Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 10, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 11, 2000, 4:56 PM EST for Davie County, Iredell County, Rowan County, North Carolina. It was in force for 49 min. 2 reports 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
- Mar 11, 2000, 4:56 PM EST (21:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 11, 2000, 5:45 PM EST
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Davie County, NC, Iredell County, NC, Rowan County, NC
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 11, 4:58 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind 60 E | Salisbury, NC | |
| Mar 11, 5:10 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind 50 E | Advance, 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 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 75 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
- 148 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -74 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1018 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 183 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 158 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS52 KGSP 112156 SVRGSP NCC059-097-159-112245- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 456 PM EST SAT MAR 11 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... DAVIE COUNTY IN PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA WESTERN ROWAN COUNTY IN PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA NORTHEASTERN IREDELL COUNTY IN PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA * UNTIL 545 PM EST * AT 456 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF CLEVELAND...OR ABOUT 9 MILES EAST OF STATESVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... HARMONY AT 505 PM EST SALISBURY AT 505 PM EST COOLEEMEE AT 510 PM EST MOCKSVILLE AT 520 PM EST ADVANCE AT 540 PM EST PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM SHOULD BE ALERT FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. FREQUENTq LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN CAN OCCUR WITH ANY SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM EST SATURDAY AFTERNOON FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. $$ 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 Mar 11, 2:18 PM EST, 2 hours 38 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 11, 2:18 PM EST, 2 hours 38 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 218 PM EST SAT MAR 11 2000 STRONG STORM SYSTEM TO MOVE ACROSS THIS EVENING WITH GOOD Q FORCING AND ASSOCIATED OMEGA...STRONG UPPER DIVERGENCE AND MODERATE LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE. GOOD INSTABILITY WILL EXIST IN SOUTHERN AND EASTERN SECTIONS OF THE CWA...MAINLY ALONG AND SOUTH/EAST OF I-85. THERE COULD BE SOME SEVERE WINDS OR HAIL...MAINLY OUSIDE OF MTN AREAS AS BOWING SQUALL LINES MOVE THROUGH DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. STRONG COLD AIR ADVECTION WILL SPREAD INTO THE MTNS TOWARD MIDNIGHT AS THE ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS. THE COLD FRONT SHOULD CLEAR THE ENTIRE CWA BY SUNDAY MORNING. SOME SNOW SHOWERS WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT IN THE NC MOUNTAINS AS THE COLD AND MOIST LOW LEVEL FLOW GETS LIFTED AS IT ENCOUNTERS THE APPALACHIANS. AREAS EAST OF THE MTNS SHOULD BE MOSTLY SUNNY SUNDAY AS THE DOWN SLOPE NORTHWEST FLOW DRIES THINGS OUT. FAIRLY DEEP MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE OVER THE MOUNTAINS EARLY SUNDAY BUT THE MOISTURE WILL ERODE FROM SOUTH TO NORTH AS THE DAY PROGRESSES AND THE COLD AIR ADVECTION SHUTS OFF. THE STRONG NORTHWEST FLOW LATE TONIGHT AND MUCH OF SUNDAY WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. AFTER A COLD DAY SUNDAY...COMPARED TO WHAT WE HAVE HAD LATELY... TEMPERATURES SHOULD GRADUALLY MODERATE A BIT DAY TO DAY DURING THE UPCOMING WEEK. A CHANCE OF RAIN WILL RETURN WEDNESDAY AS A LOW PRESSURE AREA MOVES OUT OF THE GULF OF MEXICO AND UP THE SOUTHEAST COAST. PRELIMINARY NUMBERS FOR COORDINATION... AVL 34/46/27/53 7/1/0/0 CLT 44/57/32/57 +/0/0/0 GSP 41/57/32/57 +/0/0/0 .GSP... RBN
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Mar 11, 10:59 AM EST, 5 hours 57 minutes before
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014- 019-112100- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1059 AM EST SAT MAR 11 2000 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA... A COLD FRONT EXTENDING SOUTHWARD FROM LOW PRESSURE IN CENTRAL TENNESSEE WILL SWEEP EASTWARD INTO UNSTABLE AIR TODAY. THIS WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT ACROSS THE AREA. MOST LIKELY TO BE AFFECTED BY SEVERE WEATHER TODAY IS THE AREA SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 85. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...HOWEVER...CANNOT BE RULED OUT ACROSS THE REST OF THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE GREATEST TIME OF THREAT TODAY WILL BE BETWEEN 1 AND 7 PM...WITH WESTERN SECTIONS AFFECTED FIRST AND EASTERN SECTIONS LAST. THE GREATEST THREAT WILL BE FOR DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. HEAVY DOWNPOURS IN THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS COULD ALSO CREATE SOME LOCAL FLOODING PROBLEMS. SPOTTERS ARE ASKED TO READY FOR ACTIVATION THIS AFTERNOON. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLET FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS SEVERE WEATHER SITUATION. HG
Local storm report, Mar 11, 4:21 PM EST, 35 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
421 PM EST SAT MAR 11 2000
TIME (EST) .....CITY LOCATION....... ST ...EVENT/REMARKS...
.....COUNTY LOCATION.....
305 PM CHEROKEE SPRINGS SC TORNADO
03/11/00 SPARTANBURG FIRE CHIEF VIEWED SMALL
TORNADO TOUCH DOWN IN OPEN
FIMELD WITH NO PROPERTY
DAMAGE. RELAYED FROM
SPARTANBURG COMMS.
JONES
NNNNLocal storm report, Mar 11, 4:37 PM EST, 19 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
437 PM EST SAT MAR 11 2000
TIME (EST) .....CITY LOCATION....... ST ...EVENT/REMARKS...
.....COUNTY LOCATION.....
430 PM 3 N WAXHAW NC WIND DAMAGE
03/11/00 UNION TREES DOWN BETWEEN HWY 16
AND HWY 84 NORTH OF
WAXuHAW. POWER LINE DOWN ON
VAN. REPORTED BY COUNTY
EMERGENCY MANAGER.
BWM
NNNNLocal storm report, Mar 11, 4:55 PM EST, 1 minute before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
455 PM EST SAT MAR 11 2000
TIME (EST) .....CITY LOCATION....... ST ...EVENT/REMARKS...
.....COUNTY LOCATION.....
448 PM TROUTMAN NC WIND DAMAGE
03/11/00 IREDELL 1 TREE AND SOME LIMBS DOWN
ON POWER LINES. REPORTED
BY 911 CENTER.
448 PM CHINA GROVE NC WIND DAMAGE
03/11/00 ROWAN TREES DOWN AND AWNINGS
BLOWN OFF BUILDINGS NEAR
CHINA GROVE. SMALL HAIL
TOO. REPORTED BY 911
CENTER.
BWMThe office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 11, 3:16 PM EST | Tornado Warning | GSP | Cleveland | 44 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.