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Tornado Warning 11, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

March 15, 2008Franklin County, Hart County, Georgia

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this tornado warning at Mar 15, 2008, 4:20 PM EDT for Franklin County, Hart County, Georgia. It was in force for 40 min. 1 report 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: Mar 15, 2008, 4:20 PM EDT (20:20 UTC)
Expired: Mar 15, 2008, 5:00 PM EDT
In force: 40 min
Issued by: NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Franklin County, GA, Hart County, GA

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:20 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
Mar 15, 4:48 PM EDT	HAIL 1.5	Hartwell, GA	SPOTTER REPORTED HAIL A LITTLE LESS THAN GOLF BALL SIZE. PD REPORTED LARGE HAIL BROKE A CAR WINDSHIELD IN TOWN.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

Did it verify

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this tornado 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
Mar 15, 11:02 AM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 173 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 33 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -342 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1103 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 68 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 196 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 459 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WFUS52 KGSP 152021
TORGSP
GAC119-147-152100-
/O.NEW.KGSP.TO.W.0011.080315T2020Z-080315T2100Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
420 PM EDT SAT MAR 15 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  HART COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA
  FRANKLIN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA

* UNTIL 500 PM EDT

* AT 416 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 9 MILES NORTH OF
  COMMERCE...OR ABOUT 21 MILES WEST OF CANON...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.

* THE TORNADO EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  CARNESVILLE AROUND 430 PM EDT...
  ROYSTON AND CANON AROUND 440 PM EDT...
  NUBERG AND HARTWELL AROUND 450 PM EDT...

MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES SHOULD BE ABANDONED FOR STURDIER SHELTER.
OTHERWISE...GO TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST LEVEL OF YOUR HOME
OR PLACE OF BUSINESS. MAKE SURE THERE ARE AS MANY WALLS AND FLOORS
BETWEEN YOU AND THE OUTSIDE AS POSSIBLE.

TO REPORT TORNADOES...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 3448 8328 3447 8289 3441 8284 3437 8284
      3435 8281 3429 8279 3426 8288 3422 8296
      3424 8300 3428 8337 3432 8340 3446 8340
TIME...MOT...LOC 2020Z 277DEG 50KT 3433 8342

$$
LANE

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS52 KGSP 152045
SVSGSP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
445 PM EDT SAT MAR 15 2008

GAC119-152055-
/O.CAN.KGSP.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-080315T2100Z/
FRANKLIN GA-
445 PM EDT SAT MAR 15 2008

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR FRANKLIN COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING THE POSSIBLE TORNADO HAS MOVED 
INTO HART COUNTY. 

LAT...LON 3433 8309 3434 8309 3434 8311 3440 8310
      3437 8284 3431 8279 3429 8280 3427 8288
      3422 8296 3425 8301 3425 8311 3426 8312
TIME...MOT...LOC 2045Z 279DEG 48KT 3430 8303

$$

GAC147-152100-
/O.CON.KGSP.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-080315T2100Z/
HART GA-
445 PM EDT SAT MAR 15 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM EDT FOR SOUTHERN
HART COUNTY...

AT 442 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
CANON...OR ABOUT 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HARTWELL...MOVING EAST AT 55
MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  HARTWELL BY 450 PM EDT...
  NUBERG BY 455 PM EDT...

MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES SHOULD BE ABANDONED FOR STURDIER SHELTER.
OTHERWISE...GO TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST LEVEL OF YOUR HOME
OR PLACE OF BUSINESS. MAKE SURE THERE ARE AS MANY WALLS AND FLOORS
BETWEEN YOU AND THE OUTSIDE AS POSSIBLE.

