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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this tornado warning at May 14, 2006, 2:59 PM EDT for Rowan County, North Carolina. It was in force for 19 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 14, 2006, 2:59 PM EDT (18:59 UTC)
- Expired
- May 14, 2006, 3:18 PM EDT
- In force
- 19 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), 163 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:01 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 14, 3:02 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | Gold Hill, NC |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
Did it verify
Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this tornado warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.
Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.
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, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 70 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS52 KGSP 141900 TORGSP NCC159-141945- /O.NEW.KGSP.TO.W.0007.060514T1859Z-060514T1945Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 259 PM EDT SUN MAY 14 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN ROWAN COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA * UNTIL 345 PM EDT * AT 254 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GOLD HILL...OR ABOUT 13 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SALISBURY...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... RURAL SOUTHEASTERN ROWAN COUNTY AT 310 PM EDT MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES SHOULD BE ABANDONED FOR STURDIER SHELTER. OTHERWISE...GO TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST LEVEL OF YOUR HOME OR PLACE OF BUSINESS. MAKE SURE THERE ARE AS MANY WALLS AND FLOORS BETWEEN YOU AND THE OUTSIDE AS POSSIBLE. TO REPORT TORNADOES...DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...OR FLOODING... THROUGH OUR AUTOMATED REPORTING SYSTEM...CALL OUR TOLL FREE NUMBER... 1 8 7 7 6 3 3 6 7 7 2. LAT...LON 3559 8042 3549 8038 3549 8017 3564 8028 $$ MCAVOY
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS52 KGSP 141918 SVSGSP SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 317 PM EDT SUN MAY 14 2006 NCC159-141927- /O.CAN.KGSP.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-060514T1945Z/ ROWAN NC- 317 PM EDT SUN MAY 14 2006 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN ROWAN COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING THE POSSIBLE TORNADO HAS MOVED OUT OF ROWAN COUNTY. THEREFORE...THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. LAT...LON 3559 8042 3549 8038 3549 8017 3564 8028 $$ LANE
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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 tornado warning went out at May 14, 11:08 AM EDT, 3 hours 51 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 14, 11:08 AM EDT, 3 hours 51 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1108 AM EDT SUN MAY 14 2006
.SHORT TERM /REST OF TODAY/...
SURFACE ANALYSIS INDICATES WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY EXTENDING FROM LOW
PRESSURE ACROSS SOUTHERN WV SOUTH ALONG THE NC/TN BORDER...INTO THE
GULF COAST REGION. THE AIRMASS BEHIND THIS FEATURE IS QUITE A BIT
DRIER...WITH MID 40S DEWPOINTS FROM THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU
WESTWARD...AS OPPOSED TO THE MID/UPPER 50S ACROSS MUCH OF THE
CAROLINAS. WV IMAGERY IMPLIES THE UPPER JET AXIS IS MORE OR LESS
RIGHT ON TOP OF THE AREA...AND ACCORDING TO MORNING U/A ANALYSIS IS
BRINGING QUITE A BIT OF MID/LEVEL DRYING WITH IT. THIS IS CREATING
SOME CONCERN AS TO HOW WIDESPREAD DEEP CONVECTION WILL BECOME THIS
AFTERNOON. THE FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS THIS MORNING WILL BE TO LOWER
POPS ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST ZONES...AS MODELS AGREE...AND ARE
SUPPORTED BY OBSERVATIONAL DATA...THAT DRYING WILL OCCUR THROUGH A
DEEP LAYER IN THAT AREA. STILL...AS POTENT UPPER LOW SPINS CLOSE TO
THE AREA LATER TODAY...BRINGING H5 TEMPS IN THE -20 VICINITY WITH
IT...LAPSE RATES MAY BE STEEP ENOUGH TO EAK OUT SOME VERY MODEST
INSTABILITY ACROSS THE WESTERN ZONES THIS PM...ENOUGH TO WARRANT
TOKEN LOW CHANCE POPS.
