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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 23, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

April 10, 2009Oconee County, South Carolina; Habersham County, Rabun County, Georgia

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 10, 2009, 1:35 PM EDT for Oconee County, South Carolina; Habersham County, Rabun County, Georgia. 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 10, 2009, 1:35 PM EDT (17:35 UTC)
Expired: Apr 10, 2009, 2:15 PM EDT
In force: 40 min
Issued by: NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Habersham County, GA, Rabun County, GA, Oconee County, SC

The radar

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What forecasters said that day

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NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Apr 10, 11:14 AM EDT, 2 hours 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 10, 11:14 AM EDT, 2 hours 21 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 10, 5:04 AM EDT, 8 hours 31 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 10, 9:43 AM EDT, 3 hours 52 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 10, 10:49 AM EDT, 2 hours 46 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 10, 10:53 AM EDT, 2 hours 42 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.

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Special weather statement, Apr 10, 11:33 AM EDT, 2 hours 2 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 10, 12:42 PM EDT, 53 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

Local storm report, Apr 10, 1:25 PM EDT, 10 minutes 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 10, 2:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Henderson, Polk	60 min
Apr 10, 3:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Cleveland	40 min
Apr 10, 4:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Gaston, Mecklenburg	45 min
Apr 10, 4:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Cabarrus, Rowan	15 min
Apr 10, 4:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Mitchell, Yancey	27 min
Apr 10, 4:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Cabarrus, Rowan	36 min
Apr 10, 4:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Polk, Rutherford	36 min
Apr 10, 5:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Graham, Macon, Swain	93 min
Apr 10, 5:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Rowan	14 min
Apr 10, 5:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Cabarrus, Gaston, Mecklenburg	40 min
Apr 10, 1:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Anderson, Greenville	37 min
Apr 10, 1:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Greenville, Pickens	24 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, 2:32 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, 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, 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
Apr 10, 5:43 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	GSP	Habersham, Rabun	62 min
Apr 10, 6:28 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	GSP	Franklin, Stephens	47 min
Apr 10, 7:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Elbert, Hart	40 min
Apr 10, 7:56 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	GSP	Elbert	49 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Georgia, 2009 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.