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Tornado Warning 18, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

July 7, 2005Mecklenburg County, North Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this tornado warning at Jul 7, 2005, 3:41 PM EDT for Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. It was in force for 49 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Jul 7, 2005, 3:41 PM EDT (19:41 UTC)
Expired: Jul 7, 2005, 4:30 PM EDT
In force: 49 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), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:41 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jul 7, 3:50 PM EDT	TORNADO	Charlotte, NC	TORNADO TOUCH DOWN REPORTED AT COMMUNITY HOUSE CIRCLE AND BLAKNEY DRIVE IN CHARLOTTE.
Jul 7, 4:10 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Mint Hill, NC	COUNTY REPORTS TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN IN MINT HILL

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

Did it verify

Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched one storm report to this tornado warning; the first came 9 minutes after it went out.

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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jul 7, 9:00 AM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 134 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: 309 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -68 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1315 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 74 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 170 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.1

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The text

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

000 
WFUS52 KGSP 071942
TORGSP
NCC119-072045-
/O.NEW.KGSP.TO.W.0018.050707T1941Z-050707T2045Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
341 PM EDT THU JUL 7 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN MECKLENBURG COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA

* UNTIL 445 PM EDT

* AT 341 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR
  PINEVILLE...OR ABOUT 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF ROCK HILL...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  SOUTHPARK MALL AROUND 355 PM EDT...
  CENTER CITY CHARLOTTE AROUND 400 PM EDT...
  7 MILES NORTHWEST OF MATTHEWS AROUND 405 PM EDT...
  EASTLAND MALL AROUND 410 PM EDT...
  6 MILES NORTHWEST OF MINT HILL AROUND 415 PM EDT...
  UNC CHARLOTTE AROUND 420 PM EDT...

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IN A HOME OR
BUSINESS IS AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE. STAY AWAY
FROM DOORS AND WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 3502 8085 3510 8092 3506 8100 3508 8104
      3511 8102 3513 8103 3538 8075 3534 8069
      3528 8067 3522 8057

$$
HG

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS52 KGSP 072005
SVSGSP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
404 PM EDT THU JUL 7 2005

NCC119-072045-
/O.CON.KGSP.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-050707T2045Z/
MECKLENBURG NC-
404 PM EDT THU JUL 7 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 445 PM EDT FOR MECKLENBURG
COUNTY...

AT 404 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM WHICH COULD POSSIBLY BE PRODUCING A TORNADO. 
THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR EASTLAND MALL...OR ABOUT 6 MILES 
EAST OF CENTER CITY CHARLOTTE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THIS 
THUNDERSTORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING A BRIEF TORNADO.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  UNC CHARLOTTE AROUND 410 PM EDT...

A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT THURSDAY 
EVENING FOR THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA.

LAT...LON 3502 8085 3510 8092 3506 8100 3508 8104
      3511 8102 3513 8103 3538 8075 3534 8069
      3528 8067 3522 8057

$$
HG

000 
WWUS52 KGSP 072030
SVSGSP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
429 PM EDT THU JUL 7 2005

NCC119-072039-
/O.CAN.KGSP.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-050707T2045Z/
MECKLENBURG NC-
429 PM EDT THU JUL 7 2005

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR MECKLENBURG COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND MOVED OUT OF 
THE COUNTY...THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT THURSDAY EVENING
FOR THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA.

LAT...LON 3502 8085 3510 8092 3506 8100 3508 8104
      3511 8102 3513 8103 3538 8075 3534 8069
      3528 8067 3522 8057

$$

MCAVOY

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this tornado 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 tornado warning went out at Jul 7, 2:49 PM EDT, 52 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 7, 2:49 PM EDT, 52 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
249 PM EDT THU JUL 7 2005

.SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY)...
ACTIVE WEATHER ASSOCIATED WITH THE REMNANTS OF CINDY CONTINUED OVER
THE EASTERN PART OF THE CWA AT MID AFTERNOON. A STRONG WIND SHEAR
PROFILE CONTINUED TO GENERATE TORNADIC SIGNATURES ALONG CONVECTIVE
BANDS ON THE RADAR...WHILE BANDS OF HEAVY RAINSHOWERS CONTINUED
TO GENERATE IN DEEP TROPICAL MOISTURE. AS THE SYSTEM TRANSLATES E
THIS EVENING THE SEVERE STORM THREAT WILL DIMINISH...ALONG WITH
THE HEAVY RAIN. THE TORNADO WATCH IS SET TO EXPIRE AT 4 PM EDT.
THE FLOOD WATCH RUNS UNTIL EARLY TOMORROW MORNING SINCE AREAS THAT
RECEIVED...OR WILL RECEIVE HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO EXPERIENCE
FLOOD PROBLEMS AS RAINFALL DRAINS INTO STREAMS AND CREEKS THROUGH THE
EARLY MORNING HOURS.

