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Tornado Warning 25, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this tornado warning at Apr 28, 2011, 12:54 AM EDT for Habersham County, Rabun County, Georgia; Oconee County, Pickens County, South Carolina; Jackson County, Macon County, Transylvania County, North Carolina. It was in force for 51 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, 12:54 AM EDT (04:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 28, 2011, 1:45 AM EDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Habersham County, GA, Rabun County, GA, Jackson County, NC, Macon County, NC, Transylvania County, NC, Oconee County, SC, Pickens County, SC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:55 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 1:00 AM EDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | Mountain Rest, SC | FUNNEL CLOUD MOVING NORTHEAST |
| Apr 28, 1:20 AM EDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 3 N Salem, SC | COUNTY 911 RELAYED FUNNEL CLOUD SIGHTINGS. |
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, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 198 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.
843
WFUS52 KGSP 280454
TORGSP
GAC137-241-NCC099-113-175-SCC073-077-280545-
/O.NEW.KGSP.TO.W.0025.110428T0454Z-110428T0545Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1254 AM EDT THU APR 28 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EAST CENTRAL HABERSHAM COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA...
EASTERN RABUN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CLAYTON...
NORTHERN OCONEE COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF WALHALLA...
NORTHWESTERN PICKENS COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF PICKENS...
SOUTH CENTRAL JACKSON COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
SOUTHEASTERN MACON COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
SOUTHWESTERN TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 145 AM EDT
* AT 1251 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR TALLULAH
FALLS...OR 10 MILES SOUTH OF CLAYTON...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LONG CREEK AND SKY VALLEY...
MOUNTAIN REST AND PINE MOUNTAIN...
WALHALLA...
SALEM AND LAKE KEOWEE...
NINE TIMES AND LAKE JOCASSEE...
PICKENS...
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 3499 8334 3517 8290 3485 8269 3467 8331
3468 8333 3468 8335 3465 8338 3464 8341
3487 8346
TIME...MOT...LOC 0454Z 248DEG 47KT 3476 8332
$$
BSH2 follow-up statements
575
WWUS52 KGSP 280509
SVSGSP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
109 AM EDT THU APR 28 2011
GAC137-280519-
/O.CAN.KGSP.TO.W.0025.000000T0000Z-110428T0545Z/
HABERSHAM GA-
109 AM EDT THU APR 28 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL HABERSHAM COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
LAT...LON 3499 8334 3517 8290 3485 8269 3473 8319
3492 8337
TIME...MOT...LOC 0509Z 238DEG 42KT 3487 8317
$$
GAC241-NCC099-113-175-SCC073-077-280545-
/O.CON.KGSP.TO.W.0025.000000T0000Z-110428T0545Z/
RABUN GA-MACON NC-TRANSYLVANIA NC-JACKSON NC-OCONEE SC-PICKENS SC-
109 AM EDT THU APR 28 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 AM EDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN PICKENS...NORTHERN OCONEE...SOUTHEASTERN JACKSON...
SOUTHWESTERN TRANSYLVANIA...SOUTHEASTERN MACON AND NORTHEASTERN RABUN
COUNTIES...
AT 104 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR MOUNTAIN REST...OR
10 MILES EAST OF CLAYTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
WALHALLA...PINE MOUNTAIN...LAKE KEOWEE...SALEM...SAPPHIRE...NINE
TIMES...LAKE JOCASSEE AND LAKE TOXAWAY
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 3499 8334 3517 8290 3485 8269 3473 8319
3492 8337
TIME...MOT...LOC 0509Z 238DEG 42KT 3487 8317
$$
BSH481
WWUS52 KGSP 280526
SVSGSP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
126 AM EDT THU APR 28 2011
GAC241-NCC099-113-280536-
/O.CAN.KGSP.TO.W.0025.000000T0000Z-110428T0545Z/
RABUN GA-MACON NC-JACKSON NC-
126 AM EDT THU APR 28 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN JACKSON...SOUTHEASTERN MACON
AND NORTHEASTERN RABUN COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
LAT...LON 3513 8299 3517 8290 3485 8269 3480 8293
3502 8305 3503 8301 3505 8305 3506 8305
TIME...MOT...LOC 0526Z 238DEG 42KT 3499 8295
$$
NCC175-SCC073-077-280545-
/O.CON.KGSP.TO.W.0025.000000T0000Z-110428T0545Z/
TRANSYLVANIA NC-OCONEE SC-PICKENS SC-
126 AM EDT THU APR 28 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 AM EDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN PICKENS...NORTHEASTERN OCONEE AND SOUTHWESTERN
TRANSYLVANIA COUNTIES...
AT 125 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR LAKE JOCASSEE...OR
16 MILES NORTH OF WALHALLA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
SAPPHIRE...NINE TIMES AND LAKE TOXAWAY
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 3513 8299 3517 8290 3485 8269 3480 8293
3502 8305 3503 8301 3505 8305 3506 8305
TIME...MOT...LOC 0526Z 238DEG 42KT 3499 8295
$$
BSHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 27, 10:43 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Habersham, Rabun | 47 min |
| Apr 27, 11:22 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Rabun | 38 min |
| Apr 28, 12:04 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Habersham, Rabun | 41 min |
| Apr 28, 12:21 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Habersham, Rabun, Stephens | 39 min |
| Apr 28, 2:06 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Elbert | 39 min |
| Apr 28, 2:29 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Elbert | 46 min |
| Apr 28, 1:31 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Greenville, Oconee, Pickens | 44 min |
| Apr 28, 3:09 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Greenwood, Laurens | 36 min |
| Apr 28, 12:41 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Haywood, Jackson, Macon, Transylvania | 34 min |
| Apr 28, 1:17 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Buncombe, Burke, McDowell | 43 min |
| Apr 28, 2:03 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Buncombe, Henderson, Polk, Rutherford | 42 min |
| Apr 28, 2:26 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Buncombe, Burke, Henderson, McDowell, Polk, Rutherford | 49 min |
| Apr 28, 2:56 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Alexander, Burke, Caldwell, Catawba, McDowell | 64 min |
| Apr 28, 5:26 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Caldwell | 34 min |
| Apr 28, 5:51 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Burke | 24 min |
| Apr 28, 5:55 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Burke | 35 min |
| Apr 28, 6:04 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Alexander, Burke, Caldwell, Catawba | 29 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.