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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

April 10, 2009Elbert County, Georgia

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this tornado warning at Apr 10, 2009, 7:56 PM EDT for Elbert County, Georgia. It was in force for 49 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 10, 2009, 7:56 PM EDT (23:56 UTC)
Expired
Apr 10, 2009, 8:45 PM EDT
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Elbert County, GA

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:57 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.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 10, 6:31 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 181 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2009-04-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2009-04-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 256 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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 102356
TORGSP
GAC105-110045-
/O.NEW.KGSP.TO.W.0006.090410T2356Z-090411T0045Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  ELBERT COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA

* UNTIL 845 PM EDT

* AT 755 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 9 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF ELBERTON...OR ABOUT 3 MILES WEST OF DEWY ROSE...MOVING
  SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE TORNADO EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  DEWY ROSE AROUND 800 PM EDT...
  ELBERTON AROUND 810 PM EDT...
  RUCKERSVILLE AROUND 815 PM EDT...
  MIDDLETON AROUND 820 PM EDT...
  FORTSONIA AROUND 825 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 3397 8261 3397 8265 3398 8266 3397 8280
      3415 8307 3422 8296 3423 8280 3419 8274
      3416 8273 3411 8266 3396 8256 3396 8259
TIME...MOT...LOC 2356Z 301DEG 31KT 3416 8299

$$
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS52 KGSP 110007
SVSGSP

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

GAC105-110045-
/O.CON.KGSP.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-090411T0045Z/
ELBERT GA-
807 PM EDT FRI APR 10 2009

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM EDT FOR ELBERT
COUNTY...

AT 806 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR RUCKERSVILLE...OR
ABOUT 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF ELBERTON...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  LAKE RUSSELL BY 815 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.

LAT...LON 3397 8261 3397 8265 3398 8266 3397 8280
      3415 8307 3422 8296 3423 8280 3419 8274
      3416 8273 3411 8266 3396 8256 3396 8259
TIME...MOT...LOC 0008Z 288DEG 37KT 3415 8280

$$
000 
WWUS52 KGSP 110041
SVSGSP

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

GAC105-110050-
/O.EXP.KGSP.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-090411T0045Z/
ELBERT GA-
841 PM EDT FRI APR 10 2009

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR ELBERT COUNTY EXPIRES AT 845 PM EDT...

SEVERAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE MOVING EAST ACROSS ELBERT COUNTY 
THROUGH 930 PM...BUT THE THREAT OF A TORNADO HAS DIMINISHED.  
THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

LAT...LON 3397 8261 3397 8265 3398 8266 3397 8280
      3415 8307 3422 8296 3423 8280 3419 8274
      3416 8273 3411 8266 3396 8256 3396 8259
TIME...MOT...LOC 0040Z 288DEG 37KT 3405 8242

$$

MOORE

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, 7:38 PM EDT, 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 10, 7:38 PM EDT, 18 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
738 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 /00Z 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
SHORT TERM...SBK
LONG TERM...SBK
AVIATION...RB
Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 10, 7:01 PM EDT, 55 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, 7:27 PM EDT, 29 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
727 PM EDT FRI APR 10 2009

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

0715 PM     TORNADO          2 S PENDLETON           34.62N 82.78W
04/10/2009                   ANDERSON           SC   PUBLIC

            BRIEF TORNADO TOUCHDOWN...DEBRIS OBSERVED IN DISTANCE AND
            TREE LIMBS DOWN. ALSO HAD 1 INCH HAIL.

&&

LG
Special weather statement, Apr 10, 7:28 PM EDT, 28 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
728 PM EDT FRI APR 10 2009

GAZ026-028-029-110015-
ELBERT-FRANKLIN-HART-
728 PM EDT FRI APR 10 2009

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT FRANKLIN...HART AND NORTHERN
ELBERT COUNTIES THROUGH 815 PM EDT...

AT 725 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CARNESVILLE...MOVING EAST AT
45 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  ROYSTON BY 740 PM EDT.
  HARTWELL BY 755 PM EDT.

SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.

INTENSE LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. IF OUTDOORS...STAY
AWAY FROM ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES. MOVE INDOORS IF
POSSIBLE. WHEN INDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS AND AVOID
USING TELEPHONES UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY. TRY TO UNPLUG UNNECESSARY
ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES BEFORE THE THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES.

ARK
Special weather statement, Apr 10, 7:34 PM EDT, 22 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
734 PM EDT FRI APR 10 2009

SCZ003-006-110000-
GREATER GREENVILLE-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-
734 PM EDT FRI APR 10 2009

...GUSTY THUNDERSTORMS TO AFFECT GREENVILLE COUNTY THROUGH 800 PM
EDT...

AT 732 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
GUSTY THUNDERSTORMS NEAR POWDERSVILLE...OR 9 MILES WEST OF
GREENVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WHITE HORSE
  ROAD AT I-85...PELHAM ROAD AT I-85...SHOPS AT GREENRIDGE...
  CHERRYDALE POINT...LAKE ROBINSON...GREENVILLE DOWNTOWN...HAYWOOD
  MALL...FURMAN UNIVERSITY...DONALDSON CENTER...FIVE FORKS...
  WELCOME...TRAVELERS REST...TIGERVILLE...TAYLORS...SIMPSONVILLE...
  PARIS MOUNTAIN STATE PARK...MAULDIN...MARIETTA...GREER...GREENVILLE
  AND BEREA.

WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.

--CTAMARKERNO-
Special weather statement, Apr 10, 7:34 PM EDT, 22 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
734 PM EDT FRI APR 10 2009

SCZ003-006-110000-
GREATER GREENVILLE-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-
734 PM EDT FRI APR 10 2009

...GUSTY THUNDERSTORMS TO AFFECT GREENVILLE COUNTY THROUGH 800 PM
EDT...

AT 732 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
GUSTY THUNDERSTORMS NEAR POWDERSVILLE...OR 9 MILES WEST OF
GREENVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WHITE HORSE
  ROAD AT I-85...PELHAM ROAD AT I-85...SHOPS AT GREENRIDGE...
  CHERRYDALE POINT...LAKE ROBINSON...GREENVILLE DOWNTOWN...HAYWOOD
  MALL...FURMAN UNIVERSITY...DONALDSON CENTER...FIVE FORKS...
  WELCOME...TRAVELERS REST...TIGERVILLE...TAYLORS...SIMPSONVILLE...
  PARIS MOUNTAIN STATE PARK...MAULDIN...MARIETTA...GREER...GREENVILLE
  AND BEREA.

WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.
Local storm report, Apr 10, 7:38 PM EDT, 18 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

&&

LG
Local storm report, Apr 10, 7:48 PM EDT, 8 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

&&

LG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 10, 1:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPHabersham, Rabun40 min
Apr 10, 2:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPHart40 min
Apr 10, 5:43 PM EDTTornado WarningGSPHabersham, Rabun62 min
Apr 10, 6:28 PM EDTTornado WarningGSPFranklin, Stephens47 min
Apr 10, 7:08 PM EDTTornado WarningGSPHart56 min
Apr 10, 7:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPElbert, Hart40 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.