Alert archive / South Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 189, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 25, 2000, 6:48 PM EDT for Greenwood County, Laurens County, South Carolina. It was in force for 42 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 25, 2000, 6:48 PM EDT (22:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 25, 2000, 7:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Greenwood County, SC, Laurens County, SC
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 25, 3:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 248 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
- 2074 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -17 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 702 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 15 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 252249 SVRGSP SCC047-059-252330- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 648 PM EDT MON SEP 25 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN LAURENS COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA NORTHERN GREENWOOD COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA * UNTIL 730 PM EDT * AT 648 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH DAMAGING WINDS 9 MILES NORTH OF ABBEVILLE...OR ABOUT 7 MILES WEST OF HODGES...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... WARE SHOALS AT 650 PM EDT COKESBURY AT 655 PM EDT CORONACA AT 705 PM EDT WATERLOO AT 710 PM EDT CROSS HILL AT 715 PM EDT SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WINDS CAN REACH SPEEDS OF 60 TO 100 MPH. THESE WINDS BLOW DOWN TREES...POWER LINES...AND SEVERELY DAMAGE MOBILE HOMES AND SOMETIMES BUILDINGS. VERY LARGE OR WIND-DRIVEN HAIL CAN INJURE ANYONE CAUGHT OUTSIDE. $$ JAT
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 Sep 25, 2:34 PM EDT, 4 hours 14 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 25, 2:34 PM EDT, 4 hours 14 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 234 PM EDT MON SEP 25 2000 STRONG CONVECTION NOW FORMING ACROSS WRN UPSTATE AHEAD OF PRE-FRONTAL TROF AND DRY SLOT ON WV LOOP AHEAD OF MAIN SYSTEM. DEW POINTS STAYED HIGH AND BREAKS IN CLOUDS ALLOWED TEMPS TO WARM MORE THAN EXPECTED. LAPS AND MSAS ANAL SHOW ATMOS HAS BECOME MORE UNSTABLE THAN FCST. BACK DOOR FNT HAS STALLED ALONG THE NRN CWFA BORDER. STRONG SPEED SHEAR ACROSS THE AREA. ALL THIS LEADS TO DECENT CHC OF SVR TSRA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. CAT POPS THIS EVE ALL ZONES. COLD FNT AND SFC LOW MOVE THRU TONIGHT AND DRY SLOT WORKS INTO THE AREA. WINDS BECOME DOWNSLOPE BUT CLOUDS OUTSIDE OF THE MTNS WILL NOT CLEAR UNTIL AFTERNOON. WRAP AROUND MOISTURE REMAINS HIGH ACROSS NC MTNS TUE. CAA AND DECENT NWLY FLOW SO WILL GO WITH A SMALL POP FOR SHRA. NC MTN SKIES CLEAR TUE NIGHT THEN DRY WX THRU SAT. AGREE WITH NCEP THAT MRF TOO AGGRESSIVE WITH TROPICAL CYCLONE FROM CARRIBEAN. WENT WITH WARMER GUIDANCE TONIGHT GIVEN CLOUDS. WENT TOWARD COOLER GUIDANCE REST OF PERIOD. FCSTID = 81 GSP 63 74 50 75 / 60 10 0 0 AND 62 75 50 75 / 60 10 0 0 CLT 65 74 48 74 / 80 10 0 0 HKY 64 73 47 72 / 70 10 0 0 AVL 58 65 44 67 / 70 30 0 0 .GSP... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. RWH
In the hours before
Local storm report, Sep 25, 4:20 PM EDT, 2 hours 28 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
420 PM EDT MON SEP 25 2000
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
355 PM UNION SC WIND DAMAGE
09/25/00 UNION COUNTY REPORTS TREE BLOWN
DOWN ON HOUSE IN CITY OF
] UNION.
HGLocal storm report, Sep 25, 4:27 PM EDT, 2 hours 21 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
427 PM EDT MON SEP 25 2000
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
405 PM 8 NW GREENWOOD SC WIND DAMAGE
09/25/00 GREENWOOD GREENWOOD EOC REPORTED 2
TREES DOWN AT HODGES. 1
TREE DOWN AT THE
ABBEVILLE/GREENWOOD LINE.
1 TREE DOWN ALONG HIGHWAY
178.
422 PM 5 N ROCK HILL SC 60 MPH
09/25/00 YORK HAM RADIO OPERATOR
REPORTED A MEASURED GUST
OF 60 MPH 1 MILE
SOUTHEAST OF CATAWBA
NUCLEAR PLANT.
420 PM CROSS HILL SC WIND DAMAGE
09/25/00 LAURENS COUNTY 911 REPORTS TREES
DOWN ON SKIPPERS LODGE
ROAD.
420 PM 3 E WATERLOO SC WIND DAMAGE
09/25/00 LAURENS COUNTY 911 REPORTS TREES
DOWN ALONG HIGHWAY 72.
BENTHALLLocal storm report, Sep 25, 4:45 PM EDT, 2 hours 3 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
445 PM EDT MON SEP 25 2000
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
425 PM 10 SE CHARLOTTE NC WIND DAMAGE
09/25/00 MECKLENBURG COUNTY OFFICIALS REPORT
ONE TREE DOWN ON CAR IN
MATTHEWS.
OUTLAWLocal storm report, Sep 25, 5:20 PM EDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
520 PM EDT MON SEP 25 2000
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
506 PM IN CHESTER SC WIND DAMAGE
09/25/00 CHESTER TREES DOWN IN TOWN
MCAVOYLocal storm report, Sep 25, 5:26 PM EDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
526 PM EDT MON SEP 25 2000
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
515 PM 12E CHESTER SC WIND DAMAGE
09/25/00 CHESTER NUMEROUS TREES ALL AREAS
OF COUNTY, TREE ON HOUSE
IN RICHBURG.
BENTHALLLocal storm report, Sep 25, 6:39 PM EDT, 9 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
639 PM EDT MON SEP 25 2000
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
430 PM 5 NE YORK SC WIND DAMAGE
09/25/00 YORK HAM RADIO SPOTTER REPORTS
NUMEROUS TREES DOWN ALONG
D HIGHWAY 49.
HGThe office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 25, 4:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | York | 45 min |
| Sep 25, 4:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Chester | 57 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.