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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 508, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

August 2, 2012Franklin County, Stephens County, Georgia

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 2, 2012, 9:14 PM EDT for Franklin County, Stephens County, Georgia. It was in force for 61 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
Aug 2, 2012, 9:14 PM EDT (01:14 UTC)
Expired
Aug 2, 2012, 10:15 PM EDT
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Franklin County, GA, Stephens County, GA

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:14 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 2, 9:14 PM EDTHAIL 15 E Toccoa, GASMALL BRANCHES DOWN.

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 0 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 nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 174 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, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 00:00Z on 2012-08-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 872 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, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 00:00Z on 2012-08-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 107 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
872 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-77 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1131 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
107 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
176 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
3.7

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

148 
WUUS52 KGSP 030114
SVRGSP
GAC119-257-030215-
/O.NEW.KGSP.SV.W.0508.120803T0114Z-120803T0215Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
914 PM EDT THU AUG 2 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  FRANKLIN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA...
  STEPHENS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA...

* UNTIL 1015 PM EDT

* AT 910 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
  TOCCOA...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
  EASTANOLEE.
  MARTIN.
  WHITWORTH AND LAVONIA.

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 3450 8344 3466 8335 3463 8324 3461 8323
      3460 8316 3458 8316 3453 8308 3450 8307
      3450 8305 3441 8310 3435 8310 3433 8309
      3425 8315
TIME...MOT...LOC 0114Z 296DEG 7KT 3454 8330

$$

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2 follow-up statements
799 
WWUS52 KGSP 030150
SVSGSP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
950 PM EDT THU AUG 2 2012

GAC119-257-030215-
/O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0508.000000T0000Z-120803T0215Z/
STEPHENS GA-FRANKLIN GA-
950 PM EDT THU AUG 2 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN
FRANKLIN AND STEPHENS COUNTIES UNTIL 1015 PM EDT...

AT 946 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
MARTIN...OR 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF CARNESVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10
MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  WHITWORTH...LAVONIA...CANON AND FRANKLIN SPRINGS.

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 3450 8344 3463 8325 3461 8323 3460 8317
      3458 8316 3453 8310 3453 8308 3450 8307
      3450 8305 3442 8310 3432 8310 3425 8315
TIME...MOT...LOC 0150Z 296DEG 7KT 3447 8314

$$

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704 
WWUS52 KGSP 030213
SVSGSP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1013 PM EDT THU AUG 2 2012

GAC119-257-030223-
/O.EXP.KGSP.SV.W.0508.000000T0000Z-120803T0215Z/
STEPHENS GA-FRANKLIN GA-
1013 PM EDT THU AUG 2 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN FRANKLIN AND
STEPHENS COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 1015 PM EDT...

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

LAT...LON 3450 8344 3463 8325 3461 8323 3460 8317
      3458 8316 3453 8310 3453 8308 3450 8307
      3450 8305 3442 8310 3432 8310 3425 8315
TIME...MOT...LOC 0213Z 296DEG 7KT 3445 8309

$$

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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 Aug 2, 9:08 PM EDT, 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 2, 9:08 PM EDT, 6 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
908 PM EDT THU AUG 2 2012

.SYNOPSIS...
WEAK HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH SATURDAY. THE
HIGH PRESSURE WILL START TO BREAK DOWN FROM THE NORTHWEST ON
SUNDAY...WITH A SURFACE COLD FRONT APPROACHING THE REGION
MONDAY...AND LINGERING IN THE VICINITY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH FRIDAY/...
AT 907 PM EDT THURSDAY...A MEAN UPPER TROUGH REMAINED ALONG THE
EASTERN SEABOARD...WHILE A WEAK SURFACE TROUGH EXTENDED ALONG THE
APPALACHIANS. A MOIST UNSTABLE AIR MASS REMAINED OVER OUR AREA. AN
OUTFLOW BOUNDARY THAT MOVED NORTHEAST FORM THE SC MIDLANDS HAS
PROVIDED LIFT FOR CONVECTION TO FORM OVER THE UPPER SAVANNAH RIVER
VALLEY AND THE CHARLOTTE METROPOLITAN AREA. THIS CONVECTION SHOWS
LITTLE SIGN OF DECREASING OR MOVEMENT....AND IS EXPECTED OT LINGER
INTO THE LATE NIGHT HOURS. IF PRECIPITATION RATES CAN PERSIST...
HYDROLOGICAL PROBLEMS MAY DEVELOP. MINIMUM TEMPERATURES WILL BE BE
SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL.

