Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 141, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 10, 2000, 1:14 AM EDT for Avery County, North Carolina. It was in force for 61 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
- Aug 10, 2000, 1:14 AM EDT (05:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 10, 2000, 2:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Avery County, NC
The radar
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:16 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 10, 2:10 AM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 E | Newland, NC | A flimsy metal porch was torn off a home and blown into power lines. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 9, 10:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 00:00Z, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 182 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
- 2371 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -19 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1525 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 55 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 84 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 5.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS52 KGSP 100515 SVRGSP NCC011-100615- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 114 AM EDT THU AUG 10 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... AVERY COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA * UNTIL 215 AM EDT * AT 114 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH DAMAGING WINDS 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF NEWLAND...OR ABOUT 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF ELK PARK...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... ELK PARK AT 115 AM EDT MINNEAPOLIS AT 125 AM EDT NEWLAND AT 130 AM EDT SUGAR MOUNTAIN AT 135 AM EDT CROSSNORE AT 140 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. $$ 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 Aug 9, 9:15 PM EDT, 3 hours 59 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 9, 9:15 PM EDT, 3 hours 59 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 915 PM EDT WED AUG 9 2000 LARGE COMPLEX MOVING RAPIDLY SOUTH THROUGH W VA AND KY SHOULD BE RATHER LONG LIVED TONIGHT WITH SIGNIFICANT MID LEVEL DRY AIR AND STRONG 850 TO 500 MB LAPSE RATES STRETCHING FROM OHX TO THE SRN APPALACHIANS. MESO ETA HAS KEYED ON THE VORT AND ASSOC UPPER LEVEL DIVERGENCE AND DRIVES THE FEATURE SLIGHTLY WEST OF SOUTH INTO ERN TN. WILL STILL NEED TO INTRODUCE AT LEAST CHANCE POPS ACROSS NC MTNS AND WILL PROBABLY TOSS IN AT LEAST SLIGHT CHC FOR NRN NC FOOTHILLS FOR EXTREME ERN EDGE OF CONVECTION. WILL ALSO ADD PARTLY CLOUDY WORDING FOR REST OF NRN TIER NC AND SC/GA MTNS. SKY COVER OVER THE SE PORTIONS WILL BE MUCH HARDER TO PIN DOWN SINCE IT WILL BE ENTIRELY DEPENDENT UPON LONGEVITY AND TRACK OF THE MCS. WILL LEAVE IT MOSTLY CLEAR FOR NOW. TEMPS LOOK GOOD FOR THE MOST PART. WILL BUMP NW PIEDMONT TO LOWER 70S GIVEN CURRENT DEWPOINT READINGS. .GSP... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. HG
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 9, 9:54 PM EDT, 3 hours 20 minutes before
GAZ010-017-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>069-SCZ001>003-100730- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 954 PM EDT WED AUG 9 2000 ...SLIGHT CHANCE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT IN THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS...NORTHERN FOOTHILLS AND NORTHWEST PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA... WEDNESDAY EVENING...A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE CENTRAL APPALACHIANS...EXTENDING WESTWARD TO THE OHIO VALLEY... WAS RACING SOUTHWARD...TOWARD THE WESTERN CAROLINAS...AT BETWEEN 55 AND 60 MPH. IF THE AREA WERE TO CONTINUE MOVING AT THIS PACE...THE LEADING EDGE OF A LINE OF STRONG...TO SEVERE... THUNDERSTORMS WOULD BE IN THE VICINITY OF THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA BY MIDNIGHT. BECAUSE OF THE RAPID MOVEMENT OF THIS AREA...THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS UPGRADED THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS...AND THE NORTHERN FOOTHILLS AND EXTREME NORTHWEST PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...TO A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE WEATHER OVERNIGHT. TOWNS INCLUDED IN THE SLIGHT RISK AREA INCLUDE BURNSVILLE...NEWLAND... LENOIR... TAYLORSVILLE...AND MOCKSVILLE. THE AREA OF CONVECTION IS EXPECTED TO WEAKEN AS IT ENCOUNTERS SLIGHTLY MORE STABLE AIR OVER OUR REGION...BUT THE RAPID MOVEMENT OF THE LEADING LINE OF STORMS WILL CREATE FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. BECAUSE OF THE MOIST AIRMASS CURRENTLY IN PLACE OVER THE CAROLINAS AND GEORGIA...VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY ANY THUNDERSTORMS. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MARCH SOUTHWARD THROUGH THE PREDAWN...WEAKENING AND EVENTUALLY BREAKING UP. STILL...WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH COULD BE EXPERIENCED AS FAR SOUTH AS ASHEVILLE...HENDERSONVILLE...GLASSY MOUNTAIN...CLAYTON...AND LINCOLNTON. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION...OR CABLE TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. BURRUS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 10, 1:37 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Alexander, Davie, Iredell | 58 min |
| Aug 10, 1:56 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Caldwell | 49 min |
| Aug 10, 2:04 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Catawba | 56 min |
| Aug 10, 2:04 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Rowan | 56 min |
| Aug 10, 2:27 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Buncombe, Haywood, Madison | 63 min |
| Aug 10, 2:27 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Jackson, Swain | 63 min |
| Aug 10, 2:34 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Burke | 41 min |
| Aug 10, 2:46 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cabarrus | 44 min |
| Aug 10, 3:02 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Gaston, Lincoln, Mecklenburg | 58 min |
| Aug 10, 3:02 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | McDowell, Rutherford | 58 min |
| Aug 10, 3:02 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cleveland | 58 min |
| Aug 10, 3:05 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Graham | 55 min |
| Aug 10, 3:14 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Henderson, Polk, Transylvania | 61 min |
| Aug 10, 3:46 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Union | 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.