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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 50, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

June 14, 2001Henderson County, Transylvania County, North Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 14, 2001, 3:05 PM EDT for Henderson County, Transylvania County, North Carolina. 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 14, 2001, 3:05 PM EDT (19:05 UTC)
Expired: Jun 14, 2001, 3:45 PM EDT
In force: 40 min
Issued by: NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area: Whole counties

Counties Henderson County, NC, Transylvania County, NC

The nearest sounding before it

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 263 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 695 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -8 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 561 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 63 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 84 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

296 
WUUS52 KGSP 141906
SVRGSP
NCC089-175-141945-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
305 PM EDT THU JUN 14 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA
  HENDERSON COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA

* UNTIL 345 PM EDT

* AT 305 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES EAST OF BREVARD...OR ABOUT 2 MILES EAST OF
  LITTLE RIVER...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  MOUNTAIN HOME AT 320 PM EDT
  HENDERSONVILLE AT 325 PM EDT
  TUXEDO AT 330 PM EDT
  EAST FLAT ROCK AT 335 PM EDT
  DANA AT 340 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 14, 9:30 AM EDT, 5 hours 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 14, 9:30 AM EDT, 5 hours 35 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
930 AM EDT THU JUN 14 2001

GETTING OFF TO A QUICK START THIS MORNING WITH ONE SEVERE CELL
ALREADY IN GRAHAM COUNTY NC. WILL ISSUE A QUICK UPDATE TO ACCOUNT
FOR THUNDERSTORMS ALREADY DEVELOPING OVER THE NC MOUNTAINS. MORE
COMPREHENSIVE ZONE UPDATE WILL FOLLOW AROUND 11 AM AFTER UPPER AIR
ANALYSIS AND LOOK AT 12Z RUC.

.GSP...
GA...NONE.
NC...NONE.
SC...NONE.

MOORE

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 14, 9:10 AM EDT, 5 hours 55 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
910 AM EDT THU JUN 14 2001

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LO,CATION....

907 AM     16 W ROBBINSVILLE         NC   .75 INCH HAIL
06/14/01   GRAHAM                         COUNTY EC REPORT.

JAT

Special weather statement, Jun 14, 11:36 AM EDT, 3 hours 29 minutes before

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014-
019-142130-

SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1136 AM EDT THU JUN 14 2001

UNSTABLE AIR AND PLENTIFUL MOISTURE SHOULD COMBINE TO PRODUCE VERY
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST
GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. AIR CONVERGING FROM A WESTERLY
FLOW ACROSS THE TENNESSEE VALLEY AND A NORTHEAST FLOW AROUND A LOW
PRESSURE AREA ALONG THE NORTH CAROLINA COAST... SHOULD AID IN THE
DEVELOPMENT OF STORMS.

THE HIGHEST POSSIBILITY FOR DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS EXIST OVER
PIEDMONT COUNTIES ALONG THE INTERSTATE 77 CORRIDOR. BUT STORMS
STRONG ENOUGH TO DO DAMAGE COULD OCCUR THROUGH OUT THE WESTERN
CAROLINAS AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA. LARGE HAIL WILL ALSO BE
POSSIBLE WITH ANY STRONG STORMS.

THERE IS ALSO A THREAT OF LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN IN EXCESS OF THREE
INCHES FROM ANY SLOW MOVING STORMS THAT DEVELOP. SINCE THE GROUND IS
STILL MOIST FROM THE THUNDERSTORMS ON WEDNESDAY... FLOODING WILL BE
POSSIBLE FROM DOWNPOURS IN AREAS WHERE HEAVY RAIN PERSISTS.

SPOTTER GROUPS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO ACTIVATE QUICKLY LATE THIS
AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. DISPATCHERS SHOULD ENSURE COUNTY
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS ARE AWARE OF THIS INFORMATION.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLET FOR
THE LATEST UPDATES CONCERNING THIS POTENTIAL SEVERE WEATHER
SITUATION.

FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT
HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/ER/GSP

RBN

Local storm report, Jun 14, 2:32 PM EDT, 33 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
232 PM EDT THU JUN 14 2001

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

228 PM     AVALON                    GA   .75 INCH HAIL
06/14/01   STEPHENS                       DIME SIZED HAIL REPORTED
                                          BY SHERIFF DEPUTY NEAR
                                          "AVALON.

MOORE

Local storm report, Jun 14, 3:00 PM EDT, 5 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
300 PM EDT THU JUN 14 2001

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

241 PM     CLARKESVILLE              SC   WIND DAMAGE
06/14/01   HABERSHAM                      ROOF TORN FROM OFFICE
                                          BUILDING IN CLARKESVILLE.

TJB

Local storm report, Jun 14, 3:00 PM EDT, 5 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...COR STATE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
300 PM EDT THU JUN 14 2001

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

241 PM     CLARKESVILLE              GA   WIND DAMAGE
06/14/01   HABERSHAM                      ROOF TORN FROM OFFICE
                                          BUILDING IN CLARKESVILLE.

TJB

The office that day

Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 14, 10:52 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	GSP	Graham	3 hr
Jun 14, 5:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Rutherford	50 min
Jun 14, 7:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Union	36 min

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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.