Alert archive / South Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 19, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 3, 2012, 4:14 AM EST for Abbeville County, Greenwood County, Laurens County, South Carolina. It was in force for 27 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
- Mar 3, 2012, 4:14 AM EST (09:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 3, 2012, 4:41 AM EST
- In force
- 27 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), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:13 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 3, 4:20 AM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 7 Sse Greenwood, SC | TREES DOWN ON COUNTY LINE ROAD. |
| Mar 3, 4:34 AM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Sw Ninety Six, SC | TREE DOWN ON LOUDEN RD |
| Mar 3, 4:34 AM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Sse Ninety Six, SC | TREES DOWN ON GERVAIS STREET |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
Did it verify
Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched 3 storm reports to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 6 minutes after it went out.
Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2, 10:54 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 00:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 239 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
- 127 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -229 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 868 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 170 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 194 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
025
WUUS52 KGSP 030914
SVRGSP
SCC001-047-059-031015-
/O.NEW.KGSP.SV.W.0019.120303T0914Z-120303T1015Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
414 AM EST SAT MAR 3 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN ABBEVILLE COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...
CENTRAL GREENWOOD COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...
SOUTH CENTRAL LAURENS COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 515 AM EST
* AT 412 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES
WEST OF VERDERY...OR 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ABBEVILLE...MOVING EAST
AT 25 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
VERDERY...
GREENWOOD...
CORONACA...
NINETY SIX AND LAKE GREENWOOD...
DYSON AND CROSS HILL...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM SHOULD BE ALERT FOR
LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY
RAIN CAN OCCUR WITH ANY THUNDERSTORM. SEEK SHELTER INDOORS AWAY FROM
WINDOWS AND DOORS UNTIL THE STORM PASSES.
TO REPORT 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 TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM EST SATURDAY MORNING
FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA.
&&
LAT...LON 3422 8237 3440 8183 3432 8185 3430 8189
3422 8192 3421 8194 3418 8190 3413 8188
3405 8230
TIME...MOT...LOC 0915Z 255DEG 20KT 3414 8231
$$
KRENTZ1 follow-up statement
085
WWUS52 KGSP 030941
SVSGSP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
441 AM EST SAT MAR 3 2012
SCC001-047-059-030951-
/O.CAN.KGSP.SV.W.0019.000000T0000Z-120303T1015Z/
ABBEVILLE SC-GREENWOOD SC-LAURENS SC-
441 AM EST SAT MAR 3 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL LAURENS...
CENTRAL GREENWOOD AND EAST CENTRAL ABBEVILLE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM EST SATURDAY MORNING
FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA.
LAT...LON 3422 8237 3440 8183 3432 8185 3430 8189
3422 8192 3421 8194 3418 8190 3413 8188
3405 8230
TIME...MOT...LOC 0941Z 255DEG 20KT 3418 8214
$$
