Alert archive / South Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 124, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 22, 2000, 4:46 PM EDT for Laurens County, South Carolina. It was in force for 44 min. 5 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 22, 2000, 4:46 PM EDT (20:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 22, 2000, 5:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Laurens County, SC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:48 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 22, 4:51 PM EDT | Hail 0.75 | Hickory Tavern, SC | |
| Jul 22, 5:08 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 E | Gray Court, SC | |
| Jul 22, 5:08 PM EDT | Hail 0.75 | Gray Court, SC | |
| Jul 22, 5:18 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 E | Laurens, SC | |
| Jul 22, 5:18 PM EDT | Hail 0.75 | Laurens, SC |
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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 22, 1:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 256 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
- 2668 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -53 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 983 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 27 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 66 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 5.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
541 WUUS52 KGSP 222044 SVRGSP SCC059-222130- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 446 PM EDT SAT JUL 22 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... LAURENS COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA * UNTIL 530 PM EDT * AT 445 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS 14 MILES SOUTH OF GREENVILLE...OR ABOUT 10 MILES WEST OF GRAY COURT...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... GRAY COURT AT 455 PM EDT ORA AT 510 PM EDT LAURENS AT 515 PM 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 22, 2:48 PM EDT, 1 hour 58 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 22, 2:48 PM EDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 248 PM EDT SAT JUL 22 2000 CONVECTION WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING. WILL TREND EVENING POPS TO ONGOING CONVECTION. UPR TROF NOW OVER THE EAST WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE PERIOD. A SERIES OF SHORT WAVES MOVE THROUGH THE TROF SUNDAY AND MONDAY WITH GOOD AMOUNTS OF UPPER DIVERGENCE AND UVV. MOIST UNSTABLE AIR MASS REMAINS IN PLACE ACROSS THE CWFA...ALTHOUGH THE AIR IS A LITTLE DRIER OVER THE NC MTNS. LOW PRESSURE ALONG THE STATIONARY FRONT ALONG THE GULF KEEPS A MOIST LOW LEVEL ELY FLOW ACROSS THE SE. ALL THIS WILL COMBINE TO KEEP THE CHC OF AFT/EVE TSRA HIGH ACROSS THE CWFA. TEMPS A LITTLE COOLER SUNDAY THEN A LITTLE COOLER AGAIN MONDAY. THIS DUE TO CLOUDS...PRECIP...ELY FLOW AND A LITTLE COOLER THICKNESSES. ...PRELIM NUMBERS... GSP 69 85 67 84 / 20 60 40 50 AND 70 86 68 84 / 20 60 40 50 CLT 69 85 67 84 / 30 60 50 50 HKY 68 84 66 83 / 20 60 40 50 AVL 63 77 62 77 / 20 50 30 40 .GSP... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. RWH
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 22, 12:23 PM EDT, 4 hours 23 minutes before
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014- 019-222000- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1223 PM EDT SAT JUL 22 2000 ...SEVERE WEATHER POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA... A MOIST...UNSTABLE AIR MASS REMAINS ACROSS THE AREA TODAY AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEGUN TO DEVELOP. AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA TODAY ALSO HELPING TO PRODUCE THUNDERSTORMS. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING AND SOME COULD BECOME SEVERE. THE MAIN THREAT FROM THESE STORMS WILL BE DAMAGING DOWNBURST WINDS IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH. SOME LARGE HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE. SPOTTER GROUPS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO ACTIVATE QUICKLY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. DISPATCHERS SHOULD ENSURE COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS ARE AWARE OF THIS INFORMATION. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR THE MEDIA FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THIS SEVERE WEATHER SITUATION. RWH
Local storm report, Jul 22, 1:22 PM EDT, 3 hours 24 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
122 PM EDT SAT JUL 22 2000
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
117 PM MAULDIN SC 1.00 INCH HAIL
07/22/00 GREENVILLE QUARTER SIZED HAIL
REPORTED BY OFF DUTY NWS
EMPLOYEE.
RWHLocal storm report, Jul 22, 3:09 PM EDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
309 PM EDT SAT JUL 22 2000
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
230 PM 12 NW LAURENS SC WIND DAMAGE
07/22/00 LAURENS DAMAGE TO A
GARAGE...PORCH AND ROOF
AT A HOME ON ALLEN BRIDGE
ROAD ON THE EAST SIDE OF
FOUNTAIN INN. REPORT FROM
LAURENS 911.
SABLocal storm report, Jul 22, 3:56 PM EDT, 50 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
356 PM EDT SAT JUL 22 2000
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
355 PM INMAN SC WIND DAMAGE
07/22/00 SPARTANBURG NUMEROUS TREES DOWN AND
MARBLE HAIL REPORTED BY
SPOTTER
NEALThe office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 22, 1:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Greenville | 49 min |
| Jul 22, 3:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Spartanburg | 50 min |
| Jul 22, 4:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Greenville | 50 min |
| Jul 22, 6:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Chester | 47 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.