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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

March 4, 20084 counties in South Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 4, 2008, 7:29 PM EST for 4 counties in South Carolina. It was in force for 61 min. 3 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, 7:29 PM EST (00:29 UTC)
Expired: Mar 4, 2008, 8:30 PM EST
In force: 61 min
Issued by: NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Chester County, SC, Laurens County, SC, Union County, SC, York County, SC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:29 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, 7:30 PM EST	TSTM WND DMG	Joanna, SC	A FEW TREES DOWN...ALSO SOME DAMAGE TO SIDING ON A BUSINESS.
Mar 4, 7:40 PM EST	TSTM WND DMG	5 E Jonesville, SC	TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN BETWEEN JONESVILLE AND LOCKHART
Mar 4, 8:00 PM EST	TSTM WND DMG	3 W Lowrys, SC	REPORTS OF TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN IN NORTHWEST AND NORTH PART OF COUNTY

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 3 storm reports to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 1 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, 4:31 PM EST	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 222 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 49 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -58 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 776 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 157 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 165 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.7

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WUUS52 KGSP 050029
SVRGSP
SCC023-059-087-091-050130-
/O.NEW.KGSP.SV.W.0021.080305T0029Z-080305T0130Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
729 PM EST TUE MAR 4 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  UNION COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA
  SOUTHWESTERN YORK COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA
  WESTERN CHESTER COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA
  EASTERN LAURENS COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA

* UNTIL 830 PM EST

* AT 725 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
  EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
  FROM 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF UNION TO 15 MILES WEST OF NEWBERRY...AND
  WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  JONESVILLE AND JOANNA BY 730 PM EST...
  BUFFALO BY 735 PM EST...
  UNION BY 740 PM EST...
  LOCKHART BY 755 PM EST...
  CARLISLE BY 805 PM EST...
  LOWRYS BY 825 PM EST...

THIS LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND SPEEDS
OF 60 TO 75 MPH. THESE WINDS CAN TOPPLE TREES AND POWER LINES. SEEK
SHELTER ON THE LOWEST LEVEL OF YOUR HOME OR OFFICE BUILDING. AVOID
ROOMS THAT MAY BE DAMAGED BY FALLING TREES. IF DRIVING...PULL OVER IN
A CLEAR AREA AWAY FROM LARGE TREES AND POWER POLES.

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 MIDNIGHT EST WEDNESDAY
MORNING FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA.

LAT...LON 3423 8197 3484 8177 3491 8170 3487 8163
      3485 8148 3487 8148 3488 8143 3485 8119
      3457 8128 3455 8141 3450 8142 3444 8154
      3451 8163 3436 8176
TIME...MOT...LOC 0029Z 255DEG 27KT 3482 8169 3431 8184

$$
MOORE

3 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS52 KGSP 050052
SVSGSP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
751 PM EST TUE MAR 4 2008

SCC059-050101-
/O.CAN.KGSP.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-080305T0130Z/
LAURENS SC-
751 PM EST TUE MAR 4 2008

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN LAURENS COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

THE LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAS MOVED OUT OF LAURENS 
COUNTY...SO THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 3456 8168 3487 8163 3485 8149 3487 8148
      3488 8143 3485 8119 3457 8128 3455 8141
      3450 8142 3444 8153
TIME...MOT...LOC 0051Z 267DEG 29KT 3480 8146 3446 8155

$$

SCC023-087-091-050130-
/O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-080305T0130Z/
UNION SC-YORK SC-CHESTER SC-
751 PM EST TUE MAR 4 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM EST
FOR WESTERN CHESTER...SOUTHWESTERN YORK AND EASTERN UNION COUNTIES IN
UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...

AT 748 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE 
EXTENDING FROM LOCKHART TO 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CARLISLE...MOVING 
EAST AT 30 MPH.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  LEEDS BY 800 PM EST...
  LOWRYS BY 815 PM EST...

DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES ROTATION ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM. IF IT CONTINUES TO STRENGTHEN...A TORNADO WARNING MAY
BE ISSUED. REMEMBER...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO
PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.

LAT...LON 3456 8168 3487 8163 3485 8149 3487 8148
      3488 8143 3485 8119 3457 8128 3455 8141
      3450 8142 3444 8153
TIME...MOT...LOC 0051Z 267DEG 29KT 3480 8146 3446 8155

$$

MOORE

000 
WWUS52 KGSP 050110
SVSGSP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
809 PM EST TUE MAR 4 2008

SCC023-087-091-050130-
/O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-080305T0130Z/
UNION SC-YORK SC-CHESTER SC-
809 PM EST TUE MAR 4 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM EST
FOR WESTERN CHESTER...SOUTHWESTERN YORK AND EASTERN UNION COUNTIES IN
UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...

AT 807 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES EAST OF BULLOCK CREEK TO 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF 
LOWRYS TO 4 MILES EAST OF LEEDS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  LOWRYS BY 815 PM EST...

REMEMBER...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE 
TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.

