Alert archive / South Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 190, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 22, 2012, 5:27 PM EDT for 4 counties in South Carolina. It was in force for 63 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 22, 2012, 5:27 PM EDT (21:27 UTC)
- Expired
- May 22, 2012, 6:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Abbeville County, SC, Anderson County, SC, Greenville County, SC, Laurens County, SC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:28 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 22, 6:12 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | 2 Ene Pelzer, SC | UP TO 1 INCH HAIL REPORTED BY SPOTTER ENE OF PELZER. |
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 45 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
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 228 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
- 40 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -184 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1072 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -47 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
711 WUUS52 KGSP 222127 SVRGSP SCC001-007-045-059-222230- /O.NEW.KGSP.SV.W.0190.120522T2127Z-120522T2230Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 527 PM EDT TUE MAY 22 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHERN ABBEVILLE COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA... SOUTHEASTERN ANDERSON COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA... SOUTH CENTRAL GREENVILLE COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA... WEST CENTRAL LAURENS COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA... * UNTIL 630 PM EDT * AT 524 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BROADWAY LAKE...OR 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ANDERSON...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... BROADWAY LAKE...DUE WEST...BELTON...HONEA PATH...WILLIAMSTON...BOYD MILL POND...DONALDS...PRINCETON...FORK SHOALS AND PELZER. 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 3471 8236 3446 8218 3418 8254 3448 8275 TIME...MOT...LOC 2127Z 241DEG 10KT 3444 8259 $$ RWH
2 follow-up statements
715 WWUS52 KGSP 222145 SVSGSP SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 545 PM EDT TUE MAY 22 2012 SCC001-007-045-059-222230- /O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0190.000000T0000Z-120522T2230Z/ ABBEVILLE SC-ANDERSON SC-LAURENS SC-GREENVILLE SC- 545 PM EDT TUE MAY 22 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL GREENVILLE...WEST CENTRAL LAURENS...SOUTHEASTERN ANDERSON AND NORTHERN ABBEVILLE COUNTIES UNTIL 630 PM EDT... AT 541 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BROADWAY LAKE...OR 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ANDERSON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... DUE WEST...BELTON...HONEA PATH...WILLIAMSTON...BOYD MILL POND... DONALDS...PRINCETON...FORK SHOALS AND PELZER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BRIEF DAMAGING WINDS WILL BLOW DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES OVER SMALL AREAS. A BRIEF PERIOD OF LARGE HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE. SEEK SHELTER INSIDE AN INTERIOR ROOM. TO REPORT DAMAGING WINDS...HAIL...OR FLOODING THROUGH OUR AUTOMATED REPORTING SYSTEM...CALL TOLL FREE...1 8 7 7...6 3 3...6 7 7 2. && LAT...LON 3471 8236 3446 8218 3418 8254 3448 8275 TIME...MOT...LOC 2145Z 241DEG 10KT 3446 8254 $$ RWH
893 WWUS52 KGSP 222208 SVSGSP SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 608 PM EDT TUE MAY 22 2012 SCC001-007-045-059-222230- /O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0190.000000T0000Z-120522T2230Z/ ABBEVILLE SC-ANDERSON SC-LAURENS SC-GREENVILLE SC- 608 PM EDT TUE MAY 22 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL GREENVILLE...WEST CENTRAL LAURENS...SOUTHEASTERN ANDERSON AND NORTHERN ABBEVILLE COUNTIES UNTIL 630 PM EDT... AT 605 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BELTON...OR 10 MILES EAST OF ANDERSON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... HONEA PATH...WILLIAMSTON...BOYD MILL POND...DONALDS...PRINCETON... PELZER AND FORK SHOALS. 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 3471 8236 3446 8218 3418 8254 3448 8275 TIME...MOT...LOC 2209Z 241DEG 10KT 3449 8247 $$ RWH
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 May 22, 2:51 PM EDT, 2 hours 36 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 22, 2:51 PM EDT, 2 hours 36 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
251 PM EDT TUE MAY 22 2012
.SYNOPSIS...
