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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 220, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

July 13, 2003Greenwood County, South Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 13, 2003, 2:43 AM EDT for Greenwood County, South Carolina. It was in force for 47 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 13, 2003, 2:43 AM EDT (06:43 UTC)
Expired
Jul 13, 2003, 3:30 AM EDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Greenwood County, SC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:42 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 236 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 00:00Z on 2003-07-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1559 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 00:00Z on 2003-07-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 20 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1559 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-11 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1126 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
20 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
42 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
0.6

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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 12, 10:37 PM EDT, 4 hours 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 12, 10:37 PM EDT, 4 hours 6 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1037 PM EDT SAT JUL 12 2003

CONVECTION CONTINUES TO FIRE AHEAD OF A MAJOR SHORTWAVE AND TROF
AXIS DIGGING INTO THE SOUTHEAST. A MAJOR FLASH FLOOD IS IN PROGRESS
IN THE SOUTHERN FOOTHILLS...FLOOD WATCH FOR THE FOOTHILLS HAS
ALREADY BEEN ISSUED FOR THE FOOTHILLS...AND SOME OF THE PIEDMONT.
RAISED POPS TO 40 FOR THE UPSTATE AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA. KEPT CHANCE
POPS IN FOR THE FAR WESTERN MOUNTAINS.

FCSTID =   44
GSP   68  86  67  87 /  40  40  40  30
AND   68  86  68  87 /  40  40  40  30
CLT   68  87  67  87 /  40  40  40  30
HKY   66  84  66  84 /  50  40  40  30
AVL   62  81  62  81 /  30  40  40  30

.GSP...
GA...NONE.
NC...FLOOD WATCH FOR TONIGHT FOR ZONES NCZ054>056...NCZ067>070.
SC...NONE.

BURRUS
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 12, 5:20 AM EDT, 21 hours 23 minutes before
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014-
019-121130-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
520 AM EDT SAT JUL 12 2003

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AND ORGANIZE
ACROSS THE TENNESSEE VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON. THE STORMS MAY MOVE INTO
THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS LATE THIS AFTERNOON OR EARLY THIS
EVENING...AND THEN MOVE ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF WESTERN NORTH
CAROLINA...AS WELL AS NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA
LATER IN THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. A FEW OF THE STORMS COULD PRODUCE
DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS AND PERHAPS LARGE HAIL...ESPECIALLY
DURING THE EARLY TO MID EVENING IN AREAS WEST OF I-26 IN GEORGIA AND
SOUTH CAROLINA...AND WEST OF THE BLUE RIDGE IN NORTH CAROLINA.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...

SCATTERD...MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
WILL BE POSSIBLE MOST DAYS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS EVENING.

LANE

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 12, 10:48 PM EDT, 3 hours 55 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
1048 PM EDT SAT JUL 12 2003

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

1005 PM    MT HOLLY                  NC   WIND DAMAGE
07/12/03   GASTON                         SEVERAL 4-5 DIAMETER
                                          TREES DOWN AND NUMEROUS
                                          LARGE LIMBS DOWN.
                                          REPORTED BY SPOTTER.

LANE
Local storm report, Jul 12, 10:51 PM EDT, 3 hours 52 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
1051 PM EDT SAT JUL 12 2003

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

1040 PM    5 ESE LINCOLNTON          NC   WIND DAMAGE
07/12/03   LINCOLN                        HAM REPORTED HIGH WINDS
                                          AND LIMBS 2 INCHES IN
                                          DIAMETER BLOWN OFF TREES.

1035 PM    9 N RUTHERFORDTON         NC   WIND DAMAGE
07/12/03   RUTHERFORD                     911 CENTER RELAYED REPORT
                                          OF TREES DOWN IN UNION
                                          MILLS AREA.

