Alert archive / South Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 2013
Tornado Warning 11, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this tornado warning at Jul 22, 2013, 9:07 PM EDT for Anderson County, Oconee County, South Carolina; Franklin County, Hart County, Georgia. It was in force for 38 min. 1 report 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
- Jul 22, 2013, 9:07 PM EDT (01:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 22, 2013, 9:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Franklin County, GA, Hart County, GA, Anderson County, SC, Oconee County, SC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 22, 9:42 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Townville, SC | SEVERAL SMALL TREES DOWN IN TOWNVILLE SC |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
Did it verify
Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this tornado warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.
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 nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 189 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
- 1549 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 782 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 78 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 128 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.6
- Supercell composite
- 4.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
160 WFUS52 KGSP 230107 TORGSP GAC119-147-SCC007-073-230145- /O.NEW.KGSP.TO.W.0011.130723T0107Z-130723T0145Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 907 PM EDT MON JUL 22 2013 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA... NORTHERN HART COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA... WEST CENTRAL ANDERSON COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA... SOUTHEASTERN OCONEE COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA... * UNTIL 945 PM EDT * AT 902 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LAVONIA...OR 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF CARNESVILLE...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. * THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR... FAIR PLAY AND HARTWELL. REED CREEK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A TORNADO IS LIKELY DEVELOPING. SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST LEVEL OF A HOUSE OR OFFICE BUILDING. PLACE AS MANY FLOORS AND WALLS BETWEEN YOU AND THE OUTSIDE AS POSSIBLE. TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION...NIGHT TIME TORNADOES ARE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS. SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST LEVEL OF A HOUSE OR OFFICE BUILDING. PLACE AS MANY FLOORS AND WALLS BETWEEN YOU AND THE OUTSIDE AS POSSIBLE. PLEASE REPORT DAMAGING WINDS...HAIL...OR FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG BY CALLING TOLL FREE...1... 800...2 6 7...8 1 0 1...OR BY POSTING ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGE...OR TWEET IT USING HASHTAG NWSGSP. YOUR MESSAGE SHOULD DESCRIBE THE EVENT AND THE SPECIFIC LOCATION WHERE IT OCCURRED. && LAT...LON 3462 8279 3432 8271 3432 8318 3445 8323 TIME...MOT...LOC 0107Z 255DEG 24KT 3441 8311 $$ JOH
2 follow-up statements
597 WWUS52 KGSP 230124 SVSGSP SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 924 PM EDT MON JUL 22 2013 GAC119-230134- /O.CAN.KGSP.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-130723T0145Z/ FRANKLIN GA- 924 PM EDT MON JUL 22 2013 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THIS AREA. LAT...LON 3434 8304 3451 8306 3462 8279 3432 8271 TIME...MOT...LOC 0124Z 255DEG 24KT 3444 8298 $$ GAC147-SCC007-073-230145- /O.CON.KGSP.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-130723T0145Z/ HART GA-ANDERSON SC-OCONEE SC- 924 PM EDT MON JUL 22 2013 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN OCONEE...WEST CENTRAL ANDERSON AND NORTHERN HART COUNTIES UNTIL 945 PM EDT... AT 921 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR REED CREEK...OR 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF HARTWELL...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR... REED CREEK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION...NIGHT TIME TORNADOES ARE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS. SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST LEVEL OF A HOUSE OR OFFICE BUILDING. PLACE AS MANY FLOORS AND WALLS BETWEEN YOU AND THE OUTSIDE AS POSSIBLE. PLEASE REPORT DAMAGING WINDS...HAIL...OR FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG BY CALLING TOLL FREE...1... 800...2 6 7...8 1 0 1...OR BY POSTING ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGE...OR TWEET IT USING HASHTAG NWSGSP. YOUR MESSAGE SHOULD DESCRIBE THE EVENT AND THE SPECIFIC LOCATION WHERE IT OCCURRED. && LAT...LON 3434 8304 3451 8306 3462 8279 3432 8271 TIME...MOT...LOC 0124Z 255DEG 24KT 3444 8298 $$ JOH
719 WWUS52 KGSP 230134 SVSGSP SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 934 PM EDT MON JUL 22 2013 GAC147-SCC007-073-230144- /O.CAN.KGSP.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-130723T0145Z/ HART GA-ANDERSON SC-OCONEE SC- 934 PM EDT MON JUL 22 2013 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN OCONEE...WEST CENTRAL ANDERSON AND NORTHERN HART COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LEVELS. HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. LAT...LON 3434 8304 3451 8306 3462 8279 3432 8271 TIME...MOT...LOC 0134Z 255DEG 24KT 3446 8290 $$ JOH
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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 tornado warning went out at Jul 22, 8:15 PM EDT, 52 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 22, 8:15 PM EDT, 52 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
815 PM EDT MON JUL 22 2013
.SYNOPSIS...
