Alert archive / South Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2005
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 112, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 21, 2005, 6:18 PM EDT for Greenville County, South Carolina. It was in force for 57 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 21, 2005, 6:18 PM EDT (22:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 21, 2005, 7:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Greenville County, SC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 30 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:17 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
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 243 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
- 183 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -60 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 857 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 25 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 63 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 212220
SVRGSP
SCC045-212315-
/O.NEW.KGSP.SV.W.0112.050621T2218Z-050621T2315Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
618 PM EDT TUE JUN 21 2005
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
GREENVILLE COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA
* UNTIL 715 PM EDT
* AT 618 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
SIMPSONVILLE...OR ABOUT 12 MILES SOUTH OF GREENVILLE...AND MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SIMPSONVILLE AROUND 630 PM EDT...
7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FOUNTAIN INN AROUND 655 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 3478 8239 3470 8218 3457 8224 3454 8224
3450 8230 3455 8238 3459 8244 3465 8246
3471 8246
$$
TOMKO/GERAPETRITIS2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS52 KGSP 212240
SVSGSP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
640 PM EDT TUE JUN 21 2005
SCC045-212315-
/O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0112.000000T0000Z-050621T2315Z/
GREENVILLE SC-
640 PM EDT TUE JUN 21 2005
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 715 PM EDT FOR
GREENVILLE COUNTY...
AT 640 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
SEVERAL THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF GREENVILLE COUNTY
WHICH WERE LIKELY PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS.
ONE THUNDERSTORM WAS BETWEEN DOWNTOWN GREENVILLE AND MAULDIN...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL LIKELY AFFECT MAULDIN
AND SIMPSONVILLE THROUGH 715 PM. OTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
STRETCHED FROM JUST EAST OF PIEDMONT TO FORK SHOALS. THESE
THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
NEARLY ALL LOCATIONS IN THE SOUTHERN HALF OF GREENVILLE COUNTY COULD
SEE 60 MPH WINDS AND PENNY SIZE HAIL...AS WELL AS FREQUENT LIGHTNING
AND TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS. TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY.
LAT...LON 3488 8230 3479 8216 3457 8224 3454 8224
3450 8230 3455 8238 3459 8244 3465 8246
3471 8246
$$
HG000
WWUS52 KGSP 212312
SVSGSP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
712 PM EDT TUE JUN 21 2005
SCC045-212321-
/O.EXP.KGSP.SV.W.0112.000000T0000Z-050621T2315Z/
GREENVILLE SC-
712 PM EDT TUE JUN 21 2005
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN GREENVILLE COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 715 PM EDT...
THE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE WEAKENED AND MOVED OUT OF THE COUNTY.
LAT...LON 3488 8230 3479 8216 3457 8224 3454 8224
3450 8230 3455 8238 3459 8244 3465 8246
3471 8246
$$
