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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 107, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

April 22, 2006Rowan County, North Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 22, 2006, 2:46 PM EDT for Rowan County, North Carolina. It was in force for 52 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 22, 2006, 2:46 PM EDT (18:46 UTC)
Expired
Apr 22, 2006, 3:38 PM EDT
In force
52 min
Issued by
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Rowan County, NC

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 156 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:46 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 75 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 2006-04-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2006-04-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -87 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
625 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-87 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-132 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 Apr 22, 11:25 AM EDT, 3 hours 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 22, 11:25 AM EDT, 3 hours 21 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 22, 3:25 AM EDT, 11 hours 21 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
325 AM EDT SAT APR 22 2006

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-
SCZ001>014-019-230730-
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 NC-
OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-
GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-
CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-
GREENWOOD-
325 AM EDT SAT APR 22 2006

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED AGAIN TODAY. SOME STORMS COULD BECOME
SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS BEING THE MAIN THREATS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE TO A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE MOUNTAINS SUNDAY
NIGHT AND MONDAY...SPREADING ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA FROM TUESDAY INTO
WEDNESDAY NIGHT. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BE SEVERE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TODAY.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 22, 12:06 PM EDT, 2 hours 40 minutes before
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Local storm report, Apr 22, 1:40 PM EDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
140 PM EDT SAT APR 22 2006

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

410 AM      TSTM WND DMG     LAWNDALE                35.45N 81.56W
04/22/2006                   CLEVELAND          NC   PUBLIC
            LARGE BRANCHES BROKEN.

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Local storm report, Apr 22, 1:49 PM EDT, 57 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
149 PM EDT SAT APR 22 2006

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

0450 AM     TSTM WND DMG     1 N TERRELL             35.60N 80.98W
04/22/2006                   CATAWBA            NC   COUNTY OFFICIAL

            COUNTY REPORTED NUMEROUS TREES DOWN IN THE SHERRILLS FORD
            AREA NEAR LAKE NORMAN

&&

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Local storm report, Apr 22, 2:26 PM EDT, 20 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
226 PM EDT SAT APR 22 2006

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

0226 PM     HAIL             PACOLET MILLS           34.92N 81.75W
04/22/2006  E0.88 INCH       SPARTANBURG        SC   TRAINED SPOTTER

            SPOTTER REPORTS NICKEL SIZE HAIL.

&&

HG
Local storm report, Apr 22, 2:37 PM EDT, 9 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
237 PM EDT SAT APR 22 2006

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

0220 PM     HAIL             PACOLET MILLS           34.92N 81.74W
04/22/2006  U1.00 INCH       SPARTANBURG        SC   PUBLIC

&&

GMS
Special weather statement, Apr 22, 2:40 PM EDT, 6 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
240 PM EDT SAT APR 22 2006

SCZ008-221915-
CHEROKEE SC-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...GAFFNEY
240 PM EDT SAT APR 22 2006

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM TO AFFECT SOUTHERN CHEROKEE COUNTY THROUGH
300 PM...

AT 236 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES EAST OF PACOLET MILLS...MOVING EAST AT
15 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT LOCATIONS FROM 5 MILES SOUTH
OF THICKETTY TO SARATT THROUGH 330 PM.

EXPECT PEA SIZE HAIL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND GUSTY WINDS TO 40
MPH WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

HG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 22, 1:48 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPTransylvania51 min
Apr 22, 2:27 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPHenderson63 min
Apr 22, 4:22 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPGaston, Lincoln53 min
Apr 22, 5:05 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPDavie, Iredell, Rowan55 min
Apr 22, 5:12 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPMecklenburg63 min
Apr 22, 6:07 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPUnion38 min
Apr 22, 4:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPUnion24 min
Apr 22, 4:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPCabarrus45 min
Apr 22, 5:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPRowan31 min
Apr 22, 5:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPMecklenburg56 min
Apr 21, 8:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPGreenwood40 min
Apr 21, 8:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPLaurens55 min
Apr 21, 8:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPSpartanburg56 min
Apr 21, 8:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPGreenwood38 min
Apr 21, 9:02 PM EDTTornado WarningGSPSpartanburg14 min
Apr 21, 9:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPGreenville44 min
Apr 21, 9:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPSpartanburg49 min
Apr 21, 10:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPChester64 min
Apr 22, 1:03 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPOconee57 min
Apr 22, 2:08 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPGreenville67 min
Apr 22, 3:21 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPAbbeville29 min
Apr 22, 12:50 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPHabersham28 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Carolina, 2006Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2006

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.