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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 142, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 7, 2005, 3:32 PM EDT for York County, South Carolina; Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. It was in force for 58 min. 4 reports 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 7, 2005, 3:32 PM EDT (19:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 7, 2005, 4:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Mecklenburg County, NC, York County, SC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:33 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 7, 3:42 PM EDT | HAIL 0.88 | Fort Mill, SC | A TRAINED STORM SPOTTER REPORTED NICKEL SIZED HAIL AT THE INTERSECTION OF HARRIS AND SPRAT STREETS. |
| Jul 7, 3:42 PM EDT | HAIL 0.88 | Fort Mill, SC | NICKEL SIZE HAIL IN FORT MILL. |
| Jul 7, 3:50 PM EDT | TORNADO | Charlotte, NC | TORNADO TOUCH DOWN REPORTED AT COMMUNITY HOUSE CIRCLE AND BLAKNEY DRIVE IN CHARLOTTE. |
| Jul 7, 4:10 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Mint Hill, NC | COUNTY REPORTS TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN IN MINT HILL |
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 38 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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 9:00 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 134 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
- 309 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -68 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1315 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 74 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 170 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS52 KGSP 071935
SVRGSP
NCC119-SCC091-072030-
/O.NEW.KGSP.SV.W.0142.050707T1932Z-050707T2030Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
332 PM EDT THU JUL 7 2005
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN MECKLENBURG COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA
EASTERN YORK COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA
* UNTIL 430 PM EDT
* AT 332 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 TEGA CAY...OR
ABOUT NEAR ROCK HILL...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
PINEVILLE AROUND 340 PM EDT...
SOUTHPARK MALL AROUND 345 PM EDT...
MATTHEWS AROUND 350 PM EDT...
MINT HILL AROUND 400 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. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN
EFFECT...AND THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR THIS THUNDERSTORM TO PRODUCE A
TORNADO.
LAT...LON 3509 8070 3500 8084 3506 8090 3497 8090
3492 8097 3505 8111 3536 8072 3532 8068
3528 8067 3521 8055
$$
HG1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS52 KGSP 072014
SVSGSP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
411 PM EDT THU JUL 7 2005
NCC119-SCC091-072030-
/O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0142.000000T0000Z-050707T2030Z/
MECKLENBURG NC-YORK SC-
411 PM EDT THU JUL 7 2005
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 430 PM EDT FOR
EASTERN YORK COUNTY...
AT 411 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THAT THE FIRST SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...WHICH PRODUCED NICKEL SIZE HAIL
NEAR FORT MILL...HAD MOVED NORTHEAST OF YORK COUNTY. HOWEVER...A
SECOND LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAS DEVELOPED OVER THE
SOUTHEAST PART OF THE COUNTY...AND COULD PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND
LARGE HAIL NEAR CATAWBA THROUGH 430 PM.
A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES FOR MECKLENBURG COUNTY UNTIL 445 PM EDT.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT THURSDAY EVENING
FOR THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA.
LAT...LON 3509 8070 3500 8084 3506 8090 3497 8090
3492 8097 3505 8111 3536 8072 3532 8068
3528 8067 3521 8055
$$
