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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 96, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

June 19, 2005Spartanburg County, South Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 19, 2005, 4:13 PM EDT for Spartanburg County, South Carolina. It was in force for 63 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 19, 2005, 4:13 PM EDT (20:13 UTC)
Expired: Jun 19, 2005, 5:16 PM EDT
In force: 63 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), 20 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:14 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, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 241 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 162 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -63 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1145 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 6 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -8 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 9 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WUUS52 KGSP 192015
SVRGSP
SCC083-192115-
/O.NEW.KGSP.SV.W.0096.050619T2013Z-050619T2115Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
414 PM EDT SUN JUN 19 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN SPARTANBURG COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA

* UNTIL 515 PM EDT

* AT 407 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL.  THIS
  STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF WOODRUFF...OR ABOUT 11 MILES
  SOUTH OF SPARTANBURG...AND MOVING WEST AT 10 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  WOODRUFF AROUND 430 PM EDT...
  REIDVILLE AROUND 450 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 3488 8187 3471 8186 3469 8196 3470 8205
      3473 8207 3475 8209 3475 8211 3485 8222
      3490 8222

$$
JONES

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS52 KGSP 192054
SVSGSP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
454 PM EDT SUN JUN 19 2005

SCC083-192115-
/O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0096.000000T0000Z-050619T2115Z/
SPARTANBURG SC-
454 PM EDT SUN JUN 19 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 515 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHERN SPARTANBURG COUNTY...

AT 446 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL. 
THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WOODRUFF...OR ABOUT 15 MILES NORTH OF 
LAURENS...MOVING WEST AT 10 MPH.

LAT...LON 3488 8187 3471 8186 3469 8196 3470 8205
      3473 8207 3475 8209 3475 8211 3485 8222
      3490 8222

$$
JONES

000 
WWUS52 KGSP 192116
SVSGSP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
516 PM EDT SUN JUN 19 2005

SCC083-192126-
/O.EXP.KGSP.SV.W.0096.000000T0000Z-050619T2115Z/
SPARTANBURG SC-
516 PM EDT SUN JUN 19 2005

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN SPARTANBURG COUNTY 
EXPIRED AT 515 PM EDT...

HOWEVER...A NEW STORM WAS DEVELOPING NEAR THE UNION COUNTY 
LINE...AND A WARNING MAY NEED TO BE ISSUED FOR THAT STORM.

LAT...LON 3488 8187 3471 8186 3469 8196 3470 8205
      3473 8207 3475 8209 3475 8211 3485 8222
      3490 8222

$$
JONES

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 19, 3:22 PM EDT, 51 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 19, 3:22 PM EDT, 51 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
322 PM EDT SUN JUN 19 2005

.SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY)...
SCT CONVECTION WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING BEFORE DIMINISHING.
EXPECT ISOLATED SEVERE HAIL AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON WITH MODERATE
INSTABILITY AND H5 COLD POOL DIRECTLY OVERHEAD. NAM SHOWS GOOD LOW
LEVEL MOISTURE AND LIFT OVERNIGHT ROTATING INTO THE AREA WITH SOME
UPSLOPE COMPONENT. ONLY HAVE ISOLATED SHRA FOR NOW...SINCE IT DOES
TEND TO OVER DO THOSE FEATURES. BELOW NORMAL LOWS AGAIN TONIGHT.

UPPER LOW REMAINS IN THE AREA MONDAY ALONG WITH ITS ATTENDANT COLD
POOL. MDLS INDICATE DEEP MOISTURE REMAINING OVER MOST OF THE AREA.
THE DIFFERENCE IS SOME DRIER AIR BEGINS WORKING ITS WAY IN FROM THE
EAST. ATMOS BECOMES UNSTABLE AS TEMPS/DEW POINTS VERY SIMILAR TO
TODAY. THE MDLS DO HAVE A MID LEVEL INVERSION DURING THE
AFTERNOON...BUT IT DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE ENOUGH OF A CAP TO SHUT OFF
CONVECTION. THEREFORE WILL KEEP A LOW CHC POP FOR THE AFTERNOON. AS
MENTIONED ABOVE...HIGHS SIMILAR TO TODAY...MUCH BELOW NORMAL.

CAPES WILL REMAIN AROUND 1000 J/KG TUE AND WED ON THE NAM. WILL
KEEP POPS FROM SCHC TO CHC OVER THE MTNS. COLD FRONT MAY PRESS
INTO THE NRN MTNS BY MID DAY ON WED...ENHANCING MOISTURE
CONVERGENCE.

&&

.LONG TERM (WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY)...
MID CONUS RIDGE BEGINS TO SPREAD EAST ON THU WITH HEIGHTS CONTINUING
TO RISE INTO THE WEEKEND. 6Z GFS BRINGS A WEAK BACK DOOR FRONT INTO
THE CWA WED NIGHT...NAM A LITTLE QUICKER. THIS FEATURE WILL HAVE LITTLE
MOISTURE TO WORK WITH...WILL LIMIT POPS TO SLGT CHC. BY THE
WEEKEND...GFS WARMS H85 TEMPS TO AROUND 20C. HIGHS SHOULD REMAIN MID
80S MTNS TO AROUND 90S EAST...HOWEVER...DWPTS SHOULD INCREASE TO
AROUND 70 FOR THE WEEKEND. LIS LESS THAN 0C BECOME WIDESPREAD SAT
AND COOL FURTHER ON SUN. WILL ADVERTISE MTN/FOOTHILLS CHCS SAT AND
WILL INCREASE COVERAGE EAST ON SUN. FOLLOWING MEX/HPC GUIDANCE
TEMPERATURES SHOULD REMAIN SLIGHTLY WARMER THAN CLIMATOLOGY.

