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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 224, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 22, 2012, 2:53 PM EDT for 5 counties in North Carolina. It was in force for 55 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
- Jun 22, 2012, 2:53 PM EDT (18:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 22, 2012, 3:48 PM EDT
- In force
- 55 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
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:53 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 22, 3:05 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 W Mooresville, NC | SEVERAL REPORTS OF TREES AND LINES DOWN BETWEEN MOORESVILLE AND LAKE NORMAN. |
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 12 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 12:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 109 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
- 324 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -140 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1417 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -40 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -17 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
301 WUUS52 KGSP 221853 SVRGSP NCC025-035-097-109-119-222000- /O.NEW.KGSP.SV.W.0224.120622T1853Z-120622T2000Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 253 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN 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... NORTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA... NORTH CENTRAL MECKLENBURG COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA... * UNTIL 400 PM EDT * AT 249 PM EDT...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 LAKE NORMAN...OR 16 MILES SOUTHEAST OF NEWTON...AND MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR... CORNELIUS. DAVIDSON. MOORESVILLE. 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. LAKE NORMAN IS IN THE PATH OF THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. BOATERS SHOULD SEEK IMMEDIATE SHELTER ONSHORE. && LAT...LON 3543 8096 3563 8109 3572 8078 3543 8071 TIME...MOT...LOC 1853Z 257DEG 13KT 3556 8095 $$ MOORE
3 follow-up statements
665 WWUS52 KGSP 221914 SVSGSP SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 314 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 2012 NCC025-035-097-109-119-222000- /O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0224.000000T0000Z-120622T2000Z/ CABARRUS NC-CATAWBA NC-IREDELL NC-LINCOLN NC-MECKLENBURG NC- 314 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL MECKLENBURG...NORTHEASTERN LINCOLN...SOUTHERN IREDELL...SOUTHEASTERN CATAWBA AND NORTHWESTERN CABARRUS COUNTIES UNTIL 400 PM EDT... AT 309 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MOORESVILLE...OR 15 MILES SOUTH OF STATESVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR... MOORESVILLE. OTHER STRONG STORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTHERN MECKLENBURG COUNTY AND INTO NORTHWESTERN CABARRUS COUNTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BRIEF DAMAGING WINDS WILL BLOW DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES OVER SMALL AREAS. A BRIEF PERIOD OF LARGE HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE. SEEK SHELTER INSIDE AN INTERIOR ROOM. BOATERS ON LAKE NORMAN SHOULD STAY IN SHELTER ONSHORE UNTIL THE STORM PASSES. && LAT...LON 3543 8096 3563 8109 3572 8078 3543 8071 TIME...MOT...LOC 1914Z 257DEG 13KT 3558 8086 $$ MOORE
236
WWUS52 KGSP 221924
SVSGSP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
324 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 2012
NCC035-109-221933-
/O.CAN.KGSP.SV.W.0224.000000T0000Z-120622T2000Z/
CATAWBA NC-LINCOLN NC-
324 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN LINCOLN AND
SOUTHEASTERN CATAWBA COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THIS AREA.
RESIDENTS SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE WEATHER THROUGH THE EARLY
PART OF THE EVENING AS ADDITIONAL STRONG STORMS MAY OCCUR.
LAT...LON 3543 8071 3543 8096 3545 8095 3545 8094
3547 8095 3558 8095 3562 8093 3564 8094
3572 8079 3572 8078
TIME...MOT...LOC 1923Z 257DEG 13KT 3559 8082
$$
NCC025-097-119-222000-
/O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0224.000000T0000Z-120622T2000Z/
CABARRUS NC-IREDELL NC-MECKLENBURG NC-
324 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL
MECKLENBURG...SOUTHEASTERN IREDELL AND NORTHWESTERN CABARRUS COUNTIES
UNTIL 400 PM EDT...
AT 321 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
MOORESVILLE...OR 14 MILES SOUTH OF STATESVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 15
MPH.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS MAINLY EAST OF MOORESVILLE
AND DAVIDSON...AND INTO NORTHWESTERN CABARRUS COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BRIEF DAMAGING WINDS WILL BLOW DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES OVER SMALL
AREAS. A BRIEF PERIOD OF LARGE HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE. SEEK SHELTER
INSIDE AN INTERIOR ROOM.
