Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2005
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 1, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 16, 2005, 7:17 PM EST for Mecklenburg County, Union County, North Carolina. It was in force for 58 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
- Feb 16, 2005, 7:17 PM EST (00:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 16, 2005, 8:15 PM EST
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Mecklenburg County, NC, Union County, NC
The radar
The Columbia radar (KCAE), 131 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:18 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 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 132 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
- 1456 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -20 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 118 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 170019
SVRGSP
NCC119-179-170115-
/O.NEW.KGSP.SV.W.0001.050217T0017Z-050217T0115Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
717 PM EST WED FEB 16 2005
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEAST MECKLENBURG COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA
UNION COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA
* UNTIL 815 PM EST
* AT 710 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL. THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR STALLINGS AND MATTHEWS...OR ABOUT 12 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF CENTER CITY CHARLOTTE...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
MONROE BY 730 PM EST
WINGATE BY 740 PM EST
MARSHVILLE BY 750 PM EST
THIS STORM WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE PENNY SIZED HAIL AS IT MOVES
ACROSS UNION COUNTY. 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 3516 8077 3500 8084 3493 8077 3491 8031
3516 8028
$$
MOORE2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS52 KGSP 170041
SVSGSP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
741 PM EST WED FEB 16 2005
NCC119-179-170115-
/O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0001.000000T0000Z-050217T0115Z/
MECKLENBURG NC-UNION NC-
741 PM EST WED FEB 16 2005
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 815 PM EST FOR
UNION COUNTY...
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN MECKLENBURG COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...
AT 740 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL.
THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR FAIRVIEW...OR ABOUT 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF
MONROE...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. A WEAKENING TREND IS SHOWN BY RADAR
AND THE WARNING MAY BE CANCELLED EARLY IF THE STORM DOES NOT BEGIN
TO REGAIN STRENGTH.
THE THUNDERSTORM HAS MOVED OUT OF MECKLENBURG COUNTY...SO THE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEAST MECKLENBURG COUNTY IS CANCELLED.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
NEW SALEM BY 745 PM EST
MARSHVILLE BY 750 PM EST
ALTHOUGH LARGE HAIL IS THE BIGGEST THREAT WITH THIS SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM...BRIEF DAMAGING WINDS COULD ALSO OCCUR.
LAT...LON 3516 8077 3500 8084 3493 8077 3491 8031
3516 8028
$$
MOORE000
WWUS52 KGSP 170107
SVSGSP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
805 PM EST WED FEB 16 2005
NCC119-179-170115-
/O.CAN.KGSP.SV.W.0001.000000T0000Z-050217T0115Z/
MECKLENBURG NC-UNION NC-
805 PM EST WED FEB 16 2005
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR UNION COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS UNION COUNTY HAVE WEAKENED
SIGNIFICANTLY...SO THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN
CANCELLED. BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE SOUTHERN
HALF OF THE COUNTY AS A THUNDERSTORM MOVES ACROSS THE AREA SOUTH OF
MONROE THROUGH 830 PM.
LAT...LON 3516 8077 3500 8084 3493 8077 3491 8031
3516 8028
$$
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 Feb 16, 4:48 PM EST, 2 hours 29 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 16, 4:48 PM EST, 2 hours 29 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 448 PM EST WED FEB 16 2005 .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT)... CONVECTION FIRING ALONG SURFACE FRONT LATE THIS AFTERNOON. LATEST ANALYSIS SHOWS LI AROUND MINUS 2 AND ENOUGH CAPE FOR SCATTERED SHOWERS TO DEVELOP. SUSPECT THAT AT LEAST A FEW OF THEM WILL DEVELOP INTO THUNDERSTORMS. FORECAST WILL BE UPDATED TO RAISE POP TO CHANCE RANGE GENERALLY ALONG AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 85. && .PREVIOUS DISCUSSION... ISSUED AT 248 PM. SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY)... COLD FRONT WORKING ACROSS WESTERN CWFA NOW. STILL AN OUTSIDE CHANCE OF A SHOWER OR THUNDERSTORM AS IT WORKS EAST...ESPECIALLY WITH ATTENDANT SHORTWAVE APPROACHING. FOR NOW...WILL PLAN ON NO MENTION OF SHOWERS OUTSIDE HIGHER TERRAIN FOR THE EVENING. WILL HIGHLIGHT NORTHWEST FLOW SNOW SHOWERS FOR THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS... STARTING OUT AS RAIN/SNOW MIX CHANCE THIS EVENING. COLD ADVECTION REGIME SHOULD ALLOW GUSTY WINDS TO LINGER THROUGH OVERNIGHT HIGHER TERRAIN...BUT BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA. CWFA TO REMAIN IN NORTHWEST FLOW...WITH COOL TEMPERATURES. STRONG SHORTWAVE WITH SECONDARY SHOT OF COLD ADVECTION TO AFFECT REGION THURSDAY NITE. WINDS COULD APPROACH ADVISORY LEVEL