Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2006
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 372, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 23, 2006, 6:23 PM EDT for Union County, North Carolina. It was in force for 82 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, 6:23 PM EDT (22:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 23, 2006, 7:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 82 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 22:23 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, 10.4 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.
- 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
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, 3:16 PM EDT, 3 hours 7 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 23, 3:16 PM EDT, 3 hours 7 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 316 PM EDT FRI JUN 23 2006 .SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY/... THUNDERSTORMS HAVE ERUPTED ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND MUCH OF THE BLUE RIDGE THIS AFTERNOON. AT LEAST LIKELY COVERAGE EXPECTED OVER THE WESTERN SECTIONS...WITH SCATTERED TO THE SOUTH. WILL WATCH RADAR TRENDS AND MAKE FINAL DECISION ON COVERAGE BEFORE ISSUANCE. MORE SEVERE EXPECTED INTO THE EVENING EVEN WITH THE MOIST AIR MASS. CAPES AS HIGH AS 4000 J/KG WITH SOME SPEED SHEAR. STORMS ARE MOVING MORE TODAY WITH THE STRONGER WIND FLOW...HOWEVER THE NUMBER OF STORMS COULD LEAD TO TRAINING. ISOLATED VERY HEAVY RAINFALL HAS ALREADY OCCURRED...SO CANNOT RULE OUT SOME FLASH FLOODS. STORMS DIMINISH IN STRENGTH AFTER SUNSET...BUT STORMS AND SHOWERS LINGER MUCH OF THE NIGHT. RIDGE LINGERS TO OUR EAST AHEAD OF THE DEVELOPING COASTAL SYSTEM...WITH TROF TO OUR WEST. MOIST UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE CONTINUES SATURDAY...SO ANOTHER ROUND OF STORMS EXPECTED. COVERAGE SHOULD BE SIMILAR TO TODAY GIVEN THE UPPER AIR PATTERN. LIKELY WEST TO LOW CHANCE SOUTH. SEVERE CHANCE LESS SATURDAY...BUT CANNOT BE RULED OUT. VERY MILD NIGHT AGAIN TONIGHT...AND COOLER SATURDAY WITH MORE CLOUDS AND LOWER THICKNESSES. && .LONG TERM /SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY/... A SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL EVENT APPEARS LIKELY FOR OUR FORECAST AREA SATURDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY WITH A COMBINATION OF A SURFACE BOUNDARY...TROPICAL MOISTURE AND PERSISTENT UPSLOPE FLOW. THERE WILL ALSO BE SEVERAL UPPER DISTURBANCES ROTATING ACROSS THE REGION AS THE UPPER RIDGE BREAKS DOWN AND A TROF EVOLVES OVER THE SOUTHEAST STATES. IN ADDITION...THE GUIDANCE CONTINUES TO SHIFT A TROPICAL LOW WESTWARD TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST STATES...THEN TREK IT TO THE NORTHEAST ALONG THE COASTAL PLAIN...AND IF THAT HAPPENS...THERE COULD BE AN ENHANCEMENT TO OUR UPSLOPE FLOW FOR LOCATIONS ALONG THE EASTERN ESCARPMENT AND OTHER LOCATIONS WITH A SOUTHEAST ASPECT. THE TIME OF HEAVIEST RAIN...AND GREATEST COVERAGE...APPEARS TO BE SHAPING UP FOR SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. WE FEATURE OUR HIGHEST CHANCES OF RAIN THROUGH THE ENTIRE EVENT FOR THE SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA AND THE SOUTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS SUNDAY EVENING. THE HPC 5-DAY RAINFALL PROG INDICATES A WIDESPREAD 2 TO 4 INCH SWATH OF PRECIPITATION FOR MOST OF THE FORECAST AREA. WE PLAN TO ISSUE AN EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OUTLOOK FOR THE WEEKEND COINCIDENT WITH THIS PACKAGE. && .AVIATION... THUNDERSTORMS ERUPTING OVER THE MOUNTAINS WITH ONLY ISOLATED ELSEWHERE RIGHT NOW. THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY IMPACT ALL SITES AT SOME POINT THIS AFTERNOON OR EVENING. LOW VFR LIKELY...BUT CONDITIONS WILL BRIEFLY BE LOWER IF CENTER OF CELLS MOVE DIRECTLY OVER THE SITE. STORMS WILL LINGER INTO THE EVENING...BUT SHOULD DIMINISH IN COVERAGE AFTER SUNSET. EXPECT AT LEAST A BRIEF PERIOD OF MVFR VISIBILITY ALL SITES NEAR SUNRISE. WHERE RAIN FALLS...LONGER MVFR PERIOD WITH TEMPO IFR LIKELY. COULD EVEN BE SOME LOW CEILINGS AT THESE LOCATIONS. VFR EXPECTED AFTER SUNRISE WITH CONVECTIVE DEBRIS CEILINGS. MORE THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED SATURDAY...BUT WILL WAIT UNTIL THE 00Z TAFS TO ADDRESS THESE. LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS THROUGH THE PERIOD EXCEPT VARIABLE AND GUSTY NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. && .HYDROLOGY... THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING WILL BE SLOW-MOVERS...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WHEREVER THEY FORM. STREAM AND WATER LEVELS WILL NEED TO BE MONITORED CAREFULLY UNTIL CONVECTION WEAKENS LATER TODAY. WE PLAN TO ISSUE AN EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OUTLOOK FOR THE WEEKEND COINCIDENT WITH THIS PACKAGE. && .GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. && SHORT TERM...RWH LONG TERM...SAB AVIATION...RWH HYDROLOGY...SAB
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 23, 6:15 AM EDT, 12 hours 8 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, 5:32 PM EDT, 51 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
532 PM EDT FRI JUN 23 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0455 PM TSTM WND DMG 1 NW WOODLEAF 35.78N 80.60W
06/23/2006 ROWAN NC TRAINED SPOTTER
TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN...BLOCKING ROAD ON COOL SPRINGS
RD AT HART RD. POWER POLES ALSO REPORTED BLOWN DOWN.
