Alert archive / South Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 564, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 8, 2012, 4:26 PM EDT for Greenville County, Pickens County, Spartanburg County, South Carolina. It was in force for 64 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
- Sep 8, 2012, 4:26 PM EDT (20:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 8, 2012, 5:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Greenville County, SC, Pickens County, SC, Spartanburg County, SC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 15 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:26 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
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 257 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
- 1245 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -18 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 631 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 30 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 40 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
515
WUUS52 KGSP 082026
SVRGSP
SCC045-077-083-082130-
/O.NEW.KGSP.SV.W.0564.120908T2026Z-120908T2130Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
426 PM EDT SAT SEP 8 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL GREENVILLE COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...
EAST CENTRAL PICKENS COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...
CENTRAL SPARTANBURG COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 530 PM EDT
* AT 422 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
FURMAN UNIVERSITY...OR 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF DOWNTOWN GREENVILLE...
AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
FURMAN UNIVERSITY...TRAVELERS REST...CHERRYDALE POINT AND DOWNTOWN
GREENVILLE.
HAYWOOD MALL.
TAYLORS.
LAKE ROBINSON.
GREER AND GSP AIRPORT.
LYMAN AND DUNCAN.
INMAN.
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 3481 8257 3499 8262 3515 8196 3482 8189
3481 8248 3482 8249 3481 8249
TIME...MOT...LOC 2027Z 258DEG 20KT 3492 8248
$$
073 follow-up statements
253
WWUS52 KGSP 082035
SVSGSP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
435 PM EDT SAT SEP 8 2012
SCC077-082045-
/O.CAN.KGSP.SV.W.0564.000000T0000Z-120908T2130Z/
PICKENS SC-
435 PM EDT SAT SEP 8 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL PICKENS COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THIS AREA.
LAT...LON 3482 8248 3483 8248 3483 8249 3488 8249
3492 8252 3500 8254 3515 8196 3482 8189
3481 8248
TIME...MOT...LOC 2035Z 258DEG 20KT 3493 8245
$$
SCC045-083-082130-
/O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0564.000000T0000Z-120908T2130Z/
SPARTANBURG SC-GREENVILLE SC-
435 PM EDT SAT SEP 8 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL
GREENVILLE AND CENTRAL SPARTANBURG COUNTIES UNTIL 530 PM EDT...
AT 430 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
FURMAN UNIVERSITY...OR 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF DOWNTOWN GREENVILLE...
MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
CHERRYDALE POINT AND DOWNTOWN GREENVILLE.
HAYWOOD MALL.
TAYLORS.
LAKE ROBINSON.
GREER AND GSP AIRPORT.
DUNCAN.
LYMAN.
INMAN.
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 3482 8248 3483 8248 3483 8249 3488 8249
3492 8252 3500 8254 3515 8196 3482 8189
3481 8248
TIME...MOT...LOC 2035Z 258DEG 20KT 3493 8245
$$
07655
WWUS52 KGSP 082114
SVSGSP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
514 PM EDT SAT SEP 8 2012
SCC045-082124-
/O.CAN.KGSP.SV.W.0564.000000T0000Z-120908T2130Z/
GREENVILLE SC-
514 PM EDT SAT SEP 8 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL GREENVILLE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THIS AREA.
LAT...LON 3483 8219 3486 8223 3493 8223 3493 8222
3505 8222 3515 8196 3482 8189 3482 8218
TIME...MOT...LOC 2114Z 258DEG 20KT 3494 8215
$$
SCC083-082130-
/O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0564.000000T0000Z-120908T2130Z/
SPARTANBURG SC-
514 PM EDT SAT SEP 8 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL
SPARTANBURG COUNTY UNTIL 530 PM EDT...
AT 508 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
GREER...OR 13 MILES NORTHEAST OF DOWNTOWN GREENVILLE...MOVING EAST AT
25 MPH.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
LYMAN.
INMAN.
