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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 232, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

June 24, 2012Iredell County, Rowan County, North Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 24, 2012, 4:07 PM EDT for Iredell County, Rowan County, North Carolina. It was in force for 53 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
Jun 24, 2012, 4:07 PM EDT (20:07 UTC)
Expired
Jun 24, 2012, 5:00 PM EDT
In force
53 min
Issued by
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Iredell County, NC, Rowan County, NC

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 148 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:08 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

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 72 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 12:00Z on 2012-06-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 359 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 12:00Z on 2012-06-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -29 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
359 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-41 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1150 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-29 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
107 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

705 
WUUS52 KGSP 242007
SVRGSP
NCC097-159-242100-
/O.NEW.KGSP.SV.W.0232.120624T2007Z-120624T2100Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
407 PM EDT SUN JUN 24 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL IREDELL COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...
  WESTERN ROWAN COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...

* UNTIL 500 PM EDT

* AT 404 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
  CLEVELAND...OR 10 MILES EAST OF STATESVILLE...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST
  AT 10 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
  CLEVELAND.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

VERY LARGE HAIL DRIVEN BY STRONG WINDS POSES A SERIOUS THREAT OF
INJURY. EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO HOMES AND VEHICLES WILL ALSO OCCUR. 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 3554 8060 3574 8087 3587 8074 3576 8047
      3575 8045 3574 8045 3573 8042 3572 8042
TIME...MOT...LOC 2008Z 306DEG 9KT 3574 8071

$$

JOH
2 follow-up statements
875 
WWUS52 KGSP 242027
SVSGSP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
427 PM EDT SUN JUN 24 2012

NCC097-242038-
/O.CAN.KGSP.SV.W.0232.000000T0000Z-120624T2100Z/
IREDELL NC-
427 PM EDT SUN JUN 24 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL IREDELL COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THIS AREA.

LAT...LON 3554 8060 3568 8077 3569 8077 3582 8064
      3576 8047 3575 8045 3574 8045 3573 8042
      3572 8042
TIME...MOT...LOC 2028Z 306DEG 9KT 3571 8066

$$

NCC159-242100-
/O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0232.000000T0000Z-120624T2100Z/
ROWAN NC-
427 PM EDT SUN JUN 24 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN ROWAN
COUNTY UNTIL 500 PM EDT...

AT 427 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
CLEVELAND...OR 11 MILES WEST OF SALISBURY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10
MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
  SALISBURY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

VERY LARGE HAIL DRIVEN BY STRONG WINDS POSES A SERIOUS THREAT OF
INJURY. EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO HOMES AND VEHICLES WILL ALSO OCCUR. 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 3554 8060 3568 8077 3569 8077 3582 8064
      3576 8047 3575 8045 3574 8045 3573 8042
      3572 8042
TIME...MOT...LOC 2028Z 306DEG 9KT 3571 8066

$$

JOH
823 
WWUS52 KGSP 242052
SVSGSP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
452 PM EDT SUN JUN 24 2012

NCC159-242103-
/O.EXP.KGSP.SV.W.0232.000000T0000Z-120624T2100Z/
ROWAN NC-
452 PM EDT SUN JUN 24 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WESTERN ROWAN COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 500 PM EDT...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LEVELS.  HOWEVER HEAVY RAIN IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

LAT...LON 3554 8060 3568 8077 3569 8077 3582 8064
      3576 8047 3575 8045 3574 8045 3573 8042
      3572 8042
TIME...MOT...LOC 2053Z 306DEG 9KT 3567 8060

$$

JOH

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 24, 2:24 PM EDT, 1 hour 43 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 24, 2:24 PM EDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
224 PM EDT SUN JUN 24 2012

.SYNOPSIS...
AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL CROSS THE REGION AHEAD OF AN
APPROACHING COLD FRONT. THIS FRONT WILL MOVE SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE
CAROLINAS LATE MONDAY AND SETTLE SOUTH OF THE AREA ON TUESDAY.
DRY HIGH PRESSURE WILL THEN DOMINATE... KEEPING TROPICAL STORM
DEBBY TO THE SOUTH OF THE AREA AND ALLOWING TEMPERATURES TO STEADILY
WARMING TO WELL ABOVE NORMAL VALUES BY LATE WEEK.

