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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 36, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

March 24, 20125 counties in North Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 24, 2012, 3:46 PM EDT for 5 counties in North Carolina. It was in force for 44 min. 2 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: Mar 24, 2012, 3:46 PM EDT (19:46 UTC)
Expired: Mar 24, 2012, 4:30 PM EDT
In force: 44 min
Issued by: NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Catawba County, NC, Gaston County, NC, Iredell County, NC, Lincoln County, NC, Mecklenburg County, NC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 131 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:49 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
Mar 24, 4:10 PM EDT	HAIL 0.75	Denver, NC	DIME SIZED HAIL REPORTED IN DENVER.
Mar 24, 4:20 PM EDT	HAIL 1	4 W Mooresville, NC	QUARTER-SIZED HAIL AT BRAWLEY SCHOOL RD AND WILLIAMSON RD.

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 34 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
Mar 24, 12:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 118 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: 226 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -8 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 526 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 167 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 153 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.1
Supercell composite: 0.5

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

245 
WUUS52 KGSP 241946
SVRGSP
NCC035-071-097-109-119-242030-
/O.NEW.KGSP.SV.W.0036.120324T1946Z-120324T2030Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
346 PM EDT SAT MAR 24 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN CATAWBA COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...
  NORTHEASTERN GASTON COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...
  SOUTH CENTRAL IREDELL COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...
  EASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...
  NORTH CENTRAL MECKLENBURG COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH
  CAROLINA...

* UNTIL 430 PM EDT

* AT 346 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
  STANLEY...OR 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LINCOLNTON...AND MOVING NORTHEAST
  AT 25 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
  LOWESVILLE.
  DENVER.
  LAKE NORMAN...CORNELIUS AND TERRELL.
  DAVIDSON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS ALSO PRODUCING FREQUENT AND INTENSE
LIGHTNING. TURN OFF ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES. DO NOT USE CORDED
TELEPHONES. DO NOT TAKE A BATH OR SHOWER.

&&

LAT...LON 3567 8094 3547 8078 3532 8114 3541 8121
TIME...MOT...LOC 1947Z 232DEG 20KT 3539 8114

$$

JOH

3 follow-up statements

403 
WWUS52 KGSP 242009
SVSGSP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
409 PM EDT SAT MAR 24 2012

NCC071-242019-
/O.CAN.KGSP.SV.W.0036.000000T0000Z-120324T2030Z/
GASTON NC-
409 PM EDT SAT MAR 24 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN GASTON COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THIS AREA.

LAT...LON 3541 8098 3552 8107 3566 8093 3549 8079
TIME...MOT...LOC 2009Z 235DEG 24KT 3551 8097

$$

NCC035-097-109-119-242030-
/O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0036.000000T0000Z-120324T2030Z/
CATAWBA NC-IREDELL NC-LINCOLN NC-MECKLENBURG NC-
409 PM EDT SAT MAR 24 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL
MECKLENBURG...EASTERN LINCOLN...SOUTH CENTRAL IREDELL AND
SOUTHEASTERN CATAWBA COUNTIES UNTIL 430 PM EDT...

AT 406 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
NORMAN...OR 15 MILES EAST OF LINCOLNTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
  LAKE NORMAN...CORNELIUS AND TERRELL.
  DAVIDSON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS ALSO PRODUCING FREQUENT AND INTENSE
LIGHTNING. TURN OFF ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES. DO NOT USE CORDED
TELEPHONES. DO NOT TAKE A BATH OR SHOWER.

&&

LAT...LON 3541 8098 3552 8107 3566 8093 3549 8079
TIME...MOT...LOC 2009Z 235DEG 24KT 3551 8097

$$

JOH

450 
WWUS52 KGSP 242018
SVSGSP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
418 PM EDT SAT MAR 24 2012

NCC035-109-242027-
/O.CAN.KGSP.SV.W.0036.000000T0000Z-120324T2030Z/
CATAWBA NC-LINCOLN NC-
418 PM EDT SAT MAR 24 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN LINCOLN AND
SOUTHEASTERN CATAWBA COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THIS AREA.

