Alert archive / South Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2008
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 38, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 4, 2008, 6:33 PM EDT for Anderson County, Oconee County, South Carolina; Franklin County, Hart County, Georgia. It was in force for 57 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
- Apr 4, 2008, 6:33 PM EDT (22:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 4, 2008, 7:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Franklin County, GA, Hart County, GA, Anderson County, SC, Oconee County, SC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 4, 2:27 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 189 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
- 504 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 184 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 245 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 Apr 4, 2:57 PM EDT, 3 hours 36 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 4, 2:57 PM EDT, 3 hours 36 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 257 PM EDT FRI APR 4 2008 .SYNOPSIS... THE WEDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE THAT HAS BEEN OVER OUR AREA CONTINUES TO WEAKEN AND RETREAT NORTHEASTWARD. A COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO CROSS THE CAROLINAS LATE FRIDAY AND INTO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. A WEAK AND RELATIVELY DRY WEDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL THEN MOVE OVER THE EASTERN UNITED STATES ON SUNDAY AND REMAIN LARGELY IN PLACE THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. LATER IN THE WEEK...ANOTHER WEAK LOW IS PROJECTED TO MOVE OVER THE REGION. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH SATURDAY/... AN UPPER TROUGH WILL CROSS THE MS RIVER VALLEY TONIGHT...AND THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS ON SATURDAY. COLD AIR DAMMING OVER THE AREA IS ERODING...BUT SOME AREAS ALONG THE BLUE RIDGE MAY BE SLOW TO SEE THE WARM SECTOR AIR ARRIVE. UPGLIDE CONTINUES TO DECREASE...BUT AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE WEST...INSTABILITY AND OMEGA WILL INCREASE...SUPPORTING INCREASING PRECIPITATION COVERAGE AND AMOUNTS. WITH SUBSTANTIAL SHEAR PRESENT...A THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER EXISTS INTO TONIGHT...AND A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE UPSTATE INTO LATE EVENING... NEAR THE THERMAL MOISTURE BOUNDARY AT THE PERIPHERY OF THE WEDGE. MINIMUM TEMPERATURES WILL BE RATHER WARM UNDER CLOUDS AND WITH THE WIND UP IN A TIGHTENING GRADIENT. A SURFACE WAVE IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ALONG THE FRONT SATURDAY... REACHING OUR AREA FROM THE SOUTHWEST AROUND DAWN...WHILE THE FRONT SLOWS. THIS WILL SET THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE AREA UP FOR A PROLONGED PERIOD OF STRATIFORM RAIN NORTH OF THE SURFACE WAVE...WHILE THE SOUTHEASTERN PORTION OF THE AREA REMAINS IN THE UNSTABLE WARM SECTOR. HIGH POPS WILL BE CARRIED THROUGH THE DAY...WITH TEMPERATURE GAIN LIMITED...ESPECIALLY OUTSIDE THE WARM SECTOR. && .SHORT TERM /SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY/... AS OF 300 PM FRIDAY...TIMING APPEARS TO BE THE MAJOR DIFFERENCE IN THE MDLS EARLY IN THE SHORT RANGE. GFS IS THE FASTEST WITH THE DEPARTING SHORT WAVES SAT NITE. THE NAM...SREF AND ECMWF ALL ARE DEEPER AND SLOWER WITH THE WAVES. THIS RESULTS IN A SLOWER SURFACE LOW TRACKING UP THE EAST COAST SAT NITE. WILL TREND TOWARD THE SLOWER MODELS AND KEEP HIGH POP EARLY FRI EVENING...THEN DIMINISH TO NO POP AFTER MIDNIGHT. DAMMING HIGH PRESSURE SETS UP ACROSS THE AREA SUNDAY AND HOLDS ON THRU MONDAY. LOOKS LIKE CLOUDS WILL CLEAR SUNDAY BEFORE FLOW ABOVE THE HIGH PRESSURE DOME TURNS SLY AND LOW LEVEL MOISTURE RETURNS SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY. SUNDAY SHOULD BE DRY WITH PATCHY LIGHT RAIN RETURNING SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY. LOWS SHOULD BE ABOVE NORMAL SAT AND SUN NITES. HIGHS NEAR NORMAL SUNDAY THEN A LITTLE COOLER MONDAY WITH INCREASING CLOUDS. && .LONG TERM /MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY/... AS OF 230 PM FRIDAY...NOT MUCH CHANGE FROM THE PREVIOUS DAYS MEDIUM RANGE FORECAST. THE MAIN SYNOPTIC FEATURE CONTINUES TO BE THE PERSISTENT WEDGE OF WEAK HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE CAROLINAS THAT STICKS AROUND THROUGH THURSDAY OF NEXT WEEK. THE WEDGE SHOULD EVENTUALLY BREAK DOWN AS A WEAK COLD FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH A LOW WELL TO OUR NORTH PUSHES THE WEDGE FURTHER OFFSHORE. DECIDED NOT TO ALTER POPS VERY MUCH FOR TUES...WED...OR THURS...BUT I DID INCREASE THEM TO SOLID CHANCE FOR FRI AND EARLY SAT. HPCS POPS CONTINUE TO BE A BIT MORE OPTIMISTIC FOR MOST OF THE PERIOD...HOWEVER I AM STILL NOT CONVINCED THERE WILL BE ENOUGH LOW LEVEL DYNAMIC FORCING TO PRODUCE PRECIP. AS FAR AS TEMPS GO...VALUES SHOULD REMAIN CLOSE TO CLIMATOLOGY IF NOT A FEW DEGREES ABOVE AS LONG AS