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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 17, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

March 3, 2012Cherokee County, Spartanburg County, Union County, South Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 3, 2012, 2:10 AM EST for Cherokee County, Spartanburg County, Union County, South Carolina. It was in force for 30 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: Mar 3, 2012, 2:10 AM EST (07:10 UTC)
Expired: Mar 3, 2012, 2:40 AM EST
In force: 30 min
Issued by: NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Cherokee County, SC, Spartanburg County, SC, Union County, SC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:10 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
Mar 3, 2:11 AM EST	HAIL 1.25	Roebuck, SC	PUBLIC REPORT OF HAIL AN INCH AND A QUARTER IN DIAMETER WHICH IS HALF DOLLAR SIZED IN ROEBUCK.

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 1 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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Mar 2, 10:54 PM EST	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 00:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 215 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 518 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 65 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 442 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 585 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.4

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

710 
WUUS52 KGSP 030710
SVRGSP
SCC021-083-087-030815-
/O.NEW.KGSP.SV.W.0017.120303T0710Z-120303T0815Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
210 AM EST SAT MAR 3 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL CHEROKEE COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...
  EAST CENTRAL SPARTANBURG COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...
  NORTHWESTERN UNION COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...

* UNTIL 315 AM EST

* AT 206 AM EST...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
  MOORE...OR 9 MILES SOUTH OF SPARTANBURG...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 70
  MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  PACOLET...PACOLET MILLS...JONESVILLE AND THICKETTY...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM SHOULD BE ALERT FOR
LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY
RAIN CAN OCCUR WITH ANY THUNDERSTORM. SEEK SHELTER INDOORS AWAY FROM
WINDOWS AND DOORS UNTIL THE STORM PASSES.

TO REPORT DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...OR FLOODING...THROUGH OUR
AUTOMATED REPORTING SYSTEM...CALL OUR TOLL FREE NUMBER...
1 8 7 7...6 3 3...6 7 7 2.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM EST SATURDAY MORNING
FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND CENTRAL SOUTH
CAROLINA.

&&

LAT...LON 3507 8168 3482 8153 3473 8199 3489 8207
TIME...MOT...LOC 0710Z 247DEG 62KT 3485 8191

$$

KRENTZ

2 follow-up statements

253 
WWUS52 KGSP 030727
SVSGSP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
227 AM EST SAT MAR 3 2012

SCC021-083-087-030815-
/O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0017.000000T0000Z-120303T0815Z/
CHEROKEE SC-SPARTANBURG SC-UNION SC-
227 AM EST SAT MAR 3 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 AM EST
FOR NORTHWESTERN UNION...EAST CENTRAL SPARTANBURG AND SOUTH CENTRAL
CHEROKEE COUNTIES IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...

AT 224 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED 7 MILES EAST OF PACOLET MILLS...OR 10 MILES SOUTH OF
GAFFNEY...MOVING EAST AT 65 MPH.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM EST SATURDAY MORNING
FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND CENTRAL SOUTH
CAROLINA.

&&

LAT...LON 3478 8190 3492 8195 3507 8168 3482 8153
TIME...MOT...LOC 0727Z 251DEG 55KT 3495 8156

$$

KRENTZ

559 
WWUS52 KGSP 030740
SVSGSP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
240 AM EST SAT MAR 3 2012

SCC021-083-087-030749-
/O.CAN.KGSP.SV.W.0017.000000T0000Z-120303T0815Z/
CHEROKEE SC-SPARTANBURG SC-UNION SC-
240 AM EST SAT MAR 3 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN UNION...EAST
CENTRAL SPARTANBURG AND SOUTH CENTRAL CHEROKEE COUNTIES IN UPSTATE
SOUTH CAROLINA IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE CRITERIA AND HAS MOVED OUT OF 
THE WARNED AREA. 

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM EST SATURDAY MORNING
FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND CENTRAL SOUTH
CAROLINA.

