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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 17, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

April 2, 2009Greenville County, Oconee County, Pickens County, South Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 2, 2009, 3:27 AM EDT for Greenville County, Oconee County, Pickens 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 counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 2, 2009, 3:27 AM EDT (07:27 UTC)
Expired: Apr 2, 2009, 4:07 AM EDT
In force: 40 min
Issued by: NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Greenville County, SC, Oconee County, SC, Pickens County, SC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Apr 2, 1:48 AM EDT, 1 hour 39 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 2, 1:48 AM EDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 1, 3:26 PM EDT, 12 hours 1 minute before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 2, 3:06 PM EDT	Lake Wind Advisory	GSP	Alexander, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell, Catawba, Cleveland and 10 more	27 hr
Apr 2, 3:06 PM EDT	Wind Advisory	GSP	Alexander, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell and 22 more	27 hr
Apr 2, 7:42 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Cherokee, Spartanburg	108 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in South Carolina, 2009 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2009

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.