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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

June 3, 2021Franklin County, Hart County, Georgia; Anderson County, South Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 3, 2021, 4:31 PM EDT for Franklin County, Hart County, Georgia; Anderson County, South Carolina. It was in force for 44 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: Jun 3, 2021, 4:31 PM EDT (20:31 UTC)
Expired: Jun 3, 2021, 5:15 PM EDT
In force: 44 min
Issued by: NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Franklin County, GA, Hart County, GA, Anderson County, SC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:32 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
Jun 3, 5:08 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	2 Ne Hartwell, GA	TREES AND A FEW POWER LINES WERE BLOWN DOWN ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL HART COUNTY LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON INCLUDING ALONG RIDGE ROAD. ALSO REPORTS OF HAIL BUT NO HAIL SIZE WAS REPORTED.

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, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 176 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1374 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 103 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 89 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

967 
WUUS52 KGSP 032031
SVRGSP
GAC119-147-SCC007-032115-
/O.NEW.KGSP.SV.W.0039.210603T2031Z-210603T2115Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC
431 PM EDT Thu Jun 3 2021

The National Weather Service in Greenville-Spartanburg has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southeastern Franklin County in northeastern Georgia...
  Hart County in northeastern Georgia...
  Southwestern Anderson County in Upstate South Carolina...

* Until 515 PM EDT.

* At 429 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles east of
  Carnesville, or near Bowersville, moving east at 20 mph.

  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...
  Hartwell, Royston, Reed Creek, Lavonia, Canon, Franklin Springs,
  Bowersville, Lake Hartwell, Victoria Bryant State Park and Sadlers
  Creek State Park.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A few trees and power lines will be blown down in the warned area.
Hail can cause major property damage, especially to vehicles. Seek
shelter inside an interior room.

Lake Hartwell is in the path of this storm. Get away from the water 
and seek shelter in an interior room in the nearest shelter. 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 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 3444 8321 3449 8304 3447 8300 3451 8296
      3456 8278 3429 8272 3426 8311 3427 8312
      3426 8313 3426 8316
TIME...MOT...LOC 2029Z 258DEG 16KT 3437 8310 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

ARK

1 follow-up statement

577 
WWUS52 KGSP 032043
SVSGSP

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC
443 PM EDT Thu Jun 3 2021

GAC119-032053-
/O.CAN.KGSP.SV.W.0039.000000T0000Z-210603T2115Z/
Franklin GA-
443 PM EDT Thu Jun 3 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN FRANKLIN 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 3442 8309 3448 8306 3449 8304 3447 8300
      3451 8295 3456 8278 3435 8273 3429 8303
TIME...MOT...LOC 2043Z 250DEG 20KT 3441 8299 

$$

GAC147-SCC007-032115-
/O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0039.000000T0000Z-210603T2115Z/
Hart GA-Anderson SC-
443 PM EDT Thu Jun 3 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM EDT
FOR CENTRAL HART AND SOUTHWESTERN ANDERSON COUNTIES...

At 443 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 5 miles northwest of
Hartwell, or 4 miles west of Reed Creek, moving east at 25 mph.

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...
Hartwell, Reed Creek, Lake Hartwell, Sadlers Creek State Park and
Bowersville.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A few trees and power lines will be blown down in the warned area.
Hail can cause major property damage, especially to vehicles. Seek
shelter inside an interior room.

Lake Hartwell is in the path of this storm. Get away from the water 
and seek shelter in an interior room in the nearest shelter. 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 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 3442 8309 3448 8306 3449 8304 3447 8300
      3451 8295 3456 8278 3435 8273 3429 8303
TIME...MOT...LOC 2043Z 250DEG 20KT 3441 8299 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

ARK

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 3, 3:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Franklin	33 min
Jun 3, 4:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Hart	34 min
Jun 3, 5:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Hart	26 min
Jun 3, 5:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Abbeville, Anderson	26 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.