Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 64, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 25, 2000, 9:15 AM EDT for Catawba County, Iredell County, North Carolina. It was in force for 30 min. 2 reports 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 25, 2000, 9:15 AM EDT (13:15 UTC)
- Expired
- May 25, 2000, 9:45 AM EDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Catawba County, NC, Iredell County, NC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 143 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:17 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 25, 9:30 AM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 55 E | Statesville, NC | |
| May 25, 9:30 AM EDT | Hail 0.75 | Mooresville, 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, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 214 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
- 2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -341 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 934 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -89 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -30 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
001 WUUS52 KGSP 251315 SVRGSP NCC035-097-251345- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 915 AM EDT THU MAY 25 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... EASTERN CATAWBA COUNTY IN PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA IREDELL COUNTY IN PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA * UNTIL 945 AM EDT * AT 915 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES EAST OF NEWTON...OR ABOUT 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF TERRELL...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... TERRELL AT 920 AM EDT TROUTMAN AT 925 AM EDT MOORESVILLE AT 930 AM 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. $$
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 25, 7:40 AM EDT, 1 hour 35 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 25, 7:40 AM EDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 740 AM EDT THU MAY 25 2000 QUICK UPDATE TO THE ZONES TO REMOVE SEVERE WEATHER WATCH WORDING. .GSP...NONE. BURRUS
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 25, 4:50 AM EDT, 4 hours 25 minutes before
GAZ010-017-018-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014-019- 251433- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 450 AM EDT THU MAY 25 2000 ...SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA... AN APPROACHING FRONTAL BOUNDARY AND A POTENT UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL INTERACT WITH MOIST...UNSTABLE AIR TO PRODUCE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA TODAY. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE...AND BE ACCOMPANIED BY LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND. THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS TENNESSEE EARLY THIS MORNING ARE EXPECTED TO CROSS OVER INTO THE CAROLINA MOUNTAINS AND ADJACENT PARTS OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA AROUND DAYBREAK. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THESE AREAS UNTIL 10 AM. CITIES INCLUDED IN THIS WATCH ARE TOCCOA...GREENVILLE...SPARTANBURG...ASHEVILLE AND RUTHERFORDTON. ONCE THIS AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS HAS PASSED EAST OF THE AREA... SKIES WILL CLEAR ENOUGH TO ALLOW SUNSHINE TO DESTABILIZE THE ATMOSPHERE OVER OUR REGION. AS THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY AND ASSOCIATED UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE APPROACH THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON... NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP. SOME OF THESE COULD PRODUCE HAIL THE SIZE OF QUARTERS OR LARGER...AND BE ACCOMPANIED BY WIND GUSTS OVER 60 MPH. ADDITIONAL SEVERE WEATHER WATCHES COULD BE POSTED FOR PARTS OF THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA LATER TODAY. ASSISTANCE FROM SKYWARN SPOTTERS AND AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS MAY BECOME NECESSARY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION OR CABLE TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. BURRUS
Special weather statement, May 25, 7:50 AM EDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before
GAZ010-017-018-NCZ033-048>055-058-059-062>067-SCZ001>007-010-251242- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 750 AM EDT THU MAY 25 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS CANCELED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 350. THIS WATCH COVERED MUCH OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. STORMS HAVE WEAKENED BUT MAY REMAIN STRONG THIS MORNING. RWH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 8:54 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Catawba | 21 min |
| May 25, 3:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Union | 44 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.