Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 477, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 27, 2012, 5:03 PM EDT for Davie County, Rowan County, North Carolina. It was in force for 57 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 27, 2012, 5:03 PM EDT (21:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 27, 2012, 6:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Davie County, NC, Rowan County, NC
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 139 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:07 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, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 61 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1258 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -81 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1293 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -92 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 79 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
466
WUUS52 KGSP 272103
SVRGSP
NCC059-159-272200-
/O.NEW.KGSP.SV.W.0477.120727T2103Z-120727T2200Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
503 PM EDT FRI JUL 27 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN DAVIE COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...
NORTHERN ROWAN COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 600 PM EDT
* AT 500 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
CLEVELAND...OR 10 MILES EAST OF STATESVILLE...AND MOVING EAST AT 15
MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SALISBURY...CLEVELAND...COOLEEMEE...SPENCER...HIGH ROCK LAKE...
WOODLEAF AND FORK CHURCH.
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 3568 8077 3586 8070 3589 8041 3588 8039
3589 8036 3588 8039 3585 8038 3584 8039
3582 8047 3579 8047 3577 8045 3574 8045
3571 8032 3568 8033 3564 8030
TIME...MOT...LOC 2104Z 269DEG 15KT 3577 8069
$$
072 follow-up statements
167
WWUS52 KGSP 272147
SVSGSP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
547 PM EDT FRI JUL 27 2012
NCC059-159-272200-
/O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0477.000000T0000Z-120727T2200Z/
DAVIE NC-ROWAN NC-
547 PM EDT FRI JUL 27 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN ROWAN
AND SOUTHEASTERN DAVIE COUNTIES UNTIL 600 PM EDT...
AT 545 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
CLEVELAND...OR 9 MILES WEST OF SALISBURY...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SALISBURY...SPENCER...COOLEEMEE AND WOODLEAF.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
LARGE HAIL CAN CAUSE MAJOR PROPERTY DAMAGE...ESPECIALLY TO VEHICLES.
DAMAGING WINDS MAY BLOW DOWN SCATTERED TREES AND POWER LINES. SEEK
SHELTER INSIDE AN INTERIOR ROOM.
TO REPORT DAMAGING WINDS...HAIL...OR FLOODING THROUGH OUR AUTOMATED
REPORTING SYSTEM...CALL TOLL FREE...1 8 7 7...6 3 3...6 7 7 2.
&&
LAT...LON 3568 8077 3584 8062 3589 8041 3588 8039
3585 8038 3584 8039 3582 8047 3579 8047
3577 8045 3574 8045 3571 8032 3568 8033
3564 8030
TIME...MOT...LOC 2147Z 269DEG 15KT 3567 8063
$$
07684
WWUS52 KGSP 272156
SVSGSP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
556 PM EDT FRI JUL 27 2012
NCC059-159-272206-
/O.EXP.KGSP.SV.W.0477.000000T0000Z-120727T2200Z/
DAVIE NC-ROWAN NC-
556 PM EDT FRI JUL 27 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN ROWAN AND
SOUTHEASTERN DAVIE COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 600 PM EDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LEVELS.
ADDITIONAL SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA LATER.
STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS OR NOAA ALL HAZARDS WEATHER RADIO
FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR
WESTERN ROWAN COUNTY UNTIL 645 PM EDT.
LAT...LON 3568 8077 3584 8062 3589 8041 3588 8039
3585 8038 3584 8039 3582 8047 3579 8047
3577 8045 3574 8045 3571 8032 3568 8033
3564 8030
TIME...MOT...LOC 2156Z 269DEG 15KT 3567 8058
$$
07What 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 27, 2:29 PM EDT, 2 hours 34 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 27, 2:29 PM EDT, 2 hours 34 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
229 PM EDT FRI JUL 27 2012
.SYNOPSIS...
A WEAK COOL FRONT WILL SLOWLY SETTLE SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE REGION
THROUGH THE WEEKEND BEFORE GRADUALLY DISSIPATING. ANOTHER WEAK FRONT
IS EXPECTED TO APPROACH THE REGION BY THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK.
&&
.NEAR TERM /THROUGH SATURDAY/...