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 3483 8219 3486 8223 3493 8223 3493 8222
3505 8222 3515 8196 3482 8189 3482 8218
TIME...MOT...LOC 2114Z 258DEG 20KT 3494 8215
$$
07927
WWUS52 KGSP 082125
SVSGSP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
525 PM EDT SAT SEP 8 2012
SCC083-082135-
/O.EXP.KGSP.SV.W.0564.000000T0000Z-120908T2130Z/
SPARTANBURG SC-
525 PM EDT SAT SEP 8 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL SPARTANBURG COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 530 PM EDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LEVELS.
LAT...LON 3483 8219 3486 8223 3493 8223 3493 8222
3505 8222 3515 8196 3482 8189 3482 8218
TIME...MOT...LOC 2125Z 258DEG 20KT 3495 8208
$$
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 Sep 8, 2:49 PM EDT, 1 hour 37 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 8, 2:49 PM EDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 249 PM EDT SAT SEP 8 2012 .SYNOPSIS... A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA THROUGH TONIGHT...PUSHING EAST OF THE AREA BY DAYBREAK SUNDAY. DRY HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN FROM THE NORTH SUNDAY AND REMAIN IN PLACE THROUGH THE END OF NEXT WEEK. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH SUNDAY/... CONCERN FOR THE FIRST FEW HOURS OF THE PERIOD CONTINUES TO BE THE FRONTAL PASSAGE AND ASSOCIATED PRECIP/CONVECTION. THE GREATEST INSTABILITY AT ALL SITES WILL OCCUR BEFORE THE BETTER SHEAR SETS IN...BUT THE BEST OVERLAP SHOULD BE IN THE LOWER PIEDMONT AREAS AS ADVERTISED BY MODELS FOR THE PAST COUPLE OF DAYS. CLEARER SKIES THIS AFTERNOON EAST AND SOUTH WILL ALLOW MORE DESTABILIZATION BEFORE THE FRONT MOVES THROUGH. WE WILL PROBABLY SEE SOME DEVELOPMENT OVER THE MOUNTAINS EARLY...WHICH SHOULD BE PRETTY TAME...FOLLOWED BY MORE DEVELOPMENT OVER THE PIEDMONT. AS FAR AS THE THREAT OF ORGANIZED OR SEVERE TSTMS...NOT ESPECIALLY HIGH BUT THEY DEFINITELY CANNOT BE RULED OUT. 0-6KM BULK SHEAR IS NOT PARTICULARLY STRONG /GENERALLY LESS THAN 30 KT/ BUT DEEP SHEAR VECTORS WILL BE MOSTLY PARALLEL TO THE FRONT WHICH SUGGESTS CONVECTION WILL FORM INTO A BROKEN LINE. FREEZING LEVELS OF 12-14 KFT ARE ON THE HIGH SIDE WHICH IS UNFAVORABLE FOR LARGE HAIL. DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE A MORE SIGNIFICANT THREAT GIVEN DEEP MIXING AND DRY MIDLEVEL AIR AHEAD OF THE FRONT. MIDLEVEL RH IS UNDERSTANDABLY HIGH NEAR THE FRONT BUT DRIES OUT QUICKLY AS BASE OF 500MB TROUGH ROLLS THROUGH OVERNIGHT. LOW LEVEL RH STAYS FAIRLY HIGH. WE WILL PROBABLY SEE A FAIRLY SHARP LINE OF CLEARING AS THE TROUGH PUSHES THROUGH BUT SOME PATCHY FOG MAY DEVELOP LATE. ADDED A COMPONENT OF RAW MODEL TEMPS TO TONIGHT/S LOW TEMP FORECAST SINCE THE FROPA IS NOT A CLIMATOLOGICALLY COMMON OCCURRENCE...WHICH BROUGHT TEMPS DOWN A TAD ESPECIALLY OVER THE MOUNTAINS. && .SHORT TERM /SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY/... AS OF NOON SATURDAY...HIGH PRESSURE WILL BRING SUNNY AND MILD WEATHER TO THE REGION MONDAY AND TUESDAY. DEWPOINTS WILL MIX INTO THE U40S TO L50S DURING THE DAY WHICH WILL FEEL GREAT AFTER THE RECENT SPELL OF VERY MUGGY CONDITIONS. TEMPERATURES WILL RUN 1 TO 2 CATEGORIES BELOW NORMAL. FOR AGENCIES INTERESTED IN CONTROLLED BURNS...THE HUMIDITY VALUES ARE GENERALLY EXPECTED TO RUN BETWEEN 30 AND 40 PERCENT IN THE AFTERNOON HOURS. I DON/T SEE STRONG DOWNSLOPE FLOW OR ANYTHING THAT SHOULD CAUSE THE