONS THROUGH THE PERIOD...ALTHOUGH
SOME FOG MAY DEVELOP TOWARD DAYBREAK NORTH AND EAST OF KCLT. SW
WINDS OF AROUND 10 KTS...WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 20 KTS WILL BE
POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON...ESP AT KCLT. WINDS WILL DIMINISH AFTER
SUNSET...TURNING TOWARD THE W AND NW BY THE END OF THE EVENING.
ELSEWHERE...THUNDER CHANCES ARE EXPECTED TO BE LESS AT THE UPSTATE
SC TERMINALS AND KAVL THIS AFTERNOON...AS THE STRONGEST INSTABILITY
IT SETTING UP ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT OF NC.
NEVERTHELESS...THE LATEST TRENDS INDICATE SCATTERED SHOWERS SHOULD
DEVELOP OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS...WARRANTING A VCSH MENTION.
CERTAINLY CANNOT RULE OUT A DIRECT HIT ON ANY OF THESE TERMINALS...
OR EVEN SOME OCCL THUNDER...BUT PROBABILITIES ARE TOO LOW TO INCLUDE
IN A TEMPO ATTM. OTHERWISE...TRENDS SIMILAR TO KCLT...WITH VFR
CONDITIONS EXPECTED.
OUTLOOK...VFR CONDITIONS SHOULD PERSIST THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT.
UNSETTLED WEATHER/POSSIBLE RESTRICTIONS/CONVECTION RETURN FROM THE
WEST OVER THE WEEKEND.
CONFIDENCE TABLE...
18-24Z 00-06Z 06-12Z 12-18Z
KCLT HIGH 100% HIGH 100% HIGH 100% HIGH 100%
KGSP HIGH 100% HIGH 100% HIGH 100% HIGH 100%
KAVL HIGH 100% HIGH 100% HIGH 100% HIGH 100%
KHKY HIGH 100% HIGH 100% HIGH 100% HIGH 100%
KGMU HIGH 100% HIGH 100% HIGH 100% HIGH 100%
KAND HIGH 100% HIGH 100% HIGH 100% HIGH 100%
THE PERCENTAGE REFLECTS THE NUMBER OF GUIDANCE MEMBERS AGREEING
WITH THE SCHEDULE TAF ISSUANCE FLIGHT RULE CATEGORY. COMPLETE HOURLY
EXPERIMENTAL AVIATION FORECAST CONSISTENCY TABLES AND ENSEMBLE
FORECASTS ARE AVAILABLE AT THE FOLLOWING LINK:
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/GSP/AVIATION
&&
.CLIMATE...
RECORDS FOR 04-29
MAX TEMPERATURE MIN TEMPERATURE
STATION HIGH LOW HIGH LOW
------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ----------
KAVL 89 1970 46 1999 63 1956 28 1967
KCLT 91 1888 48 1999 65 1994 33 1973
1991
1914
KGSP 91 1917 47 1999 67 1975 32 1992
&&
.GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...NONE.
NC...NONE.
SC...NONE.
&&
SYNOPSIS...SBK
NEAR TERM...JDL
SHORT TERM...CDG
LONG TERM...SBK
AVIATION...JDL
CLIMATE...GSPHAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 427 PM EDT THU APR 28 2016 NCZ035>037-056-057-501>504-292030- ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS- GREATER CALDWELL-BURKE MOUNTAINS-GREATER BURKE- 427 PM EDT THU APR 28 2016 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 119 IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE NORTHWEST PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA THROUGH AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND BRIEFLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY THUNDERSTORMS. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE PRODUCING QUARTER SIZED HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. ..FRIDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ..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. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS TO OUR OFFICE. GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-068>072- 082-505>510-SCZ001>014-019-292030- RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY- MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON- SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON- MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-EASTERN MCDOWELL- RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-GREATER RUTHERFORD-POLK MOUNTAINS-EASTERN POLK- OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS- GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG- CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- 427 PM EDT THU APR 28 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND BRIEFLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY THUNDERSTORMS. A FEW OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME STRONG WITH SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. ..FRIDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ..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. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS TO OUR OFFICE. CDG
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
238 PM EDT THU APR 28 2016
NCZ035-502-281915-
GREATER CALDWELL NC-ALEXANDER NC-
238 PM EDT THU APR 28 2016
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN
CALDWELL AND ALEXANDER COUNTIES UNTIL 315 PM EDT...
AT 237 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5
MILES EAST OF LENOIR...OR NEAR CEDAR ROCK...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
LOCATIONS TO BE IMPACTED INCLUDE...
TAYLORSVILLE...LENOIR...SAWMILLS...GRANITE FALLS...BETHLEHEM...HUDSON...
CEDAR ROCK...LAKE HICKORY...LAKE RHODHISS AND KINGS CREEK.
PEA SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THESE
AREAS.
LAT...LON 3603 8117 3603 8115 3581 8109 3581 8114
3583 8114 3583 8116 3582 8120 3581 8122
3582 8125 3581 8126 3579 8135 3578 8148
3596 8154 3601 8134 3600 8133 3603 8127
3604 8119
TIME...MOT...LOC 1837Z 257DEG 19KT 3589 8143
07SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
409 PM EDT THU APR 28 2016
NCZ035-036-282045-
IREDELL NC-ALEXANDER NC-
409 PM EDT THU APR 28 2016
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF NORTHWESTERN IREDELL
AND ALEXANDER COUNTIES UNTIL 445 PM EDT...
AT 408 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4
MILES NORTHWEST OF TAYLORSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
LOCATIONS TO BE IMPACTED INCLUDE...
TAYLORSVILLE...STONY POINT...LOVE VALLEY...VASHTI...SCOTTS...ELLENDALE...
MILLERSVILLE...HIDDENITE AND LITTLE RIVER IN ALEXANDER COUNTY.
PEA SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THESE
AREAS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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. DO NOT TAKE A SHOWER OR BATH. TRY TO UNPLUG UNNECESSARY
APPLIANCES BEFORE THE STORM APPROACHES.
THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND TV
STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
&&
LAT...LON 3601 8088 3575 8101 3581 8114 3583 8114
3583 8117 3591 8134 3596 8134 3601 8131
3601 8129 3603 8127 3604 8120 3603 8117
3604 8113 3603 8107 3604 8105
TIME...MOT...LOC 2008Z 291DEG 18KT 3598 8123
07SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 412 PM EDT THU APR 28 2016 NCZ035>037-057-282045- DAVIE NC-ROWAN NC-IREDELL NC-ALEXANDER NC- 412 PM EDT THU APR 28 2016 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF NORTHWESTERN ROWAN...NORTHERN IREDELL...EAST CENTRAL ALEXANDER AND WEST CENTRAL DAVIE COUNTIES UNTIL 445 PM EDT... AT 411 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF STATESVILLE...OR 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF STONY POINT...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. LOCATIONS TO BE IMPACTED INCLUDE... STATESVILLE...STONY POINT...HARMONY...LOVE VALLEY...TURNERSBURG...OLIN... COOL SPRINGS AND SCOTTS. PEA SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. && LAT...LON 3585 8109 3602 8101 3594 8062 3569 8074 TIME...MOT...LOC 2011Z 291DEG 18KT 3591 8097 07
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 130 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:34 UTC.
2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Spotter, the public, and a CoCoRahs observer reported quarter to ping pong ball size hail from west to southwest of Harmony.
Public reported quarter size hail near the intersection of Highway 64 and I-40.
Public reported large limbs blown down.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in North Carolina in 2016Every state in 2016This day in weather historyWarnings in North Carolina, April 2016
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 623309, 623310, 635521.