TJB
Local storm report, Jul 12, 11:05 PM EDT, 3 hours 38 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
1105 PM EDT SAT JUL 12 2003

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

1100 PM    11 NW GASTONIA            NC   .75 INCH HAIL
07/12/03   GASTON                         911 CENTER REPORTED DIME
                                          SIZE HAIL AND SOME LARGE
                                          LIMBS DOWN NW OF
                                          GASTONIA.

1100 PM    11 NW GASTONIA            NC   WIND DAMAGE
07/12/03   GASTON                         911 CENTER REPORTED LARGE
                                          LIMBS DOWN NW OF
                                          GASTONIA.

TJB
Local storm report, Jul 12, 11:57 PM EDT, 2 hours 46 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
1157 PM EDT SAT JUL 12 2003

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

1135 PM    7 W HUNTERSVILLE          NC   WIND DAMAGE
07/12/03   MECKLENBURG                    911 TREE ON HOUSE N OF
                                          CHARLOTTE AND WEST OF
                                          HUNTERSVILLE.

TJB
Local storm report, Jul 13, 12:05 AM EDT, 2 hours 38 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
1205 AM EDT SUN JUL 13 2003

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

1145 PM    16 NE RUTHERFORDTON       NC   FLASH FLOOD
07/12/03   RUTHERFORD                     911 CENTER REPORTED HWY
                                          226 FLOODED AND
                                          IMPASSABLE NEAR GIRL
                                          SCOUT CAMP ROAD.

TJB
Local storm report, Jul 13, 12:26 AM EDT, 2 hours 17 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
1226 AM EDT SUN JUL 13 2003

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

1205 AM    N. FORK ROAD              NC   FLASH FLOOD
07/13/03   RUTHERFORD                     COUNTY 911 OFFICIALS
                                          REPORTED MUDSLIDE
                                          BLOCKING N. FORK ROAD.

KRENTZ

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 12, 8:30 PM EDTTornado WarningGSPCleveland45 min
Jul 12, 8:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPRutherford39 min
Jul 12, 8:48 PM EDTTornado WarningGSPGaston42 min
Jul 12, 9:43 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningGSPMcDowell2 hr
Jul 12, 9:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPGaston46 min
Jul 12, 9:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPMcDowell, Rutherford65 min
Jul 12, 10:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPMecklenburg58 min
Jul 12, 10:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPLincoln59 min
Jul 12, 10:27 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningGSPRutherford3 hr
Jul 12, 10:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPCleveland48 min
Jul 12, 11:00 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningGSPCleveland, Lincoln3 hr
Jul 12, 11:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPGaston40 min
Jul 12, 11:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPMecklenburg40 min
Jul 13, 12:01 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPBurke44 min
Jul 13, 1:35 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningGSPUnion3 hr
Jul 13, 1:46 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningGSPUnion3 hr
Jul 13, 3:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPBurke, Caldwell47 min
Jul 13, 4:44 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningGSPUnion3 hr
Jul 13, 5:14 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningGSPBurke3 hr
Jul 13, 5:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPMecklenburg, Union56 min
Jul 13, 5:28 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningGSPBuncombe3 hr
Jul 13, 7:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPGraham48 min
Jul 12, 11:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPGreenville, Spartanburg59 min
Jul 13, 12:36 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPSpartanburg39 min
Jul 13, 1:09 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPChester66 min
Jul 13, 2:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPPickens52 min
Jul 13, 3:20 PM EDTTornado WarningGSPAnderson, Pickens40 min
Jul 13, 3:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPGreenville40 min
Jul 13, 4:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPAnderson45 min
Jul 13, 4:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPGreenville44 min
Jul 13, 4:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPLaurens62 min
Jul 13, 4:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPYork47 min
Jul 13, 5:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPChester52 min
Jul 13, 5:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPAbbeville, Greenwood59 min
Jul 13, 5:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPLaurens41 min
Jul 13, 2:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPRabun38 min
Jul 13, 2:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPHabersham41 min
Jul 13, 5:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPFranklin41 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.