Alert archive / South Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 424, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 17, 2012, 7:19 PM EDT for Spartanburg County, South Carolina. It was in force for 34 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
- Jul 17, 2012, 7:19 PM EDT (23:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 17, 2012, 7:53 PM EDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Spartanburg County, SC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 22 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:19 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 17, 7:20 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | Spartanburg, SC |
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 1 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, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 227 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.
058 WUUS52 KGSP 172319 SVRGSP SCC083-180015- /O.NEW.KGSP.SV.W.0424.120717T2319Z-120718T0015Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 719 PM EDT TUE JUL 17 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... CENTRAL SPARTANBURG COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA... * UNTIL 815 PM EDT * AT 719 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 SPARTANBURG. THIS STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR... SPARTANBURG. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS ALSO PRODUCING EXTREMELY HEAVY RAINFALL. FLOODING OF DRAINAGE DITCHES AND LOW LYING AREAS MAY OCCUR. DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH AREAS WHERE WATER IS FLOWING OVER THE ROAD. 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 3510 8202 3499 8177 3472 8197 3485 8219 TIME...MOT...LOC 2319Z 209DEG 0KT 3494 8196 $$ RB
2 follow-up statements
452 WWUS52 KGSP 172341 SVSGSP SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 741 PM EDT TUE JUL 17 2012 SCC083-180015- /O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0424.000000T0000Z-120718T0015Z/ SPARTANBURG SC- 741 PM EDT TUE JUL 17 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL SPARTANBURG COUNTY UNTIL 815 PM EDT... AT 739 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH A HISTORY OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. WIND GUSTS OF 60 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SPARTANBURG. MOVEMENT WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR... SPARTANBURG. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS ALSO PRODUCING EXTREMELY HEAVY RAINFALL. FLOODING OF DRAINAGE DITCHES AND LOW LYING AREAS MAY OCCUR. DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH AREAS WHERE WATER IS FLOWING OVER THE ROAD. TO REPORT DAMAGING WINDS...HAIL...OR FLOODING THROUGH OUR AUTOMATED REPORTING SYSTEM...CALL TOLL FREE...1 8 7 7...6 3 3...6 7 7 2. && LAT...LON 3510 8202 3499 8177 3472 8197 3485 8219 TIME...MOT...LOC 2340Z 209DEG 0KT 3494 8196 $$ RB
306 WWUS52 KGSP 172353 SVSGSP SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 753 PM EDT TUE JUL 17 2012 SCC083-180002- /O.CAN.KGSP.SV.W.0424.000000T0000Z-120718T0015Z/ SPARTANBURG SC- 753 PM EDT TUE JUL 17 2012 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL SPARTANBURG COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LEVELS. HOWEVER...RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN WILL LIKELY CAUSE MINOR FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. LAT...LON 3510 8202 3499 8177 3472 8197 3485 8219 TIME...MOT...LOC 2352Z 209DEG 0KT 3494 8196 $$ 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, 5:12 PM EDT, 2 hours 7 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 17, 5:12 PM EDT, 2 hours 7 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 512 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/... AS OF 430PM EDT...POCKETS OF MODERATE TO STRONG CONVECTION CONTINUE TO POP UP OVER NC MTS AND NC AND SC PIEDMONT. A FEW OF THESE STORMS HAVE BECOME SEVERE PRODUCING STRONG DOWNBURSTS. ADDITIONAL SH AND TS ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THRU 00Z OR SO WITH THINGS QUIETING DOWN ONCE DAYTIME HEATING STOPS. PREVIOUS DISCUSSION... 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 FORM THE TN VALLEY TO THE MID ATLANTIC COAST. CONVECTION DEVELOPING OVER THE MOUNTAINS THIS AFTERNOON WILL DRIFT SLOWLY SE INTO THE FOOTHILL. 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 215 PM TUESDAY...A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL SLOWLY SAG SOUTHWARD FRIDAY NIGHT WITH A CONTIUING 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...WHICH MEANS 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 /21Z 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...JPT SHORT TERM...LG LONG TERM...LG AVIATION...JPT
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 17, 3:45 PM EDT, 3 hours 34 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 345 PM 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>014-019-181945- 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- 345 PM 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...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SCATTERED SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE REGION INTO THIS EVENING. A FEW OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE SMALL AREAS OF WIND DAMAGE. LOCALLY 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...THERE IS A GREATER CHANCE OVER THE MOUNTAINS. THE EFFECTS OF HEAVY RAIN AND SATURATED SOILS WILL ENHANCE THE THREAT OF TREES FALLING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... NONE. LG
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 17, 5:33 PM EDT, 1 hour 46 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
533 PM EDT TUE JUL 17 2012
GAZ028-029-172200-
ELBERT-HART-
533 PM EDT TUE JUL 17 2012
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHWESTERN ELBERT AND
SOUTHWESTERN HART COUNTIES THROUGH 600 PM EDT...
