Alert archive / South Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2005
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 192, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 5, 2005, 1:56 PM EDT for Chester County, South Carolina. It was in force for 37 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 5, 2005, 1:56 PM EDT (17:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 5, 2005, 2:33 PM EDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Chester County, SC
The radar
The Columbia radar (KCAE), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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Did it verify
Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.
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, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 208 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
- 1463 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -42 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1227 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -7 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -9 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS52 KGSP 051757 SVRGSP SCC023-051900- /O.NEW.KGSP.SV.W.0192.050805T1756Z-050805T1900Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 156 PM EDT FRI AUG 5 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... WESTERN CHESTER COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA * UNTIL 300 PM EDT * AT 150 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LEEDS...OR ABOUT 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CHESTER. THIS STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL MAINLY AFFECT LOCATIONS NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAYS 72 AND 215. 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. INTENSE LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. STAY INDOORS AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LAT...LON 3456 8123 3470 8126 3469 8146 3457 8142 $$ MCAVOY/LANE
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS52 KGSP 051833 SVSGSP SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 233 PM EDT FRI AUG 5 2005 SCC023-051843- /O.CAN.KGSP.SV.W.0192.000000T0000Z-050805T1900Z/ CHESTER SC- 233 PM EDT FRI AUG 5 2005 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WESTERN CHESTER COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE STORM HAS WEAKENED AND MOVED OUT OF THE COUNTY. LAT...LON 3456 8123 3470 8126 3469 8146 3457 8142 $$ 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 Aug 5, 10:22 AM EDT, 3 hours 34 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 5, 10:22 AM EDT, 3 hours 34 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1022 AM EDT FRI AUG 5 2005 .SHORT TERM (REST OF TODAY)... LOW LEVEL WINDS LIGHT AND VARIABLE...WITH LATEST MODEL RUNS SHOWING WEAK UPSLOPE HOLDING OFF UNTIL THIS AFTERNOON. FOG DISSIPATING BUT AREA REMAINS HAZY. HAVE BACKED OFF POPS UNTIL THIS AFTN BUT INCREASED POPS OVER MTNS BY EARLY AFTN. SCT COVERAGE STILL LOOKS GOOD...MAINLY MTNS...WITH SOME STORMS POSSIBLY BECOMING QUITE STRONG IN WEAKLY SHEARED BUT UNSTABLE ENVIRONMENT. && .PREVIOUS DISCUSSION... (ISSUED 409 AM EDT FRI AUG 5 2005) SHORT TERM (UPDATE FOR TODAY)... CONVECTIVE LINE OVER THE MIDLANDS DRIFTING NORTH AHEAD OF THE DISTURBANCE. WILL UPDATE TO INCREASE GOING ISO MENTION TO SCT ACROSS NE GA AND THE UPSTATE. ALSO...WILL INCREASE SKY PERCENTAGE OVER THE SAME AREA...LITTLE CHANGE TO CURRENT WORDING TO CURRENT FORECAST. PREVIOUS DISCUSSION... (ISSUED 305 AM EDT FRI AUG 5 2005) SHORT TERM (TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY)... THIN DEBRIS CLOUDS SHOULD REMAIN OVER THE UPPER SAVANNAH RIVER VALLEY THIS MORNING. NORTH OF THE CLOUD EDGE THIS MORNING...AREAS OF FOG HAS DEVELOPED WITH PATCHY DENSE FOG IN THE MTN VALLEYS. WV LOOP SHOWS A BAND OF VORT