Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 118, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 26, 2012, 5:16 PM EDT for Graham County, Macon County, Swain County, North Carolina. It was in force for 74 min. 1 report 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
- Apr 26, 2012, 5:16 PM EDT (21:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 26, 2012, 6:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 74 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Graham County, NC, Macon County, NC, Swain County, NC
The radar
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:16 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 5:25 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | 4 Nnw Franklin, NC |
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 9 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
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 281 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
- 824 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -212 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 986 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 317 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 344 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 9.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
979
WUUS52 KGSP 262116
SVRGSP
NCC075-113-173-262230-
/O.NEW.KGSP.SV.W.0118.120426T2116Z-120426T2230Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
516 PM EDT THU APR 26 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
GRAHAM COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
MACON COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
SOUTHWESTERN SWAIN COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 630 PM EDT
* AT 508 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 9 MILES
NORTHEAST OF NANTAHALA LAKE...OR 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF
FRANKLIN... AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. ANOTHER SEVERE STORM WILL
ENTER GRAHAM COUNTY ABOUT 5 MILES SOUTH OF TAPOCO BY 530 PM.
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
FRANKLIN.
HIGHLANDS.
SANTEETLAH LAKE.
ROBBINSVILLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BRIEF DAMAGING WINDS WILL BLOW DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES OVER SMALL
AREAS. A BRIEF PERIOD OF LARGE HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE. SEEK SHELTER
INSIDE AN INTERIOR ROOM.
TO REPORT DAMAGING WINDS...HAIL...OR FLOODING THROUGH OUR AUTOMATED
REPORTING SYSTEM...CALL TOLL FREE...1 8 7 7...6 3 3...6 7 7 2.
&&
LAT...LON 3537 8401 3541 8403 3547 8396 3530 8355
3531 8350 3512 8318 3509 8315 3506 8317
3500 8311 3500 8353 3515 8366 3516 8374
3523 8370 3525 8371 3525 8384 3521 8396
3523 8401 3531 8404 3536 8404
TIME...MOT...LOC 2115Z 292DEG 31KT 3523 8348
$$
MCAVOY2 follow-up statements
133
WWUS52 KGSP 262148
SVSGSP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
548 PM EDT THU APR 26 2012
NCC075-113-173-262230-
/O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0118.000000T0000Z-120426T2230Z/
GRAHAM NC-MACON NC-SWAIN NC-
548 PM EDT THU APR 26 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN
SWAIN...MACON AND GRAHAM COUNTIES UNTIL 630 PM EDT...
AT 541 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES EAST OF FRANKLIN...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20
MPH. ANOTHER SEVERE STORM WAS DEVELOPING 5 MILES WEST OF FRANKLIN.
THIS STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
HIGHLANDS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL THE SIZE OF QUARTERS ARE BEING REPORTED WITH
THIS STORM. SEEK SHELTER INSIDE AN INTERIOR ROOM.
BRIEF DAMAGING WINDS WILL BLOW DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES OVER SMALL
AREAS. A BRIEF PERIOD OF LARGE HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE. SEEK SHELTER
INSIDE AN INTERIOR ROOM.
TO REPORT DAMAGING WINDS...HAIL...OR FLOODING THROUGH OUR AUTOMATED
REPORTING SYSTEM...CALL TOLL FREE...1 8 7 7...6 3 3...6 7 7 2.
&&
LAT...LON 3537 8401 3541 8403 3547 8396 3530 8355
3531 8350 3512 8318 3509 8315 3506 8317
3500 8311 3500 8353 3515 8366 3516 8374
3523 8370 3525 8371 3525 8384 3521 8396
3523 8401 3531 8404 3536 8404
TIME...MOT...LOC 2147Z 295DEG 19KT 3516 8326
$$
MCAVOY836
WWUS52 KGSP 262226
SVSGSP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
626 PM EDT THU APR 26 2012
NCC075-113-173-262235-
/O.EXP.KGSP.SV.W.0118.000000T0000Z-120426T2230Z/
GRAHAM NC-MACON NC-SWAIN NC-
626 PM EDT THU APR 26 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN SWAIN...MACON AND
GRAHAM COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 630 PM EDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THIS AREA.
