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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 122, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

April 26, 2012Buncombe County, North Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 26, 2012, 6:56 PM EDT for Buncombe County, North Carolina. It was in force for 44 min. 11 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
Apr 26, 2012, 6:56 PM EDT (22:56 UTC)
Expired
Apr 26, 2012, 7:40 PM EDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Buncombe County, NC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:58 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, 7:01 PM EDTHAIL 0.52 Nw Bent Creek, NCMARBLE SIZED HAIL. REPORTED BY COCORAHS OBSERVER.
Apr 26, 7:05 PM EDTHAIL 12 Sw Asheville, NCQUARTER SIZED HAIL AND VERY GUSTY WIND ALONG PATTON AVENUE ON THE SOUTHWEST SIDE OF ASHEVILLE.
Apr 26, 7:10 PM EDTHAIL 1.25Asheville, NCPUBLIC REPORT OF HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL.
Apr 26, 7:10 PM EDTHAIL 1.756 Se Downtown Asheville, NCSPOTTER REPORTED HAIL INCREASED FROM PEA TO GOLF BALL SIZE ON ROSE HILL RD.
Apr 26, 7:12 PM EDTHAIL 15 Ese Asheville, NCDIME TO QUARTER SIZED HAIL. NO WIND.
Apr 26, 7:12 PM EDTHAIL 1.54 Ese Asheville, NCPING PONG BALL SIZED HAIL REPORTED BY COCORAHS OBSERVER.
Apr 26, 7:17 PM EDTHAIL 0.75Wsw Fairview, NCDIME SIZED HAIL.
Apr 26, 7:19 PM EDTHAIL 1.7510 Ese Asheville, NCPUBLIC REPORT OF GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL.
Apr 26, 7:24 PM EDTHAIL 1.54 Ene Fairview, NCQUARTER TO PING PONG BALL SIZED HAIL IN SOUTHEAST BUNCOMBE COUNTY.
Apr 26, 7:25 PM EDTHAIL 1.753 Ne Fairview, NCGOLF BALL HAIL DAMAGED VEHICLES NEAR ECHO LAKE.
Apr 26, 7:30 PM EDTHAIL 1.252 Ene Fairview, NCHAIL PRODUCED LEAF DAMAGE AND ACCUMULATED ON GROUND.

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 9 storm reports 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

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 238 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 2012-04-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 36 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, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 12:00Z on 2012-04-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 266 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
36 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-279 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
962 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
266 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
265 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.

892 
WUUS52 KGSP 262256
SVRGSP
NCC021-270000-
/O.NEW.KGSP.SV.W.0122.120426T2256Z-120427T0000Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
656 PM EDT THU APR 26 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN BUNCOMBE COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...

* UNTIL 800 PM EDT

* AT 650 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR I-26 AT I-40...OR 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
  DOWNTOWN ASHEVILLE...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
  BILTMORE FOREST...DOWNTOWN ASHEVILLE...UNC ASHEVILLE AND AVERY
  CREEK.
  ASHEVILLE MALL.
  FAIRVIEW AND SWANNANOA.
  BLACK MOUNTAIN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF BLOWING DOWN SCATTERED TREES AND POWER
LINES. SEEK SHELTER INSIDE AN INTERIOR ROOM.

THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS ALSO PRODUCING FREQUENT AND INTENSE
LIGHTNING. TURN OFF ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES. DO NOT USE CORDED
TELEPHONES. DO NOT TAKE A BATH OR SHOWER.

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 3567 8228 3561 8227 3559 8229 3558 8227
      3547 8226 3550 8233 3548 8237 3546 8237
      3547 8242 3545 8247 3543 8259 3546 8267
      3542 8275 3546 8278 3562 8269
TIME...MOT...LOC 2256Z 269DEG 24KT 3555 8263

$$

MCAVOY
2 follow-up statements
372 
WWUS52 KGSP 262314
SVSGSP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
714 PM EDT THU APR 26 2012

NCC021-270000-
/O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0122.000000T0000Z-120427T0000Z/
BUNCOMBE NC-
714 PM EDT THU APR 26 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN
BUNCOMBE COUNTY UNTIL 800 PM EDT...

