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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 454, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

July 23, 2012Burke County, North Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 23, 2012, 3:45 PM EDT for Burke County, North Carolina. It was in force for 50 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 23, 2012, 3:45 PM EDT (19:45 UTC)
Expired
Jul 23, 2012, 4:35 PM EDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Burke County, NC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:47 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, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 159 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 12:00Z on 2012-07-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2136 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 12:00Z on 2012-07-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 68 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
2136 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-33 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
910 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
68 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
49 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.

362 
WUUS52 KGSP 231945
SVRGSP
NCC023-232045-
/O.NEW.KGSP.SV.W.0454.120723T1945Z-120723T2045Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
345 PM EDT MON JUL 23 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN BURKE COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...

* UNTIL 445 PM EDT

* AT 339 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
  MORGANTON...AND MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
  MORGANTON.
  VALDESE.
  RUTHERFORD COLLEGE.
  CONNELLY SPRINGS.
  ICARD.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BRIEF DAMAGING WINDS WILL BLOW DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES OVER SMALL
AREAS. A BRIEF PERIOD OF LARGE HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE. 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 3578 8144 3576 8140 3576 8137 3574 8138
      3557 8154 3558 8167 3567 8185 3571 8187
      3573 8189 3579 8187
TIME...MOT...LOC 1945Z 279DEG 13KT 3571 8172

$$
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2 follow-up statements
527 
WWUS52 KGSP 232021
SVSGSP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
421 PM EDT MON JUL 23 2012

NCC023-232045-
/O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0454.000000T0000Z-120723T2045Z/
BURKE NC-
421 PM EDT MON JUL 23 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN BURKE
COUNTY UNTIL 445 PM EDT...

AT 416 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF
60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTH OF DYSARTSVILLE...OR 9
MILES WEST OF MORGANTON...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHERN
BURKE COUNTY...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...GLEN ALPINE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BRIEF DAMAGING WINDS WILL BLOW DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES OVER SMALL
AREAS. A BRIEF PERIOD OF LARGE HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE. 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 3572 8156 3558 8160 3558 8167 3567 8185
      3575 8189 3575 8188
TIME...MOT...LOC 2021Z 279DEG 13KT 3570 8182

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687 
WWUS52 KGSP 232035
SVSGSP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
435 PM EDT MON JUL 23 2012

NCC023-232044-
/O.CAN.KGSP.SV.W.0454.000000T0000Z-120723T2045Z/
BURKE NC-
435 PM EDT MON JUL 23 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN BURKE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE 
LEVELS.  HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE 
SOUTHWEST OF MORGANTON.

LAT...LON 3572 8156 3558 8160 3558 8167 3567 8185
      3575 8189 3575 8188
TIME...MOT...LOC 2034Z 279DEG 13KT 3569 8176

$$
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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 Jul 23, 2:37 PM EDT, 1 hour 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 23, 2:37 PM EDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
237 PM EDT MON JUL 23 2012

.SYNOPSIS...
A WEAK UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WILL BUILD ACROSS THE REGION AND PERSIST
THROUGH THE END OPF THE WORK WEEK. A COLD FRONT IS THEN EXPECTED TO
PUSH INTO THE CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA LATE FRIDAY AND BECOME
STATIONARY OVER THE WEEKEND.

&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/...
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ALONG THE EASTERN ESCARPMENT OF
THE BLUE RIDGE LINE UP WELL WITH THE LOCATION OF AN H5 SHORT WAVE ON
THE RAP MODEL. THE FEATURE WILL QUICKLY MOVE SOUTHEASTWARD ACROSS
THE REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST AREA INTO THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS.
WITH H5 WINDS OF 25 TO 30 KTS OVER THE NC ZONES AND NRN
UPSTATE...THE CLUSTERS OF SHOWERS AND STORMS SHOULD SHOW SOME
ORGANIZATION IN THESE AREAS. WITH DCAPE VALUES AOA 1000 J/KG...SOME
AREAS OF DAMAGING WINDS ARE LIKELY. THE STORMS ARE QUITE TALL
ALREADY THIS AFTN AND SOME OF THEM WILL ALSO PRODUCE CONCENTRATED
AREAS OF CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES.

