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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 350, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

June 23, 2006McDowell County, North Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 23, 2006, 3:12 PM EDT for McDowell County, North Carolina. It was in force for 78 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
Jun 23, 2006, 3:12 PM EDT (19:12 UTC)
Expired
Jun 23, 2006, 4:30 PM EDT
In force
78 min
Issued by
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County McDowell County, NC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:14 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, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 199 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 2006-06-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1011 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2006-06-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 37 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1011 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-143 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1322 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
37 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
24 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 Jun 23, 10:52 AM EDT, 4 hours 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 23, 10:52 AM EDT, 4 hours 20 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 23, 6:15 AM EDT, 8 hours 57 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
615 AM EDT FRI JUN 23 2006

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065-
068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-241015-
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-
615 AM EDT FRI JUN 23 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

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED AGAIN TODAY. SOME OF THESE
STORMS MAY BE SEVERE. FOR FURTHER DETAILS...PLEASE REFER TO THE
LATEST SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK...SPSGSP...ISSUED BY THIS OFFICE.
OTHERWISE...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS COULD DEVELOP EACH DAY DURING THE
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. OTHERWISE...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED
AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TODAY.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 23, 12:54 PM EDT, 2 hours 18 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jun 23, 12:56 PM EDT, 2 hours 16 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1256 PM EDT FRI JUN 23 2006

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

0330 PM     TSTM WND DMG     5 NE BREVARD            35.29N 82.67W
06/22/2006                   TRANSYLVANIA       NC   COUNTY OFFICIAL

            TREES DOWN NORTH OF PISGAH FOREST

&&

LG
Local storm report, Jun 23, 2:30 PM EDT, 42 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
230 PM EDT FRI JUN 23 2006

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

0215 PM     HAIL             CHESNEE                 35.15N 81.86W
06/23/2006  E0.75 INCH       SPARTANBURG        SC   POST OFFICE

            DIME TO PENNY SIZED HAIL LASTED ABOUT 5 MINUTES.

&&

GMS
Special weather statement, Jun 23, 3:00 PM EDT, 12 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
300 PM EDT FRI JUN 23 2006

NCZ071-232000-
MECKLENBURG-
300 PM EDT FRI JUN 23 2006

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AFFECTING MECKLENBURG COUNTY...

AT 257 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED TWO
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER THE CHARLOTTE METRO AREA...ONE JUST SOUTH
OF THE CITY CENTER...ANOTHER NEAR UNC CHARLOTTE. THE STORMS WERE
MOVING EAST AT AROUND 10 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL AFFECT MUCH OF THE
EASTERN PART OF THE CHARLOTTE METRO AREA THROUGH 3:45 PM.

THE MAIN THREAT WITH THESE STORMS WILL BE FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAINFALL RATES OF AROUND AN INCH PER HOUR.

BRIEF PERIODS OF PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE
ALSO EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

LANE
Local storm report, Jun 23, 3:04 PM EDT, 8 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
304 PM EDT FRI JUN 23 2006

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

0253 PM     TSTM WND DMG     2 E FINGERVILLE         35.13N 81.97W
06/23/2006                   SPARTANBURG        SC   CO-OP OBSERVER

            A COUPLE OF PINE TREES DOWN...NOT FAR FROM LOCATION.

&&

GMS
Local storm report, Jun 23, 3:05 PM EDT, 7 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
305 PM EDT FRI JUN 23 2006

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

0200 PM     TSTM WND DMG     4 E CHESNEE             35.15N 81.79W
06/23/2006                   CHEROKEE           SC   PUBLIC

            COUPLE OF TREES DOWN NEAR GROCERY STORE.

&&

GMS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 23, 6:21 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPYancey39 min
Jun 23, 2:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPHenderson, Transylvania54 min
Jun 23, 2:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPJackson, Transylvania63 min
Jun 23, 2:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPMacon76 min
Jun 23, 2:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPHenderson78 min
Jun 23, 3:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPJackson, Transylvania74 min
Jun 23, 3:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPMecklenburg78 min
Jun 23, 3:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPCaldwell77 min
Jun 23, 3:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPBurke76 min
Jun 23, 3:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPPolk70 min
Jun 23, 4:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPCatawba, Lincoln75 min
Jun 23, 4:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPRowan55 min
Jun 23, 5:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPDavie64 min
Jun 23, 5:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPIredell56 min
Jun 23, 6:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPUnion82 min
Jun 22, 8:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPGreenville58 min
Jun 22, 8:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPAnderson36 min
Jun 23, 1:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPCherokee60 min
Jun 23, 1:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPSpartanburg55 min
Jun 23, 2:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPSpartanburg73 min
Jun 23, 3:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPGreenville69 min
Jun 23, 3:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPCherokee80 min
Jun 23, 4:15 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningGSPSpartanburg4 hr
Jun 23, 4:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPSpartanburg77 min
Jun 23, 5:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPAbbeville57 min
Jun 23, 5:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPLaurens59 min
Jun 23, 5:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPAnderson54 min
Jun 23, 5:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPGreenville54 min
Jun 23, 5:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPAbbeville62 min
Jun 23, 6:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPUnion80 min
Jun 23, 6:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPLaurens60 min
Jun 22, 8:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPHart61 min
Jun 23, 3:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPRabun74 min
Jun 23, 5:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPHart66 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.