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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 178, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

July 14, 2023Cleveland County, McDowell County, Rutherford County, North Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 14, 2023, 4:06 PM EDT for Cleveland County, McDowell County, Rutherford County, North Carolina. It was in force for 39 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
Jul 14, 2023, 4:06 PM EDT (20:06 UTC)
Expired
Jul 14, 2023, 4:45 PM EDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Cleveland County, NC, McDowell County, NC, Rutherford County, NC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 332 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Charleston AFB, SC at 12:00Z on 2023-07-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1258 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Charleston AFB, SC at 12:00Z on 2023-07-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -3 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1258 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-43 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
829 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-3 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
9 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 13, 8:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPRowan23 min
Jul 13, 8:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPIredell, Rowan48 min
Jul 13, 8:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPCleveland30 min
Jul 13, 8:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPIredell25 min
Jul 13, 9:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPCleveland28 min
Jul 13, 10:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPRutherford27 min
Jul 13, 10:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPCleveland29 min
Jul 13, 10:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPRutherford37 min
Jul 13, 11:02 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPCleveland, Rutherford6 hr
Jul 13, 11:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPCleveland42 min
Jul 13, 11:38 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPCleveland, Rutherford6 hr
Jul 13, 11:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPGaston45 min
Jul 14, 12:28 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPGaston47 min
Jul 14, 12:40 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPGaston, Mecklenburg22 min
Jul 14, 1:07 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPMecklenburg38 min
Jul 14, 12:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPTransylvania30 min
Jul 14, 12:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPAvery28 min
Jul 14, 12:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPHaywood33 min
Jul 14, 1:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPTransylvania29 min
Jul 14, 1:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPHaywood30 min
Jul 14, 1:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPCaldwell29 min
Jul 14, 2:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPTransylvania26 min
Jul 14, 2:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPCaldwell29 min
Jul 14, 2:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPCaldwell31 min
Jul 14, 3:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPTransylvania29 min
Jul 14, 3:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPMcDowell25 min
Jul 14, 3:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPBurke, McDowell45 min
Jul 14, 4:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPUnion23 min
Jul 14, 5:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPMecklenburg27 min
Jul 14, 5:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPCabarrus26 min
Jul 14, 7:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPIredell35 min
Jul 14, 7:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPRowan29 min
Jul 14, 1:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPGreenville26 min
Jul 14, 2:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPPickens31 min
Jul 14, 3:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPPickens36 min
Jul 14, 5:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPSpartanburg35 min
Jul 14, 5:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPCherokee33 min
Jul 14, 6:05 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPSpartanburg4 hr
Jul 14, 7:30 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPChester5 hr
Jul 14, 7:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPChester46 min
Jul 14, 3:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPRabun28 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.