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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 319, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

July 4, 2012Polk County, Rutherford County, North Carolina; Spartanburg County, South Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 4, 2012, 3:14 PM EDT for Polk County, Rutherford County, North Carolina; Spartanburg County, South Carolina. It was in force for 61 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 4, 2012, 3:14 PM EDT (19:14 UTC)
Expired
Jul 4, 2012, 4:15 PM EDT
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Polk County, NC, Rutherford County, NC, Spartanburg County, SC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:17 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 4, 3:15 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG5 Ese Lake Lure, NCA FEW TREES DOWN IN THE RIVERBEND AREA.

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 1 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, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 217 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 12:00Z on 2012-07-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 369 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 12:00Z on 2012-07-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -21 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
369 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-133 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1669 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 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.

058 
WUUS52 KGSP 041914
SVRGSP
NCC149-161-SCC083-042015-
/O.NEW.KGSP.SV.W.0319.120704T1914Z-120704T2015Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
314 PM EDT WED JUL 4 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  POLK COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
  WESTERN RUTHERFORD COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
  NORTHWESTERN SPARTANBURG COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...

* UNTIL 415 PM EDT

* AT 314 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 LURE...OR 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF RUTHERFORDTON...AND MOVING
  SOUTH AT 10 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
  LAKE ADGER.

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.

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 3515 8190 3511 8222 3519 8221 3520 8223
      3546 8225 3549 8223 3552 8223 3553 8216
      3552 8214 3554 8209 3554 8203
TIME...MOT...LOC 1914Z 351DEG 11KT 3544 8213

$$

HG
3 follow-up statements
386 
WWUS52 KGSP 041935
SVSGSP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
335 PM EDT WED JUL 4 2012

NCC149-161-SCC083-042015-
/O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0319.000000T0000Z-120704T2015Z/
SPARTANBURG SC-POLK NC-RUTHERFORD NC-
335 PM EDT WED JUL 4 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN
RUTHERFORD...POLK AND NORTHWESTERN SPARTANBURG COUNTIES UNTIL 415 PM
EDT...

AT 334 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 6 MILES
EAST OF LAKE ADGER...OR 8 MILES WEST OF RUTHERFORDTON...MOVING SOUTH
AT 15 MPH.

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS THUNDERSTORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING BRIEF DAMAGING WINDS. 
THESE WINDS CAN BLOW DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES OVER SMALL AREAS. A 
BRIEF PERIOD OF LARGE HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE. SEEK SHELTER INSIDE AN 
INTERIOR ROOM AS THE STORM APPROACHES YOUR LOCATION.

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 3527 8194 3516 8190 3515 8191 3511 8222
      3519 8221 3521 8223 3535 8224 3543 8223
      3546 8201
TIME...MOT...LOC 1934Z 352DEG 12KT 3536 8211

$$

HG
921 
WWUS52 KGSP 042000
SVSGSP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
400 PM EDT WED JUL 4 2012

NCC149-161-SCC083-042015-
/O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0319.000000T0000Z-120704T2015Z/
SPARTANBURG SC-POLK NC-RUTHERFORD NC-
400 PM EDT WED JUL 4 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL
RUTHERFORD...EASTERN POLK AND NORTHWESTERN SPARTANBURG COUNTIES UNTIL
415 PM EDT...

AT 359 PM 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 RUTHERFORDTON TO LAKE ADGER...
MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
  COLUMBUS AND LANDRUM.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING BRIEF...DAMAGING 
WINDS. TAKE SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM AS THIS STORM APPROACHES 
YOUR LOCATION. 

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 3536 8197 3516 8190 3515 8191 3511 8222
      3519 8221 3521 8223 3534 8224
TIME...MOT...LOC 1959Z 352DEG 12KT 3532 8195 3530 8221

$$

HG
625 
WWUS52 KGSP 042007
SVSGSP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
407 PM EDT WED JUL 4 2012

NCC149-161-SCC083-042017-
/O.EXP.KGSP.SV.W.0319.000000T0000Z-120704T2015Z/
SPARTANBURG SC-POLK NC-RUTHERFORD NC-
407 PM EDT WED JUL 4 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL RUTHERFORD...
EASTERN POLK AND NORTHWESTERN SPARTANBURG COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 415
PM EDT...