&&
LAT...LON 3543 8071 3543 8096 3545 8095 3545 8094
3547 8095 3558 8095 3562 8093 3564 8094
3572 8079 3572 8078
TIME...MOT...LOC 1923Z 257DEG 13KT 3559 8082
$$
MOORE306
WWUS52 KGSP 221948
SVSGSP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
348 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 2012
NCC025-097-119-221958-
/O.CAN.KGSP.SV.W.0224.000000T0000Z-120622T2000Z/
CABARRUS NC-IREDELL NC-MECKLENBURG NC-
348 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL MECKLENBURG...
SOUTHEASTERN IREDELL AND NORTHWESTERN CABARRUS COUNTIES IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THIS AREA.
LAT...LON 3543 8071 3543 8096 3545 8095 3545 8094
3547 8095 3558 8095 3562 8093 3564 8094
3572 8079 3572 8078
TIME...MOT...LOC 1948Z 257DEG 13KT 3561 8071
$$
MOOREWhat 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 22, 2:23 PM EDT, 30 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 22, 2:23 PM EDT, 30 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 223 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 2012 .SYNOPSIS... A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL STALL ACROSS THE CAROLINAS THROUGH SATURDAY. THIS FRONT WILL DISSIPATE ON SUNDAY...BUT ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL ARRIVE FROM THE NORTHWEST MONDAY. GENERALLY DRY SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE IS THEN EXPECTED TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH SATURDAY/... AT 1430 EDT FRIDAY...AN UPPER TROUGH WILL AMPLIFY ALONG THE EAST COAST TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS OUR AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING...STALLING JUST SOUGHT OF OUR AREA ON SATURDAY. INSTABILITY ALONG THE FRONT WILL BE SUFFICIENT FOR STRONG CONVECTION...HOWEVER SHEAR VALUES ARE RATHER WEAK. SOUNDING INDICATE SOME DRY AIR ALOFT TO AID IN DOWNDRAFT FORMATION...AND DAMAGING WINDS CANNOT BE RULED OUT WITH THE STRONGER STORMS. ACTIVITY WILL DIMINISH WITH THE LOSS OF HEATING AND THE DEPARTURE OF THE BOUNDARY TONIGHT. MINIMUM TEMPERATURES WILL BE NEAR MID SUMMER NORMALS AS CLOUD COVER LINGERS BEHIND THE FRONT. FOG WILL BE POSSIBLE IN AREAS THAT RECEIVE RAINFALL ASSOCIATED WITH THE FRONT. WINDS WILL VEER TO THE EARLY SATURDAY ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE FRONT...BUT WITH THE BOUNDARY CLOSE BY...CLOUD COVER WILL LINGER. A WEAK UPPER IMPULSE ARRIVING IN NW FLOW ALOFT ON SATURDAY MAY TRIGGER ISOLATED CONVECTION IN THE REMAINING SHALLOW MOISTURE...ESPECIALLY IN THE PIEDMONT. MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN ABOVE NORMAL AS HEIGHTS RISE SLIGHTLY WHIT THE PROGRESSION OF THE UPPER TROUGH AXIS. && .SHORT TERM /SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY/... AS OF 210 PM FRIDAY...WILL PLAN ON LINGERING AT LEAST SLIGHT CHANCE POP THRU SATURDAY NIGHT AS STALLED WEAK SFC BNDRY REMAINS AS POSSIBLE FOCUSING MECHANISM FOR DEEP CONVECTION. OTHERWISE...A FAIR BUT MUGGY NIGHT IS ON TAP. WITHIN THE BROAD AND SLIGHTLY DIFFLUENT FLOW ALOFT ON SUNDAY...ANOTHER WEAK FRONT IS PROGGED TO SLIP SEWD INTO THE CWFA. A ROUND OF DIURNALLY ENHANCED DEEP CONVECTION STILL LOOKS PROBABLE AND TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN VERY WARM...SIMILAR TO SUNDAY/S READINGS. WITH L/WV TROUGH AXIS DIGGING INTO THE NE CONUS ON MONDAY...UPPER HEIGHTS FALLS ARE PROGGED ALL THE WAY DOWN THE EASTERN SEABOARD. ELONGATED FRONT ALONG THE OHIO VALLEY SHOULD JUMP TO LEE TROUGH POSITION LATER IN THE DAY AND BROADLY CONVERGENT LLVLS IS EXPECTED TO AID IN ISOLATED TO SCATTERED DIURNALLY FIRED TSTMS ONCE AGAIN. MAXES TO REMAIN CLOSE TO PERSISTENCE AND A FEW CATEGORIES ABOVE NORMAL. && .LONG TERM /MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY/... AS OF NOON FRIDAY...THE UPPER PATTERN THROUGH THE BULK OF THE MEDIUM RANGE FEATURES AN UPPER LOW OVER EASTERN CANADA/NEW ENGLAND AND A LARGE ANTICYCLONE CENTERED OVER THE SRN PLAINS RIDGING NORTH TO THE CANADIAN PLAINS. THIS PATTERN WILL KEEP A NW