Alert archive / South Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2008
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 340, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 23, 2008, 3:47 PM EDT for Abbeville County, Anderson County, South Carolina; Elbert County, Hart County, Georgia. It was in force for 58 min. 2 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
- Jul 23, 2008, 3:47 PM EDT (19:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 23, 2008, 4:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Elbert County, GA, Hart County, GA, Abbeville County, SC, Anderson County, SC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:48 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 23, 4:30 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 7 Ne Elberton, GA | LARGE LIMBS AND A COUPLE TREES BLOWN DOWN |
| Jul 23, 4:50 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Lowndesville, SC | TREES REPORTED DOWN NEAR TOWN, LIMBS DOWN ON MONTEREY 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 one storm report to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 43 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 nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 195 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
- 200 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -178 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 910 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 50 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 53 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 231947 SVRGSP GAC105-147-SCC001-007-232045- /O.NEW.KGSP.SV.W.0340.080723T1947Z-080723T2045Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 347 PM EDT WED JUL 23 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHERN ELBERT COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA EASTERN HART COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA SOUTHWESTERN ANDERSON COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA WESTERN ABBEVILLE COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA * UNTIL 445 PM EDT * AT 342 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES EAST OF HARTWELL...OR ABOUT 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF NUBERG...AND WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... IVA BY 435 PM EDT... LOWNDESVILLE BY 445 PM EDT... PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM SHOULD BE ALERT FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN CAN OCCUR WITH ANY THUNDERSTORM. SEEK SHELTER INDOORS AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS UNTIL THE STORM PASSES. 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. LAT...LON 3428 8247 3408 8274 3431 8295 3444 8286 TIME...MOT...LOC 1947Z 313DEG 9KT 3435 8281 $$ KRENTZ
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS52 KGSP 232040 SVSGSP SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 441 PM EDT WED JUL 23 2008 GAC105-147-SCC001-007-232051- /O.EXP.KGSP.SV.W.0340.000000T0000Z-080723T2045Z/ ELBERT GA-HART GA-ANDERSON SC-ABBEVILLE SC- 441 PM EDT WED JUL 23 2008 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL ABBEVILLE... SOUTHWESTERN ANDERSON...EAST CENTRAL HART AND NORTH CENTRAL ELBERT COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 445 PM EDT... LAT...LON 3428 8247 3408 8274 3431 8295 3444 8286 TIME...MOT...LOC 2041Z 313DEG 9KT 3426 8269 $$ KRENTZ
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 23, 2:51 PM EDT, 56 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 23, 2:51 PM EDT, 56 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 251 PM EDT WED JUL 23 2008 .SYNOPSIS... A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA TONIGHT. DRY HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. THE FRONT WILL MOVE BACK INTO THE REGION ON SATURDAY AND BECOME STATIONARY AS A SERIES OF UPPER LOWS MOVE ACROSS THE AREA. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM THURSDAY MORNING/... A CLOSED H5 LOW WILL SLIGHTLY DEEPEN THIS EVE THRU TONIGHT...AS A POTENT S/W ROTATES AROUND FROM THE NW OVR ERN KY/TN. SEVERAL SHWRS AND TSTMS HAVE BEGUN TO DEVELOP WITH THIS FEATURE ACROSS TN AND THE SRN APPLNS. LAPS CAPES AT 18Z WERE GENERALLY 1500-2500 J/KG ACROSS THE AREA. SO NUMEROUS STORMS FOR LATE AFTN AND INTO THE EVE CAN BE EXPECTED. THERE IS ENOUGH SHEAR AND INSTABILITY TO SUPPORT MULTICELL CLUSTERS/LINES WITH POTENTIAL BOWING SEGMENTS AND LARGE HAIL. A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THRU THE AREA FROM THE N LATE THIS EVE AND OVERNIGHT. GUIDANCE HAS PRECIP ENDING AND SKIES CLEARING WITH THE FROPA. OVERALL...GUIDANCE HAS COME INTO GOOD AGREEMENT ON THE FRONT ADVANCING S OF THE CWFA...WITH PLENTY OF DRY AND STABLE AIR OVR THE AREA. HENCE...NO POPS ARE CARRIED FOR THURSDAY...AND TEMPS ARE EXPECTED TO BE SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL. && .SHORT TERM /6 AM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT/... AS OF 215 PM WEDNESDAY...LOOKING AT BUKFIT SOUNDINGS FROM THE NAM AND GFS...THE AIRMASS OVER THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NE GA SHOULD REMAIN STABLE THU NIGHT AND FRI. I DID KEEP SOME SLIGHT CHANCE POPS IN THE NC MTNS LATE FRI AND FRI NIGHT...AS A LITTLE INSTABILITY IS SHOWN BY THE MODELS STARTING IN