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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 156, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 1, 2012, 5:07 PM EDT for Davie County, North Carolina. It was in force for 31 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
- May 1, 2012, 5:07 PM EDT (21:07 UTC)
- Expired
- May 1, 2012, 5:38 PM EDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Davie County, NC
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 5:18 PM EDT | HAIL 0.75 | 3 Nw Farmington, NC |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
Did it verify
Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.
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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 3:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 55 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
- 6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -386 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1318 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 144 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 137 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
459
WUUS52 KGSP 012107
SVRGSP
NCC059-012200-
/O.NEW.KGSP.SV.W.0156.120501T2107Z-120501T2200Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
507 PM EDT TUE MAY 1 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN DAVIE COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 600 PM EDT
* AT 501 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 12
MILES NORTHWEST OF MOCKSVILLE...OR 5 MILES SOUTH OF YADKINVILLE...
AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
FARMINGTON.
BERMUDA RUN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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 3602 8070 3605 8069 3605 8050 3605 8049
3607 8046 3601 8041 3599 8041 3597 8038
3594 8038
TIME...MOT...LOC 2106Z 276DEG 16KT 3605 8063
$$
LANE1 follow-up statement
707
WWUS52 KGSP 012138
SVSGSP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
538 PM EDT TUE MAY 1 2012
NCC059-012148-
/O.CAN.KGSP.SV.W.0156.000000T0000Z-120501T2200Z/
DAVIE NC-
538 PM EDT TUE MAY 1 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN DAVIE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED ACROSS THIS AREA.
LAT...LON 3602 8070 3605 8069 3605 8050 3605 8049
3607 8046 3601 8041 3599 8041 3597 8038
3594 8038
TIME...MOT...LOC 2138Z 276DEG 16KT 3603 8045
$$
LANEWhat 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 May 1, 4:00 PM EDT, 1 hour 7 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 1, 4:00 PM EDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 400 PM EDT TUE MAY 1 2012 .SYNOPSIS... DEEP HIGH PRESSURE WILL STRENGTHEN AND CONTROL THE WEATHER THROUGH THE REST OF THE WEEK. SMALL AREAS OF UPPER LEVEL ENERGY WILL PROVIDE SOME SHOWERS AND STORMS OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND MORE ISOLATED ACTIVITY ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT THROUGH THURSDAY. A COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO ADVANCE FROM THE NORTH SATURDAY EVENING. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING/... AT 4 PM...I UPDATED THE FORECAST AT 315 PM TO ADD SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 219. I ALSO RAISED POPS IN THE WATCH AREA TO ACCOUNT FOR ONGOING AND FUTURE ORGANIZED CONVECTION. PREVIOUS DISCUSSION... CONVECTION GETTING AN EARLIER START THIS AFTERNOON AND A LITTLE FARTHER SOUTH THAN EXPECTED. ATMOS IS AT LEAST MODERATELY UNSTABLE WITH NO CIN. DCAPE IS MODERATE BUT FREEZING LEVEL IS NOT VERY LOW. STILL THERE IS QUITE A BIT OF CAPE IN THE HAIL GROWTH ZONE AND WARNINGS HAVE ALREADY BEEN ISSUED AS STORMS ARE VERY REFLECTIVE AND GROWING VERY TALL. EFFECTIVE SHEAR IS STRONGEST NORTH OF I-85...SO EXPECT ANY ORGANIZATION THERE. SOUTH OF I-85...EVEN THO INSTABILITY IS HIGH...LFC LEVELS ARE ABOVE 5 KFT. EXPECT THIS TO KEEP A LID ON CONVECTION UNLESS SOME LIFTING MECHANISM CAN PUSH INTO THE AREA... LIKE AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY FORM THE CONVECTION TO THE NORTH. MAY HAVE TO SPREAD ISOLATED POP