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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 206, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

June 12, 20126 counties in North Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 12, 2012, 9:27 PM EDT for 6 counties in North Carolina. It was in force for 63 min. 3 reports 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: Jun 12, 2012, 9:27 PM EDT (01:27 UTC)
Expired: Jun 12, 2012, 10:30 PM EDT
In force: 63 min
Issued by: NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Cabarrus County, NC, Catawba County, NC, Iredell County, NC, Lincoln County, NC, Mecklenburg County, NC, Rowan County, NC

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 154 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:29 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
Jun 12, 9:50 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	4 Ene Mooresville, NC	TWO POWERLINES DOWN IN THE FAR WESTERN PART OF ROWAN COUNTY.
Jun 12, 9:50 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Spencer, NC	FALLEN LIMBS BROUGHT DOWN A POWERLINE IN EAST SPENCER.
Jun 12, 10:15 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	2 Se Rockwell, NC	TWO POWERLINES WERE BROUGHT DOWN BY FALLEN LIMBS BETWEEN ROCKWELL AND GOLD HILL.

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 3 storm reports to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 23 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

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 71 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: 51 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -135 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1447 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -50 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -52 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.1

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The text

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

241 
WUUS52 KGSP 130127
SVRGSP
NCC025-035-097-109-119-159-130230-
/O.NEW.KGSP.SV.W.0206.120613T0127Z-120613T0230Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
927 PM EDT TUE JUN 12 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN CABARRUS COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...
  SOUTHEASTERN CATAWBA COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...
  SOUTHERN IREDELL COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...
  EASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...
  NORTH CENTRAL MECKLENBURG COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH
  CAROLINA...
  ROWAN COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...

* UNTIL 1030 PM EDT

* AT 922 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
  EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
  FROM 6 MILES WEST OF STATESVILLE TO 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF SPENCER...
  AND MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
  HIGH ROCK LAKE AND SALISBURY.
  GRANITE QUARRY.
  TERRELL...MOORESVILLE AND CHINA GROVE.
  ROCKWELL.
  LAKE NORMAN...DENVER AND LANDIS.
  ENOCHVILLE.
  KANNAPOLIS AND DAVIDSON.
  CORNELIUS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF BLOWING 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 3550 8029 3538 8037 3540 8105 3580 8106
      3580 8054 3578 8053 3578 8048 3574 8045
      3572 8038 3573 8034 3571 8032 3568 8033
      3563 8028
TIME...MOT...LOC 0126Z 353DEG 15KT 3572 8098 3572 8036

$$

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1 follow-up statement

605 
WWUS52 KGSP 130157
SVSGSP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
957 PM EDT TUE JUN 12 2012

NCC025-035-097-109-119-159-130230-
/O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0206.000000T0000Z-120613T0230Z/
CABARRUS NC-CATAWBA NC-IREDELL NC-LINCOLN NC-MECKLENBURG NC-ROWAN NC-
957 PM EDT TUE JUN 12 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ROWAN...NORTH
CENTRAL MECKLENBURG...EASTERN LINCOLN...SOUTHERN IREDELL...
SOUTHEASTERN CATAWBA AND NORTHERN CABARRUS COUNTIES UNTIL 1030 PM
EDT...

AT 956 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN 
EXCESS OF 60 MPH AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE 
EXTENDING FROM LOWESVILLE TO 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ROCKWELL...MOVING 
SOUTH AT 30 MPH.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
  MOUNT PLEASANT AND CONCORD.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF BLOWING 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 3540 8101 3570 8101 3571 8034 3567 8034
      3563 8028 3550 8029 3538 8037
TIME...MOT...LOC 0156Z 357DEG 26KT 3546 8097 3546 8035

$$

JPT

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 Jun 12, 7:56 PM EDT, 1 hour 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 12, 7:56 PM EDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
756 PM EDT TUE JUN 12 2012

.SYNOPSIS...
A MUCH DRIER AIR MASS WILL BEGIN TO BUILD ACROSS THE SOUTHERN
APPALACHIAN REGION TONIGHT AS A COLD FRONT MOVES OFF TO THE EAST.
SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN OVER THE WESTERN
CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK.

