Severe Thunderstorm Warning 240, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

Issued

Jul 24, 2002, 5:24 PM EDT (21:24 UTC)

Expired

Jul 24, 2002, 6:30 PM EDT

In force

66 min

Issued by

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

Area

Whole counties

County Lincoln County, NC

The Greer radar (KGSP), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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WUUS52 KGSP 242124
SVRGSP
NCC109-242230-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
524 PM EDT WED JUL 24 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA

* UNTIL 630 PM EDT

* AT 524 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LINCOLNTON...OR ABOUT 4 MILES
  SOUTHEAST OF IRON STATION...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  LOWESVILLE AT 545 PM EDT.
  LAKE NORMAN AT 550 PM EDT.
  DENVER AT 610 PM EDT.

THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED BECAUSE THERE IS A
GOOD CHANCE OF BRIEF DAMAGING WINDS OVER SMALL AREAS...AND PERHAPS
LARGE HAIL. THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS ALSO CAUSING AN UNUSUAL
AMOUNT OF CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING

$$

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 24, 3:00 PM EDT, 2 hours 24 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
300 PM EDT WED JUL 24 2002

CONVECTION HAS ONCE AGAIN DEVELOPED ACROSS A GOOD PORTION OF THE CWA
THIS AFTERNOON. EXPECT BEST COVERAGE THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON AND
EVENING TO OCCUR ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS...AND ALONG AND NEAR THE
SURFACE FRONT THAT CONTINUES TO MAKE SLOW PROGRESS THROUGH NORTHERN
NC. MODEL CONSENSUS IS TO HANG THIS BOUNDARY UP ACROSS NORTHERN
PORTIONS OF OUR CWA THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY. ALTHOUGH MID LEVEL SHEAR
AXIS AND ASSOCIATED COOL POOL THAT HAS SUPPORTED CONVECTION OVER THE
PAST COUPLE OF DAYS WILL CONTINUE TO WEAKEN...VERY MOIST ATMOSPHERE
COMBINED WITH FRONT WARRANTS HIGH CHANCE TO LIKELY POPS ACROSS THE
AREA THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT.

HEIGHTS BEGIN FALLING ACROSS THE EASTERN U.S. THURSDAY NIGHT INTO
FRIDAY...AS SERIES OF SW TROUGHS SWING ACROSS THE MIDWEST INTO THE
NORTHEAST. THIS WILL ALLOW WEAKENING FRONT AND DEEPER MOISTURE TO
PUSH EAST OF THE AREA DURING THE DAY FRIDAY...SUPPORTING LOWER POPS.
WILL RETAIN LOW CHANCE POP FOR SATURDAY TO COVER POSSIBILITY FOR
DIURNAL CONVECTION...ALTHOUGH SUSPECT THAT THIS WILL HAVE TO BE
LOWERED IN LATER PACKAGES.

MID LEVEL RIDGE BEGINS TO BUILD OVER THE SOUTHEAST DURING THE DAY
SUNDAY AND REMAINS IN PLACE THROUGH THE EARLY PART OF THE WORK
WEEK...SUPPORTING VERY WARM TEMPS AND MINIMAL PRECIP CHANCES.
ANOTHER FRONT WORKS ITS WAY TOWARD THE AREA BY WEDNESDAY...BUT HAVE
OPTED TO LEAVE POPS OUT OF THE FORECAST FOR NOW.

.GSP...
GA...NONE.
NC...NONE.
SC...NONE.

LANE

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Carolina, 2002Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2002

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