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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 377, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

July 9, 2012Cleveland County, Rutherford County, North Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 9, 2012, 3:43 PM EDT for Cleveland County, Rutherford County, North Carolina. It was in force for 39 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jul 9, 2012, 3:43 PM EDT (19:43 UTC)
Expired: Jul 9, 2012, 4:22 PM EDT
In force: 39 min
Issued by: NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Cleveland County, NC, Rutherford County, NC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:44 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.

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 nearest sounding before it

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 179 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: 1054 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -119 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1186 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 23 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 31 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

403 
WUUS52 KGSP 091943
SVRGSP
NCC045-161-092045-
/O.NEW.KGSP.SV.W.0377.120709T1943Z-120709T2045Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
343 PM EDT MON JUL 9 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN CLEVELAND COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...
  SOUTHEASTERN RUTHERFORD COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...

* UNTIL 445 PM EDT

* AT 340 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
  BOILING SPRINGS NC...OR 9 MILES WEST OF SHELBY...AND MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
  SHELBY AND POLKVILLE.
  LAWNDALE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 3540 8149 3518 8151 3517 8164 3519 8185
      3522 8185 3537 8180 3548 8149
TIME...MOT...LOC 1943Z 238DEG 17KT 3529 8170

$$

CSH

2 follow-up statements

391 
WWUS52 KGSP 092009
SVSGSP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
409 PM EDT MON JUL 9 2012

NCC161-092019-
/O.CAN.KGSP.SV.W.0377.000000T0000Z-120709T2045Z/
RUTHERFORD NC-
409 PM EDT MON JUL 9 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN RUTHERFORD COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...

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

LAT...LON 3548 8149 3542 8149 3541 8149 3518 8151
      3517 8163 3518 8176 3523 8176 3535 8170
      3540 8170
TIME...MOT...LOC 2009Z 266DEG 11KT 3529 8162

$$

NCC045-092045-
/O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0377.000000T0000Z-120709T2045Z/
CLEVELAND NC-
409 PM EDT MON JUL 9 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN
CLEVELAND COUNTY UNTIL 445 PM EDT...

AT 405 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
BOILING SPRINGS NC...OR 5 MILES WEST OF SHELBY...MOVING EAST AT 10
MPH.

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 3548 8149 3542 8149 3541 8149 3518 8151
      3517 8163 3518 8176 3523 8176 3535 8170
      3540 8170
TIME...MOT...LOC 2009Z 266DEG 11KT 3529 8162

$$

CSH

317 
WWUS52 KGSP 092022
SVSGSP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
422 PM EDT MON JUL 9 2012

NCC045-092033-
/O.CAN.KGSP.SV.W.0377.000000T0000Z-120709T2045Z/
CLEVELAND NC-
422 PM EDT MON JUL 9 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WESTERN CLEVELAND COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LEVELS.

LAT...LON 3548 8149 3542 8149 3541 8149 3518 8151
      3517 8163 3518 8176 3523 8176 3535 8170
      3540 8170
TIME...MOT...LOC 2023Z 266DEG 11KT 3529 8157

$$

CSH

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 9, 2:28 PM EDT, 1 hour 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 9, 2:28 PM EDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
228 PM EDT MON JUL 9 2012

.SYNOPSIS...
A COLD FRONT WILL SLOWLY DRIFT SOUTH INTO OUR AREA TODAY. THIS FRONT
IS WILL BECOME STATIONARY ACROSS THE CAROLINAS AND GEORGIA...AND
WILL REMAIN IN THE AREA THROUGH FRIDAY.

&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH TUESDAY/...
CONVECTION GETTING AN EARLY START AS EXPECTED WHICH WAS SLIGHTLY
SLOWER THAN THE MESOSCALE MDLS SUGGESTED. GREATEST COVERAGE STILL
EXPECTED OVER THE MTNS AND ALONG THE CONVERGENCE BOUNDARY ACROSS NE
GA...INTO THE UPSTATE AND THE SRN FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT OF NC. ONLY
SLIGHTLY LESS COVERAGE...STILL NUMEROUS...IS EXPECTED OVER THE SRN
PORTIONS OF NE GA...THE UPSTATE AND THE NRN MTNS AND I-40 CORRIDOR
OF NC. ANY OF THE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND
POSSIBLY LARGE HAIL GIVEN THE AT LEAST MODERATE INSTABILITY AND
DCAPE VALUES FROM 800 J/KG NORTH TO 1500 J/KG SOUTH. EFFECTIVE BULK
SHEAR STILL FCST TO INCREASE TO AS MUCH AS 25 KTS ACROSS THE I-40
CORRIDOR...SO THAT AREA HAS THE GREATEST POTENTIAL FOR ORGANIZATION.
STILL...ORGANIZED STORMS COULD DEVELOP SOUTH OF THERE GIVEN THE LOW
LEVEL CONVERGENCE BOUNDARY IN PLACE. ALSO...COLD POOL AND OUTFLOW
BOUNDARY INTERACTIONS WILL LIKELY BE STRONGER ACROSS THE SOUTH WITH
THE HIGHER DCAPE. HAVE ALREADY INCLUDED SVR TSRA WORDING IN THE FCST
THRU 00Z TO COVER THE POTENTIAL.

