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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 76, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

June 6, 2005Mecklenburg County, North Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 6, 2005, 5:29 PM EDT for Mecklenburg County, North 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, 5:29 PM EDT (21:29 UTC)
Expired
Jun 6, 2005, 6:30 PM EDT
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Mecklenburg County, NC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 127 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:30 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, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 127 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 12:00Z on 2005-06-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1149 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 12:00Z on 2005-06-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 22 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS52 KGSP 062130
SVRGSP
NCC119-062230-
/O.NEW.KGSP.SV.W.0076.050606T2129Z-050606T2230Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
529 PM EDT MON JUN 6 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  MECKLENBURG COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA

* UNTIL 630 PM EDT

* AT 524 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
  OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTH OF HUNTERSVILLE...
  OR ABOUT 7 MILES NORTH OF CENTER CITY CHARLOTTE...AND MOVING   
  SOUTH AT 5 MPH.  SOME HAIL TO PENNY SIZE MAY OCCUR.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  PAW CREEK AROUND 615 PM EDT...
  CENTER CITY CHARLOTTE AROUND 625 PM EDT...
  CHARLOTTE DOUGLAS INTL AIRPORT AND 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF SOUTHPARK
  MALL AROUND 630 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 3507 8080 3514 8105 3516 8100 3529 8100
      3533 8097 3535 8092 3537 8094 3537 8097
      3544 8093 3540 8078 3537 8073

$$

WAJ
3 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS52 KGSP 062155
SVSGSP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
554 PM EDT MON JUN 6 2005

NCC119-062230-
/O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0076.000000T0000Z-050606T2230Z/
MECKLENBURG NC-
554 PM EDT MON JUN 6 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 630 PM EDT FOR
MECKLENBURG COUNTY...

AT 549 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS TO ABOUT 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR CROFT...OR ABOUT OVER UNC CHARLOTTE. THIS STORM WAS 
NEARLY STATIONARY...OR DRIFTING SLOWLY SOUTH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  CENTER CITY CHARLOTTE AROUND 630 PM EDT...

LAT...LON 3507 8080 3514 8105 3516 8100 3529 8100
      3533 8097 3535 8092 3537 8094 3537 8097
      3544 8093 3540 8078 3537 8073

$$
JONES
000 
WWUS52 KGSP 062212
SVSGSP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
610 PM EDT MON JUN 6 2005

NCC119-062230-
/O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0076.000000T0000Z-050606T2230Z/
MECKLENBURG NC-
610 PM EDT MON JUN 6 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 630 PM EDT FOR 
MECKLENBURG COUNTY...

AT 604 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE 
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING 
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED OVER THE SOUTHERN 
PART OF LAKE NORMAN...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 5 MPH.

THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT LOCATIONS AROUND LAKE NORMAN 
THROUGH 630 PM. 

IF ON OR NEAR LAKE NORMAN GET OUT OF THE WATER AND MOVE INDOORS OR  
INSIDE A VEHICLE. REMEMBER...LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE OUT TO 15 MILES 
FROM THE PARENT THUNDERSTORM. IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE 
CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER NOW. 
DONT BE CAUGHT ON THE WATER IN A THUNDERSTORM

LAT...LON 3520 8080 3527 8105 3529 8100 3542 8100
      3546 8097 3548 8092 3550 8094 3550 8097
      3557 8093 3553 8078 3550 8073

$$

LANE
000 
WWUS52 KGSP 062227
SVSGSP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
626 PM EDT MON JUN 6 2005

NCC119-062236-
/O.EXP.KGSP.SV.W.0076.000000T0000Z-050606T2230Z/
MECKLENBURG NC-
626 PM EDT MON JUN 6 2005

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR MECKLENBURG
COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 630 PM EDT...

SOME THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO.

LAT...LON 3520 8080 3527 8105 3529 8100 3542 8100
      3546 8097 3548 8092 3550 8094 3550 8097
      3557 8093 3553 8078 3550 8073

$$

WAJ/DEO

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, 2 hours 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 6, 3:01 PM EDT, 2 hours 28 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, 4:56 PM EDT, 33 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
456 PM EDT MON JUN 6 2005

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-
SCZ001>014-019-072100-
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-
456 PM EDT MON JUN 6 2005

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST
GEORGIA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA AND
PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT
SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THIS
EVENING ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA. ANY
STORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE BRIEF
PERIODS OF LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. IN ADDITION...SLOW
THUNDERSTORM MOVEMENT WILL CREATE A THREAT FOR LOCALIZED FLASH
FLOODING. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY
MANY OF THE STORMS. PLEASE REFER TO CAESPSGSP...AS WELL AS WARNING
PRODUCTS FOR SHORT TERM INFORMATION.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

DAILY CHANCES OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE SEEN THROUGH THE NEXT SEVEN DAYS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED.

