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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 24, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

March 15, 2012Buncombe County, Madison County, Yancey County, North Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 15, 2012, 4:17 PM EDT for Buncombe County, Madison County, Yancey County, North Carolina. It was in force for 58 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
Mar 15, 2012, 4:17 PM EDT (20:17 UTC)
Expired
Mar 15, 2012, 5:15 PM EDT
In force
58 min
Issued by
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Buncombe County, NC, Madison County, NC, Yancey County, NC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:18 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 15, 4:30 PM EDTHAIL 0.754 Nw Barnardsville, NC

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

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, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 219 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 2012-03-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3 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 2012-03-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 0 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
3 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-130 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2031 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
0 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
29 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.

055 
WUUS52 KGSP 152017
SVRGSP
NCC021-115-199-152115-
/O.NEW.KGSP.SV.W.0024.120315T2017Z-120315T2115Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
417 PM EDT THU MAR 15 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN BUNCOMBE COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
  EAST CENTRAL MADISON COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
  SOUTHERN YANCEY COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...

* UNTIL 515 PM EDT

* AT 414 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
  MARS HILL...OR 9 MILES EAST OF MARSHALL...AND MOVING EAST AT 10
  MPH.

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 3591 8216 3582 8214 3570 8227 3570 8229
      3568 8229 3573 8264 3589 8253
TIME...MOT...LOC 2017Z 276DEG 10KT 3583 8251

$$

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1 follow-up statement
494 
WWUS52 KGSP 152037
SVSGSP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
437 PM EDT THU MAR 15 2012

NCC021-115-199-152115-
/O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0024.000000T0000Z-120315T2115Z/
BUNCOMBE NC-MADISON NC-YANCEY NC-
437 PM EDT THU MAR 15 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN
YANCEY...EAST CENTRAL MADISON AND NORTHEASTERN BUNCOMBE COUNTIES
UNTIL 515 PM EDT...

AT 432 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
BARNARDSVILLE...OR 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BURNSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT
10 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EAST
CENTRAL MADISON...NORTHEASTERN BUNCOMBE AND SOUTHERN YANCEY
COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOUNT MITCHELL STATE
PARK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 3582 8214 3570 8227 3570 8229 3569 8229
      3568 8230 3580 8254 3585 8256 3591 8216
TIME...MOT...LOC 2037Z 276DEG 10KT 3582 8244

$$

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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 Mar 15, 2:43 PM EDT, 1 hour 34 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 15, 2:43 PM EDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
243 PM EDT THU MAR 15 2012

.SYNOPSIS...
HIGH PRESSURE WILL PERSIST OVER THE SOUTHEAST THROUGH FRIDAY...BUT
WITH A WEAK DISTURBANCE PASSING OVERHEAD ON FRIDAY. A BACKDOOR COLD
FRONT WILL MOVE SOUTHWARD THROUGH THE MID ATLANTIC REGION ON
SATURDAY AND MOVE SOUTH OF THE FORECAST AREA EARLY SUNDAY. STRONG
HIGH PRESSURE WILL THEN RETURN TO THE REGION THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF
NEXT WEEK.

&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH FRIDAY/...
AS OF 150 PM...SCATTERED CONVECTION CONTINUES TO FIRED OVER THE
HIGHER TERRAIN IN MODERATELY UNSTABLE AIR MASS. DESPITE LOWER (MID
40S) DEWPOINTS OVER THE FOOTHILLS...THE COLD POOL ASSOCIATED WITH
EARLIER NORTHERN NC MTN CONVECTION CONTINUES TO PROMOTE NEW CELL
GROWTH OVER THE EASTERN FOOTHILLS/FAR WESTERN PIEDMONT. THE VERY DRY
SUB-CLOUD LAYER SHOULD CREATE A FAVORABLE ENVIRONMENT FOR ISOLATED
MICROBURSTS...WHILE LOW FREEZING LEVELS PROMOTE A LARGE HAIL THREAT.

