Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2005
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 86, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 18, 2005, 4:40 PM EDT for Haywood County, North Carolina. It was in force for 65 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 18, 2005, 4:40 PM EDT (20:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 18, 2005, 5:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Haywood County, NC
The radar
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:41 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, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 285 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2247 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -5 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 51 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 182041 SVRGSP NCC087-182145- /O.NEW.KGSP.SV.W.0086.050618T2040Z-050618T2145Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 440 PM EDT SAT JUN 18 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHERN HAYWOOD COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA * UNTIL 545 PM EDT * AT 434 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WATERVILLE...OR ABOUT 10 MILES NORTH OF WAYNESVILLE. THIS STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... THE FINES CREEK COMMUNITY UNTIL AT LEAST 515 PM EDT. PEOPLE UNDER THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM SHOULD BE ALERT FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN CAN OCCUR WITH ANY THUNDERSTORM. SOME FLASH FLOODING COULD ALSO DEVELOP. LAT...LON 3551 8301 3561 8283 3585 8297 3570 8324 $$ JONES
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS52 KGSP 182114 SVSGSP SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 513 PM EDT SAT JUN 18 2005 NCC087-182145- /O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0086.000000T0000Z-050618T2145Z/ HAYWOOD NC- 513 PM EDT SAT JUN 18 2005 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 545 PM EDT FOR NORTHERN HAYWOOD COUNTY... AT 513 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SECONDARY SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPING JUST TO THE NORTH OF THE EARLIER ONE NEAR COVE CREEK. THIS SECOND STORM...ABOUT 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WATERVILLE...WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. EITHER OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAS THE ABILITY TO PRODUCE NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN EXCESS OF TWO INCHES PER HOUR CAN BE EXPECTED...AS WELL AS FREQUENT LIGHTNING. THE HAIL MAY COVER THE GROUND IN SOME LOCATIONS. LAT...LON 3551 8301 3561 8283 3585 8297 3570 8324 $$ HG
000 WWUS52 KGSP 182143 SVSGSP SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 542 PM EDT SAT JUN 18 2005 NCC087-182152- /O.EXP.KGSP.SV.W.0086.000000T0000Z-050618T2145Z/ HAYWOOD NC- 542 PM EDT SAT JUN 18 2005 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN HAYWOOD COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 545 PM EDT... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHING FROM WATERVILLE TO COVE CREEK HAVE LARGELY DISSIPATED. SOME ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN AND OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE...BUT LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE NOT EXPECTED AFTER 545 PM EDT. LAT...LON 3551 8301 3561 8283 3585 8297 3570 8324 $$ HG
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 18, 3:18 PM EDT, 1 hour 22 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 18, 3:18 PM EDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 318 PM EDT SAT JUN 18 2005 .