A LITTLE SOUTH OF I-85 AND EXPAND THE SCT COVERAGE NORTH OF THERE. CONVECTION SHUD DISSIPATE THIS EVENING BUT COULD LINGER OVER THE NRN TIER WHERE THE SHEAR IS BEST. LOWS SHUD BE 10 TO 15 ABOVE NORMAL. UPPER RIDGE STRENGTHENS OVER THE AREA WED BRINGING A WARMER AND DRIER AIRMASS INTO THE UPSTATE AND NE GA. SFC RIDGE AXIS WILL WILL STRENGTHEN OVER THIS AREA AS WELL. ATMOS WILL REMAIN MORE MOIST WITH COOLER MID LEVEL TEMPS ACROSS NC. EXPECT BEST INSTABILITY TO BE LIMITED TO THE MTNS AND I-40 CORRIDOR. WITH THE BEST MOISTURE THERE AS WELL...HAVE LIMITED POP TO THOSE AREAS WITH SCT POP OVER THE NRN BLUE RIDGE AND THE MTNS BETWEEN THE FRENCH BROAD AND PIGEON RIVER VALLEYS. HIGHS WILL BE NEARLY 15 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL AS HEIGHTS AND THICKNESSES RISE WITH CONTINUED SLY FLOW. && .SHORT TERM /6 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY/... AS OF 145 PM TUESDAY...SHORT RANGE MODELS INDICATE THAT THE H5 RIDGE AXIS WILL DOMINATE THE CWA ON THURSDAY. STRONG INSOLATION...DEEP RIDGING...AND LIMITED MIXING SHOULD RESULT IN A WARM AND SUPPRESSED BL. MOS GUIDANCE BLEND SUPPORTS MORNING TEMPS RANGING FROM THE L50S ACROSS THE MTNS TO L60S EAST. THE MILD START COMBINED WITH STEADY DAYTIME HEATING WILL PLACE RECORD HIGH EAST OF THE MTNS IN RANGE...SEE CLIMATE SECTION BELOW. FORECAST SOUNDINGS CONTINUE TO SHOW A WEAK H8 INVERSION ACROSS THE CWA...WITH SIGNIFICANT CIN EAST AND LESS THAN 25 J/KG ACROSS THE MTNS. RIDGETOP HEATING MAY TRIGGER A COUPLE OF SHRA/TSRA ACROSS THE HIGH TERRAIN DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON. THE RIDGE WILL LIKELY WEAKEN SLIGHTLY INTO FRIDAY. FORECAST SOUNDINGS INDICATE A LESS OF AN LLVL INVERSION...THEREFORE...I WILL INCREASE POPS SLIGHTLY OVER THURSDAY/S VALUES. HIGH TEMPERATURES MAY AGAIN CHALLENGE RECORDS EAST OF THE MTNS. && .LONG TERM /FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY/... AS OF 1145 AM TUESDAY...ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY...MODELS GENERALLY AGREE THAT A MID LEVEL RIDGE WILL EXIST ACROSS THE CWA WITH THE AXIS LIKELY WEST OF THE APPALACHIANS. THIS PATTERN WILL ALLOW VERY MILD LLVL TEMPERATURE PROFILES TO BUILD ACROSS THE REGION. TEMPERATURE GUIDANCE INDICATES THE HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE 10 TO 15 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. POSSIBLY REACHING WITHIN A FEW DEGREES OF RECORD HIGHS ON SATURDAY...SEE CLIMATE SECTION BELOW. STEERING FLOW AND BROAD INSTABILITY FIELD MAY RESULT IN A FEW ROUNDS OF SHRA/TSRA UPSTREAM CONVECTION TO MOVE ACROSS THE MTNS...I WILL KEEP A DIURNAL MENTION OF CHC POPS. SCHC POPS ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT. MONDAY AND TUESDAY...MODEL AGREEMENT IS POOR AND FORECAST CONFIDENCE IS BELOW AVERAGE. I WILL HEAVILY FAVOR THE HPC GUIDANCE THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE EXTENDED PERIOD...BASED ON THE ENSEMBLE MEAN OF THE ECMWF AND CANADIAN. TEMPERATURES MAY REMAIN A FEW DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL ON BOTH DAYS...BUT NOT CHALLENGING ANY RECORDS. I WILL KEEP POPS IN THE SCHC RANGE TO ACCOUNT FOR POSSIBLE PASSAGE OF A COLD FRONT MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY. && .AVIATION /20Z TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/... AT KCLT...SCT CU WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND BECOME BKN AROUND 050 BY LATE AFTERNOON. BEST CHANCE OF CONVECTION WILL BE NORTH AND WEST OF THE SITE...BUT CANNOT RULE OUT AN ISOLATED TSRA LATE AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVENING. ANY CONVECTION AND CIGS WILL DIMINISH THRU THE EVENING. MVFR VSBY AND POSSIBLY CIG COULD DEVELOP NEAR DAYBREAK BUT CHC TOO LOW TO INCLUDE FOR NOW. SCT CU EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY THE END OF THE PERIOD WED. SSW WIND WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING BUT DIMINISH TOWARD DAYBREAK...THEN INCREASE AGAIN WITH MIXING WED. ELSEWHERE...CONVECTION GETTING AN EARLY START TODAY...SO HAVE INCLUDED VCTS TO START AT KAVL. KHKY HAS THE NEXT BEST CHC OF CONVECTION SO HAVE VCTS THERE AT 20Z. EXPECT