Alert archive / South Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 290, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 1, 2012, 11:22 PM EDT for Anderson County, Greenville County, Laurens County, South Carolina. It was in force for 34 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
- Jul 1, 2012, 11:22 PM EDT (03:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 1, 2012, 11:56 PM EDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Anderson County, SC, Greenville County, SC, Laurens County, SC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 30 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:22 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 11:42 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Wnw Honea Path, SC | SEVERAL TREES DOWN ON AUSTIN ROAD. |
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 20 minutes after it went out.
Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 243 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
- 1719 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -116 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2371 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 4 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -18 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
131 WUUS52 KGSP 020322 SVRGSP SCC007-045-059-020415- /O.NEW.KGSP.SV.W.0290.120702T0322Z-120702T0415Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1122 PM EDT SUN JUL 1 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN ANDERSON COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA... SOUTHEASTERN GREENVILLE COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA... NORTHWESTERN LAURENS COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA... * UNTIL 1215 AM EDT * AT 1118 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 PIEDMONT...OR 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DOWNTOWN GREENVILLE...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR... WILLIAMSTON. 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. THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS ALSO PRODUCING FREQUENT AND INTENSE LIGHTNING. TURN OFF ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES. DO NOT USE CORDED TELEPHONES. DO NOT TAKE A BATH OR SHOWER. 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 3461 8212 3442 8243 3470 8265 3482 8244 TIME...MOT...LOC 0323Z 319DEG 14KT 3470 8248 $$ JOH
1 follow-up statement
601 WWUS52 KGSP 020356 SVSGSP SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1156 PM EDT SUN JUL 1 2012 SCC007-045-059-020406- /O.CAN.KGSP.SV.W.0290.000000T0000Z-120702T0415Z/ ANDERSON SC-LAURENS SC-GREENVILLE SC- 1156 PM EDT SUN JUL 1 2012 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN GREENVILLE... NORTHWESTERN LAURENS AND NORTHEASTERN ANDERSON COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LEVELS. HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. LAT...LON 3461 8212 3442 8243 3470 8265 3482 8244 TIME...MOT...LOC 0356Z 319DEG 14KT 3460 8238 $$ 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 Jul 1, 10:25 PM EDT, 57 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 1, 10:25 PM EDT, 57 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1025 PM EDT SUN JUL 1 2012 .SYNOPSIS... STRONG AND DEEP LAYERED HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE WELL ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES OVER THE COUPLE OF DAYS. SOME RELIEF WILL BEGIN BY MID WEEK...HOWEVER ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES WILL PERSIST INTO THE WEEKEND. