Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 572, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 28, 2012, 4:39 PM EDT for Cleveland County, Rutherford County, North Carolina. It was in force for 34 min. 2 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
- Sep 28, 2012, 4:39 PM EDT (20:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 28, 2012, 5:13 PM EDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Cleveland County, NC, Rutherford County, NC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:39 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 28, 4:40 PM EDT | HAIL 0.75 | 6 Nnw Rutherfordton, NC | REPORTED ON HIGHWAY 221...VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. |
| Sep 28, 4:50 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 N Rutherfordton, NC | ONE TREE DOWN ON GILMER EDWARDS ROAD NEAR HWY 221. |
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 11 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
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 194 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
- 51 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -94 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1361 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 26 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 50 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
253
WUUS52 KGSP 282039
SVRGSP
NCC045-161-282130-
/O.NEW.KGSP.SV.W.0572.120928T2039Z-120928T2130Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
439 PM EDT FRI SEP 28 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
WEST CENTRAL CLEVELAND COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...
RUTHERFORD COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 530 PM EDT
* AT 439 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
THERMAL CITY...OR 8 MILES NORTH OF RUTHERFORDTON...AND MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
RUTHERFORDTON.
SPINDALE.
BOSTIC AND FOREST CITY.
ELLENBORO.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BRIEF DAMAGING WINDS WILL BLOW DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES OVER SMALL
AREAS. A BRIEF PERIOD OF LARGE HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE. SEEK SHELTER
INSIDE AN INTERIOR ROOM.
&&
LAT...LON 3553 8198 3552 8197 3554 8186 3538 8157
3519 8176 3546 8211 3554 8203 3555 8201
TIME...MOT...LOC 2039Z 308DEG 14KT 3547 8195
$$
HG2 follow-up statements
676
WWUS52 KGSP 282059
SVSGSP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
459 PM EDT FRI SEP 28 2012
NCC045-161-282130-
/O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0572.000000T0000Z-120928T2130Z/
CLEVELAND NC-RUTHERFORD NC-
459 PM EDT FRI SEP 28 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN
RUTHERFORD AND WEST CENTRAL CLEVELAND COUNTIES UNTIL 530 PM EDT...
AT 500 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
SPINDALE...OR 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF RUTHERFORDTON...MOVING SOUTHEAST
AT 25 MPH.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
BOSTIC AND FOREST CITY.
ELLENBORO.
CLIFFSIDE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BRIEF DAMAGING WINDS WILL BLOW DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES OVER SMALL
AREAS. A BRIEF PERIOD OF LARGE HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE. SEEK SHELTER
INSIDE AN INTERIOR ROOM.
&&
LAT...LON 3554 8187 3554 8186 3538 8157 3519 8176
3539 8201
TIME...MOT...LOC 2100Z 304DEG 21KT 3541 8186
$$
HG531
WWUS52 KGSP 282113
SVSGSP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
513 PM EDT FRI SEP 28 2012
NCC045-161-282123-
/O.CAN.KGSP.SV.W.0572.000000T0000Z-120928T2130Z/
CLEVELAND NC-RUTHERFORD NC-
513 PM EDT FRI SEP 28 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN RUTHERFORD AND WEST
CENTRAL CLEVELAND COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LEVELS. HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS TO 35 MPH ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS
THUNDERSTORM ACROSS SOUTHERN RUTHERFORD AND CLEVELAND COUNTIES.
