Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 285, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 22, 1998, 3:40 PM EDT for Catawba County, North Carolina. It was in force for 50 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
- Jul 22, 1998, 3:40 PM EDT (19:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 22, 1998, 4:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Catawba County, NC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 127 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
- 1081 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -174 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1231 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 40 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 33 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
253 WUUS1 KGSP 221941 RRA SVRGSP NCC035-222030- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 340 PM EDT WED JUL 22 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... CATAWBA COUNTY IN NORTH CAROLINA * UNTIL 430 PM EDT * AT 340 PM EDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN THE VICINITY OF HICKORY MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... STARTOWN AT 400 PM EDT FAIRGROVE AT 405 PM EDT NEWTON AT 415 PM EDT CONOVER AT 415 PM EDT 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.
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 Jul 22, 2:54 PM EDT, 46 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 22, 2:54 PM EDT, 46 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE/SPARTANBURG, SC 254 PM EDT WED JUL 22 1998 CIRCULATION AROUND UPPER LOW OVER HUDSON BAY WILL BUILD SOUTHWARD INTO CWA THROUGH FRIDAY. WEAK COLD FRONT OVER GREAT LAKES WILL PUSH SOUTH INTO MID- ATLANTIC AREA AND MERGE INTO LEE SIDE TROF THAT WILL PERSIST THRU THE CAROLINA. SEE LITTLE TEMP CHANGE THE NEXT FEW DAYS EXCEPT POSSIBLE FEW DEGREE LOWERING DUE TO SLIGHT INCREASE IN CLDS AND PRECIP. HEAT INDICES SHOULD CONTINUE TO MAX OUT IN THE 100 TO 105 AREA OVER MOST LOCATIONS IN FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT. PRECIP CURRENTLY AROUND CWA SHOULD CONTINUE WITH DAYS HEATING AND DECREASE QUICKLY AFTER...BUT EXPECT ACTIVITY PATTERN TO SHIFT SOUTHEAST WITH BEST MOISTURE CONVG AND OMEGA UPLIFT. AVL 65/86/63/85 2/4/2/3 CLT 74/93/72/91 2/4/3/3 GSP 73/92/71/91 2/4/3/3 NEAL
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 22, 12:30 PM EDT, 3 hours 10 minutes before
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014- 019-221930- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1230 PM EDT MON JUL 22 1998 ...ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE WESTERN CAROLINAS. A FEW OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE...PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND D*AMAGING WINDS BUT NO ORGANIZED WIDESPREAD OUTBREAKS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR. SKYWARN SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGERS SHOULD KEEP AWARE OF DEVELOPING STORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND LISTEN FOR LATER INFORMATION. RBN
Special weather statement, Jul 22, 12:30 PM EDT, 3 hours 10 minutes before
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014- 019-221930- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1230 PM EDT WED JUL 22 1998 ...ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE WESTERN CAROLINAS. A FEW OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE...PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS BUT NO ORGANIZED WIDESPREAD OUTBREAKS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR. SKYWARN SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGERS SHOULD KEEP AWARE OF DEVELOPING STORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND LISTEN FOR LATER INFORMATION. RBN
Special weather statement, Jul 22, 12:30 PM EDT, 3 hours 10 minutes before
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014- 019-221930- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1230 PM EDT MON JUL 22 1998 ...ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE WESTERN CAROLINAS. A FEW OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE...PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND D*AMAGING WINDS BUT NO ORGANIZED WIDESPREAD OUTBREAKS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR. SKYWARN SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGERS SHOULD KEEP AWARE OF DEVELOPING STORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND LISTEN FOR LATER INFORMATION. RBN
Special weather statement, Jul 22, 12:30 PM EDT, 3 hours 10 minutes before
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014- 019-221930- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1230 PM EDT WED JUL 22 1998 ...ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE WESTERN CAROLINAS. A FEW OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE...PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS BUT NO ORGANIZED WIDESPREAD OUTBREAKS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR. SKYWARN SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGERS SHOULD KEEP AWARE OF DEVELOPING STORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND LISTEN FOR LATER INFORMATION. RBN
Local storm report, Jul 22, 3:25 PM EDT, 15 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
325 PM EDT WED JUL 22 1998
TIME (EDT) .....CITY LOCATION....... ST ...EVENT/REMARKS...
.....COUNTY LOCATION.....
320 PM SUGAR HILL NC WIND DAMAGE
07/22/98 MCDOWELL TREES AND POWER LINES
DOWN. REPORTED BY COUNTY
911.
CSHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 22, 2:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | McDowell | 47 min |
| Jul 22, 3:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Jackson | 34 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.