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Tornado Warning 45, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this tornado warning at Aug 26, 2008, 3:23 PM EDT for Abbeville County, Anderson County, Greenville County, South Carolina. It was in force for 37 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
- Aug 26, 2008, 3:23 PM EDT (19:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 26, 2008, 4:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Abbeville County, SC, Anderson County, SC, Greenville County, SC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 36 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:24 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 26, 3:58 PM EDT | TORNADO | 5 E Pelzer, SC | GARAGE DESTROYED, SHINGLES OFF ROOFS, YARD FURNITURE BLOWN AROUND, TREES UPROOTED AND LARGE OAK LIMBS TWISTED OFF AT DAVIS AND RICHEY ROADS. 1/2 MILE OF DAMAGE. |
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 35 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 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
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 241 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
- 825 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 459 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 348 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 373 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.3
- Supercell composite
- 13.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS52 KGSP 261923
TORGSP
SCC001-007-045-262000-
/O.NEW.KGSP.TO.W.0045.080826T1923Z-080826T2000Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
323 PM EDT TUE AUG 26 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EASTERN ANDERSON COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA
NORTHEASTERN ABBEVILLE COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA
SOUTHEASTERN GREENVILLE COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA
* UNTIL 400 PM EDT
* AT 320 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 13 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF ANDERSON...OR ABOUT 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HONEA PATH...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
* THE TORNADO EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
HONEA PATH AROUND 335 PM EDT...
BELTON AROUND 340 PM EDT...
PRINCETON AROUND 350 PM EDT...
FORK SHOALS AROUND 400 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 3443 8257 3482 8240 3477 8214 3473 8215
3470 8218 3458 8222 3450 8228 3450 8229
3448 8231 3446 8231 3439 8235
TIME...MOT...LOC 1922Z 208DEG 22KT 3440 8247
$$
LG1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS52 KGSP 261938
SVSGSP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
338 PM EDT TUE AUG 26 2008
SCC001-261948-
/O.CAN.KGSP.TO.W.0045.000000T0000Z-080826T2000Z/
ABBEVILLE SC-
338 PM EDT TUE AUG 26 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN ABBEVILLE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORM THE PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE COUNTY.
LAT...LON 3447 8255 3482 8240 3477 8214 3476 8214
3473 8215 3470 8218 3467 8219 3457 8222
3450 8228 3443 8239
TIME...MOT...LOC 1938Z 198DEG 22KT 3449 8247
$$
SCC007-045-262000-
/O.CON.KGSP.TO.W.0045.000000T0000Z-080826T2000Z/
ANDERSON SC-GREENVILLE SC-
338 PM EDT TUE AUG 26 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN GREENVILLE AND EAST CENTRAL ANDERSON COUNTIES...
AT 333 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 4 MILES SOUTH OF
BELTON...OR ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ANDERSON...MOVING NORTH AT 25
MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
WILLIAMSTON BY 355 PM EDT...
PELZER AND FORK SHOALS BY 400 PM EDT...
LAT...LON 3447 8255 3482 8240 3477 8214 3476 8214
3473 8215 3470 8218 3467 8219 3457 8222
3450 8228 3443 8239
TIME...MOT...LOC 1938Z 198DEG 22KT 3449 8247
$$
MCAVOYWhat 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 Aug 26, 2:32 PM EDT, 51 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 26, 2:32 PM EDT, 51 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
232 PM EDT TUE AUG 26 2008
.SYNOPSIS...
THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION FAY WILL MOVE SLOWLY NORTHEAST
FROM EAST CENTRAL TENNESSEE THIS EVENING TO FAR EASTERN KENTUCKY
LATE WEDNESDAY. AS THE REMAINS OF FAY MOVE NORTH OF THE AREA...THE
RAIN WILL DECREASE. HOWEVER...AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE
NORTHWEST THIS WEEKEND...THE CHANCES OF RAIN WILL RETURN.
&&
.NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/...
AUTOMATED GAGE AND SPOTTER REPORTS ARE INDICATING RAINFALL RATES
APPROACHING AN INCH PER HOUR OVER THE EASTERN SLOPES OF THE
MOUNTAINS AND OVER THE WESTERN FOOTHILLS. EXPECT FLASH FLOODING TO
BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD IN THESE AREAS OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS. THE
ONE GOOD THING IS THAT THE AREA OF FORCING AND STRONG LLVL MOISTURE
TRANSPORT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE HEAVY RAIN IS MOVING RATHER QUICKLY.
THIS SHOULD CUT THE PCPN POTENTIAL OFF AT AROUND 3 TO 5 INCHES ALONG
THE LEE SLOPES THROUGH AROUND MIDNIGHT...BUT THAT/S CERTAINLY
ENOUGH. THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH WILL BE KEPT IN PLACE AND WILL REMAIN
IN EFFECT THROUGH 12 UTC WED.
