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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 181, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 17, 2012, 3:56 PM EDT for Elbert County, Georgia; Abbeville County, South Carolina. It was in force for 32 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 17, 2012, 3:56 PM EDT (19:56 UTC)
- Expired
- May 17, 2012, 4:28 PM EDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Elbert County, GA, Abbeville County, SC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:59 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.
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 nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 176 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
- 257 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -80 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1197 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 19 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -26 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
581
WUUS52 KGSP 171956
SVRGSP
GAC105-SCC001-172100-
/O.NEW.KGSP.SV.W.0181.120517T1956Z-120517T2100Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
356 PM EDT THU MAY 17 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN ELBERT COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA...
SOUTHWESTERN ABBEVILLE COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 500 PM EDT
* AT 350 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PING PONG SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES
NORTHEAST OF FORTSONIA...OR 10 MILES EAST OF ELBERTON...AND MOVING
SOUTHWEST AT 10 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
FORTSONIA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
LARGE HAIL CAN CAUSE MAJOR PROPERTY DAMAGE...ESPECIALLY TO VEHICLES.
DAMAGING WINDS MAY BLOW DOWN SCATTERED TREES AND POWER LINES. 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 3398 8282 3398 8286 3400 8289 3416 8274
3407 8255 3397 8261 3398 8274 3397 8276
3397 8279
TIME...MOT...LOC 1955Z 041DEG 9KT 3404 8271
$$
ARK2 follow-up statements
621
WWUS52 KGSP 172002
SVSGSP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
402 PM EDT THU MAY 17 2012
SCC001-172012-
/O.CAN.KGSP.SV.W.0181.000000T0000Z-120517T2100Z/
ABBEVILLE SC-
402 PM EDT THU MAY 17 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN ABBEVILLE COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THIS AREA.
LAT...LON 3398 8282 3398 8286 3400 8289 3414 8276
3416 8273 3414 8269 3401 8259 3398 8265
3398 8274 3397 8276 3397 8279
TIME...MOT...LOC 2002Z 057DEG 10KT 3404 8275
$$
GAC105-172100-
/O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0181.000000T0000Z-120517T2100Z/
ELBERT GA-
402 PM EDT THU MAY 17 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
ELBERT COUNTY UNTIL 500 PM EDT...
AT 359 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL...
AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
FORTSONIA...OR 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ELBERTON...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 10
MPH.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
FORTSONIA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
LARGE HAIL CAN CAUSE MAJOR PROPERTY DAMAGE...ESPECIALLY TO VEHICLES.
DAMAGING WINDS MAY BLOW DOWN SCATTERED TREES AND POWER LINES. 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 3398 8282 3398 8286 3400 8289 3414 8276
3416 8273 3414 8269 3401 8259 3398 8265
3398 8274 3397 8276 3397 8279
TIME...MOT...LOC 2002Z 057DEG 10KT 3404 8275
$$
ARK350
WWUS52 KGSP 172028
SVSGSP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
428 PM EDT THU MAY 17 2012
GAC105-172038-
/O.CAN.KGSP.SV.W.0181.000000T0000Z-120517T2100Z/
ELBERT GA-
428 PM EDT THU MAY 17 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN ELBERT COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LEVELS AND IS MOVING OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. HOWEVER SMALL HAIL AND
GUSTY WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.
