Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 294, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 2, 2012, 12:27 AM EDT for 4 counties in North Carolina. It was in force for 63 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 2, 2012, 12:27 AM EDT (04:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 2, 2012, 1:30 AM EDT
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Avery County, NC, Madison County, NC, Mitchell County, NC, Yancey County, NC
The radar
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:27 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 2, 12:55 AM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Burnsville, NC | TREES DOWN |
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 28 minutes after it went out.
Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 00:00Z, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 216 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
- 611 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -137 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2544 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 65 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 95 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
558
WUUS52 KGSP 020427
SVRGSP
NCC011-115-121-199-020530-
/O.NEW.KGSP.SV.W.0294.120702T0427Z-120702T0530Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1227 AM EDT MON JUL 2 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
AVERY COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
MADISON COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
MITCHELL COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
YANCEY COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 130 AM EDT
* AT 1223 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE
LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES EAST OF HAMPTON TO 8
MILES NORTHWEST OF HOT SPRINGS...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
HOT SPRINGS.
BULADEAN.
RAMSEYTOWN.
BANNER ELK.
BAKERSVILLE.
NEWLAND AND MARS HILL.
LINVILLE AND BURNSVILLE.
MICAVILLE AND INGALLS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
LARGE HAIL CAN CAUSE MAJOR PROPERTY DAMAGE...ESPECIALLY TO VEHICLES.
DAMAGING WINDS MAY BLOW DOWN SCATTERED TREES AND POWER LINES. SEEK
SHELTER INSIDE AN INTERIOR ROOM.
TO REPORT DAMAGING WINDS...HAIL...OR FLOODING THROUGH OUR AUTOMATED
REPORTING SYSTEM...CALL TOLL FREE...1 8 7 7...6 3 3...6 7 7 2.
&&
LAT...LON 3621 8190 3607 8173 3596 8181 3600 8190
3589 8198 3583 8213 3570 8226 3582 8236
3577 8260 3592 8292 3596 8288 3593 8281
3599 8279 3607 8264 3597 8260 3596 8256
3610 8239 3617 8222 3611 8208 3629 8192
TIME...MOT...LOC 0427Z 300DEG 26KT 3632 8199 3595 8292
$$
072 follow-up statements
532
WWUS52 KGSP 020453
SVSGSP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1253 AM EDT MON JUL 2 2012
NCC011-115-121-199-020530-
/O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0294.000000T0000Z-120702T0530Z/
AVERY NC-MADISON NC-MITCHELL NC-YANCEY NC-
1253 AM EDT MON JUL 2 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR YANCEY...
MITCHELL...MADISON AND AVERY COUNTIES UNTIL 130 AM EDT...
AT 1247 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE
LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM ROMINGER TO HOT SPRINGS...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
BANNER ELK.
NEWLAND...MARS HILL AND BAKERSVILLE.
LINVILLE AND BURNSVILLE.
MICAVILLE AND INGALLS.
SPRUCE PINE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
LARGE HAIL CAN CAUSE MAJOR PROPERTY DAMAGE...ESPECIALLY TO VEHICLES.
DAMAGING WINDS MAY BLOW DOWN SCATTERED TREES AND POWER LINES. SEEK
SHELTER INSIDE AN INTERIOR ROOM.
TO REPORT DAMAGING WINDS...HAIL...OR FLOODING THROUGH OUR AUTOMATED
REPORTING SYSTEM...CALL TOLL FREE...1 8 7 7...6 3 3...6 7 7 2.
&&
LAT...LON 3621 8190 3607 8173 3596 8181 3600 8190
3589 8198 3583 8213 3570 8226 3582 8236
3577 8260 3592 8292 3596 8288 3593 8281
3599 8279 3607 8264 3597 8260 3596 8256
3610 8239 3617 8222 3611 8208 3629 8192
TIME...MOT...LOC 0453Z 300DEG 26KT 3622 8179 3586 8272
$$
07114
WWUS52 KGSP 020508
SVSGSP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
108 AM EDT MON JUL 2 2012
NCC115-020518-
/O.CAN.KGSP.SV.W.0294.000000T0000Z-120702T0530Z/
MADISON NC-
108 AM EDT MON JUL 2 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR MADISON COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE LINE OF STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF**!
THIS AREA.
LAT...LON 3621 8190 3606 8174 3596 8181 3600 8190
3595 8196 3593 8195 3589 8199 3583 8213
3570 8226 3582 8236 3581 8241 3587 8243
3616 8220 3613 8213 3611 8212 3613 8204
3628 8193
TIME...MOT...LOC 0508Z 300DEG 26KT 3612 8180 3581 8235
$$
NCC011-121-199-020530-
/O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0294.000000T0000Z-120702T0530Z/
AVERY NC-MITCHELL NC-YANCEY NC-
108 AM EDT MON JUL 2 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR YANCEY...
MITCHELL AND AVERY COUNTIES UNTIL 130 AM EDT...
AT 103 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE
LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM SEVEN DEVILS TO BARNARDSVILLE...