AS THE UPPER SYSTEM AND SURFACE BOUNDARY PUSH E LATE TONIGHT...HIGH
PRESSURE BUILDS OVER THE AREA FRI INTO SAT...FOR A BRIEF PERIOD OF
RECOVERY BEFORE HURRICANE DENNIS APPROACHES THE GULF COAST AND
MAKES LANDFALL NEAR PENSACOLA SUNDAY.

&&

.LONG TERM (SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY)...
ALTHOUGH THE TRACK OF DENNIS IS EXPECTED TO STAY WELL W OF THE
AREA...TROPICAL MOISTURE IS EXPECTED TO STREAM UP ACROSS THE REGION
FOR THE FIRST PART OF THE WEEK. HAVE LIMITED EXTENDED POPS AND QPF
DUE TO THE UNCERTAINTY OF EVENTUAL TRACK AND STRENGTH OF
STORM...OTHERWISE HAVE STAYED CLOSE TO HPC GUIDANCE USING THE
GFS...WHICH IS COMBINED WITH THE LATEST NHC TRACK. LATEST FORECAST
HAS DENNIS MAKING LANDFALL ALONG GULF COAST VCNTY OF WHERE CINDY HIT
SUN AFTN-EVE AND TRACKING NW INTO N MS MON...INTO FAR SE KS TUE. THIS
TRACK WOULD KEEP DEEPEST TROPICAL MOISTURE AND BEST TORNADO THREAT
W OF CWA. THE SYSTEM WILL TURN E AT SOME POINT HOWEVER AND TRACK N
OF THE AREA. WITH UPPER LEVEL DIVERGENCE...LOW LEVEL UPSLOPE FLOW
AND ABUNDANT MOISTURE...HAVE CHANCE POPS IN THE GRIDS THROUGH THE
EXTENDED PERIOD.

&&

.AVIATION...
AS THE CENTER OF CIRCULATION OF THE REMNANTS OF CINDY CONTINUE TO
MOVE OFF TO THE NORTHEAST...GRADUAL IMPROVEMENT WILL OCCUR FROM THE
SOUTHWEST.  LOW CIGS WILL HANG ON FOR THE NC TAFS THROUGH THE
NIGHT.  THERE MAY BE SOME BREAKS IN SC LATE TONIGHT.  THE SKY WILL
BECOME SCT FOR ALL TAFS AS WE GO INTO THE LATE MORNING TO MID DAY ON
FRIDAY.  THE MOST SIGNIFICANT NORTH TO SOUTH RAIN BAND WILL LEAVE
HKY TO THE EAST THIS AFTN AND SHOULD BE MOVING EAST FROM CLT BY
EARLY EVENING. GUSTY S-SW WINDS WILL DECREASE THIS EVE AS THE
SYSTEM MOVES E.

&&

.GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...NONE.
NC...FLOOD WATCH FOR NCZ034>036-054>056-065>070 UNTIL 6 AM FRIDAY.
SC...FLOOD WATCH FOR SCZ001>008-010 UNTIL 6 AM FRIDAY.
&&

SHORT TERM...RB
LONG TERM...RB
AVIATION...DEO

Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 7, 6:07 AM EDT, 9 hours 34 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
607 AM EDT THU JUL 7 2005

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-
SCZ001>014-019-081015-
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-
607 AM EDT THU JUL 7 2005

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
HEAVY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD ACROSS THE
NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE WESTERN CAROLINAS TODAY. RAINFALL IS
EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 4 TO 8 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS TO 1 TO 4
INCHES ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT. THIS RAINFALL COULD
RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT FLOODING AND LANDSLIDES. THROUGH LATE THIS
EVENING...A FEW STORMS EAST OF THE MOUNTAINS MAY PRODUCE
DAMAGING WINDS AND POSSIBLY AN ISOLATED TORNADO.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY
HURRICANE DENNIS WILL APPROACH THE GULF COAST STATES THIS
WEEKEND...AND IS FORECAST TO MAKE LANDFALL ON SUNDAY. AS DENNIS
APPROACHES...A SLOW MOVING FRONT SHOULD SLIDE WEST OVER THE
WESTERN CAROLINAS. THIS FRONT SHOULD TRIGGER SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS FROM LATE SATURDAY THROUGH THE EARLY PART OF THE
WORK WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TODAY.

NED

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 7, 1:01 PM EDT, 2 hours 40 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
101 PM EDT THU JUL 07 2005

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

0100 PM     FUNNEL CLOUD     3 NE HICKORY            35.77N 81.29W
07/07/2005                   CATAWBA            NC   AMATEUR RADIO

            FUNNEL CLOUD SPOTTED NEAR SECTION HOUSE ROAD AND 4TH
            AVENUE.

