Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 419, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 17, 2012, 3:07 PM EDT for 4 counties in North Carolina. It was in force for 29 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 17, 2012, 3:07 PM EDT (19:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 17, 2012, 3:36 PM EDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Buncombe County, NC, Haywood County, NC, Henderson County, NC, Transylvania County, NC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:07 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, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 267 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
- 666 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -87 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1282 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 30 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 26 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
766 WUUS52 KGSP 171907 SVRGSP NCC021-087-089-175-172000- /O.NEW.KGSP.SV.W.0419.120717T1907Z-120717T2000Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 307 PM EDT TUE JUL 17 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHWESTERN BUNCOMBE COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... SOUTHEASTERN HAYWOOD COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... WESTERN HENDERSON COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... * UNTIL 400 PM EDT * AT 303 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 CRUSO...OR 13 MILES EAST OF WAYNESVILLE...AND MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR... CRUSO. BREVARD. 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 3517 8251 3510 8292 3555 8291 3559 8269 TIME...MOT...LOC 1907Z 346DEG 13KT 3547 8277 $$ RB
1 follow-up statement
082 WWUS52 KGSP 171936 SVSGSP SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 336 PM EDT TUE JUL 17 2012 NCC021-087-089-175-171946- /O.CAN.KGSP.SV.W.0419.000000T0000Z-120717T2000Z/ BUNCOMBE NC-HAYWOOD NC-HENDERSON NC-TRANSYLVANIA NC- 336 PM EDT TUE JUL 17 2012 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR TRANSYLVANIA...WESTERN HENDERSON...SOUTHEASTERN HAYWOOD AND SOUTHWESTERN BUNCOMBE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LEVELS. LAT...LON 3517 8251 3510 8292 3555 8291 3559 8269 TIME...MOT...LOC 1936Z 346DEG 13KT 3537 8274 $$ RB
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 17, 2:01 PM EDT, 1 hour 6 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 17, 2:01 PM EDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 201 PM EDT TUE JUL 17 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...INTO THE SOUTHEAST STATES LATE FRIDAY. THE FRONT WILL REMAIN OVER OR JUST SOUTH OF THE REGION THROUGH THE WEEKEND. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... AT 200 PM EDT TUESDAY...THE CLOSED UPPER LOW OVER FL IS EXPECTED TO OPEN UP AND DRIFT SLOWLY NORTHWEST INTO GA TONIGHT...WHILE A FLAT RIDGE REMAINS FROM THE TN VALLEY TO THE MID ATLANTIC COAST. CONVECTION DEVELOPING OVER THE MOUNTAINS THIS AFTERNOON WILL DRIFT SLOWLY SE INTO THE FOOTHILLS. ADDITIONAL ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN THE PIEDMONT LATE THIS AFTERNOON. MODEL SOUNDINGS REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR GUSTY WINDS. ACTIVITY WILL DIMINISH WITH THE LOSS OF HEATING THIS EVENING. OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL BR AROUND CLIMATOLOGICAL NORMALS. ON WEDNESDAY THE UPPER LOW OVER GA OPENS UP AND DRIFTS FARTHER NORTH...BUT THE MODELS ARE