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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 124, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

July 1, 2005Abbeville County, South Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 1, 2005, 5:25 PM EDT for Abbeville County, South Carolina. It was in force for 71 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Jul 1, 2005, 5:25 PM EDT (21:25 UTC)
Expired: Jul 1, 2005, 6:36 PM EDT
In force: 71 min
Issued by: NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Abbeville County, SC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:25 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jul 1, 5:40 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 N Calhoun Falls, SC	911 REPORTED 2 TREES BLOWN DOWN ALONG HIGHWAY 81 N

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

Did it verify

Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched one storm report to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 15 minutes after it went out.

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, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 201 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 856 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -63 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1043 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -14 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 3 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: -0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS52 KGSP 012126
SVRGSP
SCC001-012230-
/O.NEW.KGSP.SV.W.0124.050701T2125Z-050701T2230Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
525 PM EDT FRI JUL 1 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN ABBEVILLE COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA

* UNTIL 630 PM EDT

* AT 520 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
  OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LOWNDESVILLE...OR ABOUT 12
  MILES EAST OF ELBERTON...AND MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE...
  AT CALHOUN FALLS AROUND 540 PM EDT...
  NEAR ABBEVILLE AROUND 615 PM EDT...

INTENSE LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. STAY
INDOORS AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 3420 8273 3406 8261 3406 8235 3424 8228
      3430 8260

$$

MCAVOY/LANE

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS52 KGSP 012209
SVSGSP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
608 PM EDT FRI JUL 1 2005

SCC001-012230-
/O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0124.000000T0000Z-050701T2230Z/
ABBEVILLE SC-
608 PM EDT FRI JUL 1 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 630 PM EDT FOR 
SOUTHERN ABBEVILLE COUNTY...

AT 606 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CALHOUN FALLS...OR
ABOUT 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ABBEVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL MAINLY AFFECT RURAL LOCATIONS IN 
SOUTHERN ABBEVILLE COUNTY THROUGH 630 PM EDT. 

LAT...LON 3412 8266 3406 8261 3402 8259 3406 8233
      3413 8237 3417 8261

$$

MCAVOY/LANE

000 
WWUS52 KGSP 012236
SVSGSP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
635 PM EDT FRI JUL 1 2005

SCC001-012245-
/O.EXP.KGSP.SV.W.0124.000000T0000Z-050701T2230Z/
ABBEVILLE SC-
635 PM EDT FRI JUL 1 2005

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN ABBEVILLE COUNTY 
EXPIRED AT 630 PM EDT...

THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT EXTREME SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF 
ABBEVILLE COUNTY THROUGH ABOUT 7 PM...BUT THE THREAT OF SEVERE 
WEATHER HAS ENDED FOR NOW. 

LAT...LON 3412 8266 3406 8261 3402 8259 3406 8233
      3413 8237 3417 8261

$$

MCAVOY/LANE

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, 2:21 PM EDT, 3 hours 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 1, 2:21 PM EDT, 3 hours 4 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
221 PM EDT FRI JUL 1 2005

.SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY)...
ATMOSPHERE UNSTABLE AGAIN TODAY WITH CAPES BTWN 2000-3000 J/KG BY
EARLY AFTN. BEST LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE LIES WITH A COLD FRONT OVER
CNTRL TN AND WITH A LEE TROF ACROSS THE W-CNTRL CAROLINAS. THERE IS
WEAK DIFLUENT FLOW ALOFT AND A WEAK SHORTWAVE APPROACHING.
STRAIGHT- LINE WIND GUSTS STILL APPEAR TO BE THE MAIN CONVECTIVE
THREAT WITH STORMS THRU THIS EVE. THERE IS THE THREAT OF FLASH
FLOODING WITH HEAVY RAIN AS WELL...ESPECIALLY WHERE ANY TRAINING
CELLS OCCUR. EXPECT WIDESPREAD SHWRS AND TSTMS THRU THIS EVE WITH A
CONTINUED CHANCE OVERNIGHT AND SAT AS THE FRONT MOVES THROUGH.
FRONT PUSHES S OF AREA LATE SAT. EXPECT SCT LATE DAY CONVECTION
SUN-MON AS LOW LEVEL EASTERLY FLOW DEVELOPS AND BRINGS ATLANTIC
MOISTURE UPSLOPE TOWARD THE MTNS.

