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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 305, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

July 3, 20124 counties in North Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 3, 2012, 3:19 PM EDT for 4 counties in North Carolina. It was in force for 56 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 3, 2012, 3:19 PM EDT (19:19 UTC)
Expired: Jul 3, 2012, 4:15 PM EDT
In force: 56 min
Issued by: NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Alexander County, NC, Burke County, NC, Caldwell County, NC, Catawba County, NC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:22 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 3, 3:30 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	4 N Valdese, NC	SEVERAL TREES DOWN IN SOUTHERN CALDWELL COUNTY WEST OF SAWMILLS AND GRANITE FALLS...IN VICINITY OF BATON SCHOOL 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 11 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 12:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 141 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 642 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -127 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1732 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -21 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -7 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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

425 
WUUS52 KGSP 031919
SVRGSP
NCC003-023-027-035-032015-
/O.NEW.KGSP.SV.W.0305.120703T1919Z-120703T2015Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
319 PM EDT TUE JUL 3 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN ALEXANDER COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...
  EASTERN BURKE COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
  SOUTHERN CALDWELL COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
  WESTERN CATAWBA COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...

* UNTIL 415 PM EDT

* AT 318 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
  LAKE RHODHISS...OR 8 MILES SOUTH OF LENOIR...AND MOVING EAST AT 20
  MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
  CONNELLY SPRINGS.
  ICARD AND GRANITE FALLS.
  LONGVIEW.
  LAKE HICKORY.
  HICKORY AND BETHLEHEM.
  ST. STEPHENS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

LAKE RHODHISS IS IN THE PATH OF THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. BOATERS 
SHOULD SEEK IMMEDIATE SHELTER ONSHORE.

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 3596 8132 3586 8111 3557 8133 3557 8153
      3580 8177 3599 8166
TIME...MOT...LOC 1919Z 291DEG 18KT 3579 8152

$$

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2 follow-up statements

323 
WWUS52 KGSP 031934
SVSGSP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
334 PM EDT TUE JUL 3 2012

NCC003-023-027-035-032015-
/O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0305.000000T0000Z-120703T2015Z/
ALEXANDER NC-CATAWBA NC-CALDWELL NC-BURKE NC-
334 PM EDT TUE JUL 3 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN
BURKE...SOUTHEASTERN CALDWELL...WESTERN CATAWBA AND SOUTHWESTERN
ALEXANDER COUNTIES UNTIL 415 PM EDT...

AT 330 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 LAKE
RHODHISS...OR 8 MILES SOUTH OF LENOIR...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
  VALDESE.  
  RUTHERFORD COLLEGE.
  CONNELLY SPRINGS.
  ICARD AND GRANITE FALLS.
  LONGVIEW AND HICKORY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BRIEF DAMAGING WINDS WILL BLOW DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES OVER SMALL
AREAS. A BRIEF PERIOD OF LARGE HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE. SEEK SHELTER
INSIDE AN INTERIOR ROOM.

LAKE RHODHISS IS IN THE PATH OF THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. BOATERS 
SHOULD SEEK IMMEDIATE SHELTER ONSHORE.

&&

LAT...LON 3590 8161 3597 8145 3596 8132 3586 8111
      3557 8133 3557 8153 3577 8174
TIME...MOT...LOC 1934Z 292DEG 8KT 3578 8152

$$

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320 
WWUS52 KGSP 032001
SVSGSP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
401 PM EDT TUE JUL 3 2012

NCC023-035-032011-
/O.CAN.KGSP.SV.W.0305.000000T0000Z-120703T2015Z/
CATAWBA NC-BURKE NC-
401 PM EDT TUE JUL 3 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN BURKE AND WESTERN
CATAWBA COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED.

LAT...LON 3589 8117 3581 8123 3580 8130 3580 8134
      3579 8135 3586 8146 3595 8142 3596 8132
TIME...MOT...LOC 2001Z 285DEG 9KT 3590 8130

$$

NCC003-027-032015-
/O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0305.000000T0000Z-120703T2015Z/
ALEXANDER NC-CALDWELL NC-
401 PM EDT TUE JUL 3 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
CALDWELL AND SOUTHWESTERN ALEXANDER COUNTIES UNTIL 415 PM EDT...

AT 359 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
ELLENDALE...OR 7 MILES WEST OF TAYLORSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
  BETHLEHEM.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BRIEF DAMAGING WINDS WILL BLOW DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES OVER SMALL
AREAS. A BRIEF PERIOD OF LARGE HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE. SEEK SHELTER
INSIDE AN INTERIOR ROOM.

