Alert archive / South Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 2011
Tornado Warning 31, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this tornado warning at Jun 19, 2011, 5:22 PM EDT for Greenville County, Laurens County, Spartanburg County, South Carolina. It was in force for 23 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
- Jun 19, 2011, 5:22 PM EDT (21:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 19, 2011, 5:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Greenville County, SC, Laurens County, SC, Spartanburg County, SC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 16 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:23 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 5:28 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | Five Forks, SC | |
| Jun 19, 5:30 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | 6 Ene Simpsonville, SC | EAST GEORGIA RD AT FD |
| Jun 19, 5:47 PM EDT | HAIL 0.88 | 5 Nne Gray Court, SC | |
| Jun 19, 5:47 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | 5 Ene Fountain Inn, SC | HAIL TO SIZE OF QUARTERS, MOST WAS NICKEL. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 2:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 252 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
- 35 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -220 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1343 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 151 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 249 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
362 WFUS52 KGSP 192122 TORGSP SCC045-059-083-192145- /O.NEW.KGSP.TO.W.0031.110619T2122Z-110619T2145Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 522 PM EDT SUN JUN 19 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EAST CENTRAL GREENVILLE COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA... NORTHWESTERN LAURENS COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA... SOUTH CENTRAL SPARTANBURG COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA... * UNTIL 545 PM EDT * AT 519 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR MAULDIN... OR 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DOWNTOWN GREENVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... SIMPSONVILLE... FOUNTAIN INN... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TORNADOES IN THE CAROLINAS ARE OFTEN OBSCURED BY RAIN...HAZE...TREES...AND TERRAIN. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE THE TORNADO BEFORE SEEKING SHELTER. BY THE TIME YOU SEE IT...IT MAY BE TOO LATE! 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. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA. && LAT...LON 3479 8199 3460 8212 3474 8235 3482 8229 TIME...MOT...LOC 2122Z 296DEG 23KT 3477 8227 $$ MOORE
3 follow-up statements
150
WWUS52 KGSP 192128
SVSGSP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
528 PM EDT SUN JUN 19 2011
SCC083-192137-
/O.CAN.KGSP.TO.W.0031.000000T0000Z-110619T2145Z/
SPARTANBURG SC-
528 PM EDT SUN JUN 19 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL SPARTANBURG COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT SUNDAY
EVENING FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND CENTRAL
SOUTH CAROLINA.
LAT...LON 3473 8234 3480 8229 3480 8216 3475 8211
3474 8208 3471 8206 3471 8207 3469 8206
3460 8212
TIME...MOT...LOC 2127Z 307DEG 23KT 3474 8224
$$
SCC045-059-192145-
/O.CON.KGSP.TO.W.0031.000000T0000Z-110619T2145Z/
LAURENS SC-GREENVILLE SC-
528 PM EDT SUN JUN 19 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM EDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL GREENVILLE AND NORTHWESTERN LAURENS COUNTIES...
AT 523 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR SIMPSONVILLE...OR
10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DOWNTOWN GREENVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25
MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
FOUNTAIN INN AND GRAY COURT
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 3473 8234 3480 8229 3480 8216 3475 8211
3474 8208 3471 8206 3471 8207 3469 8206
3460 8212
TIME...MOT...LOC 2127Z 307DEG 23KT 3474 8224
$$
MCAVOY837
WWUS52 KGSP 192134
SVSGSP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
534 PM EDT SUN JUN 19 2011
SCC045-059-192145-
/O.CON.KGSP.TO.W.0031.000000T0000Z-110619T2145Z/
LAURENS SC-GREENVILLE SC-
534 PM EDT SUN JUN 19 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM EDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL GREENVILLE AND NORTHWESTERN LAURENS COUNTIES...
AT 531 PM EDT...A TORNADO WAS STRONGLY INDICATED BY RADAR. THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR FOUNTAIN INN...OR 14 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
DOWNTOWN GREENVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO GRAY
COURT
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT SUNDAY
EVENING FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND CENTRAL
SOUTH CAROLINA.
&&
LAT...LON 3473 8234 3480 8229 3480 8216 3475 8211
3474 8208 3471 8206 3471 8207 3469 8206
3460 8212
TIME...MOT...LOC 2133Z 304DEG 26KT 3471 8219
$$
MCAVOY091
WWUS52 KGSP 192140
SVSGSP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
540 PM EDT SUN JUN 19 2011
SCC045-059-192145-
/O.CON.KGSP.TO.W.0031.000000T0000Z-110619T2145Z/
LAURENS SC-GREENVILLE SC-
540 PM EDT SUN JUN 19 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM EDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL GREENVILLE AND NORTHWESTERN LAURENS COUNTIES...
AT 536 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 1 MILE SOUTHEAST OF
FOUNTAIN INN...OR 16 MILES NORTHWEST OF LAURENS...MOVING SOUTHEAST
AT 30 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
GRAY COURT...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TORNADOES IN THE CAROLINAS ARE OFTEN OBSCURED BY
RAIN...HAZE...TREES...AND TERRAIN. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE THE TORNADO
BEFORE SEEKING SHELTER. BY THE TIME YOU SEE IT...IT MAY BE TOO LATE!
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.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT SUNDAY
EVENING FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND CENTRAL
SOUTH CAROLINA.
&&
LAT...LON 3473 8234 3480 8229 3480 8216 3475 8211
3474 8208 3471 8206 3471 8207 3469 8206
3460 8212
TIME...MOT...LOC 2139Z 304DEG 26KT 3469 8215
$$
MCAVOYThe office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 4:42 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Union | 48 min |
| Jun 19, 5:01 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Chester, Spartanburg, Union | 59 min |
| Jun 19, 6:08 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Chester, Union | 67 min |
| Jun 19, 3:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Oconee, Pickens | 39 min |
| Jun 19, 4:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Greenville, Pickens | 50 min |
| Jun 19, 4:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Laurens | 49 min |
| Jun 19, 4:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Greenville, Pickens | 59 min |
| Jun 19, 4:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Laurens, Spartanburg, Union | 58 min |
| Jun 19, 5:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Greenville, Laurens, Spartanburg | 56 min |
| Jun 19, 5:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Laurens, Spartanburg, Union | 36 min |
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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.