Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2006
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 159, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 20, 2006, 2:12 AM EDT for Haywood County, Madison County, North Carolina. It was in force for 54 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 20, 2006, 2:12 AM EDT (06:12 UTC)
- Expired
- May 20, 2006, 3:06 AM EDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Haywood County, NC, Madison County, NC
The radar
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:12 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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 20, 12:09 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 301 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2372 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 95 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 200 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 19, 10:08 PM EDT, 4 hours 4 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 19, 10:08 PM EDT, 4 hours 4 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, May 19, 5:53 AM EDT, 20 hours 19 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 553 AM EDT FRI MAY 19 2006 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065- 068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-201000- 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- 553 AM EDT FRI MAY 19 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 WILL BE POSSIBLE BY LATE AFTERNOON OVER THE SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA. OVERNIGHT THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE REGION. A FEW OF THE THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT MAY PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS OVER THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS...THE UPSTATE AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE REGION ON WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY OF NEXT WEEK. A FEW OF THESE STORMS MAY BE SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NECESSARY BY LATE TONIGHT SOUTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM GREENVILLE TO ASHEVILLE. MCAVOY
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 20, 1:17 AM EDT, 55 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 117 AM EDT SAT MAY 20 2006 NCZ051-052-059-200730- SWAIN-HAYWOOD-NORTHERN JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHEROKEE...WAYNESVILLE...SYLVA 117 AM EDT SAT MAY 20 2006 ...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS... AT 108 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING FROM EAST TENNESSEE INTO THE CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS. THE HEAVIEST ACTIVITY WAS INITIALLY ALONG THE TENNESSEE BORDER...FROM NEWFOUND GAP TO INTERSTATE 40. STORMS MOVING INTO THIS REGION WILL CONTINUE INTO HAYWOOD AND NORTHERN SWAIN COUNTIES OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS...MAINLY ALONG THE INTERSTATE 40 CORRIDOR. A STRAY THUNDERSTORM MAY DEVELOP INTO NORTHERN JACKSON COUNTY AS WELL. THE HEAVIEST STORMS WILL PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS...GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. STORMS ARE INITIALLY LOSING STRENGTH AS THEY NEAR THE SPINE OF THE APPALACHIANS...THOUGH THE THREAT FOR POSSIBLE SEVERE WEATHER WILL REMAIN THROUGHOUT THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA ALL HAZARDS WEATHER RADIO...OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. GMS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 20, 3:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cleveland | 46 min |
| May 20, 4:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Polk, Rutherford | 38 min |
| May 20, 4:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Swain | 34 min |
| May 20, 4:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cleveland | 61 min |
| May 20, 5:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Gaston | 53 min |
| May 20, 5:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Rutherford | 44 min |
| May 20, 5:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cleveland | 45 min |
| May 20, 5:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Mecklenburg | 60 min |
| May 20, 6:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Gaston | 49 min |
| May 20, 6:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Jackson, Transylvania | 34 min |
| May 20, 6:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Rowan | 63 min |
| May 20, 7:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Catawba | 19 min |
| May 20, 7:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Iredell | 35 min |
| May 20, 2:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Anderson, Oconee | 65 min |
| May 20, 2:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Pickens | 44 min |
| May 20, 2:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Greenville | 60 min |
| May 20, 3:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Laurens | 60 min |
| May 20, 3:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Abbeville | 33 min |
| May 20, 3:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Spartanburg | 23 min |
| May 20, 3:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cherokee, York | 56 min |
| May 20, 3:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Union | 36 min |
| May 20, 3:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Oconee | 54 min |
| May 20, 3:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Greenwood | 67 min |
| May 20, 4:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Anderson, Pickens | 57 min |
| May 20, 4:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | York | 62 min |
| May 20, 4:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cherokee | 60 min |
| May 20, 4:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Greenville | 59 min |
| May 20, 4:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Oconee | 53 min |
| May 20, 4:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Greenwood | 53 min |
| May 20, 4:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Spartanburg | 52 min |
| May 20, 5:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Anderson | 60 min |
| May 20, 5:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Abbeville, Laurens | 40 min |
| May 20, 5:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | York | 73 min |
| May 20, 5:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Greenwood | 41 min |
| May 20, 6:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Pickens | 41 min |
| May 20, 7:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Abbeville | 31 min |
| May 20, 2:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Stephens | 15 min |
| May 20, 2:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Hart | 14 min |
| May 20, 3:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Rabun | 56 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.