Alert archive / South Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 2011
Tornado Warning 6, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this tornado warning at Mar 19, 2011, 5:42 PM EDT for Greenwood County, Laurens County, South Carolina. It was in force for 48 min. 7 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
- Mar 19, 2011, 5:42 PM EDT (21:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 19, 2011, 6:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Greenwood County, SC, Laurens County, SC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 19, 5:47 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 7 Sw Laurens, SC | TWO CEDAR TREES JUST UPROOTED. AS I ASKED FOR MORE INFORMATION WE WERE CUT OFF. |
| Mar 19, 5:47 PM EDT | HAIL 0.88 | 7 Sw Laurens, SC | THE SPOTTER WITH THE TWO CEDAR TREES UPROOTED ALSO REPORTED NICKEL SIZED HAIL. THIS IS IN THE EKOM COMMUNITY. |
| Mar 19, 5:50 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Waterloo, SC | TREES DOWN IN THE ROAD IN THE VICINITY OF WATERLOO. SEVERAL VEHICULAR ACCIDENTS. |
| Mar 19, 5:53 PM EDT | HAIL 0.75 | Waterloo, SC | HAIL COVERED THE GROUND IN WATERLOO TWO INCHES DEEP. LARGEST HAIL AT THEIR LOCATION WAS DIME SIZED. BASED ON RADAR THE HAIL MAY HAVE LASTED AROUND 20 MINUTES ENDING BETWEEN 610 AND 615 PM. |
| Mar 19, 6:05 PM EDT | HAIL 1.25 | Cross Hill, SC | PUBLIC REPORT OF HAIL UP TO HALF DOLLAR SIZED LASTING FOR AT LEAST SEVERAL MINUTES IN CROSS HILL. BASED ON RADAR THE HAIL LIKELY LASTED TO AS LATE AS 625 PM. |
| Mar 19, 6:09 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Cross Hill, SC | NUMEROUS TREES REPORTED DOWN FROM WATERLOO TO CROSS HILL |
| Mar 19, 6:15 PM EDT | TORNADO | 2 Ssw Cross Hill, SC | WEAK TORNADO CONFIRMED. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 243 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1888 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -34 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -18 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
406
WFUS52 KGSP 192142
TORGSP
SCC047-059-192230-
/O.NEW.KGSP.TO.W.0006.110319T2142Z-110319T2230Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
542 PM EDT SAT MAR 19 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EASTERN GREENWOOD COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...
SOUTHWESTERN LAURENS COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 630 PM EDT
* AT 536 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 4 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF BOYD MILL POND...OR 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LAURENS...
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WATERLOO...
LAKE GREENWOOD AND CORONACA...
CROSS HILL...
DYSON AND NINETY SIX...
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.
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 3405 8204 3439 8227 3441 8224 3444 8228
3455 8208 3431 8184 3429 8188 3425 8190
3420 8193 3414 8188
TIME...MOT...LOC 2142Z 321DEG 19KT 3441 8212
$$
JPT1 follow-up statement
403
WWUS52 KGSP 192213
SVSGSP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
613 PM EDT SAT MAR 19 2011
SCC047-059-192230-
/O.CON.KGSP.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110319T2230Z/
LAURENS SC-GREENWOOD SC-
613 PM EDT SAT MAR 19 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM EDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN GREENWOOD AND SOUTH CENTRAL LAURENS COUNTIES...
AT 606 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE THE FORMATION OF A TORNADO MAY BE POSSIBLE FROM THIS STORM.
THE STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CROSS HILL...OR 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF
GREENWOOD...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO NINETY
SIX AND DYSON
LAT...LON 3410 8200 3433 8220 3450 8204 3431 8184
3429 8188 3425 8190 3420 8193 3414 8188
TIME...MOT...LOC 2212Z 321DEG 19KT 3429 8200
$$
JPTThe office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 19, 2:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Pickens | 50 min |
| Mar 19, 3:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Oconee | 42 min |
| Mar 19, 3:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Greenville | 38 min |
| Mar 19, 3:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Greenville | 54 min |
| Mar 19, 3:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Spartanburg | 66 min |
| Mar 19, 3:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Anderson, Greenville, Laurens, Pickens | 61 min |
| Mar 19, 5:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Laurens | 57 min |
| Mar 19, 5:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Greenville, Laurens | 65 min |
| Mar 19, 6:30 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Greenwood | 30 min |
| Mar 19, 7:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Oconee | 40 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.