NVA WILL DEVELOP BEHIND THE SHORT WAVE LATER THIS EVENING AND
ACTIVITY SHOULD QUICKLY END BY AROUND SUNSET. LATE TONIGHT SOME
ACTIVITY MAY APPROACH THE MOUNTAINS FROM THE NW. HOWEVER...A STRONG
WLY ORIENTED 925 MB LLVL JET WILL STAY NORTH THE REGION AND THIS
FEATURE SHOULD BE ONE OF THE MAIN DRIVERS FOR NOCTURNAL CONVECTION.
THEREFORE...I THINK THE OVERNIGHT HOURS WILL LARGELY BE QUIET.

A BELT OF STRONG TROPOSPHERIC WESTERLIES WILL DIVE ACROSS THE
MID-ATLANTIC STATES ON TUESDAY. THERE IS A GOOD CHANCE FOR AN
ORGANIZED SEVERE MCS IN THIS AREA. THE WIND SHEAR GRADUALLY
DECREASES TO THE SOUTHWEST CLOSER TO THE STRONG H5 RIDGE CENTERED
OVER THE MS RIVER VALLEY. DEPENDING ON THE TIMING OF THE MCS
DEVELOPMENT...THE NRN ZONES MAY SEE AN AREA OF ORGANIZED CONVECTION
ON TUESDAY. IN ADDITION...CONVECTIVE DEBRIS OVER THE VIRGINIAS MAY
RESULT IN THE BELT OF GREATEST INSTABILITY DOWN ACROSS WRN NC AND
NRN SC...WHICH WILL ALSO AID CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT ACROSS THE NRN
AND CENTRAL PART OF THE FORECAST AREA LATER TMRW. THE LATEST SPC DAY
2 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK HAS MOST OF THE FA UNDER A SLIGHT RISK WITH THE
EXCEPTION OF THE UPPER SAVANNAH RIVER VALLEY. A MENTION OF SEVERE
STORMS WILL BE ADDED TO THE DAY 2 HWO.

&&

.SHORT TERM /TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
AS OF 230 PM EDT MONDAY...AN OLD COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO STALL OVER
THE REGION ON WEDNESDAY MORNING...THEN BEGIN TO LIFT NE DURING THE
AFTERNOON AS A WARM FRONT. AT H5...RIDGE CENTER WILL REMAIN OVER THE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY WITH NW FLOW ACROSS THE SOUTHERN
APPALACHIAN REGION. FORECAST SOUNDINGS INDICATE THAT SHEAR WILL
INCREASE ACROSS THE REGION ON WEDNESDAY...BULK SHEAR AROUND 20 KTS
BELOW 6 KM. HIGH TEMPERATURES AROUND 5 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL SHOULD
RESULT IN MODERATE CAPE VALUES AND STEEP LLVL LAPSE RATES DURING THE
AFTERNOON. SHORT RANGE MODELS INDICATE THAT AN MCS MAY TRACK ACROSS
KY DURING THE MORNING...WITH REMNANT CONVECTION AND POSSIBLE MCV
MOVING ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA DURING THE
DAY. I WILL FORECAST POPS AROUND 50 PERCENT ACROSS THE NRN MTNS AND
40 PERCENT ACROSS THE I-40 CORRIDOR TO 30 PERCENT ACROSS THE UPPER
SAVANNAH RIVER VALLEY. GIVEN THE SHEAR AND INSTABILITY...ORGANIZED
MULTI-CELL STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE.

