Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 11, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 19, 2001, 3:44 PM EDT for Buncombe County, North Carolina. It was in force for 46 min. 3 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 19, 2001, 3:44 PM EDT (19:44 UTC)
- Expired
- May 19, 2001, 4:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Buncombe County, NC
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 3:55 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 E | Skyland, NC | The Emergency Operations Center relayed reports of trees blown across roads at both Skyland and Fairview. |
| May 19, 3:55 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 E | Fairview, NC | |
| May 19, 4:10 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 E | Candler, NC | Spotter reported two trees blown down in Candler. |
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
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 243 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
- 11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -214 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1765 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -91 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -80 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 191946 SVRGSP NCC021-192030- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 344 PM EDT SAT MAY 19 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... EASTERN BUNCOMBE COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA * UNTIL 430 PM EDT * AT 344 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH LARGE HAIL 10 MILES SOUTH OF ASHEVILLE...OR ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BLACK MOUNTAIN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... FAIRVIEW AT 350 PM EDT MONTREAT AT 405 PM EDT ANOTHER STORM IN THE WESTERN PART OF BUNCOMBE COUNTY COULD ALSO BECOME SEVERE AND AFFECT DOWNTOWN ASHEVILLE. 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 AN&Y THUNDERSTORM. $$ JONES/MCAVOY
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 19, 2:08 PM EDT, 1 hour 36 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 19, 2:08 PM EDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 208 PM EDT SAT MAY 19 2001 AREA OF CONVECTION MOVING THROUGH NERN GA ALONG MOISTURE AXIS WHICH STRETCHES NEWD INTO UPSTATE. AIR MASS SOMEWHAT CAPPED WITH SHEAR FAIRLY WEAK. DO NOT EXPECT THESE STORMS TO HOLD TOGETHER VERY LONG INTO FA BUT CONSEQUENCE WILL BE LEFT OVER OUTFLOW BOUNDARY. THIS MIGHT BE FOCUS NEEDED TO BUILD TSTMS LATER. SHORT WAVE TROUGH INCHING TOWARD FA ACROSS TN AND SHOULD MAKE IMPACT KNOWN LATER THIS EVENING. BEST LOW LEVEL MOISTURE ARRIVES AFTER 00Z WHEN LOW LEVEL FLOW BACKS FROM ESSENTIALLY A DRY WSW FLOW TO MORE SW TO S FLOW. COOLER MID LEVEL TEMPERATURES AND STEEPENING LAPSE RATES BY 03-06Z TIME FRAME SHOULD BE SUFFICIENT TO EITHER SUSTAIN LINE OF CONVECTION FROM AL/GA OR TO ASSIST ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP IN AREA. POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE INCREASES BUT BELIEVE THAT WITH LOSS OF HEATING... POTENTIAL REMAINS MARGINAL FOR MOST OF AREA. PRIME AREAS WILL BE NORTHERN ZONES WHERE ACTIVITY ASSOCIATED WITH BOUNDARY ACROSS VA MIGHT SLIP DOWN AND SOUTHERN ZONES WHERE GA ACTIVITY WILL CERTAINLY BE A FACTOR. DESPITE HIGH WBZ (11-11.5KFT)...HAIL IS ALREADY A THREAT AS CONVECTION OVER GA PRODUCING ICE. BEYOND TONIGHT...SLOW TROUGH PASSAGE LEAVES MOISTURE OVER AREA INTO MONDAY. CHANCE OF PRECIP WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE FCST. WILL KEEP THUNDER IN SUNDAY WITH COOL MID LEVELS KEEPING THINGS SOMEWHAT UNSTABLE. ANOTHER SHORT WAVE TROUGH PUSHES THROUGH MONDAY. IN EXTENDED...HUGE CLOSED LOW PROGGED TO DEVELOP OVER THE OHIO VALLEY. FROPA ACROSS FA LATE TUESDAY SHOULD COOL THINGS DOWN CONSIDERABLY. UNKNOWN IS POTENTIAL FOR MOISTURE TO SLIDE IN TO AREA AROUND LOW AND BRING MORE PRECIP. POSITIONING OF UPPER SYSTEM IN CURRENT MODEL RUNS SUGGESTS LITTLE OR NO PRECIP HERE. WILL CONTINUE THIS TREND FOR NOW. DELGADO FCSTID = 11 GSP 66 82 64 84 / 50 60 40 50 AND 66 82 64 84 / 50 60 40 50 CLT 65 81 64 83 / 50 60 40 50 HKY 63 80 60 79 / 50 60 50 60 AVL 59 77 60 78 / 50 60 40 60 .GSP... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 19, 10:05 AM EDT, 5 hours 39 minutes before
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014- 019-192000- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1005 AM EDT SAT MAY 19 2001 ...SEVERE WEATHER POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE IN THE TENNESSEE RIVER VALLEY WILL SLOWLY APPROACH THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP IN ADVANCE OF THIS SYSTEM. CONDITIONS WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS TO BECOME SEVERE ...PRODUCING DAMAGING WIND...AND POSSIBLY LARGE HAIL. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLET FOR THE LATEST UPDATES CONCERNING THISa POTENTIAL SEVERE WEATHER SITUATION. JAT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 6:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Transylvania | 47 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.