LAT...LON 3549 8079 3547 8095 3551 8096 3553 8094
      3555 8096 3558 8095 3559 8093 3561 8094
      3562 8093 3564 8095 3566 8093
TIME...MOT...LOC 2017Z 235DEG 24KT 2714 7477

$$

NCC097-119-242030-
/O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0036.000000T0000Z-120324T2030Z/
IREDELL NC-MECKLENBURG NC-
418 PM EDT SAT MAR 24 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EXTREME NORTH
CENTRAL MECKLENBURG AND SOUTH CENTRAL IREDELL COUNTIES UNTIL 430 PM
EDT...

AT 412 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PING PONG BALL SIZE 
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS 
LOCATED OVER LAKE NORMAN 572 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SOUTH 
SUMTER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EXTREME
NORTH CENTRAL MECKLENBURG AND SOUTH CENTRAL IREDELL COUNTIES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

LARGE HAIL CAN CAUSE MAJOR PROPERTY DAMAGE...ESPECIALLY TO VEHICLES.
DAMAGING WINDS MAY BLOW DOWN SCATTERED TREES AND POWER LINES. SEEK
SHELTER INSIDE AN INTERIOR ROOM.

&&

LAT...LON 3549 8079 3547 8095 3551 8096 3553 8094
      3555 8096 3558 8095 3559 8093 3561 8094
      3562 8093 3564 8095 3566 8093
TIME...MOT...LOC 2017Z 235DEG 24KT 2714 7477

$$
LANE

529 
WWUS52 KGSP 242022 CCA
SVSGSP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
418 PM EDT SAT MAR 24 2012

NCC035-109-242028-
/O.COR.KGSP.SV.W.0036.000000T0000Z-120324T2030Z/
CATAWBA NC-LINCOLN NC-
418 PM EDT SAT MAR 24 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN LINCOLN AND
SOUTHEASTERN CATAWBA COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THIS AREA.

LAT...LON 3549 8079 3547 8095 3551 8096 3553 8094
      3555 8096 3558 8095 3559 8093 3561 8094
      3562 8093 3564 8095 3566 8093
TIME...MOT...LOC 2018Z 235DEG 24KT 2714 7476

$$

NCC097-119-242030-
/O.COR.KGSP.SV.W.0036.000000T0000Z-120324T2030Z/
IREDELL NC-MECKLENBURG NC-
418 PM EDT SAT MAR 24 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EXTREME NORTH
CENTRAL MECKLENBURG AND SOUTH CENTRAL IREDELL COUNTIES UNTIL 430 PM
EDT...

AT 412 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PING PONG BALL SIZE 
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS 
LOCATED OVER LAKE NORMAN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  CORNELIUS AND DAVIDSON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

LARGE HAIL CAN CAUSE MAJOR PROPERTY DAMAGE...ESPECIALLY TO VEHICLES.
DAMAGING WINDS MAY BLOW DOWN SCATTERED TREES AND POWER LINES. SEEK
SHELTER INSIDE AN INTERIOR ROOM.

&&

LAT...LON 3549 8079 3547 8095 3551 8096 3553 8094
      3555 8096 3558 8095 3559 8093 3561 8094
      3562 8093 3564 8095 3566 8093
TIME...MOT...LOC 2018Z 235DEG 24KT 2714 7476

$$
LANE

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 Mar 24, 2:17 PM EDT, 1 hour 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 24, 2:17 PM EDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
217 PM EDT SAT MAR 24 2012

.SYNOPSIS...
A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH EAST OF THE AREA THIS EVENING...THEN AN UPPER
LEVEL LOW CROSSES THE REGION LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. DRY HIGH
PRESSURE WILL THEN BUILD ACROSS THE REGION FROM THE NORTH SUNDAY
NIGHT...AND LINGER THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY. ANOTHER WEAK COLD FRONT
WILL PUSH IN FROM THE NORTH ON THURSDAY.

