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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 449, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

July 21, 2012Union County, North Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 21, 2012, 5:50 PM EDT for Union County, North Carolina. It was in force for 21 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 21, 2012, 5:50 PM EDT (21:50 UTC)
Expired: Jul 21, 2012, 6:11 PM EDT
In force: 21 min
Issued by: NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Union County, NC

The radar

The Columbia radar (KCAE), 145 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:53 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, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 116 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: 679 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -73 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 870 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 49 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 69 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

246 
WUUS52 KGSP 212150
SVRGSP
NCC179-212245-
/O.NEW.KGSP.SV.W.0449.120721T2150Z-120721T2245Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
550 PM EDT SAT JUL 21 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN UNION COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...

* UNTIL 645 PM EDT

* AT 550 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
  UNIONVILLE...OR NEAR MONROE...AND MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
  UNIONVILLE AND FAIRVIEW.
  WINGATE.

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 3500 8030 3494 8060 3510 8068 3518 8049
      3517 8046 3517 8039 3518 8037 3517 8035
      3520 8028 3518 8027
TIME...MOT...LOC 2150Z 249DEG 11KT 3505 8053

$$

HG

1 follow-up statement

871 
WWUS52 KGSP 212211
SVSGSP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
611 PM EDT SAT JUL 21 2012

NCC179-212222-
/O.CAN.KGSP.SV.W.0449.000000T0000Z-120721T2245Z/
UNION NC-
611 PM EDT SAT JUL 21 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN UNION COUNTY IN THE
PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LEVELS.

LAT...LON 3500 8030 3494 8060 3510 8068 3518 8049
      3517 8046 3517 8039 3518 8037 3517 8035
      3520 8028 3518 8027
TIME...MOT...LOC 2212Z 249DEG 11KT 3507 8045

$$

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 21, 4:53 PM EDT, 57 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 21, 4:53 PM EDT, 57 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
453 PM EDT SAT JUL 21 2012

.SYNOPSIS...
A STATIONARY FRONT WILL REMAIN WEST TO EAST OVER THE REGION BEFORE
DISSIPATING EARLY IN THE WEEK. AS A WEAK RIDGE TRIES TO BUILD INTO
THE REGION FROM THE SOUTHEAST...A LEE TROF WILL DEVELOP AND REMAIN
ACROSS THE PIEDMONT THROUGH MUCH OF THE UPCOMING WEEK.

&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH SUNDAY/...
SO FAR THIS AFTERNOON...COVERAGE OF CONVECTION HAS BEEN LIMITED TO
WIDELY SCATTERED...EXCEPT FOR A SMALL AREA ACROSS THE SMOKIES AND
THE BALSAMS. WATER VAPOR SUGGESTS...AND THE LATEST SHORT RANGE MODEL
GUIDANCE CONFIRMS THAT A MID-LEVEL VORT MAX IS PUSHING INTO THE
CENTRAL CAROLINAS ATTM. THIS WOULD CERTAINLY EXPLAIN THE PALTRY
COVERAGE IN OUR AREA...AND THE NUMEROUS-WIDESPREAD COVERAGE TO OUR
EAST. NEVERTHELESS...COVERAGE IN OUR CWA IS GRADUALLY INCREASING.
WITH CAPE VALUES OF 2000-3000+ OVER THE AREA...I AM VERY HESITANT TO
BACK OFF POPS TOO MUCH FROM THE CURRENT 50-60 PERCENT FORECAST...
ESPECIALLY SINCE THERE MAY BE JUST ENOUGH LOW LEVEL SHEAR (AROUND 15
KT IN THE 0-3 KM LAYER) TO ALLOW FOR SOME CLUSTERING OF CELLS ALONG
OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES. THE BEST CHANCE FOR SEVERE WEATHER MAY BE ACROSS
OUR WESTERN ZONES...WHERE DRIER MID/UPPER LEVEL AIR IS BEGINNING TO
MAKE A PUSH. HOWEVER...AN ISOLATED SEVERE WEATHER EVENT WILL BE
POSSIBLE ANYWHERE...ESPECIALLY IF CELLS ARE ABLE TO ORGANIZE.

THE CONVECTION SHUD DIMINISH THRU THE EVENING AND END OVERNIGHT.
HOWEVER...A LINGERING SHOWER IS POSSIBLE AT ALMOST ANY TIME. SHUD BE
ANOTHER NIGHT OF DEVELOPING LOW CLOUDS AND PATCHY DENSE FOG. LOWS
SHUD BE NEAR TO SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL.

