Alert archive / South Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 180, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 26, 2000, 1:31 AM EDT for Chester County, South Carolina. It was in force for 44 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 26, 2000, 1:31 AM EDT (05:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 26, 2000, 2:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Chester County, SC
The radar
The Columbia radar (KCAE), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:32 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 26, 2:05 AM EDT | Hail 1.75 | Chester, SC |
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 00:00Z, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 192 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
- 1547 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1191 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 116 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS52 KGSP 260531 SVRGSP SCC023-260615- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 131 AM EDT SAT AUG 26 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... CHESTER COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA * UNTIL 215 AM EDT * AT 131 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF CHESTER...OR ABOUT 6 MILES WEST OF EDGEMOOR...MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... RICHBURG AT 145 AM EDT CHESTER AT 150 AM EDT CORNWELL AT 210 AM EDT BL|ACKSTOCK AT 215 AM EDT ALTHOUGH LARGE HAIL IS THE BIGGEST THREAT WITH THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...BRIEF DAMAGING WINDS COULD ALSO OCCUR. $$ MOYER
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 25, 11:34 PM EDT, 1 hour 57 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 25, 11:34 PM EDT, 1 hour 57 minutes before
SCZ001>014-019-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-GAZ010-017-018-026-028- 029-260055- AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1134 PM EDT FRI AUG 25 2000 THUNDERSTORMS STILL FIRING VICINTY OF WELL-DEFINED 500 MB THERMAL TROUGH AND LOW-LEVEL MOISTURE CONVERGENCE AXIS. LAPS SOUNDINGS SHOW I-85 CORRIDOR FROM NE GA TO CLT STILL MODERATELY UNSTABLE WITH CAPES 1000 TO 2000. MID-LEVEL FLOW 30 TO 35 KTS HAS BEEN ALLOWING FOR SOME ORGANIZATION OF STORMS...YIELDING A FEW SEVERE REPORTS. 00Z ETA SHOWS VARIOUS VORT LOBES OR MAXES STILL TO CROSS THE AREA OVERNIGHT AND PLACES MUCH OF CWA IN LEFT EXIT REGION OF NORTH SOUTH ORIENTED UPR JET. WILL UPDATE ZONES TO TAKE OUT MIDNIGHT WORDING AND REALIGN AND ADJUST POPS. .GSP... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. MOYER
In the hours before
Local storm report, Aug 25, 7:51 PM EDT, 5 hours 40 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
751 PM EDT FRI AUG 25 2000
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
736 PM VALE NC .50 INCH HAIL
08/25/00 LINCOLN SPOTTER REPORT OF MARBLE
SIZE HAIL
737 PM CAT SQUARE NC .50 INCH H AIL
08/25/00 LINCOLN MARBLE SIZE HAIL REPORTED
BY AMATEUR RADIO
BWMLocal storm report, Aug 25, 9:59 PM EDT, 3 hours 32 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
959 PM EDT FRI AUG 25 2000
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
910 PM RUTHERFORD COLLEGE NC .75 INCH HAIL
08/25/00 BURKE DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED
BY BURKE COUNTY 911. ONE
TREE WAS BLOWN DOWN ON
POPLAR ROAD AT 905 PM.
915 PM MORGANTON NC .75 INCH HAIL
08/25/00 BURKE DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED
BY WMMC RADIO FROM THE
WEST SIDE OF MORGANTON AT
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL
GAME.
BWMLocal storm report, Aug 25, 10:36 PM EDT, 2 hours 55 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
1036 PM EDT FRI AUG 25 2000
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY L{OCATION....
1032 PM 6 N GAFFNEY SC 1.00 INCH HAIL
08/25/00 CHEROKEE DIME TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL
REPORTED BY EOC.
BWMLocal storm report, Aug 25, 10:39 PM EDT, 2 hours 52 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
1039 PM EDT FRI AUG 25 2000
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1020 PM 5 SW SHELBY NC .75 INCH HAIL
08/25/00 CLEVELAND DIME SIZE HAIL FELL AT
THE SHELBY AIRPORT.
REPORT FROM CLEVELAND
COUNTY 911.
BWMLocal storm report, Aug 26, 12:42 AM EDT, 49 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
1242 AM EDT SAT AUG 26 2000
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1217 AM FORT MILL SC WIND DAMAGE
08/26/00 YORK POWER LINES DOWN REPORTED
BY COUNTY COMMS.
RWHLocal storm report, Aug 26, 1:14 AM EDT, 17 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
114 AM EDT SAT AUG 26 2000
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1212 AM CLOVER SC WIND DAMAGE
08/26/00 YORK TREES DOWN. REPORTED BY
COUNTY COMMS.
RWHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 25, 10:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cherokee | 43 min |
| Aug 26, 12:27 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | York | 63 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.