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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 155, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

June 8, 2003Davie County, North Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 8, 2003, 9:01 PM EDT for Davie County, North Carolina. It was in force for 44 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jun 8, 2003, 9:01 PM EDT (01:01 UTC)
Expired: Jun 8, 2003, 9:45 PM EDT
In force: 44 min
Issued by: NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Davie County, NC

Did it verify

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The nearest sounding before it

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 48 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: 2171 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 748 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 72 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 71 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.7
Supercell composite: 3.1

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

361 
WUUS52 KGSP 090101
SVRGSP
NCC059-090145-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
901 PM EDT SUN JUN 8 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 945 PM EDT

* AT 901 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM OVER MOCKSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  FORK CHURCH AT 905 PM EDT.
  ADVANCE AT 910 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.

LAT...LON 3604 8070 3585 8069 3576 7995 3599 7995

$$

RWH

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 8, 2:02 PM EDT, 6 hours 59 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 8, 2:02 PM EDT, 6 hours 59 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
202 PM EDT SUN JUN 8 2003

SHORTWAVE ASSOCIATED WITH GREAT LAKES UPPER LOW TO MOVE BY TO N
TONIGHT. SURFACE FRONT STALLED NEAR AREA RIGHT NOW...WITH SECONDARY
FRONT MOVING THROUGH MS RIVER VALLEY. RADAR SHOWS CONVECTION
DEVELOPING MAINLY E OF I-85...THROUGH SECOND BAND DEVELOPING ALONG
BLUE RIDGE. WILL LEAVE SCATTERED CONVECTION IN FORECAST THIS
EVENING. STILL CONCERNED ABOUT FLOOD POTENTIAL IN CLT AREA THIS
EVENING...AND WILL ISSUE ANOTHER FLOOD WATCH. ATMOSPHERE DRIES AS
SECOND FRONT WEEPS ACROSS AREA LATE TONIGHT. GUIDANCE POPS VERY LOW
NEXT TWO DAYS...THOUGH AVN RETURNS MOISTURE FASTER ON TUE. FOR NOW
LEFT TUE DRY. NEXT COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM N WED. AVN MORE
AGRESSIVE IN BRINGING GULF MOISTURE N TO MEET FRONT. INCREASED POP
TO 30 WED AFTERNOON. DRIER AIR WILL ALLOW GREATER DIURNAL
TEMPERATURE RANGE...PARTICULARLY TUE WITH LOWER MININUM TEMPERATURES.

EXTENDED FORECAST FEATURES STALLED FRONT TO N...WITH OPEN GULF TO
W...AND AREA IN WARM SECTOR. BEST ACTIVITY MAY BE LIMITED TO N AND W
SECTIONS NEARES BEST DYNAMICS...OROGRAPHICS...AND MOISTURE SOURCE.
A LOT WILL DEPND ON WHERE EXACTLY FRONT STALLS. AT THIS TIME WILL
LEAVE 30 POPS THROUGHOUT EXTENDED...CONTINUING INTO SUN.
TEMPERATURES NEAR PERSISTENCE AND CLIMATOLOGY.

FCSTID =    7
GSP   64  87  63  87 /  30  10  10  10
AND   64  88  63  88 /  30  10  10  10
CLT   65  87  63  88 /  30  10  10  10
HKY   63  85  60  85 /  30  10  10  10
AVL   60  83  56  83 /  30  10  10  10

.GSP...
GA...NONE.
NC...FLOOD WATCH FOR THIS EVENING FOR ZONES NCZ069>072...NCZ082.

SC...FLOOD WATCH FOR THIS EVENING FOR ZONE SCZ009.