NOT CLEAR ON WEATHER UPPER IMPULSES ROUNDING THIS LOW REACH THE OUR AREA. MODEL SOUNDINGS REMAIN SUPPORTIVE OF CONVECTION...WITH CAPE IN EXCESS OF 1000 J/KG. CONVECTIVE COVERAGE SHOULD BE AT LEAST AS GREAT AS TODAY...AND EVEN GREATER IF THE UPPER LOW CAN PROVIDE ADDITIONAL SUPPORT. MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN ABOVE NORMAL AS THE UPPER RIDGE REMAINS OVER THE AREA. THE HEAT INDEX IS EXPECTED TO APPROACH 100 DEGREES IN AREAS ALONG AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 77...BUT SHOULD REMAIN BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA OF 105 DEGREES. && .SHORT TERM /WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY/... AS OF 200 PM TUESDAY...THE SHORT TERM PERIOD WILL GRADUALLY SEE SOMEWHAT OF A PATTERN CHANGE BY THE CLOSE OF FRIDAY. THE WEAK UPPER LOW IS FORECAST TO BE OVER THE MIDLANDS OF SC AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PERIOD WHICH THEN SHOULD MOVE EASTWARD AS HEIGHTS FALL SOMEWHAT ALONG THE EAST COAST THANKS TO A DIGGING UPPER TROUGH OVER NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND. BY THE END OF THE PERIOD...A WEAK NW FLOW REGIME IS FORECAST TO PREVAIL. AT THE SURFACE...A VERY WEAK PRESSURE PATTERN WILL PERSIST WITH GENERALLY WEAK HIGH PRESSURE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS WITH A LEE TROUGH TO THE EAST. WITH BOUNDARY LAYER MOISTURE REMAINING HIGH...EXPECT THAT DIURNALLY ENHANCED CONVECTION WILL BE THE RULE THROUGH THU. LATE DAY CONVECTION ON WED SHOULD WANE DURING THE EVENING PER LOW LEVEL CIN ADVERTISED IN BUFKIT SOUNDINGS. CONVECTIVE COVERAGE SHOULD RAMP UP AGAIN ON THU. SEE NO REASON TO DEVIATE FROM THE RATHER ROBUST AFTERNOON POPS WITH THE GREATEST COVERAGE MOUNTAIN AREAS. WILL BACK OFF POPS AGAIN THU NIGHT AS LOW LEVEL CIN DEVELOPS. THE NORTHERN STREAM TROUGH WILL CONTINUE TO DIG INTO FRI WITH SHEAR GRADUALLY INCREASING TO ALMOST 20KT IN THE SFC-6KM LAYER. A WEAK FRONT IS FORECAST TO ENTER THE AREA ON FRI. WITH THE SURFACE CONVERGENCE AND INCREASING SHEAR EXPECT GOOD CONVECTIVE COVERAGE WITH LIKELY POPS JUSTIFIED. SOME ORGANIZED CONVECTIVE CLUSTERS COULD GET GOING ON FRI AND POSE AN ENHANCED SEVERE THREAT. USED A BLEND OF BIAS CORRECTED MOS TO GENERATE TEMP FIELDS. && .LONG TERM /FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY/... AS OF 2 PM TUESDAY...A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL SLOWLY SAG SOUTHWARD FRIDAY NIGHT WITH A CONTINUING SHOWER/THUDNERSTORM THREAT ESPECIALLY ACROSS SOUTHERN AREAS. THE FRONT WILL STALL OVER OVER...OR JUST SOUTH OF THE FA ON SATURDAY. THE PRESENCE OF THE BOUNDARY WILL SERVE TO GENERATE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE BEST COVERAGE OUTSIDE OF THE MOUNTAINS SAT AND SUN AFTERNOONS. THE BOUNDARY GRADUALLY WASHES OUT BY MON WHICH MEANS WE SHOULD RETURN TO A MORE TYPICAL JULY PATTERN...WITH SCATTERED DIURNAL CONVECTION BOTH MON AND TUE. STAYED CLOSE TO HPC GUIDANCE. MAX TEMPS ARE FORECAST TO BE A COUPLE CATEGORIES BELOW AVERAGE THROUGH THE WEEKEND THANKS TO ENHANCED CLOUD COVER AND WEAK CAD REGIME. TEMPS ARE FORECAST TO WARM TO NEAR NORMAL MON AND THEN A LITTLE ABOVE AVERAGE ON TUE. && .AVIATION /18Z TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/... AT KCLT...SCATTERED CONVECTION IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP TODAY...BUT UNLESS IT OCCURS OVER THE TERMINAL...A RESTRICTION IS NOT LIKELY. CONFIDENCE IS HIGH ENOUGH TO CARRY TS AND A LOW VFR CIG WITH CB. A GUIDANCE CONSENSUS DOES NOT FAVOR MORNING FOG...AND MODEL TIME HEIGHTS SUGGEST LESS CUMULUS AND MORE CIRRUS AFTER