LAT...LON 3398 8282 3398 8286 3400 8289 3414 8276
3416 8273 3414 8269 3401 8259 3398 8265
3398 8274 3397 8276 3397 8279
TIME...MOT...LOC 2028Z 057DEG 10KT 3400 8282
$$
ARKWhat 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 17, 2:29 PM EDT, 1 hour 27 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 17, 2:29 PM EDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 229 PM EDT THU MAY 17 2012 .SYNOPSIS... AN UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL FORM OVER SOUTH CAROLINA...AND WILL MOVE TO THE NORTH CAROLINA COAST...WHERE IT WILL LINGER INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN FROM THE NORTH AND REMAIN THROUGH MONDAY. A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE AREA FROM THE WEST ON TUESDAY. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH FRIDAY/... WATER VAPOR IMAGERY AND THE LATEST RAP MODEL RUN SHOW A NE TO SW ORIENTED UPPER LOW STRETCHED OVER THE MIDLANDS OF SOUTH CAROLINA...BACK ACROSS SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. A SPOKE OF PVA ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE LOW IS HELPING TO ORGANIZE STRONG TO SEVERE CONVECTION ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE UPSTATE. ELSEWHERE...OTHER STORMS WERE DEVELOPING OVER THE BLUE RIDGE OF NE GA AND SW NC. SOMEWHAT DRIER AIR HAS PUSHED INTO THE NRN PIEDMONT AND FOOTHILLS OF NE...BUT AREAS TO THE SOUTH REMAIN QUITE UNSTABLE WITH SB-CAPE VALUES RUNNING FROM 1500-2000 J/JG. OUR LOCAL WORKSTATION WRF...THE NCEP 4KM WRF AND THE HRRR ALL AGREE IN DEVELOPING CONVECTION OVER MUCH OF THE UPSTATE...SOUTHERN NC MTNS AND FOOTHILLS AND NE GA INTO THE EVENING HOURS. THIS WOULD BE SIMILAR TO WHAT HAPPENED LAST NIGHT. CONFIDENCE IN THIS DEVELOPMENT IS FAIRLY HIGH...AND POPS WILL BE PUSHED UP TO 50 PERCENT ACROSS THE I-85 CORRIDOR AND UP INTO THE WRN NC FOOTHILLS FOR THE EVENING HOURS. COOL MID-LEVEL TEMPS AND DRY AIR ALOFT WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT SEVERE WIND AND HAIL EVENTS. A BACK DOOR COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE REGION LATE TONIGHT. THE NAM MIXES DEWPOINTS INTO THE U40S TO L50S ACROSS THE NC FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT AND THE ERN UPSTATE. THIS SHOULD FINALLY END THE THREAT OF STORMS FOR THESE AREAS. BACK ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS...ESPECIALLY CLOSER TO THE TN LINE...SCT CONVECTION SHOULD DEVELOP AGAIN TMRW WHERE LLVL MOISTURE CONVERGENCE WILL BE MAXIMIZED. && .SHORT TERM /FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY/... AT 1430 EDT THURSDAY...A CLOSED UPPER LOW...PART OF AN EAST COAST REX ...WILL BE LOCATED NEAR THE NC COAST ON FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY. ON SUNDAY THIS FEATURE RETROGRADES SLIGHTLY INLAND. THE MODELS SHOW DRIER AIR MOVING SW INTO OUR AREA ON THE BACK SIDE OF THE LOW FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY....WHILE SOME MOISTURE LINGERS ALONG THE BLUE RIDGE. ON SATURDAY NIGHT THE NAM SHOWS MOISTURE SPREADING WEST ACROSS THE INTERSTATE 77 CORRIDOR TO THE NC BLUE RIDGE...WHILE THE GFS REMAINS RATHER DRY UNTIL SUNDAY NIGHT. POPS WILL INITIALLY BE QUITE LOW AND FOCUSED ALONG THE BLUE RIDGE...THEN WILL INCREASE SLIGHTLY FROM THE EAST TOWARD SUNDAY... BUT REMAINING RATHER LOW AS CONFIDENCE IS LIMITED ON THE AMOUNT AND TIMING OF MOISTURE ENCROACHMENT FROM THE EAST. TEMPERATURES WILL GENERALLY BE SLIGHTLY BELLOW NORMAL UNDER THE UPPER LOW HEIGHT ANOMALY. && .LONG TERM /SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY/... AT 1430 EDT THURSDAY...A LONGWAVE TROUGH WILL PROGRESS ACROSS THE EASTERN USA FROM MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...PROGRESSING OFFSHORE ON THURSDAY WHEN A LONGWAVE RIDGE AXIS CROSSES THE MS RIVER VALLEY. A CLOSED UPPER LOW WILL REMAIN NEAR THE CAROLINA COAST ON MONDAY. THIS LOW FILLS AND DRIFTS NORTHEAST ON TUESDAY. A SHORTWAVE TROUGH DROPS SOUTHEAST OVER THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS LATE TUESDAY...MOVING OFF TO THE EAST ON WEDNESDAY. SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL BE OVER OUR ARE ON MONDAY...BETWEEN A COASTAL LOW AND A COLD FRONT IN THE MS RIVER VALLEY. CONFIDENCE IS LIMITED ON THE WESTERN EXTENT OF MOISTURE THAT WILL WRAP AROUND THE COASTAL LOW TOWARD THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS...AND THE RESULTANT POPS. THE COLD FRONT TO OUR WEST REACHES THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS ON TUESDAY WHILE WEAKENING...WITH THE REMAINS