IN HIGHER TERRAIN. NORTHWEST FLOW CLIPPER SYSTEM SHOWN BY NAM AND GFS TO CROSS REGION FRIDAY MORNING. WE INCLUDED SMALL CHANCES OF SNOW SHOWERS FOR THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS. HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN WITH FAIR BUT COOL WEATHER FOR SATURDAY. SAB LONG TERM (SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY)... YESTERDAYS 1200 UTC RUN OF THE ECMWF IS STILL LOOKING LIKE THE BEST MODEL FOR THE EXTENDED PERIOD PER HPC/S COMMENTS IN THE PREEPD THIS MORNING. THE 0000 UTC RUN HAD TOO MUCH RIDING OVER THE SE STATES LATE IN THE PERIOD...WHICH WOULD HAVE BEEN NICE AS IT WOULD HAVE DRIED US OUT SOME TUE AND WED. HOWEVER...MOST OTHER MEDIUM RANGE MODELS HAVE A FASTER...FLATTER FLOW OVER THE SE STATES TUE AND WED WHICH IMPLIES MORE CLOUDS...SMALLER DIURNAL RANGES AND A SMALL CHANCE OF RAIN. AS FOR THE SYSTEM ON SUN AND MON...TRENDS ARE FOR THE NRN STERAM CONFLUENCE TO BE WEAKER. THIS KEEPS ARCTIC HIGH LOCKED UP TO OUR NORTH. THE ECMWF HAS ALSO BEEN TRENDING MORE NLY AND WARMER...BUT IT/S SFC HIGH IS LESS PROGRESSIVE AND STRONGER THAN OTHER MODELS. THEREFORE...WL STILL HAVE A LITTLE MIX IN THE FORECAST EARLY SUNDAY. HOWEVER...BY THE TIME THE BEST UPGLIDE DEVELOPS TEMPERATURES WL HAVE MODERATED ENUF TO PRECLUDE ANY SIG WINTER WEATHER PROBLEMS. BPM && .GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. && SHORT TERM (UPDATE)...MOORE
Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 16, 5:34 AM EST, 13 hours 43 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 534 AM EST WED FEB 16 2005 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014- 019-171033- 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- 534 AM EST WED FEB 16 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE... A COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA TODAY. PATCHY DENSE FOG WILL LINGER AHEAD OF THE FRONT THIS MORNING. SHOWERS WILL DEVELOP MAINLY OVER THE MOUNTAINS THIS MORNING...SCATTERED SHOWERS SHOULD DEVELOP OVER THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT THIS AFTERNOON. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... DEEP GULF MOISTURE WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION SATURDAY NIGHT AND WILL REMAIN INTO THE EARLY WEEK. WINTRY PRECIPITATION IS POSSIBLE MAINLY OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND NORTH CAROLINA FOOTHILLS ON SUNDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. NED
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Feb 16, 4:47 PM EST, 2 hours 30 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 447 PM EST WED FEB 16 2005 SCZ007-008-013-162230- CHEROKEE SC-SPARTANBURG-UNION SC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GAFFNEY...SPARTANBURG...UNION 447 PM EST WED FEB 16 2005 ...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER THE UPSTATE... AT 436 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORM NEAR BOILING SPRINGS...MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT AROUND 20 MPH. THROUGH 530 PM...THIS STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE CITY OF SPARTANBURG...AND WILL ALSO AFFECT LOCATIONS BETWEEN COWPENS AND PACOLET BEFORE MOVING INTO SOUTHERN CHEROKEE COUNTY. CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...PEA SIZE HAIL...GUSTY WINDS OF AROUND 40 MPH...AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER WEATHER INFORMATION. LANE
Special weather statement, Feb 16, 5:41 PM EST, 1 hour 36 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 541 PM EST WED FEB 16 2005 SCZ007>009-013-014-162330- CHEROKEE SC-CHESTER-SPARTANBURG-UNION SC-YORK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHESTER...GAFFNEY...ROCK HILL... SPARTANBURG...UNION 541 PM EST WED FEB 16 2005 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM CONTINUES OVER EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE UPSTATE... AT 536 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF SPARTANBURG... CHEROKEE...AND UNION COUNTIES...MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT AROUND 15 MPH. THROUGH 630 PM...THIS STORM WILL MOVE ALONG THE CHEROKEE AND UNION COUNTY BORDER. THE MAIN THREATS FROM THIS STORM WILL BE FROM CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR. PONDING OF WATER WILL BE LIKELY IN LOW SPOTS. IN ADDITION...PEA SIZE HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER WEATHER INFORMATION. LANE
Special weather statement, Feb 16, 6:33 PM EST, 44 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 633 PM EST WED FEB 16 2005 SCZ009-014-170030- CHESTER-YORK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHESTER...ROCK HILL 633 PM EST WED FEB 16 2005 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS THE EASTERN PIEDMONT... AT 630 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED TWO STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...ONE ACROSS NORTHWEST YORK COUNTY...THE OTHER ACROSS NORTHWEST CHESTER COUNTY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT AROUND 20 MPH. THROUGH 730 PM...THESE STORMS WILL AFFECT SUCH LOCATIONS AS THE CITIES OF YORK...CHESTER...ROCK HILL AND SURROUNDING AREAS. THE MAIN THREATS FROM THESE STORMS WILL BE FROM CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAINFALL. HOWEVER...A BRIEF PERIOD OF PEA SIZE HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER WEATHER INFORMATION. LANE
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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.