&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
AS OF 745 PM...ANOTHER UPDATE TO ADJUST POPS PER RADAR TRENDS. A
LINE OF CONVECTION SHUD EXIT THE SOUTHERN COUNTIES OF THE CWFA
WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR OR SO. ADDITIONAL ISOLD TO SCT CONVECTION IS
DEVELOPING ACRS THE NRN NC MTNS AND THE TRIAD REGION. THIS ACTIVITY
IS ALSO DRIFTING SOUTH...SO TSTMS LOOK TO CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE
I-40 CORRIDOR THRU THE EVENING. THE LAPS CAPE AHEAD OF BOTH AREAS OF
CONVECTION ARE STILL VERY HIGH (>2500 J/KG). SO SOME STRONGER STORMS
STILL POSSIBLE.

OVERNIGHT...EXPECT THE CONVECTION TO TAPER OFF WITH LOSS OF
HEATING...BUT SHRA MAY LINGER INTO THE EARLY MORNING AS WEAK FORCING
CONTINUES WITH A WEAK FRONT MOVING IN. PATCHY FOG EXPECTED AS
WELL...UNLESS THE FRONT MOVES IN FASTER WITH DRIER LOW LEVELS AND
WEAK MIXING. LOWS WARM ONCE AGAIN WITH READINGS 5 TO 10 DEGREES
ABOVE NORMAL.

DRIER AIR MASS MOVES IN BEHIND THE FRONT WED. HOWEVER...MOISTURE
WILL LINGER/POOL OVER THE SWRN MTNS AND NC/SC/GA ESCARPMENT IN THE
DEVELOPING ELY FLOW. THIS AREA WILL SEE THE BEST COMBINATION OF
MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY TO PRODUCE MAINLY ISOLATED AFTERNOON
CONVECTION. THE REST OF THE AREA SHUD SEE CU. COULD BE SOME BRIEF
GUSTY WINDS THU MORNING AS MIXING TAPS THE SLIGHTLY STRONGER WINDS
ON THE LEADING EDGE OF THE ENCROACHING AIR MASS. HIGHS SHUD BE
WITHIN A COUPLE OF DEGREES OF NORMAL.

&&

.SHORT TERM /WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY/...
AS OF 230 PM TUESDAY... BY WEDNESDAY EVENING HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM
WILL HAVE DRIFTED INTO EASTERN CANADA WITH SURFACE RIDGE EXTENDING
SOUTHWARD INTO THE CAROLINAS AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORIGA. AIR MASS
GENERALLY WILL BE DRY... BUT EASTERLY AND SOUTHEASTERLY FLOW AROUND
SOUTHERN PERIPHERY OF HIGH WILL ADVECT SOME F MOISTURE WEST INTO THE
SAVANNAH RIVER VALLEY AND SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS. AT THE PRESENT
TIME... AIR MASS APPEARS TOO DRY AND STABLE BOTH THURSDAY AND FRIDAY
TO SUPPORT PRECIPITATION EXCEPT FOR DIURNALLY DRIVEN SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN.  HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL BE
FAIRLY UNIFORM BOTH DAYS RANGING FROM THE LOWER 80S IN THE NORTHEAST
TO THE MID 80S IN THE SOUTH. MOUNTAIN VALLEY TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE
FROM THE MID 70S TO LOWER 80S. LOW TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE LOWER
AND MID 60S WITH SOME 50S IN THE MOUNTAIN VALLEYS.

&&

.LONG TERM /FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY/...
AS OF 200 PM TUESDAY...FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY...DRY AND UNSEASONABLY
COOL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DURING THIS PERIOD WITH A PERSISTENT
UPPER LOW OFF THE ATLANTIC COAST ALLOWING FOR A STRONG NORTHERLY JET
TO RESIDE OVER THE REGION. AT THE SURFACE...CONTINENTAL HIGH
PRESSURE WILL REMAIN CENTERED OVER NEW ENGLAND WITH RIDGING
EXTENDING SW ACROSS OUR CWA. I WILL MAINTAIN DRY FORECAST OVER THE
PIEDMONT AS MODEL SOUNDINGS SHOW STRONG CAPPING INVERSIONS DURING
THE PERIOD. HOWEVER...A COMBINATION OF UPSLOPE FLOW AND DIURNAL
INSTABILITY COULD SUPPORT THE DEVELOPING OF ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS
IN THE BLUE RIDGE MTNS EACH DAY. SO I CARRIED SLIGHT CHANCE POPS
MAINLY IN THE AFTERNOON THERE. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN 5-10 DEGREES
BELOW THE SEASONAL AVERAGES FRIDAY INTO MONDAY WITH A SLIGHT WARMING
TREND BY TUESDAY.

