Alert archive / South Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 596, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 12, 2011, 7:42 PM EDT for Greenville County, Spartanburg County, South Carolina. It was in force for 63 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
- Aug 12, 2011, 7:42 PM EDT (23:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 12, 2011, 8:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Greenville County, SC, Spartanburg County, SC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 22 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:43 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.
Did it verify
Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.
Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 258 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
- 607 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -92 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1161 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 3 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -8 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
282
WUUS52 KGSP 122342
SVRGSP
SCC045-083-130045-
/O.NEW.KGSP.SV.W.0596.110812T2342Z-110813T0045Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
742 PM EDT FRI AUG 12 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
WEST CENTRAL SPARTANBURG COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...
NORTHERN GREENVILLE COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 845 PM EDT
* AT 739 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 3 MILES
NORTH OF TRAVELERS REST...OR 12 MILES NORTH OF DOWNTOWN
GREENVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
TRAVELERS REST...
LAKE ROBINSON...
PARIS MOUNTAIN STATE PARK...FURMAN UNIVERSITY...CHERRYDALE POINT
AND TAYLORS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM SHOULD BE ALERT FOR
LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY
RAIN CAN OCCUR WITH ANY THUNDERSTORM. SEEK SHELTER INDOORS AWAY FROM
WINDOWS AND DOORS UNTIL THE STORM PASSES.
TO REPORT DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...OR FLOODING...THROUGH OUR
AUTOMATED REPORTING SYSTEM...CALL OUR TOLL FREE NUMBER...
1 8 7 7...6 3 3...6 7 7 2.
&&
LAT...LON 3474 8227 3493 8252 3497 8253 3498 8254
3500 8254 3501 8254 3501 8257 3504 8258
3514 8240 3490 8210
TIME...MOT...LOC 2342Z 327DEG 4KT 3501 8243
$$
ARK2 follow-up statements
910
WWUS52 KGSP 130007
SVSGSP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
807 PM EDT FRI AUG 12 2011
SCC045-083-130045-
/O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0596.000000T0000Z-110813T0045Z/
SPARTANBURG SC-GREENVILLE SC-
807 PM EDT FRI AUG 12 2011
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM EDT
FOR NORTHERN GREENVILLE AND WEST CENTRAL SPARTANBURG COUNTIES...
AT 804 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR TRAVELERS REST...OR 9 MILES NORTH OF DOWNTOWN
GREENVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LAKE
ROBINSON...FURMAN UNIVERSITY...PARIS MOUNTAIN STATE PARK...PELHAM
ROAD AT I-85...SHOPS AT GREENRIDGE...CHERRYDALE POINT...HAYWOOD
MALL...GSP AIRPORT...FIVE FORKS...TAYLORS...MAULDIN AND GREER
LAT...LON 3474 8227 3493 8252 3497 8253 3498 8254
3500 8254 3501 8254 3501 8257 3504 8258
3514 8240 3490 8210
TIME...MOT...LOC 0006Z 326DEG 5KT 3498 8241
$$
ARK445
WWUS52 KGSP 130039
SVSGSP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
839 PM EDT FRI AUG 12 2011
SCC045-083-130049-
/O.EXP.KGSP.SV.W.0596.000000T0000Z-110813T0045Z/
SPARTANBURG SC-GREENVILLE SC-
839 PM EDT FRI AUG 12 2011
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN GREENVILLE AND WEST
CENTRAL SPARTANBURG COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 845 PM EDT...
THE STORM THAT HAD PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS.