MIDNIGHT. LIGHT WINDS REA EXPECTED TO FAVOR THE SW BY LATER THIS AFTERNOON. ELSEWHERE...CONVECTION WILL HAVE THE MOST COVERAGE IN THE MOUNTAINS...MAKING KAVL MOST VULNERABLE...BUT CONFIDENCE IS NOT HIGH ENOUGH FOR RESTRICTIONS. WILL CARRY TS AND LOW VFR CIG WITH CB THIS AFTERNOON. LATE TONIGHT LOW CLOUDS SHOULD DECREASE...WHILE ANVIL DEBRIS REMAINS. GUIDANCE STILL LIKE DAYBREAK FOG AT KAVL...BUT IS NOT VERY SUPPORTIVE AT FOOTHILL SITES. GIVEN THAT GUIDANCE HAS BEEN OVERDONE AT KAVL...VFR WILL BE MAINTAINED THERE AT THIS TIME. LIGHT WINDS WILL TAKE ON A WESTERLY COMPONENT...EXCEPT AT KAVL WHERE THEY WILL CHANNEL UP VALLEY FROM THE NW. OUTLOOK...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE LATE WEDNESDAY... ESPECIALLY OVER THE MOUNTAINS. A COLD FRONT WILL REACH THE AREA THURSDAY...REMAINING INTO THE WEEKEND...AND INCREASING THE CHANCE OF THUNDER...LOW CIGS...AND FOG. 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...JAT SHORT TERM...LG LONG TERM...LG AVIATION...JAT
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 17, 5:20 AM EDT, 9 hours 47 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 520 AM EDT TUE JUL 17 2012 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065- 068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-180930- 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- 520 AM EDT TUE JUL 17 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. SCATTERED SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP OVER THE REGION AGAIN TODAY. A FEW OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE SMALL AREAS OF WIND DAMAGE. LOCALLY VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGER STORMS AND FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS MAY DEVELOP. WHILE AN ISOLATED SEVERE STORM IS POSSIBLE NEARLY ANYWHERE TODAY...THERE WILL BE A LITTLE GREATER CHANCE ACROSS THE UPPER SAVANNAH RIVER VALLEY. OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS THERE HAVE BEEN A NUMBER OF INSTANCES OF TREES FALLING MAINLY DUE TO THE EFFECTS OF HEAVY RAIN AND SATURATED SOILS. THIS IS LIKELY TO HAPPEN AGAIN TODAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... NONE. 14
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jul 17, 10:07 AM EDT, 5 hours before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1007 AM EDT TUE JUL 17 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0659 PM TSTM WND DMG 4 NW PACOLET 34.94N 81.81W
07/16/2012 SPARTANBURG SC PUBLIC
A FEW LARGE TREE LIMBS DOWN ALONG BETHESDA RD.
&&
TWSpecial weather statement, Jul 17, 11:41 AM EDT, 3 hours 26 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1141 AM EDT TUE JUL 17 2012
NCZ052-059-063-171630-
HAYWOOD-NORTHERN JACKSON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-
1141 AM EDT TUE JUL 17 2012
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN JACKSON AND
SOUTHERN HAYWOOD COUNTIES THROUGH 1230 PM EDT...
AT 1137 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR BALSAM...OR 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
WAYNESVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WOLF
MOUNTAIN...WAYNESVILLE...SUNBURST AND BALSAM.
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 3555 8304 3538 8279 3537 8279 3531 8286
3532 8287 3529 8292 3526 8293 3520 8300
3543 8320
07Special weather statement, Jul 17, 11:43 AM EDT, 3 hours 24 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1143 AM EDT TUE JUL 17 2012
GAZ010-171630-
RABUN-
1143 AM EDT TUE JUL 17 2012
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT RABUN COUNTY THROUGH 1230 PM
EDT...
