Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 159, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 10, 2000, 4:11 AM EDT for Rabun County, Georgia; Oconee County, South Carolina. It was in force for 64 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, 4:11 AM EDT (08:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 10, 2000, 5:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Rabun County, GA, Oconee County, SC
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 10, 4:30 AM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 E | Clayton, GA | An early morning severe thunderstorm blew down trees on US Hwys 441 and 76. |
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 00:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 199 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
- 1738 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -49 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1502 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -7 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 17 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS52 KGSP 100812 SVRGSP GAC241-SCC073-100915- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 411 AM EDT THU AUG 10 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... OCONEE COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA RABUN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA * UNTIL 515 AM EDT * AT 411 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH DAMAGING WINDS FROM 13 MILES NORTHWEST OF PICKENS TO 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF CLAYTON...MOVING SOUTH AT 20 MPH. * SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR... MOUNTAIN CITY AT 415 AM EDT MOUNTAIN REST AT 420 AM EDT SALEM AT 420 AM EDT WALHALLA AT 425 AM EDT CLAYTON AT 425 AM EDT LAKEMONT AT 440 AM EDT PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THIS LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS 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 Aug 10, 1:51 AM EDT, 2 hours 20 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 10, 1:51 AM EDT, 2 hours 20 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
Local storm report, Aug 10, 2:21 AM EDT, 1 hour 50 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, 1 hour 43 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, 1 hour 28 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, 1 hour 12 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.
JATLocal storm report, Aug 10, 3:24 AM EDT, 47 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
324 AM EDT THU AUG 10 2000
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
255 AM 7 W ASHEVILLE NC WIND DAMAGE
08/10/00 BUNCOMBE UTILITY BUILDING BLOWN
OVER AND TREES ACROSS
HIGHWAY 19/23 AND SOME
SIDE ROADS BETWEEN
INTERSTATE 40 EXITS 44
AND 37. HAM RADIO REPORT.
255 AM 7 W ASHEVILLE NC .75 INCH HAIL
08/10/00 BUNCOMBE DIME-SIZED HAIL REPORTED
IN CANDLER. HAM RADIO
REPORT.
250 AM 10 NE SYLVA NC WIND DAMAGE
08/10/00 JACKSON UNCONFIRMED REPORT OF
POWER OUTAGES ON BALSAM
MOUNTAIN. REPORT FROM
JACKSON COUNTY EOC.
230 AM COUNTYWIDE NC WIND DAMAGE
08/10/00 HAYWOOD NUMEROUS TREES DOWN
COUNTYWIDE.REPORT FROM
HAYWOOD COUNTY EOC.
318 AM 12 NW CHARLOTTE NC 1.00 INCH HAIL
08/10/00 MECKLENBURG QUARTER SIZE HAIL
REPORTED ON BEATTIES FORD
ROAD NEAR THE MCGWIRE
NUCLEAR STATION. HAM
RADIO REPORT.
323 AM 4 S LINCOLNTON NC 1.00 INCH HAIL
08/10/00 LINCOLN QUARTER SIZE HAIL
REPORTED ALONG HIGHWAY
321 2.5 MILES NORTH OF
THE LINCOLN COUNTY LINE.
HAM RADIO REPORT.
235 AM KANNAPOLIS NC WIND DAMAGE
08/10/00 CABARRUS NUMEROUR POWER OUTAGES IN
KANNAPOLIS.HAM RADIO
REPORT.
340 AM CHARLOTTE NC WIND DAMAGE
08/10/00 MECKLENBURG NUMEROUS TREES DOWN IN
THE CITY OF CHARLOTTE.
d REPORT FROM CHARLOTTE
POLICE DEPARTMENT.
BURRUSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 10, 3:27 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Greenville, Pickens | 63 min |
| Aug 10, 3:27 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cherokee, Spartanburg | 63 min |
| Aug 10, 3:41 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | York | 64 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.