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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 45, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

March 24, 2012Cabarrus County, Rowan County, North Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 24, 2012, 5:21 PM EDT for Cabarrus County, Rowan County, North Carolina. It was in force for 43 min. 2 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: Mar 24, 2012, 5:21 PM EDT (21:21 UTC)
Expired: Mar 24, 2012, 6:04 PM EDT
In force: 43 min
Issued by: NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Cabarrus County, NC, Rowan County, NC

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 154 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:21 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
Mar 24, 5:49 PM EDT	HAIL 0.88	4 Wsw Rockwell, NC	HAIL FROM PEA TO NICKEL SIZED FELL FOR A FEW MINUTES COVERING THE GROUND. STRONG WIND WITH THE STORM BLEW DEBRIS IN NEARBY ROADS...BUT THIS WAS TWIGS AND A FEW SMALL LIMBS.
Mar 24, 5:51 PM EDT	HAIL 1	1 Nw Rockwell, NC

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 30 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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Mar 24, 12:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 68 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: 226 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -8 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 526 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 167 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 153 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.1
Supercell composite: 0.5

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

119 
WUUS52 KGSP 242121
SVRGSP
NCC025-159-242215-
/O.NEW.KGSP.SV.W.0045.120324T2121Z-120324T2215Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
521 PM EDT SAT MAR 24 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 615 PM EDT

* AT 517 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
  KANNAPOLIS...OR 7 MILES NORTH OF CONCORD...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT
  30 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
  GRANITE QUARRY AND ROCKWELL.
  SALISBURY.
  SPENCER.
  HIGH ROCK LAKE.

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 3542 8059 3550 8070 3577 8048 3575 8045
      3574 8045 3572 8038 3573 8034 3571 8032
      3568 8033 3567 8030 3564 8029
TIME...MOT...LOC 2121Z 223DEG 26KT 3552 8060

$$
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2 follow-up statements

434 
WWUS52 KGSP 242147
SVSGSP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
547 PM EDT SAT MAR 24 2012

NCC025-242156-
/O.CAN.KGSP.SV.W.0045.000000T0000Z-120324T2215Z/
CABARRUS NC-
547 PM EDT SAT MAR 24 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL CABARRUS COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THIS AREA. 
HOWEVER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR 
SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL CABARRUS COUNTY UNTIL 6 PM. 

LAT...LON 3550 8048 3557 8055 3575 8045 3574 8045
      3572 8038 3573 8034 3571 8032 3568 8033
      3567 8030 3564 8029
TIME...MOT...LOC 2146Z 230DEG 32KT 3559 8041

$$

NCC159-242215-
/O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0045.000000T0000Z-120324T2215Z/
ROWAN NC-
547 PM EDT SAT MAR 24 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN ROWAN
COUNTY UNTIL 615 PM EDT...

AT 543 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL...
AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
ROCKWELL...OR 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SALISBURY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35
MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
  HIGH ROCK LAKE.

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 3550 8048 3557 8055 3575 8045 3574 8045
      3572 8038 3573 8034 3571 8032 3568 8033
      3567 8030 3564 8029
TIME...MOT...LOC 2146Z 230DEG 32KT 3559 8041

$$
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988 
WWUS52 KGSP 242204
SVSGSP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
604 PM EDT SAT MAR 24 2012

NCC159-242213-
/O.CAN.KGSP.SV.W.0045.000000T0000Z-120324T2215Z/
ROWAN NC-
604 PM EDT SAT MAR 24 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN ROWAN COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED 
AREA. HOWEVER SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH 
THIS THUNDERSTORM NEAR HIGH ROCK LAKE.

LAT...LON 3550 8048 3557 8055 3575 8045 3574 8045
      3572 8038 3573 8034 3571 8032 3568 8033
      3567 8030 3564 8029
TIME...MOT...LOC 2203Z 230DEG 32KT 3569 8027

$$
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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 Mar 24, 2:17 PM EDT, 3 hours 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 24, 2:17 PM EDT, 3 hours 4 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
217 PM EDT SAT MAR 24 2012

.SYNOPSIS...
A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH EAST OF THE AREA THIS EVENING...THEN AN UPPER
LEVEL LOW CROSSES THE REGION LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. DRY HIGH
PRESSURE WILL THEN BUILD ACROSS THE REGION FROM THE NORTH SUNDAY
NIGHT...AND LINGER THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY. ANOTHER WEAK COLD FRONT
WILL PUSH IN FROM THE NORTH ON THURSDAY.

