Alert archive / South Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 2021
Tornado Warning 7, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this tornado warning at Mar 25, 2021, 3:27 PM EDT for Abbeville County, Anderson County, Greenville County, South Carolina; Hart County, Georgia. It was in force for 48 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
- Mar 25, 2021, 3:27 PM EDT (19:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 25, 2021, 4:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.0 in
Counties Hart County, GA, Abbeville County, SC, Anderson County, SC, Greenville County, SC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 219 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1602 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 397 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 647 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted.
212
WFUS52 KGSP 251927
TORGSP
GAC147-SCC001-007-045-252015-
/O.NEW.KGSP.TO.W.0007.210325T1927Z-210325T2015Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC
327 PM EDT Thu Mar 25 2021
The National Weather Service in Greenville-Spartanburg has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Eastern Hart County in northeastern Georgia...
Southeastern Greenville County in Upstate South Carolina...
Central Anderson County in Upstate South Carolina...
Northeastern Abbeville County in Upstate South Carolina...
* Until 415 PM EDT.
* At 327 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 6 miles east of Hartwell, or 6 miles west of Starr,
moving east at 55 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...
Homeland Park, Starr, Anderson Airport and Iva around 340 PM EDT.
Belton around 350 PM EDT.
Honea Path and Ware Shoals around 400 PM EDT.
Other locations impacted by this dangerous thunderstorm include Fork
Shoals, Princeton, Sadlers Creek State Park and Broadway Lake.
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 3445 8296 3471 8218 3459 8224 3454 8224
3448 8231 3447 8231 3441 8225 3439 8227
3428 8277 3429 8278 3426 8287
TIME...MOT...LOC 1927Z 252DEG 47KT 3438 8282
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$
RWH2 follow-up statements
416
WWUS52 KGSP 251948
SVSGSP
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC
348 PM EDT Thu Mar 25 2021
GAC147-251957-
/O.CAN.KGSP.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-210325T2015Z/
Hart GA-
348 PM EDT Thu Mar 25 2021
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN HART COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out of
the county. Therefore the warning has been cancelled.
LAT...LON 3429 8278 3456 8264 3471 8219 3459 8224
3454 8224 3448 8231 3447 8231 3441 8225
3439 8227 3428 8276
TIME...MOT...LOC 1947Z 254DEG 38KT 3438 8260
$$
SCC001-007-045-252015-
/O.CON.KGSP.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-210325T2015Z/
Greenville SC-Anderson SC-Abbeville SC-
348 PM EDT Thu Mar 25 2021
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN GREENVILLE...CENTRAL ANDERSON AND NORTHEASTERN ABBEVILLE
COUNTIES...
At 347 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 9 miles south of Anderson, or 5 miles east of Starr,
moving east at 45 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...
Honea Path and Donalds around 410 PM EDT.
Ware Shoals around 420 PM EDT.
Other locations impacted by this dangerous storm include Princeton,
Fork Shoals and Broadway Lake.
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 3429 8278 3456 8264 3471 8219 3459 8224
3454 8224 3448 8231 3447 8231 3441 8225
3439 8227 3428 8276
TIME...MOT...LOC 1947Z 254DEG 38KT 3438 8260
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
RWH964
WWUS52 KGSP 252002
SVSGSP
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC
402 PM EDT Thu Mar 25 2021
SCC001-007-045-252015-
/O.CON.KGSP.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-210325T2015Z/
Greenville SC-Anderson SC-Abbeville SC-
402 PM EDT Thu Mar 25 2021
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN GREENVILLE...SOUTHEASTERN ANDERSON AND NORTHEASTERN
ABBEVILLE COUNTIES...
At 402 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 13 miles southeast of Anderson, or near Honea Path,
moving east at 40 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
This dangerous storm will be near...
Ware Shoals around 420 PM EDT.
Other locations impacted by this dangerous storm include Princeton
and Fork Shoals.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
Please report damaging winds, hail, or flooding to the National
Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg by calling toll free, 1, 800,
2 6 7, 8 1 0 1, or by posting on our Facebook page, or Tweet it using
hashtag nwsgsp. Your message should describe the event and the
specific location where it occurred.
&&
LAT...LON 3471 8219 3459 8224 3454 8224 3448 8231
3447 8231 3441 8225 3439 8227 3432 8258
3462 8245
TIME...MOT...LOC 2002Z 253DEG 36KT 3442 8244
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
RWHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 25, 2:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Oconee | 31 min |
| Mar 25, 2:40 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Greenville, Pickens, Spartanburg | 50 min |
| Mar 25, 4:01 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Cherokee, Spartanburg | 44 min |
| Mar 25, 4:14 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Abbeville, Greenville, Greenwood, Laurens, Union | 46 min |
| Mar 25, 4:54 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Chester, Laurens, Union | 51 min |
| Mar 25, 5:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Chester | 28 min |
| Mar 25, 6:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Greenville | 22 min |
| Mar 25, 6:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Spartanburg | 51 min |
| Mar 25, 7:41 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Oconee | 11 hr |
| Mar 25, 4:16 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | GSP | Rabun | 23 hr |
| Mar 25, 1:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Rabun | 31 min |
| Mar 25, 1:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Rabun | 31 min |
| Mar 25, 2:56 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Elbert, Franklin, Hart | 49 min |
| Mar 25, 4:51 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Habersham, Rabun | 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.