Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 397, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 16, 2012, 3:27 PM EDT for 7 counties in North Carolina. It was in force for 63 min. 3 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
- Jul 16, 2012, 3:27 PM EDT (19:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 16, 2012, 4:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Burke County, NC, Catawba County, NC, Cleveland County, NC, Gaston County, NC, Lincoln County, NC, McDowell County, NC, Rutherford County, NC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:30 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 16, 4:02 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Lincolnton, NC | TREE WAS REPORTED BLOWN DOWN ON A CAR |
| Jul 16, 4:07 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Wnw Terrell, NC | TREE DOWN ON MT PLEASANT RD NEAR SHERRILLS FOARD. |
| Jul 16, 4:12 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Ese Denver, NC | TREE LIMBS DOWN AROUND THE DENVER 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 4 storm reports to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 5 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, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 132 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
- 1492 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -49 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 920 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 40 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 29 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
565
WUUS52 KGSP 161927
SVRGSP
NCC023-035-045-071-109-111-161-162030-
/O.NEW.KGSP.SV.W.0397.120716T1927Z-120716T2030Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
327 PM EDT MON JUL 16 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN BURKE COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
CATAWBA COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...
NORTHERN CLEVELAND COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...
EXTREME NORTHWESTERN GASTON COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH
CAROLINA...
LINCOLN COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...
EAST CENTRAL MCDOWELL COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
NORTHEASTERN RUTHERFORD COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 430 PM EDT
* AT 326 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 7 MILES WEST OF MORGANTON TO 6
MILES SOUTHWEST OF ICARD TO CONOVER...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20
MPH.
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
NEWTON.
MAIDEN.
VALE AND TERRELL.
DENVER.
BOGER CITY...CASAR...LAKE NORMAN AND LINCOLNTON.
IRON STATION.
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 3571 8159 3577 8119 3557 8095 3555 8096
3553 8094 3553 8096 3550 8096 3549 8095
3547 8095 3539 8112 3543 8177 3584 8201
TIME...MOT...LOC 1927Z 310DEG 16KT 3575 8182 3565 8150
3569 8121
$$
RB3 follow-up statements
702
WWUS52 KGSP 161938
SVSGSP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
338 PM EDT MON JUL 16 2012
NCC111-161948-
/O.CAN.KGSP.SV.W.0397.000000T0000Z-120716T2030Z/
MCDOWELL NC-
338 PM EDT MON JUL 16 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL MCDOWELL COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...
THE LINE OF STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THIS
AREA.
LAT...LON 3571 8159 3577 8119 3557 8095 3555 8096
3553 8094 3553 8096 3547 8095 3539 8112
3543 8177 3578 8183
TIME...MOT...LOC 1938Z 310DEG 16KT 3565 8173 3562 8145
3566 8116
$$
NCC023-035-045-071-109-161-162030-
/O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0397.000000T0000Z-120716T2030Z/
CATAWBA NC-CLEVELAND NC-GASTON NC-LINCOLN NC-RUTHERFORD NC-BURKE NC-
338 PM EDT MON JUL 16 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN
BURKE...NORTHEASTERN RUTHERFORD...LINCOLN...EXTREME NORTHWESTERN
GASTON...NORTHERN CLEVELAND AND CATAWBA COUNTIES UNTIL 430 PM EDT...
AT 334 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 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MORGANTON TO
7 MILES SOUTH OF ICARD TO NEWTON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
MAIDEN.
VALE.
CASAR AND TERRELL.
DENVER.
LAKE NORMAN.
IRON STATION...LINCOLNTON AND BOGER CITY.
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 3571 8159 3577 8119 3557 8095 3555 8096
3553 8094 3553 8096 3547 8095 3539 8112
3543 8177 3578 8183
TIME...MOT...LOC 1938Z 310DEG 16KT 3565 8173 3562 8145
3566 8116
$$
RB554
WWUS52 KGSP 161957
SVSGSP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
357 PM EDT MON JUL 16 2012
NCC161-162006-
/O.CAN.KGSP.SV.W.0397.000000T0000Z-120716T2030Z/
RUTHERFORD NC-
357 PM EDT MON JUL 16 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN RUTHERFORD COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...
THE LINE OF STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE
AREA.
