Alert archive / South Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2005
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 36, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 22, 2005, 3:47 PM EDT for Greenwood County, Laurens County, South Carolina. It was in force for 43 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
- Apr 22, 2005, 3:47 PM EDT (19:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 22, 2005, 4:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Greenwood County, SC, Laurens County, SC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:49 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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 22, 2:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 242 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
- 342 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -81 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 856 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 36 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 40 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 221948
SVRGSP
SCC047-059-222030-
/O.NEW.KGSP.SV.W.0036.050422T1947Z-050422T2030Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
347 PM EDT FRI APR 22 2005
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
LAURENS COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA
GREENWOOD COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA
* UNTIL 430 PM EDT
* AT 343 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR GREENWOOD...AND
MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
NINETY SIX BY 405 PM EDT
7 MILES SOUTH OF CROSS HILL BY 415 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 3397 8203 3398 8203 3397 8217 3402 8224
3398 8230 3403 8232 3413 8224 3421 8224
3434 8233 3441 8224 3448 8231 3454 8223
3477 8214 3458 8189 3453 8165 3436 8178
3429 8189 3420 8194 3412 8187 3395 8204
$$
WAJ/LGLWhat 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 Apr 22, 3:21 PM EDT, 26 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 22, 3:21 PM EDT, 26 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
321 PM EDT FRI APR 22 2005
.SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY)...
MCS MOVING ACROSS THE CENTRAL PART OF THE CWFA ATTM. SFC FLOW AHEAD
OF THE SYSTEM IS STRENGTHENING AND BAKCING WITH DWTPS RAPIDLY
RECOVERING INTO THE LOWER 60S. SYSTEM SHOULD CONTINUE TO CHUG EAST
PRODUCING PLENTY OF DAMAING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL...AND THERE MAY
EVEN BE A TORNADO OR TWO ASSOCIATED WITH A MESO LOW THAT HAS FROMED
OVER THE WESTERN UPSTATE. ONCE THIS SYSTEM CLEARS THE CWFA...THE
QUESTION BECOMES WHAT TO DO ABOUT THE AS YET NON-EXISTANT SECOND MCS
WE ARE EXPECTEING.
NAM AND RUC BOTH SHOW CONSIDERABLE DESTABLIZATION DURING THE EARLY
EVENING HOURS ACROSS ERN TN/KY SOUTH INTO AL/GA AHEAD OF THE SFC
FRONT UNDER THE STRONG H5 LOW CURRENTLY OVER SE MO. IF THE SFC
CONVERGENCE STRENGHTENS AS THE MODELS ADVERTISE...THEN WE SHOULD SEE
ANOTHER SYSTEM AS FORMIDDABLE AS THE CURRENT ONE. IN FACT...EHI/S
ARE HIGHER WITH TONIGHTS EXPECTED SYSTEM AS FLOW BACKS STRONGLY
AHEAD OF THE DEEPENING SFC LOW THAT PASSES TO OUR N. FOR NOW WL KEEP
LIKLEY POPS IN THE ZONES THROUGH THE NIGHT AS TIMING IS NOT A SURE
BET...BUT THE EVENTUAL DEVELOPMENT OF MORE STORMS ALONG THE FRONT
DOES LOOK VERY PROBABLE.
AS THE STRONG UPPER LOW CONSOLIDATES OVER OHIO SAT...NW FLOW AND
MUCH COLDER AIR INVADE. H8 TEMPS WL FALL TO AROUND -8 DEG C OVER
MUCH OF THE MTNS SAT NGHT. TEMPS WL FALL THROUGH THE DAY ON SAT OVER
THE HIGH TERRAIN...AND SOME ACCUMULATING SNOW WL BE POSSIBLE BY LATE
IN THE DAY. SAT NGHT 1000-500 MB LAYER RH VALUES INCREASE TO OVER
70% MOST OF THE NGHT...AND NW FLOW INCREASES TO AROUND 35 KTS WITH
VERY LOW HEIGHTS. ALL OF THIS POINTS TO A GOOD SHOT OF NW FLOW SNOW.
WL UP TOTALS A LITTLE...ESPECIALLY FROM MADISON CO N. WARM GROUND
SHOULD KEEP ACCUMS DOWN IN THE VALLEYS...BUT FALLING TEMPS SHOULD
RESULT IN SLUSH FREEZING INTO ICE WHICH WL MAKE FOR BAD TRAVEL. AT
HIGHER ELEVATIONS...2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW MAY FALL. DO NOT PLAN TO
ISSUE A WINTER STORM WATCH ATTM.
