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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 16, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

March 19, 2011Franklin County, Hart County, Stephens County, Georgia

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 19, 2011, 8:10 PM EDT for Franklin County, Hart County, Stephens County, Georgia. It was in force for 50 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: Mar 19, 2011, 8:10 PM EDT (00:10 UTC)
Expired: Mar 19, 2011, 9:00 PM EDT
In force: 50 min
Issued by: NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Franklin County, GA, Hart County, GA, Stephens County, GA

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:11 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 19, 8:27 PM EDT	HAIL 0.75	3 Sw Carnesville, GA	HAIL UP TO PENNY SIZED FALLING FOR THE LAST SEVERAL MINUTES AND WAS STILL FALLING AT THE END OF THE CALL AT 839 PM.
Mar 19, 8:29 PM EDT	HAIL 1	Carnesville, GA	GOT HAIL UP TO QUARTER SIZED THAT LASTED A FEW MINUTES. NO REPORTS OF WIND DAMAGE IN FRANKLIN COUNTY.
Mar 19, 8:58 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	2 Ssw Royston, GA	TIN ROOF BLOWN OFF A CHURCH ON SHIRLEY ROAD AND SOME 2X4S STRIPPED OFF THE SAME BUILDING. THREE TREES DOWN IN THE SHIRLEY...DOUG DRAKE ROAD AREA...INCLUDING ONE PINE TREE WHICH FELL ON AND CAUSED DAMAGE TO A HOME. A COUPLE OF TELEPHONE LINES DOWN AS WELL.
Mar 19, 8:58 PM EDT	HAIL 0.75	2 Ssw Royston, GA	A GOOD AMOUNT OF PENNY-SIZED HAIL OBSERVED IN THE NEW HOPE AREA. SOME OF IT REMAINED ON THE GROUND FOR AN HOUR.

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 one storm report to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 19 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 nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 162 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: 285 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -83 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2236 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 8 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 18 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 58 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.

512 
WUUS52 KGSP 200010
SVRGSP
GAC119-147-257-200100-
/O.NEW.KGSP.SV.W.0016.110320T0010Z-110320T0100Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
810 PM EDT SAT MAR 19 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN HART COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA...
  FRANKLIN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA...
  SOUTHERN STEPHENS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA...

* UNTIL 900 PM EDT

* AT 806 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG WINDS QUARTER SIZE 
HAIL.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF EASTANOLEE...OR 7 
MILES SOUTH OF TOCCOA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  AVALON...
  MARTIN...
  CARNESVILLE...
  LAVONIA...
  CANON...FRANKLIN SPRINGS...ROYSTON AND BOWERSVILLE...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM SHOULD BE ALERT FOR
LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY
RAIN CAN OCCUR WITH ANY THUNDERSTORM. SEEK SHELTER INDOORS AWAY FROM
WINDOWS AND DOORS UNTIL THE STORM PASSES.

TO REPORT 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 3426 8312 3423 8317 3424 8321 3441 8339
      3447 8341 3458 8329 3434 8291 3423 8303
      3423 8308
TIME...MOT...LOC 0009Z 312DEG 14KT 3447 8332

$$

JPT

2 follow-up statements

414 
WWUS52 KGSP 200050
SVSGSP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
850 PM EDT SAT MAR 19 2011

GAC257-200101-
/O.CAN.KGSP.SV.W.0016.000000T0000Z-110320T0100Z/
STEPHENS GA-
850 PM EDT SAT MAR 19 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN STEPHENS COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

LAT...LON 3426 8312 3423 8317 3424 8321 3434 8331
      3446 8313 3434 8291 3423 8303 3423 8308
TIME...MOT...LOC 0051Z 312DEG 14KT 3436 8317

$$

GAC119-147-200100-
/O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0016.000000T0000Z-110320T0100Z/
HART GA-FRANKLIN GA-
850 PM EDT SAT MAR 19 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT
FOR EASTERN FRANKLIN AND SOUTHWESTERN HART COUNTIES...

AT 848 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CARNESVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT
15 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
VANNA...ROYSTON...FRANKLIN SPRINGS...CANON AND BOWERSVILLE

LAT...LON 3426 8312 3423 8317 3424 8321 3434 8331
      3446 8313 3434 8291 3423 8303 3423 8308
TIME...MOT...LOC 0051Z 312DEG 14KT 3436 8317

$$

JPT

676 
WWUS52 KGSP 200058
SVSGSP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
858 PM EDT SAT MAR 19 2011

GAC119-147-200108-
/O.EXP.KGSP.SV.W.0016.000000T0000Z-110320T0100Z/
HART GA-FRANKLIN GA-
858 PM EDT SAT MAR 19 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR FRANKLIN AND SOUTHWESTERN HART
COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 900 PM EDT...

