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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 1, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

January 11, 2012Spartanburg County, South Carolina; Cleveland County, Polk County, Rutherford County, North Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 11, 2012, 4:55 PM EST for Spartanburg County, South Carolina; Cleveland County, Polk County, Rutherford County, North Carolina. It was in force for 65 min. 4 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jan 11, 2012, 4:55 PM EST (21:55 UTC)
Expired
Jan 11, 2012, 6:00 PM EST
In force
65 min
Issued by
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Cleveland County, NC, Polk County, NC, Rutherford County, NC, Spartanburg County, SC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:56 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jan 11, 4:56 PM ESTHAIL 0.2510 Ese Columbus, NCGREEN CREEK AREA.
Jan 11, 5:00 PM ESTHAIL 0.57 Ese Columbus, NC
Jan 11, 5:23 PM ESTTSTM WND DMG3 N Ellenboro, NCRUTHERFORD EM REPORTED A LARGE NUMBER OF STRUCTURES DESTROYED IN THE HARVEY LOGAN RD AND PINEY MTN RD AREAS. NUMEROUS INJURIES...NO KNOWN FATALITIIES. POSSIBLE TORNADO.
Jan 11, 5:33 PM ESTTORNADOEllenboro, NCREPORTS OF POSSIBLE TORNADO ON GROUND. TREES DOWN.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

Did it verify

Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched one storm report to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 28 minutes after it went out.

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

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 187 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, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 12:00Z on 2012-01-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 12:00Z on 2012-01-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 125 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
641 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
125 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
192 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

292 
WUUS52 KGSP 112155
SVRGSP
NCC045-149-161-SCC083-112300-
/O.NEW.KGSP.SV.W.0001.120111T2155Z-120111T2300Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
455 PM EST WED JAN 11 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN CLEVELAND COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...
  NORTH CENTRAL SPARTANBURG COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...
  SOUTHEASTERN POLK COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
  EASTERN RUTHERFORD COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...

* UNTIL 600 PM EST

* AT 452 PM EST...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
  NORTHWEST OF FINGERVILLE...OR 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF COLUMBUS...
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  HARRIS...
  ALEXANDER MILLS AND SPINDALE...
  BOSTIC AND FOREST CITY...
  ELLENBORO AND MOORESBORO...
  SUNSHINE...
  KINGSTOWN...

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 3561 8172 3559 8171 3557 8167 3557 8163
      3546 8149 3518 8185 3519 8187 3517 8187
      3504 8202 3517 8219 3561 8174
TIME...MOT...LOC 2155Z 223DEG 31KT 3518 8202

$$
ARK
2 follow-up statements
595 
WWUS52 KGSP 112206
SVSGSP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
506 PM EST WED JAN 11 2012

NCC149-SCC083-112215-
/O.CAN.KGSP.SV.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120111T2300Z/
SPARTANBURG SC-POLK NC-
506 PM EST WED JAN 11 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN POLK AND NORTH
CENTRAL SPARTANBURG COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM THAT HAD PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT POLK AND 
SPARTANBURG COUNTIES.

LAT...LON 3557 8167 3557 8163 3546 8149 3536 8162
      3518 8185 3519 8187 3519 8197 3525 8196
      3527 8200 3532 8204 3561 8174
TIME...MOT...LOC 2205Z 226DEG 30KT 3525 8194

$$

NCC045-161-112300-
/O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120111T2300Z/
CLEVELAND NC-RUTHERFORD NC-
506 PM EST WED JAN 11 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EST
FOR EASTERN RUTHERFORD AND NORTHWESTERN CLEVELAND COUNTIES...

AT 504 PM EST...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 4 MILES WEST OF HARRIS...OR 9 MILES SOUTH OF RUTHERFORDTON...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
SPINDALE...ALEXANDER MILLS...FOREST CITY...BOSTIC...ELLENBORO...
MOORESBORO...SUNSHINE...KINGSTOWN...POLKVILLE...LAWNDALE...CASAR AND
BELWOOD

LAT...LON 3557 8167 3557 8163 3546 8149 3536 8162
      3518 8185 3519 8187 3519 8197 3525 8196
      3527 8200 3532 8204 3561 8174
TIME...MOT...LOC 2205Z 226DEG 30KT 3525 8194

$$

ARK
488 
WWUS52 KGSP 112229
SVSGSP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
529 PM EST WED JAN 11 2012

NCC045-161-112300-
/O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120111T2300Z/
CLEVELAND NC-RUTHERFORD NC-
529 PM EST WED JAN 11 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EST
FOR NORTHEASTERN RUTHERFORD AND NORTHWESTERN CLEVELAND COUNTIES...