TORNADO THREAT CONTINUES AS WELL. JUST HAD A CELL DEVELOP IN NE GA
THAT HAD THE FIRST REAL GOOD LOOKING LOW LEVEL VELOCITY COUPLET OF
THE DAY. THIS THREAT SHOULD CONTINUE THROUGH SUNSET. IN FACT...AS
THE LLVL JET THAT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE HEAVY MOUNTAIN RAIN MOVES
THROUGH...THIS SHOULD ALSO HEIGHTEN TORNADO POTENTIAL OVER THE
FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT AS LLVL HELICITY INCREASES.
&&
.SHORT TERM /WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT/...
AS OF 130 PM EDT TUESDAY...THE REMNANTS OF FAY WILL DRIFT NEWD ACRS
ERN TN/KY (JUST WEST OF THE MOUNTAINS) ON WEDNESDAY...AS THE SYSTEM
CONTINUES TO INTERACT WITH AN E-W ORIENTED BNDRY ACRS THE MID
ATLANTIC/CENTRAL APLCNS. SELY LO LVL UPSLOPE FLOW WL
CONTINUE...HOWEVER...THE PRES GRADIENT B/T THE REMNANT LO...AND AN
EAST COAST SFC RDG WL WKN...DECRSG THE AMT OF UPSLOPE FLO BY
WEDNESDAY AFTN. THERE LUKS TO BE ENUF UPSLOPE CONVERGENCE/OMEGA TO
WARRANT A CATEGORICAL POP ALONG THE BLUE RDG ESCARPMENT. THE GFS
DIFFERS FROM THE NAM...IN PUTTING MORE NEG TILT TO THE REMNANT
LO/TROF...WITH A DRY SLOT PUSHING IN E OF THE MTNS BY WEDNESDAY
AFTN. THE NAM KEEPS A STRONGER UPSLOPE COMPONENT AND OVRLL HIER QPF.
I WENT WITH A BLEND OF THE TWO SOLUTIONS...KEEPING LIKELY POP
EVERYWHERE THRU THE AFTN...GRADUALLY TAPERING OFF TO CHC FROM S TO N
WEDNESDAY NGT...AS FAYS REMNANTS CONT TO MV NWD. WITH THE EXPECTED
OVERCAST SKY COVER AND HIGH POPS...MAX TEMPS WEDNESDAY WILL REMAIN
SEVERAL CATEGORIES BLO NORMAL...WITH MIN TEMPS RUNNING NEAR NORMAL.
THURSDAY THRU FRIDAY NIGHT...CLDS CLR OUT...WITH LINGERING UPR SHEAR
AXIS REMAINING OVR THE AREA AND TYPICAL LATE SUMMER AFTN
DESTABILIZATION. I KEEP A SOLID CHC POP ACRS THE NC
MTNS/PIEDMONT...AS INSTBY STILL LUKS GOOD. TEMPS WILL REBOUND CLOSE
TO NORMAL.
&&
.LONG TERM /SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/...
AS OF 2 PM EDT TUESDAY...WENT WITH LATEST HPC GUIDANCE FOR THE
MEDIUM RANGE DUE TO ACTIVE SHORT TERM AND THE LWR THAN AVG
CONFIDENCE IN THE MODEL SOLUTIONS. A NRN STREAM TROF PUSHES INTO THE
GREAT LAKES RGN SATURDAY...WITH AN ASSOC SFC FRONT APPROACHING OUR
AREA FROM THE OHIO VALLEY. A WLY LOW LVL FLOW OUT AHEAD OF THE FRONT
WL LMT THE AVAILABLE MOISTURE FOR THE FROPA. I WL KEEP A SLGT CHC
POP FOR SATURDAY. FOR SUNDAY INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK...UPR RDG BLDS IN
OVR THE ERN CONUS...WITH COOLER SFC HI PRES PUSHING IN FROM THE NW.
THE FRONTAL BNDRY IS FCST TO STALL OVR THE CWFA SUNDAY...WITH A CHC
POP PUT IN FOR SUNDAY.
&&
.AVIATION /19Z TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/...
IFR CIGS HAVE HELD IN THROUGH THE DAY AT THE FOOTHILL TAF SITES.
CIGS HAVE BEGUN TO LIFT ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM KAND TO KCLT.
I KEEP CONDITIONS A LITTLE BETTER AT THOSE TWO SITES THROUGH LATE
AFTERNOON...AND KEEP THE CIGS LOWER AT THE OTHER FOOTHILL SITES.
