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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 149, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

May 14, 2006Union County, North Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 14, 2006, 4:27 PM EDT for Union County, North Carolina. It was in force for 50 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: May 14, 2006, 4:27 PM EDT (20:27 UTC)
Expired: May 14, 2006, 5:17 PM EDT
In force: 50 min
Issued by: NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Union County, NC

The radar

The Columbia radar (KCAE), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 14, 12:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 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: 129 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -113 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 846 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 15 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 168 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.1

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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 May 14, 3:02 PM EDT, 1 hour 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 14, 3:02 PM EDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
302 PM EDT SUN MAY 14 2006

.SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY/...
MAIN CONCERN LATE THIS AFTN-EARLY EVE IS ONGOING SEVERE STORMS.
ONCE SHORTWAVE AND ASSOC SFC BOUNDARY MOVES THROUGH...AREA BEGINS
TO COOL THIS EVE SO EXPECT CONVECTION TO DIE DOWN AND MOVE E.
HOWEVER...DEEP UPPER LOW OVER OH VALLEY IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE
MOVING SE TOWARD AREA OVERNIGHT...KEEPING ATMOS SOMEWHAT UNSTABLE.
DRYER AIR MOVES IN AND HAVE REDUCED POPS FROM THE SW DURG
EVE...BUT KEEPT CHANCE POPS OVER MTNS THROUGH THE NIGHT...SLIGHT
CHANCE ELSEWHERE. H5 LOW FCST TO SWING UP OH VALLEY AND OVER CNTRL
APPALACHIANS MON...WHICH KEEPS CWA IN MOIST UNSTABLE FLOW THROUGH
THE EARLY PART OF THE WEEK. HAVE RETAINED CHANCE POPS OVER
MTNS...SLIGHT CHANCE ELSEWHERE THROUGH TUE.

&&

.LONG TERM /TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY/...
UNSETTLED WEATHER IS EXPECTED OVER THE REGION THROUGH THE EXTENDED
PERIOD. MEDIUM RANGE ENSEMBLES DEPICT THE UPPER CLOSED LOW LIFTING
NORTHEAST BY MID WEEK...JUST IN TIME FOR ANOTHER UPPER TROF TO
DEVELOP UPSTREAM TO KEEP THE REGION UNSETTLED. EXPECTING
TEMPERATURES NEAR OR SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL. LATEST CENTRALIZED
GUIDANCE SHOWS A FRONTAL BOUNDARY APPROACHING FROM THE N LATE IN
THE WEEK AND DROPPING OVER THE CWA FOR THE WEEKEND.

&&

.AVIATION...
STORMS WILL MOVE E OF CWA EARLY THIS EVE AS SFC BOUNDARY TRACKS OFF
TO THE E. WILL KEEP MENTION OF VCTS AT KCLT THROUGH EARLY EVE...THEN
VFR VIS AND CIGS ALL AREAS OVERNIGHT. EXPECTING SW TO W WINDS
DECREASING BY SUNSET AND CONITNUING AT 5 TO 10 KTS OVERNIGHT.

&&

.GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...LAKE WIND ADVISORY FOR GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029 UNTIL 6 PM
     SUNDAY.
NC...LAKE WIND ADVISORY FOR NCZ066-069>072-082-507-509 UNTIL 6 PM
     SUNDAY.
SC...LAKE WIND ADVISORY FOR SCZ001>014-019 UNTIL 6 PM SUNDAY.
&&

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

Hazardous weather outlook, May 14, 5:36 AM EDT, 10 hours 51 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
536 AM EDT SUN MAY 14 2006

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065-
068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-150945-
RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-AVERY-ALEXANDER-
IREDELL-DAVIE-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-
CATAWBA-ROWAN-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-
TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-
CABARRUS-UNION NC-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-GREATER CALDWELL-
BURKE MOUNTAINS-GREATER BURKE-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-EASTERN MCDOWELL-
RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-GREATER RUTHERFORD-POLK MOUNTAINS-
EASTERN POLK-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-
GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS-
GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-
LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD-
536 AM EDT SUN MAY 14 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
SEVERAL STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE LARGE HAIL OR DAMAGING WIND
GUSTS TODAY. AREAS ALONG AND EAST OF INTERSTATES 85 AND 77 WILL
HAVE THE GREATEST CHANCE FOR SEVERE WEATHER. A SEVERE WEATHER
OUTLOOK HAS BEEN ISSUED TO HIGHLIGHT THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
POTENTIAL.