THURSDAY...MID LEVEL HEIGHTS BUILD OVER 590 DAM DURING THE DAY. LLVL
SHEAR ACROSS THE REGION SHOULD WEAKEN WITH THE RETURN OF THE RIDGE.
AT THE SFC...A LEE TROF IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN ACROSS THE CWA. WEAK
DOWNSLOPE FLOW AND DEEP MIXING MAY RESULT IN A SLIGHT DECREASE IN
DEWPOINTS DURING THE AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE NC FOOTHILLS.
THE LOWER DEWPOINT SHOULD CONTRIBUTE TO HIGHER CIN VALUES. THIS
PATTERN SHOULD FAVOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF RIDGETOP TSRA BY MID
AFTERNOON...SPREADING EAST THROUGH EARLY EVENING. I WILL FORECAST 30
TO 40 POPS ACROSS THE MTNS WITH LOW CHC POPS EAST. HIGH TEMPERATURES
SHOULD RISE TO NEAR 90 ACROSS THE MTN VALLEYS TO MID TO UPPER 90S
EAST.

&&

.LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY/...
AS OF 100 PM EDT MONDAY...THE LATEST OP MODELS AND GFS ENSEMBLE
MEMBERS ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT FRI THROUGH THE WEEKEND WITH A OMEGA
BLOCK SETTING UP ACROSS THE NRN ATL OCEAN. THIS WILL INDUCE AND
DEEPEN ANOTHER EAST COAST TROF AND ALLOW A COLD FRONT INTO THE
AREA BY SAT. THE FRONT IS EXPECTED TO STALL ACROSS THE CWFA SAT
THROUGH SUN AND PERHAPS LIFT A LITTLE NORTH ON MON. THE STRONGEST
UPPER FORCING WILL REMAIN NORTH OF THE AREA...HOWEVER GOOD OVERALL
DYNAMICAL LIFT AND H3 DIV ALONG WITH PLENTY OF LLVL INSTABILITY WILL
BE AVAILABLE FOR STRONG TO SEVERE DIURNAL TSTMS EACH DAY EXPECT
PERHAPS SUN. NOCTURNAL ACTIVITY IS ALSO PROBABLE FRI/SAT NIGHT WITH
THE FROPA LATE FRI AND A REINFORCING S/W PUSHING IN LATE SAT. POPS
WERE MAINTAINED AT NEAR CLIMO...HOWEVER IF THIS PATTERN AND S/W
TIMING PERSISTS OVER THE NEXT COUPLE MODEL RUNS...AN INCREASE IN
POPS WILL BE WARRANTED FOR FRI/SAT. SUN LOOKS TO BE THE DRIEST DAY
WITH FAIRLY STRONG HIPRES BUILDING IN...YET THE FRONT WILL BE
SHUNTED JUST TO THE SOUTH...SO SLIGHT CHANCE POPS WERE CARRIED
THROUGH THE DAY. MON WILL BE ACTIVE AGAIN AS ANOTHER SHOT OF UPPER
ENERGY ROUNDS THE WRN RIDGE AND TRAVERSES THE REGION. MAX AND MIN
TEMPS WILL BE RIGHT AROUND OR PERHAPS A COUPLE DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL
FRI/SAT. WITH NW/LY FLOW SETTING UP SUN...EXPECT A COUPLE DEGREES
COOLER IN THE MTNS SUN AND PERHAPS EVEN MON. YET...A GOOD DOWNSLOPE
WARMING COMPONENT WILL ENABLE MAXES RIGHT AROUND NORMAL OVER THE
NON/MTNS BOTH SUN AND MON.

&&

.AVIATION /19Z MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/...
AT KCLT...SCT TSTMS ARE BEGINNING TO DEVELOP OVER THE NC FOOTHILLS.
USING THE DISTANCE TIME OF ARRIVAL TOOL IN AWIPS...THE CELL IN
EASTERN MCDOWELL COUNTY WOULD AFFECT THE AIRFIELD AROUND 2015 UTC.
WHILE THAT INDIVIDUAL CELL WILL PROBABLY DIE...MORE STORMS ARE
LIKELY ALONG THE OUTFLOW BNDRY AND A TEMPO GROUP FOR THUNDER HAS
BEEN ADDED FROM 20-22 UTC. WINDS WILL BE VARIABLE WITH THE LEE
TROUGH OVER THE AIRFIELD THIS AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...MOST SURROUNDING
SITES ARE OUT OF THE WSW AND THAT/S WHAT I/LL CARRY AT KCLT. NO CIG
OR VISBY PROBLEMS ARE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT AND CONVECTION SHOULD
DIMINISH AFTER SUNSET.

