Alert archive / South Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 2014
Tornado Warning 3, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this tornado warning at Feb 21, 2014, 5:59 AM EST for Rabun County, Georgia; Oconee County, Pickens County, South Carolina. It was in force for 31 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
- Feb 21, 2014, 5:59 AM EST (10:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 21, 2014, 6:30 AM EST
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Rabun County, GA, Oconee County, SC, Pickens County, SC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 233 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
- 10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -271 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1301 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 180 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 279 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
949
WFUS52 KGSP 211059
TORGSP
GAC241-SCC073-077-211130-
/O.NEW.KGSP.TO.W.0003.140221T1059Z-140221T1130Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
559 AM EST FRI FEB 21 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN RABUN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA...
NORTHERN OCONEE COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...
NORTHWESTERN PICKENS COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 630 AM EST
* AT 553 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED 5 MILES WEST OF MOUNTAIN REST...OR 9 MILES EAST OF
CLAYTON...AND MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.
* THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
SALEM.
LAKE JOCASSEE AND NINE TIMES.
ROCKY BOTTOM.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A BRIEF...WEAK TORNADO IS LIKELY. MOBILE HOMES COULD BE FLIPPED.
FALLING TREES CAN CAUSE DEATH OR SERIOUS INJURY...AND MAJOR DAMAGE TO
HOUSES. SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST LEVEL OF A
HOUSE OR OFFICE BUILDING.
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 3505 8292 3509 8279 3508 8277 3507 8278
3507 8276 3488 8270 3480 8327 3493 8331
TIME...MOT...LOC 1059Z 252DEG 43KT 3489 8317
$$
082 follow-up statements
331
WWUS52 KGSP 211115
SVSGSP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
615 AM EST FRI FEB 21 2014
GAC241-211125-
/O.CAN.KGSP.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140221T1130Z/
RABUN GA-
615 AM EST FRI FEB 21 2014
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN RABUN COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THIS AREA.
LAT...LON 3500 8309 3508 8283 3509 8279 3508 8277
3507 8278 3507 8276 3506 8276 3488 8270
3486 8307 3499 8310
TIME...MOT...LOC 1115Z 252DEG 43KT 3495 8295
$$
SCC073-077-211130-
/O.CON.KGSP.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140221T1130Z/
OCONEE SC-PICKENS SC-
615 AM EST FRI FEB 21 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN PICKENS AND
NORTH CENTRAL OCONEE COUNTIES UNTIL 630 AM EST...
AT 610 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR SALEM...OR 11 MILES NORTH OF WALHALLA...MOVING EAST AT
50 MPH.
THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
LAKE JOCASSEE AND NINE TIMES.
ROCKY BOTTOM.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A BRIEF...WEAK TORNADO IS LIKELY. MOBILE HOMES COULD BE FLIPPED.
FALLING TREES CAN CAUSE DEATH OR SERIOUS INJURY...AND MAJOR DAMAGE TO
HOUSES. SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST LEVEL OF A
HOUSE OR OFFICE BUILDING.
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 3500 8309 3508 8283 3509 8279 3508 8277
3507 8278 3507 8276 3506 8276 3488 8270
3486 8307 3499 8310
TIME...MOT...LOC 1115Z 252DEG 43KT 3495 8295
$$
08891
WWUS52 KGSP 211128
SVSGSP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
628 AM EST FRI FEB 21 2014
SCC073-077-211138-
/O.EXP.KGSP.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140221T1130Z/
OCONEE SC-PICKENS SC-
628 AM EST FRI FEB 21 2014
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN PICKENS AND NORTH CENTRAL
OCONEE COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 630 AM EST...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LEVELS. HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH
THUNDERSTORMS THIS MORNING.
LAT...LON 3500 8309 3508 8283 3509 8279 3508 8277
3507 8278 3507 8276 3506 8276 3488 8270
3486 8307 3499 8310
TIME...MOT...LOC 1128Z 252DEG 43KT 3500 8277
$$
08The office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 21, 4:39 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Franklin, Habersham, Hart, Rabun, Stephens | 66 min |
| Feb 21, 5:51 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Hart | 54 min |
| Feb 21, 6:12 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Elbert, Hart | 48 min |
| Feb 21, 6:39 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Elbert, Hart | 81 min |
| Feb 21, 6:56 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cherokee, Laurens, Spartanburg, Union | 49 min |
| Feb 21, 7:44 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Chester, Laurens, Union, York | 46 min |
| Feb 21, 8:29 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Chester | 46 min |
| Feb 21, 9:11 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | York | 79 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.