Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2008
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 178, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 22, 2008, 8:12 PM EDT for Cabarrus County, Rowan County, North Carolina. It was in force for 63 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 22, 2008, 8:12 PM EDT (00:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 22, 2008, 9:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Cabarrus County, NC, Rowan County, NC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 168 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 22, 1:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 11 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 85 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
- 960 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -48 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1001 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 128 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 161 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
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 22, 7:33 PM EDT, 39 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 22, 7:33 PM EDT, 39 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 733 PM EDT SUN JUN 22 2008 .SYNOPSIS... A WEAK AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN OVER THE REGION THROUGH MONDAY. A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE AT THE SURFACE WILL APPROACH FROM THE NORTHWEST MONDAY AFTERNOON AND MOVE ACROSS THE AREA MONDAY NIGHT. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BE OVER THE SOUTHERN MID ATLANTIC STATES TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY DURING THE MIDDLE PART OF THE WEEK. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH MONDAY/... WEAK SHORT WAVE TROUGH ALOFT CONTRIBUTING TO CURRENT CONVECTIVE STORMS WILL CONTINUE MOVING EASTWARD THIS EVENING AND EXIT CWA AROUND 00Z. LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING AND WEAK ANTICYCLONIC VORTICITY ADVECTION BEHIND TROUGH WILL CONTRIBUTE TO SLOWLY DIMINISHING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DURING NIGHTTIME PERIOD. STRONGER SHORT WAVE TROUGH MOVING THROUGH GREAT LAKES TROUGH WILL SWING TOWARD SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS DURING MONDAY REACHING THE WESTERN PORTION OF CWA BY THE END OF THE DAY. FAIRLY STEEP LAPSE RATES ACCOMPANY APPROACH OF SHORT WAVE... BUT MOISTURE APPEARS SOMEWHAT LIMITED AT THIS TIME. NONETHELESS... EXPECT CONVECTIVE STORMS TO DEVELOP BUT WILL KEEP MONDAY AFTERNOON POPS IN CHANCE CATEGORY FOR THE TIME BEING. && .SHORT TERM /MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY/... AS OF 225 PM SUNDAY...CHANCES FOR CONVECTION WILL LINGER INTO MONDAY EVENING...MAINLY ALONG/EAST OF THE I-77 CORRIDOR...ALTHOUGH SLIGHT CHANCES WILL BE RETAINED ACROSS MUCH OF THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA THROUGH MIDNIGHT. BY TUESDAY...THE REGION WILL BE UPSTREAM OF THE LONG WAVE TROUGH AXIS...WITH GENERAL SUBSIDENCE AND DEEP LAYER DRYING EXPECTED OVER MUCH OF THE SOUTHEAST. THIS SHOULD RESULT IN A RARE SUMMER DAY ABSENT OF EVEN ISOLATED CONVECTION. THE DRY WEATHER WILL LIKELY CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY...AS THE UPPER FLOW REMAINS WEAKLY ANTICYCLONIC...AND MOISTURE GENERALLY REMAINS CONFINED TO LOCATIONS NEAR THE COAST. && .LONG TERM /TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY/... AS OF 240 PM SUNDAY...NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN THE OVERALL PATTERN IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE END OF NEXT WEEK. GENERAL LOW AMPLITUDE TROUGHINESS WILL PERSIST NEAR THE EAST COAST THROUGH THE PERIOD... WITH W/NW UPPER FLOW EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF THE SOUTHEAST AND MID-ATLANTIC. THIS WILL RESULT IN SOMEWHAT TYPICAL EARLY SUMMER WEATHER...WITH MAX TEMPS AROUND 90 IN THE PIEDMONT AND ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED DIURNAL CONVECTION...ESPECIALLY OVER THE MTNS. && .AVIATION /00Z MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/... TSTM ACTIVITY LOOKS LIKE IT WILL STILL FLIRT WITH TERMINAL LOCATIONS THRU ABOUT 01 OR 02 UTC BEFORE DISSIPATING. OTHERWISE...EXPECT JUST DIMINISHING DEBRIS CLOUDS INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS WITH VSBY RESTRICTIONS DEVELOPING SIMILAR TO WHAT OCCURRED EARLIER THIS MORNING. WILL PLAN ON ROUGHLY A PERSISTENCE FCST FOR THE LATE NIGHT/EARLY MORNING FOG THREAT. ANY VSBYS SHOULD IMPROVE QUICKLY... WITHIN A HOUR OR TWO AFTER SUNRISE. BOTH THE 18 UTC NAM/GFS DEPICT A VIGOROUS S/WV APPROACHING DURING THE AFTERNOON WHICH IN THEORY COULD PROVIDE A LARGER SCALE LIFT MECHANISM FOR MORE TSTMS. OUTLOOK...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY LINGER ACROSS THE REGION INTO MONDAY EVENING. GRADUAL DRYING AND VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN FROM THE WEST. MOISTURE WILL SLOWLY RETURN THROUGH LATE WEEK PRODUCING SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. && .GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...LGL NEAR TERM...LGL SHORT TERM...JDL LONG TERM...JDL AVIATION...CSH
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 22, 3:26 PM EDT, 4 hours 46 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 326 PM EDT SUN JUN 22 2008 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ048-049-051>053-058-059-062>065- 068>072-082-505>510-SCZ001>014-019-231930- RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-MADISON-YANCEY-SWAIN- HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON- TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS- UNION NC-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- 326 PM EDT SUN JUN 22 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT LOCALIZED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE REGION INTO MID-EVENING...PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN... FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...HAIL AND/OR STRONG WIND GUSTS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP OVER THE MOUNTAIN RIDGES LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON AND TRACK EAST ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT INTO THE EVENING. ONE OR TWO OF THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS AND PENNY SIZED HAIL. HOWEVER...CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL REMAIN THE PRIMARY THREAT WITH THESE STORMS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. NCZ033-035>037-050-056-057-501>504-231930- AVERY-ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-MITCHELL-CATAWBA-ROWAN- CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-GREATER CALDWELL-BURKE MOUNTAINS-GREATER BURKE- 326 PM EDT SUN JUN 22 2008 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 594 IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA AND WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP OVER THE MOUNTAIN RIDGES LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON AND TRACK EAST ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT INTO THE EVENING. ONE OR TWO OF THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS AND PENNY SIZED HAIL. HOWEVER...CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL REMAIN THE PRIMARY THREAT WITH THESE STORMS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 22, 5:54 PM EDT, 2 hours 18 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 554 PM EDT SUN JUN 22 2008 GAZ028-SCZ010-222300- ANDERSON-HART- 554 PM EDT SUN JUN 22 2008 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN HART AND SOUTHWESTERN ANDERSON COUNTIES THROUGH 700 PM EDT... AT 548 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES EAST OF HARTWELL...MOVING EAST AT 4 MPH. SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. KRENTZ
Local storm report, Jun 22, 6:36 PM EDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
636 PM EDT SUN JUN 22 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0616 PM HAIL 5 SSW BOILING SPRINGS S 34.98N 82.01W
06/22/2008 E0.88 INCH SPARTANBURG SC TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
JPTSpecial weather statement, Jun 22, 6:50 PM EDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 650 PM EDT SUN JUN 22 2008 NCZ053-504>506-222345- BUNCOMBE-EASTERN MCDOWELL-GREATER BURKE-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS- 650 PM EDT SUN JUN 22 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT CENTRAL BUNCOMBE...CENTRAL MCDOWELL AND SOUTHERN BURKE COUNTIES THROUGH 745 PM EDT... AT 648 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF MARION TO UNC ASHEVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 14 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL BE NEAR... DOWNTOWN ASHEVILLE BY 700 PM EDT. ASHEVILLE MALL BY 705 PM EDT. MARION BY 710 PM EDT. SWANNANOA BY 715 PM EDT. OLD FORT BY 720 PM EDT. FAIRVIEW BY 740 PM EDT. SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. KRENTZ
Special weather statement, Jun 22, 7:03 PM EDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 703 PM EDT SUN JUN 22 2008 NCZ036-057-071-072-230000- CABARRUS-IREDELL-MECKLENBURG-ROWAN- 703 PM EDT SUN JUN 22 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT NORTHERN MECKLENBURG... SOUTHEASTERN IREDELL...WESTERN CABARRUS AND WESTERN ROWAN COUNTIES THROUGH 800 PM EDT... AT 700 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES EAST OF MOORESVILLE TO UNC CHARLOTTE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL BE NEAR... LOWES MOTOR SPEEDWAY BY 725 PM EDT. HARRISBURG BY 730 PM EDT. KANNAPOLIS BY 740 PM EDT. LANDIS BY 745 PM EDT. CHINA GROVE BY 750 PM EDT. CONCORD BY 755 PM EDT. SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. KRENTZ
Local storm report, Jun 22, 7:47 PM EDT, 25 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
747 PM EDT SUN JUN 22 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0727 PM HAIL 4 SW CONCORD 35.37N 80.64W
06/22/2008 E0.75 INCH CABARRUS NC TRAINED SPOTTER
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JPTLocal storm report, Jun 22, 7:50 PM EDT, 22 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
750 PM EDT SUN JUN 22 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0739 PM HAIL 4 SW CONCORD 35.37N 80.64W
06/22/2008 E1.00 INCH CABARRUS NC TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
JPTThe office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 22, 8:05 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Cabarrus | 3 hr |
| Jun 22, 8:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Mecklenburg, Union | 44 min |
| Jun 22, 8:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Gaston, Lincoln | 32 min |
| Jun 22, 9:57 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Mecklenburg | 3 hr |
| Jun 22, 10:11 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | GSP | Alexander, Cabarrus, Catawba, Davie, Gaston, Iredell and 4 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 23, 3:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Gaston, Mecklenburg, Union | 60 min |
| Jun 23, 5:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Catawba, Iredell, Rowan | 58 min |
| Jun 23, 6:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Davie, Iredell, Rowan | 41 min |
| Jun 22, 8:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Laurens | 62 min |
| Jun 22, 8:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cherokee, Chester, Union, York | 39 min |
| Jun 22, 8:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Spartanburg, Union | 53 min |
| Jun 22, 9:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cherokee, Chester, Union, York | 39 min |
| Jun 22, 9:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Chester | 64 min |
| Jun 23, 2:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cherokee, Spartanburg, Union | 59 min |
| Jun 23, 2:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cherokee, Chester, Union, York | 53 min |
| Jun 23, 2:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Abbeville, Anderson | 49 min |
| Jun 23, 3:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Chester, Union, York | 60 min |
| Jun 23, 6:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cherokee, Spartanburg, Union | 39 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Carolina, 2008Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2008
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.