Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 444, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 19, 2012, 5:15 PM EDT for Cleveland County, Polk County, Rutherford County, North Carolina; Cherokee County, Spartanburg County, South Carolina. It was in force for 60 min. 4 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 19, 2012, 5:15 PM EDT (21:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 19, 2012, 6:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Cleveland County, NC, Polk County, NC, Rutherford County, NC, Cherokee County, SC, Spartanburg County, SC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:18 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 19, 5:50 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 5 Wnw Chesnee, SC | POWER LINES DOWN AT PARRIS BRIDGE RD AND MCSWAIN RD |
| Jul 19, 5:55 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Sw Chesnee, SC | TREES DOWN AT TURKEY FARM RD AND FISH CAMP RD |
| Jul 19, 5:55 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Wsw Chesnee, SC | TREE DOWN ON FISH CAMP RD AT PARRIS BRIDGE RD |
| Jul 19, 6:00 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 4 Ese Earl, NC | TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN...RELAYED BY AMATEUR RADIO. |
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 35 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, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 190 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
- 502 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -132 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 942 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 7 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -20 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -20 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
014
WUUS52 KGSP 192115
SVRGSP
NCC045-149-161-SCC021-083-192215-
/O.NEW.KGSP.SV.W.0444.120719T2115Z-120719T2215Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
515 PM EDT THU JUL 19 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN CLEVELAND COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...
SOUTHEASTERN POLK COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
SOUTHEASTERN RUTHERFORD COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
NORTHERN CHEROKEE COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...
NORTHERN SPARTANBURG COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 615 PM EDT
* AT 510 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 EARL TO 7 MILES EAST OF
COLUMBUS...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
CHESNEE AND BLACKSBURG.
LAKE BOWEN.
MAYO...INMAN AND GAFFNEY.
BOILING SPRINGS SC.
THICKETTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SEEK SHELTER INSIDE AGAINST THE THREAT OF QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.
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 3533 8149 3505 8144 3505 8145 3503 8149
3500 8149 3504 8218 3532 8224
TIME...MOT...LOC 2115Z 332DEG 14KT 3519 8156 3523 8208
$$
HG3 follow-up statements
828
WWUS52 KGSP 192141
SVSGSP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
541 PM EDT THU JUL 19 2012
NCC045-149-161-SCC021-083-192215-
/O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0444.000000T0000Z-120719T2215Z/
CLEVELAND NC-CHEROKEE SC-SPARTANBURG SC-POLK NC-RUTHERFORD NC-
541 PM EDT THU JUL 19 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL
RUTHERFORD...SOUTHEASTERN POLK...NORTHERN SPARTANBURG...NORTHERN
CHEROKEE AND SOUTHWESTERN CLEVELAND COUNTIES UNTIL 615 PM EDT...
AT 541 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE
LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM EARL TO 6 MILES NORTH OF LAKE
BOWEN...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
CHESNEE.
LAKE BOWEN AND BLACKSBURG.
INMAN.
MAYO AND GAFFNEY.
BOILING SPRINGS SC AND THICKETTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
LARGE HAIL CAN CAUSE MAJOR PROPERTY DAMAGE...ESPECIALLY TO VEHICLES.
DAMAGING WINDS MAY BLOW DOWN SCATTERED TREES AND POWER LINES. SEEK
SHELTER INSIDE AN INTERIOR ROOM.
TO REPORT DAMAGING WINDS...HAIL...OR FLOODING THROUGH OUR AUTOMATED
REPORTING SYSTEM...CALL TOLL FREE...1 8 7 7...6 3 3...6 7 7 2.
&&
LAT...LON 3503 8149 3500 8149 3504 8218 3505 8218
3525 8212 3524 8147 3505 8144
TIME...MOT...LOC 2141Z 332DEG 14KT 3517 8146 3518 8202
$$
HG390
WWUS52 KGSP 192200
SVSGSP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
600 PM EDT THU JUL 19 2012
NCC149-161-192210-
/O.CAN.KGSP.SV.W.0444.000000T0000Z-120719T2215Z/
POLK NC-RUTHERFORD NC-
600 PM EDT THU JUL 19 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL RUTHERFORD AND
SOUTHEASTERN POLK COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE LINE OF STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED SOUTH OF
POLK COUNTY.
