Alert archive / South Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 580, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 9, 2011, 5:47 PM EDT for Abbeville County, South Carolina. It was in force for 43 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
- Aug 9, 2011, 5:47 PM EDT (21:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 9, 2011, 6:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Abbeville County, SC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:50 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 severe thunderstorm 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 nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 200 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
- 768 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -133 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 800 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -34 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 4 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
247
WUUS52 KGSP 092147
SVRGSP
SCC001-092230-
/O.NEW.KGSP.SV.W.0580.110809T2147Z-110809T2230Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
547 PM EDT TUE AUG 9 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN ABBEVILLE COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 630 PM EDT
* AT 542 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
LOWNDESVILLE...OR 9 MILES EAST OF ELBERTON...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CALHOUN FALLS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM SHOULD BE ALERT FOR
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 3407 8265 3409 8264 3414 8270 3421 8274
3423 8271 3415 8224 3414 8225 3406 8233
3405 8242 3406 8246 3407 8248 3407 8253
3402 8258
TIME...MOT...LOC 2148Z 286DEG 28KT 3411 8266
$$
LANE2 follow-up statements
780
WWUS52 KGSP 092214
SVSGSP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
614 PM EDT TUE AUG 9 2011
SCC001-092230-
/O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0580.000000T0000Z-110809T2230Z/
ABBEVILLE SC-
614 PM EDT TUE AUG 9 2011
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHERN ABBEVILLE COUNTY...
AT 607 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES EAST OF CALHOUN
FALLS...OR 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ABBEVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
RADAR TRENDS INDICATED THE STORM WAS WEAKENING RAPIDLY. IF THIS
TREND CONTINUES...THE WARNING WILL BE CANCELLED SHORTLY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD BE ALERT FOR DAMAGING WINDS.
FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN CAN OCCUR WITH ANY
THUNDERSTORM. SEEK SHELTER INDOORS AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS UNTIL
THE STORM PASSES.
TO REPORT DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...OR FLOODING...THROUGH OUR
AUTOMATED REPORTING SYSTEM...CALL OUR TOLL FREE NUMBER...
1 8 7 7...6 3 3...6 7 7 2.
&&
LAT...LON 3407 8265 3409 8264 3414 8270 3421 8274
3423 8271 3415 8224 3414 8225 3406 8233
3405 8242 3406 8246 3407 8248 3407 8253
3402 8258
TIME...MOT...LOC 2213Z 286DEG 28KT 3406 8243
$$
LANE591
WWUS52 KGSP 092225
SVSGSP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
625 PM EDT TUE AUG 9 2011
SCC001-092235-
/O.EXP.KGSP.SV.W.0580.000000T0000Z-110809T2230Z/
ABBEVILLE SC-
625 PM EDT TUE AUG 9 2011
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN ABBEVILLE COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 630 PM EDT...
STORMS HAVE WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LEVELS.
LAT...LON 3407 8265 3409 8264 3414 8270 3421 8274
3423 8271 3415 8224 3414 8225 3406 8233
3405 8242 3406 8246 3407 8248 3407 8253
3402 8258
TIME...MOT...LOC 2225Z 286DEG 28KT 3403 8232
$$
