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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 41, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 4, 2008, 8:20 PM EDT for Chester 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
- Apr 4, 2008, 8:20 PM EDT (00:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 4, 2008, 9:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Chester County, SC
The radar
The Columbia radar (KCAE), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 6:10 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 192 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
- 496 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 183 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 211 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, 8:16 PM EDT, 4 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 4, 8:16 PM EDT, 4 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 816 PM EDT FRI APR 4 2008 .SYNOPSIS... A COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA OVERNIGHT. THE FRONT WILL STALL OVER THE PIEDMONT SATURDAY...THEN PUSH EAST OF THE AREA SATURDAY NIGHT. A WEAK AND RELATIVELY DRY WEDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL THEN MOVE OVER THE EASTERN UNITED STATES SUNDAY...AND REMAIN LARGELY IN PLACE THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH SATURDAY/... TORNADO WATCH IS STILL IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEAST GA AND THE WESTERN UPSTATE TILL 10 PM. ANOTHER TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE REST OF THE UPSTATE AND THE SOUTHWESTERN NC PIEDMONT UNTIL 1 AM SATURDAY. A LINE OF SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO TRACK EAST ACROSS THE PIEDMONT THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. UPSTREAM...ANOTHER LINE OF SHOWERS AND TSTMS IS TRACKING INTO NE GA. COOLER AND MORE STABLE AIR SHOULD PUSH IN BEHIND THE SECOND LINE...HELPING TO DECREASE CHCS OF THUNDER FOR THE REST OF THE NIGHT. 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 FRIDAY/... 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 /00Z SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT THE UPSTATE TAF SITES FOR THE FIRST 1 TO 3 HOURS OF THE 00Z TAF PERIOD. THE STORMS MAY IMPACT KCLT BY 03Z...BUT THE STRENGTH WHEN THEY ARRIVE IS UNCERTAIN. I DID MY BEST TO TIME THE CONVECTION AND TREND WIND/VSBY/CIGS WHEN THE STORMS MAKE IMPACT. THE FRONT RESPONSIBLE FOR MOST OF THIS ACTIVITY IS STILL WELL WEST OF THE AREA...AND WILL TRACK VERY SLOWLY EASTWARD OVERNIGHT. MODEL GUIDANCE SHOWS THAT THE AIRMASS WILL STAY SLIGHTLY UNSTABLE OVERNIGHT...SO THERE COULD BE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT (ESPECIALLY E OF THE MTNS). IVE KEPT CB IN THROUGH 5-6Z. THERE WILL PLENTY OF CLOUDS...BUT CIGS ARE HARD TO PEG...AS THERE ARE SEVERAL LAYERS OF CLOUDS BEHIND THE CONVECTION. GUIDANCE IS VERY PESSIMISTIC ON BRINGING IFR/LIFR CIGS OVERNIGHT. I DID NOT GO THAT LOW...BUT WILL KEEP AN EYE ON THE TRENDS. VSBYS WILL VARY MOSTLY DUE TO SHOWER/TSTM ACTIVITY. THE FRONT PASSES THROUGH THE MTNS BY LATE SATURDAY MORNING...AND STALLS OUT ACROSS THE PIEDMONT. THE MODELS ARE SHOWING A WAVE DEVELOPING OVER CENTRAL AL ALONG THE FRONT SATURDAY MORNING...AND TRACKING NE THROUGH UPSTATE SC SATURDAY EVENING. THIS LOW PRESSURE WILL ALLOW MOIST UNSTABLE AIR TO LIFT NORTH ACROSS THE AREA SATURDAY AFTN...KEEPING WINDS SOUTHERLY AND INCREASING THE CHC OF SHOWERS AND TSTMS. I ADDED CB FOR THE AFTN GROUPS AT ALL PIEDMONT SITES. KAVL AND KHKY LOOK TO STAY NORTH OF THE BNDRY...BUT MAY HAVE SOME SHOWERS. OUTLOOK...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...ARK NEAR TERM...ARK/JAT SHORT TERM...RWH LONG TERM...JPT AVIATION...ARK
Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 4, 6:16 PM EDT, 2 hours 4 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, 5:22 PM EDT, 2 hours 58 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, 2 hours 41 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, 2 hours 2 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, 1 hour 39 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
Local storm report, Apr 4, 7:01 PM EDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
701 PM EDT FRI APR 04 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0650 PM HAIL 1 SE FAIR PLAY 34.50N 82.97W
04/04/2008 E0.25 INCH OCONEE SC TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
KRENTZSpecial weather statement, Apr 4, 7:52 PM EDT, 28 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 752 PM EDT FRI APR 4 2008 NCZ082-SCZ009-014-050030- CHESTER-UNION-YORK- 752 PM EDT FRI APR 4 2008 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CHESTER...SOUTHEASTERN YORK AND SOUTHWESTERN UNION COUNTIES THROUGH 830 PM EDT... AT 752 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES WEST OF CHESTER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR... CATAWBA BY 830 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, 9:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Mecklenburg, Union | 62 min |
| Apr 4, 8:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Greenwood, Laurens, Union | 35 min |
| Apr 4, 9:08 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | York | 33 min |
| Apr 4, 9:22 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Chester | 27 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.