&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH MONDAY/...
AT 1420 EDT SUNDAY...THE EAST COAST TROUGH PERSISTS INTO
MONDAY... WITH A RIDGE UPSTREAM OVER THE PLAINS. CONVECTION
ASSOCIATED WITH A WEAK UPPER IMPULSE IS EXPECTED TO FORM THIS
AFTERNOON...FIRST ON THE BLUE RIDGE...THEN SPREADING INTO THE
FOOTHILLS. MEANWHILE CONVECTION ASSOCIATED FIRING ALONG AND OLD
FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL LINGER NEAR OUT PIEDMONT COUNTIES.
INSTABILITY AND SHEAR ARE GREATER THAN IN PREVIOUS DAYS...AND SOME
ORGANIZATION OF CONVECTION IS POSSIBLE... WITH HAIL AND DAMAGING
WINDS RESULTING.

ACTIVITY WILL WANE BY MID EVENING WITH THE LOSS OF HEATING. FOG IS
EXPECTED AGAIN IN MOUNTAIN VALLEYS IN A MOIST AIR MASS...AND PERHAPS
TO THE EAST WHERE RAIN FALLS. MINIMUM TEMPERATURES WILL BE TYPICAL
FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR.

A WELL DEFINED SHORTWAVE DROPS INTO THE TROUGH ON MONDAY...WHILE AN
ASSOCIATED BACK DOOR FRONT MOVES SOUTH INTO THE CAROLINAS. THIS WILL
SUPPORT ANOTHER ROUND OF CONVECTION. MORE SHEAR IS AVAILABLE ON
SUNDAY THAN TODAY...BUT CAPE APPEARS TO BE A BIT MORE
LIMITED...ESPECIALLY IN THE WEST. MAXIMUMS TEMPERATURES WILL BE A
BIT ABOVE NORMAL.

&&

.SHORT TERM /MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
AS OF 215 PM SUNDAY...IT STILL LOOKS LIKE THE SHORT RANGE PERIOD
WILL BE DOMINATED BY A HIGHLY AMPLIFIED PATTERN CONSISTING OF AN
UPPER LOW OVER NEW ENGLAND AND A LARGE UPPER ANTICYCLONE OVER THE
PLAINS. THE RESULTING NNW FLOW ALOFT SHOULD DRIVE A COLD FRONT
SOUTHWARD THE REST OF THE WAY THROUGH THE CAROLINAS MONDAY
EVENING...SO A CHANCE POP WILL BE MAINTAINED INTO THE EVENING HOURS
UNTIL THE BOUNDARY IS SAFELY TO THE SOUTH. THE REST OF THE SHORT
RANGE IS RELATIVELY BENIGN WITH HIGH PRESSURE RIDGING DOWN FROM THE
GREAT LAKES TUESDAY AND THEN SETTLING OVER THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS
ON WEDNESDAY...WHICH SHOULD KEEP IT RELATIVELY COOL AND DRY. TEMPS
WILL ALSO DROP OFF SIGNIFICANTLY AND COULD BE BELOW NORMAL IN SOME
LOCATIONS...ESPECIALLY TUESDAY...BUT HAVE ELECTED NOT TO LOWER THEM
ANY MORE EVEN THOUGH THE MODEL TREND IS IN THAT DIRECTION. WILD
DIFFERENCES AMONG MODEL SOLUTIONS WITH REGARD TO DEBBY WILL CONTINUE
TO GIVE FORECASTERS FITS ALONG THE GULF COAST...BUT FOR NOW IT
APPEARS THAT THE AFFECT OVER THE WESTERN CAROLINAS WILL BE LIMITED
TO CIRRUS OUTFLOW ALOFT.

&&

.LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY/...
AS OF 1230 PM SUNDAY...AN INHERENT UNCERTAINTY CLOUDS THE MEDIUM
RANGE BECAUSE OF THE DIFFICULTY WITH FORECASTING THE FATE OF
DEBBY...EVEN THOUGH IT STILL APPEARS AS THOUGH THE WESTERN CAROLINAS
WILL REMAIN INSULATED FROM ANY AFFECTS FROM THE STORM. WE ARE STILL
FAIRLY CERTAIN THAT THE FIRST PART OF THE MEDIUM RANGE...THROUGH
THURSDAY NIGHT...WILL BE DRY AS WE MAINTAIN A NNW FLOW ALOFT BETWEEN
THE UPPER LOW ALONG THE NEW ENGLAND COAST AND CANADIAN MARITIMES AND
SOME SORT OF UPPER RIDGE OVER THE MIDDLE OF THE COUNTRY. AT LEAST
THAT IS OUR BEST SHOT RIGHT NOW. EVEN IF THE 00Z RUN OF THE ECMWF IS
RIGHT WITH THE TROPICAL REMNANT OVER THE ARKLATEX AT 12Z
FRIDAY...THERE WILL STILL BE SOME SORT OF RIDGE BETWEEN IT AND THE
NORTHEAST UPPER LOW...BASICALLY OVER OR JUST WEST OF THE CAROLINAS.
SO...THE PRECIP CHANCES WERE CUT BACK TO A SLIGHT CHANCE OVER THE
HIGHER TERRAIN FRIDAY AFTERNOON...WITH TEMPS WELL ABOVE NORMAL. THE
LATEST GUIDANCE FROM HPC KEEPS A FRONTAL BOUNDARY DRAPED E TO W WELL
TO OUR N FOR NEXT WEEKEND AND THUS WE WOULD REMAIN S OF THE MCS
TRACK. THUS...OUR BEST BET IS A RETURN TO CLIMO DIURNAL THUNDERSTORM
CHANCES WITH TEMPS COMING DOWN A FEW DEGREES...BUT STILL ABOVE
NORMAL.

