Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2007
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 78, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 8, 2007, 4:18 PM EDT for Burke County, North Carolina. It was in force for 42 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
- Jun 8, 2007, 4:18 PM EDT (20:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 8, 2007, 5:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Burke County, NC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:18 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 4:30 PM EDT | HAIL 0.75 | 2 Sw Morganton, NC | HAIL AS LARGE AS 3/4 INCH IN DIAMETER FELL FOR ABOUT 30 MINUTES NEAR MORGANTON. |
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 severe thunderstorm 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 nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 173 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
- 1047 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -120 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1144 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 7 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 8 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 70 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS52 KGSP 082017 SVRGSP NCC023-082100- /O.NEW.KGSP.SV.W.0078.070608T2018Z-070608T2100Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 418 PM EDT FRI JUN 8 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... CENTRAL BURKE COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA * UNTIL 500 PM EDT * AT 414 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MORGANTON...AND WAS MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... MORGANTON BY 435 PM EDT... PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM SHOULD BE ALERT FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN CAN OCCUR WITH ANY THUNDERSTORM. SEEK SHELTER INDOORS AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS UNTIL THE STORM PASSES. TO REPORT 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 3580 8186 3567 8185 3561 8169 3577 8159 $$ BSH
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS52 KGSP 082036 SVSGSP SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 436 PM EDT FRI JUN 8 2007 NCC023-082100- /O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0078.000000T0000Z-070608T2100Z/ BURKE NC- 436 PM EDT FRI JUN 8 2007 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM EDT FOR CENTRAL BURKE COUNTY... AT 431 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GLEN ALPINE...OR ABOUT 5 MILES SOUTH OF MORGANTON...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... 8 MILES SOUTH OF DREXEL BY 500 PM EDT... LAT...LON 3585 8177 3568 8183 3561 8168 3578 8157 $$ BSH
000 WWUS52 KGSP 082057 SVSGSP SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 457 PM EDT FRI JUN 8 2007 NCC023-082107- /O.EXP.KGSP.SV.W.0078.000000T0000Z-070608T2100Z/ BURKE NC- 457 PM EDT FRI JUN 8 2007 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL BURKE COUNTY EXPIRES AT 500 PM EDT... THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND IS MOVING OUT OF THE COUNTY. LAT...LON 3585 8177 3568 8183 3561 8168 3578 8157 $$ BSH
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 8, 3:20 PM EDT, 58 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 8, 3:20 PM EDT, 58 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 320 PM EDT FRI JUN 8 2007 .SYNOPSIS... HIGH PRESSURE OFF THE SOUTHEAST COAST WILL WEAKEN TONIGHT AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. THE FRONT WILL CROSS THE AREA SATURDAY MORNING...AND WASH OUT TO THE SOUTH SUNDAY AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS BACK IN FROM THE NORTH EARLY NEXT WEEK. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH SATURDAY/... ISOLATED TO SCATTERED CONVECTION HAS DEVELOPED OVER THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON...WITH THE BEST COVERAGE ALONG AND WEST OF THE BLUE RIDGE AS EXPECTED. ALTHOUGH FREEZING LEVELS ARE EXTREMELY HIGH...THERE IS A GREAT DEAL OF MID-LEVEL DRY AIR TO CONTEND WITH...SO THERE IS A DEFINITE RISK FOR A FEW DAMAGING MICROBURSTS. AS FAR AS THE FATE OF THE MCS ACROSS THE TENN VALLEY...IT WILL BE A RACE TO SEE WHETHER THE MCS WILL MAKE IT TO OUR WESTERN ZONES BEFORE THE ATM BEGINS TO STABILIZE. LATEST SPC MESOANALYSIS INDICATES THIS FEATURE IS ALREADY MOVING INTO A REGION WITH QUITE WEAK WIND SHEAR...SO IT SHOULD BEGIN TO LOSE SOME OF ITS