Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 45, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 13, 2001, 7:15 PM EDT for Franklin County, Hart County, Georgia. It was in force for 30 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
- Jun 13, 2001, 7:15 PM EDT (23:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 13, 2001, 7:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Franklin County, GA, Hart County, GA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 7:30 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 E | Shoal Creek, GA | Sheriff's department reported trees and power lines down. |
| Jun 13, 7:40 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 55 E | Carnesville, GA | Sheriff's department reported trees and power lines down across the county. |
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
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 330 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
- 213 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 577 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 105 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 122 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
049 WUUS52 KGSP 132315 SVRGSP GAC119-147-132345- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 715 PM EDT WED JUN 13 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... EASTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA WESTERN HART COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA * UNTIL 745 PM EDT * AT 715 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES WEST OF HARTWELL...OR ABOUT 2 MILES NORTHEAST OF BOWERSVILLE...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... BOWERSVILLE AT 720 PM EDT CANON AT 730 PM EDT ROYSTON AT 745 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. $$ JAT
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 13, 3:40 PM EDT, 3 hours 35 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 13, 3:40 PM EDT, 3 hours 35 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 340 PM EDT WED JUN 13 2001 SATELLITE IMAGERY...RADAR...AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS SHOW SUBTROPICAL LOW IN THE VICINITY OF FLORENCE THIS AFTERNOON...MOVING SLOWLY OFF TO THE EAST. LATEST MODEL RUNS SHOW THIS COMPACT SYSTEM TRUDGING OFF TO THE EAST OVERNIGHT TO THE NC COASTAL PLAINS...WHERE IT GRINDS TO A HALT AS AN UPPER RIDGE BUILDS OVER NY/NEW ENGLAND AND BLOCKS ITS ESCAPE. THIS SYSTEM HAS A HISTORY OF CRAWLING ALONG SO THIS SEEMS REASONABLE...THUS THE SLOWER ETA SOLUTION IS FAVORED IN KEEPING THE LOW IN THE PICTURE THROUGH FRIDAY. MOST OF THE PRECIP WRAPPING AROUND THE NW SIDE OF THE LOW IS EXPECTED TO MOVE OUT OF UNION COUNTY NC BY MIDNIGHT OR THEREABOUTS. IN THE MEAN TIME...THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR UNION COUNTY NC WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 8 PM AND MAY BE EXTENDED IF ADDITIONAL RAIN BANDS WRAP IN FROM CENTRAL NC. WILL GO WITH A LIKELY POP IN THAT ZONE...WITH CHANCE ELSEWHERE TO HANDLE ONGOING CONVECTION. BY THURSDAY MORNING...THE LOW IS EXPECTED TO BE FAR ENOUGH TO THE EAST THAT ANY SUBSEQUENT RAIN BANDS THAT DEVELOP WILL REMAIN TO THE EAST OF THE FORECAST AREA. THE MAIN EFFECT OF THE LOW WILL BE THE RELATIVELY DEEP MOISTURE THAT SHOULD PERSIST ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH AT LEAST FRIDAY...WITH SUFFICIENT INSTABILITY FOR DEEP CONVECTION. THE MAIN QUESTION WILL BE A TRIGGER MECHANISM. UPPER SUPPORT IS NOT ESPECIALLY FAVORABLE...BUT NEITHER IS IT UNFAVORABLE. THE MAIN SUPPORT SUGGESTED BY THE ETA WOULD BE LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE...OF VARYING DEGREE...THROUGHOUT THE SHORT RANGE PERIOD. THIS SHOULD BE ENOUGH FOR SCATTERED MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FOR THE NEXT TWO DAYS. TEMPERATURES SHOULD BE SUMMERLIKE AS WELL. LOOKING BRIEFLY AT THE EXTENDED...AVN MOVES SURFACE FRONT ACROSS THE AREA EARLY SATURDAY. EXPECT THIS IS TOO FAST GIVEN THE STALLING LOW OVER EASTERN NC OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. WILL CONTINUE WITH THE PREVIOUS IDEA OF FRONTAL PASSAGE LATER SATURDAY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. WILL KEEP A DRY FORECAST THEREAFTER. FCSTID = 10 GSP 67 90 68 88 / 30 30 30 40 AND 68 90 67 89 / 30 30 30 40 CLT 69 88 69 87 / 50 30 30 40 HKY 67 88 68 88 / 40 30 30 40 AVL 63 86 64 84 / 30 30 30 40 .GSP... GA...NONE. NC...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH 8 PM FOR UNION COUNTY N"CZ082. SC...NONE. MOORE
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 13, 3:25 PM EDT, 3 hours 50 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
325 PM EDT WED JUN 13 2001
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
310 PM 20 NW SPARTANBURG SC WIND DAMAGE
06/13/01 SPARTANBURG FIREFIGHTER REPORTED
TREES DOWN.
JATLocal storm report, Jun 13, 3:28 PM EDT, 3 hours 47 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
328 PM EDT WED JUN 13 2001
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LO&CATION....
310 PM 4 S COLUMBUS NC WIND DAMAGE
06/13/01 POLK EOC/SHERIFF REPORTED
TREES DOWN.
JATLocal storm report, Jun 13, 5:19 PM EDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
519 PM EDT WED JUN 13 2001
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
510 PM LAURENS SC WIND DAMAGE
06/13/01 LAURENS TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN
IN LAURENS AND GRAY
COURT, AND HIGHWAY 92
NEAR GRAY COURT.
TJBLocal storm report, Jun 13, 5:53 PM EDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
553 PM EDT WED JUN 13 2001
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
550 PM 8 E ANDERSON SC .88 INCH HAIL
06/13/01 ANDERSON HAIL THE SIZE OF QUARTERS
COVERING THE GROUND
BEzTWEEN BELTON AND
ANDERSON ON HIGHWAY 76.
TJBLocal storm report, Jun 13, 6:40 PM EDT, 35 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
640 PM EDT WED JUN 13 2001
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
632 PM ANDERSON SC WIND DAMAGE
06/13/01 ANDERSON TREES THE SIZE OF
TELPHONE POLES DOWN IN
ROAD NEARs ANDERSON
HOSPITAL. PEA SIZE HAIL.
TJBNearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Georgia, 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.