&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH SUNDAY/...
AS UPPER LOW APPROACHES THE AREA FROM THE NW...MOIST LL S FLOW WITH A
SFC BOUNDARY BISECTING THE AREA (N-S) WILL TRANSLATE E. EXPECT
STRONGEST CONVECTION IN AREA OF BEST CAPE AND SHEAR E OF THE LINE
AND SVR TSTM WATCHES HAVE BEEN ISSUED INTO THIS EVE FOR THAT AREA.
DEW POINTS ARE FALLING W OF THE LINE...ESP IN UPSTATE SC AND NE GA
SO CONVECTION WILL BE MORE LIMITED THERE...BUT ISOLD STRONG STORMS
WILL BE PSBL THRU LATE AFTN. ONCE THE SFC BOUNDARY MOVES E OF THE
CWA...CONVECTION WILL TAPER OFF AND SHOULD DIE DOWN WITH COOLING. A
SHORTWAVE TROF ON THE FLANK OF THE UPPER LOW WILL AFFECT THE AREA
SUN WITH SCT CONVECTION EXPECTED...MAINLY WITH DAYTIME HEATING. NW
FLOW MOISTURE INTO THE NC MTNS WILL KEEP CHC POPS ALONG THE TN
BORDER THRU THE AFTN. TEMPS WILL BE COOLER BUT STILL ABOVE AVG THRU
THE PERIOD SO NO SNOW IS EXPECTED OVER THE MTNS ATTM.

&&

.SHORT TERM /SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY/...
AS OF 115 PM SATURDAY...SFC HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO THE GREAT
LAKES SUNDAY NIGHT...WITH RIDGING ACROSS THE NORTHERN APPALACHIANS
AND MID ATLANTIC MONDAY THRU TUESDAY. A BACKDOOR COLD FRONT IS STILL
EXPECTED TO PUSH THRU THE CWFA MONDAY EVE. WELL ABV NORMAL TEMPS ARE
EXPECTED SUN NGT AND MON AHEAD OF THE FRONT. THEN COOLER...YET STILL
ABV NORMAL TEMPS IN ITS WAKE WITH A SURGE OF NELY LLVL FLOW. DRY
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THRU THE PERIOD.

&&

.LONG TERM /TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY/...
AS OF 130 PM SATURDAY...GUIDANCE IN GOOD AGREEMENT ON THE LONGWAVE
PATTERN IN THE LONG TERM...AND WITH LIMITED TIME TODAY TO DO
GRIDS...I WENT WITH HPCGUIDE.

A POTENT SHORTWAVE WILL TRACK THRU THE GREAT LAKES TO NEW
ENGLAND WED-THU...FLATTENING THE SOUTHEAST CONUS RIDGE. AT THE
SFC...HIGH PRES SHIFTS EAST OUT INTO THE ATLANTIC...BRINGING A
RETURN FLOW ACRS THE CWFA. MEANWHILE...A CLIPPER SYSTEM ASSOCIATED
WITH THE AFOREMENTIONED SHORTWAVE WILL REACH THE NEW ENGLAND WATERS
BY 12Z THU. THIS SYSTEM WILL PUSH ANOTHER DRY BACKDOOR FRONT THRU
THE AREA THU. TEMPS WILL RETURN TO MID-UPR 70S WED AND UPR 70S
TO LWR 80S THU AHEAD OF THE FRONT (COOLER IN HIGH TERRAIN). TEMPS
COOL 2-3 CATEGORIES BEHIND THE FRONT FRI AND SAT. AS FOR POPS...HAVE
SLGT CHC FOR THE NC ZONES WED AFTN/EVE AHEAD OF THE FRONT...THEN
LOW-END CHC POPS SAT WITH RETURN FLOW SETTING UP AGAIN.