A BROAD UPPER TROUGH ATOP THE EASTERN UNITED STATES WILL PREVAIL
THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK. A SERIES OF UPPER LEVEL
WAVES...AND A COLD FRONT...WILL PASS THROUGH THE REGION DURING THE
FIRST PART OF THE WEEK KEEPING CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
ELEVATED.
&&
.NEAR TERM /THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT/...
AS OF 755 PM EDT...ANOTHER WAVE OF SHOWERS IS MOVING ACROSS THE
WESTERN CWFA AND IS PRODUCING A FEW CG LIGHTNING STRIKES...BUT ONLY
A HANDFUL OVER THE PAST HOUR OR SO. ADDITIONAL CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY
WILL LIKELY BE ABLE TO SUSTAIN ITSELF THRU THE LATE EVENING AS SFC
BASED CAPE REMAINS FAVORABLE. THE SVR POTENTIAL REMAINS LOW FOR
THESE STORMS WITH THE MAIN CONCERN BEING ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING
OVER ALREADY SATURATED AREAS. THINGS ARE EXPECTED TO QUITE DOWN
AFTER MIDNIGHT AND SOUNDINGS BECOME LESS FAVORABLE AND WE LOSE SOME
OF OUR UPPER LVL SUPPORT.
PREVIOUS DISCUSSION...
AT 230 PM EDT... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER HIGHER
TERRAIN IN ADVANCE OF APPROACHING TROUGH ALOFT AND WARMING BOUNDARY
LAYER WILL BE THE MAIN FEATURE OF THE CWA WEATHER DURING THE REST OF
THE AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. VERTICAL WIND PROFILES SUGGEST THAT
CELL MOVEMENT TOWARD THE EAST AND NORTHEAST WILL DIMINISH LIKELIHOOD
OF PRECIPITATION REMAINING OVER A LOCATION TOO LONG. HEAVY RAIN WILL
OCCUR... BUT SHOULD BE CONFINED TO SMALL AREAS. NONETHELESS... WILL
HAVE TO MONITOR CONVECTIVE EVOLUTION AND SURFACE FEATURES TO ENSURE
THAT PERSISTENT HEAVY RAINFALL DOES NOT DEVELOP ALONG BOUNDARIES NOT
YET IDENTIFIABLE. CONVECTION ALLOWING MODELS DID A REASONABLY GOOD
JOB OF INDICATING STORMS WOULD DEVELOP AND WE WILL FOLLOW THE TREND
INDICATED BY THE MODELS WHICH SIGNAL CONTINUED WEAKENING OF EASTWARD
MOVING MCS THAT TRAVELED ACROSS TENNESSEE EARLIER IN THE DAY. TROUGH
WILL CROSS THE CWA TONIGHT RESULTING IN CONTINUED POPS FOR
CONVECTIVE STORMS BUT POPS DECREASING LATE TONIGHT AS MOST FAVORABLE
FORCING MOVES INTO FAR EASTERN PART OF CWA. AFTER 12Z TUESDAY... THE
500 MB TROUGH WILL BE EXITING THE AREA FOLLOWED BY ANTICYCLONIC
DIFFERENTIAL VORTICITY ADVECTION FOR MUCH OF THE DAY. THE AIRMASS
WILL BE DRIER ABUT PLAN TO CARRY POPS. NUMBERS WILL BE QUITE A BIT
LOWER THAN THE POPS OF THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS. MOST FAVORABLE
LOCATION FOR AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE OVER THE
MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS. NO MAJOR CHANGES IN TEMPERATURE ARE
EXPECTED. OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL BE IN THE UPPER 60S AND LOWER 70S WITH
LOWER AND MIDDLE 60S IN MOUNTAIN VALLEYS. DAYTIME HIGHS ON MONDAY
WILL BE BETWEEN 85 AND 90 OUTSIDE THE MOUNTAINS AND IN THE LOWER AND
MID 80S IN MOUNTAIN VALLEYS.
