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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 162, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

July 16, 2024Alexander County, Catawba County, Iredell County, North Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 16, 2024, 3:44 PM EDT for Alexander County, Catawba County, Iredell County, North Carolina. It was in force for 26 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 16, 2024, 3:44 PM EDT (19:44 UTC)
Expired
Jul 16, 2024, 4:10 PM EDT
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Alexander County, NC, Catawba County, NC, Iredell County, NC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 144 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:45 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, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 337 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 2024-07-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1011 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 2024-07-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 6 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
1011 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-72 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
899 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
6 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
22 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 15, 8:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPRutherford26 min
Jul 15, 9:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPGaston44 min
Jul 15, 9:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPMecklenburg45 min
Jul 15, 9:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPMecklenburg32 min
Jul 16, 2:47 AM EDTHeat AdvisoryGSPCabarrus, Mecklenburg, Union17 hr
Jul 16, 12:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPPolk47 min
Jul 16, 2:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPRowan24 min
Jul 16, 2:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPCabarrus, Rowan55 min
Jul 16, 3:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPAlexander27 min
Jul 16, 4:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPIredell36 min
Jul 16, 4:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPCleveland, Rutherford42 min
Jul 16, 5:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPCabarrus36 min
Jul 16, 5:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPLincoln34 min
Jul 16, 5:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPGaston37 min
Jul 16, 5:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPGaston35 min
Jul 16, 5:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPCatawba, Lincoln61 min
Jul 16, 5:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPCabarrus38 min
Jul 16, 6:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPMecklenburg30 min
Jul 16, 6:03 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPCabarrus, Rowan3 hr
Jul 16, 6:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPBurke, Caldwell, Catawba43 min
Jul 16, 6:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPBuncombe36 min
Jul 16, 6:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPCabarrus28 min
Jul 16, 6:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPIredell25 min
Jul 16, 6:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPHenderson32 min
Jul 16, 6:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPYancey35 min
Jul 16, 7:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPTransylvania23 min
Jul 16, 7:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPHenderson61 min
Jul 16, 7:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPTransylvania60 min
Jul 15, 8:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPAbbeville42 min
Jul 15, 9:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPChester44 min
Jul 15, 9:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPLaurens39 min
Jul 15, 9:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPYork25 min
Jul 15, 9:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPYork27 min
Jul 15, 10:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPYork29 min
Jul 15, 10:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPYork34 min
Jul 16, 2:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPGreenville33 min
Jul 16, 7:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPSpartanburg57 min
Jul 16, 7:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPGreenville63 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.