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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 295, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

July 2, 20127 counties in North Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 2, 2012, 1:13 AM EDT for 7 counties in North Carolina. It was in force for 62 min. 3 reports 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, 1:13 AM EDT (05:13 UTC)
Expired
Jul 2, 2012, 2:15 AM EDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Alexander County, NC, Avery County, NC, Burke County, NC, Caldwell County, NC, McDowell County, NC, Mitchell County, NC, Yancey County, NC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:15 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
Jul 2, 1:49 AM EDTHAIL 0.75Morganton, NC
Jul 2, 1:53 AM EDTTSTM WND DMGGranite Falls, NCSEVERAL TREES DOWN IN THE GRACE CHAPPEL COMMUNITY. ALSO...NUMEROUS TREES DOWN ALL OVER THE COUNTY.
Jul 2, 1:58 AM EDTTSTM WND DMG3 Ssw Gamewell, NCTREE UPROOTED BY WIND ON ANTIOCH RD NEAR THE MORGANTON LENOIR AIRPORT.

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 2 storm reports to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 40 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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 2, 12:57 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC3 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 00:00Z, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 155 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 00:00Z on 2012-07-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 611 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 00:00Z on 2012-07-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 65 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
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

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The text

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

911 
WUUS52 KGSP 020513
SVRGSP
NCC003-011-023-027-111-121-199-020615-
/O.NEW.KGSP.SV.W.0295.120702T0513Z-120702T0615Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
113 AM EDT MON JUL 2 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  ALEXANDER COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...
  SOUTHEASTERN AVERY COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
  BURKE COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
  CALDWELL COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
  MCDOWELL COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
  SOUTHEASTERN MITCHELL COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
  SOUTHEASTERN YANCEY COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...

* UNTIL 215 AM EDT

* AT 111 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 FOSCOE TO 5 MILES WEST OF
  BUSICK...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
  BUSICK.
  GLOBE AND ASHFORD.
  LAKE JAMES...PATTERSON AND COLLETTSVILLE.
  MARION.
  KINGS CREEK...LENOIR...GLENWOOD AND GAMEWELL.
  MORGANTON.
  HUDSON AND DYSARTSVILLE.
  RUTHERFORD COLLEGE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE 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 3608 8142 3600 8132 3603 8125 3592 8101
      3578 8111 3583 8115 3580 8134 3557 8154
      3556 8165 3561 8175 3553 8189 3570 8229
      3573 8228 3575 8234 3612 8181 3613 8154
TIME...MOT...LOC 0513Z 299DEG 31KT 3614 8170 3578 8225

$$

07
3 follow-up statements
902 
WWUS52 KGSP 020535
SVSGSP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
135 AM EDT MON JUL 2 2012

NCC011-121-199-020545-
/O.CAN.KGSP.SV.W.0295.000000T0000Z-120702T0615Z/
AVERY NC-MITCHELL NC-YANCEY NC-
135 AM EDT MON JUL 2 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN YANCEY...
SOUTHEASTERN MITCHELL AND SOUTHEASTERN AVERY COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE LINE OF STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THIS 
AREA.

LAT...LON 3608 8142 3600 8132 3603 8125 3591 8102
      3578 8111 3583 8115 3580 8134 3557 8154
      3556 8165 3561 8175 3553 8190 3570 8229
      3572 8222 3577 8216 3597 8182 3596 8181
      3599 8179 3613 8155
TIME...MOT...LOC 0535Z 298DEG 31KT 3600 8132 3587 8169
          3564 8205

$$

NCC003-023-027-111-020615-
/O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0295.000000T0000Z-120702T0615Z/
ALEXANDER NC-MCDOWELL NC-CALDWELL NC-BURKE NC-
135 AM EDT MON JUL 2 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR BURKE...
CALDWELL...MCDOWELL AND ALEXANDER COUNTIES UNTIL 215 AM EDT...

AT 132 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 KINGS CREEK TO COLLETTSVILLE TO
MARION...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
  LENOIR AND GAMEWELL.
  GLENWOOD AND ELLENDALE.
  MORGANTON...HUDSON AND DYSARTSVILLE.
  LAKE RHODHISS...VALDESE...TAYLORSVILLE AND GRANITE FALLS.
  RUTHERFORD COLLEGE...LAKE HICKORY...CONNELLY SPRINGS AND BETHLEHEM.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE 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 3608 8142 3600 8132 3603 8125 3591 8102
      3578 8111 3583 8115 3580 8134 3557 8154
      3556 8165 3561 8175 3553 8190 3570 8229
      3572 8222 3577 8216 3597 8182 3596 8181
      3599 8179 3613 8155
TIME...MOT...LOC 0535Z 298DEG 31KT 3600 8132 3587 8169
          3564 8205

$$

07
727 
WWUS52 KGSP 020554
SVSGSP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
154 AM EDT MON JUL 2 2012

NCC003-023-027-111-020615-
/O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0295.000000T0000Z-120702T0615Z/
ALEXANDER NC-MCDOWELL NC-CALDWELL NC-BURKE NC-
154 AM EDT MON JUL 2 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN
BURKE...SOUTHEASTERN CALDWELL...SOUTHEASTERN MCDOWELL AND ALEXANDER
COUNTIES UNTIL 215 AM EDT...

