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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 19, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 27, 2005, 4:42 PM EST for Greenville County, South Carolina. It was in force for 48 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
- Mar 27, 2005, 4:42 PM EST (21:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 27, 2005, 5:30 PM EST
- In force
- 48 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), 14 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:41 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
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 259 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 615 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 75 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 96 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 134 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 Mar 27, 4:42 PM EST, 0 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 27, 4:42 PM EST, 0 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 27, 11:54 AM EST, 4 hours 48 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1154 AM EST SUN MAR 27 2005 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014- 019-281100- ABBEVILLE SC-ALEXANDER NC-ANDERSON SC-AVERY NC-BUNCOMBE NC-BURKE NC- CABARRUS NC-CALDWELL NC-CATAWBA NC-CHEROKEE SC-CHESTER SC- CLEVELAND NC-DAVIE NC-ELBERT GA-FRANKLIN GA-GASTON NC-GRAHAM NC- GREATER GREENVILLE SC-GREATER OCONEE SC-GREATER PICKENS SC- GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS SC-GREENWOOD SC-HABERSHAM GA-HART GA-HAYWOOD NC- HENDERSON NC-IREDELL NC-LAURENS SC-LINCOLN NC-MACON NC-MADISON NC- MCDOWELL NC-MECKLENBURG NC-MITCHELL NC-NORTHERN JACKSON NC- OCONEE MOUNTAINS SC-PICKENS MOUNTAINS SC-POLK NC-RABUN GA-ROWAN NC- RUTHERFORD NC-SOUTHERN JACKSON NC-SPARTANBURG SC-STEPHENS GA- SWAIN NC-TRANSYLVANIA NC-UNION SC-UNION NC-YANCEY NC-YORK SC- 1150 AM EST SUN MAR 27 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE... THERE IS A RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT FOR ALL OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE WESTERN CAROLINAS. THE THREAT INCLUDES DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...AND ISOLATED TORNADOES. THE GREATEST RISK OF THIS SEVERE WEATHER IS IN THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT. THERE IS ALSO THE POTENTIAL FOR VERY HEAVY RAIN WHICH WOULD RESULT IN RAPID RISES ON AREA STREAMS AND CREEKS. FOR MORE DETAILS ON THIS SEVERE WEATHER AND HEAVY RAIN THREAT REFER TO...CAESPSGSP. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... EXPECT THE WIND TO INCREASE FOR MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT...WITH SUSTAINED WIND OF 15 TO 25 MPH IN THE MOUNTAINS WITH GUSTS OVER 30 MPH. WIND IN THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT WILL BE BREEZY AT 10 TO 20 MPH AND GUSTY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS ANTICIPATED FROM TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ON FRIDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING AS THE NEXT LOW PRESSURE PASSES TO OUR NORTH WITH THE ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT CROSSING FROM WEST TO EAST. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED ON SATURDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE LIKELY TODAY AND TONIGHT. 14
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Mar 27, 2:57 PM EST, 1 hour 45 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 257 PM EST SUN MAR 27 2005 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014- 019-280400- ABBEVILLE SC-ALEXANDER NC-ANDERSON SC-AVERY NC-BUNCOMBE NC-BURKE NC- CABARRUS NC-CALDWELL NC-CATAWBA NC-CHEROKEE SC-CHESTER SC- CLEVELAND NC-DAVIE NC-ELBERT GA-FRANKLIN GA-GASTON NC-GRAHAM NC- GREATER GREENVILLE SC-GREATER OCONEE SC-GREATER PICKENS SC- GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS SC-GREENWOOD SC-HABERSHAM GA-HART GA-HAYWOOD NC- HENDERSON NC-IREDELL NC-LAURENS SC-LINCOLN NC-MACON NC-MADISON NC- MCDOWELL NC-MECKLENBURG NC-MITCHELL NC-NORTHERN JACKSON NC- OCONEE MOUNTAINS SC-PICKENS MOUNTAINS SC-POLK NC-RABUN GA-ROWAN NC- RUTHERFORD NC-SOUTHERN JACKSON NC-SPARTANBURG SC-STEPHENS GA- SWAIN NC-TRANSYLVANIA NC-UNION SC-UNION NC-YANCEY NC-YORK SC- 257 PM EST SUN MAR 27 2005 ...SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK... THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER CONTINUES FOR LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. RAIN COOLED AIR HAS LEFT A BOUNDARY SEPARATING COOL STABLE AIR TO THE NORTH...AND WARMER MOIST AIR TO THE SOUTH. THIS BOUNDARY HAS PERSISTED ALL DAY...BUT HAS WEAKENED A BIT IN EASTERN SECTIONS OF UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...AND THE SOUTHERN PIEDMONT IN NORTH CAROLINA. THE TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT HAVE BEEN GRADUALLY RISING THROUGH THE DAY AT MANY STATIONS. THE COOL AIR REMAINED FIRMLY ENTRENCHED...FROM AROUND GREENVILLE TO ANDERSON...AND ALONG THE EASTERN EDGE OF THE MOUNTAINS...TO ABOUT SHELBY AND SPARTANBURG...BACK TO GREENVILLE. STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING NORTHEAST FROM ALABAMA AND GEORGIA WILL ENTER THE SOUTHWEST PART OF THE FORECAST AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON...AND SPREAD ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE AREA DURING THE EVENING. THERE IS A THREAT OF LARGE HAIL...EVEN AFTER THE STORMS START MOVING OVER THE COLDER AIR AT AND NEAR THE SURFACE. THE STORMS WILL TEND TO WEAKEN RAPIDLY HOWEVER...AS LONG AS THE COLD AIR REMAINS ENTRENCHED. LATER THIS EVENING...THE BOUNDARY MAY ERODE MORE ALONG ITS SOUTHERN EDGE...AND PLACES FROM HARTWELL AND ELBERTON...TO GREENWOOD...LAURENS...UNION...CHESTER...AND MONROE...MAY GET INTO THE WARMER AIR JUST TO THE SOUTH. STORMS MOVING ALONG THIS BOUNDARY COULD BE QUITE PRONE TO PRODUCE TORNADOES...AS WELL AS DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. A LARGE COMPLEX...OR LINE OF STORMS...IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP TONIGHT TO THE WEST...AND MOVE ACROSS MOST OF THE FORECAST AREA. THIS COMPLEX WILL BE CAPABLE OF LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND POSSIBLY SOME TORNADOES. IT IS POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS COULD DEVELOP AGAIN MONDAY...AS A STRONG UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS. IN ADDITION...HEAVY RAINFALL IS LIKELY TONIGHT...WITH SOME FLASH FLOODING OR URBAN FLOODING POSSIBLY DEVELOPING. THIS COULD BECOME A DANGEROUS SEVERE WEATHER SITUATION TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY FOR FOOTHILL AND PIEDMONT SECTIONS OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. COMMUNICATORS IN THOSE AREAS ARE URGED TO BRIEF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS ON THIS LATEST INFORMATION...AND ON ANY SEVERE WEATHER WATCHES WHICH MAY BE ISSUED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR THE MEDIA FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION OR SEVERE WEATHER WATCHES OR WARNINGS. JONES
Local storm report, Mar 27, 4:14 PM EST, 28 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 27, 4:04 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Macon | 46 min |
| Mar 27, 4:32 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Jackson | 43 min |
| Mar 27, 4:53 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Haywood, Transylvania | 52 min |
| Mar 27, 4:19 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Pickens | 41 min |
| Mar 27, 3:40 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Habersham, Rabun | 55 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in South 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.