KRENTZWhat forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Mar 3, 3:50 AM EST, 24 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 3, 3:50 AM EST, 24 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 350 AM EST SAT MAR 3 2012 .SYNOPSIS... A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE EAST OF THE AREA AND OFF THE EAST COAST THIS AFTERNOON. A SHORTWAVE TROUGH WILL SWEEP ACROSS THE NORTH RESULTING IN WINTRY WEATHER OVER THE NC MOUNTAINS LATE SUNDAY INTO MONDAY. HIGH PRESSURE WILL THEN BUILD OVER THE REGION AND LINGER INTO MID WEEK. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/... AS OF 330 AM...THE LAST OF THE INSTBY AND ASSOCIATED THUNDER IS ABOUT TO EXIT THE SOUTHEAST TIER OF COUNTIES. WITH THIS UPDATE...THE TORNADO WATCH WAS CANCELED FOR ALL BUT THOSE COUNTIES (ELBERT TO YORK). OTHERWISE...A LARGE AREA OF TRAILING STRATIFORM RAIN CONTINUES ACRS THE ENTIRE AREA. THIS PRECIP SHUD BEGIN TO TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST THRU THE PRE-DAWN HOURS. A COLD FRONT WAS ANALYZED JUST WEST OF THE APPALACHIANS AT 06Z...AND HAS BEGUN TO ENTER THE CWFA. TODAY AND TONIGHT...AS DEEP LOW PRES SYSTEM CONTINUES TO TRACK NORTHEAST INTO QUEBEC...A DEEP SECONDARY UPPER SHORTWAVE TROF DIGS IN ACRS THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. THIS FORCING IS QUITE STRONG AND WILL HELP A SFC WAVE DEVELOP ALONG THE COLD FRONT INVOF THE SC COAST. A BAND OF MID LVL FRONTOGENESIS WILL DEVELOP IN ASSOCIATION WITH THIS WAVE AND GUIDANCE SEEMS TO KEEP ENUF MOISTURE FOR CLOUDS AND LIGHT PRECIP TO DEVELOP. TAKING A BLEND OF GUIDANCE...THERE IS A MID-HIGH END CHC OF PRECIP DEVELOPING LATE THIS AFTN/EVE ACRS THE CENTRAL MTNS AND UPPER SAVANNAH VALLEY. BOTH THE NAM AND GFS FCST SNDGS AT KAVL SHOW OMEGA IN THE SNOW GROWTH ZONE...BUT MOISTURE IS MARGINAL AND THE VALLEYS WILL LIKELY BE TOO WARM FOR SNOW. WITH THAT SAID...ELEVATIONS GENERALLY ABOVE 3500 FT IN THE CENTRAL/SW NC MTNS COULD GET A DUSTING TO HALF INCH OR SO...IF THE MID LVL MOISTURE IS ADEQUATE WITH THE EXPECTED POSITION OF THE FRONTOGENESIS. OTHERWISE...TEMPS WILL START OUT WELL ABOVE NORMAL THIS MORNING...BUT TAKE A NON-DIURNAL TREND WITH STRONG CAA THIS AFTN...ESP IN THE HIGH TERRAIN. SNOW LEVELS WILL DROP THIS EVE THRU THE NIGHT...BUT THE PRECIP SHUD BE BRIEF (3-6 HOURS)...TAPERING OFF QUICKLY AFTER MIDNIGHT. SO EXPECTING SUB-ADVISORY LVL ACCUM ABV 3500 FT...AND LIKELY NO ACCUM BELOW. && .SHORT TERM /SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT/... AS OF 330 AM SATURDAY...AS THE SFC FRONT MOVES OFFSHORE SUN MRNG... PATCHY MOISTURE BEGINS TO PUSH INTO THE MTNS FROM THE NW. THIS NW FLOW MOISTURE WILL SLOWLY INCREASE DURING THE DAY WITH TEMPS SUN AROUND AVG...COOLING QUICKLY AFTER SUNSET. RAIN SHWRS WILL MIX WITH AND TURN TO SNOW AND IT LOOKS LIKE THE BEST CHC FOR ACCUMS WILL BE OVER THE NC MTNS ALONG THE TN BORDER OVERNIGHT WITH A SLIGHT CHC OF OCNL LGT SNOW OR FLURRIES OUT INTO THE NC FOOTHILLS. MOISTURE STILL LOOKS SOMEWHAT LIMITED BUT THERE COULD BE ENOUGH FOR ADVSRY ACCUMS BY THE TIME PRECIP TAPERS OFF AND ENDS MON AFTN...WILL SEE WHAT ANOTHER COUPLE MODEL RUNS SHOW. TEMPS WILL BE WITHIN A COUPLE DEG OF AVG MON. && .LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/... AS OF 330 AM SATURDAY...LONG RANGE MODELS SHOW UPPER RIDGE WILL REMAIN OVER THE REGION TUE-WED...BEFORE A SHORTWAVE APPROACHES FROM THE NW TOWARD THE END OF THE WEEK. A SFC RIDGE OVER THE FCST AREA TUE WILL MOVE OFFSHORE WITH S RETURN FLOW DEVELOPING OVER THE AREA WED-THU...AND A COLD FRONT APPROACHING THE MTNS FROM THE W ON FRI. AS AN UPPER WAVE PASSES BY TO THE N...A SLIGHT CHC OF MAINLY MTN PRECIP DEVELOPS THU AFTN AND INCREASES THRU FRI ACROSS THE CWA AS A SERIES OF WEAK UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES PASS OVER THE AREA AND THE FRONT MOVES TOWARD THE MTNS. TEMPS WILL BE NEAR AVG TUE...WARMING TO AROUND 10 DEG ABOVE AVG THU-FRI. && .AVIATION /09Z SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... AT KCLT...A TSRA IS HEADING TOWARD THE TERMINAL AS OF THE 06Z TAF ISSUANCE. CORRECTED TO ADD TEMPO FOR TSRA FOR NEXT HOUR. WILL KEEP CB AND SHRA MENTION FOR NEXT FEW HOURS ALSO. THEN...A RAIN SHIELD WILL LINGER THRU THE REST OF THE OVERNIGHT. MAINLY MVFR RESTRICTIONS EXPECTED WITH THE PRECIP. A COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE IS SLATED FOR THE 11-15Z TIME FRAME. BRIEF NWLY WIND GUSTS POSSIBLE...THEN STAY NW THRU THE DAY WITH VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED. LINGERING MID LVL CLOUDINESS IS SHOWN IN MOST OF THE GUIDANCE. ELSEWHERE...WIDESPREAD LIGHT-MODERATE RAIN ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA...WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS. A LINE OF STORMS ARE TRAINING JUST NORTH OF THE KAND-KGMU-KGSP LINE...SO TEMPO TSRA FOR THOSE SITES. MVFR RESTRICTIONS ARE EXPECTED TO RETURN SHORTLY WITH ALL THE PRECIP WITH GUSTY SW WINDS FOR THE REST OF THE OVERNIGHT. GUIDANCE GENERALLY NOT GOING WITH IFR AT THIS TIME. A FRONTAL PASSAGE WILL VEER WINDS TO NW AROUND DAYBREAK...WITH LOW VFR CIG RETURNING BY MID MORNING. OUTLOOK...THERE MAIN BE A RETURN OF SOME RESTRICTIONS ACROSS THE PIEDMONT SITES SATURDAY NIGHT...THEN DRY WEATHER WILL RETURN FOR SUNDAY AND EARLY NEXT WEEK. AN EXPERIMENTAL AVIATION FORECAST CONSISTENCY TABLE SHOWING THE PERCENTAGE OF GUIDANCE MEMBERS AGREEING WITH THE SCHEDULED ISSUANCE CATEGORY IS AVAILABLE AT FOLLOWING LINK (USE LOWER CASE)... WWW.WEATHER.GOV/GSP/AVIATION/TABLES.HTM && .GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...RB NEAR TERM...ARK SHORT TERM...RB LONG TERM...RB AVIATION...ARK
Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 3, 3:32 AM EST, 42 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 332 AM EST SAT MAR 3 2012 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065- 068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>008-010-040845- RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-AVERY-ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE- MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-GRAHAM- NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON- CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC- CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-GREATER CALDWELL-BURKE MOUNTAINS-GREATER BURKE- MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-EASTERN MCDOWELL-RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS- GREATER RUTHERFORD-POLK MOUNTAINS-EASTERN POLK-OCONEE MOUNTAINS- PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER OCONEE- GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-ANDERSON- 332 AM EST SAT MAR 3 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... NONE. GAZ029-SCZ009-011>014-019-040845- ELBERT-YORK-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- 332 AM EST SAT MAR 3 2012 ...TORNADO WATCH 65 IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST EARLY THIS MORNING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. TORNADO WATCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... NONE.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Mar 3, 2:38 AM EST, 1 hour 36 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
238 AM EST SAT MAR 03 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0211 AM HAIL ROEBUCK 34.88N 81.96W
03/03/2012 E1.25 INCH SPARTANBURG SC PUBLIC
PUBLIC REPORT OF HAIL AN INCH AND A QUARTER IN DIAMETER
WHICH IS HALF DOLLAR SIZED IN ROEBUCK.
&&
OUTLAWSpecial weather statement, Mar 3, 2:38 AM EST, 1 hour 36 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
238 AM EST SAT MAR 3 2012
SCZ008-009-030830-
CHEROKEE-YORK-
238 AM EST SAT MAR 3 2012
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHEASTERN CHEROKEE AND
WESTERN YORK COUNTIES THROUGH 330 AM EST...
