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Tornado Warning 23, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this tornado warning at Apr 28, 2011, 12:21 AM EDT for Oconee County, South Carolina; Habersham County, Rabun County, Stephens County, Georgia. It was in force for 39 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
- Apr 28, 2011, 12:21 AM EDT (04:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 28, 2011, 1:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Habersham County, GA, Rabun County, GA, Stephens County, GA, Oconee County, SC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 12:34 AM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Batesville, GA | TREES DOWN ALONG HIGHWAY 197 IN BATESVILLE. |
| Apr 28, 1:00 AM EDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | Mountain Rest, SC | FUNNEL CLOUD MOVING NORTHEAST |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 27, 6:52 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 183 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
- 1215 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -15 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1433 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 244 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 408 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.6
- Supercell composite
- 15.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
191
WFUS52 KGSP 280421
TORGSP
GAC137-241-257-SCC073-280500-
/O.NEW.KGSP.TO.W.0023.110428T0421Z-110428T0500Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1221 AM EDT THU APR 28 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
HABERSHAM COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CLARKESVILLE...
SOUTHERN RABUN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA...
NORTHWESTERN STEPHENS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF TOCCOA...
CENTRAL OCONEE COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF WALHALLA...
* UNTIL 100 AM EDT
* AT 1217 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 15 MILES WEST OF
DEMOREST...OR 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CLEVELAND...MOVING EAST AT 60
MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
DEMOREST AND BATESVILLE...
CLARKESVILLE...
TURNERVILLE AND HOLLYWOOD...
TALLULAH FALLS AND LAKEMONT...
LONG CREEK...
WESTMINSTER AND MOUNTAIN REST...
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.
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 3454 8362 3465 8367 3473 8363 3478 8364
3496 8292 3495 8291 3482 8290 3479 8288
3474 8290 3474 8287 3472 8286 3451 8352
3448 8365 3449 8366 3451 8367
TIME...MOT...LOC 0420Z 250DEG 53KT 3457 8376
$$
BSH1 follow-up statement
306
WWUS52 KGSP 280433
SVSGSP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1233 AM EDT THU APR 28 2011
GAC137-241-257-SCC073-280500-
/O.CON.KGSP.TO.W.0023.000000T0000Z-110428T0500Z/
STEPHENS GA-RABUN GA-HABERSHAM GA-OCONEE SC-
1233 AM EDT THU APR 28 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EDT FOR CENTRAL
OCONEE...HABERSHAM...SOUTHERN RABUN AND NORTHWESTERN STEPHENS
COUNTIES...
AT 1230 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF
DEMOREST...OR 6 MILES EAST OF CLEVELAND...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
BATESVILLE...MOUNT AIRY...CLARKESVILLE...NACOOHE LAKE...HOLLYWOOD...
TURNERVILLE...LAKE RABUN...LAKEMONT...TOCCOA...TALLULAH FALLS...LONG
CREEK...LAKE KEOWEE...WESTMINSTER...WALHALLA...SALEM AND MOUNTAIN
REST
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TORNADOES WHICH OCCUR AFTER DARK ARE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS. PEOPLE IN
THE WARNED AREA SHOULD PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR THIS TORNADO. MOBILE
HOMES AND VEHICLES SHOULD BE ABANDONED FOR STURDIER SHELTER.
OTHERWISE...GO TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST LEVEL OF YOUR HOME
OR PLACE OF BUSINESS.
&&
LAT...LON 3473 8363 3478 8364 3496 8292 3495 8291
3482 8290 3479 8288 3474 8290 3474 8287
3472 8286 3451 8352 3454 8362 3465 8367
TIME...MOT...LOC 0433Z 250DEG 45KT 3463 8361
$$
BSHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 27, 11:22 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Oconee, Pickens | 38 min |
| Apr 28, 12:04 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Oconee | 41 min |
| Apr 28, 12:54 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Oconee, Pickens | 51 min |
| Apr 28, 1:31 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Greenville, Oconee, Pickens | 44 min |
| Apr 28, 2:06 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Abbeville | 39 min |
| Apr 28, 2:29 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Abbeville, Greenwood | 46 min |
| Apr 28, 3:09 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Greenwood, Laurens | 36 min |
| Apr 27, 10:43 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Habersham, Rabun | 47 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.