AN UPPER LOW PRESSURE TROUGH WILL SLOWLY MOVE THROUGH THE REGION
TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD OVER THE AREA FOR
UNSEASONABLY WARM TEMPERATURES AND MOSTLY DRY WEATHER THURSDAY
THROUGH THE WEEKEND.
&&
.NEAR TERM /THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
AS OF 220 PM...GOOD COVERAGE SEEN ON THE NEXRAD COMP WITH MOST OF
THE ACTIVITY ACROSS THE NC/GA MTNS REMAINING RELATIVELY LIGHT FOR
NOW. THERE ARE AREAS OF DIFFERENTIAL HEATING COMBINING WITH THE
UPPER FORCING THAT HAS PRODUCED DEEP CONVECTION ACROSS THE
UPSTATE...BUT NOTHING WARRANTING A STATEMENT/WARNING YET. EXPECT THIS
ACTIVITY TO CONTINUE THROUGH SUNSET WITH STRONGER STORMS
DEVELOPING...PERHAPS A MULTICELL CLUSTER COMING TOGETHER ACROSS THE
SC/NC PIEDMONT AROUND 23Z ALIGNED WITH LEADING EDGE OF THE ULVL
TROF.
OVERNIGHT...THE TROF STRENGTH REMAINS STEADY STATE WITH THE BEST
ENERGY AND DPVA DISPLACED SOUTH OF THE CWFA. HOWEVER...THERE WILL BE
ENOUGH LIFT AND SOME MEASURE OF ELCAPE AND MLVL LAPSE RATES FOR THE
CONTINUATION OF ISOL/SCT -SHRA/TSTMS. DONT ANTICIPATE A FLOODING
CONCERN...BUT THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME STORMS TO REDEVELOP
OVER THE SAME AREAS AND IF THEY ARE OVER THE LOW FFG ZONES...THEN
MINOR FLOODING COULD BE PRODUCED. MIN TEMPS WILL REMAIN A FEW
DEGREES F ABOVE NORMAL WITH THE DEBRIS CLOUD COVER. ALSO...PATCHY
DENSE FOG WILL BE FAVORED ACROSS THE MTN VALLEYS.
WEDNESDAY...HEIGHTS WILL BEGIN TO RISE...HOWEVER AN OVERALL BROAD
TROF WILL ENCOMPASS THE ENTIRE SE REGION. MODEL SOUNDINGS SHOW
ENOUGH SBCAPE DEVELOPING...ESP ACROSS THE SOUTH AND EAST FOR SOME
STRONGER CONVECTION. DEEP SHEAR WILL BE VERY LOW AS THE UPPER LOW
BECOMES LESS DEFINED. HOWEVER...AT THE SFC THERE WILL BE WEAK LOW
PRESSURE CENTERED ACROSS ERN GA AND THE WRN UPSTATE...SO A NATURAL
CONVERGENCE ZONE WILL DEVELOP NORTH AND TO THE WEST OF THIS FEATURE.
THIS WILL BE THE AREA ADVERTISED FOR HIGHER CHANCE POPS...ESP ACROSS
THE NRN NC MTN AND FTHILLS. MAX TEMPS WILL BE A FEW DEGREES ABOVE
NORMAL SOUTH AND A FEW DEGREES BELOW NORMAL NORTH AS HIGHER CLOUD
COVER WILL LIMIT INSOLATION FOR A GOOD PART OF THE DAY ACROSS MOST
OF NC.
&&
.SHORT TERM /WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY/...
AS OF 230 PM TUESDAY...USED A GENERAL GFS/NAM MODEL BLEND FOR
THU-FRI TIMEFRAME. EXPECT POPS TO TAPER OFF TO SLIGHT CHC WED EVE
WITH COOLING. THE 500 MB LOW WILL FILL AND LIFT NE AS AN OPEN WAVE
WED NIGHT-THU WITH UPPER LEVEL DIFLUENT FLOW OVER THE AREA THU. ALSO
EXPECT INCRSNG LOW LEVEL S-SE FLOW TO BRING SOME MOISTURE OFF THE
ATLANTIC UP OVER THE AREA. LOOK FOR A CHC OF MTN TSTMS TO SPREAD OUT
ACROSS MUCH OF THE NC PIEDMONT THU AFTN...WITH ISOLD COVERAGE
UPSTATE SC AND NE GA. TEMPS SHOULD WARM ABOUT A CATEGORY ABOVE AVG.
