Alert archive / South Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2009
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 10, 2009, 1:08 PM EDT for Anderson County, Greenville County, South Carolina. It was in force for 37 min. 3 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
- Apr 10, 2009, 1:08 PM EDT (17:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 10, 2009, 1:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Anderson County, SC, Greenville County, SC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 10, 1:08 PM EDT | HAIL 0.75 | 4 Nw Anderson, SC | SPOTTER REPORTS 3/4 INCH HAIL ABOUT 3 MILES NORTH OF THE ANDERSON COUNTY AIRPORT. |
| Apr 10, 1:15 PM EDT | HAIL 0.75 | 5 Nw Anderson, SC | SPOTTER REPORTS 3/4 INCH HAIL ON CLEMSON BLVD...ABOUT 1 MILE SOUTH OF I-85. |
| Apr 10, 1:23 PM EDT | HAIL 0.88 | Pelzer, SC |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
Did it verify
Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm 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 nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 5.1 hours before the alert went out and 231 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 671 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 256 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 292 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS52 KGSP 101708 SVRGSP SCC007-045-101745- /O.NEW.KGSP.SV.W.0021.090410T1708Z-090410T1745Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 108 PM EDT FRI APR 10 2009 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHERN ANDERSON COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA SOUTHERN GREENVILLE COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA * UNTIL 145 PM EDT * AT 105 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES WEST OF ANDERSON...AND WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... ANDERSON BY 115 PM EDT... BELTON BY 125 PM EDT... WILLIAMSTON BY 130 PM EDT... PELZER BY 135 PM EDT... PIEDMONT BY 140 PM EDT... PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM SHOULD BE ALERT FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN CAN OCCUR WITH ANY THUNDERSTORM. SEEK SHELTER INDOORS AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS UNTIL THE STORM PASSES. TO REPORT 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 8229 3455 8231 3445 8280 3453 8287 TIME...MOT...LOC 1705Z 244DEG 34KT 3451 8277 $$ LANE
1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS52 KGSP 101732
SVSGSP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
132 PM EDT FRI APR 10 2009
SCC007-101741-
/O.CAN.KGSP.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-090410T1745Z/
ANDERSON SC-
132 PM EDT FRI APR 10 2009
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN ANDERSON COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
LAT...LON 3455 8231 3461 8244 3469 8247 3472 8246
3483 8229
TIME...MOT...LOC 1731Z 242DEG 40KT 3465 8244
$$
SCC045-101745-
/O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-090410T1745Z/
GREENVILLE SC-
132 PM EDT FRI APR 10 2009
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 PM EDT
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL GREENVILLE COUNTY...
AT 131 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL.
THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES WEST OF FORK SHOALS...OR ABOUT 13
MILES SOUTH OF GREENVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
DONALDSON CENTER AND FORK SHOALS BY 140 PM EDT...
MAULDIN BY 145 PM EDT...
ALTHOUGH LARGE HAIL TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES IS THE MAIN THREAT WITH
THIS STORM...BRIEF DAMAGING WINDS COULD ALSO OCCUR.
LAT...LON 3455 8231 3461 8244 3469 8247 3472 8246
3483 8229
TIME...MOT...LOC 1731Z 242DEG 40KT 3465 8244
$$
LANEWhat 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 10, 11:14 AM EDT, 1 hour 54 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 10, 11:14 AM EDT, 1 hour 54 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1114 AM EDT FRI APR 10 2009 .SYNOPSIS... LOW PRESSURE WILL PASS TO OUR NORTH LATE TODAY WITH ITS ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT CROSSING FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS OUR AREA. THIS FRONT WILL REACH THE CAROLINA COAST SATURDAY MORNING WITH COOL HIGH PRESSURE RIDGING DOWN FROM CANADA INTO SUNDAY. ANOTHER LOW WILL MOVE NORTHEAST FROM TEXAS EARLY IN THE WEEK. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/... WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWS A DEEP VORTEX OVER THE MID MS RIVER VALLEY LATE THIS MORNING...AND THE LATEST SHORT RANGE GUIDANCE IS PRODUCING A DEEPER AND MORE SOUTHERLY TRACK OF THE SYSTEM INTO THE APPALACHIANS THIS EVENING. WIDESPREAD CONVECTION IS ALREADY IN PLACE ACROSS FOOTHILL SECTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA PRESENTLY...AND ADDITIONAL CELLULAR DEVELOPMENT IS EXPECTED TO THE SW IN THE BETTER INSTABILITY AND UPPER FORCING WITH THE JET STREAM. CATEGORICAL POPS WILL CONTINUE TO BE FEATURED THIS AFTERNOON FOR MOUNTAIN AND FOOTHILL LOCATIONS...WHILE POPS WILL BE LOWERED TO LIKELY EAST OF INTERSTATE 77 WHERE DRIER AIR IS IN PLACE. COOLER 500 MB TEMPS WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA FROM THE WEST EARLY THIS AFTERNOON AND SHEAR WILL STEADILY INCREASE TO ENHANCE THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THREAT. A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE TSTMS REMAINS IN PLACE OVER THE SW HALF OF THE CWFA...AND THIS RISK LOOKS EVEN BETTER GIVEN THE ANTICIPATED BACKING OF THE 850 MB FLOW STARTING AROUND 20Z THIS AFTERNOON. WILL CONTINUE TO ADVERTISE WIND AND HAIL THREATS...WITH TORNADOES POSSIBLE...WITH THE HWO. A WATCH IS ANTICIPATED LATER THIS AFTERNOON. THE CONVECTION WILL END RAPIDLY FROM THE WEST WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE TRAILING COLD FRONT SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT. UPSLOPE FLOW MOISTURE MAY KEEP SHOWERS GOING ALONG THE SPINE OF THE NC MTNS OVERNIGHT. && .SHORT TERM /SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/... AS OF 235 AM FRIDAY...GFS AND NAM INDICATE THAT THE SFC COLD FRONT WILL PUSH EAST OF THE CWA BETWEEN 12-15Z SAT. NORTHWEST WINDS BEHIND THE FRONT WILL LIFT REMAINING WRAP AROUND MOISTURE ACROSS THE NC MTNS. LLVL LIFT/MOISTURE COMBINED WITH UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT MAY RESULT IN CHC POPS ACROSS THE NC MTNS...ESPECIALLY DURING THE MORNING. EAST OF THE MTNS...CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN DRY...GUSTY...WITH SEASONABLE TEMPERATURES. DRY HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD OVER THE REGION SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY. AS THE HIGH APPROACHES...SKY COVER AND WINDS WILL DECREASE ACROSS THE CWA. LOW AND HIGH TEMPERATURES ON SUNDAY SHOULD REMAIN WITHIN A COUPLE OF DEGREES OF NORMAL. && .LONG TERM /SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY/... AS OF 255 AM FRIDAY...GFS AND ECMWF BOTH SHOW ANOTHER CLOSED MID LOW ACROSS THE PLAINS SUNDAY NIGHT. AT THE SURFACE...A WARM FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL REACH THE WESTERN CWA AROUND SUNRISE MON. ISENTROPIC LIFT AND INCREASING JET DIVERGENCE WILL SPREAD SHOWERS ACROSS THE CWA THROUGH THE DAY. NEAR ZERO LI VALUES MAY REACH THE NC MTNS DURING THE AFTERNOON...IN ADDITION...SYNOPTIC FORCING WILL LIKELY DEEPEN LIFT INTO THE EARLY EVENING. LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN SHOULD RESULT IN 1-2 INCHES ACROSS THE UPPER SAVANNAH RIVER VALLEY AND EXTREME WESTERN NC...TO AROUND A HALF INCH ALONG AND EAST OF I-77. THE ABUNDANT CLOUD COVER AND WIDESPREAD RAINFALL SHOULD KEEP MAX TEMPERATURES IN THE MID 50S ALONG THE EAST FACING SLOPES TO 60-65 DEGREES ELSEWHERE. RAINFALL RATES WILL DECREASE MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY AS THE SYSTEM TRACKS NORTHEAST. LOW TEMPERATURES SHOULD REMAIN VERY MILD TUESDAY MORNING...WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES NEAR NORMAL TUESDAY AFTERNOON. ON WEDNESDAY...THE LOW PRESSURE TRACK RAPIDLY NORTHEAST DURING THE DAY...MEANWHILE...ANOTHER REGION OF DISTURBED WEATHER WILL MOVE OFF THE ROCKIES AND WILL BEGIN MOVING EAST TOWARD THE APPALACHIANS. MOISTURE AND LIFT ASSOCIATED WITH THE WARM FRONT IS TIMED TO REACH THE FORECAST AREA THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY. I WILL INCREASE THE POP FOR CHC THURSDAY NIGHT...EXPECTING CHC TO CONTINUE INTO THE NEW DAY 7. THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT TEMPERATURES SHOULD VERIFY SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL. && .AVIATION /15Z FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/... MVFR CLOUDS ARE ACCOMPANYING THE HEAVIER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS INTO THE TERMINAL FORECAST AREA LATE THIS MORNING. CONVECTION WITH THIS INITIAL WAVE SHOULD LINGER FROM KHKY TO KGSP TO KAND THROUGH 18Z. SCATTERED STRONGER THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS THEN EXPECTED THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS...WITH MORE WIDESPREAD STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE AFTER 21Z TODAY. IFR CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY NEED TO BE ADVERTISED WITH THE LATER ACTIVITY...ALONG WITH GUSTY WINDS DURING ANY TEMPO TSRA PERIODS. THE SHOWERS AND TSTMS WILL PUSH EAST OF THE REGION AROUND MIDNIGHT TONIGHT...OR SHORTLY THEREAFTER AT KCLT. THE GFS CLEARS SKIES QUICKLY WHILE THE NAM HOLDS ON TO LOWER CIGS. FOR NOW...WILL CONTINUE A COMPROMISE THROUGH THE END OF THE TAF PERIOD...EXCEPT AT KAVL WHERE MVFR CIGS WERE RETAINED IN MOIST NW FLOW. THE WINDS WILL VEER MORE TO THE WEST BY LATE EVENING...BUT SHOULD ONLY TURN OUT OF THE NORTH AT KAVL BY THE END OF THE FORECAST PERIOD. && .GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...DEO NEAR TERM...HG/MCAVOY SHORT TERM...NED LONG TERM...NED AVIATION...HG/MCAVOY
Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 10, 5:04 AM EDT, 8 hours 4 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 504 AM EDT FRI APR 10 2009 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065- 068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-110915- RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-AVERY-ALEXANDER- IREDELL-DAVIE-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-CATAWBA- ROWAN-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA- HENDERSON-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC- CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-GREATER CALDWELL-BURKE MOUNTAINS-GREATER BURKE- MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-EASTERN MCDOWELL-RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS- GREATER RUTHERFORD-POLK MOUNTAINS-EASTERN POLK-OCONEE MOUNTAINS- PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER OCONEE- GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK- ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- 504 AM EDT FRI APR 10 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS THIS EVENING. THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WIND SHEAR AND AN UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE AHEAD OF THE LOW IS LIKELY TO RESULT IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE AREA MOST AT RISK OF SEEING SEVERE WEATHER INCLUDES UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...NORTHEAST GEORGIA...THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS SOUTHWEST OF ASHEVILLE AND A SMALL PART OF NORTH CAROLINA JUST WEST OF CHARLOTTE AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 40. THUNDERSTORMS IN THIS AREA MAY PRODUCE EXCEPTIONALLY LARGE HAIL LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT. DAMAGING WINDS AND A FEW TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE... PARTICULARLY OVER THE UPSTATE AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA. IF TEMPERATURES WARM TO AROUND 70 DEGREES TODAY...THEN SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE EVEN MORE WIDESPREAD AND WILL LIKELY AFFECT AREAS AS FAR NORTH AND EAST AS CHARLOTTE...SALISBURY AND STATESVILLE. HOWEVER...IF CLOUD COVER HOLDS HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE 60S... THEN THE SEVERE THREAT WILL PROBABLY BE CONFINED TO A SMALLER AREA INCLUDING NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE UPSTATE SOUTHWEST OF GREENVILLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...TORNADOES OR FLASH FLOODING TO OUR OFFICE. MCAVOY
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Apr 10, 8:53 AM EDT, 4 hours 15 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 853 AM EDT FRI APR 10 2009 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-NCZ063-064-SCZ001>005-101330- FRANKLIN-GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-HABERSHAM-HART-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-RABUN-SOUTHERN JACKSON-STEPHENS-TRANSYLVANIA- 853 AM EDT FRI APR 10 2009 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT HABERSHAM...NORTHERN FRANKLIN... NORTHWESTERN GREENVILLE...NORTHWESTERN HART...OCONEE...RABUN... SOUTHERN JACKSON...SOUTHERN TRANSYLVANIA...STEPHENS AND WESTERN PICKENS COUNTIES THROUGH 930 AM EDT... AT 851 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 3 MILES WEST OF CLAYTON TO 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LULA...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL BE NEAR... 6 MILES SOUTH OF DILLARD BY 855 AM EDT. TURNERVILLE BY 900 AM EDT. PINE MOUNTAIN BY 910 AM EDT. MOUNTAIN REST BY 915 AM EDT. EASTANOLEE BY 920 AM EDT. LAKE JOCASSEE BY 925 AM EDT. PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. BSH
Special weather statement, Apr 10, 9:43 AM EDT, 3 hours 25 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 943 AM EDT FRI APR 10 2009 GAZ026-028-101430- FRANKLIN-HART- 943 AM EDT FRI APR 10 2009 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT HART AND SOUTHERN FRANKLIN COUNTIES THROUGH 1030 AM EDT... AT 943 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ROYSTON...OR 9 MILES SOUTH OF CARNESVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR... ROYSTON BY 950 AM EDT. CANON BY 955 AM EDT. HARTWELL BY 1005 AM EDT. REED CREEK BY 1010 AM EDT. PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. BSH
Special weather statement, Apr 10, 10:49 AM EDT, 2 hours 19 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1049 AM EDT FRI APR 10 2009 SCZ010-101530- ANDERSON- 1049 AM EDT FRI APR 10 2009 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL ANDERSON COUNTY THROUGH 1130 AM EDT... AT 1048 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF ANDERSON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR... WILLIAMSTON BY 1110 AM EDT. PEA SIZE HAIL...BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL...AND CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. LANE
