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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 38, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 8, 2020, 6:12 PM EDT for Mecklenburg County, Union County, North Carolina. It was in force for 48 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 8, 2020, 6:12 PM EDT (22:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 8, 2020, 7:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Mecklenburg County, NC, Union County, NC
The radar
The Columbia radar (KCAE), 136 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:14 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 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 128 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
- 22 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -246 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1302 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 132 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 124 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 8, 2:45 PM EDT, 3 hours 27 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 8, 2:45 PM EDT, 3 hours 27 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 8, 4:19 PM EDT, 1 hour 53 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC 419 PM EDT Wed Apr 8 2020 SCZ001>007-010>013-019-092030- Oconee Mountains-Pickens Mountains-Greenville Mountains- Greater Oconee-Greater Pickens-Greater Greenville-Spartanburg- Anderson-Abbeville-Laurens-Union SC-Greenwood- 419 PM EDT Wed Apr 8 2020 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for upstate South Carolina. .DAY ONE...Tonight. Isolated thunderstorms are expected to develop this afternoon and persist into this evening. One or two of the storms could become strong to severe with damaging winds and large hail the main threat. The most likely place for that to happen would be along and east or northeast of I-385 and I-26 late this afternoon. The storms should dissipate by mid evening. Late tonight, a line of strong to severe thunderstorms may come over the mountains and reach the Upstate and northeast Georgia in the pre-dawn hours Thursday. Damaging winds would be the primary threat. Later developments will determine if, when, and where a severe thunderstorm watch would be issued. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Fire Weather Watch. A few severe thunderstorms could be ongoing across the region at daybreak on Thursday. The storms are expected to move quickly to the east and out of the area by late morning Thursday as a strong cold front moves through. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation may be needed. Please relay any information about observed severe weather to the NWS while following all local, state, and CDC guidelines. GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-092030- Rabun-Habersham-Stephens-Franklin-Hart-Elbert- 419 PM EDT Wed Apr 8 2020 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northeast Georgia. .DAY ONE...Tonight. Isolated thunderstorms are expected to develop this afternoon and persist into this evening. One or two of the storms could become strong to severe with damaging winds and large hail the main threat. The most likely place for that to happen would be along and east or northeast of I-385 and I-26 late this afternoon. The storms should dissipate by mid evening. Late tonight, a line of strong to severe thunderstorms may come over the mountains and reach the Upstate and northeast Georgia in the pre-dawn hours Thursday. Damaging winds would be the primary threat. Later developments will determine if, when, and where a severe thunderstorm watch would be issued. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday. A few severe thunderstorms could be ongoing across the region at daybreak on Thursday. The storms are expected to move quickly to the east and out of the area by late morning Thursday as a strong cold front moves through. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation may be needed. Please relay any information about observed severe weather to the NWS while following all local, state, and CDC guidelines. NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-501>510-092030- Avery-Madison-Yancey-Mitchell-Swain-Haywood-Buncombe-Graham- Northern Jackson-Macon-Southern Jackson-Transylvania-Henderson- Caldwell Mountains-Greater Caldwell-Burke Mountains-Greater Burke- McDowell Mountains-Eastern McDowell-Rutherford Mountains- Greater Rutherford-Polk Mountains-Eastern Polk- 419 PM EDT Wed Apr 8 2020 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for western North Carolina. .DAY ONE...Tonight. Scattered thunderstorms are expected to develop today across the mountains and foothills. Cloud-to-ground lightning, gusty winds, and small hail are possible with any storm that develops. A few of the storms could become strong to severe this afternoon, with large hail and damaging wind gusts the main threat, mainly east of the Blue Ridge. Thunderstorm activity should diminish for several hours this evening. However, during the early morning hours, a squall line of strong to severe thunderstorms is expected to approach from east Tennessee and reach the North Carolina mountains in the pre-dawn hours. If the squall line develops, it would have the potential to produce damaging wind gusts over several locations across the mountains. The line of storms could even hold together and move out over the foothills by daybreak. Later developments will determine if, when, and where a severe thunderstorm watch would be issued. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday. The threat for severe thunderstorms will diminish quickly Thursday morning as a strong cold front sweeps the storms off to the east. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation may be needed. Please relay any information about observed severe weather to the NWS while following all local, state, and CDC guidelines. SCZ008-009-014-092030- Cherokee-York-Chester- 419 PM EDT Wed Apr 8 2020 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for upstate South Carolina. .DAY ONE...Tonight. Scattered thunderstorms are expected to develop across the western Carolinas this afternoon and early this evening. Any thunderstorms that develop will have a good chance to become strong to severe, with damaging wind gusts and large hail the primary threats. Cloud- to- ground lightning and small hail can be expected with any storm that develops. The storms should weaken around sunset. Late tonight, a line of strong to severe thunderstorms may come over the mountains and reach the western Piedmont around daybreak Thursday. Damaging winds would be the primary threat. Later developments will determine if, when, and where a severe thunderstorm watch would be issued. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Fire Weather Watch. A few severe thunderstorms could be ongoing across the region at daybreak on Thursday. The storms are expected to move quickly to the east and out of the area by late morning Thursday as a strong cold front moves through. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation may be needed. Please relay any information about observed severe weather to the NWS while following all local, state, and CDC guidelines. NCZ035>037-056-057-068>072-082-092030- Alexander-Iredell-Davie-Catawba-Rowan-Cleveland-Lincoln-Gaston- Mecklenburg-Cabarrus-Union NC- 419 PM EDT Wed Apr 8 2020 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for piedmont North Carolina. .DAY ONE...Tonight. Scattered thunderstorms are expected to develop across the western Carolinas this afternoon and early this evening. Any thunderstorms that develop will have a good chance to become strong to severe, with damaging wind gusts and large hail the primary threats. Cloud- to- ground lightning and small hail can be expected with any storm that develops. The storms should weaken around sunset. Late tonight, a line of strong to severe thunderstorms may come over the mountains and reach the western Piedmont around daybreak Thursday. Damaging winds would be the primary threat. Later developments will determine if, when, and where a severe thunderstorm watch would be issued. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday. A few severe thunderstorms could be ongoing across the region at daybreak on Thursday. The storms are expected to move quickly to the east and out of the area by late morning Thursday as a strong cold front moves through. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation may be needed. Please relay any information about observed severe weather to the NWS while following all local, state, and CDC guidelines. 17
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Apr 8, 5:45 PM EDT, 27 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 8, 5:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Mecklenburg | 30 min |
| Apr 8, 6:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Union | 19 min |
| Apr 8, 7:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cabarrus | 29 min |
| Apr 8, 3:13 PM EDT | Fire Weather Watch | GSP | Abbeville, Anderson, Cherokee, Chester, Greenwood, Laurens and 2 more | 14 hr |
| Apr 8, 6:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cherokee | 36 min |
| Apr 8, 6:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cherokee, Chester, Spartanburg, Union, York | 44 min |
| Apr 8, 6:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Spartanburg | 25 min |
| Apr 8, 7:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Chester | 31 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.