UPPER WAVE MOVES NE OF THE AREA THU NIGHT WITH A RIDGE BUILDING IN
BEHIND IT. UPPER RIDGE CONTINUES TO BUILD OVER THE REGION FRI WHILE
A SFC RIDGE PUSHES DOWN OVER THE AREA FROM THE NE. LOW LEVEL E FLOW
COULD BRING ENOUGH ATLANTIC MOISTURE OFF THE E COAST...COMBINED WITH
WEAK UPSLOPE FLOW AND AFTN HEATING...FOR SLIGHT CHC TSTMS OVER THE
MTNS. TEMPS WILL WARM ANOTHER CAT ABOVE THU READINGS.
&&
.LONG TERM /FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY/...
AS OF 230 PM TUESDAY...THE LATEST MEDIUM RANGE MODELS CONTINUE TO
INDICATE THAT THE LARGE H5 HIGH WILL BUILD OVER THE MISSISSIPPI
VALLEY ON FRIDAY AND MIGRATES EAST ACROSS THE EASTERN CONUS THROUGH
THE WEEKEND. THEREFORE...EXPECT HIGH TEMPERATURES WARMING INTO THE
UPPER 80S FRIDAY AND REACHING THE LOW 90S ON SATURDAY OVER THE
PIEDMONT. WARMING TEMPERATURES ALOFT IN THE RIDGE WILL PROVIDE A
DEGREE OF CAPPING FOR CONVECTION...BUT A COMBINATION OF UPSLOPE FLOW
DUE TO PREDOMINANT SE TO E FLOW AND ELEVATED DIURNAL INSTABILITY MAY
SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF AFTERNOON ISOLATED/SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS FRI THROUGH SAT. SO
HAVE KEPT SLIGHT CHANCE POPS THERE WITH DRY ELSEWHERE.
SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...CONFIDENCE IS LOW AS THE MODELS SHOW
DIFFERENT SOLUTIONS FOR HANDLING THE TROPICAL FEATURE OVER THE
SOUTHEAST. THE GFS INDICATES THAT A TROPICAL LOW OVER THE ATLANTIC
OCEAN APPROACHES THE SE COAST ON SUNDAY AND CROSSES NORTHERN FL ON
MONDAY WHILE THE ECMWF HAS THE LOW LINGERING OFF THE SE COAST
THROUGH THE PERIOD. GIVEN THE UNCERTAINTY OF THE TRACK/INTENSITY OF
THE LOW...WILL CARRY SLIGHT CHANCE POPS OVER MUCH OF OUR CWA THROUGH
THE PERIOD. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN WELL ABOVE NORMALS.
&&
.AVIATION /19Z TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/...
AT KCLT AND ELSEWHERE...EXPECT SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING AFFECTING ALL
TERMINALS AT ONE TIME OR ANOTHER. THESE WRN STORMS WILL GENERALLY
DEVELOP EAST AS THE UPPER TROF DEEPENS AND PULLS NE. A DIURNAL IS
EXPECTED...BUT A FEW -SHRA/TSTMS WILL PERSIST. TOO LITTLE SPATIAL
CONFIDENCE TO ADVERTISE VCSH/VCTS AT ANY TAF SITE AFT 02Z. THERE
COULD BE SOME PATCHY DENSE FG AND PERHAPS SOME LINGERING LLVL STCU
IN THE MORNING. RIGHT NOW...KAVL LOOKS TO HAVE THE BEST CHANCE. SO
AN MVFR CIG/VSBY IS INCLUDED AT 11Z.
OUTLOOK...DIURNAL SHOWERS AND TSTMS SHOULD RE-DEVELOP AGAIN WED
AFTERNOON MOST AREAS. DIURNAL THUNDERSTORMS TOWARD THE END OF THE
WEEK ARE MORE LIKELY TO BE CONFINED TO THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS.