LANEWhat 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 Aug 9, 2:35 PM EDT, 3 hours 12 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 9, 2:35 PM EDT, 3 hours 12 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 235 PM EDT TUE AUG 9 2011 .SYNOPSIS... A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY ALONG WITH A HOT AND HUMID AIRMASS WILL LINGER OVER THE REGION THROUGH TONIGHT. A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WITH DRIER AIR WILL BUILD BACK OVER THE AREA ON WEDNESDAY. ANOTHER FRONT WILL ENTER THE AREA ON SATURDAY...BRINGING A CHANCE FOR RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS ALONG WITH COOLER TEMPERATURES. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... BIG QUESTION FOR THE IMMEDIATE TERM IS THE EXTENT OF DEEP CONVECTION FOR THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. VISIBLE SATELLITE IMAGERY AT 1830 UTC SHOWS REMNANTS OF CONVECTIVE DEBRIS CLOUDINESS MOVING ACROSS THE WRN CAROLINAS. SO FAR...THIS APPEARS TO HAVE DELAYED INITIATION OF DEEP CONVECTION...BUT IN THE WAKE OF THIS FEATURE THERE IS SOME CU DEVELOPMENT IN WRN NC. THE MORE INTERESTING FEATURE IS THE APPARENT MVC OVER MIDDLE TN/NRN AL. THIS MAY GIVE A LITTLE KICK TO THE CONVECTION AS IT MAKES ITS WAY EASTWARD LATER TODAY. THE UPDATED DAY 1 OUTLOOK HAS THE SRN MTNS...NE GEORGIA AND THE UPSTATE IN THE SLIGHT RISK. IN THE MEAN TIME...CONFIDENCE CONTINUES TO DROP ABOUT THE EXTENT OF THE CONVECTION. THE 09Z SREF KEPT THE ENTIRE FCST AREA DRY THIS AFTERNOON. IN DEFERENCE TO THE SLIGHT RISK...WILL KEEP SOME LOW END CHANCE POP OVER THE SRN THIRD OF THE FCST AREA. THE CONVECTIVE POTENTIAL SHOULD MOVE EAST AND END WITH THE MVC PASSAGE...AFTER WHICH SKY SHOULD CLEAR. THE MODELS ALSO BRING THE SURFACE FRONT ACROSS THE REGION THIS EVENING WITH WINDS BECOMING N. HAVE KEPT THE FCST CLOSE TO A GUIDANCE BLEND OVERNIGHT. ON WEDNESDAY...WE REMAIN AT THE BOTTOM OF THE UPPER LONG WAVE TROF CENTERED OVER THE EASTERN PART OF THE COUNTRY. DEEP LAYER DRYING AND WARMER AIR ALOFT WILL SERIOUSLY CURTAIL OUR CONVECTIVE PRECIP CHANCES SO HAVE FOLLOWED THE SREF AND KEPT THE FCST AREA DRY. TEMPS WILL BE ABOUT THE SAME AS TODAY WITH MORE SUN...BUT LOWER DEWPOINTS. && .SHORT TERM /WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY/... AS OF 130 PM TUESDAY...THE SHORT TERM FCST PICKS UP AT 00Z ON THURSDAY WITH THE AXIS OF THE GREAT LAKES UPPER TROF TO OUR NORTH WITH NUMEROUS SHORTWAVES MOVING INTO THE REGION FROM THE WEST. THE UPPER TROF BEGINS TO LIFT NORTHWARD ON THURS AS THE UPPER RIDGE SLOWLY BUILDS TO OUR WEST. LATE WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY...THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL BE TO OUR SE BY LATE WED WITH COOLER AND DRIER NW FLOW IN ITS WAKE. AS THE SFC HIGH BEGINS TO MOVE EASTWARD...LOW LVL FLOW WILL QUICKLY BECOME NORTHERLY AND THEN TRANSITION TO LIGHT AND VARIABLE BY THURS AFTERNOON. MODELS CONTINUE TO SUGGEST THAT A WEAK MESO LOW COULD DEVELOP JUST TO OUR EAST WITH SOME SORT OF MCS/MCV...ASSOCIATED WITH AN UPPER LVL SHORTWAVE...DEVELOPING OVER TENN AND ADVECTING INTO OUR CWFA BY LATE AFTERNOON. RIGHT NOW...MODELS SOUNDINGS DO HAVE SOME SFC BASED INSTABILITY AND SMALL AMOUNTS OF HELICITY BUT IT PROBABLY WONT BE ENOUGH TO PRODUCE ANY SVR CONVECTION. TEMPS SHOULD BE A FEW DEGREES COOLER THAN THE PREVIOUS DAY WITH HIGHS IN THE LOWER 90S. ON FRIDAY...THE CENTER OF THE SFC HIGH WILL SLIDE FARTHER EAST WITH MOSTLY LIGHT AND VRB WINDS NEAR THE SFC. EXPECT PROFILES TO BE DRIER OVER THE FCST AREA...BUT WITH BETTER INSTABILITY THE POTENTIAL FOR PULSE TYPE SVR CONVECTION SHOULD BE GREATER. TEMPS ARE EXPECTED TO BE VERY SIMILAR TO THE PREVIOUS DAY WITH HIGHS NEAR CLIMO...IF NOT A DEGREE OR 2 ABOVE. && .LONG TERM /FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY/... AS OF 130 PM TUESDAY...THE MEDIUM RANGE MODELS ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT WITH THE MID LEVEL PATTERN LATE THIS WEEK...INDICATING A L/W RIDGE ACROSS THE ROCKIES AND A DIGGING TROF ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES REGION. BROAD LIFT ASSOCIATED WITH THE APPROACHING MID LEVEL TROF WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE CWA THROUGH THE DAY ON SATURDAY. FORECAST SOUNDINGS INDICATE THAT DECENT LAPSE RATES WILL DEVELOP BETWEEN THE SFC AND H5 AS THE TROF APPROACHES AND THE CWA REMAINS IN THE WARM SECTOR...WITH CAPE VALUES AROUND 1K J/KG. GIVEN THE LARGE SCALE LIFT AND ADEQUATE INSTABILITY I WILL MAINTAIN A DEVELOPING SOLID CHC POPS ACROSS THE CWA SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE PEAK OF THE MID LEVEL LIFT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN REGION SATURDAY NIGHT. FORECAST SOUNDINGS CONTINUE TO INDICATE FAIRLY STEEP LAPSE RATES AND ELEVATED INSTABILITY DURING THE NIGHT. CONVECTION THAT INITIATES OVER THE REGION ON FRIDAY WILL LIKELY PERSISTS OVER THE CWA THROUGH THE NIGHT. IN FACT...GIVEN THE DEGREE AND DURATION OF THE LIFT AND INCREASING STEERING FLOW IT APPEARS THAT SHRA/TSRA COVERAGE WILL INCREASE DURING THE NIGHT. I WILL INCREASE POPS TO HIGH CHC NORTH TO SOLID CHC SOUTH. A SIGNIFICANT SFC FRONT IS EXPECTED TO SWEEP WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE REGION SUNDAY MORNING. BY DAYBREAK SUN...THE FRONT MAY RUN ALONG THE EAST FACING SLOPES OF THE MTNS. AREAS ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE FRONT MAY DEVELOP STEEP LAPSE RATES...AROUND 9C/KM BETWEEN THE SFC AND H7. I WILL MAINTAIN HIGH CHC POPS DURING THE MORNING AND INDICATE DECREASING POPS THROUGH THE DAY AS THE FRONT PUSHES EAST. ON MONDAY...0Z ECMWF IS CONSIDERABLY SLOWER THE GFS. USING A BLEND OF BOTH SOLUTIONS...LINGERING MOISTURE AND WEAK INSTABILITY MAY SUPPORT A FEW SHRA/TSRA. I WILL KEEP A DIURNAL SCHC POP ACROSS THE REGION. ON TUESDAY...THE ATMOSPHERE WILL DRY AS LARGE HIGH PRESSURE PIVOTS OVER THE MID ATLANTIC REGION. LLVL WINDS SHOULD BECOME EAST...RESULTING IN A LARGE AREA OF UPSLOPE FLOW ACROSS THE MTNS. WEAK INSTABILITY...UPSLOPE FLOW...AND RIDGETOP CONVERGENCE MAY YIELD A FEW HIGH TERRAIN SHRA/TSRA DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. I WILL INDICATE SCHC POPS ACROSS THE MTNS AND DRY CONDITIONS EAST. TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE CWA MAY BEGIN THE PERIOD ON SATURDAY SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL AND END THE PERIOD AROUND NORMAL ON TUESDAY. && .AVIATION /19Z TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/... AT KCLT...VFR THROUGH THE PERIOD. HIGH CLOUDS WILL MOVE OVERHEAD FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS. AFTER 21Z...EXPECT SOME DEEP CONVECTION TO FIRE OVER THE PIEDMONT OF THE CAROLINAS...MOST LIKELY TO THE SOUTH OF THE AIR FIELD ALONG A LEE TROF. WILL INCLUDE A FEW CB. CONVECTION WILL DIMINISH BY MID EVENING...AFTER WHICH SKY WILL BE MOSTLY CLEAR. WIND WILL GENERALLY BE OUT OF THE NW THIS AFTERNOON AND THEN SHOULD VEER TO N TONIGHT AND NE AFTER SUNRISE. SPEED SHOULD BE LIGHT. ELSEWHERE...SCATTERED TSTMS ARE STILL EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER NE GEORGIA AND THE WRN PART OF THE UPSTATE IN THE LATE AFTERNOON... ALTHO CONFIDENCE CONTINUES TO DROP AS THE MODELS FAIL TO DEVELOP MUCH OF ANYTHING. WINDS WILL ONCE AGAIN HAVE A WESTERLY COMPONENT DURING THE AFTERNOON...GRADUALLY VEERING TO THE NW AT LIGHT SPEEDS TONIGHT. SKY SHOULD CLEAR BY MID EVENING. EXPECT A LIGHT N OR NE WIND ON WEDNESDAY. OUTLOOK...MAINLY VFR WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. SCATTERED TSTMS POSSIBLE OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. VFR AGAIN FRIDAY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MORE NUMEROUS SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. AN EXPERIMENTAL AVIATION FORECAST CONSISTENCY TABLE SHOWING THE PERCENTAGE OF GUIDANCE MEMBERS AGREEING WITH THE SCHEDULED ISSUANCE CATEGORY IS AVAILABLE AT FOLLOWING LINK (USE LOWER CASE)... WWW.WEATHER.GOV/GSP/AVIATION/TABLES.HTM && .GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...ZH NEAR TERM...PM SHORT TERM...JPT LONG TERM...NED AVIATION...PM
