Alert archive / South Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 2009
Tornado Warning 10, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this tornado warning at Apr 10, 2009, 8:41 PM EDT for Greenwood County, South Carolina. It was in force for 34 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
- Apr 10, 2009, 8:41 PM EDT (00:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 10, 2009, 9:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Greenwood County, SC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:43 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 10, 8:50 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Greenwood, SC | NUMEROUS LARGE TREES DOWN ACROSS SOUTH SIDE OF GREENWOOD. MANY ROADS BLOCKED BY FALLEN TREES AND POWER LINES. |
| Apr 10, 9:00 PM EDT | HAIL 1.75 | 5 Se Greenwood, 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 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 10, 6:31 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 238 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
- 1295 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 197 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 258 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS52 KGSP 110041
TORGSP
SCC047-110130-
/O.NEW.KGSP.TO.W.0010.090411T0041Z-090411T0130Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
841 PM EDT FRI APR 10 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
GREENWOOD COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA
* UNTIL 930 PM EDT
* AT 839 PM EDT...WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD NEAR
ABBEVILLE...OR ABOUT 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF VERDERY...MOVING EAST AT
40 MPH.
* THE TORNADO EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
VERDERY AROUND 850 PM EDT...
GREENWOOD AROUND 855 PM EDT...
NINETY SIX AROUND 910 PM EDT...
DYSON AROUND 915 PM EDT...
TORNADOES WHICH OCCUR AFTER DARK ARE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS. PEOPLE IN
THE WARNED AREA SHOULD PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR THIS TORNADO. 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.
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 3395 8205 3397 8205 3398 8209 3397 8220
3401 8224 3397 8228 3399 8231 3405 8233
3411 8226 3415 8224 3422 8224 3426 8227
3424 8199 3413 8186 3395 8200
TIME...MOT...LOC 0041Z 278DEG 36KT 3417 8235
$$2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS52 KGSP 110057
SVSGSP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
857 PM EDT FRI APR 10 2009
SCC047-110130-
/O.CON.KGSP.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-090411T0130Z/
GREENWOOD SC-
857 PM EDT FRI APR 10 2009
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM EDT FOR SOUTHERN
GREENWOOD COUNTY...
AT 856 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE STORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
FROM NINETY SIX TO CALLISON...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO NINETY
SIX AND DYSON
MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES SHOULD BE ABANDONED FOR STURDIER SHELTER.
OTHERWISE...GO TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST LEVEL OF YOUR HOME
OR PLACE OF BUSINESS. MAKE SURE THERE ARE AS MANY WALLS AND FLOORS
BETWEEN YOU AND THE OUTSIDE AS POSSIBLE.
LAT...LON 3395 8205 3397 8205 3398 8209 3397 8220
3401 8224 3401 8225 3402 8226 3405 8227
3410 8223 3414 8220 3420 8218 3425 8217
3424 8199 3413 8186 3395 8200
TIME...MOT...LOC 0057Z 278DEG 36KT 3420 8208 3413 8209
3404 8213 3398 8219
$$000
WWUS52 KGSP 110115
SVSGSP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
915 PM EDT FRI APR 10 2009
SCC047-110124-
/O.CAN.KGSP.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-090411T0130Z/
GREENWOOD SC-
915 PM EDT FRI APR 10 2009
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHERN GREENWOOD COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAS MOVED EAST OF GREENWOOD
COUNTY...SO THE TORNADO WARNING FOR GREENWOOD COUNTY IS CANCELLED.
LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN...WITH OCCASIONAL HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND RUMBLES
OF THUNDER...CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE COUNTY UNTIL AT LEAST 1030
PM.