&&
LGLocal storm report, Jun 23, 5:37 PM EDT, 46 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
537 PM EDT FRI JUN 23 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0342 PM TSTM WND DMG 15 WNW SPARTANBURG 35.03N 82.17W
06/23/2006 SPARTANBURG SC AIRPLANE PILOT
8 TREES DOWN AT ONE RESIDENCE...1520 HANNON ROAD.
LIGHTNING ALSO STRUCK THE HOUSE.
0512 PM TSTM WND DMG ABBEVILLE 34.18N 82.38W
06/23/2006 ABBEVILLE SC COUNTY OFFICIAL
COUNTY COMMS REPORTED ONE POWERLINE DOWN ON CEDAR SPRINGS
RD. ALSO PEA SIZE HAIL IN TOWN AT 1726.
&&
44Local storm report, Jun 23, 5:38 PM EDT, 45 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
538 PM EDT FRI JUN 23 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0343 PM HAIL TIGER 34.85N 83.43W
06/23/2006 E0.88 INCH RABUN GA COUNTY OFFICIAL
TREES ALSO DOWN IN THE AREA
&&
LGSpecial weather statement, Jun 23, 5:49 PM EDT, 34 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 549 PM EDT FRI JUN 23 2006 NCZ071-232245- MECKLENBURG- 549 PM EDT FRI JUN 23 2006 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO MECKLENBURG COUNTY... AT 546 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM LOWESVILLE TO LAKE WYLIE...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 13 MILES NORTH OF CENTER CITY CHARLOTTE TO 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GASTONIA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. THE MAIN THREAT WITH THIS LINE OF STORMS WILL BE WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 MPH. TORRENTIAL RAINFALL AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED. LANE
Local storm report, Jun 23, 6:05 PM EDT, 18 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
605 PM EDT FRI JUN 23 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0535 PM TSTM WND DMG 3 W STATESVILLE 35.79N 80.94W
06/23/2006 IREDELL NC COUNTY OFFICIAL
TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN
&&
LGLocal storm report, Jun 23, 6:20 PM EDT, 3 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 23, 6:21 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Yancey | 39 min |
| Jun 23, 2:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Henderson, Transylvania | 54 min |
| Jun 23, 2:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Jackson, Transylvania | 63 min |
| Jun 23, 2:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Macon | 76 min |
| Jun 23, 2:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Henderson | 78 min |
| Jun 23, 3:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | McDowell | 78 min |
| Jun 23, 3:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Jackson, Transylvania | 74 min |
| Jun 23, 3:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Mecklenburg | 78 min |
| Jun 23, 3:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Caldwell | 77 min |
| Jun 23, 3:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Burke | 76 min |
| Jun 23, 3:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Polk | 70 min |
| Jun 23, 4:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Catawba, Lincoln | 75 min |
| Jun 23, 4:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Rowan | 55 min |
| Jun 23, 5:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Davie | 64 min |
| Jun 23, 5:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Iredell | 56 min |
| Jun 22, 8:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Greenville | 58 min |
| Jun 22, 8:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Anderson | 36 min |
| Jun 23, 1:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cherokee | 60 min |
| Jun 23, 1:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Spartanburg | 55 min |
| Jun 23, 2:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Spartanburg | 73 min |
| Jun 23, 3:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Greenville | 69 min |
| Jun 23, 3:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cherokee | 80 min |
| Jun 23, 4:15 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Spartanburg | 4 hr |
| Jun 23, 4:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Spartanburg | 77 min |
| Jun 23, 5:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Abbeville | 57 min |
| Jun 23, 5:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Laurens | 59 min |
| Jun 23, 5:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Anderson | 54 min |
| Jun 23, 5:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Greenville | 54 min |
| Jun 23, 5:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Abbeville | 62 min |
| Jun 23, 6:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Union | 80 min |
| Jun 23, 6:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Laurens | 60 min |
| Jun 22, 8:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Hart | 61 min |
| Jun 23, 3:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Rabun | 74 min |
| Jun 23, 5:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Hart | 66 min |
Nearby
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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.