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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 20, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

April 3, 2024Abbeville County, Anderson County, South Carolina; Elbert County, Hart County, Georgia

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 3, 2024, 12:58 AM EDT for Abbeville County, Anderson County, South Carolina; Elbert County, Hart County, Georgia. It was in force for 47 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 3, 2024, 12:58 AM EDT (04:58 UTC)
Expired
Apr 3, 2024, 1:45 AM EDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Possible
Hail
0.88 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Elbert County, GA, Hart County, GA, Abbeville County, SC, Anderson County, SC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:02 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 194 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 00:00Z on 2024-04-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 86 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 00:00Z on 2024-04-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 92 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
86 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-85 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1399 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
63 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
92 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
193 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 3, 1:44 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPGreenwood, Laurens46 min
Apr 3, 2:30 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPGreenwood15 min
Apr 3, 4:04 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPGreenwood26 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in South Carolina, 2024Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Georgia, 2024Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2024

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.