LAT...LON 3395 8205 3397 8205 3398 8209 3397 8220
3401 8224 3401 8225 3402 8226 3405 8227
3410 8223 3414 8220 3420 8218 3425 8217
3424 8199 3413 8186 3395 8200
TIME...MOT...LOC 0114Z 278DEG 36KT 3418 8188 3411 8189
3402 8193 3396 8199
$$
MOOREWhat 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 Apr 10, 8:26 PM EDT, 15 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 10, 8:26 PM EDT, 15 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 826 PM EDT FRI APR 10 2009 .SYNOPSIS... STRONG LOW PRESSURE WILL PASS BY TO THE NORTH TONIGHT...DRAGGING A COLD FRONT ACROSS THE REGION. HIGH PRESSURE WILL SLOWLY BUILD IN FROM THE NORTHWEST SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. ANOTHER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL APPROACH FROM THE WEST BY MONDAY...BRINGING UNSETTLED WEATHER TO THE REGION THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH SATURDAY/... EXPECT FRONT AND ASSOC STRONG CONVECTION TO MOVE THRU CWA BY MIDNIGHT WITH LINGERING CONVECTION ENDING 06-09Z AS UPPER FORCING CLEARS AREA. STILL EXPECT TEMPS TO BE WARM ENOUGH TO PRECLUDE SNOW AT HIGHER ELEVS AS UPSLOPE SHOWERS LINGER INTO MIDDAY SAT. ADJUSTED POPS AND HOURLY TEMP/DP/RH TO REFLECT LATEST TRENDS. NEW ZONE FCST OUT SOON. PREVIOUS DISCUSSION...AS THE DEEP UPPER LOW PRES CENTER MOVES EAST THROUGH KY LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING...STRONG DPVA AHEAD OF THIS FEATURE WILL LIFT ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA 21Z TO 00Z. MEANWHILE...A 130 KT UPPER LEVEL JET STREAK WILL STRETCH ACROSS THE DEEP SOUTH THIS EVENING...PRODUCING STRONG DIVERGENCE IN THE LEFT EXIT REGION OVER THE WESTERN CAROLINAS. THIS WILL ALLOW CONVECTIVE COVERAGE TO STEADILY INCREASE ACROSS THE AREA. THE MAIN UPPER FORCING WILL MOVE ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA FROM THE WEST BETWEEN ABOUT 8 PM AND 1 AM. LOW LEVEL FLOW SHOULD BEGIN TO BACK SHARPLY TOWARD 21Z...STRONGLY ENHANCING LOW LEVEL HELICITY. A TONGUE OF LOWER 60S DEWPOINTS COINCIDENT WITH THE BETTER SHEAR AXIS WILL TRAVERSE THE SRN PART OF THE FORECAST AREA THIS EVENING TO GREATLY ENHANCE THE ORGANIZED SEVERE TSTM THREAT. A WATCH IS LIKELY LATER THIS AFTERNOON OR THIS EVENING. 850 MB FLOW WILL TURN QUICKLY WESTERLY OVERNIGHT FOLLOWING FROPA...PRODUCING DOWNSLOPE DRYING EAST OF THE MTNS. NORTHWEST FLOW SHOULD ALLOW UPSLOPE SHOWERS TO CONTINUE ALONG THE SPINE OF THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING...ALONG WITH WINDY CONDITIONS IN THE COLD ADVECTION FLOW. PROFILES STAY WARM ENOUGH FOR THE PTYPE TO REMAIN LIQUID. CONTINUED CLEARING THROUGHOUT IS EXPECTED SAT AFTN. A STRONG GRADIENT IN MAX TEMPS WILL DEVELOP...WITH HIGHS GENERALLY IN THE 50S IN THE MTNS AND LOW TO MID 70S IN THE SE PIEDMONT. && .SHORT TERM /SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT/... AS OF 205 PM FRIDAY...UPPER LEVEL RIDGE CONTINUES TO BUILD ACROSS THE MIDWEST SAT NIGHT WHILE THE LAST LOBE OF S/W ENERGY CROSSES THE CWFA TO THE EAST. THE GFS AND THE NAM BOTH AGREE ON THIS WAVE LEAVING THE AREA BY 06Z THUS ENDING ANY REAL CHANCE OF PRECIP. THE 12Z GFS DOES HANG ONTO H85 MOISTURE THROUGH THE DAY SUNDAY WHICH DOESNT MAKE MUCH SENSE CONSIDERING ITS BRINGING IT ACROSS THE MTNS IN DOWNSLOPE FLOW AND INTO AN INCREASING SUBSIDENCE INVERSION. HOWEVER...THE 12Z GFS HAS COME IN DRIER THAN THE 00Z GFS WHICH COMPARES MORE FAVORABLY WITH THE EVEN DRIER 12Z NAM. SO...WONT EXPECT MUCH CLOUD COVER NOR ANY UPSLOPE PRECIP AS DEPICTED BY THE GFS. THE MODELS DO AGREE ON DEVELOPING A FAIRLY STRONG INSITU WEDGE LATE SUNDAY AND MAINTAINING IT THROUGH MON. THE GFS IS MORE BULLISH WITH THE STRENGTH...BUT IN EITHER CASE THE EXPECTED WX SHOULD BE SIMILAR. THIS SITUATION HAS LED TO PUSHING BACK CHC POPS SUN NIGHT UNTIL AFTER 06Z MON FOR THE WRN THIRD OF THE CWFA. BASICALLY A DRY WEDGE SETTING UP SUN...BECOMING A MOIST WEDGE SUN NIGHT THROUGH MON. UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT WILL BE LOW WITH THE NEXT LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM AND COLD