&&
.SHORT TERM /WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/...
AS OF 130 PM MONDAY...A LONG WAVE TROF AXIS WILL MOVE LITTLE THRU
THE SHORT TERM...EXTENDING SOUTH FROM THE ERN GREAT LAKES THRU THE
CWFA. A SERIES OF SHORTWAVES WILL DIVE SE INTO THE AXIS...AMPLIFYING
THE LONGWAVE AND BRINGING SOME BETTER MID-UPR FLOW AND MID LVL LAPSE
RATES. MEANWHILE...LLVL FLOW WILL REMAIN LARGELY OUT OF THE
WEST...WITH PWATS CLOSER TO SEASONAL NORMS IN THE 100-125% OF NORMAL
RANGE. A WEAK FRONT WILL SAG SOUTH INTO THE AREA BY EARLY
WEDNESDAY...WITH BOTH THE NAM AND GFS AGREEING ON GOOD CONVERGENCE
ALONG THE BNDRY WED AFTN ACRS THE I-85 CORRIDOR. ONE OF THE UPR
SHORTWAVES WILL BE CROSSING THE AREA DURING PEAK HEATING...SO I
EXPECT AT LEAST SOLID CHC POPS FOR THE SRN HALF OF THE CWFA WED
AFTN. A LITTLE MORE FLOW WITH AN AMPLIFYING LONGWAVE SHUD RESULT IN
A LITTLE BIT OF SHEAR AND DECENT STORM MOTIONS. HOWEVER...THE MEAN
FLOW WILL BE NEARLY PARALLEL TO THE BNDRY...SO TRAINING STORMS MAY
BE A THREAT. MAX TEMPS WILL BE NEAR NORMAL.
WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY...A SECOND...MORE POTENT...SHORTWAVE
WILL DIVE INTO THE LONGWAVE TROF...WITH MORE SIGINIFICANT
AMPLIFICATION DEPICTED IN THE GUIDANCE. THERE IS DISAGREEMENT ON THE
EXACT POSITION OF THE TROF AXIS AT THAT POINT...AND ALSO ON WHERE
ANY SFC WAVE/REFLECTION DEVELOPS ALONG A STALLED BNDRY ACRS THE
COASTAL PLAIN. THE 12Z GFS HAS COME IN MORE IN LINE WITH WESTERN AND
WETTER 00Z ECMWF...WHILE THE 12Z NAM IS FURTHER EAST WITH THE
AXIS...AND DRIER FOR THE CWFA. THE 12Z CMC HAS COME IN MUCH FURTHER
WEST...AND IS WETTER FOR THURSDAY AS WELL. SINCE THIS IS MY FIRST
SHIFT IN A FEW DAYS...I HAVE OPTED TO MAKE LITTLE CHANGE TO
THURSDAY/S FCST...WHICH IS FOR A CHC POP ACRS THE AREA. THE GUIDANCE
SHOWS POSSIBLE WEDGE DEVELOPING ON THURSDAY AS WELL...AS A MODEST
SFC HIGH BLDS ACRS THE OH VLY AND NRN MID ATLANTIC...PUSHING SOME
NELY BL FLOW EAST OF THE APPALACHIANS. SO BELOW NORMAL TEMPS ARE
EXPECTED THURSDAY.