LANE

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 6, 3:55 PM EDT, 1 hour 34 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

&&

RWH
Local storm report, Jun 6, 4:20 PM EDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
420 PM EDT MON JUN 06 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0348 PM     TSTM WND DMG     COLUMBUS                35.25N 82.20W
06/06/2005                   POLK               NC   COUNTY OFFICIAL

            NUMEROUS TREES DOWN ACROSS THE COUNTY.

&&

NED
Special weather statement, Jun 6, 4:37 PM EDT, 52 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
437 PM EDT MON JUN 6 2005

NCZ066>068-SCZ003-006>008-062100-
POLK-RUTHERFORD-CLEVELAND-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER GREENVILLE-
SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COLUMBUS...RUTHERFORDTON...SHELBY...
GREENVILLE...SPARTANBURG...GAFFNEY
437 PM EDT MON JUN 6 2005

AT 435 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER SPARTANBURG COUNTY PRODUCING WIDESPREAD
STRONG WINDS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR
SPARTANBURG COUNTY UNTIL 5 PM. PORTIONS OF COUNTIES NEIGHBORING
SPARTANBURG COUNTY WILL SEE GUSTY WINDS BY 5 PM. SOME OF THESE WINDS
MAY REACH LEVELS THAT WILL TOPPLE TRASH CANS AND LAWN FURNITURE.
AREAS FROM BLUE RIDGE TO TIGERVILLE ALONG WITH PORTIONS OF GREER MAY
SEE WINDS STRONG ENOUGH TO BREAK TREE LIMBS AND REMOVE SHINGLES.
STRONG WINDS MAY ALSO SPREAD ACROSS CHESNEE AND THE BATTLE GROUND
AREA BY 5 PM.

NED
Special weather statement, Jun 6, 4:41 PM EDT, 48 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
441 PM EDT MON JUN 6 2005

NCZ070>072-082-SCZ009-011>014-019-062200-
ABBEVILLE-CABARRUS-CHESTER-GASTON-GREENWOOD-LAURENS SC-MECKLENBURG-
UNION NC-UNION SC-YORK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ABBEVILLE...CHARLOTTE...CHESTER...
CONCORD...GASTONIA...GREENWOOD...LAURENS...MONROE...ROCK HILL...UNION
441 PM EDT MON JUN 6 2005

...POTENTIAL FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS INCREASING ACROSS THE
CAROLINA PIEDMONT...

AT 435 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED TO
NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS. THIS AREA
OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO ADVANCE SLOWLY SOUTH AND EAST
INTO THE PIEDMONT OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. THE ATMOSPHERE
ACROSS THE PIEDMONT HAS BECOME VERY UNSTABLE...CREATING FAVORABLE
CONDITIONS FOR THUNDERSTORMS TO PRODUCE BRIEF PERIODS OF LARGE HAIL
AND DAMAGING WINDS. IN ADDITION TO THE THREAT FOR SEVERE
WEATHER...SLOW THUNDERSTORM MOVEMENT WILL CREATE A RISK FOR LOCALIZED
FLASH FLOODING. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO LIKELY TO PRODUCE
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.

PEOPLE IN LOCATIONS FROM ABBEVILLE...TO LAURENS...TO ROCK
HILL AND THE CHARLOTTE METRO AREA SHOULD MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO
AND LOCAL NEWS MEDIA OUTLETS FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE
WARNING.

LANE
Local storm report, Jun 6, 4:54 PM EDT, 35 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
454 PM EDT MON JUN 06 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0430 PM     TSTM WND DMG     5 NNE GREER             35.01N 82.20W
06/06/2005                   SPARTANBURG        SC   COUNTY OFFICIAL

            POWERLINES DOWN IN THE HOLLY SPRINGS COMMUNITY. RADAR
            ESTIMATES THE STRONGEST WINDS OCCURRED AROUND 430 PM.

&&

NED
Special weather statement, Jun 6, 5:11 PM EDT, 18 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
511 PM EDT MON JUN 6 2005

NCZ051-058-062200-
GRAHAM-SWAIN-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...CHEROKEE
511 PM EDT MON JUN 6 2005

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM AFFECTING THE FONTANA LAKE AREA...

AT 505 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A STRONG
THUNDERSTORM OVER FONTANA LAKE...JUST EAST OF FONTANA VILLAGE.
THIS STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HALF INCH DIAMETER HAIL...
WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 MPH...AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING IN AREAS AROUND THE LAKE OVER THE NEXT HOUR OR SO. BOATERS
ON FONTANA LAKE SHOULD MOVE TO SHORE IMMEDIATELY.

MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND LOCAL NEWS MEDIA OUTLETS FOR LATER
STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNING.

LANE

The office that day

Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 6, 2:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPTransylvania64 min
Jun 6, 3:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPBurke, Caldwell56 min
Jun 6, 3:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPHenderson67 min
Jun 6, 5:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPGraham62 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.