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Tornado Warning 49, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this tornado warning at Aug 17, 2021, 5:10 PM EDT for 4 counties in South Carolina. It was in force for 50 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 17, 2021, 5:10 PM EDT (21:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 17, 2021, 6:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Abbeville County, SC, Greenville County, SC, Greenwood County, SC, Laurens County, SC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:14 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 17, 5:45 PM EDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 3 Wnw Hickory Tavern, SC | FIRE COORDINATOR OBSERVED FUNNEL CLOUD W/ NO TOUCHDOWN |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 17, 10:42 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 234 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
- 259 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 461 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 113 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 197 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
The text
As transmitted.
627
WFUS52 KGSP 172110
TORGSP
SCC001-045-047-059-172200-
/O.NEW.KGSP.TO.W.0049.210817T2110Z-210817T2200Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC
510 PM EDT Tue Aug 17 2021
The National Weather Service in Greenville-Spartanburg has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Western Laurens County in Upstate South Carolina...
Southeastern Greenville County in Upstate South Carolina...
Northeastern Abbeville County in Upstate South Carolina...
Northwestern Greenwood County in Upstate South Carolina...
* Until 600 PM EDT.
* At 510 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 6 miles northeast of Abbeville, or 4 miles southwest of
Hodges, moving northeast at 35 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...
Shoals Junction and Donalds around 520 PM EDT.
Ware Shoals around 530 PM EDT.
Gray Court around 600 PM EDT.
Other locations impacted by this dangerous thunderstorm include
Princeton, Hickory Tavern and Ora.
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 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 3422 8245 3446 8235 3448 8231 3450 8234
3469 8226 3457 8192 3415 8225
TIME...MOT...LOC 2110Z 203DEG 32KT 3426 8232
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
$$
CAC1 follow-up statement
848
WWUS52 KGSP 172123
SVSGSP
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC
523 PM EDT Tue Aug 17 2021
SCC001-045-047-059-172200-
/O.CON.KGSP.TO.W.0049.000000T0000Z-210817T2200Z/
Laurens SC-Greenville SC-Abbeville SC-Greenwood SC-
523 PM EDT Tue Aug 17 2021
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EDT FOR WESTERN
LAURENS...SOUTHEASTERN GREENVILLE...NORTHEASTERN ABBEVILLE AND
NORTHWESTERN GREENWOOD COUNTIES...
At 522 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 13 miles northwest of Greenwood, or near Ware Shoals,
moving northeast at 35 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
This dangerous storm will be near...
Gray Court around 550 PM EDT.
Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include
Princeton, Hickory Tavern and Ora.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3433 8240 3446 8235 3448 8231 3450 8234
3469 8226 3457 8192 3425 8217
TIME...MOT...LOC 2122Z 203DEG 32KT 3437 8227
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
$$
CACThe office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 17, 11:47 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Oconee | 13 min |
| Aug 17, 12:30 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Oconee | 5 hr |
| Aug 17, 12:30 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Oconee, Pickens | 23 min |
| Aug 17, 12:59 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Anderson, Pickens | 23 min |
| Aug 17, 1:20 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Pickens | 25 min |
| Aug 17, 2:03 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Greenville, Pickens | 5 hr |
| Aug 17, 2:14 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Greenwood, Laurens | 33 min |
| Aug 17, 2:52 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Greenville | 26 min |
| Aug 17, 3:01 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Greenville | 18 min |
| Aug 17, 3:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Spartanburg | 35 min |
| Aug 17, 3:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Oconee | 34 min |
| Aug 17, 4:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Abbeville, Anderson, Pickens | 26 min |
| Aug 17, 5:08 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Anderson, Greenville, Pickens | 52 min |
| Aug 17, 5:11 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Abbeville, Greenwood, Laurens | 49 min |
| Aug 17, 5:33 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Anderson, Greenville, Spartanburg | 42 min |
| Aug 17, 5:37 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Chester, York | 38 min |
| Aug 17, 5:57 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Greenville, Laurens, Spartanburg | 48 min |
| Aug 17, 5:58 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Greenwood, Laurens | 47 min |
| Aug 17, 6:15 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Laurens, Spartanburg, Union | 45 min |
| Aug 17, 6:16 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Greenville, Pickens, Spartanburg | 3 hr |
| Aug 17, 6:42 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Spartanburg | 48 min |
| Aug 17, 6:46 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Cherokee, Spartanburg | 44 min |
| Aug 17, 6:51 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Laurens, Spartanburg, Union | 39 min |
| Aug 17, 7:59 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Cherokee, Spartanburg | 46 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.