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Tornado Warning 14, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

April 4, 2008Union County, North Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this tornado warning at Apr 4, 2008, 7:55 PM EDT for Union County, North Carolina. It was in force for 29 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: Apr 4, 2008, 7:55 PM EDT (23:55 UTC)
Expired: Apr 4, 2008, 8:24 PM EDT
In force: 29 min
Issued by: NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Union County, NC

The radar

The Columbia radar (KCAE), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:55 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
Apr 4, 8:01 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	4 Se Waxhaw, NC	TREE DOWN ON PARKWOOD SCHOOL ROAD.
Apr 4, 8:10 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	9 Ese Waxhaw, NC	TREE DOWN ON MCMANUS ROAD.

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
Apr 4, 6:10 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 138 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: 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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS52 KGSP 042356
TORGSP
NCC179-050045-
/O.NEW.KGSP.TO.W.0014.080404T2355Z-080405T0045Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
755 PM EDT FRI APR 4 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  UNION COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA

* UNTIL 845 PM EDT

* AT 755 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 3 MILES
  NORTHEAST OF LANCASTER...OR ABOUT 13 MILES SOUTH OF MINERAL
  SPRINGS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE TORNADO EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MINERAL SPRINGS AROUND 815 PM EDT...
  8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MONROE AROUND 830 PM EDT...
  WINGATE AROUND 840 PM EDT...
  STURDIVANTS AND MARSHVILLE AROUND 845 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.

TORNADOES WHICH OCCUR AFTER DARK ARE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS. PEOPLE IN
THE WARNED AREA SHOULD PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR THIS TORNADO. 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.

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 3503 8029 3483 8031 3480 8038 3481 8080
      3482 8081 3487 8080 3517 8047 3505 8027
TIME...MOT...LOC 2355Z 239DEG 25KT 3476 8073

$$
HG

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS52 KGSP 050010
SVSGSP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
810 PM EDT FRI APR 4 2008

NCC179-050045-
/O.CON.KGSP.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-080405T0045Z/
UNION NC-
810 PM EDT FRI APR 4 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM EDT FOR UNION
COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...

AT 806 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A POSSIBLE TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 7 MILES 
SOUTHWEST OF TRINITY...OR ABOUT 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF 
LANCASTER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  TRINITY BY 820 PM EDT...
  9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MONROE BY 825 PM EDT...
  7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WINGATE BY 835 PM EDT...
  STURDIVANTS AND MARSHVILLE BY 845 PM EDT...

TORNADOES WHICH OCCUR AFTER DARK ARE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS. PEOPLE IN 
THE WARNED AREA SHOULD PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR THIS TORNADO. 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.

LAT...LON 3503 8029 3483 8031 3480 8038 3481 8080
      3482 8081 3487 8080 3517 8047 3505 8027
TIME...MOT...LOC 0010Z 246DEG 25KT 3482 8061

$$
HG

000 
WWUS52 KGSP 050024
SVSGSP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
823 PM EDT FRI APR 4 2008

NCC179-050033-
/O.CAN.KGSP.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-080405T0045Z/
UNION NC-
823 PM EDT FRI APR 4 2008

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR UNION COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH
CAROLINA IS CANCELLED...

AT 823 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT 
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER SOUTHERN UNION COUNTY HAD WEAKENED 
BELOW SEVERE LIMITS. A TORNADO IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME...BUT 
THE AREA REMAINS IN A TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 1 AM EDT.

LAT...LON 3503 8029 3483 8031 3480 8038 3481 8080
      3482 8081 3487 8080 3517 8047 3505 8027
TIME...MOT...LOC 0023Z 246DEG 25KT 3486 8051

$$
HG

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 Apr 4, 2:57 PM EDT, 4 hours 58 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 4, 2:57 PM EDT, 4 hours 58 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, 1 hour 39 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 33 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 16 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, 1 hour 37 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 14 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, 54 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

&&

KRENTZ

Special weather statement, Apr 4, 7:52 PM EDT, 3 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

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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.