Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 48, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 13, 2001, 9:50 PM EDT for Elbert County, Georgia. It was in force for 40 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
- Jun 13, 2001, 9:50 PM EDT (01:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 13, 2001, 10:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Elbert County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 296 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
- 1532 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1092 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 38 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 22 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
971 WUUS52 KGSP 140150 SVRGSP GAC105-140230- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 950 PM EDT WED JUN 13 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... ELBERT COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA * UNTIL 1030 PM EDT * AT 950 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CARNESVILLE TO 16 MILES NORTHEAST OF WASHINGTON...MOVING SOUTH AT 20 MPH. * SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR... RUCKERSVILLE AT 955 PM EDT PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THIS LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN CAN OCCUR WITH ANY THUNDERSTORM. $$ JONES
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, 6 hours 10 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 13, 3:40 PM EDT, 6 hours 10 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, 7:26 PM EDT, 2 hours 24 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
726 PM EDT WED JUN 13 2001
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
714 PM 3 S ANDERSON SC WIND DAMAGE
06/13/01 ANDERSON TREES DOWN ON HOMES IN
HOMELAND PARK AREA NEAR
HIGHWAY 28 AND 29.
TJBLocal storm report, Jun 13, 7:39 PM EDT, 2 hours 11 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
739 PM EDT WED JUN 13 2001
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LO+CATION....
710 PM 2 W LANDRUM SC .75 INCH HAIL
06/13/01 GREENVILLE DIME SIZE HAIL 2 MILES
WEST OF LANDRUM.
TJBLocal storm report, Jun 13, 7:51 PM EDT, 1 hour 59 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
751 PM EDT WED JUN 13 2001
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
615 PM SALISBURY NC WIND DAMAGE
06/13/01 ROWAN TREES DOWN ON HOUSES AND
CARS FROM STRAIGHT LINE
W4INDS. MORE TREES DOWN
NEAR COURTHOUSE.
TJBLocal storm report, Jun 13, 8:14 PM EDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
814 PM EDT WED JUN 13 2001
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
748 PM MOUNTAIN REST SC 1.00 INCH HAIL
06/13/01 OCONEE SD RELAYED REPORT OF
QUARTER HAIL ALONG WITH
GUCSTS OVER 50 MPH AT
STUMPHOUSE MTN BELMONT
COMMUNITY
JONESLocal storm report, Jun 13, 8:48 PM EDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
848 PM EDT WED JUN 13 2001
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
730 PM CARNESVILLE GA WIND DAMAGE
06/13/01 FRANKLIN TREES AND POWER LINES
DOWN ACROSS COUNTY
JMPLocal storm report, Jun 13, 8:53 PM EDT, 57 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
853 PM EDT WED JUN 13 2001
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOyCATION....
730 PM SHOAL CREEK AREA GA WIND DAMAGE
06/13/01 HART FEW TREES AND POWER LINES
DOWN NEAR INTERSTATE
JMPThe office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 2:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Rabun | 36 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.