Alert archive / South Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 110, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 11, 4:44 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Ssw Anderson, SC | 911 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.
- 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
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
$$
TDP1 follow-up statement
163
WWUS52 KGSP 112123
SVSGSP
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC
523 PM EDT Wed Aug 11 2021
SCC007-112132-
/O.EXP.KGSP.SV.W.0110.000000T0000Z-210811T2130Z/
Anderson SC-
523 PM EDT Wed Aug 11 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN ANDERSON COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 530 PM EDT...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire. However heavy
rain and frequent cloud to ground lightning are both still possible
with this thunderstorm. Additional thunderstorms may still develop
this evening as well.
LAT...LON 3442 8281 3454 8265 3442 8243 3436 8250
3425 8268
TIME...MOT...LOC 2122Z 316DEG 4KT 3441 8265
$$
TDPThe office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 10, 8:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Anderson | 29 min |
| Aug 10, 8:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Laurens, Union | 25 min |
| Aug 10, 8:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Anderson | 28 min |
| Aug 10, 8:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Laurens | 30 min |
| Aug 10, 9:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Laurens | 35 min |
| Aug 11, 3:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Greenville | 32 min |
| Aug 11, 3:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Greenville | 28 min |
| Aug 11, 3:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Greenwood | 23 min |
| Aug 11, 3:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Abbeville, Greenwood | 49 min |
| Aug 11, 4:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Spartanburg | 44 min |
| Aug 11, 4:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Greenville | 41 min |
| Aug 11, 4:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Spartanburg | 33 min |
| Aug 11, 4:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Anderson | 25 min |
| Aug 11, 4:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Greenville | 24 min |
| Aug 11, 4:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Spartanburg | 32 min |
| Aug 11, 4:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Anderson | 32 min |
| Aug 11, 5:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Greenwood | 46 min |
| Aug 11, 5:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cherokee | 43 min |
| Aug 11, 5:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Abbeville | 41 min |
| Aug 11, 5:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Anderson | 27 min |
| Aug 11, 5:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cherokee | 33 min |
| Aug 11, 6:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cherokee | 36 min |
| Aug 11, 6:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cherokee | 25 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.