AT 530 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR BOWMAN...OR 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HARTWELL...
MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 10 MPH.
THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
BOWMAN...
VANNA...
PEA SIZE HAIL...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND TORRENTIAL RAIN ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
LAT...LON 3410 8303 3414 8306 3417 8311 3420 8310
3422 8308 3426 8312 3428 8310 3431 8310
3435 8298 3420 8287
RBLocal storm report, Jul 17, 5:42 PM EDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
542 PM EDT TUE JUL 17 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0451 PM TSTM WND DMG 1 S MONROE 34.97N 80.54W
07/17/2012 UNION NC 911 CALL CENTER
A FEW TREES DOWN ALONG WOLF POND ROAD
&&
JOHSpecial weather statement, Jul 17, 5:47 PM EDT, 1 hour 32 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
547 PM EDT TUE JUL 17 2012
NCZ071-082-SCZ009-172215-
MECKLENBURG-UNION-YORK-
547 PM EDT TUE JUL 17 2012
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EASTERN YORK...SOUTHERN
MECKLENBURG AND WESTERN UNION COUNTIES THROUGH 615 PM EDT...
AT 546 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES WEST OF WEDDINGTON...OR 13 MILES
NORTHEAST OF ROCK HILL. THIS STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.
THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
PINEVILLE...
WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.
LAT...LON 3493 8079 3505 8089 3501 8090 3495 8086
3492 8086 3489 8095 3512 8099 3513 8072
3495 8069
RBLocal storm report, Jul 17, 6:09 PM EDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
609 PM EDT TUE JUL 17 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0540 PM TSTM WND DMG 5 SW CROSS KEYS 34.59N 81.85W
07/17/2012 LAURENS SC TRAINED SPOTTER
A FEW LARGE TREE LIMBS DOWN AT MUSGROVE MILL STATE
HISTORIC SITE.
&&
JOHSpecial weather statement, Jul 17, 6:44 PM EDT, 35 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 644 PM EDT TUE JUL 17 2012 SCZ006-007-012-172315- GREATER GREENVILLE-LAURENS-SPARTANBURG- 644 PM EDT TUE JUL 17 2012 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL SPARTANBURG...EASTERN GREENVILLE AND NORTHWESTERN LAURENS COUNTIES THROUGH 715 PM EDT... AT 642 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES EAST OF REIDVILLE...OR 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SPARTANBURG...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 15 MPH. THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR... REIDVILLE... WOODRUFF... FIVE FORKS... PEA SIZE HAIL...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND HEAVY RAIN ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. LAT...LON 3461 8216 3480 8234 3497 8204 3482 8192 RB
Special weather statement, Jul 17, 7:15 PM EDT, 4 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
715 PM EDT TUE JUL 17 2012
SCZ007-172345-
SPARTANBURG-
715 PM EDT TUE JUL 17 2012
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL SPARTANBURG COUNTY
THROUGH 745 PM EDT...
AT 714 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF ROEBUCK...OR 6 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF SPARTANBURG. THIS STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.
THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
ROEBUCK...
PEA SIZE HAIL...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND TORRENTIAL RAIN ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
LAT...LON 3481 8218 3484 8220 3506 8208 3495 8184
3473 8199
RBThe office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 16, 8:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Abbeville, Anderson, Greenville, Greenwood, Laurens, Oconee and 1 more | 83 min |
| Jul 16, 9:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Abbeville | 18 min |
| Jul 17, 12:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Oconee, Pickens | 57 min |
| Jul 17, 12:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Oconee | 62 min |
| Jul 17, 2:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Greenville | 48 min |
| Jul 17, 4:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Chester | 38 min |
| Jul 17, 5:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Laurens, Spartanburg, Union | 20 min |
| Jul 17, 5:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Abbeville, Anderson | 22 min |
| Jul 17, 6:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Spartanburg | 31 min |
| Jul 17, 7:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Spartanburg | 30 min |
| Jul 17, 7:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Anderson | 38 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.