OF THE BOUNDARY SUPPORTING LENDING SUPPORT TO AT LEAST SMALL POPS. WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY FIND OUR AREA UNDER WEAK HIGH PRESSURE...BUT THE MODELS DEPICT SOME AMOUNT OF LINGERING MOISTURE...OSTENSIBLY ASSOCIATED WITH THE REMAINS OF THE FORMER FRONT. WITH GULF INFLOW EVENTUALLY SETTING UP TO OUR WEST...SMALL POPS WILL BE MAINTAINED INTO THURSDAY...ESPECIALLY IN THE WEST. TEMPERATURES WILL BE SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL IN MINOR HEIGHTS RISES BEHIND THE DEPARTING UPPER LOW. && .AVIATION /19Z THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/... AT KCLT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO FIRE ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTH OF THE AIRFIELD...THEN DRIFT SOUTH FROM THERE...OVER THE NEXT COUPLE HOURS. HOWEVER...THE AIRMASS WILL BECOME MORE UNSTABLE BY LATE AFTN. MOST OF THE SHORT RANGE MODELS WANT TO DEVELOP TSTMS AROUND THE AIRFIELD STARTING IN A COUPLE HOURS AND THE NNE TO SSW ORIENTED BANDS OF CU ACROSS THE REGION WILL LIKELY START TO DEEPEN INTO CB/S WITH TIME. I/VE HELD ON TO VCSH TO ACCOUNT FOR THIS...BUT A PERIOD OF TEMPO TSRA WILL PROBABLY NEED TO BE ADDED ONCE DEVELOPMENT STARTS TO OCCUR FARTHER NORTH. WINDS WILL REMAIN OUT OF THE NE THIS AFTN...THOUGH OUTFLOW BNDRYS MAY PLAY HAVOC WITH THE WINDS AT TIMES. MVFR CIGS ARE EXPECTED AFTER MIDNIGHT AS A BACK DOOR COLD FRONT SURGES THROUGH THE REGION. THE CIGS ARE EXPECTED TO CLEAR OUT BEFORE SUNRISE HOWEVER. ELSEWHERE...MUCH LIKE AT KCLT...THE ATMOSPHERE WILL BECOME MORE UNSTABLE OVER THE UPSTATE...AND TSTMS WILL LIKELY BEGIN TO DEVELOP ON OUTFLOW BNDRYS FROM STORMS EAST OF THE REGION NOW. THIS PROCESS WILL TAKE A COUPLE HOURS. VCHS IS IN THE TAFS NOW...BUT A PERIOD OF TEMPO GROUPS IS A GOOD BET ONCE THE NEW CELLS BEGIN TO FIRE. CONFIDENCE IN TIMING JUST ISN/T HIGH ENUF TO TEMPO YET. KAVL IS MORE STABLE...BUT SHRA MAY CONTINUE THERE FOR A GOOD BIT OF THE NIGHT. WINDS OVER THE UPSTATE WILL GENERALLY BE OUT OF THE EAST THE REST OF THE AFTN...TURNING NE LATE TONIGHT AS A BACK DOOR FRONT SURGES THROUGH. A PERIOD OF MVFR CIGS IS EXPECTED TO ACCOMPANY THE FRONT. OUTLOOK...EXPECT ISOLD LATE DAY SHOWERS AND TSTMS IN THE MTNS FRI AFTN....THEN DRYING OVER THE WEEKEND. MRNG FOG WILL BE PSBL...ESP MTN VALLEYS AND NEAR LAKES/RIVERS. 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...JAT NEAR TERM...MCAVOY SHORT TERM...JAT LONG TERM...JAT AVIATION...MCAVOY
Hazardous weather outlook, May 17, 12:30 PM EDT, 3 hours 26 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1230 PM EDT THU MAY 17 2012 GAZ010-017-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065-068-069-501>510- SCZ001>003-181630- RABUN-HABERSHAM-AVERY-ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-MADISON-YANCEY- MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-GRAHAM- NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON- CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-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- 1230 PM EDT THU MAY 17 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND LAST WELL INTO THE EVENING HOURS...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND THE ADJACENT FOOTHILL LOCATIONS. THE STRONGER STORMS WILL PRODUCE SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS...ALONG WITH FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... NONE. GAZ018-026-028-029-NCZ070>072-082-SCZ004>014-019-181630- STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC- GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG- CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- 1230 PM EDT THU MAY 17 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE PIEDMONT OF THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON...LASTING INTO THE EVENING HOURS. ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 85 THERE WILL BE SUFFICIENT INSTABILITY FOR SOME OF THE STORMS TO REACH SEVERE LIMITS...PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... NONE. MCAVOY
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 17, 1:58 PM EDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
158 PM EDT THU MAY 17 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1202 PM HAIL 2 NNW BLACKSTOCK 34.58N 81.16W
05/17/2012 E0.88 INCH CHESTER SC POST OFFICE
NICKEL SIZED HAIL BETWEEN BLACKSTOCK AND CORNWELL. ENOUGH
WIND TO BLOW DOWN SMALL LIMBS.
0135 PM HAIL 6 SW LAURENS 34.44N 82.09W
05/17/2012 E0.75 INCH LAURENS SC PUBLIC
DIME SIZED HAIL.
