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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

April 19, 2019Habersham County, Rabun County, Georgia

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this tornado warning at Apr 19, 2019, 5:53 AM EDT for Habersham County, Rabun County, Georgia. It was in force for 37 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: Apr 19, 2019, 5:53 AM EDT (09:53 UTC)
Expired: Apr 19, 2019, 6:30 AM EDT
In force: 37 min
Issued by: NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.0 in

Counties Habersham County, GA, Rabun County, GA

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 127 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:55 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
Apr 19, 5:54 AM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	3 Sse Mossy Creek, GA	A HOME AND SHED WERE DAMAGED IN THE 1100 BLOCK OF DYER FARM RD. TREES WERE ALSO DOWNED.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 160 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 10 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -12 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1569 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 57 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 148 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 200 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

971 
WFUS52 KGSP 190953
TORGSP
GAC137-241-191030-
/O.NEW.KGSP.TO.W.0013.190419T0953Z-190419T1030Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC
553 AM EDT Fri Apr 19 2019

The National Weather Service in Greenville-Spartanburg has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Habersham County in northeastern Georgia...
  Southwestern Rabun County in northeastern Georgia...

* Until 630 AM EDT.
    
* At 553 AM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located 5 miles southwest of Clarkesville, or near Demorest,
  moving northeast at 50 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...
  Tallulah Falls and Lake Rabun around 610 AM EDT.

Other locations impacted by this dangerous thunderstorm include
Hollywood, Seed Lake, Turnerville and Raoul.

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 3454 8362 3458 8364 3460 8365 3462 8364
      3465 8366 3483 8351 3469 8334 3467 8337
      3463 8339 3449 8349 3449 8355 3445 8359
      3443 8362 3450 8367
TIME...MOT...LOC 0953Z 222DEG 53KT 3456 8360 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN

$$

KRENTZ

1 follow-up statement

552 
WWUS52 KGSP 191015
SVSGSP

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC
615 AM EDT Fri Apr 19 2019

GAC137-241-191030-
/O.CON.KGSP.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-190419T1030Z/
Habersham GA-Rabun GA-
615 AM EDT Fri Apr 19 2019

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 AM EDT FOR HABERSHAM
AND SOUTHWESTERN RABUN COUNTIES...
    
At 615 AM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Clarkesville, moving northeast at 45 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...
  Tallulah Falls and Lake Rabun around 630 AM EDT.

Other locations impacted by this dangerous storm include Turnerville,
Hollywood and Seed Lake.

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 3457 8359 3460 8360 3463 8362 3466 8365
      3483 8351 3469 8334 3467 8337 3463 8339
      3449 8349 3449 8355 3445 8359 3451 8360
TIME...MOT...LOC 1015Z 222DEG 38KT 3466 8350 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

KRENTZ

The office that day

Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 19, 6:26 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Habersham, Rabun, Stephens	31 min
Apr 19, 6:45 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Franklin	45 min
Apr 19, 7:51 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Franklin, Stephens	4 hr
Apr 19, 7:51 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Franklin, Hart, Stephens	39 min
Apr 19, 8:23 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Franklin, Hart, Stephens	52 min
Apr 19, 8:29 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	GSP	Stephens	12 hr
Apr 19, 8:39 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	GSP	Franklin	12 hr
Apr 19, 9:03 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Habersham, Rabun	3 hr
Apr 19, 9:22 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Franklin	38 min
Apr 19, 9:52 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Franklin, Hart, Stephens	38 min
Apr 19, 11:38 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Franklin, Habersham, Stephens	22 min
Apr 19, 12:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Franklin	32 min
Apr 19, 12:30 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	GSP	Habersham, Rabun	6 hr
Apr 19, 1:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Franklin	58 min
Apr 19, 1:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Elbert, Hart	24 min
Apr 19, 2:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Elbert	60 min
Apr 19, 4:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Franklin, Habersham, Rabun, Stephens	56 min
Apr 19, 5:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Elbert	49 min
Apr 19, 6:17 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	GSP	Habersham, Rabun	10 hr

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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.