Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 60, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 22, 2001, 1:02 PM EDT for Buncombe County, North Carolina. It was in force for 43 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 22, 2001, 1:02 PM EDT (17:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 22, 2001, 1:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Buncombe County, NC
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 22, 1:13 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 55 E | Asheville, NC | Numerous reports of quarter-sized to golfball-sized hail in southern Buncombe County, along with several downed trees and power lines. Very heavy rainfall was also associated with this batch of storms, eventually resulting in a classic flash flood at Skyland. |
| Jun 22, 1:13 PM EDT | Hail 1.75 | Asheville, NC |
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, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 243 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
- 1364 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -37 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 785 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 21 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 26 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
965 WUUS52 KGSP 221703 SVRGSP NCC021-221745- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 102 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... BUNCOMBE COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA * UNTIL 145 PM EDT * AT 102 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES SOUTH OF ASHEVILLE...OR ABOUT 3 MILES WEST OF SKYLAND...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... BILTMORE FOREST AT 110 PM EDT SKYLAND AT 115 PM EDT SWANNANOA AT 145 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. $$ LGL
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 22, 12:39 PM EDT, 23 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 22, 12:39 PM EDT, 23 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1239 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 2001 UPDATE FORTHCOMING TO INCLUDE OUR SIX GEORGIA COUNTIES INTO WATCH NUMBER 464. FCSTID = 44 GSP 84 67 84 64 / 60 60 40 30 AND 85 67 85 64 / 60 50 40 30 CLT 87 67 84 64 / 60 60 40 30 HKY 85 65 81 62 / 60 60 40 30 AVL 81 61 78 57 / 60 70 30 30 .GSP... GA...NONE. NC...NONE.> SC...NONE.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 22, 10:40 AM EDT, 2 hours 22 minutes before
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014- 019-222100- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1040 AM EDT FRI JUN 22 2001 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA... A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE EAST INTO THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS THIS AFTERNOON...AND THEN MAKE VERY SLOW PROGRESS INTO FOOTHILL AND PIEDMONT SECTIONS TONIGHT. THE WARM AND MOIST AIRMASS IN PLACE ACROSS THE REGION...ALONG WITH A STRENGTHENING UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM...WILL COMBINE WITH THE COLD FRONT TO PRODUCE NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE HAIL LARGER THAN 3/4 INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS OF 60 MPH. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY AFFECT MOUNTAIN LOCATIONS BEGINNING EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...AND GRADUALLY SPREAD EASTWARD THROUGH THE LATE DAY. BRIEF TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS MAY ALSO CREATE CONSIDERING STANDING WATER IN AFFECTED AREAS. SPOTTER GROUPS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION 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. HG
Special weather statement, Jun 22, 10:40 AM EDT, 2 hours 22 minutes before
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014- 019-222100- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED FOR TYPO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1040 AM EDT FRI JUN 22 2001 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA... A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE EAST INTO THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS THIS AFTERNOON...AND THEN MAKE VERY SLOW PROGRESS INTO FOOTHILL AND PIEDMONT SECTIONS TONIGHT. THE WARM AND MOIST AIRMASS IN PLACE ACROSS THE REGION...ALONG WITH A STRENGTHENING UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM...WILL COMBINE WITH THE COLD FRONT TO PRODUCE NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE HAIL LARGER THAN 3/4 INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS OF 60 MPH. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY AFFECT MOUNTAIN LOCATIONS BEGINNING EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...AND GRADUALLY SPREAD EASTWARD THROUGH THE LATE DAY. BRIEF TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS MAY ALSO CREATE CONSIDERABLE STANDING WATER IN AFFECTED AREAS. SPOTTER GROUPS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION 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. HG
Special weather statement, Jun 22, 12:09 PM EDT, 53 minutes before
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014- 019-222100- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED FOR TYPO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1040 AM EDT FRI JUN 22 2001 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA... A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE EAST INTO THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS THIS AFTERNOON...AND THEN MAKE VERY SLOW PROGRESS INTO FOOTHILL AND PIEDMONT SECTIONS TONIGHT. THE WARM AND MOIST AIRMASS IN PLACE ACROSS THE REGION...ALONG WITH A STRENGTHENING UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM...WILL COMBINE WITH THE COLD FRONT TO PRODUCE NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE HAIL LARGER THAN 3/4 INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS OF 60 MPH. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY AFFECT MOUNTAIN LOCATIONS BEGINNING EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...AND GRADUALLY SPREAD EASTWARD THROUGH THE LATE DAY. BRIEF TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS MAY ALSO CREATE CONSIDERABLE STANDING WATER IN AFFECTED AREAS. SPOTTER GROUPS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION 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. HG
The office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 22, 1:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Madison | 52 min |
| Jun 22, 2:15 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Buncombe | 2 hr |
| Jun 22, 4:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Lincoln | 42 min |
| Jun 22, 4:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Mecklenburg | 63 min |
| Jun 22, 4:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Catawba, Iredell | 62 min |
| Jun 22, 6:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Union | 50 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Carolina, 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.