THE PREDOMINATE WINDS STAY FROM THE SOUTHEAST. && .AVIATION /19Z FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... A COMPLEX FORECAST WITH THIS PACKAGE. THE COLD AIR DAMMING NOW IN PLACE IS EXPECTED TO ERODE WITH HEATING AND INCREASING LOW LEVEL WINDS THIS AFTERNOON...RESULTING IN IFR CONDITIONS....AND SCATTERED CONVECTION. BY LATE EVENING CEILINGS ARE EXPECTED TO LOWER AGAIN TO MVFR AS THE COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. AFTER MIDNIGHT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ASSOCIATED WITH THE FRONT WILL LOWER VISIBILITY TO MVFR WHILE CEILINGS LOWER TO IFR. SHORTLY AFTER DAWN A SLOW MOVING SURFACE WAVE MOVING ALONG THE STALLING FRONT WILL SPREAD STRATIFORM PRECIPITATION ACROSS ALL THE TAF SITES BUT KAND...WHICH REMAINS IN THE WARM SECTOR WITH A SOUTHERLY WIND. WINDS AT OTHER SITES WILL RANGE FROM NORTHERLY TO NORTHEASTERLY. MODEL GUIDANCE IS IN FAIR AGREEMENT ON HOLDING CEILINGS AND VISIBILITY DOWN AS THE WAVE SLOWLY CROSSES THE AREA SATURDAY MORNING...DESPITE A WEAK DOWNSLOPE COMPONENT AT SOME FOOTHILL TAF SITES...AS UPGLIDE SETS UP OVER THE NEWLY ARRIVING SURFACE RIDGE NORTH OF THE WAVE. OUTLOOK...SHOWER AND TSTM CHANCES WILL REMAIN QUITE HIGH THROUGH AT LEAST SATURDAY AFTERNOON. CONDITIONS MAY IMPROVE BRIEFLY SAT NIGHT/SUNDAY...BUT ANOTHER COLD AIR DAMMING EPISODE APPEARS LIKELY FOR MUCH OF NEXT WEEK. && .GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...JPT NEAR TERM...JAT SHORT TERM...RWH LONG TERM...JPT AVIATION...JAT
Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 4, 6:16 PM EDT, 17 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 616 PM EDT FRI APR 4 2008 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-SCZ001-002-004-005-010-011-052230- RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-OCONEE MOUNTAINS- PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE- 616 PM EDT FRI APR 4 2008 ...TORNADO WATCH 165 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. TORNADO WATCH. A COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH EASTWARD INTO THE NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE WESTERN UPSTATE TONIGHT. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS FRONT WILL BECOME SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WIND GUSTS...AND POSSIBLY POSSIBLY A BRIEF ISOLATED TORNADO OR TWO. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER COULD LINGER INTO SATURDAY MORNING AS A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A COLD FRONT CONTINUES TO PUSH EASTWARD. THE MAIN THREAT AREA FOR SATURDAY MORNING WOULD BE SOUTH AND EAST OF THE I-85 CORRIDOR WHERE THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE STRONG DAMAGING WIND GUSTS...AND A BRIEF ISOLATED TORNADO OR TWO. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065-501>510-052230- AVERY-ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD- BUNCOMBE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON- SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS- GREATER CALDWELL-BURKE MOUNTAINS-GREATER BURKE-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS- EASTERN MCDOWELL-RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-GREATER RUTHERFORD- POLK MOUNTAINS-EASTERN POLK- 616 PM EDT FRI APR 4 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA AND WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT A COLD FRONT WILL THEN PUSH EASTWARD INTO THE WESTERN CAROLINAS TONIGHT. AHEAD OF THIS FRONT...NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING. LATER TONIGHT ALONG THIS FRONT...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP. WITH A STRONGLY FORCED ATMOSPHERE IN PLACE...STRONG SHEAR AND WEAK INSTABILITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING OR LATER TONIGHT COULD BECOME SEVERE PRODUCING STRONG...DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND POSSIBLY A BRIEF ISOLATED TORNADO OR TWO. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER COULD LINGER INTO SATURDAY MORNING AS A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A COLD FRONT CONTINUES TO PUSH EASTWARD. THE MAIN THREAT AREA FOR SATURDAY MORNING WOULD BE SOUTH AND EAST OF THE I-85 CORRIDOR WHERE THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE STRONG DAMAGING WIND GUSTS...AND A BRIEF ISOLATED TORNADO OR TWO. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. NCZ068>072-082-SCZ003-006>009-012>014-019-052230- CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC- GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK- LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- 616 PM EDT FRI APR 4 2008 ...TORNADO WATCH 166 IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EDT SATURDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. TORNADO WATCH. A COLD FRONT WILL THEN PUSH EASTWARD INTO THE WESTERN CAROLINAS TONIGHT. AHEAD OF THIS FRONT...NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING. LATER TONIGHT ALONG THIS FRONT...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP. WITH A STRONGLY FORCED ATMOSPHERE IN PLACE...STRONG SHEAR AND WEAK INSTABILITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING OR LATER TONIGHT COULD BECOME SEVERE PRODUCING STRONG...DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND POSSIBLY A BRIEF ISOLATED TORNADO OR TWO. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER COULD LINGER INTO SATURDAY MORNING AS A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A COLD FRONT CONTINUES TO PUSH EASTWARD. THE MAIN THREAT AREA FOR SATURDAY MORNING WOULD BE SOUTH AND EAST OF THE I-85 CORRIDOR WHERE THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE STRONG DAMAGING WIND GUSTS...AND A BRIEF ISOLATED TORNADO OR TWO. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. ARK