AT 706 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL.  THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BILTMORE FOREST...OR NEAR DOWNTOWN
ASHEVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BILTMORE FOREST...SOUTHERN PARTS OF ASHEVILLE...FAIRVIEW  
  ...SWANNANOA AND BLACK MOUNTAIN. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

VERY LARGE HAIL DRIVEN BY STRONG WINDS POSES A SERIOUS THREAT OF
INJURY. EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO HOMES AND VEHICLES WILL ALSO OCCUR. SEEK
SHELTER INSIDE AN INTERIOR ROOM.

THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS ALSO PRODUCING FREQUENT AND INTENSE
LIGHTNING. TURN OFF ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES. DO NOT USE CORDED
TELEPHONES. DO NOT TAKE A BATH OR SHOWER.

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 3567 8228 3561 8227 3559 8229 3558 8227
      3547 8226 3550 8233 3548 8237 3546 8237
      3547 8242 3545 8247 3543 8259 3546 8267
      3542 8275 3546 8278 3562 8269
TIME...MOT...LOC 2313Z 269DEG 24KT 3555 8249

$$

MCAVOY
059 
WWUS52 KGSP 262340
SVSGSP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
740 PM EDT THU APR 26 2012

NCC021-262351-
/O.CAN.KGSP.SV.W.0122.000000T0000Z-120427T0000Z/
BUNCOMBE NC-
740 PM EDT THU APR 26 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN BUNCOMBE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THIS AREA.

LAT...LON 3567 8228 3561 8227 3559 8229 3558 8227
      3547 8226 3550 8233 3548 8237 3546 8237
      3547 8242 3545 8247 3543 8259 3546 8267
      3542 8275 3546 8278 3562 8269
TIME...MOT...LOC 2341Z 269DEG 24KT 3555 8226

$$

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, 1 hour 59 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 26, 4:57 PM EDT, 1 hour 59 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, 5:17 PM EDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
517 PM EDT THU APR 26 2012

NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-501-503-505-507-509-272130-
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-
517 PM EDT THU APR 26 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER
THE SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA THROUGH EARLY
EVENING. SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO BE SEVERE...WITH
LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS BEING THE PRIMARY THREATS.

MEANWHILE...ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING FROM
NORTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE TO EASTERN KENTUCKY ARE EXPECTED TO
APPROACH WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AFTER 8 PM. THESE STORMS WILL
PRODUCE AN ADDITIONAL SEVERE WEATHER THREAT...ESPECIALLY ACROSS
THE TENNESSEE BORDER COUNTIES. THE PRIMARY CONCERNS WOULD BE WITH
DAMAGING WINDS...ALTHOUGH ISOLATED LARGE HAIL WILL ALSO BE
POSSIBLE.

IT ADDITION TO THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT...MANY AREAS OF THE
MOUNTAINS...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE SMOKY MOUNTAINS AND SURROUNDING
AREAS HAVE SEEN SEVERAL WAVES OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. ADDITIONAL
HEAVY RAINFALL ASSOCIATED WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS THAT WILL AFFECT
THE AREA LATER THIS EVENING WILL RESULT IN A LOCALIZED FLASH
FLOODING THREAT.

.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-SCZ001>006-010>012-019-272130-
RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-
PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER OCONEE-
GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-
GREENWOOD-
517 PM EDT THU APR 26 2012

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA ARE EXPECTED
TO GRADUALLY BUILD SOUTH INTO THE MOUNTAINS OF GEORGIA AND SOUTH
CAROLINA...AS WELL AS THE UPPER SAVANNAH RIVER VALLEY THIS EVENING.
SOME SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE...WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING
WINDS BEING THE MAIN THREATS. LOCALLY VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL
ALSO OCCUR WITH THE STRONGER 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.