&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH SUNDAY/...
AS UPPER LOW APPROACHES THE AREA FROM THE NW...MOIST LL S FLOW WITH A
SFC BOUNDARY BISECTING THE AREA (N-S) WILL TRANSLATE E. EXPECT
STRONGEST CONVECTION IN AREA OF BEST CAPE AND SHEAR E OF THE LINE
AND SVR TSTM WATCHES HAVE BEEN ISSUED INTO THIS EVE FOR THAT AREA.
DEW POINTS ARE FALLING W OF THE LINE...ESP IN UPSTATE SC AND NE GA
SO CONVECTION WILL BE MORE LIMITED THERE...BUT ISOLD STRONG STORMS
WILL BE PSBL THRU LATE AFTN. ONCE THE SFC BOUNDARY MOVES E OF THE
CWA...CONVECTION WILL TAPER OFF AND SHOULD DIE DOWN WITH COOLING. A
SHORTWAVE TROF ON THE FLANK OF THE UPPER LOW WILL AFFECT THE AREA
SUN WITH SCT CONVECTION EXPECTED...MAINLY WITH DAYTIME HEATING. NW
FLOW MOISTURE INTO THE NC MTNS WILL KEEP CHC POPS ALONG THE TN
BORDER THRU THE AFTN. TEMPS WILL BE COOLER BUT STILL ABOVE AVG THRU
THE PERIOD SO NO SNOW IS EXPECTED OVER THE MTNS ATTM.

&&

.SHORT TERM /SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY/...
AS OF 115 PM SATURDAY...SFC HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO THE GREAT
LAKES SUNDAY NIGHT...WITH RIDGING ACROSS THE NORTHERN APPALACHIANS
AND MID ATLANTIC MONDAY THRU TUESDAY. A BACKDOOR COLD FRONT IS STILL
EXPECTED TO PUSH THRU THE CWFA MONDAY EVE. WELL ABV NORMAL TEMPS ARE
EXPECTED SUN NGT AND MON AHEAD OF THE FRONT. THEN COOLER...YET STILL
ABV NORMAL TEMPS IN ITS WAKE WITH A SURGE OF NELY LLVL FLOW. DRY
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THRU THE PERIOD.

&&

.LONG TERM /TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY/...
AS OF 130 PM SATURDAY...GUIDANCE IN GOOD AGREEMENT ON THE LONGWAVE
PATTERN IN THE LONG TERM...AND WITH LIMITED TIME TODAY TO DO
GRIDS...I WENT WITH HPCGUIDE.

A POTENT SHORTWAVE WILL TRACK THRU THE GREAT LAKES TO NEW
ENGLAND WED-THU...FLATTENING THE SOUTHEAST CONUS RIDGE. AT THE
SFC...HIGH PRES SHIFTS EAST OUT INTO THE ATLANTIC...BRINGING A
RETURN FLOW ACRS THE CWFA. MEANWHILE...A CLIPPER SYSTEM ASSOCIATED
WITH THE AFOREMENTIONED SHORTWAVE WILL REACH THE NEW ENGLAND WATERS
BY 12Z THU. THIS SYSTEM WILL PUSH ANOTHER DRY BACKDOOR FRONT THRU
THE AREA THU. TEMPS WILL RETURN TO MID-UPR 70S WED AND UPR 70S
TO LWR 80S THU AHEAD OF THE FRONT (COOLER IN HIGH TERRAIN). TEMPS
COOL 2-3 CATEGORIES BEHIND THE FRONT FRI AND SAT. AS FOR POPS...HAVE
SLGT CHC FOR THE NC ZONES WED AFTN/EVE AHEAD OF THE FRONT...THEN
LOW-END CHC POPS SAT WITH RETURN FLOW SETTING UP AGAIN.

&&

.AVIATION /18Z SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/...
AT KCLT...MAIN CONCERN THIS AFTN-EVE WILL BE TSTMS WITH STRONG GUSTY
WINDS AND HAIL PSBL MAINLY 20-01Z. SOME STORMS MAY BE SVR. OTHERWISE
S-SW WINDS G18KT WITH LOW VFR CIGS. CONVECTION WILL TAPER OFF BY
LATE EVE AND TERMINAL SHOULD STAY VFR OVERNIGHT. NW WINDS LATE
TONIGHT AND SUN.

ELSEWHERE...SIMILAR TO KCLT WITH LESS OF A SVR THREAT IN MTNS AND SC.

OUTLOOK...SCATTERED SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE SUN AFTN AS UPPER LOW
CENTER MOVES SLOWLY ACROSS THE REGION. DRYING EARLY NEXT 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...ARK
NEAR TERM...RB
SHORT TERM...ARK
LONG TERM...ARK
AVIATION...RB

Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 24, 1:56 PM EDT, 3 hours 25 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
156 PM EDT SAT MAR 24 2012

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ048>053-058-059-062>065-SCZ001>006-010-
011-251800-
RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-MADISON-YANCEY-
MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-
SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-
PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER OCONEE-
GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-
156 PM EDT SAT MAR 24 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...WESTERN
NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON
ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS OF THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST
GEORGIA AND ALSO THE WESTERN UPSTATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. SMALL
HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND LIGHTNING ARE EXPECTED
WITH THESE STORMS.

.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.

SCZ007>009-012>014-019-251800-
SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK-LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD-
156 PM EDT SAT MAR 24 2012

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 106 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH.

.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.

NCZ033-035>037-056-057-068>072-082-501>510-251800-
AVERY-ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-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-
156 PM EDT SAT MAR 24 2012

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 105 IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA AND
WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH.

