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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

March 1, 2007Abbeville County, Greenwood County, South Carolina

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Mar 1, 8:27 PM ESTTornado WatchSPC9 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 00:00Z on 2007-03-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 29 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 00:00Z on 2007-03-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 317 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
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

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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

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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.