THE LINE OF STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW 
SEVERE LEVELS.  HOWEVER...GUSTY WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE STILL POSSIBLE 
WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTHERN POLK AND NORTHERN 
SPARTANBURG COUNTIES.

LAT...LON 3536 8197 3516 8190 3515 8191 3511 8222
      3519 8221 3521 8223 3534 8224
TIME...MOT...LOC 2007Z 352DEG 12KT 3529 8195 3527 8221

$$

HG

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 4, 2:52 PM EDT, 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 4, 2:52 PM EDT, 22 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
252 PM EDT WED JUL 4 2012

.SYNOPSIS...
A WEAK UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OVER THE AREA WILL CONTINUE MOVING EAST
THROUGH FRIDAY. STRONG UPPER LEVEL RIDGING WILL BUILD IN FOR THE
WEEKEND AND ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO REMAIN ABOVE NORMAL WITH VARYING
COVERAGE OF AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS.

&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH THURSDAY/...
CONVECTION HAS FIRED OVER THE HIGH TERRAIN AS EXPECTED...AND ALONG A
LEE TROUGH/CONVERGENT AXIS ACROSS THE NC PIEDMONT. COVERAGE SHOULD
CONTINUE TO GRADUALLY EXPAND...AS MID-LEVEL SHORT WAVE TROUGH
CONTINUES TO DROP TOWARD THE REGION...SO WE CONTINUE TO FEEL GOOD
ABOUT THE 40-50 POPS COVERING MUCH OF THE AREA. INSTABILITY IS QUITE
A BIT LESS THAN YESTERDAY...OWING TO WEAKER MID-LEVEL LAPSE RATES.
THEREFORE...WE/RE NOT EXPECTING THE COVERAGE OF PULSE SEVERE STORMS
THAT WE SAW YESTERDAY. HOWEVER...LOW LEVEL SHEAR IS STRONGER THAN
YESTERDAY...SO THERE IS A CHANCE THAT CONVECTION WILL CLUSTER ALONG
COLD POOLS...AND THIS WOULD POSE A HIGHER DOWNBURST THREAT.

CONSIDERING THE EARLY START TO CONVECTION...AND THAT THE SHORT WAVE
WILL PASS SOUTH OF THE AREA THIS EVENING...COVERAGE SHOULD DIMINISH
FAIRLY QUICKLY AFTER SUNSET. THE FLOW IS EXPECTED TO VEER SOMEWHAT
TONIGHT...AS HEIGHTS BEGIN TO RISE IN THE WAKE OF THE SHORT WAVE.
THIS RETURN TO MORE NORTHERLY FLOW WILL POSE THE POTENTIAL FOR
CONVECTION ORIGINATING OVER THE GREAT LAKES REGION TO DROP TOWARD
THE AREA EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. ALTHOUGH SOME OF THE HIGH RES
MODELS HINT AT THIS OCCURRENCE...I DONT PUT A GREAT DEAL OF FAITH IN
IT...AS SHEAR IS AWFULLY WEAK EVEN THAT FAR UPSTREAM.
NEVERTHELESS... WILL INTRODUCE CHANCE POPS ACROSS THE NORTHWEST
ZONES AT THE START OF THE SECOND PERIOD.

AS THE RIDGE BEGINS TO NOSE BACK INTO THE AREA THURSDAY...FLOW ALOFT
BECOMES VERY WEAK AND TEMPS WARM A LITTLE ALOFT. MODEL CAPE VALUES
AND FORECAST SOUNDINGS ARE STILL QUITE UNSTABLE...BUT INTERESTINGLY
ENOUGH...NEITHER THE NAM NOR THE GFS GENERATE ANY CONVECTIVE PRECIP
OUTSIDE THE MTNS. WE WILL NEVERTHELESS FEATURE CHANCE POPS IN ALL
AREAS TOMORROW...BUT COVERAGE SHOULD BE LESS THAN THIS AFTERNOON.
TEMPS THROUGH THE PERIOD REMAIN AT LEAST A CATEGORY ABOVE CLIMO.

