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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

April 10, 2009Franklin County, Stephens County, Georgia

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this tornado warning at Apr 10, 2009, 6:28 PM EDT for Franklin County, Stephens County, Georgia. It was in force for 47 min. 4 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, 6:28 PM EDT (22:28 UTC)
Expired: Apr 10, 2009, 7:15 PM EDT
In force: 47 min
Issued by: NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Franklin County, GA, Stephens County, GA

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:29 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, 6:54 PM EDT	HAIL 1	5 S Toccoa, GA
Apr 10, 6:55 PM EDT	HAIL 1.75	Eastanolee, GA
Apr 10, 7:05 PM EDT	FUNNEL CLOUD	2 Nw Lavonia, GA
Apr 10, 7:06 PM EDT	TSTM WND GST 60	Lavonia, GA	VERY STRONG WINDS AND OBSERVED A FUNNEL CLOUD. ELECTRIC TRANSFORMER ALSO EXPLODED NEARBY.

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, 3:39 PM EDT	Tornado Watch PDS	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 163 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WFUS52 KGSP 102228
TORGSP
GAC119-257-102315-
/O.NEW.KGSP.TO.W.0003.090410T2228Z-090410T2315Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
628 PM EDT FRI APR 10 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA
  STEPHENS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA

* UNTIL 715 PM EDT

* AT 628 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 14 MILES NORTH
  OF COMMERCE...OR ABOUT 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BOYDVILLE...MOVING
  EAST AT 45 MPH.

* THE TORNADO EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  BOYDVILLE AROUND 645 PM EDT...
  EASTANOLEE AROUND 650 PM EDT...
  AVALON AND MARTIN AROUND 655 PM EDT...
  WHITWORTH AND LAVONIA AROUND 700 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 3443 8339 3446 8340 3448 8347 3456 8340
      3462 8326 3448 8306 3435 8313 3432 8340
TIME...MOT...LOC 2229Z 249DEG 38KT 3440 8352

$$

3 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS52 KGSP 102241
SVSGSP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
641 PM EDT FRI APR 10 2009

GAC119-257-102315-
/O.CON.KGSP.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-090410T2315Z/
FRANKLIN GA-STEPHENS GA-
641 PM EDT FRI APR 10 2009

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM EDT FOR STEPHENS
AND NORTHERN FRANKLIN COUNTIES...

AT 640 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTH OF
BOYDVILLE...OR ABOUT 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF CARNESVILLE...MOVING EAST
AT 45 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  EASTANOLEE BY 650 PM EDT...
  AVALON AND MARTIN BY 655 PM EDT...
  LAVONIA BY 700 PM EDT...
  WHITWORTH BY 705 PM EDT...

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO THREAT...DAMAGING HAIL TO THE SIZE OF
GOLFBALLS WILL PRECEDE THE TORNADO. WIND DRIVEN HAIL OF THIS SIZE
POSES A SIGNIFICANT RISK OF INJURY AND DAMAGE. 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.

LAT...LON 3437 8339 3443 8339 3446 8340 3448 8346
      3456 8340 3462 8326 3448 8306 3436 8313
TIME...MOT...LOC 2241Z 249DEG 38KT 3445 8338

$$

000 
WWUS52 KGSP 102258
SVSGSP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
658 PM EDT FRI APR 10 2009

GAC119-257-102315-
/O.CON.KGSP.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-090410T2315Z/
FRANKLIN GA-STEPHENS GA-
658 PM EDT FRI APR 10 2009

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM EDT FOR EASTERN
STEPHENS AND NORTHERN FRANKLIN COUNTIES...

AT 657 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 4 MILES SOUTH OF
EASTANOLEE...OR ABOUT 7 MILES NORTH OF CARNESVILLE...MOVING EAST AT
45 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  MARTIN AND AVALON BY 705 PM EDT...
  WHITWORTH BY 710 PM EDT...

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO THREAT...DAMAGING HAIL TO THE SIZE OF 
GOLFBALLS WILL PRECEDE THE TORNADO. WIND DRIVEN HAIL OF THIS SIZE 
POSES A SIGNIFICANT RISK OF INJURY AND DAMAGE. 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.

LAT...LON 3441 8314 3438 8331 3443 8335 3446 8336
      3450 8335 3455 8335 3462 8326 3448 8306
TIME...MOT...LOC 2258Z 249DEG 38KT 3447 8325

$$

000 
WWUS52 KGSP 102305
SVSGSP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
705 PM EDT FRI APR 10 2009

GAC119-257-102315-
/O.EXP.KGSP.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-090410T2315Z/
FRANKLIN GA-STEPHENS GA-
705 PM EDT FRI APR 10 2009

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN STEPHENS AND NORTHERN FRANKLIN
COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 715 PM EDT...