&&

LAT...LON 3589 8117 3581 8123 3580 8130 3580 8134
      3579 8135 3586 8146 3595 8142 3596 8132
TIME...MOT...LOC 2001Z 285DEG 9KT 3590 8130

$$

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 3, 2:49 PM EDT, 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 3, 2:49 PM EDT, 30 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
249 PM EDT TUE JUL 3 2012

.SYNOPSIS...
A WEAK UPPER LEVEL TROF WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD SOUTH ACROSS THE
REGION THROUGH MID WEEK AND SWING EAST BY FRIDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL
REMAIN ABOVE NORMAL INTO THE WEEKEND.

&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
SCATTERED CONVECTION HAS FIRED ACROSS THE MTNS THIS AFTERNOON AS
EXPECTED. A COUPLE OF MARGINALLY SEVERE PULSE STORMS HAVE BEEN
OBSERVED AND THIS TREND SHOULD CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.
ISOLATED CONVECTION HAS ALSO BEGUN FIRING IN THE HIGH THETA-E AIR
OVER THE UPPER SAVANNAH RIVER VALLEY. STORMS HAVE BEEN MOVING
EXTREMELY SLOWLY...AND HEAVY RAINFALL MAY PROVE TO BE MORE OF A
THREAT THAN SEVERE WEATHER. COVERAGE HAS ACTUALLY BECOME QUITE HIGH
ALONG THE EASTERN ESCARPMENT...BUT AGAIN SLOW/QUASI-STATIONARY
MOVEMENT MEANS THAT STORMS THAT DO DEVELOP WILL NOT COVER MUCH REAL
ESTATE...SO POPS WILL BE LIMITED TO HIGH CHANCE/PERHAPS THE LOW END
OF THE LIKELY RANGE. OTHERWISE...WILL CONTINUE TO FORECAST SCATTERED
ACTIVITY SPREADING INTO THE FOOTHILLS (ESP THE NORTHERN FOOTHILLS)
AS COLD POOLS FROM MTN CONVECTION MATURE.

CONVECTION WILL DECREASE IN COVERAGE WITH THE LOSS OF HEATING IN THE
WEAKLY SHEARED ENVIRONMENT...ALTHOUGH ISOLATED CONVECTION WILL BE
POSSIBLE IN THE BETTER MOISTURE ACROSS THE WESTERN ZONES THROUGH
MUCH OF THE OVERNIGHT. MIN TEMPS WILL ONCE AGAIN BE ABOVE NORMAL IN
THE MOIST AIR MASS...WITH POSSIBLE CONVECTIVE DEBRIS FURTHER
INHIBITING COOLING.

THERE DOESN/T APPEAR TO BE MUCH CHANGE IN THE OVERALL PATTERN FOR
WEDNESDAY. THE FLOW ALOFT MAY BE A LITTLE STRONGER...AS SHORT WAVE
TROUGH DROPS DOWN THE EASTERN SEABOARD W/IN THE NW FLOW ALOFT.
THEREFORE...POPS WILL BE A LITTLE HIGHER FOR WED AFTERNOON...AS
CELLS SHOULD ACTUALLY MOVE...AND THERE COULD EVEN BE SOME SMALL
SCALE ORGANIZATION ALONG OUTFLOWS. TEMPS WILL REMAIN ABOVE
NORMAL...BUT PERHAPS A DEGREE OR TWO COOLER THAN TUESDAY...AS
HEIGHTS ALOFT FALL SLIGHTLY.

&&

.SHORT TERM /WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY/...
AS OF 245 PM TUESDAY...MODELS CONTINUE TO SHOW WEAK SHORT WAVES
DROPPING S OVER THE AREA THU-FRI IN VERY LGT N FLOW ALOFT...WITH A
LEE TROF AT THE SFC. WEAK UPPER FORCING COMBINED WITH LOW LVL
CONVERGENCE...DAYTIME HEATING AND ABOVE AVG PRECIPITABLE WATER WILL
MAINTAIN A CHANCE OF AFTN-EVE SHWRS/TSTMS BOTH DAYS. SHEAR WILL BE
MINIMAL BUT CAPE RELATIVELY HIGH WITH THE MAIN THREAT DAMAGING
WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN IN SLOW MOVG STORM CELLS. TEMPS
WILL STAY ABOVE ABOVE AVG THRU THE PERIOD WITH HEAT INDEX VALUES OF
100-103 ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE I-85 CORRIDOR.