EVERYONE SHOULD GO BACK DOWN LATER THIS EVENING ONCE WE LOSE DAYTIME
HEATING. KAVL IS DOING IT/S OWN THING AND HAS NOT COME DOWN SO FAR
TODAY. AS FLOW INTO THE FRENCH BROAD VALLEY SHOULD LOWER CIGS AND
INCREASE PCPN RATES THE NEXT FEW HOURS. WINDS WILL REMAIN PRETTY
MUCH OUT OF THE EAST THROUGH THE NIGHT...THOUGH THEY WILL GRADUALLY
SHIFT MORE TO THE SOUTHEAST AS THE CIRCULATION CENTER OF FAY BEGINS
TO LIFT TO OUR NORTH.
OUTLOOK...LOW CIGS AND VSBYS MAY RETURN WED NIGHT AS THERE WILL BE
ABUNDANT MOISTURE IN THE WAKE OF FAY. LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL
CONTINUE INTO THE WEEKEND...WITH A CHANCE OF MORNING CIG/VSBY
RESTRICTIONS AND DIURNAL CONVECTION EACH DAY.
&&
.GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR GAZ010-017-018.
NC...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR NCZ033-048>053-
058-059-062>065-501>510.
SC...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR SCZ001>007.
&&
SYNOPSIS...DEO
NEAR TERM...MCAVOY
SHORT TERM...ARK
LONG TERM...ARK
AVIATION...MCAVOYHazardous weather outlook, Aug 26, 10:41 AM EDT, 4 hours 42 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1041 AM EDT TUE AUG 26 2008 NCZ035>037-056-057-068>070-072-271445- ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON- CABARRUS- 1041 AM EDT TUE AUG 26 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA AND WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. AS THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL SYSTEM FAY PASS JUST WEST OF THE APPALACHIANS...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE WIDESPREAD OVER THE WESTERN PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. LOCALIZED FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE FROM THE HEAVY RAINFALL... ESPECIALLY IN URBAN AREAS. ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE WITH ANY STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS...ESPECIALLY FOR LOCATIONS SOUTHEAST OF INTERSTATE 85 AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 77. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY...THEN WILL BEGIN TO DECREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY. A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AS DRIER AIR ALOFT SPREADS OVER THE MOST AIR LEFT BEHIND FROM THE REMNANTS OF FAY...CAUSING THE ATMOSPHERE TO BECOME VERY UNSTABLE IN THE AFTERNOON. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED. GAZ026-028-029-NCZ071-082-SCZ008>014-019-271445- FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-MECKLENBURG-UNION NC-CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON- ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- 1041 AM EDT TUE AUG 26 2008 ...TORNADO WATCH 866 IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY 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. AS THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL SYSTEM FAY PASS JUST WEST OF THE APPALACHIANS...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE WIDESPREAD OVER THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT OF THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA TODAY AND TONIGHT. LOCALIZED FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE FROM THE HEAVY RAINFALL... ESPECIALLY IN URBAN AREAS. ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE WITH ANY STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS... ESPECIALLY FOR LOCATIONS SOUTHEAST OF INTERSTATE 85. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY...THEN WILL BEGIN TO DECREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY. A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AS DRIER AIR ALOFT SPREADS OVER THE MOST AIR LEFT BEHIND FROM THE REMNANTS OF FAY...CAUSING THE ATMOSPHERE TO BECOME VERY UNSTABLE IN THE AFTERNOON. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED. GAZ010-017-018-NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-501>510-SCZ001-002-004- 005-271445- RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD- BUNCOMBE-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- OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS- 1041 AM EDT TUE AUG 26 2008 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FLASH FLOOD WATCH. THERE IS ALSO A THREAT FOR ISOLATED TORNADOES TODAY INTO TONIGHT. GUSTY WINDS WILL ALSO DEVELOP AS THE REMNANTS OF FAY MOVE CLOSER TO THE MOUNTAINS THIS AFTERNOON. THE COMBINATION OF WET GROUND AND GUSTY WINDS WILL LIKELY DOWN A FEW TREES...ESPECIALLY AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FLASH FLOOD WATCH. WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY...THEN WILL BEGIN TO DECREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY. A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AS DRIER AIR ALOFT SPREADS OVER THE MOST AIR LEFT BEHIND FROM THE REMNANTS OF FAY...CAUSING THE ATMOSPHERE TO BECOME VERY UNSTABLE IN THE AFTERNOON. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED. SCZ003-006-007-271445- GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG- 1041 AM EDT TUE AUG 26 2008 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... ...TORNADO WATCH 866 IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY 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. FLASH FLOOD WATCH. AS THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL SYSTEM FAY PASS JUST WEST OF THE APPALACHIANS...