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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 232, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

December 4, 2005Greenwood County, South Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Dec 4, 2005, 6:37 PM EST for Greenwood County, South Carolina. It was in force for 53 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
Dec 4, 2005, 6:37 PM EST (23:37 UTC)
Expired
Dec 4, 2005, 7:30 PM EST
In force
53 min
Issued by
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Greenwood County, SC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

Did it verify

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Dec 4, 5:54 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 233 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 2005-12-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 400 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 2005-12-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 165 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
400 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-25 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
616 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
165 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
118 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
1.4

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WUUS52 KGSP 042339
SVRGSP
SCC047-050030-
/O.NEW.KGSP.SV.W.0232.051204T2337Z-051205T0030Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
638 PM EST SUN DEC 4 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  GREENWOOD COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA

* UNTIL 730 PM EST

* AT 632 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE
  HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE
  LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM COKESBURY TO 9 MILES SOUTHWEST
  OF GREENWOOD TO 31 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GREENWOOD...OR ALONG A LINE
  EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF GREENWOOD TO 9 MILES SOUTHWEST
  OF GREENWOOD TO 16 MILES NORTHEAST OF WASHINGTON...AND MOVING EAST
  AT 40 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  NINETY SIX AROUND 650 PM EST...

PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THIS LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE
ALERT FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND
LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN CAN OCCUR WITH ANY THUNDERSTORM. SEEK SHELTER 
INDOORS AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS UNTIL THE STORM PASSES.  
WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE MAY NOT OCCUR...BUT THERE IS A THREAT OF 
DAMAGE NEAR THE CENTER OF THE LINE.  LARGE HAIL WAS REPORTED 5 MILES 
WEST OF GREENWOOD AROUND 635 PM EST.

LAT...LON 3404 8232 3407 8226 3413 8224 3426 8225
      3436 8224 3437 8220 3431 8215 3422 8197
      3418 8192 3414 8191 3401 8231

$$
JONES
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS52 KGSP 050002
SVSGSP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
701 PM EST SUN DEC 4 2005

SCC047-050030-
/O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0232.000000T0000Z-051205T0030Z/
GREENWOOD SC-
701 PM EST SUN DEC 4 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 730 PM EST FOR
GREENWOOD COUNTY...

AT 657 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL 
SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS 
EXTENDED FROM AROUND NINETY SIX TO CALLISON...AND WERE MOVING EAST 
ABOUT 40 MPH.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  DYSON AROUND 710 PM EST...

PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD BE ALERT FOR LARGE HAIL AND
DAMAGING WINDS. FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN CAN OCCUR
WITH ANY THUNDERSTORM. SEEK SHELTER INDOORS AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND
DOORS UNTIL THE STORM PASSES.

LAT...LON 3404 8232 3407 8226 3413 8224 3426 8225
      3436 8224 3437 8220 3431 8215 3422 8197
      3418 8192 3414 8191 3401 8231

$$
JONES

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Dec 4, 3:39 PM EST, 2 hours 58 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 4, 3:39 PM EST, 2 hours 58 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
339 PM EST SUN DEC 4 2005

.SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY)...
SURFACE ANALYSIS AT 18Z SHOWS COLD FRONT LYING ACROSS MOUNTAINS...
WHILE KGSP/KHTX RADARS SHOW EXTENSIVE CONVECTION DEVELOPING AND
MOVING ENE ALONG THE BOUNDARY. SHORT TERM CONVECTIVE TRENDS WILL
NECESSITATE A HIGH PRECIP CHANCE...LIKELY OR CATEGORICAL...RIGHT OFF
THE BAT. WILL ALSO HAVE TO INCLUDE THUNDER AT LEAST INTO THE EARLY
PART OF THE EVENING...OWING TO LIGHTNING DETECTED IN THE ACTIVITY
ACROSS N GA. RADAR TRENDS OFF TO THE WEST SUGGEST OUR PRECIP MODE
WILL BE CONVECTIVE FOR THE VERY NEAR TERM...SO THAT WILL BE
REFLECTED IN THE FORECAST THROUGH MIDNIGHT...ACROSS THE ENTIRE
FORECAST AREA.

