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Tornado Warning 45, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

June 2, 1998Anderson County, South Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this tornado warning at Jun 2, 1998, 9:46 AM EDT for Anderson County, South Carolina. It was in force for 49 min. 3 reports 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: Jun 2, 1998, 9:46 AM EDT (13:46 UTC)
Expired: Jun 2, 1998, 10:35 AM EDT
In force: 49 min
Issued by: NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area: Whole counties

County Anderson County, SC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:46 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

Time	Report	Where
Jun 2, 9:55 AM EDT	Hail 1	(And)Anderson Co Arp, SC
Jun 2, 9:55 AM EDT	Thunderstorm Wind 50	Anderson, SC
Jun 2, 9:55 AM EDT	Hail 2.5	Anderson, 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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 2, 5:30 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 303 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: 252 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -182 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1079 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 58 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 97 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 205 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.2

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The text

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

433 
WFUS1 KGSP 021347 RRA
TORGSP
SCC007-021435-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
946 AM EDT TUE JUN 2 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  ANDERSON COUNTY IN SOUTH CAROLINA
  
* UNTIL 1035 AM EDT

* AT 946 AM... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING
  TORNADO OVER NORTHERN PORTIONS OF LAKE HARTWELL... MOVING
  SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  WEST OF THE CITY OF ANDERSON AT 1000 AM
  BETWEEN STARR AND GLUCK AT 1010 AM

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IN A HOME OR
BUSINESS IS AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE. STAY AWAY
FROM DOORS AND WINDOWS.
KAJ

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.

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before this tornado warning went out at Jun 2, 2:25 AM EDT, 7 hours 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 2, 2:25 AM EDT, 7 hours 21 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
225 AM EDT TUE JUN 2 1998

CAE/RAH/FFC: ADD POPS FOR WEDNESDAY.
RAH: POPS MAY BE NEEDED FOR NW 1/4 OF NC TONIGHT.

S/WV IN FAST WNW UPPER FLOW TO DIVE SE ACROSS FA THIS MORNING.
DECENT LIFT MAXIMIZED AROUND 12Z & ALTHOUGH GOOD CHUNK OF CWA IN
RELATIVELY DRY AIR NORTH OF FRONTAL BNDRY ATTM...MDLS ADVERTISE
A CONTINUED RETURN FLOW OF LLVL RH THIS AM.  SO LOOKS LIKE
WE CAN HANG ONTO POPS THIS MORNING WHERE CURRENTLY ADVERTISED
WITH DEVELOPMENT UPSTREAM ATTM.

FA GETS INTO NVA REGION BEHIND S/WV TODAY WITH FAST WESTERLY FLOW
INDUCING LEE SIDE TROUGH IN ADDITION TO FNT LIFTING NWD INTO CWA.
DWPTS WILL CONTINUE ON A GRADUAL RISE TDY...BUT DOWNSLOPE &
SUBSIDENCE WILL WORK AGAINST THE COVERGENGE PROVIDED WITH FRNTL
BNDRY.

UPPER RIDGE WILL BUILD A LITTLE ON WEDNESDAY...BUT FRONTAL ZONE
LOOKS TO BE MORE ACTIVE THAN PREVIOUS THOUGHT.  NEXT CD FNT WILL
DROP SE TWD FA OVERNIGHT & WITH HIGHER LVL RH IN THE AREA...
INCREASED AMTS OF LIFT FCST WILL WARRANT THE ADDITION OF POPS FOR
NC TONIGHT & REST OF FA ON WEDNESDAY.

AVL  85/63/88  233
CLT  92/70/91  223
GSP  93/68/91  213

CSH/KAJ

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 2, 8:28 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Laurens	32 min
Jun 2, 9:27 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Oconee	33 min
Jun 2, 9:38 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Anderson	32 min
Jun 2, 10:10 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Pickens	30 min
Jun 2, 10:51 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Greenwood	34 min

Nearby

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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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.