&&

.LONG TERM (MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY)...
SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WEAKENS TUE WHILE A COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM
THE NW...AND UPPER FLOW BEGINS TO SHIFT FROM A ZONAL PATTERN AS
AN UPPER TROF STARTS TO DEEPEN OVER E US. THIS SHOULD ALLOW MORE
VIGOROUS SHORTWAVES TO AFFECT THE REGION LATER IN THE WEEK. THE
FRONTAL BOUNDARY PUSHES INTO FROM CWA FROM THE NW WED AND STALLS
OVER THE AREA...THEN A SURFACE WAVE APPROACHES FROM THE W ON THU
WHILE A VIGOROUS SHORTWAVE ALOFT MOVES IN FROM THE W. THIS SHOULD
INCREASE THE CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THU AND FRI BUT
PLAN TO LIMIT POPS TO THE CHANCE CATEGORY TOWARD THE END OF NEXT
WEEK DUE TO TIMING AND STRENGTH UNCERTAINTIES.

&&

.AVIATION...
CONVECTION IS BLOWING UP OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN ONCE AGAIN THIS
AFTERNOON. CELLS ARE MOVING VERY SLOWLY ATTM...AROUND 4 KNOTS. IT IS
DIFFICULT TO SAY WHAT STORMS WILL DO ONCE THEY FINALLY MOVE OFF THE
HIGHER TERRAIN. YESTERDAYS CONVECTION TENDED TO DIMINISH ONCE IT
MOVED INTO THE LOWER ELEVATIONS...DESPITE THE IMPRESSIVE
INSTABILITY. FOR NOW...HAVE OPTED FOR A VCTS AT ALL SITES EXCEPT
AVL...WHERE THE TEMPO GROUP WAS RETAINED FROM THE PREVIOUS PACKAGE.
HOWEVER...WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR TRENDS FOR POSSIBLE AMENDMENTS
FOR CONVECTION...HOPEFULLY WITH A 2 HOUR LEAD TIME...THROUGH THE
AFTERNOON. LINE OF CONVECTION OVER EAST TENNESSEE MAY THREATEN THE
WESTERN-MOST TERMINALS DURING THE EARLY-TO-MID EVENING HOURS...SO
RETAINED VCTS THROUGH MIDNIGHT. OTHERWISE...EXPECT FOG SCENARIO SAT
MORNING VERY SIMILAR TO THAT OF FRI MORNING.

&&

.GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...NONE.
NC...NONE.
SC...NONE.
&&

SHORT TERM...RB
LONG TERM...RB
AVIATION...JDL

Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 1, 6:00 AM EDT, 11 hours 25 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

Local storm report, Jul 1, 1:43 PM EDT, 3 hours 42 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.

&&

TBENTHAL

Special weather statement, Jul 1, 2:59 PM EDT, 2 hours 26 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
259 PM EDT FRI JUL 1 2005

GAZ018-026-028-NCZ034-035-054>056-066>068-SCZ004>008-010-012000-
ALEXANDER-ANDERSON-BURKE NC-CALDWELL-CATAWBA-CHEROKEE SC-CLEVELAND-
FRANKLIN GA-GREATER GREENVILLE-GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS-HART-
MCDOWELL-POLK NC-RUTHERFORD-SPARTANBURG-STEPHENS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANDERSON...GAFFNEY...GREENVILLE...
HARTWELL...HICKORY...MARION...MORGANTON...RUTHERFORDTON...SHELBY...
SPARTANBURG...TOCCOA...TRYON
259 PM EDT FRI JUL 1 2005

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING OFF THE HIGHER TERRAIN...

AT 3:48 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT OF THE
WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA. SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL
PRODUCE FREQUENT AND INTENSE CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...ESPECIALLY
ACROSS NORTHERN GREENVILLE COUNTY IN SOUTH CAROLINA...POLK COUNTY IN
NORTH CAROLINA...AND STEPHENS AND NORTHERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN
GEORGIA. IN ADDITION...SLOW MOVEMENT OF THE SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL
PRODUCE HOURLY RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES. GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL
HAIL WILL ACCOMPANY THE STRONGEST STORMS.

LANE

Special weather statement, Jul 1, 4:02 PM EDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
402 PM EDT FRI JUL 1 2005

GAZ018-026-028-NCZ034-035-055-056-067>070-SCZ006>008-010-012-013-
012100-
ALEXANDER-ANDERSON-BURKE NC-CALDWELL-CATAWBA-CHEROKEE SC-CLEVELAND-
FRANKLIN GA-GASTON-GREATER GREENVILLE-HART-LAURENS SC-LINCOLN NC-
RUTHERFORD-SPARTANBURG-STEPHENS-UNION SC-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANDERSON...GAFFNEY...GASTONIA...
GREENVILLE...HARTWELL...HICKORY...LAURENS...LINCOLNTON...MORGANTON...
RUTHERFORDTON...SHELBY...SPARTANBURG...TOCCOA...UNION
402 PM EDT FRI JUL 1 2005

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE PIEDMONT...