&&

.AVIATION /18Z SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/...
AT KCLT...MAIN CONCERN THIS AFTN-EVE WILL BE TSTMS WITH STRONG GUSTY
WINDS AND HAIL PSBL MAINLY 20-01Z. SOME STORMS MAY BE SVR. OTHERWISE
S-SW WINDS G18KT WITH LOW VFR CIGS. CONVECTION WILL TAPER OFF BY
LATE EVE AND TERMINAL SHOULD STAY VFR OVERNIGHT. NW WINDS LATE
TONIGHT AND SUN.

ELSEWHERE...SIMILAR TO KCLT WITH LESS OF A SVR THREAT IN MTNS AND SC.

OUTLOOK...SCATTERED SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE SUN AFTN AS UPPER LOW
CENTER MOVES SLOWLY ACROSS THE REGION. DRYING EARLY NEXT 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

&&

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

&&

SYNOPSIS...ARK
NEAR TERM...RB
SHORT TERM...ARK
LONG TERM...ARK
AVIATION...RB

Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 24, 1:56 PM EDT, 1 hour 50 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
156 PM EDT SAT MAR 24 2012

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ048>053-058-059-062>065-SCZ001>006-010-
011-251800-
RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-MADISON-YANCEY-
MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-
SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-
PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER OCONEE-
GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-
156 PM EDT SAT MAR 24 2012

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON
ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS OF THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST
GEORGIA AND ALSO THE WESTERN UPSTATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. SMALL
HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND LIGHTNING ARE EXPECTED
WITH THESE STORMS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

SCZ007>009-012>014-019-251800-
SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK-LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD-
156 PM EDT SAT MAR 24 2012

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 106 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND 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.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

NCZ033-035>037-056-057-068>072-082-501>510-251800-
AVERY-ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-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-
156 PM EDT SAT MAR 24 2012

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 105 IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND 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.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.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, Mar 24, 1:40 PM EDT, 2 hours 6 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
140 PM EDT SAT MAR 24 2012

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

1254 PM     HAIL             1 S WOODLAWN            35.77N 82.04W
03/24/2012  E0.75 INCH       MCDOWELL           NC   911 CALL CENTER

            PENNY SIZE HAIL REPORTED AT WOODLAWN NC

&&

PTANNER

Special weather statement, Mar 24, 2:23 PM EDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
223 PM EDT SAT MAR 24 2012

NCZ036-056-057-069>071-241915-
CATAWBA-GASTON-IREDELL-LINCOLN-MECKLENBURG-ROWAN-
223 PM EDT SAT MAR 24 2012

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EASTERN LINCOLN...NORTHEASTERN
GASTON...NORTHERN MECKLENBURG...SOUTHEASTERN CATAWBA...SOUTHERN
IREDELL AND SOUTHWESTERN ROWAN COUNTIES THROUGH 315 PM EDT...

AT 221 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES WEST OF LOWESVILLE...OR 11 MILES EAST OF
LINCOLNTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  DENVER...
  LAKE NORMAN...
  DAVIDSON...
  MOORESVILLE...
  TROUTMAN...
  LANDIS...

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 3550 8070 3551 8071 3550 8078 3546 8078
      3534 8104 3545 8117 3580 8086 3557 8054

JOH

Special weather statement, Mar 24, 2:51 PM EDT, 55 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
251 PM EDT SAT MAR 24 2012

SCZ007-012-013-241930-
LAURENS-SPARTANBURG-UNION-
251 PM EDT SAT MAR 24 2012

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHERN LAURENS...SOUTHERN
SPARTANBURG AND WESTERN UNION COUNTIES THROUGH 330 PM EDT...

AT 248 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF LAURENS...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 20 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  CLINTON...
  ENOREE...
  CROSS KEYS...