LAT...LON 3503 8149 3501 8149 3500 8156 3503 8203
3518 8208 3519 8197 3518 8177 3521 8176
3524 8147 3505 8144
TIME...MOT...LOC 2200Z 332DEG 14KT 3515 8143 3509 8193
$$
NCC045-SCC021-083-192215-
/O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0444.000000T0000Z-120719T2215Z/
CLEVELAND NC-CHEROKEE SC-SPARTANBURG SC-
600 PM EDT THU JUL 19 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN
SPARTANBURG...NORTHERN CHEROKEE AND SOUTHWESTERN CLEVELAND COUNTIES
UNTIL 615 PM EDT...
AT 615 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE
LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF BLACKSBURG
TO BOILING SPRINGS SC...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
MAYO...BOILING SPRINGS SC AND BLACKSBURG.
THICKETTY AND GAFFNEY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
LARGE HAIL CAN CAUSE MAJOR PROPERTY DAMAGE...ESPECIALLY TO VEHICLES.
DAMAGING WINDS MAY BLOW DOWN SCATTERED TREES AND POWER LINES. SEEK
SHELTER INSIDE AN INTERIOR ROOM.
TO REPORT DAMAGING WINDS...HAIL...OR FLOODING THROUGH OUR AUTOMATED
REPORTING SYSTEM...CALL TOLL FREE...1 8 7 7...6 3 3...6 7 7 2.
&&
LAT...LON 3503 8149 3501 8149 3500 8156 3503 8203
3518 8208 3519 8197 3518 8177 3521 8176
3524 8147 3505 8144
TIME...MOT...LOC 2200Z 332DEG 14KT 3515 8143 3509 8193
$$
HG103
WWUS52 KGSP 192213
SVSGSP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
613 PM EDT THU JUL 19 2012
NCC045-SCC021-083-192223-
/O.EXP.KGSP.SV.W.0444.000000T0000Z-120719T2215Z/
CLEVELAND NC-CHEROKEE SC-SPARTANBURG SC-
613 PM EDT THU JUL 19 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN SPARTANBURG...
NORTHERN CHEROKEE AND SOUTHWESTERN CLEVELAND COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT
615 PM EDT...
AT 613 PM...THE LINE OF STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS
GRADUALLY WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LEVELS. HOWEVER...GUSTY WINDS TO 40
MPH AND PEA SIZE HAIL ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS.
LAT...LON 3503 8149 3501 8149 3500 8156 3503 8203
3518 8208 3519 8197 3518 8177 3521 8176
3524 8147 3505 8144
TIME...MOT...LOC 2213Z 332DEG 14KT 3512 8139 3507 8189
$$
HGWhat 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 19, 5:10 PM EDT, 5 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 19, 5:10 PM EDT, 5 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 510 PM EDT THU JUL 19 2012 .SYNOPSIS... HIGH PRESSURE WILL WEAKEN AND MOVE SOUTH TODAY. THIS WILL ALLOW A FRONTAL BOUNDARY OVER THE OHIO VALLEY TO DROP SOUTH...INTO THE CAROLINAS EARLY SATURDAY. THE FRONT WILL REMAIN OVER OR JUST SOUTH OF THE REGION THROUGH THE WEEKEND AND DISSIPATE ON MONDAY. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH FRIDAY/... AS OF 445 PM...COVERAGE OF CONVECTION IS INCREASING ALONG OUTFLOW BOUNDARY MOVING INTO THE NC PIEDMONT. WE WILL INCREASE POPS TO HIGH CHANCE ACROSS THIS AREA THROUGH EARLY EVENING. MEANWHILE... CONVECTION IS WANING ACROSS MUCH OF THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA... WHERE THE CU FIELD IS UNIMPRESSIVE OR NON-EXISTENT. THIS IS NOT ENTIRELY SURPRISING...AS THE LATEST SPC MESOANALYSIS DEPICTS A COMPARATIVELY STABLE AIR MASS (I.E. CAPE ~ 2000 OR LESS) ACROSS THE WESTERN HALF OF THE UPSTATE AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA. WITH MULTIPLE OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES AROUND AND A MODERATELY UNSTABLE AIR