DRIFTING NORTH INTO THE CWA...EXPECTING EDGE OF MOIST AIR MASS TO REMAIN OVER THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE CWA TODAY. H5 RIDGE WILL BUILD SLIGHTLY EAST THIS AFTERNOON...FORECAST SOUNDINGS INDICATE THAT A WEAK SUBSIDENCE INVERSION WILL EXIST AROUND H6. CONVECTION SHOULD INITIATE OVER THE MTNS THIS AFTERNOON AS VORT MOVES NORTH AND PARCELS OVERCOME INVERSION. A FEW SH/TS COULD RESPOND TO THE PASSING DISTURBANCE AS EARLY AS THIS MORNING OVER THE UPSTATE AND NE GA. WILL FORECAST CHC POPS ACROSS THE HIGH TERRAIN AND THE UPPER SAVANNAH VALLEY...SCHC EAST. CHC FOR PULSE SEVERE LOOKS GREATER THAN AVERAGE...WITH A COMPROMISE FORECAST OF L90S T OVER U60S DWPTS YIELDS CAPES OVER 3K J/KG. SFC DELTA THETA-E REACHES 35 WITH LARGE HAIL GROWTH REGION...FORECAST VIL 55 TO 60. WILL ISSUE AN SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK TO HIGHLIGHT SEVERE POTENTIAL AND ISO FLASH FLOODING. TONIGHT...WEAK FRONT ON THE NAM AND GFS MOVES OVER THE OHIO RIVER VALLEY AND BECOMES NEARLY STATIONARY. BOTH MODELS AGREE THAT CLOSED H5 LOW WILL REMAIN OVER SRN LA/MS/AL OVER THE WEEKEND. MOISTURE BETWEEN THE SYSTEMS ALONG WITH WEAK UPSLOPE FLOW MAY SUPPORT CONVECTION UNTIL 6Z TONIGHT. SAT AND SUN...LITTLE CHANGE IN PATTERN EXPECTED AS TEMPS REMAIN AROUND 90 TO U80S. WILL ADVERTISE A SLIGHT INCREASING TREND IN DIURNAL CHC POPS FROM SAT TO SUN...WITH GREATEST COVERAGE OVER THE MTNS. LONG TERM (SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY)... CLOSED H5 LOW SHOULD OPEN UP SUN NIGHT AND RIPPLE OVER THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS MON AND TUE. GFS SHOWS THAT BROAD TROF WILL LINGER OVER THE REGION FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK...KEEPING CONDITIONS MOIST WITH CLIMO TEMPS. GOING FORECAST LOOKS GOOD AND WILL ONLY MAKE MINOR CHANGES. AVIATION... CONVECTIVE DEBRIS WILL LINGER OVER THE SRN TAF SITES WHILE STRATUS CONTINUES AT KAVL. MVFR BR/HZ WILL CONTINUE WITH TEMPO FOR IFR BR MAINLY KAND...BUT CANNOT BE RULED OUT FOR KGSP. THE EXCEPTION IS KAVL WHERE VLIFR PREVAILS. HAVE ALLOWED KAVL TO RISE TO IFR FROM 08Z TO 12Z AS OFTEN OCCURS...HOWEVER VLIFR COULD CONTINUE THROUGH SUNRISE. USED PERSISTENCE FOR RETURN TO VFR THIS MORNING...14 OR 15Z. INCLUDED CB ALL TAF SITES ALTHOUGH KAVL CERTAINLY HAS THE BEST CHC FOR CONVECTION. KEPT VFR CONDITIONS AFTER 00Z SAT...BUT WITH STAGNANT PATTERN...WILL REVISIT ONSET OF MVFR BR/HZ WITH 12Z TAFS. && .GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. && SHORT TERM...RB
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 5, 5:34 AM EDT, 8 hours 22 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 534 AM EDT FRI AUG 5 2005 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082- SCZ001>014-019-060945- 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- 534 AM EDT FRI AUG 5 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 TO DEVELOP OVER NORTHEAST GEORGIA...THE UPSTATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA...AND THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS BY THIS AFTERNOON. A FEW OF THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. THESE STORMS WILL ALSO MOVE VERY SLOWLY...INCREASING THE CHANCE FOR TORRENTIAL RAINFALL. FOR ADDITIONAL DETAILS SEE THE LATEST SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK (SPSGSP). .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH WEDNESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. NED
In the hours before
Local storm report, Aug 5, 10:13 AM EDT, 3 hours 43 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1013 AM EDT FRI AUG 05 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0505 PM HAIL 2 S BREVARD 35.21N 82.73W
08/04/2005 0.75 INCH TRANSYLVANIA NC PUBLIC
0505 PM TSTM WND DMG 2 S BREVARD 35.21N 82.73W
08/04/2005 TRANSYLVANIA NC PUBLIC
TREES BLOCKING HIGHWAY 276 JUST SOUTH OF THE CITY LIMITS.