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Apr 4, 4:25 PM EDT, 2 hours 8 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 425 PM EDT FRI APR 4 2008 GAZ010-017-042200- HABERSHAM-RABUN- 425 PM EDT FRI APR 4 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT HABERSHAM AND RABUN COUNTIES AFTER 545 PM EDT... AT 425 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM ELLIJAY TO FAIRMOUNT IN NORTHERN GEORGIA...OR ROUGHLY 30 MILES WEST OF DAHLONEGA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. THE STORMS WILL BE CLOSELY MONITORED AS THEY PROGRESS EASTWARD TOWARD RABUN AND HABERSHAM COUNTIES OVER THE NEXT HOUR...AND A WARNING COULD BE NEEDED IF THEY HOLD TOGETHER. AT A MINIMUM...BE PREPARED FOR TORRENTIAL RAINFALL...FREQUENT LIGHTING...WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH...AND SMALL HAIL FROM CLAYTON TO CLARKESVILLE AFTER 545 PM EDT THIS EVENING. HG
Special weather statement, Apr 4, 5:15 PM EDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 515 PM EDT FRI APR 4 2008 GAZ010-017-018-SCZ001-004-042215- GREATER OCONEE-HABERSHAM-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-RABUN-STEPHENS- 515 PM EDT FRI APR 4 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT HABERSHAM...RABUN...STEPHENS AND WESTERN OCONEE COUNTIES THROUGH 615 PM EDT... AT 515 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM MURPHY TO 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DAHLONEGA...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL BE NEAR... BATESVILLE BY 550 PM EDT. DEMOREST BY 555 PM EDT. NACOOHE LAKE BY 600 PM EDT. LAKE RABUN BY 610 PM EDT. TALLULAH FALLS BY 615 PM EDT. PEA SIZE HAIL...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH...AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. HG
Special weather statement, Apr 4, 5:22 PM EDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 522 PM EDT FRI APR 4 2008 NCZ051-058-059-062-063-042215- GRAHAM-MACON-NORTHERN JACKSON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-SWAIN- 522 PM EDT FRI APR 4 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT JACKSON...MACON...SOUTHEASTERN GRAHAM AND SOUTHERN SWAIN COUNTIES THROUGH 615 PM EDT... AT 522 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM ROBBINSVILLE TO 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF YOUNG HARRIS...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL BE NEAR... STECOAH BY 530 PM EDT. NANTAHALA LAKE BY 535 PM EDT. ALARKA BY 550 PM EDT. OTTO BY 600 PM EDT. SYLVA BY 610 PM EDT. CULLOWHEE BY 615 PM EDT. WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS...AND PEA SIZE HAIL IS POSSIBLE. HG
Special weather statement, Apr 4, 5:39 PM EDT, 54 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 539 PM EDT FRI APR 4 2008 GAZ018-026-028-042245- FRANKLIN-HART-STEPHENS- 539 PM EDT FRI APR 4 2008 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT FRANKLIN...NORTHERN HART AND SOUTHEASTERN STEPHENS COUNTIES THROUGH 645 PM EDT... AT 539 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES WEST OF JEFFERSON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR... CARNESVILLE BY 620 PM EDT. MARTIN BY 630 PM EDT. LAVONIA BY 635 PM EDT. WHITWORTH BY 640 PM EDT. PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS ALSO POSSIBLE 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. HG
Special weather statement, Apr 4, 6:18 PM EDT, 15 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 618 PM EDT FRI APR 4 2008 GAZ018-026-028-042300- FRANKLIN-HART-STEPHENS- 618 PM EDT FRI APR 4 2008 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT FRANKLIN...HART AND SOUTHEASTERN STEPHENS COUNTIES THROUGH 700 PM EDT... AT 618 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF COMMERCE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR... CARNESVILLE BY 625 PM EDT. CANON BY 630 PM EDT. LAVONIA BY 635 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. HG
The office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 4, 7:55 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Union | 29 min |
| Apr 4, 6:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Chester, Laurens, Union, York | 59 min |
| Apr 4, 7:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Abbeville, Anderson, Greenville, Greenwood, Laurens | 75 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.