Alert archive / South Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2005
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 201, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 5, 2005, 5:13 PM EDT for Abbeville 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, 5:13 PM EDT (21:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 5, 2005, 5:50 PM EDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Abbeville County, SC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:13 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.
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
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 203 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
- 239 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -99 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1289 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 8 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 45 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 41 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 052113 SVRGSP SCC001-052215- /O.NEW.KGSP.SV.W.0201.050805T2113Z-050805T2215Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 513 PM EDT FRI AUG 5 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... WESTERN ABBEVILLE COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA * UNTIL 615 PM EDT * AT 508 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES EAST OF LOWNDESVILLE...OR ABOUT 10 MILES WEST OF ABBEVILLE...AND MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 15 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... LOWNDESVILLE AROUND 530 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. LAT...LON 3417 8241 3433 8252 3420 8275 3405 8261 $$ MCAVOY
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS52 KGSP 052128 SVSGSP SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 528 PM EDT FRI AUG 5 2005 SCC001-052215- /O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0201.000000T0000Z-050805T2215Z/ ABBEVILLE SC- 528 PM EDT FRI AUG 5 2005 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 615 PM EDT FOR WESTERN ABBEVILLE COUNTY... AT 523 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LOWNDESVILLE...OR ABOUT 13 MILES WEST OF ABBEVILLE...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 15 MPH. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... LOWNDESVILLE THROUGH 535 PM EDT... LAT...LON 3417 8241 3433 8252 3420 8275 3405 8261 $$ BPM/SBK
000 WWUS52 KGSP 052150 SVSGSP SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 550 PM EDT FRI AUG 5 2005 SCC001-052200- /O.CAN.KGSP.SV.W.0201.000000T0000Z-050805T2215Z/ ABBEVILLE SC- 550 PM EDT FRI AUG 5 2005 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WESTERN ABBEVILLE COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED... THE STORMS HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE COUNTY. LAT...LON 3417 8241 3433 8252 3420 8275 3405 8261 $$ 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 Aug 5, 2:25 PM EDT, 2 hours 48 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 5, 2:25 PM EDT, 2 hours 48 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 225 PM EDT FRI AUG 5 2005 .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY)... SCT THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED EARLY...OVER THE MTNS FIRST...THEN ACROSS PIEDMONT. ATMOS QUITE UNSTABLE AGAIN TODAY WITH WEAK UPSLOPE FLOW DEVELOPING AND PW VALUES AROUND 1.5 IN AND RISING. EXPECTING SOME STRONG CONVECTION THROUGH EARLY-MID EVE. WITH WEAK STEERING FLOW FLASH FLOODING IS ALSO A CONCERN. CONVECTION WILL TAPER OFF OVERNIGHT WITH AREAS FOG DEVELOPING...ESP WHERE RAIN HAS FALLEN. LOOKS LIKE A REPEAT TOMORROW BUT WITH A BETTER H85 UPSLOPE WIND COMPONENT SO HAVE BUMPED POPS UP THIS AFTN AND SAT AFTN-EVE. && .LONG TERM (SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY)... THE CAROLINAS WILL REMAIN EAST OF THE SHEAR AXIS/ASSOCIATED SFC LOW PRESSURE THROUGH THE EARLY PORTION OF THE EXTENDED...WITH THE LATEST RUN OF THE NAM NOW ON BOARD WITH THE GFS IN SPREADING TROPICAL MOISTURE OVER THE REGION SATURDAY NIGHT. CONSIDERING THIS...AND WEAKLY DIFFLUENT UPPER FLOW ALONG WITH PERSISTENT LOW LEVEL UPSLOPE...CANNOT RULE OUT CONVECTION CONTINUING WELL INTO THE OVERNIGHT PERIOD...SO HAVE RETAINED CHANCE POPS THROUGH SAT NIGHT. WILL FEATURE LIKELY POPS IN THE FAVORED UPSLOPE AREAS FOR SUNDAY... WITH SOLID CHANCES ELSEWHERE. WITH INCREASED MOISTURE/CLOUDS/AND PERHAPS MORE WIDESPREAD RAINFALL...SUNDAY TEMPS COULD BE QUITE COOL...AS REFLECTED IN THE MAV. FOR NOW...HAVE SIDED WITH THE RELATIVELY WARMER MET