COVERAGE OF CONVECTION SHOULD GRADUALLY DIMINISH THIS EVENING.
HOWEVER...PLUME OF DEEP LAYER MOISTURE SHOULD SUPPORT ISOLATED
SHOWERS AND A FEW STORMS THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT. WE WILL ACTUALLY
ADVERTISE CHANCE POPS ACROSS THE FAR WESTERN ZONES...AS WESTERLY
FLOW MAY BRING CONVECTION DEVELOPING OVER THE TENN VALLEY WITHIN
DEEPER MOISTURE PLUME/INSTABILITY AXIS AND BETTER FLOW REGIME INTO
THE NC MTNS OVERNIGHT. INCREASING MID CLOUDS AND DEWPOINTS...WILL
RESULT IN A VERY WARM NIGHT...ALMOST 20 DEGREES ABOVE CLIMO.

THIS SUMMER-LIKE PATTERN WILL CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY. IN FACT...WITH
THE DEEP MOISTURE PLUME MAKING ITS WAY INTO OUR AREA AND HIGHER
DEWPOINTS EXPECTED...COVERAGE OF CONVECTION WILL LIKELY BE HIGHER
THAN TODAY. IN ADDITION TO THE TYPICAL FAVORED AREAS OF THE HIGHER
TERRAIN...THE LEE TROUGH IS EXPECTED TO BE MORE ACTIVE ON FRIDAY AS
WELL. SOLID CHANCE TO LIKELY POPS WILL BE CARRIED AREA-WIDE. ANOTHER
VERY WARM DAY IS EXPECTED...ALTHOUGH MORE CLOUDS AND CONVECTION
SHOULD KEEP CONDITIONS A LITTLE COOLER THAN TODAY.

&&

.SHORT TERM /FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY/...
AS OF 215 PM THURSDAY...WITH WEAK ENVIRONMENTAL SHEAR AND LLVL
DOWNSLOPE FLOW...CONVECTION SHOULD DIMINISH FRIDAY EVENING EVEN WITH
A MOIST AIRMASS. ON SATURDAY THE ECMWF HAS MORE RIDING ALOFT WHILE
THE GFS BRINGS A SERIES OF WEAK SHORT WAVES ACROSS THE REGION.
HOWEVER...IT APPEARS TO BE SUFFERING FROM CONVECTIVE FEEDBACK...AND
THE WEAKER EC AND NAM WERE PREFERRED IN HPC/S MODEL DIAGNOSTIC
DISCUSSION. STILL...LIGHT NELY UPSLOPE FLOW WILL DEVELOP DURING THE
DAY AS A WEAK BACK DOOR COLD FRONT WORKS IT/S WAY ACROSS THE NC
ZONES. PROBABLY THE BIGGEST QUESTION IN THE SAT/SUN TIME FRAME IS
JUST HOW STRONG THAT BACK DOOR COLD FRONT WILL BE. WITH THE WEAK
UPPER FORCING AND THE ROLE THAT CONVECTIVE OUTFLOW WILL PLAY IN
PUSHING IT SOUTH...IT/S DIFFICULT TO KNOW. HOWEVER...WITH UPSLOPE
INCREASING DURING THE DAY...THERE WILL BE A GOOD CHANCE OF SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS...ESPECIALLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING
HOURS. TEMPS WILL BE A LITTLE COOLER OVER THE NORTH...BUT MAY ONCE
AGAIN HIT 80 OR HIGHER ACROSS THE UPSTATE...NE GA AND THE SRN NC
PIEDMONT.

