Alert archive / South Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 55, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 31, 2012, 6:40 PM EDT for 5 counties in South Carolina. It was in force for 65 min. 7 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 31, 2012, 6:40 PM EDT (22:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 31, 2012, 7:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Abbeville County, SC, Anderson County, SC, Greenville County, SC, Greenwood County, SC, Laurens County, SC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:43 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 31, 6:42 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | 9 S Greenville, SC | HAIL UP TO QUARTER SIZED FELL AT THE MOONVILLE FIRE DEPARTMENT NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF THE SOUTHERN CONNECTOR AND HIGHWAY 25. HAIL COVERED THE GROUND. |
| Mar 31, 7:10 PM EDT | HAIL 0.75 | 4 S Greenville, SC | DIME SIZED HAIL REPORT RELAYED BY OFF DUTY NWS EMPLOYEE AT INTERSTATE 85 AND WHITE HORSE ROAD. |
| Mar 31, 7:12 PM EDT | HAIL 0.75 | 5 Sse Greenville, SC | PEA TO DIME SIZED HAIL REPORTED BY SPOTTER AT THE MOTOR MILE OF HIGHWAY 276 AND INTERSTATE 85. |
| Mar 31, 7:15 PM EDT | HAIL 0.5 | 1 Ese Pelzer, SC | MARBLE SIZED HAIL COVERED THE GROUND NEAR NORTH END OF HOLLAND FORD ROAD. |
| Mar 31, 7:17 PM EDT | HAIL 0.75 | 2 E Williamston, SC | DIME SIZED HAIL FELL ALONG HOLLAND FORD ROAD EAST NORTHEAST OF WILLIAMSTON. ANOTHER RESIDENT NEARBY HAD MARBLE SIZED HAIL PARTIALLY COVERING THE GROUND. |
| Mar 31, 7:22 PM EDT | HAIL 0.75 | 7 Se Williamston, SC | COOLEY BRIDGE RD AREA. |
| Mar 31, 7:48 PM EDT | HAIL 0.75 | 2 Ne Honea Path, SC |
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 2 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 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 248 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
- 399 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -17 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 649 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -37 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.1
- Supercell composite
- -0.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
749
WUUS52 KGSP 312240
SVRGSP
SCC001-007-045-047-059-312345-
/O.NEW.KGSP.SV.W.0055.120331T2240Z-120331T2345Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
640 PM EDT SAT MAR 31 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN ABBEVILLE COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...
NORTHEASTERN ANDERSON COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...
SOUTHEASTERN GREENVILLE COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...
NORTHERN GREENWOOD COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...
WESTERN LAURENS COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 745 PM EDT
* AT 635 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH
A HISTORY OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 5
MILES SOUTHWEST OF SIMPSONVILLE...OR 12 MILES SOUTH OF DOWNTOWN
GREENVILLE...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
HICKORY TAVERN.
BOYD MILL POND.
WARE SHOALS.
LAKE GREENWOOD AND CROSS HILL.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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 3473 8250 3483 8225 3432 8185 3430 8189
3428 8189 3412 8225
TIME...MOT...LOC 2239Z 331DEG 23KT 3467 8232
$$
RB2 follow-up statements
522
WWUS52 KGSP 312311
SVSGSP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
711 PM EDT SAT MAR 31 2012
SCC001-007-045-047-059-312345-
/O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0055.000000T0000Z-120331T2345Z/
ABBEVILLE SC-ANDERSON SC-GREENWOOD SC-LAURENS SC-GREENVILLE SC-
711 PM EDT SAT MAR 31 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
GREENVILLE...WESTERN LAURENS...NORTHERN GREENWOOD...NORTHEASTERN
ANDERSON AND NORTHEASTERN ABBEVILLE COUNTIES UNTIL 745 PM EDT...
AT 707 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM HICKORY TAVERN
TO SIMPSONVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
FOUNTAIN INN.