LAT...LON 3426 8312 3423 8317 3424 8321 3434 8331
      3446 8313 3434 8291 3423 8303 3423 8308
TIME...MOT...LOC 0058Z 312DEG 14KT 3434 8315

$$

JPT

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 Mar 19, 7:46 PM EDT, 24 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 19, 7:46 PM EDT, 24 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
746 PM EDT SAT MAR 19 2011

.SYNOPSIS...
HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN FROM THE NORTH TONIGHT AND SUNDAY
PROVIDING COOLER TEMPERATURES.  THE FRONT WILL MOVE BACK NORTH AS A
WARM FRONT SUNDAY NIGHT.  WARM HIGH PRESSURE OVER FLORIDA WILL BE IN
CONTROL TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL CROSS FROM
THE NORTH EARLY THURSDAY WITH MUCH COOLER TEMPERATURES AT THE END OF
THE WEEK.

&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH SUNDAY/...
UPDATED EVENING FORECAST TO FOLLOW TRENDS OF SH/TSRA OVER THE
UPSTATE. UPDATED CLOUDS/WINDS/TEMPS TO CURRENT TRENDS AS WELL.

LATER TNGT...850 MB HIGH SHIFTS EAST...RESULTING IN FLOW VEERING TO
SELY THEN SLY BY DAYBREAK SUNDAY. MEANWHILE...A 1038 MB SFC HIGH
WILL SLOWLY SHIFT EAST TO THE ST LAWRENCE VLY BY 18Z
SUNDAY...RESULTING IN COLD AIR DAMMING (CAD). THE NAM AND GFS
DISAGREE ON AMT OF MOISTURE AND ISENTROPIC LIFT OVER THE WEDGE. I
DON/T KNOW HOW MUCH ANY CONVECTION OVR NE GA WILL HAVE MUCH EFFECT
ON LOW CLOUD DEVELOPMENT...BUT THE GFS IS ACTUALLY FAIRLY DRY AND
HENCE THE MAV IS ABOUT 2 CATEGORIES WARMER FOR SUNDAY/S MAX TEMPS
THAN THE MET. EVEN THE NAM AND SREF ARE LOW ON POP ALONG UPSLOPE
AREAS OF THE BLUE RIDGE AND THE PIEDMONT. SO I DON/T THINK THE CAD
WILL BE ABLE TO LOCK IN REAL COOL AIR. HAVE TAKEN A BLEND OF MOS
KEEPING MOST OF THE AREA DRY (BUT STILL ON THE MOSTLY CLOUDY SIDE).
THERE IS BUST POTENTIAL EITHER WAY.

&&

.SHORT TERM /SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY/...
AS OF 230 PM SAT...UPPER RIDGING WILL DOMINATE THE SE STATES
THROUGH THE SHORT TERM. AT THE SURFACE...EXPECT THAT THE WEAK
WEDGE WILL PERSIST INTO MON NIGHT PER THE PREFERRED NAM.
HOWEVER...EVEN THE NAM TIME SECTION SHOWS BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW
TURNING TO THE SW BY 12Z MON. HENCE...EXPECT CONSIDERABLE CLOUDINESS
WILL CONTINUE MON NIGHT...ESPECIALLY IN THE UPSLOPE AREAS ALONG THE
BLUE RIDGE. CAN'T RULE OUT SOME SCATTERED LIGHT SHOWERS ALONG THE
BLUE RDIGE MON NIGHT WITH WEAK UPSLOPE/ISENT LIFT...BUT ANY PRECIP
WILL BE VERY LIGHT. ON MON...MODELS IN AGREEMENT THAT WEDGE BOUNDARY
WILL WASH OUT WITH A MILD/SW FLOW DEVELOPING ACROSS THE AREA.
THEREFORE...WILL DISSIPATE CLOUD COVER ON MON AND FORECAST MAX TEMPS
TO CLIMB INTO THE LOWER TO MID 70S OUTSIDE OF THE MOUNTAINS...WITH
MAINLY 60S MOUNTAINS. LOW LEVEL THICKNESS IS FORECAST TO CONTINUE TO
INCREASE THROUGH TUE ALONG WITH WEAK DOWNSLOPE FLOW. THIS WILL
SUPPORT WELL ABOVE AVERAGE TEMPS. MAX TEMPS EXPECTED TO BE ABOUT 15
DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL ON TUE WITH 80S OUTSIDE THE MOUNTAINS...AND 70S
MANY MOUNTAIN LOCATIONS.