THE FRONT SHOULD WORK ACROSS MOST OF THE REGION SAT NIGHT...WITH A
LIGHT E TO SE BNDRY LAYER FLOW SUNDAY MORNING. THIS MAY RESULT IN
QUITE A BIT OF STRATUS OR FOG...DEPENDING UPON HOW MUCH RAIN FALLS
THE DAY BEFORE. I DON/T HAVE THIS IN THE GRIDS YET...BUT IT/S
SOMETHING TO KEEP IN MIND. THE AIRMASS MAY DRY OUT A
LITTLE...ESPECIALLY OVER THE NC ZONES. THE ECMWF IS NOT AS
PROGRESSIVE AND HAD THE BEST LLVL CONVERGENCE AND HIGHEST CAPE OVER
WRN NC. THE GFS KEEPS THE GREATER INSTABILITY AND CONVERGENCE DOWN
OVER THE UPSTATE...NE GA AND THE SW NC MTNS. OVERALL THE AIRMASS
SHOULD BE A LITTLE MORE STABLE...AND THE GREATEST CONVECTIVE
COVERAGE IS EXPECTED TO BE CONFINED TO THE MTNS AND IMMEDIATE
FOOTHILLS. CONFIDENCE IS NOT HIGH IN TIS SOLUTION...HOWEVER...AND
EVEN AREAS WITH LOW POPS IN THIS PACKAGE MAY END UP SEEING A SHRA OR
TSTM ON SUNDAY. AT LEAST MAX TEMPS WILL BE A LITTLE LOWER...ONLY
AVERAGING ABOUT 15 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL.

&&

.LONG TERM /SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY/...
AS OF 240 PM THURSDAY...THE UPPER RIDGE BUILDS ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST
SUNDAY NIGHT AS A SHORTWAVE PASSES OVER THE EASTERN OHIO VALLEY
MOVING EAST.  CONVECTION DECREASES GOING INTO THE NIGHT SUNDAY
NIGHT.  SOME SHOWERS AND A STORM OR TWO WILL OCCUR MAINLY OVER THE
SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS MONDAY AFTERNOON AS LINGERING
MOISTURE UNDER THE CENTER OF THE RIDGE COMBINES WITH CAPE VALUES
AROUND A 1000.  THE MEDIUM RANGE MODELS VARY AS TO THE SOLUTION IN
THE FINAL DAYS OF THE FORECAST.  BOTH THE GFS AND ECMWF HAVE A CUT
OFF UPPER LOW IN THE VICINITY OF OKLAHOMA AT 00Z THURSDAY.  THE
ECMWF KEEPS THE CUT OFF LOW AS CLOSED AND LOCATED NEAR ARKANSAS
THURSDAY NIGHT WHILE THE GFS BEGINS TO OPEN UP THE LOW AND MOVE IT
TOWARD IOWA.  REMAINS UNCERTAIN ABOUT RAIN LATE IN THE WEEK.
HOWEVER...SEEMS BASED ON LIGHT WIND CONVERGENCE IN MID WEEK NEAR THE
SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS A FEW SHOWERS AND MAYBE A STORM WILL AFFECT THAT
AREA.  HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN AROUND 10 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL
NEXT WEEK.

&&

.AVIATION /19Z THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/...
AT KCLT/KHKY/KAVL...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED CONVECTION HAS DEVELOPED
OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN THIS AFTERNOON. THE ACTIVITY MOVING OUT OF
THE NORTHERN MTNS TOWARD KHKY IS SHOWING SIGNS OF WEAKENING...BUT IS
EXPECTED TO HOLD TOGETHER LONG ENOUGH TO PRODUCE SOME THUNDER AND
GUSTY WINDS BETWEEN 19Z AND 20Z. BY 20Z...CB SHOULD BE SEEN AROUND
KCLT AS CONVECTION CONTINUES TO MOVE OFF THE HIGHER TERRAIN...AND
ADDITIONAL CELLS POP UP IN THE VICINITY OF THE LEE TROUGH. COVERAGE
OF CONVECTION WILL DECREASE THIS EVENING...BUT ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
MAYBE A TS WILL PERSIST OVERNIGHT. ANY AREAS THAT DO SEE A SHOWER OR
STORM WILL SEE A BRIEF PERIOD OF RESTRICTIONS...AND TEMPOS HAVE BEEN
INCLUDED FOR MVFR AT KAVL/KHKY. OTHERWISE...LIGHT SOUTH WINDS WILL
PERSIST WHILE MID AND HIGH LEVEL CLOUDS INCREASE TONIGHT.