WARE SHOALS.
HICKORY TAVERN AND GRAY COURT.
COKESBURY.
LAKE GREENWOOD.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPORT DAMAGING WINDS...HAIL...OR FLOODING THROUGH OUR AUTOMATED
REPORTING SYSTEM...CALL TOLL FREE...1 8 7 7...6 3 3...6 7 7 2.
&&
LAT...LON 3473 8250 3483 8225 3432 8185 3430 8189
3428 8189 3412 8225
TIME...MOT...LOC 2311Z 331DEG 23KT 3449 8222 3471 8230
$$
RB097
WWUS52 KGSP 312330
SVSGSP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
730 PM EDT SAT MAR 31 2012
SCC001-007-045-047-059-312345-
/O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0055.000000T0000Z-120331T2345Z/
ABBEVILLE SC-ANDERSON SC-GREENWOOD SC-LAURENS SC-GREENVILLE SC-
730 PM EDT SAT MAR 31 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
GREENVILLE...WESTERN LAURENS...NORTHERN GREENWOOD...EAST CENTRAL
ANDERSON AND NORTHEASTERN ABBEVILLE COUNTIES UNTIL 745 PM EDT...
AT 727 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM WARE SHOALS TO
SIMPSONVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
BOYD MILL POND.
COKESBURY.
HICKORY TAVERN AND GRAY COURT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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 3467 8248 3479 8222 3432 8185 3430 8189
3428 8189 3412 8225
TIME...MOT...LOC 2330Z 331DEG 23KT 3438 8219 3468 8226
$$
RBWhat 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 31, 5:49 PM EDT, 51 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 31, 5:49 PM EDT, 51 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 549 PM EDT SAT MAR 31 2012 .SYNOPSIS... A SERIES OF UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE CAROLINAS...REACHING THE COAST ON SUNDAY. DRIER AIR WILL THEN MOVE IN AND REMAIN IN PLACE THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK WHEN ANOTHER NORTHERN GULF WEATHER DISTURBANCE ENTERS THE PICTURE. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH SUNDAY/... AS OF 530 PM...PLENTY OF INSTBY ACRS THE CWFA...AND SCATTERED CONVECTION DEVELOPING ATTM. WITH STEEP MID LVL LAPSE RATES AND DCAPE OVER 1000 J/KG ACRS THE PIEDMONT...A FEW SVR STORMS POSSIBLE INTO EARLY EVENING. UPDATED THE POPS TO RELFECT RADAR TRENDS. OVERALL...HIGH-RES MODELS SEEM TO FAVOR THE UPSTATE FOR CONTINUED CONVECTION TILL ABOUT MIDNIGHT...WHILE ISOLD CONVECTION WANES ACRS THE REST OF THE AREA AFTER SUNSET. OTHERWISE...NO OTHER CHANGES WITH THIS UPDATE. AT 230 PM EDT SATURDAY...A MID LEVEL SHORTWAVE WILL APPROACH FORM THE NW THIS AFTERNOON...DRIVING A COLD FRONT ACROSS OUR AREA. THIS FRONT AND INCREASING INSTABILITY AHEAD OF TI WILL SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...EVEN IN A NW FLOW WITH DRYING BELOW 850 MB IN THE WAKE OF AN EXITING SYSTEM. NAM CAPE EXCEEDS 1000 J/KG IN THE UPPER SAVANNAH RIVER VALLEY...AND UP TO 1000 J/KG APPEARS IN THE NC MOUNTAINS AND PIEDMONT. ENOUGH VERTICAL SPEED SHEAR IS PRESENT TO SUPPORT ORGANIZED CONVECTION...AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE SEVERE...WITH LARGE HAIL OR DAMAGING WIND. THE FRONT EXITS OUR AREA THIS EVENING. MODEL GUIDANCE SUPPORTS FOG BY DAYBREAK ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA...BUT NO MORE THAN PATCHY DENSE FOG IS SUPPORTED AT THIS TIME. MINIMUM TEMPERATURES WILL BE AROUND 10 