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Tornado Warning 36, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this tornado warning at Jul 6, 2008, 1:33 PM EDT for Catawba County, Lincoln County, North Carolina. It was in force for 42 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
- Jul 6, 2008, 1:33 PM EDT (17:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 6, 2008, 2:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Catawba County, NC, Lincoln County, NC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 6, 1:45 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | 6 Nw Lincolnton, NC | |
| Jul 6, 2:00 PM EDT | TORNADO | 2 Sw Newton, NC | HAM RADIO OPERATOR RELAYED REPORT OF FUNNEL CLOUD ON THE GROUND. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
Did it verify
Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched one storm report to this tornado warning; the first came 27 minutes after it went out.
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 nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 130 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
- 831 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 474 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 9 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 15 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 061733 TORGSP NCC035-109-061815- /O.NEW.KGSP.TO.W.0036.080706T1733Z-080706T1815Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 133 PM EDT SUN JUL 6 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... WESTERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA CATAWBA COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA * UNTIL 215 PM EDT * AT 132 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF LINCOLNTON...OR ABOUT 3 MILES EAST OF VALE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 9 MPH. * THE TORNADO EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... MAIDEN AND NEWTON AROUND 215 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 3579 8115 3556 8098 3541 8138 3557 8150 TIME...MOT...LOC 1733Z 239DEG 8KT 3554 8135 $$ DICARLO
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS52 KGSP 061801 SVSGSP SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 200 PM EDT SUN JUL 6 2008 NCC035-109-061815- /O.CON.KGSP.TO.W.0036.000000T0000Z-080706T1815Z/ LINCOLN NC-CATAWBA NC- 200 PM EDT SUN JUL 6 2008 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 PM EDT FOR SOUTHERN CATAWBA AND NORTH CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTIES... AT 158 PM EDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD AT THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 321 AND HIGHWAY 9 IN CATABA COUNTY. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 5 MILES WEST OF MAIDEN...OR ABOUT 7 MILES NORTH OF LINCOLNTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 9 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... MAIDEN AND NEWTON BY 215 PM EDT... LAT...LON 3571 8110 3556 8098 3548 8140 3561 8144 TIME...MOT...LOC 1800Z 239DEG 8KT 3557 8129 $$ DICARLO
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 Jul 6, 1:28 PM EDT, 5 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 6, 1:28 PM EDT, 5 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 128 PM EDT SUN JUL 6 2008 .SYNOPSIS... A WEAK STATIONARY FRONT WILL REMAIN JUST NORTH AND WEST OF THE FORECAST AREA BEFORE DISSIPATING EARLY IN THE WORK WEEK. HIGH PRESSURE WILL STRENGTHEN OFF THE ATLANTIC COAST THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE CAROLINAS FROM THE NORTHWEST BY LATE IN THE WEEK. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/... EXPECT SHWRS/TSTMS TO REDEVELOP THIS AFTN AND BECOME MORE NUMEROUS THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS AS BETTER UPPER FORCING MOVES ACROSS AREA. CHANCE POPS WILL LINGER OVERNIGHT. THREAT OF SEVERE STORMS SLIGHTLY HIGHER THAN YESTERDAY...ESP OVER W CWA WHERE MODELS SHOW DRIER AIR WORKING IN AT THE MID LEVELS. WILL STILL NEED SOME PRETTY BIG CORES OF 50-55DBZ UP AROUND 28-30KFT...WITH WIND DAMAGE THE MAIN CONCERN. TWEAKED GRIDS TO REFLECT LATEST TRENDS/GUIDANCE BUT NO MAJOR ADJUSTMENTS NEEDED WITH THIS UPDATE. LOWS TONIGHT GENERALLY IN THE 60S WITH SOME 50S IN THE MTNS. && .SHORT TERM /MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT/... AS OF 240 AM SUNDAY...THE OPERATIONAL MODELS APPEAR TO BE CONVERGING TOWARD A SOLUTION OF PROGRESSING THE TROUGH EAST OF THE AREA BY MONDAY AFTERNOON...WITH DRYING OCCURRING THROUGH A DEEP LAYER. DESPITE THIS...THE NAM BLOWS UP QUITE A BIT OF CONVECTION IN THE LEE MON AFTERNOON WITHIN AN AXIS OF STRONG CONVERGENCE. IT/S INTERESTING THAT THE GFS HAS THIS AREA OF CONVERGENCE AS WELL...BUT DOES NOT INITIATE ANY CONVECTION DUE TO DRY AIR/WEAK INSTABILITY. WE HAVE OPTED TO INCLUDE LOW CHANCE POPS IN AREAS FROM THE BLUE RIDGE EAST MON AFTERNOON/EVENING. TUESDAY APPEARS TO BE A CARBON COPY OF MONDAY FROM THE MODELS PERSPECTIVE...WITH THE NAM ONCE AGAIN BLOWING UP CONVECTION IN THE LEE...WHILE THE GFS IS DRIER. SLIGHT TO LOW CHANCE POPS WILL BE FEATURED ACROSS THE AREA ONCE AGAIN TUE AFTERNOON/EVENING. TEMPERATURES WILL GENERALLY BE WITHIN A CATEGORY OF CLIMATOLOGY THROUGH THE PERIOD. && .LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/... AS