DEWPOINTS TO VERIFY APPRECIABLY LOWER...WHICH MEANS BURNING CONDITIONS WILL GENERALLY BE GOOD WITH AFTERNOON MIXING HEIGHTS UP AROUND 6 TO 7 KFT. THE ONLY CONCERN WILL BE VERY LIGHT WINDS EACH DAY AS THE BNDRY LAYER FLOW WILL BE UNDER 5KTS. && .LONG TERM /TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY/... AS OF 1200 PM SATURDAY...THE LATEST MEDIUM RANGE MODELS CONTINUE TO INDICATE THAT BROAD UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN ANCHORED OVER THE EASTERN CONUS THROUGH LATE IN THE WEEK. WITH PERSISTENT N/NE FLOW AND STRONG CAPPING INVERSION ALOFT...WILL FORECAST DRY THROUGH FRIDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN 2-3 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL WITH AFTERNOON HIGHS IN THE LOW 80S OVER THE PIEDMONT AND 70S FOOTHILLS/MOUNTAINS. SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY MORNING...BOTH THE LATEST GFS AND THE ECMWF ARE IN FAIRLY GOOD AGREEMENT ON A POSITIVELY TILTED UPPER TROUGH OVER THE NORTHERN PLAINS FRIDAY PROGRESSING EASTWARD ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY ON LATE SATURDAY...BUT STILL KEEPS AN ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT TO OUR WEST THRU THE PERIOD. WITH INCREASING MOISTURE AND DIURNAL INSTABILITY AHEAD OF THE APPROACHING COLD FRONT...I MENTIONED SLIGHT CHANCE FOR AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS OUR CWA ON SATURDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL MODERATE TO NEAR NORMAL. && .AVIATION /19Z SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/... AT KCLT...THUNDER LOOKING HIGHLY LIKELY FOR A TIME THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING AHEAD OF AND ALONG COLD FRONT. REFLECTED THIS WITH A TEMPO TSRA TO INDICATE LOWER CONFIDENCE IN START TIME...BUT BY 20Z FEEL THERE WILL BE ONGOING CONVECTION ALL AROUND THE AIRPORT. ACTIVITY SHOULD DIMINISH WITH THE SETTING SUN AND LOSS OF INSTABILITY...BUT ISOLATED SHOWERS/STORMS MAY HOLD ON THROUGH THE EVENING. GUIDANCE DID NOT PRODUCE ANY LOW CIGS OR VSBYS EARLY SUNDAY BUT GIVEN THE DRY MID TO UPPER LEVELS BEHIND THE FRONT AND MOIST LOW LEVELS...THREW IN AN MVFR CIG LATE. WINDS WILL GENERALLY BE SOUTH TO SOUTHWESTERLY THIS AFTERNOON BUT SHOULD WHIP AROUND TO THE NORTH BEHIND THE FRONT. THUNDERSTORM OUTFLOW NEAR THE AIRPORT MAY CAUSE RAPID WIND SHIFTS. ELSEWHERE...INCLUDED VARIATIONS ON THE THUNDER MENTION THIS AFTERNOON TO REFLECT CURRENT PATTERN OF STORMS...AND TRIED TO INDICATE APPROPRIATE END TIMES GIVEN MOVEMENT OF FRONT. AFOREMENTIONED CLEARING BEHIND FRONT WITH LINGERING LOW LEVEL MOISTURE POINTED TO A RISK OF FOG OR LOW STRATUS. GUIDANCE FAVORED FOG. THIS IS INCLUDED AT KAVL...WITH A MVFR MENTION INCLUDED AT KHKY. THE SAME IDEA OUTLINED ABOVE REGARDING WIND SHIFTS WITH VICINITY THUNDERSTORMS APPLIES AT ALL SITES TODAY. OUTLOOK...DRY AUTUMNAL HIGH PRES WILL DOMINATE THE WEATHER OVER THE REGION SUNDAY THROUGH LATE 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...JOH NEAR TERM...JW SHORT TERM...MCAVOY LONG TERM...JOH AVIATION...JW
Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 8, 12:55 PM EDT, 3 hours 31 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1255 PM EDT SAT SEP 8 2012 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ035>037-056-057-068>072-082-501>510- SCZ001>014-019-091700- RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-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- OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS- GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG- CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- 1255 PM EDT SAT SEP 8 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. NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT OF THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS A COLD FRONT MOVES OUT OF THE MOUNTAINS. WITH A VERY UNSTABLE AIRMASS IN PLACE AND INCREASING SHEAR...SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY TO BECOME SEVERE...PRODUCING DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS AND A FEW INSTANCES OF LARGE HAIL. THE STORMS WILL BECOME MORE ORGANIZED AS THEY MOVE TO THE EAST. THEREFORE...THE GREATEST SEVERE THREAT WILL BE ACROSS THE PIEDMONT OF THE CAROLINAS...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE I-77 URBAN CORRIDOR AND THE UPSTATE EAST OF GREENVILLE. THERE IS EVEN A THREAT OF A BRIEF...ISOLATED TORNADO OVER THE WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA PIEDMONT THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... DISPATCHERS PLEASE FORWARD THIS INFORMATION ON TO EMERGENCY MANAGERS AND OTHER COUNTY OFFICIALS. SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...TORNADOES OR FLASH FLOODING TO OUR OFFICE. NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-091700- AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM- NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON- 1255 PM EDT SAT SEP 8 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... NONE. MCAVOY
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Sep 8, 3:27 PM EDT, 59 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
327 PM EDT SAT SEP 8 2012
NCZ082-082015-
UNION-
327 PM EDT SAT SEP 8 2012
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EASTERN UNION COUNTY THROUGH 415
PM EDT...
AT 325 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES SOUTH OF WINGATE...OR 6 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF MONROE...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
WINGATE...
MARSHVILLE...
STURDIVANTS...
SMALL HAIL...WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH AND TORRENTIAL RAIN ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
LAT...LON 3488 8030 3485 8031 3483 8053 3499 8058
3514 8028 3510 8028
JOHSpecial weather statement, Sep 8, 3:46 PM EDT, 40 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
346 PM EDT SAT SEP 8 2012
SCZ007-008-013-082030-
CHEROKEE-SPARTANBURG-UNION-
346 PM EDT SAT SEP 8 2012
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EASTERN SPARTANBURG...NORTHERN
UNION AND SOUTHERN CHEROKEE COUNTIES THROUGH 430 PM EDT...
AT 341 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR PAULINE...OR 10 MILES SOUTH OF
SPARTANBURG...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SARATT...
PAULINE...PACOLET MILLS...PACOLET...LOCKHART...JONESVILLE AND
ADAMSBURG.
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 3490 8196 3498 8148 3494 8149 3494 8148
3489 8148 3484 8146 3481 8148 3479 8146
3476 8145 3474 8149 3472 8193
07Special weather statement, Sep 8, 3:54 PM EDT, 32 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
354 PM EDT SAT SEP 8 2012
NCZ068-SCZ008-009-082045-
CHEROKEE-CLEVELAND-YORK-
354 PM EDT SAT SEP 8 2012
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHERN CHEROKEE...NORTHWESTERN
YORK AND SOUTHERN CLEVELAND COUNTIES THROUGH 445 PM EDT...
