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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 319, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 4, 3:15 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 5 Ese Lake Lure, NC | A 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.
- 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
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
$$
HG3 follow-up statements
386
WWUS52 KGSP 041935
SVSGSP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
335 PM EDT WED JUL 4 2012
NCC149-161-SCC083-042015-
/O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0319.000000T0000Z-120704T2015Z/
SPARTANBURG SC-POLK NC-RUTHERFORD NC-
335 PM EDT WED JUL 4 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN
RUTHERFORD...POLK AND NORTHWESTERN SPARTANBURG COUNTIES UNTIL 415 PM
EDT...
AT 334 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES
EAST OF LAKE ADGER...OR 8 MILES WEST OF RUTHERFORDTON...MOVING SOUTH
AT 15 MPH.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
COLUMBUS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS THUNDERSTORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING BRIEF DAMAGING WINDS.
THESE WINDS CAN BLOW DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES OVER SMALL AREAS. A
BRIEF PERIOD OF LARGE HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE. SEEK SHELTER INSIDE AN
INTERIOR ROOM AS THE STORM APPROACHES YOUR LOCATION.
TO REPORT DAMAGING WINDS...HAIL...OR FLOODING THROUGH OUR AUTOMATED
REPORTING SYSTEM...CALL TOLL FREE...1 8 7 7...6 3 3...6 7 7 2.
&&
LAT...LON 3527 8194 3516 8190 3515 8191 3511 8222
3519 8221 3521 8223 3535 8224 3543 8223
3546 8201
TIME...MOT...LOC 1934Z 352DEG 12KT 3536 8211
$$
HG921
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
$$
HG625
WWUS52 KGSP 042007
SVSGSP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
407 PM EDT WED JUL 4 2012
NCC149-161-SCC083-042017-
/O.EXP.KGSP.SV.W.0319.000000T0000Z-120704T2015Z/
SPARTANBURG SC-POLK NC-RUTHERFORD NC-
407 PM EDT WED JUL 4 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL RUTHERFORD...
EASTERN POLK AND NORTHWESTERN SPARTANBURG COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 415
PM EDT...
THE LINE OF STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW
SEVERE LEVELS. HOWEVER...GUSTY WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE STILL POSSIBLE
WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTHERN POLK AND NORTHERN
SPARTANBURG COUNTIES.
LAT...LON 3536 8197 3516 8190 3515 8191 3511 8222
3519 8221 3521 8223 3534 8224
TIME...MOT...LOC 2007Z 352DEG 12KT 3529 8195 3527 8221
$$
HGWhat 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
HGSpecial 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
HGSpecial 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
HGSpecial 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
HGLocal 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.
&&
MCAVOYSpecial 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 3, 9:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Union | 47 min |
| Jul 3, 9:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Union | 57 min |
| Jul 3, 10:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Union | 51 min |
| Jul 4, 12:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Transylvania | 38 min |
| Jul 4, 1:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Haywood | 44 min |
| Jul 4, 1:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Transylvania | 39 min |
| Jul 4, 1:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Transylvania | 37 min |
| Jul 4, 1:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Henderson, Transylvania | 37 min |
| Jul 4, 2:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | McDowell | 27 min |
| Jul 4, 2:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Henderson | 25 min |
| Jul 4, 2:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Gaston | 47 min |
| Jul 4, 2:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Rutherford | 42 min |
| Jul 4, 2:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | McDowell, Rutherford | 38 min |
| Jul 4, 2:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Burke | 45 min |
| Jul 4, 3:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Union | 25 min |
| Jul 4, 3:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Burke, Caldwell | 24 min |
| Jul 4, 3:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Henderson | 39 min |
| Jul 4, 3:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Burke | 38 min |
| Jul 4, 3:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Rowan | 36 min |
| Jul 4, 3:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Henderson | 49 min |
| Jul 4, 4:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Catawba | 42 min |
| Jul 4, 4:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Jackson, Macon, Transylvania | 36 min |
| Jul 4, 4:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cleveland, Gaston | 64 min |
| Jul 4, 4:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Lincoln | 31 min |
| Jul 4, 4:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Mitchell | 47 min |
| Jul 4, 4:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Lincoln | 58 min |
| Jul 4, 5:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Mitchell | 38 min |
| Jul 4, 5:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Gaston | 52 min |
| Jul 4, 5:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Alexander | 41 min |
| Jul 4, 5:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Lincoln | 39 min |
| Jul 4, 6:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Iredell | 39 min |
| Jul 4, 7:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Buncombe | 45 min |
| Jul 4, 1:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | York | 31 min |
| Jul 4, 5:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cherokee | 44 min |
| Jul 4, 5:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cherokee | 40 min |
| Jul 4, 6:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Chester | 41 min |
| Jul 4, 6:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Abbeville | 44 min |
| Jul 4, 6:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Spartanburg, Union | 26 min |
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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.