LAT...LON 3557 8095 3555 8096 3553 8094 3553 8096
3547 8095 3539 8112 3543 8158 3570 8157
3571 8159 3571 8115
TIME...MOT...LOC 1956Z 310DEG 16KT 3560 8165 3557 8137
3561 8108
$$
NCC023-035-045-071-109-162030-
/O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0397.000000T0000Z-120716T2030Z/
CATAWBA NC-CLEVELAND NC-GASTON NC-LINCOLN NC-BURKE NC-
357 PM EDT MON JUL 16 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
BURKE...LINCOLN...EXTREME NORTHWESTERN GASTON...NORTH CENTRAL
CLEVELAND AND SOUTHERN CATAWBA COUNTIES UNTIL 430 PM EDT...
AT 350 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 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF CASAR TO
VALE TO 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF MAIDEN...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
VALE.
TERRELL.
DENVER.
LAKE NORMAN...LINCOLNTON AND BOGER CITY.
IRON STATION.
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 3557 8095 3555 8096 3553 8094 3553 8096
3547 8095 3539 8112 3543 8158 3570 8157
3571 8159 3571 8115
TIME...MOT...LOC 1956Z 310DEG 16KT 3560 8165 3557 8137
3561 8108
$$
LG579
WWUS52 KGSP 162014
SVSGSP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
414 PM EDT MON JUL 16 2012
NCC023-071-162024-
/O.CAN.KGSP.SV.W.0397.000000T0000Z-120716T2030Z/
GASTON NC-BURKE NC-
414 PM EDT MON JUL 16 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN BURKE AND EXTREME
NORTHWESTERN GASTON COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE LINE OF STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THIS
AREA.
LAT...LON 3557 8095 3555 8096 3553 8094 3553 8096
3547 8095 3541 8109 3541 8137 3543 8158
3568 8115
TIME...MOT...LOC 2014Z 325DEG 53KT 3538 8147 3551 8103
$$
NCC035-045-109-162030-
/O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0397.000000T0000Z-120716T2030Z/
CATAWBA NC-CLEVELAND NC-LINCOLN NC-
414 PM EDT MON JUL 16 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR LINCOLN...
NORTH CENTRAL CLEVELAND AND SOUTHEASTERN CATAWBA COUNTIES UNTIL 430
PM EDT...
AT 410 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 LAWNDALE TO DENVER...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 60 MPH.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF LINCOLN...
NORTH CENTRAL CLEVELAND AND SOUTHEASTERN CATAWBA COUNTIES.
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 3557 8095 3555 8096 3553 8094 3553 8096
3547 8095 3541 8109 3541 8137 3543 8158
3568 8115
TIME...MOT...LOC 2014Z 325DEG 53KT 3538 8147 3551 8103
$$
RBWhat 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 16, 2:23 PM EDT, 1 hour 4 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 16, 2:23 PM EDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 223 PM EDT MON JUL 16 2012 .SYNOPSIS... BERMUDA HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO CONTROL OUR WEATHER THROUGH MID-WEEK. A FRONTAL BOUNDARY OVER THE OHIO VALLEY IS EXPECTED TO DROP SOUTH ACROSS THE REGION BY LATE THURSDAY AND LINGERS INTO SATURDAY. THEN HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD OVER THE REGION FROM THE NORTH BY SUNDAY AND REMAIN THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH TUESDAY/... AT 230 PM EDT MONDAY...AN UPPER LOW WILL REMAIN OVER EASTERN CANADA TONIGHT AND TUESDAY....BUT THE MEAN TROUGH TO ITS SOUTH WILL LOSE AMPLITUDE. MEANWHILE...A WEAK UPPER LOW OFF THE COAST OF NE FL WILL MOVE WEST AND INLAND. CONVECTION IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AS AN UPPER IMPULSE DIVES INTO THE EAST COAST TROUGH... LINGERING INTO THE EARLY EVENING. THE RETROGRADING FL SYSTEM MAY HAVE SUFFICIENT REACH BY TUESDAY TO STEER UPPER IMPULSES WEST ACROSS GA AND THE CAROLINAS INTO THE BLUE RIDGE...PERHAPS CAUSING