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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 227, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 27, 2007, 3:13 PM EDT for Alexander County, Iredell County, North Carolina. It was in force for 62 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 27, 2007, 3:13 PM EDT (19:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 27, 2007, 4:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Alexander County, NC, Iredell County, NC
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 145 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:15 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 104 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
- 1356 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -60 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 923 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 2 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 4 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 27, 3:10 PM EDT, 3 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 27, 3:10 PM EDT, 3 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 310 PM EDT WED JUN 27 2007 .SYNOPSIS... THE SOUTHEAST WILL REMAIN UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF A SUBTROPICAL HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM THROUGH THURSDAY...BEFORE A COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE FORECAST AREA FROM THE NORTH LATE FRIDAY. THIS FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL THEN MOVE SLOWLY SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING AS HIGH PRESSURE COVERS MUCH OF THE EASTERN SEABOARD BY EARLY NEXT WEEK. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH THURSDAY/... THE CENTER OF 590DM RIDGE WILL REMAIN OVER THE CWA TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. THE FORECAST CONCERNS ARE CENTERED ON THE DIURNAL TIMING AND STRENGTH OF AIR MASS TSRA. OVER THE NEXT 6-8 HRS...EXPECT SCT PULSE TSRA TO CONTINUE MAINLY ACROSS THE NC MTNS AND FOOTHILLS WITH ISO CONVECTION OVER SC AND GA. LAPS CAPE ANALYSIS INDICATES 1500-2500 J/KG WITH MINIMAL CIN. STM MOTIONS WILL REMAIN 10KTS OR LESS...GENERALLY DRIFTING TO THE NORTH. THE ENVIRONMENT MAY ALLOW A FEW OF THE STORMS TO REACH SEVERE LEVELS. HOWEVER...DUE TO SLOW STM MOTIONS AND K-INDEX VALUES 35-40...ISO EXCESSIVE RAIN IS POSSIBLE. AREAS OF MTN VALLEY FOG SHOULD DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT. I USED A BLEND OF THE GFS AND NAM FOR THURS. H5 HEIGHTS WILL SLOWLY FALL DURING THE DAY AND A SMALL S/W COULD AUGMENT THE HIGH TERRAIN LIFT LATE THURS AFTERNOON. OVERALL...I ANTICIPATE THAT THE TIMING AND COVERAGE OF CONVECTION WILL CLOSELY FOLLOW TODAY/S TRENDS. I WILL PAINT SCT SHRA/TSRA STARTING AROUND 16Z. && .SHORT TERM /THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY/... THE CONTINUATION OF THE EXPECTED HEIGHT FALLS ACRS THE EASTERN CONUS REMAINS ON TRACK FOR FRIDAY WITH THE FLOW ATOP THE CWFA EVEN SLATED TO BECOME SLIGHTLY CYCLONICALLY CURVED BY FRIDAY NIGHT. THE BETTER FRONTAL ZONE MOISTURE WILL ALSO BEGIN TO IMPINGE UPON THE CWFA AT THIS JUNCTURE. NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND TSTMS ARE EXPECTED FRI AFT/EVE...ESPECIALLY ACRS NC WHERE LARGER SCALE LIFT WILL BE GREATER. GRANTED...WHERE THE ATMOSPHERE SHOULD BECOME MODERATELY UNSTABLE...SOUTH OF FRONTAL ZONE...THE INCREASE IN MID-LVL FLOW IS STILL MODEST...PERHAPS WEAK ENOUGH TO KEEP SVR STORMS ISOLATED...BUT MULTI-CELL DEVELOPMENT REMAINS POSSIBLE ALONG WITH DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. CWFA IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF SLOWLY SOUTHWARD PRESSING FRONTAL ZONE SATURDAY WITH 27/12 UTC OP GFS AND 27/09 UTC SREF IN GOOD AGREEMENT AS FAR AS MASS FIELDS ARE CONCERNED...PROGGED SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND TSTMS... ESPECIALLY ACRS MY EASTERN ZONES WHERE LIFT SHOULD BE MAXIMIZED. && .LONG TERM /SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... OVERALL...VERY FEW NOTABLE CHANGES WERE MADE TO THE EXTENDED FORECAST. THE PERIOD BEGINS WITH A COLD FRONT LOCATED JUST TO THE SOUTH OF THE FA. WITH THAT IN MIND...I KEEP SLIGHT CHANCE POPS AROUND THROUGH 12Z SUN. FROM SUN AFTERNOON ONWARD...UPPER TROUGH AXIS SHIFTS OFF THE EAST COAST WITH SURFACE HIGH RIDGING DOWN THE EAST SIDE OF THE APPS. A DRY FORECAST IS IN PLACE THROUGH TUES MORNING...WITH SLIGHT CHANCE POPS TUES AFTERNOON ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AS SWRLY FLOW RETURNS OUT AHEAD OF LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPING OVER UPPER MIDWEST. EASTERN TROUGH REASSERTS ITSELF BY WEDNESDAY AS A SHORTWAVE DIVES ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES. AT LEAST SLIGHT CHANCE POPS EVERYWHERE WED AFTERNOON THROUGH THURS MORNING AS COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE NORTH. TEMPS WARM THROUGHOUT THE EXTENDED AS SWRLY FLOW DEVELOPS BY MID WEEK WITH LOWER 90S ACROSS THE NC PIEDMONT AND THE UPSTATE. && .AVIATION /19Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY/... PULSE HIGH TERRAIN SHRA/TSRA WILL CONTINUE AROUND KAVL AND KHKY INTO THE EARLY