LAT...LON 3433 8309 3434 8309 3434 8311 3440 8310
      3437 8284 3431 8279 3429 8280 3427 8288
      3422 8296 3425 8301 3425 8311 3426 8312
TIME...MOT...LOC 2045Z 279DEG 48KT 3430 8303

$$
LANE

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this tornado 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 tornado warning went out at Mar 15, 2:57 PM EDT, 1 hour 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 15, 2:57 PM EDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
257 PM EDT SAT MAR 15 2008

.SYNOPSIS...
A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM ALONG A FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL MOVE OUT OF THE
AREA OVERNIGHT. BEHIND THIS SYSTEM...HIGH PRESSURE WILL SET UP OVER
THE EASTERN THIRD OF THE COUNTRY FOR EARLY NEXT WEEK...BEFORE
ANOTHER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM APPROACHES BY MID WEEK.

&&

.NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 PM THIS EVENING/...
PLAINS-LIKE LAPSE RATES AND A SURFACE BOUNDARY OVER THE CENTRAL PART
OF THE UPSTATE WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT SEVERE MULTI-CELL AND A FEW
SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH 6 PM. TORNADO THREAT WILL REMAIN
HIGH IMMEDIATELY ALONG THE BOUNDARY...THOUGH THE LLVL FLOW WILL
BEGIN TO VEER BY LATE AFTERNOON...WHICH MAY SERVE TO LIMIT TORNADO
POTENTIAL. JUST ABOUT EVERYONE SHOULD SEE RAIN AS STRONG ISENTROPIC
UPGLIDE RESULTS IN PLENTY OF ELEVATED CONVECTION TO THE NORTH OF THE
BOUNDARY.

&&

.SHORT TERM /6 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY/...
AS OF 300 PM SATURDAY...LOW PRESSURE AREA CONTINUES TO TRACK
EASTWARD TONIGHT WITH THE GFS MOVING IT OUT OF THE CWFA A BIT
QUICKER THAN THE NAM. SEVERE STORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE TONIGHT
THROUGH 03Z ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE EASTERN ZONES...BUT A QUICK ENDING
THREAT IS EXPECTED AFTER MIDNIGHT AS LI/S BECOME POSITIVE AND WINDS
SHIFT W/LY AND COMMENCE DRYING THROUGH A DEEP LAYER. LLVL RH WILL
REMAIN HIGH ACROSS THE SPINE OF THE MTNS OVERNIGHT AND CHC POPS
LOWERING TO SLT HAVE BEEN KEPT THERE...WITH -SNSH DEVELOPING BETWEEN
09Z AND 12Z ABOVE 3500 FEET. NO SIGNIFICANT SN ACCUMULATION IS
EXPECTED. THE SFC GRADIENT WILL REMAIN TIGHT ON THE BACK SIDE OF THE
LOW AND DECENT H85 CAA KICKS IN AFTER 06Z ACROSS THE MTNS...HOWEVER
MOMENTUM TRANSFERS REMAIN BELOW ADV CRITERIA AND A LAKE WIND ADVISORY
HAS BEEN ISSUED THROUGH 14Z ACROSS ALL MTN COUNTIES. LOWS TONIGHT
WILL BE A CHALLENGE ACROSS THE MTNS AS CAA BEGINS AFTER 06Z AND
CLOUD COVER REMAINS HIGH...HOWEVER TEMPS SHOULD STILL REMAIN A
COUPLE DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL ACROSS THE MTN VALLEYS.

HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE REGION FORM THE NW SUNDAY AS THE FRONT
END OF A THETA/E TROF MIXES INTO THE REGIONAL ATMOS. WITH FAIRLY
STRONG WINDS THROUGH H7...DOWNSLOPE WARMING SHOULD BE ENOUGH TO KEEP
SUN/S MAX TEMPS A COUPLE DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL NON/MTNS AND RIGHT
AROUND NORMAL MTN VALLEYS. PARENT HIGH BUILDS ACROSS THE EASTERN
GREAT LAKES SUNDAY NIGHT AND A DRY WEDGE FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH THE
CWFA AFTER MIDNIGHT MON. THE BEST LOWER THETA/E AIR WILL THEN WORK
INTO THE AREA AND MAX TEMPS WILL HAVE A HARD TIME REACHING NORMAL
UNDER ENE GUSTY FLOW. LOWER DEWPOINTS WILL ALSO MIX TO THE SFC MON
MAKING FOR A LOW RH LEVELS...25 PERCENT OR LESS...ACROSS THE
PIEDMONT OF NC AND SC...SO THERE EXISTS THE POTENTIAL FOR A FIRE
WEATHER CONCERN.

