Alert archive / South Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 72, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

May 7, 1996Greenwood County, Laurens County, South Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 7, 1996, 6:29 PM EDT for Greenwood County, Laurens County, South Carolina. It was in force for 46 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
May 7, 1996, 6:29 PM EDT (22:29 UTC)
Expired
May 7, 1996, 7:15 PM EDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area
Whole counties

Counties Greenwood County, SC, Laurens County, SC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:33 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 7, 6:31 PM EDTHail 0.75Greenwood, SC

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.

The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 7, 7:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPGreenwood48 min
May 7, 5:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPElbert51 min
May 7, 6:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPElbert44 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in South Carolina, 1996Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1996

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.