EARLY MORNING RESTRICTIONS DUE TO FOG ARE A GOOD BET MAINLY IN THE
MOUNTAIN VALLEYS.
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...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT FOR NCZ033-049-
050-053-501-503-505.
SC...NONE.
&&
SYNOPSIS...JOH
NEAR TERM...SBK
SHORT TERM...RB
LONG TERM...JOH
AVIATION...SBKHazardous weather outlook, May 22, 3:48 AM EDT, 13 hours 39 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 348 AM EDT TUE MAY 22 2012 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ035>037-048-051-052-056>059-062>065- 068>072-082-502-504-506>510-SCZ001>014-019-230800- RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-ALEXANDER-IREDELL- DAVIE-MADISON-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-CATAWBA-ROWAN-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON- MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN- GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC-GREATER CALDWELL-GREATER BURKE- 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- 348 AM EDT TUE MAY 22 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION TODAY AND POSSIBLY LINGER INTO TONIGHT. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. THE RAINFALL COULD BE EXCESSIVE IN A FEW LOCATIONS...ESPECIALLY WHERE HEAVY RAIN FELL ON MONDAY...WITH LOCALIZED FLOODING RESULTING. IN ADDITION...SEVERAL OF THE THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE HAIL AS LARGE AS QUARTERS AND BRIEF BUT DAMAGING WIND GUSTS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...TORNADOES OR FLASH FLOODING TO OUR OFFICE. NCZ033-049-050-053-501-503-505-230800- AVERY-YANCEY-MITCHELL-BUNCOMBE-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-BURKE MOUNTAINS- MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS- 348 AM EDT TUE MAY 22 2012 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM NOON EDT TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH 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. FLASH FLOOD WATCH. NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION TODAY AND POSSIBLY LINGER INTO TONIGHT. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. IN ADDITION...SEVERAL OF THE THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE HAIL AS LARGE AS QUARTERS AND BRIEF BUT DAMAGING WIND GUSTS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...TORNADOES OR FLASH FLOODING TO OUR OFFICE. GERAPETRITIS
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 22, 4:06 PM EDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
406 PM EDT TUE MAY 22 2012
GAZ017-018-222045-
HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-
406 PM EDT TUE MAY 22 2012
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHEASTERN HABERSHAM AND
STEPHENS COUNTIES THROUGH 445 PM EDT...
AT 402 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF BOYDVILLE...OR 5 MILES WEST
OF TOCCOA...MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH.
THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
TOCCOA...
PENNY SIZE HAIL...WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH AND TORRENTIAL RAIN 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. SEEK HIGHER GROUND
IF THREATENED BY FLOOD WATERS.
FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. IF OUTDOORS...STAY
AWAY FROM ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES. MOVE INDOORS IF
POSSIBLE. WHEN INDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS AND AVOID
USING TELEPHONES UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY. TRY TO UNPLUG UNNECESSARY
ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES BEFORE THE THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES.
LAT...LON 3464 8358 3470 8335 3468 8334 3467 8331
3461 8323 3460 8317 3451 8314 3448 8318
3448 8352 3449 8353
RWHLocal storm report, May 22, 4:12 PM EDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
412 PM EDT TUE MAY 22 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0406 PM HAIL 5 S HOLLYWOOD 34.58N 83.45W
05/22/2012 E0.88 INCH HABERSHAM GA COUNTY OFFICIAL
UP TO NICKEL SIZED HAIL REPORTED TO THE COUNTY COMMS
SOUTH OF HOLLYWOOD, GA.
