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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 40, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

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

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 3, 2021, 5:06 PM EDT for Hart County, Georgia; Anderson County, South Carolina. It was in force for 26 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, 5:06 PM EDT (21:06 UTC)
Expired: Jun 3, 2021, 5:32 PM EDT
In force: 26 min
Issued by: NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Hart County, GA, Anderson County, SC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 197 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.

008 
WUUS52 KGSP 032106
SVRGSP
GAC147-SCC007-032145-
/O.NEW.KGSP.SV.W.0040.210603T2106Z-210603T2145Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Greenville-Spartanburg has issued a

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

* Until 545 PM EDT.

* At 506 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 5 miles northeast
  of Hartwell, or 4 miles southeast 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...
  Anderson, Hartwell, Homeland Park, Reed Creek, Starr, Anderson
  Airport, Lake Hartwell, Broadway Lake, Sadlers Creek State Park and
  Iva.

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.

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 3430 8295 3447 8297 3456 8254 3435 8252
      3431 8259
TIME...MOT...LOC 2106Z 261DEG 20KT 3440 8286 

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

ARK

2 follow-up statements

901 
WWUS52 KGSP 032121
SVSGSP

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

GAC147-032130-
/O.CAN.KGSP.SV.W.0040.000000T0000Z-210603T2145Z/
Hart GA-
521 PM EDT Thu Jun 3 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN HART 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 3434 8279 3437 8284 3438 8284 3446 8286
      3446 8287 3447 8287 3448 8289 3455 8254
      3435 8252 3431 8259 3430 8278
TIME...MOT...LOC 2120Z 262DEG 18KT 3440 8279 

$$

SCC007-032145-
/O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0040.000000T0000Z-210603T2145Z/
Anderson SC-
521 PM EDT Thu Jun 3 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ANDERSON COUNTY...

At 520 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 9 miles northeast of
Hartwell, or 5 miles west of Starr, 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...
Anderson, Homeland Park, Iva, Starr, Anderson Airport, Broadway Lake,
Sadlers Creek State Park and Lake Hartwell.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Scattered trees and power lines will be blown down in the warned
area. Seek shelter inside an interior room.

This storms is also producing extremely heavy rainfall. Flooding of
drainage ditches and low lying areas may occur. Small streams will
rise rapidly. Do not drive through areas where water is flowing over
the road.

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 3434 8279 3437 8284 3438 8284 3446 8286
      3446 8287 3447 8287 3448 8289 3455 8254
      3435 8252 3431 8259 3430 8278
TIME...MOT...LOC 2120Z 262DEG 18KT 3440 8279 

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

ARK

309 
WWUS52 KGSP 032132
SVSGSP

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

SCC007-032141-
/O.CAN.KGSP.SV.W.0040.000000T0000Z-210603T2145Z/
Anderson SC-
532 PM EDT Thu Jun 3 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN ANDERSON COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...
                
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 has been cancelled.  However small hail and
heavy rain are still possible with this thunderstorm.

If you observed large hail or wind damage, please report it 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 3434 8279 3437 8284 3438 8284 3446 8286
      3446 8287 3447 8287 3448 8289 3455 8254
      3435 8252 3431 8259 3430 8278
TIME...MOT...LOC 2126Z 261DEG 20KT 3441 8271 

$$

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, 4:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Franklin, Hart	44 min
Jun 3, 5:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Abbeville, Anderson	26 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.