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH MONDAY/... 0230 UTC UPDATE...POPS AND QPF HAVE BEEN INCREASED IN THE UPPER SAVANNAH RIVER VALLEY AND THE INTERSTATE 77 CORRIDOR IN SC BASED ON RADAR TRENDS. AT 10 PM EDT SUNDAY...AN ANOMALOUS UPPER TROUGH WAS LOCATED ALONG THE EAST COAST THIS EVENING...WHILE AN UPPER RIDGE WAS CENTERED OVER THE WESTERN PLAINS. OUR AREA REMAINS AN UNSTABLE AIR MASS...WITH SUBSTANTIAL CAPE OVER THE SW PORTION OF THE AREA WHERE THE LEAST CONVECTION HAS OCCURRED. WITH SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH WILL EXTENDED IN TIME ONE HOUR IN UPSTATE SC. THE NC COUNTIES WILL BE CLEARED FROM THE WATCH. RADAR SHOWS NEW CONVECTION DEVELOPING FORM THE GREAT SMOKE MOUNTAINS TO THE KGSP AREA...AND THIS IS LIKELY TO CONTINUE FOR SEVERAL HOURS. SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWS ANOTHER BAND OF CONVECTION IN THE OH RIVER VALLEY... THAT MAY SURVIVE TO CROSS THE APPALACHIANS. IT APPEARS THAT IF THIS SECOND ROUND OF ACTIVITY MAKES IT INTO OUR AREA...IT WOULD BE THE NORTHERN MOST PORTION OF OUR AREA IN NC. MINIMUM TEMPERATURES WILL BE ABOVE NORMAL UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF THE EASTERN EXTENSION OF THE UPPER RIDGE...BUT FORECAST VALUES HAVE BEEN LOWERED SEVERAL DEGREES EAST OF THE MOUNTAINS...AS RAINFALL HAS ALREADY LOWERED TEMPERATURES BELOW THE PREVIOUS FORECAST MINIMUMS. WITH THE RIDGE BREAKING DOWN SOMEWHAT...AND THE ASSOCIATED ENHANCED MCV POTENTIAL...NOT TO MENTION ANOTHER DAY OF VERY UNSTABLE AIR...COVERAGE OF CONVECTION SHOULD BE SLIGHTLY BETTER TOMORROW...ESP ACROSS THE NC ZONES. 30-40 POPS WILL BE CARRIED FOR MOST OF THE AREA. IT IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE AS HOT TOMORROW...DUE TO SLIGHTLY LOWER THICKNESS VALUES. ALTHOUGH HEAT ADVISORY CRITERIA MAY BE REACHED ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE PIEDMONT...IT DOESNT APPEAR AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH IS NECESSARY ATTM. && .SHORT TERM /MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... AS OF 225 PM SUNDAY...THE CENTER OF THE H590 RIDGE WILL REMAIN CENTERED OVER THE FL PANHANDLE TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. THE SHIFT IN THE RIDGE WILL PLACE THE FORECAST AREA IN WEAK NW FLOW ALOFT. THE NAM...GFS...AND ECMWF INDICATE THAT CONVECTION IS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE REGION DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING ON TUESDAY. FORECAST SOUNDINGS FROM THE GFS INDICATE THAT MID LEVEL TEMPS MAY WARM SLIGHTLY FROM TODAY AND MONDAY...RESULTING IN SHALLOWER LAPSE RATES. I WILL FORECAST CHC POPS OVER THE MTNS DURING THE EARLY AFTERNOON...THEN CHC POPS EXPANDING EAST OF THE MTNS DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. HIGHS ARE FORECAST TO REACH WELL INTO THE U90S EAST OF THE MTNS...BUT LIKELY BREAKING OUR CURRENT STREAK OF 100 OR GREATER. RECORD TEMPS MAY BE TIED OR BROKEN. ON INDEPENDENCE DAY...MODELS INDICATE THAT A MID LEVEL SHORT WAVE WILL RIPPLE TOWARD THE CWA DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THIS FEATURE WILL