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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 110, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

August 11, 2021Anderson County, South Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 11, 2021, 4:42 PM EDT for Anderson County, South Carolina. It was in force for 48 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
Aug 11, 2021, 4:42 PM EDT (20:42 UTC)
Expired
Aug 11, 2021, 5:30 PM EDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Anderson County, SC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:44 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 11, 4:44 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG2 Ssw Anderson, SC911 CALL CENTER REPORTED TREE DOWN ON DORA DR.

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 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 206 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2021-08-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1000 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2021-08-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -16 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1000 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-72 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1034 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-16 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
17 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

337 
WUUS52 KGSP 112042
SVRGSP
SCC007-112130-
/O.NEW.KGSP.SV.W.0110.210811T2042Z-210811T2130Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC
442 PM EDT Wed Aug 11 2021

The National Weather Service in Greenville-Spartanburg has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southeastern Anderson County in Upstate South Carolina...

* Until 530 PM EDT.

* At 440 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 5 miles south of
  Anderson, or near Homeland Park, and is nearly stationary.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Minor hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind 
           damage to trees and power lines.

* Locations impacted include...
  Anderson, Homeland Park, Iva, Starr, Broadway Lake and Anderson
  Airport.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

Brief damaging winds will blow down trees and power lines over small
areas. A brief period of large hail is also possible. Seek shelter
inside an interior room.

Large hail and damaging winds and continuous cloud to ground
lightning is occurring with this storm. Move indoors immediately.
Lightning is one of nature's leading killers. Remember, if you can
hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning.

Please report damaging winds, hail, or flooding to the National
Weather Service 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 3442 8281 3454 8265 3442 8243 3436 8250
      3425 8268
TIME...MOT...LOC 2040Z 316DEG 4KT 3444 8268 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

TDP
1 follow-up statement
163 
WWUS52 KGSP 112123
SVSGSP

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC
523 PM EDT Wed Aug 11 2021

SCC007-112132-
/O.EXP.KGSP.SV.W.0110.000000T0000Z-210811T2130Z/
Anderson SC-
523 PM EDT Wed Aug 11 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN ANDERSON COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 530 PM EDT...
                
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.  However heavy 
rain and frequent cloud to ground lightning are both still possible 
with this thunderstorm. Additional thunderstorms may still develop 
this evening as well.

LAT...LON 3442 8281 3454 8265 3442 8243 3436 8250
      3425 8268
TIME...MOT...LOC 2122Z 316DEG 4KT 3441 8265 

$$

TDP

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 10, 8:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPAnderson29 min
Aug 10, 8:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPLaurens, Union25 min
Aug 10, 8:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPAnderson28 min
Aug 10, 8:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPLaurens30 min
Aug 10, 9:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPLaurens35 min
Aug 11, 3:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPGreenville32 min
Aug 11, 3:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPGreenville28 min
Aug 11, 3:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPGreenwood23 min
Aug 11, 3:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPAbbeville, Greenwood49 min
Aug 11, 4:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPSpartanburg44 min
Aug 11, 4:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPGreenville41 min
Aug 11, 4:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPSpartanburg33 min
Aug 11, 4:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPAnderson25 min
Aug 11, 4:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPGreenville24 min
Aug 11, 4:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPSpartanburg32 min
Aug 11, 4:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPAnderson32 min
Aug 11, 5:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPGreenwood46 min
Aug 11, 5:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPCherokee43 min
Aug 11, 5:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPAbbeville41 min
Aug 11, 5:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPAnderson27 min
Aug 11, 5:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPCherokee33 min
Aug 11, 6:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPCherokee36 min
Aug 11, 6:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPCherokee25 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.