LAT...LON 3478 8190 3492 8195 3507 8168 3482 8153
TIME...MOT...LOC 0739Z 251DEG 55KT 3501 8135

$$

KRENTZ

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 Mar 3, 1:30 AM EST, 40 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 3, 1:30 AM EST, 40 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
130 AM EST SAT MAR 3 2012

.SYNOPSIS...
A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE REGION TONIGHT AND MOVE OFF THE
ATLANTIC COAST BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. A SHORTWAVE TROUGH WILL SWEEP
ACROSS THE NORTH RESULTING IN WINTRY WEATHER OVER THE NC MOUNTAINS
LATE SUNDAY INTO EARLY MONDAY. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD OVER THE
REGION LATE MONDAY AND LINGER INTO NEXT MID WEEK.

&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH TODAY/...
AS OF 115 AM...STRATIFORM PRECIP HAS REALLY FILLED IN ACRS THE AREA
WITH ONLY A FEW EMBEDDED TSTMS ROUGLY ALONG A LINE FROM EASLEY TO
GAFFNEY...TO EAST OF CHARLOTTE. HAVE CLEARED ALL OF NC AND GA MTN
COUNTIES FROM THE TORNADO WATCH WITH THIS UPDATE. THE AFOREMENTIONED
STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO BE CLOSELY MONITORED FOR SEVERE/TORNADIC
DEVELOPMENT AS THEY TRACK EAST. OTHERWISE...FCST IS GENERALLY ON
TRACK.

0400 UTC UPDATE...NEW TORNAOD WATCH UP FOR ALL BUT NC I-77 EAST
UNTIL 10 UTC.

AT 2100 EST FRIDAY...AN UPPER TROUGH AXIS WAS LOCATED OVER THE MD
RIVER VALLEY...WITH A LARGE 90 KNOT JET MAX EXISTING ITS BASE.
SURFACE ANALYSIS PLACED A WARM FRONT FROM THE GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS
TO NEAR KCLT...WITH A SLOW NORTHWARD MOVEMENT. A COLD FRONT WAS
LOCATED OVER THE OH AND TN VALLEYS. IN THE WARM SECTOR BETWEEN THESE
TWO FRONTS DEW POINT IN THE UPPER 50S WERE COMMON. ALTHOUGH SURFACE
WINDS HAVE DECOUPLED IN SOME AREAS...AN EXTENSIVE LOW LEVEL JET
EXISTS FRONT THE CENTRAL GULF COAST INTO THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS.
SHEAR AND INSTABILITY CONTINUE TO SUPPORT SEVERE WEATHER...WITH WIND
HAIL AND TORNADOES ALL POSSIBLE...AND THE TORNADO WATCH WILL REMAIN
IN PLACE OVER THE NC MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS AND ALL OF UPSTATE SC
AND NE GA THROUGH 11 PM. THE THREAT OF CONVECTION CONTINUES AS THE
FRONT APPROACHES LATE TONIGHT. MINIMUM TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN
ELEVATED AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT...WHICH WILL NOT ARRIVE UNTIL
AROUND DAYBREAK.

SATURDAY...HIGH RES WRF INDICATES THAT CONVECTION WILL MAKE STEADY
PROGRESS EAST AFTER SUNRISE...WITH DRYING ACROSS THE MTNS AND
FOOTHILLS. POPS WILL STEADILY BECOME LIMITED TO THE PIEDMONT AREAS
AROUND MID DAY...WITH DRY IN THE AFTERNOON.

TEMPERATURE FORECAST WILL REMAIN CHALLENGING WITH THE PASSAGE OF
WARM AND COLD FRONT THROUGH THE NEAR TERM. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN
WELL ABOVE NORMAL THROUGH THE PERIOD.

&&

.SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY/...
AS OF 230 PM FRIDAY...THE SHORT TERM FCST PICKS UP AT 00Z ON SUNDAY
WITH THE DEEP UPPER TROF JUST TO OUR WEST. THE TROF WILL LIFT NE
THRU THE DAY ON SUNDAY AND A SECOND LOBE OF PVA WILL PASS OVER THE
AREA ON MONDAY. HEIGHTS WILL BEGIN TO RISE BY THE END OF THE PERIOD
AS UPPER RIDGING PUSHES INTO THE REGION.

