Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2004
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 182, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 24, 2004, 3:42 PM EST for Iredell County, North Carolina. It was in force for 48 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
- Nov 24, 2004, 3:42 PM EST (20:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 24, 2004, 4:30 PM EST
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Iredell County, NC
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 145 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:51 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.
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 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 90 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
- 513 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 65 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 172 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 233 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 242042
SVRGSP
NCC097-242130-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
341 PM EST WED NOV 24 2004
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
IREDELL COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA
* UNTIL 430 PM EST
* AT 340 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
FROM 9 MILES NORTH OF STATESVILLE TO TROUTMAN TO 9 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF MOORESVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THIS LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE
ALERT FOR DAMAGING WIND GUSTS...THAT WILL KNOCK DOWN TREES EVEN
THOUGH THUNDER MIGHT NOT BE HEARD. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN CAN OCCUR WITH
ANY THUNDERSTORM.
LAT...LON 3605 8093 3575 8092 3551 8093 3551 8072
3572 8076 3605 8069
$$
MOOREWhat 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 Nov 24, 2:25 PM EST, 1 hour 17 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Nov 24, 2:25 PM EST, 1 hour 17 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
225 PM EST WED NOV 24 2004
.SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT)...
TORNADO WATCH #901 UNTIL 5 PM.
THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE SQUALL LINE WILL CONTINUE TO SWEEP
THROUGH THE EASTERN HALF OF THE UPSTATE...ENTERING NC BY 3 PM.
INSTABILITY HAS INCREASED THIS AFTERNOON WITH LAPS GIVING A LARGE
AREA OF 200-500 J/KG. 0-3 KM HELICITIES SHOULD REMAIN STEADY WITHIN
THE 150-200 M2/S2 RANGE OVER THE WESTERN CAROLINAS. STRAIGHT LINE
WINDS HAVE BEEN THE MAIN THREAT AND LITTLE SHOULD CHANGE BEFORE THE
LINE EXITS THE CWA. AFTER SQUALL PASSES...STRATIFORM RAIN SHOULD
CONTINUE THROUGH 0Z. MESOETA AND RUC SHOW THE SFC COLD FRONT TO PASS
THROUGH THE FA BY 9Z TONIGHT. WILL END CHC EAST OF THE MTNS BY
6Z...WILL MAINTAIN WESTERN UPSLOPE SH THROUGH THE REST OF THE NIGHT.
THANKSGIVING MORNING...ETA IS MORE AGGRESSIVE WITH THE CAA AND THE
DEPTH OF THE WRAP AROUND MOISTURE ACROSS THE NC/TN LINE. H85 TEMPS
OVER THE TN BORDER FALL TO -6 TO -7 BY 18Z. SNOW SHOULD BEGIN TO MIX
IN WITH THE SHRA BY SUNRISE OVER 4K FT. BY MID-MORNING...PRECIP
SHOULD BECOME PREDOMINANTLY SN ABOVE 4K FT AND MIX WITH THE RAIN AS
LOW AS 2500 FT. IN FACT...FORECAST SOUNDINGS SHOW THAT THE TOP OF
THE MOISTURE ALMOST REACHES THE OPTIMAL SNOW GROWTH TEMPS BETWEEN
12-15Z OVER THE NRN MTNS. IT IS POSSIBLE TO SEE A FEW DECENT SHSN
THAT COULD RESULT IN A BRIEF ACCUM OF SNOW...WILL CARRY POPS AS HIGH
AS 30%.
TEMPS IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE WESTERN MTNS TOMORROW WILL SEE
LITTLE TO NO WARMING WITH THE ONGOING CAA. IN FACT...THE FA WILL BE
MUCH COOLER WITH TEMPS REMAINING BELOW NORMAL INTO FRIDAY. HARD
FREEZE EXPECTED FRI MORNING AS HIGH PRESSURE BECOMES CENTERED OVER
THE FA. WILL USE A BLEND OF THE MODEL GUIDANCE FOR THE SHORT TERM
TEMPS.
&&
.LONG TERM (FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY)...
NEGATIVELY TILTED H5 TROF PROGGED TO APPROACH SATURDAY MORNING...
WITH SFC CYCLOGENESIS OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS. SFC LOW AND BEST
UPPER DYNAMICS SHOULD STAY JUST NW OF OUR AREA...LIMITING THE EXTENT
OF PRECIPITATION. WILL KEEP A CHANCE IN THE MOUNTAINS SAT
AFTERNOON/EVE. RATHER SUBDUED WEATHER FOR SUN PM THRU MON NITE.
SUBTLE S/W RIPPLES THROUGH TUESDAY IN ADVANCE OF APPROACHING UPPER
CLOSED LOW. WILL CARRY CHANCE POPS TUE THROUGH WED. TWEAKED
TEMPERATURES PER ENSEMBLE MOS AND HPC GUIDANCE.
&&
.AVIATION...
CONVECTIVE BAND CROSSING UPSTATE SC THIS AFTERNOON...HEADED FOR
KCLT. GSTS 25 TO 30 KTS QUITE COMMON ALONG THIS LINE...WITH
POTENTIAL TO 50KTS AS EVIDENCED BY DOWNED TREES. BEHIND THIS BAND
STRATIFORM RAIN AND MVFR CIGS WILL PERSIST FOR SEVERAL HOURS.
