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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 37, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 24, 2012, 3:52 PM EDT for Gaston County, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina; York County, South Carolina. It was in force for 36 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
- Mar 24, 2012, 3:52 PM EDT (19:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 24, 2012, 4:28 PM EDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Gaston County, NC, Mecklenburg County, NC, York County, SC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:52 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, 3:54 PM EDT | HAIL 0.75 | 6 Sw Gastonia, NC | CROWDERS FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORTED DIME SIZED HAIL AND A WIND GUST THAT WAS NOT TOO STRONG. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
Did it verify
Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.
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 |
| Mar 24, 1:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 150 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
735
WUUS52 KGSP 241952
SVRGSP
NCC071-119-SCC091-242045-
/O.NEW.KGSP.SV.W.0037.120324T1952Z-120324T2045Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
352 PM EDT SAT MAR 24 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
GASTON COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...
WEST CENTRAL MECKLENBURG COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH
CAROLINA...
NORTH CENTRAL YORK COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 445 PM EDT
* AT 349 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 5 MILES
NORTH OF CLOVER...OR 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GASTONIA...AND MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
GASTONIA.
LOWELL AND CRAMERTON.
BELMONT.
MOUNT HOLLY.
PAW CREEK.
MOUNTAIN ISLAND LAKE.
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 3508 8128 3516 8135 3517 8133 3521 8133
3541 8101 3540 8097 3524 8084
TIME...MOT...LOC 1953Z 236DEG 23KT 3520 8122
$$
JOH1 follow-up statement
229
WWUS52 KGSP 242028
SVSGSP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
428 PM EDT SAT MAR 24 2012
NCC071-119-SCC091-242038-
/O.CAN.KGSP.SV.W.0037.000000T0000Z-120324T2045Z/
GASTON NC-MECKLENBURG NC-YORK SC-
428 PM EDT SAT MAR 24 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL YORK...WEST
CENTRAL MECKLENBURG AND GASTON COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LEVELS.
REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR
CENTRAL YORK COUNTY UNTIL 445 PM EDT.
LAT...LON 3508 8128 3516 8135 3517 8133 3521 8133
3541 8101 3540 8097 3524 8084
TIME...MOT...LOC 2028Z 236DEG 23KT 3533 8099
$$
ARKWhat 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 35 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 24, 2:17 PM EDT, 1 hour 35 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 56 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 12 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
&&
PTANNERSpecial weather statement, Mar 24, 2:23 PM EDT, 1 hour 29 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
JOHSpecial weather statement, Mar 24, 2:51 PM EDT, 1 hour 1 minute 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, 36 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
KRENTZSpecial weather statement, Mar 24, 3:17 PM EDT, 35 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
JOHSpecial weather statement, Mar 24, 3:28 PM EDT, 24 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
JOHThe 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, 3:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Catawba, Gaston, Iredell, Lincoln, Mecklenburg | 44 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 |
| Mar 24, 2:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Laurens | 39 min |
| Mar 24, 3:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | York | 44 min |
| Mar 24, 4:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | York | 44 min |
| Mar 24, 4:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | York | 41 min |
| Mar 24, 4:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Chester, Laurens, Union | 31 min |
| Mar 24, 5:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Chester, York | 24 min |
| Mar 24, 5:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Chester, Union, York | 35 min |
| Mar 24, 5:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | York | 49 min |
| Mar 24, 5:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Chester | 10 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.