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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 182, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 28, 2005, 7:46 PM EDT for Iredell County, North Carolina. It was in force for 62 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 28, 2005, 7:46 PM EDT (23:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 28, 2005, 8:48 PM EDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Iredell County, NC
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 139 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:48 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 28, 8:20 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Harmony, NC | COMMS CENTER REPORTS A TREE DOWN NEAR MM 65 ON I-77 AND ANOTHER ON BUTLER MILL RD LAST EVENING |
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 34 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
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 94 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
- 281 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -214 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1168 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 38 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 135 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS52 KGSP 282347
SVRGSP
NCC159-290030-
/O.NEW.KGSP.SV.W.0181.050728T2346Z-050729T0030Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
746 PM EDT THU JUL 28 2005
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
ROWAN COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA
* UNTIL 830 PM EDT
* AT 743 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS
IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF CLEVELAND TO SALISBURY TO 9
MILES SOUTHEAST OF ROCKWELL...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
SPENCER AROUND 750 PM...
PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THIS LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE
ALERT FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND
LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN CAN OCCUR WITH ANY THUNDERSTORM.
INTENSE LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS LINE OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS. STAY INDOORS AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
LAT...LON 3575 8074 3550 8039 3550 8017 3571 8034
3587 8069
$$
RWH2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS52 KGSP 290012 SVSGSP SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 812 PM EDT THU JUL 28 2005 NCC097-290045- /O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0182.000000T0000Z-050729T0045Z/ IREDELL NC- 812 PM EDT THU JUL 28 2005 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 845 PM EDT FOR NORTHERN IREDELL COUNTY... AT 808 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM LOVE VALLEY TO HARMONY...MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR... UNION GROVE AROUND 820 PM EDT... LAT...LON 3577 8109 3578 8073 3605 8069 3605 8100 $$ NED
000 WWUS52 KGSP 290048 SVSGSP SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 846 PM EDT THU JUL 28 2005 NCC097-290056- /O.EXP.KGSP.SV.W.0182.000000T0000Z-050729T0045Z/ IREDELL NC- 846 PM EDT THU JUL 28 2005 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN IREDELL EXPIRED AT 845 PM EDT... THE STRONGEST PART OF THE STORM HAS MOVED OUT OF THE COUNTY. LAT...LON 3577 8109 3578 8073 3605 8069 3605 8100 $$ MCAVOY
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 28, 2:44 PM EDT, 5 hours 2 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 28, 2:44 PM EDT, 5 hours 2 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 244 PM EDT THU JUL 28 2005 .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY)... 