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY)... DEEP CONVECTION OVER THE MTNS SHOULD CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER THE MTNS THROUGH THIS EVENING...STORM MOTIONS E AROUND 10 KTS. LAPS INDICATES THAT CAPES RANGE FROM 300-500 OVER THE MTNS AND EASTERN PIEDMONT TO 1000-1500 J/KG OVER THE FOOTHILLS AND SAVANNAH RIVER VALLEY. STORMS MOVING OFF THE MTNS SHOULD THRIVE IN THE RICHER AIR OVER THE FOOTHILLS. WITH ADDITIONAL HEATING AND GENERATION OF OUTFLOWS...COVERAGE SHOULD INCREASE THROUGH THE MID EVENING. EXPECT THE ORDER OF COVERAGE TO FOLLOW HIGH TERRAIN...FOOTHILLS...SAVANNAH RIVER VALLEY...WITH CONVECTION PINCHING NE ACROSS THE PIEDMONT THIS EVENING. HAYWOOD SVR STORM HAD 45-50 DBZ AROUND 30K FT AND A VIL OF 42 FROM KGSP. STEADY EAST FLOW CIRCULATING FROM SRN GA LOW WILL BUILD MOISTURE OVER THE CWA TONIGHT. EXPECTING MOSTLY CLOUDY SKY BY LATE TONIGHT IN THE FORM OF MID STRATUS. SH/TS SHOULD CONTINUE IN LESSER VALUES AS DECENT VORT MAX PASSES WITH SHARP TROUGH. WILL CONTINUE SCT SH/TS TONIGHT AND SUN. SIMILAR PATTERN FOR SUN WITH THE ADDITION OF A NOSING SFC HIGH FROM THE NE. WILL COOL TEMPS TO MET GUIDANCE AND ADVERTISE A LIGHT NE WIND. UPPER LEVEL LOW REMAINS OVER THE AREA SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY. DEEP MOISTURE...BUT LITTLE DEEP LIFT SEEN. THERE WILL BE SOME LIFT...SO WITH MOISTURE AND UPPER LOW HANGING AROUND WILL KEEP CHC POP. LOW FINALLY OPENS UP MONDAY NIGHT...THEN REMNANT TROF MAKES A SLOW ELY PROGRESS ON TUE. KEPT A LINGERING SLIGHT CHC POP MONDAY NITE...BUT HAVE A DRY FCST TUE AS WE WILL BE BETWEEN SYSTEMS. HIGHS REMAIN WELL BELOW NORMAL MONDAY WITH CLOUDS...NELY FLOW AND LOW THICKNESSES. HIGHS RISE TO NEAR OR A LITTLE ABOVE NORMAL TUE DUE TO SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER THICKNESSES AS UPPER LOW MOVES OUT. SHOULD ALSO SEE SOME SUNSHINE. LOWS A LITTLE BELOW NORMAL SUNDAY AND MONDAY NIGHTS. && .LONG TERM (TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY)... PERIOD STARTS WITH UPPER LEVEL TROF OVER THE EAST COAST. A WEAK SHORT WAVE MOVES THRU THE TROF WED INTO OUR AREA PUSHING A BACKDOOR COLD FRONT THRU. BEST MOISTURE AND LIFT SPLIT AND PASS EAST AND WEST OF OUR AREA...SO HAVE A DRY FCST FOR NOW. AREA REMAINS IN NWLY FLOW UNTIL SAT WHEN RIDGING BEGINS TO MOVE IN. A COUPLE OF WEAK SHORT WAVES MOVE THRU THE NWLY FLOW FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. COOLER HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN ON THU THEN HOLDS ACROSS THE AREA THRU SATURDAY AND MODERATES. ENOUGH MOISTURE AND LIFT FOR SLIGHT CHC AFT/EVE POP FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. ABOVE NORMAL TEMPS AHEAD OF THE FNT ON WED...THEN SEASONAL VALUES THU. BACK TO ABOVE NORMAL FRI AND SATURDAY. && .AVIATION... CONVECTION HAS INITIATED OVER THE MTNS AND IS MOVING ENE ATTM. SATELLITE SHOWS THAT CU HAS DEVELOPED ACROSS THE CWA...WITH TCU OVER THE UPPER SAVANNAH VALLEY ALONG WITH THE MTNS. WILL TEMPO IN PERIODS OF TS/SH FOR ALL TERMINALS MINUS KCLT. THE CONVECTIVE THREAT SHOULD CONTINUE UNTIL 6Z...ATMOS BECOMES MORE STABLE AFTER 6Z. NAM DEPICTS THAT THE SFC LOW WILL REMAIN OVER SRN GA TONIGHT...KEEPING THE FA UNDER DEEP EAST FLOW. UPSLOPE FLOW COMBINED WITH A PASSING VORT MAX SHOULD SUPPORT WIDESPREAD MID CLOUDS. ALSO...FORECAST SOUNDINGS SHOW AMPLE BL MOISTURE BUILDS BY SUNRISE...POSSIBLY LEADING TO MVFR FOG OVER AREAS THAT SEE RAIN TODAY AND TONIGHT. SUN...NE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO STRENGTHEN SOMEWHAT BY MID MORNING. WILL CONTINUE VFR CEILING THROUGH 18Z WITH MENTION OF SH/TS. && .GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. && SHORT TERM...NED/RWH LONG TERM...RWH AVIATION...NED
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 18, 3:51 AM EDT, 12 hours 49 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 351 AM EDT SAT JUN 18 2005 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082- SCZ001>014-019-190800- 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- 351 AM EDT SAT JUN 18 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA... MUCH OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TODAY...MAINLY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...SOME STORMS MAY BECOME QUITE STRONG WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY...THEN AGAIN ON FRIDAY...SOME STORMS MAY BECOME STRONG...WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NECESSARY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. RB
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 18, 2:49 PM EDT, 1 hour 51 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
249 PM EDT SAT JUN 18 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0237 PM HAIL CANTON 35.55N 82.84W
06/18/2005 0.75 INCH HAYWOOD NC COUNTY OFFICIAL