VEERING WIND BEHIND TROUGH NOW IN GULF STATES SHOULD END PRECIP THIS
EVENING. ACTUAL FROPA NOT UNTIL AFTER MIDNIGHT...WITH WIND COMING
AROUND TO WNW...AND LOW LEVEL MOISTURE LIFTING TO AROUND 050 FT.
WIND VEERS FURTHER MID MORNING WED AND BECOMES QUITE GUSTY...WITH
LOW CLOUD BECOMING SCATTERED IN DOWNSLOPE LEE OF MTS. KAVL TO REMAIN
BKN THROUGH 18Z IN UP VALLEY NW FLOW.
&&
.GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...TORNADO WATCH FOR ZONES GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029 UNTIL 5 PM
EST.
NC...NONE.
SC...TORNADO WATCH FOR ZONES SCZ001>014-019 UNTIL 5 PM EST.
&&
SHORT TERM...NED
LONG TERM/AVIATION...PMHazardous weather outlook, Nov 24, 6:45 AM EST, 8 hours 57 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 645 AM EST WED NOV 24 2004 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014- 019-251145- ABBEVILLE SC-ALEXANDER NC-ANDERSON SC-AVERY NC-BUNCOMBE NC-BURKE NC- CABARRUS NC-CALDWELL NC-CATAWBA NC-CHEROKEE SC-CHESTER SC- CLEVELAND NC-DAVIE NC-ELBERT GA-FRANKLIN GA-GASTON NC-GRAHAM NC- GREATER GREENVILLE SC-GREATER OCONEE SC-GREATER PICKENS SC- GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS SC-GREENWOOD SC-HABERSHAM GA-HART GA-HAYWOOD NC- HENDERSON NC-IREDELL NC-LAURENS SC-LINCOLN NC-MACON NC-MADISON NC- MCDOWELL NC-MECKLENBURG NC-MITCHELL NC-NORTHERN JACKSON NC- OCONEE MOUNTAINS SC-PICKENS MOUNTAINS SC-POLK NC-RABUN GA-ROWAN NC- RUTHERFORD NC-SOUTHERN JACKSON NC-SPARTANBURG SC-STEPHENS GA- SWAIN NC-TRANSYLVANIA NC-UNION SC-UNION NC-YANCEY NC-YORK SC- 645 AM EST WED NOV 24 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE... HEAVY SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WILL THREATEN THE REGION INTO THIS EVENING. THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON MAY CONTAIN DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. FOR FURTHER DETAILS...PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...SPSGSP...ISSUED BY THIS OFFICE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... LINGERING SHOWERS...POSSIBLY MIXED WITH SNOW AT THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS...MAY BE SEEN ACROSS THE TENNESSEE BORDER COUNTIES THANKSGIVING MORNING...OTHERWISE A PARTLY CLOUDY AND WINDY HOLIDAY IS ON TAP. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE TODAY.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Nov 24, 1:52 PM EST, 1 hour 50 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
152 PM EST WED NOV 24 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1215 PM TSTM WND DMG 10 SE WALHALLA 34.67N 82.94W
11/24/2004 OCONEE SC COUNTY OFFICIAL
TREES DOWN ON CAMPBELL BRIDGE RD IN THE FRIENDSHIP
COMMUNITY.
&&
TJBLocal storm report, Nov 24, 1:59 PM EST, 1 hour 43 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
159 PM EST WED NOV 24 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1140 AM TSTM WND DMG MOUNT AIRY 34.52N 83.50W
11/24/2004 HABERSHAM GA COUNTY OFFICIAL
TREE DOWN ON WELCOME HOME RD AND ON DOOLEY RD IN NORTH
PART OF COUNTY.
&&
TJBLocal storm report, Nov 24, 2:36 PM EST, 1 hour 6 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
236 PM EST WED NOV 24 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0200 PM TSTM WND DMG WATERLOO 34.35N 82.06W
11/24/2004 LAURENS SC LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREE DOWN ON HWY 221 NEAR WATERLOO. LARGE LIMBS DOWN WITH
STRONG WINDS REPORTED POUNDING AGAINST THE BUILDINGS IN
CROSS HILL.
&&
TJBLocal storm report, Nov 24, 3:04 PM EST, 38 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
304 PM EST WED NOV 24 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0239 PM TORNADO 3 NW CARLISLE 34.62N 81.50W
11/24/2004 UNION SC EMERGENCY MNGR
EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS DIRECTOR REPORTED A TORNADO
BETWEEN CARLISLE AND SANTUCK ALONG HWY 215. MULTIPLE
TREES DOWN ACROSS THE HIGHWAY.
&&
RWHLocal storm report, Nov 24, 3:06 PM EST, 36 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
306 PM EST WED NOV 24 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0230 PM TSTM WND DMG 6 NW CARLISLE 34.65N 81.54W
11/24/2004 UNION SC CO-OP OBSERVER
LARGE LIMB DOWN AT COOP OBSERVERS HOUSE IN SANTUCK.
&&
RWHLocal storm report, Nov 24, 3:28 PM EST, 14 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
328 PM EST WED NOV 24 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0300 PM TSTM WND DMG 4 E CARLISLE 34.59N 81.39W
11/24/2004 CHESTER SC COUNTY OFFICIAL
TREES DOWN ON HWY 215 AND HWY 72 AREA IN SW CORNER OF
CHESTER COUNTY.
&&
RWHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 24, 3:22 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Mecklenburg, Union | 68 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.