AND ELSEWHERE...SCT TSTMS ARE DEVELOPING ALONG THE BLUE RIDGE AS
WELL AS BACK INTO ERN TN. WILL CARRY VCTS AT ALL
AIRFIELDS...STARTING EARLIEST AT KAVL AND KHKY...AND A LITTLE LATER
OVER THE UPSTATE AS IT WILL TAKE A COUPLE HOURS FOR OUTFLOW BNDRYS
TO MAKE IT TOWARD THE I-85 CORRIDOR. WINDS WILL GENERALLY BE OUT OF
THE W TO WSW THIS AFTN...WITH KAVL OUT OF THE NW. THE WINDS WILL BE
VARIABLE AT TIMES OVER THE UPSTATE AS A WEAK LEE TROUGH IS OVER THAT
AREA. SOME MVFR FOG IS POSSIBLE AT KAVL...BUT NOT LOOKING FOR ANY
SIGNIFICANT CIG OR VSBY RESTRICTIONS OVERNIGHT...UNLESS AN AIRFIELD
HAPPENS TO GET A HEAVY SHRA.

OUTLOOK...SHOWER AND TSTM ACTIVITY WILL INCREASE A LITTLE OVER THE
REGION TUE AND WED AS A WEAK FRONT DROPS INTO THE REGION. NOT
LOOKING FOR MUCH IN THE WAY OF OVERNIGHT RESTRICTIONS OUTSIDE OF
AREAS THAT SEE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. ANOTHER FRONT MAY BRING MORE
WIDESPREAD CONVECTION AGAIN ON FRIDAY.

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...SBK
NEAR TERM...MCAVOY
SHORT TERM...NED
LONG TERM...SBK
AVIATION...MCAVOY
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 23, 2:47 PM EDT, 58 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
247 PM EDT MON JUL 23 2012

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065-
068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-241900-
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-
247 PM EDT MON JUL 23 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 THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER THE
MOUNTAINS AND SPREAD ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT THIS
AFTERNOON. A FEW OF THE STORMS WILL BECOME SEVERE AND PRODUCE
LOCALIZED AREAS OF DAMAGING WIND. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY THE STRONGER STORMS.
THE BEST CHANCE FOR SEVERE STORMS WILL BE ACROSS WESTERN NORTH
CAROLINA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP OVER THE WESTERN CAROLINAS
AGAIN ON TUESDAY. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY ONCE AGAIN BECOME
SEVERE AND PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS OF 58 MPH OR GREATER AND LARGE
HAIL. A MORE ORGANIZED LINE OF STORMS COULD AFFECT WESTERN NORTH
CAROLINA SOME TIME DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF LARGE
HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...TORNADOES OR FLASH FLOODING TO OUR OFFICE.

MCAVOY

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 23, 2:52 PM EDT, 53 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
252 PM EDT MON JUL 23 2012

NCZ053-065-231915-
BUNCOMBE-HENDERSON-
252 PM EDT MON JUL 23 2012

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN HENDERSON AND
SOUTHEASTERN BUNCOMBE COUNTIES THROUGH 315 PM EDT...

AT 247 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR SKYLAND...OR 9 MILES SOUTH OF DOWNTOWN
ASHEVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
  FLETCHER...
  MOUNTAIN HOME...
  FAIRVIEW...
  EDNEYVILLE...

SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.

