Alert archive / South Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2008
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 4, 2008, 5:29 PM EST for Anderson County, Greenville County, Pickens County, South Carolina. It was in force for 76 min. 4 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 4, 2008, 5:29 PM EST (22:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 4, 2008, 6:45 PM EST
- In force
- 76 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Anderson County, SC, Greenville County, SC, Pickens County, SC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 22 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:32 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 4, 5:48 PM EST | TSTM WND GST 60 | Tigerville, SC | |
| Mar 4, 5:48 PM EST | HAIL 0.75 | Tigerville, SC | |
| Mar 4, 6:25 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 5 E Mauldin, SC | SEVERAL PINE TREES SNAPPED OFF |
| Mar 4, 6:50 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Greer, SC | FENCE BLOWN DOWN ON GAP CREEK RD |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
Did it verify
Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched 2 storm reports to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 19 minutes after it went out.
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 4, 12:04 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Mar 4, 4:31 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 259 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 967 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 369 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 451 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS52 KGSP 042230
SVRGSP
SCC007-045-077-042345-
/O.NEW.KGSP.SV.W.0013.080304T2229Z-080304T2345Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
529 PM EST TUE MAR 4 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN ANDERSON COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA
EASTERN PICKENS COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA
GREENVILLE COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA
* UNTIL 645 PM EST
* AT 527 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS
WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM AROUND CAESARS HEAD TO
AROUND SANDY SPRINGS...AND WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
MARIETTA BY 530 PM EST...
FURMAN UNIVERSITY AND NORTH SALUDA RESERVOIR BY 535 PM EST...
WHITE HORSE ROAD AT I-85 AND CHERRYDALE POINT BY 540 PM EST...
LAKE ROBINSON AND HAYWOOD MALL BY 545 PM EST...
PELHAM ROAD AT I-85 AND SHOPS AT GREENRIDGE BY 550 PM EST...
FIVE FORKS BY 555 PM EST...
A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE
OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
LEVEL OF A HOUSE OR OTHER STURDY STRUCTURE IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED.
TO REPORT DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...OR FLOODING...THROUGH OUR
AUTOMATED REPORTING SYSTEM...CALL OUR TOLL FREE NUMBER...
1 8 7 7...6 3 3...6 7 7 2.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EST TUESDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND CENTRAL SOUTH
CAROLINA.
LAT...LON 3509 8273 3520 8223 3517 8222 3485 8222
3478 8215 3457 8282
TIME...MOT...LOC 2229Z 246DEG 48KT 3513 8250 3463 8259
$$
BSH2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS52 KGSP 042259
SVSGSP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
558 PM EST TUE MAR 4 2008
SCC077-042308-
/O.CAN.KGSP.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-080304T2345Z/
PICKENS SC-
558 PM EST TUE MAR 4 2008
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN PICKENS COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
LAT...LON 3465 8281 3482 8249 3499 8253 3501 8259
3507 8258 3506 8269 3504 8273 3509 8273
3520 8223 3485 8222 3478 8215 3457 8282
TIME...MOT...LOC 2258Z 234DEG 44KT 3520 8221 3469 8238
$$
SCC007-045-042345-
/O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-080304T2345Z/
ANDERSON SC-GREENVILLE SC-
558 PM EST TUE MAR 4 2008
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM EST
FOR GREENVILLE AND NORTHERN ANDERSON COUNTIES...
AT 556 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY
SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS
WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES NORTH OF GOWENSVILLE
TO 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PIEDMONT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
PELHAM ROAD AT I-85 AND GREER BY 605 PM EST...
FIVE FORKS BY 610 PM EST...
A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE
OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
LEVEL OF A HOUSE OR OTHER STURDY STRUCTURE IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED.
LAT...LON 3465 8281 3482 8249 3499 8253 3501 8259
3507 8258 3506 8269 3504 8273 3509 8273
3520 8223 3485 8222 3478 8215 3457 8282
TIME...MOT...LOC 2258Z 234DEG 44KT 3520 8221 3469 8238
$$
BSH000
WWUS52 KGSP 042335
SVSGSP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
635 PM EST TUE MAR 4 2008
SCC007-045-042345-
/O.EXP.KGSP.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-080304T2345Z/
ANDERSON SC-GREENVILLE SC-
635 PM EST TUE MAR 4 2008
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR GREENVILLE AND NORTHERN
ANDERSON COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 645 PM EST...