WE WL...HOWEVER...ISSUE A FREEZE WATCH FOR SAT NGHT FOR ALL OF THE
NC MTNS. OUTSIDE THE MTNS TEMPS SHOULD STAY ABOVE FREEZING...AND
THERE SHOULD BE ENUF MIXING TO PRECULDE MUCH FROST. HOWEVER...IT WL
NOT TAKE MUCH COOLER TEMPS FOR THE FOOTHILLS TO SEE A FREEZE.
SUN NGHT WL HAVE BETTER FROST AND POSSIBLE FREEZE POTENTIAL OUTSIDE
THE MTNS WITH ANOTHER FREEZE EXPECTED IN THE MTNS.
&&
.LONG TERM (MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY)...
EXTENDED PERIOD OF THIS PACKAGE BEGINS WITH CONTINUED SUPPORT
FOR NORTHWEST FLOW SNOW SHOWERS FOR HIGHER TERRAIN AREAS. LATEST
GFS AND THE UKMET BRING ANOTHER WEAK BOUNDARY...AND INCREASED
FLOW AND LOW LEVEL MOISTURE INTO THE CENTRAL AND NORTHERN
NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS BORDERING TENNESSEE. THE AIRMASS IS
EXPECTED TO STILL BE UNUSUALLY COLD. CLOUDINESS WILL LIKELY
CONTINUE IN SOME FASHION OVER THE TENNESSEE BORDER MONDAY...
BUT PARTLY CLOUDY AND A NOTICEABLE WARMING TREND EXPECTED TO ENSUE
ON MONDAY.
MEDIUM RANGE ENSEMBLES DIFFER QUITE A BIT WITH REGARD TO THE
NEXT FRONTAL SYSTEM...EXPECTED TO DROP SOUTH OVER THE FORECAST
AREA DURING THE TUESDAY/TUESDAY NITE PERIOD. GFS ADVERTISES ENOUGH
MOISTURE AND LIFT WITH SHORTWAVE ACTION TO WARRANT CONVECTIVE
CHANCES...ALTHOUGH POPS WERE LOWERED TO SLIGHT CHANCE FOR THE NORTH
CAROLINA PORTION OF THE FORECAST AREA DURING THE LATE OVERNIGHT
PERIOD. MODELS PROGGING A QUITE MOIST ALBEIT WEAKLY-FORCED
ATMOSPHERE FOR WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY WE LEFT THESE
PERIODS WITH SLIGHT CHANCE POPS...ALTHOUGH IT APPEARS A STRONG
SHORTWAVE AND ASSOCIATED FRONT WILL BE NEARING THE WESTERN CWFA
AS NEXT THURSDAY NITE ENDS.
&&
.AVIATION...
PERIODS OF IFR FOG WILL CONTINUE AT KAVL UNTIL SUNRISE.
LOW PRESSURE OVER THE PLAINS WILL DEEPEN AND TRACK EAST ALONG A
STALLED FRONT. AS THE DEEPENING LOW APPROACHES...THE PRESSURE
GRADIENT WILL INCREASE OVER THE WESTERN CAROLINAS. BY MID
MORNING...ALL TERMINALS SHOULD SEE A DECENT SW WIND (SOUTH AT
KAVL). WINDS WILL BECOME GUSTY AS THE MIXING HEIGHT INCREASES IN THE
AFTERNOON.
TEMPERATURES WILL CLIMB INTO THE MID TO UPPER 70S WITH DWPTS IN THE
MID 50S OR BETTER. BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON...CAPES ARE EXPECTED TO
BUILD TO 900-1500 J/KG WITH VERY LITTLE CIN. ENOUGH FORCING TO
TRIGGER DEEP CONVECTION MAY ARRIVE THIS AFTERNOON AS ONE IN A SERIES
OF VORTS PASS OVER THE REGION. WILL HANDLE WITH A LATE
AFTERNOON/EARLY EVENING TEMPO FOR TSRA AT ALL TERMINALS. ANOTHER
WAVE OF TS IS EXPECTED WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE FRONT AFTER 0Z SAT.
AT THIS POINT...WILL LIMIT MENTION OF TS AFTER 0Z SAT TO KAND.
&&
.GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...NONE.
NC...FREEZE WATCH FOR NCZ033-048>054-058-059-062>065 FROM 6 PM
SATURDAY TO 6 AM SUNDAY.
SC...NONE.