HGWhat 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 7, 2:49 PM EDT, 43 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 7, 2:49 PM EDT, 43 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 249 PM EDT THU JUL 7 2005 .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY)... ACTIVE WEATHER ASSOCIATED WITH THE REMNANTS OF CINDY CONTINUED OVER THE EASTERN PART OF THE CWA AT MID AFTERNOON. A STRONG WIND SHEAR PROFILE CONTINUED TO GENERATE TORNADIC SIGNATURES ALONG CONVECTIVE BANDS ON THE RADAR...WHILE BANDS OF HEAVY RAINSHOWERS CONTINUED TO GENERATE IN DEEP TROPICAL MOISTURE. AS THE SYSTEM TRANSLATES E THIS EVENING THE SEVERE STORM THREAT WILL DIMINISH...ALONG WITH THE HEAVY RAIN. THE TORNADO WATCH IS SET TO EXPIRE AT 4 PM EDT. THE FLOOD WATCH RUNS UNTIL EARLY TOMORROW MORNING SINCE AREAS THAT RECEIVED...OR WILL RECEIVE HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO EXPERIENCE FLOOD PROBLEMS AS RAINFALL DRAINS INTO STREAMS AND CREEKS THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. AS THE UPPER SYSTEM AND SURFACE BOUNDARY PUSH E LATE TONIGHT...HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS OVER THE AREA FRI INTO SAT...FOR A BRIEF PERIOD OF RECOVERY BEFORE HURRICANE DENNIS APPROACHES THE GULF COAST AND MAKES LANDFALL NEAR PENSACOLA SUNDAY. && .LONG TERM (SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY)... ALTHOUGH THE TRACK OF DENNIS IS EXPECTED TO STAY WELL W OF THE AREA...TROPICAL MOISTURE IS EXPECTED TO STREAM UP ACROSS THE REGION FOR THE FIRST PART OF THE WEEK. HAVE LIMITED EXTENDED POPS AND QPF DUE TO THE UNCERTAINTY OF EVENTUAL TRACK AND STRENGTH OF STORM...OTHERWISE HAVE STAYED CLOSE TO HPC GUIDANCE USING THE GFS...WHICH IS COMBINED WITH THE LATEST NHC TRACK. LATEST FORECAST HAS DENNIS MAKING LANDFALL ALONG GULF COAST VCNTY OF WHERE CINDY HIT SUN AFTN-EVE AND TRACKING NW INTO N MS MON...INTO FAR SE KS TUE. THIS TRACK WOULD KEEP DEEPEST TROPICAL MOISTURE AND BEST TORNADO THREAT W OF CWA. THE SYSTEM WILL TURN E AT SOME POINT HOWEVER AND TRACK N OF THE AREA. WITH UPPER LEVEL DIVERGENCE...LOW LEVEL UPSLOPE FLOW AND ABUNDANT MOISTURE...HAVE CHANCE POPS IN THE GRIDS THROUGH THE EXTENDED PERIOD. && .AVIATION... AS THE CENTER OF CIRCULATION OF THE REMNANTS OF CINDY CONTINUE TO MOVE OFF TO THE NORTHEAST...GRADUAL IMPROVEMENT WILL OCCUR FROM THE SOUTHWEST. LOW CIGS WILL HANG ON FOR THE NC TAFS THROUGH THE NIGHT. THERE MAY BE SOME BREAKS IN SC LATE TONIGHT. THE SKY WILL BECOME SCT FOR ALL TAFS AS WE GO INTO THE LATE MORNING TO MID DAY ON FRIDAY. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT NORTH TO SOUTH RAIN BAND WILL LEAVE HKY TO THE EAST THIS AFTN AND SHOULD BE MOVING EAST FROM CLT BY EARLY EVENING. GUSTY S-SW WINDS WILL DECREASE THIS EVE AS THE SYSTEM MOVES E. && .GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. NC...FLOOD WATCH FOR NCZ034>036-054>056-065>070 UNTIL 6 AM FRIDAY. SC...FLOOD WATCH FOR SCZ001>008-010 UNTIL 6 AM FRIDAY. && SHORT TERM...RB LONG TERM...RB AVIATION...DEO
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 7, 6:07 AM EDT, 9 hours 25 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 607 AM EDT THU JUL 7 2005 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082- SCZ001>014-019-081015- 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- 607 AM EDT THU JUL 7 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA... MUCH OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT HEAVY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD ACROSS THE NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE WESTERN CAROLINAS TODAY. RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 4 TO 8 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS TO 1 TO 4 INCHES ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT. THIS RAINFALL COULD RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT FLOODING AND LANDSLIDES. THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING...A FEW STORMS EAST OF THE MOUNTAINS MAY PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND POSSIBLY AN ISOLATED TORNADO. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY HURRICANE DENNIS WILL APPROACH THE GULF COAST STATES THIS WEEKEND...AND IS FORECAST TO MAKE LANDFALL ON SUNDAY. AS DENNIS APPROACHES...A SLOW MOVING FRONT SHOULD SLIDE WEST OVER THE WESTERN CAROLINAS. THIS FRONT SHOULD TRIGGER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM LATE SATURDAY THROUGH THE EARLY PART OF THE WORK WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TODAY. NED
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jul 7, 1:01 PM EDT, 2 hours 31 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
101 PM EDT THU JUL 07 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0100 PM FUNNEL CLOUD 3 NE HICKORY 35.77N 81.29W
07/07/2005 CATAWBA NC AMATEUR RADIO
FUNNEL CLOUD SPOTTED NEAR SECTION HOUSE ROAD AND 4TH
AVENUE.
&&
BURRUSLocal storm report, Jul 7, 1:46 PM EDT, 1 hour 46 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
146 PM EDT THU JUL 07 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0125 PM TSTM WND DMG MAIDEN 35.58N 81.21W
07/07/2005 CATAWBA NC LAW ENFORCEMENT
NUMEROUS TREES DOWN IN MAIDEN. ESPECIALLY HARD HIT WERE
BURNT LEAF ROAD AND BUD ARNDT ROAD.
