Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2005
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 72, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 6, 2005, 3:05 PM EDT for Burke County, Caldwell County, North Carolina. It was in force for 56 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
- Jun 6, 2005, 3:05 PM EDT (19:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 6, 2005, 4:01 PM EDT
- In force
- 56 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Burke County, NC, Caldwell County, NC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:05 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
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 165 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
- 1149 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -54 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1169 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 8 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 22 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 061905
SVRGSP
NCC023-027-062000-
/O.NEW.KGSP.SV.W.0072.050606T1905Z-050606T2000Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
305 PM EDT MON JUN 6 2005
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN CALDWELL COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA
BURKE COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA
* UNTIL 400 PM EDT
* AT 259 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
GAMEWELL...OR ABOUT 7 MILES NORTH OF MORGANTON...AND MOVING SOUTH
AT 5 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
MORGANTON AROUND 350 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 3589 8154 3595 8175 3573 8191 3559 8181
3554 8161
$$
RWH2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS52 KGSP 061935
SVSGSP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
334 PM EDT MON JUN 6 2005
NCC023-027-062000-
/O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0072.000000T0000Z-050606T2000Z/
CALDWELL NC-BURKE NC-
334 PM EDT MON JUN 6 2005
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 400 PM EDT FOR BURKE
AND SOUTHERN CALDWELL COUNTIES...
AT 329 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED ABOUT 10 MILES NORTH OF MORGANTON...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 10
MPH.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
MORGANTON AROUND 345 PM EDT...
GLEN ALPINE AROUND 355 PM EDT...
ALTHOUGH LARGE HAIL IS THE BIGGEST THREAT WITH THIS SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM...BRIEF DAMAGING WINDS COULD ALSO OCCUR.
LAT...LON 3589 8154 3595 8175 3573 8191 3559 8181
3554 8161
$$
RWH000
WWUS52 KGSP 062001
SVSGSP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
400 PM EDT MON JUN 6 2005
NCC023-027-062010-
/O.EXP.KGSP.SV.W.0072.000000T0000Z-050606T2000Z/
CALDWELL NC-BURKE NC-
400 PM EDT MON JUN 6 2005
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR BURKE AND SOUTHERN CALDWELL
COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...
THE STORM THAT CAUSED THE SEVERE WEATHER OVER BURKE AND SOUTHERN
CALDWELL COUNTIES HAS WEAKENED. THEREFORE...THE WARNING HAS BEEN
ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
LAT...LON 3589 8154 3595 8175 3573 8191 3559 8181
3554 8161
$$
RWHWhat 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 Jun 6, 3:01 PM EDT, 4 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 6, 3:01 PM EDT, 4 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 301 PM EDT MON JUN 6 2005 .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY)... SCT SH/TS HAVE DEVELOPED ALONG THE LEE OF THE MTNS WITH ISO CONVECTION EAST. TEMPERATURES HAVE REACHED THE U80S TO AROUND 90 WITH DWPTS IN THE MID TO U60S. LAPS INDICATES THAT EAST OF THE MTNS CAPES HAVE POOLED TO 3K J/KG WITH LITTLE TO NO CIN. NAM FORECAST SOUNDINGS SHOW THAT ENVIRONMENTAL WINDS ARE VERY LIGHT WITH 0-6 KM STM MTN REMAINING LESS THAN 5 KTS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. EXPECT THAT THE GREATEST COVERAGE WILL REMAIN OVER THE MTNS AND FOOTHILLS WITH THE PIEDMONT BECOMING SCT LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ANY SH OR TS THAT DEVELOPS WILL REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY AND WILL PRODUCE PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN. PW/S SHOULD REMAIN >1.5 WITH K-INDEX >40 THIS EVENING...STATIONARY STORMS WILL BE CLOSELY MONITORED FOR FLASH FLOODING. MODERATELY UNSTABLE CONDITIONS...ISO SVR HAIL AND WIND EVENT WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE UNTIL AFTER SUNSET. WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AND RESIDUAL SEA BREEZE MOISTURE...CHANCES FOR FOG DEVELOPING LOOK HIGH FOR TONIGHT. WILL FORECAST AREAS OF DENSE MTN VALLEY FOG WITH PATCHY FOG EAST. NAM AND GFS SHOW VERY LITTLE CHANGE FOR TOMORROW...WITH TEMPERATURES ONCE AGAIN REACHING THE U80S TO L90S AND DWPTS IN THE U60S. IN ADDITION...WEAK H5 S/W MOVES IN FROM THE WEST HELPING THE DEVELOPMENT OF A BROAD LEE TROF DURING THE AFTERNOON. WILL AGAIN ADVERTISE SCT SH/TS WITH GREATEST FAVORED ALONG THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. MOISTURE CONTINUES TO INCREASE ACROSS THE CWA WED AND THU WITH PERSISTENT SE FLOW ON THE WEST SIDE OF ATLANTIC RIDGE. WILL FOLLOW MOS AND FORECAST A GRADUAL LOWERING OF AFTERNOON MAXES. WILL CONTINUE FORECAST OF A CHC EACH DAY FOR SH/TS. && .LONG TERM (THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY)... AXIS OF UPPER RIDGE REMAINS TO OUR EAST FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. THIS KEEPS A MOIST SLY TO SELY FLOW ACROSS THE AREA. RIDGE WEAKENS AND FLOW BECOMES MORE ZONAL SUNDAY AND MONDAY SHIFTING THE FLOW MORE SWLY. HOWEVER HIGH LOW LEVEL MOISTURE CONTENT CONTINUES. MAIN FORCING MECHANISM WILL BE DIURNAL HEATING AND WEAK OROGRAPHICS. GIVEN THE EXPECTED TEMPS/DEW POINTS...AFT/EVE CONVECTION IS EXPECTED EACH DAY. TEMPS START OUT NEAR NORMAL THEN SLOWLY RISE A LITTLE ABOVE NORMAL FOR SUNDAY AND MONDAY. && .AVIATION... ATMOS QUITE UNSTABLE WITH CONVECTION FIRING ALONG THE RIDGES ATTM. EXPECT CONVECTION TO FIRE AND/OR MOVE OFF THE RIDGES INTO THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT...AND UPSTATE/NE GA LATER THIS AFTERNOON. WILL KEEP VCTS ALL SITES AND INCLUDE EARLY TEMPO FOR THUNDER AT KAVL WHERE CELLS ARE CLOSING IN. VCTS ENDS ABOUT 02Z...THEN FOG BECOMES THE MAIN THREAT. HAVE GONE CLOSE TO PERSISTENCE WITH ALL SITES BECOMING MFVR...THEN TEMPO IFR KHKY/KAND. ANY RAINFALL AT ANY OF THE SITES WILL LIKELY MEAN IFR OR WORSE. THE MAIN CHANGE I MADE TO PERSISTENCE IS KAVL. LOTS OF VALLEY FOG LAST NITE EVEN IN FRENCH BROAD. KAVL STARTED TO SOCK IN...THEN LIFTED TO AND REMAINED AT MVFR. WITH RAIN LIKELY THERE...AND MDLS INDICATING IFR...WENT WITH PREDOMINANT IFR AND TEMPO LIFR NEAR SUNRISE. ANOTHER FLY IN THE OINTMENT IS THE OVERNIGHT ATLANTIC MOISTURE MOVING TOWARD KCLT. THIS REMAINED WELL EAST OF KCLT LAST NIGHT...AND MDLS KEEP IT EAST OF THERE TONIGHT...BUT IT DOES COME CLOSE. THIS WOULD PRODUCE LIFR CONDITIONS IF IT MADE IN...BUT MENTIONING IT MAINLY AS A HEADS UP FOR NOW. && .GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. && SHORT TERM...NED LONG TERM...RWH AVIATION...RWH
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 6, 6:12 AM EDT, 8 hours 53 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 612 AM EDT MON JUN 6 2005 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082- SCZ001>014-019-071012- 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- 612 AM EDT MON JUN 6 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA... MUCH OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A COUPLE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...PRODUCING DAMAGING WIND GUSTS OR HAIL...ARE NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY DAILY CHANCES OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE SEEN ALL THIS WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 2:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Transylvania | 64 min |
| Jun 6, 3:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Henderson | 67 min |
| Jun 6, 5:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Graham | 62 min |
| Jun 6, 5:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Mecklenburg | 61 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North 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.