Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2005
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 119, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 1, 2005, 2:17 PM EDT for Burke County, North Carolina. It was in force for 62 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 1, 2005, 2:17 PM EDT (18:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 1, 2005, 3:19 PM EDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Burke County, NC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:18 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 167 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
- 1113 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -55 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 996 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 45 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 40 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
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 1, 10:45 AM EDT, 3 hours 32 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 1, 10:45 AM EDT, 3 hours 32 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 1, 6:00 AM EDT, 8 hours 17 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 600 AM EDT FRI JUL 1 2005 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082- SCZ001>014-019-021000- 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- 600 AM EDT FRI JUL 1 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA... MUCH OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP TODAY AND CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BE SEVERE. PLEASE SEE CAESPSGSP FOR ADDITIONAL DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE EACH DAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 1, 11:33 AM EDT, 2 hours 44 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1133 AM EDT FRI JUL 1 2005 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082- SCZ001>014-019-012200- 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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...CLARKESVILLE...TOCCOA... HARTWELL...ELBERTON...NEWLAND...STATESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE... SPRUCE PINE...CHEROKEE...WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...MARION... MORGANTON...HICKORY...SALISBURY...SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD... HENDERSONVILLE...COLUMBUS...RUTHERFORDTON...SHELBY...LINCOLNTON... GASTONIA...CHARLOTTE...CONCORD...MONROE...GREENVILLE... SPARTANBURG...GAFFNEY...ROCK HILL...ANDERSON...ABBEVILLE... LAURENS...UNION...CHESTER...GREENWOOD 1133 AM EDT FRI JUL 1 2005 ...SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK... TODAY IS EXPECTED TO BE THE HOTTEST DAY OF THE YEAR SO FAR ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA. THE WARM TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH HIGH LEVELS OF MOISTURE WILL RESULT IN A VERY UNSTABLE AIRMASS. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ONCE AGAIN BY EARLY AFTERNOON. THE MOST LIKELY AREA FOR DEVELOPMENT DURING THIS TIME WILL BE ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS. HOWEVER...A SHOWER OR STORM COULD DEVELOP ANYWHERE ACROSS THE AREA AT ANY GIVEN TIME. STORMS DEVELOPING OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN MAY ORGANIZE AND MOVE SOUTHEAST INTO THE FOOTHILLS AND FAR WESTERN PIEDMONT DURING THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. THE GREATER CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE THIS EVENING...AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE REGION FROM THE TENNESSEE VALLEY. NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND STORMS MAY ACCOMPANY THIS FEATURE INTO THE MOUNTAINS BY EARLY EVENING...AND GRADUALLY SPREAD EAST TOWARD THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT DURING THE EVENING HOURS. ANY STORMS DEVELOPING THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SEVERE WEATHER...MAINLY IN THE FORM OF DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. IN ADDITION...SLOW STORM MOVEMENT WILL RESULT IN A THREAT OF LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...AND PERHAPS ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. LANE
Local storm report, Jul 1, 1:43 PM EDT, 34 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
143 PM EDT FRI JUL 01 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0800 PM TSTM WND DMG 9 N TURNERSBURG 36.04N 80.81W
06/30/2005 IREDELL NC CO-OP OBSERVER
TREES DOWN AND 1 LARGE LIMB ON ROADWAY ON WARREN BRIDGE
ROAD ALONG THE IREDELL AND WILKES COUNTY LINE.
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TBENTHALThe office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 5:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Mecklenburg | 70 min |
| Jul 1, 6:08 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Mecklenburg | 3 hr |
| Jul 1, 2:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Greenville | 71 min |
| Jul 1, 4:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Spartanburg | 57 min |
| Jul 1, 4:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Greenville | 40 min |
| Jul 1, 5:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Spartanburg, Union | 74 min |
| Jul 1, 5:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Abbeville | 71 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Carolina, 2005Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2005
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.