&&

.AVIATION /00Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/...
AT KCLT...A STRANGE AREA OF TRAILING STRATIFORM RAIN ASSOCIATED WITH
CONVECTION HEADING SOUTH INTO CENTRAL SC CONTINUES TO DRIFT EAST
TOWARD THE AIRFIELD. THERE HAVE BEEN OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING
STRIKES...BUT MAY BE TRENDING FEWER. SO WENT WITH A TEMPO FOR TSRA
FOR THE FIRST COUPLE OF HOURS. ALSO...THERE IS A CLUSTER OF STORMS
DRIFTING SOUTH ACRS THE NW NC PIEDMONT. IF THEY CONTINUE TO MOVE AT
THERE CURRENT PACE...THEY WOULDN/T REACH KCLT FOR SEVERAL HOURS.
WITH LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING...NOT LIKELY TO MAKE IT...SO WILL NOT
CONTINUE TS LATE TONIGHT. BUT TRENDS WILL HAVE TO BE WATCHED UNTIL
IT DIES. ASSUMING LITTLE OR NO RAIN FALLS AT THE AIRFIELD THIS
EVENING...THINK FOG AND STRATUS SHUD NOT BE WIDESPREAD. WILL KEEP A
FEW HOURS OF MVFR VSBY FOR NOW. WEDNESDAY LOOKS QUIET WITH A LIGHT
NE WIND DEVELOPING PROBABLY AT OR BEFORE DAYBREAK. SCT TO BKN
CUMULUS EXPECTED WEDNESDAY AFTN...WITH BASES ABOVE 4000 FT.

ELSEWHERE...THE UPSTATE SITES SHUD BE WORKED OVER ENUF THAT TS CHCS
ARE LOW. NEW DEVELOPMENT IS OCCURRING ACRS PORTIONS OF THE NC MTNS
AND NW PIEDMONT...SO WILL LEAVE VCTS AT KAVL AND KHKY THIS EVENING.
GUIDANCE IS MODEST ON FOG AND STRATUS POTENTIAL. SOME DRIER AIR WILL
BEGIN TO FILTER IN FROM THE N OVERNIGHT...BUT THE ACTUAL COLD FRONT
WILL MAKE A REAL PUSH TILL PROBABLY WED MORNING. ONLY KAVL GOT ANY
HEAVY DOWNPOURS SO FAR THIS EVENING...SO I/M NOT GOING TO GO MUCH
MORE PESSIMISTIC. A BLEND OF THE DIFFERENT MOS OUTPUT WAS USED FOR
THE VSBY. VFR CONDITIONS WITH LIGHT N/NE WINDS EXPECTED WEDNESDAY. A
FEW SHRA/TSRA MAY DEVELOP IN THE NC MTNS (GENERALLY WEST OF
KAVL)...BUT OTHERWISE JUST FAIR WX CUMULUS EXPECTED.

OUTLOOK...GENERALLY DRY CONDITIONS ARE NOW EXPECTED BEHIND A COLD
FRONT WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY. HOWEVER...ISOLATED
AFTERNOON TSTMS WILL DEVELOP OVER THE MTNS EACH DAY...WHICH COULD
HAVE SOME AFFECT ON OPERATIONS AT KAVL.

AVIATION FORECAST CONSISTENCY TABLE...

