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Tornado Warning 20, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

May 3, 2021Elbert County, Georgia

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this tornado warning at May 3, 2021, 2:10 PM EDT for Elbert County, Georgia. It was in force for 18 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: May 3, 2021, 2:10 PM EDT (18:10 UTC)
Expired: May 3, 2021, 2:28 PM EDT
In force: 18 min
Issued by: NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated

County Elbert County, GA

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:08 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.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 3, 1:25 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 167 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: 674 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -54 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 671 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 207 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 272 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.8
Supercell composite: 4.8

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

681 
WFUS52 KGSP 031810
TORGSP
GAC105-031900-
/O.NEW.KGSP.TO.W.0020.210503T1810Z-210503T1900Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC
210 PM EDT Mon May 3 2021

The National Weather Service in Greenville-Spartanburg has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Southeastern Elbert County in northeastern Georgia...

* Until 300 PM EDT.
    
* At 210 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a 
  tornado was located 4 miles southwest of Elberton, moving 
  northeast at 25 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...
  Elberton around 230 PM EDT.
  Nancy Hart State Park around 240 PM EDT.
  Middleton and Lake Russell around 300 PM EDT.

Other locations impacted by this dangerous thunderstorm include
Fortsonia and Sweet City.

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 3399 8283 3398 8284 3398 8286 3400 8288
      3400 8290 3401 8291 3401 8293 3402 8294
      3403 8294 3404 8295 3403 8296 3405 8298
      3416 8279 3401 8267 3397 8279
TIME...MOT...LOC 1810Z 244DEG 10KT 3405 8289 

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

$$

KRENTZ

1 follow-up statement

148 
WWUS52 KGSP 031828
SVSGSP

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC
228 PM EDT Mon May 3 2021

GAC105-031837-
/O.CAN.KGSP.TO.W.0020.000000T0000Z-210503T1900Z/
Elbert GA-
228 PM EDT Mon May 3 2021

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN ELBERT COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore the warning has been cancelled.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 700 PM EDT for northeastern
Georgia.

LAT...LON 3399 8283 3398 8284 3398 8286 3400 8288
      3400 8290 3401 8291 3401 8293 3402 8294
      3403 8294 3404 8295 3403 8296 3405 8298
      3416 8279 3401 8267 3397 8279
TIME...MOT...LOC 1825Z 244DEG 10KT 3407 8284 

$$

KRENTZ

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 3, 1:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Elbert	35 min
May 3, 1:34 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	GSP	Elbert	41 min
May 3, 1:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Elbert	49 min
May 3, 2:22 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	GSP	Elbert	38 min
May 3, 4:27 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Elbert, Hart	3 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.