AT 527 PM EST...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 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SUNSHINE...OR 12 MILES EAST OF
RUTHERFORDTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
POLKVILLE...CASAR AND BELWOOD

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES ROTATION ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM. IF IT CONTINUES TO STRENGTHEN...A TORNADO WARNING MAY
BE ISSUED. REMEMBER...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO
PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.

&&

LAT...LON 3557 8167 3556 8165 3557 8163 3546 8149
      3530 8175 3543 8190 3558 8170
TIME...MOT...LOC 2229Z 229DEG 32KT 3542 8174

$$

ARK

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 Jan 11, 2:50 PM EST, 2 hours 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 11, 2:50 PM EST, 2 hours 5 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
250 PM EST WED JAN 11 2012

.SYNOPSIS...
A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM ASSOCIATED WITH A COLD FRONT OVER THE
CAROLINAS WILL MOVE OFF TO THE NORTHEAST TONIGHT WITH ANOTHER COLD
FRONT AFFECTING THE REGION ON THURSDAY. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD
INTO THE REGION FOR DRY CONDITIONS AND MODERATING TEMPERATURES
FRIDAY INTO THE WEEKEND.

&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH THURSDAY/...
AS OF 230 PM...A SFC LOW DEVELOPING ALONG THE OCCLUSION NEAR
CHA...WITH A TRAILING COLD FRONT THROUGH THE DEEP SOUTH...WILL ALLOW
WARM SECTOR CONVECTION TO TRANSLATE EWD ACROSS THE SRN HALF OF THE
FORECAST AREA THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON. ONE LIMITING FACTOR FOR STRONG
TO SEVERE TSTMS WITH THIS ACTIVITY IS THAT SFC TO 850 MB FLOW IS
STARTING TO VEER SW...REDUCING LOW LEVEL BULK SHEAR VALUES.
HOWEVER...STILL ANTICIPATE SOME SLIGHTLY ORGANIZED SHALLOW
CONVECTION SE OF INTERSTATE 85 LATE THIS AFTERNOON AS A POCKET OF
800+ J/KG CAPE ON LATEST LAPS MOVES IN. ANOTHER CONVECTIVE CONCERN
WILL BE THE HAIL POTENTIAL OVER THE WRN MTNS WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE
UPPER COLD POOL. WET BULB ZERO HEIGHTS BELOW 7 KFT BY LATE AFTERNOON
OVER THE MTNS WILL MAKE HAIL POSSIBLE IN JUST ABOUT ANY TSTM THAT
FORMS THERE.

REGARDING THE HYDRO THREAT...SOME SPOTTY 2 TO 3 INCH RAINFALL TOTALS
HAVE BEEN REPORTED FROM LAKE TOXAWAY TO HIGHLANDS...BUT WITH NO
ASSOCIATED STREAM FLOODING YET. THE BEST QPF FOR THE REST OF THE
AFTN/EVENING MAY BE UP THE BLUE RIDGE WHERE TOTALS ARE MORE IN THE 1
TO 2 INCH RANGE SO FAR. WILL KEEP THE FFA GOING CONSIDERING THE
FINAL ROUND OF SCATTERED CONVECTION WITH THE THERMAL TROUGH. ANY
FLOODING THAT DEVELOPS WILL PROBABLY NOT BE WIDESPREAD...BUT
ISOLATED STREAM FLOODING COULD STILL DEVELOP UNDER ANY TRAINING
CONVECTION. WILL CONTINUE THE FLOOD WATCH INTO THE EVENING HOURS.

OTHERWISE...THE PHASING UPPER LOW WILL LIFT UP THE APPALACHIANS THIS
EVENING AS THE NEXT UPSTREAM WAVE DIGS INTO THE PLAINS. PROFILES
WILL BEGIN TO DRY OUT AT MID AND UPPER LEVELS TONIGHT...HOWEVER LOW
LEVEL MOISTURE WILL KEEP UPSLOPE SCATTERED SHOWERS GOING IN THE NC
MTNS THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. MINS WILL BE A SOLID 10 TO 15
DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL WITH CLOUDS AND MIXING.

MOISTURE AHEAD OF THE NEXT APPROACHING SHARP COLD FRONT AND DEEP
TROUGH WILL LIKELY NOT BE VERY ABUNDANT BY THU AFTN GIVEN THE FAST
EWD PROGRESSION OF THE SYSTEM. MOST OF THE PRECIP WILL BE CONFINED
TO THE IMMEDIATE FRONT AND POST FRONTAL AREAS...ESPECIALLY THE NC
MTNS. SNOW MAY MIX IN AT THE HIGHEST MTN PEAKS LATE IN THE DAY. THE
FROPA WILL BE LATE ENOUGH TO PERMIT HIGHS IN THE LOWER 60S E OF THE
MTNS AND 40S TO 50S MTNS.