MASS...WE WILL CONTINUE TO FEATURE LOW TO MID-CHANCE POPS THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING. THE HIGHEST SEVERE THREAT WILL REMAIN IN THE NC PIEDMONT... WHERE MARGINALLY DAMAGING OUTFLOWS AND VERY BRIEF PERIODS OF LARGE HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE. BY ABOUT MID-EVENING...THE MCS OVER EASTERN KENTUCKY/SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA SHOULD BE MAKING A RUN AT THE NORTHERN NC MTNS... SO POPS WILL INCREASE TO LIKELY THERE BY 00Z. HOW FAR SOUTHEAST THIS ACTIVITY THEN MARCHES (AFTER ENCOUNTERING THE RUGGED TERRAIN) WILL BE LARGELY DEPENDENT UPON HOW EFFICIENTLY THE AIR MASS RECOVERS IN THE WAKE OF THE MESOSCALE OUTFLOW BOUNDARY. FOR NOW...POPS THE LIKELY POPS WILL BE CONFINED TO THE NORTHERN MTNS. AS LONG AS THIS ACTIVITY REMAINS SOMEWHAT ORGANIZED...THE THREAT FOR DAMAGING DOWNBURSTS WILL EXIST. A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH FROM THE NORTH ON FRIDAY...WHILE A PAIR OF SHORTWAVES MOVES INTO THE BASE OF THE TROUGH. POPS AND QPF WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER ON FRIDAY IN ADVANCE OF THE FRONT. INSTABILITY WILL BE SUFFICIENT FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN...AND WITH UNIDIRECTIONAL SHEAR PRESENT...SOME ORGANIZATION IS POSSIBLE... ESPECIALLY IN THE PIEDMONT. WITH BETTER STEERING FLOW AND MOVING STORMS...ANY HEAVY PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS WOULD BE FROM TRAINING OR REPEATING CELLS. MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES WILL BE NEAR NORMAL...AS ENOUGH BREAK IN CLOUD COVER WILL PERMIT HEATING TO OCCUR. && .SHORT TERM /FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY/... AS OF 235 PM THURSDAY...SHORT WAVE TROF WITH A SERIES OF ENERGY MAXES REMAINS OVER THE AREA FRI NITE AND SAT. SFC COLD FRONT BECOMES STALLED ACROSS THE AREA AS WELL. THE ENERGY MAXES AND RIGHT ENTRANCE REGION OF THE UPPER JET WILL PROVIDE SOME SYNOPTIC SCALE FORCING AND UPPER DIVERGENCE WHILE THE FRONT PROVIDES LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE. STILL EXPECT A DIURNAL TREND TO THE CONVECTION...BUT THE COPIOUS MOISTURE AND LARGE SCALE FORCING SHUD KEEP AT LEAST SOME ACTIVITY GOING MUCH OF THE NIGHT FRI NITE. NUMEROUS COVERAGE IS EXPECTED AGAIN FOR SATURDAY FOR THE SAME REASONS...AS IS THE LINGERING COVERAGE OVERNIGHT. HOWEVER...AREAS OUTSIDE OF THE WRN MOUNTAINS COULD SEE BETTER COVERAGE. LOWS WILL BE NEAR NORMAL...BUT HIGHS WILL BE BELOW NORMAL WITH MORE CLOUDS EARLIER PRECIP ONSET. THE SHORT WAVE TROF MOVES EAST OF THE AREA SUNDAY...BUT A SHEAR AXIS WILL REMAIN IN ITS PLACE. THE FRONT WILL BEGIN TO WASH OUT...BUT A WEAK BOUNDARY WILL LIKELY LINGER. LOOKS LIKE COVERAGE COULD BE A LITTLE LESS THAN SATURDAY WITH LESS UPPER SUPPORT...BUT SHUD BE AT LEAST SCT. LOWS WILL BE A TAD COOLER...BUT HIGHS SHUD REBOUND TO JUST BELOW NORMAL. && .LONG TERM /SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY/... AS OF 215 PM THURSDAY...A WEAK TROF WILL KEEP A SPLIT OVER THE AREA BETWEEN THE WEST-CENTRAL CONUS RIDGE AND THE BERMUDA RIDGE. AT THE SFC...A LEE TROF AND COPIOUS LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL BE OVER THE AREA. THIS WILL LEAD TO SCT DIURNAL TSRA AND NEAR TO SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL TEMPS. ON TUE AND WED...SHORT WAVES MOVING THRU THE NRN STREAM FLOW HELP CARVE OUT AN UPPER TROF OVER THE EAST COAST. AT