FLOW ALOFT THROUGH AT LEAST THURSDAY WITH NO DISCERNABLE SHORT WAVES PASSING THROUGH... WHICH IS NOT CONDUCIVE TO MUCH DIURNAL CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT...AND WOULD ALSO EFFECTIVELY INSULATE THE WESTERN CAROLINAS FROM ANY INFLUENCE OF TROPICAL ACTIVITY. THE ONLY WILDCARD WOULD BE SOME KIND OF MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE SYSTEM THAT WOULD DEVELOP OVER THE GREAT LAKES AND DROP DOWN IN THE NNW FLOW DURING MIDWEEK...BUT THAT IS TOO REMOTE TO MENTION IN THE FCST. SO...THE FCST WILL BE KEPT DRY THROUGH THURSDAY. THE PATTERN STARTS TO SHIFT ON FRIDAY...SO A RETURN TO MORE DIURNAL CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY WAS ALLOWED WITH A CHANCE POP IN THE AFTERNOON. WITH THAT CHANGE TO A MORE WESTERLY FLOW ALOFT...TEMPS ALSO BEGIN AN UPWARD TREND FOR THURSDAY AND FRIDAY TO SOMETHING CLOSER TO WELL ABOVE NORMAL. && .AVIATION /19Z FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... AT KCLT...A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH FROM THE NW THIS AFTERNOON... AND AT LEAST SCATTERED CONVECTION IS EXPECTED AHEAD OF THE FRONT IN AN UNSTABLE AIR MASS. ONLY DRY THUNDER WILL BE CARRIED IN THE TAF UNTIL CONFIDENCE IMPROVES. ANY VSBY RESTRICTION IN PRECIPITAITON WOULD MOST LIKELY BE MVFR. WINDS WILL VEER FROM SW TODAY AND TONIGHT TO NE BY DAYBREAK SATURDAY BEHIND THE FRONT. WITH THE FRONT SLOWING SOUTH OF THE AREA...LOW VFR CLOUDS WILL PERSIST...BUT ANY PRECIPITATION ASSOCIATED WITH THEM WILL BE TOO ISOLATED TO CARRY IN THE TAF. ELSEWHERE...CONVECTION HAD ALREADY STARTED TO FIRE IN THE NC MOUNTAINS AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT...AND IS EXPECTED TO BECOME WIDESPREAD IN MOUNTAINS. KAVL HAS THE BEST CHANCE OF RESTRICTIONS...AND A TEMPO FOR MVFR WILL BE CARRIED THERE. CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY WILL DIMINISH THIS EVENING AS HEATING ABATES AND THE FRONT MOVES TO THE SOUTHEAST. LOW VFR CLOUDS WILL LINGER AS THE FRONT SLOWS. MORE GUIDANCE MEMBER ARE LINING UP FOR DAYBREAK FOG AT KAVL...WHERE MVFR VSBY WILL BE CARRIED. WINDS WILL VEER FROM SW TO NE BY DAWN SATURDAY...EXCEPT AT KAVL WHERE THEY WILL CHANNEL DOWNVALLEY BY LATE SATURDAY MORNING. ANY LINGERING PRECIPITATION BEHIND THE FRONT WILL BE TOO ISOLATED TO MENTION. OUTLOOK...A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL REMAIN IN THE AREA OVER THE WEEKEND THROUGH MONDAY AND WILL CONTINUE TO BE A FOCUS FOR MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS. EARLY MORNING FOG WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE IN THE MOUNTAIN VALLEYS. DRIER WEATHER MAY RETURN BY TUESDAY. 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...CSH NEAR TERM...JAT SHORT TERM...CSH LONG TERM...PM AVIATION...JAT
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 22, 2:31 PM EDT, 22 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 231 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 2012 NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-501-503-505-507-509-231830- AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM- NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON- CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-BURKE MOUNTAINS-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS- RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-POLK MOUNTAINS- 231 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE MOUNTAINS OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA THIS AFTERNOON AND LINGER INTO THIS EVENING. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE VERY SLOWLY...PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL IN AFFECTED LOCATIONS. ISOLATED FLOODING COULD RESULT. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO PRODUCE FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. 