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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

February 28, 2011Abbeville County, Greenwood County, Laurens County, South Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this tornado warning at Feb 28, 2011, 6:25 PM EST for Abbeville County, Greenwood County, Laurens County, South Carolina. It was in force for 35 min. 3 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, 6:25 PM EST (23:25 UTC)
Expired: Feb 28, 2011, 7:00 PM EST
In force: 35 min
Issued by: NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Abbeville County, SC, Greenwood County, SC, Laurens County, SC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:27 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, 6:35 PM EST	TSTM WND DMG	Abbeville, SC	TREES DOWN ALL ACROSS THE COUNTY
Feb 28, 6:47 PM EST	TSTM WND GST 55	3 Nnw Greenwood, SC
Feb 28, 6:52 PM EST	HAIL 0.88	3 Nnw Greenwood, SC

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

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 218 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: 1162 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 229 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 350 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.

862 
WFUS52 KGSP 282325
TORGSP
SCC001-047-059-010000-
/O.NEW.KGSP.TO.W.0003.110228T2325Z-110301T0000Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL ABBEVILLE COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF ABBEVILLE...
  WESTERN GREENWOOD COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF GREENWOOD...
  SOUTH CENTRAL LAURENS COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...

* UNTIL 700 PM EST

* AT 622 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 4 MILES SOUTH OF
  ANTREVILLE...OR 12 MILES WEST OF ABBEVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  ABBEVILLE AND DUE WEST...
  VERDERY...HODGES AND COKESBURY...
  GREENWOOD...
  CORONACA AND WATERLOO...
  LAKE GREENWOOD...

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 3416 8261 3434 8253 3437 8250 3436 8200
      3406 8208
TIME...MOT...LOC 2326Z 282DEG 42KT 3423 8251

$$

BSH

2 follow-up statements

125 
WWUS52 KGSP 282339
SVSGSP

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

SCC001-047-059-010000-
/O.CON.KGSP.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-110301T0000Z/
LAURENS SC-ABBEVILLE SC-GREENWOOD SC-
639 PM EST MON FEB 28 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EST FOR WESTERN
GREENWOOD...EASTERN ABBEVILLE AND SOUTH CENTRAL LAURENS COUNTIES...

AT 636 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR ABBEVILLE...MOVING
EAST AT 45 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
HODGES...VERDERY...COKESBURY...GREENWOOD...CORONACA...WATERLOO AND
LAKE GREENWOOD

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 3413 8244 3437 8237 3436 8200 3406 8208
TIME...MOT...LOC 2339Z 279DEG 38KT 3421 8232

$$

BSH

845 
WWUS52 KGSP 010001
SVSGSP

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

SCC001-047-059-010010-
/O.EXP.KGSP.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-110301T0000Z/
LAURENS SC-ABBEVILLE SC-GREENWOOD SC-
701 PM EST MON FEB 28 2011

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WESTERN GREENWOOD...EASTERN ABBEVILLE AND
SOUTH CENTRAL LAURENS COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...

A NEW TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED EAST OF THE EXPIRING 
WARNING...INCLUDING NINETY SIX AND DYSON.

LAT...LON 3413 8244 3437 8237 3436 8200 3406 8208
TIME...MOT...LOC 2339Z 279DEG 38KT 3420 8232

$$

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, 4:59 PM EST	Tornado Warning	GSP	Greenville, Spartanburg	31 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, 6:42 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.