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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 55, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 19, 2022, 6:24 PM EDT for Buncombe County, Madison County, Yancey County, North Carolina. It was in force for 36 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
- May 19, 2022, 6:24 PM EDT (22:24 UTC)
- Expired
- May 19, 2022, 7:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Buncombe County, NC, Madison County, NC, Yancey County, NC
The radar
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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
Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 312 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
- 138 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -69 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 798 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 96 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 117 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 May 19, 5:17 PM EDT, 1 hour 7 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 19, 5:17 PM EDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, May 19, 5:15 AM EDT, 13 hours 9 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC 515 AM EDT Thu May 19 2022 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065- 068>072-082-501>510-SCZ008>014-019-101>109-200315- Rabun-Habersham-Stephens-Franklin-Hart-Elbert-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-Cherokee-York- Anderson-Abbeville-Laurens-Union SC-Chester-Greenwood- Oconee Mountains-Pickens Mountains-Greenville Mountains- Greater Oconee-Greater Pickens-Central Greenville- Southern Greenville-Northern Spartanburg-Southern Spartanburg- 515 AM EDT Thu May 19 2022 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northeast Georgia, piedmont North Carolina, western North Carolina and upstate South Carolina. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Scattered thunderstorms will develop today, with the greatest coverage expected in the mid-afternoon to early evening timeframe. Cloud-to-ground lightning, heavy rain, and gusty winds will be possible with any of these thunderstorms. A few of the storms may become severe, producing damaging winds and/or large hail greater than 1 inch in diameter. A tornado cannot be ruled out. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .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. Wimberley
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 19, 4:22 PM EDT, 2 hours 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 5:34 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Buncombe | 26 min |
| May 19, 5:53 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Buncombe | 37 min |
| May 19, 6:28 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | McDowell | 32 min |
| May 19, 4:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Avery | 23 min |
| May 19, 6:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Avery, Buncombe, McDowell, Mitchell, Yancey | 39 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.