ORGANIZATION AS IT CONTINUES TO MAKE ITS WAY ACROSS EAST TENNESSEE. WE ALSO DO NOT EXPECT ANY REMNANT ACTIVITY TO LINGER TOO LONG AFTER SUNSET...SO SOLID CHANCE POPS SHOULD CONTINUE TO SUFFICE. WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY MOVES INTO THE REGION OVERNIGHT...BUT WE DO NOT EXPECT MUCH MORE THAN ISOLATED CONVECTION DUE TO WEAK WIND SHEAR AND AN ABSENCE OF FORCING. BY TOMORROW AFTERNOON...THE BOUNDARY WILL BE ACROSS OUR FAR SOUTHERN ZONES...OR MAYBE EVEN SOUTH OF THE REGION. WE MAY SEE SOME ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED CONVECTION DEVELOP NORTH OF THE BOUNDARY TOMORROW AFTERNOON...BUT WOULDN/T EXPECT COVERAGE TO BE AS SIGNIFICANT AS IT/S BEEN SO FAR TODAY. && .SHORT TERM /SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT/... AN UPPER RIDGE BUILDS BACK OVER THE AREA...WITH A STRONG SFC HIGH BUILDING OVER THE GREAT LAKES. THE RESULT WILL BE A DRY FCST WITH A STRONG CAP/SUBSIDENCE AND LOW LVL EASTERLY FLOW. MODEL LOW LVL THICKNESSES WILL BE DOWN A BIT...BUT GUIDANCE KEEPS TEMPS AT OR A A COUPLE DEG F ABOVE NORMAL. BASICALLY...MOST MOS GUIDANCE SEEMS TO BE A BIT TOO HIGH...SO WENT A COUPLE DEG BELOW MOS. MAX TEMPS LOOK TO BE IN THE M/U80S (70S TO LWR 80S IN HIGHER ELEVATIONS). MIN TEMPS SHOULD BE IN THE L/M60S (50S IN THE MTNS) SATURDAY NIGHT...AND 3-5 DEG F COOLER SUNDAY NIGHT. && .LONG TERM /MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/... AN OMEGA BLOCK IS FCST TO DEVELOP EARLY NEXT WEEK...WITH AN UPPER LOW OVER THE NORTHERN ROCKIES AND ANOTHER OVER THE CANADIAN MARITIMES. THE STALLED OUT OLD FRONTAL BNDRY WILL LINGER NEAR THE GULF COAST WITH EASTERLY FLOW TO ITS NORTH ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY. THE MEDIUM RANGE GUIDANCE HAS COME IN A BIT WARMER FOR MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...DESPITE LOW LVL ELY FLOW AND A LARGE SFC HIGH THAT WILL ORIGINATE FROM CANADA PARKED OVER THE NORTHEAST STATES. APPARENTLY LOW LVL THICKNESSES WILL SUPPORT MAX TEMPS 2-4 DEG F ABOVE AVG. THE BNDRY BEGINS TO ADVANCE N TUESDAY...AND WILL LIKELY AFFECT THE CWFA WEDNESDAY. BOTH THE LATEST MEXMOS AND HPC GUIDANCE HAS INCREASING POPS WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...AS THE BNDRY STALLS OUT OVER THE AREA. HAVE TRENDED THE POP GRIDS UP TOWARD THESE VALUES...BUT STILL 20-30 PCT FOR NOW. && .AVIATION /19Z FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... THE MAIN NEAR TERM AVIATION CONCERN IS WITH THE CONVECTIVE POTENTIAL THIS AFTERNOON. ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED DEEP CONVECTION IS ALREADY FIRING THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE MTNS AND IN THE LEE TROUGH...AS ATM HAS BECOME MODERATELY UNSTABLE. WE HAVE INCLUDED VCTS IN THE KAVL AND KHKY TAFS...AND WILL HAVE TO STRONGLY CONSIDER ADDING A TEMPO TO KAVL IN SHORT ORDER. OTHERWISE...WE HAVE LIMITED THE CONVECTIVE MENTION TO A CB CLOUD GROUP AT THE UPSTATE TERMINALS. CONVECTION SHOULD DIMINISH WITH THE LOSS OF HEATING. OTHERWISE... THE SLIGHTLY MORE MOIST AIRMASS MAY LEAD TO SOME MVFR FOG TOMORROW MORNING...ESP AT KAVL. AVIATION OUTLOOK...ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED CONVECTION IS EXPECTED ON SATURDAY...BUT COVERAGE IS EXPECTED TO BE SIGNIFICANTLY LESS THAN THIS AFTERNOON. OTHERWISE...DRY HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO THE REGION FOR EARLY NEXT WEEK...WITH NO SIG AVIATION WEATHER IMPACTS EXPECTED. && .GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...SBK NEAR TERM...JDL SHORT TERM...ARK LONG TERM...ARK AVIATION...JDL
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 8, 4:14 AM EDT, 12 hours 4 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 414 AM EDT FRI JUN 8 2007 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065- 068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-090815- 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- 414 AM EDT FRI JUN 8 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 THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY THAT A FEW OF THE STRONGER STORMS COULD PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND LARGE HAIL...MAINLY ACROSS THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS. OVER THE PIEDMONT...THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MORE ISOLATED...BUT THERE REMAINS THE POSSIBILITY THAT ONE OR TWO COULD BECOME SEVERE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. MOORE