HOWEVER SMALL HAIL IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.
ADDITIONAL SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA
SOON...ESPECIALLY OVER WESTERN GRAHAM COUNTY. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL
MEDIA OUTLETS OR NOAA ALL HAZARDS WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST
WEATHER INFORMATION.
LAT...LON 3537 8401 3541 8403 3547 8396 3530 8355
3531 8350 3512 8318 3509 8315 3506 8317
3500 8311 3500 8353 3515 8366 3516 8374
3523 8370 3525 8371 3525 8384 3521 8396
3523 8401 3531 8404 3536 8404
TIME...MOT...LOC 2225Z 295DEG 19KT 3507 8304
$$
MCAVOYWhat 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 Apr 26, 4:57 PM EDT, 19 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 26, 4:57 PM EDT, 19 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 457 PM EDT THU APR 26 2012 .SYNOPSIS... A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE AREA FROM THE NORTH RESULTING IN UNSETTLED WEATHER. THIS COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO BECOME STATIONARY FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS OUR AREA FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. THE FRONT WILL MOVE OFF TO THE SOUTH ON SUNDAY AS A CANADIAN HIGH BUILDS OVER THE REGION. THEN THE HIGH WILL LINGER THROUGH THE EARLY PART OF NEXT WEEK. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH FRIDAY/... AS OF 440 PM...NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND STORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ALONG APPARENT DIFFERENTIAL HEATING BOUNDARY OVER THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN NC MTNS. THE AIR MASS IN THIS AREA IS MODERATELY UNSTABLE...WITH CAPE IN EXCESS OF 1000 J/KG. THE AIR MASS OVER MUCH OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS HAS BEEN OVERTURNED BY SEVERAL WAVES OF CONVECTION...SO NEW CONVECTION HAS BEEN GRADUALLY DEVELOPING FARTHER SOUTH WITH TIME. WITH THIS IN MIND...WILL EXPAND LIKELY POPS SOUTH ACROSS THE MTNS INTO EARLY EVENING...WITH THE GA/SC MTNS EXPECTED TO EVENTUALLY GET INVOLVED. MEANWHILE...MUCH OF THE EASTERN HALF OF THE AREA HAS BEEN UNABLE TO COMPLETELY RECOVER FROM THIS MORNINGS MCS...SO CONVECTION HAS TENDED TO WEAKEN IF NOT DISSIPATE AS IT MOVES OFF THE EASTERN ESCARPMENT. THE INTERESTING AREA TO WATCH THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE EVENING WILL BE THE UPPER SAVANNAH RIVER VALLEY...WHERE THE ATM HAS DESTABILIZED QUITE NICELY (CAPE > 1500 J/KG) OWING TO TEMPS WARMING INTO THE 80S AND ABNORMALLY STEEP (FOR OUR AREA) MID-LEVEL LAPSE RATES. IF OUTFLOWS FROM MTN CONVECTION INTERACT WITH THIS ENVIRONMENT...SOME VERY STRONG/SEVERE CELLS WOULD LIKELY DEVELOP WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE HAIL DUE TO THE STEEP MID-LEVEL LAPSES. FINALLY...CONVECTION IS INITIATING RAPIDLY ALONG THE COLD FRONT OVER THE TENN/OHIO VALLEYS. CONSIDERING THE DEGREE OF INSTABILITY AND SHEAR THAT EXISTS IN THIS AREA...WOULD NOT BE AT ALL SURPRISED TO SEE AN MCS ORGANIZE TO OUR WEST AND POSE A WIND THREAT TO THE WESTERN MTNS BETWEEN 00Z AND 01Z. OVERNIGHT TEMPS WILL BE ABOVE NORMAL OVERNIGHT UNDER THE DEBRIS CLOUDINESS. FRIDAY...MODELS CONTINUE THEIR TREND OF A MORE SOUTHERN PUSH OF THE COLD FRONT. THEY ALSO AGREE ON DECENT INSTBY ALONG/SOUTH OF THE BNDRY AS IT STARTS TO LIFT NORTH AS A WARM FRONT DURING THE AFTN. TOOK A MODEL BLEND FOR POPS. THIS HIGHLIGHTS THE NE GA AND UPSTATE ZONES. SPC DAY 2 OUTLOOK HAS A SEE TEXT 5% FOR THOSE AREAS. SHEAR WILL BE WEAKER...BUT ANOTHER SHORTWAVE WILL RIPPLE THRU QUASI-ZONAL FLOW DURING PEAK HEATING...WITH FCST SNDGS SHOWING LESS CIN