ON SUNDAY...THE COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO BE JUST TO OUR SE BY 00Z
SUNDAY WITH W TO NWLY FLOW SPREADING OVER THE REGION IN ITS WAKE.
THE MODELS INDICATE THAT SOME SORT OF SFC MESO LOW WILL DEVELOP OVER
THE CAROLINA COAST EARLY SUN AND QUICKLY MOVE NE AND AWAY FROM THE
REGION LATER IN THE DAY. ANOTHER WEAK SFC LOW IS THEN EXPECTED TO
BRING ANOTHER SWATH OF MOIST AIR OVER THE NORTHERN PART OF THE CWFA
EARLY MONDAY. A STRONG SFC RIDGE WILL FINALLY PUSH INTO THE AREA BY
MONDAY EVENING AND DRY THINGS OUT.

&&

.LONG TERM /TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY/...
AS OF 1 PM FRIDAY...THE MEDIUM RANGE FCST PICKS UP AT 00Z ON TUESDAY
WITH THE SHARP UPPER TROF MOVING OFF THE EASTERN SEABOARD AND UPPER
RIDGING BUILDING OVER THE SE CONUS. THE LONG RANGE MODELS INDICATE
THAT SOME DEGREE OF UPPER RIDGING WILL PERSIST OVER THE AREA THRU
MOST OF THE PERIOD...HOWEVER THE GFS CONTINUES TO MOVE ANOTHER UPPER
TROF TO OUR DOORSTEP BY EARLY THURSDAY WHILE THE ECMWF IS MUCH
SLOWER WITH THE TROFS PROGRESSION.

AT THE SFC...DRY HIGH PRESSURE WILL BE CENTERED OVER THE FCST AREA
BY EARLY TUESDAY. OVER THE NEXT DAY OR TWO THE HIGH WILL SLIDE
EASTWARD AND OFFSHORE RESULTING IN SOUTHERLY LOW LVL FLOW OVER THE
SE CONUS. THE MODELS ARE GENERATING SOME SORT OF ELONGATED LOW LVL
CONVERGENCE ZONE ASSOCIATED WITH A FRONTAL ZONE LATE IN THE PERIOD.
THE MODELS HAVE THIS FRONTAL ZONE APPROACHING THE CWFA BY LATE THURS
WITH THE 12Z GFS BEING ABOUT 12HRS FASTER THEN THE ECMWF. AS FOR THE
SENSIBLE FCST...I DO NOT HAVE ANY SIG POPS UNTIL THE LATTER PORTION
OF THURSDAY WITH THE APPROACH OF THE FRONT. I HAVE TEMPS STEADILY
RISING THRU THE PERIOD...WITH HIGHS NEAR 70 DEGREES BY DAY 7.

&&

.AVIATION /07Z SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
AT KCLT...A TSRA IS HEADING TOWARD THE TERMINAL AS OF THE 06Z TAF
ISSUANCE. CORRECTED TO ADD TEMPO FOR TSRA FOR NEXT HOUR. WILL KEEP
CB AND SHRA MENTION FOR NEXT FEW HOURS ALSO. THEN...A RAIN SHIELD
WILL LINGER THRU THE REST OF THE OVERNIGHT. MAINLY MVFR RESTRICTIONS
EXPECTED WITH THE PRECIP. A COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE IS SLATED FOR THE
11-15Z TIME FRAME. BRIEF NWLY WIND GUSTS POSSIBLE...THEN STAY NW
THRU THE DAY WITH VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED. LINGERING MID LVL
CLOUDINESS IS SHOWN IN MOST OF THE GUIDANCE.

ELSEWHERE...WIDESPREAD LIGHT-MODERATE RAIN ACROSS THE ENTIRE
AREA...WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS. A LINE OF STORMS ARE TRAINING
JUST NORTH OF THE KAND-KGMU-KGSP LINE...SO TEMPO TSRA FOR THOSE
SITES. MVFR RESTRICTIONS ARE EXPECTED TO RETURN SHORTLY WITH ALL THE
PRECIP WITH GUSTY SW WINDS FOR THE REST OF THE OVERNIGHT. GUIDANCE
GENERALLY NOT GOING WITH IFR AT THIS TIME. A FRONTAL PASSAGE WILL
VEER WINDS TO NW AROUND DAYBREAK...WITH LOW VFR CIG RETURNING BY
MID MORNING.

