Alert archive / South Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2005
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 52, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 10, 2005, 4:25 PM EDT for Laurens County, South Carolina. It was in force for 66 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
- May 10, 2005, 4:25 PM EDT (20:25 UTC)
- Expired
- May 10, 2005, 5:31 PM EDT
- In force
- 66 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Laurens County, SC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:25 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
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 248 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
- 120 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -127 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1150 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 12 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 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 102025 SVRGSP SCC059-102130- /O.NEW.KGSP.SV.W.0052.050510T2025Z-050510T2130Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 425 PM EDT TUE MAY 10 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... LAURENS COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA * UNTIL 530 PM EDT * AT 419 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HICKORY TAVERN...OR ABOUT 15 MILES WEST OF LAURENS...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... HICKORY TAVERN BY 500 PM EDT GRAY COURT AND 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF LAURENS BY 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. ALTHOUGH LARGE HAIL IS THE BIGGEST THREAT WITH THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...BRIEF DAMAGING WINDS COULD ALSO OCCUR. LAT...LON 3448 8231 3432 8214 3449 8198 3466 8213 $$ NED/SBK
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS52 KGSP 102107 SVSGSP SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 503 PM EDT TUE MAY 10 2005 SCC059-102130- /O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0052.000000T0000Z-050510T2130Z/ LAURENS SC- 503 PM EDT TUE MAY 10 2005 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 530 PM EDT FOR LAURENS COUNTY... AT 459 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM GRAY COURT TO CROSS HILL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. AT 505 PM...THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED AT GRAY COURT. IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL...THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR... CROSS HILL BY 510 PM EDT LAURENS BY 520 PM EDT ORA BY 530 PM EDT LAT...LON 3448 8231 3421 8194 3440 8176 3476 8213 $$ NED/SBK
000
WWUS52 KGSP 102130
SVSGSP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
528 PM EDT TUE MAY 10 2005
NCC121-199-102200-
/O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0055.000000T0000Z-050510T2200Z/
MITCHELL NC-YANCEY NC-
528 PM EDT TUE MAY 10 2005
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 600 PM EDT FOR
YANCEY AND MITCHELL COUNTIES...
AT 528 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LEDGER...OR ABOUT 6 MILES
NORTHWEST OF SPRUCE PINE...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 15 MPH.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
BAKERSVILLE AND BANDANA BY 535 PM EDT
9 MILES NORTHEAST OF BURNSVILLE BY 535 PM EDT
POPLAR AND 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF RAMSEYTOWN BY 600 PM EDT
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT FRIDAY
EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT
FRIDAY EVENING FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA.
LAT...LON 3610 8237 3600 8214 3596 8205 3593 8210
3588 8212 3587 8214 3586 8210 3581 8216
3586 8243 3590 8246
$$
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 May 10, 3:00 PM EDT, 1 hour 25 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 10, 3:00 PM EDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 300 PM EDT TUE MAY 10 2005 .