AS OF 230 PM...SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAVE FIRED AS
ANTICIPATED AND EXPECT THEY WILL BECOME NUMEROUS IN THE MID TO
LATE AFTERNOON HOURS ACROSS THE NORTHERN TIER. UPPER VORT MAX
MOVING ACROSS UPSTATE SC AND GENERALLY LOWERING HEIGHTS ALOFT
DRIVING THE CONVECTION. IN REGARD TO THE SEVERE THREAT...THE MID
LEVEL FLOW WILL BE MUCH BETTER TO THE N OF OUR AREA THIS
AFTN...BUT 500 MB WINDS COULD APPROACH 25 KT ACROSS THE FAR NRN
TIER WHICH WOULD SUPPORT A MULTICELL MODE THERE. FARTHER TO THE
SOUTH...THE STRONGLY HEATED BOUNDARY LAYER WILL PRODUCE CAPES OF
1500-2000J WHICH WILL SUPPORT A PULSE SEVERE THREAT PRIMARLY FOR
WET MICROBURSTS.
EXPECT CONVECTION TO WANE QUICKLY AFTER 00Z AS WEAK NVA SETTLES IN
BEHIND THE VORT. HOWEVER...A WEAK AREA OF CONVERGENCE OVER THE
EASTERN UPSTATE MAY ALLOW A COUPLE ISOLATED STORMS TO HANG ON
THERE INTO THE LATE EVENING PER NAM/GFM RESPONSE THAT AREA.
EXPECT GENERALLY A QUIET OVERNIGHT PERIOD WITH DISSIPATING DEBRIS
CLOUDS AND SOME MOUNTAIN VALLEY FOG LATE. A BLEND OF BIAS CORRECTED
MOS INDICATES THAT MIN TEMPS SHOULD BE ABOUT A CATEGORY LOWER THAN
LAST NIGHT...BUT STILL ABOVE AVERAGE.
ON SAT...THE MORNING SHOULD BE GENERALLY QUIET. HOWEVER...DURING THE
AFTERNOON A SECONDARY COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE AREA FROM NW TO SE.
THIS FRONT WILL BE DRIVEN BY A RATHER IMPRESSIVE SHORT WAVE FOR MID
SUMMER IN THE DEEP SOUTH. HENCE...EXPECT CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT
DURING THE MID/LATE AFTERNOON HOURS WITH BEST COVERAGE FROM THE NC
FOOTHILLS ACROSS THE NC PIEDMONT...BUT EXTENDING WEST INTO THE
EASTERN UPSTATE OF SC. SOUNDINGS INDICATE SOME DRY AIR ALOFT SO A
DAMAGING WIND THREAT WILL BE PRESENT AS WELL. MAX TEMPS ON SAT SHOULD
BE ABOUT A CATEGORY LOWER THAN TODAY BASED ON A MOS BLEND. SO NO
HEAT ADVIORY NECESSARY ON SAT ALTHOUGH IT WILL REMAIN HOT AND ABOVE
AVERAGE.
&&
.SHORT TERM /SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY/...
AT 200 PM EDT FRIDAY...AN UPPER TROUGH WILL REMAIN ALONG THE EAST
COAST FROM SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY. A SHORTWAVE WILL EXIT THE
BASE OF THE TROUGH ON SATURDAY NIGHT...AND ANOTHER WILL MOVE INTO
THE THE TROUGH ON SUNDAY. THE REMAINS OF A FRONT WILL BE LOCATED
JUST SOUTHEAST OF OUR AREA ON SUNDAY...AND DEW POINTS SLIGHTLY BELOW
NORMAL ARE EXPECTED. MODEL TIME HEIGHTS SUGGEST A LINGERING MOIST
LAYER BETWEEN 850 AND 700 MB...WITH WEAK UPWARD VERTICAL MOTION
PRESENT. CHANCE POPS WILL BE CARRIED ON SUNDAY... FAVORING THE
MOUNTAINS FOR OROGRAPHIC EFFECTS...AND THE PIEDMONT WHICH WILL BE
CLOSER TO THE FRONT AND BETTER MOISTURE. NAM SOUNDINGS APPEAR
FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE WEATHER...WITH INSTABILITY AND MODEST LOW LEVEL
SHEAR. GFS SOUNDING ARE CHARACTERISTICALLY LESS UNSTABLE....AND ALSO
HAVE LESS SHEAR. TEMPERATURES WILL BE NEAR NORMAL.
