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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

March 23, 1993Abbeville County, South Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this tornado warning at Mar 23, 1993, 7:08 PM EST for Abbeville County, South Carolina. It was in force for 35 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 23, 1993, 7:08 PM EST (00:08 UTC)
Expired: Mar 23, 1993, 7:43 PM EST
In force: 35 min
Issued by: NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area: Whole counties

County Abbeville County, SC

The nearest sounding before it

Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 83 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1151 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 575 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 183 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 235 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.1
Supercell composite: 7.1

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KGSP 240010
TORGSP
SCC001-240100-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
708 PM EST TUE MAR 23 1993
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  800 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN  SOUTH CAROLINA
 
   ...NORTHERN ABBEVILLE COUNTY
 
A STORM WHICH PRODUCED A POSSIBLE TORNADO NEAR IVA WILL MOVE INTO THE
DUE WEST/HONEA PATH SECTIONS BY 730 PM. HAIL IS ALSO LIKELY WITH THIS
STORM.
 
TORNADOES WHICH OCCUR AFTER DARK ARE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS. GET TO A
PLACE OF SAFETY NOW!! STAY AWAY FROM DOORS AND WINDOWS...BUT GET OUT
OF MOBILE HOMES AND CARS. IF DAMAGE OCCURS NEAR YOHU...DO NOT ATTEMPT
TO WALK AROUND IN THE DARK. THERE MAY BE DOWNED POWER LINES.
 
W. JONES/GSP

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Mar 23, 3:33 PM EST, 3 hours 35 minutes before

NCZ010-011-012-232130-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ASHEVILLE NC
333 PM EST TUE MAR 23 1993

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...

AT 330 PM EST...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS
EXTENDING THROUGH NORTHERN GEORGIA AND INTO THE SOUTHWESTERN MOUNTAINS
OF NORTH CAROLINA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER NORTHERN
GEORGIA BUT WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. WITH THIS MOVEMENT
THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL MOVE INTO MACON AND JACKSON COUNTIES BY 4 PM.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT DEADLY
LIGHTNING. STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND SOME HAIL ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THE
STRONGEST STORMS.

IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...MOVE INTO A STRONG
BUILDING AND REMAIN THERE UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION FOR LATER
INFORMATION.

EJC

Special weather statement, Mar 23, 4:22 PM EST, 2 hours 46 minutes before

SCZ001-002-004-232300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
422 PM EST TUE MAR 23 1993

...THUNDERSTORMS HEADED TOWARD UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...

A BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDS FROM SOUTHWESTERN
NORTH CAROLINA TO JUST NORTH OF ATLANTA GEORGIA AT 410 THIS AFTERNOON
AND IS MOVING EASTWARD AROUND 25 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL BE
CROSSING INTO OCONEE COUNTY AROUND 500 PM AND WILL PRODUCE
LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLY SOME HAIL.

AREAS OF THE UPSTATE HAVE RECEIVED ANYWHERE FROM 3/4 TO ALMOST
2 INCHES OF RAIN IN THE LAST 18 HOURS. WITH ADDITIONAL HEAVY
RAINS EXPECTED WITH THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME FLOODING
OF STREETS AND AREAS OF POOBR DRAINAGE IS POSSIBLE THIS EVENING.

LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AS THESE STORMS MOVE THROUGH THE AREA.
LEFKOF/GSP

Local storm report, Mar 23, 6:21 PM EST, 47 minutes before

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
620 PM EST TUE MAR 23 1993

550 PM    POSSIBLE TORNADO...DAMAGED BOAT HIGHWAY 188 SOUTH COVE
          AREA.
602 PM    HAIL UNKNOWN SIZE OCONEE/PICKENS LINE HWY 183.
605 PM    DOWNED TREES AND SHINGLES OFF ROOFS...KEOWEE SUBDIVISION
          NEAR SENECA...TOWARD CLEMSON.

WAJ

Local storm report, Mar 23, 6:25 PM EST, 43 minutes before

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
624 PM EST TUE MAR 23 1993

618 PM    DIME HAIL NEAR EASLEY FROM SHERIFF DEPARMENT...OUT AHEAD
          OF MAIN PART OF STORM.

WAJ

Local storm report, Mar 23, 7:03 PM EST, 5 minutes before

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
701 PM EST TUE MAR 23 1993

658 PM    AMATEUR RADIO TORNADO ON GROUND BACK UP BACK DOWN WEST OF
          IVA...NO INFO ON WHETHER DAMAGE OC4CURRED.

WAJ

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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.