Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 103, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 25, 2000, 5:22 PM EDT for Mecklenburg 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
- Jun 25, 2000, 5:22 PM EDT (21:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 25, 2000, 6:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Mecklenburg County, NC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:25 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 5:45 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 E | Huntersville, 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, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 125 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
- 306 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -92 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1112 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 8 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -22 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 11 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 252122 SVRGSP NCC119-252200- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 522 PM EDT SUN JUN 25 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... MECKLENBURG COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA * UNTIL 600 PM EDT * AT 521 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES WEST OF CHARLOTTE...OR ABOUT 6 MILES SOUTH OF PAW CREEK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... PAW CREEK AT 530 PM EDT CROFT AT 550 PM EDT PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM SHOULDW BE ALERT FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN CAN OCCUR WITH ANY THUNDERSTORM. $$ SAB/WAJ
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 25, 2:27 PM EDT, 2 hours 55 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 25, 2:27 PM EDT, 2 hours 55 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 227 PM EDT MON JUN 25 2000 LARGER SCALE ASCENT/DPVA IN ASSOCIATION WITH ELONGATED VORT AXIS HELPING TO ENHANCE/ORGANIZE SCT STRONG & ISOLATED SVR TSTMS ACRS THE WESTERN 1/3 OF THE CWFA. THRU TONIGHT...THIS FEATURE LOSES IT'S EASTWARD TRANSLATION AS IT BUMPS INTO SUBTROPICAL UPPER RIDGE... CENTERED WELL OUT IN THE ATLANTIC. WITH THIS FEATURE LINGERING THRU TONIGHT...ACTIVITY MAY PAST DIURALLY FAVORED TIMEFRAME. THROUGH THE REST OF THE SHORT RANGE PERIOD...CWFA TO REMAIN IN WEAKNESS BETWEEN UPPER RIDGES CENTERED IN THE ATLANTIC & OVER THE SOUTHWEST U.S. PERIODIC WEAK S/WV'S ROTATING THROUGH BROAD UPPER TROUGH WILL CONTINUE TO BRUSH REGION...SO CHC POPS WILL CONTINUE. IN THE EXTENDED...MEDIUM RANGE MODELS TRENDING TOWARDS AMPLIFYING PATTERN THRU THE END OF THE WEEK & DRIVING A FRONTAL ZONE INTO THE CWFA. TOUGH TO ASERTAIN SOUTHWARD EXTEN T OF BNDRY BY DAY 5...BUT NONETHELESS WITH TROUGHINESS & SYNOPTIC SCALE FRONTAL ZONES IN VCNTY...POPS NEEDED FOR DAYS 3-5. AVL 63/85/64/84 3434 CLT 68/91/68/90 3333 GSP 69/92/69/91 3333 .GSP...NONE. CSH
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 25, 2:07 PM EDT, 3 hours 15 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
207 PM EDT SUN JUN 25 2000
TIME (EDT) .....CITY LOCATION....... ST ...EVENT/REMARKS...
.....COUNTY LOCATION.....
150 PM WEAVERVILLE NC WIND DAMAGE
06/25/00 BUMCOMBE TREES/POWER LINES DOWN. 1
HOME DAMAGED.
150 PM SKYLAND NC WIND DAMAGE
06/25/00 BUNCOMBE TREES DOWN...1 ON A HOUSE.
150 PM BILTMORE NC WIND DAMAGE
06/25/00 BUMCOMBE POWER LINES DOWN.
150 PM BARNARDSVILLE NC WIND DAMAGE
06/25/00 BUNCOMBE POWER LINES AND TREES
DOWN. 1 TREE ON A HOUSE.
150 PM ASHEVILLE NC WIND DAMAGE
06/25/00 BUNCOMBE POWER LINES AND TREES
DOWN.
ALL REPORTS FROM BUNCOMBE COUNTY COMMS
RWH
NNNNLocal storm report, Jun 25, 2:51 PM EDT, 2 hours 31 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
251 PM EDT SUN JUN 25 2000
TIME (EDT) .....CITY LOCATION....... ST ...EVENT/REMARKS...
.....COUNTY LOCATION.....
215 PM BLACK MOUNTAIN NC WIND DAMAGE
06/25/00 BUNCOMBE 15 TO 20 TREES DOWN. SOME
ON VEHICLES AND POWER
LINES. FROM COUNTY COMMS.
230 PM PLEASANT GARDEN NC WIND DAMAGE
06/25/00 MCDOWELL TREES DOWN ACROSS HWY 70
AND GREENLEY RD. FROM
COUNTY COMMS.
RWH
NNNNLocal storm report, Jun 25, 3:14 PM EDT, 2 hours 8 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
315 AM EDT SUN JUN 25 2000
TIME (EDT) .....CITY LOCATION....... ST ...EVENT/REMARKS...
.....COUNTY LOCATION.....
220 PM MOUNTAIN REST SC WIND DAMAGE.
06/25/00 OCONEE TREES DOWN AND SOME
ON FIRE AFTER FALLING
ON POWER POLES IN
MOUNTAIN REST.
240 PM WALHALLA SC WIND DAMAGE.
06/25/00 OCONEE POWER LINES DOWN IN
WALHALLA.
240 PM 4 S WALHALLA SC WIND DAMAGE.
06/25/00 OCONEE STEEL ROOF RIPPED OFF
A BUILDING BETWEEN
WALHALLA AND
WESTMINSTER. FURTHER
DETAILS FORTHCOMING.
ALL REPORTS VIA OCONEE COUNTY 911 CENTER.
SAB
NNNNLocal storm report, Jun 25, 3:53 PM EDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before
WWUS30 KGSP 251954
LSRGSP
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
353 PM EDT SUN JUN 25 2000
TIME (EDT) .....CITY LOCATION....... ST ...EVENT/REMARKS...
.....COUNTY LOCATION.....
335 PM NC WIND DAMAGE
06/25/00 CALDWELL NUMEROUS TREES DOWN ACROSS
THE COUNTY...INCLUDING IN
LENOIR. FIRST REPORTS CAME
INTO COMMS CENTER AROUND
335 PM AND WERE STILL
COMING IN AT LAST CONTACT
WITH COUNTY.
SAB
NNNNThe office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 1:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Buncombe, McDowell, Yancey | 53 min |
| Jun 25, 2:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Avery, Mitchell | 48 min |
| Jun 25, 2:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Burke, McDowell | 42 min |
| Jun 25, 3:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Caldwell | 46 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Carolina, 2000Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2000
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.