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Tornado Warning 52, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

August 26, 2008Chester County, Union County, South Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this tornado warning at Aug 26, 2008, 6:20 PM EDT for Chester County, Union County, South Carolina. It was in force for 40 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, 6:20 PM EDT (22:20 UTC)
Expired
Aug 26, 2008, 7:00 PM EDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Chester County, SC, Union County, SC

The radar

The Columbia radar (KCAE), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:24 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.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Aug 26, 10:00 AM EDTTornado WatchSPC9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 220 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 12:00Z on 2008-08-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 378 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 12:00Z on 2008-08-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 24 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS52 KGSP 262220
TORGSP
SCC023-087-262300-
/O.NEW.KGSP.TO.W.0052.080826T2220Z-080826T2300Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
620 PM EDT TUE AUG 26 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN UNION COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA
  WESTERN CHESTER COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA

* UNTIL 700 PM EDT

* AT 616 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 14 MILES
  NORTHEAST OF NEWBERRY...OR ABOUT 9 MILES SOUTH OF CARLISLE...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 26 MPH.

* THE TORNADO EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  CARLISLE AROUND 635 PM EDT...
  LEEDS AROUND 645 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 3447 8156 3450 8160 3481 8146 3481 8111
      3455 8132 3456 8141 3455 8142 3449 8142
      3448 8143 3448 8147 3445 8152
TIME...MOT...LOC 2220Z 206DEG 23KT 3448 8149

$$
LG
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS52 KGSP 262250
SVSGSP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
650 PM EDT TUE AUG 26 2008

SCC087-262300-
/O.CAN.KGSP.TO.W.0052.000000T0000Z-080826T2300Z/
UNION SC-
650 PM EDT TUE AUG 26 2008

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL UNION COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH
CAROLINA IS CANCELLED...

LAT...LON 3460 8143 3463 8142 3465 8144 3480 8143
      3481 8111 3456 8131 3456 8136
TIME...MOT...LOC 2250Z 204DEG 23KT 3466 8140

$$

SCC023-262300-
/O.CON.KGSP.TO.W.0052.000000T0000Z-080826T2300Z/
CHESTER SC-
650 PM EDT TUE AUG 26 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT FOR WESTERN
CHESTER COUNTY...

AT 647 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR LEEDS...OR ABOUT
12 MILES WEST OF CHESTER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  RURAL WESTERN CHESTER COUNTY AT 700 PM EDT

LAT...LON 3460 8143 3463 8142 3465 8144 3480 8143
      3481 8111 3456 8131 3456 8136
TIME...MOT...LOC 2250Z 204DEG 23KT 3466 8140

$$
LG

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 Aug 26, 2:32 PM EDT, 3 hours 48 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 26, 2:32 PM EDT, 3 hours 48 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...MCAVOY
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 26, 10:41 AM EDT, 7 hours 39 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

Local storm report, Aug 26, 2:57 PM EDT, 3 hours 23 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.

&&

AKIMBALL
Local storm report, Aug 26, 3:02 PM EDT, 3 hours 18 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.

&&

AKIMBALL
Local storm report, Aug 26, 3:22 PM EDT, 2 hours 58 minutes 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

&&

DEO
Local storm report, Aug 26, 3:33 PM EDT, 2 hours 47 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
333 PM EDT TUE AUG 26 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0230 PM     FLASH FLOOD      MARSHVILLE              34.99N 80.37W
08/26/2008                   UNION              NC   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            SEVERAL FLOODED STREETS IN MARSHVILLE.

&&

AKIMBALL
Local storm report, Aug 26, 5:05 PM EDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
505 PM EDT TUE AUG 26 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0340 PM     TSTM WND DMG     3 SSW PENDLETON         34.61N 82.80W
08/26/2008                   ANDERSON           SC   COUNTY OFFICIAL

            HOUSE DAMAGED ON HWY 187 IN MT TABOR COMMUNITY.

&&

JEFFT
Special weather statement, Aug 26, 5:50 PM EDT, 30 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
550 PM EDT TUE AUG 26 2008

NCZ068-508>510-SCZ003-007>009-012>014-262230-
CHEROKEE-CHESTER-CLEVELAND-EASTERN POLK-GREATER RUTHERFORD-GREENVILLE
MOUNTAINS-LAURENS-POLK MOUNTAINS-SPARTANBURG-UNION-YORK-
550 PM EDT TUE AUG 26 2008

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT CHEROKEE...CLEVELAND...EASTERN
LAURENS...NORTHEASTERN GREENVILLE...NORTHWESTERN CHESTER...
SOUTHEASTERN POLK...SOUTHERN RUTHERFORD...SPARTANBURG...UNION AND
WESTERN YORK COUNTIES THROUGH 630 PM EDT...

AT 546 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM LANDRUM TO 3 MILES
NORTHEAST OF JOANNA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

THESE STORMS WILL PRODCUE VERY HEAVY RAIN WHICH MAY PRODUCE
LOCALIZED FLOODING...GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLY AN ISOLATED TORNADO.

LG

The office that day

Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 26, 8:07 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPYork113 min
Aug 26, 9:18 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningGSPYork4 hr
Aug 26, 12:14 PM EDTTornado WarningGSPChester31 min
Aug 26, 2:01 PM EDTTornado WarningGSPAnderson, Oconee44 min
Aug 26, 2:41 PM EDTTornado WarningGSPOconee, Pickens49 min
Aug 26, 2:44 PM EDTTornado WarningGSPAbbeville, Anderson46 min
Aug 26, 3:23 PM EDTTornado WarningGSPAbbeville, Anderson, Greenville37 min
Aug 26, 3:25 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningGSPOconee4 hr
Aug 26, 3:27 PM EDTTornado WarningGSPAnderson, Pickens48 min
Aug 26, 3:32 PM EDTTornado WarningGSPGreenville, Pickens18 min
Aug 26, 3:33 PM EDTTornado WarningGSPPickens42 min
Aug 26, 3:48 PM EDTTornado WarningGSPChester42 min
Aug 26, 4:07 PM EDTTornado WarningGSPGreenville, Spartanburg38 min
Aug 26, 4:21 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPGreenville84 min
Aug 26, 5:39 PM EDTTornado WarningGSPCherokee, Spartanburg, Union51 min
Aug 26, 6:55 PM EDTTornado WarningGSPChester50 min
Aug 26, 7:03 PM EDTTornado WarningGSPAbbeville27 min
Aug 26, 7:07 PM EDTTornado WarningGSPAbbeville, Anderson29 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.