Alert archive / South Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2005
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 74, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 6, 2005, 4:07 PM EDT for Spartanburg County, South Carolina. It was in force for 61 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, 4:07 PM EDT (20:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 6, 2005, 5:08 PM EDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Spartanburg County, SC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 24 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:10 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, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 227 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 062007 SVRGSP SCC083-062100- /O.NEW.KGSP.SV.W.0074.050606T2007Z-050606T2100Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 407 PM EDT MON JUN 6 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SPARTANBURG COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA * UNTIL 500 PM EDT * AT 404 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 LANDRUM...OR ABOUT 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF COLUMBUS...AND MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... INMAN AND 7 MILES WEST OF BOILING SPRINGS SC AROUND 500 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 3496 8220 3497 8177 3519 8191 3520 8226 $$ RWH
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS52 KGSP 062046 SVSGSP SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 442 PM EDT MON JUN 6 2005 SCC083-062100- /O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0074.000000T0000Z-050606T2100Z/ SPARTANBURG SC- 442 PM EDT MON JUN 6 2005 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 500 PM EDT FOR SPARTANBURG COUNTY... AT 442 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED FROM WEST OF CHESNEE TO THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE CITY OF SPARTANBURG...THE STORM WAS BUILDING SOUTH AT 5 MPH. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... THE CENTER OF THE CITY OF SPARTANBURG BY 450 PM EDT. REIDVILLE BY 455 PM EDT. PACOLET BY 500 PM EDT. LAT...LON 3483 8214 3484 8176 3519 8191 3520 8226 $$ NED
000 WWUS52 KGSP 062108 SVSGSP SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 505 PM EDT MON JUN 6 2005 SCC083-062109- /O.EXP.KGSP.SV.W.0074.000000T0000Z-050606T2100Z/ SPARTANBURG SC- 505 PM EDT MON JUN 6 2005 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SPARTANBURG COUNTY EXPIRED AT 500 PM EDT... THE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE CRITERIA. THE STORM WILL PRODUCE HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND GUSTY WINDS. IF THE STORM STRENGTHENS...ANOTHER WARNING MAY BE NEEDED. THE MOST LIKELY LOCATION FOR THE STORM TO REDEVELOP WOULD BE SOUTH OF THE CITY OF SPARTANBURG. LAT...LON 3483 8214 3484 8176 3519 8191 3520 8226 $$ WAJ/NED
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 Jun 6, 3:01 PM EDT, 1 hour 6 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 6, 3:01 PM EDT, 1 hour 6 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, 9 hours 55 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.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 6, 3:22 PM EDT, 45 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
322 PM EDT MON JUN 06 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0315 PM HAIL HENDERSONVILLE 35.32N 82.46W
06/06/2005 0.88 INCH HENDERSON NC COUNTY OFFICIAL
AS OF 321 PM...HAIL WAS STILL FALLING.
&&
NEDLocal storm report, Jun 6, 3:55 PM EDT, 12 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
355 PM EDT MON JUN 06 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0330 PM HAIL 5 N MORGANTON 35.81N 81.70W
06/06/2005 0.75 INCH BURKE NC LAW ENFORCEMENT
HAIL AT LEAST PENNY SIZE REPORTED BY CHESTERFIELD FIRE
DEPARTMENT
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RWHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 5:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Anderson | 61 min |
Nearby
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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.