&&
.LONG TERM /THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY/...
AS OF 1240 PM EDT MONDAY...WITH WEAK SFC RIDGING IN SUBTLE DAMMING
ORIENTATION ON FRIDAY...WILL LOWER MAX TEMPS A FEW DEGREES FROM THE
GOING FCST. AT THIS POINT...WILL MAINTAIN INHERITED SMALL CHANCE
POP...BUT WITHIN THE DEVELOPING WEAK LLVL UPGLIDE...WE MAY HAVE TO
RAMP POPS UPWARD AS THE WEEK WEARS ON. SOLID CHANCE POP WILL BE
MAINTAINED FOR SATURDAY WITH THE 22/12 UTC OP GFS INCREASING THE
WAA DOWNSTREAM OF FORCING MAXIMA...NOW PROGGED TO ROTATE THRU
THE BASE OF THE L/WV TROUGH. DEEP CONVECTIVE CVRG COULD BECOME
NUMEROUS LATER IN THE WEEKEND WITH A LAYER RH MAXIMA AND FRONTAL
ZONE PROGGED TO SAG SE ACRS THE CWFA SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY.
IT REMAINS TO BE SEEN HOW FAR SE SLIGHTLY DRIER POST FRONTAL AIRMASS
WORKS INTO THE SE CONUS BY THE END OF THE PERIOD.
&&
.AVIATION /00Z TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/...
AT KCLT...I EXPECT VFR CONDITIONS TO PREVAIL THRU THE TAF PERIOD
WITH SOME BRIEF MVFR VISBY POSSIBLE FROM ROUGHLY 11 TO 13Z IN THE
MORNING. SFC WINDS MAY REMAIN TOO HIGH TO ALLOW ANY
RESTRICTIONS...SO MY CONFIDENCE WRT LOWER VISBY IS FAIRLY LOW.
OTHERWISE...WINDS WILL REMAIN FAIRLY STEADY OUT OF THE SW AND THEN W
THRU THE DAY AND INTO THE EVENING. CIGS ARE EXPECTED TO GO FROM BKN
TO SCT AS WE MOVE INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS AND REMAIN AROUND THE 4K
FT LEVEL. THERE IS A CHANCE FOR MORE TSRA TOMORROW...HOWEVER THE
CHANCES ARE BELOW 30% AT THIS TIME SO I DECIDED NOT TO CARRY ANY
MENTION FOR THE TIME BEING.
ELSEWHERE...EXPECT VFR CONDITIONS TO PREVAIL THRU THE TAF PERIOD
WITH SOME BRIEF MVFR VISBY POSSIBLE AT EACH SITE FROM ROUGHLY 10 TO
13Z. KAVL COULD SEE LOWER IFR VISBY IN THE 10 TO 13Z TIME FRAME IF
SFC WINDS REMAIN WEAK ENOUGH. AS WITH KCLT...MY CONFIDENCE WRT LOWER
VISBY IS NOT VERY HIGH BECAUSE OF THE POSSIBILITY OF PERSISTENT 5+KT
WINDS. OTHERWISE...WINDS WILL REMAIN FAIRLY STEADY OUT OF THE SW AND
THEN W THRU THE DAY AND INTO THE EVENING WITH KAVL SEEING MORE OF A
NWLY COMPONENT BY EARLY AFTERNOON. CIGS ARE EXPECTED TO GO FROM BKN
TO SCT AS WE MOVE INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS AND REMAIN AROUND THE 4K
FT LEVEL WITH KAVL EXPECTED TO SEE CIGS ABOUT 1000 TO 1500FT LOWER.
THERE IS A CHANCE FOR MORE TSRA TOMORROW...HOWEVER THE CHANCES ARE
BELOW 30% FOR KGSP...KGMU...AND KAND AND THEREFORE I DID NOT CARRY
ANY MENTION FOR THE TIME BEING. I DID INCLUDE A PROB30 FOR BOTH KAVL
AND KHKY FOR TSRA AND MVFR VISBY IN THE LATE AFTERNOON/EARLY EVENING
HOURS SINCE THEY HAVE FCST POPS IN THE 30 TO 35% RANGE.