ON SUNDAY NIGHT THE SECOND SHORTWAVE ROUNDS THE BASE OF THE
TROUGH... AND ON MONDAY IT EXITS THE AREA. THE OLD SURFACE BOUNDARY
REMAINS JUST OFF TO OUR EAST...AND THE 850 TO 700 MB LAYER REMAINS
MOIST. WITH NO APPARENT UPPER LEVEL FORCING...ONLY VERY SMALL POPS
WILL BE CARRIED IN AN AIR MASS THAT REMAINS UNSTABLE...WITH SURFACE
DEW POINTS RECOVERING TO NEAR NORMAL VALUES.
&&
.LONG TERM /MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY/...
AS OF 1215 PM FRIDAY...MEDIUM RANGE MODELS ARE CONTINUING TO
ADVERTISE THE POTENTIAL FOR ENERGY ROTATING INTO THE REGION ON
TUESDAY WITHIN THE BASE OF LINGERING EASTERN CONUS L/WV TROUGH.
GIVEN THE UNSETTLED LOOK OF THE LARGE SCALE PATTERN...SOLID CHANCE
POP WILL BE NUDGED UPWARD. INTO WEDNESDAY...THERE LOOKS TO BE LITTLE
CHANGE IN THE MEAN PATTERN AND ASSOCIATED SENSIBLE WX...DIURNALLY
ENHANCED TSTM CHANCES. DAILY TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO BE WITHIN
A FEW DEGREES OF CLIMO. I WOULD EXPECT ABOVE CLIMO TSTM CHANCES TO
CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY AS WELL GIVEN THE ONLY NOMINAL CHANGE TO THE
PATTERN ACRS THE EASTERN CONUS. THE LATEST ECMWF IS HINTING AT A
TRANSITION TOWARD A WEAKER/DEAMPLIFYING FLOW REGIME BY THE END OF
PERIOD. NEW DAY 7 POPS WILL FEATURE SLIGHT AND/OR SMALL DIURNAL
TSTM CHANCES AND TEMPERATURES NEAR PERSISTENCE.
&&
.AVIATION /19Z FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
AT KCLT...TIMING OF CONVECTION AT THE AIRPORT IS MAIN PROBLEM.
LATEST LOCAL WRF RUN SEEMS TO BE CAPTURING CONVECTIVE TRENDS AND IT
SUGGESTS THUNDERSTORMS AROUND 20Z FOR THE AIRFIELD. HENCE...WILL RUN
A TEMPO FOR TSRA FROM 20-22Z AND THEN A VCSH TIL AROUND 00Z. EXPECT
AFTER 00Z ONLY SOME CONVECTIVE DEBRIS CLOUDS. IF SUBSTANTIAL RAIN
OCCURS AT THE AIRFIELD...CAN'T RULE OUT SOME MVFR TYPE FOG EARLY ON
SAT...BUT FOR NOW HAVE NOT INTRODUCED THAT. ON SAT...THE MORNING
SHOULD BE QUIET WITH CONVECTION ARRIVING AFTER THIS TAF TIMEFRAME.
ELSEWHERE...SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON
ACROSS THE AREA TRIGGERED BY AN UPPER AIR DISTURBANCE.
HENCE...EXPECT ALL AIRFIELDS TO BE AFFECTED IN APPROXIMATELY 19Z-23Z
TIMEFRAME. EXPECT CONVECTION TO WANE QUICKLY AFTER 00Z AS TROUGH
MOVES TO THE EAAT. EXPECT SOME IFR/LIFR MOUNTAIN VALLEY FOG AND
AROUND KHKY AS EXPECT MOST AREAS TO HAVE SOME RAINFALL. CONVECTION
ON SAT SHOULD BE AFTER THIS TAF PERIOD.
OUTLOOK...A DAILY CHANCE OF SCT AFTERNOON CONVECTION WILL THEN
CONTINUE INTO THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK AS AN UPPER TROF REMAINS OVER
THE AREA.
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...HEAT ADVISORY UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR GAZ029.
NC...HEAT ADVISORY UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR NCZ071-072-082.
SC...HEAT ADVISORY UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR SCZ009-011>014-
019.