JATWhat 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 21, 2:45 PM EDT, 3 hours 33 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 21, 2:45 PM EDT, 3 hours 33 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 245 PM EDT TUE JUN 21 2005 .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY)... UPPER LOW IS FINALLY BEGINNING TO OPEN UP AND LIFT SLOWLY TO THE NORTHEAST. LAPS ANALYSIS SHOWS AN AXIS OF 1000-1500 J/KG CAPES IN THE FOOTHILLS. THERE HASN/T BEEN MUCH LLVL CONVERGENCE TO SPEAK OF TODAY AS LLVL FLOW OVER THE WRN CAROLINAS HAS BEEN OUT OF THE WEST. YOU NEED TO GET DOWN INTO THE MIDLANDS...MORE DIRECTLY UNDER THE H5 TROF...BEFORE THERE IS MUCH MOISTURE FLUX CONVERGENCE DOWN LOW. THAT SAID...THE INSTABILITY IS STILL SUFFICIENT FOR SCT TSTMS EARLY THIS EVENING OVER THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT. WL NOT CARRY SCT WORDING IN THE MTNS AS THERE IS AN INCREASING MID LEVEL INVERSION ON THE BACK SIDE OF THE TROF -- EVIDENT ON THE 1200 UTC NASHVILLE SOUNDING -- THAT ALREADY APPEARS TO BE SUPPRESSING THE HIGHER TERRAIN. WL ONCE AGAIN CARRY AREAS OF DENSE VALLEY FOG IN THE NC MTNS. THE ATMOSPHERE BECOMING DRIER THROUGHOUT THE COLUMN ON WEDNESDAY AS UPPER WAVE IS NOW OPEN AND MAIN TROUGH AXIS IS ALONG THE COAST. CWFA TO COME UNDER PRETTY DECENT NW FLOW ALOFT ALONG THE BACKSIDE OF UPPER TROUGH...ALLOWING A COOL FRONT FRONT TO DROP SOUTHEAST ACRS THE REGION DURING THE DAYTIME HOURS. HAVE TIMED MORNING PCPN CHANCES IN THE NW AND SPREAD LOW CHANCES SOUTH AND EAST THROUGH THE DAY AS THE COMBINATION OF DAYTIME HEATING AND SOME LIFT ALONG FRONTAL ZONE IS EXPECTED TO MAINTAIN AND DEVELOP SCATTERED DEEP CONVECTION. A STABILIZING ATMOSPHERE ON DEVELOPING NE FLOW AND SFC RIDGING IS EXPECTED WEDNESDAY NIGHT. DRY CONDITIONS PREVAIL THROUGH THURSDAY AND LEANING TOWARD A MOSTLY CAPPED ATMOSPHERE AT THIS POINT. && .LONG TERM (THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY)... IT IS DEBATABLE HOW MUCH OF A HANDLE 12Z GFS HAS ON EVOLUTION OF UPPER PATTERN...CLOSING OFF UPPER LOW JUST TO OUR SOUTH THURSDAY NIGHT...BUT EVEN THE 12Z NAM HAS SOME EASTERLY FLOW INTO FRIDAY...SO LITTLE HARM IN CONTINUING SOME SILENT 20 PERCENT DIURNAL POP IN THE NC MTNS FRIDAY. 00Z GFS IS A DECENT ENUF COMPROMISE SOLUTION WITH RESPECT TO THE PATTERN OVER THE CONUS FOR DAYS 4-7. EXPECT LINGERING WEAKNESS OVER THE SOUTHEAST U.S. THIS WEEKEND...BUT WITH A WESTWARD DRIFT...EVENTUALLY GIVING WAY TO PRONOUNCED UPPER RIDGING BUILDING OVER THE EASTERN U.S. MONDAY AND TUESDAY. ALL IN ALL...PATTERN DOES NOT SEEM TO SUPPORT MORE THAN CLIMO...MAINLY DIURNAL POPS THIS WEEKEND...WITH A DIP TO BELOW NORMAL CHANCES UNDER UPPER RIDGING EARLY NEXT WEEK. NOT A WHOLE LOT OF DEVIATION FROM LATE JUNE NORMALS EXPECTED. && .AVIATION... HAVE CARRIED TEMPO GROUPS FOR THE FIRST COUPLE HRS OF THE TAFS AT KGSP... KGMU AND KAVL. WITH CONVECTION FIRING ON THE ESCARPMENT...THINK THESE SITES STAND A GOOD CHANCE OF SEEING TSTMS. OTHERWISE HAVE VCTS AND CB IN ALL TAFS THROUGH 0000 UTC THIS EVENING TO ACCOUNT FOR SCT CONVECTION. HAVE TAKEN KAVL DOWN TO LIFR CIGS AND VSBYS LATER TNGT AS DENSE VALLEY FOG SHOULD ONCE AGAIN DEVELOP IN THE NC MTNS. FROPA TMRW WL PROBABLY RESULT IN MORE SCT CONVECTION...BUT NOT CONFIDENT ENUF TO INCLUDE ANY CONVECTIVE MENTION IN THE TAFS ATTM. && .GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. && SHORT TERM...BPM/CSH LONG TERM...CSH AVIATION...BPM