WINDS CONTINUE TO VEER THROUGH MON NIGHT AND BY TUE MORNING THE SFC
LAYER FLOW WILL BE OUT OFF THE SOUTH AS LARGE UPPER RIDGE MOVES EAST
AND DEVELOPS A NEW HIGH CENTER OFF THE MID ATLANTIC COAST. THIS WILL
OPEN UP THE GOM AND A VERY GOOD INFLUX OF HIGH THETA/E AIR WILL
INVADE THE AREA THROUGHOUT THE DAY. MAX TEMPS TUE WILL BE NEAR 70
NON/MTNS...UPPER 60S MTN VALLEYS.

&&

.LONG TERM /TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY/...
AS OF 300 PM SATURDAY...ANOTHER DEEP UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL MOVE INTO
TX TUE NIGHT AND STRONG CYCLOGENESIS IS EXPECTED IN A DESTABILIZED
ATMOS ACROSS THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY...WHICH WILL THEN MOVE NE/WD
THROUGH THE DAY WED. THE MODELS DISAGREE WITH UPPER PHASING OF H5
PATTERN...WITH THE GFS ABOUT 12 HRS QUICKER THAN THE ECMWF. THE 12Z
ECMWF HAS COME MORE INLINE WITH THE GFS IN REGARDS TO ITS SFC
REFLECTION...HOWEVER THE LOW CENTER REMAINS FARTHER SOUTH AND WEAKER THAN
THE GFS. MORE WEIGHT WAS GIVEN TO THE ECMWF SOLN AS THE 12Z GFS
REMAINS AN OUTLIER ACCORDING TO NATIONAL GUIDANCE AND RECENT MODEL
TRENDS. VERY NICE THETA/E RIDGING IS NOTED AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM ON
BOTH MODELS AND ANOTHER ROUND OF CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED WED
WITH SOME OF THE STORMS POSSIBLY BECOME STRONG TO SEVERE. MODEL
SOUNDINGS DONT INDICATE MUCH SBCAPE AS CAPPING INVERSION DEVELOPS IN
WAA FLOW...BUT ELEVATED CAPE WILL DEVELOP AND MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES
SHOULD BE AROUND 7 C/KM. ADDING TO THIS IS THE TIMING OF THE SFC
FRONT WHICH NOW LOOKS TO BE LATER ARRIVING AROUND MID DAY. THIS
SYSTEM SHOULD EXIT THE REGION LATE WED WITH PERSISTENT WRAP AROUND
MOISTURE PRODUCING MTN -SNSH THROUGH 12Z THU.

UPPER LEVEL FLOW REMAINS ACTIVE AS HEIGHTS BEGIN TO RISE FAIRLY
QUICKLY THU AHEAD OF ANOTHER LARGE SCALE RIDGE. TEMPS THU WILL
RISE A BIT ABOVE NORMAL THU AND A COUPLE DEGREES WARMER FRI AS
POLAR SFC HIGH MODIFIES IN INCREASINGLY DEEP SUBSIDENCE WITH NOT
MUCH MORE THAN SCT MID/HIGH CLOUDS IMPEDING INSOLATION.

&&

.AVIATION /19Z SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/...
THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT KAVL AND THE UPSTATE TAF SITES OVER THE
NEXT COUPLE HOURS AS A BROAD AREA OF RAIN AND EMBEDDED TSTMS MOVES
QUICKLY INTO THE REGION. KCLT SHOULD SEE THEM BETWEEN 20 AND 22
UTC...THOUGH I WAIT A LITTLE LONGER BEFORE CARRYING A PREVAILING OR
TEMPO GROUP AT THAT AIRFIELD. WINDS WILL INCREASE OUT OF THE SSE AND
GRADUALLY VEER MORE TO THE SOUTHWEST THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE
AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL TURN OUT OF THE NORTHWEST LATER TONIGHT AS THE
SFC LOW MOVES EAST OF THE REGION. MVFR CIGS WILL AFFECT MOST SITES
THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS...THOUGH AT LOT OF THAT CLOUD COVER WILL BE
IN THE FORM OF CB/S. THE CLOUDS SHOULD CLEAR OUT OF MOST SITES
BETWEEN 00 AND 03 UTC. AT KAVL LOW CLOUDS MAY HANG ON LONGER...
THOUGH CONFIDENCE WAS NOT HIGH ENOUGH TO INCLUDE THAT IN THE RAF.