UTC                     23  00  01  02  03  04  05  06  07  08  09  10
EDT                     19  20  21  22  23  00  01  02  03  04  05  06

KCLT TAF CIG             V   V   V   V   V   V   V   V   V   V   V   V
KCLT ENSEMBLE BEST CIG   V   V   V   V   V   V   V   V   V   V   V   V
KCLT CIG CONSISTENCY   100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
KCLT TAF VSBY            V   V   V   V   V   V   V   V   V   V   V   V
KCLT ENSEMBLE BEST VSBY  V   V   V   V   V   V   V   V   V   V   V   V
KCLT VSBY CONSISTENCY  100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100

KGSP TAF CIG             V   V   V   V   V   V   V   V   V   V   V   V
KGSP ENSEMBLE BEST CIG   V   V   V   V   V   V   V   V   V   V   V   V
KGSP CIG CONSISTENCY   100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
KGSP TAF VSBY            V   V   V   V   V   V   V   V   V   V   V   V
KGSP ENSEMBLE BEST VSBY  V   V   V   V   V   V   V   V   V   V   V   V
KGSP VSBY CONSISTENCY  100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100

KAVL TAF CIG             V   V   V   V   V   V   V   M   M   M   V   V
KAVL ENSEMBLE BEST CIG   V   V   V   V   V   V   V   M   M   V   V   M
KAVL CIG CONSISTENCY   100 100 100 100 100 100  88  50  50  57  71  57
KAVL TAF VSBY            V   V   V   V   V   V   M   M   M   M   M   M
KAVL ENSEMBLE BEST VSBY  V   V   V   V   V   V   V   V   V   V   V   V
KAVL VSBY CONSISTENCY  100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100

&&

.GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...NONE.
NC...NONE.
SC...NONE.

&&

SYNOPSIS...JOH
NEAR TERM...ARK/RWH
SHORT TERM...LGL/WINESETT
LONG TERM...JOH
AVIATION...ARK

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 12, 5:13 AM EDT, 16 hours 14 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
513 AM EDT TUE JUN 12 2012

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065-
068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-130915-
RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-AVERY-ALEXANDER-
IREDELL-DAVIE-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-CATAWBA-
ROWAN-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-
HENDERSON-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC-
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-
513 AM EDT TUE JUN 12 2012

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

A COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP EAST ACROSS THE REGION TODAY AND TONIGHT.
NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ALONG AND AHEAD OF
THE FRONT. CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN WILL
BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. A FEW STORMS COULD PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND
GUSTS THIS AFTERNOON.

.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.

NED

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 12, 6:22 PM EDT, 3 hours 5 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
622 PM EDT TUE JUN 12 2012

GAZ018-026-028-122300-
FRANKLIN-HART-STEPHENS-
622 PM EDT TUE JUN 12 2012

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT FRANKLIN...NORTHERN HART AND
SOUTHEASTERN STEPHENS COUNTIES THROUGH 700 PM EDT...

AT 620 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR MARTIN...OR 9 MILES NORTH OF CARNESVILLE...
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
  WHITWORTH...
  CARNESVILLE...
  LAVONIA...
  CANON...

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

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 3449 8336 3459 8317 3459 8315 3456 8314
      3456 8312 3453 8310 3453 8308 3450 8307
      3448 8301 3435 8287 3424 8320

JPT

Special weather statement, Jun 12, 6:37 PM EDT, 2 hours 50 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
637 PM EDT TUE JUN 12 2012

SCZ006-012-122315-
GREATER GREENVILLE-LAURENS-
637 PM EDT TUE JUN 12 2012

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT LAURENS AND SOUTHEASTERN
GREENVILLE COUNTIES THROUGH 715 PM EDT...

AT 635 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF GRAY COURT...OR 13 MILES
NORTHWEST OF LAURENS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
  GRAY COURT...
  HICKORY TAVERN...
  LAURENS...

WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

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 3438 8221 3441 8224 3441 8225 3442 8226
      3462 8238 3474 8211 3449 8181 3435 8217

JPT

Special weather statement, Jun 12, 7:03 PM EDT, 2 hours 24 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
703 PM EDT TUE JUN 12 2012

GAZ028-029-SCZ006-010>012-019-130000-
ABBEVILLE-ANDERSON-ELBERT-GREATER GREENVILLE-GREENWOOD-HART-LAURENS-
703 PM EDT TUE JUN 12 2012

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT ABBEVILLE...ELBERT...NORTHWESTERN
GREENWOOD...SOUTHERN ANDERSON...SOUTHERN GREENVILLE...SOUTHERN HART
AND SOUTHWESTERN LAURENS COUNTIES THROUGH 800 PM EDT...