O7

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 8, 7:10 AM EDT, 13 hours 51 minutes before

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014-
019-081300-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
710 AM EDT SUN JUN 8 2003

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY

A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN AFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF THE PIEDMONT OF THE
WESTERN CAROLINAS THIS MORNING. SEE CAEFFAGSP AND CAEFLSGSP FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE VERY SLOWLY ACROSS THE
MOUNTAINS TODAY...AND SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE
EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP AHEAD OF THIS FEATURE DURING THE AFTERNOON.
THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING ISOLATED HEAVY RAINFALL...
AS WELL AS GUSTY WINDS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. HOWEVER...THESE
STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LEVELS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREA THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

LANE

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 8, 6:19 PM EDT, 2 hours 42 minutes before

GAZ010-017-NCZ033>035-048>056-058-059-062>068-SCZ001>003-082315-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
619 PM EDT SUN JUN 8 2003

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL TO AFFECT THE
MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS OF NORTH CAROLINA THROUGH 8 PM...

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT
WERE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS OVER THE NORTH CAROLINA
MOUNTAINS SUNDAY EVENING. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RECEIVED A
GENERAL PUBLIC REPORT OF NEARLY A HALF INCH OF RAIN IN THE VICINITY
OF SWANNANOA EARLIER. IN ADDITION TO THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY
RAIN...SOME OF THE STORMS COULD BE BRIEFLY SEVERE...RESULTING IN
WIND GUSTS AROUND 70 MPH...OR HAIL AS LARGE AS QUARTERS.

THE STORMS WILL MOVE INTO THE FOOTHILLS AS THE EVENING
PROGRESSES...THEN FINALLY INTO THE PIEDMONT...WHICH HAD EXCESSIVE
RAINFALL SATURDAY. ADDITIONAL STORMS COULD FIRE UP LATER...AS THE
ACTUAL COLD FRONT CROSSES THE REGION.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR THE MEDIA FOR THE LATEST
INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION.

BURRUS

Local storm report, Jun 8, 6:50 PM EDT, 2 hours 11 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
650 PM EDT SUN JUN 08 2003

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

634 PM     15 W MARION               NC   1.00 INCH HAIL
06/08/03   MCDOWELL                       MCDOWELL COUNTY 911
                                          REPORTS QUARTER-SIZED
                                          HAIL IN OLD FORT.

634 PM     15 W MARION               NC   WIND DAMAGE
06/08/03   MCDOWELL                       TREES DOWN...ONE ON
                                          INTERSTATE 40 BLOCKING
                                          ONE LANE OF TRAFFIC. THE
                                          OTHER TREE OFF OAKDALE
                                          AVENUE IN OLD FORT.
                                          GENERAL PUBLIC REPORT
                                          RELAYED BY COUNTU 911
                                          CENTER.

640 PM     5 S NEWLAND               NC   .88 INCH HAIL
06/08/03   AVERY                          911 CENTER REPORTED HAIL
                                          COVERED THE GROUND IN
                                          CROSSNORE.

BURRUS

Local storm report, Jun 8, 8:41 PM EDT, 20 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
841 PM EDT SUN JUN 08 2003

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

805 PM     6 N TAYLORSVILLE          NC   WIND DAMAGE
06/08/03   ALEXANDER                      NUMEROUS TREES DOWN AND
                                          CHICKEN HOUSES DESTROYED.
                                          REPORTED BY COUNTY
                                          EMERGENCY COORDINATOR.

MCAVOY

Local storm report, Jun 8, 8:49 PM EDT, 12 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
849 PM EDT SUN JUN 08 2003

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

845 PM     5 NW COOL SPRINGS         NC   .75 INCH HAIL
06/08/03   IREDELL                        SPOTTER REPORTS DIME
                                          SIZED HAIL AND FUNNEL
                                          CLOUD.

KRENTZ

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 8, 8:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Catawba, Lincoln	67 min
Jun 8, 8:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Iredell	56 min
Jun 8, 9:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Rowan	39 min
Jun 8, 9:40 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	GSP	Iredell	3 hr
Jun 8, 10:31 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	GSP	Cabarrus, Gaston, Mecklenburg	4 hr

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.