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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 47, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

March 24, 2012Union County, North Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 24, 2012, 6:18 PM EDT for Union County, North Carolina. It was in force for 27 min. 1 report 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, 6:18 PM EDT (22:18 UTC)
Expired: Mar 24, 2012, 6:45 PM EDT
In force: 27 min
Issued by: NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Union County, NC

The radar

The Columbia radar (KCAE), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:20 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, 6:23 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	6 N Marshville, NC	TWO LARGE TREES DOWN AT OLIVE BRANCH RD AND OLD GOLD MINE RD.

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 5 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, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 122 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.

246 
WUUS52 KGSP 242218
SVRGSP
NCC179-242245-
/O.NEW.KGSP.SV.W.0047.120324T2218Z-120324T2245Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 645 PM EDT

* AT 613 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 7 MILES EAST OF UNIONVILLE TO
  WINGATE TO 7 MILES WEST OF PAGELAND...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
  STURDIVANTS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF BLOWING DOWN SCATTERED TREES AND POWER 
LINES. BRIEF PERIODS OF QUARTER SIZE HAIL ARE 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 3484 8031 3481 8061 3516 8044 3518 8036
      3517 8035 3520 8028 3518 8027
TIME...MOT...LOC 2218Z 252DEG 22KT 3510 8034 3496 8038
          3481 8046

$$
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2 follow-up statements

483 
WWUS52 KGSP 242239
SVSGSP

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

NCC179-242245-
/O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0047.000000T0000Z-120324T2245Z/
UNION NC-
639 PM EDT SAT MAR 24 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN UNION
COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA UNTIL 645 PM EDT...

AT 634 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
FROM 9 MILES WEST OF ANSONVILLE TO MARSHVILLE TO PAGELAND...MOVING
EAST AT 20 MPH.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
  STURDIVANTS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF BLOWING 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 3484 8031 3481 8061 3516 8044 3518 8036
      3517 8035 3520 8028 3518 8027
TIME...MOT...LOC 2238Z 248DEG 18KT 3514 8025 3500 8029
          3484 8038

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853 
WWUS52 KGSP 242246
SVSGSP

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

NCC179-242256-
/O.EXP.KGSP.SV.W.0047.000000T0000Z-120324T2245Z/
UNION NC-
646 PM EDT SAT MAR 24 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN UNION COUNTY IN THE
PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA HAS EXPIRED...

THE LINE OF STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THIS
AREA.

LAT...LON 3484 8031 3481 8061 3516 8044 3518 8036
      3517 8035 3520 8028 3518 8027
TIME...MOT...LOC 2239Z 248DEG 18KT 3514 8024 3500 8028
          3484 8037

$$
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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, 4 hours 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 24, 2:17 PM EDT, 4 hours 1 minute 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, 4 hours 22 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

Special weather statement, Mar 24, 5:20 PM EDT, 58 minutes 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

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Local storm report, Mar 24, 5:34 PM EDT, 44 minutes before

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

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

0500 PM     HAIL             8 SE UNION              34.64N 81.52W
03/24/2012  E0.25 INCH       UNION              SC   CO-OP OBSERVER

            COOP OBSERVER AT SANTUCK HAD PEA SIZED HAIL THAT LASTED A
            FEW MINUTES THAT LIGHTLY COVERED THE GROUND.

0525 PM     HAIL             7 ESE NEWLAND           36.05N 81.81W
03/24/2012  E0.25 INCH       AVERY              NC   TRAINED SPOTTER

            SPOTTER HAD PEA SIZED HAIL 4 MILES EAST OF GRANDFATHER
            MOUNTAIN ENTRANCE. VERY LITTLE WIND.

&&

OUTLAW

Special weather statement, Mar 24, 5:41 PM EDT, 37 minutes before

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

SCZ009-242230-
YORK-
541 PM EDT SAT MAR 24 2012

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL YORK COUNTY THROUGH 630
PM EDT...

AT 536 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SHARON...OR 6 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF YORK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  YORK...

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

LAT...LON 3511 8121 3503 8101 3489 8123 3493 8132

KRENTZ

Special weather statement, Mar 24, 5:51 PM EDT, 27 minutes before

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

NCZ082-242230-
UNION-
551 PM EDT SAT MAR 24 2012

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

AT 549 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR MONROE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  WINGATE...
  UNIONVILLE...
  FAIRVIEW...

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

LAT...LON 3509 8028 3490 8052 3503 8068 3520 8052
      3517 8046 3517 8039 3518 8037 3517 8035
      3520 8029 3519 8027

LANE

Local storm report, Mar 24, 5:58 PM EDT, 20 minutes before

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

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

0354 PM     HAIL             6 SW GASTONIA           35.19N 81.25W
03/24/2012  E0.75 INCH       GASTON             NC   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

            CROWDERS FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORTED DIME SIZED HAIL AND A
            WIND GUST THAT WAS NOT TOO STRONG.

0532 PM     HAIL             11 SW YORK              34.88N 81.37W
03/24/2012  E0.88 INCH       YORK               SC   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

            BULLOCK CREEK VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT HAD NICKEL SIZED
            HAIL AT THEIR LOCATION. SOME WIND AND BLEW OVER A DEAD
            TREE JUST NORTH OF THEIR STATION.

&&

OUTLAW

Special weather statement, Mar 24, 6:06 PM EDT, 12 minutes before

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

NCZ057-242230-
ROWAN-
606 PM EDT SAT MAR 24 2012

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EASTERN ROWAN COUNTY THROUGH 630
PM EDT...

AT 601 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR CRAVEN...OR 11 MILES EAST OF SALISBURY...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

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

LAT...LON 3557 8021 3554 8032 3567 8041 3570 8033
      3568 8033 3567 8030 3564 8029 3564 8026
      3561 8023 3558 8021

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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, 5:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Cabarrus, Rowan	43 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

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.