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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 62, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

June 22, 2001Greenville County, Pickens County, South Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 22, 2001, 2:30 PM EDT for Greenville County, Pickens County, South Carolina. It was in force for 60 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 22, 2001, 2:30 PM EDT (18:30 UTC)
Expired: Jun 22, 2001, 3:30 PM EDT
In force: 60 min
Issued by: NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area: Whole counties

Counties Greenville County, SC, Pickens County, SC

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 22, 3:00 PM EDT	Thunderstorm Wind 50 E	Tigerville, SC	Spotter reported two trees down.

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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 22, 1:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 247 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: 416 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -71 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 776 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -37 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -23 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.

000 
WUUS52 KGSP 221832
SVRGSP
SCC045-077-221930-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
230 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
   PICKENS COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA
   NORTHERN GREENVILLE COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA

* UNTIL 330 PM EDT

* AT 229 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PICKENS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30
  MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  PICKENS AT 235 PM EDT
  PUMPKINTOWN AT 245 PM EDT
  DACUSVILLE AT 250 PM EDT
  BEREA AT 255 PM EDT
  MARIETTA AT 300 PM EDT
  TRAVELERS REST AT 305 PM EDT
  TIGERVILLE AT 315 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, 1 hour 51 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 22, 12:39 PM EDT, 1 hour 51 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

Local storm report, Jun 22, 1:17 PM EDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
117 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 2001

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

113 PM     6 S ASHEVILLE             NC   .75 INCH HAIL
06/22/01   BUNCOMBE                       3/4 INCH HAIL AND WINDS
                                          ESTIMATED AT 50 MPH WITH
                                         I TREE LIMBS DOWN NEAR
                                          ASHEVILLE AIRPORT, I-26,
                                          AND SKYLAND AREAS.

TJB

Local storm report, Jun 22, 1:47 PM EDT, 43 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
147 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 2001

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

134 PM     7 S ASHEVILLE             SC   1.75 INCH HAIL
06/22/01   BUNCOMBE                       GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL AT
                                          SKYLAND AND EXIT 6 ON
                                          I-26.

TJB

Local storm report, Jun 22, 1:51 PM EDT, 39 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
151 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 2001

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

134 PM     7 SSW ASHEVILLE           NC   WIND DAMAGE
06/22/01   BUNCOMBE                       TREES DOWN NEAR AVERY
                                          CREEK AREA SOUTH OF
                                          ASHEVILLE AIRPORT.  ALSO
                                          1 INCH HAIL. REPORTED BY
                                          RETIRED NWS EMPLOYEE.

TJB

Local storm report, Jun 22, 1:56 PM EDT, 34 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
156 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 2001

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

114 PM     CHEROKEE                  NC   WIND DAMAGE
06/22/01   JACKSON                        TREES DOWN IN CHEROKEE,
                                          ONE ON A TRAILER.

TJB

Local storm report, Jun 22, 1:56 PM EDT, 34 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED LOCATION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
156 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 2001

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

114 PM     3 SE CHEROKEE             NC   WIND DAMAGE
06/22/01   JACKSON                        TREES DOWN ON CHEROKEE
                                          RESERVATION, ONE ON A TRAILER.

TJB

Local storm report, Jun 22, 2:25 PM EDT, 5 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
225 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 2001

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

215 PM     SKYLAND                   NC   FLASH FLOOD
06/22/01   BUNCOMBE                       SKYWARN SPOTTER REPORTS
                                          FLASH FLOODING OF AVERY
                                          CREEK NEAR ROUTE 191.

HG

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 22, 5:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Chester	41 min
Jun 22, 5:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Union	25 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.