THE EARLY EVENING HOURS OVER THE HIGH TERRAIN. THE AIRMASS WILL GRADUALLY MOISTEN OVER THE MOUNTAINS ON SATURDAY. THE OLD ECMWF BROUGHT AN MCS...OR PERHAPS THE REMNANTS OF ONE...ACROSS THE NRN PART OF THE FA SAT MORNING. THE GFS ALSO BRINGS THE REMNANTS OF A NW FLOW MCS OVER THE FA ON SAT...BUT FARTHER TO THE SOUTH AND A LITTLE EARLIER IN THE DAY. HAVING BOTH MODELS BRING SOMETHING THROUGH THE AREA IS A GOOD SIGN...AS ARE THE HIGH POPS ON THE SREF...BUT CONFIDENCE ON THE TIMING OR EXACT NATURE OF THE PCPN IS STILL NOT VERY HIGH. FOR NOW WILL CARRY 30 POPS OUTSIDE THE MTNS AND 40 TO 50 POPS OVER THE MOUNTAINS THROUGH THE DAY ON SAT. WITH THE ERN CONUS LONG WAVE BEGINNING TO AMPLIFY AGAIN...THE NW FLOW WILL STRENGTHEN A LITTLE SAT NIGHT. THEREFORE...I/VE KEPT CHANCE POPS IN THE FORECAST WELL INTO THE NIGHTTIME HOURS. && .LONG TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... AS OF 115 PM WEDNESDAY...THE THINKING REGARDING THE MEDIUM RANGE REMAINS CONSISTENT WITH A TROUGH CONTINUING ALONG THE EASTERN SEABOARD THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. AT THE SURFACE...A FRONTAL BOUNDARY IS EXPECTED TO DROP SOUTHWARD AND APPROACH THE FA DURING THE DAY ON SUN...BECOMING QUASI-STATIONARY THEREAFTER AND REMAINING IN THE AREA THROUGH MID WEEK. THEREFORE...WILL CONTINUE TO CARRY SOLID CHC POPS ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH WED...TAPERING OFF A LITTLE BIT TOWARDS THE END OF THE PERIOD AS HIGH PRESSURE TRIES TO BUILD IN FROM THE NORTH AND PUSH THE OLD BOUNDARY FURTHER SOUTH. AS FAR AS TEMPS GO...WARMEST DAY WILL BE SUN WITH TEMPS A FEW DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL...THEN RETURNING TO VALUES CLOSE TO CLIMO FOR EARLY AND MID WEEK. && .AVIATION /19Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY/... MAIN CONCERN FOR THE NEXT 6-8 HOURS WILL BE NUMEROUS TO WIDESPREAD SHWRS/TSTMS DEVELOPING ACROSS THE AREA. SINCE EXACT TIMING OF ANY ONE CELL AFFECTING A TAF SITE CANNOT BE MADE...VCTS AND CB WORDING WILL BE CARRIED WITH THE 18Z TAF ISSUANCE. AS TRENDS IN SAT/RADAR UNFOLD...AMENDMENTS WILL BE MADE TO BETTER TIME ANY RESTRICTIONS. OTRW...EXPECT VFR CONDITIONS...WITH WINDS VEERING TO NWLY THEN NELY OVERNIGHT AS A WEAK COLD FRONT SAGS S THRU THE AREA. IF CLOUDS CLEAR SOON ENOUGH...SOME VALLEY FOG IS POSSIBLE...HENCE A BRIEF MVFR VSBY RESTRICTION AT KAVL WAS RETAINED. HI PRES WILL BLD INTO THE REGION BY THURSDAY AFTN...RESULTING IN SKC AND LIGHT WINDS. OUTLOOK...HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN OVER THE AREA THRU FRIDAY...PROVIDING GENERALLY VFR CONDITIONS. SCATTERED MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. SOME MVFR CEILINGS AND VISIBILITY MAY OCCUR IN THUNDERSTORMS...WITH MVFR VISIBILITY AT NIGHT IN FOG WHERE RAIN FALLS. ANOTHER FRONT WILL BE IN THE AREA ON MONDAY...WHICH WILL SUPPORT MORE THUNDERSTORMS AND ASSOCIATED RESTRICTIONS. && .GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...MCAVOY NEAR TERM...ARK SHORT TERM...MCAVOY LONG TERM...BSH AVIATION...ARK
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 23, 3:44 PM EDT, 3 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 344 PM EDT WED JUL 23 2008 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ048>053-058-059-062>065-068-505>510- SCZ001>014-019-241945- RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-MADISON-YANCEY- MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON- SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-CLEVELAND-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- 344 PM EDT WED JUL 23 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 CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION INTO THIS EVENING. A FEW OF THESE STORMS WILL BE SEVERE...PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. THERE IS AT LEAST A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. NCZ033-035>037-056-057-069>072-082-501>504-241945- AVERY-ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-LINCOLN-GASTON- MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-GREATER CALDWELL- BURKE MOUNTAINS-GREATER BURKE- 344 PM EDT WED JUL 23 2008 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 739 IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA AND WESTERN NORTH 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. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. THERE IS AT LEAST A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 23, 10:06 AM EDT, 5 hours 41 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1006 AM EDT WED JUL 23 2008 NCZ071-072-231445- CABARRUS-MECKLENBURG- 1006 AM EDT WED JUL 23 2008 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EASTERN MECKLENBURG AND SOUTHERN CABARRUS COUNTIES THROUGH 1045 AM EDT... AT 1006 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR UNC CHARLOTTE...MOVING EAST AT 9 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR... LOWES MOTOR SPEEDWAY BY 1015 AM EDT. HARRISBURG BY 1025 AM EDT. PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. HEAVY RAINS MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND UNDERPASSES. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS. WATER LEVELS OF SMALL STREAMS AND RIVERS MAY ALSO RISE...THEREFORE SEEK HIGHER GROUND IF THREATENED BY FLOOD WATERS. INTENSE LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. IF OUTDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES. MOVE INDOORS IF POSSIBLE. WHEN INDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS AND AVOID USING TELEPHONES UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY. TRY TO UNPLUG UNNECESSARY ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES BEFORE THE THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES. BSH