LIKELY STEEP LAPSE RATES AND PROVIDE SOME MID LEVEL SUPPORT. IN ADDITION...A LEE TROF SHOULD DEVELOP DURING THE AFTERNOON...AIDING IN LLVL MOISTURE CONVERGENCE. GIVEN THESE FEATURES AND DIURNAL INSTABILITY IT APPEARS THAT COVERAGE WILL BE A LITTLE GREATER ON THE 4TH. I WILL FORECAST 50 POPS OVER THE RIDGES AND 30S EAST. TEMPERATURES SHOULD RANGE FROM AROUND 90 WITHIN THE MTN VALLEYS TO MID TO U90S EAST...LIKELY SHORT OF RECORDS. && .LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY/... AS OF 100 PM SUNDAY...DECENT MODEL AGREEMENT AND CONFIDENCE IS HAD IN THE EXT RANGE FCST. THE 00Z ECMWF IS A BIT OF AN OUTLIER WITH A BROAD UPPER RIDGE DOMINATING THE SE CONUS WX...WHILE THE 12Z GFS/CMC ALLOW FOR MORE DEEP LAYERED MERIDIONAL FLOW AND THUS A MORE ACTIVE MCS TRACK SCENARIO THROUGH MUCH OF THE PERIOD. THERE WILL BE AMPLE LLVL MOISTURE SUPPLIED BY THE H85 HIGH FLOW RETURNING EAST OUT OF THE GULF AND A FAIRLY DEFINITIVE LEE SIDE TROF FOR A FOCUSING REGION OF MOISTURE AND AFTERNOON CONVECTION EACH AFTERNOON. ALONG WITH THE PROBABLE NOCTURNAL MCS ACTIVITY...THE EXT RANGE SHOULD BE A BIT ABOVE NORMAL CONVECTIVELY WITH STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS DEVELOPING EACH DAY. MODEL SOUNDINGS INDICATE A STAGNANT SFC-H5 AIRMASS ON THU AND PW/S AROUND 1.7 INCHES. NO LLVL JET WILL BE IN THE VICINITY...YET STILL THE THREAT MAY BE THERE FOR PERSISTENT HEAVY PRECIP AND LOCALIZED FLOODING. MAX TEMPS WILL STILL BE HOT AS THE LLVL FLOW MAINTAINS A COMPONENT OF DOWNSLOPE WARMING IN A GENERAL LARGE SCALE SUBSIDENCE PATTERN. MAX TEMPS SHOULD BE IN THE L/M90S NON/MTNS AND U80S MTN VALLEYS EACH DAY. MIN TEMPS WILL ALSO REMAIN A COUPLE CATS ABOVE NORMAL THROUGH THE PERIOD. && .AVIATION /03Z MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/... AT KCLT...CONVECTION WILL LEAVE THE AREA AND DEPART TO THE SOUTHEAST EARLY THIS EVENING. A CONSENSUS OF MODEL DATA IS NOT SUPPORTIVE OF MORNING FOG RESTRICTIONS WILL BE CARRIED AT THIS TIME. SCATTERED LOW CLOUDS WILL REMAIN IN THE AREA. THERE IS A CHANCE THAT CONVECTION IN THE OH VALLEY WILL ARRIVE LATE TONIGHT...BUT THAT CHANCE IS TOO LOW TO MENTION AT THIS TIME. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT FROM THE SOUTH TONIGHT...AND LIGHT FROM THE NORTH ON MONDAY. CONVECTIVE WILL NOT BE MENTIONED IN THE TAF DUE TO LOW CONFIDENCE IN COVERAGE AND TIMING. ELSEWHERE...CONVECTION WILL DIMINISH AND MOVE OFF TO THE SOUTHEAST THIS EVENING. THE BEST CHANCE FOR DAYBREAK FOG RESTRICTIONS WILL BE AT KAVL...WHERE GUIDANCE LENDS SUPPORT...AND KHKY...WHERE RAINFALL OCCURRED THIS AFTERNOON. SCATTERED LOW CLOUDS WILL PERSIST INTO MONDAY. CONVECTIVE WILL NOT BE MENTIONED IN THE TAFS DUE TO LOW CONFIDENCE IN COVERAGE AND TIMING. OUTLOOK...GRADUAL INCREASE IN AIR MASS MOISTURE AND CHANGES IN STEERING FLOW MAY RESULT IN AN INCREASE IN TSRA POTENTIAL THROUGH THE WEEK. 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 THAT WILL BE APPROACHED AND POSSIBLY EXCEEDED... AVL JULY 1ST 96 IN 1954 JULY 2ND 93 IN 1970 JULY 3RD 93 IN 1970 GSP JULY 1ST 99 IN 1970 JULY 2ND 101 IN 1954 JULY 3RD 99 IN 1931 JULY 4TH 100 IN 1993 CLT JULY 1ST 99 IN 1954 JULY 2ND 101 IN 1931 JULY 3RD 99 IN 1970 JULY 4TH 99 IN 1993 && .GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...SBK NEAR TERM...JAT/JDL SHORT TERM...NED LONG TERM...SBK AVIATION...JAT CLIMATE...