TO MID EVENING. ELSEWHERE...DIURNAL CU AROUND 5-6 KFT WILL REMAIN SCT TO BKN THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING. TONIGHT...CU WILL DISSIPATE AND SEA BREEZE MOISTURE WILL MOVE OVER THE REGION. THIS MOISTURE MAY SUPPORT FEW TO SCT CIRRUS OVERNIGHT. LIGHT SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL LIKELY FALL TO 3 KTS OR LESS BY 6Z. THE THIN HIGH CLOUDS...LIGHT WIND...AND FRESH RAINFALL WILL SUPPORT MTN FOG AGAIN TONIGHT. KAVL SHOULD SEE PERIODS OF IFR FOG BY 10Z...POSSIBLY LOWER TOWARD SUNRISE. NON-MTN TERMINALS MAY SEE VFR TO MVFR FOG/HZ LATE TONIGHT. FU NEAR KHKY APPEARS TOO LIMITED TO MENTION IN THE TAF. AVIATION OUTLOOK...SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AND EARLY MORNING FOG WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK. A BACK DOOR COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH LATE FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT. WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE FRONT ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS. HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING IN FROM THE NORTH WILL PRODUCE VFR WEATHER SUNDAY INTO MONDAY. && .GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...BSH NEAR TERM...NED SHORT TERM...CSH LONG TERM...BSH AVIATION...NED
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 27, 5:47 AM EDT, 9 hours 26 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 547 AM EDT WED JUN 27 2007 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065- 068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-281000- 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- 547 AM EDT WED JUN 27 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ONCE AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS THE AREA. ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...WIND GUSTS TO 35 MPH...AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL. A COUPLE OF STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE...PRODUCING HAIL AS LARGE AS PENNIES AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS OF 60 MPH. BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER QUICKLY IF A THUNDERSTORM AFFECTS YOUR LOCATION TODAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE AGAIN THURSDAY AFTERNOON...THEN THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD LATE FRIDAY TO EARLY SATURDAY AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE NORTH. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATE TODAY. HG
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 1:40 PM EDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 140 PM EDT WED JUN 27 2007 NCZ504-271830- GREATER BURKE- 140 PM EDT WED JUN 27 2007 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHEASTERN BURKE COUNTY THROUGH 230 PM EDT... AT 140 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES SOUTH OF VALDESE...OR 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MORGANTON. THIS STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. * OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO RUTHERFORD COLLEGE...PLEASANT GROVE...VALDESE...ICARD...HILDEBRAN...DREXEL AND CONNELLY SPRINGS. SMALL HAIL...WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...AND HEAVY RAINFALL ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. BSH
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 2:49 PM EDT, 24 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 249 PM EDT WED JUN 27 2007 NCZ052-271915- HAYWOOD- 249 PM EDT WED JUN 27 2007 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHERN HAYWOOD COUNTY THROUGH 315 PM EDT... AT 249 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WATERVILLE...OR 13 MILES NORTH OF WAYNESVILLE. THIS STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. * OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO COVE CREEK. SMALL HAIL...WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...AND HEAVY RAINFALL ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. BSH
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 3:09 PM EDT, 4 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 27, 2:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Haywood | 43 min |
| Jun 27, 4:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Buncombe, Madison | 61 min |
| Jun 27, 5:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Rutherford | 63 min |
| Jun 27, 5:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | McDowell | 56 min |
| Jun 27, 6:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Rowan | 74 min |
| Jun 27, 6:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Rutherford | 48 min |
| Jun 27, 6:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cabarrus | 64 min |
| Jun 27, 7:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Rowan | 59 min |
| Jun 27, 7:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Iredell | 48 min |
| Jun 27, 7:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Spartanburg | 72 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Carolina, 2007Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2007
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.