Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 36, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 4, 2001, 11:04 PM EDT for Stephens County, Georgia. It was in force for 26 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
- Jun 4, 2001, 11:04 PM EDT (03:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 4, 2001, 11:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Stephens County, GA
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:05 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 11:10 PM EDT | Hail 1 | Toccoa, GA | Spotter reported nickel-sized hail. |
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
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 3.1 hours before the alert went out and 172 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
- 2437 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 936 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 4 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -29 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -8 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 050304 SVRGSP GAC257-050330- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1104 PM EDT MON JUN 4 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... STEPHENS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA * UNTIL 1130 PM EDT * AT 1104 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TOCCOA...OR ABOUT OVER BOYDVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... TOCCOA AT 1110 PM EDT EASTANOLEE AT 1115 PM EDT AVALON AT 1120 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. $$ RBN
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 Jun 4, 10:05 PM EDT, 59 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 4, 10:05 PM EDT, 59 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1005 PM EDT MON JUN 4 2001 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CANCELLED AND WILL UPDATE ZONES. HAVE ALSO INCREASED POPS IN THE SW CWA DUE TO SYSTEM HEADING IN FROM N GA. CAPES HAVE DECREASED RAPIDLY AND CLOUD TOPS WARMING AND DO NOT EXPECT SVR ATTM. FCSTID = 77 .GSP... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 4, 8:26 PM EDT, 2 hours 38 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
826 PM EDT MON JUN 04 2001
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
810 PM 5 NW RUTHERFORDTON NC WIND DAMAGE
06/04/01 RUTHERFORD 1 TREE DOWN IN GREEN HILL
AREA
818 PM MORGANTON NC .75 INCH HAIL
06/04/01 BURKE 2 SPOTTER REPORTS OF DIME
SIZE HAIL
RBNLocal storm report, Jun 4, 8:49 PM EDT, 2 hours 15 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
849 PM EDT MON JUN 04 2001
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
846 PM MORGANTON NC WIND DAMAGE
06/04/01 BURKE MULTIPLE TREES AND
POWERLINES DOWN
RBLocal storm report, Jun 4, 9:06 PM EDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
906 PM EDT MON JUN 04 2001
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOUCATION....
902 PM 10 E MORGANTON NC 1.00 INCH HAIL
06/04/01 BURKE QUARTER SIZE HAIL
REPORTED BY STORM SPOTTER
RBNSpecial weather statement, Jun 4, 9:45 PM EDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before
NCZ033>037-048>050-053>057-067>072-082-050245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 945 PM EDT MON JUN 4 2001 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 363 WHICH WAS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT HAS BEEN CANCELED. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA... MECKLENBURG...CABARRUS...CLEVELAND...CATAWBA...LINCOLN...DAVIE... ROWAN...ALEXANDER...IREDELL...UNION AND GASTON. IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... CALDWELL...MADISON...MITCHELL...MCDOWELL...AVERY...YANCEY... BUNCOMBE...RUTHERFORD AND BURKE. THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS ENDED FOR THESE COUNTIES. RBN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 10:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Habersham | 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.