Alert archive / South Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 18, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 3, 2012, 3:20 AM EST for Abbeville County, Anderson County, Greenwood County, South Carolina; Elbert County, Georgia. 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, 3:20 AM EST (08:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 3, 2012, 3:50 AM EST
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Elbert County, GA, Abbeville County, SC, Anderson County, SC, Greenwood County, SC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 3:40 AM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Sse Due West, SC | ONE TREE DOWN ON BETHLEHEM RD |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
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
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 198 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
- 540 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -34 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 948 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 62 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 212 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 274 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.8
- Supercell composite
- 4.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
858 WUUS52 KGSP 030820 SVRGSP GAC105-SCC001-007-047-030915- /O.NEW.KGSP.SV.W.0018.120303T0820Z-120303T0915Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 320 AM EST SAT MAR 3 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... CENTRAL ELBERT COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA... ABBEVILLE COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA... SOUTHEASTERN ANDERSON COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA... NORTHWESTERN GREENWOOD COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA... * UNTIL 415 AM EST * AT 319 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 RUCKERSVILLE...OR 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF ELBERTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... LOWNDESVILLE... IVA... ANTREVILLE AND SECESSION LAKE... ABBEVILLE... DUE WEST... DONALDS...HODGES AND HONEA PATH... 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 3423 8291 3448 8235 3418 8217 3407 8282 TIME...MOT...LOC 0820Z 246DEG 47KT 3419 8276 $$ KRENTZ
2 follow-up statements
209 WWUS52 KGSP 030837 SVSGSP SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 337 AM EST SAT MAR 3 2012 GAC105-030847- /O.CAN.KGSP.SV.W.0018.000000T0000Z-120303T0915Z/ ELBERT GA- 337 AM EST SAT MAR 3 2012 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL ELBERT COUNTY IS CANCELLED... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM EST SATURDAY MORNING FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA. LAT...LON 3412 8266 3428 8275 3448 8235 3418 8217 TIME...MOT...LOC 0837Z 246DEG 47KT 3428 8251 $$ SCC001-007-047-030915- /O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0018.000000T0000Z-120303T0915Z/ ABBEVILLE SC-ANDERSON SC-GREENWOOD SC- 337 AM EST SAT MAR 3 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 AM EST FOR NORTHWESTERN GREENWOOD...SOUTHEASTERN ANDERSON AND ABBEVILLE COUNTIES... AT 336 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 NEAR ANTREVILLE...OR 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF ABBEVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO DUE WEST...HONEA PATH...DONALDS AND HODGES 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 3412 8266 3428 8275 3448 8235 3418 8217 TIME...MOT...LOC 0837Z 246DEG 47KT 3428 8251 $$ KRENTZ
673 WWUS52 KGSP 030850 SVSGSP SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 350 AM EST SAT MAR 3 2012 SCC001-007-047-030900- /O.CAN.KGSP.SV.W.0018.000000T0000Z-120303T0915Z/ ABBEVILLE SC-ANDERSON SC-GREENWOOD SC- 350 AM EST SAT MAR 3 2012 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN GREENWOOD... SOUTHEASTERN ANDERSON AND ABBEVILLE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM EST SATURDAY MORNING FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA. LAT...LON 3412 8266 3428 8275 3448 8235 3418 8217 TIME...MOT...LOC 0850Z 246DEG 47KT 3435 8232 $$ 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, 2:10 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cherokee, Spartanburg, Union | 30 min |
| Mar 3, 2:38 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | York | 52 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 |
| Mar 2, 9:47 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Elbert, Franklin, Habersham, Hart, Stephens | 73 min |
| Mar 2, 10:15 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Franklin | 30 min |
| Mar 2, 10:21 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Franklin, Hart | 24 min |
| Mar 2, 11:24 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Habersham, Rabun | 51 min |
| Mar 3, 3:16 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Elbert | 44 min |
Nearby
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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.