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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

February 28, 2011Greenville County, Spartanburg County, South Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this tornado warning at Feb 28, 2011, 4:59 PM EST for Greenville County, Spartanburg County, South Carolina. It was in force for 31 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: Feb 28, 2011, 4:59 PM EST (21:59 UTC)
Expired: Feb 28, 2011, 5:30 PM EST
In force: 31 min
Issued by: NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Greenville County, SC, Spartanburg County, SC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 24 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:59 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
Feb 28, 5:01 PM EST	TSTM WND DMG	5 N Travelers Rest, SC	TWO TREES BLOWN DOWN AND SOME SHINGLES OFF A ROOF NEAR THE HIGHWAY 414 AND HIGHWAY 25 INTERSECTION
Feb 28, 5:15 PM EST	TSTM WND DMG	Marietta, SC	TREE ON ROADWAY
Feb 28, 5:19 PM EST	TSTM WND DMG	5 N Travelers Rest, SC	TREE IN ROADWAY
Feb 28, 5:30 PM EST	TSTM WND DMG	Travelers Rest, SC	TREES DOWN

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
Feb 28, 1:29 PM EST	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 254 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: 948 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 425 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 499 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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

375 
WFUS52 KGSP 282159 RRA
TORGSP
SCC045-083-282230-
/O.NEW.KGSP.TO.W.0002.110228T2159Z-110228T2230Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
459 PM EST MON FEB 28 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN GREENVILLE COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...
  WEST CENTRAL SPARTANBURG COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...

* UNTIL 530 PM EST

* AT 455 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR
  CLEVELAND...OR 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BREVARD...MOVING EAST AT 35
  MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  TRAVELERS REST AND NORTH SALUDA RESERVOIR...
  TIGERVILLE AND PARIS MOUNTAIN STATE PARK...
  LAKE ROBINSON...
  GOWENSVILLE AND TAYLORS...
  GREER...GSP AIRPORT AND CAMPOBELLO...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS TORNADO WARNING REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING WHICH
WAS IN EFFECT FOR THE SAME AREA. 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.

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 3484 8212 3496 8254 3500 8254 3501 8259
      3504 8260 3516 8251 3517 8247 3517 8244
      3518 8242 3513 8203
TIME...MOT...LOC 2200Z 287DEG 33KT 3508 8247

$$

BSH

2 follow-up statements

686 
WWUS52 KGSP 282211
SVSGSP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
511 PM EST MON FEB 28 2011

SCC045-083-282230-
/O.CON.KGSP.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110228T2230Z/
SPARTANBURG SC-GREENVILLE SC-
511 PM EST MON FEB 28 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM EST FOR
NORTHEASTERN GREENVILLE AND WEST CENTRAL SPARTANBURG COUNTIES...

AT 508 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR LAKE ROBINSON...OR
14 MILES NORTH OF DOWNTOWN GREENVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
TAYLORS...GOWENSVILLE...GREER...CAMPOBELLO...GSP AIRPORT...INMAN...
DUNCAN...LAKE BOWEN...LYMAN...WELLFORD AND REIDVILLE

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3493 8241 3516 8229 3513 8203 3484 8212
TIME...MOT...LOC 2211Z 288DEG 42KT 3503 8229

$$

BSH

347 
WWUS52 KGSP 282230
SVSGSP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
530 PM EST MON FEB 28 2011

SCC045-083-282241-
/O.EXP.KGSP.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110228T2230Z/
SPARTANBURG SC-GREENVILLE SC-
530 PM EST MON FEB 28 2011

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN GREENVILLE AND WEST CENTRAL
SPARTANBURG COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...

LAT...LON 3493 8241 3516 8229 3513 8203 3484 8212
TIME...MOT...LOC 2211Z 288DEG 42KT 3502 8229

$$

BSH

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 27, 8:21 PM EST	Lake Wind Advisory	GSP	Abbeville, Anderson, Cherokee, Chester, Greenwood, Laurens and 2 more	23 hr
Feb 28, 3:57 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Oconee, Pickens	63 min
Feb 28, 4:38 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Anderson, Greenville, Oconee, Pickens, Spartanburg	67 min
Feb 28, 5:21 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Anderson	39 min
Feb 28, 5:30 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Anderson, Cherokee, Chester, Greenville, Laurens, Spartanburg and 2 more	60 min
Feb 28, 5:50 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Abbeville, Anderson, Greenwood, Laurens	55 min
Feb 28, 6:06 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	York	54 min
Feb 28, 6:25 PM EST	Tornado Warning	GSP	Abbeville, Greenwood, Laurens	35 min
Feb 28, 6:42 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Chester	48 min
Feb 28, 6:51 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Abbeville, Greenwood, Laurens	39 min
Feb 28, 6:57 PM EST	Tornado Warning	GSP	Greenwood, Laurens	14 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.