Alert archive / South Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2008
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 185, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 22, 2008, 9:56 PM EDT for Chester County, South Carolina. It was in force for 64 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, 9:56 PM EDT (01:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 22, 2008, 11:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Chester County, SC
The radar
The Columbia radar (KCAE), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 00:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 192 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, 9:19 PM EDT, 37 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 22, 9:19 PM EDT, 37 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 919 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/... VIGOROUS AND WIDESPREAD DEEP CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY ACRS THE CAROLINA PIEDMONT WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND TRANSLATE NORTHEAST WITHIN DEEP MOISTURE AXIS...AS NOTED ON THE WV IMAGERY. CONTINUED ATMOSPHERIC OVERTURNING AND GRADUAL BLYR STABILIZATION SHOULD ALLOW TSTMS TO DIMINISH FROM MIDNIGHT ONWARD AN SUBTLE UPPER SUPPORT SHIFTS DOWNSTREAM OF THE EASTERN CWFA. OTHERWISE...FOR THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...WIDESPREAD DEBRIS CLOUDS EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY DIMINISH WITH LOCALIZED AREAS OF FOG DEVELOPING...ESPECIALLY WHERE RAINFALL IS/WAS ABUNDANT THIS EVENING. JUST LIKE LAST NIGHT...MIN TEMPS ARE EXPECTED TO BE WITHIN A FEW DEGREES OF SEASONAL NORMALS. EXPECTING TO MAKE LITTLE CHANGE TO GOING FCST MINS. A RATHER POTENT LOOKING S/WV 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 /01Z 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...CSH/LGL SHORT TERM...JDL LONG TERM...JDL AVIATION...CSH
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 22, 8:14 PM EDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 814 PM EDT SUN JUN 22 2008 GAZ028-029-NCZ053-065-068>072-082-505>510-SCZ006>014-019-240015- HART-ELBERT-BUNCOMBE-HENDERSON-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG- CABARRUS-UNION NC-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-EASTERN MCDOWELL- RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-GREATER RUTHERFORD-POLK MOUNTAINS-EASTERN POLK- GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE- LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- 814 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...TONIGHT THUNDERSTORM CHANCES...LOCALLY STRONG TO SEVERE...WILL CONTINUE TO SEEN ACROSS THE AREA INTO THE LATE EVENING HOURS. LOCALIZED VERY HEAVY RAIN...CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...HAIL AND STRONG WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY THE STRONGER STORMS. .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. NCZ035>037-056-057-501>504-240015- ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS- GREATER CALDWELL-BURKE MOUNTAINS-GREATER BURKE- 814 PM EDT SUN JUN 22 2008 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 594 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA AND WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...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. GAZ010-017-018-026-NCZ033-048>052-058-059-062>064-SCZ001>005-240015- RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL- SWAIN-HAYWOOD-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON- TRANSYLVANIA-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS- GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS- 814 PM EDT SUN JUN 22 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .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, 8:37 PM EDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 837 PM EDT SUN JUN 22 2008 NCZ036-056-069-230130- CATAWBA-IREDELL-LINCOLN- 837 PM EDT SUN JUN 22 2008 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EASTERN LINCOLN...SOUTHEASTERN CATAWBA AND SOUTHERN IREDELL COUNTIES THROUGH 930 PM EDT... AT 830 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES NORTH OF BOGER CITY...OR 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF LINCOLNTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR... MAIDEN BY 845 PM EDT. SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. KRENTZ
Special weather statement, Jun 22, 8:43 PM EDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 843 PM EDT SUN JUN 22 2008 NCZ069-070-230145- GASTON-LINCOLN- 843 PM EDT SUN JUN 22 2008 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT GASTON AND SOUTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTIES THROUGH 945 PM EDT... AT 836 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES NORTH OF BESSEMER CITY...OR 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF GASTONIA...MOVING EAST AT 11 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR... DALLAS BY 900 PM EDT. 5 MILES SOUTH OF IRON STATION BY 915 PM EDT. STANLEY BY 925 PM EDT. 6 MILES NORTH OF MOUNT HOLLY BY 940 PM EDT. LOWESVILLE BY 945 PM EDT. SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. KRENTZ
Local storm report, Jun 22, 8:52 PM EDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
852 PM EDT SUN JUN 22 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0815 PM FLASH FLOOD CONCORD 35.41N 80.59W
06/22/2008 CABARRUS NC EMERGENCY MNGR
SOUTHBOUND LANES OF US 29 NEAR HIGHWAY 601 BRIEFLY CLOSED
AND TWO CARS WERE STRANDED IN HIGH WATER. CREEK OUT OF
BANKS AND FLOWING ACROSS SCOUGH ROAD. REPORTS OF HOUSES
FLOODED ON MELROSE STREET.
&&Special weather statement, Jun 22, 9:01 PM EDT, 55 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 901 PM EDT SUN JUN 22 2008 NCZ064-SCZ003-230200- GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-TRANSYLVANIA- 901 PM EDT SUN JUN 22 2008 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL TRANSYLVANIA AND NORTHWESTERN GREENVILLE COUNTIES THROUGH 1000 PM EDT... AT 854 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR BREVARD...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 12 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR... CAESARS HEAD BY 955 PM EDT. SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. KRENTZ
Special weather statement, Jun 22, 9:30 PM EDT, 26 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 930 PM EDT SUN JUN 22 2008 NCZ036-037-057-230230- DAVIE-IREDELL-ROWAN- 930 PM EDT SUN JUN 22 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT NORTHWESTERN ROWAN...SOUTHEASTERN IREDELL AND SOUTHWESTERN DAVIE COUNTIES THROUGH 1030 PM EDT... AT 924 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF STATESVILLE TO 5 MILES EAST OF MOORESVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 14 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL BE NEAR... CLEVELAND BY 955 PM EDT. SALISBURY BY 1025 PM EDT. MOCKSVILLE BY 1030 PM EDT. SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. KRENTZ
Special weather statement, Jun 22, 9:40 PM EDT, 16 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 940 PM EDT SUN JUN 22 2008 NCZ069>072-230245- CABARRUS-GASTON-LINCOLN-MECKLENBURG- 940 PM EDT SUN JUN 22 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT MECKLENBURG...NORTHEASTERN GASTON...SOUTHEASTERN LINCOLN AND WESTERN CABARRUS COUNTIES THROUGH 1045 PM EDT... AT 936 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM MOUNTAIN ISLAND LAKE TO SOUTHPARK MALL. THESE STORMS WERE NEARLY STATIONARY. THESE STORMS WILL BE NEAR... CENTER CITY CHARLOTTE BY 1015 PM EDT. I-77 AT I-85 BY 1045 PM EDT. SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. KRENTZ
The 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, 8:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Rowan | 63 min |
| 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 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 South 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.