NUMBERS...DUE TO SOME UNCERTAINTY REGARDING COVERAGE OF CONVECTION. BY EARLY-TO-MID WEEK...THE UPPER RIDGE BEGINS TO RETROGRADE INTO THE SOUTHEAST...WHICH ALLOWS THE LOW LEVEL FLOW TO VEER TO THE SOUTHWEST. ALTHOUGH THE DEEP LAYER RH WILL REMAIN QUITE HIGH...WILL TAPER POPS DOWN TO TOKEN DIURNAL CHANCES BY TUESDAY...WITH A GRADUAL WARMING TREND ANTICIPATED. && .AVIATION... CONVECTION INCREASING ACROSS CWA WITH TSTMS TEMPOED IN AT THE NC SITES THRU 22Z...CB AND VCTS ALL SITES THRU 00-01Z. HZ STILL A CONCERN BUT VFR AT ALL BUT KCLT ATTM. EXPECT CONVECTION TO DIE DOWN WITH COOLING BUT COULD SEE ISOLD TSTMS...MAINLY MTNS/FOOTHILLS OVERNIGHT. MVFR FOG FORECAST FROM 06Z ON BUT COULD GO LOWER IN AREAS THAT GET RAIN. SIMILAR CONDITIONS SAT BUT WITH STRONGER S FLOW 0-5K FT PROVIDING BETTER UPSLOPE ENHANCEMENT. && .GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. && SHORT TERM...RB LONG TERM...LANE AVIATION...RB
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 5, 5:34 AM EDT, 11 hours 39 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, 3:02 PM EDT, 2 hours 11 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
302 PM EDT FRI AUG 05 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0300 PM HAIL MARSHALL 35.80N 82.68W
08/05/2005 0.75 INCH MADISON NC EMERGENCY MNGR
EOC REPORTS SLIGHTLY LARGER THAN PENNY HAIL
&&
LANELocal storm report, Aug 5, 3:30 PM EDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
330 PM EDT FRI AUG 05 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0319 PM TSTM WND DMG YORK 35.00N 81.24W
08/05/2005 YORK SC AMATEUR RADIO
2.5 INCH DIAMETER LIMBS BLOWN DOWN ON SHILOH RD
&&
LANELocal storm report, Aug 5, 3:52 PM EDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
352 PM EDT FRI AUG 05 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0305 PM TSTM WND DMG CLINTON 34.48N 81.87W
08/05/2005 LAURENS SC COUNTY OFFICIAL
911 CENTER REPORTS TREES DOWN ON BROOK RD JUST OFF
TORRINGTON RD AND ON JOSHUAS PLACE RD
0325 PM HAIL LAURENS 34.50N 82.03W
08/05/2005 0.75 INCH LAURENS SC AIRPLANE PILOT
911 CENTER REPORTS PENNY HAIL
0310 PM TSTM WND DMG BLACKSBURG 35.12N 81.52W
08/05/2005 CHEROKEE SC COUNTY OFFICIAL
911 CENTER REPORTS ONE TREE DOWN
&&
LANELocal storm report, Aug 5, 4:20 PM EDT, 53 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
420 PM EDT FRI AUG 05 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0340 PM TSTM WND DMG WATERLOO 34.35N 82.06W
08/05/2005 LAURENS SC DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS REPORTS TREES DOWN ON MEDIACL
RIDGE ROAD...TORRINGTON ROAD...RIVER FORK ROAD...EKOM
BEACH ROAD AND INDIAN MOUND ROAD. A LARGE SECTION OF
HIGHWAY 221 IS ALSO BEING CLEARED OF DOWNED TREES AND
DEBRIS.
0338 PM TSTM WND DMG 2 E LAURENS 34.50N 81.99W
08/05/2005 LAURENS SC EMERGENCY MNGR
TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN ALONG A STRETCH OF HIGHWAY 76
BETWEEN LAURENS AND CLINTON. TRAFFIC BACKED UP IN THE
VICINITY OF COUNTRY CLUB ROAD AND THE COUNTRY CLUB.
&&
BURRUSSpecial weather statement, Aug 5, 4:50 PM EDT, 23 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 450 PM EDT FRI AUG 5 2005 SCZ010-011-052200- ABBEVILLE-ANDERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ABBEVILLE...ANDERSON 450 PM EDT FRI AUG 5 2005 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM SOUTHERN LAKE HARTWELL TO LAKE RUSSELL... AT 437 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ACROSS SOUTHWEST ANDERSON COUNTY INTO NORTHWEST ABBEVILLE COUNTY. THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS NEAR 50 MPH...PEA SIZE HAIL...AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING SLOWLY SOUTHWEST AND RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM. BOATERS AND SWIMMERS SHOULD TAKE COVER AND MOVE INLAND IMMEDIATELY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO ALL HAZARDS OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLET FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. SBK
Local storm report, Aug 5, 4:53 PM EDT, 20 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
453 PM EDT FRI AUG 05 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0430 PM TSTM WND DMG 1 W UNION 34.72N 81.64W
08/05/2005 UNION SC EMERGENCY MNGR
TREES DOWN ON JERUSALEM ROAD AND HIGHWAY 18...NORTH AND
WEST OF UNION. TREES ALSO DOWN ON LIPSEY STREET IN UNION.
EVENTS OCCURRED BETWEEN 415 PM AND 430 PM.
&&
BURRUSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 1:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Chester | 37 min |
| 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, 5:58 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.