LAT...LON 3465 8281 3482 8249 3499 8253 3501 8259
3507 8258 3506 8269 3504 8273 3509 8273
3520 8223 3485 8222 3478 8215 3457 8282
TIME...MOT...LOC 2335Z 234DEG 44KT 3546 8176 3496 8193
$$
BSHWhat 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 Mar 4, 5:06 PM EST, 23 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 4, 5:06 PM EST, 23 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
506 PM EST TUE MAR 4 2008
.SYNOPSIS...
HIGH PRESSURE WILL SETTLE ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST AS A STRONG COLD
FRONT MOVES TOWARDS THE EAST COAST TONIGHT. ANOTHER...YET WEAKER
COLD FRONT IS THEN EXPECTED TO APPROACH THE WESTERN CAROLINAS
THURSDAY EVENING.
&&
.NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING/...
QUICK UPDATE TO GRIDS...MAINLY ADDING MENTION OF POSSIBLE TORNADOES
IN NEW WATCH AREA (ALL COUNTIES EAST OF PREVIOUS WATCH).
ALSO...IVE CANCELED GRAHAM/SWAIN/MACON/RABUN/HABERSHAM COUNTIES
SINCE THEY ARE BEHIND THE SQUALL LINE. OTHERWISE...EVERYTHING ON TRACK.
IN THE NEAR TERM...FOCUS IS ON COLD FRONT AND ASSOCIATED SQUALL LINE
THAT IS CROSSING THE FORECAST AREA. SQUALL LINE WILL SWEEP ACROSS
THE FORECAST AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING PRODUCING A
CONTINUING THREAT OF DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES. CURRENT
MOVEMENT OF COLD FRONT APPEARS TO BE MORE IN LINE WITH FASTER GFS
WHICH MEANS THAT SQUALL LINE SHOULD CLEAR EASTERN AREAS OF THE
FORECAST AREA/NC PIEDMONT AROUND 01Z. SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL HAS
OCCURRED TODAY WITH SOME AREAS IN THE FAVORED UPSLOPE AREAS IN
EXCESS OF 5 INCHES WHICH PRODUCED SOME ISOLATED FLOODING. HEAVIEST
RAIN NOW ADVECTING NE OUT OF THE AREA AND ADDITIONAL FLOODING LIKELY
TO REMAIN OF THE ISOLATED VARIETY...SO NO FLOOD WATCH. EXPECT FAIRLY
RAPID CLEARING BEHIND THE FRONT OUTSIDE OF THE MOUNTAINS. A BRIEF
PERIOD OF UPSLOPE PRECIP POSSIBLE ALONG THE WESTERN FACING MOUNTAIN
SLOPES ADJACENT TO TN...BUT AMOUNTS WILL BE LIGHT. PRECIP TYPE WILL
BE MOSTLY LIQUID...WITH A RAIN/SNOW MIX ABOVE 3000 FT DEVELOPING.
USED A BLEND OF MOS GUIDANCE FOR MIN TEMPS AND 3 HOURLY GMOS FOR
TEMP TREND OVERNIGHT.
&&
.SHORT TERM /6 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY/...
AS OF 250 PM...SHORT TERM WILL START RATHER TRANQUIL AS FLAT UPPER
RIDGE AND SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE ARE FORECAST TO DOMINATE THE WEATHER
OVER THE REGION THROUGH THU. UPSLOPE PRECIP SHOULD ESSENTIALLY BE
OVER WITH BY 12Z WED IN THE MOUNTAINS. THEREFORE...EXPECT GENERALLY
CLEAR CONDITIONS WED INTO THU WITH TEMPERATURES ACTUALLY ABOVE
SEASONAL VALUES. USED A MOS BLEND FOR TEMPERATURE FIELDS.
EXPECT SOME CHANGES TO OCCUR LATE IN THE WEEK AS LONG WAVE TROUGH TO
THE WEST DEEPENS WHICH PRODUCES CYCLOGENESIS IN THE NORTHERN GULF.
THIS LOW IS THEN FORECAST TO MOVE NE AND INTO THE CENTRAL CAROLINAS
BY LATE FRI. THEREFORE...CLOUDS WILL BE ON THE INCREASE THU NIGHT
WITH SOME LIGHT PRECIP POSSIBLE OVER WESTERN AREAS BY FRI MORNING.
HAVE GONE AHEAD AND INCREASED POPS INTO THE LIKELY RANGE FOR FRI.
