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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 280, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Dec 29, 2024, 6:43 AM EST for 4 counties in South Carolina; Hart County, Georgia. It was in force for 62 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
- Dec 29, 2024, 6:43 AM EST (11:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 29, 2024, 7:45 AM EST
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Hart County, GA, Anderson County, SC, Greenville County, SC, Oconee County, SC, Pickens County, SC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:47 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 29, 6:02 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 217 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
- 455 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 312 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 368 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Dec 29, 6:14 AM EST, 29 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 29, 6:14 AM EST, 29 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 29, 6:17 AM EST, 26 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC 617 AM EST Sun Dec 29 2024 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ035>037-056-057-068>072-082-503-504- 507>510-SCZ008>014-019-101>109-301130- Rabun-Habersham-Stephens-Franklin-Hart-Elbert-Alexander-Iredell- Davie-Catawba-Rowan-Cleveland-Lincoln-Gaston-Mecklenburg-Cabarrus- Union-Burke Mountains-Greater Burke-Rutherford Mountains- Greater Rutherford-Polk Mountains-Eastern Polk-Cherokee-York- Anderson-Abbeville-Laurens-Chester-Greenwood-Oconee Mountains- Pickens Mountains-Greenville Mountains-Greater Oconee- Greater Pickens-Central Greenville-Southern Greenville- Northern Spartanburg-Southern Spartanburg- 617 AM EST Sun Dec 29 2024 ...TORNADO WATCH 724 IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northeast Georgia, Piedmont North Carolina, western North Carolina and Upstate South Carolina. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Tornado Watch. A line of strong to severe thunderstorms will track across the western Carolinas and northeast Georgia this morning into early this afternoon ahead of a strong cold front. Damaging wind gusts will be the main hazard, but an isolated tornado cannot be ruled out. Additionally, moderate to heavy downpours may lead to isolated nuisance flooding, mainly along the Blue Ridge Escarpment. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... None. NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-501-502-505-506-301130- Avery-Madison-Yancey-Mitchell-Swain-Haywood-Buncombe-Graham- Northern Jackson-Macon-Southern Jackson-Transylvania-Henderson- Caldwell Mountains-Greater Caldwell-McDowell Mountains- Eastern McDowell- 617 AM EST Sun Dec 29 2024 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for western North Carolina. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. A line of strong to severe thunderstorms will track across the western Carolinas and northeast Georgia this morning into early this afternoon ahead of a strong cold front. Damaging wind gusts will be the main hazard, but an isolated tornado cannot be ruled out. Additionally, moderate to heavy downpours may lead to isolated nuisance flooding, mainly along the Blue Ridge Escarpment. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... None. AR
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Dec 29, 5:58 AM EST, 45 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC
558 AM EST Sun Dec 29 2024
GAZ010-017-NCZ062-291145-
Rabun GA-Habersham GA-Macon NC-
558 AM EST Sun Dec 29 2024
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN HABERSHAM...
NORTHWESTERN RABUN AND WESTERN MACON COUNTIES THROUGH 645 AM EST...
At 558 AM EST, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from near Hayesville to 5 miles east of Cleveland.
Movement was northeast at 35 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects.
Locations impacted include...
Clayton, Mountain City, Tiger, Dillard, Sky Valley, Lake Burton,
Nantahala Lake, Black Rock Mountain State Park, Burningtown, and
Kyle.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
&&
LAT...LON 3530 8349 3490 8326 3475 8363 3480 8368
3482 8365 3488 8366 3491 8363 3492 8360
3494 8360 3495 8355 3499 8355 3500 8348
3500 8352 3502 8352 3504 8356 3513 8362
3514 8365 3515 8365 3515 8373 3516 8374
TIME...MOT...LOC 1058Z 240DEG 32KT 3504 8381 3463 8367
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH
TWSpecial weather statement, Dec 29, 6:36 AM EST, 7 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC
636 AM EST Sun Dec 29 2024
GAZ028-029-291215-
Elbert GA-Hart GA-
636 AM EST Sun Dec 29 2024
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT ELBERT AND SOUTHERN HART COUNTIES
THROUGH 715 AM EST...
At 636 AM EST, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from 3 miles northeast of Carnesville to 11 miles
southwest of Hartwell to 3 miles northwest of Lexington. Movement was
east at 40 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects.
Locations impacted include...
Elberton, Bowman, Bobby Brown State Park, Russell State Park, Nancy
Hart State Park, Middleton, Lake Strom Thurmond, Lake Russell, Dewy
Rose, and Broad River Campground.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 100 PM EST for northeastern
Georgia...and Upstate South Carolina.
&&
LAT...LON 3398 8261 3397 8264 3399 8265 3397 8278
3401 8294 3403 8294 3404 8298 3410 8304
3415 8306 3417 8310 3422 8308 3425 8310
3436 8282 3427 8275 3415 8272 3413 8268
3409 8264 3407 8265 3403 8260 3396 8257
TIME...MOT...LOC 1136Z 258DEG 34KT 3439 8317 3428 8312 3391 8313
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH
TWThe office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 29, 5:45 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Graham | 6 hr |
| Dec 29, 5:58 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Macon | 47 min |
| Dec 29, 6:07 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Macon | 17 hr |
| Dec 29, 6:20 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Haywood, Jackson, Macon, Transylvania | 70 min |
| Dec 29, 6:37 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Haywood, Jackson, Transylvania | 6 hr |
| Dec 29, 7:03 AM EST | Tornado Warning | GSP | Transylvania | 27 min |
| Dec 29, 7:13 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Henderson | 17 hr |
| Dec 29, 7:19 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Haywood | 41 min |
| Dec 29, 7:26 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Buncombe, Henderson, McDowell, Polk, Rutherford, Transylvania and 1 more | 79 min |
| Dec 29, 7:32 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Rutherford | 73 min |
| Dec 29, 7:44 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Transylvania | 5 hr |
| Dec 29, 8:13 AM EST | Tornado Warning | GSP | Polk, Rutherford | 21 min |
| Dec 29, 8:25 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Burke, Caldwell, Catawba, Cleveland, Gaston, Lincoln and 2 more | 80 min |
| Dec 29, 8:59 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Gaston, Mecklenburg, Rowan, Union | 76 min |
| Dec 29, 9:11 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Alexander, Caldwell, Catawba, Gaston, Iredell, Lincoln and 2 more | 79 min |
| Dec 29, 9:17 AM EST | Tornado Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Gaston, Lincoln, Mecklenburg | 43 min |
| Dec 29, 9:22 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Avery, Burke, Caldwell | 13 hr |
| Dec 29, 9:33 AM EST | River Flood Advisory | GSP | Haywood | 5 hr |
| Dec 29, 9:44 AM EST | Tornado Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Iredell, Mecklenburg, Rowan | 35 min |
| Dec 29, 9:50 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Davie, Iredell, Rowan | 55 min |
| Dec 29, 5:39 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Oconee | 81 min |
| Dec 29, 7:00 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Abbeville, Anderson, Greenwood | 60 min |
| Dec 29, 7:34 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Laurens, Union | 56 min |
| Dec 29, 7:54 AM EST | Tornado Warning | GSP | Greenville, Spartanburg | 18 min |
| Dec 29, 8:11 AM EST | Tornado Warning | GSP | Laurens, Union | 34 min |
| Dec 29, 8:17 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cherokee, Chester, Union, York | 73 min |
| Dec 29, 8:34 AM EST | Tornado Warning | GSP | Cherokee, Union, York | 41 min |
| Dec 29, 6:36 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Elbert | 39 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.