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE WIDESPREAD OVER THE SOUTH CAROLINA UPSTATE TODAY AND TONIGHT. LOCALIZED FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE FROM THE HEAVY RAINFALL...ESPECIALLY IN URBAN AREAS. ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE WITH ANY STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS...ESPECIALLY FOR LOCATIONS SOUTHEAST OF INTERSTATE 85. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FLASH FLOOD WATCH. WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY...THEN WILL BEGIN TO DECREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY. A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AS DRIER AIR ALOFT SPREADS OVER THE MOST AIR LEFT BEHIND FROM THE REMNANTS OF FAY...CAUSING THE ATMOSPHERE TO BECOME VERY UNSTABLE IN THE AFTERNOON. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED. MCAVOY
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 26, 2:24 PM EDT, 59 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 224 PM EDT TUE AUG 26 2008 GAZ010-017-018-NCZ062-SCZ001-261930- HABERSHAM-MACON-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-RABUN-STEPHENS- 224 PM EDT TUE AUG 26 2008 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH GUSTY WINDS AND VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL AFFECT EASTERN RABUN...SOUTHEASTERN HABERSHAM...SOUTHEASTERN MACON...STEPHENS AND WESTERN OCONEE COUNTIES THROUGH 330 PM EDT... AT 220 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVLOPING OVER THE AREA MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH. SOME LOCALIZED FLOODING IS POSSIBLE. * OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO TURNERVILLE...TOCCOA...TALLULAH FALLS...SKY VALLEY...PINE MOUNTAIN...MOUNTAIN CITY...LAKEMONT...HOLLYWOOD...EASTANOLEE... DILLARD...CLAYTON...BOYDVILLE...SCALY...MOUNTAIN REST AND LONG CREEK. LG
Local storm report, Aug 26, 2:45 PM EDT, 38 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
245 PM EDT TUE AUG 26 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1215 PM TORNADO REED CREEK 34.44N 82.92W
08/26/2008 HART GA COUNTY OFFICIAL
A FEW HOMES AND OTHER STRUCTURES DAMAGED IN THE REED
CREEK AREA.
&&
DEOLocal storm report, Aug 26, 2:45 PM EDT, 38 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
245 PM EDT TUE AUG 26 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
215 PM TORNADO REED CREEK 34.44N 82.92W
08/26/2008 HART GA COUNTY OFFICIAL
A FEW HOMES AND OTHER STRUCTURES DAMAGED IN THE REED
CREEK AREA.
&&
DEOLocal storm report, Aug 26, 2:57 PM EDT, 26 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
257 PM EDT TUE AUG 26 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0256 PM TORNADO CLEMSON 34.68N 82.81W
08/26/2008 PICKENS SC TRAINED SPOTTER
TORNADO SITED ON THE GROUND IN CLEMSON.
&&
AKIMBALLLocal storm report, Aug 26, 3:02 PM EDT, 21 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
302 PM EDT TUE AUG 26 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0220 PM TORNADO REED CREEK 34.44N 82.92W
08/26/2008 HART GA PUBLIC
PERSON REPORTED TREES DOWN AND TORNADO SEEN ON SUGAR CANE
RD.
&&
AKIMBALLLocal storm report, Aug 26, 3:22 PM EDT, 1 minute before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
322 PM EDT TUE AUG 26 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1222 PM TSTM WND DMG WESTMINSTER 34.67N 83.09W
08/26/2008 OCONEE SC AMATEUR RADIO
TREE FELL ON MOBILE HOME. ONE PERSON TRAPPED INSIDE
&&
DEOThe 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 | York | 113 min |
| Aug 26, 9:18 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | York | 4 hr |
| Aug 26, 12:14 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Chester | 31 min |
| Aug 26, 2:01 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Anderson, Oconee | 44 min |
| Aug 26, 2:41 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Oconee, Pickens | 49 min |
| Aug 26, 2:44 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Abbeville, Anderson | 46 min |
| Aug 26, 3:25 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Oconee | 4 hr |
| Aug 26, 3:27 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Anderson, Pickens | 48 min |
| Aug 26, 3:32 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Greenville, Pickens | 18 min |
| Aug 26, 3:33 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Pickens | 42 min |
| Aug 26, 3:48 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Chester | 42 min |
| Aug 26, 4:07 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Greenville, Spartanburg | 38 min |
| Aug 26, 4:21 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Greenville | 84 min |
| Aug 26, 5:39 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Cherokee, Spartanburg, Union | 51 min |
| Aug 26, 6:20 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Chester, Union | 40 min |
| Aug 26, 6:55 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Chester | 50 min |
| Aug 26, 7:03 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Abbeville | 27 min |
| Aug 26, 7:07 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Abbeville, Anderson | 29 min |
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Tornado Warnings in South Carolina, 2008Every tornado warning in 2008Tornadoes in 2008
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.