88D TRENDS THROUGH THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON SHOULD DEPICT BLOSSOMING CVRG OF DEEP CONVECTION THANKS TO THE COMBINATION OF DEEPER RH PRESSING IN FROM THE NORTHWEST...A MODERATELY TO VERY UNSTABLE AIRMASS AND LLVL CONVERGENCE AXIS BISECTING THE CWFA. WILL CONTINUE TO FCST NUMEROUS TSTM CVRG THROUGH MIDNIGHT. FOR THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...SHORT RANGE MODELS HAVING TROUBLE RESOLVING THE DETAILS OF SPECIFIC AREAS OF LIFT...BUT BOTH THE NAM AND THE GFS HAVE PCPN RESPONSE LINGERING ACRS NC... SO WILL HANG ONTO LIKELY CVRG THERE AND DROP POP TO SCATTERED EVERYWHERE ELSE. ON FRIDAY...CONTINUED UNSETTLED WEATHER LOOKS PROBABLE AS UPPER TROUGH AXIS DIGS JUST UPSTREAM OF THE CWFA WITH A PRETTY STOUT AREA OF LARGE SCALE ASCENT AHEAD OF THE TROUGH AXIS. AGAIN... MODELS LINGER DEEP RH WITHIN THE CWFA AND DECENT AGREEMENT AMONG NUMERICAL GUIDANCE POP ADVERTISING ANOTHER AFTERNOON/EVENING WITH NUMEROUS TSTMS. && .LONG TERM (FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY)... THE UPPER TROUGH AXIS WILL SLOWLY DRIFT TO THE EAST COAST DURING THE WEEKEND AS THE SURFACE FRONT LINGERS AND GRADUALLY FADES OVER OR NEAR THE COASTAL PLAIN DURING THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. HIGH PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES OF OVER TWO INCHES WILL COEXIST WITH THE FRONT AT LEAST THROUGH THE FIRST HALF OF THE WEEKEND. A GOOD AREA OF OMEGA WILL MOVE NORTHEAST NEAR INTERSTATE 85 FRIDAY NIGHT. AFTER THAT...NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MAINLY CONFINED TO LOCATIONS SOUTHEAST OF INTERSTATE 85. A FEW INCHES OF RAIN COULD FALL IN PARTS OF THE CAROLINAS AND GEORGIA DURING THE NEXT FEW DAYS. IF THE FRONT REMAINS CLOSER TO THE COAST AS EXPECTED AND SLOWLY DISSIPATE...OUR CHANCES OF RAIN WILL DIMINISH GOING INTO THE UPCOMING WEEK. WITH A COOLER AIRMASS AND LOTS OF CLOUDINESS...NO MORE NEAR RECORD TEMPERATURES FOR A WHILE. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL BE BACK TO NEAR NORMAL BY MID NEXT WEEK. WE WILL THEN BE WATCHING THE PROGRESS OF THE NEXT TROPICAL SYSTEM WHICH IS PROJECTED TO APPROACH THE BAHAMAS IN MID WEEK THEN PERHAPS MOVE WEST WITH HIGH PRESSURE BLOCKING IT FROM GOING NORTH. && .AVIATION... THE COMBINATION OF DEEPER RH PRESSING IN FROM THE NORTHWEST...A MODERATELY TO VERY UNSTABLE AIRMASS AND LLVL CONVERGENCE AXIS BISECTING THE CWFA COINCIDENT WITH SYNOPTIC SCALE FRONT...SHOULD CONTINUE TO PROMOTE DEEP CONVECTIVE CVRG BECOMING NUMEROUS AND WILL CARRY AT LEAST TWO TEMPO PERIODS AT ALL TAF LOCATIONS TO COVER HIGH TSTM PROBABILITIES YET REFLECT TIMING UNCERTAINTY. AS THE NIGHT WEARS ON...SHORT RANGE MODELS PROGGING BETTER WAA LIFT NORTH OF FRONT AND WILL HANG ONTO SHOWER CHANCES FURTHER INTO THE OVERNIGHT FOR MY NC TAFS. AT THIS POINT... DOES NOT LOOK LIKE ANYTHING WORSE THAT MVFR RESTRICTIONS DURING THE PRE-DAWN HOURS. && .GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. && SHORT TERM...CSH LONG TERM...DEO AVIATION...CSH
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 28, 4:10 AM EDT, 15 hours 36 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 410 AM EDT THU JUL 28 2005 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082- SCZ001>014-019-290815- 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 NC- OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS- GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG- CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER- GREENWOOD- 410 AM EDT THU JUL 28 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA... MUCH OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THIS MORNING...THEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY THROUGH THE NIGHT. SOME STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS...ESPECIALLY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN ARE ALSO LIKELY AND FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY IN AREAS WHERE CELLS TRAIN OR REDEVELOP OVER THE SAME AREAS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY THROUGH SATURDAY...WITH A CHANCE OF STORMS CONTINUING THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN ARE EXPECTED AND FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE INTO THE WEEKEND. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. RB
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jul 28, 6:46 PM EDT, 1 hour before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
646 PM EDT THU JUL 28 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0600 PM TSTM WND DMG MONROE 34.99N 80.54W
07/28/2005 UNION NC COUNTY OFFICIAL
TREES DOWN AROUND THE TOWN OF MONROE.