ELSEWHERE...ISOLATED CONVECTION IS FIRING OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF
SC AND GA...BUT DEWPOINTS HAVE DECREASED INTO THE MID 40S ACROSS THE
UPSTATE PIEDMONT...WHICH IS UNDERCUTTING THE AMOUNT OF INSTABILITY
PRESENT. THEREFORE...AM BANKING ON HIGH TERRAIN CONVECTION FIZZLING
WELL BEFORE IT REACHES THE TERMINALS...AND HAVE OPTED TO EXCLUDE A
CB ATTM. LIGHT SOUTH OR SW WINDS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE PERIOD
WHILE MID AND HIGH LEVEL CLOUDS INCREASE TONIGHT.

OUTLOOK...VERY LITTLE CHANGE IN THE OVERALL PATTERN IS EXPECTED
THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK. THEREFORE...A SUMMER-LIKE CYCLE
OF AFTERNOON/EVENING SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL PERSIST...WITH POCKETS
OF MORNING FOG/STRATUS POSSIBLE IN AREAS THAT SEE SIGNIFICANT
RAINFALL.

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

&&

.CLIMATE...
RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES FOR MARCH 15...

AVL 81 1967
CLT 86 1967
GSP 88 1967

RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES FOR MARCH 16...

AVL 81 1945
CLT 83 1945
GSP 82 2002

RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES FOR MARCH 17...

AVL 85 1945
CLT 90 1945
GSP 85 1945

&&

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

&&

SYNOPSIS...DEO
NEAR TERM...JDL
SHORT TERM...MCAVOY
LONG TERM...DEO
AVIATION...JDL
CLIMATE...
Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 15, 3:54 PM EDT, 23 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
354 PM EDT THU MAR 15 2012

GAZ010-017-NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-501-503-505-162000-
RABUN-HABERSHAM-AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-
GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-
HENDERSON-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-BURKE MOUNTAINS-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-
354 PM EDT THU MAR 15 2012

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER
THE MOUNTAINS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A FEW OF THESE STORMS MAY
BECOME SEVERE...WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS BEING THE MAIN
THREATS. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF LARGE
HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...OR FLASH FLOODING TO OUR OFFICE.

GAZ018-026-028-029-NCZ035>037-056-057-068>072-082-502-504-506>510-
SCZ001>014-019-162000-
STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-
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-
354 PM EDT THU MAR 15 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.

ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE PIEDMONT
AND FOOTHILLS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ALTHOUGH THE MAIN THREATS WILL
BE FROM CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINFALL...SOME STORMS MAY PRODUCE A BRIEF PERIOD OF LARGE HAIL
AND DAMAGING WINDS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF LARGE
HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...OR FLASH FLOODING TO OUR OFFICE.

JPT

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Mar 15, 1:55 PM EDT, 2 hours 22 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
155 PM EDT THU MAR 15 2012

NCZ064-065-SCZ002-003-006-151845-
GREATER GREENVILLE-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-HENDERSON-PICKENS
MOUNTAINS-TRANSYLVANIA-
155 PM EDT THU MAR 15 2012

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EASTERN TRANSYLVANIA...
NORTHEASTERN PICKENS...NORTHWESTERN GREENVILLE AND SOUTHERN HENDERSON
COUNTIES THROUGH 245 PM EDT...

AT 150 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR JONES GAP STATE PARK...OR 12 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF BREVARD...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  MARIETTA...
  TIGERVILLE...

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

LAT...LON 3516 8229 3493 8239 3506 8272 3523 8265

ARK!
Special weather statement, Mar 15, 2:05 PM EDT, 2 hours 12 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
205 PM EDT THU MAR 15 2012

NCZ505-506-508-151845-
EASTERN MCDOWELL-GREATER RUTHERFORD-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-
205 PM EDT THU MAR 15 2012

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT MCDOWELL AND NORTHERN RUTHERFORD
COUNTIES THROUGH 245 PM EDT...

