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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 291, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 9, 2008, 7:05 PM EDT for Anderson County, South Carolina. It was in force for 55 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 9, 2008, 7:05 PM EDT (23:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 9, 2008, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Anderson County, SC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 Jul 9, 7:00 PM EDT, 5 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 9, 7:00 PM EDT, 5 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 340 PM EDT WED JUL 9 2008 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065- 068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-101000- 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- 340 PM EDT WED JUL 9 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THIS EVENING ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA. A FEW OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY AFTERNOONS. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. MORE NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP SUNDAY. A FEW OF THE THUNDERSTORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE... PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ASKED TO RELAY ANY REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. LGL
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Special weather statement, Jul 9, 6:21 PM EDT, 44 minutes before
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 632 PM EDT WED JUL 9 2008 SCZ010-092300- ANDERSON- 632 PM EDT WED JUL 9 2008 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL ANDERSON COUNTY THROUGH 700 PM EDT... AT 625 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR BROADWAY LAKE...OR 7 MILES SOUTH OF ANDERSON...MOVING EAST AT 14 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BROADWAY LAKE...HONEA PATH AND BELTON. PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. RB
Local storm report, Jul 9, 6:36 PM EDT, 29 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 9, 3:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Burke, Cleveland, McDowell, Rutherford | 54 min |
| Jul 9, 3:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Henderson, Polk | 66 min |
| Jul 9, 3:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Catawba, Lincoln | 55 min |
| Jul 9, 3:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Graham, Swain | 50 min |
| Jul 9, 4:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cleveland, Gaston, Rutherford | 64 min |
| Jul 9, 7:22 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Union | 113 min |
| Jul 8, 10:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Anderson, Oconee | 54 min |
| Jul 9, 2:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Oconee, Pickens | 59 min |
| Jul 9, 3:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Anderson, Greenville, Pickens | 53 min |
| Jul 9, 4:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cherokee, Spartanburg, Union | 28 min |
| Jul 9, 5:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Chester | 45 min |
| Jul 9, 5:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cherokee, Chester, Union, York | 53 min |
| Jul 9, 6:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Anderson, Oconee, Pickens | 67 min |
| Jul 9, 6:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Pickens | 35 min |
| Jul 9, 7:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Greenville, Laurens, Spartanburg | 40 min |
| Jul 8, 9:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Franklin, Stephens | 64 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.