&&

.SHORT TERM /THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY/...
AS OF 115 PM WEDNESDAY...UPPER HEIGHTS WILL RISE ACROSS THE EAST
FROM THE SPRAWLING RIDGE CENTERED OVER THE MIDWEST THU NIGHT THROUGH
FRI. CANNOT RULE OUT AN MCS MAKING A RUN SE FROM THE OH VALLEY FRI
MORNING...BUT THE BETTER CONVECTIVE CHANCES APPEAR TO BE DURING THE
DIURNALLY FAVORED FRI AFTN/EVENING PERIOD. SCT CONVECTIVE
DEVELOPMENT SHOULD OCCUR OVER THE MTNS EARLY FRI AFTERNOON AND THEN
OVER THE PIEDMONT LATER ON IN NRLY STEERING FLOW AND WITH LOW LEVEL
LEE TROUGH CONVERGENCE. THE NAM FEATURES SOME 4000 TO 5000 J/KG SFC
BASED CAPES FRI AFTN...BUT THIS APPEARS A BIT OVERDONE GIVEN THE NAM
SFC DEWPOINTS IN THE UPPER 70S. ALTHOUGH MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES ARE A
LITTLE LACKLUSTER GIVEN THE WARM AIRMASS...SLIGHT MID LEVEL DRYING
WILL LIKELY ENHANCE THE MICROBURST THREAT...ESPECIALLY OVER THE
PIEDMONT FRI AFTN/EVENING. TEMPS REMAIN WELL ABOVE NORMAL BUT BELOW
HEAT ADVISORY LEVELS.

THE GRADUALLY FLATTENING RIDGE WILL STRETCH ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA
THROUGH SATURDAY. WITH DRYING IN THE PROFILES FROM THE NE...THE BEST
CONVECTIVE CHANCES MAY GET SHUNTED SW TOWARD THE UPPER SAVANNAH
RIVER AREA...BUT WILL LIKELY PERSIST OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN. SAT
AFTN MAX TEMPS SHOULD BE COMPARABLE TO FRI AFTN VALUES.

&&

.LONG TERM /SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
AS OF 100 PM WEDNESDAY...NO BIG CHANGES ARE NEEDED FOR THE EXT
RANGE. THE MODELS HAVE BEEN PRETTY CONSISTENT WITH THE OVERALL
PATTERN EVOLUTION THE PAST SEVERAL RUNS. THE LATEST GEFS ENS ALSO
CONTINUES TO SHOW LITTLE SPREAD AROUND THE H5 Z MEAN. STILL
ANTICIPATE THE UPPER RIDGE TO WEAKEN AS AN EAST COAST TROF FORMS IN
RESPONSE TO -NAO BLOCKING DOWNSTREAM. THIS WILL ALLOW A SFC HIGH
ACROSS THE OH VALLEY TO BE REINFORCED AND PUSH A COLD FRONT INTO THE
REGION BY LATE MONDAY OR TUESDAY MORNING. THERE ARE TIMING
DIFFERENCES BTW THE ECMWF AND GFS WITH THE FRONTAL MOVEMENT...BUT
ONLY ABOUT 6-8 HRS BY MON NIGHT. SO...DECENT CONFIDENCE IS HAD IN
INCREASING POPS AHEAD OF THE FRONT SUN NIGHT THROUGH TUE WHEN THE
FRONT BECOMES STATIONARY ACROSS THE SRN ZONES OR NRN MIDLANDS. STILL
KEPT POPS IN THE CHANCE RANGE...BUT AT THE HIGH END MON AFTERNOON
AND EVENING MAINLY ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. THERE SHOULD BE
SOME ENHANCEMENT TO THE TSTM ACTIVITY WITH THE LLVL LIFT AND DEEPER
SHEAR DEVELOPING AHEAD OF THE TROF AXIS...THUS CONTINUED BOUTS OF
STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS EACH AFTERNOON IS EXPECTED. MAX TEMPS WILL
BEGIN THE PERIOD A FEW DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL SUN...THEN LOWER A
COUPLE DEGREES FOR MON AND TUE AS THE BOUNDARY HELPS INDUCES A GOOD
AMOUNT OF CLOUD COVERAGE OVER THE FA.