&&
OUTLAWLocal storm report, May 17, 2:31 PM EDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
231 PM EDT THU MAY 17 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0153 PM HAIL CLINTON 34.48N 81.87W
05/17/2012 E0.88 INCH LAURENS SC PUBLIC
NICKEL SIZED HAIL REPORTED IN CLINTON.
0205 PM HAIL 3 W CLINTON 34.48N 81.92W
05/17/2012 E1.50 INCH LAURENS SC TRAINED SPOTTER
PING PONG BALL SIZED HAIL.
&&
OUTLAWLocal storm report, May 17, 2:58 PM EDT, 58 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
258 PM EDT THU MAY 17 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0235 PM TSTM WND DMG GREENWOOD 34.19N 82.15W
05/17/2012 GREENWOOD SC 911 CALL CENTER
TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN AT THE INTERSECTION OF HIGH
STREET AND WEST CAMBRIDGE AVENUE JUST WEST OF DOWNTOWN
GREENWOOD.
&&
OUTLAWSpecial weather statement, May 17, 3:04 PM EDT, 52 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
304 PM EDT THU MAY 17 2012
SCZ014-171945-
CHESTER-
304 PM EDT THU MAY 17 2012
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHEASTERN CHESTER COUNTY
THROUGH 345 PM EDT...
AT 302 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR FORT LAWN...OR 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
LANCASTER...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 15 MPH.
THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
FISHING CREEK RESERVOIR...
GREAT FALLS RESERVOIR...
GREAT FALLS...
CHESTER...
BLACKSTOCK...
DIME SIZE HAIL...WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH AND TORRENTIAL RAIN ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
LAT...LON 3465 8089 3457 8087 3454 8090 3456 8129
3456 8131 3463 8140 3482 8093 3481 8088
3477 8086 3474 8087 3469 8085
ARKSpecial weather statement, May 17, 3:28 PM EDT, 28 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
328 PM EDT THU MAY 17 2012
NCZ036-056-069-172015-
CATAWBA-IREDELL-LINCOLN-
328 PM EDT THU MAY 17 2012
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL IREDELL...EASTERN
CATAWBA AND NORTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTIES THROUGH 415 PM EDT...
AT 326 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR STATESVILLE...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 20 MPH.
THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
TROUTMAN...
TERRELL...
SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.
LAT...LON 3579 8073 3571 8076 3547 8105 3565 8125
3590 8084
ARKSpecial weather statement, May 17, 3:51 PM EDT, 5 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
351 PM EDT THU MAY 17 2012
GAZ029-172030-
ELBERT-
351 PM EDT THU MAY 17 2012
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHERN ELBERT COUNTY THROUGH
430 PM EDT...
AT 346 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MIDDLETON...OR 10 MILES EAST
OF ELBERTON...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 15 MPH.
THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
FORTSONIA...
DIME SIZE HAIL...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND TORRENTIAL RAIN ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
LAT...LON 3398 8266 3397 8276 3398 8282 3398 8286
3400 8293 3405 8299 3415 8272 3413 8268
3409 8264 3407 8265 3403 8259 3397 8257
3396 8258
ARKThe office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 17, 3:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Elbert | 39 min |
| May 17, 7:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Rabun | 24 min |
| May 16, 9:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cherokee, York | 53 min |
| May 16, 9:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Oconee | 47 min |
| May 16, 10:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cherokee | 45 min |
| May 16, 10:30 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Cherokee | 3 hr |
| May 16, 10:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cherokee, Spartanburg, Union | 54 min |
| May 16, 10:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Anderson, Oconee, Pickens | 34 min |
| May 16, 11:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Greenville, Spartanburg | 46 min |
| May 16, 11:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Laurens | 41 min |
| May 16, 11:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Greenville, Laurens | 67 min |
| May 17, 12:10 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Greenville, Laurens, Spartanburg | 4 hr |
| May 17, 12:23 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Anderson | 52 min |
| May 17, 1:16 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Laurens | 44 min |
| May 17, 1:38 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Greenwood | 52 min |
| May 17, 1:56 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Greenwood | 64 min |
| May 17, 11:57 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Chester | 49 min |
| May 17, 12:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Chester, Union | 55 min |
| May 17, 1:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Laurens | 31 min |
| May 17, 1:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Chester | 30 min |
| May 17, 1:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Abbeville, Greenwood, Laurens | 55 min |
| May 17, 2:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Abbeville, Greenwood, Laurens | 61 min |
| May 17, 2:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Abbeville, Greenwood | 51 min |
| May 17, 3:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Chester | 41 min |
| May 17, 4:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Chester | 50 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Georgia, 2012Severe 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.