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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 28, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 8, 2010, 6:55 PM EDT for Greenwood County, South Carolina. It was in force for 35 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 8, 2010, 6:55 PM EDT (22:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 8, 2010, 7:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Greenwood County, SC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:55 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.
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 8, 4:28 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 236 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
- 7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -320 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 784 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 155 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 156 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Apr 8, 6:51 PM EDT, 4 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 8, 6:51 PM EDT, 4 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 8, 5:54 PM EDT, 1 hour 1 minute before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 554 PM EDT THU APR 8 2010 GAZ018-026-NCZ035>037-056-057-068-069-502-504-506-508-510-SCZ001-004- 092200- STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-CLEVELAND- LINCOLN-GREATER CALDWELL-GREATER BURKE-EASTERN MCDOWELL- GREATER RUTHERFORD-EASTERN POLK-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-GREATER OCONEE- 554 PM EDT THU APR 8 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL FALL TO BETWEEN 20 AND 25 PERCENT FRIDAY AND SATURDAY AFTERNOONS. DEPENDING UPON HOW MUCH RAIN FALLS TODAY...HEIGHTENED FIRE DANGER IS POSSIBLE EACH DAY. AREAS OF FROST MAY ALSO BEEN SEEN EARLY SATURDAY AND SUNDAY MORNINGS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... NONE. GAZ028-029-NCZ070>072-082-SCZ002-003-005>014-019-092200- HART-ELBERT-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC-PICKENS MOUNTAINS- GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG- CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- 554 PM EDT THU APR 8 2010 ...TORNADO WATCH 66 IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA 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...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL FALL TO BETWEEN 20 AND 25 PERCENT FRIDAY AND SATURDAY AFTERNOONS. DEPENDING UPON HOW MUCH RAIN FALLS TODAY...HEIGHTENED FIRE DANGER IS POSSIBLE EACH DAY. AREAS OF FROST MAY ALSO BEEN SEEN EARLY SATURDAY AND SUNDAY MORNINGS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...TORNADOES OR FLASH FLOODING TO OUR OFFICE. NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-501-503-505-092200- AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM- NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON- CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-BURKE MOUNTAINS-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS- 554 PM EDT THU APR 8 2010 ...FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FREEZE WATCH. RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL FALL TO BETWEEN 20 AND 25 PERCENT OVER PARTS OF THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA BOTH FRIDAY AND SATURDAY AFTERNOONS. DEPENDING UPON HOW MUCH RAIN FALLS TODAY...HEIGHTENED FIRE DANGER IS POSSIBLE EACH DAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... NONE. GAZ010-017-NCZ507-509-092200- RABUN-HABERSHAM-RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-POLK MOUNTAINS- 554 PM EDT THU APR 8 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL FALL TO BETWEEN 20 AND 25 PERCENT FRIDAY AND SATURDAY AFTERNOONS. DEPENDING UPON HOW MUCH RAIN FALLS TODAY...HEIGHTENED FIRE DANGER IS POSSIBLE EACH DAY. AREAS OF FROST MAY ALSO BEEN SEEN EARLY SATURDAY AND SUNDAY MORNINGS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... NONE.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Apr 8, 5:49 PM EDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
549 PM EDT THU APR 08 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0529 PM TSTM WND DMG 4 N ANDERSON 34.58N 82.65W
04/08/2010 ANDERSON SC LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES DOWN NEAR I-85 NORTH OF ANDERSON
&&
LGSpecial weather statement, Apr 8, 6:00 PM EDT, 55 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 600 PM EDT THU APR 8 2010 NCZ068-069-508-SCZ007-082300- CLEVELAND-GREATER RUTHERFORD-LINCOLN-SPARTANBURG- 600 PM EDT THU APR 8 2010 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT EASTERN RUTHERFORD...NORTHERN SPARTANBURG...WESTERN CLEVELAND AND WESTERN LINCOLN COUNTIES THROUGH 700 PM EDT... AT 556 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 3 MILES NORTH OF BOILING SPRINGS NC TO 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF CHESNEE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL BE NEAR... SPINDALE... BOSTIC... POLKVILLE... CASAR... PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. 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. NED
Special weather statement, Apr 8, 6:01 PM EDT, 54 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 601 PM EDT THU APR 8 2010 SCZ006-007-012-082300- GREATER GREENVILLE-LAURENS-SPARTANBURG- 601 PM EDT THU APR 8 2010 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHWESTERN LAURENS...SOUTHERN GREENVILLE AND WESTERN SPARTANBURG COUNTIES THROUGH 700 PM EDT... AT 600 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR WHITE HORSE ROAD AT I-85...OR 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DOWNTOWN GREENVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. PEOPLE IN NORTHWESTERN LAURENS...SOUTHERN GREENVILLE AND WESTERN SPARTANBURG COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... WHITE HORSE ROAD AT I-85...DOWNTOWN GREENVILLE...CHERRYDALE POINT... HAYWOOD MALL...SHOPS AT GREENRIDGE...TAYLORS...PELHAM ROAD AT I-85... GSP AIRPORT...GREER AND DUNCAN... SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER THREATEN. SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. MOORE
Local storm report, Apr 8, 6:14 PM EDT, 41 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
614 PM EDT THU APR 08 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0603 PM TSTM WND DMG 6 S GREENVILLE 34.75N 82.37W
04/08/2010 GREENVILLE SC LAW ENFORCEMENT
POWER LINES IN ROAD...US 25 AND DONALDSON CENTER
&&Local storm report, Apr 8, 6:22 PM EDT, 33 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
622 PM EDT THU APR 08 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0606 PM TSTM WND DMG 3 SSE GREENVILLE 34.80N 82.35W
04/08/2010 GREENVILLE SC LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREE BLOCKING ROAD
&&Local storm report, Apr 8, 6:40 PM EDT, 15 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 8, 3:13 PM EDT | Freeze Watch | GSP | Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Graham, Haywood and 9 more | 11 hr |
| Apr 8, 6:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Burke, Catawba, Cleveland, Lincoln, Rutherford | 62 min |
| Apr 8, 6:17 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Cleveland, Rutherford | 32 min |
| Apr 8, 6:38 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Catawba, Gaston, Lincoln | 37 min |
| Apr 8, 7:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Catawba, Davie, Iredell, Rowan | 57 min |
| Apr 8, 4:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Anderson, Oconee, Pickens | 65 min |
| Apr 8, 5:08 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Anderson, Oconee, Pickens | 33 min |
| Apr 8, 5:32 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Anderson, Pickens | 31 min |
| Apr 8, 6:23 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Greenville, Laurens, Spartanburg | 22 min |
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Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in South Carolina, 2010Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2010
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.