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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

April 10, 2009Anderson County, Oconee County, South Carolina; Hart County, Georgia

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this tornado warning at Apr 10, 2009, 7:08 PM EDT for Anderson County, Oconee County, South Carolina; Hart County, Georgia. It was in force for 56 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, 7:08 PM EDT (23:08 UTC)
Expired: Apr 10, 2009, 8:04 PM EDT
In force: 56 min
Issued by: NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Hart County, GA, Anderson County, SC, Oconee County, SC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:10 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, 7:15 PM EDT	TORNADO	2 S Pendleton, SC	BRIEF TORNADO TOUCHDOWN...DEBRIS OBSERVED IN DISTANCE AND TREE LIMBS DOWN. ALSO HAD 1 INCH HAIL.
Apr 10, 7:23 PM EDT	TORNADO	2 Se Townville, SC	POSSIBLE TORNADO...DAMAGE TO MOBILE HOME REPORTED
Apr 10, 7:45 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Anderson, SC	TREES AND POWER LINES DONW IN TOWN
Apr 10, 8:05 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Anderson, SC	POWER LINES AND STREET SIGN BLOWN DOWN BY HIGH WINDS

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

Did it verify

Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched 2 storm reports to this tornado warning; the first came 7 minutes after it went out.

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

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 199 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 102308
TORGSP
GAC147-SCC007-073-110015-
/O.NEW.KGSP.TO.W.0005.090410T2308Z-090411T0015Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN HART COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA
  CENTRAL ANDERSON COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA
  SOUTHEASTERN OCONEE COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA

* UNTIL 815 PM EDT

* AT 706 PM EDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD 9
  MILES NORTHEAST OF CARNESVILLE...OR ABOUT 5 MILES SOUTH OF LAKE
  HARTWELL...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE TORNADO EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  LAKE HARTWELL AROUND 710 PM EDT...
  FAIR PLAY AROUND 725 PM EDT...
  REED CREEK AROUND 730 PM EDT...
  TOWNVILLE AROUND 740 PM EDT...
  SANDY SPRINGS AROUND 800 PM EDT...
  ANDERSON AROUND 810 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 3449 8306 3452 8308 3457 8315 3458 8314
      3465 8287 3465 8284 3460 8285 3467 8277
      3472 8258 3449 8251 3447 8251 3439 8310
TIME...MOT...LOC 2308Z 255DEG 24KT 3448 8313

$$
ARK

3 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS52 KGSP 102331 RRA
SVSGSP

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

GAC147-SCC073-102341-
/O.CAN.KGSP.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-090411T0015Z/
HART GA-OCONEE SC-
731 PM EDT FRI APR 10 2009

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN OCONEE AND NORTHERN HART
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

LAT...LON 3446 8287 3448 8291 3448 8298 3455 8291
      3467 8276 3472 8258 3460 8255 3449 8251
      3447 8251 3443 8285
TIME...MOT...LOC 2331Z 265DEG 32KT 3449 8284

$$

SCC007-110015-
/O.CON.KGSP.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-090411T0015Z/
ANDERSON SC-
731 PM EDT FRI APR 10 2009

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM EDT FOR CENTRAL
ANDERSON COUNTY...

AT 730 PM EDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD. 
THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SANDY SPRINGS...OR
ABOUT 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF HARTWELL...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  ANDERSON BY 750 PM EDT...

LAT...LON 3446 8287 3448 8291 3448 8298 3455 8291
      3467 8276 3472 8258 3460 8255 3449 8251
      3447 8251 3443 8285
TIME...MOT...LOC 2331Z 265DEG 32KT 3449 8284

$$
ARK

000 
WWUS52 KGSP 102341
SVSGSP

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

SCC007-110015-
/O.CON.KGSP.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-090411T0015Z/
ANDERSON SC-
741 PM EDT FRI APR 10 2009

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM EDT FOR CENTRAL
ANDERSON COUNTY...

AT 741 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES WEST OF
ANDERSON...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  ANDERSON BY 755 PM EDT...

IF YOU ARE IN A VEHICLE...ABANDON IT NOW FOR A STURDY SHELTER. IF NO
SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...SEEK OUT A LOW SPOT IN AN OPEN AREA AWAY FROM
THE ROAD. SHIELD YOUR HEAD FROM THE DANGERS OF FLYING DEBRIS. AVOID
SEEKING SHELTER UNDER HIGHWAY OVERPASSES.

LAT...LON 3446 8287 3448 8291 3448 8298 3455 8291
      3467 8276 3472 8258 3460 8255 3449 8251
      3447 8251 3443 8285
TIME...MOT...LOC 2341Z 260DEG 23KT 3450 8275

$$
ARK

000 
WWUS52 KGSP 110004
SVSGSP

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

SCC007-110014-
/O.CAN.KGSP.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-090411T0015Z/
ANDERSON SC-
804 PM EDT FRI APR 10 2009

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL ANDERSON COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

THE TORNADIC STORM HAS MOVED EAST OF THE WARNED AREA.

LAT...LON 3446 8287 3448 8291 3448 8298 3455 8291
      3467 8276 3472 8258 3460 8255 3449 8251
      3447 8251 3443 8285
TIME...MOT...LOC 0004Z 260DEG 23KT 3452 8258

$$
ARK

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, 4 hours 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 10, 2:43 PM EDT, 4 hours 25 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, 7:01 PM EDT, 7 minutes before

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

GAZ010-017-018-026-NCZ051-052-058-059-062-063-112315-
RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-GRAHAM-
NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-
701 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...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>014-019-112315-
HART-ELBERT-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-
GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-
CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD-
701 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>050-053-056-057-064-065-068>072-082-501>510-
112315-
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-
701 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 APPROACHING COLD
FRONT WILL ALLOW SCATTERED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP
THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. THE GREATEST THREAT ACROSS NORTH
CAROLINA WILL BE DAMAGING WIND AND LARGE HAIL THIS EVENING.

WHILE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAY AFFECT ANY LOCATION IN THE WESTERN
CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA THIS EVENING...LOCATIONS ACROSS
NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA WILL SEE THE GREATEST
THREAT.

.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, 6:28 PM EDT, 40 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, 40 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

Local storm report, Apr 10, 6:46 PM EDT, 22 minutes before

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

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

0117 PM     HAIL             6 SW TOCCOA             34.52N 83.40W
04/10/2009  E1.00 INCH       STEPHENS           GA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            SPOTTER ALSO RECORDED 48 MPH WINDS.

&&

KRENTZ

Local storm report, Apr 10, 6:46 PM EDT, 22 minutes before

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

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

617 PM     HAIL             6 SW TOCCOA             34.52N 83.40W
04/10/2009  E1.00 INCH       STEPHENS           GA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            SPOTTER ALSO RECORDED 48 MPH WINDS.

&&

KRENTZ

Local storm report, Apr 10, 6:50 PM EDT, 18 minutes before

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

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

0630 PM     TORNADO          12 W WALHALLA           34.77N 83.27W
04/10/2009                   OCONEE             SC   PUBLIC

            PUBLIC REPORTED BRIEF TORNADO.

&&

KRENTZ

Local storm report, Apr 10, 7:06 PM EDT, 2 minutes before

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

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

0654 PM     HAIL             5 S TOCCOA              34.51N 83.32W
04/10/2009  E1.00 INCH       STEPHENS           GA   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

LG

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
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, 1:35 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, 7:42 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

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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.