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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

March 28, 2010Gaston County, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina; York County, South Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this tornado warning at Mar 28, 2010, 8:08 PM EDT for Gaston County, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina; York County, South Carolina. It was in force for 52 min. 2 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: Mar 28, 2010, 8:08 PM EDT (00:08 UTC)
Expired: Mar 28, 2010, 9:00 PM EDT
In force: 52 min
Issued by: NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Gaston County, NC, Mecklenburg County, NC, York County, SC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:10 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
Mar 28, 8:15 PM EDT	HAIL 1	8 Sw Gastonia, NC	SPOTTER REPORTS QUARTER SIZED HAIL AND ALSO A FEW LIMBS BLOWN DOWN
Mar 28, 8:30 PM EDT	TORNADO	Crowders, NC	POSSIBLE TORNADO REPORTED NEAR CROWDERS MOUNTAIN.

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
Mar 28, 3:47 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 273 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: 531 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -14 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 592 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 94 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 103 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.3
Supercell composite: 2.2

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The text

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

672 
WFUS52 KGSP 290008
TORGSP
NCC071-119-SCC091-290100-
/O.NEW.KGSP.TO.W.0013.100329T0008Z-100329T0100Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
808 PM EDT SUN MAR 28 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN GASTON COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF GASTONIA...
  WEST CENTRAL MECKLENBURG COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH
  CAROLINA...
  NORTHERN YORK COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...

* UNTIL 900 PM EDT

* AT 805 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR KINGS
  MOUNTAIN STATE PARK...OR 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF YORK...MOVING EAST
  AT 45 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  CROWDERS AND CLOVER...
  GASTONIA...
  LOWELL AND LAKE WYLIE...
  CRAMERTON...BELMONT...MCADENVILLE AND CAROWINDS...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT SUNDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND CENTRAL SOUTH
CAROLINA.

&&

LAT...LON 3507 8095 3505 8139 3514 8139 3516 8136
      3516 8133 3520 8131 3533 8095
TIME...MOT...LOC 0008Z 250DEG 40KT 3514 8132

$$
MCAVOY

2 follow-up statements

204 
WWUS52 KGSP 290023
SVSGSP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
823 PM EDT SUN MAR 28 2010

SCC091-290032-
/O.CAN.KGSP.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-100329T0100Z/
YORK SC-
823 PM EDT SUN MAR 28 2010

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN YORK COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT SUNDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND CENTRAL SOUTH
CAROLINA.

LAT...LON 3511 8095 3513 8105 3515 8105 3516 8131
      3520 8131 3533 8095
TIME...MOT...LOC 0022Z 245DEG 34KT 3520 8118

$$

NCC071-119-290100-
/O.CON.KGSP.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-100329T0100Z/
GASTON NC-MECKLENBURG NC-
823 PM EDT SUN MAR 28 2010

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT FOR WEST
CENTRAL MECKLENBURG AND SOUTHEASTERN GASTON COUNTIES...

AT 819 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR CROWDERS...OR 2 
MILES SOUTHWEST OF GASTONIA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  CRAMERTON AND LOWELL...
  BELMONT AND MCADENVILLE...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT SUNDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND CENTRAL SOUTH
CAROLINA.

&&

LAT...LON 3511 8095 3513 8105 3515 8105 3516 8131
      3520 8131 3533 8095
TIME...MOT...LOC 0022Z 245DEG 34KT 3520 8118

$$
MCAVOY

519 
WWUS52 KGSP 290034
SVSGSP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
834 PM EDT SUN MAR 28 2010

NCC071-119-290100-
/O.CON.KGSP.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-100329T0100Z/
GASTON NC-MECKLENBURG NC-
834 PM EDT SUN MAR 28 2010

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT FOR WEST
CENTRAL MECKLENBURG AND SOUTHEASTERN GASTON COUNTIES...

AT 828 PM EDT...A TORNADO WAS REPORTED.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED
NEAR CRAMERTON...OR NEAR GASTONIA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
MCADENVILLE AND BELMONT

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT SUNDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND CENTRAL SOUTH
CAROLINA.

&&

LAT...LON 3511 8095 3513 8105 3515 8105 3516 8131
      3520 8131 3533 8095
TIME...MOT...LOC 0033Z 245DEG 34KT 3524 8109

$$

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 28, 8:38 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	GSP	Cabarrus, Gaston, Mecklenburg, Rowan	52 min
Mar 28, 9:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Mecklenburg, Union	65 min
Mar 28, 10:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Cabarrus, Rowan	39 min
Mar 28, 10:26 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Mecklenburg	109 min
Mar 29, 12:39 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Mecklenburg	51 min
Mar 29, 1:42 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Mecklenburg	108 min
Mar 28, 8:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Cherokee, Chester, Spartanburg, Union, York	61 min
Mar 28, 8:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Laurens, Spartanburg	59 min
Mar 28, 8:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Abbeville, Greenville, Greenwood, Laurens	65 min
Mar 28, 8:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Cherokee, York	64 min
Mar 28, 9:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Abbeville, Anderson	70 min
Mar 28, 9:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Cherokee, Greenville, Laurens, Spartanburg, Union, York	73 min
Mar 28, 10:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Laurens, Union	24 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in North Carolina, 2010 Tornado Warnings in South Carolina, 2010 Every tornado warning in 2010 Tornadoes 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.