&&
MCAVOYLocal storm report, Aug 5, 10:44 AM EDT, 3 hours 12 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1044 AM EDT FRI AUG 05 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0324 PM HAIL 9 W CLAYTON 34.88N 83.56W
08/04/2005 1.75 INCH RABUN GA PUBLIC
HAILED FOR NEARLY 30 MINUTES ON THE NORTHEAST SIDE OF
LAKE BURTON. HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF GOLF BALLS.
0254 PM TSTM WND DMG 8 W CLAYTON 34.88N 83.54W
08/04/2005 RABUN GA DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
TREE DOWN ON HIGHWAY 76 NEAR PERSIMMON.
&&
MCAVOYLocal storm report, Aug 5, 11:31 AM EDT, 2 hours 25 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1131 AM EDT FRI AUG 05 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0510 PM HAIL 4 N NEWLAND 36.14N 81.93W
08/04/2005 0.75 INCH AVERY NC DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
THE NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION REPORTED
DIME SIZED HAIL OCCURRED NEAR THE BANNER ELK AND SUGAR
MOUNTAIN AREA.
&&
OUTLAWSpecial weather statement, Aug 5, 1:31 PM EDT, 25 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 131 PM EDT FRI AUG 5 2005 NCZ033-034-048>055-058-059-062>067-051830- AVERY-BUNCOMBE-BURKE NC-CALDWELL-GRAHAM-HAYWOOD-HENDERSON-MACON NC- MADISON NC-MCDOWELL-MITCHELL NC-NORTHERN JACKSON NC-POLK NC- RUTHERFORD-SOUTHERN JACKSON NC-SWAIN-TRANSYLVANIA-YANCEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ASHEVILLE...BREVARD...CHEROKEE... FRANKLIN...HENDERSONVILLE...MARION...MORGANTON...NEWLAND... RUTHERFORDTON...SPRUCE PINE...SYLVA...TRYON...WAYNESVILLE 131 PM EDT FRI AUG 5 2005 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS... AT 125 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM THE EAST SIDE OF ASHEVILLE...NORTHEAST ALONG THE BLUE RIDGE PARKWAY NEAR LITTLE SWITZERLAND...JONAS RIDGE AND THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF CALDWELL COUNTY. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE SOUTHWEST AT 10 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL CROSS PORTIONS OF THE ASHEVILLE AND SKYLAND VICINITY. OTHER STORMS WERE LOCATED OVER THE PARK AND IN THE LAKE TOXAWAY VICINITY. A FEW OF THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG...GUSTY WIND AND SMALL HAIL. IF ANY OF THE STORMS REACH SEVERE CRITERIA... YOU MAY EXPECT DAMAGING WIND AND...OR LARGE HAIL OF PENNY SIZED OR LARGER. ANOTHER CONCERN WITH THE STORMS IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A FEW STORMS TO CROSS THE SAME LOCATION. IF A PARTICULAR PLACE RECEIVES REPEAT HEAVY RAIN FROM STORMS...FLOODING COULD DEVELOP. ALSO...THE STRONGEST STORMS ARE PRODUCING ALMOST CONTINUOUS LIGHTNING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO ALL HAZARDS OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLET FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. CSH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 2:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | York | 63 min |
| Aug 5, 2:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Laurens | 67 min |
| Aug 5, 3:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cherokee | 61 min |
| Aug 5, 3:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Spartanburg, Union | 66 min |
| Aug 5, 5:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Abbeville | 37 min |
| Aug 5, 5:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Oconee | 45 min |
| Aug 5, 6:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Pickens | 22 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.