AFTER MIDNIGHT...AS THE SURFACE LOW ORGANIZES...ALL SORTS OF FORCING
WILL BEGIN TO SPREAD ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA FROM THE SW. THIS
SYSTEM APPEARS TO HAVE SO MUCH GOING FOR IT THAT A CATEGORICAL POP
SEEMS MORE THAN REASONABLE. THE BIG QUESTION IS WHEN THE COLD AIR TO
THE NORTH AND WEST WILL MAKE ITS PRESENCE FELT. THE MODELS SUGGEST
THAT TIME WILL NOT BE UNTIL SUNRISE OVER THE MOUNTAINS...WHICH SEEMS
REASONABLE AT THIS POINT. EVEN IF THE HIGHEST MOUNTAIN PEAKS OF THE
NRN MOUNTAINS MANAGE A CHANGE TO SOME MIX OF RAIN/FREEZING
RAIN/SNOW...IT SHOULD NOT OCCUR UNTIL LATE ENOUGH THAT IT DOES NOT
BEAR A MENTION IN THE ZFP. WILL GO WITH A COLD RAIN OVER THE
MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS AFTER MIDNIGHT...WITH TEMPS BEGINNING A
DRAMATIC DROP OFF AFTER 09Z.

AS COLD AIR WRAPS AROUND DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE AREA...SNOW LEVELS
WILL RAPIDLY LOWER ACROSS THE NORTHERN NC MNTNS...WITH MOST LOCATIONS
(WITH THE EXCEPTION OF PERHAPS THE LOWEST VALLEYS)...EXPECTED TO
TRANSITION TO A SLEET/SNOW MIX BY MID-MORNING. A MAX IN H7
FRONTOGENESIS WILL BECOME ESTABLISHED JUST NORTHWEST OF THE CWFA...
LIKELY PLACING THE RISING BRANCH OF THE ASSOCIATED AGEOSTROPHIC
CIRCULATION SQUARELY OVER THE NORTHERN MNTNS. EPV PROGS INDICATE
SOME INSTABILITY WITHIN THIS REGION OF FORCING...SO BANDED PRECIP
APPEARS TO BE A POSSIBILITY TOMORROW AFTERNOON. WILL UPGRADE THE
WATCH TO A WARNING FOR THIS AREA...WITH GENERALY 2-5 INCH AMOUNTS
EXPECTED. AS ONE MOVES LOWER IN THE ATMOSPHERE...THE DEPTH/TIMING OF
THE COLD AIR BECOMES VERY UNCERTAIN. HOWEVER...AS STRONG NORTHEAST
FLOW DEVELOPS ACROSS THE NORTHERN ZONES IN RESPONSE TO DEEPENING
CYCLONE...RESULTANT UPSLOPE FLOW WILL CREATE 2 RESPONSES: AN
ADDITIONAL SOURCE OF COOLING AND MESOSCALE ENHANCEMENT TO THE STRONG
LARGE SCALE FORCING. THEREFORE...WILL ALSO UPGRADE THE NORTHERN
FOOTHILL ZONES TO A WARNING...BUT MAINLY STRESS LOCATIONS ALONG THE
BLUE RIDGE. FURTHER SOUTH...THE COLDER AIR WILL BE SOMEWHAT
DELAYED...AS THE SURFACE LOW TRANSLATES ACROSS THE MIDLANDS.
HOWEVER...ENOUGH COLD AIR SHOULD FILTER INTO THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS
OF THE NC MNTNS TO WARRANT AN ADVISORY FOR ELEVATIONS ABOVE 3500
FEET. PERIODS OF SLEET AND/OR SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE VALLEYS
OF THE CENTRAL MNTNS...AS WELL AS IN THE LOWER ELEVATIONS OF THE
FOOTHILLS AND THE PIEDMONT DURING THE AFTERNOON...BUT CONFIDENCE
THAT ANY ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE ACHIEVED IN THESE AREAS REMAINS VERY
LOW...SO WILL SIMPLY CARRY CHANCES FOR WINTRY PRECIP ATTM.