THE SFC...LOW LEVEL MOISTURE AND THE LEE TROF REMAIN IN PLACE FOR TUE WHILE A BACK DOOR COLD FRONT APPROACHES ON WED. AGAIN...GIVEN THE MOISTURE...INSTABILITY AND WEAK FORCING...GENERALLY SCT DIURNAL CONVECTION IS EXPECTED BOTH DAYS. TEMPS WILL INCREASE TO ABOVE NORMAL BY WED. THE TROF MOVES OFF THE COAST THU AND RIDGING BEGINS TO REASSERT ITSELF OVER THE SERN US AS MORE SHORT WAVE ENERGY MOVES ACROSS THE NRN TIER OF THE COUNTRY. THE BACK DOOR FRONT MOVES NORTH AWAY FROM THE AREA AS WELL. STILL EXPECT ENUF MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY TO LINGER FOR SCT DIURNAL CONVECTION ONCE AGAIN. TEMPS WILL FALL A DEGREE OR TWO FOR THU. && .AVIATION /21Z THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/... AT KCLT...CONVECTION SHOULD HAVE GREATER COVERAGE TODAY AS A WEAK UPPER IMPULSE MOVES INTO THE AREA. A TEMPO FOR GUSTY WINDS...MVFR VSBY AND LOW VFR CIG WILL BE CARRIED FOR SEVERAL HOURS THIS AFTERNOON. GUIDANCE AND TRENDS FAVOR MVFR FOG AROUND DAYBREAK FRIDAY. GUIDANCE SUPPORTS A VFR CIG...BUT SOME SCATTERED VERY LOW CLOUDS WILL BE CARRIED IN THE TAF. PRECIPITATION ASSOCIATED WITH AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT ON FRIDAY SHOULD NOT BE A FACTOR UNTIL AFTER THIS FORECAST PERIOD. ELSEWHERE...CONVECTION IS ALREADY FIRING IN THE MOUNTAINS...BUT IS EXPECTED OT SPREAD INTO THE FOOTHILLS...AND ALL SITES WILL GET A TEMPO FOR MVFR CONDITIONS IN THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON. GUIDANCE AND RECENT TRENDS FAVOR FOG RETRACTIONS AT DAYBREAK FRIDAY...IFR AT KAVL...AND MVFR IN THE FOOTHILLS. GUIDANCE FAVORS VFR DAYBREAK CIGS AT TAF SITES...BUT TRENDS WOULD FAVOR A RESTRICTION AT KAVL...AND AN IFR CIG WILL BE CARRIED THERE. CONVECTION IS EXPECTED TO GET GOING EARLIER ON FRIDAY AS A COLD FRONT ARRIVES...BUT ONLY KAVL WILL HAVE ENOUGH COVERAGE BEFORE THE END OF THE FORECAST PERIOD TO CARRY THUNDER. OUTLOOK...PRECIPITATION AND ASSOCIATED RESTRICTIONS REMAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH THE WEEKEND. FOG AND STRATUS CHANCE WILL BE GREATEST IN THE MORNING...ESPECIALLY IN THE MTN VALLEYS. 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/JDL SHORT TERM...RWH LONG TERM...RWH AVIATION...JAT
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 19, 4:47 AM EDT, 12 hours 28 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 447 AM EDT THU JUL 19 2012 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065- 068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-200900- 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- 447 AM EDT THU JUL 19 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA AGAIN TODAY. THE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO INITIALLY DEVELOP ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS...THEN SPREAD INTO THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT LATER IN AFTERNOON. SEVERAL OF THE STORMS TODAY COULD BECOME SEVERE...PRODUCING AREAS OF WIND DAMAGE AND LARGE HAIL. THE EFFECTS OF HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND SATURATED SOILS WILL ENHANCE THE THREAT OF FALLING TREES. LOCALLY VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ACCOMPANY THE STORMS AND FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS AND A FEW STREAMS MAY DEVELOP. THE STORMS WILL ALSO PRODUCE FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... NONE. 14