OUTLOOK...CONDITIONS SHOULD REMAIN VFR FROM SUNDAY THROUGH
TUESDAY...UNTIL THE NEXT SYSTEM BRINGS ANOTHER CHANCE OF CEILING/VIS
RESTRICTIONS IN THE MIDDLE PART OF THE WEEK.

&&

.GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...NONE.
NC...LAKE WIND ADVISORY FROM 2 AM TO 10 AM EDT SUNDAY FOR NCZ033-
     048>053-058-059-062>065-501-503-505-507-509.
SC...NONE.

&&

SYNOPSIS...PAT
NEAR TERM...MCAVOY
SHORT TERM...SBK
LONG TERM...SBK
AVIATION...MCAVOY

Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 15, 3:56 PM EDT, 24 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
356 PM EDT SAT MAR 15 2008

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-SCZ001>014-019-162000-
RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-
PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER OCONEE-
GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK-
ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD-
356 PM EDT SAT MAR 15 2008

...TORNADO WATCH 119 IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND UPSTATE
SOUTH 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.

   TORNADO WATCH.

THE COMBINATION OF SIGNIFICANT INSTABILITY...STRONG WIND SHEAR AND
A WEAK WARM FRONT OVER THE REGION...WILL RESULT IN AN UNUSUALLY
HIGH CHANCE OF SEVERE STORMS AND TORNADOES OVER EXTREME NORTHEAST
GEORGIA AND THE UPSTATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. THE AREA
MOST AT RISK FOR SEEING TORNADOES WILL BE ALONG AND JUST SOUTH OF
THE FRONT. AS THE FRONT WILL SLOWLY MOVE NORTH DURING THE
AFTERNOON...THIS PUTS MUCH OF THE UPSTATE AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA
AT RISK.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

ANOTHER ROUND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT THE CAROLINAS
AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA WEDNESDAY. A STRONG AREA OF LOW PRESSURE
WILL TRACK NORTHEAST ACROSS THE TENNESSEE AND OHIO VALLEYS AND
MOIST UNSTABLE AIR AHEAD OF AN ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT WILL AIDE IN
THE DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME OF WHICH COULD BECOME
STRONG AND EVEN SEVERE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-501-503-505-507-509-162000-
AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM-
NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-
CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-BURKE MOUNTAINS-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-
RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-POLK MOUNTAINS-
356 PM EDT SAT MAR 15 2008

...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 10 AM EDT SUNDAY...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR 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.

   LAKE WIND ADVISORY.

A VIGOROUS AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL CROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS
THIS EVENING. WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP
AHEAD OF THE LOW. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME
SEVERE...PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. ACROSS THE
SOUTHERN NORTH CAROLINA PIEDMONT AND FOOTHILLS...INCLUDING THE
CHARLOTTE METRO AREA...AN ISOLATED TORNADO IS ALSO POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   LAKE WIND ADVISORY.