LAT...LON 3474 8227 3493 8252 3497 8253 3498 8254
3500 8254 3501 8254 3501 8257 3504 8258
3514 8240 3490 8210
TIME...MOT...LOC 0039Z 326DEG 5KT 3494 8238
$$
ARKWhat 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 Aug 12, 4:48 PM EDT, 2 hours 54 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 12, 4:48 PM EDT, 2 hours 54 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 448 PM EDT FRI AUG 12 2011 .SYNOPSIS... HIGH PRESSURE WILL MOVE OFF THE EAST COAST BY SATURDAY. A COLD FRONT WILL THEN APPROACH THE AREA FROM THE NORTHWEST AND MOVE ACROSS THE CAROLINAS EARLY SUNDAY. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN FROM THE NORTH EARLY NEXT WEEK. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH SATURDAY/... AFTER AN EARLY FLURRY OF CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY IN THE EASTERN PIEDMONT THAT GENERATED IN THE BETTER HEATING AREA ALONG OUTFLOWS...CONVECTIVE COVERAGE HAS REGENERATED CLOSER TO THE BLUE RIDGE IN UPSLOPE AREAS. WILL TRIM PIEDMONT POPS A BIT THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING AND BOOST VALUES ALONG AND E OF THE ERN ESCARPMENT. ANY SEVERE POTENTIAL SHOULD DWINDLE AS PROFILES BEGIN TO SLOWLY STABILIZE OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS. THE SLOWLY MOVING STORMS WILL ALSO MAINTAIN AN ISOLATED HEAVY RAINFALL THREAT UNTIL SUNDOWN. LOW LEVEL MOISTURE AND E TO SE FLOW WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT AND COULD KEEP ISOLATED SHOWERS GOING. AT THE VERY LEAST...A DECK OF LOW CLOUDS SHOULD FORM AND MOVE INTO THE AREA IN THE UPSLOPE FLOW. AREAS OF FOG COULD DEVELOP AS WELL. LOWS SHOULD BE NEAR NORMAL. SATURDAY...EXPECT SHOWERS TO START EARLY AGAIN AS THE CONTINUED SELY FLOW ACTS ON LINGERING LOW LEVEL MOISTURE. OVERALL CONVECTION COULD BE MORE WIDESPREAD AS SOME ADDITIONAL UPPER LEVEL ENERGY MOVES IN. HAVE KEPT POP LIMITED TO SOLID CHC FOR NOW. HIGHS SHOULD BE JUST ON THE LOW SIDE OF NORMAL. && .SHORT TERM /SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT/... AT 2 PM EDT FRIDAY...AN UPPER TROUGH WILL AMPLIFY ALONG THE EASTERN SEABOARD FROM SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT...THEN WILL DEAMPLIFY SLIGHTLY ON MONDAY. A COLD FRONT WILL CROSS OUR AREA FROM THE NORTHWEST LATE SATURDAY NIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY...ACCOMPANIED BY SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. MODERATE INSTABILITY AND SHEAR WILL ACCOMPANY THE FRONTAL PASSAGE. THE SLOW MOVING NATURE OF THE BOUNDARY...COMBINED WITH A WEAK PRECEDING SOUTHERLY UPSLOPE FLOW...WILL FAVOR RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF ONE INCH...AND PERHAPS TWO INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS. AS WINDS VEER TO THE NORTHWEST...UPSLOPE FLOW SHOWERS WILL SET UP IN THE NC MOUNTAINS BORDERING TN LATE SUNDAY INTO SUNDAY NIGHT...ENDING MONDAY AS DRY HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS EAST INTO THE MOUNTAINS. TEMPERATURES WILL RUN NEAR NORMAL SATURDAY NIGHT...THEN BELOW NORMAL FORM SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY. && .LONG TERM /TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/... AT 2 PM EDT FRIDAY...AN UPPER TROUGH WILL BE ALONG THE EAST COAST ON MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY. HEIGHTS RISE TEMPORARILY ON WEDNESDAY BETWEEN SHORTWAVES MOVING THROUGH THE MEAN TROUGH...THEN FALL LATE IN THE WEEK AS A CLOSED UPPER LOW MOVES ACROSS SOUTHERN CANADA...CAUSING THE TROUGH AXIS TO RETROGRADE INTO THE APPALACHIANS. A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT WILL BE NEAR THE COAST ON TUESDAY...WHILE RELATIVELY COOL AND DRY HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS EAST ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS. THIS HIGH CROSSES THE MOUNTAINS ON WEDNESDAY...THEN REMAINS ALONG THE EAST COAST THROUGH FRIDAY. PRECIPITATION WILL BE QUITE LIMITED IN THIS HIGH PRESSURE...AND MAINLY CONFINED TO THE BLUE RIDGE ESCARPMENT DIFFERENTIAL HEATING AND LIGHT UPSLOPE FLOW COME INTO PLAY. TEMPERATURES WILL BE CLOSE TO LATE SUMMER OR EARLY AUTUMN NORMAL. && .AVIATION /21Z FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... AT KCLT AND ELSEWHERE...COVERAGE REMAINS FAIRLY ISOLATED LATE THIS AFTERNOON...GENERATING MAINLY NEAR THE