LATE IN THE DAY ON FRIDAY THE NAM AND GFS AGREE IN BRINGING AN MCV
INTO THE MTNS...OR PERHAPS A LITTLE WEST OF THE REGION. IN
FACT...THE OVERALL SYNOPTIC PATTERN SUPPORTS INCREASING TROUGHINESS
OVER THE DEEP SOUTH BETWEEN TWO STRONG RIDGES...ONE OVER THE PLAINS
AND ONE OVER THE WESTERN ATLANTIC. LAYER RH VALUES WILL BEGIN TO
INCREASE ACROSS THE REGION LATE FRIDAY...RESULTING IN AN
INCREASINGLY FRIENDLY ENVIRONMENT FOR CONVECTION. POPS HAVE BEEN
RAISED INTO THE HIGH CHANCE TO LOW LIKELY RANGE OVER THE MTNS. THE
PIEDMONT WILL REMAIN UNDER WEAK NVA THROUGH THE DAYLIGHT HOURS AND
POPS HAVE BEEN KEPT LOWER IN THESE ZONES. EVEN WITH THE MOISTENING
ATMOSPHERE...A FEW SEVERE STORMS ARE A GOOD BET IN THE
AFTN...ESPECIALLY OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS.

&&

.SHORT TERM /FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY/...
AS OF 230 PM THU...THE SHORT RANGE WILL FEATURE THE PASSAGE OF A
WEAK WAVE ALOFT LATE FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING...WHICH MAY
SERVE TO KEEP CONVECTION FIRING WELL INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS GIVEN
THE RELATIVELY DEEP MOISTURE THAT SHOULD BE IN PLACE. SEE NOTHING
THAT SHOULD DISCOURAGE DEEP CONVECTION FROM DEVELOPING WITH DAYTIME
HEATING AGAIN ON SATURDAY...WITH STORMS BECOMING NUMEROUS ACROSS THE
HIGHER TERRAIN LATE IN THE DAY. THE STORMS SHOULD PUSH OFF THE BLUE
RIDGE IN THE EVENING AND EVENTUALLY DIE OFF LATE AT NIGHT...AS
USUAL...SINCE THE UPPER WAVE SHOULD NOT BE AROUND TO HELP MAINTAIN.
EXPECT MORE OF THE SAME ON SUNDAY AS THE SETUP DOES NOT REALLY
CHANGE MUCH. PROFILES LOOK RELATIVELY MOIST AND TEMPS ARE RELATIVELY
WARM AT MID LEVELS...WHICH MAY SERVE TO CUT BACK ON SEVERE STORM
CHANCES. TEMPS WILL STAY NEAR CLIMO.

&&

.LONG TERM /SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY/...
AS OF 115 PM THU...THE LATEST GUIDANCE THROUGH THE MEDIUM RANGE
FAVORS MAINTAINING A WEAKNESS AT 500 MB BETWEEN THE ATLANTIC
SUBTROPICAL HIGH AND THE ANTICYCLONE OVER THE SOUTHWESTERN U.S.. THE
GFS LEAVES AN AREA OF WEAK Q CONVERGENCE DRAPED ACROSS THE WESTERN
CAROLINAS THROUGH WEDNESDAY AND KEEPS THE RIGHT ENTRANCE REGION OF
THE UPPER JET OVERHEAD. AT THE SURFACE...AN OLD FRONTAL BOUNDARY
SHOULD BE STALLED ACROSS THE OH VALLEY. A LIGHT S OR SW FLOW AT LOW
LEVELS WILL MAINTAIN A SUPPLY OF MOISTURE. IN GENERAL...THIS WOULD
APPEAR TO FAVOR AN ENHANCEMENT TO OUR USUAL DIURNAL THUNDERSTORM
CHANCES...SO THAT IS ESSENTIALLY WHAT WILL BE PUT IN THE FCST. THERE
MIGHT BE A SLIGHTLY IMPROVED CHANCE ON WEDNESDAY AS AN UPPER LEVEL
FEATURE MOVES BY TO OUR NORTH. ANY OF THE DAYS THROUGH MID WEEK
COULD SEE NUMEROUS STORMS...BUT FOR NOW WILL LIMIT THE CHANCE TO THE
40 PCT RANGE. THURSDAY SHOULD HAVE SLIGHTLY DIMINISHED CHANCES IN
THE WAKE OF THE NORTHERN WAVE. TEMPS IN GENERAL WILL STAY NEAR
CLIMATOLOGY WITH THE WARMEST DAY BEING THURSDAY.

&&

.AVIATION /01Z FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/...
AT KCLT...CONVECTION TO THE SE OF THE FIELD WILL EXIT TH AREA.
SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWS VERY LIMITED CLOUD COVER. ALTHOUGH GUIDANCE
IS SOMEWHAT SUPPORTIVE OF LOW VFR FOG AT DAYBREAK...IT HAS BEEN
OVERDONE LATELY...AND VFR WILL BE MAINTAINED. CONVECTION WILL BE
MORE WIDESPREAD ON FRIDAY IN ASSOCIATION WITH AN UPPER LEVEL
SYSTEM...AND PROB30 WILL BE CARRIED IN THE AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL
REMAIN SOUTHERLY...INCREASING TO AROUND 10 KNOTS FRIDAY AFTERNOON.

