The Good Friday Severe Weather Outbreak of April 10, 2009

Severe Thunderstorms and Heavy Rainfall for the Southwest; Heat Spreads Across the Center of the Nation

Moisture will continue to move into areas of the West. This will increase showers and thunderstorms coverage and intensity, with the risk of flash flooding and damaging wind gusts. Meanwhile, heat across the Southwest will expand into the center of the nation this weekend into early next week. Trends favor this heat will spread across the Ohio Valley, mid-Atlantic next week. Read More >

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 710 PM EDT SAT APR 11 2009 ...TORNADO CONFIRMED SOUTH OF JONESVILLE SC... LOCATION...JONESVILLE...UNION COUNTY SC DATE...APRIL 10TH 2009 ESTIMATED TIME...832 TO 837 PM MAXIMUM EF-SCALE RATING/CAUSE...EF1 ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...105 MPH MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH...350 YARDS PATH LENGTH...4 MILES ...SUMMARY... TORNADIC WIND DAMAGE WAS INITIALLY OBSERVED ABOUT 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF JONESVILLE WITHIN THE PROCTOR AND ZIG ZAG ROAD AREAS WHERE SEVERAL TREES WERE UPROOTED AND SNAPPED...A FENCE WAS BLOWN OVER AND VARIOUS OUTDOOR OBJECTS...SUCH AS A TRAMPOLINE AND SWING SETS WERE DISPLACED. WIND DAMAGE CONTINUED EASTWARD...ALONG AND SOUTH OF T BISHOP ROAD... WHERE 50 TO 100 TREES WERE UPROOTED AND SNAPPED. A SINGLE WIDE MOBILE HOME WAS DESTROYED AND ANOTHER HEAVILY DAMAGED ALONG T BISHOP ROAD. AN INTERMITTENT DAMAGE PATH CONTINUED EASTWARD WITH CONCENTRATED DAMAGE OBSERVEDC AT A RESIDENCE 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF JONESVILLE ALONG JONESVILLE HIGHWAY. AT THIS LOCATION...20-30 PINES AND CEDARS WERE UPROOTED AND/OR SNAPPED. A HOUSE EXPERIENCED MINOR ROOF DAMAGE FROM FLYING DEBRIS AND SHINGLE LOSS. A 3 TON TRAILER WAS PICKED UP AND BLOWN 100 FEET. AT THE MILLIKEN PLANT OFF BOB LITTLE ROAD...CONSIDERABLE ROOF DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED WITH SEVERAL TREES UPROOTED/SNAPPED AND SEVERAL TRAILERS OVERTURNED. THE DAMAGE PATH CULMINATED ABOUT 3.5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF JONESVILLE AT THE SCALES MOBILE HOME PARK WHERE 2 MOBILE HOMES WERE DAMAGED AND A FEW TREES WERE UPROOTED AND/OR SNAPPED. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WOULD LIKE TO EXTEND THEIR GRATITUDE TO THE UNION COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND THE JONESVILLE FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR THEIR ASSISTANCE IN THIS DAMAGE SURVEY. $$