OUTLOOK... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY ACCOMPANY A COLD
FRONTAL PASSAGE WEDNESDAY BUT BECOME LESS NUMEROUS DURING THE MIDDLE
OF THE WEEK AS HIGH PRESSURE EXTENDS SOUTHWARD FROM THE GREAT LAKES.
DURING THE LATTER PART OF THE WEEK SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOST NUMEROUS OVER THE MOUNTAINS. MORNING
VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS DUE TO FOG ARE POSSIBLE EACH DAY.
CONFIDENCE TABLE...
00-06Z 06-12Z 12-18Z 18-24Z
KCLT HIGH 100% HIGH 92% HIGH 98% HIGH 100%
KGSP HIGH 97% HIGH 90% HIGH 95% HIGH 100%
KAVL LOW 59% MED 77% MED 79% HIGH 100%
KHKY HIGH 100% HIGH 87% HIGH 95% HIGH 100%
KGMU MED 69% HIGH 87% HIGH 95% HIGH 100%
KAND MED 72% HIGH 80% HIGH 96% HIGH 100%
THE PERCENTAGE REFLECTS THE NUMBER OF GUIDANCE MEMBERS AGREEING
WITH THE SCHEDULED TAF ISSUANCE FLIGHT RULE CATEGORY. COMPLETE
HOURLY EXPERIMENTAL AVIATION FORECAST CONSISTENCY TABLES AND ENSEMBLE
FORECASTS ARE AVAILABLE AT THE FOLLOWING LINK: (MUST BE LOWER CASE)
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/GSP/AVIATION_TABLES
&&
.GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...NONE.
NC...NONE.
SC...NONE.
&&
SYNOPSIS...CSH
NEAR TERM...JPT
SHORT TERM...ARK
LONG TERM...CSH
AVIATION...JPTHazardous weather outlook, Jul 22, 3:02 AM EDT, 18 hours 5 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 302 AM EDT MON JUL 22 2013 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065- 068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-230715- RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-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-YORK- ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- 302 AM EDT MON JUL 22 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL REDEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING HOURS. SOME THUNDERSTORMS COULD BE SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS...CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY RAINFALL BEING THE MAIN THREATS. DUE TO RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL...ANY LOCATIONS THAT RECEIVE MULTIPLE WAVES OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL HAVE AN ELEVATED RISK OF FLASH FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... NONE. CDG
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 22, 4:02 PM EDT, 5 hours 5 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
402 PM EDT MON JUL 22 2013
SCZ008-009-222030-
CHEROKEE-YORK-
402 PM EDT MON JUL 22 2013
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CHEROKEE AND NORTHWESTERN YORK
COUNTIES THROUGH 430 PM EDT...
AT 359 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR GAFFNEY...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
BLACKSBURG...
WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS AND WET SOIL CONDITIONS MAY CAUSE A
FEW TREES AND POWER LINES TO FALL. SEEK SHELTER INSIDER AN INTERIOR
ROOM.
LAT...LON 3491 8172 3515 8174 3518 8155 3516 8132
3491 8131
WIMBERLEYSpecial weather statement, Jul 22, 4:38 PM EDT, 4 hours 29 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
438 PM EDT MON JUL 22 2013
NCZ070-071-SCZ009-222130-
GASTON-MECKLENBURG-YORK-
438 PM EDT MON JUL 22 2013
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHERN YORK...SOUTHEASTERN
GASTON AND SOUTHWESTERN MECKLENBURG COUNTIES THROUGH 530 PM EDT...
AT 435 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF KINGS MOUNTAIN STATE PARK...
OR 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF YORK...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
CLOVER...
LAKE WYLIE...
CAROWINDS...
WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH...AND TORRENTIAL RAIN ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.
THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS AND WET SOIL CONDITIONS MAY CAUSE A
FEW TREES AND POWER LINES TO FALL. SEEK SHELTER INSIDER AN INTERIOR
ROOM.
LAT...LON 3502 8139 3510 8141 3514 8140 3517 8136
3516 8134 3518 8132 3525 8098 3504 8093
WIMBERLEYSpecial weather statement, Jul 22, 5:02 PM EDT, 4 hours 5 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
502 PM EDT MON JUL 22 2013
NCZ053-065-507-222145-
BUNCOMBE-HENDERSON-RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-
502 PM EDT MON JUL 22 2013
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN HENDERSON...
SOUTHEASTERN BUNCOMBE AND WESTERN RUTHERFORD COUNTIES THROUGH 545 PM
EDT...
AT 459 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF EDNEYVILLE...OR 8 MILES
NORTHEAST OF HENDERSONVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.
THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
BAT CAVE...
CHIMNEY ROCK...
SMALL HAIL...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND TORRENTIAL RAIN ARE EXPECTED
WITH THIS STORM.
THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS AND WET SOIL CONDITIONS MAY CAUSE
SCATTERED TREES AND POWER LINES TO FALL. SEEK SHELTER INSIDER AN
INTERIOR ROOM.
PLEASE REPORT DAMAGING WINDS...HAIL...OR FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG BY CALLING TOLL FREE...1...
800...2 6 7...8 1 0 1...OR BY POSTING ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGE...OR TWEET
IT USING HASHTAG NWSGSP. YOUR MESSAGE SHOULD DESCRIBE THE EVENT AND
SPECIFIC LOCATION WHERE IT OCCURRED.
LAT...LON 3554 8223 3540 8220 3540 8223 3540 8225
3536 8228 3535 8229 3536 8245 3549 8249
WIMBERLEYSpecial weather statement, Jul 22, 8:17 PM EDT, 50 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
817 PM EDT MON JUL 22 2013
NCZ048>050-052-053-059-230115-
BUNCOMBE-HAYWOOD-MADISON-MITCHELL-NORTHERN JACKSON-YANCEY-
817 PM EDT MON JUL 22 2013
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT BUNCOMBE...MADISON...NORTHERN
HAYWOOD...NORTHERN JACKSON...NORTHERN MITCHELL AND YANCEY COUNTIES
THROUGH 915 PM EDT...
AT 812 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 3 MILES EAST OF
LIBERTY TO COVE CREEK...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
THESE STORMS WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
CANTON...
MARSHALL...
MARS HILL...
WOODFIN...
ASHEVILLE...
WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH...AND TORRENTIAL RAIN ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE
STORMS.
THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS AND WET SOIL CONDITIONS MAY CAUSE A
FEW TREES AND POWER LINES TO FALL. SEEK SHELTER INSIDER AN INTERIOR
ROOM.
PLEASE REPORT DAMAGING WINDS...HAIL...OR FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG BY CALLING TOLL FREE...1...
800...2 6 7...8 1 0 1...OR BY POSTING ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGE...OR TWEET
IT USING HASHTAG NWSGSP. YOUR MESSAGE SHOULD DESCRIBE THE EVENT AND
SPECIFIC LOCATION WHERE IT OCCURRED.
LAT...LON 3611 8208 3608 8207 3552 8250 3545 8328
3553 8322 3552 8317 3558 8317 3578 8301
3584 8292 3595 8287 3593 8281 3601 8277
3607 8263 3604 8259 3597 8260 3596 8256
3602 8245 3610 8239 3614 8225 3617 8222
WIMBERLEYThe office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 22, 8:29 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Oconee | 46 min |
| Jul 22, 9:04 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Anderson, Oconee, Pickens | 41 min |
| Jul 22, 9:24 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Abbeville, Anderson, Greenwood | 51 min |
| Jul 22, 9:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Anderson | 67 min |
| Jul 22, 10:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Anderson, Greenville, Laurens, Spartanburg | 43 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.