OF 250 AM SUNDAY...A RATHER TYPICAL SUMMER PATTERN IS EXPECTED THROUGH MUCH OF THE EXTENDED...AS THE SUB-TROPICAL RIDGE/BERMUDA HIGH NOSES INTO THE SOUTHEAST BY MID-WEEK. THIS WILL RESULT IN MAINLY DIURAL/WIDELY SCATTERED CONVECTION...MAX TEMPS IN THE 90S AND LOWS FROM THE MID 60S TO AROUND 70. COVERAGE OF CONVECTION MAY INCR BY LATE WEEK...AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE OHIO VALLEY. && .AVIATION /18Z SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/... TSTMS ARE THE MAIN THREAT AND WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND MOVE E ACROSS THE CWA THRU THIS EVE. UPPER FORCING COULD KEEP IT GOING INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS SO HAVE VCTS AND CB CLOUDS CONTINUING UNTIL AT LEAST 06Z ALL SITES. EXPECT MORE MVFR FOG/STRATUS EARLY MONDAY WITH PATCHY IFR PSBL AROUND DAYBREAK. OUTLOOK...LITTLE OVERALL CHANGE THRU DAY FIVE. AS SFC RIDGE REMAINS OFFSHORE BRINGING MOISTURE UP OVER REGION EXPECT MAINLY DIURNAL CONVECTION WITH ASSOC HAZARDS. && .GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...JDL NEAR TERM...RB SHORT TERM...JDL LONG TERM...JDL AVIATION...RB
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 6, 6:09 AM EDT, 7 hours 24 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 609 AM EDT SUN JUL 6 2008 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065- 068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-071015- RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-AVERY-ALEXANDER- IREDELL-DAVIE-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-CATAWBA- ROWAN-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA- HENDERSON-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC- CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-GREATER CALDWELL-BURKE MOUNTAINS-GREATER BURKE- MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-EASTERN MCDOWELL-RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS- GREATER RUTHERFORD-POLK MOUNTAINS-EASTERN POLK-OCONEE MOUNTAINS- PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER OCONEE- GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK- ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- 609 AM EDT SUN JUL 6 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA AGAIN TODAY. THE MAIN THREATS WITH THESE STORMS WILL BE FROM FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. HOWEVER...ISOLATED SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE FORM OF DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED AGAIN ON MONDAY. A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. LANE
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 6, 7:45 AM EDT, 5 hours 48 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 745 AM EDT SUN JUL 6 2008 SCZ003-005>007-061245- GREATER GREENVILLE-GREATER PICKENS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-SPARTANBURG- 745 AM EDT SUN JUL 6 2008 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL GREENVILLE...EASTERN PICKENS AND WESTERN SPARTANBURG COUNTIES THROUGH 845 AM EDT... AT 736 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR FURMAN UNIVERSITY...OR 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF GREENVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR... TAYLORS BY 805 AM EDT. LAKE ROBINSON BY 815 AM EDT. GREER BY 825 AM EDT. SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. KRENTZ
Special weather statement, Jul 6, 1:32 PM EDT, 1 minute before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 132 PM EDT SUN JUL 6 2008 NCZ071-082-SCZ009-061830- MECKLENBURG-UNION-YORK- 132 PM EDT SUN JUL 6 2008 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EASTERN YORK...MECKLENBURG AND NORTHWESTERN UNION COUNTIES THROUGH 230 PM EDT... AT 128 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR FORT MILL...OR 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF ROCK HILL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 18 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO I-77 AT I-85...CAROWINDS...UNIONVILLE...CENTER CITY CHARLOTTE...SOUTHPARK MALL...EASTLAND MALL...UNC CHARLOTTE...WEDDINGTON...WAXHAW... STALLINGS...PINEVILLE...MINT HILL...MATTHEWS...INDIAN TRAIL... FAIRVIEW...CROFT...TEGA CAY AND FORT MILL. SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. LIGHTNING IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR 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. 07
The office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 6, 1:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Catawba, Lincoln | 56 min |
| Jul 6, 1:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Mecklenburg, Union | 64 min |
| Jul 6, 2:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Catawba, Lincoln | 58 min |
| Jul 6, 3:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Gaston, Lincoln | 33 min |
| Jul 6, 3:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Buncombe, Henderson, Polk, Rutherford | 53 min |
| Jul 6, 3:57 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Union | 2 hr |
| Jul 6, 4:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Rowan | 57 min |
| Jul 6, 4:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Polk, Rutherford | 55 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.