&&

.AVIATION /19Z SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/...
AT KCLT...CONVECTION IS DEVELOPING THIS AFTERNOON NORTHWEST OF THE
FEILD...WITH A SHOWER JUST TO THE SE. THUNDER WITH NO RESTRICTION
WILL BE CARRIED IN A TEMPO. A CONSENSUS OF GUIDANCE IS NOT
SUPPORTIVE OF RESTRICTIONS OVERNIGHT. LIGHT SE WINDS WILL VEER TO
THE S TONIGHT AND THE SW BY MONDAY MORNING. ANOTHER ROUND OF
CONVECTION IE EXPECTED AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING FRONT ON MONDAY...BUT
CONFIDENCE ON TIMING IS TOO LOW TO CARRY CONVECTION WITH THIS
FORECAST PACKAGE.

ELSEWHERE...CONVECTION IS EXPECTED AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON...THIS TIME
WITH BETTER FORCING AND INSTABILITY. VCTS WILL BE CARRIED AT ALL
SITES FOR SEVERAL HOURS THIS AFTERNOON...WITH NO RESTRICTIONS.
CONVECTION WILL DIMINISH WITH THE LOSS OF HEATING THIS EVENING. SE
WINDS WILL VEER TO THE S TONIGHT...AND SW BY DAYBREAK. GUIDANCE IS
GRADUALLY BECOMING MORE SUPPORTIVE OF FOG...BUT NOT WITH ENOUGH
CONSENSUS IN SC. KAVL WILL FEATURE LOW END MVFR FOG BY
DAYBREAK...WITH THE ACKNOWLEDGMENT THAT IT COULD BE MUCH LOWER...AS
IT WAS THE LAST TWO MORNINGS. KHKY HAS MORE SUPPORT FOR MVFR VSBY
THAN IN RECENT DAYS...BUT WITHOUT A RECENT HISTORY OF FOG...WILL
WAIT TO SE IF RAIN FALLS THERE. MORE CONVECTION WILL PRECEDE A FRONT
ON MONDAY...BUT TIMING IS QUESTIONABLE TOWARD THE END OF THIS
FORECAST CYCLE.

OUTLOOK...AT LEAST SCATTERED DIURNAL CONVECTION WILL DEVELOP OVER
THE AREA AGAIN ON MONDAY...AS ANOTHER WEAK COLD FRONT DROPS INTO THE
AREA. MORNING FOG/STRATUS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE...MAINLY IN THE MTN
VALLEYS. A CONSIDERABLY DRIER AIR MASS IS EXPECTED TO BUILD INTO THE
AREA FOR TUESDAY AND REMAIN THROUGH AT LEAST THURSDAY.

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...PAT
NEAR TERM...JAT
SHORT TERM...PM
LONG TERM...PM
AVIATION...JAT
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 24, 5:20 AM EDT, 10 hours 47 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
520 AM EDT SUN JUN 24 2012

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065-
068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-251000-
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-
520 AM EDT SUN JUN 24 2012

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL
PRODUCE DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINFALL. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME STRONG TO
SEVERE...PRODUCING HAIL OF PENNY TO QUARTER SIZE...AS WELL AS
BRIEF BUT DAMAGING WIND GUSTS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

THE WARM AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS WILL REMAIN IN PLACE ACROSS THE
REGION MONDAY AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE NORTH. ANOTHER
ROUND OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP MONDAY
AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WITH SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS BECOMING
SEVERE.

.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, Jun 24, 2:31 PM EDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
231 PM EDT SUN JUN 24 2012

NCZ071-241915-
MECKLENBURG-
231 PM EDT SUN JUN 24 2012

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHERN MECKLENBURG COUNTY
THROUGH 315 PM EDT...

AT 230 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR PINEVILLE...OR 9 MILES SOUTH OF CENTER CITY
CHARLOTTE...MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
  PINEVILLE...
  SOUTHPARK MALL...

