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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 118, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

April 26, 2012Graham County, Macon County, Swain County, North Carolina

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 26, 5:25 PM EDTHAIL 14 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2012-04-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 824 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2012-04-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 317 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

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

$$

MCAVOY
2 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

$$

MCAVOY
836 
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

$$

MCAVOY

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 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.

&&

HG
Local 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.

&&

OUTLAW
Special 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

MCAVOY
Special 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

MCAVOY
Special 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

MCAVOY
Local 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

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 26, 7:49 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPBuncombe, Haywood, Jackson, Madison, Swain56 min
Apr 26, 8:15 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPAvery, Mitchell, Yancey60 min
Apr 26, 8:26 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPBuncombe, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, Transylvania64 min
Apr 26, 8:39 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPGraham, Macon81 min
Apr 26, 8:46 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPBurke, Caldwell, McDowell, Polk, Rutherford59 min
Apr 26, 9:06 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPGraham84 min
Apr 26, 9:22 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPCleveland38 min
Apr 26, 9:26 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPAlexander, Catawba64 min
Apr 26, 9:29 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPGaston, Lincoln61 min
Apr 26, 9:47 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPIredell43 min
Apr 26, 10:04 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPMecklenburg41 min
Apr 26, 10:09 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPCabarrus, Davie, Rowan51 min
Apr 26, 2:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPHaywood41 min
Apr 26, 2:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPBuncombe, Haywood, Madison76 min
Apr 26, 2:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPUnion71 min
Apr 26, 2:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPHenderson67 min
Apr 26, 3:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPHaywood35 min
Apr 26, 4:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPHaywood24 min
Apr 26, 4:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPSwain43 min
Apr 26, 4:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPGraham, Swain70 min
Apr 26, 4:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPHaywood39 min
Apr 26, 4:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPJackson, Macon, Swain, Transylvania76 min
Apr 26, 5:16 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPSwain6 hr
Apr 26, 5:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPBurke42 min
Apr 26, 6:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPJackson, Transylvania73 min
Apr 26, 6:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPJackson, Macon, Transylvania75 min
Apr 26, 6:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPGraham49 min
Apr 26, 6:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPBuncombe44 min
Apr 26, 7:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPBuncombe, McDowell, Rutherford42 min
Apr 26, 7:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPTransylvania38 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North 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.