ELSEWHERE...CONVECTIVE CHANCES ARE QUITE LOW TONIGHT. GUIDANCE ONCE
AGAIN FAVORS MVFR FOG OUTSIDE THE MOUNTAINS...AND IFR IN THE
MOUNTAINS. SINCE GUIDANCE WAS TOO PESSIMISTIC IN THE FOOTHILLS LAST
NIGHT...AND RAINFALL HAS BEEN LIMITED...VFR WILL BE MAINTAINED
THERE. RAINFALL NEAR KAVL WILL LEND BETTER SUPPORT TO IFR FOG AND
LIFR CIG. AN ARRIVING UPPER SYSTEM WILL SUPPORT MORE WIDESPREAD
CONVECTION FRIDAY AFTERNOON...AND PROB30 WILL BE CARRIED AT ALL
SITES. WINDS WILL FAVOR A SOUTHERLY COMPONENT...EXCEPT TONIGHT AT
KAVL WHEN A LIGHT NORTH WIND IS EXPECTED.

OUTLOOK...ISLD/SCT AFTN-EVE TSTMS ACROSS THE AREA EACH DAY. MTN VLYS
WILL SEE BEST CHANCE OF MORNING LOW CLOUDS/FOG.

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...JAT/MCAVOY
SHORT TERM...PM
LONG TERM...PM
AVIATION...JAT
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 2, 8:33 PM EDT, 41 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
833 PM EDT THU AUG 2 2012

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065-
068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-040045-
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-
833 PM EDT THU AUG 2 2012

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE
EVENING IN THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE CHARLOTTE METROPOLITAN
AREA...AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE IN THE UPPER
SAVANNAH RIVER VALLEY. LOCALLY DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL WILL
BE THE PRIMARY HAZARDS. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL CAN OCCUR WITH ANY THUNDERSTORM.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

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.

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 2, 6:48 PM EDT, 2 hours 26 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
648 PM EDT THU AUG 02 2012

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

0625 PM     HAIL             6 NE MONROE             35.05N 80.47W
08/02/2012  M1.75 INCH       UNION              NC   PUBLIC

&&

JOH
Local storm report, Aug 2, 7:01 PM EDT, 2 hours 13 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
701 PM EDT THU AUG 02 2012

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

0620 PM     HAIL             9 NE MONROE             35.08N 80.43W
08/02/2012  M1.25 INCH       UNION              NC   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

JOH
Special weather statement, Aug 2, 7:06 PM EDT, 2 hours 8 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
706 PM EDT THU AUG 2 2012

NCZ071-082-022345-
MECKLENBURG-UNION-
706 PM EDT THU AUG 2 2012

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHERN MECKLENBURG AND WESTERN
UNION COUNTIES THROUGH 745 PM EDT...

AT 700 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES EAST OF PINEVILLE...OR 10 MILES SOUTH OF
CENTER CITY CHARLOTTE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
  MATTHEWS...
  STALLINGS...

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

LAT...LON 3484 8071 3491 8079 3494 8079 3506 8090
      3509 8092 3520 8080 3502 8051

KRENTZ
Special weather statement, Aug 2, 7:57 PM EDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
757 PM EDT THU AUG 2 2012

GAZ028-029-SCZ010-011-030045-
ABBEVILLE-ANDERSON-ELBERT-HART-
757 PM EDT THU AUG 2 2012

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHERN ELBERT...SOUTHEASTERN
HART...SOUTHERN ANDERSON AND WESTERN ABBEVILLE COUNTIES THROUGH 845
PM EDT...

AT 752 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF NUBERG...OR 5 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF HARTWELL...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  RUCKERSVILLE...NUBERG...HARTWELL...SADLERS CREEK STATE PARK AND
  LOWNDESVILLE.

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

LAT...LON 3423 8259 3409 8284 3434 8299 3444 8281

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Special weather statement, Aug 2, 8:47 PM EDT, 27 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
847 PM EDT THU AUG 2 2012

GAZ026-028-SCZ004-010-030130-
ANDERSON-FRANKLIN-GREATER OCONEE-HART-
847 PM EDT THU AUG 2 2012

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT HART...NORTHEASTERN FRANKLIN...
SOUTHERN OCONEE AND WESTERN ANDERSON COUNTIES THROUGH 930 PM EDT...

AT 842 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR FAIR PLAY...OR 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF
HARTWELL. THIS STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.

* OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LAKE
  HARTWELL...WHITWORTH...REED CREEK...LAVONIA...HARTWELL...
  BOWERSVILLE...STARR...SADLERS CREEK STATE PARK...OAKWAY AND FAIR
  PLAY.

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

LAT...LON 3450 8316 3454 8311 3455 8312 3456 8312
      3463 8299 3438 8269 3423 8300 3423 8303

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Local storm report, Aug 2, 9:02 PM EDT, 12 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
902 PM EDT THU AUG 02 2012

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

0824 PM     HAIL             FORT MILL               35.01N 80.94W
08/02/2012  E0.88 INCH       YORK               SC   PUBLIC

&&

KRENTZ

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 2, 8:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPHabersham, Rabun, Stephens56 min
Aug 2, 8:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPHart43 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Georgia, 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.