Alert archive / South Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 95, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 4, 2001, 7:45 PM EDT for Anderson County, South Carolina. It was in force for 45 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
- Jul 4, 2001, 7:45 PM EDT (23:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 4, 2001, 8:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Anderson County, SC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:48 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 4, 8:17 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 M | Anderson, SC | A trained spotter measured a wind gust to 58 mph. Lightning struck a church in the Cheddar community, between Williamston and Belton. The resulting fire destroyed the main building. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 4, 7:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 214 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
- 1145 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -30 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 782 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 36 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 38 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 042346 SVRGSP SCC007-050030- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 745 PM EDT WED JUL 4 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN ANDERSON COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA * UNTIL 830 PM EDT * AT 745 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH DAMAGING WINDS 10 MILES EAST OF ANDERSON...OR ABOUT 3 MILES NORTH OF BELTON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... HONEA PATH AT 755 PM EDT SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WINDS CAN REACH SPEEDS OF 60 TO 100 MPH. THESE WINDS BLOW DOWN TREES...POWER LINES...AND SEVERELY DAMAGE MOBILE HOMES AND SOMETIMES BUILDINGS. VERY LARGE OR WIND-DRIVEN HAIL CAN INJURE ANYONE CAUGHT OUTSIDE. $$ RBN/WAJ
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 Jul 4, 3:30 PM EDT, 4 hours 15 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 4, 3:30 PM EDT, 4 hours 15 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 330 PM EDT WED JUL 4 2001 CONVECTION MAINLY SCATTERED OVER CWFA FOR NOW. SHORT WAVE MOVING THRU UPPER TROF HELPING TO SET UP SQUALL LINE TO OUR NORTHWEST. THIS LINE WILL MOVE INTO THE MTNS BY EVENING. SVR TSRA POSSIBLE WITH THE LINE. OTHER STRONG CONVECTION FORMING ALONG LEE TROF OVER FOOTHILLS. ISOLATED SVR TSRA POSSIBLE HERE AS WELL. WILL USE AT LEAST LIKELY POPS ALL AREAS THIS EVENING AS CONVECTION WILL BECOME MORE NUMEROUS. ATMOS DRIES OUT A LITTLE WITH WLY FLOW THU. HOWEVER ANOTHER SHORT WAVE/THERMAL TROF AND SFC FNT MOVE THRU. SCT AFT CONVECTION POSSIBLE...BUT MUCH LESS COVERAGE THAN TODAY. 30 POP SHOULD SUFFICE. HIGHS VARY ONLY A LITTLE AS LOW LEVEL THICKNESSES REMAIN NEARLY THE SAME. HOWEVER LOWS THU AND FRI NITES SHOULD BE LOWER GIVEN CLEAR SKIES AND LOWER DEW POINTS. GSP 70 89 65 90 / 50 30 0 0 AND 70 89 65 90 / 50 30 0 0 CLT 70 89 65 88 / 50 30 0 0 HKY 67 87 63 87 / 50 30 0 0 AVL 65 86 60 85 / 50 30 0 0 .GSP... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. RWH
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jul 4, 6:19 PM EDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
619 PM EDT WED JUL 04 2001
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
610 PM RUTHERFORDTON NC WIND DAMAGE
07/04/01 RUTHERFORD COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS
REPORTED TREES BLOWN DOWN
IN/ RUTHERFORDTON AND ALSO
ONE IN LAKE LURE.
JONESLocal storm report, Jul 4, 6:35 PM EDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
635 PM EDT WED JUL 04 2001
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
625 PM FOREST CITY NC WIND DAMAGE
07/04/01 RUTHERFORD NUMEROUS TREES AND LINES
DOWN. POWER POLES
SNAPPED IN HALF. CAR
POSSIBLY TRAPPED UNDER
LINES. URBAN FLOODING.
JONESLocal storm report, Jul 4, 6:51 PM EDT, 54 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
651 PM EDT WED JUL 04 2001
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
647 PM 6 N ASHEVILLE NC NON TSTM WINDS
07/04/01 BUNCOMBE EOC REPORTED TREES DOWN
IN WEAVERVILLE.
JATLocal storm report, Jul 4, 7:06 PM EDT, 39 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
706 PM EDT WED JUL 04 2001
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
630 PM KEOWEE KEY SC WIND DAMAGE
07/04/01 OCONEE DAMAGING WINDS OCCURRED
IN EASTERN HALF OF COUNTY
FROM ABOUT 615 PM TO 645
PM. NUMEROUS TREES AND
LINES DOWN.
JONESSpecial weather statement, Jul 4, 7:35 PM EDT, 10 minutes before
NCZ033>035-048>055-058-059-062>065-050030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 735 PM EDT WED JUL 4 2001 THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES HAVE BEEN CLEARED FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 508... IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA... ALEXANDER. IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... JACKSON...MACON...CALDWELL...SWAIN...MADISON...HAYWOOD...MITCHELL... MCDOWELL...AVERY...GRAHAM...YANCEY...TRANSYLVANIA...BUNCOMBE... HENDERSON AND BURKE. 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 UPDATES CONCERNING THIS SEVERE WEATHER SITUATION. DELGXADO
The office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 4, 5:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Oconee | 26 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.