OUTLOOK...THERE MAIN BE A RETURN OF SOME RESTRICTIONS ACROSS THE
PIEDMONT SITES SATURDAY NIGHT...THEN DRY WEATHER WILL RETURN FOR
SUNDAY AND EARLY NEXT WEEK.

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...JOH
NEAR TERM...ARK/JAT/NED
SHORT TERM...JPT
LONG TERM...JPT
AVIATION...ARK

Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 3, 2:03 AM EST, 7 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
203 AM EST SAT MAR 3 2012

GAZ018-026-028-029-NCZ035-056-068>070-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-040715-
STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-ALEXANDER-CATAWBA-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-
GASTON-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-GREATER CALDWELL-BURKE MOUNTAINS-
GREATER BURKE-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-EASTERN MCDOWELL-
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-
203 AM EST SAT MAR 3 2012

...TORNADO WATCH 65 IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST EARLY THIS MORNING...

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   TORNADO WATCH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

NONE.

GAZ010-017-NCZ033-036-037-048>053-057>059-062>065-071-072-082-040715-
RABUN-HABERSHAM-AVERY-IREDELL-DAVIE-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-
HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-ROWAN-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-
SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-
UNION NC-
203 AM EST SAT MAR 3 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PIEDMONT
NORTH CAROLINA AND WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

NONE.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Mar 3, 12:17 AM EST, 1 hour 53 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1217 AM EST SAT MAR 3 2012

SCZ008-009-013-014-030600-
CHEROKEE-CHESTER-UNION-YORK-
1217 AM EST SAT MAR 3 2012

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHERN UNION...NORTHWESTERN
CHESTER...SOUTHEASTERN CHEROKEE AND YORK COUNTIES THROUGH 100 AM
EST...

AT 1217 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF JONESVILLE...OR 8 MILES
NORTHWEST OF UNION...MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  LOCKHART...
  HICKORY GROVE...
  YORK...
  CLOVER...
  ROCK HILL...
  TEGA CAY...

PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.

LAT...LON 3472 8152 3471 8172 3485 8178 3491 8171
      3493 8173 3499 8163 3516 8118 3515 8112
      3509 8105 3506 8106 3505 8104 3506 8102
      3491 8087 3484 8087

HG

Special weather statement, Mar 3, 12:32 AM EST, 1 hour 38 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1232 AM EST SAT MAR 3 2012

NCZ062>064-030730-
MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-
1232 AM EST SAT MAR 3 2012

...CONTINUOUS MODERATE RAINFALL WILL AFFECT SOUTHEASTERN
MACON...SOUTHERN JACKSON AND TRANSYLVANIA COUNTIES THROUGH 230 AM
EST...

A LARGE AREA OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE MOVING
NORTHEAST ACROSS SOUTHWESTERN NORTH CAROLINA THROUGH THE MORNING
HOURS. RAIN GAUGE DATA ALONG WITH DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL
INDICATES AROUND AN INCH AND HALF OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN SOUTHWESTERN
TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY AND EASTERN MACON COUNTY OVER THE PAST 3 HOURS.
STREAM LEVELS HAVE RISEN MODERATELY IN RESPONSE TO THE RUNOFF FROM
THIS RAIN AND A SLOW BUT CONTINUED RISE IS EXPECTED. ISOLATED AREAS
INCLUDING POOR DRAINAGE URBAN AREAS COULD EXPERIENCE MINOR FLOODING
CONDITIONS OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.

LAT...LON 3516 8349 3525 8316 3529 8292 3532 8287
      3536 8270 3515 8258 3511 8267 3513 8268
      3511 8269 3508 8278 3500 8309 3500 8353

KRENTZ

Special weather statement, Mar 3, 12:37 AM EST, 1 hour 33 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1237 AM EST SAT MAR 3 2012

GAZ018-SCZ001-002-004-005-030615-
GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS
MOUNTAINS-STEPHENS-
1237 AM EST SAT MAR 3 2012

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT NORTHERN STEPHENS...OCONEE AND
PICKENS COUNTIES THROUGH 115 AM EST...

