Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 99, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 5, 2001, 7:40 PM EDT for Rowan 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
- Jul 5, 2001, 7:40 PM EDT (23:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 5, 2001, 8:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Rowan County, NC
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 5, 7:55 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 E | Kannapolis, NC | Trees knocked 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 nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 75 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 939 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 48 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 052340 SVRGSP NCC159-060030- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 740 PM EDT THU JUL 5 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... ROWAN COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA * UNTIL 830 PM EDT * AT 740 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES WEST OF SALISBURY...OR ABOUT 3 MILES EAST OF MOUNT ULLA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... LANDIS AT 755 PM EDT CHINA GROVE AT 800 PM EDT SALISBURY AT 805 PM EDT FAITH AT 815 PM EDT ROCKWELL AT 825 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. $$ 07
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 5, 3:23 PM EDT, 4 hours 17 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 5, 3:23 PM EDT, 4 hours 17 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 323 PM EDT THU JUL 5 2001 MODELS WERE SHOWING A WEAK BOUNDARY AND BAND OF MOISTURE WORKING SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE CWA OVERNIGHT. SOME WEAK DPVA...OMEGA AND DIVERGENCE SHOULD ACCOMPANY THE PASSAGE. THIS AREA BECOMING QUITE UNSTABLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING...ESPECIALLY SOUTH WITH CAPES AROUND 2000 J/KG AND LI'S TO -5. LAPSE RATES BELOW 600 MB WILL ALSO EXCEED 8 DEGREES/KM OVER MUCH OF THE AREA FOR SEVERAL HOURS. SCATTERED CONVECTION ALREADY BEGINNING OVER AND NEAR THE MOUNTAINS AND THIS WILL SPREAD SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE EVENING. HAVE CONTINUED THE CHANCE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT OVER SOUTHERN SECTIONS EVEN THOUGH SOME STABILIZATION WILL OCCUR AFTER DARK... DUE TO THIS MODEL RUN SLOWING THE PASSAGE OF THE UPPER DISTURBANCE. DRIER AIR WILL OVERSPREAD THE CWA ON FRIDAY AS UPPER RIDGING NOSES IN FROM THE WEST. THIS WILL HOLD THROUGH SATURDAY... BUT WEAK DISTURBANCES ROUNDING THE UPPER RIDGING WILL BEGIN TO WORK THEIR WAY BACK INTO THE AREA LATE IN THE WEEKEND. ANOTHER BOUNDARY WILL DROP INTO THE AREA LATE SUNDAY AND MONDAY WITH A THIRD COMING IN ABOUT THURSDAY. THIS WILL HELP AID IN DEVELOPING SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STORMS. FCSTID = 69 GSP 69 90 68 92 / 40 10 0 0 AND 69 91 68 93 / 40 10 0 0 CLT 70 89 67 91 / 50 10 0 0 HKY 64 88 65 90 / 30 10 0 10 AVL 60 84 59 86 / 40 10 0 10 .GSP... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. RBN
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 5, 5:26 PM EDT, 2 hours 14 minutes before
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014- 019-060400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 526 PM EDT THU JUL 5 2001 ...MORE THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE WESTERN CAROLINAS THIS EVENING... AFTERNOON HEATING AT THE SURFACE AND COOLING IN THE MID LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE HAVE DESTABILIZED THE AIR OVER THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED AND WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING. WIDESPREAD ACTIVITY SUCH AS THAT ON WEDNESDAY IS NOT EXPECTED. HOWEVER...A FEW COULD BECOME SEVERE. THE LARGER THREAT IS FROM STRONG...DAMAGING WINDS BUT HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE. HEAVY RAIN COULD CAUSE SOME FLOODING ON ROADWAYS OR LOW-LYING AREAS. SPOTTER GROUPS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO ACTIVATE QUICKLY THIS EVENING. DISPATCHERS SHOULD ENSURE COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS ARE AWARE OF THIS INFORMATION. DELGADO
Local storm report, Jul 5, 5:56 PM EDT, 1 hour 44 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
556 PM EDT THU JUL 05 2001
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOmCATION....
645 PM 11 W COLUMBUS NC .75 INCH HAIL
07/05/01 POLK HAM RADIO REPORT.
JATLocal storm report, Jul 5, 5:56 PM EDT, 1 hour 44 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED FOR TIME OF EVENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
556 PM EDT THU JUL 05 2001
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
545 PM 11 W COLUMBUS NC .75 INCH HAIL
07/05/01 POLK HAM RADIO REPORT.
JATThe office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 5, 7:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Mecklenburg | 45 min |
| Jul 5, 7:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cabarrus | 45 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.