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Tornado Warning 35, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this tornado warning at Sep 5, 2011, 5:19 PM EDT for Elbert County, Hart County, Georgia. It was in force for 41 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 5, 2011, 5:19 PM EDT (21:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 5, 2011, 6:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Elbert County, GA, Hart County, GA
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 5, 3:42 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 176 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
- 279 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 471 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 167 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 228 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 3.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
194
WFUS52 KGSP 052119
TORGSP
GAC105-147-052200-
/O.NEW.KGSP.TO.W.0035.110905T2119Z-110905T2200Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
519 PM EDT MON SEP 5 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
ELBERT COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF ELBERTON...
SOUTHEASTERN HART COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA...
* UNTIL 600 PM EDT
* AT 519 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 15 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF DEWY ROSE...OR 9 MILES NORTH OF LEXINGTON...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
DEWY ROSE AND ELBERTON...
RUCKERSVILLE AND NUBERG...
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.
TORNADOES IN GEORGIA 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.
&&
LAT...LON 3404 8298 3409 8303 3416 8307 3439 8284
3437 8284 3434 8280 3430 8278 3427 8275
3418 8273 3416 8272 3400 8292
TIME...MOT...LOC 2119Z 224DEG 30KT 3403 8305
$$
HG2 follow-up statements
892
WWUS52 KGSP 052142
SVSGSP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
542 PM EDT MON SEP 5 2011
GAC105-147-052200-
/O.CON.KGSP.TO.W.0035.000000T0000Z-110905T2200Z/
ELBERT GA-HART GA-
542 PM EDT MON SEP 5 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN HART AND ELBERT COUNTIES...
AT 541 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A DEVELOPING TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR DEWY
ROSE...OR 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF ELBERTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35
MPH. IN ADDITION TO A DEVELOPING TORNADO...THE PARENT THUNDERSTORM
WAS LIKELY PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL AS WELL.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
RUCKERSVILLE AND NUBERG.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES SHOULD BE ABANDONED FOR STURDIER SHELTER.
OTHERWISE...GO TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST LEVEL OF YOUR HOME
OR PLACE OF BUSINESS. MAKE SURE THERE ARE AS MANY WALLS AND FLOORS
BETWEEN YOU AND THE OUTSIDE AS POSSIBLE.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT MONDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA.
&&
LAT...LON 3416 8307 3439 8285 3434 8280 3430 8278
3427 8275 3418 8273 3416 8272 3409 8280
3404 8292
TIME...MOT...LOC 2141Z 226DEG 30KT 3417 8291
$$
HG134
WWUS52 KGSP 052155
SVSGSP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
555 PM EDT MON SEP 5 2011
GAC105-147-052204-
/O.EXP.KGSP.TO.W.0035.000000T0000Z-110905T2200Z/
ELBERT GA-HART GA-
555 PM EDT MON SEP 5 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN HART AND ELBERT COUNTIES WILL
EXPIRE AT 600 PM EDT...
AT 554 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SLOW
WEAKENING TREND IN THE THUNDERSTORM OVER NUBERG. THE TORNADO WARNING
WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE ON SCHEDULE.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT FOR THE
AREA.
LAT...LON 3416 8307 3439 8285 3434 8280 3430 8278
3427 8275 3418 8273 3416 8272 3409 8280
3404 8292
TIME...MOT...LOC 2154Z 221DEG 30KT 3427 8284
$$
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.