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. GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ035>037-056-057-068>072-082-502-504- 506-508-510-SCZ001>014-019-231830- RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-ALEXANDER-IREDELL- DAVIE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS- UNION NC-GREATER CALDWELL-GREATER BURKE-EASTERN MCDOWELL- GREATER RUTHERFORD-EASTERN POLK-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS- GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS- GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE- LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- 231 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING ACROSS NORTHEAST GEORGIA...UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA... AND THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. IN ADDITION...A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE BRIEF BUT DAMAGING WIND GUSTS...AND LARGE HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. 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. 07
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 22, 1:51 PM EDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
151 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 2012
NCZ035-056-502-504-221830-
ALEXANDER-CATAWBA-GREATER BURKE-GREATER CALDWELL-
151 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 2012
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT ALEXANDER...SOUTHEASTERN
BURKE...SOUTHEASTERN CALDWELL AND WESTERN CATAWBA COUNTIES THROUGH
230 PM EDT...
AT 150 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR ELLENDALE...OR 5 MILES WEST OF
TAYLORSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
WERE DEVELOPING ACROSS SOUTHEAST CALDWELL COUNTY AND EASTERN BURKE
COUNTY.
PEOPLE IN ALEXANDER...SOUTHEASTERN BURKE...SOUTHEASTERN CALDWELL AND
WESTERN CATAWBA COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
ELLENDALE AND TAYLORSVILLE...
SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE
WARNINGS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE
WEATHER THREATEN.
SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.
LAT...LON 3597 8100 3583 8106 3557 8142 3557 8168
3558 8170 3576 8170 3585 8149 3601 8134
3600 8132 3602 8129 3604 8111 3603 8108
3605 8103
MOORELocal storm report, Jun 22, 2:18 PM EDT, 35 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
218 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0115 PM HAIL 2 NE LENOIR 35.93N 81.51W
06/22/2012 E1.00 INCH CALDWELL NC AMATEUR RADIO
NICKLE TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL
&&
TWSpecial weather statement, Jun 22, 2:23 PM EDT, 30 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
223 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 2012
NCZ065-507>510-221915-
EASTERN POLK-GREATER RUTHERFORD-HENDERSON-POLK MOUNTAINS-RUTHERFORD
MOUNTAINS-
223 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 2012
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN HENDERSON...POLK
AND WESTERN RUTHERFORD COUNTIES THROUGH 315 PM EDT...
AT 221 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES EAST OF EDNEYVILLE...OR 10 MILES
NORTHWEST OF COLUMBUS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH.
PEOPLE IN NORTHEASTERN HENDERSON...POLK AND WESTERN RUTHERFORD
COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
EDNEYVILLE...CHIMNEY ROCK...BAT CAVE AND LAKE ADGER...
SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE
WARNINGS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE
WEATHER THREATEN.
SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.
LAT...LON 3547 8195 3528 8212 3518 8232 3538 8243
3549 8232 3546 8226 3549 8223 3551 8223
3552 8223
MOORESpecial weather statement, Jun 22, 2:32 PM EDT, 21 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
232 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 2012
NCZ063-064-221915-
SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-
232 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 2012
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EASTERN JACKSON AND TRANSYLVANIA
COUNTIES THROUGH 315 PM EDT...