MOST CONVECTION TO REMAIN NORTH OF THE SC SITES...BUT SINCE IT IS ONGOING OVER THE MTNS WILL INCLUDE VCTS THERE AS WELL. CONVECTION SHUD END BY EARLY EVENING WITH ANY BKN CU DISSIPATING SHORTLY THEREAFTER. MVFR VSBY LIKELY AT KAVL/KHKY/KAND WITH MVFR OR EVEN IFR CIGS POSSIBLE AT KAND AROUND DAYBREAK. ANY RESTRICTIONS SHUD LIFT BY MID MORNING WITH SCT CU CONTINUING TO THE END OF THE PERIOD. S TO SWLY WINDS THIS AFTERNOON DIMINISH OVERNIGHT BUT RETURN WITH MIXING WED. OUTLOOK...SCATTERED MAINLY DIURNAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE THE MAIN PROBLEM FOR WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY. PATCHES OF FOG AND STRATUS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE EACH MORNING AS WELL. APART FROM THAT...MOST OF THE TIME CONDITIONS SHOULD BE VFR. 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 && .CLIMATE... RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES AND FORECASTED HIGHS WITHIN 3 DEGREES F... KGSP MAY 2ND 90F IN 1959...FORECAST 90F MAY 3RD 91F IN 1959...FORECAST 90F MAY 4TH 90F IN 1901...FORECAST 89F MAY 5TH 91F IN 1934...FORECAST 90F KCLT MAY 2ND 91F IN 1959...FORECAST 90F MAY 3RD 94F IN 1902...FORECAST 90F MAY 4TH 92F IN 1959...FORECAST 91F MAY 5TH 91F IN 1955...FORECAST 90F KAVL MAY 2ND 88F IN 1935...FORECAST 86F MAY 3RD 85F IN 1965...FORECAST 86F && .GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...NED NEAR TERM...NED/RWH SHORT TERM...NED LONG TERM...NED AVIATION...RWH CLIMATE...RWH/NED
Hazardous weather outlook, May 1, 3:21 PM EDT, 1 hour 46 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 321 PM EDT TUE MAY 1 2012 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-068>072- 082-507>510-SCZ001>014-019-021930- RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY- MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON- SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON- MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC-RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS- GREATER RUTHERFORD-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- 321 PM EDT TUE MAY 1 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. NUMEROUS TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS INTO THE EVENING HOURS. SEVERAL STORMS MAY MOVE EAST OF THE BLUE RIDGE DURING THE EARLY TO MID EVENING. THE STRONGER STORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS AGAIN LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. A FEW OF THE STORMS MAY MOVE EAST OF THE BLUE RIDGE DURING THE EARLY TO MID EVENING. THE STRONGER STORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. THE GREATEST THREAT FOR SEVERE STORMS WILL BE ACROSS WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...MAINLY NORTH OF INTERSTATE 40...DURING THE EARLY EVENING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...TORNADOES OR FLASH FLOODING TO OUR OFFICE. NCZ035>037-056-057-501>506-021930- ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS- GREATER CALDWELL-BURKE MOUNTAINS-GREATER BURKE-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS- EASTERN MCDOWELL- 321 PM EDT TUE MAY 1 2012 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 219 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA AND WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS AGAIN LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. A FEW OF THE STORMS MAY MOVE EAST OF THE BLUE RIDGE DURING THE EARLY TO MID EVENING. THE STRONGER STORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. THE GREATEST THREAT FOR SEVERE STORMS WILL BE ACROSS WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...MAINLY NORTH OF INTERSTATE 40...DURING THE EARLY EVENING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...TORNADOES OR FLASH FLOODING TO OUR OFFICE.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 1, 4:15 PM EDT, 52 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
415 PM EDT TUE MAY 1 2012
GAZ010-017-012045-
HABERSHAM-RABUN-
415 PM EDT TUE MAY 1 2012
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHERN HABERSHAM AND
SOUTHWESTERN RABUN COUNTIES THROUGH 445 PM EDT...