STORMS WILL LINGER INTO THE EVENING THEN TAPER OFF FROM SW TO NE AS
INSTABILITY WANES. SH/TSRA COULD LINGER OVERNIGHT GIVEN THE UNSTABLE
AIRMASS AND BOUNDARY. HOWEVER...THE COVERAGE WOULD BE SCT AT BEST.
PATCHY FOG POSSIBLE AGAIN...ESP MTN VALLEYS AND FOOTHILLS. LOWS AS
MUCH AS 5 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL.

EXPECT ANOTHER ROUND OF NUMEROUS CONVECTIVE COVERAGE DEVELOPING TUE
AS THE MOIST...UNSTABLE AIRMASS REMAINS IN PLACE AND WEAK FRONTAL
BOUNDARY DROPS INTO THE AREA. MODERATE INSTABILITY WITH NO CAP
EXPECTED AGAIN. HOWEVER...DCAPE VALUES WILL LIKELY NOT BE AS HIGH AS
AIRMASS MOISTENS. STILL...ISOLATED TO SCT SVR STORMS WILL BE
POSSIBLE...WITH DAMAGING DOWNBURSTS THE MAIN THREAT. THE STRING OF
VERY HOT TEMPS SHUD FINALLY COME TO AN END WITH HIGHS NEAR TO A
COUPLE OF DEGREES BELOW NORMAL.

&&

.SHORT TERM /TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY/...
AS OF 200 PM MONDAY...THE SHORT TERM WILL BE DOMINATED BY A
BROAD...POSITIVELY TILTED UPR TROF EXTENDING FROM THE GREAT LAKES TO
THE LWR MS VALLEY AND DOWNSTREAM NORTH ATLANTIC RIDGE. RELATIVELY
WEAK FLOW ALOFT WILL REMAIN ACRS THE SE CONUS IN THIS
PATTERN...KEEPING A QUASI-STATIONARY FRONTAL ZONE ORIENTED FROM SW
TO NE ACRS THE REGION. COPIOUS MOISTURE WILL REMAIN WITHIN THE
FRONTAL ZONE WITH PWATS IN THE 1-2 SD ABV NORMAL RANGE. AS FOR
FORCING...THE GFS AND NAM SEEM TO AGREE SOMEWHAT ON SHORTWAVE ENERGY
AND SOME UPR DIVERGENCE MAXIMIZED ON WEDNESDAY. A WEAK LLVL WAVE IS
PROGGED TO DEVELOP ON WEDNESDAY OVER THE TN VLY AS WELL...BACKING
THE FLOW TO S/SELY AND INCREASING UPSLOPE FORCING ALONG THE BLUE
RIDGE. A BLEND OF THE GUIDANCE RESULTS IN VERY HIGH POPS...BASICALLY
SHOTGUN LIKELY ACRS THE ENTIRE AREA. THERE SHUD STILL BE SOMEWHAT OF
A DIURNAL NATURE TO POPS...BUT DEPENDING ON TIMING OF UPPER
IMPULSES...THERE COULD BE DECENT COVERAGE DURING OVERNIGHT HOURS AS
WELL PER INSTBY IN FCST SNDGS. IN FACT...FCST SNDGS SHOW VERY MOIST
COLUMN INDICATIVE OF A HEAVY RAIN THREAT. SEVERE THREAT WILL
PROBABLY BE LIMITED DUE TO THE NEAR MOIST ADIABATIC SNDGS AND WEAK
SHEAR. MAX TEMPS WILL BE BELOW NORMAL FOR A CHANGE DUE TO CLOUDS AND
PRECIP...AND MIN TEMPS WILL BE NEAR NORMAL.