RIDGE AXIS BUILDS OVER THE AREA SUNDAY DIMINISHING THE EFFECT OF THE
LINGERING SHORT WAVE ENERGY. UPPER JET WILL MOVE EAST OF THE AREA AS
WELL ENDING SIGNIFICANT DIVERGENCE. THE WEAK LOW LEVEL BOUNDARY WILL
CONTINUE TO WASH OUT...BUT THE REMNANTS OF THE BOUNDARY OR A
DEVELOPING LEE TROF WILL REMAIN IN PLACE. LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL
REMAIN QUITE HIGH...BUT DEEP MOISTURE WILL DIMINISH. THE ATMOS WILL
REMAIN UNSTABLE...SO CONVECTION SHUD REDEVELOP. HOWEVER...COVERAGE
SHUD BE LESS THAN PREVIOUS DAYS. HAVE SCT CONVECTION GENERALLY ALONG
AND NORTH OF I-85 AND ISOLATED TO THE SOUTH. HIGHS WILL REBOUND BACK
TO NEAR TO SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL.

&&

.SHORT TERM /SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY/...
AS OF 230 PM SATURDAY...THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN
NORTH OF THE APPALACHIANS AS UPPER RIDGE OF HIGH STRAIGHTENS OVER
THE REGION MON/TUE. THE COMBINATION OF MODERATE DIURNAL
INSTABILITY...WITH CAPE VALUES IN THE 1500 TO 2000 J/KG
RANGE...LITTLE CAPPING INVERSION AND RELATIVELY HIGH PW VALUES WILL
SUPPORT AFTERNOON SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY. WITH WEAK MEAN
FLOW ALOFT IN A MOIST ENVIRONMENT....STORMS WILL MOVE SLOWLY AND
PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL WHICH COULD RESULT IN LOCALIZED FLOODING.
HENCE...WILL FORECAST DIURNAL POPS IN THE 30S ACROSS MUCH OF OUR CWA
EACH DAY. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN A COUPLE DEGREES ABOVE SEASONAL
AVERAGES WITH HIGHS IN THE LOW TO MID 90S ACROSS THE PIEDMONT.

&&

.LONG TERM /TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY/...
AS OF 200 PM SATURDAY...THE LATEST MEDIUM RANGE MODELS CONTINUE TO
INDICATE THAT A FRONTAL BOUNDARY OVER THE OHIO VALLEY DROPS SOUTH
ACROSS THE REGION AS AN UPPER TROUGH DEEPENS ACROSS THE MID ATLANTIC
REGION WEDNESDAY. THEN THE LATEST GFS KEEPS THE FRONT STALLED OUT
OVER THE REGION THROUGH MUCH OF THE EXTENDED FORECAST PERIOD WHILE
THE ECMWF PUSHES THE FRONT BACK TO THE NORTH ON THURSDAY AS A WEAK
UPPER RIDGE BUILDS ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST. BY NEXT WEEKEND...BOTH GFS
AND ECMWF SUGGEST THAT ANOTHER UPPER TROUGH DEVELOPS ACROSS THE
GREAT LAKES INTO THE MID ATLANTIC REGION...RESULTING IN SECONDARY
FRONT SLIDING SOUTH INTO THE REGION. WITH HIGH PW VALUES AND GOOD
DIURNAL INSTABILITY...WILL SEE SCATTERED AFTERNOON CONVECTION EACH
DAY. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN NEAR SEASONAL AVERAGES WITH HIGHS IN
THE LOW 90S ACROSS THE PIEDMONT THROUGH THE PERIOD.

&&

.AVIATION /21Z SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/...
AT KCLT...MVFR SHUD BE LOW VFR BY 19Z. TSRA SHUD HOLD OFF UNTIL THEN
AS WELL. THAT SAID...ANOTHER AFTERNOON/EARLY EVENING OF NUMEROUS
TSRA EXPECTED. HAVE GONE PREVAILING VFR TSRA UNTIL 01Z THEN TEMPS
MVFR TSRA UNTIL 04Z. WILL AMD AS CELLS APPROACH THE AIRFIELD. IFR
CIGS AND MVFR VSBY EXPECTED AGAIN BY DAYBREAK. SHUD BE QUICKER TO
LIFT TO VFR SUN MORN AS FLOW WILL HAVE LESS OF AN UPSLOPE COMPONENT
WITH ONLY A MINOR LOW LEVEL INVERSION. WINDS WILL GENERALLY BE SW
THRU THE PERIOD WITH A NORMAL DIURNAL SPEED TREND.

