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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 446, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

July 19, 2012Cabarrus County, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 19, 2012, 6:28 PM EDT for Cabarrus County, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. It was in force for 19 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 19, 2012, 6:28 PM EDT (22:28 UTC)
Expired: Jul 19, 2012, 6:47 PM EDT
In force: 19 min
Issued by: NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Cabarrus County, NC, Mecklenburg County, NC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 161 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:28 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, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 99 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: 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

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The text

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

704 
WUUS52 KGSP 192228
SVRGSP
NCC025-119-192330-
/O.NEW.KGSP.SV.W.0446.120719T2228Z-120719T2330Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
628 PM EDT THU JUL 19 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CABARRUS COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...
  EAST CENTRAL MECKLENBURG COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH
  CAROLINA...

* UNTIL 730 PM EDT

* AT 628 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
  HARRISBURG...OR 5 MILES EAST OF UNC CHARLOTTE...AND MOVING EAST AT
  15 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
  CONCORD.
  MOUNT PLEASANT.

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 3526 8045 3522 8071 3539 8077 3539 8076
      3550 8043 3550 8030
TIME...MOT...LOC 2228Z 253DEG 13KT 3533 8063

$$

HG

1 follow-up statement

709 
WWUS52 KGSP 192247
SVSGSP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
647 PM EDT THU JUL 19 2012

NCC025-119-192257-
/O.CAN.KGSP.SV.W.0446.000000T0000Z-120719T2330Z/
CABARRUS NC-MECKLENBURG NC-
647 PM EDT THU JUL 19 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL MECKLENBURG AND
CABARRUS COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE 
LEVELS. HOWEVER...GUSTY WINDS TO 35 MPH ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS 
THUNDERSTORM.

LAT...LON 3526 8045 3522 8071 3539 8077 3539 8076
      3550 8043 3550 8030
TIME...MOT...LOC 2247Z 253DEG 13KT 3535 8055

$$

HG

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 19, 5:10 PM EDT, 1 hour 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 19, 5:10 PM EDT, 1 hour 18 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, 5:24 PM EDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
524 PM 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>014-019-202130-
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-
524 PM 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...TONIGHT.

SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE
WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA INTO THE EVENING.

SEVERAL OF THE STORMS WILL 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 WILL DEVELOP. THE STORMS
WILL ALSO PRODUCE FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

ANOTHER ROUND OF NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED FRIDAY
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. CONDITIONS WILL BE SIMILAR TO THE PAST FEW
DAYS WITH SEVERAL OF THE STORMS BECOMING SEVERE...PRODUCING AREAS
OF WIND DAMAGE AND LARGE HAIL. IN ADDITION...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 WILL DEVELOP. THE STORMS WILL ALSO PRODUCE FREQUENT
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.

.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 19, 6:14 PM EDT, 14 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
614 PM EDT THU JUL 19 2012

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

0604 PM     HAIL             6 NE BLACKSBURG         35.17N 81.44W
07/19/2012  E0.50 INCH       CLEVELAND          NC   AMATEUR RADIO

            OBSERVED ALONG I-85 NEAR THE STATE LINE.

&&

CSH

Special weather statement, Jul 19, 6:15 PM EDT, 13 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
615 PM EDT THU JUL 19 2012

NCZ035-036-056-192245-
ALEXANDER-CATAWBA-IREDELL-
615 PM EDT THU JUL 19 2012

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHERN CATAWBA...SOUTHERN
ALEXANDER AND WESTERN IREDELL COUNTIES THROUGH 645 PM EDT...

AT 615 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES SOUTH OF MILLERSVILLE...OR 8 MILES SOUTH
OF TAYLORSVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
  CONOVER...
  LOOKOUT SHOALS LAKE...

PEA SIZE HAIL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND
TORRENTIAL RAIN ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

LAT...LON 3579 8092 3561 8109 3579 8132 3593 8118

HG

Special weather statement, Jul 19, 6:21 PM EDT, 7 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
621 PM EDT THU JUL 19 2012

SCZ007>009-013-192300-
CHEROKEE-SPARTANBURG-UNION-YORK-
621 PM EDT THU JUL 19 2012

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT CHEROKEE...EASTERN SPARTANBURG...
NORTHERN UNION AND NORTHWESTERN YORK COUNTIES THROUGH 700 PM EDT...

AT 621 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 3 MILES SOUTH OF
GROVER TO 4 MILES WEST OF COWPENS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

THESE STORMS WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
  COWPENS...
  THICKETTY...
  SPARTANBURG...
  PACOLET...

PEA SIZE HAIL...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND TORRENTIAL RAIN ARE
EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS ALSO OCCURRING
WITH THIS STORM.

LAT...LON 3507 8202 3518 8158 3517 8135 3495 8123
      3479 8186

HG

Local storm report, Jul 19, 6:23 PM EDT, 5 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
623 PM EDT THU JUL 19 2012

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

0550 PM     TSTM WND DMG     5 WNW CHESNEE           35.19N 81.94W
07/19/2012                   SPARTANBURG        SC   911 CALL CENTER

            POWER LINES DOWN AT PARRIS BRIDGE RD AND MCSWAIN RD

0555 PM     TSTM WND DMG     1 SW CHESNEE            35.14N 81.88W
07/19/2012                   SPARTANBURG        SC   911 CALL CENTER

            TREES DOWN AT TURKEY FARM RD AND FISH CAMP RD

&&

RWH

Special weather statement, Jul 19, 6:23 PM EDT, 5 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
623 PM EDT THU JUL 19 2012

NCZ071-072-192300-
CABARRUS-MECKLENBURG-
623 PM EDT THU JUL 19 2012

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EASTERN MECKLENBURG AND WESTERN
CABARRUS COUNTIES THROUGH 700 PM EDT...

AT 623 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR UNC CHARLOTTE...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
  CHARLOTTE MOTOR SPEEDWAY...
  HARRISBURG...
  HARRISBURG...
  CONCORD...

PEA SIZE HAIL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH...AND
TORRENTIAL RAIN ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

LAT...LON 3524 8047 3521 8078 3539 8082 3546 8052

HG

Local storm report, Jul 19, 6:28 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
628 PM EDT THU JUL 19 2012

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

0600 PM     TSTM WND DMG     4 ESE EARL              35.18N 81.47W
07/19/2012                   CLEVELAND          NC   911 CALL CENTER

            TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN...RELAYED BY AMATEUR RADIO.

&&

CSH

The 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, 5:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Cleveland, Polk, Rutherford	60 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, 6:32 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

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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.