WITH SW FLOW ALOFT...IT LOOKS LIKE TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN WARM
ENOUGH THROUGH FRI SO THAT ALL PRECIP WILL BE LIQUID FOR THIS TIME
FRAME. STAYED CLOSE TO GMOS FIELDS FOR SENSIBLE WEATHER THU NIGHT
AND FRI.
&&
.LONG TERM /FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY/...
AT 330 PM..A MODIFIED GFS SOLUTION WAS USED FOR THE EXTENDED PORTION
OF THE FORECAST. ACTUALLY THERE WAS LITTLE CHANGE WITH WRAPAROUND
MOISTURE OFF LOW IN ATLC WILL GIVE US A NORTHWEST FLOW SNOW EVENT AT
THE BEGINNING OF THE WEEKEND. HIGH PRESSURE SETS UP UNTIL APPROACH
OF NEXT SYSTEM THAT DOES NOT QUITE GET INTO AREA BY WEDNESDAY
MORNING. NO MAJOR MODIFICATIONS IN TEMP FORECAST NECESSARY.
&&
.AVIATION /22Z TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/...
CRITICAL NEAR TERM WX FOR THE 18 UTC TAF PERIOD WILL ENCOMPASS
TIMING OF CONVECTIVE RAINFALL AND ACCOMPANYING CIG/VSBY CHANGES
ALONG WITH TIMING OF A WIND SHIFT DURING THE EARLY TO MID-EVENING
HOURS. HAVE ATTEMPTED TO TIME WIDESPREAD HEAVY CONVECTIVE RAINFALL
BAND EASTWARD ACRS THE FA THRU MID/LATE AFTERNOON FOLLOWED BY A
SEPARATE DISCRETE THUNDERSTORM POSSIBILITIES LATER THIS
AFTERNOON/EARLY EVENING CLOSER TO ACTUAL COLD FRONT. GUSTY SOUTHERLY
WINDS WILL LIKELY CONTINUE WITHIN WARM-SECTOR WITH A VEER TO SW THIS
EVENING AND CONTINUED GUSTY BEFORE DIMINISHING OVERNIGHT AS A MORE
WESTERLY COMPONENT DEVELOPS.
OUTLOOK...VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED FOR WEDNESDAY THROUGH
THURSDAY. ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM MAY BRUSH THE AREA ON FRIDAY...
BRINGING A CHANCE OF CIG RESTRICTIONS AND PERHAPS PRECIPITATION.
&&
.GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...LAKE WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 9 PM EST THIS EVENING FOR GAZ010-017-
018-026-028-029.
NC...LAKE WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 9 PM EST THIS EVENING FOR NCZ033-
035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065-068>072-082-501>510.
SC...LAKE WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 9 PM EST THIS EVENING FOR SCZ001>014-
019.
&&
SYNOPSIS...PAT
NEAR TERM...ARK/LG
SHORT TERM...LG/RB
LONG TERM...VAD
AVIATION...CSHHazardous weather outlook, Mar 4, 11:30 AM EST, 5 hours 59 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1130 AM EST TUE MAR 4 2008 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065- 068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-051630- RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-AVERY-ALEXANDER- IREDELL-DAVIE-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-CATAWBA- ROWAN-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA- HENDERSON-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC- CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-GREATER CALDWELL-BURKE MOUNTAINS-GREATER BURKE- MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-EASTERN MCDOWELL-RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS- GREATER RUTHERFORD-POLK MOUNTAINS-EASTERN POLK-OCONEE MOUNTAINS- PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER OCONEE- GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK- ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- 1130 AM EST TUE MAR 4 2008 ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EST THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. LAKE WIND ADVISORY. A LARGE SWATH OF HEAVY RAIN WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD EAST ACROSS THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON LEADING TO ISOLATED RUNOFF PROBLEMS AND HIGH WATER AREAS. AS THE AFTERNOON WEARS ON...THE APPROACH OF AN UPPER LEVEL AREA OF LOW PRESSURE AND IT/S ASSOCIATED DRIER AIR ALOFT...IS EXPECTED TO TRANSITION THE WIDESPREAD RAIN TO MORE ROBUST AND DISCRETE THUNDERSTORMS. DESPITE LIMITED INSTABILITY TODAY...AN UNSEASONABLY MILD AND HUMID AIRMASS WILL COMBINE WITH STRONG WIND FIELDS TO GIVE RISE TO THE PROBABILITY THAT DAMAGING WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON. THE WIND SHEAR THROUGHOUT THE LOWER AND MIDDLE ATMOSPHERE IS STRONG ENOUGH TO SUPPORT TORNADO FORMATION AS WELL...WITH A STRONG TORNADO NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION INTO EARLY EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Mar 4, 3:45 PM EST, 1 hour 44 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
345 PM EST TUE MAR 04 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0341 PM FLASH FLOOD ROSMAN 35.14N 82.82W
03/04/2008 TRANSYLVANIA NC CO-OP OBSERVER
DEPOT STREET FLOODED AND WATER APPROACHING ONE HOME.