AT 701 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
FORK SHOALS TO STARR TO VANNA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

THESE STORMS WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
  BOWMAN...
  IVA...
  HONEA PATH...
  SECESSION LAKE...
  ANTREVILLE...
  RUCKERSVILLE...

WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...AND TORRENTIAL RAIN ARE EXPECTED WITH
THESE STORMS.

FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS. 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 3398 8282 3398 8286 3401 8291 3420 8311
      3422 8308 3425 8311 3441 8277 3467 8236
      3429 8203 3407 8244 3407 8253 3402 8258
      3397 8269 3397 8279

JPT

Special weather statement, Jun 12, 8:03 PM EDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
803 PM EDT TUE JUN 12 2012

SCZ011-012-019-130030-
ABBEVILLE-GREENWOOD-LAURENS-
803 PM EDT TUE JUN 12 2012

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT GREENWOOD...SOUTHEASTERN
ABBEVILLE AND SOUTHERN LAURENS COUNTIES THROUGH 830 PM EDT...

AT 8 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS NEAR CORONACA...OR 5 MILES NORTHEAST
OF GREENWOOD...MOVING SOUTH AT 25 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
  NINETY SIX...
  CALLISON...

WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...AND TORRENTIAL RAIN ARE EXPECTED WITH
THIS STORM.

DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE
STORMS. 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 3396 8205 3398 8205 3397 8219 3401 8224
      3397 8231 3405 8233 3406 8237 3425 8240
      3433 8222 3427 8191 3425 8190 3420 8194
      3418 8190 3413 8187 3395 8202

JPT

Special weather statement, Jun 12, 8:26 PM EDT, 1 hour 1 minute before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
826 PM EDT TUE JUN 12 2012

NCZ035>037-056-057-130115-
ALEXANDER-CATAWBA-DAVIE-IREDELL-ROWAN-
826 PM EDT TUE JUN 12 2012

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT DAVIE...EASTERN ALEXANDER...
IREDELL...NORTHERN CATAWBA AND NORTHWESTERN ROWAN COUNTIES THROUGH
915 PM EDT...

AT 825 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM BERMUDA RUN TO 5
MILES WEST OF LOVE VALLEY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH.

THESE STORMS WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
  HARMONY...
  ADVANCE...
  MOCKSVILLE...

SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE
STORMS.

FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS. 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 3588 8041 3586 8038 3584 8039 3582 8047
      3577 8045 3574 8046 3571 8113 3603 8124
      3606 8073 3605 8049 3607 8046 3601 8041
      3599 8041 3596 8037 3589 8036

JPT

Local storm report, Jun 12, 9:01 PM EDT, 26 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
901 PM EDT TUE JUN 12 2012

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0854 PM     TSTM WND DMG     4 E HARMONY             35.95N 80.70W
06/12/2012                   DAVIE              NC   TRAINED SPOTTER

            A SPOTTER NEAR SHEFFIELD HAD A WIND GUST NEAR 60 MPH. HE
            SAW AND HEARD TREES SNAPPING AND CRASHING TO THE GROUND.
            NO HAIL.

&&

OUTLAW

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 12, 8:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Alexander, Davie, Iredell	49 min
Jun 12, 8:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Davie, Iredell, Rowan	52 min
Jun 12, 10:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Cabarrus, Mecklenburg, Union	49 min
Jun 12, 11:06 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Union	39 min
Jun 13, 12:17 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Mecklenburg	43 min
Jun 13, 1:30 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Mecklenburg	90 min
Jun 13, 12:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Buncombe, Henderson, McDowell, Polk, Rutherford	63 min
Jun 13, 1:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Burke, McDowell	61 min
Jun 13, 3:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Jackson	36 min
Jun 13, 3:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Macon	28 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Carolina, 2012 Every 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.