THE MAIN ACTION FOR THIS AFTERNOON SHOULD BE IN THE PIEDMONT...WHERE
UPPER 50S DEWPOINTS AHEAD OF THE FRONT COMBINED WITH THE STEEP LAPSE
RATES SHOULD YIELD CAPE VALUES APPROACHING 2000 J/KG. WILL GENERALLY
MAINTAIN POPS AS IS IN THIS AREA...ALTHOUGH BETTER CHANCES FOR
CONVECTION WILL BE IN THE DEEPER MOISTURE NORTH OF THE UPPER JET
AXIS ACROSS THE NC PIEDMONT. DEEP LAYER SHEAR IS MORE THAN ADEQUATE
FOR SUPERCELLS...AND EXPECT MOST STORMS WILL ROTATE THIS
AFTERNOON...BUT TORNADO THREAT APPEARS LIMITED DUE TO VEERED SURFACE
FLOW (MARGINAL 0-1 KM HELICITY.) HOWEVER...STILL CAN/T RULE OUT AN
ISOLATED TORNADO. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE LARGE HAIL...AND WITH THE
UNUSUALLY LOW FREEZING LEVELS...IT WON/T TAKE A VERY TALL UPDRAFT
(PROBABLY A 50 DBZ CORE UP TO AROUND 17 KFT) TO YIELD SEVERE
HAIL.
WITH THE EXCEPTION OF MINOR TWEAKS HERE AND THERE...DO NOT PLAN ANY
CHANGES OF CONSEQUENCE OTHER THAN WHAT HAS ALREADY BEEN
MENTIONED.
&&
.PREV DISCUSSION...
/ISSUED 328 AM EDT SUN MAY 14 2006/
SHORT TERM /REST OF TODAY/...
WINDS ACROSS NORTHEAST GA...UPSTATE OF SC...AND THE CLT METRO AREA
WILL REACH 15-25 MPH AFTER 15Z THIS MORNING. I WILL POST A LAKE
WIND ADVISORY TO HIGHLIGHT.
PREV DISCUSSION...
/ISSUED 313 AM EDT SUN MAY 14 2006/
SHORT TERM /TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY/...
W/V SHOWS THE MID LEVEL JET RUNNING FROM MISSOURI SE TO THE SRN
APPALACHIANS THIS MORNING. CWA WILL REMAIN IN LEFT EXIT REGION OF
THE JET EARLY THIS MORNING...SUPPORTING LONG LIVED TSRA CLUSTERS
ALONG AND AHEAD OF APPROACHING COLD FRONT. DEEP CLOSED LOW OVER THE
OHIO RIVER VALLEY WILL BEGIN TO SLIDE SE TODAY. SHORT RANGE MODELS
DEVELOP A LEE FRONTAL WAVE OVER THE FA THIS MORNING AS FLOW TURNS
DOWNSLOPE AND HEIGHTS FALL. NAM12 FOR THIS AFTERNOON LOOK VERY
IMPRESSIVE ALONG AND EAST OF THE FRONTAL WAVE. FOR EXAMPLE...THE
FORECAST SOUNDING FOR KCLT SHOWS A CAPE GREATER THAN 2K J/KG...TOTAL
TOTALS 56...SWEAT GREATER THAN 450...AND A WBZ AROUND 8K FT. SEVERAL
STORMS SHOULD PRODUCE SEVERE HAIL AND POSSIBLY DAMAGING WIND ALONG AND
EAST I-85 AND I-77 TODAY. I WILL ISSUE AN SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK
TO HIGHLIGHT TIMING AND SEVERE POTENTIAL.
TONIGHT...H85 TEMPERATURES FALL FROM 10C AT 0Z MON TO 1C AT 12Z. I
USED A BLEND OF MOS TEMPERATURE GUIDANCE FOR LOWS...WITH FAVOR GIVEN
TO THE COOLER SOLUTIONS. MTN TEMPS BY 12Z MON SHOULD RANGE FROM L40S
VALLEYS TO LOW TO MID 30S ON THE PEAKS. NAM QPF IS VERY LIGHT AND I
WILL LIMIT POPS TO THE TN/NC STATE LINE FOR MAINLY SHRA. I WILL
INCLUDE A FEW PIXELS OF SHRASN FOR NRN MTN ELEVATIONS AT OR ABOVE 5K
FT.