&&

.SHORT TERM /THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY/...
AT 230 PM EST WEDNESDAY...AN UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL BE LOCATED IN THE
OH RIVER VALLEY ON THURSDAY NIGHT. THIS LOW MOVES OVER THE EASTERN
GREAT ON FRIDAY. A CHANNELED VORT LOBE MOVING AROUND THIS LOW WILL
CROSS OUR AREA THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY. AN UPPER TROUGH AXIS
REMAINS OVER THE EAST INTO SATURDAY...BUT OUR AREA REMAINS BETWEEN
NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN STREAM SHORTWAVES. UPSLOPE FLOW SNOW SHOWERS
WILL BE ONGOING THURSDAY NIGHT IN THE NC MOUNTAINS BORDERING
TN...BUT WILL BE LIMITED AS LOW LEVEL FLOW REMAINS WESTERLY. THESE
SNOW SHOWERS TAPER OFF BY FRIDAY NIGHT AS MOISTURE DIMINISHES. AT
THIS TIME ACCUMULATIONS APPROACH TWO INCHES ON SOME OF THE HIGHER
PEAKS ON THE TN BORDER. NO ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED AT THIS
TIME...GIVING THE NEXT SHIFT A CHANCE TO EVALUATE SNOW POTENTIAL
FURTHER. DRY HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN FROM THE GULF STATES ON
SATURDAY.

TEMPERATURES WILL FALL TO AROUND EIGHT DEGREES BELOW NORMAL IN COLD
ADVECTION BY FRIDAY...RECOVERING TO ONLY AROUND FIVE DEGREES BELOW
NORMAL BY SATURDAY.

&&

.LONG TERM /SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
AT 230 PM EST WEDNESDAY...AN UPPER TROUGH WILL BE LOCATED ALONG THE
EAST COAST ON SUNDAY. THIS FEATURE WILL PROGRESS INTO THE WESTERN
ATLANTIC ON MONDAY...WHILE AN UPPER RIDGE CROSSES THE APPALACHIANS.
BY THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK...A BROAD UPPER TROUGH SETS UP ACROSS THE
NATION.

A BRIEF SHOT OF LOW LEVEL MOISTURE CROSS THE NC MOUNTAINS IN COLD NW
FLOW SATURDAY NIGHT...SUPPORTING LOW CHANCE SNOW SHOWERS ALONG THE
TN BORDER. A BACK DOOR COLD FRONT PASSES BY TO OUR EAST ON SUNDAY...
WHILE HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS EAST ACROSS THE APPALACHIANS. THIS HIGH
PRESSURE CROSSES THE EASTERN SEABOARD ON MONDAY...THEN MOVES
OFFSHORE ON TUESDAY. RETURN FLOW MOISTURE FORM THE GULF OF MEXICO
WILL REACH THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS ON THE BACK SIDE OF THE
DEPARTING HIGH ON TUESDAY...AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT.
FRONTAL PASSAGE OCCURS LATE TUESDAY NIGHT...AN ON WEDNESDAY THE
FRONT WILL BE LOCATED JUST TO OUR SOUTH....WITH A SURFACE WAVE IN
THE GULF STATES.

AFTER A SLIGHT CHANCE OF NW FLOW SNOW SHOWERS ALONG THE TN BORDER
SATURDAY NIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY...POPS WIL BE CARRIED FROM MONDAY
NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY...WITH A PEAK AT FRONTAL PASSAGE LATE TUESDAY
NIGHT. MODELS SOUNDINGS HAVE ENOUGH OF A WARM NOSE ABOVE COOL LOW
LEVELS TO SUPPORT STARTING PRECIPITATION AS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW
OR FREEZING RAIN IN THE NC MOUNTAINS TUESDAY MORNING...AND SLEET
EAST OF THE MOUNTAINS. WITH POPS SO LOW...ACCUMULATIONS WILL NOT BE
CARRIED AT THIS TIME. A CHANCE OF RAIN FOLLOWS DURING THE DAY ON
TUESDAY. BRIEF SNOW IS POSSIBLE BEHIND THE FRONT IN THE NC MOUNTAINS
LATE TUESDAY NIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY. AGAIN...WITH GENERALLY LOW
POPS...ONLY A LIGHT ACCUMULATION WILL BE FORECAST IN THE NORTHERN NC
MOUNTAINS AT THIS TIME. TEMPERATURES WILL RISE FROM SLIGHTLY BELOW
NORMAL TO SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL AHEAD OF THE FRONT...THEN WILL FALL
TO SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL BEHIND THE FRONT ON WEDNESDAY IN CLOUD
COVER AND NORTHEAST FLOW.