&&

.LONG TERM /TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY/...
AS OF 230 PM SAT...MEDIUM RANGE MODELS AGREE THAT THE UPPER AIR
PATTERN OVER THE SE STATES NEXT WEEK WILL TRANSITION FROM AN UPPER
RIDGE EARLY IN THE WEEK...TO AN EAST COAST TROUGH BY LATE IN THE
WEEK. THIS WILL PORTEND AN END TO THE UNSEASONABLY WARM WEATHER AND
A CHANGE TO MUCH COOLER CONDITIONS BY FRI. TUE NIGHT AND WED WILL
STILL BE DOMINATED BY THE UPPER RIDGE...SO DRY AND WARM WX WILL
CONTINUE THEN. AS AN UPPER TROUGH MOVES INTO THE GREAT LAKES BY 12Z
THU A SURFACE COLD FRONT IS FORECAST TO MOVE THROUGH THE SOUTHERN
APPALACHIANS WED NIGHT. BEST DYNAMICS WILL BE NORTH OF THE AREA...SO
ATTENDANT SHOWERS WILL BE MOST NUMEROUS OVER THE MOUNTAINS WITH THE
COVERAGE DECREASING AS THE FRONT MOVES SE INTO THE PIEDMONT.
HENCE...HIGHEST POPS WILL BE FEATURED IN THE MOUNTAINS...WITH ONLY A
LOW CHANCE ELSEWHERE LATE WED NIGHT. FORECAST CAPE NOT IMPRESSIVE SO
THUNDER SHOULD BE MINIMAL IF ANY. GNERALLY DRY WEATHER RETURNS FOR
THU THROUGH SAT...WITH MILD TEMPS CONTINUING OUTSIDE THE MOUNTAINS
ON THU THANKS TO DOWNSLOPE WARMING. COLDER TEMPS ARRIVE THU NIGHT.
NW FLOW MOISTURE MAY BE SUFFICIENT TO GENERATE SCATTERED RAIN/SNOW
SHOWERS IN FAVORED UPSLOPE AREAS THU NIGHT INTO FRI. STAYED CLOSE TO
HPC TEMPS WHICH FEATURE TEMPS COOLING TO BELOW AVERAGE BY FRI.

&&

.AVIATION /00Z SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/...
AT KCLT...ANY LINGERING SHRA WILL REMAIN S OF THE AIRFIELD BEFORE
DISSIPATING EARLY THIS EVENING. EXPECT OFF AND ON MID LEVEL CIGS
OVERNIGHT. DID BRING IN LOWER VFR CIGS AROUND MIDDAY SUNDAY BUT MVFR
UNLIKELY. NE WINDS BECOME SE AROUND MIDDAY SUNDAY AS WELL.

ELSEWHERE...CONVECTION COULD MOVE ACROSS KAND EARLY THIS EVENING
BEFORE CELLS DISSIPATE WITH LOSS OF HEATING. AN EVEN LOWER CHC OF
SOMETHING MOVING OVER KGMU REMAINS AS WELL. WILL WATCH CLOSELY AND
AMD AS NECESSARY. OTHERWISE...OFF AND ON MID LEVEL CIGS EXPECTED
OVERNIGHT. CANNOT RULE OUT SOME MORNING FOG WHERE TSRA MOVED...BUT
CHC LOW ENUF TO LEAVE OUT OF TAFS FOR NOW. EXPECT LOW VFR CIGS TO
DEVELOP FROM SW TO NE ACROSS THE AREA LATE TONIGHT THRU THE DAY
SUNDAY. NE WINDS WILL BECOME SE FOLLOWING THOSE SAME TRENDS. THERE
COULD BE SOME LIGHT UPSLOPE SHOWERS ALONG THE BLUE RIDGE...BUT CHC
TOO LOW FOR TAF MENTION AT KAVL/KHKY.

OUTLOOK...CLEARING ON TAP FOR MONDAY WITH A DRY FCST THRU TUESDAY
AND SHOWERS FCST FOR WEDNESDAY.

&&

.GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...NONE.
NC...NONE.
SC...NONE.