0335 PM FLASH FLOOD LAKE TOXAWAY 35.13N 82.93W
03/04/2008 TRANSYLVANIA NC COUNTY OFFICIAL
HIGHWAY 64 CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING.
&&
PTANNERSpecial weather statement, Mar 4, 3:48 PM EST, 1 hour 41 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 348 PM EST TUE MAR 4 2008 NCZ048-051>053-059-062>064-042145- BUNCOMBE-HAYWOOD-MACON-MADISON-NORTHERN JACKSON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-SWAIN-TRANSYLVANIA- 348 PM EST TUE MAR 4 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT MACON...HAYWOOD...JACKSON... NORTHWESTERN BUNCOMBE...SWAIN...MADISON AND WESTERN TRANSYLVANIA COUNTIES THROUGH 445 PM EST... AT 348 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF SMOKEMONT TO 5 MILES WEST OF OTTO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL BE NEAR... SYLVA BY 355 PM EST. CULLOWHEE BY 400 PM EST. WATERVILLE BY 405 PM EST. WAYNESVILLE BY 410 PM EST. LAKE JUNALUSKA BY 415 PM EST. CRUSO BY 425 PM EST. WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. HG
Local storm report, Mar 4, 4:28 PM EST, 1 hour 1 minute before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
428 PM EST TUE MAR 04 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0325 PM TSTM WND DMG CLAYTON 34.88N 83.40W
03/04/2008 RABUN GA PUBLIC
TIME OF FIRST REPORT OF SEVERAL TREES DOWN ACROSS AREA.
&&
DICARLOSpecial weather statement, Mar 4, 4:37 PM EST, 52 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 437 PM EST TUE MAR 4 2008 NCZ082-SCZ009-014-042230- CHESTER-UNION-YORK- 437 PM EST TUE MAR 4 2008 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EASTERN CHESTER...SOUTHEASTERN YORK AND UNION COUNTIES THROUGH 530 PM EST... AT 437 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR FORT LAWN...OR 7 MILES WEST OF LANCASTER... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR... WAXHAW BY 450 PM EST. MINERAL SPRINGS BY 455 PM EST. MONROE BY 505 PM EST. UNIONVILLE BY 510 PM EST. 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FAIRVIEW BY 515 PM EST. SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. HG
Local storm report, Mar 4, 5:19 PM EST, 10 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
519 PM EST TUE MAR 04 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0436 PM TSTM WND DMG CARNESVILLE 34.37N 83.23W
03/04/2008 FRANKLIN GA COUNTY OFFICIAL
A ROOF WAS BLOWN OFF A HOUSE IN CARNESVILLE
&&
LGABRICLocal storm report, Mar 4, 5:21 PM EST, 8 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
521 PM EST TUE MAR 04 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0504 PM TSTM WND DMG BREVARD 35.24N 82.73W
03/04/2008 TRANSYLVANIA NC COUNTY OFFICIAL
POWER LINES DOWN IN BREVARD
&&
LGABRICThe office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 4, 3:24 AM EST | Lake Wind Advisory | GSP | Abbeville, Anderson, Cherokee, Chester, Greenwood, Laurens and 2 more | 18 hr |
| Mar 4, 3:00 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Oconee | 75 min |
| Mar 4, 4:07 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Abbeville, Anderson | 68 min |
| Mar 4, 4:17 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Anderson, Greenville, Oconee, Pickens | 73 min |
| Mar 4, 5:14 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Abbeville, Anderson, Greenville | 76 min |
| Mar 4, 5:56 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cherokee, Spartanburg | 79 min |
| Mar 4, 6:14 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Greenville, Greenwood, Laurens, Spartanburg, Union | 76 min |
| Mar 4, 6:29 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Abbeville, Anderson | 47 min |
| Mar 4, 6:50 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cherokee, York | 70 min |
| Mar 4, 6:55 PM EST | Tornado Warning | GSP | Abbeville, Greenwood | 35 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in South Carolina, 2008Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2008
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.