PRECIPITATION TO DEVELOP EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. MINIMUM TEMPERATURES TONIGHT WILL BE NEAR NORMAL...AND MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES TUESDAY WILL BE SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL. && .SHORT TERM /TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY/... AT 145 PM EDT...WEAK TROUGHING ALOFT WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER THE SE STATES IN THE SHORT TERM AS A STRONG SHORT WAVE MOVES INTO NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND AND A WEAK UPPER LOW OVER FLORIDA MEANDERS GENERALLY WESTWARD. AT THE SURFACE...WEAK HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN CENTERED OVER THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS WITH LEE TROUGHING EAST OF THE MOUNTAINS. WITH A MOIST BOUNDARY LAYER IN PLACE...PLAN VIEW CAPES ARE FORECAST TO EXCEED 2000J/KG OVER MANY PIEDMONT AREAS BOTH WED AND THU AFTERNOONS WITH WELL OVER 1000J/KG ELESWHERE. THIS SET UP FAVORS RATHER TYPICAL JULY WEATHER WITH DIURNALLY ENHANCED THUNDERSTORMS ERUPTING DURING THE AFTERNOONS AND THEN MOSTLY DISSIPATING DURING THE EVENING HOURS. BUFKIT SOUNDINGS SUPPORT THIS IDEA AS CONSIDERABLE LOW LEVEL CIN IS INDICATED DURING THE OVERNIGHT. COVERAGE OF STORMS SHOULD BE BETTER THU AFTERNOON AS A COLD FRONT SAGS SOUTHWARD TOWARD THE AREA AND UPPER HEIGHTS SLOWLY FALL. WILL FOLLOW THE POP TREND OF THE PREVIOUS FORECAST. HOWEVER...DOWNSCALED NAM POPS LOOK REASONABLE SO BLENDED THEM INTO THE PREVIOUS FORECAST TO GIVE A LITTLE MORE DETAIL. SEVERE THREAT WITH THUNDERSTORMS IS STILL EXPECTED TO BE ON THE LOW SIDE AS PROFILES REMAIN RATHER MOIST AND WIND FIELDS WEAK. ISOLD HYDRO PROBLEMS CAN'T BE RULED OUT DUE TO WEAK STREERING FLOW. TEMP VERIFICATION DATA OF LATE INDICATES THAT THE BIAS CORRECTED GMOS AND ADJMAV ARE PERFORMING THE BEST...SO USED A BLEND OF THOSE GUIDANCE SOURCES FOR TEMPS. THIS YIELDS MAX TEMPS ABOUT A CATEGORY ABOVE AVE BOTH WED AND THU. MIN TEMPS ALSO ARE FORECAST TO BE A LITTLE ABOVE AVERAGE. && .LONG TERM /THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY/... AS OF 200 PM SUNDAY...THE LATEST MEDIUM RANGE MODELS CONTINUE TO INDICATE THAT THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY OVER THE OHIO VALLEY WILL DROP SOUTH ACROSS THE APPALACHIANS BY LATE THURSDAY....AND SLOWLY SLIPS SOUTH INTO THE NC/SC LINE BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. FORECAST SOUNDINGS SHOW MODERATE INSTABILITY AND VERY DEEP MOIST LAYER WITH PW VALUES OVER 2 INCHES DURING THE PASSAGE OF THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY. IN ADDITION...UPPER LEVEL DIVERGENCE AND DYNAMIC LIFTING WILL PROVIDE WIDESPREAD CONVECTION ON LATE FRIDAY AS OUR CWA WILL BE UNDER THE RIGHT ENTRANCE REGION OF THE JET STREAK. HENCE...POPS HAVE BEEN ACCORDINGLY RAISED INTO THE 60S OVER MUCH OF OUR AREA FRI AFTERNOON INTO EVENING. THE FRONT CONTINUES TO SLOWLY DROP FURTHER SOUTH ACROSS THE LOWER MIDLANDS SAT AND BECOMES STATIONARY THROUGH EARLY PART OF NEXT WEEK. SO WE WILL SEE DECREASE IN COVERAGE OF CONVECTION AND POPS HAVE BEEN LOWERED ACCORDINGLY. TEMPERATURES WILL BE 5-10 DEGREES BELOW SEASONAL AVERAGES WITH HIGHS IN THE LOW TO MID 80S ACROSS THE PIEDMONT THROUGH THE EXTENDED PERIOD. && .AVIATION /19Z MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/... AT KCLT...CONVECTION IN NW NC IS AIMING AT THE INTERSTATE 77 CORRIDOR. ON ITS CURRENT TRAJECTORY...IT PASS TO THE EAST OF KCLT...SO FOR NO JUST DRY THUNDER WILL BE CARRIED WITH NO RESTRICTION. MODEL TIME HEIGHTS SUPPORT A LOW VFR CIG THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. GUIDANCE IS BECOMING SUPPORTIVE OF MVFR FOG AT DAYBREAK...BUT UNTIL CONFIDENCE INCREASES ON FOG...NONE WILL BE CARRIED. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT PRECIPITATION COULD GET GOING EARLY TUESDAY...AS AN UPPER LOW DIRECTS IMPULSES ACROSS WESTERN NC FROM THE EAST. WITH LOW CONFIDENCE...A DRY FORECAST WILL BE FEATURED AT THIS TIME. LIGHT WINDS SHOULD REMAIN OUT OF THE WSW UNTIL DAYBREAK...THEN WILL VEER TO WNW. ELSEWHERE...CONVECTION MOVING IN FROM THE NW SHOULD PASS CLOSE ENOUGH TO KHKY TO AT LEAST CARRY TS AND CB THIS AFTERNOON....BUT THIS ACTIVITY WILL PASS WELL EAST OF THE OTHER SITES. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO FIRE ALONG THE BLUE RIDGE...BUT CONFIDENCE IS LIMITED THAT THEY WILL CAUSE RESTRICTIONS AT TAF SITES...SO FOR NOW THUNDER WITH LOW VFR CB WILL BE CARRIED. GUIDANCE IS BECOMING SUPPORTIVE OF FOG TOWARD DAWN...BUT CONDITIONS WERE GENERALLY GOOD THIS MORNING...AND ONLY THE MOST LIKELY SPOT... KAVL...WILL HAVE MVFR FOG IN THE TAF. ANOTHER ROUND OF CONVECTION COULD DEVELOP EARLY TUESDAY AS AN UPPER LOW DIRECTS IMPULSES WEST INTO THE BLUE RIDGE...BUT CONFIDENCE IS TOO LOW TO ACCEPT THIS SCENARIO JUST YET. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO VEER TO THE NW THIS AFTERNOON AND REMAIN THERE THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING...EXCEPT AT KAND WHERE GUIDANCE SUGGESTS LIGHT ENE WINDS AFTER DAYBREAK. OUTLOOK...SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE WESTERN CAROLINAS THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THE GREATEST CHANCE WILL REMAIN OVER THE MOUNTAINS. A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH ACROSS THE REGION ON THURSDAY AND IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN INTO THE WEEKEND. THE FRONT WILL BRING AN INCREASED CHANCE FOR THUNDER...CLOUD COVER...AND FOG OVER SATURATED SOIL. 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...JOH NEAR TERM...JAT SHORT TERM...LG LONG TERM...JOH AVIATION...JAT
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 16, 3:24 PM EDT, 3 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 324 PM EDT MON JUL 16 2012 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065- 068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-171930- 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- 324 PM EDT MON JUL 16 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 INTO THE EVENING HOURS ACROSS THE REGION. THE STORMS WILL BE SLOW MOVING WHICH MEANS SOME LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL OCCUR ALONG WITH PERHAPS SOME ISOLATED FLOODING. ALSO...A COUPLE STRONGER STORMS MAY PRODUCE SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS. IN ADDITION...CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL OCCUR WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... NONE. LG
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 16, 12:55 PM EDT, 2 hours 32 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1255 PM EDT MON JUL 16 2012
SCZ013-014-161745-
CHESTER-UNION-
1255 PM EDT MON JUL 16 2012
...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT SOUTHERN UNION AND
WESTERN CHESTER COUNTIES THROUGH 145 PM EDT...
AT 1248 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR CARLISLE...OR 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF UNION.
THIS STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.
* OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SANTUC...
UNION...SEDALIA...MONARCH MILLS...LEEDS...CARLISLE AND BUFFALO.
SMALL HAIL IS EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. IF OUTDOORS...TRY TO
GET INDOORS OR INTO A HARD TOPPED VEHICLE. OTHERWISE...STAY AWAY FROM
OPEN AREAS AND ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES. WHEN INDOORS...
STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS AND AVOID USING WIRED ELECTRONIC
DEVICES. TRY TO UNPLUG UNNECESSARY APPLIANCES BEFORE THE STORM
APPROACHES.
LAT...LON 3458 8179 3477 8172 3479 8126 3456 8127
3456 8141 3456 8142 3450 8141 3450 8142
LGSpecial weather statement, Jul 16, 2:30 PM EDT, 57 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
230 PM EDT MON JUL 16 2012
NCZ033-050-161915-
AVERY-MITCHELL-
230 PM EDT MON JUL 16 2012
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT MITCHELL AND WESTERN AVERY
COUNTIES THROUGH 315 PM EDT...
AT 225 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES EAST OF LIMESTONE COVE...OR 11 MILES
SOUTH OF ELIZABETHTON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO NEWLAND...
MINNEAPOLIS...LEDGER...INGALLS...ELK PARK...CROSSNORE...BULADEAN...
BANDANA AND BAKERSVILLE.
SMALL HAIL...WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH AND TORRENTIAL RAIN ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. IF OUTDOORS...TRY TO
GET INDOORS OR INTO A HARD TOPPED VEHICLE. OTHERWISE...STAY AWAY FROM
OPEN AREAS AND ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES. WHEN INDOORS...
STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS AND AVOID USING WIRED ELECTRONIC
DEVICES. TRY TO UNPLUG UNNECESSARY APPLIANCES BEFORE THE STORM
APPROACHES.
LAT...LON 3605 8185 3590 8214 3593 8215 3595 8219
3601 8219 3602 8223 3613 8228 3617 8220
3615 8218 3615 8215 3611 8212 3611 8208
3613 8204 3618 8199
07Special weather statement, Jul 16, 2:49 PM EDT, 38 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
249 PM EDT MON JUL 16 2012
NCZ035-056-502-504-161930-
ALEXANDER-CATAWBA-GREATER BURKE-GREATER CALDWELL-
249 PM EDT MON JUL 16 2012
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EASTERN BURKE...NORTHERN
CATAWBA...SOUTHEASTERN CALDWELL AND SOUTHWESTERN ALEXANDER COUNTIES
THROUGH 330 PM EDT...
AT 246 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES SOUTH OF KINGS CREEK...OR 7 MILES EAST OF
LENOIR...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH.
THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
HUDSON...
GRANITE FALLS...
PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH...AND HEAVY RAIN ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
LAT...LON 3604 8136 3602 8134 3576 8118 3568 8147
3599 8156 3604 8137
RBSpecial weather statement, Jul 16, 2:53 PM EDT, 34 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
253 PM EDT MON JUL 16 2012
GAZ017-161945-
HABERSHAM-
253 PM EDT MON JUL 16 2012
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHWESTERN HABERSHAM COUNTY
THROUGH 345 PM EDT...
AT 250 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF BALDWIN...OR 7 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF CLARKESVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.
THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
CORNELIA...
BALDWIN...
PEA SIZE HAIL...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND HEAVY RAIN ARE EXPECTED
WITH THIS STORM.
LAT...LON 3454 8362 3458 8364 3460 8365 3464 8353
3451 8344 3448 8346 3448 8355 3445 8359
3443 8362 3450 8367 3451 8367
RBThe office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 16, 2:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Avery, Mitchell | 45 min |
| Jul 16, 2:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Caldwell | 41 min |
| Jul 16, 3:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Catawba, Iredell, Lincoln, Mecklenburg | 58 min |
| Jul 16, 4:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Rutherford | 39 min |
| Jul 16, 4:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Union | 42 min |
| Jul 16, 4:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | McDowell | 49 min |
| Jul 16, 4:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Gaston | 45 min |
| Jul 16, 4:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Gaston, Lincoln, Mecklenburg | 66 min |
| Jul 16, 5:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Mecklenburg | 48 min |
| Jul 16, 5:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Mecklenburg, Union | 60 min |
| Jul 16, 5:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cleveland, Rutherford | 55 min |
| Jul 16, 5:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Polk | 63 min |
| Jul 16, 6:26 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Mecklenburg | 2 hr |
| Jul 16, 6:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Transylvania | 63 min |
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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.