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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

November 9, 2000Pickens County, South Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this tornado warning at Nov 9, 2000, 7:13 PM EST for Pickens County, South Carolina. It was in force for 32 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: Nov 9, 2000, 7:13 PM EST (00:13 UTC)
Expired: Nov 9, 2000, 7:45 PM EST
In force: 32 min
Issued by: NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area: Whole counties

County Pickens County, SC

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Nov 9, 7:15 PM EST	Thunderstorm Wind 50 E	Clemson, SC	Trees were blown down in an area near R.C. Edwards Middle School. Other trees were blown down in and around both Clemson and Central.

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 nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 235 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: 11 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -10 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1187 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 62 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 147 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 176 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 
WFUS52 KGSP 100015
TORGSP

SCC077-100045-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
713 PM EST THU NOV 9 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN PICKENS COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA

* UNTIL 745 PM EST.

* AT 713 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A
  THUNDERSTORM WITH A DEVELOPING TORNADO 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
  CLEMSON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  CLEMSON AT 720 PM EST
  CENTRAL AT 725 PM EST
  LIBERTY AT 730 PM EST
  EASLEY AT 740 PM EST

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.

$$
HG

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Nov 9, 7:26 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Anderson	34 min
Nov 9, 7:37 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Greenville	23 min
Nov 9, 8:00 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Laurens, Spartanburg	45 min
Nov 9, 8:35 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Cherokee	40 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.