AT 152 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 TAYLORSVILLE TO LAKE RHODHISS TO
DYSARTSVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
  LAKE HICKORY...ICARD AND BETHLEHEM.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE 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 3591 8102 3578 8111 3583 8115 3580 8134
      3557 8154 3556 8165 3559 8172 3561 8172
      3561 8175 3553 8191 3561 8208 3603 8125
TIME...MOT...LOC 0554Z 299DEG 33KT 3590 8112 3578 8150
          3555 8185

$$

07
524 
WWUS52 KGSP 020605
SVSGSP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
205 AM EDT MON JUL 2 2012

NCC003-023-027-111-020616-
/O.EXP.KGSP.SV.W.0295.000000T0000Z-120702T0615Z/
ALEXANDER NC-MCDOWELL NC-CALDWELL NC-BURKE NC-
205 AM EDT MON JUL 2 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN BURKE...SOUTHEASTERN
CALDWELL...SOUTHEASTERN MCDOWELL AND ALEXANDER COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE
AT 215 AM EDT...

THE LINE OF STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THIS
AREA.

LAT...LON 3591 8102 3578 8111 3583 8115 3580 8134
      3557 8154 3556 8165 3559 8172 3561 8172
      3561 8175 3553 8191 3561 8208 3603 8125
TIME...MOT...LOC 0606Z 299DEG 33KT 3584 8100 3573 8138
          3550 8173

$$

07

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, 2 hours 48 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 1, 10:25 PM EDT, 2 hours 48 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 2, 12:58 AM EDT, 15 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1258 AM EDT MON JUL 2 2012

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-082-509-
510-SCZ001>014-019-030500-
RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-
MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-
SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-UNION NC-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-
1258 AM EDT MON JUL 2 2012

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST OUT OF
TENNESSEE AND VIRGINIA AND ACROSS NORTH CAROLINA OVERNIGHT. THESE
STORMS COULD HOLD TOGETHER AND MOVE ACROSS UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA
AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA BEFORE DAYBREAK. WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WIND
GUSTS AND ISOLATED LARGE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE STORMS.

.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>037-056-057-068>072-501>508-030500-
ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-
MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-GREATER CALDWELL-
BURKE MOUNTAINS-GREATER BURKE-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-EASTERN MCDOWELL-
RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-GREATER RUTHERFORD-
1258 AM EDT MON JUL 2 2012

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 453 IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EDT EARLY THIS
MORNING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA AND
WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...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.

A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST OUT OF
TENNESSEE AND VIRGINIA AND ACROSS NORTH CAROLINA OVERNIGHT.
WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND ISOLATED LARGE HAIL ARE
POSSIBLE WITH THE STORMS.

.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, 11:42 PM EDT, 1 hour 31 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.

&&

MOORE
Local storm report, Jul 2, 12:20 AM EDT, 53 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

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Local storm report, Jul 2, 12:31 AM EDT, 42 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1231 AM EDT MON JUL 02 2012

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0655 PM     TSTM WND DMG     LAURENS                 34.50N 82.03W
07/01/2012                   LAURENS            SC   911 CALL CENTER

            REPORTS OF AT LEAST 5 TREES DOWN AROUND CITY OF LAURENS
            BEGINNING AROUND 7 PM. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.

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Local storm report, Jul 2, 12:47 AM EDT, 26 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1247 AM EDT MON JUL 02 2012

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0730 PM     TSTM WND DMG     1 SW HICKORY GROVE      34.97N 81.43W
07/01/2012                   YORK               SC   911 CALL CENTER

            NUMEROUS TREES DOWN IN WEST AND SOUTHWEST PART OF COUNTY.
            FIRST REPORT RECEIVED ON IRENE BRIDGE HWY AND SINGING
            WOOD LANE NEAR HICKORY GROVE.

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Local storm report, Jul 2, 12:52 AM EDT, 21 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1252 AM EDT MON JUL 02 2012

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0750 PM     TSTM WND DMG     4 SW SHARON             34.91N 81.39W
07/01/2012                   YORK               SC   911 CALL CENTER

            NUMEROUS TREES DOWN ACROSS AREA FROM SHARON TO BULLOCK
            CREEK. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR

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Local storm report, Jul 2, 1:05 AM EDT, 8 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
105 AM EDT MON JUL 02 2012

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0730 PM     TSTM WND DMG     4 SSE MONROE            34.93N 80.51W
07/01/2012                   UNION              NC   911 CALL CENTER

            TREES DOWN ON MACEDONIA CHURCH ROAD AND PAGELAND HWY.

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 1, 8:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPMecklenburg41 min
Jul 1, 8:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPCabarrus, Gaston, Lincoln, Mecklenburg34 min
Jul 1, 8:28 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPMecklenburg2 hr
Jul 1, 8:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPCabarrus49 min
Jul 1, 8:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPHenderson, Transylvania47 min
Jul 1, 9:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPMacon, Swain54 min
Jul 1, 9:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPJackson, Macon65 min
Jul 1, 10:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPJackson, Macon, Transylvania54 min
Jul 1, 10:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPJackson, Transylvania41 min
Jul 1, 11:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPBuncombe, Haywood, Madison65 min
Jul 1, 11:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPUnion55 min
Jul 1, 11:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPBuncombe, Haywood, Madison65 min
Jul 2, 12:19 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPGraham, Macon, Swain56 min
Jul 2, 12:21 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPGraham, Macon, Swain54 min
Jul 2, 12:27 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPAvery, Madison, Mitchell, Yancey63 min
Jul 2, 1:40 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPDavie, Iredell50 min
Jul 2, 1:56 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPCatawba49 min
Jul 2, 2:56 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPGraham49 min
Jul 2, 4:20 AM EDTHeat AdvisoryGSPCabarrus, Gaston, Mecklenburg, Union11 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.