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 19, 4:42 PM EDT, 33 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
442 PM EDT THU JUL 19 2012
SCZ010-192115-
ANDERSON-
442 PM EDT THU JUL 19 2012
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHERN ANDERSON COUNTY THROUGH
515 PM EDT...
AT 442 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR PENDLETON...OR 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
CLEMSON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.
THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
SANDY SPRINGS...
PEA SIZE HAIL...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH...AND TORRENTIAL RAIN ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
LAT...LON 3446 8262 3460 8286 3467 8279 3473 8267
3465 8248
HGSpecial weather statement, Jul 19, 4:43 PM EDT, 32 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 443 PM EDT THU JUL 19 2012 NCZ051-052-059-192115- HAYWOOD-NORTHERN JACKSON-SWAIN- 443 PM EDT THU JUL 19 2012 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL HAYWOOD...NORTHEASTERN SWAIN AND NORTHERN JACKSON COUNTIES THROUGH 515 PM EDT... AT 443 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF MAGGIE VALLEY...OR 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF WAYNESVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR... MAGGIE VALLEY... PEA SIZE HAIL...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH...AND TORRENTIAL RAIN ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. LAT...LON 3550 8291 3536 8313 3559 8331 3570 8314 HG
Special weather statement, Jul 19, 4:49 PM EDT, 26 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
449 PM EDT THU JUL 19 2012
NCZ036-056-192115-
CATAWBA-IREDELL-
449 PM EDT THU JUL 19 2012
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHEASTERN CATAWBA AND
SOUTHERN IREDELL COUNTIES THROUGH 515 PM EDT...
AT 450 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR TERRELL...OR 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
STATESVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH.
PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.
LAT...LON 3550 8079 3552 8090 3551 8092 3551 8096
3553 8096 3553 8094 3555 8096 3555 8109
3572 8107 3570 8076
HGSpecial weather statement, Jul 19, 4:55 PM EDT, 20 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 455 PM EDT THU JUL 19 2012 NCZ052-053-064-065-192130- BUNCOMBE-HAYWOOD-HENDERSON-TRANSYLVANIA- 455 PM EDT THU JUL 19 2012 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EASTERN HAYWOOD...NORTHEASTERN TRANSYLVANIA...NORTHWESTERN HENDERSON AND SOUTHWESTERN BUNCOMBE COUNTIES THROUGH 530 PM EDT... AT 455 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF CRUSO...OR 13 MILES EAST OF WAYNESVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR... ETOWAH... PEA SIZE HAIL...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH...AND TORRENTIAL RAIN ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. LAT...LON 3543 8247 3525 8263 3544 8291 3558 8278 HG
Special weather statement, Jul 19, 5:08 PM EDT, 7 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
508 PM EDT THU JUL 19 2012
NCZ036-056-069>071-192145-
CATAWBA-GASTON-IREDELL-LINCOLN-MECKLENBURG-
508 PM EDT THU JUL 19 2012
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT EASTERN LINCOLN...NORTHEASTERN
GASTON...NORTHWESTERN MECKLENBURG...SOUTHEASTERN CATAWBA AND SOUTHERN
IREDELL COUNTIES THROUGH 545 PM EDT...
