Alert archive / South Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 53, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this tornado warning at Aug 26, 2008, 6:55 PM EDT for Chester County, South Carolina. It was in force for 50 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
- Aug 26, 2008, 6:55 PM EDT (22:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 26, 2008, 7:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Chester County, SC
The radar
The Columbia radar (KCAE), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:56 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, 7:15 PM EDT | TORNADO | 3 S Cornwell, SC | TREES ON POWERLINES FROM 8 SOUTH OF CHESTER NEAR CORNWELL STRETCHING NE TO FORT LAWN. |
| Aug 26, 7:25 PM EDT | TORNADO | 10 Se Chester, SC | TREES DOWN ON POWERLINES OFF HWY 97 SE OF CHESTER. |
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 2 storm reports to this tornado warning; the first came 20 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 |
| Aug 26, 6:52 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 12 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 194 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 262255
TORGSP
SCC023-262345-
/O.NEW.KGSP.TO.W.0053.080826T2255Z-080826T2345Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
655 PM EDT TUE AUG 26 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EASTERN CHESTER COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA
* UNTIL 745 PM EDT
* AT 651 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 13 MILES SOUTH
OF CHESTER...OR ABOUT 8 MILES WEST OF BLACKSTOCK...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 26 MPH.
* THE TORNADO EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
CORNWELL AROUND 710 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 3454 8099 3454 8106 3455 8119 3455 8130
3456 8130 3482 8110 3482 8102 3481 8088
TIME...MOT...LOC 2255Z 205DEG 23KT 3455 8128
$$
LG1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS52 KGSP 262341
SVSGSP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
741 PM EDT TUE AUG 26 2008
SCC023-262351-
/O.EXP.KGSP.TO.W.0053.000000T0000Z-080826T2345Z/
CHESTER SC-
741 PM EDT TUE AUG 26 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN CHESTER COUNTY EXPIRES AT 745 PM
EDT...
THE CIRCULATION WITHIN THE STORM HAS DISSIPATED AND IS NO LONGER
A THREAT.
LAT...LON 3454 8099 3454 8106 3455 8119 3455 8130
3456 8130 3482 8110 3482 8102 3481 8088
TIME...MOT...LOC 2341Z 205DEG 23KT 3482 8113
$$
DICARLOWhat 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, 4 hours 23 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 26, 2:32 PM EDT, 4 hours 23 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, 8 hours 14 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, 3:02 PM EDT, 3 hours 53 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, 3 hours 33 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
&&
DEOLocal storm report, Aug 26, 3:33 PM EDT, 3 hours 22 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.
&&
AKIMBALLLocal storm report, Aug 26, 5:05 PM EDT, 1 hour 50 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.
&&
JEFFTSpecial weather statement, Aug 26, 5:50 PM EDT, 1 hour 5 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
Local storm report, Aug 26, 6:24 PM EDT, 31 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
624 PM EDT TUE AUG 26 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0340 PM TORNADO 5 SSW PENDLETON 34.58N 82.82W
08/26/2008 ANDERSON SC NEWSPAPER
AT MT TABOR RD AND HWY 187 HOME DAMAGED, TREE ON MOBILE
HOME, PATH OF DEBRIS, FUNNEL SEEN AND TRAIN SOUND HEARD
BY ZION CHURCH MINISTER.
&&
TJBThe 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, 3:23 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Abbeville, Anderson, Greenville | 37 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, 7:03 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Abbeville | 27 min |
| Aug 26, 7:07 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Abbeville, Anderson | 29 min |
Nearby
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.