Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2008
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 83, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 20, 2008, 4:10 PM EDT for Graham County, Swain County, North Carolina. It was in force for 65 min. 2 reports 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
- May 20, 2008, 4:10 PM EDT (20:10 UTC)
- Expired
- May 20, 2008, 5:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Graham County, NC, Swain County, NC
The radar
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 20, 4:40 PM EDT | HAIL 0.75 | Almond, NC | PENNY SIZE HAIL. WIND GUST ESTIMATED TO 60 MPH. |
| May 20, 4:43 PM EDT | HAIL 0.75 | 12 W Robbinsville, NC | HAIL COMPLETELY COVERING THE GROUND. LOOKS LIKE IT IS SNOWING. |
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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 20, 2:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 229 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
- 572 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -199 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 979 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 225 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 251 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS52 KGSP 202010
SVRGSP
NCC075-173-202115-
/O.NEW.KGSP.SV.W.0083.080520T2010Z-080520T2115Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
410 PM EDT TUE MAY 20 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
GRAHAM COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA
SOUTHWESTERN SWAIN COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA
* UNTIL 515 PM EDT
* AT 406 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 16
MILES NORTHWEST OF ROBBINSVILLE...OR ABOUT 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF
TAPOCO...AND WAS MOVING EAST AT 32 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
TAPOCO BY 415 PM EDT...
FONTANA VILLAGE AND SANTEETLAH BY 425 PM EDT...
FONTANA LAKE BY 435 PM EDT...
STECOAH BY 440 PM EDT...
ALMOND AND WESSER BY 455 PM EDT...
LUADA BY 500 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 3542 8403 3551 8387 3535 8333 3532 8333
3531 8344 3529 8347 3528 8365 3524 8370
3524 8384 3521 8398 3530 8405
TIME...MOT...LOC 2010Z 291DEG 28KT 3548 8396
$$
KRENTZ2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS52 KGSP 202058
SVSGSP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
458 PM EDT TUE MAY 20 2008
NCC075-173-202115-
/O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0083.000000T0000Z-080520T2115Z/
GRAHAM NC-SWAIN NC-
458 PM EDT TUE MAY 20 2008
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN SWAIN AND GRAHAM COUNTIES...
AT 453 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR ALMOND...OR ABOUT 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BRYSON CITY...
MOVING EAST AT 32 MPH.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
ALARKA BY 505 PM EDT...
LAT...LON 3542 8403 3551 8387 3535 8333 3532 8333
3531 8344 3529 8347 3528 8365 3524 8370
3524 8384 3521 8398 3530 8405
TIME...MOT...LOC 2058Z 291DEG 28KT 3535 8353
$$
KRENTZ000
WWUS52 KGSP 202111
SVSGSP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
511 PM EDT TUE MAY 20 2008
NCC075-173-202121-
/O.EXP.KGSP.SV.W.0083.000000T0000Z-080520T2115Z/
GRAHAM NC-SWAIN NC-
511 PM EDT TUE MAY 20 2008
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN SWAIN AND GRAHAM
COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 515 PM EDT...
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAS WEAKENED AND MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
LAT...LON 3542 8403 3551 8387 3535 8333 3532 8333
3531 8344 3529 8347 3528 8365 3524 8370
3524 8384 3521 8398 3530 8405
TIME...MOT...LOC 2111Z 291DEG 28KT 3531 8341
$$
KRENTZWhat 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 May 20, 2:19 PM EDT, 1 hour 51 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 20, 2:19 PM EDT, 1 hour 51 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
219 PM EDT TUE MAY 20 2008
.SYNOPSIS...
A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION BY LATE EVENING. THE
FRONT WILL STALL JUST SOUTH OF THE AREA FOR MID TO LATE WEEK. DRY
HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD SOUTH OVER THE AREA SATURDAY THROUGH
MONDAY.