AT 508 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 3 MILES WEST OF
DENVER TO 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF IRON STATION TO 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
DALLAS...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
THESE STORMS WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
DENVER...
STANLEY...
TERRELL...
LAKE NORMAN...
MOUNT HOLLY...
PEA SIZE HAIL...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH...AND TORRENTIAL RAIN ARE
EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.
LAT...LON 3563 8080 3542 8083 3525 8091 3527 8125
3540 8120 3561 8116
HGLocal storm report, Jul 19, 5:11 PM EDT, 4 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
511 PM EDT THU JUL 19 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0500 PM FLASH FLOOD 4 W MAGGIE VALLEY 35.53N 83.16W
07/19/2012 HAYWOOD NC EMERGENCY MNGR
INDIAN CREEK WAS OVERTOPPING A BRIDGE ALONG BLACK CAMP
GAP ROAD.
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CSHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 18, 8:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Graham | 34 min |
| Jul 19, 12:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Avery, Burke, Caldwell, McDowell, Mitchell, Yancey | 36 min |
| Jul 19, 1:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Burke | 41 min |
| Jul 19, 1:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cleveland | 45 min |
| Jul 19, 1:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Transylvania | 38 min |
| Jul 19, 2:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Rutherford | 37 min |
| Jul 19, 2:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | McDowell, Rutherford | 49 min |
| Jul 19, 2:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Transylvania | 24 min |
| Jul 19, 3:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Iredell | 32 min |
| Jul 19, 3:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Iredell | 62 min |
| Jul 19, 3:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cleveland | 37 min |
| Jul 19, 4:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Polk | 24 min |
| Jul 19, 4:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cleveland, Gaston, Lincoln | 66 min |
| Jul 19, 4:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Polk, Rutherford | 64 min |
| Jul 19, 4:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | McDowell | 28 min |
| Jul 19, 4:21 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Haywood | 2 hr |
| Jul 19, 4:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Haywood | 32 min |
| Jul 19, 4:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Iredell | 26 min |
| Jul 19, 4:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Henderson | 35 min |
| Jul 19, 5:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Gaston | 37 min |
| Jul 19, 5:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Catawba | 25 min |
| Jul 19, 5:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cabarrus | 36 min |
| Jul 19, 5:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Union | 52 min |
| Jul 19, 6:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Alexander | 30 min |
| Jul 19, 6:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cabarrus | 37 min |
| Jul 19, 6:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Mecklenburg | 19 min |
| Jul 19, 6:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Macon | 43 min |
| Jul 19, 7:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cabarrus | 30 min |
| Jul 19, 7:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Alexander | 26 min |
| Jul 19, 7:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Avery, Mitchell, Yancey | 95 min |
| Jul 19, 7:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Avery, Mitchell, Yancey | 94 min |
| Jul 19, 7:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Union | 32 min |
| Jul 19, 2:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Pickens | 40 min |
| Jul 19, 3:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Oconee | 28 min |
| Jul 19, 3:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Pickens | 24 min |
| Jul 19, 3:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Pickens | 54 min |
| Jul 19, 3:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Greenwood | 33 min |
| Jul 19, 4:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Greenville | 33 min |
| Jul 19, 4:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Anderson | 33 min |
| Jul 19, 5:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | York | 27 min |
| Jul 19, 5:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cherokee | 32 min |
| Jul 19, 6:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | York | 26 min |
| Jul 19, 6:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Oconee | 28 min |
| Jul 19, 6:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cherokee | 39 min |
| Jul 19, 6:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | York | 24 min |
| Jul 19, 6:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | York | 33 min |
| Jul 19, 7:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Chester, Union | 24 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.