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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 47, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 19, 2008, 9:19 PM EDT for Iredell County, North Carolina. It was in force for 56 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
- Apr 19, 2008, 9:19 PM EDT (01:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 19, 2008, 10:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 56 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Iredell County, NC
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 146 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:22 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 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 93 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
- 40 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -36 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1047 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 122 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 166 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 Apr 19, 2:45 PM EDT, 6 hours 34 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 19, 2:45 PM EDT, 6 hours 34 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 245 PM EDT SAT APR 19 2008 .SYNOPSIS... A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SLOWLY TO THE EAST ACROSS THE CAROLINAS TONIGHT. AN UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL MOVE FROM KENTUCKY TONIGHT TO THE VIRGINIA...NORTH CAROLINA COAST SUNDAY NIGHT OR EARLY MONDAY. HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE AREA FROM THE NORTH MONDAY AND REMAINS IN PLACE INTO LATE WEEK. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM SUNDAY MORNING/... SCATTERED SHOWERS ASSOCIATED WITH DEEPER MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACRS THE EASTERN FA DURING THE LATTER HALF OF THE AFTERNOON WITH PARTIAL CLEARING DEVELOPING IN IT/S WAKE JUST OUT AHEAD OF APPROACHING COLD FRONT...WHICH IS ACRS EXTREME NE GA/SW NC AS OF 18 UTC. LAPS DATA SHOWS SLOW DESTABILIZATION WHERE SUNSHINE HAS BEEN DEVELOPING...BUT CAPPED SNDGS WITH WARM AIR AROUND 600 MB. IT REMAINS DEBATABLE ON HOW MUCH CAP CAN ERODE AND HOW MUCH MORE ATMOSPHERE CAN DESTABILIZE BEFORE FROPA. AT ANY RATE...WILL CONTINUE TO MENTION SCATTERED SHOWERS AND JUST ISOLATED TSTM CHANCE AHEAD OF FRONT THRU MID-EVENING WITH JUST TOKEN LINGERING SHOWER CHANCES THEREAFTER AS UPPER LOW SAGS SE INTO WESTERN NC. && .SHORT TERM /6 AM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT/... AS OF 2 PM SATURDAY MODELS STILL HANDLING FIRST SYSTEM WELL OVER THE SOUTHEAST. CLOSED LOW OVER THE OHIO VALLEY STILL EXPECTED TO MOVE SLOWLY OFFSHORE BY MONDAY. AFTER TONIGHT MOST OF THE PRECIPITATION WILL BE TO THE WEST OF US AS WE STAY ON BACK SIDE OF THE LOW IN NORTHWEST FLOW. PREFER THE GFS IN THIS INITIAL SYSTEM BECAUSE OF SLOWER MOVEMENT ACROSS THE AREA. SECOND IMPULSE BEGINS TO AFFECT AREA ON WEDNESDAY. THE STRONGEST INSTABILITY REMAINS TO OUR WEST BEFORE THE DRIFTS OFF TO THE NORTH SO THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY NEVER GETS PAST CHANCE CATEGORY. I WENT WITH HPC PREFERENCE FOR THE ECM ON THIS SYSTEM WHICH SEEMS TO HAVE THE BEST CONTINUITY. NOT MUCH DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HPC AND MOS GUIDANCE SO IT GENERALLY TOOK A BLEND...BUT THERE WE LITTLE CHANGE FROM THE PREVIOUS PACKAGE. && .LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/... AS OF 130 PM SATURDAY...THE ECMWF IS THE MODEL OF CHOICE AS THE GFS GETS OUT OF PHASE. A SOMEWHAT SKINNY UPPER LEVEL RIDGE IS FORECAST TO BE OVER GEORGIA AND THE CAROLINAS EXTENDING UP THE EAST COAST FROM THURSDAY THROUGH THE START OF THE WEEKEND. THIS UPPER RIDGE AND WEAK SURFACE HIGH WILL BEGIN TO BREAK DOWN THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEKEND AS A WEAK DISSIPATING COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE AREA FROM TENNESSEE...BUT STALLS OUT. APPEARS TO BE GOOD FOR SLIGHT CHANCE TO LOW CHANCE DIRUNAL CONVECTION EACH DAY...BUT ESPECIALLY FOR THE MOUNTAINS ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. SHOULD BE SOME LINGERING MOISTURE FROM THE REMNANTS OF THE FRONT THROUGH THE WEEKEND TO MAINTAIN SLIGHT DAILY POPS. && .AVIATION /19Z SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/... COLD FRONT ENTERING THE WESTERN FA EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...WILL CONTINUE TO TRANSLATE EASTWARD ACRS THE TERMINAL LOCATIONS THRU 00 UTC. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND PERHAPS EVEN SOME DEVELOPING TSTMS WILL CONTINUE TO BE TRIGGERED BY THIS FEATURE. OUTSIDE OF THE NEXT TWO HOURS...WHERE RESTRICTIONS ACRS THE UPSTATE AND KAVL TAFS WILL GRADUALLY IMPROVE...BEST CHANCES FOR SHOWERS...POSSIBLY EVEN A CB...WILL BE AT KCLT/KHKY WHERE THE AIRMASS WILL REMAIN MOIST THE LONGEST AND HAVE BEST CHANCE OF STABILIZING AHEAD OF FRONT. PROGRESSIVELY VEERING LLVL WINDS TONIGHT IN WAKE OF FRONT EXPECTED TO RESULT IN QUIET WX CONDITIONS...EXPECT POSSIBLY AT KAVL WHERE SOME MVFR CLOUDINESS COULD WORK UP THE FRENCH BROAD VALLEY. OUTLOOK...THERE REMAINS THE POTENTIAL FOR A FEW SHOWERS AND/OR TSTMS ACROSS WESTERN NC ON SUNDAY UNDER THE MID LEVEL COOL POOL WITH THE UPPER LOW. SHOWERS MAY ACCOMPANY THE DEPARTURE OF THE LOW AT KCLT ON MONDAY. TUESDAY COULD FEATURE SOME CLOUD COVER AS LIMITED ATLANTIC MOISTURE WRAPS AROUND THE DEPARTING LOW OFFSHORE...BUT RESTRICTIONS DO NOT APPEAR LIKELY AT THIS TIME. ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL SPREAD MOISTURE INTO THE AREA ON WEDNESDAY...BUT AGAIN...LIMITED MOISTURE DOES NOT LEND MUCH SUPPORT TO RESTRICTIONS. && .GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...DEO NEAR TERM...CSH SHORT TERM...VAD LONG TERM...DEO AVIATION...CSH
Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 19, 10:50 AM EDT, 10 hours 29 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1050 AM EDT SAT APR 19 2008 NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065-068>072-082-501>510- SCZ001>014-019-201500- 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- 1050 AM EDT SAT APR 19 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT MOVING ACROSS THE AREA. ALTHOUGH INSTABILITY WILL BE WEAK...MODERATE WIND SHEAR AND COLD MID LEVEL TEMPERATURES WILL LEAD TO THE THREAT FOR A FEW OF THE STORMS TO BECOME SEVERE. HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES AND WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN THESE STRONGER STORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-201500- RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT- 1050 AM EDT SAT APR 19 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Apr 19, 8:09 PM EDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 809 PM EDT SAT APR 19 2008 NCZ068>070-200115- CLEVELAND-GASTON-LINCOLN- 809 PM EDT SAT APR 19 2008 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHERN CLEVELAND... NORTHWESTERN GASTON AND NORTHWESTERN LINCOLN COUNTIES THROUGH 915 PM EDT... AT 807 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES EAST OF LAWNDALE...OR 9 MILES NORTH OF SHELBY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 28 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR... 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF VALE BY 825 PM EDT. LINCOLNTON BY 840 PM EDT. BOGER CITY BY 845 PM EDT. DENVER BY 905 PM EDT. PEOPLE IN NORTHERN CLEVELAND...NORTHWESTERN GASTON AND NORTHWESTERN LINCOLN COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... LAWNDALE...LINCOLNTON...BOGER CITY AND DENVER... 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 OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. MOORE
Local storm report, Apr 19, 9:15 PM EDT, 4 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 19, 8:15 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Cleveland, Lincoln | 45 min |
| Apr 19, 8:37 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Cleveland | 24 min |
| Apr 19, 8:49 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Gaston | 11 min |
| Apr 19, 8:52 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Catawba | 38 min |
| Apr 19, 8:58 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Lincoln | 47 min |
| Apr 19, 9:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Davie, Rowan | 59 min |
| Apr 20, 1:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cabarrus | 29 min |
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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.