Alert archive / North Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 41, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this tornado warning at Aug 26, 2008, 1:16 PM EDT for Union County, North Carolina. It was in force for 36 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 26, 2008, 1:16 PM EDT (17:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 26, 2008, 1:52 PM EDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Union County, NC
The radar
The Columbia radar (KCAE), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:17 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 26, 10:00 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 5.3 hours before the alert went out and 151 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
- 378 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -12 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 608 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 24 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 72 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS52 KGSP 261716
TORGSP
NCC179-261800-
/O.NEW.KGSP.TO.W.0041.080826T1716Z-080826T1800Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
116 PM EDT TUE AUG 26 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
WESTERN UNION COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA
* UNTIL 200 PM EDT
* AT 114 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 9 MILES NORTH OF
LANCASTER...OR ABOUT 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WAXHAW...MOVING NORTH AT
17 MPH.
* THE TORNADO EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
WAXHAW AROUND 130 PM EDT...
WEDDINGTON AROUND 155 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 3483 8073 3484 8080 3488 8080 3489 8080
3494 8079 3497 8081 3502 8081 3510 8062
TIME...MOT...LOC 1715Z 187DEG 15KT 3486 8080
$$
LG2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS52 KGSP 261742
SVSGSP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
142 PM EDT TUE AUG 26 2008
NCC179-261800-
/O.CON.KGSP.TO.W.0041.000000T0000Z-080826T1800Z/
UNION NC-
142 PM EDT TUE AUG 26 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM EDT FOR WEST
CENTRAL UNION COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...
AT 140 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A POSSIBLE TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 4 MILES
NORTHWEST OF WAXHAW...OR ABOUT 14 MILES WEST OF MONROE...MOVING
NORTH AT 17 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
WEDDINGTON BY 155 PM EDT...
LAT...LON 3491 8070 3490 8079 3488 8080 3494 8079
3497 8081 3502 8081 3509 8063 3508 8063
TIME...MOT...LOC 1742Z 187DEG 15KT 3497 8078
$$
LG000
WWUS52 KGSP 261752
SVSGSP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
152 PM EDT TUE AUG 26 2008
NCC179-261802-
/O.CAN.KGSP.TO.W.0041.000000T0000Z-080826T1800Z/
UNION NC-
152 PM EDT TUE AUG 26 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL UNION COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT
OF NORTH CAROLINA IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND LOST ITS
ROTATION.
LAT...LON 3491 8070 3490 8079 3488 8080 3494 8079
3497 8081 3502 8081 3509 8063 3508 8063
TIME...MOT...LOC 1752Z 330DEG 20KT 3493 8075
$$
LGThe office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 26, 8:07 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Gaston, Mecklenburg | 113 min |
| Aug 26, 9:18 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Mecklenburg | 4 hr |
| Aug 26, 10:05 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Union | 115 min |
| Aug 26, 10:30 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Union | 30 min |
| Aug 26, 10:37 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Mecklenburg | 3 hr |
| Aug 26, 11:17 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Buncombe, Henderson, McDowell, Polk, Rutherford, Yancey | 118 min |
| Aug 26, 12:04 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | McDowell, Rutherford | 3 hr |
| Aug 26, 1:34 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Mitchell, Yancey | 3 hr |
| Aug 26, 2:15 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Union | 3 hr |
| Aug 26, 3:32 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Henderson, Transylvania | 18 min |
| Aug 26, 5:27 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Jackson, Transylvania | 10 hr |
| Aug 26, 5:55 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Macon | 6 hr |
| Aug 26, 7:05 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Haywood, Jackson | 6 hr |
Nearby
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.