LAT...LON 3552 8223 3529 8236 3543 8262 3552 8258

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Special weather statement, Jul 23, 2:59 PM EDT, 46 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
259 PM EDT MON JUL 23 2012

NCZ502-504-231930-
GREATER BURKE-GREATER CALDWELL-
259 PM EDT MON JUL 23 2012

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL BURKE AND SOUTHERN
CALDWELL COUNTIES THROUGH 330 PM EDT...

AT 255 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GAMEWELL...OR 7 MILES NORTH
OF MORGANTON...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
  GAMEWELL...
  LAKE RHODHISS...

PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.

LAKE RHODHISS IS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM. CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS BOATING CONDITIONS.
MOVE TO SHORE IMMEDIATELY.

LAT...LON 3590 8145 3570 8156 3582 8176 3590 8171

LANE
Special weather statement, Jul 23, 3:06 PM EDT, 39 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
306 PM EDT MON JUL 23 2012

NCZ036-231930-
IREDELL-
306 PM EDT MON JUL 23 2012

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL IREDELL COUNTY THROUGH
330 PM EDT...

AT 303 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTH OF STATESVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST
AT 15 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
  STATESVILLE...

SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.

LAT...LON 3589 8070 3586 8070 3568 8078 3585 8096
      3591 8088

LANE
Special weather statement, Jul 23, 3:14 PM EDT, 31 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
314 PM EDT MON JUL 23 2012

NCZ065-231945-
HENDERSON-
314 PM EDT MON JUL 23 2012

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL HENDERSON COUNTY THROUGH
345 PM EDT...

AT 307 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR MILLS RIVER...OR 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF
HENDERSONVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
  ETOWAH...
  HENDERSONVILLE...
  FLAT ROCK...

FREQUENT LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. IF OUTDOORS...TRY TO
GET INDOORS OR INTO A HARD TOPPED VEHICLE. OTHERWISE...STAY AWAY FROM
OPEN AREAS AND ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES. WHEN INDOORS...
STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS AND AVOID USING WIRED ELECTRONIC
DEVICES. TRY TO UNPLUG UNNECESSARY APPLIANCES BEFORE THE STORM
APPROACHES.

LAT...LON 3540 8260 3540 8257 3536 8250 3530 8233
      3529 8234 3522 8251 3536 8263

LANE
Special weather statement, Jul 23, 3:40 PM EDT, 5 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
340 PM EDT MON JUL 23 2012

NCZ504-232015-
GREATER BURKE-
340 PM EDT MON JUL 23 2012

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL BURKE COUNTY THROUGH 415
PM EDT...

AT 335 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR MORGANTON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

FREQUENT LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

LAT...LON 3574 8158 3561 8169 3573 8179 3579 8173

LANE
Special weather statement, Jul 23, 3:42 PM EDT, 3 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
342 PM EDT MON JUL 23 2012

NCZ509-SCZ003-232015-
GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-POLK MOUNTAINS-
342 PM EDT MON JUL 23 2012

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN GREENVILLE AND
SOUTHWESTERN POLK COUNTIES THROUGH 415 PM EDT...

AT 335 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR SALUDA...OR 9 MILES WEST OF COLUMBUS...
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.

LAT...LON 3522 8226 3520 8226 3519 8221 3506 8222
      3506 8223 3517 8237 3521 8235 3523 8236
      3527 8235

LANE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 23, 1:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPHenderson45 min
Jul 23, 2:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPPolk, Rutherford67 min
Jul 23, 2:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPHenderson23 min
Jul 23, 2:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPBurke31 min
Jul 23, 3:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPIredell24 min
Jul 23, 3:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPHenderson31 min
Jul 23, 3:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPBurke35 min
Jul 23, 3:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPPolk33 min
Jul 23, 3:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPHenderson23 min
Jul 23, 4:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPRutherford36 min
Jul 23, 4:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPRutherford35 min
Jul 23, 4:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPRowan26 min
Jul 23, 6:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPUnion26 min

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Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Carolina, 2012Every 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.