&&

.AVIATION /20Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY/...
AT KCLT...WIDESPREAD SHOWER COVERAGE SHOULD KEEP CIGS IFR ON AVERAGE
THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. WILL KEEP A CB MENTION IN UNTIL
01Z...BUT SEE NO UPSTREAM LIGHTNING TO SUGGEST WE NEED A TEMPO TSRA
AT THIS POINT. SE WINDS WILL TURN SRLY WITH TIME AND THEN SW THROUGH
THU MORNING. EXPECT LIFR TO IFR CIGS OVERNIGHT...WITH SLOW LIFTING
TO MVFR BY 15Z THU WITH SW MIXING.

ELSEWHERE...SHOWER COVERAGE IS BEGINNING TO SLOWLY SCATTER OUT FROM
THE SW EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...BUT STRONGER CONVECTION IS STARTING TO
FILL BACK IN AS THE UPPER COLD POOL APPROACHES. TEMPO TSRA COULD BE
NEEDED KAVL TO KGSP TO KAND BEFORE 21Z...BUT WILL HOLD ON CB CLOUD
TYPES THERE FOR NOW. MOST LOCATIONS WILL MAINTAIN IFR CIGS...BUT
TEMPO LIFR TO MVFR CIGS WILL POSSIBLE AT TIMES BETWEEN MIXING WITH
APPROACHING FRONT AND THEN HEAVIER SHOWERS. SE WINDS WILL TURN SRLY
THEN SW THROUGH THE PERIOD. DESPITE THE DECENT MIXING...A MOIST BL
WILL KEEP LIFR TO IFR CIGS IN PLACE OVERNIGHT. CIGS WILL STEADILY
LIFT TO MVFR THROUGH 15Z THU.

OUTLOOK...A SECOND COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE REGION LATE
THURSDAY...WITH DRIER HIGH PRES AND VFR CONDITIONS RETURNING FOR THE
WEEKEND.

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...FLOOD WATCH UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT FOR GAZ010.
NC...FLOOD WATCH UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT FOR NCZ033-035-049-050-
     053-059-062>065-501>510.
SC...FLOOD WATCH UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT FOR SCZ001>003.

&&

SYNOPSIS...JOH
NEAR TERM...HG
SHORT TERM...JAT
LONG TERM...JAT
AVIATION...HG
Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 11, 4:22 PM EST, 33 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
422 PM EST WED JAN 11 2012

NCZ048-051-052-058-122130-
MADISON-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-GRAHAM-
422 PM EST WED JAN 11 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL CROSS THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE...WITH THE
RESULTING RUNOFF LEADING TO RISES IN STREAM AND CREEK LEVELS...AND
POSSIBLY ISOLATED FLOODING. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS COULD DEVELOP THIS
AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING...POSSIBLY PRODUCING LARGE HAIL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF LARGE
HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...TORNADOES OR FLASH FLOODING TO OUR OFFICE.

GAZ010-NCZ033-035-049-050-053-059-062>065-501>510-SCZ001>003-122130-
RABUN-AVERY-ALEXANDER-YANCEY-MITCHELL-BUNCOMBE-NORTHERN JACKSON-
MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-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-
422 PM EST WED JAN 11 2012

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...WESTERN
NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   FLOOD WATCH.

A FEW THUNDERSTORMS COULD DEVELOP OVER THE NORTH CAROLINA
MOUNTAINS THIS AFTERNOON OR EARLY THIS EVENING...POSSIBLY
PRODUCING LARGE HAIL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF LARGE
HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...TORNADOES OR FLASH FLOODING TO OUR OFFICE.

GAZ017-018-026-028-029-NCZ036-037-056-057-068>072-082-SCZ004>014-019-
122130-
HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-IREDELL-DAVIE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-
CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC-
GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-
CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD-
422 PM EST WED JAN 11 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PIEDMONT
NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL CROSS THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. UNSTABLE AIR AND STRONG WINDS ALOFT WILL
SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS...A FEW OF WHICH COULD
BECOME SEVERE...PRODUCING STRONG WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND
POSSIBLY AN ISOLATED TORNADO. HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO POSSIBLE...
WITH THE RESULTING RUNOFF LEADING TO RISES IN STREAM AND CREEK
LEVELS...AND POSSIBLY FLOODING IN THE MORE URBAN AND POOR
DRAINAGE AREAS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF LARGE
HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...TORNADOES OR FLASH FLOODING TO OUR OFFICE.

