Alert archive / South Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 132, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 27, 2012, 4:40 PM EDT for Spartanburg County, Union County, South Carolina. It was in force for 65 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 27, 2012, 4:40 PM EDT (20:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 27, 2012, 5:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Spartanburg County, SC, Union County, SC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 34 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 27, 4:51 PM EDT | HAIL 1.75 | Pauline, SC | GOLF BALL HAIL REPORTED ON HIGHWAY 215 AT FOSTER MILL CIRCLE. |
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 11 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, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 225 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1324 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 52 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 155 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
147 WUUS52 KGSP 272040 SVRGSP SCC083-087-272145- /O.NEW.KGSP.SV.W.0132.120427T2040Z-120427T2145Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 440 PM EDT FRI APR 27 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... EAST CENTRAL SPARTANBURG COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA... NORTHWESTERN UNION COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA... * UNTIL 545 PM EDT * AT 434 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 NEAR ROEBUCK...OR 6 MILES SOUTH OF SPARTANBURG...AND MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... PACOLET...JONESVILLE...BUFFALO AND PAULINE. 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 3483 8203 3494 8198 3488 8159 3466 8165 TIME...MOT...LOC 2040Z 291DEG 13KT 3485 8190 $$ MCAVOY
2 follow-up statements
373 WWUS52 KGSP 272059 SVSGSP SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 459 PM EDT FRI APR 27 2012 SCC083-087-272145- /O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0132.000000T0000Z-120427T2145Z/ SPARTANBURG SC-UNION SC- 459 PM EDT FRI APR 27 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN UNION AND EAST CENTRAL SPARTANBURG COUNTIES IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA UNTIL 545 PM EDT... AT 451 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PACOLET...OR 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SPARTANBURG...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... PACOLET...JONESVILLE AND BUFFALO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BRIEF DAMAGING WINDS WILL BLOW DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES OVER SMALL AREAS. A BRIEF PERIOD OF LARGE HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE. SEEK SHELTER INSIDE AN INTERIOR ROOM. TO REPORT DAMAGING WINDS...HAIL...OR FLOODING THROUGH OUR AUTOMATED REPORTING SYSTEM...CALL TOLL FREE...1 8 7 7...6 3 3...6 7 7 2. && LAT...LON 3483 8203 3494 8198 3488 8159 3466 8165 TIME...MOT...LOC 2059Z 291DEG 13KT 3483 8181 $$ MCAVOY
999
WWUS52 KGSP 272125
SVSGSP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
525 PM EDT FRI APR 27 2012
SCC083-272135-
/O.CAN.KGSP.SV.W.0132.000000T0000Z-120427T2145Z/
SPARTANBURG SC-
525 PM EDT FRI APR 27 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL SPARTANBURG
COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THIS AREA.
LAT...LON 3466 8165 3474 8180 3478 8180 3483 8179
3487 8175 3490 8172 3489 8164 3487 8163
3488 8159
TIME...MOT...LOC 2125Z 282DEG 12KT 3481 8171
$$
SCC087-272145-
/O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0132.000000T0000Z-120427T2145Z/
UNION SC-
525 PM EDT FRI APR 27 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN
UNION COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA UNTIL 545 PM EDT...
AT 519 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
JONESVILLE...OR 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF UNION...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
JONESVILLE AND BUFFALO.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BRIEF DAMAGING WINDS WILL BLOW DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES OVER SMALL
AREAS. A BRIEF PERIOD OF LARGE HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE. SEEK SHELTER
INSIDE AN INTERIOR ROOM.
TO REPORT DAMAGING WINDS...HAIL...OR FLOODING THROUGH OUR AUTOMATED
REPORTING SYSTEM...CALL TOLL FREE...1 8 7 7...6 3 3...6 7 7 2.