LAT...LON 3441 8314 3438 8331 3443 8335 3446 8336
      3450 8335 3455 8335 3462 8326 3448 8306
TIME...MOT...LOC 2305Z 249DEG 38KT 3450 8316

$$

KRENTZ

What 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, 2:43 PM EDT, 3 hours 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 10, 2:43 PM EDT, 3 hours 45 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
243 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/...
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 /19Z FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
CONVECTION CONTINUES TO FIRE ALONG AND NW OF THE INTERSTATE 85
CORRIDOR THIS AFTERNOON IN A REGION OF STRONGER LOW LEVEL
CONVERGENCE AND UPSLOPE FLOW. THE GREATEST THUNDERSTORM THREAT
THROUGH 21Z WILL BE FROM KAND TO KGSP...BUT THUNDERSTORMS WILL
BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS
AS THE BETTER UPPER SUPPORT ARRIVES. TEMPO IFR CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED IN THE HEAVIEST SHOWERS...WITH GENERALLY PERSISTENT MVFR
CONDITIONS ELSEWHERE. FLOW WILL REMAIN SOUTHERLY...WITH A FEW GUSTS
NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. THE BEST COVERAGE OF THUNDERSTORMS...WITH THE
HIGHEST RISK OF ASSOCIATED LIGHTNING AND SEVERE GUSTS...WILL BE FROM
00Z WEST TO 05Z EAST WITH CONVECTION ALONG THE MAIN FRONTAL PASSAGE.

AT KCLT...SHOWERS WILL INCREASE FROM THE SW...WITH TEMPO
THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON. MORE WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORMS
WILL DEVELOP BY 00Z THIS EVENING. SSW WINDS WILL BACK SLIGHTLY TO
SOUTH AHEAD OF THE APPROACHING FRONT...AND STRONG TO SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY CROSS THE TERMINAL BETWEEN 02Z AND 05Z
LATER THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO WESTERLY BEHIND THE PASSING
FRONT...WITH MVFR CONDITIONS SLOW TO SCATTER THROUGH DAYBREAK.

OUTLOOK...DRY HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO THE REGION SAT AFTERNOON
THROUGH SUNDAY. THE NEXT STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING MOISTURE BACK INTO
THE AREA SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY...WITH ASSOCIATED RESTRICTIONS
DEVELOPING. SOME IMPROVEMENT IS EXPECTED TOWARD THE MIDDLE OF NEXT
WEEK.

&&

.GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...NONE.
NC...NONE.
SC...NONE.

&&

SYNOPSIS...HG
NEAR TERM...HG
SHORT TERM...SBK
LONG TERM...SBK
AVIATION...HG

Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 10, 3:43 PM EDT, 2 hours 45 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
343 PM EDT FRI APR 10 2009

GAZ010-017-018-026-NCZ051-052-058-059-062-063-111945-
RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-GRAHAM-
NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-
343 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 AND WESTERN
NORTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON 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.

LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS THIS
EVENING. MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR IN ADVANCE OF THE APPROACHING COLD
FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS LOW WILL ALLOW SCATTERED SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. THROUGH
6 PM THIS EVENING...THE GREATEST THREAT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
WILL BE ACROSS NORTHEAST GEORGIA...UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...AND
THE SOUTHERN FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA. LARGE HAIL
WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT ASSOCIATED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS.

WINDS WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE REGION THIS EVENING AHEAD OF THE
COLD FRONT...ALLOWING THUNDERSTORMS TO BECOME MORE ORGANIZED. THE
THREAT WILL THEN SHIFT FROM HAIL TO A COMBINATION OF
WIND...HAIL...AND POSSIBLE ISOLATED TORNADOES THROUGH LATE
EVENING.

WHILE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAY AFFECT ANY LOCATION IN THE WESTERN
CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA THIS EVENING...LOCATIONS SOUTH OF
A LINE FROM ASHEVILLE TO CHARLOTTE WILL SEE THE GREATEST THREAT. A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OR TORNADO WATCH WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED THIS
EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF LARGE
HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...TORNADOES OR FLASH FLOODING TO OUR OFFICE.

