Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2005
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 98, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 19, 2005, 4:59 PM EDT for Caldwell County, North Carolina. It was in force for 36 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, 4:59 PM EDT (20:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 19, 2005, 5:35 PM EDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Caldwell County, NC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:59 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, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 142 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS52 KGSP 192059
SVRGSP
NCC027-192200-
/O.NEW.KGSP.SV.W.0098.050619T2059Z-050619T2200Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
459 PM EDT SUN JUN 19 2005
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
CALDWELL COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA
* UNTIL 600 PM EDT
* AT 453 PM EDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR GRANITE FALLS...OR ABOUT
6 MILES NORTHWEST OF HICKORY...AND MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 10 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
SAWMILLS AROUND 505 PM EDT...
RHODHISS AROUND 510 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 3592 8143 3586 8134 3579 8134 3576 8138
3576 8141 3578 8145 3578 8152 3578 8155
3579 8158
$$
JAT/NED1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS52 KGSP 192135
SVSGSP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
534 PM EDT SUN JUN 19 2005
NCC027-192144-
/O.CAN.KGSP.SV.W.0098.000000T0000Z-050619T2200Z/
CALDWELL NC-
534 PM EDT SUN JUN 19 2005
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CALDWELL COUNTY IS
CANCELED...
THE STORM HAS WEAKENED AND HAS MOVED INTO BURKE COUNTY...THEREFORE
THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELED.
LAT...LON 3592 8143 3586 8134 3579 8134 3576 8138
3576 8141 3578 8145 3578 8152 3578 8155
3579 8158
$$
JAT/NEDWhat 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, 1 hour 37 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 19, 3:22 PM EDT, 1 hour 37 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, 11 hours 11 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, 3:31 PM EDT, 1 hour 28 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.
&&
07Local storm report, Jun 19, 3:37 PM EDT, 1 hour 22 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
&&
07Local storm report, Jun 19, 3:41 PM EDT, 1 hour 18 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.
&&
07Local storm report, Jun 19, 3:41 PM EDT, 1 hour 18 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.
&&
07Special weather statement, Jun 19, 4:46 PM EDT, 13 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 446 PM EDT SUN JUN 19 2005 NCZ034>037-054>057-066>072-082-192200- ALEXANDER-BURKE NC-CABARRUS-CALDWELL-CATAWBA-CLEVELAND-DAVIE-GASTON- IREDELL-LINCOLN NC-MCDOWELL-MECKLENBURG-POLK NC-ROWAN-RUTHERFORD- UNION NC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLOTTE...CONCORD...GASTONIA...HICKORY... LINCOLNTON...MARION...MOCKSVILLE...MONROE...MORGANTON... RUTHERFORDTON...SALISBURY...SHELBY...STATESVILLE...TRYON 446 PM EDT SUN JUN 19 2005 ...WIDESPREAD STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TO AFFECT THE NORTH CAROLINA FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT THROUGH EVENING... AT 445 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED WIDESPREAD COVERAGE OF THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE INTERSTATE 40 CORRIDOR IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE SLOWLY SOUTH AND AFFECT FROM LENOIR TO MORGANTON IN THE FOOTHILLS...AND FROM MOCKSVILLE TO STATESVILLE TO HICKORY IN THE PIEDMONT THROUGH 6 PM. TORRENTIAL RAINFALL AT RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR...AS WELL AS SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS. A FEW COULD APPROACH SEVERE LIMITS. HG
Special weather statement, Jun 19, 4:46 PM EDT, 13 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 446 PM EDT SUN JUN 19 2005 NCZ034>037-054>057-066>072-082-192200- ALEXANDER-BURKE NC-CABARRUS-CALDWELL-CATAWBA-CLEVELAND-DAVIE-GASTON- IREDELL-LINCOLN NC-MCDOWELL-MECKLENBURG-POLK NC-ROWAN-RUTHERFORD- UNION NC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLOTTE...CONCORD...GASTONIA...HICKORY... LINCOLNTON...MARION...MOCKSVILLE...MONROE...MORGANTON... RUTHERFORDTON...SALISBURY...SHELBY...STATESVILLE...TRYON 446 PM EDT SUN JUN 19 2005 ...WIDESPREAD STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TO AFFECT THE NORTH CAROLINA FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT THROUGH EVENING... AT 445 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED WIDESPREAD COVERAGE OF THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE INTERSTATE 40 CORRIDOR IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE SLOWLY SOUTH AND AFFECT AREAS FROM LENOIR TO MORGANTON IN THE FOOTHILLS...AND FROM MOCKSVILLE TO STATESVILLE TO HICKORY IN THE PIEDMONT THROUGH 6 PM. TORRENTIAL RAINFALL AT RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR...AS WELL AS SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS. A FEW COULD APPROACH SEVERE LIMITS. HG
The office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 1:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Mecklenburg | 67 min |
| Jun 19, 2:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Gaston | 61 min |
| Jun 19, 2:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Rowan | 69 min |
| Jun 19, 3:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Lincoln | 66 min |
| Jun 19, 3:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Union | 61 min |
| Jun 19, 4:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Catawba | 54 min |
| Jun 19, 5:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Burke | 49 min |
| Jun 19, 5:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Rutherford | 60 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.