&&

.AVIATION...
CONVECTION ALREADY GOING OVER THE CWFA ATTM. KCLT HIT WITH TSRA
FIRST SO THEY START WITH TEMPO FOR TSRA. WILL HAVE VCTS AT ALL OTHER
SITES AND AMEND AS NECESSARY. WILL LIKELY HAVE SCATTERED TO ISOLATED
SHRA OVERNIGHT WITH MOIST ELY FLOW CONTINUING. HAVE INCLUDED SHORT
WINDOW OF SHRA AND MVFR CENTERED ON 11Z WHEN MOISTURE AND LOW LEVEL
LIFT MAXIMIZED. VFR BY 13Z OR 14Z. NO CONVECTION MENTIONED FOR THE
REST OF THE MORNING...BUT LOOKS LIKE SCT TO ISOLATED TSRA AGAIN
MONDAY AFTERNOON. CHC WILL BE GREATER WRN TAFS AND LOWER FOR THE ERN
SITES.

&&

.GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...NONE.
NC...NONE.
SC...NONE.
&&

SHORT TERM...NED/RWH
LONG TERM...NED
AVIATION...RWH

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 19, 5:48 AM EDT, 10 hours 25 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
548 AM EDT SUN JUN 19 2005

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-
SCZ001>014-019-201000-
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-
548 AM EDT SUN JUN 19 2005

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED AGAIN
TODAY...ALTHOUGH THEY LIKELY WILL NOT BE AS STRONG OR AS SLOW
MOVING AS STORMS OBSERVED ON SATURDAY. STILL...ANY STORMS THAT DO
DEVELOP COULD PRODUCE SMALL HAIL ONE OR TWO STORMS...ESPECIALLY
ACROSS THE PIEDMONT OF THE CAROLINAS AND EXTREME NORTHEAST
GEORGIA...COULD BRIEFLY REACH SEVERE LEVELS.

STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO WEAKEN AFTER SUNSET...BUT SCATTERED SHOWERS
COULD BE ONGOING FOR MOST OF THE NIGHT...ESPECIALLY IN THE NORTH
CAROLINA FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STORMS SHOULD DEVELOP AGAIN ON MONDAY.
THE ATMOSPHERE SHOULD GRADUALLY STABILIZE MONDAY NIGHT AS LOW
LEVEL FLOW BECOMES A DRYING...DOWNSLOPE FLOW. A WEAK BACK DOOR
COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE REGION WEDNESDAY...BUT AS OF
NOW...THIS FRONTAL PASSAGE LOOKS DRY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY OR TONIGHT.

44

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 19, 2:07 PM EDT, 2 hours 6 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
207 PM EDT SUN JUN 19 2005

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

0152 PM     HAIL             10 NW CHARLOTTE         35.30N 80.96W
06/19/2005  0.88 INCH        MECKLENBURG        NC   AMATEUR RADIO

            HAIL FELL MAINLY AS PENNY SIZE WITH A FEW NICKELS.

&&

NED

Local storm report, Jun 19, 2:38 PM EDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
238 PM EDT SUN JUN 19 2005

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

0225 PM     HAIL             MOUNT HOLLY             35.31N 81.03W
06/19/2005  0.88 INCH        GASTON             NC   TRAINED SPOTTER

            PEA SIZE HAIL FALLING AT THE TIME OF REPORT. WIND GUST
            BROKE LIMBS UP TO 3 INCHES IN DIAMETER.

0225 PM     HAIL             BELMONT                 35.25N 81.04W
06/19/2005  0.75 INCH        GASTON             NC   AMATEUR RADIO

            3/4 INCH HAIL FELL AT THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 74 AND
            THE CATAWBA RIVER. ANOTHER HAM RADIO OPERATOR ENCOUNTER
            3/4 INCH HAIL AT THE INTERSECTION OF I-85 AND HIGHWAY
            273.

&&

NED

Local storm report, Jun 19, 3:31 PM EDT, 42 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
331 PM EDT SUN JUN 19 2005

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

0325 PM     HAIL             LINCOLNTON              35.48N 81.25W
06/19/2005  1.00 INCH        LINCOLN            NC   COUNTY OFFICIAL

            ALSO HAM REPORTS. FELL FROM 315 TO 325 PM.

&&

07

Local storm report, Jun 19, 3:37 PM EDT, 36 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
337 PM EDT SUN JUN 19 2005

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

0320 PM     HAIL             4 W LINCOLNTON          35.48N 81.32W
06/19/2005  1.00 INCH        LINCOLN            NC   CO-OP OBSERVER

&&

07

Local storm report, Jun 19, 3:41 PM EDT, 32 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
341 PM EDT SUN JUN 19 2005

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

0315 PM     HAIL             1 N YORK                35.01N 81.24W
06/19/2005  1.00 INCH        YORK               SC   UNKNOWN

            WIFE OF SPOTTER.

&&

07

Local storm report, Jun 19, 3:41 PM EDT, 32 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
341 PM EDT SUN JUN 19 2005

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

0315 PM     HAIL             1 N YORK                35.01N 81.24W
06/19/2005  0.25 INCH        YORK               SC   UNKNOWN

            WIFE OF SPOTTER.

&&

07

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 19, 12:25 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	GSP	Spartanburg	3 hr
Jun 19, 2:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	York	65 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in South Carolina, 2005 Every 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.