&&
SYNOPSIS...CSH
NEAR TERM...LG
SHORT TERM...JAT
LONG TERM...CSH
AVIATION...LGHazardous weather outlook, Jul 27, 6:21 AM EDT, 10 hours 42 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 621 AM EDT FRI JUL 27 2012 GAZ018-026-028-NCZ036-037-057-068>070-508-510-SCZ001>008-010-281030- STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-IREDELL-DAVIE-ROWAN-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON- GREATER RUTHERFORD-EASTERN POLK-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS- GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS- GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-ANDERSON- 621 AM EDT FRI JUL 27 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. A WARM AND HUMID AIR MASS WILL REMAIN IN PLACE ACROSS THE AREA TODAY. HEAT INDEX VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE BETWEEN 100 AND 104 ACROSS MUCH OF THE PIEDMONT...AS WELL AS PORTIONS OF THE FOOTHILLS OF THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA. THE ATMOSPHERE WILL ALSO BECOME QUITE UNSTABLE THIS AFTERNOON... AND COVERAGE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD INCREASE AS A WEAK COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. A FEW OF THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY BECOME SEVERE...WITH LOCALIZED DAMAGING WINDS BEING THE PRIMARY THREAT. SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS MAY ALSO PRODUCE A BRIEF PERIOD OF LARGE HAIL. HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING CAN OCCUR WITH ANY THUNDERSTORM. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...OR FLASH FLOODING TO OUR OFFICE. GAZ029-NCZ071-072-082-SCZ009-011>014-019-281030- ELBERT-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC-YORK-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-UNION SC- CHESTER-GREENWOOD- 621 AM EDT FRI JUL 27 2012 ...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. HEAT ADVISORY. THE ATMOSPHERE WILL BECOME QUITE UNSTABLE ACROSS SOUTHERN PIEDMONT AREAS THIS AFTERNOON...AND COVERAGE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD INCREASE AS A WEAK COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. A FEW OF THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY BECOME SEVERE...WITH LOCALIZED DAMAGING WINDS BEING THE PRIMARY THREAT. SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS MAY ALSO PRODUCE A BRIEF PERIOD OF LARGE HAIL. HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING CAN OCCUR WITH ANY THUNDERSTORM. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...OR FLASH FLOODING TO OUR OFFICE. GAZ010-017-NCZ033-035-048>053-056-058-059-062>065-501>507-509-281030- RABUN-HABERSHAM-AVERY-ALEXANDER-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN- HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-CATAWBA-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON- SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS- GREATER CALDWELL-BURKE MOUNTAINS-GREATER BURKE-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS- EASTERN MCDOWELL-RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-POLK MOUNTAINS- 621 AM EDT FRI JUL 27 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE ATMOSPHERE WILL BECOME QUITE UNSTABLE ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND NORTHERN FOOTHILLS THIS AFTERNOON...AND COVERAGE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD INCREASE AS A WEAK COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. A FEW OF THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY BECOME SEVERE...WITH LOCALIZED DAMAGING WINDS BEING THE PRIMARY THREAT. SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS MAY ALSO PRODUCE A BRIEF PERIOD OF LARGE HAIL. HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING CAN OCCUR WITH ANY THUNDERSTORM. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...OR FLASH FLOODING TO OUR OFFICE. LANE
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 27, 4:24 PM EDT, 39 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
424 PM EDT FRI JUL 27 2012
SCZ006-007-012-272115-
GREATER GREENVILLE-LAURENS-SPARTANBURG-
424 PM EDT FRI JUL 27 2012
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHWESTERN LAURENS...SOUTHERN
GREENVILLE AND WESTERN SPARTANBURG COUNTIES THROUGH 515 PM EDT...
AT 420 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF POWDERSVILLE...OR 8 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF DOWNTOWN GREENVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
DONALDSON CENTER...
HAYWOOD MALL...
MAULDIN...
SIMPSONVILLE...
FIVE FORKS...
REIDVILLE...
PEA SIZE HAIL...WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH AND TORRENTIAL RAIN ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
LAT...LON 3461 8244 3467 8247 3468 8245 3475 8246
3477 8245 3482 8248 3483 8248 3483 8249
3486 8248 3489 8209 3464 8204
ARKSpecial weather statement, Jul 27, 4:31 PM EDT, 32 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
431 PM EDT FRI JUL 27 2012
NCZ035-036-502-272115-
ALEXANDER-GREATER CALDWELL-IREDELL-
431 PM EDT FRI JUL 27 2012
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EASTERN CALDWELL...NORTHERN
ALEXANDER AND NORTHWESTERN IREDELL COUNTIES THROUGH 515 PM EDT...
AT 428 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES EAST OF KINGS CREEK...OR 6 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF BOOMER...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO KINGS
CREEK...TAYLORSVILLE...LOVE VALLEY...HIDDENITE AND ELLENDALE.