THAN TODAY. && .SHORT TERM /FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY/... AS OF 205 PM THURSDAY...A WEAK UPPER RIDGING WILL BUILD INTO THE SOUTHEAST U.S. FRI NIGHT-SAT...THEN WEAKENS SLIGHTLY SAT NIGHT BEFORE CONTINUING TO BUILD OVER THE AREA SUN. THE SFC BOUNDARY WILL PUSH N AS A WARM FRONT FRI NIGHT-EARLY SAT WITH BEST FORCING N OF THE CWA. WE KEPT SLIGHT CHC POPS OVER MAINLY THE MTNS AND N ZONES THRU SAT. AS A SFC RIDGE BUILDS INTO THE AREA FROM THE NE WITH SE SFC FLOW SETTING UP. UPSLOPE FORCING SHOULD BE ENOUGH TO MAINTAIN SLIGHT CHC POPS THRU THE DAY SUN...MAINLY OVER THE MTNS. EXPECT TEMPS ABOVE AVG SAT AND SUN WITH COLDER AIR PUSHING IN FROM THE NE DURING THE DAY SUN TO KEEP TEMPS BELOW AVG IN THE FAR NE CWA IN THE AFTN. && .LONG TERM /SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY/... AS OF 205 PM THURSDAY...HEIGHTS RISE SUN NIGHT-MON AS UPPER TROF MOVES OFF THE NE COAST AND UPPER RIDGE BUILDS INTO THE SE US. COLD AIR DAMMING CONTINUES TO DEVELOP SUN NIGHT AND SETTLES OVER THE AREA MON. STILL EXPECT ENOUGH LOW LVL MOISTURE AND FORCING FOR SLIGHT CHC POPS ACROSS THE AREA. WEDGE WEAKENS TUE AND SFC BOUNDARY MOVES N OF THE AREA AND STAYS N THRU THE PERIOD. THIS PUTS CWA BACK IN THE WARM SECTOR SO WITH MOIST S FLOW DEVELOPING WE HELD ON TO MENTION OF SLIGHT CHC OF MAINLY AFTN SHWRS AND TSTMS TUE-WED DEVELOPING MOIST SLY FLOW AND DIURNAL INSTABILITY. TEMPS WILL BE BELOW AVG MON...THEN BACK ABOVE AVG TUE-THU. && .AVIATION /21Z THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/... AT KCLT...MAIN CONCERN NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS WILL BE A SMALL LINE OF CONVECTION TRACKING SOUTH OF THE TERMINAL. NOT EXPECTING A DIRECT IMPACT ATTM...BUT THE SUBTLE BNDRY THIS ACTIVITY IS FIRING ALONG IS SLOWLY DRIFTING NWD. SO ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT TO THE WEST MAY AFFECT KCLT. OTHERWISE...EXPECT VFR WITH GUSTY SW WINDS THIS AFTN AFTN. THERE MAY BE ANOTHER ROUND OF CONVECTION THIS EVENING...AS A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THRU THE AREA OVERNIGHT. CONFIDENCE IS TOO LOW THIS TIME...BUT MOST LIKELY TIME OF IMPACT SHUD BE IN THE 00Z TO 06Z TIME FRAME. WINDS WIL SHIFT NW BEHIND THE FRONT...THEN NE FRIDAY MORNING AND REMAIN LIGHT. DEBRIS CLOUDINESS ASSOCIATED WITH THE CONVECTION SHUD BE VFR. ELSEWHERE...A CLUSTER OF STORMS ARE MOVING INTO THE CENTRAL NC MTNS ATTM...AND WILL BE VCTS AT KAVL FOR NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. CONVECTION MAY START TO DEVELOP LATER THIS AFTN ACRS THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA...SO VCTS WILL BE CARRIED. ANOTHER ROUND OF CONVECTION IS EXPECTED TO AFFECT THE REGION LATE THIS AFTN THRU THE EVENING...AS A COLD FRONT PUSHES THRU FROM THE NORTHWEST. CONVECTION SHUD WANE AFTER 06Z AND WINDS WILL SHIFT TO N/NW BEHIND THE FRONT. DEBRIS CLOUDINESS SHUD BE VFR. OUTLOOK...A COLD FRONT WILL LINGER INVOF THE FORECAST AREA THRU FRIDAY NIGHT. MAINLY PM SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS AND MORE WIDESPREAD RESTRICTIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE FRI AFTN AND OVERNIGHT. THE FRONT LIFTS NORTH SATURDAY...BUT THEN DROPS BACK IN SUNDAY. SO PERIODS OF RESTRICTIONS IN CLOUDS/PRECIP EXPECTED THRU 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...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...PAT NEAR TERM...ARK/JDL SHORT TERM...RB LONG TERM...RB AVIATION...ARK
Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 26, 11:49 AM EDT, 5 hours 27 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1149 AM EDT THU APR 26 2012 NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-501-503-505-507-509-271600- AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM- NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON- CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-BURKE MOUNTAINS-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS- RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-POLK MOUNTAINS- 1149 AM EDT THU APR 26 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. A COLD FRONT MAY BRING ANOTHER ROUND OF SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE ENVIRONMENT ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE FRONT WILL SUPPORT CLUSTERS OR LINES OF THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP ACROSS EASTERN KENTUCKY AND TENNESSEE. THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY TRACK EAST TO SOUTHEAST REACHING THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND LARGE HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. 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. GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ035>037-056-057-068>072-082-502-504- 506-508-510-SCZ001>014-019-271600- RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-ALEXANDER-IREDELL- DAVIE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS- UNION NC-GREATER CALDWELL-GREATER BURKE-EASTERN MCDOWELL- GREATER RUTHERFORD-EASTERN POLK-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS- GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS- GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE- LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- 1149 AM EDT THU APR 26 2012 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 ARE FORECAST TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A FEW OF THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE QUARTER SIZED HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. 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. ARK
In the hours before
Local storm report, Apr 26, 4:02 PM EDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
402 PM EDT THU APR 26 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0355 PM HAIL FLAT ROCK 35.27N 82.44W
04/26/2012 E1.00 INCH HENDERSON NC AMATEUR RADIO
HAM RADIO REPORTS OF QUARTER SIZE HAIL AT LITTLE RIVER
ROAD AND HIGHWAY 25 SOUTH.
&&
HGLocal storm report, Apr 26, 4:05 PM EDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
405 PM EDT THU APR 26 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1030 AM HAIL TALLULAH FALLS 34.72N 83.38W
04/26/2012 E1.00 INCH RABUN GA POST OFFICE
TALLULAH FALLS POST OFFICE REPORTED NICKEL TO QUARTER
SIZED HAIL.
&&
OUTLAWSpecial weather statement, Apr 26, 4:06 PM EDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
406 PM EDT THU APR 26 2012
NCZ052-053-262030-
BUNCOMBE-HAYWOOD-
406 PM EDT THU APR 26 2012
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHERN HAYWOOD AND
SOUTHWESTERN BUNCOMBE COUNTIES THROUGH 430 PM EDT...
AT 400 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR COVE CREEK...OR 9 MILES NORTH OF
WAYNESVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO I-26 AT
I-40...LAKE JUNALUSKA...CRUSO...COVE CREEK...CLYDE...CANTON AND
CANDLER.
PEA SIZE 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 3556 8256 3545 8268 3545 8271 3542 8275
3541 8274 3539 8278 3560 8311 3568 8292
MCAVOYSpecial weather statement, Apr 26, 4:17 PM EDT, 59 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
417 PM EDT THU APR 26 2012
NCZ051-262100-
SWAIN-
417 PM EDT THU APR 26 2012
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL SWAIN COUNTY THROUGH 500
PM EDT...
