Alert archive / South Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2008

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 314, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

July 21, 2008Greenville County, Laurens County, South Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 21, 2008, 7:32 PM EDT for Greenville County, Laurens County, South Carolina. It was in force for 58 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 21, 2008, 7:32 PM EDT (23:32 UTC)
Expired
Jul 21, 2008, 8:30 PM EDT
In force
58 min
Issued by
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Greenville County, SC, Laurens County, SC

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 21, 4:17 PM EDT, 3 hours 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 21, 4:17 PM EDT, 3 hours 15 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 21, 3:55 PM EDT, 3 hours 37 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 21, 6:23 PM EDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
623 PM EDT MON JUL 21 2008

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

0518 PM     TSTM WND DMG     BANNER ELK              36.16N 81.87W
07/21/2008                   AVERY              NC   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

            BANNER ELK FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORTED A COUPLE TREES DOWN
            WHEN THE STORM CAME THROUGH. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.

&&

OUTLAW
Special weather statement, Jul 21, 6:25 PM EDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
625 PM EDT MON JUL 21 2008

NCZ057-212330-
ROWAN-
625 PM EDT MON JUL 21 2008

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT ROWAN COUNTY THROUGH 730 PM
EDT...

AT 625 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CLEVELAND...OR 7 MILES WEST
OF SALISBURY...MOVING SOUTH AT 17 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  CHINA GROVE BY 650 PM EDT.
  LANDIS BY 655 PM EDT.
  6 MILES EAST OF ENOCHVILLE BY 700 PM EDT.

PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.

HG
Local storm report, Jul 21, 6:29 PM EDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
629 PM EDT MON JUL 21 2008

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

0532 PM     TSTM WND DMG     CULLOWHEE               35.31N 83.18W
07/21/2008                   JACKSON            NC   COUNTY OFFICIAL

            SEVERAL TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN IN THE TOWN

&&

VDICARLO
Local storm report, Jul 21, 6:49 PM EDT, 43 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
Local storm report, Jul 21, 7:20 PM EDT, 12 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
Local storm report, Jul 21, 7:22 PM EDT, 10 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 21, 2:38 PM EDTHeat AdvisoryGSPGaston, Mecklenburg, Union24 hr
Jul 21, 4:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPMadison63 min
Jul 21, 5:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPAvery, Mitchell, Yancey37 min
Jul 21, 5:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPPolk, Rutherford55 min
Jul 21, 6:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPCabarrus, Rowan61 min
Jul 21, 6:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPGraham, Swain46 min
Jul 21, 6:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPTransylvania65 min
Jul 21, 7:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPCabarrus, Mecklenburg40 min
Jul 21, 7:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPCleveland, Rutherford53 min
Jul 21, 3:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPOconee, Pickens38 min
Jul 21, 4:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPOconee53 min
Jul 21, 5:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPGreenwood35 min
Jul 21, 5:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPOconee40 min
Jul 21, 5:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPCherokee, York64 min
Jul 21, 6:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPAnderson51 min
Jul 21, 6:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPOconee62 min
Jul 21, 6:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPGreenville, Spartanburg64 min
Jul 21, 6:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPAbbeville, Greenwood24 min
Jul 21, 7:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPAnderson65 min
Jul 21, 7:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPGreenville, Pickens53 min
Jul 21, 7:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPCherokee, York45 min
Jul 21, 7:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPGreenville, Spartanburg29 min
Jul 21, 7:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPElbert44 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.