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 1, 2:15 PM EDT, 9 hours 7 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 215 PM EDT SUN JUL 1 2012 NCZ036-037-056-057-508-510-SCZ001>007-010-021815- IREDELL-DAVIE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-GREATER RUTHERFORD-EASTERN POLK- OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS- GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG- ANDERSON- 215 PM EDT SUN JUL 1 2012 ...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 445 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. HEAT ADVISORY. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. A MAJOR HEAT WAVE WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION INTO THE WORK WEEK. MOST LOCATIONS IN THE PIEDMONT AND FOOTHILLS SHOULD REACH OR EXCEED 100 DEGREES AGAIN ON MONDAY. THE HEAT INDEX WILL LIKELY REACH OR EXCEED 105 IN MANY LOCATIONS MONDAY AFTERNOON. THE HEAT WILL ABATE SOMEWHAT ON TUESDAY...AS A GRADUAL COOLING TREND IS EXPECTED DURING THE REST OF THE WEEK. .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-NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-501>506-021815- RABUN-HABERSHAM-AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE- GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA- HENDERSON-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-GREATER CALDWELL-BURKE MOUNTAINS- GREATER BURKE-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-EASTERN MCDOWELL- 215 PM EDT SUN JUL 1 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. A FEW OF THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE...WITH THE MAIN THREAT BEING DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. A FEW STORMS MAY PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AS WELL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. A MAJOR HEAT WAVE WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION INTO THE WORK WEEK. MOST LOCATIONS IN THE PIEDMONT AND FOOTHILLS SHOULD REACH OR EXCEED 100 DEGREES AGAIN ON MONDAY. THE HEAT INDEX WILL LIKELY REACH OR EXCEED 105 IN MANY LOCATIONS MONDAY AFTERNOON. THE HEAT WILL ABATE SOMEWHAT ON TUESDAY...AS A GRADUAL COOLING TREND IS EXPECTED DURING THE REST OF THE WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...TORNADOES OR FLASH FLOODING TO OUR OFFICE. GAZ018-026-028-021815- STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART- 215 PM EDT SUN JUL 1 2012 ...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...FIRE DANGER STATEMENT IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FIRE DANGER STATEMENT. HEAT ADVISORY. ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE NORTHEAST GEORGIA PIEDMONT THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. A FEW OF THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE...WITH THE MAIN THREAT BEING DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. A FEW STORMS MAY PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AS WELL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. A MAJOR HEAT WAVE WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION INTO THE WORK WEEK. MOST LOCATIONS IN THE PIEDMONT AND FOOTHILLS SHOULD REACH OR EXCEED 100 DEGREES AGAIN ON MONDAY. THE HEAT INDEX WILL LIKELY REACH OR EXCEED 105 IN MANY LOCATIONS MONDAY AFTERNOON. THE HEAT WILL ABATE SOMEWHAT ON TUESDAY...AS A GRADUAL COOLING TREND IS EXPECTED DURING THE REST OF THE WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...TORNADOES OR FLASH FLOODING TO OUR OFFICE. NCZ068>072-082-SCZ008-009-011>014-019-021815- CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC-CHEROKEE-YORK- ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- 215 PM EDT SUN JUL 1 2012 ...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 445 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. A MAJOR HEAT WAVE WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION INTO THE WORK WEEK. MOST LOCATIONS IN THE PIEDMONT AND FOOTHILLS SHOULD REACH OR EXCEED 100 DEGREES AGAIN ON MONDAY. THE HEAT INDEX WILL LIKELY REACH OR EXCEED 105 IN MANY LOCATIONS MONDAY AFTERNOON. THE HEAT WILL ABATE SOMEWHAT ON TUESDAY...AS A GRADUAL COOLING TREND IS EXPECTED DURING THE REST OF THE WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...TORNADOES OR FLASH FLOODING TO OUR OFFICE. NCZ507-509-021815- RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-POLK MOUNTAINS- 215 PM EDT SUN JUL 1 2012 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 445 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. A MAJOR HEAT WAVE WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION INTO THE WORK WEEK. MOST LOCATIONS IN THE PIEDMONT AND FOOTHILLS SHOULD REACH OR EXCEED 100 DEGREES AGAIN ON MONDAY. THE HEAT INDEX WILL LIKELY REACH OR EXCEED 105 IN MANY LOCATIONS MONDAY AFTERNOON. THE HEAT WILL ABATE SOMEWHAT ON TUESDAY...AS A GRADUAL COOLING TREND IS EXPECTED DURING THE REST OF THE WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...TORNADOES OR FLASH FLOODING TO OUR OFFICE. NCZ035-021815- ALEXANDER- 215 PM EDT SUN JUL 1 2012 ...