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
SPRUCE PINE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
LARGE HAIL CAN CAUSE MAJOR PROPERTY DAMAGE...ESPECIALLY TO VEHICLES.
DAMAGING WINDS MAY BLOW DOWN SCATTERED TREES AND POWER LINES. SEEK
SHELTER INSIDE AN INTERIOR ROOM.
TO REPORT DAMAGING WINDS...HAIL...OR FLOODING THROUGH OUR AUTOMATED
REPORTING SYSTEM...CALL TOLL FREE...1 8 7 7...6 3 3...6 7 7 2.
&&
LAT...LON 3621 8190 3606 8174 3596 8181 3600 8190
3595 8196 3593 8195 3589 8199 3583 8213
3570 8226 3582 8236 3581 8241 3587 8243
3616 8220 3613 8213 3611 8212 3613 8204
3628 8193
TIME...MOT...LOC 0508Z 300DEG 26KT 3612 8180 3581 8235
$$
07What 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, 2 hours 2 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 1, 10:25 PM EDT, 2 hours 2 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, 10 hours 12 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
Special weather statement, Jul 1, 11:12 PM EDT, 1 hour 15 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, 1 hour 7 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
MOORELocal storm report, Jul 1, 11:27 PM EDT, 1 hour before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1127 PM EDT SUN JUL 01 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0920 PM TSTM WND DMG 2 ENE MAULDIN 34.80N 82.27W
07/01/2012 GREENVILLE SC PUBLIC
NUMEROUS REPORTS OF TREES DOWN BETWEEN FIVE
FORKS...MAULDIN...AND SIMPSONVILLE.
&&
MOORESpecial weather statement, Jul 1, 11:35 PM EDT, 52 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1135 PM EDT SUN JUL 1 2012
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-SCZ001-004-020430-
ELBERT-FRANKLIN-GREATER OCONEE-HABERSHAM-HART-OCONEE
MOUNTAINS-RABUN-STEPHENS-
1135 PM EDT SUN JUL 1 2012
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT FRANKLIN...HABERSHAM...RABUN...
STEPHENS...WESTERN ELBERT...WESTERN HART AND WESTERN OCONEE COUNTIES
THROUGH 1230 AM EDT...
AT 1131 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM MOCCASIN CREEK STATE
PARK TO SANDY CREEK RECREATION AREA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
THESE STORMS WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
CLAYTON...
LAKE RABUN...
TALLULAH FALLS...
LONG CREEK...
CARNESVILLE...
EASTANOLEE...
SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE
STORMS.
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 8286 3405 8299 3417 8311 3423 8308
3426 8313 3423 8317 3426 8331 3422 8335
3446 8340 3449 8354 3444 8363 3451 8367
3454 8362 3465 8367 3476 8363 3481 8368
3489 8366 3500 8355 3500 8320 3397 8279
JOHLocal storm report, Jul 1, 11:42 PM EDT, 45 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1142 PM EDT SUN JUL 01 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0551 PM TSTM WND DMG MILL SPRING 35.30N 82.16W
07/01/2012 POLK NC 911 CALL CENTER
TREES DOWN IN MILL SPRING AND SUNNYVIEW AREAS.
&&
MOORELocal storm report, Jul 2, 12:20 AM EDT, 7 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1220 AM EDT MON JUL 02 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0610 PM HAIL 1 SE OLD FORT 35.62N 82.16W
07/01/2012 E1.50 INCH MCDOWELL NC 911 CALL CENTER
HAIL NOT QUITE UP TO GOLF BALL SIZED
&&
MOOREThe office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 8:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Mecklenburg | 41 min |
| Jul 1, 8:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Gaston, Lincoln, Mecklenburg | 34 min |
| Jul 1, 8:28 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Mecklenburg | 2 hr |
| Jul 1, 8:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cabarrus | 49 min |
| Jul 1, 8:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Henderson, Transylvania | 47 min |
| Jul 1, 9:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Macon, Swain | 54 min |
| Jul 1, 9:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Jackson, Macon | 65 min |
| Jul 1, 10:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Jackson, Macon, Transylvania | 54 min |
| Jul 1, 10:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Jackson, Transylvania | 41 min |
| Jul 1, 11:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Buncombe, Haywood, Madison | 65 min |
| Jul 1, 11:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Union | 55 min |
| Jul 1, 11:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Buncombe, Haywood, Madison | 65 min |
| Jul 2, 12:19 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Graham, Macon, Swain | 56 min |
| Jul 2, 12:21 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Graham, Macon, Swain | 54 min |
| Jul 2, 1:13 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Alexander, Avery, Burke, Caldwell, McDowell, Mitchell and 1 more | 62 min |
| Jul 2, 1:40 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Davie, Iredell | 50 min |
| Jul 2, 1:56 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Catawba | 49 min |
| Jul 2, 2:56 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Graham | 49 min |
| Jul 2, 4:20 AM EDT | Heat Advisory | GSP | Cabarrus, Gaston, Mecklenburg, Union | 11 hr |
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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.