MON AND TUES...CLOSED H5 LOW TRACKS SLOWLY NE AND DEEP MOISTURE
SHOULD REMAIN ALONG AND WEST OF THE MTNS. I WILL FAVOR MTNS POPS
WITH JUST A FEW PERIODS OF SCT SHRA EAST. I WILL CONTINUE
FORECAST OF BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES.
LONG TERM /TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY/...
LITTLE CHANGE MADE TO THE FORECAST BEYOND TUESDAY.
AVIATION...
SPOKES OF ENERGY ROTATING AROUND THE UPPER LOW WILL CONTINUE TO BE
THE MAIN PROBLEM OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS. CONVECTION AHEAD OF ONE
WAVE WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA THROUGH
SUNRISE. FOR THE MOST PART...CONDITIONS SHOULD REMAIN VFR OUTSIDE OF
THUNDERSTORMS. AFTER A BRIEF LULL...EXPECT CONVECTION TO REDEVELOP
ACROSS THE PIEDMONT AHEAD OF THE NEXT WAVE...WHERE THE BEST
INSTABILITY WILL LIE. RELATIVELY HIGH BASED STRATOCU ONCE AGAIN MAY
BECOME BROKEN TEMPORARILY IN THE AFTERNOON BEFORE SHOWERS DEVELOP IN
MID TO LATE AFTERNOON ONCE AGAIN. A SURFACE BOUNDARY FINALLY PUSH
ITS WAY EAST ACROSS THE PIEDMONT LATE IN THE DAY...ENDING THE PRECIP
THREAT AND SHIFTING THE WIND TO A MORE NW DIRECTION.
&&
.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...LANEHazardous weather outlook, May 14, 5:36 AM EDT, 9 hours 23 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, 12:50 PM EDT, 2 hours 9 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1250 PM EDT SUN MAY 14 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1230 PM HAIL GREAT FALLS 34.57N 80.90W
05/14/2006 E1.00 INCH CHESTER SC PUBLIC
PUBLIC REPORT OF QUARTER SIZED HAIL.
&&
GMSLocal storm report, May 14, 1:27 PM EDT, 1 hour 32 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
127 PM EDT SUN MAY 14 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0102 PM HAIL 7 WNW VALE 35.58N 81.51W
05/14/2006 E1.75 INCH BURKE NC COUNTY OFFICIAL
COMMS CENTER RELAYED REPORT OF GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL NEAR
THE INTERSECTION OF LINCOLN...BURKE...CLEVELAND...AND
CATAWBA COUNTIES
&&
LANELocal storm report, May 14, 1:45 PM EDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
145 PM EDT SUN MAY 14 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0102 PM HAIL 5 ENE CASAR 35.54N 81.54W
05/14/2006 E1.75 INCH CLEVELAND NC COUNTY OFFICIAL
CLEVELAND COUNTY COMMS RELAYED REPORT OF GOLFBALL SIZE
HAIL IN NORTHEAST PART OF THE COUNTY
&&
LANELocal storm report, May 14, 1:52 PM EDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
152 PM EDT SUN MAY 14 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0145 PM HAIL 5 E MAIDEN 35.58N 81.12W
05/14/2006 E2.00 INCH CATAWBA NC AMATEUR RADIO
SPOTTER REPORTED TANGERINE SIZE HAIL CRACKED A WINDSHIELD
AT THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 150 AND HIGHWAY 16
&&
LANELocal storm report, May 14, 2:15 PM EDT, 44 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
215 PM EDT SUN MAY 14 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0202 PM HAIL 4 SW MOORESVILLE 35.54N 80.86W
05/14/2006 E1.00 INCH IREDELL NC AMATEUR RADIO
SPOTTER REPORTED QUARTER SIZE HAIL COVERING THE GROUND
NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 21 AND I-77
&&
LANELocal storm report, May 14, 2:36 PM EDT, 23 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
&&
LANEThe 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, 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, 4:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Union | 50 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.