&&

SYNOPSIS...PAT
NEAR TERM...ARK/RWH
SHORT TERM...LG
LONG TERM...LG
AVIATION...RWH

Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 19, 7:49 PM EDT, 21 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
749 PM EDT SAT MAR 19 2011

NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065-068>072-082-501>510-
SCZ007>009-013-014-210000-
AVERY-ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-
BUNCOMBE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-
SOUTHERN JACKSON-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-
SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK-UNION SC-CHESTER-
749 PM EDT SAT MAR 19 2011

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR 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...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

NONE.

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-SCZ001>006-010>012-019-210000-
RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-
PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER OCONEE-
GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-
GREENWOOD-
749 PM EDT SAT MAR 19 2011

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND UPSTATE
SOUTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST ACROSS
NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE WESTERN UPSTATE THROUGH EARLY EVENING.
THE MAIN THREATS WITH ANY THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE OCCASIONAL CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES...BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL...SMALL HAIL
AND LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

NONE.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 19, 7:00 PM EDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
700 PM EDT SAT MAR 19 2011

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

0609 PM     TSTM WND DMG     CROSS HILL              34.30N 81.98W
03/19/2011                   LAURENS            SC   COUNTY OFFICIAL

            NUMEROUS TREES REPORTED DOWN FROM WATERLOO TO CROSS HILL

&&

LG

Special weather statement, Mar 19, 7:18 PM EDT, 52 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
718 PM EDT SAT MAR 19 2011

GAZ017-018-200000-
HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-
718 PM EDT SAT MAR 19 2011

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHEASTERN HABERSHAM AND
STEPHENS COUNTIES THROUGH 800 PM EDT...

AT 712 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CLARKESVILLE...MOVING EAST
AT 5 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  TOCCOA...

SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH THIS
STORM.

LAT...LON 3468 8354 3465 8329 3462 8324 3460 8318
      3448 8318 3447 8320 3447 8338 3449 8352

JPT

Special weather statement, Mar 19, 7:20 PM EDT, 50 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
720 PM EDT SAT MAR 19 2011

SCZ001-004-200000-
GREATER OCONEE-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-
720 PM EDT SAT MAR 19 2011

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHERN OCONEE COUNTY THROUGH
800 PM EDT...

AT 718 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES WEST OF WESTMINSTER...OR 9 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF WALHALLA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  WESTMINSTER...

SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.

LAT...LON 3463 8324 3479 8318 3476 8289 3474 8289
      3472 8285 3470 8284 3468 8284 3457 8288
      3453 8294

JPT

Local storm report, Mar 19, 7:32 PM EDT, 38 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
732 PM EDT SAT MAR 19 2011

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

0605 PM     HAIL             CROSS HILL              34.30N 81.98W
03/19/2011  E1.25 INCH       LAURENS            SC   PUBLIC

            PUBLIC REPORT OF HAIL UP TO HALF DOLLAR SIZED LASTING FOR
            AT LEAST SEVERAL MINUTES IN CROSS HILL. BASED ON RADAR
            THE HAIL LIKELY LASTED TO AS LATE AS 625 PM.

&&

OUTLAW

Special weather statement, Mar 19, 7:58 PM EDT, 12 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
758 PM EDT SAT MAR 19 2011

GAZ026-028-029-SCZ004-010-200045-
ANDERSON-ELBERT-FRANKLIN-GREATER OCONEE-HART-
758 PM EDT SAT MAR 19 2011

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT HART...NORTHEASTERN FRANKLIN...
NORTHWESTERN ELBERT...SOUTHEASTERN OCONEE AND WESTERN ANDERSON
COUNTIES THROUGH 845 PM EDT...

AT 754 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR LAVONIA...OR 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF
HARTWELL...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  FAIR PLAY...
  ROYSTON...
  VANNA...
  REED CREEK...
  HARTWELL...
  NUBERG...

DIME SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.

LAT...LON 3416 8297 3438 8324 3448 8317 3454 8311
      3455 8312 3466 8305 3455 8266

JPT

Local storm report, Mar 19, 8:06 PM EDT, 4 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
806 PM EDT SAT MAR 19 2011

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

0736 PM     HAIL             6 SE CLARKESVILLE       34.55N  83.45W
03/19/2011  E0.75 INCH       HABERSHAM          GA   AMATEUR RADIO

            NEAR THE BORDER OF STEPHENS COUNTY

&&

RWH

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 19, 8:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Elbert, Franklin, Hart	53 min
Mar 19, 9:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Elbert, Hart	42 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.