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Heat Advisory 2, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

July 25, 200511 counties in North Carolina; 8 counties in South Carolina; 4 counties in Georgia

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this heat advisory at Jul 25, 2005, 3:18 PM EDT for 11 counties in North Carolina; 8 counties in South Carolina; 4 counties in Georgia. It took effect at Jul 26, 2005, 12:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 25, 2005, 3:18 PM EDT (19:18 UTC)
In effect from
Jul 26, 2005, 12:00 PM EDT
Expired
Jul 26, 2005, 6:10 PM EDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
All 23 counties

Elbert County, GA, Franklin County, GA, Hart County, GA, Stephens County, GA, Alexander County, NC, Cabarrus County, NC, Catawba County, NC, Cleveland County, NC, Davie County, NC, Gaston County, NC, Iredell County, NC, Lincoln County, NC, Mecklenburg County, NC, Rowan County, NC, Union County, NC, Abbeville County, SC, Anderson County, SC, Cherokee County, SC, Chester County, SC, Greenwood County, SC, Laurens County, SC, Union County, SC, York County, SC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 311 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, Roanoke, VA at 12:00Z on 2005-07-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 310 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, Roanoke, VA at 12:00Z on 2005-07-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 114 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
310 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-204 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1178 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
114 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
168 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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.