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY)... COVERAGE OF DEEP CONVECTION WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE THRU LATE DAY ALONG AND AHEAD OF EASTWARD WOBBLING MID-LVL S/WV...CURRENTLY SPINNING TOWARD NE GA. POCKETS OF MODERATE INSTABILITY COMBINED WITH JUST WITH ENUF SHEAR...ESPECIALLY IN THE PIEDMONT...TO SUPPORT SOME MULTI-CELL CLUSTERS INTO THE EARLY EVENING. ISOLATED SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL CONTINUE AS WELL WITH PRIMARY THREAT BEING LARGE HAIL THANKS TO LOW WET BULB ZERO HEIGHTS. GIVEN THE COMBINATION OF WEAKENING DEEP LAYER FORCING AND BLYR STABILIZATION THANKS TO LOSS OF HEATING...CVRG EXPECTED TO WANE SLOWLY DURING THE EVENING HOURS. ON WEDNESDAY...IT CONTINUES TO LOOK LIKE WE WILL BE UNDER MEAN NORTHERLY FLOW THROUGH A DEEP LAYER BETWEEN BUILDING UPPER RIDGE TO OUR WEST AND UPPER LOW ALONG COAST. SOME DEGREE OF LLVL EASTERLY FLOW DEVELOPS WITHIN WEAKLY FORCED ATMOSPHERE...SO COULD BE DIURNAL FOCUS OF TSTMS NEAR THE HIGHER TERRAIN OR PERHAPS EAST OF THE CWFA WHERE BETTER LLVL CONVERGENCE LOOKS TO SET UP. AT ANY RATE...A SHOTGUN SLIGHT CHANCE FOR DIURNAL STORMS FOR ALL AREAS WILL CONTINUE. STRENGTHENING UPPER RIDGE TO BUILD OVER THE CWFA THURSDAY...LEADING TO WHAT LOOKS LIKE A PRETTY SUPPRESSED ATMOSPHERE...BUT NAM/GFS IN GOOD AGREEMENT WITH ORIENTATION AND MAGNITUDE OF E-W ORIENTED INSTABILITY AXIS ACRS NC...SO A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR AFT/EVE STORMS WILL BE PLACED IN THIS AREA. TRICKY FCST SETTING UP FOR THU NITE/FRIDAY AS UPPER RIDGE LINGERS BUT A BACKDOOR FRONT APRCHS. THIS BNDRY COULD BE THE FOCUS FOR DEEP CONVECTION...PROBABLY JUST DURING THE DAYTIME HOURS ON FRIDAY...AND HOW MUCH COOLER AIR WORKS INTO CENTRAL/WESTERN NC BEHIND FRIDAY LEAVES MAXES QUESTIONABLE AS WELL. && .LONG TERM (FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY)... HAVE CLOSELY FOLLOWED HPC SCENARIO OF ECMWF THROUGH THE MEDIUM RANGE. THIS SCENARIO WILL BRING A SURFACE FRONT IN FROM THE WEST ON SUNDAY THAT WILL LAY DOWN ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA ON MONDAY. AS A RESULT...A THREAT OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL EXIST THROUGHOUT THE MEDIUM RANGE PERIOD...PARTICULARLY SUNDAY AND MONDAY. WILL LIMIT POP TO CHANCE AT THIS POINT. TEMPS WILL FOLLOW HPC GUIDANCE. && .AVIATION... PASSAGE OF UPPER LOW AND COLD AIR ALOFT WILL KEEP MODERATE INSTABILITY ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS INTO THE EARLY EVENING. EXPECT MOST TAF SITES TO EVENTUALLY HAVE A BRUSH WITH THUNDERSTORMS...MOST LIKELY AT KAVL THROUGH THE MID AFTERNOON AND KCLT DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON. WILL AMEND TAFS AS CONVECTIVE TRENDS DICTATE. APART FROM CONVECTIVE STORMS...CLOUDS SHOULD REMAIN VFR. CONVECTION SHOULD WANE IN THE MID TO LATE EVENING LEAVING A GREAT DEAL OF CONVECTIVE DEBRIS OVERNIGHT. NEXT SET OF TAFS WILL MOST LIKELY DEAL WITH FOG AT LOCATIONS THAT EXPERIENCE PRECIP. AFTER THE FOG BURNS OFF...MAINLY CIRRUS WITH A LIGHT NE FLOW IN THE MORNING. && .GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. && SHORT TERM...CSH LONG TERM...PM AVIATION...PM
Hazardous weather outlook, May 10, 7:14 AM EDT, 9 hours 11 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 714 AM EDT TUE MAY 10 2005 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082- SCZ001>014-019-111115- 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- OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS- GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG- CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- 714 AM EDT TUE MAY 10 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA...UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA TODAY...MAINLY THIS AFTERNOON. ONE OR TWO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE...WITH LARGE HAIL AND PERHAPS A DAMAGING WIND GUST OR TWO BEING THE PRIMARY THREATS. IN ADDITION...STORMS DEVELOPING TODAY WILL MOVE VERY SLOWLY... RESULTING IN LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...AND POSSIBLY ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY ISOLATED TO SCATTERED...MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED FOR MUCH OF THE PERIOD. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED. LANE
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 10, 1:45 PM EDT, 2 hours 40 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 145 PM EDT TUE MAY 10 2005 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082- SCZ001>014-019-102115- 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- OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS- GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG- CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...CLARKESVILLE...TOCCOA... HARTWELL...ELBERTON...NEWLAND...STATESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE... SPRUCE