.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

Local storm report, Mar 24, 4:57 PM EDT, 24 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
457 PM EDT SAT MAR 24 2012

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

0440 PM     HAIL             MOCKSVILLE              35.90N 80.56W
03/24/2012  E1.00 INCH       DAVIE              NC   NWS EMPLOYEE

            THE RALEIGH WEATHER OFFICE RELAYED A REPORT OF QUARTER
            SIZED HAIL WHICH STARTED IN MOCKSVILLE AT 440 PM AND WAS
            CONTINUING DURING THE CALL.

&&

OUTLAW

Special weather statement, Mar 24, 4:57 PM EDT, 24 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
457 PM EDT SAT MAR 24 2012

NCZ071-242130-
MECKLENBURG-
457 PM EDT SAT MAR 24 2012

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT MECKLENBURG COUNTY THROUGH 530
PM EDT...

AT 453 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR CAROWINDS...OR 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CENTER
CITY CHARLOTTE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
  SOUTHPARK MALL...
  CENTER CITY CHARLOTTE...
  EASTLAND MALL...
  UNC CHARLOTTE...

DIME SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH
THIS STORM.

LAT...LON 3522 8062 3506 8090 3511 8094 3507 8099
      3511 8103 3539 8076 3538 8074 3529 8067
      3527 8067 3525 8064

LANE

Local storm report, Mar 24, 5:04 PM EDT, 17 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
504 PM EDT SAT MAR 24 2012

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

0442 PM     HAIL             2 E MOCKSVILLE          35.90N 80.52W
03/24/2012  E1.00 INCH       DAVIE              NC   NWS EMPLOYEE

            THE RALEIGH WEATHER OFFICE RELAYING ANOTHER QUARTER SIZED
            HAIL REPORT 2 MILES EAST OF MOCKSVILLE ALONG HIGHWAY 64
            AND REPORTED BY A STORM CHASER.

&&

OUTLAW

Local storm report, Mar 24, 5:10 PM EDT, 11 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
510 PM EDT SAT MAR 24 2012

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

0455 PM     HAIL             8 SSE UNION             34.63N 81.56W
03/24/2012  E1.00 INCH       UNION              SC   STORM CHASER

            SPOTTER REPORTED HAIL COVERING GROUND QUARTER SIZE

&&

PTANNER

Local storm report, Mar 24, 5:20 PM EDT, 1 minute before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
520 PM EDT SAT MAR 24 2012

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

0512 PM     HAIL             5 E MONARCH MILLS       34.71N 81.49W
03/24/2012  E1.25 INCH       UNION              SC   TRAINED SPOTTER

            HALF DOLLAR SIZED HAIL. HAIL COVERING THE GROUND.

&&

ARK

Special weather statement, Mar 24, 5:20 PM EDT, 1 minute before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
520 PM EDT SAT MAR 24 2012

NCZ057-072-242200-
CABARRUS-ROWAN-
520 PM EDT SAT MAR 24 2012

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHERN CABARRUS AND ROWAN
COUNTIES THROUGH 600 PM EDT...

AT 517 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR KANNAPOLIS...OR 7 MILES NORTH OF CONCORD...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
  CHINA GROVE...
  GRANITE QUARRY...
  SALISBURY...
  SPENCER...
  HIGH ROCK LAKE...

DIME SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH
THIS STORM.

LAT...LON 3542 8059 3550 8070 3577 8048 3575 8045
      3574 8045 3572 8038 3573 8034 3571 8032
      3568 8033 3567 8030 3564 8029

LANE

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 24, 6:33 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Jackson, Macon, Transylvania	57 min
Mar 24, 7:29 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Henderson, Polk, Transylvania	26 min
Mar 24, 7:50 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Mitchell	40 min
Mar 24, 8:05 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Henderson, Transylvania	40 min
Mar 24, 8:23 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Cabarrus	52 min
Mar 24, 8:27 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Union	48 min
Mar 24, 9:01 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Burke	44 min
Mar 24, 10:23 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Burke	37 min
Mar 24, 11:02 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Rutherford	43 min
Mar 24, 12:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	McDowell	41 min
Mar 24, 12:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Yancey	50 min
Mar 24, 12:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Burke, McDowell, Mitchell	46 min
Mar 24, 1:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Avery	42 min
Mar 24, 1:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Caldwell	47 min
Mar 24, 2:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Iredell	52 min
Mar 24, 3:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Gaston	43 min
Mar 24, 3:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Davie	47 min
Mar 24, 3:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Catawba, Gaston, Iredell, Lincoln, Mecklenburg	44 min
Mar 24, 3:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Gaston, Mecklenburg	36 min
Mar 24, 4:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Gaston	44 min
Mar 24, 4:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Iredell, Rowan	55 min
Mar 24, 4:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Davie	45 min
Mar 24, 4:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Mecklenburg	48 min
Mar 24, 4:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Lincoln	35 min
Mar 24, 4:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Mecklenburg	33 min
Mar 24, 5:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Cabarrus, Mecklenburg	53 min
Mar 24, 5:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Rowan	40 min
Mar 24, 5:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Union	39 min
Mar 24, 6:06 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Rowan	24 min
Mar 24, 6:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Union	27 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Carolina, 2012 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2012

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.