Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 55, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 14, 2001, 5:25 PM EDT for Rutherford County, North Carolina. It was in force for 50 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 14, 2001, 5:25 PM EDT (21:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 14, 2001, 6:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Rutherford County, NC
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 5:45 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 60 E | Forest City, NC | Numerous trees and power lines blown down between Forest City and Sandy Mush, including at Bostic and Cliffside. At a local park in Forest City, a tent was split in two by the wind and portable toilets were blown over. Trees fell on a car and a truck. |
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
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 197 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS52 KGSP 142125 SVRGSP NCC161-142215- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 525 PM EDT THU JUN 14 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... EASTERN RUTHERFORD COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA * UNTIL 615 PM EDT * AT 524 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES EAST OF RUTHERFORDTON...OR ABOUT 4 MILES SOUTH OF SUNSHINE...MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... SPINDALE AT 540 PM EDT FOREST CITY AT 540 PM EDT ALEXANDER MILLS AT 550 PM EDT HARRIS AT 605 PM EDT THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE DIME SIZED HAIL AND WIND GUSTS OF 60 MPH. ANOTHER STORM WILL MOVE SOUTH AT 15 MPH ALONG THE RUTHERFORD AND CLEVELAND COUNTY LINE. 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. $$ MOORE
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, 3:10 PM EDT, 2 hours 15 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 14, 3:10 PM EDT, 2 hours 15 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 310 PM EDT THU JUN 14 2001 THE 12Z MODEL RUNS SHOW SOME INTERESTING DIFFERENCES IN HOW THEY ARE HANDLING THE FATE OF THE SUBTROPICAL LOW NEAR THE NC COAST THIS AFTERNOON. FOR THE SHORT TERM...THE ETA APPEARS TO HAVE THE RIGHT IDEA IN MOVING IT SLOWLY OFF TO THE SOUTHEAST AND OFF THE COAST... BASED ON SATELLITE IMAGERY. HOWEVER...THE AVN TAKES THE LOW SLOWLY NORTHWARD ALONG THE COAST. AT THIS POINT...I AM NOT SURE WHAT DIFFERENCE IT MAKES AS TO WHAT MODEL SOLUTION IS ULTIMATELY CORRECT...SINCE THIS SYSTEM IS FAR ENOUGH TO THE EAST THAT ANY RAIN BANDS CIRCULATING AROUND THE CENTER SHOULD MISS OUR AREA TO THE EAST. INSTEAD...WEAK UPPER RIDGING IN BETWEEN THIS LOW AND AN UPPER TROF OVER THE PLAINS WILL PERSIST THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT...AS THE UPPER TROF TO THE WEST LIFTS OUT TO THE GREAT LAKES. VERY LITTLE IN THE WAY OF UPPER FORCING IS EXPECTED AS A RESULT. BY SATURDAY...WE ARE LEFT WITH DIFLUENT UPPER FLOW ACROSS THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS WITH A LARGE UPPER RIDGE NOSING IN FROM THE WEST. AT LOW LEVELS...THE ETA MAINTAINS MOISTURE CONVERGENCE THROUGH THE PERIOD. THIS...AND ANY MESOSCALE FORCING...WILL DRIVE ANY CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT THROUGH SATURDAY. WITH NOTHING TO MOVE OUT THE LOW AND MID LEVEL MOISTURE... WE SHOULD HAVE ENOUGH INSTABILITY AND LOW LEVEL FORCING TO GIVE US SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA EACH AFTERNOON AND EVENING...REGARDLESS OF THE LOW POPS SEEN ON GUIDANCE. TEMPS WILL BE SUMMERLIKE. AS FOR THE EXTENDED...WILL KEEP IT DRY FOR NOW WITH POPS BELOW CLIMATOLOGY. FCSTID = 10 GSP 68 90 69 89 / 40 30 30 30 AND 69 90 69 89 / 50 30 30 30 CLT 69 90 70 89 / 40 30 30 30 HKY 65 88 66 87 / 30 30 30 30 AVL 63 85 62 82 / 40 30 30 30 .GSP... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. MOORE
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 14, 2:32 PM EDT, 2 hours 53 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.
MOORELocal storm report, Jun 14, 3:00 PM EDT, 2 hours 25 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 LO CATION....
241 PM CLARKESVILLE SC WIND DAMAGE
06/14/01 HABERSHAM ROOF TORN FROM OFFICE
BUILDING IN CLARKESVILLE.
TJBLocal storm report, Jun 14, 3:00 PM EDT, 2 hours 25 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.
TJBLocal storm report, Jun 14, 3:22 PM EDT, 2 hours 3 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
322 PM EDT THU JUN 14 2001
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOzCATION....
243 PM CLARKESVILLE GA WIND DAMAGE
06/14/01 HABERSHAM SEVERAL TREES DOWN IN
CLARKESVILLE.
TJBLocal storm report, Jun 14, 3:23 PM EDT, 2 hours 2 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
323 PM EDT THU JUN 14 2001
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
245 PM CLARKESVILLE GA .75 INCH HAIL
06/14/01 HABERSHAM DIME SIZE HAIL IN
CLARKESVILLE.
TJBLocal storm report, Jun 14, 4:17 PM EDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
417 PM EDT THU JUN 14 2001
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
350 PM 8 N TRAVELERS REST SC WIND DAMAGE
06/14/01 GREENVILLE TREE DOWN AT INTERSECTION
OF US 25 AND SC 11. FROM
GREENVILLE 911.
355 PM TRAVELERS REST SC WIND DAMAGE
06/14/01 GREENVILLE TREE DOWN ACROSS CUBS MTN
RD JUST NORTH OF
TRAVELERS REST. FROM
TRAVELERS REST PD.
RWHThe 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, 3:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Henderson, Transylvania | 40 min |
| Jun 14, 7:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Union | 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.