PINE...CHEROKEE...WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...MARION... MORGANTON...HICKORY...SALISBURY...SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD... HENDERSONVILLE...COLUMBUS...RUTHERFORDTON...SHELBY...LINCOLNTON... GASTONIA...CHARLOTTE...CONCORD...MONROE...GREENVILLE... SPARTANBURG...GAFFNEY...ROCK HILL...ANDERSON...ABBEVILLE... LAURENS...UNION...CHESTER...GREENWOOD 145 PM EDT TUE MAY 10 2005 ...STRONG STORMS TO AFFECT THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON... AN UPPER LEVEL STORM WILL SLOWLY CROSS THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON AND PRODUCE FAIRLY STRONG SCATTERED TO WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. SIGNIFICANT STORM ACTIVITY IS CURRENTLY OCCURING ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA. THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING PEA SIZE HAIL...STRONG WINDS...AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL. RAINFALL RATES ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS HAVE RANGED BETWEEN A FEW TENTHS OF AN INCH TO AROUND ONE AND HALF INCHES PER HOUR WITH THE HEAVIER STORMS. AREAS OF LOCALIZED FLOODING COULD OCCUR ESPECIALLY ALONG LOW LYING AREAS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. STORM ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE UPSTATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA BY MID AFTERNOON...AS WELL AS THE FOOTHILLS AND PEIDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA. THE BIGGEST THREAT WITH THESE STORMS WILL BE THE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE HAIL AND STRONG WINDS. HOWEVER...RAINFALL RATES WITH THESE SLOW MOVING STORMS WILL BE HIGH ENOUGH TO PRODUCE URBAN FLOODING AND SIGNIFICANTLY LIMIT VISIBILITIES WHILE DRIVING. KRENTZ
Local storm report, May 10, 2:04 PM EDT, 2 hours 21 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
204 PM EDT TUE MAY 10 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1245 PM HAIL 4 E FRANKLIN 35.18N 83.31W
05/10/2005 0.88 INCH MACON NC PUBLIC
NICKEL SIZE HAIL AT CULLASAJA COUNTRY STORE ON HWY 64.
0150 PM HAIL 1 S TOCCOA 34.57N 83.32W
05/10/2005 0.75 INCH STEPHENS GA TRAINED SPOTTER
3/4 INCH HAIL NEAR TOCCOA ON HWY 17 NEAR JUNCTION 123.
0203 PM HAIL 3 E TOCCOA 34.58N 83.27W
05/10/2005 1.00 INCH STEPHENS GA TRAINED SPOTTER
DIME TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL ON 123 EAST OF TOCCOA.
&&
TJBLocal storm report, May 10, 2:22 PM EDT, 2 hours 3 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
222 PM EDT TUE MAY 10 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0220 PM HAIL 2 E UNION 34.72N 81.59W
05/10/2005 1.75 INCH UNION SC EMERGENCY MNGR
PENNY TO GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AT MONARCH MILLS EAST OF
UNION.
&&
TJBLocal storm report, May 10, 3:54 PM EDT, 31 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
354 PM EDT TUE MAY 10 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0345 PM HAIL 8 E ABBEVILLE 34.18N 82.24W
05/10/2005 0.75 INCH GREENWOOD SC PUBLIC
ABBEVILLE COUNTY 911 REPORTED 3/4 INCH HAIL 10 MILES WEST
OF GREENWOOD...VERY CLOSE TO THE ABBEVILLE/GREENWOOD
COUNTY LINE. THIS LOCATION IS ALSO 10 MILES WEST OF
GREENWOOD.
&&
BURRUSLocal storm report, May 10, 4:10 PM EDT, 15 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
410 PM EDT TUE MAY 10 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0330 PM HAIL HARTWELL 34.35N 82.93W
05/10/2005 0.75 INCH HART GA TRAINED SPOTTER
PENNY SIZE HAIL AT THE HARTWELL POST OFFICE.
&&
SBKLocal storm report, May 10, 4:23 PM EDT, 2 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
423 PM EDT TUE MAY 10 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0415 PM TSTM WND DMG CHERRYVILLE 35.38N 81.38W
05/10/2005 GASTON NC TRAINED SPOTTER
TREE DOWN ON ACADEMY STREET.
&&
CSHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 10, 1:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Union | 61 min |
| May 10, 2:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Oconee | 43 min |
| May 10, 2:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | York | 45 min |
| May 10, 2:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Chester | 33 min |
| May 10, 3:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Greenwood | 66 min |
| May 10, 4:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | York | 50 min |
| May 10, 4:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Abbeville | 50 min |
| May 10, 4:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Greenville | 65 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.