Alert archive / North Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 21, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this tornado warning at Apr 19, 2008, 8:58 PM EDT for Lincoln County, North Carolina. It was in force for 47 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
- Apr 19, 2008, 8:58 PM EDT (00:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 19, 2008, 9:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Lincoln County, NC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:00 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 19, 9:24 PM EDT | HAIL 0.75 | 6 Ne Lincolnton, NC | PENNY SIZED HAIL REPORTED SPOTTER WAS ON HWY 150 AT THE TIME OF THE REPORT. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 140 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
- 40 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -36 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1047 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 122 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 166 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS52 KGSP 200058
TORGSP
NCC109-200145-
/O.NEW.KGSP.TO.W.0021.080420T0058Z-080420T0145Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
858 PM EDT SAT APR 19 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
LINCOLN COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA
* UNTIL 945 PM EDT
* AT 855 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 9 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF LINCOLNTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 29 MPH.
* THE TORNADO EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
CROUSE AROUND 905 PM EDT...
LINCOLNTON AROUND 915 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.
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 3555 8133 3556 8119 3554 8100 3541 8121
3541 8142 3547 8147
TIME...MOT...LOC 0058Z 230DEG 25KT 3543 8137
$$
MOORE3 follow-up statements
000
WWUS52 KGSP 200108
SVSGSP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
908 PM EDT SAT APR 19 2008
NCC109-200145-
/O.CON.KGSP.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-080420T0145Z/
LINCOLN NC-
908 PM EDT SAT APR 19 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM EDT FOR LINCOLN
COUNTY...
AT 904 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR CROUSE...OR ABOUT
5 MILES WEST OF LINCOLNTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 33 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
LINCOLNTON BY 915 PM EDT...
6 MILES NORTHWEST OF IRON STATION BY 920 PM EDT...
DENVER BY 935 PM EDT...
TORNADOES WHICH OCCUR AFTER DARK ARE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS. PEOPLE IN
THE WARNED AREA SHOULD PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR THIS TORNADO. MOBILE
HOMES AND VEHICLES SHOULD BE ABANDONED FOR STURDIER SHELTER.
OTHERWISE...GO TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST LEVEL OF YOUR HOME
OR PLACE OF BUSINESS.
LAT...LON 3555 8133 3556 8119 3554 8100 3541 8121
3541 8142 3547 8147
TIME...MOT...LOC 0108Z 236DEG 28KT 3547 8129
$$
MOORE000
WWUS52 KGSP 200115
SVSGSP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
915 PM EDT SAT APR 19 2008
NCC109-200145-
/O.CON.KGSP.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-080420T0145Z/
LINCOLN NC-
915 PM EDT SAT APR 19 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM EDT FOR NORTHERN
AND CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY...
AT 913 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR LINCOLNTON...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 27 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
DENVER BY 940 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 3543 8122 3545 8132 3553 8136 3555 8133
3556 8124 3555 8123 3555 8113 3554 8100
TIME...MOT...LOC 0115Z 238DEG 24KT 3548 8123
$$
MOORE000
WWUS52 KGSP 200140
SVSGSP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
940 PM EDT SAT APR 19 2008
NCC109-200150-
/O.EXP.KGSP.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-080420T0145Z/
LINCOLN NC-
940 PM EDT SAT APR 19 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAS WEAKENED AND MOVED OUT OF THE
COUNTY...SO THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 3543 8122 3545 8132 3553 8136 3555 8133
3556 8124 3555 8123 3555 8113 3554 8100
TIME...MOT...LOC 0140Z 238DEG 24KT 3557 8106
$$
MOOREThe office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 19, 8:15 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Cleveland, Lincoln | 45 min |
| Apr 19, 8:37 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Cleveland | 24 min |
| Apr 19, 8:49 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Gaston | 11 min |
| Apr 19, 8:52 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Catawba | 38 min |
| Apr 19, 9:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Iredell | 56 min |
| Apr 19, 9:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Davie, Rowan | 59 min |
| Apr 20, 1:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cabarrus | 29 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.