Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 166, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 10, 1998, 7:11 AM EDT for Iredell County, North Carolina. It was in force for 34 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
- Jun 10, 1998, 7:11 AM EDT (11:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 10, 1998, 7:45 AM EDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Iredell County, NC
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 10, 7:25 AM EDT | Hail 1 | Mooresville, 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 nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 00:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 93 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
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 660 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 153 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 501 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
189 WUUS1 KGSP 101112 SVRGSP NCC097-101145- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 711 AM EDT WED JUN 10 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... IREDELL COUNTY IN NORTH CAROLINA * UNTIL 745 AM EDT * AT 711 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ALONG THE CATAWBA/IREDELL COUNTY LINE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... TROUTMAN 725 AM SHEPHERDS 735 AM THIS STORM PRODUCED QUARTER-SIZED HAIL IN NORTHEAST CATAWBA COUNTY. 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 Jun 10, 2:22 AM EDT, 4 hours 49 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 10, 2:22 AM EDT, 4 hours 49 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
222 AM EDT WED JUN 10 1998
ALL: WILL HAVE TO KEEP AN EYE ON FOG TRENDS THIS AM...OTHRWS...CHC
POPS TDY...HIER NC PORTION. CHC POPS ALL AROUND FOR EVNG AND
PERHAPS PREDAWN THU...THEN 40-50 POPS CWA WIDE FOR THU
FRONT TO STAY IN VCNTY CWA THIS PKG...LUKS ON SFC ANALYSIS THAT A
BIT OF A SRN PUSH OF FEATURE WAS MADE TNT. MDLS SUGST FRONT TO
RETREAT TO EXTREME NRN PORTIONS CWA BY THIS AFTN. NO DISCERNIBLE
SFC FEATURES ALNG FRONT TO ACT AS EXTRA FORCING MECHANISM...AND
DOWNSLOPE FLO SHUD LIMIT CONVECTION UNTIL LATE IN AFTN PD; LOW LVL
MOISTR RMNS HIGH EVEN WITH DOWNSLOPE AND SLIGHT COOLING ALF CUD
STEEPEN LAPSE RATES ENUF TO SUPPORT SOME THUNDR. MAY NEED TO WATCH OUT
FOR MCS DVLPNT UPSTREAM AND EFFECTS ON CWA FOR LATE TNT; SOME LOW LVL
PVA SHWN ON GRIDS NC PORTION CWA BY THU AM.
THURSDAY...INTERESTING. EVEN BETTER DYNAMICS AND WELL-DEFINED SFC
WAVE ON FRONT...YET WE HAVE WARMING TEMPS ALF THAT MAY PROVIDE CAP.
BASED ON GRID DATA...WUD THINK MTNS HAVE BEST CHC CONVECTION ALTHO
WITH FRONT IN VCNTY THUNDR POSBL JUST ABOUT ANYWHERE AS WITNESSED
LAST WEEK.
AVL 81/62/84 4/3/5
CLT 87/67/86 4/3/5
GSP 88/69/87 3/3/4
BURRUSIn the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 10, 5:35 AM EDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014- 019-101630- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 535 AM EDT WED JUN 10 1998 ...SEVERE WEATHER POSSIBLE TODAY... A STATIONARY FRONT ACROSS THE CAROLINAS INTO THE OHIO VALLEY WILL CAUSE UNSTABLE CONDITIONS ACROSS THE REGION TODAY. MOISTURE WILL BE AVAILABLE TO GENERATE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BE SEVERE... PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. RESIDENTS OF THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA SHOULD STAY INFORMED OF THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION TODAY BY LISTENING TO LOCAL RADIO OR TV...OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO. SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED LATER TODAY. ROBBINS/BURRUS
Special weather statement, Jun 10, 5:35 AM EDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014- 019-101630- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 535 AM EDT WED JUN 10 1998 ...SEVERE WEATHER POSSIBLE TODAY... A STATIONARY FRONT ACROSS THE CAROLINAS INTO THE OHIO VALLEY WILL CAUSE UNSTABLE CONDITIONS ACROSS THE REGION TODAY. MOISTURE WILL BE AVAILABLE TO GENERATE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BE SEVERE... PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. RESIDENTS OF THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA SHOULD STAY INFORMED OF THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION TODAY BY LISTENING TO LOCAL RADIO OR TV...OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO. SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED LATER TODAY. ROBBINS/BURRUS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 10, 7:16 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Alexander | 29 min |
| Jun 10, 7:29 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cabarrus | 46 min |
| Jun 10, 7:40 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Catawba, Iredell | 35 min |
| Jun 10, 9:07 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Union | 28 min |
| Jun 10, 9:43 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Gaston | 27 min |
| Jun 10, 9:52 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Mecklenburg | 43 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Carolina, 1998Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1998
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.