BLUE RIDGE AND PUSHING EAST INTO THE ADJACENT FOOTHILLS. CONVECTION HAS FIZZLED IN THE KCLT AREA...SO KAVL WILL REMAIN THE MOST AT RISK OF AN EARLY EVENING TSTM BEFORE PROFILES STABILIZE. WILL KEEP A CB MENTION AT ALL SITES FOR NOW. EXPECT EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS AT MOST LOCATIONS...BECOMING LIGHT AND VARIABLE TO CALM OVERNIGHT. LOW LEVEL MOISTURE AND A WEAK UPSLOPE FLOW COULD ALLOW A FEW SHOWERS TO LINGER OVERNIGHT. MVFR FOG IS LIKELY AT MOST LOCATIONS TOWARD MORNING...WITH LIFR POSSIBLE AT KAVL. FOG AND CLOUDS WILL LIFT BY MID MORNING...BUT SHOWERS WILL BE ON THE INCREASE AGAIN EARLY WITH THE CONTINUED MOISTURE AND SE UPSLOPE FLOW. DID NOT MENTION ANY CB FOR SAT...BUT IT WILL BE NEEDED AT SOME POINT. OUTLOOK...TSTM CHANCES INCREASE SAT NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY AS A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH. EXPECT DRIER WEATHER MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. AN EXPERIMENTAL AVIATION FORECAST CONSISTENCY TABLE SHOWING THE PERCENTAGE OF GUIDANCE MEMBERS AGREEING WITH THE SCHEDULED ISSUANCE CATEGORY IS AVAILABLE AT FOLLOWING LINK (USE LOWER CASE)... WWW.WEATHER.GOV/GSP/AVIATION/TABLES.HTM && .GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...HG/TJB NEAR TERM...RWH SHORT TERM...JAT LONG TERM...JAT AVIATION...HG/RWH
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 12, 11:06 AM EDT, 8 hours 36 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1106 AM EDT FRI AUG 12 2011 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065- 068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-131515- RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-AVERY-ALEXANDER- IREDELL-DAVIE-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-CATAWBA- ROWAN-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA- HENDERSON-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC- CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-GREATER CALDWELL-BURKE MOUNTAINS-GREATER BURKE- MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-EASTERN MCDOWELL-RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS- GREATER RUTHERFORD-POLK MOUNTAINS-EASTERN POLK-OCONEE MOUNTAINS- PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER OCONEE- GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK- ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- 1106 AM EDT FRI AUG 12 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LOCALLY DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. ISOLATED AREAS OF HEAVY RAINFALL COULD ALSO DEVELOP... ESPECIALLY IN LOCATIONS WHERE MULTIPLE STORMS MOVE THROUGH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA LATER THIS WEEKEND. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS IN ADVANCE OF THIS FRONT ARE EXPECTED SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE AND PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND HEAVY RAINFALL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... NONE.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 12, 6:32 PM EDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
632 PM EDT FRI AUG 12 2011
NCZ053-065-122315-
BUNCOMBE-HENDERSON-
632 PM EDT FRI AUG 12 2011
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT HENDERSON AND SOUTHERN BUNCOMBE
COUNTIES THROUGH 715 PM EDT...
AT 628 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR SKYLAND...OR 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DOWNTOWN
ASHEVILLE...MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH.
THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
FLETCHER...
MOUNTAIN HOME...
EDNEYVILLE...
HENDERSONVILLE...
FLAT ROCK...
DIME SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.
LAT...LON 3560 8234 3536 8228 3532 8231 3528 8235
3525 8235 3524 8236 3523 8235 3520 8236
3520 8238 3521 8239 3519 8243 3517 8254
3555 8262Special weather statement, Aug 12, 6:40 PM EDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
640 PM EDT FRI AUG 12 2011
SCZ002-003-005-006-122330-
GREATER GREENVILLE-GREATER PICKENS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS
MOUNTAINS-
640 PM EDT FRI AUG 12 2011
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN PICKENS AND WESTERN
GREENVILLE COUNTIES THROUGH 730 PM EDT...