&&
JPTSpecial weather statement, May 22, 4:34 PM EDT, 53 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 434 PM EDT TUE MAY 22 2012 SCZ001-002-004-005-222115- GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS- 434 PM EDT TUE MAY 22 2012 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EASTERN OCONEE AND PICKENS COUNTIES THROUGH 515 PM EDT... AT 430 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LAKE KEOWEE...OR 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF CLEMSON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR... LAKE KEOWEE... CENTRAL... NORRIS... NICKEL SIZE HAIL...WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH AND TORRENTIAL RAIN 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. SEEK HIGHER GROUND IF THREATENED BY FLOOD WATERS. FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. IF OUTDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES. MOVE INDOORS IF POSSIBLE. WHEN INDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS AND AVOID USING TELEPHONES UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY. TRY TO UNPLUG UNNECESSARY ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES BEFORE THE THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES. LAT...LON 3500 8279 3480 8261 3465 8293 3479 8306 RWH
Special weather statement, May 22, 4:50 PM EDT, 37 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
450 PM EDT TUE MAY 22 2012
GAZ018-026-028-SCZ004-222130-
FRANKLIN-GREATER OCONEE-HART-STEPHENS-
450 PM EDT TUE MAY 22 2012
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN FRANKLIN...NORTHERN
HART...SOUTHEASTERN STEPHENS AND SOUTHERN OCONEE COUNTIES THROUGH 530
PM EDT...
AT 445 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR MARTIN...OR 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF
CARNESVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.
THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
LAVONIA...
WHITWORTH...
LAKE HARTWELL...
FAIR PLAY...
NICKEL SIZE HAIL...WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH AND TORRENTIAL RAIN 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. SEEK HIGHER GROUND
IF THREATENED BY FLOOD WATERS.
FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. IF OUTDOORS...STAY
AWAY FROM ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES. MOVE INDOORS IF
POSSIBLE. WHEN INDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS AND AVOID
USING TELEPHONES UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY. TRY TO UNPLUG UNNECESSARY
ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES BEFORE THE THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES.
LAT...LON 3451 8330 3465 8297 3454 8292 3448 8299
3449 8290 3441 8286 3434 8322
RWHSpecial weather statement, May 22, 5:16 PM EDT, 11 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 516 PM EDT TUE MAY 22 2012 SCZ006-012-222200- GREATER GREENVILLE-LAURENS- 516 PM EDT TUE MAY 22 2012 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHWESTERN LAURENS AND SOUTHEASTERN GREENVILLE COUNTIES THROUGH 600 PM EDT... AT 512 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR HICKORY TAVERN...OR 11 MILES WEST OF LAURENS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR... HICKORY TAVERN... GRAY COURT... NICKEL SIZE HAIL...WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH AND TORRENTIAL RAIN 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. SEEK HIGHER GROUND IF THREATENED BY FLOOD WATERS. FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. IF OUTDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES. MOVE INDOORS IF POSSIBLE. WHEN INDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS AND AVOID USING TELEPHONES UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY. TRY TO UNPLUG UNNECESSARY ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES BEFORE THE THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES. LAT...LON 3452 8236 3476 8214 3460 8192 3440 8220 RWH
Special weather statement, May 22, 5:19 PM EDT, 8 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 519 PM EDT TUE MAY 22 2012 NCZ059-062-063-222200- MACON-NORTHERN JACKSON-SOUTHERN JACKSON- 519 PM EDT TUE MAY 22 2012 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL MACON AND JACKSON COUNTIES THROUGH 600 PM EDT... AT 516 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES SOUTH OF GAY...OR 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF FRANKLIN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR... CULLOWHEE... NICKEL SIZE HAIL...WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH AND TORRENTIAL RAIN 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. SEEK HIGHER GROUND IF THREATENED BY FLOOD WATERS. FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. IF OUTDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES. MOVE INDOORS IF POSSIBLE. WHEN INDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS AND AVOID USING TELEPHONES UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY. TRY TO UNPLUG UNNECESSARY ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES BEFORE THE THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES. LAT...LON 3549 8317 3531 8296 3511 8329 3525 8344 RWH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 4:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Pickens | 41 min |
| May 22, 4:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Oconee, Pickens | 63 min |
| May 22, 5:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Anderson | 55 min |
| May 22, 5:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Laurens | 44 min |
| May 22, 6:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Union | 45 min |
| May 22, 6:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Anderson, Greenville, Spartanburg | 58 min |
| May 22, 6:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Greenville, Laurens, Spartanburg | 58 min |
| May 22, 6:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | York | 53 min |
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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.