LAT...LON 3554 8187 3554 8186 3538 8157 3519 8176
3539 8201
TIME...MOT...LOC 2113Z 304DEG 21KT 3537 8178
$$
HGWhat 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 28, 2:43 PM EDT, 1 hour 56 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 28, 2:43 PM EDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 243 PM EDT FRI SEP 28 2012 .SYNOPSIS... HIGH PRESSURE ATOP THE REGION WILL GIVE WAY TO AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT OVERNIGHT. THE FRONT WILL STALL OUT OVER THE CAROLINAS BRINGING UNSETTLED WEATHER TO THE REGION AS A LOW RIDES UP ALONG THE FRONT SATURDAY INTO THE FIRST PART OF THE WEEK. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH SATURDAY/... AS OF 230 PM...AXIS OF A SHORTWAVE TROF WAS ANALYZED ENTERING THE SRN APPALACHIANS...HELPING AID IN DEVELOPING CONVECTION ALONG THE BLUE RIDGE FROM THE NRN MTNS NORTH INTO VA. THE HIGH RES MODELS AND OP MODELS AGREE ON SCATTERED STORMS SURVIVING AS THEY TRACK EAST INTO THE NC PIEDMONT. SPC MESOANALYSIS SHOWS 1000-1500 J/KG OF SBCAPE FROM THE BLUE RIDGE EAST. LAPS SNDGS SHOW SOME MID LVL DRY AIR AND DECENT LLVL LAPSE RATES. SO A FEW STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL. MORE ISOLD COVERAGE EXPECTED TO THE SOUTH LATER THIS AFTN INTO EARLY EVENING. TONIGHT...A ZONALLY-ORIENTED SFC FNT WILL PUSH INTO THE AREA WITH MOISTURE. MEANWHILE...HEIGHTS WILL FALL ALOFT...AS A POLAR VORTEX CENTERED OVER NRN ONTARIO DROPS SOUTH TOWARD THE GREAT LAKES. Q-VECTOR CONVERGENCE WILL BE ON THE INCREASE...HELPING SUPPORT LIFT ACRS THE CWFA. SO ISOLD TO SCATTERED SHWRS AND A FEW TSTMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THRU THE NIGHT...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE I-40 CORRIDOR. TEMPS WILL BE IN THE 50S MTNS AND LWR-MID 60S PIEDMONT. SATURDAY...FORCING LOOKS TO MAXIMIZE IN THE 12-18Z TIME FRAME...AS AN UPPER TROF AXIS SWINGS THRU THE OH VLY TO THE APPALACHIANS. WHILE THE SFC FRONT IS PROGGED TO SETTLE ACRS THE LWR PIEDMONT...THE DRIER/COOLER AIR WILL REMAIN BACK TO THE NORTH...ALLOWING FOR SOME INSTBY ACRS THE ENTIRE AREA. FCST SNDGS SHOW MOIST SOUNDINGS WITH INCREASING SHEAR. SO WHILE COVERAGE OF SHWRS LOOKS GREATER THAN TODAY...SEVERE THREAT SHUD BE LOW GIVEN THE MOIST SNDGS. GOING WITH LIKLY POPS FOR PRETTY MUCH THE ENTIRE NC PORTION OF THE CWFA WITH CHC TO THE SOUTH. TEMPS WILL BE ABOUT A CATEGORY BELOW NORMAL UNDER THE CLOUDS AND PRECIP. && .SHORT TERM /SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY/... AS OF 135 PM FRIDAY...A RATHER LOW CONFIDENCE FORECAST EVOLVES DURING THE SHORT TERM IN DEVELOPING SPLIT FLOW REGIME...AND IN LIGHT OF LIKELY UPPER LOW DEVELOPMENT IN THE SOUTHERN STREAM. SATURDAY NIGHT...THE MODELS ARE CONVERGING TOWARD A CONSENSUS OF DRIVING THE FRONTAL ZONE/DRIER AIR THROUGH THE AREA BY 06Z SUNDAY. AS SUCH...WE WILL BEGIN DIALING DOWN POPS SUCH THAT THEY WILL BE NO GREATER THAN SLIGHT CHANCE BY 00Z...AND LESS THAN 20 PERCENT BY 12Z. MODEL SOLUTIONS THEN BEGIN TO DIVERGE QUITE SUBSTANTIALLY ON SUNDAY. IT IS CERTAIN THAT WARM CONVEYOR BELT MOISTURE/PRECIP WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION EARLY NEXT WEEK...AS AFOREMENTIONED UPPER LOW OPENS UP AND PROGRESSES EAST. HOWEVER...WHILE THE GFS SUGGESTS THIS EVENT WILL BEGIN SUNDAY MORNING...THE ECMWF HOLDS OFF PRECIP UNTIL 24 HOURS LATER. TIMING IN OTHER MODEL SOLUTIONS DEPICTS JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN THESE TWO EXTREMES. THERE IS ALSO TREMENDOUS SPREAD