SMALL HAIL...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND TORRENTIAL RAIN ARE EXPECTED
WITH THIS STORM.

LAT...LON 3503 8077 3503 8080 3501 8083 3501 8086
      3511 8094 3509 8096 3508 8098 3525 8098
      3519 8068

JOH
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 2:36 PM EDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
236 PM EDT SUN JUN 24 2012

SCZ011-019-241915-
ABBEVILLE-GREENWOOD-
236 PM EDT SUN JUN 24 2012

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHEASTERN ABBEVILLE AND
SOUTHERN GREENWOOD COUNTIES THROUGH 315 PM EDT...

AT 235 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR CALLISON...OR 13 MILES SOUTH OF GREENWOOD...
MOVING NORTH AT 5 MPH.

SMALL HAIL...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND TORRENTIAL RAIN 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 3398 8205 3398 8216 3397 8219 3401 8224
      3398 8229 3400 8232 3406 8234 3405 8242
      3406 8242 3420 8234 3410 8191 3395 8204

JOH
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 2:41 PM EDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
241 PM EDT SUN JUN 24 2012

NCZ036-241930-
IREDELL-
241 PM EDT SUN JUN 24 2012

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL IREDELL COUNTY THROUGH
330 PM EDT...

AT 240 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF STATESVILLE...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
  STATESVILLE...

SMALL HAIL...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND TORRENTIAL RAIN ARE EXPECTED
WITH THIS STORM.

LAT...LON 3590 8070 3583 8071 3569 8076 3565 8079
      3579 8107 3594 8099

JOH
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 3:20 PM EDT, 47 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
320 PM EDT SUN JUN 24 2012

NCZ071-082-242000-
MECKLENBURG-UNION-
320 PM EDT SUN JUN 24 2012

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT NORTHERN UNION AND SOUTHERN
MECKLENBURG COUNTIES THROUGH 400 PM EDT...

AT 314 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM PINEVILLE TO INDIAN
TRAIL...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

THESE STORMS WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
  FAIRVIEW...
  UNIONVILLE...
  MONROE...

SMALL HAIL...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND TORRENTIAL RAIN ARE EXPECTED
WITH THESE STORMS.

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 3494 8079 3511 8094 3510 8095 3516 8101
      3517 8101 3518 8100 3519 8052 3496 8030
      3494 8030

JOH
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 3:32 PM EDT, 35 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
332 PM EDT SUN JUN 24 2012

NCZ036-057-242015-
IREDELL-ROWAN-
332 PM EDT SUN JUN 24 2012

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT CENTRAL IREDELL AND NORTHWESTERN
ROWAN COUNTIES THROUGH 415 PM EDT...

AT 329 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 3 MILES WEST OF
STATESVILLE TO 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF CLEVELAND...MOVING EAST AT 10
MPH.

THESE STORMS WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
  STATESVILLE...
  TROUTMAN...
  CLEVELAND...

SMALL HAIL...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND TORRENTIAL RAIN ARE EXPECTED
WITH THESE STORMS.

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 3584 8102 3583 8067 3566 8052 3569 8093

JOH
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 3:36 PM EDT, 31 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
336 PM EDT SUN JUN 24 2012

SCZ011-019-242015-
ABBEVILLE-GREENWOOD-
336 PM EDT SUN JUN 24 2012

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EASTERN ABBEVILLE AND
NORTHWESTERN GREENWOOD COUNTIES THROUGH 415 PM EDT...

AT 329 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF ABBEVILLE...MOVING NORTH AT
10 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
  COKESBURY...
  DUE WEST...

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

LAT...LON 3437 8249 3433 8216 3408 8226 3411 8246

JOH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 23, 8:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPTransylvania46 min
Jun 23, 9:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPUnion37 min
Jun 23, 10:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPUnion41 min
Jun 23, 11:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPGaston39 min
Jun 24, 2:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPMecklenburg44 min
Jun 24, 2:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPIredell49 min
Jun 24, 3:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPUnion40 min
Jun 24, 3:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPIredell43 min
Jun 24, 3:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPMecklenburg, Union49 min
Jun 24, 4:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPBurke49 min
Jun 24, 4:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPUnion42 min
Jun 24, 4:40 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPUnion96 min
Jun 24, 5:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPMacon57 min
Jun 24, 5:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPMecklenburg52 min
Jun 24, 5:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPBurke52 min
Jun 24, 5:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPCabarrus46 min
Jun 24, 6:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPCleveland41 min
Jun 24, 6:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPLincoln45 min
Jun 24, 7:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPGaston, Lincoln39 min
Jun 24, 7:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPBurke46 min
Jun 24, 7:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPGaston48 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.