&&
LAT...LON 3466 8165 3474 8180 3478 8180 3483 8179
3487 8175 3490 8172 3489 8164 3487 8163
3488 8159
TIME...MOT...LOC 2125Z 282DEG 12KT 3481 8171
$$
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 27, 2:44 PM EDT, 1 hour 56 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 27, 2:44 PM EDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 244 PM EDT FRI APR 27 2012 .SYNOPSIS... A STATIONARY FRONT WILL REMAIN IN THE AREA THROUGH SATURDAY BEFORE LIFTING NORTHWARD AS A WARM FRONT SATURDAY NIGHT. THE FRONT MAY RETURN AGAIN AS A BACKDOOR COLD FRONT ON SUNDAY AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS FROM THE GREAT LAKES TO THE MID ATLANTIC. THE FRONT WILL DISSIPATE ACROSS THE REGION EARLY NEXT WEEK...WITH BERMUDA HIGH PRESSURE SETTING UP THROUGH THE WEEK. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH SATURDAY/... AT 215 PM FRI...18Z SURFACE ANALYSIS INDICATES THAT THE SURFACE BOUNDARY CONTINUES TO LIE FROM NE GA...EAST ACROSS UPSTATE SC TO JUST SOUTH OF CHARLOTTE. THE BOUNDARY SEPARATES LOW TO MID 60'S DEWPOINT AIR FROM MIDDLE 50S OR SO TO THE NORTH. LAPS ANALYSIS INDICATES CAPES HAVE INCREASED TO 2500J/KG ACROSS NE GA/UPSTATE SC. STORMS HAVE BEGUN TO FIRE OVER NE GA AND THE WESTERN UPSTATE AND EXPECT THAT COVERAGE WILL BECOME NUMEROUS OVER MUCH OF NE GA AND THE UPSTATE BY LATE AFTERNOON. SCT TYPE COVERAGE OF STORMS MAY EXTEND AS FAR NORTH AS THE SC/NC BORDER. A FEW SEVERE STORMS WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE. HOWEVER...BEST DCAPE ACCORDING TO SPC MESO ANAL CONTINUES TO BE OVER THE MIDLANDS. THE 12Z NAM AND SOME MESO MODELS INDICATE THE CLUSTER OF SHOWERS/STORMS WILL BE SOMEWHAT TRANSIENT THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING AS AN UPPER VORT MOVES BY. THE GFS HOLDS ONTO PRECIP LONGER AFTER 00Z...SO HAVE COMPROMISED SOME AND HELD ONTO POPS INTO THE EVENING HOURS OVER THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE UPSTATE AND AREAS SOUTH AND EAST OF CHARLOTTE. OVERNIGHT...THE MODELS CONTINUE TO SHOW A WEDGE TYPE PATTERN DEVELOPING WITH A RATHER MOIST NE FLOW DEVELOPING BY SATURDAY MORNING. HENCE...EXPECT MOSTLY CLOUDY/CLOUDY CONDITIONS TO BE THE RULE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT. THE NAM DOES NOT GENERATE ANY QPF LATE TONIGHT SO HAVE LOWERED POPS TO BELOW MENTIONABLE VALUES. ON SATURDAY...WILL GENERALLY FOLLOW THE NAM WHICH INDICATES THE DAY WILL BEGIN WITH A CONTINUATION OF THE WEDGE. HOWEVER...THE MODEL TRIES TO WASH OUT THE WEDGE BY LATE IN THE DAY. MODEL SOUNDINGS INDICATE THAT ATMOSPHERE SHOULD REMAIN CAPPED FOR THE MOST PART. SOME ELEVATED CAPE IS INDICATED BY LATE AFTERNOON...BUT THERE IS NO MODEL RESPONSE...SO HAVE KEPT POPS LOW. ALSO...STAYED ON THE LOW SIDE OF GUIDANCE TEMPS WITH HIGHEST TEMPS STRATIFIED FROM SW TO NE. && .SHORT TERM /SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY/... AS OF 215 PM FRIDAY...EXPECT WEAK SHORTWAVE ENERGY TO MOVE THRU FAIRLY ZONAL UPPER FLOW SAT NIGHT-SUN. THE SFC BOUNDARY WILL BE N OF THE CWA SO TEMPS WILL BE ABOVE AVG. MOISTURE WILL BE LIMITED BUT EXPECT ENOUGH HEATING AND FORCING ACROSS THE N TIER...CLOSER TO THE FRONT...FOR SLIGHT CHC POPS SUN AFTN. HIGH PRES OVER THE NE U.S. WILL BEGIN TO PUSH FARTHER S SUN AFTN AND DRIVE THE E EXTENT OF THE FRONT DOWN INTO CNTRL NC...SO BUMPED POPS UP OVER THE NE ZONES FOR LATE IN THE DAY. UPPER RIDGE AXIS WILL BUILD AND MOVE ACROSS THE REGION SUN NIGHT-MON WITH INCREASING HEIGHTS OVER THE AREA. COOLER NE FLOW DOWN THE E SIDE OF THE MTNS IS EXPECTED TO SET UP A WEAK COLD AIR DAMMING SCENARIO MON AND TEMPS WILL BE COOLER...BLO AVG OVER THE NE ZONES...NEAR AVG CNTRL CWA...AND ABOVE AVG TO THE SW. LOW LVL E FLOW WILL INCREASE AND PUSH AT LEAST SOME ATLANTIC MOISTURE TOWARD THE MTNS SO HELD ON TO SLIGHT CHC POPS ACROSS THE AREA THRU MON AFTN. && .LONG TERM /MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY/... AS OF 220 PM FRIDAY...UPPER RIDGE WILL TRY TO SLOWLY BUILD TUE-THU BUT WEAK SHORTWAVES MOVG THRU THE UPPER FLOW WILL KEEP HEIGHTS FLUCTUATING OVER THE REGION WITH LITTLE NET LOSS OR GAIN DAY TO DAY. HIGH PRESSURE OFF THE SE COAST WILL KEEP THE LOW LEVELS IN WARM... MOIST S FLOW WHICH MEANS ABOVE AVG TEMPS ACROSS THE AREA WITH AT LEAST A SLIGHT CHANCE OF DIURNALLY ENHANCED CONVECTION EACH DAY. UPPER RIDGE MOVES E FRI AS A WEAK UPPER WAVE