Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 67, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 25, 2000, 5:56 PM EDT for Elbert County, Georgia. It was in force for 49 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, 5:56 PM EDT (21:56 UTC)
- Expired
- May 25, 2000, 6:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Elbert County, GA
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:56 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, 6:00 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 E | Elberton, GA | |
| May 25, 6:00 PM EDT | Hail 0.75 | Elberton, GA |
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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 1:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 175 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
- 2105 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -35 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 699 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -14 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 5 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.1
- Supercell composite
- -0.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
168 WUUS52 KGSP 252157 SVRGSP GAC105-252245- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 556 PM EDT THU MAY 25 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... ELBERT COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA * UNTIL 645 PM EDT * AT 556 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER ELBERTON...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... FORTSONIA AT 600 PM EDT RUCKERSVILLE AT 610 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 25, 2:05 PM EDT, 3 hours 51 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 25, 2:05 PM EDT, 3 hours 51 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 205 PM EDT THU MAY 25 2000 BIGGEST CONCERN IS FOR THE FIRST PERIOD. SEVERE TSTM WATCH JUST ISSUED FOR MUCH OF WRN HALF OF CWA. ISOLATED STORMS DEVELOPING ALONG SFC TROUGH/OUTFLOW BOUNDARY ACROSS N GA. EXPECT TO SEE RAPID DEVELOPMENT INTO OUR AREA THIS AFTERNOON WITH THE VERY JUICY AIRMASS IN PLACE. STABLE AIRMASS TO SINK SOUTH TONIGHT...DEPICTED BY ADVECTION OF LOWER THETA-E AND HIGHER LIFTED INDICES. ALTHOUGH SOME SHRA/TSTMS COULD MAKE IT ACROSS NRN TIER THIS EVENING...MOST WIDESPREAD CONVECTION AND SEVERE WX SHOULD BE LIMITED TO SRN TIER OF NC...SOUTH. SO AM THINKING OF GOING WITH 40 POP NORTH TO POSSIBLY AS HIGH AS CATEGORICAL SOUTH...DEPENDING ON TRENDS TOWARD ISSUANCE. FRONT STALLS TO THE SOUTH OVERNIGHT...THEN AS UPR RIDGE BUILDS OVER THE SOUTHEAST...SFC BOUNDARY LIFTS BACK NORTH DURING THE DAY FRIDAY. NO REAL SYNOPTIC SCALE TRIGGERS TO SET CONVECTION OFF TOMORROW...BUT WITH ADVECTION OF HIGHER THETA-E BACK ACROSS THE BOUNDARY AS IT BECOMES ORIENTED NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF CWA BY FRIDAY AFTN...WILL GO WITH A CHC OF SHRA/TSTMS FOR THE WRN HALF. THERE MAY ALSO BE SOME PRECIP FROM ANY OVERNIGHT MCS ACROSS THE SRN PART OF CWA. AIR TOO STABLE FARTHER NORTHEAST TO WARRANT A MENTION OF SHOWERS. WILL CONTINUE CHC OF TSRA INTO FRIDAY EVENING FOR THE ABOVE MENTIONED AREAS. SATURDAY LOOKS VERY WARM WITH 850 TEMPS EXCEEDING 20 C ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS/PIEDMONT. ATMOSPHERE PROBABLY TOO DRY ACROSS ALL BUT THE MTNS TO PRODUCE CONVECTION...BUT WILL GO WITH THE USUAL SUMMERTIME AFTN/EVE CHC OF TSRA IN THE MTNS OF NC. NECT COLD FRONT CRUISES THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY...WITH CONVECTION POSSIBLE AHEAD OF IT SATURDAY NIGHT. CUT-OFF LOW SINKING OVER AREA MONDAY MAY PROVIDE ENOUGH INSTABILITY TO GENERATE SHRA/TSTMS...BUT WE WILL SEE. PRELMINARY NUMBERS... AVL 57/8n0/56/86/62 6423 CLT 64/84/62/90/66 6200 GSP 66/85/64/91/68 6400 .GSP...NONE. MOYER
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 25, 1:02 PM EDT, 4 hours 54 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
102 PM EDT THU MAY 25 2000
TIME (EDT) .....CITY LOCATION....... ST ...EVENT/REMARKS...
.....COUNTY LOCATION.....
750 AM CANDLER NC WIND DAMAGE
05/25/00 BUNCOMBE TRAILER BLOWN 35-40 FEET
INTO ANOTHER TRAILER AND
SOME TREES DOWN AS WELL.
REPORTED BY BUNCOMBE CO
EOC.
CSH
NNNNLocal storm report, May 25, 3:50 PM EDT, 2 hours 6 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
350 PM EDT THU MAY 25 2000
TIME (EDT) .....CITY LOCATION....... ST ...EVENT/REMARKS...
.....COUNTY LOCATION.....
335 PM 1.5 E ROCK HILL AIRPORT SC .75 INCH HAIL
05/25/00 YORK SPOTTER REPORTED DIME SIZE
HAIL NEAR THE AIRPORT AND
ON ORCHARD DRIVE IN FORT
MILL
TJB
NNNNLocal storm report, May 25, 3:52 PM EDT, 2 hours 4 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
352 PM EDT THU MAY 25 2000
TIME (EDT) .....CITY LOCATION....... ST ...EVENT/REMARKS...
.....COUNTY LOCATION.....
340 PM ROCK HILL SC 1.00 INCH HAIL
05/25/00 YORK PUBLIC REPORT OF QUARTER
SIZE HAIL IN ROCK HILL.
TJB
NNNNLocal storm report, May 25, 4:04 PM EDT, 1 hour 52 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
404 PM EDT THU MAY 25 2000
TIME (EDT) .....CITY LOCATION....... ST ...EVENT/REMARKS...
.....COUNTY LOCATION.....
350 PM 1 N FORT MILL SC 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/25/00 YORK SPOTTER REPORTED GOLF BALL
SIZE HAIL.
BWM
NNNNLocal storm report, May 25, 4:11 PM EDT, 1 hour 45 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
411 PM EDT THU MAY 25 2000
TIME (EDT) .....CITY LOCATION....... ST ...EVENT/REMARKS...
.....COUNTY LOCATION.....
405 PM 6 S WAXHAW NC 1.25 INCH HAIL
05/25/00 UNION SKYWARN SPOTTER HAD HALF
DOLLAR SIZE HAIL SOUTH OF
WAXHAW AND EAST OF HIGHWAY
521 NEAR COUNTY LINE.
TJB
NNNNLocal storm report, May 25, 4:14 PM EDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
414 PM EDT THU MAY 25 2000
TIME (EDT) .....CITY LOCATION....... ST ...EVENT/REMARKS...
.....COUNTY LOCATION.....
406 PM WAXHAW NC .75 INCH HAIL
05/25/00 UNION REPORTED BY COUNTY EMA
DIRECTOR.
CSH
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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.