AREAS ABOVE 3000 FEET...TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TO RANGE FROM LOW TO
MID 30S TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TODAY EAST OF THE MOUNTAINS.

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 14, 2:36 PM EDT, 1 hour 51 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
236 PM EDT SUN MAY 14 2006

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

0215 PM     HAIL             8 W KANNAPOLIS          35.49N 80.76W
05/14/2006  E1.75 INCH       CABARRUS           NC   COUNTY OFFICIAL

            COUNTY REPORTED GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL IN THE NORTHWEST
            CORNER OF THE COUNTY ALSO STRONG WINDS BUT NO DAMAGE

&&

LANE

Local storm report, May 14, 3:10 PM EDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
310 PM EDT SUN MAY 14 2006

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

0155 PM     HAIL             3 N CONCORD             35.45N 80.59W
05/14/2006  E1.75 INCH       CABARRUS           NC   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            CONCORD POLICE REPORTED GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL 3 MI S OF
            ROWAN CO LINE ON I-85.

0255 PM     HAIL             6 NNE CONCORD           35.49N 80.55W
05/14/2006  E1.75 INCH       CABARRUS           NC   TRAINED SPOTTER

            GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL REPORTED BY TRAINED SPOTTERS.

0250 PM     HAIL             ROCKWELL                35.55N 80.41W
05/14/2006  E0.88 INCH       ROWAN              NC   TRAINED SPOTTER

            REPORT OF NICKEL SIZED HAIL AND SLIGHTLY LARGER IN
            ROCKWELL.

&&

GMS

Local storm report, May 14, 3:14 PM EDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
314 PM EDT SUN MAY 14 2006

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

0250 PM     TORNADO          7 NE CONCORD            35.48N 80.51W
05/14/2006                   CABARRUS           NC   EMERGENCY MNGR

            EM REPORTS NUMEROUS TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN AND ON
            HOMES IN THE RIMER COMMUNITY. NON-SPECIFIED REPORTS OF
            SIGNIFICANT STRUCTURAL DAMAGE.

&&

GMS

Local storm report, May 14, 3:43 PM EDT, 44 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
343 PM EDT SUN MAY 14 2006

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

0330 PM     HAIL             1 SSE MOORESVILLE       35.57N 80.81W
05/14/2006  E1.00 INCH       IREDELL            NC   TRAINED SPOTTER

            SPOTTER REPORTS QUARTER SIZE HAIL.

&&

GMS

Local storm report, May 14, 4:07 PM EDT, 20 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
407 PM EDT SUN MAY 14 2006

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

0140 PM     HAIL             LINCOLNTON              35.48N 81.23W
05/14/2006  U1.75 INCH       LINCOLN            NC   PUBLIC

0302 PM     HAIL             GOLD HILL               35.56N 80.37W
05/14/2006  U1.00 INCH       ROWAN              NC   PUBLIC

&&

LANE

Local storm report, May 14, 4:15 PM EDT, 12 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
415 PM EDT SUN MAY 14 2006

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

0348 PM     HAIL             GREAT FALLS             34.57N 80.90W
05/14/2006  E0.50 INCH       CHESTER            SC   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

            MARBLE SIZE HAIL REPORTED BY LOCAL FIRE DEPARTMENT.

&&

KRENTZ

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 13, 8:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Buncombe, McDowell	42 min
May 13, 8:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Yancey	53 min
May 13, 9:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Burke, McDowell	54 min
May 13, 10:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Macon	50 min
May 13, 10:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Graham	57 min
May 13, 10:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Rutherford	57 min
May 13, 11:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Cleveland	38 min
May 14, 12:13 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Catawba	28 min
May 14, 12:28 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Lincoln	28 min
May 14, 4:15 AM EDT	Lake Wind Advisory	GSP	Cabarrus, Gaston, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Polk, Rutherford and 1 more	14 hr
May 14, 12:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Burke, Catawba, Cleveland, Lincoln	64 min
May 14, 1:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Caldwell	60 min
May 14, 1:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Iredell, Mecklenburg	54 min
May 14, 2:03 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	GSP	Iredell, Mecklenburg	25 min
May 14, 2:11 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	GSP	Cabarrus, Rowan	49 min
May 14, 2:59 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	GSP	Rowan	19 min
May 14, 3:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Iredell	23 min
May 14, 3:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Burke	63 min
May 14, 4:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Catawba	65 min
May 14, 12:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Chester	40 min
May 14, 3:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Chester	59 min
May 13, 9:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Habersham	62 min
May 14, 4:22 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Habersham	38 min
May 14, 4:50 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Franklin	41 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Carolina, 2006 Every 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.