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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

April 10, 2009Abbeville County, South Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this tornado warning at Apr 10, 2009, 8:12 PM EDT for Abbeville County, South Carolina. It was in force for 48 min. 5 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, 8:12 PM EDT (00:12 UTC)
Expired: Apr 10, 2009, 9:00 PM EDT
In force: 48 min
Issued by: NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Abbeville County, SC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:14 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, 8:28 PM EDT	HAIL 0.75	Calhoun Falls, SC	BASED ON RADAR...MOST LARGE HAIL NORTH TO NORTHEAST OF CALHOUN FALLS.
Apr 10, 8:28 PM EDT	HAIL 1.75	Calhoun Falls, SC	COOP OBSERVER SAID THE HAIL IN CALHOUN FALLS RANGED UP TO GOLF BALL SIZED AND CAUSED DAMAGE.
Apr 10, 8:30 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Abbeville, SC	SPOTTER REPORTED GETTING INFORMATION FROM VARIOUS SOURCES IN THE COUNTY. POWER IS OUT FOR MUCH OF ABBEVILLE COUNTY SO THE EXTENT OF DAMAGE WILL BE EVALUATED THEN. THERE ARE REPORTS OF DAMAGE TO A MOBILE HOME PARK AS WELL AS MANY STANDING HOMES. ONE REPORT OF A
Apr 10, 8:45 PM EDT	HAIL 0.25	6 E Abbeville, SC	PEA TO PENNY SIZED HAIL REPORTED NEAR THE ABBEVILLE GREENWOOD COUNTY BORDER.
Apr 10, 8:45 PM EDT	HAIL 0.75	6 E Abbeville, SC	PEA TO PENNY SIZED HAIL REPORTED NEAR THE ABBEVILLE GREENWOOD COUNTY BORDER.

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

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, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 270 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: 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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS52 KGSP 110012
TORGSP
SCC001-110100-
/O.NEW.KGSP.TO.W.0009.090411T0012Z-090411T0100Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  ABBEVILLE COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA

* UNTIL 900 PM EDT

* AT 810 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 8 MILES
  NORTHEAST OF ELBERTON...OR ABOUT 6 MILES WEST OF LOWNDESVILLE...
  MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

* THE TORNADO EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  LOWNDESVILLE AROUND 815 PM EDT...
  CALHOUN FALLS AROUND 825 PM EDT...
  ABBEVILLE AROUND 840 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 3402 8259 3413 8268 3418 8274 3421 8274
      3424 8270 3431 8253 3429 8231 3421 8224
      3419 8223 3408 8229 3405 8239 3407 8247
      3406 8253
TIME...MOT...LOC 0012Z 281DEG 38KT 3418 8273

$$

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS52 KGSP 110030
SVSGSP

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

SCC001-110100-
/O.CON.KGSP.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-090411T0100Z/
ABBEVILLE SC-
830 PM EDT FRI APR 10 2009

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT FOR SOUTHERN
ABBEVILLE COUNTY...

AT 830 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 8 MILES WEST OF
ABBEVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  ABBEVILLE BY 840 PM EDT...

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO THREAT...DAMAGING HAIL TO THE SIZE OF 
QUARTERS 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 3402 8259 3413 8259 3430 8250 3429 8231
      3421 8224 3418 8224 3408 8229 3405 8239
      3407 8247 3406 8253
TIME...MOT...LOC 0030Z 281DEG 38KT 3414 8251

$$

000 
WWUS52 KGSP 110052
SVSGSP

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

SCC001-110101-
/O.EXP.KGSP.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-090411T0100Z/
ABBEVILLE SC-
852 PM EDT FRI APR 10 2009

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHERN ABBEVILLE COUNTY EXPIRES AT 900
PM EDT...

THE SEVERE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING IS CURRENTLY ALONG THE 
ABBEVILLE/GREENWOOD COUNTY LINE AND WILL CONTINUE MOVING SOUTHEAST...
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL EXPIRE ON SCHEDULE.

LAT...LON 3402 8259 3413 8259 3430 8250 3429 8231
      3421 8224 3418 8224 3408 8229 3405 8239
      3407 8247 3406 8253
TIME...MOT...LOC 0051Z 281DEG 38KT 3409 8225

$$

The 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, 8:23 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, 8:41 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	GSP	Greenwood	34 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

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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.