&&

.LONG TERM /THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY/...
AS OF 215 PM MONDAY...THE GOOD AGREEMENT AMONGST THE DETERMINISTIC
MODELS AND LITTLE SPREAD IN GEFS SUGGEST ABOVE AVERAGE CONFIDENCE IN
MEDIUM RANGE FCST. SUBTROPICAL RIDGE WILL REMAIN ANCHORED OFF THE
EAST COAST...BUT AMPLIFIES...PUSHING A FRONTAL BNDRY BACK NORTH FOR
THIS WEEKEND. LLVL FLOW WILL REMAIN SELY...AND PWATS 2 STANDARD
DEVIATIONS ABV NORMAL. SO CONTINUED UNSETTLED WEATHER IS PROGGED
THRU NEW DAY 7. GIVEN SUCH A PROTRACTED PERIOD OF HIGH POPS...HYDRO
CONCERNS MAY INCREASE...ESPECIALLY IN UPSLOPE AREAS. OVERALL...THERE
IS NO PERIOD WHERE UPR FORCING IS ALL THAT STRONG...AND 850MB
MOISTURE FLUX REMAINS MODEST AT BEST...WHILE MOISTURE PLUME/PWAT
ANOMALIES SHIFTS WEST OF THE CWFA (PER THE 12Z GEFS). SO WILL NOT
ADD ANY HYDRO MENTION IN THE HWO ATTM. EXPECTING LESS CLOUD COVER
AND A WARMING TEMP TREND AS UPR RIDGE REASSERTS ITSELF THRU THE
WEEKEND.

&&

.AVIATION /19Z MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/...
AT KCLT...CONVECTION GOING A LITTLE SOONER THAN EXPECTED OVER THE
PIEDMONT. THIS LIKELY DUE TO THE CONVERGENCE BOUNDARY NEAR THE AREA.
IN LINE WITH THE NEW TAF RULES...HAVE PREVAILING VFR TS IN THE TAF
BEGINNING AT 20Z GIVEN THE CONVECTION NEAR THE AIRFIELD. EVEN THIS
MAY BE TOO SLOW...BUT WILL AMD AS CELLS APPROACH. NUMEROUS
CONVECTION WILL LINGER INTO THE EVENING...WITH SCT CONVECTION
POSSIBLE MUCH OF THE NIGHT. THEREFORE...HAVE GONE WITH PREVAILING VFR
TS THRU 04Z AND PROB30 THEREAFTER. EXPECT THAT ANY RESTRICTIONS WILL
BE LIMITED TO CONVECTIVE CELLS...SO THE FCST IF VFR THROUGHOUT. IF
CONVECTION TAPERS OFF OVERNIGHT AND SKIES CLEAR...THEN FOG WOULD BE
POSSIBLE. EXPECT CONVECTION TO GET GOING EARLY AGAIN TUE WITH MOIST
UNSTABLE AIR MASS AND WEAK FRONT DROPPING INTO THE AREA...HENCE THE
PREVAILING TS BY NOON. N TO NW WIND WILL CONTINUE THRU THE PERIOD
XCPT FOR VARIABLE AND GUSTY NEAR TS.

ELSEWHERE...EXPECT A SIMILAR EVOLUTION COMPARED TO KCLT. THE MAIN
EXCEPTION IS AN EARLIER ONSET AT ALL BUT KAND. IN ADDITION...WINDS
WILL BE MORE WLY FOR THE SC SITES THRU THE AFTERNOON...THEN N TO NE
OVERNIGHT AND TUE. FOG MORE LIKELY AT KAVL/KHKY...BUT COULD DEVELOP
ANYWHERE CONVECTION TAPERS OFF AND SKIES CLEAR.

OUTLOOK...SHRA/TSRA AREA EXPECTED TO BECOME NUMEROUS TUESDAY
AFTERNOON AND AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY WITH A STALLED FRONT ACROSS THE
CAROLINAS AND A WEAK UPPER TROUGH TO OUR WEST. THIS WILL BRING
OCCASIONAL MVFR/IFR RESTRICTIONS AROUND STORMS. AREAS OF MORNING
FOG/STRATUS ARE POSSIBLE...ESP IN THE MTN VALLEYS AND WHERE RAIN
FALLS.