ELSEWHERE...VFR EXPECTED THRU THE EVENING XCPT WHEN ONE OF THE
NUMEROUS TSRA MOVE ACROSS AN AIRFIELD. WILL AMD AS NEEDED FOR
CONVECTION. SWLY WIND WITH SOME LOW END GUSTS THRU THE AFTERNOON
BECOMING LIGHT SW FOR THE EVENING. CONVECTION WILL LINGER BUT
DIMINISH THRU THE EVENING AND END AROUND MIDNIGHT. IFR TO MVFR CIGS
AND VSBY EXPECTED BY DAYBREAK. SHUD BE QUICKER TO LIFT SUN MORNING
AS FLOW WILL HAVE LESS OF AN UPSLOPE COMPONENT WITH ONLY A MINOR LOW
LEVEL INVERSION. LIGHT WINDS OVERNIGHT BECOME WSW DURING THE MORNING.

OUTLOOK...AS A COLD FRONT STALLS OVER THE AREA...SCATTERED
CONVECTION EXPECTED SUNDAY AFTERNOON. LATE NIGHT/MORNING FOG AND LOW
STRATUS PROBABILITIES WILL ALSO REMAIN FAIRLY HIGH...ESPECIALLY IN
THE MTN VALLEYS. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME LESS NUMEROUS AS THE
BERMUDA HIGH BUILDS INTO THE REGION DURING THE FIRST PART OF THE
WEEK.

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...JDL/RWH
SHORT TERM...JOH
LONG TERM...JOH
AVIATION...RWH

Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 21, 12:38 PM EDT, 5 hours 12 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1238 PM EDT SAT JUL 21 2012

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065-
068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-221645-
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-
1238 PM EDT SAT JUL 21 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.

NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND MOVE SLOWLY
ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE STRONGEST STORMS
HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE SMALL AREAS OF DAMAGING DOWNBURST
WINDS. LARGE HAIL IS POSSIBLE BUT LESS LIKELY. STRONG GUSTY WINDS
AND CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE WITH ANY STORM. LOCALLY
HEAVY RAINFALL IS LIKELY...AND COULD LEAD TO FLOODING...ESPECIALLY
LOCATIONS WHERE STORMS REPEATEDLY MOVE OVER.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.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

Special weather statement, Jul 21, 4:12 PM EDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
412 PM EDT SAT JUL 21 2012

NCZ052-212045-
HAYWOOD-
412 PM EDT SAT JUL 21 2012

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHERN HAYWOOD COUNTY THROUGH
445 PM EDT...

AT 411 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF SUNBURST...OR 6 MILES EAST
OF WAYNESVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. A SECOND STRONG
THUNDERSTORM WAS BETWEEN MAGGIE VALLEY AND LAKE JUNALUSKA. THESE
THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT THE AREAS FROM WAYNESVILLE TO SUNBURST TO
CRUSO THROUGH 445 PM.

PEA SIZE HAIL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH...AND
TORRENTIAL RAIN ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. RAPID RISES ON
STREAMS AND CREEKS ARE EXPECTED...WITH ISOLATED FLOODING OF LOW
LYING AREAS POSSIBLE.

LAT...LON 3551 8278 3547 8280 3544 8278 3542 8275
      3541 8274 3538 8279 3532 8283 3530 8290
      3534 8296 3556 8315 3564 8302

HG

Special weather statement, Jul 21, 4:43 PM EDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
443 PM EDT SAT JUL 21 2012

NCZ052-053-212115-
BUNCOMBE-HAYWOOD-
443 PM EDT SAT JUL 21 2012

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT EASTERN HAYWOOD AND SOUTHWESTERN
BUNCOMBE COUNTIES THROUGH 515 PM EDT...

AT 441 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES EAST OF CANTON...OR 13 MILES WEST OF
DOWNTOWN ASHEVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. OTHER STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING FARTHER WEST ALONG INTERSTATE 40
TOWARD LAKE JUNALUSKA AND ALSO NEAR COVE CREEK.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE PEA SIZE HAIL...FREQUENT
LIGHTNING...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH...AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL
THROUGH 515 PM. THE ACTIVITY SHOULD SPREAD EASTWARD THROUGH CANDLER
TOWARD ASHEVILLE AND BILTMORE FOREST OVER THE NEXT HALF HOUR.