APPROACHES FROM THE W. EXPECT SLIGHT CHC POPS...PSBL CHC MTNS...FRI AFTN. && .AVIATION /19Z FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... AT KCLT...MAIN CHALLENGE THIS AFTERNOON IS WHETHER THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT THE AIRFIELD LATE IN THE DAY. A FRONTAL BOUNDARY IS SITUATED JUST TO THE SOUTH AND WILL ACT AS A TRIGGERING MECHANISM FOR STORMS. IT SEEMS THAT THE MOST SIGNIFICANT CONVECTION WILL STAY SOUTH OF THE AIRFIELD...BUT HAVING SAID THAT...IT MAY GET WITHIN THE 5NM AIRSPACE. HENCE...HAVE DECIDED TO CARRY VCTS FROM 21-23Z. OTHERWISE VFR CIGS FOR THE OVERNIGHT...LOWERING TO MVFR CIRCA 12Z AS AS A MOIST NE WEDGE FLOW PREDOMINATES. ELSEWHERE...EXPECT THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP ALONG THE EAST TO WEST ORIENTED BOUNDARY ACROSS UPSTATE SC BY MID AFTERNOON. WILL CARRY A TEMPO FOR TSRA AT ALL UPSTATE AIRFIELDS. KAVL/KHKY SHOULD REMAIN NORTH OF THE ACTION. EXPECT CONVECTION TO MOVE EAST OF THE AREA BY 00Z. EXPECT A WEDGE TO DEVELOP OVERNIGHTWITH THE USUAL MOIST NE FLOW. HENCE...VFR CIGS SHOULD LOWER TO MVFR BY ABOUT 12Z. OUTLOOK...THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL MOVE NORTH OF THE AREA SATURDAY NIGHT. HENCE...GENRALLY VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH SUNDAY. THE FRONT WILL THEN SAG BACK INTO THE AREA LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON TRIGGERING AT LEAST SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY OVER NC. THE FRONT WILL REMAIN IN THE VICINITY OF THE AREA THROUGH THE FIRST PART OF THE NEW WORK WEEK...RESULTING IN CONTINUATION OF UNSETTLED WEATHER/PM SHOWERS AND STORMS AND POSSIBLE RESTRICTIONS THROUGH THAT TIME. AN EXPERIMENTAL AVIATION FORECAST CONSISTENCY TABLE SHOWING THE PERCENTAGE OF GUIDANCE MEMBERS AGREEING WITH THE SCHEDULED ISSUANCE CATEGORY IS AVAILABLE AT FOLLOWING LINK (USE LOWER CASE)... WWW.WEATHER.GOV/GSP/AVIATION/TABLES.HTM && .GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...HG NEAR TERM...LG SHORT TERM...RB LONG TERM...RB AVIATION...LG
Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 27, 7:30 AM EDT, 9 hours 10 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 730 AM EDT FRI APR 27 2012 NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-068>072-501>508-281130- AVERY-ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD- BUNCOMBE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN- GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-GREATER CALDWELL- BURKE MOUNTAINS-GREATER BURKE-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-EASTERN MCDOWELL- RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-GREATER RUTHERFORD- 730 AM EDT FRI APR 27 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA AND WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... NONE. GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ062>065-082-509-510-SCZ001>014-019- 281130- RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON- TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-UNION NC-POLK MOUNTAINS-EASTERN POLK- OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS- GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG- CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- 730 AM EDT FRI APR 27 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. A STATIONARY FRONT WILL SETTLE ACROSS THE NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND NORTHERN SOUTH CAROLINA TODAY. THIS WILL PROVIDE A FOCUSING MECHANISM FOR CONVECTIVE STORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. INSTABILITY WILL BE MODERATE WITH ENOUGH DEEP LAYERED SHEAR TO PRODUCE STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. THE MAIN THREAT FROM THESE STORMS WILL BE LARGE HAIL. AS MID LEVEL DRY AIR MOVES IN LATER IN THE AFTERNOON...DAMAGING WINDS WILL ALSO BECOME A POSSIBILITY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... NONE.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Apr 27, 2:51 PM EDT, 1 hour 49 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
251 PM EDT FRI APR 27 2012
GAZ017-018-SCZ001-271915-
HABERSHAM-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-STEPHENS-
251 PM EDT FRI APR 27 2012
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EASTERN HABERSHAM...NORTHERN
STEPHENS AND WESTERN OCONEE COUNTIES THROUGH 315 PM EDT...
