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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 190, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 4, 2005, 6:25 PM EDT for Buncombe County, North Carolina. It was in force for 52 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
- Aug 4, 2005, 6:25 PM EDT (22:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 4, 2005, 7:17 PM EDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Buncombe County, NC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 243 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
- 1110 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -47 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1407 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 5 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 11 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 23 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 Aug 4, 2:19 PM EDT, 4 hours 6 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 4, 2:19 PM EDT, 4 hours 6 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 219 PM EDT THU AUG 4 2005 .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY)... BROAD UPPER RIDGE REMAINS OVER AREA...WHILE SFC HIGH PRESSURE MEANDERS JUST TO THE N. ATMOSPHERE QUITE UNSTABLE AND WITH SFC HEATING COMBINED WITH WEAK UPPER FORCING...ISOLD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING ALONG MTNS AND FOOTHILLS. EXPECT SCT COVERAGE MTNS AND NC FOOTHILLS...ISOLD ELSEWHERE INTO THIS EVE. LIGHT WINDS WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. A COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE NW FRI WITH A SFC TROF DEVELOPING AHEAD OF IT...RIGHT ACROSS THE CWA. THIS WILL LIKELY PROVIDE A FOCUS FOR DEEPER CONVECTION FOR THE AFTN AND HAVE INCREASED POPS AFTN-EVE. TEMPS WILL TOP OUT LATE THIS AFTN...THEN LOWERING THICKNESS VALUES... MORE CLOUDS AND BETTER COVERAGE OF SHWRS AND TSTMS SHOULD LIMIT HEATING BY A COUPLE DEGREES FRI. && .LONG TERM (SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY)... BY SAT AFTERNOON...WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY APPROACHES THE AREA FROM THE NORTH...BUT IS EXPECTED TO STALL IN OR NEAR THE AREA...AS UPPER RIDGE RETROGRADES ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST. THE NAM AND GFS ARE AT ODDS WITH THE STRENGTH OF THE RIDGE OVER THE SOUTHEAST...WITH THE NAM BUILDING A RATHER SHARP SHORT WAVE RIDGE (COINCIDENT WITH LARGE AREA OF LOW LAYER RH) OVER THE CAROLINAS ON SAT...NORTH OF A DEVELOPING DEEP BUT WEAK CYCLONIC CIRCULATION. MEANWHILE...THE GFS...WHICH ALSO DEVELOPS THIS CIRCULATION...IS NOT AS SHARP WITH THE RIDGE...AND ACTUALLY SPREADS TROPICAL MOISTURE OVER THE AREA BY AFTERNOON. FOR NOW...WILL COMPROMISE BETWEEN THESE SOLUTIONS AND FEATURE TYPICAL EARLY AUGUST CONDITIONS...WITH SCATTERED DIURNAL CONVECTION SAT AND SUN. DIURNAL CONVECTIVE CHANCES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE NEXT 7 DAYS...ALTHOUGH COVERAGE COULD IMPROVE BY MID-WEEK...AS THE GFS DEPICTS THE RIDGE BREAKING DOWN A BIT...IN RESPONSE TO A SERIES OF SW TROUGHS MOVING ACROSS THE MIDWEST. BY LATE IN THE PERIOD...WILL TAPER POPS DOWN TO SLIGHT CHANCE...AS DEEP LAYER DRYING COMMENCES IN THE WAKE OF A WEAK SW TROUGH. && .AVIATION... MTNS AND NC PIEDMONT CONTINUE TO HAVE THE BEST CHANCE FOR CONVECTION SO HAVE INCLUDED CB CLOUD TYPE AT KAVL AND KHKY INTO THIS EVE. EXPECT TEMPO EARLY AM IFR FOG AT KAVL...WITH WIDESPREAD MVFR ELSEWHERE TIL 14Z. BY EARLY AFTN FRI A SFC TROF DEVELOPS ACROSS THE PIEDMONT...OUT AHEAD OF A FRONTAL BOUNDARY WHICH WILL APPROACH FROM THE NW. HAVE ADDED CB CLOUDS ALL TAF SITES BY NOON AND VCTS AT KAVL. && .GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. && SHORT TERM...RB LONG TERM...LANE AVIATION...RB
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 4, 5:36 AM EDT, 12 hours 49 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 536 AM EDT THU AUG 4 2005 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082- SCZ001>014-019-050945- 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- 536 AM EDT THU AUG 4 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA... MUCH OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED IN THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE REST OF THE AREA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. 07
In the hours before
Local storm report, Aug 4, 3:54 PM EDT, 2 hours 31 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
354 PM EDT THU AUG 04 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0253 PM TSTM WND DMG 3 E CLAYTON 34.88N 83.35W
08/04/2005 RABUN GA COUNTY OFFICIAL
COMMS CENTER REPORTS TREE DOWN ON WARWOMAN RD
0322 PM TSTM WND DMG 3 SE CLAYTON 34.85N 83.36W
08/04/2005 RABUN GA COUNTY OFFICIAL
COMMS CENTER REPORTS TREE DOWN ON HIGHWAY 76
&&
LANELocal storm report, Aug 4, 5:28 PM EDT, 57 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
528 PM EDT THU AUG 04 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0510 PM HAIL 3 WSW BREVARD 35.22N 82.78W
08/04/2005 0.50 INCH TRANSYLVANIA NC LAW ENFORCEMENT
DEPUTY OBSERVED PEA TO MARBLE HAIL
&&
JONESSpecial weather statement, Aug 4, 5:47 PM EDT, 38 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 547 PM EDT THU AUG 4 2005 NCZ059-063-042245- NORTHERN JACKSON NC-SOUTHERN JACKSON NC- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...SYLVA 547 PM EDT THU AUG 4 2005 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO SOUTHERN JACKSON COUNTY... AT 541 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR WOLF MOUNTAIN...MOVING WEST AT 15 MPH. AT THIS CURRENT MOTION...THIS STORM WILL EFFECT TUCKASEGEE AND CULLOWHEE BETWEEN 6 AND 615 PM. ALONG THE PATH OF THIS STORM... EXPECT FREQUENT LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WIND TO 40 MPH. CSH
Special weather statement, Aug 4, 6:20 PM EDT, 5 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 620 PM EDT THU AUG 4 2005 NCZ053-042300- BUNCOMBE- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...ASHEVILLE 620 PM EDT THU AUG 4 2005 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM ACROSS BUNCOMBE COUNTY... AT 615 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR WOODFIN...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 15 MPH. AT THIS CURRENT MOTION...THIS STORM WILL AREAS AROUND LEICESTER AND PERHAPS AS FAR SOUTH AS CANDLER THROUGH 7 PM. ALONG THE PATH OF THIS STORM...EXPECT FREQUENT LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WIND TO 40 MPH. CSH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 4, 4:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Transylvania | 58 min |
| Aug 4, 5:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Avery | 36 min |
| Aug 4, 2:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Rabun | 60 min |
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.