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL AS AN UPPER TROUGH AXIS PROGRESSES AWAY FROM OUR AREA...LEADING TO RISING HEIGHTS ALOFT. ON SUNDAY A WEAK UPPER IMPULSE MOVES SOUTHEAST ACROSS OUR AREA THROUGH THE DEPARTING TROUGH...AN MODEL TIME HEIGHTS SHOWS SOME BRIEF MOISTURE AT 850 MB WITH THIS FEATURE...WHILE MODEL SOUNDINGS SHOW CAPE OF SEVERAL HUNDRED J/KG. MODEL GUIDANCE IS NOT VERY SUPPORTIVE OF PRECIPITATION AT THIS TIME...WITH THE MAV CARRYING SLIGHT CHANCE POPS...AND THE NAM ONLY SINGLE DIGITS. MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE WILL BE NEAR MID MAY NORMALS. && .SHORT TERM /SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY/... AS OF 225 PM SATURDAY...THIS PERIOD BEGINS WITH NW FLOW ON THE WESTERN PERIPHERY OF A TROUGH AND EASTERN PORTION OF A MISS VALLEY RIDGE. MODELS SHOW A SHORTWAVE MOVING SE FROM GREAT LAKES SUNDAY AND OFF THE JERSEY COAST EARLY MONDAY. DISSIPATING ENERGY WILL LEAVE SOME CLOUDINESS OVER NC MOUNTAINS MONDAY. THE DOWNSLOPE FLOW WILL RESULT IN RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES FOR CLT AND GSP IF THE FORECAST HOLDS. MOUNTAIN HIGH TEMPS SHOULD BE A FEW DEGREES BELOW THE RECORD AT AVL OF 87 DEGREES...BUT HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80S WOULD BREAK THE RECORD OF 84 AT GSP AND THE 86 RECORD AT CLT. THE RIDGE WILL BE MORE CENTERED OVER OUR REGION ON TUESDAY...BUT NO LONGER A WARMING DOWNSLOPE FACTOR. HIGHS ON TUESDAY SHOULD CERTAINLY BE A FEW DEGREES BELOW RECORDS OF 87 AT GSP AND 90 AT CLT. CLOUDINESS WILL BE INCREASING ON TUESDAY AS WE WILL HAVE A FRONT MOVING SOUTH FROM THE OHIO VALLEY AND A FRONT MOVING EAST ACROSS THE GULF STATES AHEAD OF THE ASSOCIATED SURFACE LOW. GFS HAS CAPES IN THE 1500 TO 1600 RANGE LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS NE GA AND UPSTATE AND NOSING INTO THE SHELBY AND GASTON AREA OF NC. CONVECTION WILL BE SCATTERED LATE TUESDAY. && .LONG TERM /TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY/... AS OF 2 PM SATURDAY...THE MEDIUM RANGE MODELS CONTINUE TO TREND SLOWER ON THE PROGRESS OF THE CUT OFF UPPER LOW MOVING IN FROM THE WEST. THE GFS AND ECMWF ARE IN BETTER AGREEMENT AS OPPOSED TO FRIDAY WHEN THOSE WERE EXTREMELY DIFFERENT BY DAY 7. AT 00Z WED...BOTH HAVE THE LOW GENERALLY OVER THE TEXAS PANHANDLE. THE GFS HAS IT MOVING FARTHER NORTH AND OPENING IT UP BY 00Z FRIDAY AS THE WAVE MOVES SE TOWARD OUR REGION FROM KENTUCKY. THE ECMWF MAINTAINS A CUT OFF LOW FROM OKLAHOMA TO REACH SAVANNAH GA AT 06Z SATURDAY. THERE ARE VARIOUS SMALL SCALE FEATURES THAT MOVE THROUGH THE FLOW OUT AHEAD OF THIS MAIN FEATURE WHICH AFFECTS OUR WEATHER IN MID TO LATE WEEK. HPC WENT CLOSER WITH THE GFS SOLUTION AND THAT ONE HAS MORE OF A DOMINANT SURFACE HIGH CENTERED EASTERN GREAT LAKES / PA FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY. THE ECMWF HAS THE CUT OFF LOW BECOMING ALMOST STATIONARY FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY NEAR SAVANNAH. THIS BEING DISCOUNTED...WE SHOULD HAVE DRYING CONDITIONS NEXT WEEKEND...UNTIL THE NEXT SYSTEM REACHES OUR AREA FROM THE WEST. THAT NEXT SYSTEM APPEARS DELAYED UNTIL SOMETIME THE FOLLOWING WEEK. GOING WITH BEST CONVECTION FROM LATE WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. INSTABILITY NOT OVERLY IMPRESSIVE THROUGH THE PERIOD AND SHEAR VALUES LESS THAN PREVIOUS RUNS. TEMPERATURES ABOVE NORMAL MID WEEK AND CLOSE TO NORMAL BY WEEKEND. && .AVIATION /22Z SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/... AT KCLT...LOW CLOUDS SHOULD DIMINISH THIS AFTERNOON WITH DRYING IN A WESTERLY FLOW. ANOTHER ROUND OF LOW CLOUDS ARE EXPECTED WITH A FRONT MOVING IN FROM THE WEST LATE THIS AFTERNOON...BUT WITHOUT RESTRICTIONS. CONVECTIVE CHANCES ALONG THE FRONT ARE TOO LOW TO MENTION MORE THAN CB. GUIDANCE LIKES VERY LOW CLOUD HEIGHTS AND FOG AROUND DAYBREAK SUNDAY...BUT CLOUDS AMOUNT IS EXPECTED TO BE INSUFFICIENT FOR A CIG. IFR VSBY IN FOG LOOKS MORE PROBABLE. VFR RETURNS BY MID SUNDAY MORNING.WINDS VEER FROM WNW TODAY...TO NE LATE TONIGHT. ELSEWHERE...A BAND OF SCATTERED LOW CLOUDS IS EXPECTED WILL SWEEP SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA WITH A COLD FRONT THIS AFTERNOON. THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THIS FRONT WILL BE TOO SCATTERED TO MENTION ANYTHING MORE THAN CB.WESTERLY WINDS WILL VEER TO NW TONIGHT AND NE ON ENE SUNDAY MORNING. THE LOW END OF GUIDANCE CONSENSUS SUPPORTS VERY LOW CLOUDS AND FOG TOWARD DAYBREAK SUNDAY...WITH MVFR VSBY... EXCEPT LIFR AT KHKY. CLOUD COVER IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE GREAT ENOUGH FOR CIGS HOWEVER. VFR RETURNS BY MID SUNDAY MORNING. OUTLOOK...DRY WEATHER IS EXPECTED SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY. ANOTHER SYSTEM WILL SPREAD SHRA AND TSTMS INTO THE REGION TUE AND WED. IT LOOKS AS THOUGH THE SYSTEM WILL HAVE PLENTY OF MOISTURE AND RESTRICTIVE CIGS AND VSBYS ARE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT. 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...ARK/JAT SHORT TERM...DEO LONG TERM...DEO AVIATION...JAT
Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 31, 6:02 AM EDT, 12 hours 38 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 602 AM EDT SAT MAR 31 2012 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065- 068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-011015- 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- 602 AM EDT SAT MAR 31 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. AN UPPER LOW WILL CROSS THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON...TRIGGERING SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. A FEW OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE SEVERE...PRODUCING HAIL TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS AND DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. THE BEST CHANCE OF A SEVERE STORM WILL BE OVER THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS...AS WELL AS ACROSS THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH AND SOUTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... NONE.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Mar 31, 6:05 PM EDT, 35 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
605 PM EDT SAT MAR 31 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0508 PM HAIL 3 S TRAVELERS REST 34.93N 82.44W
03/31/2012 M0.50 INCH GREENVILLE SC PUBLIC
FURMAN UNIVERSITY
&&