&&
.NEAR TERM /THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
COLD FRONT WILL SLOWLY MOVE SE ACROSS FCST AREA THRU THIS EVE. SFC
BASED CAPE OF 1000 TO 1500 J/KG EXPECTED ALONG AND SE OF MTNS WITH
GOOD SHEAR TO SUPPORT STRONG TSTMS LATE THIS AFTN INTO THIS EVE.
LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS THE GREATEST THREAT. LAKE WIND
ADVISORY ALSO CONTINUES THIS AFTN WITH ISOLD GUSTS TO 35 MPH
EXPECTED. FRONTAL ZONE SHOULD CLEAR THE S ZONES AFTER MIDNIGHT WITH
DRYING SWEEPING ACROSS THE AREA FROM THE NW AFTER MIDNIGHT. A WEAK
VORT LOBE WILL CROSS THE NC MTNS LATE TONIGHT AND LINGERING MOISTURE
IN NW FLOW SHOULD KEEP ISOLATED TO SCT SHOWERS GOING NEAR THE TN
BORDER INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. LOOK FOR CLEARING SKIES DURG
DAY WED WITH WINDS INCREASING TO 10-15 MPH FROM THE NW BY LATE
MORNING. HIGHS WILL WARM TO NEAR 80 ACROSS THE S WITH MID 70S N.
TEMPS WILL BE ABOUT 5 TO 10 DEG COOLER IN THE MTNS.
&&
.SHORT TERM /WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT/...
AS OF 200 PM TUE...BLOCKING PATTERN SETTING UP DURING THIS TIME
FRAME WITH DEEP UPPER LOWS OVER THE WESTERN AND EASTERN U.S.
SANDWICHED BETWEEN THE MODELS ARE CONSISTENT IN DEVELOPING A HIGH
AMPLITUDE RIDGE OVER THE CENTER OF THE COUNTRY. THIS UPPER AIR
CONFIGURATION WILL KEEP THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS AND THE CAROLINAS
IN NW FLOW. NORMALLY YOU WOULD EXPECT NO MAJOR COMPLICATIONS IN A NW
FLOW REGIME OTHER THEN PERHAPS SOME PASSING CONVECTION...BUT COMPLICATIONS
ARISE TOWARD THE END OF THE WEEK AS SPOKES OF VORTICITY FROM LARGE
UPPER LOW AND WEAK ISENTROPIC LIFT ENTER THE PICTURE. WED NIGHT
SHOULD BEGIN UNEVENTFUL ENOUGH AS WEAK HIGH PRESSURE SETTLES OVER
THE REGION KEEPING SKIES GENERALLY CLEAR WITH SEASONABLY COOL
TEMPERATURES. HOWEVER...BOTH THE NAM AND GFS DEVELOP A MCS TO THE W
OVER MO ALONG THE EASTERN EDGE OF THE UPPER RIDGE WHICH MOVES SE.
CLOUDS SHOULD INCREASE LATE WED NIGHT OVER THE MOUNTAINS WITH
CLOUDS INCREASING OVER THE REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST AREA ON THU.
HOWEVER...ANY SHOWERS THAT MAKE IT THIS FAR ARE EXPECTED TO BE
CONFINED TO THE SW MOUNTAINS ON THU. WILL ALLOW FOR THAT WITH LOW
CHANCE POPS FOR NOW. THU NIGHT CLOUDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE PLENTIFUL
AND CANNOT COMPLETELY RULE OUT SOME LIGHT SHOWERS OVER THE WESTERN
HALF OF THE FORECAST AREA IN AREA OF WEAK ISENTROPIC LIFT OVER THE OLD
FRONTAL BOUNDARY. IN FACT NAM IS RATHER BULLISH AT DEVELOPING
SHOWERS...BUT WILL USE A COMPROMISE WITH THE GFS WHICH MAINTAINS
THE LOW CHANCE POPS OVER WESTERN PORTION OF THE FORECAST AREA.