&&

BURRUS

Local storm report, Jul 7, 1:46 PM EDT, 1 hour 55 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
146 PM EDT THU JUL 07 2005

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

0125 PM     TSTM WND DMG     MAIDEN                  35.58N 81.21W
07/07/2005                   CATAWBA            NC   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            NUMEROUS TREES DOWN IN MAIDEN. ESPECIALLY HARD HIT WERE
            BURNT LEAF ROAD AND BUD ARNDT ROAD.

&&

BURRUS

Local storm report, Jul 7, 1:58 PM EDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
158 PM EDT THU JUL 07 2005

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

0130 PM     TORNADO          MILLERSVILLE            35.86N 81.18W
07/07/2005                   ALEXANDER          NC   COUNTY OFFICIAL

            TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN IN MILLERSVILLE AND
            WITTENBURG. ALSO MOBILE HOMES TURNED OVER ALONG HWY 16
            SOUTH OF TAYLORSVILLE IN WITTENBURG.

0130 PM     TORNADO          MILLERSVILLE            35.86N 81.18W
07/07/2005                   ALEXANDER          NC   BROADCAST MEDIA

            ROOF OFF A HOME AND ANOTHER HOME DESTROYED IN THE
            MILLERSVILLE COMMUNITY ALONG HWY 16.

&&

TJB

Special weather statement, Jul 7, 2:15 PM EDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
215 PM EDT THU JUL 7 2005

NCZ069>072-082-SCZ009-014-072000-
CABARRUS-CHESTER-GASTON-LINCOLN NC-MECKLENBURG-UNION NC-YORK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLOTTE...CHESTER...CONCORD...GASTONIA...
LINCOLNTON...MONROE...ROCK HILL
215 PM EDT THU JUL 7 2005

...LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TO MOVE THROUGH THE CHARLOTTE
METRO AREA THROUGH 5 PM...

A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE EAST AT 20 MPH ACROSS
THE PIEDMONT OF THE WESTERN CAROLINAS THROUGH 5 PM THIS
AFTERNOON. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE WIND GUSTS TO
35 MPH...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL AT
RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR.

CONDITIONS ARE ALSO FAVORABLE FOR ANY OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS TO
PRODUCE TORNADOES AT ANY TIME. BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IN AN
INTERIOR ROOM OF A SUBSTANTIAL STRUCTURE IF ANY TORNADO WARNINGS
ARE ISSUED...OR A TORNADO IS OBSERVED.

HG

Local storm report, Jul 7, 2:18 PM EDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
218 PM EDT THU JUL 07 2005

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

0300 AM     TORNADO          10 W ANDERSON           34.52N 82.82W
07/07/2005                   ANDERSON           SC   NEWSPAPER

            POSSIBLE TORNADO WITH BOATS DAMAGED AND ONE TOSSED 100
            YDS AT WESTERN CAROLINA SAILING CLUB OFF OF SR 187 ON
            LAKE HARTWELL.

&&

TJB

Local storm report, Jul 7, 3:07 PM EDT, 34 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
307 PM EDT THU JUL 07 2005

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

0225 PM     TSTM WND DMG     2 N HARMONY             35.99N 80.77W
07/07/2005                   IREDELL            NC   COUNTY OFFICIAL

            WIND DAMAGE/PSBLE TORNADO WITH TREES DOWN IN THE ROAD ON
            HWY 21 NORTH OF HARMONY. ALSO TREES DOWN ON HWY 901 NEAR
            HARMONY.

0225 PM     TSTM WND DMG     5 N STATESVILLE         35.86N 80.89W
07/07/2005                   IREDELL            NC   COUNTY OFFICIAL

            TREES DOWN ALONG I-77 FROM EXIT 54 NORTH TO THE COUNTY
            LINE. FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTED EARLIER ON HWY 901 AND
            TAYLORSBURG ROAD AREA IN THE NORTH PART OF COUNTY.

&&

TJB

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 7, 6:41 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	GSP	Cleveland	37 min
Jul 7, 8:08 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Catawba, Iredell	67 min
Jul 7, 8:45 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	GSP	Iredell	45 min
Jul 7, 10:05 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	GSP	Polk	4 hr
Jul 7, 11:33 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	GSP	Rutherford	4 hr
Jul 7, 12:40 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	GSP	Catawba	50 min
Jul 7, 1:02 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	GSP	Alexander	58 min
Jul 7, 1:30 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	GSP	Alexander	3 hr
Jul 7, 1:31 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	GSP	Iredell	62 min
Jul 7, 1:57 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	GSP	Iredell	3 hr
Jul 7, 3:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Davie	27 min
Jul 7, 3:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Mecklenburg	58 min
Jul 7, 3:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Rowan	13 min
Jul 7, 4:01 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	GSP	Cabarrus, Mecklenburg	3 hr
Jul 7, 4:21 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	GSP	Davie, Rowan	3 hr

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in North Carolina, 2005 Every tornado warning in 2005 Tornadoes 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.