AT 1237 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
CLAYTON TO 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF TALLULAH FALLS TO 4 MILES NORTHWEST
OF BOYDVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

THESE STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  TOCCOA...
  MOUNTAIN REST...
  WESTMINSTER...
  LAKE KEOWEE...
  SENECA...
  NINE TIMES...

PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH
THESE STORMS. IN ADDITION...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 3466 8338 3469 8334 3473 8335 3479 8333
      3482 8330 3482 8327 3488 8323 3494 8312
      3496 8312 3507 8257 3505 8260 3501 8260
      3501 8254 3497 8253 3487 8254 3476 8260
      3467 8279 3463 8283 3450 8345

HG

Special weather statement, Mar 3, 1:06 AM EST, 1 hour 4 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
106 AM EST SAT MAR 3 2012

SCZ001>007-010-030700-
ANDERSON-GREATER GREENVILLE-GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS-GREENVILLE
MOUNTAINS-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-SPARTANBURG-
106 AM EST SAT MAR 3 2012

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT CENTRAL GREENVILLE...EASTERN
OCONEE...NORTHERN ANDERSON...PICKENS AND WESTERN SPARTANBURG COUNTIES
THROUGH 200 AM EST...

AT 105 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM SALEM TO 4 MILES
NORTH OF SENECA TO OAKWAY...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

THESE STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  NINE TIMES...
  PICKENS...
  LIBERTY...
  EASLEY...
  MARIETTA...
  TRAVELERS REST...

PEA SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE
STORMS. IN ADDITION...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 3455 8312 3474 8299 3497 8299 3512 8205
      3489 8206 3478 8214 3478 8215 3470 8219

HG

Special weather statement, Mar 3, 1:29 AM EST, 41 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
129 AM EST SAT MAR 3 2012

NCZ068-SCZ008-009-030715-
CHEROKEE-CLEVELAND-YORK-
129 AM EST SAT MAR 3 2012

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHERN CHEROKEE...NORTHWESTERN
YORK AND SOUTHERN CLEVELAND COUNTIES THROUGH 215 AM EST...

AT 124 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF GAFFNEY...MOVING EAST AT 35
MPH.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  BLACKSBURG...
  EARL...

SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.

LAT...LON 3502 8174 3518 8181 3518 8177 3519 8176
      3531 8139 3519 8132 3516 8133 3516 8131
      3510 8128

KRENTZ

Special weather statement, Mar 3, 1:50 AM EST, 20 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
150 AM EST SAT MAR 3 2012

SCZ006>008-030730-
CHEROKEE-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-
150 AM EST SAT MAR 3 2012

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EASTERN GREENVILLE...NORTHERN
SPARTANBURG AND WESTERN CHEROKEE COUNTIES THROUGH 230 AM EST...

AT 148 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF REIDVILLE...OR 10 MILES WEST
OF SPARTANBURG...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  ROEBUCK...
  SPARTANBURG...
  COWPENS...

SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.

LAT...LON 3506 8224 3507 8222 3518 8181 3491 8169
      3491 8171 3488 8174 3477 8224

KRENTZ

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 3, 12:02 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Oconee, Pickens	118 min
Mar 3, 12:17 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	GSP	York	43 min
Mar 3, 12:37 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Oconee, Pickens	38 min
Mar 3, 1:06 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Greenville, Pickens	54 min
Mar 3, 1:29 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Cherokee	46 min
Mar 3, 1:50 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Spartanburg	40 min
Mar 3, 2:38 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	GSP	York	52 min
Mar 3, 3:20 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Abbeville, Anderson, Greenwood	30 min
Mar 3, 4:10 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Greenwood	50 min
Mar 3, 4:14 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Abbeville, Greenwood, Laurens	27 min
Mar 3, 4:26 AM EST	Tornado Warning	GSP	Greenwood, Laurens	15 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.