AT 247 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR HOLLYWOOD...OR 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF
CLARKESVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
TURNERVILLE...TOCCOA...TALLULAH FALLS AND HOLLYWOOD.
DIME SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH
THIS STORM.
LAT...LON 3473 8347 3473 8336 3471 8335 3472 8335
3471 8313 3461 8316 3460 8317 3459 8316
3452 8318 3460 8351
MCAVOYSpecial weather statement, Apr 27, 3:44 PM EDT, 56 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
344 PM EDT FRI APR 27 2012
SCZ001-004-005-010-272030-
ANDERSON-GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-
344 PM EDT FRI APR 27 2012
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL OCONEE...SOUTHWESTERN
PICKENS AND WESTERN ANDERSON COUNTIES THROUGH 430 PM EDT...
AT 338 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR WESTMINSTER...OR 6 MILES SOUTH OF
WALHALLA...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. ANOTHER STRONG STORM WAS LOCATED
NEAR TOWNVILLE IN ANDERSON COUNTY.
* OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
WESTMINSTER...TOWNVILLE...SENECA...PENDLETON...OAKWAY...CLEMSON AND
CENTRAL.
PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH
THESE STORMS.
LAT...LON 3475 8266 3451 8281 3455 8292 3461 8317
3477 8316Special weather statement, Apr 27, 4:11 PM EDT, 29 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
411 PM EDT FRI APR 27 2012
GAZ017-018-272045-
HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-
411 PM EDT FRI APR 27 2012
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL HABERSHAM AND WESTERN
STEPHENS COUNTIES THROUGH 445 PM EDT...
AT 406 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES NORTH OF CLARKESVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 15
MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
TURNERVILLE...TOCCOA...HOLLYWOOD...DEMOREST...CLARKESVILLE AND
BOYDVILLE.
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 3475 8361 3473 8350 3472 8348 3473 8347
3471 8335 3469 8334 3468 8334 3467 8331
3462 8327 3449 8334 3458 8363
MCAVOYSpecial weather statement, Apr 27, 4:16 PM EDT, 24 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
416 PM EDT FRI APR 27 2012
SCZ002-005-272045-
GREATER PICKENS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-
416 PM EDT FRI APR 27 2012
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHERN PICKENS COUNTY THROUGH
445 PM EDT...
AT 410 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES SOUTH OF ROCKY BOTTOM...OR 10 MILES
NORTHWEST OF PICKENS...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ROCKY
BOTTOM...PUMPKINTOWN AND DACUSVILLE.
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 3497 8288 3506 8288 3508 8277 3507 8278
3507 8276 3505 8274 3506 8271 3507 8258
3505 8260 3503 8258 3501 8260 3501 8254
3486 8254
MCAVOYSpecial weather statement, Apr 27, 4:27 PM EDT, 13 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
427 PM EDT FRI APR 27 2012
SCZ003-272100-
GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-
427 PM EDT FRI APR 27 2012
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHERN GREENVILLE COUNTY
THROUGH 500 PM EDT...
AT 422 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF TIGERVILLE...OR 15 MILES
SOUTH OF HENDERSONVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO TIGERVILLE
AND GOWENSVILLE.
DIME SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH
THIS STORM.
LAT...LON 3509 8254 3516 8254 3515 8222 3506 8222
3503 8233
MCAVOYLocal storm report, Apr 27, 4:39 PM EDT, 1 minute before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
439 PM EDT FRI APR 27 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0430 PM HAIL WSW OAKWAY 34.60N 83.03W
04/27/2012 M1.00 INCH OCONEE SC TRAINED SPOTTER
QUARTER SIZED HAIL.
&&
JOHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 8:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Oconee | 40 min |
| Apr 26, 8:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Anderson | 59 min |
| Apr 26, 8:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Oconee | 38 min |
| Apr 26, 8:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Oconee, Pickens | 32 min |
| Apr 27, 3:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Oconee | 46 min |
| Apr 27, 4:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Anderson, Oconee | 62 min |
| Apr 27, 4:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Pickens | 29 min |
| Apr 27, 4:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Greenville | 33 min |
| Apr 27, 4:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Greenville, Pickens | 53 min |
| Apr 27, 5:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Abbeville, Anderson | 64 min |
| Apr 27, 5:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Spartanburg | 48 min |
| Apr 27, 5:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Union | 44 min |
| Apr 27, 6:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Spartanburg | 50 min |
| Apr 27, 6:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Abbeville, Anderson | 58 min |
| Apr 27, 6:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Chester | 32 min |
| Apr 27, 6:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Greenville | 40 min |
| Apr 27, 7:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Chester | 27 min |
Nearby
Severe 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.