AT 415 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CADES COVE...OR 16 MILES
NORTH OF ROBBINSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
BRYSON CITY...
MOTHBALL SIZE 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.
FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. IF OUTDOORS...STAY
AWAY FROM ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES. MOVE INDOORS IF
POSSIBLE. WHEN INDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS AND AVOID
USING TELEPHONES UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY. TRY TO UNPLUG UNNECESSARY
ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES BEFORE THE THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES.
LAT...LON 3553 8383 3557 8375 3558 8364 3552 8327
3547 8333 3546 8336 3545 8335 3537 8345
3543 8359 3544 8359 3543 8360
MCAVOYSpecial weather statement, Apr 26, 4:51 PM EDT, 25 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
451 PM EDT THU APR 26 2012
NCZ052-059-262130-
HAYWOOD-NORTHERN JACKSON-
451 PM EDT THU APR 26 2012
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN JACKSON AND
SOUTHERN HAYWOOD COUNTIES THROUGH 530 PM EDT...
AT 444 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF BALSAM...OR 7 MILES WEST OF
WAYNESVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
WAYNESVILLE...SUNBURST...MAGGIE VALLEY...CRUSO AND BALSAM.
DIME SIZE HAIL IS EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. IF OUTDOORS...STAY
AWAY FROM ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES. MOVE INDOORS IF
POSSIBLE. WHEN INDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS AND AVOID
USING TELEPHONES UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY. TRY TO UNPLUG UNNECESSARY
ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES BEFORE THE THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES.
LAT...LON 3555 8310 3547 8280 3544 8278 3542 8275
3541 8274 3539 8277 3537 8279 3531 8287
3530 8290 3529 8292 3546 8328
MCAVOYLocal storm report, Apr 26, 5:10 PM EDT, 6 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
510 PM EDT THU APR 26 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0505 PM HAIL BRYSON CITY 35.43N 83.45W
04/26/2012 E0.50 INCH SWAIN NC 911 CALL CENTER
&&
LGThe office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 7:49 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Buncombe, Haywood, Jackson, Madison, Swain | 56 min |
| Apr 26, 8:15 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Avery, Mitchell, Yancey | 60 min |
| Apr 26, 8:26 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Buncombe, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, Transylvania | 64 min |
| Apr 26, 8:39 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Graham, Macon | 81 min |
| Apr 26, 8:46 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Burke, Caldwell, McDowell, Polk, Rutherford | 59 min |
| Apr 26, 9:06 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Graham | 84 min |
| Apr 26, 9:22 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cleveland | 38 min |
| Apr 26, 9:26 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Alexander, Catawba | 64 min |
| Apr 26, 9:29 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Gaston, Lincoln | 61 min |
| Apr 26, 9:47 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Iredell | 43 min |
| Apr 26, 10:04 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Mecklenburg | 41 min |
| Apr 26, 10:09 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cabarrus, Davie, Rowan | 51 min |
| Apr 26, 2:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Haywood | 41 min |
| Apr 26, 2:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Buncombe, Haywood, Madison | 76 min |
| Apr 26, 2:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Union | 71 min |
| Apr 26, 2:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Henderson | 67 min |
| Apr 26, 3:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Haywood | 35 min |
| Apr 26, 4:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Haywood | 24 min |
| Apr 26, 4:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Swain | 43 min |
| Apr 26, 4:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Graham, Swain | 70 min |
| Apr 26, 4:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Haywood | 39 min |
| Apr 26, 4:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Jackson, Macon, Swain, Transylvania | 76 min |
| Apr 26, 5:16 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Swain | 6 hr |
| Apr 26, 5:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Burke | 42 min |
| Apr 26, 6:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Jackson, Transylvania | 73 min |
| Apr 26, 6:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Jackson, Macon, Transylvania | 75 min |
| Apr 26, 6:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Graham | 49 min |
| Apr 26, 6:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Buncombe | 44 min |
| Apr 26, 7:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Buncombe, McDowell, Rutherford | 42 min |
| Apr 26, 7:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Transylvania | 38 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.