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. HEAT ADVISORY. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. A FEW OF THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE...WITH THE MAIN THREAT BEING DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. A FEW STORMS MAY PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AS WELL. ALTHOUGH SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE POSSIBLE ANYWHERE...THE GREATEST THREAT IS EXPECTED OVER THE NORTH CAROLINA PIEDMONT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. A MAJOR HEAT WAVE WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION INTO THE WORK WEEK. MOST LOCATIONS IN THE PIEDMONT AND FOOTHILLS SHOULD REACH OR EXCEED 100 DEGREES AGAIN ON MONDAY. THE HEAT INDEX WILL LIKELY REACH OR EXCEED 105 IN MANY LOCATIONS MONDAY AFTERNOON. THE HEAT WILL ABATE SOMEWHAT ON TUESDAY...AS A GRADUAL COOLING TREND IS EXPECTED DURING THE REST OF THE WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...TORNADOES OR FLASH FLOODING TO OUR OFFICE. GAZ029-021815- ELBERT- 215 PM EDT SUN JUL 1 2012 ...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...FIRE DANGER STATEMENT IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING. FIRE DANGER STATEMENT. ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE NORTHEAST GEORGIA PIEDMONT THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. A FEW OF THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE...WITH THE MAIN THREAT BEING DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. A FEW STORMS MAY PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AS WELL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. A MAJOR HEAT WAVE WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION INTO THE WORK WEEK. MOST LOCATIONS IN THE PIEDMONT AND FOOTHILLS SHOULD REACH OR EXCEED 100 DEGREES AGAIN ON MONDAY. THE HEAT INDEX WILL LIKELY REACH OR EXCEED 105 IN MANY LOCATIONS MONDAY AFTERNOON. THE HEAT WILL ABATE SOMEWHAT ON TUESDAY...AS A GRADUAL COOLING TREND IS EXPECTED DURING THE REST OF THE WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...TORNADOES OR FLASH FLOODING TO OUR OFFICE.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jul 1, 9:16 PM EDT, 2 hours 6 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
916 PM EDT SUN JUL 01 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0915 PM HAIL TAYLORS 34.92N 82.31W
07/01/2012 E0.75 INCH GREENVILLE SC TRAINED SPOTTER
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JOHSpecial weather statement, Jul 1, 10:31 PM EDT, 51 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1031 PM EDT SUN JUL 1 2012 SCZ003-006-007-012-020315- GREATER GREENVILLE-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-LAURENS-SPARTANBURG- 1031 PM EDT SUN JUL 1 2012 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL SPARTANBURG...EASTERN GREENVILLE AND NORTHWESTERN LAURENS COUNTIES THROUGH 1115 PM EDT... AT 1030 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR LAKE ROBINSON...OR 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF DOWNTOWN GREENVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. PEOPLE IN CENTRAL SPARTANBURG...EASTERN GREENVILLE AND NORTHWESTERN LAURENS COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... LAKE ROBINSON...TAYLORS...GREER...GSP AIRPORT...PELHAM ROAD AT I-85...DUNCAN AND REIDVILLE... 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. 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 3495 8179 3457 8228 3498 8247 3512 8231 MOORE
Local storm report, Jul 1, 10:57 PM EDT, 25 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1057 PM EDT SUN JUL 01 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0450 PM HAIL NNE CLYDE 35.53N 82.91W
07/01/2012 M1.25 INCH HAYWOOD NC COCORAHS
PARTIALLY MELTED HAIL FOUND ON GROUND AT 2215 UTC.