NCZ035>037-056-057-068>072-082-502-504-506-508-510-SCZ007>009-013-
014-272130-
ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-
MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC-GREATER CALDWELL-GREATER BURKE-
EASTERN MCDOWELL-GREATER RUTHERFORD-EASTERN POLK-SPARTANBURG-
CHEROKEE-YORK-UNION SC-CHESTER-
517 PM EDT THU APR 26 2012

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE
EASTERN PIEDMONT OF SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE NORTH CAROLINA
FOOTHILLS AND WESTERN PIEDMONT THROUGH EARLY EVENING. ALTHOUGH
THE MAIN THREATS WILL BE FROM CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...AND ISOLATED STORM OR TWO COULD PRODUCE
LARGE HAIL AND LOCALLY DAMAGING WIND GUSTS.

A MORE ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL BE POSSIBLE LATER THIS
EVENING...PARTICULARLY ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS...AS A LINE OF SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO MOVE OUT OF EAST TENNESSEE AND
ACROSS THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS. DAMAGING WIND GUSTS WILL BE
THE MAIN THREAT WITH THIS ACTIVITY.

.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.

LANE

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 26, 6:01 PM EDT, 55 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
601 PM EDT THU APR 26 2012

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

0543 PM     HAIL             7 E FRANKLIN            35.19N 83.25W
04/26/2012  E1.00 INCH       MACON              NC   PUBLIC

            HAIL UP TO QUARTER SIZED REPORTED THROUGH COCORAHS.

&&

OUTLAW
Local storm report, Apr 26, 6:04 PM EDT, 52 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
604 PM EDT THU APR 26 2012

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

0550 PM     HAIL             6 WNW CASHIERS          35.15N 83.18W
04/26/2012  E1.75 INCH       JACKSON            NC   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

RB
Local storm report, Apr 26, 6:16 PM EDT, 40 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
616 PM EDT THU APR 26 2012

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

0612 PM     HAIL             5 WNW CASHIERS          35.14N 83.18W
04/26/2012  E1.50 INCH       JACKSON            NC   TRAINED SPOTTER

            PING PONG BALL SIZED HAIL.

&&

OUTLAW
Local storm report, Apr 26, 6:26 PM EDT, 30 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
626 PM EDT THU APR 26 2012

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

0601 PM     HAIL             7 E FRANKLIN            35.19N 83.25W
04/26/2012  E1.00 INCH       MACON              NC   PUBLIC

            DIME TO QUARTER SIZED HAIL AT THE SAME LOCATION WHERE
            ANOTHER STORM DROPPED QUARTER SIZED HAIL AT 543 PM. THIS
            REPORT SENT BY COCORAHS OBSERVER.

&&

OUTLAW
Special weather statement, Apr 26, 6:41 PM EDT, 15 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
641 PM EDT THU APR 26 2012

NCZ051-058-262330-
GRAHAM-SWAIN-
641 PM EDT THU APR 26 2012

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EASTERN GRAHAM AND SOUTHERN
SWAIN COUNTIES THROUGH 730 PM EDT...

AT 633 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES WEST OF STECOAH...OR 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF
ROBBINSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  ALARKA...

DIME 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 3545 8372 3545 8337 3532 8342 3532 8344
      3530 8346 3531 8349 3529 8359 3527 8378

MCAVOY
Local storm report, Apr 26, 6:42 PM EDT, 14 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
642 PM EDT THU APR 26 2012

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

0600 PM     HAIL             CASHIERS                35.11N 83.10W
04/26/2012  E1.25 INCH       JACKSON            NC   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

            HALF DOLLAR SIZED HAIL FELL AT THE CASHIERS-GLENVILLE
            VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT.

0620 PM     HAIL             CASHIERS                35.11N 83.10W
04/26/2012  E1.00 INCH       JACKSON            NC   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

            QUARTER SIZED HAIL WITH THE SECOND STORM TO CROSS THE
            CASHIERS-GLENVILLE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT. SOME WIND
            GUSTS BUT NOT VERY SIGNIFICANT.

&&

OUTLAW

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, 5:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPGraham, Macon, Swain74 min
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, 7:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPBuncombe, McDowell, Rutherford42 min
Apr 26, 7:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPTransylvania38 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.