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 2:01 PM EDT, 2 hours 17 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 201 PM EDT FRI JUN 8 2007 NCZ053-081900- BUNCOMBE- 201 PM EDT FRI JUN 8 2007 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT BUNCOMBE COUNTY THROUGH 300 PM EDT... AT 156 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM WEAVERVILLE TO 5 MILES NORTH OF CANTON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL BE NEAR... WEAVERVILLE BY 215 PM EDT. WOODFIN BY 230 PM EDT. UNC ASHEVILLE BY 245 PM EDT. DOWNTOWN ASHEVILLE BY 250 PM EDT. ASHEVILLE MALL BY 255 PM EDT. BILTMORE FOREST BY 300 PM EDT. SMALL HAIL...AND WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. KRENTZ
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 3:03 PM EDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 303 PM EDT FRI JUN 8 2007 GAZ017-082000- HABERSHAM- 303 PM EDT FRI JUN 8 2007 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT HABERSHAM COUNTY THROUGH 400 PM EDT... AT 259 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES SOUTH OF BATESVILLE...OR 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF CLARKESVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR... CLARKESVILLE BY 320 PM EDT. TURNERVILLE BY 335 PM EDT. SMALL HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 3:45 PM EDT, 33 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 345 PM EDT FRI JUN 8 2007 SCZ002-082030- PICKENS MOUNTAINS- 345 PM EDT FRI JUN 8 2007 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TO AFFECT NORTHERN PICKENS COUNTY THROUGH 430 PM EDT... AT 341 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS NEAR LAKE JOCASSEE...OR 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF PICKENS...MOVING EAST TO SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ROCKY BOTTOM...PUMPKINTOWN AND NINE TIMES. SMALL HAIL...AND WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 4:07 PM EDT, 11 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 407 PM EDT FRI JUN 8 2007 SCZ003-082100- GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS- 407 PM EDT FRI JUN 8 2007 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS COULD AFFECT NORTHERN GREENVILLE COUNTY THROUGH 500 PM EDT... AT 407 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DRIFTING SOUTH OUT OF THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS. THESE STORMS SHOULD OVERSPREAD NORTHERN GREENVILLE COUNTY THROUGH 500 PM. * LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO JONES GAP STATE PARK...TABLE ROCK RESERVOIR...NORTH SALUDA RESERVOIR... TIGERVILLE...MARIETTA...GOWENSVILLE...CLEVELAND AND CAESARS HEAD. SMALL HAIL...AND WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 4:13 PM EDT, 5 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 413 PM EDT FRI JUN 8 2007 SCZ004-082100- GREATER OCONEE- 413 PM EDT FRI JUN 8 2007 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL SOUTHERN OCONEE COUNTY THROUGH 500 PM EDT... AT 410 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR WESTMINSTER...OR 11 MILES SOUTH OF WALHALLA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SENECA... OAKWAY AND FAIR PLAY. SMALL HAIL...AND WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
Local storm report, Jun 8, 4:16 PM EDT, 2 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
416 PM EDT FRI JUN 08 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0350 PM HAIL 7 NE MARION 35.75N 81.92W
06/08/2007 E1.00 INCH MCDOWELL NC TRAINED SPOTTER
SPOTTER REPORTS QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
&&
KRENTZThe office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 2:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Henderson, Polk | 60 min |
| Jun 8, 3:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Mitchell, Yancey | 43 min |
| Jun 8, 3:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | McDowell | 50 min |
| Jun 8, 3:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Buncombe, Rutherford | 44 min |
| Jun 8, 4:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | McDowell | 17 min |
| Jun 8, 4:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Davie, Iredell | 45 min |
| Jun 8, 5:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Catawba | 57 min |
| Jun 8, 6:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Lincoln | 48 min |
| Jun 8, 6:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Iredell | 33 min |
| Jun 8, 6:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Mecklenburg | 62 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.