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...PAT
NEAR TERM...RWH
SHORT TERM...ARK
LONG TERM...ARK
AVIATION...RWH

Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 9, 3:25 PM EDT, 18 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
325 PM EDT MON JUL 9 2012

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065-
068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-101930-
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-
325 PM EDT MON JUL 9 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 TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE
REGION INTO THIS EVENING. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BECOME
SEVERE...PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

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, Jul 9, 2:30 PM EDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
230 PM EDT MON JUL 09 2012

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

0138 PM     HAIL             3 ESE ROSMAN            35.13N 82.77W
07/09/2012  E0.50 INCH       TRANSYLVANIA       NC   PUBLIC

            OBSERVED AT RAINBOW LAKE RESORT.

&&

TW

Local storm report, Jul 9, 2:31 PM EDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
231 PM EDT MON JUL 09 2012

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

0138 PM     HAIL             2 E ROSMAN              35.14N 82.78W
07/09/2012  E0.88 INCH       TRANSYLVANIA       NC   PUBLIC

            OBSERVED AT A GIRL SCOUT CAMP.

&&

TW

Special weather statement, Jul 9, 2:53 PM EDT, 50 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
253 PM EDT MON JUL 9 2012

NCZ510-091930-
EASTERN POLK-
253 PM EDT MON JUL 9 2012

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT POLK COUNTY THROUGH 330 PM
EDT...

AT 252 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR MILL SPRING...OR 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF
COLUMBUS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

PEOPLE IN POLK COUNTY...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...

COLUMBUS AND LAKE ADGER...

SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE
WARNINGS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE
WEATHER THREATEN.

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

LAT...LON 3521 8197 3519 8198 3519 8217 3526 8229
      3528 8229 3540 8219 3541 8216

CSH

Special weather statement, Jul 9, 2:55 PM EDT, 48 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
255 PM EDT MON JUL 9 2012

SCZ014-091930-
CHESTER-
255 PM EDT MON JUL 9 2012

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EASTERN CHESTER COUNTY THROUGH
330 PM EDT...

AT 252 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES WEST OF FISHING CREEK RESERVOIR...OR 13
MILES SOUTHWEST OF LANCASTER...MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
  GREAT FALLS...
  GREAT FALLS RESERVOIR...
  FISHING CREEK RESERVOIR...
  FORT LAWN...

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

LAT...LON 3468 8087 3465 8089 3459 8088 3457 8087
      3455 8087 3454 8088 3454 8104 3482 8105
      3479 8087 3474 8087 3469 8085

NED

Special weather statement, Jul 9, 3:05 PM EDT, 38 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
305 PM EDT MON JUL 9 2012

SCZ007-008-091930-
CHEROKEE-SPARTANBURG-
305 PM EDT MON JUL 9 2012

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EASTERN SPARTANBURG AND WESTERN
CHEROKEE COUNTIES THROUGH 330 PM EDT...

AT 304 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES SOUTH OF COWPENS...OR 6 MILES EAST OF
SPARTANBURG...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
  COWPENS...
  PACOLET...
  THICKETTY...

PEOPLE IN EASTERN SPARTANBURG AND WESTERN CHEROKEE COUNTIES...
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...

COWPENS...PACOLET AND THICKETTY...

SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE
WARNINGS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE
WEATHER THREATEN.

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

LAT...LON 3486 8192 3504 8194 3506 8167 3490 8167
      3491 8170 3491 8171 3486 8176

NED

Special weather statement, Jul 9, 3:15 PM EDT, 28 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
315 PM EDT MON JUL 9 2012

NCZ051-091945-
SWAIN-
315 PM EDT MON JUL 9 2012

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL SWAIN COUNTY THROUGH 345
PM EDT...

AT 312 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF FONTANA LAKE...OR 12 MILES
NORTHWEST OF BRYSON CITY...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

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

LAT...LON 3557 8376 3558 8360 3557 8359 3557 8349
      3560 8347 3562 8344 3542 8341 3546 8379

NED

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 8, 8:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Avery	35 min
Jul 9, 1:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Transylvania	57 min
Jul 9, 2:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Cleveland, Gaston	54 min
Jul 9, 2:53 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Polk	37 min
Jul 9, 3:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Gaston, Mecklenburg	61 min
Jul 9, 3:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Swain	30 min
Jul 9, 3:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Union	59 min
Jul 9, 4:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Union	40 min
Jul 9, 5:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Haywood	35 min
Jul 9, 6:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Caldwell	31 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Carolina, 2012 Every 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.