Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2007
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 83, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 8, 2007, 6:22 PM EDT for Iredell County, North Carolina. It was in force for 33 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 8, 2007, 6:22 PM EDT (22:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 8, 2007, 6:55 PM EDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Iredell County, NC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 148 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:25 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.
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, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 101 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 082222 SVRGSP NCC097-082315- /O.NEW.KGSP.SV.W.0083.070608T2222Z-070608T2315Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 622 PM EDT FRI JUN 8 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN IREDELL COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA * UNTIL 715 PM EDT * AT 622 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 17 MILES SOUTH OF STATESVILLE...OR ABOUT 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MOORESVILLE...AND WAS MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... MOORESVILLE BY 710 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 3568 8094 3551 8095 3551 8073 3571 8077 $$ BSH
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS52 KGSP 082255 SVSGSP SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 655 PM EDT FRI JUN 8 2007 NCC097-082305- /O.CAN.KGSP.SV.W.0083.000000T0000Z-070608T2315Z/ IREDELL NC- 655 PM EDT FRI JUN 8 2007 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN IREDELL COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE COUNTY. LAT...LON 3568 8094 3551 8095 3551 8073 3571 8077 $$ 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, 3 hours 2 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 8, 3:20 PM EDT, 3 hours 2 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, 14 hours 8 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, 4:49 PM EDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 449 PM EDT FRI JUN 8 2007 SCZ003-007-082130- GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-SPARTANBURG- 449 PM EDT FRI JUN 8 2007 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHERN GREENVILLE AND SPARTANBURG COUNTIES THROUGH 530 PM EDT... AT 448 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF LAKE ROBINSON... ...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. STORMS WILL BE NEAR... 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF INMAN BY 510 PM EDT. GREER BY 515 PM EDT. LYMAN AND DUNCAN BY 525 PM EDT. 6 MILES NORTH OF REIDVILLE BY 530 PM EDT. SMALL HAIL...AND WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. INTENSE LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. IF OUTDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES. MOVE INDOORS IF POSSIBLE. WHEN INDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS AND AVOID USING TELEPHONES UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY. TRY TO UNPLUG UNNECESSARY ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES BEFORE THE THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES.
Local storm report, Jun 8, 4:56 PM EDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
456 PM EDT FRI JUN 08 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0437 PM HAIL 2 NW HARMONY 35.98N 80.80W
06/08/2007 E0.75 INCH IREDELL NC COUNTY OFFICIAL
RESCUE SQUAD REPORTS PENNY SIZE HAIL.
&&
KRENTZSpecial weather statement, Jun 8, 5:05 PM EDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 505 PM EDT FRI JUN 8 2007 NCZ056-082145- CATAWBA- 505 PM EDT FRI JUN 8 2007 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT WESTERN CATAWBA COUNTY THROUGH 545 PM EDT... AT 505 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR LONGVIEW...OR 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HICKORY...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. PEOPLE IN WESTERN CATAWBA COUNTY...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... LONGVIEW...NEWTON AND CONOVER... SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER THREATEN. PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. BSH
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 5:34 PM EDT, 48 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 534 PM EDT FRI JUN 8 2007 NCZ070-082215- GASTON- 534 PM EDT FRI JUN 8 2007 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHERN GASTON COUNTY THROUGH 615 PM EDT... AT 534 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR DALLAS...OR 8 MILES SOUTH OF LINCOLNTON... MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH. PEOPLE IN NORTHERN GASTON COUNTY...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... DALLAS AND STANLEY... SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER THREATEN. PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. BSH
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 5:48 PM EDT, 34 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 548 PM EDT FRI JUN 8 2007 SCZ008-082230- CHEROKEE- 548 PM EDT FRI JUN 8 2007 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHEAST CHEROKEE COUNTY THROUGH 630 PM EDT... AT 544 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GAFFNEY...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. SMALL HAIL...AND WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. INTENSE LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. IF OUTDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES. MOVE INDOORS IF POSSIBLE. WHEN INDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS AND AVOID USING TELEPHONES UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY. TRY TO UNPLUG UNNECESSARY ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES BEFORE THE THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES.
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 6:02 PM EDT, 20 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 602 PM EDT FRI JUN 8 2007 GAZ029-082245- ELBERT- 602 PM EDT FRI JUN 8 2007 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHERN ELBERT COUNTY THROUGH 645 PM EDT... AT 600 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR ELBERTON...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR... FORTSONIA BY 610 PM EDT. SMALL HAIL...AND WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. INTENSE LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. IF OUTDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES. MOVE INDOORS IF POSSIBLE. WHEN INDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS AND AVOID USING TELEPHONES UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY. TRY TO UNPLUG UNNECESSARY ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES BEFORE THE THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES.
The 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, 4:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Burke | 42 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, 6:28 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.