GAZ028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>050-053-056-057-064-065-068>072-082-
501>510-SCZ001>014-019-111945-
HART-ELBERT-AVERY-ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-
BUNCOMBE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-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-
343 PM 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...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS THIS
EVENING. MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR IN ADVANCE OF THE APPROACHING COLD
FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS LOW WILL ALLOW SCATTERED SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. THROUGH
6 PM THIS EVENING...THE GREATEST THREAT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
WILL BE ACROSS NORTHEAST GEORGIA...UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...AND
THE SOUTHERN FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA. LARGE HAIL
WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT ASSOCIATED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS.

WINDS WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE REGION THIS EVENING AHEAD OF THE
COLD FRONT...ALLOWING THUNDERSTORMS TO BECOME MORE ORGANIZED. THE
THREAT WILL THEN SHIFT FROM HAIL TO A COMBINATION OF
WIND...HAIL...AND POSSIBLE ISOLATED TORNADOES THROUGH LATE
EVENING.

WHILE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAY AFFECT ANY LOCATION IN THE WESTERN
CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA THIS EVENING...LOCATIONS SOUTH OF
A LINE FROM ASHEVILLE TO CHARLOTTE WILL SEE THE GREATEST THREAT. A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OR TORNADO WATCH WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED THIS
EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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, 6:14 PM EDT, 14 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
614 PM EDT FRI APR 10 2009

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0600 PM     HAIL             GASTONIA                35.25N 81.17W
04/10/2009  E0.75 INCH       GASTON             NC   PUBLIC

&&

LG

Local storm report, Apr 10, 6:15 PM EDT, 13 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
615 PM EDT FRI APR 10 2009

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0429 PM     HAIL             3 E CENTER CITY CHARLOT 35.23N 80.79W
04/10/2009  E0.75 INCH       MECKLENBURG        NC   PUBLIC

&&

LG

Local storm report, Apr 10, 6:17 PM EDT, 11 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
617 PM EDT FRI APR 10 2009

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0420 PM     HAIL             KANNAPOLIS              35.49N 80.62W
04/10/2009  E0.75 INCH       CABARRUS           NC   PUBLIC

&&

LG

Special weather statement, Apr 10, 6:20 PM EDT, 8 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
620 PM EDT FRI APR 10 2009

NCZ036-056-057-069>072-SCZ008-009-102245-
CABARRUS-CATAWBA-CHEROKEE-GASTON-IREDELL-LINCOLN-MECKLENBURG-ROWAN-
YORK-
620 PM EDT FRI APR 10 2009

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT EASTERN CHEROKEE...EASTERN
LINCOLN...GASTON...NORTHERN YORK...NORTHWESTERN CABARRUS...
SOUTHEASTERN CATAWBA...SOUTHERN IREDELL...WESTERN MECKLENBURG AND
WESTERN ROWAN COUNTIES THROUGH 645 PM EDT...

AT 617 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 4 MILES WEST OF
TERRELL TO 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DALLAS TO HICKORY GROVE...MOVING EAST
AT 35 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO I-77 AT
  I-85...CAROWINDS...MOUNTAIN ISLAND LAKE...LAKE NORMAN...TERRELL...
  STANLEY...RANLO...PAW CREEK...MOUNT ULLA...MOUNT HOLLY...
  MOORESVILLE...MCADENVILLE...LUCIA...LOWESVILLE...LOWELL...IRON
  STATION...HUNTERSVILLE...HIGH SHOALS...GASTONIA...ENOCHVILLE...
  DENVER...DAVIDSON...DALLAS...CROWDERS...CROFT...CRAMERTON...
  CORNELIUS...BESSEMER CITY...BELMONT...YORK...TEGA CAY...SMYRNA...
  SHARON...LAKE WYLIE...KINGS MOUNTAIN STATE PARK...HICKORY GROVE AND
  CLOVER.

SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE
STORMS. BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO EXPECTED ALONG THE LINE.

ARK

Local storm report, Apr 10, 6:28 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
628 PM EDT FRI APR 10 2009

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0117 PM     HAIL             BATESVILLE              34.75N 83.61W
04/10/2009  E1.50 INCH       HABERSHAM          GA   PUBLIC

            CAR DAMAGED.

&&

KRENTZ

Local storm report, Apr 10, 6:28 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
628 PM EDT FRI APR 10 2009

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

617 PM     HAIL             BATESVILLE              34.75N 83.61W
04/10/2009  E1.50 INCH       HABERSHAM          GA   PUBLIC

            CAR DAMAGED.

&&

KRENTZ

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 10, 1:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Habersham, Rabun	40 min
Apr 10, 2:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Hart	40 min
Apr 10, 5:43 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	GSP	Habersham, Rabun	62 min
Apr 10, 7:08 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	GSP	Hart	56 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

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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.