AT 3:53 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE FOOTHILLS...
DRIFTING SOUTH AND EAST INTO THE PIEDMONT. AS THESE STORMS CONTINUE
TO PUSH TOWARD THE I-85 AND I-77 CORRIDORS...SOME OF THEM WILL
PRODUCE FREQUENT AND INTENSE CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. IN
ADDITION...SLOW MOVEMENT OF THE SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL PRODUCE
HOURLY RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES. GUSTY WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY
THE STRONGEST STORMS.

LANE

Local storm report, Jul 1, 4:59 PM EDT, 26 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
459 PM EDT FRI JUL 01 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0400 PM     TSTM WND DMG     2 NW LYMAN              34.97N 82.15W
07/01/2005                   SPARTANBURG        SC   BROADCAST MEDIA

            ONE LARGE TREE DOWN ON 2 HOUSES...ANOTHER PINE TREE ALSO
            DOWN.

0400 PM     HAIL             2 NW LYMAN              34.97N 82.15W
07/01/2005  0.75 INCH        SPARTANBURG        SC   BROADCAST MEDIA

            LASTED FOR SHORT DURATION...ON LAKEFRONT CIRCLE NEAR HWY
            357.

0400 PM     TSTM WND DMG     1 E GREER               34.94N 82.21W
07/01/2005                   SPARTANBURG        SC   COUNTY OFFICIAL

            POWER LINES AND TREES DOWN IN GREER.

&&

MOORE

Special weather statement, Jul 1, 5:02 PM EDT, 23 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
502 PM EDT FRI JUL 1 2005

GAZ029-NCZ035>037-056-057-068>072-082-SCZ008-009-011>014-019-012200-
ABBEVILLE-ALEXANDER-CABARRUS-CATAWBA-CHEROKEE SC-CHESTER-CLEVELAND-
DAVIE-ELBERT-GASTON-GREENWOOD-IREDELL-LAURENS SC-LINCOLN NC-
MECKLENBURG-ROWAN-UNION NC-UNION SC-YORK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ABBEVILLE...CHARLOTTE...CHESTER...
CONCORD...ELBERTON...GAFFNEY...GASTONIA...GREENWOOD...HICKORY...
LAURENS...LINCOLNTON...MOCKSVILLE...MONROE...ROCK HILL...SALISBURY...
SHELBY...STATESVILLE...UNION
502 PM EDT FRI JUL 1 2005

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE PIEDMONT...

AT 455 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE PIEDMONT OF THE CAROLINAS AND
NORTHEAST GEORGIA...CONTINUING TO DRIFT SOUTH AND EAST AT 15 MPH.
AS THESE STORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP INTO THE SOUTHERN UPSTATE...
CHARLOTTE METRO...AND THE INTERSTATE 85 AND 77 CORRIDORS...SOME OF
THEM WILL PRODUCE FREQUENT AND INTENSE CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. IN
ADDITION...SLOW MOVEMENT OF THE SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL PRODUCE
HOURLY RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES. GUSTY WINDS AND PERHAPS
HAIL WILL ACCOMPANY THE STRONGEST STORMS.

CSH

Special weather statement, Jul 1, 5:10 PM EDT, 15 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
510 PM EDT FRI JUL 1 2005

GAZ010-017-NCZ062-063-012215-
HABERSHAM-MACON NC-RABUN-SOUTHERN JACKSON NC-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLARKESVILLE...CLAYTON...FRANKLIN
510 PM EDT FRI JUL 1 2005

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS...

AT 505 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE NORTH GEORGIA MOUNTAINS AND INTO
WESTERN MACON COUNTY...AND DRIFTING EAST AT 15 MPH. LOCALES
FROM AROUND FRANKLIN...HIGHLANDS...CLAYTON...AND CLARKESVILLE...
AND NUMEROUS LOCATIONS IN BETWEEN SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR FREQUENT AND
INTENSE CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. IN ADDITION...SLOW MOVEMENT OF THE
SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL PRODUCE HOURLY RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2
INCHES. GUSTY WINDS AND PERHAPS HAIL WILL ACCOMPANY THE STRONGEST
STORMS.

CSH

The office that day

Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
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

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in South Carolina, 2005 Every 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.