Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 114, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 7, 2000, 1:27 AM EDT for Iredell County, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. It was in force for 48 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
- Jul 7, 2000, 1:27 AM EDT (05:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 7, 2000, 2:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Iredell County, NC, Mecklenburg County, NC
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 1:30 AM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 60 E | Troutman, NC | |
| Jul 7, 1:46 AM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 60 E | 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, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 106 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
- 574 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1322 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 23 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 126 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS52 KGSP 070527 SVRGSP NCC097-119-070615- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 127 AM EDT FRI JUL 7 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHERN MECKLENBURG COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA SOUTHERN IREDELL COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA * UNTIL 215 AM EDT * AT 127 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTH OF STATESVILLE...OR ABOUT 2 MILES EAST OF TROUTMAN...MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... MOORESVILLE AT 140 AM EDT CORNELIUS AT 200 AM EDT HUNTERSVILLE AT 205 AM EDT PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 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 6, 10:45 PM EDT, 2 hours 42 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 6, 10:45 PM EDT, 2 hours 42 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1045 PM EDT THU JUL 6 2000 AAARRRGGHH! KGSP RADAR SHOWS THUNDERSTORMS REFIRING CLOSE TO THE SURFACE BOUNDARY OVER THE NORTHERN FOOTHILLS. ADDITIONAL CELLS IN NE TN ARE MOVING SE TOWARD THE MOUNTAINS. WILL UPDATE THE ZONES TO PUT THE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS BACK IN ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS AND MOUNTAINS. .GSP... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. MOORE
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jul 6, 7:29 PM EDT, 5 hours 58 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
729 PM EDT THU JUL 6 2000
TIME (EDT) .....CITY LOCATION....... ST ...EVENT/REMARKS...
.....COUNTY LOCATION.....
650 PM 7 S GAFFNEY SC WIND DAMAGE
07/06/00 CHEROKEE 911 REPORTED A COUPLE OF
TREES BLOWN DOWN ALONG
HIGHWAY 18S
710 PM 7 N UNION SC WIND DAMAGE
07/06/00 UNION 911 REPORTED TRAILERS
BLOWN OVER. GAFFNEY
HIGHWAY NEAR THE CHEROKEE
LINE. NO INJURIES
REPORTED.
JONES
NNNNThe office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 12:48 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Iredell | 42 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.