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MOORELocal storm report, Jul 1, 11:06 PM EDT, 16 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1106 PM EDT SUN JUL 01 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1045 PM TSTM WND DMG 2 NE ROCK HILL 34.96N 81.00W
07/01/2012 YORK SC PUBLIC
TREES DOWN BETWEEN ROCK HILL AND FORT MILL
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MOORESpecial weather statement, Jul 1, 11:12 PM EDT, 10 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1112 PM EDT SUN JUL 1 2012
SCZ006-007-012-020400-
GREATER GREENVILLE-LAURENS-SPARTANBURG-
1112 PM EDT SUN JUL 1 2012
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EASTERN GREENVILLE...NORTHERN
LAURENS AND SOUTHERN SPARTANBURG COUNTIES THROUGH MIDNIGHT EDT...
AT 1110 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GSP AIRPORT...OR 13 MILES
EAST OF DOWNTOWN GREENVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
PEOPLE IN EASTERN GREENVILLE...NORTHERN LAURENS AND SOUTHERN
SPARTANBURG COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
GSP AIRPORT...DUNCAN...REIDVILLE...WOODRUFF AND ENOREE...
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 3490 8232 3500 8215 3469 8182 3465 8184
3452 8204
MOORESpecial weather statement, Jul 1, 11:20 PM EDT, 2 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1120 PM EDT SUN JUL 1 2012
NCZ071-082-020415-
MECKLENBURG-UNION-
1120 PM EDT SUN JUL 1 2012
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHERN MECKLENBURG AND UNION
COUNTIES THROUGH 1215 AM EDT...
AT 1118 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR MINERAL SPRINGS...OR 7 MILES WEST OF
MONROE...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
PEOPLE IN SOUTHERN MECKLENBURG AND UNION COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE
FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
MINERAL SPRINGS...MONROE...WINGATE...MARSHVILLE AND STURDIVANTS...
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 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM. A FEW TREE LIMBS OR POWER LINES MAY BE BROUGHT DOWN BY THESE
WIND GUSTS.
LAT...LON 3481 8031 3481 8032 3481 8065 3482 8080
3494 8079 3499 8083 3508 8084 3514 8028
MOOREThe office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 8:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Greenville, Pickens, Spartanburg | 54 min |
| Jul 1, 9:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Greenville, Laurens, Spartanburg | 65 min |
| Jul 1, 9:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Oconee, Pickens | 65 min |
| Jul 1, 9:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Anderson, Greenville | 62 min |
| Jul 1, 9:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Greenville | 40 min |
| Jul 1, 10:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Oconee, Pickens | 54 min |
| Jul 1, 10:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cherokee, Chester, Union, York | 56 min |
| Jul 1, 10:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Oconee, Pickens | 41 min |
| Jul 1, 10:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Greenville, Spartanburg | 44 min |
| Jul 1, 11:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Anderson, Greenville, Pickens | 39 min |
| Jul 1, 11:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Spartanburg | 48 min |
| Jul 1, 11:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Greenville, Laurens, Spartanburg, Union | 62 min |
| Jul 2, 4:20 AM EDT | Heat Advisory | GSP | Abbeville, Anderson, Cherokee, Chester, Greenwood, Laurens and 2 more | 11 hr |
| Jul 2, 5:34 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Laurens, Spartanburg, Union | 41 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.