AT 236 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES NORTH OF SARATT...OR 10 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF GAFFNEY...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
HICKORY GROVE...
YORK...
SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.
LAT...LON 3489 8108 3487 8150 3487 8153 3488 8153
3487 8154 3488 8157 3501 8163 3515 8120
KRENTZSpecial weather statement, Mar 3, 3:16 AM EST, 58 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
316 AM EST SAT MAR 3 2012
GAZ029-SCZ010-011-030900-
ABBEVILLE-ANDERSON-ELBERT-
316 AM EST SAT MAR 3 2012
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL ELBERT...SOUTHERN
ANDERSON AND WESTERN ABBEVILLE COUNTIES THROUGH 400 AM EST...
AT 312 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES NORTH OF ELBERTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
55 MPH.
THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
LAKE RUSSELL...
LOWNDESVILLE...
SECESSION LAKE...
SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.
LAT...LON 3405 8290 3419 8299 3427 8283 3429 8278
3430 8278 3438 8262 3413 8247
KRENTZSpecial weather statement, Mar 3, 3:25 AM EST, 49 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
325 AM EST SAT MAR 3 2012
NCZ071-072-082-030915-
CABARRUS-MECKLENBURG-UNION-
325 AM EST SAT MAR 3 2012
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHERN UNION...SOUTHERN
CABARRUS AND SOUTHERN MECKLENBURG COUNTIES THROUGH 415 AM EST...
AT 318 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PINEVILLE...OR 12 MILES
SOUTH OF CENTER CITY CHARLOTTE...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
STALLINGS...
MINT HILL...
FAIRVIEW...
MIDLAND...
DIME SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.
LAT...LON 3502 8030 3496 8081 3506 8089 3512 8092
3536 8040 3534 8039 3519 8050 3517 8044
3518 8037 3517 8035 3519 8030 3514 8027
KRENTZLocal storm report, Mar 3, 3:31 AM EST, 43 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
331 AM EST SAT MAR 03 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0237 AM TSTM WND DMG 2 S HARRISBURG 35.29N 80.67W
03/03/2012 CABARRUS NC COUNTY OFFICIAL
PRELIMINARY REPORTS OF SIX HOUSES DAMAGED AND TREES AND
OTHER DEBRIS IN THE ROAD SOUTH OF HARRISBURG...GENERALLY
BETWEEN ROBINSON CHURCH ROAD AND 485. DAMAGE ALSO NOTED
ON PEACH ORCHARD ROAD AND OTHER NEARBY ROADS. TIME IS
BASED ON RADAR.
&&
OUTLAWSpecial weather statement, Mar 3, 4:10 AM EST, 4 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
410 AM EST SAT MAR 3 2012
SCZ011-019-031000-
ABBEVILLE-GREENWOOD-
410 AM EST SAT MAR 3 2012
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL GREENWOOD AND
SOUTHEASTERN ABBEVILLE COUNTIES THROUGH 500 AM EST...
AT 406 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ABBEVILLE...MOVING EAST AT
45 MPH.
THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
GREENWOOD...
NINETY SIX...
SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.
LAT...LON 3406 8234 3406 8246 3420 8251 3434 8217
3433 8217 3433 8214 3431 8212 3430 8209
3426 8204 3403 8194 3403 8233
KRENTZThe office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 3, 12:02 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Oconee, Pickens | 118 min |
| Mar 3, 12:17 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | York | 43 min |
| Mar 3, 12:37 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Oconee, Pickens | 38 min |
| Mar 3, 1:06 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Greenville, Pickens | 54 min |
| Mar 3, 1:29 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cherokee | 46 min |
| Mar 3, 1:50 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Spartanburg | 40 min |
| Mar 3, 2:10 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cherokee, Spartanburg, Union | 30 min |
| Mar 3, 2:38 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | York | 52 min |
| Mar 3, 3:20 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Abbeville, Anderson, Greenwood | 30 min |
| Mar 3, 4:10 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Greenwood | 50 min |
| Mar 3, 4:26 AM EST | Tornado Warning | GSP | Greenwood, Laurens | 15 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.