Alert archive / South Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 7, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this tornado warning at Mar 1, 2007, 10:16 PM EST for Abbeville County, Greenwood County, South Carolina. It was in force for 23 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
- Mar 1, 2007, 10:16 PM EST (03:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 1, 2007, 10:39 PM EST
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Abbeville County, SC, Greenwood County, SC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:17 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 1, 8:27 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 226 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
- 29 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -109 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 565 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 59 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 317 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 412 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS52 KGSP 020316 TORGSP SCC001-047-020400- /O.NEW.KGSP.TO.W.0007.070302T0316Z-070302T0400Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1016 PM EST THU MAR 1 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN ABBEVILLE COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA NORTHERN GREENWOOD COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA * UNTIL 1100 PM EST * AT 1013 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 2 MILES SOUTH OF ABBEVILLE...OR ABOUT OVER ABBEVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... GREENWOOD AROUND 1030 PM EST... LAKE GREENWOOD AROUND 1040 PM EST... MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES SHOULD BE ABANDONED FOR STURDIER SHELTER. OTHERWISE...GO TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST LEVEL OF YOUR HOME OR PLACE OF BUSINESS. MAKE SURE THERE ARE AS MANY WALLS AND FLOORS BETWEEN YOU AND THE OUTSIDE AS POSSIBLE. LAT...LON 3418 8243 3408 8241 3419 8192 3431 8213 $$ LANE
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS52 KGSP 020327 SVSGSP SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1026 PM EST THU MAR 1 2007 SCC001-020336- /O.CAN.KGSP.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-070302T0400Z/ ABBEVILLE SC- 1026 PM EST THU MAR 1 2007 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR ABBEVILLE COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING THE POSSIBLE TORNADO HAS MOVED INTO GREENWOOD COUNTY. LAT...LON 3426 8228 3418 8224 3426 8204 3434 8218 $$ SCC047-020400- /O.CON.KGSP.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-070302T0400Z/ GREENWOOD SC- 1026 PM EST THU MAR 1 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EST FOR NORTHWESTERN GREENWOOD COUNTY... AT 1022 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A POSSIBLE TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF COKESBURY...OR ABOUT 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF ABBEVILLE... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... CORONACA AND LAKE GREENWOOD BY 1035 PM EST... MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES SHOULD BE ABANDONED FOR STURDIER SHELTER. OTHERWISE...GO TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST LEVEL OF YOUR HOME OR PLACE OF BUSINESS. MAKE SURE THERE ARE AS MANY WALLS AND FLOORS BETWEEN YOU AND THE OUTSIDE AS POSSIBLE. LAT...LON 3426 8228 3418 8224 3426 8204 3434 8218 $$ LANE
000 WWUS52 KGSP 020339 SVSGSP SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1038 PM EST THU MAR 1 2007 SCC047-020348- /O.CAN.KGSP.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-070302T0400Z/ GREENWOOD SC- 1038 PM EST THU MAR 1 2007 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN GREENWOOD COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE STORM HAS WEAKENED AND MOVED OUT OF THE COUNTY. LAT...LON 3426 8228 3418 8224 3426 8204 3434 8218 $$ LANE
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.