Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 55, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 21, 2000, 10:47 PM EDT for Rowan County, North Carolina. It was in force for 43 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
- May 21, 2000, 10:47 PM EDT (02:47 UTC)
- Expired
- May 21, 2000, 11:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Rowan County, NC
The nearest sounding before it
Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 00:00Z, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 196 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
- 445 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -33 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 796 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 39 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 78 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS52 KGSP 220248 SVRGSP NCC159-220330- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1047 PM EDT SUN MAY 21 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... ROWAN COUNTY IN PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA * UNTIL 1130 PM EDT * AT 1047 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF STATESVILLE...OR ABOUT 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF MOUNT ULLA...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... CLEVELAND AT 1050 PM EDT WOODLEAF AT 1105 PM EDT SALISBURY AT 1115 PM EDT GRANITE QUARRY AT 1120& PM EDT SPENCER AT 1125 PM EDT PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM SHOULD BE ALERT FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN CAN OCCUR WITH ANY THUNDERSTORM. $$ WAJ/BWM
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 May 21, 9:33 PM EDT, 1 hour 14 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 21, 9:33 PM EDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 933 PM EDT SUN MAY 21 2000 CLUSTERS OF SHRA/TSRA HAVE HAD A TENDENCY TO CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND MOVE NORTHEAST THROUGH THE SRN MTNS AND FOOTHILLS OF NC THIS EVENING. OTHER BANDS OF SHRA/TSRA MOVING EAST FROM TN AND N GA. LATEST SFC ANALYSIS SHOWS A LOW CENTER IN NE TN WITH FRONTAL BOUNDARY CLOSE TO OUR WRN AND NRN CWA BORDER. ANOTHER LOW CENTER SITUATED JUST N OF CAE. SFC MOIST CONV MAXIMIZED FROM NE TN...EAST SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE CLT AREA. CURRENTLY OUR CWA FEELING THE EFFECTS OF LEFT EXIT OF UPR JET AND SOME WEAK PVA. MORE PROMINENT 5H TROUGH AND ASSOCIATED VORT MAX NOW IN WRN KY/TN WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA OVERNIGHT. WITH AREA SOUNDINGS INDICATING A WEAKLY UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE AND FAIRLY DEEP MOISTURE...WILL NEED TO LEAVE IN AT LEAST A CHC SHRA/TSRA OVERNIGHT EVERYWHERE. WILL CARRY HIGHER POPS WHERE PRECIP IS ONGOING AT ISSUANCE. WILL TWEAK TEMPS UP A BIT IN WRN NC SINCE IT DOES NOT LOOK LIKE DRIER AIR WILL ADVECT IN BEFORE MORNING. PATCHY DENSE FOG LIKELY TOO IN PLACES WHERE RAIN HAS BEEN MORE ABUNDANT. .GSP...NONE. MOYER
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 21, 4:52 PM EDT, 5 hours 55 minutes before
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014- 019-220300- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 452 PM EDT SUN MAY 21 2000 ...ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING... ABUNDANT MOISTURE AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT DRAPED OVER THE FOOTHILLS OF THE CAROLINAS THIS AFTERNOON WILL PROVIDE A FAVORABLE ENVIRONMENT FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL ALSO CROSS THE AREA AND HELP TO TRIGGER THUNDERSTORMS. COVERAGE OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL STEADILY GROW LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING...WITH A FEW OF THESE REACHING SEVERE INTENSITY. THE MAIN THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE FOR HAIL 3/4 TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS NEAR 60 MPH. THE THREAT WILL BE GREATEST OVER PIEDMONT SECTIONS...GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 85 IN THE SOUTH CAROLINA UPSTATE...AND ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM FOREST CITY TO MORGANTON AND LENOIR IN NORTH CAROLINA. AN ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CANNOT BE RULED OUT OVER THE REMAINDER OF THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA HOWEVER. SPOTTER GROUPS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO ACTIVATE QUICKLY THIS EVENING. DISPATCHERS SHOULD ENSURE COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS ARE AWARE OF THIS INFORMATION. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLET FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. MOORE
Local storm report, May 21, 4:58 PM EDT, 5 hours 49 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
458 PM EDT SUN MAY 21 2000
TIME (EDT) .....CITY LOCATION....... ST ...EVENT/REMARKS...
.....COUNTY LOCATION.....
442 PM 10 SW MORGANTON NC 65 MPH TSTM GUST
05/21/00 BURKE 911 RELAYED PUBLIC REPORT
442 PM 10 SW MORGANTON NC .75 INCH HAIL
05/21/00 BURKE 911 REPORT
JONES
NNNNLocal storm report, May 21, 6:12 PM EDT, 4 hours 35 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
612 PM EDT SUN MAY 21 2000
TIME (EDT) .....CITY LOCATION....... ST ...EVENT/REMARKS...
.....COUNTY LOCATION.....
530 PM MARTIN GA WIND DAMAGE
05/21/00 STEPHENS AMATEUR RADIO RELAYED
REPORT OF A FEW TREES
KNOCKED DOWN AND TOPS OUT
OF PINES. ALSO MARBLE
HAIL. TIME ESTIMATED.
JONES
NNNNLocal storm report, May 21, 10:11 PM EDT, 36 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
1011 PM EDT SUN MAY 21 2000
TIME (EDT) .....CITY LOCATION....... ST ...EVENT/REMARKS...
.....COUNTY LOCATION.....
957 PM HICKORY NC .88 INCH HAIL
05/21/00 CATAWBA SPOTTER REPORT OF DIME TO
NICKEL SIZE HAIL ON THE
EAST SIDE OF HICKORY.
952 PM HICKORY NC 60 MPH TSTM GUST
05/21/00 CATAWBA SPOTTER REPORT OF AN
ESTIMATED 60 MPH WIND GUST
AND 1 TO 2 INCH LIMBS
BLOWN DOWN.
BWM
NNNNLocal storm report, May 21, 10:41 PM EDT, 6 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
1041 PM EDT SUN MAY 21 2000
TIME (EDT) .....CITY LOCATION....... ST ...EVENT/REMARKS...
.....COUNTY LOCATION.....
1010 PM COUNTYWIDE NC WIND DAMAThe office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 21, 9:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Iredell | 39 min |
| May 21, 9:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Catawba | 47 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.