Alert archive / South Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 22, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 22, 2001, 2:33 PM EDT for Greenville County, Spartanburg County, South Carolina. It was in force for 42 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 22, 2001, 2:33 PM EDT (18:33 UTC)
- Expired
- May 22, 2001, 3:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Greenville County, SC, Spartanburg County, SC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 5 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:35 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 22, 2:35 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 60 E | Mauldin, SC | Broadcast media and a NWS survey team indicated numerous trees and power lines down Most damage near the Greenbrier subdivision, where a garage was destroyed by wind, and a large tree uprooted. Other minor damage spread to the east, including large limbs sprea |
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 22, 11:15 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 244 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
- 645 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -41 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 967 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 102 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 132 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 1.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS52 KGSP 221833 SVRGSP SCC045-083-221915- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 233 PM EDT TUE MAY 22 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SPARTANBURG COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA GREENVILLE COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA * UNTIL 315 PM EDT * AT 233 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH DAMAGING WINDS 5 MILES WEST OF GREENVILLE...OR ABOUT 2 MILES NORTH OF WELCOME...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... GREENVILLE AT 235 PM EDT TAYLORS AT 240 PM EDT GREER AT 245 PM EDT LYMAN AT 250 PM EDT INMAN AT 255 PM EDT SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WINDS CAN REACH SPEEDS OF 60 TO 100 MPH. THESE WINDS BLOW DOWN TREES...POWER LINES...AND SEVERELY DAMAGE MOBILE HOMES AND SOMETIMES BUILDINGS. VERY LARGE OR WIND-DRIVEN HAIL CAN INJURE ANYONE CAUGHT OUTSIDE. $$ RWH
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 22, 11:15 AM EDT, 3 hours 18 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 22, 11:15 AM EDT, 3 hours 18 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1115 AM EDT TUE MAY 22 2001 ISSUING UPDATE TO INCLUDE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR ALL COUNTIES EXCEPT SWAIN AND GRAHAM. FCSTID = 7 GSP 81 52 78 52 / 80 30 0 0 AND 82 53 79 53 / 80 20 0 0 CLT 83 54 77 52 / 80 30 0 0 HKY 80 50 72 50 / 80 20 10 0 AVL 76 49 67 47 / 90 20 10 0 .GSP... GA...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 500 PM EDT TUESDAY FOR ZONES GAZ010...GAZ017>018...GAZ026...GAZ028>029. NC...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 500 PM EDT TUESDAY FOR ZONES NCZ033>037...NCZ048>050...NCZ052>057...NCZ059...NCZ062>072...NCZ082. SC...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 500 PM EDT TUESDAY FOR ZONES SCZ001>014...SCZ019.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 22, 10:35 AM EDT, 3 hours 58 minutes before
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014- 019-222000- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1035 AM EDT TUE MAY 22 2001 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA... A VIGOROUS COLD FRONT APPROACHING FROM THE WEST LATE THIS MORNING SHOULD CROSS THE REGION DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. THIS FRONT WILL INTERACT WITH THE WARM AND HUMID AIR ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA TO GENERATE THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE SEVERE WEATHER. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS AHEAD OF THE FRONT THIS MORNING ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA WILL STEADILY BECOME MORE NUMEROUS AS THE FRONT APPROACHES. A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP JUST AHEAD OF THE FRONT...AFFECTING THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON...THE FOOTHILLS DURING THE AFTERNOON...AND THE PIEDMONT THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON. ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP TODAY WILL PRODUCE BRIEF TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. THE PRIMARY THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER IS DAMAGING WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. ISOLATED LARGE HAIL IS POSSIBLE AS WELL...AND A BRIEF TORNADO IS NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION. WHILE SEVERE WEATHER IS POSSIBLE ANYWHERE IN THE OUTLOOK AREA...PIEDMONT SECTIONS WILL ACHIEVE THE WARMEST TEMPERATURES BEFORE THE ARRIVAL OF THE FRONT...ALLOWING STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP IN THAT AREA LATE TODAY. SPOTTER GROUPS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO ACTIVATE QUICKLY THIS AFTERNOON. A SEVERE WEATHER WATCH IS ANTICIPATED FOR ALL OR PART OF THE AREA BY EARLY AFTERNOON. DISPATCHERS SHOULD ENSURE COUNTY EMERG9ENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS ARE AWARE OF THIS INFORMATION. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLET FOR ANY SEVERE WEATHER WATCHES OR WARNINGS. MOORE
Local storm report, May 22, 2:27 PM EDT, 6 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
227 PM EDT TUE MAY 22 2001
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
220 PM HENDERSONVILLE NC WIND DAMAGE
05/22/01 COUNTY TREES DOWN ON SHEPHERD
STREET IN HENDERSONVILLE.
REPORT FROM SHERIFFS
DEPARTMENT.
LGLLocal storm report, May 22, 2:27 PM EDT, 6 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED COUNTY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
227 PM EDT TUE MAY 22 2001
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
220 PM HENDERSONVILLE NC WIND DAMAGE
05/22/01 HENDERSON TREES DOWN ON SHEPHERD
STREET IN HENDERSONVILLE.
REPORT FROM SHERIFFS
DEPARTMENT.
LGLThe office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 21, 9:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Greenville | 26 min |
| May 22, 4:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | York | 34 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in South Carolina, 2001Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2001
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.