Special weather statement, Apr 10, 10:53 AM EDT, 2 hours 15 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1053 AM EDT FRI APR 10 2009 GAZ028-101515- HART- 1053 AM EDT FRI APR 10 2009 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHERN HART COUNTY THROUGH 1115 AM EDT... AT 1051 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES WEST OF HARTWELL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR... REED CREEK BY 1100 AM EDT. MOTHBALL SIZE HAIL...BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL AND CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. LANE
Special weather statement, Apr 10, 11:33 AM EDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1133 AM EDT FRI APR 10 2009 GAZ029-SCZ006-007-010>013-019-101645- ELBERT-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS- UNION SC-GREENWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELBERTON...GREENVILLE...SPARTANBURG... ANDERSON...ABBEVILLE...LAURENS...UNION...GREENWOOD 1133 AM EDT FRI APR 10 2009 ...ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR ACROSS SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE UPSTATE THROUGH 1230 PM... AT 1127 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM SOUTHERN ANDERSON COUNTY TO NORTHERN LAURENS AND SOUTHERN GREENVILLE COUNTY. THROUGH 1230 PM...MOST OF THIS ACTIVITY WILL REMAIN JUST SOUTH OF I-85 AS IT APPROACHES SOUTHERN SPARTANBURG AND UNION COUNTIES. ISOLATED EMBEDDED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF PERIODS OF SMALL HAIL...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. LANE
Special weather statement, Apr 10, 12:42 PM EDT, 26 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1242 PM EDT FRI APR 10 2009 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-SCZ001>014-019-101845- RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-OCONEE MOUNTAINS- PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER OCONEE- GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK- ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...CLARKESVILLE...TOCCOA... HARTWELL...ELBERTON...GREENVILLE...SPARTANBURG...GAFFNEY... ROCK HILL...ANDERSON...ABBEVILLE...LAURENS...UNION...CHESTER... GREENWOOD 1242 PM EDT FRI APR 10 2009 ...ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE UPSTATE AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA EARLY THIS AFTERNOON... AT 1239 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA. THROUGH 2 PM...ISOLATED EMBEDDED STRONGER STORMS CAN BE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE BRIEF PERIODS OF SMALL HAIL... FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. MORE SIGNIFICANT THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED LATER THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING HOURS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL NEWS MEDIA FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. LANE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 10, 1:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Greenville, Pickens | 24 min |
| Apr 10, 1:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Oconee | 40 min |
| Apr 10, 1:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Greenville, Spartanburg | 37 min |
| Apr 10, 2:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Anderson, Oconee, Pickens | 40 min |
| Apr 10, 2:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Greenville | 60 min |
| Apr 10, 2:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Greenville, Pickens | 30 min |
| Apr 10, 2:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Greenville, Spartanburg | 51 min |
| Apr 10, 3:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cherokee, York | 40 min |
| Apr 10, 4:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Greenville | 24 min |
| Apr 10, 4:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cherokee, Spartanburg, Union | 45 min |
| Apr 10, 4:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Spartanburg | 36 min |
| Apr 10, 6:24 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Oconee | 51 min |
| Apr 10, 7:05 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Pickens | 39 min |
| Apr 10, 7:08 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Anderson, Oconee | 56 min |
| Apr 10, 7:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Greenville, Spartanburg | 63 min |
| Apr 10, 7:56 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Anderson, Greenville, Laurens | 49 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in South Carolina, 2009Every 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.