&&

.LONG TERM (TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY)...
VERY LITTLE CHANGE TO THE EXTENDED FORECAST ATTM. DRY AND COOL HIGH
PRESSURE IS GENERALLY IN CONTROL DURING THIS PERIOD. THE GFS
CONTINUES TO INDICATE THE POTENTIAL FOR A SOUTHERN STREAM SYSTEM TO
AFFECT THE AREA DURING THE NEXT 10 DAYS OR SO. HOWEVER...AS IT HAS
BEEN APT TO DO OVER THE PAST SEVERAL RUNS...THE LATEST RUN HAS
DELAYED TIMING OF THIS POSSIBILITY TO DAY 7. WILL CONTINUE WITH A
DRY BUT COOL FORECAST THROUGH THE EXTENDED.

&&

.AVIATION...
FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON...RADAR/SATELLITE TRENDS SUGGEST
AN INVASION OF CONVECTIVE CLOUDS FROM THE WEST AS SURFACE FRONT LAYS
DOWN ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS. THIS SHOULD BRING MVFR CEILINGS
TO ALL TAF SITES ON A TEMPORARY BASIS THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING
HOURS...WITH SOME MVFR VISIBILITIES POSSIBLE IN SHOWERS...BUT TAFS
WILL KEEP ONLY VCSH. CONVECTIVE TRENDS WILL BE WATCHED AT KAND FOR
THE ADDITION OF THUNDERSTORMS AS WELL.

THE FORECAST SHOULD GO QUICKLY DOWNHILL LATER THIS EVENING AS A WAVE
DEVELOPS ON THE FRONT ALONG THE NRN GULF COAST. MVFR CEILINGS SHOULD
SPREAD ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA BY 04Z AT THE VERY LATEST...AND
LIKELY SEVERAL HOURS PRIOR TO THAT. PRECIP SHOULD DEVELOP AS ALL
MANNER OF FORCING MOVES IN DURING THE LATE EVENING/EARLY MORNING
HOURS. WITH THAT IN MIND...EXPECT CEILINGS/VISIBILITIES TO CRASH
DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS WITH WIDESPREAD IFR CONDITIONS
EXPECTED AT ALL TAF SITES BY 12Z AT THE VERY LATEST. EXPECT SOME LOW
IFR CONDITIONS MONDAY MORNING...BUT CONFIDENCE IS NOT HIGH ENOUGH TO
INCLUDE THIS IN TAFS AND I DO NOT WANT TO MUDDY THE WATER WITH
ANOTHER TEMPO GROUP IN THE OUTLOOK PERIOD. THE IFR CONDITIONS SHOULD
NOT IMPROVE UNTIL AFTER THE END OF TAF PERIOD AT 18Z...PROBABLY SOME
TIME LATE MONDAY AS THE SURFACE LOW PASSES ACROSS THE MIDLANDS.

&&

.GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...NONE.
NC...HEAVY SNOW WARNING FOR NCZ033-049-050 FROM 6 AM MONDAY TO 6
     AM TUESDAY.
  ...WINTER STORM WARNING FOR NCZ034-054-055 FROM 6 AM
     MONDAY TO MIDNIGHT TUESDAY.
  ...SNOW ADVISORY FOR NCZ048-051>053-058 FROM 6 AM MONDAY TO 6 PM
     MONDAY.
SC...NONE.
&&

SHORT TERM...MOORE/LANE
LONG TERM...LANE
AVIATION...MOORE
Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 4, 6:06 AM EST, 12 hours 31 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
606 AM EST SUN DEC 4 2005

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-
SCZ001>014-019-051115-
RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-AVERY-CALDWELL-
ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-
BUNCOMBE-MCDOWELL-BURKE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-
MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-POLK-RUTHERFORD-
CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC-
OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-
GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-
CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-
GREENWOOD-
606 AM EST SUN DEC 4 2005

