Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 23, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 22, 2001, 4:03 PM EDT for Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. It was in force for 27 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 22, 2001, 4:03 PM EDT (20:03 UTC)
- Expired
- May 22, 2001, 4:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Mecklenburg County, NC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:05 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.
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, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 125 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.
612 WUUS52 KGSP 222004 SVRGSP NCC119-222030- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 403 PM EDT TUE MAY 22 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... MECKLENBURG COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA * UNTIL 430 PM EDT * AT 403 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES NORTH OF ROCK HILL...OR ABOUT 10 MILES WEST OF PINEVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... PINEVILLE AT 415 PM EDT CHARLOTTE AT 420 PM EDT MINT HILL AT 430 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. $$ 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, 3:50 PM EDT, 13 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 22, 3:50 PM EDT, 13 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 350 PM EDT TUE MAY 22 2001 CLEARING MOUNTAIN COUNTIES FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WATCH WITH REGULAR AFTERNOON ISSUANCE. FCSTID = 7 GSP 53 77 55 73 / 60 0 30 40 AND 54 78 56 74 / 60 0 30 40 CLT 52 76 52 71 / 70 0 30 40 HKY 50 75 50 72 / 30 0 30 40 AVL 49 71 49 66 / 20 0 40 40 .GSP... GA...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 500 PM EDT TUESDAY FOR ZONES GAZ018...GAZ026...GAZ028>029. NC...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 500 PM EDT TUESDAY FOR ZONES NCZ034>037...NCZ054>057...NCZ066>072...NCZ082. SC...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 500 PM EDT TUESDAY FOR ZONES SCZ004>014...SCZ019.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 22, 10:35 AM EDT, 5 hours 28 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, 1 hour 36 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, 1 hour 36 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.
LGLSpecial weather statement, May 22, 3:35 PM EDT, 28 minutes before
GAZ010-017-NCZ033-048>050-052-053-059-062>065-SCZ001>003-222030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 335 PM EDT TUE MAY 22 2001 THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES HAVE BEEN CLEARED FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 273... IN NORTH CAROLINA... AVERY...BUNCOMBE...HAYWOOD...HENDERSON...MACON...MADISON... MITCHELL...JACKSON...TRANSYLVANIA AND YANCEY. IN GEORGIA... HABERSHAM AND RABUN. SEVERE WEATHER HAS MOVED EAST OF THESE COUNTIES. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 273 CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM FOR AREAS TO THE EAST OF TOCCOA...CLEMSON...GREENVILLE...SPARTANBURG... COLUMBUS...MARION...MORGANTON...AND LENOIR. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLET FOR THE LATEST UPDATES CONCERNING THIS SEVERE WEATHER SITUATION. MOORE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 2:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Polk, Rutherford | 30 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.