Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 27, 1998, 2:52 PM EDT for McDowell County, North Carolina. It was in force for 38 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 27, 1998, 2:52 PM EDT (18:52 UTC)
- Expired
- May 27, 1998, 3:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Whole counties
County McDowell County, NC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:54 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 2:52 PM EDT | Hail 0.75 | Marion, NC |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.
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 27, 1:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 199 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
- 186 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -113 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 540 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 181 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 245 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
186 WUUS1 KGSP 271853 RRA SVRGSP NCC111-271940- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 252 PM EDT WED MAY 27 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... MCDOWELL COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA * UNTIL 330 PM EDT * AT 251 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR MARION...MOVING MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... NEBO 310 PM PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD BE ALERT FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN CAN OCCUR WITH ANY THUNDERSTORM. SAB
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 27, 1:02 PM EDT, 1 hour 50 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 27, 1:02 PM EDT, 1 hour 50 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
102 PM EDT WED MAY 27 1998
ALL: LIKELY POPS THIS EVENG...PRECIP SHUD END BY MIDNITE.
ERLY AM FOG THU..OTHERWISE FAIR. CURNT FCSTS OK.
SPC PLANS TO BOX US..SO THIS OUT ERLY. MDLS SUSPECT TDY GIVEN LESS
THAN FULL COVERAGE BUT NGM AGREES WITH DATA-DEPLETED ETA THAT
SHORTWAVE COMES ACROSS THIS EVENG...TSTMS SHUD BE WIDESPREAD AND
POTENTIAL CERTAINLY EXISTS FOR DANGEROUS DOWNBURSTS. KGSP 88-D SHOWS
RAPID DEVELOPMENT IN WRN CAROLINAS AND NE GA. FOR TNT AND
TMRW...DOWNSLOPE FLO BEHIND SHORTWAVE SHOULD DRY US OUT AND PROVIDE
FAIR WEATHER. AT 48 HRS...MDLS SUGST RIDGING FIRMLY ESTABLISHED
ALNG EAST COAST...WITH BNDRY LYR FLO BACKING TO SW AGAIN.
AVL 56/77/54/80 6/2/0/0
CLT 65/86/62/88 6/1/0/0
GSP 66/85/63/88 6/1/0/0
BURRUSIn the hours before
Special weather statement, May 27, 11:00 AM EDT, 3 hours 52 minutes before
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014- 019-272100- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1100 AM EDT WED MAY 27 1998 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE TODAY IN EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA...AND THE WESTERN AND CENTRAL CAROLINAS... EXAMINATION OF UPPER AIR DATA FROM THIS MORNING INDICATES THAT SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE POSSIBLE LATER TODAY. THE ATMOSPHERE WILL BECOME VERY UNSTABLE...WITH SEVERAL PARAMETERS INDICATING POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT DAMAGING WIND STORMS AND LARGE HAIL. LATE THIS MORNING...A BOUNDARY SEPARATING VERY WARM AND MOIST AIR TO THE SOUTH...FROM SLIGHTLY DRIER AND COOLER TO THE NORTH...STRETCHED FROM WEST OF ANDERSON SOUTH CAROLINA...TO BETWEEN ANDERSON AND GREENVILLE SOUTH CAROLINA...TO JUST SOUTH OF CHARLOTTE NORTH CAROLINA. THIS BOUNDARY MAY BECOME THE FOCUS FOR SOME OF THE STRONGEST OR SEVERE STORMS THIS AFTERNOON. STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS MAY DEVELOP ANYWHERE IN THE AREA...HOWEVER. SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS OFFICIALS SHOULD PREPARE FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF ACTIVATION FOR SEVERE WEATHER CONDITIONS LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. NO SEVERE WEATHER WATCHES OR WARNINGS HAVE BEEN ISSUED YET. LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS...WATCHES...OR WARNINGS ON THIS THREAT. JONES
Special weather statement, May 27, 11:00 AM EDT, 3 hours 52 minutes before
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014- 019-272100- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1100 AM EDT WED MAY 27 1998 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE TODAY IN EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA...AND THE WESTERN AND CENTRAL CAROLINAS... EXAMINATION OF UPPER AIR DATA FROM THIS MORNING INDICATES THAT SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE POSSIBLE LATER TODAY. THE ATMOSPHERE WILL BECOME VERY UNSTABLE...WITH SEVERAL PARAMETERS INDICATING POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT DAMAGING WIND STORMS AND LARGE HAIL. LATE THIS MORNING...A BOUNDARY SEPARATING VERY WARM AND MOIST AIR TO THE SOUTH...FROM SLIGHTLY DRIER AND COOLER TO THE NORTH...STRETCHED FROM WEST OF ANDERSON SOUTH CAROLINA...TO BETWEEN ANDERSON AND GREENVILLE SOUTH CAROLINA...TO JUST SOUTH OF CHARLOTTE NORTH CAROLINA. THIS BOUNDARY MAY BECOME THE FOCUS FOR SOME OF THE STRONGEST OR SEVERE STORMS THIS AFTERNOON. STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS MAY DEVELOP ANYWHERE IN THE AREA...HOWEVER. SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS OFFICIALS SHOULD PREPARE FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF ACTIVATION FOR SEVERE WEATHER CONDITIONS LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. NO SEVERE WEATHER WATCHES OR WARNINGS HAVE BEEN ISSUED YET. LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS...WATCHES...OR WARNINGS ON THIS THREAT. JONES
Local storm report, May 27, 2:36 PM EDT, 16 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
236 PM EDT WED MAY 27 1998
TIME (EDT) .....CITY LOCATION....... ST ...EVENT/REMARKS...
.....COUNTY LOCATION.....
230 PM 5 NW COLLETTSVILLE NC WIND DAMAGE
05/27/98 CALDWELL SKYWARN SPOTTER ESTIMATED
WINDS 55 TO 60 MPH.
230 PM 5 NW COLLETTSVILLE NC 0.75 INCH HAIL
05/27/98 CALDWELL DIME-SIZED HAIL REPORTED
BY SKYWARN SPOTTER.
BURRUSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 1:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Burke | 32 min |
| May 27, 2:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Caldwell | 33 min |
| May 27, 3:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Henderson | 44 min |
| May 27, 4:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cleveland | 44 min |
| May 27, 4:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Catawba | 31 min |
| May 27, 4:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Iredell | 31 min |
| May 27, 4:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Iredell, Mecklenburg | 35 min |
| May 27, 5:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cabarrus | 65 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.