Local storm report, Jul 23, 11:39 AM EDT, 4 hours 8 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1139 AM EDT WED JUL 23 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0755 PM TSTM WND DMG 1 E ENOCHVILLE 35.52N 80.65W
07/22/2008 ROWAN NC TRAINED SPOTTER
TREES DOWN ON ENOCHVILLE HWY EAST OF TOWN, LIMBS DOWN IN
TOWN REPORTED BY FIRE DEPT. HAIL EAST OF TOWN.
0755 PM HAIL 1 E ENOCHVILLE 35.52N 80.65W
07/22/2008 E0.75 INCH ROWAN NC TRAINED SPOTTER
DIME TO PENNY SIZE HAIL EAST OF TOWN, AND TREES DOWN.
&&
TBENTHALLSpecial weather statement, Jul 23, 2:24 PM EDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 224 PM EDT WED JUL 23 2008 GAZ018-SCZ001-004-231900- GREATER OCONEE-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-STEPHENS- 224 PM EDT WED JUL 23 2008 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN STEPHENS AND SOUTHERN OCONEE COUNTIES THROUGH 300 PM EDT... AT 224 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LONG CREEK...OR 10 MILES WEST OF WALHALLA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 16 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR... WESTMINSTER BY 255 PM EDT. 6 MILES NORTH OF LAKE HARTWELL BY 300 PM EDT. PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. INTENSE LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. IF OUTDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES. MOVE INDOORS IF POSSIBLE. WHEN INDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS AND AVOID USING TELEPHONES UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY. TRY TO UNPLUG UNNECESSARY ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES BEFORE THE THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES. BSH
Special weather statement, Jul 23, 2:37 PM EDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 237 PM EDT WED JUL 23 2008 NCZ065-509-510-231900- EASTERN POLK-HENDERSON-POLK MOUNTAINS- 237 PM EDT WED JUL 23 2008 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT HENDERSON AND SOUTHWESTERN POLK COUNTIES THROUGH 300 PM EDT... AT 237 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR HENDERSONVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 13 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR... FLAT ROCK BY 250 PM EDT. PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. BSH
Special weather statement, Jul 23, 2:55 PM EDT, 52 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 255 PM EDT WED JUL 23 2008 NCZ064-SCZ003-006-232000- GREATER GREENVILLE-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-TRANSYLVANIA- 255 PM EDT WED JUL 23 2008 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EASTERN TRANSYLVANIA AND NORTHERN GREENVILLE COUNTIES THROUGH 400 PM EDT... AT 248 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR CAESARS HEAD...OR 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BREVARD...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 9 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR... MARIETTA BY 345 PM EDT. TRAVELERS REST BY 400 PM EDT. SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. KRENTZ
Special weather statement, Jul 23, 3:36 PM EDT, 11 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 336 PM EDT WED JUL 23 2008 SCZ007-232030- SPARTANBURG- 336 PM EDT WED JUL 23 2008 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SPARTANBURG COUNTY THROUGH 430 PM EDT... AT 330 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR LYMAN...OR 10 MILES WEST OF SPARTANBURG... MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 18 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR... 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF REIDVILLE BY 345 PM EDT. 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SPARTANBURG BY 355 PM EDT. ROEBUCK BY 400 PM EDT. SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. KRENTZ
The office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 22, 8:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | York | 59 min |
| Jul 23, 2:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Oconee | 52 min |
| Jul 23, 3:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Greenville, Pickens | 42 min |
| Jul 23, 3:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Anderson | 59 min |
| Jul 23, 3:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Spartanburg | 61 min |
| Jul 23, 4:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Laurens, Spartanburg, Union | 54 min |
| Jul 23, 4:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Abbeville, Greenwood | 44 min |
| Jul 23, 4:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Union | 24 min |
| Jul 23, 5:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Elbert | 23 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in South Carolina, 2008Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Georgia, 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.