AT 350 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF GAFFNEY...MOVING EAST AT 20
MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO PATTERSON
SPRINGS...KINGS MOUNTAIN...GROVER...EARL...KINGS MOUNTAIN STATE
PARK...GAFFNEY AND BLACKSBURG.
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 3508 8124 3504 8179 3518 8182 3518 8177
3523 8176 3531 8136 3529 8136 3526 8132
3516 8133 3516 8126
07Special weather statement, Sep 8, 4:03 PM EDT, 23 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
403 PM EDT SAT SEP 8 2012
NCZ057-070>072-082045-
CABARRUS-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-ROWAN-
403 PM EDT SAT SEP 8 2012
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT CABARRUS...NORTHEASTERN GASTON...
NORTHERN MECKLENBURG AND SOUTHERN ROWAN COUNTIES THROUGH 445 PM
EDT...
AT 402 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM FAITH TO 3 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF MOUNTAIN ISLAND LAKE...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
THESE STORMS WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
GRANITE QUARRY...
KANNAPOLIS...
I-77 AT I-85...
HIGH ROCK LAKE...
ROCKWELL...
UNC CHARLOTTE...
WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH...AND TORRENTIAL RAIN ARE EXPECTED WITH
THESE STORMS.
HEAVY RAINS MAY FLOOD AREAS WITH POOR DRAINAGE...SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS. WATER
LEVELS OF SMALL STREAMS AND RIVERS MAY ALSO RISE RAPIDLY. SEEK HIGHER
GROUND IF THREATENED BY FLOOD WATERS.
LAT...LON 3550 8020 3550 8030 3530 8042 3522 8050
3526 8116 3551 8081 3550 8075 3555 8074
3569 8054 3570 8033 3564 8029 3564 8026
3558 8020 3551 8018
JOHSpecial weather statement, Sep 8, 4:20 PM EDT, 6 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
420 PM EDT SAT SEP 8 2012
SCZ006-010-082100-
ANDERSON-GREATER GREENVILLE-
420 PM EDT SAT SEP 8 2012
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN ANDERSON AND
SOUTHEASTERN GREENVILLE COUNTIES THROUGH 500 PM EDT...
AT 416 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES EAST OF SANDY SPRINGS...OR 7 MILES NORTH
OF ANDERSON...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO DONALDSON
CENTER...WILLIAMSTON...SIMPSONVILLE...PRINCETON...PIEDMONT...
PELZER...FOUNTAIN INN...FORK SHOALS...BELTON AND ANDERSON.
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 3452 8273 3469 8276 3470 8273 3480 8217
3474 8216 3459 8224 3454 8224 3449 8230
07Special weather statement, Sep 8, 4:25 PM EDT, 1 minute before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 425 PM EDT SAT SEP 8 2012 SCZ002-003-005-006-082115- GREATER GREENVILLE-GREATER PICKENS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS- 425 PM EDT SAT SEP 8 2012 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL GREENVILLE AND EASTERN PICKENS COUNTIES THROUGH 515 PM EDT... AT 421 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR DACUSVILLE...OR 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF DOWNTOWN GREENVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO PELHAM ROAD AT I-85...CHERRYDALE POINT...LAKE ROBINSON...HAYWOOD MALL...FURMAN UNIVERSITY...WELCOME...TRAVELERS REST...TAYLORS...PARIS MOUNTAIN STATE PARK...GREER...DOWNTOWN GREENVILLE...EASLEY...DACUSVILLE AND BEREA. 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 3498 8265 3508 8222 3485 8222 3480 8260 07
The office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 8, 1:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Greenwood | 40 min |
| Sep 8, 3:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Greenville | 40 min |
| Sep 8, 3:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Union | 44 min |
| Sep 8, 3:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cherokee | 51 min |
| Sep 8, 4:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Anderson | 40 min |
| Sep 8, 4:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Greenville | 50 min |
| Sep 8, 4:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cherokee, York | 40 min |
| Sep 8, 4:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Anderson, Greenville, Laurens, Spartanburg | 51 min |
| Sep 8, 5:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Laurens | 50 min |
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.