07

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jan 11, 4:09 PM EST, 46 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
409 PM EST WED JAN 11 2012

SCZ003-006-007-112200-
GREATER GREENVILLE-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-SPARTANBURG-
409 PM EST WED JAN 11 2012

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHERN GREENVILLE AND
NORTHWESTERN SPARTANBURG COUNTIES THROUGH 500 PM EST...

AT 407 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR DOWNTOWN GREENVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35
MPH.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  PELHAM ROAD AT I-85...
  TAYLORS...
  GREER...
  LYMAN...
  INMAN...
  LAKE BOWEN...

PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.

LAT...LON 3479 8247 3483 8248 3483 8249 3488 8249
      3520 8222 3519 8188 3518 8187 3472 8236

ARK
Local storm report, Jan 11, 4:22 PM EST, 33 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
422 PM EST WED JAN 11 2012

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0325 PM     HAIL             SIX MILE                34.81N 82.82W
01/11/2012  E0.75 INCH       PICKENS            SC   TRAINED SPOTTER

            PENNY SIZED HAIL REPORTED BY SPOTTER IN SIX MILE, SC.

&&

JPT
Special weather statement, Jan 11, 4:24 PM EST, 31 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
424 PM EST WED JAN 11 2012

NCZ033-048>050-053-065-503>510-SCZ003-007-112230-
AVERY-BUNCOMBE-BURKE MOUNTAINS-EASTERN MCDOWELL-EASTERN POLK-GREATER
BURKE-GREATER RUTHERFORD-GREENVILLE
MOUNTAINS-HENDERSON-MADISON-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-MITCHELL-POLK
MOUNTAINS-RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-SPARTANBURG-YANCEY-
424 PM EST WED JAN 11 2012

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT EASTERN BUNCOMBE...EASTERN
HENDERSON...EASTERN MADISON...MCDOWELL...NORTHEASTERN GREENVILLE...
NORTHWESTERN SPARTANBURG...POLK...RUTHERFORD...SOUTHEASTERN
MITCHELL...SOUTHERN YANCEY...SOUTHWESTERN AVERY AND WESTERN BURKE
COUNTIES THROUGH 530 PM EST...

AT 419 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
BARNARDSVILLE TO 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF TIGERVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 40
MPH.

THESE STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  BARNARDSVILLE...
  SWANNANOA...
  TRYON...
  CHIMNEY ROCK...
  OLD FORT...
  MICAVILLE...

GENERALLY PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 30 TO 40 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.

LAT...LON 3603 8185 3525 8174 3519 8177 3508 8251
      3582 8259

ARK
Local storm report, Jan 11, 4:35 PM EST, 20 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
435 PM EST WED JAN 11 2012

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0346 PM     HAIL             2 N PUMPKINTOWN         35.03N 82.65W
01/11/2012  E0.50 INCH       PICKENS            SC   TRAINED SPOTTER

            UP TO 1/2 INCH HAIL REPORTED NORTH OF PUMPKINTOWN.

&&

JPT
Local storm report, Jan 11, 4:37 PM EST, 18 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
437 PM EST WED JAN 11 2012

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0412 PM     HAIL             2 NE GREENVILLE         34.86N 82.35W
01/11/2012  E0.25 INCH       GREENVILLE         SC   TRAINED SPOTTER

            PEA SIZE HAIL REPORTED.

&&

JPT
Local storm report, Jan 11, 4:54 PM EST, 1 minute before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
454 PM EST WED JAN 11 2012

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0453 PM     HAIL             20 NE GREER             35.14N 81.98W
01/11/2012  E0.75 INCH       SPARTANBURG        SC   PUBLIC

&&

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 11, 2:09 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementGSPOconee51 min
Jan 11, 3:05 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementGSPPickens40 min
Jan 11, 3:40 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementGSPPickens50 min
Jan 11, 4:09 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementGSPGreenville51 min
Jan 11, 2:51 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementGSPTransylvania39 min
Jan 11, 3:35 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementGSPTransylvania40 min
Jan 11, 4:24 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementGSPBuncombe, Henderson, McDowell, Polk, Rutherford, Yancey66 min
Jan 11, 5:35 PM ESTTornado WarningGSPBurke, Catawba, Cleveland, Lincoln, Rutherford40 min
Jan 11, 6:05 PM ESTTornado WarningGSPAlexander, Burke, Caldwell, Catawba40 min
Jan 11, 6:44 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementGSPAlexander, Iredell46 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Carolina, 2012Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in South Carolina, 2012Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2012

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.