AT 1140 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF TATE CITY...OR 6 MILES
NORTHWEST OF CLAYTON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LAKE
RABUN...TIGER...MOUNTAIN CITY...LAKEMONT...DILLARD AND CLAYTON.
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 3492 8360 3494 8360 3495 8356 3499 8356
3500 8355 3499 8352 3500 8340 3488 8322
3473 8341 3475 8343 3473 8346 3491 8363
07Special weather statement, Jul 17, 11:48 AM EDT, 3 hours 19 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1148 AM EDT TUE JUL 17 2012 GAZ010-017-018-SCZ001-171630- HABERSHAM-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-RABUN-STEPHENS- 1148 AM EDT TUE JUL 17 2012 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EASTERN HABERSHAM...NORTHWESTERN STEPHENS...SOUTHERN RABUN AND WESTERN OCONEE COUNTIES THROUGH 1230 PM EDT... AT 1143 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR TURNERVILLE...OR 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF CLARKESVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LAKE RABUN...NACOOHE LAKE...TURNERVILLE...TALLULAH FALLS...LAKEMONT... HOLLYWOOD...CLARKESVILLE AND LONG CREEK. 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 3483 8326 3458 8322 3459 8353 3477 8355 07
Special weather statement, Jul 17, 2:16 PM EDT, 51 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
216 PM EDT TUE JUL 17 2012
NCZ064-065-SCZ003-171900-
GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-HENDERSON-TRANSYLVANIA-
216 PM EDT TUE JUL 17 2012
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT HENDERSON...NORTHEASTERN
TRANSYLVANIA AND NORTHWESTERN GREENVILLE COUNTIES THROUGH 300 PM
EDT...
AT 211 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR ETOWAH...OR 7 MILES WEST OF
HENDERSONVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO JONES GAP
STATE PARK...NORTH SALUDA RESERVOIR...TUXEDO...MOUNTAIN HOME...
MILLS RIVER...LITTLE RIVER...HENDERSONVILLE...FLAT ROCK...ETOWAH...
EAST FLAT ROCK...CEDAR MOUNTAIN AND CAESARS HEAD.
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 3525 8235 3524 8236 3523 8235 3519 8236
3519 8232 3520 8229 3518 8227 3504 8260
3505 8260 3507 8257 3507 8261 3535 8274
3544 8255
07Special weather statement, Jul 17, 2:26 PM EDT, 41 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 226 PM EDT TUE JUL 17 2012 NCZ048-052-053-171915- BUNCOMBE-HAYWOOD-MADISON- 226 PM EDT TUE JUL 17 2012 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN HAYWOOD... SOUTHWESTERN MADISON AND WESTERN BUNCOMBE COUNTIES THROUGH 315 PM EDT... AT 223 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR LUCK...OR 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MARSHALL... MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SPRING CREEK...LUCK...LEICESTER...CANTON AND CANTO. 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 3564 8259 3550 8284 3573 8299 3584 8281 07
The office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 17, 11:19 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Buncombe, Haywood, Madison | 2 hr |
| Jul 17, 11:41 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Jackson | 49 min |
| Jul 17, 12:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Transylvania | 57 min |
| Jul 17, 2:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Henderson | 44 min |
| Jul 17, 2:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Henderson, Transylvania | 48 min |
| Jul 17, 2:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Haywood | 49 min |
| Jul 17, 3:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Yancey | 25 min |
| Jul 17, 3:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Union | 29 min |
| Jul 17, 3:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Yancey | 31 min |
| Jul 17, 4:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Union | 28 min |
| Jul 17, 4:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Union | 37 min |
| Jul 17, 4:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Mecklenburg, Union | 54 min |
| Jul 17, 4:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Graham, Swain | 39 min |
| Jul 17, 4:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Union | 32 min |
| Jul 17, 5:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Mecklenburg | 28 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.