AT 229 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR BALSAM GROVE...OR 9 MILES WEST OF BREVARD...
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH.
PEOPLE IN EASTERN JACKSON AND TRANSYLVANIA COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE
FOLLOWING LOCATION...
ROSMAN...
SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE
WARNINGS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE
WEATHER THREATEN.
SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.
LAT...LON 3513 8315 3526 8307 3529 8292 3527 8261
3519 8260 3515 8258 3514 8258 3513 8265
3512 8267 3513 8268 3511 8269 3505 8291
MOORELocal storm report, Jun 22, 2:38 PM EDT, 15 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
238 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0141 PM HAIL 5 SE BLACK MOUNTAIN 35.57N 82.27W
06/22/2012 E1.00 INCH BUNCOMBE NC PUBLIC
JUST OFF HWY 9 SOUTH OF BLACK MOUNTAIN
&&
TWSpecial weather statement, Jun 22, 2:45 PM EDT, 8 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
245 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 2012
NCZ036-056-069-071-221930-
CATAWBA-IREDELL-LINCOLN-MECKLENBURG-
245 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 2012
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EASTERN LINCOLN...NORTHERN
MECKLENBURG...SOUTHEASTERN CATAWBA AND SOUTHEASTERN IREDELL COUNTIES
THROUGH 330 PM EDT...
AT 241 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR LAKE NORMAN...OR 17 MILES EAST OF
LINCOLNTON...MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH.
PEOPLE IN EASTERN LINCOLN...NORTHERN MECKLENBURG...SOUTHEASTERN
CATAWBA AND SOUTHEASTERN IREDELL COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
LOCATIONS...
LAKE NORMAN...TERRELL...CORNELIUS...DAVIDSON AND MOORESVILLE...
SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE
WARNINGS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE
WEATHER THREATEN.
SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.
BOATERS ON LAKE NORMAN SHOULD HEAD TO SHORE NOW!!!
FREQUENT LIGHTNING WILL OCCUR 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 3550 8075 3550 8079 3545 8077 3541 8104
3562 8110 3569 8077 3551 8073
MOOREThe office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 22, 12:31 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Graham | 59 min |
| Jun 22, 1:19 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Graham | 71 min |
| Jun 22, 2:41 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Graham | 79 min |
| Jun 22, 11:50 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Caldwell | 40 min |
| Jun 22, 12:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Avery, Burke, Caldwell | 53 min |
| Jun 22, 12:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Burke, Caldwell | 45 min |
| Jun 22, 1:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | McDowell | 41 min |
| Jun 22, 1:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Buncombe, McDowell | 64 min |
| Jun 22, 1:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Haywood | 50 min |
| Jun 22, 1:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Alexander | 39 min |
| Jun 22, 1:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Catawba, Lincoln | 61 min |
| Jun 22, 2:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Burke, Catawba, Cleveland, Gaston, Lincoln | 61 min |
| Jun 22, 2:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Buncombe, Haywood, Madison | 54 min |
| Jun 22, 2:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Polk | 52 min |
| Jun 22, 2:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Transylvania | 43 min |
| Jun 22, 2:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Iredell | 45 min |
| Jun 22, 2:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cleveland, Rutherford | 62 min |
| Jun 22, 3:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Davie | 56 min |
| Jun 22, 3:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Buncombe, Henderson | 61 min |
| Jun 22, 3:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Jackson | 41 min |
| Jun 22, 3:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Rowan | 56 min |
| Jun 22, 3:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Polk | 51 min |
| Jun 22, 3:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Jackson | 52 min |
| Jun 22, 4:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cabarrus | 48 min |
| Jun 22, 4:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Swain | 52 min |
| Jun 22, 4:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Macon | 48 min |
| Jun 22, 5:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Madison | 38 min |
| Jun 22, 6:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Haywood | 38 min |
| Jun 22, 6:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Yancey | 52 min |
| Jun 22, 6:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Haywood | 48 min |
| Jun 22, 6:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Mitchell, Yancey | 45 min |
| Jun 22, 7:13 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Madison, Mitchell, Yancey | 107 min |
| Jun 22, 7:34 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Yancey | 116 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.