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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

August 8, 1986Spartanburg County, South Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this tornado warning at Aug 8, 1986, 6:30 PM EDT for Spartanburg County, South Carolina. It was in force for 30 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 8, 1986, 6:30 PM EDT (22:30 UTC)
Expired
Aug 8, 1986, 7:00 PM EDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area
Whole counties

County Spartanburg County, SC

The radar

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

The nearest sounding before it

Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 162 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, Athens Municipal, GA at 12:00Z on 1986-08-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 184 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, Athens Municipal, GA at 12:00Z on 1986-08-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 20 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
184 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-153 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1128 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
20 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
61 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KGSP 082230
TORGSP
SCC083-082300-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED 
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREER SC
630 PM EDT FRI AUG 8 1986

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING 
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 700 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY OF

SOUTH CAROLINA...NORTHERN SPARTANBURG

A TORNADO HAS BEEN REPORTED BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IN THE TOWN
OF LANDRUM SOUTH CAROLINA AT 615PM EDT IN NORTHWEST SPARTANBURG
COUNTY.  RADAR INDICATES A HEAVY THUNDERSTORM IN THE LANDRUM AREA.
THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM .. TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY!

A BASEMENT .. INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM IN THE LOWEST FLOOR IS THE
SAFEST PLACE IN MOST BUILDINGS. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS ..DOORS AND
OUTSIDE WALLS.

IF YOU ARE NEAR THESE STORMS MOVE TO A SAFE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY.
REPORT ANY DAMAGE TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES AND ASK THEM TO
RELAY IT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER
RADIO .. COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.

 ROBBINS

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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.