CSHLocal storm report, Mar 31, 6:11 PM EDT, 29 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
611 PM EDT SAT MAR 31 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0528 PM HAIL 5 N GREENVILLE 34.91N 82.36W
03/31/2012 M0.88 INCH GREENVILLE SC PUBLIC
PIEDMONT AVE IN TAYLORS
&&
CSHLocal storm report, Mar 31, 6:13 PM EDT, 27 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
613 PM EDT SAT MAR 31 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0607 PM HAIL 5 S CAESARS HEAD 35.03N 82.63W
03/31/2012 M1.00 INCH PICKENS SC AMATEUR RADIO
&&
CSHLocal storm report, Mar 31, 6:26 PM EDT, 14 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
626 PM EDT SAT MAR 31 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0604 PM HAIL 5 WNW GREENVILLE 34.88N 82.45W
03/31/2012 M1.25 INCH GREENVILLE SC PUBLIC
PITTMAN CIRCLE...NW SIDE OF GREENVILLE.
&&
CSHLocal storm report, Mar 31, 6:28 PM EDT, 12 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
628 PM EDT SAT MAR 31 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0616 PM HAIL 4 WSW GREENVILLE 34.83N 82.43W
03/31/2012 E0.75 INCH GREENVILLE SC AMATEUR RADIO
WASHINGTON AVE
&&
CSHLocal storm report, Mar 31, 6:31 PM EDT, 9 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
631 PM EDT SAT MAR 31 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0556 PM HAIL 4 SSE GREER 34.89N 82.20W
03/31/2012 E0.75 INCH SPARTANBURG SC NWS EMPLOYEE
MARBLE TO DIME SIZED HAIL FELL AT THE GREENVILLE
SPARTANBURG AIRPORT FOR ABOUT 3 MINUTES.
0602 PM HAIL 5 S TRAVELERS REST 34.90N 82.45W
03/31/2012 E0.75 INCH GREENVILLE SC TRAINED SPOTTER
PEA TO PENNY SIZED HAIL FELL ABOUT 1 MILE SOUTH OF THE
FURMAN UNIVERSITY WEST GATE. HAIL COVERED THE GROUND.
0605 PM HAIL 5 NW GREENVILLE 34.89N 82.43W
03/31/2012 E1.00 INCH GREENVILLE SC TRAINED SPOTTER
QUARTER SIZED HAIL REPORTED BY SPOTTER AT INTERSECTION OF
HIGHWAY 183 AND HIGHWAY 25 WHITE HORSE ROAD.
0607 PM HAIL 3 N GREENVILLE 34.88N 82.37W
03/31/2012 E1.00 INCH GREENVILLE SC TRAINED SPOTTER
QUARTER SIZED HAIL REPORTED BY SPOTTER NEAR CHEERYDALE
POINT.
&&
OUTLAWThe office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 4:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Greenville | 34 min |
| Mar 31, 4:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Greenville, Laurens, Pickens, Spartanburg | 61 min |
| Mar 31, 5:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Pickens | 27 min |
| Mar 31, 5:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Greenville, Laurens, Pickens, Spartanburg | 60 min |
| Mar 31, 5:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Anderson, Greenville, Oconee, Pickens | 26 min |
| Mar 31, 6:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Anderson, Greenville, Pickens | 59 min |
| Mar 31, 7:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Anderson, Greenville | 29 min |
| Mar 31, 7:03 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Greenville | 117 min |
| Mar 31, 7:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Abbeville, Anderson, Greenville, Greenwood, Laurens | 63 min |
| Mar 31, 7:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cherokee | 25 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in South 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.