AT 201 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES WEST OF MARION...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15
MPH.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  MARION...
  GLENWOOD...
  THERMAL CITY...

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

LAT...LON 3580 8206 3562 8183 3559 8183 3558 8181
      3559 8179 3557 8180 3545 8202 3568 8222

ARK
Special weather statement, Mar 15, 2:41 PM EDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
241 PM EDT THU MAR 15 2012

NCZ056-069-151930-
CATAWBA-LINCOLN-
241 PM EDT THU MAR 15 2012

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CATAWBA AND CENTRAL LINCOLN
COUNTIES THROUGH 330 PM EDT...

AT 237 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES WEST OF NEWTON...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  CONOVER...
  NEWTON...
  CLAREMONT...
  MAIDEN...
  BOGER CITY...

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

LAT...LON 3570 8099 3564 8095 3542 8121 3561 8140
      3577 8133

ARK
Special weather statement, Mar 15, 2:44 PM EDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
244 PM EDT THU MAR 15 2012

NCZ052-053-151930-
BUNCOMBE-HAYWOOD-
244 PM EDT THU MAR 15 2012

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHERN HAYWOOD AND WESTERN
BUNCOMBE COUNTIES THROUGH 330 PM EDT...

AT 240 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF COVE CREEK...OR 12 MILES
NORTH OF WAYNESVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  LAKE JUNALUSKA...
  CANTON...

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

LAT...LON 3573 8291 3568 8289 3570 8285 3569 8282
      3570 8277 3569 8270 3545 8281 3560 8317
      3577 8309

ARK
Special weather statement, Mar 15, 3:11 PM EDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
311 PM EDT THU MAR 15 2012

GAZ010-SCZ001-152000-
OCONEE MOUNTAINS-RABUN-
311 PM EDT THU MAR 15 2012

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL RABUN AND WESTERN OCONEE
COUNTIES THROUGH 400 PM EDT...

AT 310 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR LAKEMONT...OR 5 MILES SOUTH OF CLAYTON...
MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  LONG CREEK...

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

LAT...LON 3491 8347 3488 8311 3464 8317 3468 8334
      3471 8335 3474 8339 3473 8341 3475 8343
      3472 8348 3474 8352

ARK
Special weather statement, Mar 15, 3:14 PM EDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
314 PM EDT THU MAR 15 2012

NCZ053-065-152000-
BUNCOMBE-HENDERSON-
314 PM EDT THU MAR 15 2012

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL BUNCOMBE AND NORTHERN
HENDERSON COUNTIES THROUGH 400 PM EDT...

AT 310 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR I-26 AT I-40...OR 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
DOWNTOWN ASHEVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  DOWNTOWN ASHEVILLE...
  BILTMORE FOREST...
  ASHEVILLE MALL...
  FAIRVIEW...

PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.

LAT...LON 3565 8229 3538 8238 3549 8272 3563 8266

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 15, 9:27 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPSwain48 min
Mar 15, 11:35 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPAvery25 min
Mar 15, 11:36 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPMcDowell24 min
Mar 15, 12:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPAvery41 min
Mar 15, 12:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPMcDowell43 min
Mar 15, 12:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPBurke, McDowell, Mitchell65 min
Mar 15, 1:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPCaldwell47 min
Mar 15, 1:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPBurke, Caldwell46 min
Mar 15, 2:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPMcDowell40 min
Mar 15, 2:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPCatawba, Lincoln49 min
Mar 15, 2:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPHaywood46 min
Mar 15, 3:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPBuncombe46 min
Mar 15, 3:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPBuncombe, Madison59 min
Mar 15, 4:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPHenderson63 min
Mar 15, 4:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPHenderson, Transylvania65 min
Mar 15, 4:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPAvery, Mitchell39 min
Mar 15, 4:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPBuncombe, Madison46 min
Mar 15, 5:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPSwain42 min
Mar 15, 5:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPMadison41 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.