LAT...LON 3565 8245 3544 8246 3544 8253 3543 8254
      3544 8255 3544 8257 3544 8263 3546 8267
      3545 8271 3547 8301 3568 8294

HG

Special weather statement, Jul 21, 5:09 PM EDT, 41 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
509 PM EDT SAT JUL 21 2012

NCZ508-510-212145-
EASTERN POLK-GREATER RUTHERFORD-
509 PM EDT SAT JUL 21 2012

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL RUTHERFORD AND NORTHERN
POLK COUNTIES THROUGH 545 PM EDT...

AT 509 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES EAST OF LAKE LURE...OR 8 MILES NORTHWEST
OF RUTHERFORDTON...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
  RUTHERFORDTON...
  THERMAL CITY...

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

LAT...LON 3536 8176 3531 8215 3541 8218 3551 8209
      3554 8198 3552 8197 3554 8188 3554 8185
      3558 8182

HG

Special weather statement, Jul 21, 5:40 PM EDT, 10 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
540 PM EDT SAT JUL 21 2012

GAZ028-029-SCZ010-011-212215-
ABBEVILLE-ANDERSON-ELBERT-HART-
540 PM EDT SAT JUL 21 2012

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHERN ELBERT...SOUTHEASTERN
HART...SOUTHERN ANDERSON AND WESTERN ABBEVILLE COUNTIES THROUGH 615
PM EDT...

AT 540 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES NORTH OF RUCKERSVILLE...OR 9 MILES
NORTHEAST OF ELBERTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
  LOWNDESVILLE...
  IVA...

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

LAT...LON 3439 8270 3417 8248 3410 8282 3426 8291

HG

Special weather statement, Jul 21, 5:41 PM EDT, 9 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
541 PM EDT SAT JUL 21 2012

NCZ035-056-502-504-212215-
ALEXANDER-CATAWBA-GREATER BURKE-GREATER CALDWELL-
541 PM EDT SAT JUL 21 2012

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EASTERN BURKE...NORTHWESTERN
CATAWBA...SOUTHEASTERN CALDWELL AND SOUTHWESTERN ALEXANDER COUNTIES
THROUGH 615 PM EDT...

AT 541 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR HILDEBRAN...OR 7 MILES WEST OF
HICKORY...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
  LONGVIEW...
  HICKORY...
  ST. STEPHENS...

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

LAT...LON 3590 8123 3569 8113 3560 8149 3577 8157

HG

Special weather statement, Jul 21, 5:43 PM EDT, 7 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
543 PM EDT SAT JUL 21 2012

NCZ082-212230-
UNION-
543 PM EDT SAT JUL 21 2012

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHERN UNION COUNTY THROUGH
630 PM EDT...

AT 543 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF MONROE...MOVING EAST AT 15
MPH.

THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
  MONROE...
  FAIRVIEW...
  UNIONVILLE...
  WINGATE...
  MARSHVILLE...

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

LAT...LON 3499 8029 3492 8064 3508 8071 3510 8069
      3518 8047 3517 8044 3518 8037 3517 8035
      3519 8030 3513 8027

HG

The office that day

Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 20, 11:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Avery, Madison, Mitchell, Yancey	93 min
Jul 21, 2:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	McDowell	29 min
Jul 21, 3:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Swain	33 min
Jul 21, 3:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Davie	37 min
Jul 21, 4:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Haywood	33 min
Jul 21, 4:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Buncombe	32 min
Jul 21, 5:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Rutherford	36 min
Jul 21, 5:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Catawba	34 min
Jul 21, 5:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Union	47 min
Jul 21, 5:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Burke	32 min
Jul 21, 6:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Iredell	37 min
Jul 21, 6:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Alexander, Catawba, Iredell	61 min
Jul 21, 6:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Catawba	26 min
Jul 21, 6:26 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Alexander, Burke, Caldwell, Catawba, Iredell	2 hr
Jul 21, 6:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Iredell	31 min
Jul 21, 6:36 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	GSP	Alexander, Burke, Caldwell, Catawba	105 min
Jul 21, 6:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Caldwell	25 min
Jul 21, 6:57 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Iredell	73 min
Jul 21, 7:11 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	GSP	Iredell	60 min
Jul 21, 7:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Davie	29 min
Jul 21, 7:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Davie	26 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.