MODELS HINT AT A WEAK WAVE ON THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY MOVING BY ON
FRI SO WILL CONTINUE POPS ON FRI WITH THE HIGHEST NUMBERS OVER
WESTERN AREAS. CHANCES FOR PRECIP EXPECTED TO DIMINISH FRI NIGHT
AS WAVE MOVES OFF TO THE EAST AND DRY HIGH PRESSURE BEGINS TO
RIDGE OVER THE AREA FROM THE N. USED A BLEND OF MOS GUIDANCE FOR
MAX/MIN TEMPS/WINDS/DEWPOINTS AND A MODEL BLEND OF GFS/NAM FOR
CLOUD FIELD.
&&
.LONG TERM /SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY/...
AS OF 130 PM TUESDAY...HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD SOUTH
OVER THE SE UNITED STATES ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY AND REMAIN THE
DOMINANT SYNOPTIC FEATURE THROUGH THE EARLY PART OF NEXT WEEK. I
PRETTY MUCH LEFT THE POPS AND TEMPS UNCHANGED THROUGH THE PERIOD AS
THE LARGE SCALE PATTERN REMAINS CONSISTENT. THE 12Z GFS DOES DEPICT
SOME PRECIP OVER THE CWA ON SAT THAT IS ASSOCIATED WITH A WEAK LOW
LEVEL SHORT WAVE...BUT THIS APPEARS TO BE TOO OPTIMISTIC BASED ON
THE LACK OF OVERALL FORCING. THE REST OF THE MEDIUM RANGE STILL
APPEARS DRY WITH TEMPS NEAR SEASONAL VALUES AND WINDS LIGHT AND
VARIABLE.
&&
.AVIATION /18Z TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/...
AS FRONT MOVES ACROSS CWA THIS AFTN-EVE EXPECT STRONGER CONVECTION
WITH SOME STORMS BECOMING QUITE STRONG...ESP SE OF MTNS. HAVE VCTS
IN THE TAFS FOR NOW...BUT TEMPO TO CATEGORICAL THUNDER WILL LIKELY
BE NEEDED AS CONVECTION TAKES SHAPE ALONG THE FRONT THIS AFTERNOON.
GUSTY SW WINDS WILL CONTINUE UNTIL 01-02Z. CIG/VSBY SHOULD STAY VFR
OUTSIDE OF HEAVIER SHOWERS. WINDS WILL SWING NW BEHIND FRONT WITH
DRYING EXPECTED THIS EVE...EXCEPT AT KAVL WHERE MOIST LOW LEVEL NW
FLOW WILL LIKELY PRODUCE MVFR CEILINGS DURING OVERNIGHT HOURS. WINDS
WILL INCREASE FROM THE NW AT 10-12KTS AFTER MID-MORNING MIXING WED.
OUTLOOK...THE COLD FRONT WILL STALL JUST SOUTH OF THE FORECAST AREA
FROM MID TO LATE WEEK. PRECIPITATION CHANCES WILL BE FAIRLY MINIMAL
THROUGH THE PERIOD...BUT WITH THE BEST CHANCE OF AFTERNOON OR
EVENING THUNDERSTORMS FROM KAVL TO KAND. DRY HIGH PRESSURE WILL
BUILD IN OVER THE WEEKEND FOR SOLID VFR CONDITIONS THROUGHOUT.
&&
.GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...LAKE WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR GAZ010-
017-018-026-028-029.
NC...LAKE WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR NCZ033-
035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065-068>072-082-501>510.
SC...LAKE WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR
SCZ001>014-019.