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

LAT...LON 3473 8189 3456 8168 3441 8200 3456 8213

KRENTZ

Special weather statement, Mar 24, 3:16 PM EDT, 30 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
316 PM EDT SAT MAR 24 2012

SCZ008-009-242000-
CHEROKEE-YORK-
316 PM EDT SAT MAR 24 2012

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EASTERN CHEROKEE AND
NORTHWESTERN YORK COUNTIES THROUGH 400 PM EDT...

AT 312 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF SARATT...OR 14 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF GAFFNEY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  HICKORY GROVE...
  YORK...

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

LAT...LON 3486 8148 3487 8153 3491 8160 3517 8137
      3503 8116

KRENTZ

Special weather statement, Mar 24, 3:17 PM EDT, 29 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
317 PM EDT SAT MAR 24 2012

NCZ036-056-069>071-242000-
CATAWBA-GASTON-IREDELL-LINCOLN-MECKLENBURG-
317 PM EDT SAT MAR 24 2012

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EASTERN LINCOLN...GASTON...
NORTHERN MECKLENBURG...SOUTHEASTERN CATAWBA AND SOUTHERN IREDELL
COUNTIES THROUGH 400 PM EDT...

AT 315 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR BESSEMER CITY...OR 8 MILES WEST OF
GASTONIA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  GASTONIA...
  DALLAS...
  STANLEY...
  IRON STATION...
  LOWESVILLE...
  DENVER...

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 3519 8130 3522 8133 3526 8132 3529 8136
      3534 8137 3569 8102 3545 8077 3544 8076

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Special weather statement, Mar 24, 3:28 PM EDT, 18 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
328 PM EDT SAT MAR 24 2012

NCZ036-037-242015-
DAVIE-IREDELL-
328 PM EDT SAT MAR 24 2012

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHERN IREDELL AND
NORTHWESTERN DAVIE COUNTIES THROUGH 415 PM EDT...

AT 326 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES WEST OF TURNERSBURG...OR 8 MILES NORTH OF
STATESVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  HARMONY...
  FARMINGTON...

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 3579 8085 3591 8100 3606 8088 3605 8050
      3605 8049 3607 8046 3603 8043 3602 8043

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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
Mar 24, 6:33 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Jackson, Macon, Transylvania	57 min
Mar 24, 7:29 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Henderson, Polk, Transylvania	26 min
Mar 24, 7:50 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Mitchell	40 min
Mar 24, 8:05 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Henderson, Transylvania	40 min
Mar 24, 8:23 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Cabarrus	52 min
Mar 24, 8:27 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Union	48 min
Mar 24, 9:01 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Burke	44 min
Mar 24, 10:23 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Burke	37 min
Mar 24, 11:02 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Rutherford	43 min
Mar 24, 12:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	McDowell	41 min
Mar 24, 12:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Yancey	50 min
Mar 24, 12:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Burke, McDowell, Mitchell	46 min
Mar 24, 1:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Avery	42 min
Mar 24, 1:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Caldwell	47 min
Mar 24, 2:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Iredell	52 min
Mar 24, 3:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Gaston	43 min
Mar 24, 3:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Davie	47 min
Mar 24, 3:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Gaston, Mecklenburg	36 min
Mar 24, 4:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Gaston	44 min
Mar 24, 4:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Iredell, Rowan	55 min
Mar 24, 4:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Davie	45 min
Mar 24, 4:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Mecklenburg	48 min
Mar 24, 4:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Lincoln	35 min
Mar 24, 4:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Mecklenburg	33 min
Mar 24, 5:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Cabarrus, Mecklenburg	53 min
Mar 24, 5:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Rowan	40 min
Mar 24, 5:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Cabarrus, Rowan	43 min
Mar 24, 5:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Union	39 min
Mar 24, 6:06 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Rowan	24 min
Mar 24, 6:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Union	27 min

Nearby

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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.