&&
SHORT TERM...MCAVOY
LONG TERM...JDL
AVIATION...JDLHazardous weather outlook, Apr 22, 5:55 AM EDT, 9 hours 52 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 555 AM EDT FRI APR 22 2005 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014- 019-240955- 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- 555 AM EDT FRI APR 22 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE... VERY WINDY CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP BY AFTERNOON ACROSS THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS...WITH WINDY CONDITIONS EXPECTED ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH...ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS FROM NOON TODAY THROUGH NOON SUNDAY. THE STRONG NORTHWEST FLOW WILL ALSO USHER IN VERY COLD TEMPERATURES...WITH FREEZING LOWS LIKELY TONIGHT ACROSS THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS...THE NORTHERN NORTH CAROLINA FOOTHILLS...AND THE GEORGIA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS FROM RABUN COUNTY TO NORTHERN GREENVILLE COUNTY. FOR FURTHER DETAILS ON THE WIND AND FREEZE THREAT...PLEASE SEE THE LATEST URGENT WEATHER MESSAGE...NPWGSP...FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG. THE NORTHWEST WINDS WILL ALSO PUSH ABUNDANT LOW LEVEL MOISTURE INTO THE WESTERN SLOPES OF THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS LATE TODAY THROUGH LATE SUNDAY. ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED...WITH 1 TO 2 INCHES POSSIBLE NEAR THE SMOKY MOUNTAINS...AND 1 TO 3 INCHES POSSIBLE IN NORTHERN MOUNTAIN LOCATIONS. FOR FURTHER DETAILS...SEE THE LATEST URGENT WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...WSWGSP...FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL BE POSSIBLE AGAIN ON SUNDAY NIGHT...AND PIEDMONT LOCATIONS MAY BE AT RISK AS WELL AS THE MOUNTAINS. TEMPERATURES THEN RECOVER THROUGH MID WEEK...AS ANOTHER STRONG STORM SYSTEM DEVELOPS IN THE PLAINS. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE REGION FROM TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY AS THIS SYSTEM MOVES EAST. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. GERAPETRITIS
In the hours before
Local storm report, Apr 22, 3:17 PM EDT, 30 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
317 PM EDT FRI APR 22 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0302 PM TSTM WND DMG SIMPSONVILLE 34.73N 82.26W
04/22/2005 GREENVILLE SC AMATEUR RADIO
TREES DOWN 12 FT OAK TREE DOWN
&&
PTANNERLocal storm report, Apr 22, 3:18 PM EDT, 29 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
318 PM EDT FRI APR 22 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0302 PM TSTM WND DMG SENECA 34.69N 82.96W
04/22/2005 OCONEE SC LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREE DOWN ON HOUSE
&&
PTANNERLocal storm report, Apr 22, 3:31 PM EDT, 16 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
331 PM EDT FRI APR 22 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0315 PM TSTM WND DMG DUNCAN 34.94N 82.14W
04/22/2005 SPARTANBURG SC LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES DOWN ON POWER LINES
&&
PTANNERLocal storm report, Apr 22, 3:33 PM EDT, 14 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
333 PM EDT FRI APR 22 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0315 PM HAIL 6 N GREER 35.03N 82.23W
04/22/2005 0.50 INCH GREENVILLE SC PUBLIC
BETWEEN GREER AND NORTH GREENVILLE COLLEGE DIME SIZE HAIL
&&
PTANNERLocal storm report, Apr 22, 3:44 PM EDT, 3 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
344 PM EDT FRI APR 22 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0240 PM TSTM WND DMG PICKENS 34.88N 82.71W
04/22/2005 PICKENS SC LAW ENFORCEMENT
ROOF BLOWN OFF HOUSE SHADY GROVE ROAD
&&
PTANNERLocal storm report, Apr 22, 3:45 PM EDT, 2 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
345 PM EDT FRI APR 22 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0240 PM TSTM WND DMG 1 E SPARTANBURG 34.94N 81.91W
04/22/2005 SPARTANBURG SC LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREE DOWN ON CAR POWER LINES DOWN EAST OF CITY WESTVEIW
AREA
&&
PTANNERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 22, 1:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Abbeville, Anderson | 52 min |
| Apr 22, 1:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Oconee | 43 min |
| Apr 22, 1:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Pickens | 62 min |
| Apr 22, 2:26 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Pickens | 49 min |
| Apr 22, 2:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Abbeville | 62 min |
| Apr 22, 2:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Anderson | 60 min |
| Apr 22, 2:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Greenville | 61 min |
| Apr 22, 2:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Greenwood | 65 min |
| Apr 22, 3:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Spartanburg | 58 min |
| Apr 22, 3:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Anderson | 54 min |
| Apr 22, 3:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cherokee, Union | 52 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.