&&
SYNOPSIS...RB
NEAR TERM...RB
SHORT TERM...LG
LONG TERM...JPT
AVIATION...RBHazardous weather outlook, May 20, 3:09 PM EDT, 1 hour 1 minute before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 309 PM EDT TUE MAY 20 2008 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-505>510- SCZ001>014-019-211915- RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY- MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON- SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-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- 309 PM EDT TUE MAY 20 2008 ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 328 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH 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. LAKE WIND ADVISORY. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED. NCZ035>037-056-057-068>072-082-501>504-211915- ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON- MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-GREATER CALDWELL- BURKE MOUNTAINS-GREATER BURKE- 309 PM EDT TUE MAY 20 2008 ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 327 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. LAKE WIND ADVISORY. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 20, 2:35 PM EDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 235 PM EDT TUE MAY 20 2008 NCZ033-049-050-201930- AVERY-MITCHELL-YANCEY- 235 PM EDT TUE MAY 20 2008 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AVERY...MITCHELL AND NORTHERN YANCEY COUNTIES THROUGH 330 PM EDT... AT 230 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES WEST OF BULADEAN...OR 8 MILES EAST OF ERWIN...MOVING EAST AT 74 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR... NEWLAND BY 245 PM EDT. BANNER ELK BY 250 PM EDT. SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. KRENTZ
Special weather statement, May 20, 3:13 PM EDT, 57 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 313 PM EDT TUE MAY 20 2008 NCZ051-052-059-202015- HAYWOOD-NORTHERN JACKSON-SWAIN- 313 PM EDT TUE MAY 20 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT CENTRAL HAYWOOD...NORTHWESTERN JACKSON AND SWAIN COUNTIES THROUGH 415 PM EDT... AT 306 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF SMOKEMONT TO 5 MILES NORTH OF FONTANA VILLAGE...MOVING EAST AT 44 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL BE NEAR... MAGGIE VALLEY BY 330 PM EDT. LAKE JUNALUSKA BY 335 PM EDT. WAYNESVILLE BY 340 PM EDT. BALSAM BY 345 PM EDT. SYLVA BY 350 PM EDT. SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. KRENTZ
Local storm report, May 20, 3:30 PM EDT, 40 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
330 PM EDT TUE MAY 20 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0318 PM HAIL CHERRYVILLE 35.38N 81.38W
05/20/2008 E0.50 INCH GASTON NC AMATEUR RADIO
ONE-HALF INCH HAIL BETWEEN CHERRYVILLE AND CROUSE
&&
RWHLocal storm report, May 20, 3:46 PM EDT, 24 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
346 PM EDT TUE MAY 20 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0325 PM HAIL 6 E HIGH SHOALS 35.40N 81.10W
05/20/2008 E1.00 INCH GASTON NC FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
HAIL COVERED HIGHWAY AT TOWN OF ALEXIS WITH SIZE UP TO
QUARTERS. REPORTED BY ALEXIS VFD
&&
TBENTHALLLocal storm report, May 20, 3:52 PM EDT, 18 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
352 PM EDT TUE MAY 20 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0345 PM HAIL LUCIA 35.38N 81.01W
05/20/2008 E0.75 INCH GASTON NC FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
LUCIA VFD REPORTED 3/4 INCH HAIL.
&&
TBENTHALLThe office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 20, 2:54 AM EDT | Lake Wind Advisory | GSP | Alexander, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell and 22 more | 15 hr |
| May 20, 3:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Gaston, Lincoln, Mecklenburg | 54 min |
| May 20, 3:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Mecklenburg, Rowan | 75 min |
| May 20, 3:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Madison | 51 min |
| May 20, 3:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Swain | 61 min |
| May 20, 4:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Jackson, Macon | 59 min |
| May 20, 4:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Gaston, Lincoln, Mecklenburg | 61 min |
| May 20, 5:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Rowan | 75 min |
| May 20, 5:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Haywood, Henderson, Polk, Transylvania | 59 min |
| May 20, 5:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Jackson, Macon | 60 min |
| May 20, 6:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cleveland, Polk, Rutherford | 55 min |
| May 20, 6:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cleveland, Gaston | 65 min |
| May 20, 6:37 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Gaston, Mecklenburg | 38 min |
| May 20, 7:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Mecklenburg, Union | 50 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.