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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

May 6, 2003Franklin County, Georgia

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this tornado warning at May 6, 2003, 1:42 PM EDT for Franklin County, Georgia. It was in force for 33 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 6, 2003, 1:42 PM EDT (17:42 UTC)
Expired
May 6, 2003, 2:15 PM EDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Franklin County, GA

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 6, 10:45 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr
May 6, 1:30 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 151 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, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2003-05-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 386 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, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2003-05-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 191 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
386 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-36 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
521 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
64 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
191 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
264 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
3.0

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The text

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

711 
WFUS52 KGSP 061742
TORGSP
GAC119-061815-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
141 PM EDT TUE MAY 6 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  FRANKLIN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA

* UNTIL 215 PM EDT.

* AT 141 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A
  THUNDERSTORM WITH A DEVELOPING TORNADO 7 MILES NORTH OF COMMERCE...
  OR ABOUT 13 MILES WEST OF CARNESVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  FRANKLIN SPRINGS AT 205 PM EDT.
  ROYSTON AT 210 PM EDT.

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.

LAT...LON 3440 8352 3423 8354 3419 8311 3445 8307

$$
MOORE/MCAVOY

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 5, 10:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPRabun50 min
May 6, 2:04 PM EDTTornado WarningGSPElbert, Hart56 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.