Alert archive / South Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 2003
Tornado Warning 7, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this tornado warning at May 6, 2003, 2:35 PM EDT for Abbeville County, South Carolina. It was in force for 55 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, 2:35 PM EDT (18:35 UTC)
- Expired
- May 6, 2003, 3:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Abbeville County, SC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:39 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 1:30 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 204 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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS52 KGSP 061835
TORGSP
SCC001-061930-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
234 PM EDT TUE MAY 6 2003
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
ABBEVILLE COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA
* UNTIL 330 PM EDT.
* AT 234 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A
THUNDERSTORM WITH A DEVELOPING TORNADO 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF
ELBERTON...OR ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LOWNDESVILLE...MOVING
EAST AT 40 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
LOWNDESVILLE AT 240 PM EDT.
CALHOUN FALLS AT 245 PM EDT.
ABBEVILLE AT 300 PM EDT.
THIS STORM WILL ALSO PRODUCE HAIL TO THE SIZE OF BASEBALLS. GO TO A
STURDY SHELTER NOW
PEOPLE IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD TAKE ACTION NOW TO
PROTECT THEIR LIVES. GO TO YOUR BASEMENT...THE CENTER OF BUILDINGS...
COVER YOUR HEAD. DO NOT GO NEAR DOORS AND WINDOWS. GET OUT OF MOBILE
HOMES AND VEHICLES AND GO TO A STURDY BUILDING OR A DITCH.
LAT...LON 3402 8259 3420 8274 3437 8242 3424 8227
3409 8229 3406 8245 3408 8249 3406 8254
$$
MOORE/MCAVOYThe office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 5, 11:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Oconee | 41 min |
| May 6, 12:33 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Greenville, Spartanburg | 42 min |
| May 6, 2:57 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | York | 3 hr |
| May 6, 2:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Anderson | 29 min |
| May 6, 3:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Greenwood | 52 min |
| May 6, 3:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Laurens, Spartanburg | 39 min |
| May 6, 3:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Union | 40 min |
| May 6, 3:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Chester | 53 min |
| May 6, 4:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | York | 25 min |
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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.