&&

.AVIATION /19Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY/...
AT KCLT AND ELSEWHERE...CONVECTION IS FIRING OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN
ONCE AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON IN A MODERATELY UNSTABLE AIR MASS. AS
CONDITIONS CONTINUE TO DESTABILIZE...COVERAGE OF CONVECTION SHOULD
INCREASE. WITH AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE CROSSING THE REGION THIS
AFTERNOON AND STRONGER FLOW ALOFT...OVERALL COVERAGE SHOULD BE A
LITTLE HIGHER THAN YESTERDAY...AND A TEMPO FOR TS HAS BEEN INCLUDED
AT KCLT BY 20Z...WITH VCTS AT ALL OTHER TERMINALS. A WEAK LEE TROUGH
CURRENTLY BISECTS THE FORECAST AREA...AND IT APPEARS THAT THIS WILL
KEEP WINDS N OR NW AT KCLT FOR THE TIME BEING...BUT A TURN TO THE W
AND SW IS POSSIBLE AS THE POSITION OF THE LEE TROUGH FLUCTUATES.
OTHERWISE...VFR CONDITIONS ARE ANTICIPATED THROUGH THE PERIOD.

OUTLOOK...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED AFTN/EVE SHRA/TSRA 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 5TH 96 IN 1948
JULY 6TH 93 IN 1993

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

CLT
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...HG
LONG TERM...SBK
AVIATION...JDL
CLIMATE...
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 4, 2:56 PM EDT, 18 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
256 PM EDT WED JUL 4 2012

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065-
068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-051900-
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-
256 PM EDT WED JUL 4 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.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA
THROUGH THIS EVENING. SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL BECOME SEVERE...WITH
THE MAIN THREAT BEING BRIEF DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND LARGE HAIL.
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE WITH SLOWER MOVING
STORMS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF LARGE
HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...OR FLASH FLOODING TO OUR OFFICE.

LANE

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 4, 2:20 PM EDT, 54 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
220 PM EDT WED JUL 4 2012

NCZ065-041845-
HENDERSON-
220 PM EDT WED JUL 4 2012

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT HENDERSON COUNTY THROUGH 245 PM
EDT...

AT 220 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR ETOWAH...OR 6 MILES WEST OF
HENDERSONVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  HENDERSONVILLE...
  FLAT ROCK...

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

LAT...LON 3527 8235 3524 8236 3523 8235 3518 8237
      3521 8239 3516 8245 3518 8246 3515 8256
      3520 8260 3530 8262 3535 8267 3543 8254
      3542 8254 3544 8253

HG
Special weather statement, Jul 4, 2:28 PM EDT, 46 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
228 PM EDT WED JUL 4 2012

NCZ070-SCZ009-041915-
GASTON-YORK-
228 PM EDT WED JUL 4 2012

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHERN YORK AND SOUTHERN
GASTON COUNTIES THROUGH 315 PM EDT...

AT 228 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES WEST OF CROWDERS...OR 6 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF GASTONIA...MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  CLOVER...

DIME SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.

LAT...LON 3498 8132 3517 8137 3517 8133 3527 8132
      3531 8118 3509 8105 3506 8106

HG
Special weather statement, Jul 4, 2:33 PM EDT, 41 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
233 PM EDT WED JUL 4 2012

NCZ505>508-041915-
EASTERN MCDOWELL-GREATER RUTHERFORD-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-RUTHERFORD
MOUNTAINS-
233 PM EDT WED JUL 4 2012

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHWESTERN RUTHERFORD AND
SOUTHWESTERN MCDOWELL COUNTIES THROUGH 315 PM EDT...

