Alert archive / South Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 175, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 24, 2000, 6:32 PM EDT for Chester County, York County, South Carolina. It was in force for 43 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 24, 2000, 6:32 PM EDT (22:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 24, 2000, 7:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Chester County, SC, York County, SC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:35 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 24, 6:35 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 55 E | Chester, SC | A number of trees and power lines were blown down in and around the city. |
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
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 180 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
- 51 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -153 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1261 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 22 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 44 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 242232 SVRGSP SCC023-091-242315- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 632 PM EDT THU AUG 24 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN YORK COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA SOUTHEASTERN CHESTER COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA * UNTIL 715 PM EDT * AT 632 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM 14 MILES EAST OF ROCK HILL TO 16 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CHESTER...MOVING SOUTH AT 20 MPH. * SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR... BLACKSTOCK AT 640 PM EDT FORT LAWN AT 645 PM EDT GREAT FALLS AT 700 PM 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. $$ PM/RN
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 24, 2:30 PM EDT, 4 hours 2 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 24, 2:30 PM EDT, 4 hours 2 minutes before
SCZ001>014-019-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-GAZ010-017-018-026-028-
029-250045-
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
230 PM EDT THU AUG 24 2000
MODELS IN GOOD AGREEMENT WITH SWINGING A SHORT WAVE ACROSS THE CWA
TONIGHT. WE ALREADY HAVE A LEE SIDE TROF PROVIDING SOME MOISTURE
CONVERGENCE AND DIURNAL WARMING WITH GOOD SUNSHINE OVER SOUTHERN
SECTIONS HAS COMBINED WITH DEWPOINTS IN THE UPPER 60S TO INCREASE
INSTABILITY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. WE ALSO WILL SEE ADDITIONAL
SUPPORT ALOFT WORK IN AS WE GET INTO THE RIGHT ENTRANCE REGION OF AN
UPPER JET THAT IS SINKING SOUTH ALONG THE EAST COAST. WITH ALL OF
THIS IN MIND...WE SHOULD SEE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
LATE TODAY AND OVERNIGHT. SOME OVER SOUTHERN SECTIONS COULD BE
STRONG WITH THE BEST COVERAGE LIKELY TO BE AROUND THE CHARLOTTE
METRO AREA.
A COLD FRONT WILL DROP SOUTH INTO THE LEE TROF TONIGHT AND SHOULD
PUSH SOUTH THROUGH THE CWA BY EARLY FRIDAY. WINDS NORTH OF THE FRONT
BY FRIDAY MORNING WILL BECOME NORTHWEST TO NORTH OVER THE MTNS AND
NORTHEAST ELSEWHERE. ALTHOUGH THE MID AND UPPER TROPOSPHERE WILL DRY
OUT DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS...THE LOWER LAYERS STAY MOIST
THROUGH MUCH OF FRIDAY. WEST SECTIONS SHOULD SCATTER OUT DURING THE
MORNING ALLOWING PLENTIFUL SUNSHINE. BUT SOME THICKER STRATO-CU WILL
BE POSSIBLE IN THE NORTHEAST FLOW OVER EAST SECTIONS AND THIS WILL
MAKE TEMP FORECASTS TRICKY.
THE WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK LOOK DRY WITH TEMPS GRADUALLY WARMING
A FEW DEGREES THROUGH THE PERIOD.
FCSTID = 69
GSP 70 87 67 86 / 40 10 10 10
AND 70 87 67 87 / 30 10 10 10
CLT 69 85 67{ 85 / 50 10 10 20
HKY 67 83 65 83 / 40 10 10 10
AVL 65 83 60 82 / 40 10 10 10
.GSP...
GA...NONE.
NC...NONE.
SC...NONE.
