Alert archive / South Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 131, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 28, 2000, 5:42 PM EDT for Greenville County, South 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 28, 2000, 5:42 PM EDT (21:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 28, 2000, 6:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Greenville County, SC
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 28, 6:00 PM EDT | Hail 1.75 | Greenville, SC | |
| Jul 28, 6:00 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 E | Simpsonville, 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 nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 259 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
- 795 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -82 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1129 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 0 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
314 WUUS52 KGSP 282143 SVRGSP SCC045-282230- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 542 PM EDT FRI JUL 28 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN GREENVILLE COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA * UNTIL 630 PM EDT * AT 542 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES EAST OF GREENVILLE...OR ABOUT 4 MILES NORTH OF MAULDIN...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 10 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... DOWNTOWN GREENVILLE AT 550 PM EDT WELCOME AT 550 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. $$ JAT
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 28, 2:42 PM EDT, 3 hours earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 28, 2:42 PM EDT, 3 hours before
SCZ001>014-019-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-GAZ010-017-018-026-028- 029-290031- AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 242 PM EDT FRI JUL 28 2000 SCATTERED CONVECTIVE COVERAGE TO PERSIST INTO TONIGHT AS SHORTWAVE INFLUENCES REGION. AREA IN NVA SAT AND SAT NIGHT...WITH FRONT STILL OFF TO W. LOW LEVEL FLOW STRENGTHENS AND BACKS SAT PRODUCING A SLIGHT UPSLOPE COMPONENT. ENOUGH MOISTURE BELOW 700 MB FOR 30 POP AREA WIDE SAT AND SAT NIGHT. BY SUN FRONT AND ASSOCIATED LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE/MOISTURE MOVE INTO E TN. NGM AGAIN TRIES TO DEEPEN MOISTURE ON DAY TWO...LIKE IT HAS THE PAST TWO DAYS. WILL INCREASE POPS SUN...BUT NOT BY MUCH. NO CHANGE IN AIR MASS...SO TEMPERATURES CLOSE TO PERSISTENCE IN ORDER...WITH CHANGES SUN-TUE AS REMAINS OF FRONT NEAR MOUNTAINS AND CLOUD COVER LIMITS DIURNAL TEMPERATURE RANGE. FCSTID = 7 GSP 68 90 69 89 / 40 30 30 40 AND 69 91 69 90 / 40 30 30 40 CLT 67 89 68 88 / 40 30 30 40 HKY 67 88 68 88 / 40 30 30 40 AVL 65 85 65 84 / 50 30 30 40 .GSP... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jul 28, 5:14 PM EDT, 28 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
514 PM EDT FRI JUL 28 2000
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOiCATION....
513 PM GREER SC .75 INCH HAIL
07/28/00 SPARTANBURG DIME SIZE HAIL AT GSP
AIRPORT
NEALLocal storm report, Jul 28, 5:20 PM EDT, 22 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
520 PM EDT FRI JUL 28 2000
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
517 PM 10 E GREENVILLE SC .75 INCH HAIL
07/28/00 GREENVILLE DIME SIZE HAIL PELHAM
ROAD AND I -85 REPORTED
BY CHANNEL 7 NEWS CREW
NEALLocal storm report, Jul 28, 5:36 PM EDT, 6 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
536 PM EDT FRI JUL 28 2000
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
530 PM 4 S GREER SC .75 INCH HAIL
07/28/00 GREENVILLE DIME SIZE HAIL AT OFF
DUTY METEOROLOGISTS HOUSE
NEALThe office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 28, 2:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Greenwood | 32 min |
| Jul 28, 4:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Spartanburg | 39 min |
| Jul 28, 5:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Greenville | 35 min |
| Jul 28, 5:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Spartanburg | 31 min |
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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.