AT 233 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF OLD FORT...OR 10 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF MARION...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  THERMAL CITY...

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

LAT...LON 3542 8185 3533 8205 3534 8208 3540 8213
      3541 8218 3552 8224 3553 8217 3556 8224
      3559 8228 3568 8209

HG
Special weather statement, Jul 4, 2:45 PM EDT, 29 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
245 PM EDT WED JUL 4 2012

NCZ503>505-041930-
BURKE MOUNTAINS-GREATER BURKE-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-
245 PM EDT WED JUL 4 2012

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN MCDOWELL AND
NORTHWESTERN BURKE COUNTIES THROUGH 330 PM EDT...

AT 245 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF ASHFORD...OR 9 MILES EAST OF
SPRUCE PINE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  ASHFORD...

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

LAT...LON 3598 8187 3595 8178 3578 8161 3565 8185
      3571 8187 3576 8194 3588 8202 3587 8200
      3589 8198 3591 8198 3592 8195 3595 8196
      3600 8189

HG
Local storm report, Jul 4, 3:01 PM EDT, 13 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
301 PM EDT WED JUL 04 2012

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

0210 PM     TSTM WND DMG     ETOWAH                  35.32N 82.60W
07/04/2012                   HENDERSON          NC   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

            A TREE WAS BLOWN DOWN IN ETOWAH.

&&

MCAVOY
Special weather statement, Jul 4, 3:05 PM EDT, 9 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
305 PM EDT WED JUL 4 2012

NCZ082-041930-
UNION-
305 PM EDT WED JUL 4 2012

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT WESTERN UNION COUNTY THROUGH 330
PM EDT...

AT 301 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR WEDDINGTON...OR 12 MILES WEST OF MONROE...
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO MINERAL
  SPRINGS AND WEDDINGTON.

SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.

LAT...LON 3493 8077 3502 8081 3507 8072 3493 8062

MCAVOY

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 3, 9:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPUnion47 min
Jul 3, 9:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPUnion57 min
Jul 3, 10:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPUnion51 min
Jul 4, 12:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPTransylvania38 min
Jul 4, 1:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPHaywood44 min
Jul 4, 1:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPTransylvania39 min
Jul 4, 1:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPTransylvania37 min
Jul 4, 1:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPHenderson, Transylvania37 min
Jul 4, 2:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPMcDowell27 min
Jul 4, 2:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPHenderson25 min
Jul 4, 2:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPGaston47 min
Jul 4, 2:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPRutherford42 min
Jul 4, 2:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPMcDowell, Rutherford38 min
Jul 4, 2:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPBurke45 min
Jul 4, 3:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPUnion25 min
Jul 4, 3:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPBurke, Caldwell24 min
Jul 4, 3:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPHenderson39 min
Jul 4, 3:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPBurke38 min
Jul 4, 3:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPRowan36 min
Jul 4, 3:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPHenderson49 min
Jul 4, 4:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPCatawba42 min
Jul 4, 4:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPJackson, Macon, Transylvania36 min
Jul 4, 4:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPCleveland, Gaston64 min
Jul 4, 4:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPLincoln31 min
Jul 4, 4:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPMitchell47 min
Jul 4, 4:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPLincoln58 min
Jul 4, 5:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPMitchell38 min
Jul 4, 5:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPGaston52 min
Jul 4, 5:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPAlexander41 min
Jul 4, 5:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPLincoln39 min
Jul 4, 6:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPIredell39 min
Jul 4, 7:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPBuncombe45 min
Jul 4, 1:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPYork31 min
Jul 4, 5:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPCherokee44 min
Jul 4, 5:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPCherokee40 min
Jul 4, 6:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPChester41 min
Jul 4, 6:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPAbbeville44 min
Jul 4, 6:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPSpartanburg, Union26 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Carolina, 2012Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in South Carolina, 2012Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2012

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.