Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 151, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 10, 2000, 3:02 AM EDT for McDowell County, Rutherford County, North Carolina. It was in force for 58 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, 3:02 AM EDT (07:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 10, 2000, 4:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties McDowell County, NC, Rutherford County, NC
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 10, 3:25 AM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 E | Rutherfordton, NC | Numerous trees 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 10, 2:00 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 00:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 197 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 100703 SVRGSP NCC045-071-109-111-119-161-100800- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 302 AM EDT THU AUG 10 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... MECKLENBURG COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA CLEVELAND COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA LINCOLN COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA SOUTHERN MCDOWELL COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA RUTHERFORD COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA GASTON COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA * UNTIL 400 AM EDT * AT 302 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH DAMAGING WINDS FROM 17 MILES SOUTH OF STATESVILLE TO 13 MILES NORTHWEST OF RUTHERFORDTON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 50 MPH. * SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR... LINCOLNTON AT 305 AM EDT RUTHERFORDTON AT 310 AM EDT ELLENBORO AT 315 AM EDT SHELBY AT 320 AM EDT GASTONIA AT 325 AM EDT HUNTERSVILLE AT 325 AM EDT CHARLOTTE AT 340 AM EDT PINEVILLE AT 345 AM EDT PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THIS LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS SHrOULD 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, 1:51 AM EDT, 1 hour 11 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 10, 1:51 AM EDT, 1 hour 11 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, 5 hours 8 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
Local storm report, Aug 10, 2:21 AM EDT, 41 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
221 AM EDT THU AUG 10 2000
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
155 AM 8 W MOCKSVILLE NC WIND DAMAGE
08/10/00 DAVIE COUNTY COMMS REPORT TREES
DOWN ALONG HIGHWAY 64 IN
THE SOUTHWEST PART OF
COUNTY. POWER OUTAGES
OCCURRED AT 130 AM.
DEOLocal storm report, Aug 10, 2:28 AM EDT, 34 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
228 AM EDT THU AUG 10 2000
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
213 AM 20 N MARSHALL NC WIND DAMAGE
08/10/00 MADISON EOC REPORTED TREES DOWN
IN BIG LAUREL.
214 AM 12 NW MARSHALL NC WIND DAMAGE
08/10/00 MADISON EOC REPORTED TREES DOWN
IN BANJO BRANCH.
JATLocal storm report, Aug 10, 2:43 AM EDT, 19 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
243 AM EDT THU AUG 10 2000
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
222 AM 15 SW SALISBURY NC WIND DAMAGE
08/10/00 ROWAN A RESIDENT REPORTED WIND
DAMAGE IN KANNAPOLIS
CITY.
DEOLocal storm report, Aug 10, 2:59 AM EDT, 3 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
259 AM EDT THU AUG 10 2000
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
219 AM 10 SW MARION NC WIND DAMAGE
08/10/00 MCDOWELL EOC REPORTED TREES DOWN
IN OLD FORT.
232 AM 4 W MARION NC WIND DAMAGE
08/10/00 MCDOWELL EOC REPORTED TREES DOWN
IN PLEASANT GARDEN.
244 AM 3 SE MARION NC WIND DAMAGE
08/10/00 MCDOWELL EOC REPORTED TR*EES DOWN
IN GLENWOOD.
JATThe 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, 1:37 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 | 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.