Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 59, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 24, 2000, 6:28 PM EDT for Cleveland County, Gaston County, North Carolina. It was in force for 47 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
- May 24, 2000, 6:28 PM EDT (22:28 UTC)
- Expired
- May 24, 2000, 7:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Cleveland County, NC, Gaston County, NC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:29 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 6:30 PM EDT | Hail 1 | Fallston, NC |
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
Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 268 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
- 9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -130 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 862 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 67 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 127 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 182 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
748 WUUS52 KGSP 242229 SVRGSP NCC045-071-242315- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 628 PM EDT WED MAY 24 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... CLEVELAND COUNTY IN PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA GASTON COUNTY IN PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA * UNTIL 715 PM EDT * AT 628 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS 11 MILES NORTH OF SHELBY...OR ABOUT 2 MILES NORTH OF LAWNDALE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... WACO AT 640 PM EDT CHERRYVILLE AT 640 PM EDT KINGS MOUNTAIN AT 655 PM EDT BESSEMER CITY AT 700 PM EDT IF THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CONTINUES TO STRENGTHEN...THE WARNING MAY BE UPGRADED TO A TORNADO WARNING FOR COUNTIES IN THE PATH OF THE STORM. $$ BPM/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 24, 2:04 PM EDT, 4 hours 24 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 24, 2:04 PM EDT, 4 hours 24 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 204 PM EDT WED MAY 24 2000 SHORT TERM CONCERN IS FOR DEVELOPMENT OF CONVECTION IN RESPONSE TO SMALL SHORTWAVE ENTERING CWA ATTM AND ITS INTERACTION WITH HIGH SFC DWPTS AND DIFFERENTIAL HEATING BOUNDARIES. S/W ALSO TRACKING ESE IN MAX THETA-E RIDGE AND SFC LIS ARE -5 TO -6 ACCORDING TO MSAS. WILL WAIT TO LAST POSSIBLE MINUTE TO DETERMINE POPS FOR THIS EVENING/TONIGHT BASED ON UPSTREAM DEVELOPMENTS. LATEST ETA RUN NOT AS UNSTABLE/MOIST AS PREVIOUS. SFC COLD FRONT TO SLIDE SOUTH THROUGH THE CWA EARLY THURSDAY. AS UPR FLOW BECOMES MORE UNIDIRECTIONAL OUT OF THE WEST...BOUNDARY STALLS IN OR JUST TO THE SOUTH OF CWA. THEN UPR RIDGE STARTS TO AMPLIFY AGAIN FRIDAY AHEAD OF SYSTEM COMING THROUGH THE CENTRAL PLAINS...AND BOUNDARY LIFTS NORTH AS A WARM FRONT FRIDAY. NO REAL MID-LEVEL FORCING AGAIN UNTIL LATER THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY...AND EVEN THAT IS WEAK AND SHEARED. WE WILL HAVE BOUNDARY/THETA-E RIDGE/THICKNESS DIFFLUENCE AND MOIST AIR MASS OVER US FOR MUCH OF THE NEXT 48 HOURS. SO THE INGREDIENTS ARE THERE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. SEEMS REASONABLE THAT MCS AFTER MCS OR THE REMAINS OF SUCH WILL CONTINUE TO TAKE AIM AT OUR CWA...BUT WITHOUT ANY ADDITIONAL GUIDANCE HELPING TO RESOLVE THE TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL RESULTS OF THE MCSS...WILL BE HARD AT THIS POINT TO GO HIGHER THAN CHC POPS THROUGH THE PERIOD. MAY EVEN LEAVE THUNDER OUT OF NORTHERN ZONES ON THURSDAY...SINCE THAT AREA TO BE MOST STABLE. WITH EXPECTED CLOUD COVER IN VICINITY OF BOUNDARY...WILL GO SLIGTHLY LOWER THAN GUIDANCE FOR HIGH TEMPS THURSDAY. IN THE EXTENDED...LOOKS LIKE WILL NEED TO KEEP CHC SHRA/TSRA FRIDAY NIGHT...THEN AGAIN SUNDAY WITH PASSAGE OF FRONT. MONDAY SHOULD BE DRIER AND COOLER. PRELIMINARY NUMBERS... AVL 62/77/58/80/60 4444 CLT 65/82/61/84/64 3434 GSP 66/83/63/85/65 4444 .GSP...NONE. MOYER
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 24, 5:44 PM EDT, 44 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
544 PM EDT WED MAY 24 2000
TIME (EDT) .....CITY LOCATION....... ST ...EVENT/REMARKS...
.....COUNTY LOCATION.....
541 PM 3 E MARION NC 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/24/00 MCDOWELL 911 RELAYED MOTORIST
REPORT OF GOLF BALL HAIL
JONES
NNNNLocal storm report, May 24, 5:49 PM EDT, 39 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
549 PM EDT WED MAY 24 2000
TIME (EDT) .....CITY LOCATION....... ST ...EVENT/REMARKS...
.....COUNTY LOCATION.....
545 PM 3 S GLEN ALPINE NC .75 INCH HAIL
05/24/00 BURKE BURKE 911 RELAYED PUBLIC
REPORT
546 PM BRIDGEWATER NC TORNADO
05/24/00 BURKE 911 RELAYED PUBLIC REPORT.
WINDOWS BLOWN OUT OF
HOUSE.
JONES
NNNNLocal storm report, May 24, 6:03 PM EDT, 25 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
603 PM EDT WED MAY 24 2000
TIME (EDT) .....CITY LOCATION....... ST ...EVENT/REMARKS...
.....COUNTY LOCATION.....
554 PM 8 E MARION NC WIND DAMAGE
05/24/00 MCDOWELL 911 REPORTED TREES BLOWN
ACROSS WEST BOUND LANE
I-40. PROBABLE TORNADO
555 PM 10 E MARION NC TORNADO
05/24/00 BURKE BURKE 911 REPORTED
TORNADO. I-40 MAY BE
BLOCKED BY DEBRIS.
555 PM 8 E MARION NC 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/24/00 MCDOWELL 911 REPORT
600 PM BRENDLETOWN NC 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/24/00 BURKE FIRE DEPARTMENT
JONES
NNNNLocal storm report, May 24, 6:09 PM EDT, 19 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
609 PM EDT WED MAY 24 2000
TIME (EDT) .....CITY LOCATION....... ST ...EVENT/REMARKS...
.....COUNTY LOCATION.....
605 PM CASAR NC 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/24/00 CLEVELAND AMATEUR RADIO RELAY OF
REPORT FROM COUNTY
OFFICIALS
JONES
NNNNLocal storm report, May 24, 6:20 PM EDT, 8 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
620 PM EDT WED MAY 24 2000
TIME (EDT) .....CITY LOCATION....... ST ...EVENT/REMARKS...
.....COUNTY LOCATION.....
605 PM NEWTON NC WIND DAMAGE
05/24/00 CATAWBA COMMUNICATIONS REPORTED
POWER LINES DOWN ALL OVER
THE PLACE
JONES
NNNNThe office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 5:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Burke, McDowell | 35 min |
| May 24, 5:33 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | McDowell | 27 min |
| May 24, 5:45 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Burke | 30 min |
| May 24, 5:53 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Cleveland, Rutherford | 37 min |
| May 24, 6:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Catawba, Lincoln | 43 min |
| May 24, 6:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Burke | 46 min |
| May 24, 7:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Mecklenburg | 43 min |
| May 24, 7:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cleveland | 49 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Carolina, 2000Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2000
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.