SMALL HAIL...WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH AND TORRENTIAL RAIN 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 3600 8132 3603 8127 3604 8121 3603 8107
3606 8102 3606 8094 3589 8094 3591 8142
3606 8142 3607 8140
07Special weather statement, Jul 27, 4:54 PM EDT, 9 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
454 PM EDT FRI JUL 27 2012
GAZ028-029-SCZ010-011-019-272130-
ABBEVILLE-ANDERSON-ELBERT-GREENWOOD-HART-
454 PM EDT FRI JUL 27 2012
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT ABBEVILLE...NORTHERN ELBERT...
NORTHWESTERN GREENWOOD...SOUTHEASTERN HART AND SOUTHERN ANDERSON
COUNTIES THROUGH 530 PM EDT...
AT 452 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
BELTON TO 5 MILES EAST OF NUBERG...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
THESE STORMS WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
RUCKERSVILLE...
HONEA PATH...
LAKE RUSSELL...
LOWNDESVILLE...
DUE WEST...
WARE SHOALS...
WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.
LAT...LON 3424 8307 3457 8252 3448 8231 3436 8218
3407 8263
ARKLocal storm report, Jul 27, 4:55 PM EDT, 8 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
455 PM EDT FRI JUL 27 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0344 PM TSTM WND DMG 4 WNW COLUMBUS 35.27N 82.27W
07/27/2012 POLK NC 911 CALL CENTER
TREES DOWN ON HOLBERT COVE ROAD.
&&
MCAVOYLocal storm report, Jul 27, 4:59 PM EDT, 4 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
459 PM EDT FRI JUL 27 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0412 PM TSTM WND DMG 9 ESE COLUMBUS 35.22N 82.05W
07/27/2012 POLK NC 911 CALL CENTER
TREES DOWN IN THREE LOCATIONS IN THE GREEN CREEK
COMMUNITY.
&&
MCAVOYSpecial weather statement, Jul 27, 5:00 PM EDT, 3 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
500 PM EDT FRI JUL 27 2012
NCZ036-056-057-272145-
CATAWBA-IREDELL-ROWAN-
500 PM EDT FRI JUL 27 2012
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHEASTERN CATAWBA...SOUTHERN
IREDELL AND SOUTHWESTERN ROWAN COUNTIES THROUGH 545 PM EDT...
AT 456 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES WEST OF TERRELL...OR 11 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF NEWTON...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
TERRELL...
TROUTMAN...
MOORESVILLE...
SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.
LAT...LON 3551 8091 3550 8093 3550 8096 3553 8096
3553 8094 3555 8096 3556 8113 3569 8113
3572 8057 3550 8058
07The office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 27, 1:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Macon | 43 min |
| Jul 27, 1:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Haywood, Transylvania | 38 min |
| Jul 27, 1:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Macon | 46 min |
| Jul 27, 1:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Buncombe | 46 min |
| Jul 27, 2:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Transylvania | 50 min |
| Jul 27, 2:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Polk, Rutherford | 40 min |
| Jul 27, 2:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Henderson | 38 min |
| Jul 27, 2:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Transylvania | 53 min |
| Jul 27, 3:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Haywood | 42 min |
| Jul 27, 3:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Avery, Mitchell | 46 min |
| Jul 27, 3:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Polk | 44 min |
| Jul 27, 3:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Henderson, Polk | 55 min |
| Jul 27, 3:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cleveland, Polk, Rutherford | 57 min |
| Jul 27, 3:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Burke | 41 min |
| Jul 27, 3:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Caldwell | 39 min |
| Jul 27, 4:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Davie | 42 min |
| Jul 27, 4:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Iredell | 50 min |
| Jul 27, 4:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Burke, Catawba, Cleveland, Lincoln, McDowell, Rutherford | 64 min |
| Jul 27, 4:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Alexander | 44 min |
| Jul 27, 4:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Davie, Iredell, Rowan | 66 min |
| Jul 27, 4:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Alexander, Iredell | 48 min |
| Jul 27, 5:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Iredell | 45 min |
| Jul 27, 5:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Lincoln | 47 min |
| Jul 27, 5:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Catawba, Gaston, Iredell, Lincoln, Mecklenburg | 64 min |
| Jul 27, 5:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Catawba, Iredell, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Rowan | 62 min |
| Jul 27, 6:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Mecklenburg | 65 min |
| Jul 27, 6:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Mecklenburg, Rowan | 58 min |
| Jul 27, 6:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Rowan | 39 min |
| Jul 27, 6:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Mecklenburg, Union | 59 min |
| Jul 27, 6:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cabarrus | 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.