&&
BURRUSLocal storm report, Jul 7, 1:58 PM EDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
158 PM EDT THU JUL 07 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0130 PM TORNADO MILLERSVILLE 35.86N 81.18W
07/07/2005 ALEXANDER NC COUNTY OFFICIAL
TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN IN MILLERSVILLE AND
WITTENBURG. ALSO MOBILE HOMES TURNED OVER ALONG HWY 16
SOUTH OF TAYLORSVILLE IN WITTENBURG.
0130 PM TORNADO MILLERSVILLE 35.86N 81.18W
07/07/2005 ALEXANDER NC BROADCAST MEDIA
ROOF OFF A HOME AND ANOTHER HOME DESTROYED IN THE
MILLERSVILLE COMMUNITY ALONG HWY 16.
&&
TJBSpecial weather statement, Jul 7, 2:15 PM EDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 215 PM EDT THU JUL 7 2005 NCZ069>072-082-SCZ009-014-072000- CABARRUS-CHESTER-GASTON-LINCOLN NC-MECKLENBURG-UNION NC-YORK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLOTTE...CHESTER...CONCORD...GASTONIA... LINCOLNTON...MONROE...ROCK HILL 215 PM EDT THU JUL 7 2005 ...LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TO MOVE THROUGH THE CHARLOTTE METRO AREA THROUGH 5 PM... A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE EAST AT 20 MPH ACROSS THE PIEDMONT OF THE WESTERN CAROLINAS THROUGH 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE WIND GUSTS TO 35 MPH...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL AT RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR. CONDITIONS ARE ALSO FAVORABLE FOR ANY OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS TO PRODUCE TORNADOES AT ANY TIME. BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM OF A SUBSTANTIAL STRUCTURE IF ANY TORNADO WARNINGS ARE ISSUED...OR A TORNADO IS OBSERVED. HG
Local storm report, Jul 7, 2:18 PM EDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
218 PM EDT THU JUL 07 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0300 AM TORNADO 10 W ANDERSON 34.52N 82.82W
07/07/2005 ANDERSON SC NEWSPAPER
POSSIBLE TORNADO WITH BOATS DAMAGED AND ONE TOSSED 100
YDS AT WESTERN CAROLINA SAILING CLUB OFF OF SR 187 ON
LAKE HARTWELL.
&&
TJBLocal storm report, Jul 7, 3:07 PM EDT, 25 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
307 PM EDT THU JUL 07 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0225 PM TSTM WND DMG 2 N HARMONY 35.99N 80.77W
07/07/2005 IREDELL NC COUNTY OFFICIAL
WIND DAMAGE/PSBLE TORNADO WITH TREES DOWN IN THE ROAD ON
HWY 21 NORTH OF HARMONY. ALSO TREES DOWN ON HWY 901 NEAR
HARMONY.
0225 PM TSTM WND DMG 5 N STATESVILLE 35.86N 80.89W
07/07/2005 IREDELL NC COUNTY OFFICIAL
TREES DOWN ALONG I-77 FROM EXIT 54 NORTH TO THE COUNTY
LINE. FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTED EARLIER ON HWY 901 AND
TAYLORSBURG ROAD AREA IN THE NORTH PART OF COUNTY.
&&
TJBThe office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 2:40 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Anderson | 53 min |
| Jul 7, 5:23 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Anderson | 3 hr |
| Jul 7, 7:30 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Greenville | 3 hr |
| Jul 7, 8:05 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Anderson | 3 hr |
| Jul 7, 8:32 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Pickens | 3 hr |
| Jul 7, 8:40 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Anderson | 33 min |
| Jul 7, 9:15 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Spartanburg | 6 hr |
| Jul 7, 9:32 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Greenville | 29 min |
| Jul 7, 10:07 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Spartanburg | 55 min |
| Jul 7, 4:01 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | York | 3 hr |
| Jul 7, 6:41 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Cleveland | 37 min |
| Jul 7, 8:08 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Catawba, Iredell | 67 min |
| Jul 7, 8:45 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Iredell | 45 min |
| Jul 7, 10:05 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Polk | 4 hr |
| Jul 7, 11:33 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Rutherford | 4 hr |
| Jul 7, 12:40 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Catawba | 50 min |
| Jul 7, 1:02 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Alexander | 58 min |
| Jul 7, 1:30 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Alexander | 3 hr |
| Jul 7, 1:31 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Iredell | 62 min |
| Jul 7, 1:57 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Iredell | 3 hr |
| Jul 7, 3:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Davie | 27 min |
| Jul 7, 3:41 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Mecklenburg | 49 min |
| Jul 7, 3:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Rowan | 13 min |
| Jul 7, 4:21 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Davie, Rowan | 3 hr |
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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.