&&
TJBLocal storm report, Jul 28, 6:57 PM EDT, 49 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
657 PM EDT THU JUL 28 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0650 PM TSTM WND GST 2 S MOORESVILLE 35.55N 80.81W
07/28/2005 67 MPH IREDELL NC AMATEUR RADIO
113 ROYALTON RD, 1 MILE EAST OF ROCKY ROAD SOUTH OF
MOORESVILLE.
&&
TJBLocal storm report, Jul 28, 7:13 PM EDT, 33 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
713 PM EDT THU JUL 28 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0635 PM TSTM WND DMG HARTWELL 34.35N 82.93W
07/28/2005 HART GA FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
TREES DOWN ON POWERLINES ALL OVER HARTWELL.
&&
TJBSpecial weather statement, Jul 28, 7:19 PM EDT, 27 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 719 PM EDT THU JUL 28 2005 GAZ010-017-018-SCZ001-290030- RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-OCONEE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...CLARKESVILLE...TOCCOA 719 PM EDT THU JUL 28 2005 ...HEAVY RAINFALL AND POSSIBLY GUSTY WINDS IN PARTS OF EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA... A SMALL LINE OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS MOVING FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS SOUTHERN RABUN AND NORTHERN HABERSHAM COUNTIES IN GEORGIA WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN OCONEE COUNTY SOUTH CAROLINA BEFORE 745 PM. ANOTHER AREA OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED OVER OCONEE COUNTY FROM NORTH OF SALEM WEST TO MOUNTAIN CITY THEN SOUTH TO JUST EAST OF WALHALLA. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO OCONEE COUNTY FROM GEORGIA WILL POSSIBLY MERGE WITH THE SHOWERS ALREADY IN THE COUNTY TO PRODUCE A PERIOD OF LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. EXCESSIVE RAINFALL COULD CAUSE RAPID RISES IN CREEKS AND STREAMS. STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. STAY IN TOUCH WITH THE LATEST WEATHER CONDITIONS AND FORECASTS DURING THE REMAINDER OF THE EVENING. LGL
Local storm report, Jul 28, 7:29 PM EDT, 17 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
729 PM EDT THU JUL 28 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0550 PM TSTM WND DMG GASTONIA 35.25N 81.17W
07/28/2005 GASTON NC COUNTY OFFICIAL
TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN. ALSO...STRUCTURAL FIRES CAUSED
BY LIGHTNING.
&&
TJBLocal storm report, Jul 28, 7:38 PM EDT, 8 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
738 PM EDT THU JUL 28 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0631 PM TSTM WND DMG DAVIDSON 35.50N 80.85W
07/28/2005 MECKLENBURG NC COUNTY OFFICIAL
NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN WITH SOME ON HOUSES.
0631 PM TSTM WND DMG HUNTERSVILLE 35.42N 80.85W
07/28/2005 MECKLENBURG NC COUNTY OFFICIAL
NUMEROUS TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN WITH SOME ON HOUSES.
&&
TJBThe office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 28, 2:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Yancey | 39 min |
| Jul 28, 5:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cleveland | 66 min |
| Jul 28, 5:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Polk | 61 min |
| Jul 28, 5:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Gaston | 61 min |
| Jul 28, 5:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Rutherford | 55 min |
| Jul 28, 6:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Union | 59 min |
| Jul 28, 6:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Mecklenburg | 58 min |
| Jul 28, 6:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cleveland | 54 min |
| Jul 28, 6:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Iredell, Rowan | 60 min |
| Jul 28, 7:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Union | 48 min |
| Jul 28, 7:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Burke, Caldwell, Catawba | 69 min |
| Jul 28, 7:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Davie | 66 min |
| Jul 28, 7:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Alexander | 56 min |
| Jul 28, 7:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Rowan | 35 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.