RBNIn the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 24, 2:29 PM EDT, 4 hours 3 minutes before
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014- 019-250300- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 229 PM EDT THU AUG 24 2000 ...ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA... DIMINISHING CLOUDINESS THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON AND AN INCREASE IN LOW LEVEL MOISTURE HAVE CREATED MODERATE INSTABILITY ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA. A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE OVER THE PIEDMONT WILL COMBINE WITH A PASSING UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE THIS EVENING TO TRIGGER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THIS UNSTABLE AIRMASS. THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY BEGIN TO FORM OVER PIEDMONT SECTIONS NEAR THE TROUGH...AND IN THE WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS AHEAD OF THE APPROACHING UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE...LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THE FOCUS OF THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL THEN STEADILY SHIFT TOWARD THE PIEDMONT SECTION OF THE CAROLINAS THIS EVENING. WHILE ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ANYWHERE IN THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA THIS EVENING...THE GREATEST THREAT WILL BE EAST OF INTERSTATE 77 OR SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 85...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE CHARLOTTE METROPOLITAN AREA. SPOTTER GROUPS SHOULD MONITOR THE SITUATION IN CASE ACTIVATION IS NEEDED LATER THIS AFTERNOON OR EVENING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLET FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION. GERAPETRITIS
Local storm report, Aug 24, 4:19 PM EDT, 2 hours 13 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
419 PM EDT THU AUG 24 2000
TIME (EDT) .....CITY LOCATION....... ST ...EVENT/REMARKS...
.....COUNTY LOCATION.....
351 PM 5 W COLUMBUS NC OTHER
08/24/00 POLK 911 REPORTED POWER LINES
DOWNED BETWEEN COLUMBUS
AND TRLYON. NOT KNOWN
WHETHER LIGHTNING OR WIND.
JONES
NNNNLocal storm report, Aug 24, 4:55 PM EDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
455 PM EDT THU AUG 24 2000
TIME (EDT) .....CITY LOCATION....... ST ...EVENT/REMARKS...
.....COUNTY LOCATION.....
415 PM COLUMBUS NC WIND DAMAGE
08/24/00 POLK SD REPORTED TREES AND
POWER LINES BLOWN
DOWN...FIRST REPORT 410
PM...LAST REPORT 420 PM
432 PM STARR SC WIND DAMAGE
08/24/00 ANDERSON RESIDENT REPORTED MINI
BUILDING BLOWN AWAY.
REPORTED AS POSSIBLE
TORNADO.
JONES
NNNNLocal storm report, Aug 24, 5:15 PM EDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
515 PM EDT THU AUG 24 2000
TIME (EDT) .....CITY LOCATION....... ST ...EVENT/REMARKS...
.....COUNTY LOCATION.....
500 PM COWPENS SC WIND DAMAGE
08/24/00 SPARTANBURG SPARTANBURG COMMUNIATIONS
RELAYED REPORTS OF
TREES/LINES DOWN COWPENS
AREA.
435 PM 2 N ANDERSON SC WIND DAMAGE
08/24/00 ANDERSON SPOTTER REPORTED HE
ENCOUNTERED ARcEA OF DOWNED
TREES...FELL ON AND
SNAPPED POWER POLE. TIME
ESTIMATED BY RADAR.
JONES
NNNNLocal storm report, Aug 24, 5:20 PM EDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
520 PM EDT THU AUG 24 2000
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
505 PM 4 E COWPENS SC WIND DAMAGE
08/24/00 CHEROKEE SPOTTER REPORTED 2 OAK
TREES DOWN
RBLocal storm report, Aug 24, 5:47 PM EDT, 45 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
547 PM EDT THU AUG 24 2000
TIME (EDT) .....CITY LOCATION....... ST ...EVENT/REMARKS...
.....COUNTY LOCATION.....
510 PM 5 W GAFFNEY SC WIND DAMAGE
08/24/00 CHEROKEE 911 RELAYED REPORT OF
SEVERAL TREES BLOWN
DOWN...ALSO PEA HAIL.
JONES
NNNNThe office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 24, 4:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cherokee, Spartanburg | 48 min |
| Aug 24, 4:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Anderson | 46 min |
| Aug 24, 4:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Abbeville | 50 min |
| Aug 24, 4:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cherokee, Spartanburg | 47 min |
| Aug 24, 5:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Chester, York | 42 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.