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 9, 3:16 PM EDT, 2 hours 31 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 316 PM EDT TUE AUG 9 2011 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065- 068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-101930- RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-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-OCONEE MOUNTAINS- PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER OCONEE- GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK- ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- 316 PM EDT TUE AUG 9 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A FEW OF THESE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE...WITH DAMAGING WIND GUSTS BEING THE PRIMARY THREAT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... NONE. JPT
In the hours before
Local storm report, Aug 9, 2:16 PM EDT, 3 hours 31 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
216 PM EDT TUE AUG 09 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0410 PM TSTM WND DMG 4 SSW TOCCOA 34.53N 83.35W
08/08/2011 STEPHENS GA TRAINED SPOTTER
TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED THE TOPS OF PINE TREES SNAPPED
OFF AT NEIGHBORS HOUSE ON N HICKS RD. ALSO REPORTED TWO
TREES DOWN AT N HICKS RD AND GARLAND RD.
&&
ZHARGROVLocal storm report, Aug 9, 3:10 PM EDT, 2 hours 37 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
310 PM EDT TUE AUG 09 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0730 PM TSTM WND DMG 1 SSE STANLEY 35.34N 81.09W
08/08/2011 GASTON NC BROADCAST MEDIA
MULTIPLE TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN IN THE JACKSON PARK
COMMUNITY OF STANLEY...WITH AT LEAST ONE TREE ON A HOME.
ANOTHER TREE FELL ON RAILROAD TRACKS IN THE AREA...AND A
TRAIN LATER COLLIDED WITH IT.
&&
LANESpecial weather statement, Aug 9, 4:27 PM EDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 427 PM EDT TUE AUG 9 2011 GAZ026-028-092100- FRANKLIN-HART- 427 PM EDT TUE AUG 9 2011 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT FRANKLIN AND HART COUNTIES THROUGH 5 PM... AT 426 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WINDS UP TO 50 MPH. THE STORM WAS 7 MILES WEST OF CARNESVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. LOCATIONS TO BE AFFECTED INCLUDE... ROYSTON... VANNA... LANE
Special weather statement, Aug 9, 4:32 PM EDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
432 PM EDT TUE AUG 9 2011
GAZ026-028-092100-
FRANKLIN-HART-
432 PM EDT TUE AUG 9 2011
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHERN FRANKLIN AND
SOUTHWESTERN HART COUNTIES THROUGH 500 PM EDT...
AT 426 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CARNESVILLE...MOVING EAST AT
25 MPH.
THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
CARNESVILLE...
ROYSTON...
VANNA...
WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
LAT...LON 3426 8313 3423 8317 3424 8326 3426 8329
3424 8335 3426 8334 3431 8339 3442 8334
3434 8294 3423 8305 3422 8307
LANELocal storm report, Aug 9, 5:21 PM EDT, 26 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
521 PM EDT TUE AUG 09 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0445 PM TSTM WND DMG 4 SW CARNESVILLE 34.33N 83.28W
08/09/2011 FRANKLIN GA TRAINED SPOTTER
ONE TREE DOWN ON HW-326 BETWEEN ROCK PILLAR ROAD AND
MCADAMS ROAD.
0445 PM TSTM WND DMG 6 SW CARNESVILLE 34.31N 83.31W
08/09/2011 FRANKLIN GA TRAINED SPOTTER
ONE TREE DOWN ON BOLD SPRINGS ROAD.
&&
BSHLocal storm report, Aug 9, 5:40 PM EDT, 7 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
540 PM EDT TUE AUG 09 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0515 PM TSTM WND DMG BOWMAN 34.20N 83.03W
08/09/2011 ELBERT GA 911 CALL CENTER
ONE TREE DOWN ON HW-172
&&
BSHNearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in South Carolina, 2011Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2011
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.