AT 636 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR PUMPKINTOWN...OR 8 MILES NORTH OF PICKENS...
MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH.
THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
MARIETTA...
SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.
HEAVY RAINS MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS. WATER
LEVELS OF SMALL STREAMS AND RIVERS MAY ALSO RISE...THEREFORE SEEK
HIGHER GROUND IF THREATENED BY FLOOD WATERS.
LAT...LON 3491 8278 3508 8275 3508 8274 3510 8272
3510 8268 3509 8241 3483 8244
ARKSpecial weather statement, Aug 12, 6:48 PM EDT, 54 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
648 PM EDT FRI AUG 12 2011
NCZ510-SCZ003-006-007-122330-
EASTERN POLK-GREATER GREENVILLE-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-SPARTANBURG-
648 PM EDT FRI AUG 12 2011
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN GREENVILLE...
NORTHWESTERN SPARTANBURG AND SOUTHERN POLK COUNTIES THROUGH 730 PM
EDT...
AT 644 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES WEST OF GOWENSVILLE...OR 9 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF COLUMBUS...MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH.
THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
LAKE ROBINSON...
DIME SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.
LAT...LON 3492 8225 3514 8242 3519 8234 3519 8232
3520 8228 3520 8226 3524 8228 3526 8225
3520 8204
ARKSpecial weather statement, Aug 12, 7:24 PM EDT, 18 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
724 PM EDT FRI AUG 12 2011
SCZ005-006-010-130015-
ANDERSON-GREATER GREENVILLE-GREATER PICKENS-
724 PM EDT FRI AUG 12 2011
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL GREENVILLE...EASTERN
PICKENS AND NORTHERN ANDERSON COUNTIES THROUGH 815 PM EDT...
AT 722 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF EASLEY...OR 5 MILES EAST OF
PICKENS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH.
THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
LIBERTY...
EASLEY...
POWDERSVILLE...
DIME SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH
THIS STORM.
LAT...LON 3464 8265 3488 8275 3489 8274 3496 8258
3496 8255 3475 8238
ARKSpecial weather statement, Aug 12, 7:39 PM EDT, 3 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
739 PM EDT FRI AUG 12 2011
SCZ002-003-006-007-130030-
GREATER GREENVILLE-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS
MOUNTAINS-SPARTANBURG-
739 PM EDT FRI AUG 12 2011
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN PICKENS...NORTHERN
GREENVILLE AND WESTERN SPARTANBURG COUNTIES THROUGH 830 PM EDT...
AT 735 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 4 MILES SOUTH OF
GOWENSVILLE TO MARIETTA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH.
THESE STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
LAKE ROBINSON...
TRAVELERS REST...
FURMAN UNIVERSITY...
SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE
STORMS.
LAT...LON 3488 8244 3493 8252 3497 8253 3496 8257
3504 8269 3513 8222 3498 8197
ARKLocal storm report, Aug 12, 7:42 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
742 PM EDT FRI AUG 12 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0732 PM TSTM WND DMG 2 WSW EASLEY 34.81N 82.62W
08/12/2011 PICKENS SC TRAINED SPOTTER
TREES AND LARGE LIMBS DOWN ALONG SMITH GROVE ROAD. POWER
IS ALSO REPORTED TO BE OUT FOR PARTS OF THIS AREA NEAR
EASLEY.
&&
OUTLAWThe office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 12, 11:17 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Laurens | 43 min |
| Aug 12, 11:34 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Laurens, Union | 56 min |
| Aug 12, 12:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Union | 39 min |
| Aug 12, 1:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Chester | 50 min |
| Aug 12, 3:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | York | 49 min |
| Aug 12, 6:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Pickens | 50 min |
| Aug 12, 6:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Greenville, Pickens | 34 min |
| Aug 12, 7:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Pickens | 51 min |
| Aug 12, 7:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Anderson, Greenville, Pickens | 55 min |
| Aug 12, 7:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Greenville | 51 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in South Carolina, 2011Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2011
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.