Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 142, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 10, 2000, 1:37 AM EDT for Alexander County, Davie County, Iredell County, North Carolina. It was in force for 58 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
- Aug 10, 2000, 1:37 AM EDT (05:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 10, 2000, 2:35 AM EDT
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Alexander County, NC, Davie County, NC, Iredell County, NC
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 10, 1:55 AM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 E | Mocksville, NC | Trees were blown down along Hwy 64. |
| Aug 10, 2:00 AM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 E | Harmony, NC | Numerous large limbs and and one tree were blown down. |
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, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 89 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 100538 SVRGSP NCC003-059-097-100630- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 137 AM EDT THU AUG 10 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... DAVIE COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA ALEXANDER COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA IREDELL COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA * UNTIL 235 AM EDT * AT 135 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH DAMAGING WINDS FROM 12 MILES NORTH OF MOCKSVILLE TO 10 MILES NORTH OF TAYLORSVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR... ELLENDALE AT 155 AM EDT TAYLORSVILLE AT 205 AM EDT MILLERSVILLE AT 210 AM EDT HIDDENITE AT 215 AM EDT STONY POINT AT 225 AM EDT STATESVILLE AT 232 AM EDT PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THIS LINE OF KSEVERE THUNDERSTORMS 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 10, 1:15 AM EDT, 22 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 10, 1:15 AM EDT, 22 minutes before
SCZ001>014-019-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-GAZ010-017-018-026-028- 029-101215- AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 115 AM EDT THU AUG 10 2000 LINE OF STRONG TSTMS MOVG INTO N CWA. SPC ISSUED WATCH BOX INTO MOST OF THE REST OF W NC AND UPSTATE SC VALID THRU 10Z. MAIN THREAT IS GUSTY SFC WINDS. SOME LOCATIONS N HAVE EXPERIENCED SIG WIND DAMAGE. THE LINE SEEMS TO BE WEAKENING SLIGHTLY AND IS NOT AS SOLID AS EARLIER...BUT STRONG STORMS CONTINUE MOVG INTO W CAROLINAS. ONCE THIS COMPLEX WEAKENS AND MOVES THRU...EXPECT LULL IN CONVECTION UNTIL LATE THIS AFTN AND EVE WHEN SFC HEATING HELPS DCRS STABILITY. NEXT CPL DAYS SHOULD SEE MORE CONVECTION AS UPPER TROUGH DEEPENS OVER SE US. RIDGE WILL BEGIN BUILDING INTO AREA SUNDAY AND MONDAY. FCSTID = 77 GSP 96 70 89 67 / 20 20 30 30 AND 97 71 90 68 / 20 20 30 30 CLT 95 70 89 67 / 20 20 30 30 HKY 94 68 88 65 / 20 20 30 30 AVL 90 65 85 62 / 20 20 30 30 .GSP... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. RB
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 9, 9:54 PM EDT, 3 hours 43 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, 1:14 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Avery | 61 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.