Alert archive / South Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 2017
Tornado Warning 30, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this tornado warning at Oct 8, 2017, 6:00 PM EDT for Cherokee County, Union County, South Carolina. It was in force for 45 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
- Oct 8, 2017, 6:00 PM EDT (22:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 8, 2017, 6:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.0 in
Counties Cherokee County, SC, Union County, SC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:01 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 205 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
- 142 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -29 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 556 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 57 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 73 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
294
WFUS52 KGSP 082200
TORGSP
SCC021-087-082245-
/O.NEW.KGSP.TO.W.0030.171008T2200Z-171008T2245Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC
600 PM EDT SUN OCT 8 2017
The National Weather Service in Greenville-Spartanburg has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Central Cherokee County in Upstate South Carolina...
Northwestern Union County in Upstate South Carolina...
* Until 645 PM EDT
* At 600 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 12 miles south of Gaffney, or near Pacolet, moving
north at 30 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed.
Damage to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree
damage is likely.
* This dangerous storm will be near...
Gaffney around 630 PM EDT.
Blacksburg around 640 PM EDT.
Other locations impacted by this dangerous thunderstorm include
Cherokee Falls, Draytonville and Thicketty.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
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 3485 8173 3490 8173 3491 8171 3492 8173
3518 8172 3514 8148 3483 8167
TIME...MOT...LOC 2200Z 194DEG 25KT 3489 8169
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$
081 follow-up statement
597
WWUS52 KGSP 082217
SVSGSP
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC
617 PM EDT SUN OCT 8 2017
SCC087-082226-
/O.CAN.KGSP.TO.W.0030.000000T0000Z-171008T2245Z/
Union SC-
617 PM EDT SUN OCT 8 2017
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN UNION COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out of
the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
LAT...LON 3494 8166 3494 8173 3518 8172 3516 8159
TIME...MOT...LOC 2216Z 180DEG 27KT 3502 8170
$$
SCC021-082245-
/O.CON.KGSP.TO.W.0030.000000T0000Z-171008T2245Z/
Cherokee SC-
617 PM EDT SUN OCT 8 2017
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM EDT FOR NORTH
CENTRAL CHEROKEE COUNTY...
At 616 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 4 miles southwest of Gaffney, moving north at 30 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
This dangerous storm will be near...
Gaffney around 630 PM EDT.
Other locations impacted by this dangerous storm include Thicketty.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
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 3494 8166 3494 8173 3518 8172 3516 8159
TIME...MOT...LOC 2216Z 180DEG 27KT 3502 8170
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
08The office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 8, 12:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Greenville | 65 min |
| Oct 8, 3:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Spartanburg | 40 min |
| Oct 8, 3:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Pickens | 43 min |
| Oct 8, 3:39 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Oconee | 2 hr |
| Oct 8, 3:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cherokee | 44 min |
| Oct 8, 4:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Laurens | 44 min |
| Oct 8, 4:08 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Laurens | 37 min |
| Oct 8, 4:15 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Greenwood, Laurens | 30 min |
| Oct 8, 4:33 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Greenville, Pickens | 42 min |
| Oct 8, 4:35 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Laurens, Spartanburg | 40 min |
| Oct 8, 4:38 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Laurens, Union | 37 min |
| Oct 8, 5:04 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Cherokee, Spartanburg, Union | 41 min |
| Oct 8, 5:14 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Spartanburg, Union | 46 min |
| Oct 8, 6:12 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Greenville, Spartanburg | 2 hr |
| Oct 8, 6:24 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Cherokee | 36 min |
| Oct 8, 6:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cherokee, Union | 48 min |
| Oct 8, 6:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Union | 37 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.