AT 412 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES NORTH OF BATESVILLE...OR 13 MILES
NORTHWEST OF CLARKESVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
LAKE BURTON...
NACOOHE LAKE...
LAKE RABUN...
SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.
LAT...LON 3489 8345 3473 8341 3474 8362 3482 8367
3484 8366
LANELocal storm report, May 1, 4:20 PM EDT, 47 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
420 PM EDT TUE MAY 01 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0325 PM HAIL FLETCHER 35.43N 82.50W
05/01/2012 E1.75 INCH HENDERSON NC PUBLIC
HAIL DAMAGED PARKED VEHICLES.
&&
NEDLocal storm report, May 1, 4:28 PM EDT, 39 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
428 PM EDT TUE MAY 01 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0340 PM HAIL 4 S MORGANTON 35.69N 81.71W
05/01/2012 E1.25 INCH BURKE NC BROADCAST MEDIA
&&
NEDSpecial weather statement, May 1, 4:48 PM EDT, 19 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
448 PM EDT TUE MAY 1 2012
NCZ036-037-012115-
DAVIE-IREDELL-
448 PM EDT TUE MAY 1 2012
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN IREDELL AND
NORTHERN DAVIE COUNTIES THROUGH 515 PM EDT...
AT 443 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES NORTH OF HARMONY...OR 7 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF YADKINVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
FARMINGTON...
SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.
LAT...LON 3601 8044 3589 8067 3605 8084 3606 8083
3606 8055
LANESpecial weather statement, May 1, 4:53 PM EDT, 14 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 453 PM EDT TUE MAY 1 2012 NCZ053-065-012130- BUNCOMBE-HENDERSON- 453 PM EDT TUE MAY 1 2012 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHERN HENDERSON AND SOUTHEASTERN BUNCOMBE COUNTIES THROUGH 530 PM EDT... AT 450 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR AVERY CREEK...OR 10 MILES SOUTH OF DOWNTOWN ASHEVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR... FLETCHER... FAIRVIEW... EDNEYVILLE... SMALL HAIL IS EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. LAT...LON 3556 8227 3537 8230 3541 8264 3551 8264 LANE
Special weather statement, May 1, 5:01 PM EDT, 6 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
501 PM EDT TUE MAY 1 2012
NCZ503>505-012130-
BURKE MOUNTAINS-GREATER BURKE-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-
501 PM EDT TUE MAY 1 2012
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHERN MCDOWELL AND
NORTHWESTERN BURKE COUNTIES THROUGH 530 PM EDT...
AT 457 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ASHFORD...OR 7 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF SPRUCE PINE...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
ASHFORD...
SMALL HAIL IS EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
LAT...LON 3577 8174 3580 8204 3586 8204 3588 8203
3588 8201 3587 8200 3591 8198 3594 8179
LANEThe office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 30, 8:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Caldwell | 26 min |
| Apr 30, 8:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Avery | 31 min |
| Apr 30, 8:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Mitchell | 29 min |
| Apr 30, 8:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Avery, Mitchell, Yancey | 54 min |
| Apr 30, 9:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Mitchell | 28 min |
| Apr 30, 9:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Mitchell | 27 min |
| Apr 30, 9:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Buncombe | 36 min |
| Apr 30, 9:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Buncombe | 26 min |
| Apr 30, 9:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Avery | 27 min |
| Apr 30, 10:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Caldwell | 37 min |
| May 1, 1:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Polk, Rutherford | 67 min |
| May 1, 2:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Transylvania | 39 min |
| May 1, 2:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Burke | 39 min |
| May 1, 2:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Polk, Rutherford | 66 min |
| May 1, 2:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Burke, McDowell | 62 min |
| May 1, 2:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Transylvania | 44 min |
| May 1, 2:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Buncombe, Henderson, Polk, Rutherford | 54 min |
| May 1, 3:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Burke | 24 min |
| May 1, 3:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Polk, Rutherford | 59 min |
| May 1, 3:54 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Polk, Rutherford | 2 hr |
| May 1, 3:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Transylvania | 31 min |
| May 1, 4:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Burke, Caldwell | 55 min |
| May 1, 4:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Davie | 27 min |
| May 1, 4:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Henderson | 37 min |
| May 1, 5:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Burke | 29 min |
| May 1, 5:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Caldwell | 26 min |
| May 1, 5:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Buncombe | 24 min |
| May 1, 5:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | McDowell | 29 min |
| May 1, 5:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Burke, McDowell | 22 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.