ANOTHER ROUND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT THE CAROLINAS
AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA WEDNESDAY. A STRONG AREA OF LOW PRESSURE
WILL TRACK NORTHEAST ACROSS THE TENNESSEE AND OHIO VALLEYS AND
MOIST UNSTABLE AIR AHEAD OF AN ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT WILL AIDE IN
THE DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME OF WHICH COULD BECOME
STRONG AND EVEN SEVERE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

NCZ035>037-056-057-068>072-082-502-504-506-508-510-162000-
ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-
MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC-GREATER CALDWELL-GREATER BURKE-
EASTERN MCDOWELL-GREATER RUTHERFORD-EASTERN POLK-
356 PM EDT SAT MAR 15 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA AND
WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

A VIGOROUS AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL CROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS
THIS EVENING. WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP
AHEAD OF THE LOW. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME
SEVERE...PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. ACROSS THE
SOUTHERN NORTH CAROLINA PIEDMONT AND FOOTHILLS...INCLUDING THE
CHARLOTTE METRO AREA...AN ISOLATED TORNADO IS ALSO POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

ANOTHER ROUND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT THE CAROLINAS
AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA WEDNESDAY. A STRONG AREA OF LOW PRESSURE
WILL TRACK NORTHEAST ACROSS THE TENNESSEE AND OHIO VALLEYS AND
MOIST UNSTABLE AIR AHEAD OF AN ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT WILL AIDE IN
THE DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME OF WHICH COULD BECOME
STRONG AND EVEN SEVERE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

KRENTZ

In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 15, 3:43 PM EDT, 37 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
343 PM EDT SAT MAR 15 2008

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

0339 PM     HAIL             4 W DUE WEST            34.33N 82.46W
03/15/2008  M1.00 INCH       ABBEVILLE          SC   PUBLIC

            HAILSTONES 0.6 INCH BY 1.1 INCH

&&

MOORE

Local storm report, Mar 15, 3:58 PM EDT, 22 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
358 PM EDT SAT MAR 15 2008

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

0250 PM     TORNADO          DUE WEST                34.33N 82.39W
03/15/2008                   ABBEVILLE          SC   COUNTY OFFICIAL

            TORNADO TOUCHDOWN REPORTED BY A SHERIFFS DEPUTY AROUND
            DUE WEST AND TREES REPORTED DOWNED.

&&

LG

Local storm report, Mar 15, 4:02 PM EDT, 18 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
402 PM EDT SAT MAR 15 2008

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

0357 PM     HAIL             HICKORY TAVERN          34.52N 82.19W
03/15/2008  E0.75 INCH       LAURENS            SC   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

BSH

Local storm report, Mar 15, 4:07 PM EDT, 13 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
407 PM EDT SAT MAR 15 2008

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

0340 PM     TORNADO          DUE WEST                34.33N 82.39W
03/15/2008                   ABBEVILLE          SC   COUNTY OFFICIAL

            TORNADO TOUCHDOWN REPORTED BY A SHERIFFS DEPUTY AROUND
            DUE WEST AND TREES REPORTED DOWNED.

&&
CORRECTED FOR TIME.

BSH

Local storm report, Mar 15, 4:14 PM EDT, 6 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
414 PM EDT SAT MAR 15 2008

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

0355 PM     HAIL             1 N WARE SHOALS         34.40N 82.24W
03/15/2008  E0.75 INCH       ABBEVILLE          SC   PUBLIC

            HWY 252 AND INDIAN MOUND RD.

&&

KRENTZ

Local storm report, Mar 15, 4:18 PM EDT, 2 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
418 PM EDT SAT MAR 15 2008

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

0330 PM     HAIL             GAFFNEY                 35.07N 81.66W
03/15/2008  E0.75 INCH       CHEROKEE           SC   COUNTY OFFICIAL

0339 PM     TSTM WND DMG     4 S BLACKSBURG          35.06N 81.52W
03/15/2008                   CHEROKEE           SC   COUNTY OFFICIAL

            ONE TREE DOWN ON POWERLINES...BLOCKING S RUTHERFORD
            STREET...JUST SOUTH OF BLACKSBURG.

&&

BSH

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 15, 4:51 AM EDT	Dense Fog Advisory	GSP	Elbert, Franklin, Habersham, Hart, Rabun, Stephens	5 hr
Mar 15, 7:59 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Elbert	46 min
Mar 15, 2:17 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	GSP	Elbert, Franklin, Hart	58 min
Mar 15, 3:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Elbert, Hart	54 min
Mar 15, 3:54 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	GSP	Elbert	37 min
Mar 15, 5:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Elbert	37 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.