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 21, 5:54 AM EDT, 12 hours 24 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 554 AM EDT TUE JUN 21 2005 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082- SCZ001>014-019-221000- RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-AVERY-CALDWELL- ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD- BUNCOMBE-MCDOWELL-BURKE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON- MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-POLK-RUTHERFORD- CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION- OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS- GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG- CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- 554 AM EDT TUE JUN 21 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA... MUCH OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED AGAIN TODAY...ALTHOUGH COVERAGE MAY NOT BE AS GREAT AS OBSERVED IN PREVIOUS DAYS. STILL...COLDER AIR ALOFT AND SLIGHTLY WARMER SURFACE TEMPERATURES MAY PRODUCE A FEW STORMS THAT BRIEFLY APPROACH SEVERE LIMITS. THE STRONGEST STORMS SHOULD AFFECT UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA. ANY STORMS THAT DO DEVELOP TODAY ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE A LITTLE FASTER THAN STORMS DID ON MONDAY. WHILE RAINFALL COULD BE JUST AS HEAVY IN ANY SHOWER OR STORM AS IN PREVIOUS DAYS...RAINFALL SHOULD BE SPRAD OUT OVER LARGER AREAS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY A COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO CROSS THE REGION WEDNESDAY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE NORTH CAROLINA AND EASTERN SOUTH CAROLINA PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA. A PROLONGED PERIOD OF DRY WEATHER LOOKS ON TAP FOR THURSDAY THROUGH THE UPCOMING WEEKEND. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVIATION COULD BE NEEDED LATER TODAY IF THUNDERSTORMS BECOME STRONG. SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED FOR WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. 44
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 21, 1:18 PM EDT, 5 hours before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 118 PM EDT TUE JUN 21 2005 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ048-051>053-058-059-062>065-SCZ001>006- 010>012-019-211900- ABBEVILLE-ANDERSON-BUNCOMBE-ELBERT-FRANKLIN GA-GRAHAM- GREATER GREENVILLE-GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS- GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREENWOOD-HABERSHAM-HART-HAYWOOD-HENDERSON- LAURENS SC-MACON NC-MADISON NC-NORTHERN JACKSON NC-OCONEE MOUNTAINS- PICKENS MOUNTAINS-RABUN-SOUTHERN JACKSON NC-STEPHENS-SWAIN- TRANSYLVANIA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ABBEVILLE...ANDERSON...ASHEVILLE... BREVARD...CHEROKEE...CLARKESVILLE...CLAYTON...ELBERTON...FRANKLIN... GREENVILLE...GREENWOOD...HARTWELL...HENDERSONVILLE...LAURENS... SYLVA...TOCCOA...WAYNESVILLE 118 PM EDT TUE JUN 21 2005 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TO AFFECT THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON... AN UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL SLOWLY MOVE ACROSS THE REGION AND HELP PRODUCE SCATTERED TO WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON. AT 111 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG STORMS EXTENDING NORTHEAST FROM MOUNTAIN REST...TO ROCKY BOTTOM...TO HENDERSONVILLE. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING SOUTHEAST NEAR 20 MPH...HOWEVER AREAS BETWEEN THESE STORMS ARE FILLING IN FAIRLY RAPIDLY. THE MAIN THREAT WITH THESE STORMS WILL BE HEAVY DOWNPOURS...SMALL HAIL...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. ADDITIONALLY...LOW LYING AREAS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS WILL BE SUBJECT TO FLOODING CONCERNS AS A FEW STORMS BACK-BUILD OVER THE SAME LOCATIONS. AS THE AFTERNOON PROGRESSES...STORM ACTIVITY SHOULD BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD AND PERHAPS MORE INTENSE. KRENTZ