LAT...LON 3452 8162 3486 8149 3488 8143 3487 8140
      3485 8119 3457 8128 3455 8141 3450 8142
      3444 8153
TIME...MOT...LOC 0109Z 232DEG 49KT 3486 8130 3476 8128
          3463 8130

$$

MOORE

000 
WWUS52 KGSP 050121
SVSGSP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
820 PM EST TUE MAR 4 2008

SCC087-050130-
/O.CAN.KGSP.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-080305T0130Z/
UNION SC-
820 PM EST TUE MAR 4 2008

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN UNION COUNTY IN
UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA IS CANCELLED...

THE LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAS MOVED OUT OF UNION COUNTY...SO 
THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 3471 8145 3472 8148 3474 8148 3476 8145
      3482 8149 3484 8146 3487 8147 3488 8143
      3485 8119 3457 8128 3455 8141
TIME...MOT...LOC 0120Z 232DEG 49KT 3495 8116 3485 8114
          3472 8116

$$

SCC023-091-050130-
/O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-080305T0130Z/
YORK SC-CHESTER SC-
820 PM EST TUE MAR 4 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM EST
FOR WESTERN CHESTER AND SOUTHWESTERN YORK COUNTIES...

AT 816 PM EST...A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS REPORTED CAPABLE
OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE 
LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES SOUTH OF YORK TO 8 MILES 
NORTH OF CHESTER TO CHESTER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND SPEEDS OF 60 TO 75 MPH. THESE
WINDS CAN TOPPLE TREES AND POWER LINES. SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST
LEVEL OF YOUR HOME OR OFFICE BUILDING. AVOID ROOMS THAT MAY BE
DAMAGED BY FALLING TREES. IF DRIVING...PULL OVER IN A CLEAR AREA AWAY
FROM LARGE TREES AND POWER POLES.

LAT...LON 3471 8145 3472 8148 3474 8148 3476 8145
      3482 8149 3484 8146 3487 8147 3488 8143
      3485 8119 3457 8128 3455 8141
TIME...MOT...LOC 0120Z 232DEG 49KT 3495 8116 3485 8114
          3472 8116

$$

MOORE

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 Mar 4, 6:51 PM EST, 38 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 4, 6:51 PM EST, 38 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
651 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).
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 /00Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/...
FOR THE 00Z TAF ISSUANCE...STILL TIMING A LINE OF CONVECTION WITH
HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS. THE LINE HAS PASSED ALL OUR SITES EXCEPT KHKY
AND KCLT. WINDS WILL LOSE THEIR GUSTINESS BRIEFLY BEHIND THE
THUNDERSTORMS...BUT WILL PICK UP AGAIN FROM THE SOUTHWEST THROUGH
LATE EVENING BEFORE DISSIPATING BY SUNRISE. SKIES SHOULD CLEAR OUT
AS DOWNSLOPE FLOW DRIES THINGS OUT. VFR WITH WESTERLY WINDS FOR
WEDNESDAY.

OUTLOOK...VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED FROM WEDNESDAY NIGHT 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...ARK

Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 4, 11:30 AM EST, 7 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, 7:16 PM EST, 13 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
716 PM EST TUE MAR 04 2008

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

0705 PM     TSTM WND DMG     1 SW CHESNEE            35.14N 81.88W
03/04/2008                   SPARTANBURG        SC   TRAINED SPOTTER

            POWERLINES DOWN AT THE INTERSECTION OF FISH CAMP AND
            CHEROKEE FARM RD

&&

LG

Local storm report, Mar 4, 7:17 PM EST, 12 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
717 PM EST TUE MAR 04 2008

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

0630 PM     TSTM WND DMG     MORGANTON               35.74N 81.70W
03/04/2008                   BURKE              NC   COUNTY OFFICIAL

            WIDESPREAD TREES DOWN THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY

&&

LG

Local storm report, Mar 4, 7:18 PM EST, 11 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
718 PM EST TUE MAR 04 2008

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

0645 PM     TSTM WND DMG     LENOIR                  35.91N 81.53W
03/04/2008                   CALDWELL           NC   COUNTY OFFICIAL

            WIDESPREAD TREES DOWN THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY

&&

LG

Local storm report, Mar 4, 7:21 PM EST, 8 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
721 PM EST TUE MAR 04 2008

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

0605 PM     TSTM WND DMG     3 E RUTHERFORDTON       35.36N 81.91W
03/04/2008                   RUTHERFORD         NC   NWS EMPLOYEE

            TREE DOWN NEAR RUTHERFORDTON

&&

LG

Local storm report, Mar 4, 7:22 PM EST, 7 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
722 PM EST TUE MAR 04 2008

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

0300 PM     FLASH FLOOD      LAKE TOXAWAY            35.13N 82.93W
03/04/2008                   TRANSYLVANIA       NC   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            MUD SLIDE CLOSED U.S. 64 TEMPORARILY.

&&

DEO

Local storm report, Mar 4, 7:23 PM EST, 6 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
723 PM EST TUE MAR 04 2008

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

0657 PM     NON-TSTM WND DMG THICKETTY               35.02N 81.72W
03/04/2008                   CHEROKEE           SC   TRAINED SPOTTER

            TREES DOWN ACROSS HIGHWAY 29

&&

LG

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 4, 8:00 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	York	60 min
Mar 4, 8:13 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Chester	47 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in South Carolina, 2008 Every 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.