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST
GEORGIA...PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND
UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
A FEW WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE THIS MORNING IN THE
MOUNTAINS OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...THE MOUNTAINS OF THE WESTERN
UPSTATE AND THE NORTHEAST GEORGIA MOUNTAINS. A WIND ADVISORY IS IN
EFFECT UNTIL NOON FOR THESE AREAS.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT THE UPSTATE AND NORTHEAST
GEORGIA EARLY THIS MORNING...AND AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON. A FEW OF
THE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON COULD PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS...AS
WELL AS FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY
SNOW WILL DEVELOP IN THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS LATER TONIGHT AND
SPREAD INTO THE FOOTHILLS AND THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE
CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS EARLY MONDAY.
SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE IN THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS...THE
NORTHERN FOOTHILLS...AND EVEN AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE CENTRAL
AND SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS. BY THE AFTERNOON HOURS...THE SNOW AND
SLEET COULD MAKE IT AS FAR SOUTHEAST AS SALISBURY...KANNAPOLIS
AND THE NORTHERN SUBURBS OF CHARLOTTE.

FARTHER SOUTH...ACROSS THE UPSTATE...THE SOUTHERN NORTH CAROLINA
PIEDMONT AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA...HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED LATER
TONIGHT AND MONDAY. RAINFALL MAY BE HEAVY ENOUGH TO CAUSE ISOLATED
FLOODING PROBLEMS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

MCAVOY

In the hours before

Local storm report, Dec 4, 5:06 PM EST, 1 hour 31 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
506 PM EST SUN DEC 04 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0450 PM     HAIL             5 E GREENWOOD           34.19N 82.07W
12/04/2005  0.75 INCH        GREENWOOD          SC   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            DEPUTY ON PATROL REPORTED LARGE HAIL ON AIRPORT ROAD
            BETWEEN THE CITY AND LAKE GREENWOOD

&&

JONES
Local storm report, Dec 4, 5:23 PM EST, 1 hour 14 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
523 PM EST SUN DEC 04 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0510 PM     HAIL             CALHOUN FALLS           34.09N 82.60W
12/04/2005  1.00 INCH        ABBEVILLE          SC   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

CSH
Local storm report, Dec 4, 5:56 PM EST, 41 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
556 PM EST SUN DEC 04 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0540 PM     HAIL             7 SW GREENWOOD          34.12N 82.24W
12/04/2005  1.00 INCH        GREENWOOD          SC   PUBLIC

            QUARTER SIZED HAIL NEAR PROMISED LAND COVERING THE
            GROUND.

&&

GSCHOOR
Local storm report, Dec 4, 6:08 PM EST, 29 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
608 PM EST SUN DEC 04 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0550 PM     HAIL             CALLISON                34.01N 82.13W
12/04/2005  0.88 INCH        GREENWOOD          SC   AMATEUR RADIO

            DIME TO NICKEL SIZED HAIL IN CALLISON.

&&

GSCHOOR
Local storm report, Dec 4, 6:13 PM EST, 24 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
613 PM EST SUN DEC 04 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0550 PM     TORNADO          5 W GREENWOOD           34.19N 82.24W
12/04/2005                   GREENWOOD          SC   TRAINED SPOTTER

            SUSPECTED TORNADO BRIEFLY MOVING NEAR SPOTTERS HOME 5 W
            OF GREENWOOD...NO DAMAGE REPORTED.

&&

GSCHOOR
Special weather statement, Dec 4, 6:31 PM EST, 6 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
631 PM EST SUN DEC 4 2005

SCZ011>013-019-050030-
ABBEVILLE-GREENWOOD-LAURENS-UNION-
631 PM EST SUN DEC 4 2005

...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT PARTS OF THE PIEDMONT
AGAIN...

AT 627 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM COKESBURY TO 5 MILES
NORTH OF TROY TO TIGNALL...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES
NORTHWEST OF GREENWOOD TO 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ABBEVILLE TO 12 MILES
NORTH OF WASHINGTON...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS...AND IF THEY
CONTINUE TO GAIN STRENGTH...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS MAY BE
REQUIRED.

JONES

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 4, 5:07 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPAbbeville53 min
Dec 4, 5:29 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPGreenwood46 min
Dec 4, 5:42 PM ESTTornado WarningGSPGreenwood48 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in South Carolina, 2005Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2005

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.