CANTON FIRE DEPT REPORTED
&&
JONESSpecial weather statement, Jun 18, 3:04 PM EDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 304 PM EDT SAT JUN 18 2005 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014- 019-182200- ABBEVILLE-ALEXANDER-ANDERSON-AVERY-BUNCOMBE-BURKE NC-CABARRUS- CALDWELL-CATAWBA-CHEROKEE SC-CHESTER-CLEVELAND-DAVIE-ELBERT- FRANKLIN GA-GASTON-GRAHAM-GREATER GREENVILLE-GREATER OCONEE- GREATER PICKENS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREENWOOD-HABERSHAM-HART- HAYWOOD-HENDERSON-IREDELL-LAURENS SC-LINCOLN NC-MACON NC-MADISON NC- MCDOWELL-MECKLENBURG-MITCHELL NC-NORTHERN JACKSON NC- OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-POLK NC-RABUN-ROWAN-RUTHERFORD- SOUTHERN JACKSON NC-SPARTANBURG-STEPHENS-SWAIN-TRANSYLVANIA-UNION NC- UNION SC-YANCEY-YORK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ABBEVILLE...ANDERSON...ASHEVILLE... BREVARD...CHARLOTTE...CHEROKEE...CHESTER...CLARKESVILLE...CLAYTON... CONCORD...ELBERTON...FRANKLIN...GAFFNEY...GASTONIA...GREENVILLE... GREENWOOD...HARTWELL...HENDERSONVILLE...HICKORY...LAURENS... LINCOLNTON...MARION...MOCKSVILLE...MONROE...MORGANTON...NEWLAND... ROCK HILL...RUTHERFORDTON...SALISBURY...SHELBY...SPARTANBURG... SPRUCE PINE...STATESVILLE...SYLVA...TOCCOA...TRYON...UNION... WAYNESVILLE 304 PM EDT SAT JUN 18 2005 ...STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS HAVE ALREADY DEVELOPED ACROSS PARTS OF THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS THIS AFTERNOON. A SEVERE STORM AROUND CANTON CAUSED LARGE HAIL THERE. AROUND CULLOWHEE IN JACKSON COUNTY... SMALL HAIL HAS COVERED THE GROUND TO AN INCH OR MORE DEPTH IN SOME PLACES...AND THERE HAS BEEN CONSIDERABLE LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAINFALL. WATER WAS REPORTED PONDING AROUND THAT AREA. THE ATMOSPHERE THROUGH THIS EVENING WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS...WITH HAIL MOST LIKELY IN THE MOUNTAINS FOR A WHILE...WITH THE THREAT INCREASING A BIT LATER ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT. STORMS WILL AFFECT THE NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND WESTERN SOUTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS THIS AFTERNOON...AND THEN ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE REST OF THE UPPER SAVANNAH RIVER VALLEY OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND ACROSS UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. COVERAGE OF STORMS WILL BE GREATEST ACROSS THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS...WITH SCATTERED COVERAGE ACROSS MOST OF THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA. THE CHARLOTTE AREA OF THE PIEDMONT COULD BE AFFECTED BY SOME STORMS BY LATER IN THE EVENING. JONES
Local storm report, Jun 18, 3:50 PM EDT, 50 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
350 PM EDT SAT JUN 18 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0329 PM HAIL 2 E WAYNESVILLE 35.48N 82.96W
06/18/2005 1.00 INCH HAYWOOD NC LAW ENFORCEMENT
QUARTER TO NICKEL HAIL REPORTED BY SHERRIF DEPUTY ON
WAYNESVILLE MTN. RECEIVED FROM COUNTY COMMS.
0332 PM HAIL WAYNESVILLE 35.48N 83.00W
06/18/2005 0.88 INCH HAYWOOD NC NEWSPAPER
NICKEL HAIL REPORTED BY WMXI RADIO. GROUND BECOMING
COVERED.
&&
RWHLocal storm report, Jun 18, 4:06 PM EDT, 34 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
406 PM EDT SAT JUN 18 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0402 PM HAIL HIGHLANDS 35.05N 83.20W
06/18/2005 0.50 INCH MACON NC LAW ENFORCEMENT
MACON 911 RELAYED REPORT FROM HIGHLANDS PD THAT HAIL HAD
REACHED 1/2 INCH DIAMETER AND FALLING HEAVILY...COVERING
GROUND. THE PRECIP WAS ALMOST ALL HAIL...AND WAS RIPPING
LEAVES OFF OF THE TREES.
&&
JONESThe office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 2:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Haywood | 23 min |
| Jun 18, 3:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Haywood | 67 min |
| Jun 18, 3:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Buncombe | 49 min |
| Jun 18, 4:28 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Macon | 3 hr |
| Jun 18, 6:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Rutherford | 55 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.