Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 68, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 22, 2001, 6:40 PM EDT for Union 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 22, 2001, 6:40 PM EDT (22:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 22, 2001, 7:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Union County, NC
The radar
The Columbia radar (KCAE), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 22, 7:00 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 100 E | Wingate, NC | A very strong microburst completely tore the roof off one duplex and damaged five others. Numerous trees and power lines also brought 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
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 134 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.
000 WUUS52 KGSP 222241 SVRGSP NCC179-222330- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 640 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... UNION COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA * UNTIL 730 PM EDT * AT 640 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM 9 MILES NORTH OF MONROE TO 10 MILES EAST OF LANCASTER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. * SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR... MONROE AT 645 PM EDT STURDIVANTS AT 700 PM EDT MARSHVILLE AT 705 PM EDT NEW SALEM AT 720 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. $$ 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 22, 6:11 PM EDT, 29 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 22, 6:11 PM EDT, 29 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 611 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 2001 UPDATE TO BE ISSUED SOON TO CLEAR ALL BUT OUR EXTREME EASTERN COUNTIES FROM THE VARIOUS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCHES. FCSTID = 44 GSP 66 81 62 81 / 80 40 30 30 AND 67 82 63 82 / 80 40 30 30 CLT 70 81 64 81 / 100 50 30 30 HKY 65 81 61 80 / 80 40 30 30 AVL 61 77 55 76 / 80 30 10 30 .GSP... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. BURRUS
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 22, 4:19 PM EDT, 2 hours 21 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
419 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 2001
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
410 PM BETHLEHEM NC WIND DAMAGE
06/22/01 CLEVELAND TREES DOWN IN BETHLEHEM
COMMUNITY AND IN KINGS
MOUNTAIN AREA.
411 PM 10 SE SHELBY NC .75 INCH HAIL
06/22/01 CLEVELAND DIME SIZE HAIL ON I-85 AT
THE 5 MILE MARKER.
411 PM 7 W GASTONIA NC WIND DAMAGE
06/22/01 GASTON 12 X 12 ALUMINUM BUILDING
BLOWN DOWN IN BESSIMER
CITY AREA NEAR HIGHWAY
216.
TJBLocal storm report, Jun 22, 4:59 PM EDT, 1 hour 41 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
459 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 2001
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
430 PM 10 SE SHELBY NC WIND DAMAGE
06/22/01 CLEVELAND SKYWARN SPOTTER REPORTS
TREES DOWN AT EXIT 5
ALONG INTERSTATE 85.
HGLocal storm report, Jun 22, 5:20 PM EDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTION STATE
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 NC 1.75 INCH HAIL
06/22/01 BUNCOMBE GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL AT
SKYLAND AND EXIT 6 ON
I-26.
TJBLocal storm report, Jun 22, 5:22 PM EDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
522 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 2001
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
519 PM GREENWOOD SC WIND DAMAGE
06/22/01 GREENWOOD NUMEROUS TREES DOWN IN
MANY AREAS IN AND AROUND
GREEENWOOD.
TJBLocal storm report, Jun 22, 5:58 PM EDT, 42 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
558 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 2001
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
555 PM LANDIS NC WIND DAMAGE
06/22/01 ROWAN TREES DOWN ON POWER LINES
IN CITY
DICARLOSpecial weather statement, Jun 22, 6:20 PM EDT, 20 minutes before
GAZ028-029-NCZ033-034-048>055-058-059-062>068-SCZ001>008-010>013-019- 222315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 620 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 2001 THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES HAVE BEEN CLEARED FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 465... IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA... CLEVELAND. IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... POLK...JACKSON...MACON...CALDWELL...SWAIN...MADISON...HAYWOOD... MITCHELL...MCDOWELL...AVERY...GRAHAM...YANCEY...TRANSYLVANIA... BUNCOMBE...RUTHERFORD...HENDERSON AND BURKE. IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA... UNION...CHEROKEE...OCONEE...ABBEVILLE...SPARTANBURG...ANDERSON... PICKENS...GREENVILLE...LAURENS AND GREENWOOD. THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES HAVE BEEN CLEARED FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 467... IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA... ELBERT AND HART. THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS MOVED OUT OF THESE COUNTIES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLET FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. BURRUS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 22, 1:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Buncombe | 43 min |
| 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 |
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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.