&&

.LONG TERM /FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY/...
AS OF 100 PM TUESDAY...THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE CONTINUES TO DOMINATE
THE WEATHER IN THE EARLY PART OF THE EXT. GOOD AGREEMENT IS HAD WITH
THE RIDGE SLOWLY BREAKING DOWN AND RETROGRADING WHILE A BROAD L/W
TROF ENCOMPASSES THE EAST COAST BY MON. AT THE SFC...A LEE TROF WILL
BE MAINTAINED WHILE A BACK COLD FRONT SAGS SOUTH LATE SUN NIGHT AND
MOST LIKELY BECOMES STATIONARY ACROSS THE SRN ZONES OR MIDLANDS
THROUGH TUE. MODERATE TO HIGH LEVELS OF SFC BASED CAPE WILL BE
GENERATED EACH AFTERNOON AS MAX TEMPS REACH A FEW DEGREES F ABOVE
NORMAL IN A STAGNANT AND RELATIVELY HIGH LLVL TD ENVIRONMENT. MAX
TEMPS MAY DROP TO NEAR NORMAL BY MON AND TUE AS H5 HEIGHTS FALL AND
CLOUDINESS INCREASES. POPS WERE MAINTAINED AT CLIMO OVER THE
WEEKEND...WITH POPS REACHING THE LOW CHANCE RANGE OUTSIDE THE MTNS
MON AND TUE AS THE SFC BOUNDARY PROVIDES A MORE S/LY FOCUSING
MECHANISM.

&&

.AVIATION /19Z TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/...
AT KCLT...CONVECTION IS DEVELOPING OVER THE HIGH TERRAIN AS EXPECTED
THIS AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...FLOW ALOFT IS VERY WEAK...AND IT MAY
THEREFORE BE DIFFICULT TO GET ANY OF THIS CONVECTION INTO THE KCLT
AREA LATER TODAY. NEVERTHELESS...THE CUMULUS FIELD IS STARTING TO
GET HEALTHY IN THE VCNY...SO ISOLATED STORMS WILL LIKELY DEVELOP BY
THIS EVENING...SO THE PROB30 HAS BEEN REPLACED WITH A TEMPO FOR TS.
OTHERWISE...VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. WINDS SHOULD REMAIN SW
BEFORE BECOMING LIGHT/VRBL THIS EVENING...THEN RETURN TO THE WSW BY
THE END OF THE PERIOD.

ELSEWHERE...SCATTERED CONVECTION IS FIRING OVER THE HIGH TERRAIN AS
EXPECTED...BUT IS ALSO BEGINNING TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE UPPER
SAVANNAH RIVER VALLEY. DUE TO VERY WEAK FLOW ALOFT...STORMS ARE
EXHIBITING VERY LITTLE MOVEMENT...SO IF THEY DO MAKE THEIR WAY
TOWARD THE TERMINALS...IT/S GOING TO TAKE A WHILE. VCTS HAS BEEN
INCLUDED AT ALL TERMINALS BY 20Z. OTHERWISE...VFR CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED THROUGH THE PERIOD...ALTHOUGH THE USUAL CAVEAT APPLIES OF
FOG/STRATUS BEING POSSIBLE IN AREAS THAT RECEIVE SIGNIFICANT
RAINFALL.

OUTLOOK...AT LEAST SCATTERED AFTN/EVE SHRA/TSRA POTENTIAL EXPECTED
EACH DAY THROUGH THE REST OF THE WEEK...WITH AREAS OF MORNING FOG/
STRATUS POSSIBLE...ESP IN THE MTN VALLEYS.

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 4TH  97 IN 1948
JULY 5TH  96 IN 1948
JULY 6TH  93 IN 1993

GSP
JULY 4TH  100 IN 1993
JULY 5TH   98 IN 1993
JULY 6TH  100 IN 1993

CLT
JULY 4TH   99 IN 1993
JULY 5TH  100 IN 1954
JULY 6TH   99 IN 1930

&&

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

&&

SYNOPSIS...SBK
NEAR TERM...JDL
SHORT TERM...RB
LONG TERM...SBK
AVIATION...JDL
CLIMATE...

Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 3, 3:14 PM EDT, 5 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
314 PM EDT TUE JUL 3 2012

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065-
068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-041915-
RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-AVERY-ALEXANDER-
IREDELL-DAVIE-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-CATAWBA-
ROWAN-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-
HENDERSON-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC-
CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-GREATER CALDWELL-BURKE MOUNTAINS-GREATER BURKE-
MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-EASTERN MCDOWELL-RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-
GREATER RUTHERFORD-POLK MOUNTAINS-EASTERN POLK-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-
PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER OCONEE-
GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK-
ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD-
314 PM EDT TUE JUL 3 2012

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA
AND CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING. SOME STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE...
WITH THE MAIN THREAT BEING DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND LARGE HAIL.
HEAVY RAIN WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE WITH SLOW MOVING STORMS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

NONE.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 3, 12:40 PM EDT, 2 hours 39 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1240 PM EDT TUE JUL 3 2012

NCZ048-049-031730-
MADISON-YANCEY-
1240 PM EDT TUE JUL 3 2012

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL YANCEY AND EASTERN
MADISON COUNTIES THROUGH 130 PM EDT...

AT 1236 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR FAUST...OR 11 MILES WEST OF BURNSVILLE...
MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH.

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

LAT...LON 3602 8227 3579 8225 3579 8234 3582 8236
      3581 8246 3580 8247 3580 8259 3597 8260
      3596 8256 3600 8248 3603 8229

KRENTZ

Special weather statement, Jul 3, 1:41 PM EDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
141 PM EDT TUE JUL 3 2012

NCZ033-031815-
AVERY-
141 PM EDT TUE JUL 3 2012

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL AVERY COUNTY THROUGH 215
PM EDT...

AT 136 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR SUGAR MOUNTAIN...OR 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF
NEWLAND...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
  BANNER ELK...

SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE LIKELY 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 3620 8188 3620 8185 3616 8182 3611 8180
      3609 8176 3607 8175 3603 8182 3615 8196
      3621 8190

JPT

Special weather statement, Jul 3, 1:57 PM EDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
157 PM EDT TUE JUL 3 2012

NCZ050-031845-
MITCHELL-
157 PM EDT TUE JUL 3 2012

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL MITCHELL COUNTY THROUGH
245 PM EDT...

AT 154 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF BAKERSVILLE...OR 11 MILES
NORTHEAST OF BURNSVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
  BAKERSVILLE...

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 3608 8207 3602 8204 3597 8206 3591 8214
      3593 8216 3593 8218 3595 8219 3601 8219
      3602 8223 3599 8225 3606 8231 3614 8218

JPT

Special weather statement, Jul 3, 3:12 PM EDT, 7 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
312 PM EDT TUE JUL 3 2012

NCZ508-032000-
GREATER RUTHERFORD-
312 PM EDT TUE JUL 3 2012

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL RUTHERFORD COUNTY
THROUGH 400 PM EDT...

AT 306 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES WEST OF RUTHERFORDTON...MOVING EAST AT 5
MPH.

THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
  RUTHERFORDTON...

LAT...LON 3521 8188 3537 8211 3538 8211 3544 8208
      3546 8182

KRENTZ

Special weather statement, Jul 3, 3:16 PM EDT, 3 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
316 PM EDT TUE JUL 3 2012

NCZ502-504-032000-
GREATER BURKE-GREATER CALDWELL-
316 PM EDT TUE JUL 3 2012

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EASTERN BURKE AND SOUTHERN
CALDWELL COUNTIES THROUGH 400 PM EDT...

AT 314 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GAMEWELL...OR 6 MILES NORTH
OF MORGANTON...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

PEOPLE IN EASTERN BURKE AND SOUTHERN CALDWELL COUNTIES...INCLUDING
THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...

GAMEWELL...VALDESE...LAKE RHODHISS...RUTHERFORD COLLEGE...CONNELLY
SPRINGS AND HUDSON...

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 3592 8135 3589 8133 3580 8133 3558 8153
      3577 8180 3588 8176 3595 8165 3595 8134

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 3, 12:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Yancey	50 min
Jul 3, 12:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Buncombe, Madison, Yancey	56 min
Jul 3, 1:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Avery	12 min
Jul 3, 1:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Buncombe, McDowell	59 min
Jul 3, 1:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Henderson, Transylvania	55 min
Jul 3, 1:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Avery	34 min
Jul 3, 1:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Mitchell	48 min
Jul 3, 1:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Buncombe, Rutherford	61 min
Jul 3, 2:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Avery, Burke, Caldwell, McDowell	59 min
Jul 3, 2:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Avery, Mitchell	35 min
Jul 3, 2:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Polk, Rutherford	27 min
Jul 3, 3:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Rutherford	48 min
Jul 3, 3:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Burke	44 min
Jul 3, 4:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Alexander	44 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.