966
WFUS52 KGSP 161216
TORGSP
NCC045-161-SCC021-083-087-161300-
/O.NEW.KGSP.TO.W.0002.260316T1216Z-260316T1300Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
816 AM EDT MON MAR 16 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN RUTHERFORD COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
SOUTHWESTERN CLEVELAND COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...
NORTHEASTERN SPARTANBURG COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...
CHEROKEE COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...
NORTHWESTERN UNION COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 900 AM EDT.
* AT 816 AM EDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 13 MILES SOUTH OF FOREST CITY, OR NEAR CHESNEE, 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...
CHESNEE AND COWPENS NATIONAL BATTLEFIELD AROUND 820 AM EDT.
PATTERSON SPRINGS AND EARL AROUND 840 AM EDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS DANGEROUS THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
CLIFFSIDE, CHEROKEE FALLS, DRAYTONVILLE, THICKETTY, AND SARATT.
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 POST IT TO X USING HASHTAG NWSGSP.
YOUR MESSAGE SHOULD DESCRIBE THE EVENT AND THE SPECIFIC LOCATION
WHERE IT OCCURRED.
LAT...LON 3478 8201 3500 8198 3519 8200 3519 8197
3522 8197 3537 8147 3508 8140 3505 8141
3505 8147 3503 8149 3487 8147
TIME...MOT...LOC 1216Z 255DEG 39KT 3515 8189
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
TW
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