Special weather statement, Jun 21, 1:22 PM EDT, 4 hours 56 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 122 PM EDT TUE JUN 21 2005 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ048-049-051>054-058-059-062>067- SCZ001>007-010>013-019-211900- ABBEVILLE-ANDERSON-BUNCOMBE-ELBERT-FRANKLIN GA-GRAHAM- GREATER GREENVILLE-GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS- GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREENWOOD-HABERSHAM-HART-HAYWOOD-HENDERSON- LAURENS SC-MACON NC-MADISON NC-MCDOWELL-NORTHERN JACKSON NC- OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-POLK NC-RABUN-RUTHERFORD- SOUTHERN JACKSON NC-SPARTANBURG-STEPHENS-SWAIN-TRANSYLVANIA-UNION SC- YANCEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ABBEVILLE...ANDERSON...ASHEVILLE... BREVARD...CHEROKEE...CLARKESVILLE...CLAYTON...ELBERTON...FRANKLIN... GREENVILLE...GREENWOOD...HARTWELL...HENDERSONVILLE...LAURENS... MARION...RUTHERFORDTON...SPARTANBURG...SYLVA...TOCCOA...TRYON... UNION...WAYNESVILLE 122 PM EDT TUE JUN 21 2005 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TO AFFECT THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON... AN UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL SLOWLY MOVE ACROSS THE REGION AND HELP PRODUCE SCATTERED TO WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON. AT 111 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG STORMS EXTENDING NORTHEAST FROM MOUNTAIN REST...TO ROCKY BOTTOM...TO HENDERSONVILLE. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING SOUTHEAST NEAR 20 MPH...HOWEVER AREAS BETWEEN THESE STORMS ARE FILLING IN FAIRLY RAPIDLY. THE MAIN THREAT WITH THESE STORMS WILL BE HEAVY DOWNPOURS...SMALL HAIL...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. ADDITIONALLY...LOW LYING AREAS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS WILL BE SUBJECT TO FLOODING CONCERNS AS A FEW STORMS BACK-BUILD OVER THE SAME LOCATIONS. AS THE AFTERNOON PROGRESSES...STORM ACTIVITY SHOULD BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD AND PERHAPS MORE INTENSE. KRENTZ
Special weather statement, Jun 21, 4:32 PM EDT, 1 hour 46 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 432 PM EDT TUE JUN 21 2005 NCZ064-SCZ002-003-212117- GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-TRANSYLVANIA- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...BREVARD 432 PM EDT TUE JUN 21 2005 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM TO AFFECT THE AREA FROM ROSMAN TO ROCKY BOTTOM... AT 432 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 2 MILES SOUTH OF ROSMAN MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL LIKELY PRODUCE WIND GUSTS TO 35 MPH AND PEA SIZE HAIL. LOCATIONS AFFECTED THROUGH 515 PM WILL BE THE AREA FROM JUST SOUTH OF ROSMAN TO ROCKY BOTTOM TO NEAR PUMPKINTOWN. TORRENTIAL RAINFALL WILL LIKELY PRODUCE DEEP STANDING AND RUNNING WATER WATER IN CULVERTS AND LOW AREAS. HG
Special weather statement, Jun 21, 6:02 PM EDT, 16 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 602 PM EDT TUE JUN 21 2005 SCZ005-006-010-212300- ANDERSON-GREATER GREENVILLE-GREATER PICKENS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANDERSON...GREENVILLE 602 PM EDT TUE JUN 21 2005 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TO AFFECT THE AREA FROM EASLEY TO POWDERSVILLE TO PIEDMONT THROUGH 7 PM... AT 600 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHING FROM NEAR EASLEY TO PIEDMONT... MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH...HALF INCH HAIL...AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL AT RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR. ALSO AFFECTED THROUGH 7 PM WILL BE...BEREA...WELCOME AND THE GREENVILLE WEST SIDE. HG
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.