FRONT. H5 PVU/S ARE LESS THAN 1 AND H3 DIV REMAINS NW OF THE MTNS. ALSO...ANOTHER SIGN OF THE CLASSICAL GSP SLIT WILL BE INCREASED INSTABILITY TO THE SOUTH AND WEST. BUFKIT SOUNDINGS FOR KGSP INDICATE LI/S WILL REMAIN ABOVE 10 THROUGH MON AND THE NAM KEEPS ALL THE CONVECTIVE PRECIP OVER AL AND SRN GA THROUGH 00Z TUE. SO SUFFICE TO SAY...THE CHC THUNDER HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM THE GRIDS MON. STILL EXPECT LIKELY POPS MON AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS WEDGE CONTINUES TO HOLD AND PROVIDE VERY GOOD ISENTROPIC LIFT FOR WIDESPREAD -RA. MIN TEMPS ARE EXPECTED TO BE RIGHT AROUND NORMAL SUN...AND FEW ABOVE NORMAL MON AS OVC SKIES DEVELOP. HIGHS SHOULD ALSO BE RIGHT AROUND NORMAL SUN...WITH GOOD INSOLATION OFFSETTING AN INCREASING NE/LY FLOW AND WEAK CAA. HIGHS FOR MON WILL BE ABOUT 10 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL AS MOIST WEDGE SETS UP EARLY AND PERSISTS THROUGHOUT THE DAY. && .LONG TERM /TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/... AS OF 240 PM FRIDAY...THE EXT RANGE BEGINS WITH STABLE WEDGE REMAINING IN CONTROL...HOWEVER UPPER DYNAMICS WILL BE INCREASING THROUGH MON NIGHT AND DURING THE DAY TUE. THE WEDGE SHOULD BREAKDOWN BY 12Z AS THE COLD FRONT CROSSES THE REGION. STILL DONT SEE MUCH UPPER SUPPORT WITH THIS FRONT. VORTICITY LOOKS TO REMAIN STREAMLINED WITH UPPER LOW AND THE STRONGEST FORCING CROSSES THE LOWER OH VALLEY. HARD TO JUDGE THE AMOUNT OF LLVL INSTABILITY DEVELOPING TUE AS THE WEDGE BREAKS DOWN FROM THE SW. SOME EVIDENCE EXISTS FOR TS POTENTIAL WITH LI/S DROPPING INTO THE LOWER SINGLE DIGITS AND WEAK ELEVATED CAPE SHOWING UP ON THE SOUNDINGS. ALSO...BOTH THE GFS AND THE ECMWF INDICATE ANOTHER POSSIBLE TRIPLE POINT LOW CROSSING THE UPSTATE AND PIEDMONT BTW 18Z AND 00Z. FOR NOW...WILL KEEP ALL THE PRECIP NON/CONVECTIVE AS TOO MUCH UNCERTAINTY EXISTS WITH THE TIMING OF THE WEDGE BREAKDOWN AND INCREASING INSTABILITY POTENTIAL. A PROGRESSIVE PATTERN IS EXPECTED THO...AND BY 06Z THE FRONT SHOULD BE NEAR THE COAST. ANOTHER WEAK WEDGE BUILDS IN THU AND REMAINS THROUGH FRI AHEAD OF YET ANOTHER SYS PUSHING INTO THE DEEP SOUTH. THE 12Z GFS HAS SLOWED DOWN AND IS MORE INLINE WITH THE 00Z ECMWF. THIS GIVE THE MED RANGE FCST BETTER CONFIDENCE AS THE GFS WAS PRETTY MUCH THE ONLY MODEL HANGING ONTO THE FASTER SOLN. SOLID CHC POPS STILL LOOK GOOD FOR FRI LINGERING INTO SAT AS THE AXIS OF THE SFC TROF SHOWS GOOD CONTIGUITY BTW THE OP MODELS. WONT EXPECT MUCH OF A WARM UP THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK...HOWEVER TEMPS WILL BE RIGHT AROUND NORMAL. THE LLVL WIND FIELD REALLY DOESNT GET A S/LY COMPONENT UNTIL LATE FRI AHEAD OF THE NEXT FRONT...BEFORE THAT A WEAKENING WEDGE WIND FIELD...NE/LY TO SE/LY IS EXPECTED. PLENTY OF SUNSHINE WED THROUGH FRI WILL HELP MAX TEMPS REACH AROUND 70 F NON/MTNS...MID 60S MTNS...IF NOT A FEW DEGREES ABOVE THU AND FRI. && .AVIATION /01Z SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... LINE OF TSTMS MAIN THREAT WITH BACK EDGE OF STRONGEST CONVECTION EXPECTED TO MOVE THRU GSP AROUND 02Z CLEARING KCLT AROUND 04Z. VRB WINDS WITH G18KT DUE TO CONVECTION...STRONGER NEAR STORMS. DAMAGING WIND AND HAIL PSBL ACROSS CWA...ISOLD TORNADOES SC-GA IN LESS STABLE AIR. EXPECT SHOWERS TO LINGER UNTIL AFTER MIDNIGHT...BKN MVFR CIGS INTO EARLY MRNG HOURS. WINDS SWING AROUND SW-NW BEHIND FRONT...BECOMING NW AND GUSTY AFTER DAYBREAK. OUTLOOK...DRY HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO THE REGION SAT EVE THRU SUN. THE NEXT STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING MOISTURE BACK INTO THE AREA SUN NIGHT THRU TUE...WITH ASSOC RESTRICTIONS. IMPROVEMENT EXPECTED MID WEEK. && .GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...HG NEAR TERM...HG/RB SHORT TERM...SBK LONG TERM...SBK AVIATION...RB
Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 10, 8:07 PM EDT, 34 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 807 PM EDT FRI APR 10 2009 GAZ010-017-018-026-120015- RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN- 807 PM EDT FRI APR 10 2009 ...TORNADO WATCH 134 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. TORNADO WATCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER 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. GAZ028-029-SCZ001>014-019-120015- HART-ELBERT-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS- GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG- CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- 807 PM EDT FRI APR 10 2009 ...TORNADO WATCH 135 IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EDT SATURDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. TORNADO WATCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER 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. NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065-068>072-082-501>510-120015- 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- 807 PM EDT FRI APR 10 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA AND WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS THIS EVENING. MOIST...UNSTABLE AIR AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT WILL ALLOW SCATTERED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. THE GREATEST THREAT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS REMAINS ACROSS NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER 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.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Apr 10, 7:38 PM EDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
738 PM EDT FRI APR 10 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0710 PM TORNADO SIX MILE 34.81N 82.82W
04/10/2009 PICKENS SC COUNTY OFFICIAL
BRIEF TORNADO TOUCHDOWN
&&
LGLocal storm report, Apr 10, 7:48 PM EDT, 53 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
748 PM EDT FRI APR 10 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0723 PM TORNADO 2 SE TOWNVILLE 34.54N 82.87W
04/10/2009 ANDERSON SC COUNTY OFFICIAL
POSSIBLE TORNADO...DAMAGE TO MOBILE HOME REPORTED
&&
LGLocal storm report, Apr 10, 8:04 PM EDT, 37 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
804 PM EDT FRI APR 10 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0745 PM TSTM WND DMG ANDERSON 34.52N 82.65W
04/10/2009 ANDERSON SC NEWSPAPER
TREES AND POWER LINES DONW IN TOWN
&&
LGLocal storm report, Apr 10, 8:22 PM EDT, 19 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
822 PM EDT FRI APR 10 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0805 PM TSTM WND DMG ANDERSON 34.52N 82.65W
04/10/2009 ANDERSON SC TRAINED SPOTTER
POWER LINES AND STREET SIGN BLOWN DOWN BY HIGH WINDS
&&
LGLocal storm report, Apr 10, 8:32 PM EDT, 9 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
832 PM EDT FRI APR 10 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0828 PM HAIL CALHOUN FALLS 34.09N 82.60W
04/10/2009 E0.75 INCH ABBEVILLE SC AMATEUR RADIO
BASED ON RADAR...MOST LARGE HAIL NORTH TO NORTHEAST OF
CALHOUN FALLS.
&&
OUTLAWLocal storm report, Apr 10, 8:36 PM EDT, 5 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
836 PM EDT FRI APR 10 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0830 PM HAIL GRAY COURT 34.61N 82.11W
04/10/2009 E0.75 INCH LAURENS SC AMATEUR RADIO
BASED ON RADAR...MOST LARGE HAIL SOUTH OF GRAY COURT.
&&
OUTLAWThe office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 10, 8:01 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Abbeville, Anderson | 44 min |
| Apr 10, 8:12 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Abbeville | 48 min |
| Apr 10, 8:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Union | 31 min |
| Apr 10, 8:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Greenwood, Laurens | 37 min |
| Apr 10, 8:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Chester, Union, York | 59 min |
| Apr 10, 9:19 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Greenville | 86 min |
Nearby
Tornado Warnings in South Carolina, 2009Every tornado warning in 2009Tornadoes 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.