Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 295, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 1:49 AM EDT | HAIL 0.75 | Morganton, NC | |
| Jul 2, 1:53 AM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Granite Falls, NC | SEVERAL TREES DOWN IN THE GRACE CHAPPEL COMMUNITY. ALSO...NUMEROUS TREES DOWN ALL OVER THE COUNTY. |
| Jul 2, 1:58 AM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Ssw Gamewell, NC | TREE 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 12:57 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 3 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.
- 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.
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
$$
073 follow-up statements
902
WWUS52 KGSP 020535
SVSGSP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
135 AM EDT MON JUL 2 2012
NCC011-121-199-020545-
/O.CAN.KGSP.SV.W.0295.000000T0000Z-120702T0615Z/
AVERY NC-MITCHELL NC-YANCEY NC-
135 AM EDT MON JUL 2 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN YANCEY...
SOUTHEASTERN MITCHELL AND SOUTHEASTERN AVERY COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE LINE OF STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THIS
AREA.
LAT...LON 3608 8142 3600 8132 3603 8125 3591 8102
3578 8111 3583 8115 3580 8134 3557 8154
3556 8165 3561 8175 3553 8190 3570 8229
3572 8222 3577 8216 3597 8182 3596 8181
3599 8179 3613 8155
TIME...MOT...LOC 0535Z 298DEG 31KT 3600 8132 3587 8169
3564 8205
$$
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
$$
07727
WWUS52 KGSP 020554
SVSGSP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
154 AM EDT MON JUL 2 2012
NCC003-023-027-111-020615-
/O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0295.000000T0000Z-120702T0615Z/
ALEXANDER NC-MCDOWELL NC-CALDWELL NC-BURKE NC-
154 AM EDT MON JUL 2 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN
BURKE...SOUTHEASTERN CALDWELL...SOUTHEASTERN MCDOWELL AND ALEXANDER
COUNTIES UNTIL 215 AM EDT...
AT 152 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE
LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM TAYLORSVILLE TO LAKE RHODHISS TO
DYSARTSVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
LAKE HICKORY...ICARD AND BETHLEHEM.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO PRODUCING FREQUENT AND INTENSE
LIGHTNING. TURN OFF ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES. DO NOT USE CORDED
TELEPHONES. DO NOT TAKE A BATH OR SHOWER.
TO REPORT DAMAGING WINDS...HAIL...OR FLOODING THROUGH OUR AUTOMATED
REPORTING SYSTEM...CALL TOLL FREE...1 8 7 7...6 3 3...6 7 7 2.
&&
LAT...LON 3591 8102 3578 8111 3583 8115 3580 8134
3557 8154 3556 8165 3559 8172 3561 8172
3561 8175 3553 8191 3561 8208 3603 8125
TIME...MOT...LOC 0554Z 299DEG 33KT 3590 8112 3578 8150
3555 8185
$$
07524
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
$$
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 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.
&&
MOORELocal 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
&&
MOORELocal 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.
&&
MOORELocal 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.
&&
MOORELocal 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
&&
MOORELocal 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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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, 12:27 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Avery, Madison, Mitchell, Yancey | 63 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.