Alert archive / South Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2008
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 4, 2008, 6:46 PM EDT for 4 counties in South Carolina. It was in force for 59 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 4, 2008, 6:46 PM EDT (22:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 4, 2008, 7:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 59 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 Columbia radar (KCAE), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:45 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.
Did it verify
Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 4, 6:10 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 225 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
- 3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 380 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 233 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 206 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS52 KGSP 042246
SVRGSP
SCC023-059-087-091-042345-
/O.NEW.KGSP.SV.W.0039.080404T2246Z-080404T2345Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
646 PM EDT FRI APR 4 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN UNION COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA
SOUTHWESTERN YORK COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA
CHESTER COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA
EASTERN LAURENS COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA
* UNTIL 745 PM EDT
* AT 646 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 14
MILES NORTHWEST OF NEWBERRY...OR ABOUT NEAR JOANNA...AND WAS MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
CARLISLE BY 715 PM EDT...
7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LOCKHART BY 730 PM EDT...
LOWRYS AND 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MCCONNELLS BY 745 PM EDT...
A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE
OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
LEVEL OF A HOUSE OR OTHER STURDY STRUCTURE IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED.
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 3446 8191 3498 8127 3455 8087 3453 8093
3455 8141 3449 8142 3447 8148 3445 8151
3445 8155 3451 8163 3434 8178
TIME...MOT...LOC 2246Z 229DEG 31KT 3446 8175
$$
HG3 follow-up statements
000
WWUS52 KGSP 042305
SVSGSP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
705 PM EDT FRI APR 4 2008
SCC059-042315-
/O.CAN.KGSP.SV.W.0039.000000T0000Z-080404T2345Z/
LAURENS SC-
705 PM EDT FRI APR 4 2008
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN LAURENS COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
AT 705 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAD MOVED EAST OF LAURENS COUNTY.
LAT...LON 3455 8167 3456 8173 3498 8127 3455 8088
3453 8093 3455 8118 3455 8141 3449 8142
3445 8151 3445 8155
TIME...MOT...LOC 2305Z 234DEG 29KT 3454 8159
$$
SCC023-087-091-042345-
/O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0039.000000T0000Z-080404T2345Z/
UNION SC-YORK SC-CHESTER SC-
705 PM EDT FRI APR 4 2008
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM EDT
FOR CHESTER...SOUTHWESTERN YORK AND SOUTHEASTERN UNION COUNTIES IN
UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...
AT 705 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CARLISLE...OR ABOUT 14 MILES SOUTH OF
UNION...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
CARLISLE BY 720 PM EDT...
LEEDS BY 725 PM EDT...
CHESTER AND LOWRYS BY 745 PM EDT...
A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE
OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
LEVEL OF A HOUSE OR OTHER STURDY STRUCTURE IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED.
LAT...LON 3455 8167 3456 8173 3498 8127 3455 8088
3453 8093 3455 8118 3455 8141 3449 8142
3445 8151 3445 8155
TIME...MOT...LOC 2305Z 234DEG 29KT 3454 8159
$$
HG000
WWUS52 KGSP 042334
SVSGSP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
732 PM EDT FRI APR 4 2008
SCC087-042342-
/O.CAN.KGSP.SV.W.0039.000000T0000Z-080404T2345Z/
UNION SC-
732 PM EDT FRI APR 4 2008
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN UNION COUNTY IN
UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA IS CANCELLED...
AT 732 PM..NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAD MOVED EAST OF UNION COUNTY IN SOUTH
CAROLINA. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS...HOWEVER...WILL LIKELY REDEVELOP
FROM THE WEST THROUGH THIS EVENING.
LAT...LON 3455 8118 3455 8141 3461 8144 3464 8143
3465 8144 3468 8145 3481 8146 3498 8127
3455 8088 3453 8093
TIME...MOT...LOC 2332Z 234DEG 29KT 3467 8138
$$
SCC023-091-042345-
/O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0039.000000T0000Z-080404T2345Z/
YORK SC-CHESTER SC-
732 PM EDT FRI APR 4 2008
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM EDT
FOR CHESTER AND SOUTHWESTERN YORK COUNTIES...
AT 732 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR LEEDS...OR ABOUT 12 MILES WEST OF CHESTER...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
CHESTER AND 6 MILES SOUTH OF LOWRYS BY 745 PM EDT...
HAIL TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES AND WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH ARE EXPECTED.
A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE
OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
LEVEL OF A HOUSE OR OTHER STURDY STRUCTURE IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED.
LAT...LON 3455 8118 3455 8141 3461 8144 3464 8143
3465 8144 3468 8145 3481 8146 3498 8127
3455 8088 3453 8093
TIME...MOT...LOC 2332Z 234DEG 29KT 3467 8138
$$
HG000
WWUS52 KGSP 042347
SVSGSP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
745 PM EDT FRI APR 4 2008
SCC023-091-042355-
/O.EXP.KGSP.SV.W.0039.000000T0000Z-080404T2345Z/
YORK SC-CHESTER SC-
745 PM EDT FRI APR 4 2008
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CHESTER AND SOUTHWESTERN YORK
COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 745 PM EDT...
AT 745 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT THE
PREVIOUSLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAD WEAKENED BELOW LIMITS. FREQUENT
LIGHTNING AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL WILL STILL AFFECT NORTHERN CHESTER
AND SOUTHERN YORK COUNTIES THROUGH 815 PM.
LAT...LON 3455 8118 3455 8141 3461 8144 3464 8143
3465 8144 3468 8145 3481 8146 3498 8127
3455 8088 3453 8093
TIME...MOT...LOC 2334Z 234DEG 29KT 3468 8136
$$
HGWhat 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 49 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 4, 2:57 PM EDT, 3 hours 49 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, 30 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 21 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 31 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 24 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, 1 hour 7 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, 28 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
Special weather statement, Apr 4, 6:41 PM EDT, 5 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 641 PM EDT FRI APR 4 2008 SCZ012-013-042330- LAURENS-UNION- 641 PM EDT FRI APR 4 2008 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EASTERN LAURENS AND SOUTHERN UNION COUNTIES THROUGH 730 PM EDT... AT 641 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR JOANNA...OR 14 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LAURENS... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR... CARLISLE BY 715 PM EDT. PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. HG
The office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 4, 6:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Anderson, Oconee | 57 min |
| Apr 4, 7:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Abbeville, Anderson, Greenville, Greenwood, Laurens | 75 min |
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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.