IN THE ENSEMBLE GUIDANCE. WITH THIS IN MIND...HAVE OPTED FOR A CONSERVATIVE ROUTE AT THIS POINT...BRINGING A LOW CHANCE POP INTO OUR WESTERN ZONES BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON...GRADUALLY RAMPING UP TO SOLID CHANCE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE AREA BY THE END OF SUNDAY NIGHT...WITH HIGH CHANCE/LIKELY POPS IN ALL AREAS MONDAY. ONCE PRECIP BEGINS...THE PRESENCE OF BROAD SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE MID-ATLANTIC SUGGESTS IN-SITU COLD AIR DAMMING WOULD LIKELY DEVELOP. SINCE WE ARE REASONABLY CONFIDENT THAT PRECIP WILL DEVELOP BY MONDAY...MAX TEMPS AS MUCH AS 10 DEGREES BELOW CLIMO WILL BE ADVERTISED. && .LONG TERM /MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY/... AT 200 PM EDT FRIDAY...BROAD UPPER TROUGH WILL EXIST ACROSS CANADA FROM TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...WHILE A SOUTHERN STREAM TROUGH WEAKENS OVER THE OH...TN AND LOWER MS RIVER VALLEYS. A SURFACE WAVE WILL MOVE FROM FROM THE GULF STATES MONDAY NIGHT TO THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS BY TUESDAY MORNING. UPGLIDE OVER A WARM FRONT TO THE EAST...AND UPSLOPE FLOW INTO THE BLUE RIDGE ESCARPMENT...WILL SERVE TO FOCUS SUBSTANTIAL RAINFALL ACROSS OUR AREA. THE WAVE AND ITS TRAILING COLD FRONT WILL MOVE EAST OF THE AREA BY WEDNESDAY MORNING...HOWEVER SLOW MOVEMENT OF THE WAVE AND WRAP AROUND MOISTURE WARRANT SMALL POPS INTO THURSDAY...EVEN AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN FROM THE WEST. A COLD FRONT WILL CROSS OUR AREA FROM THE NW ON FRIDAY...BUT CONFIDENCE IS LOW THAT THIS SYSTEM WILL HAVE MUCH MOISTURE TO WORK WITH...AND ONLY MINIMAL POPS WILL BE CARRIED WITH THIS SYSTEM. THE DIURNAL TEMPERATURE RANGE WILL BE LIMITED BY CLOUDS AND MOISTURE INITIALLY...FOLLOWED BY COOLING. && .AVIATION /19Z FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... AT KCLT...BKN TO OVC CIRRUS THIS AFTN WITH A LIGHT VARIABLE WIND...GENERALLY FAVORING WSW UNTIL SUNSET THEN WNW. CONVECTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DEVELOPING ACRS THE NC MTNS AND NW PIEDMONT THRU THE AFTN INTO EARLY EVENING...GENERALLY ISOLD TO SCATTERED IN COVERAGE. GUIDANCE KEEPS MOST OF THIS ACTIVITY NORTH OF THE TERMINAL...BUT A FEW CELLS MAY GET CLOSE. HAVE VCSH WITH A TEMPO FOR TS FOR THE 21-24Z TIME FRAME. CONVECTION MAY LINGER INTO THE OVERNIGHT...AS A FNTL BNDRY SAGS SOUTH INTO THE AREA. FOR NOW...WILL KEEP OUT MENTION OF CONVECTION FOR NOW. GUIDANCE GENERALLY VFR OVERNIGHT...BUT SOME MODELS ARE HINTING AT SOME STRATUS AND PATCHY FOG ACRS THE NC PIEDMONT TOWARD DAYBREAK. CONFIDENCE STILL LOW...BUT HAVE 6SM BR AND A SCT MVFR CLOUD MENTION. CONVECTIVE CHCS LOOK BETTER SATURDAY...BUT EXPECTING MOST OF THAT ACTIVITY AFTER 18Z. ELSEWHERE...SHOWERS AND TSTMS DEVELOPING NORTH OF KAVL AND KHKY...WITH MORE DEVELOPMENT EXPECTED THRU THE AFTN HOURS. HAVE VCTS AT BOTH SITES. IN THE UPSTATE...CHCS ARE LOWER SUCH THAT NO MENTION OF TS WILL BE CARRIED WITH THESE TAFS. THERE IS ABOUT A 20% CHC...SO NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION A FEW CELLS DEVELOP IN THE UPSTATE. OTHERWISE...VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THRU THIS EVENING WITH WEST WINDS. OVERNIGHT...GUIDANCE SHOWS SIMILAR FOG POTENTIAL TO LAST NIGHT...SO TRENDS WILL BE SIMILAR IN THE TAFS. KAVL WILL LIKELY HAVE SOME FOG OVERNIGHT...AND KHKY HAS THE NEXT BEST CHC BASED ON POTENTIAL FOR RAINFALL THIS AFTN/EVE. FOR SATURDAY...CONVECTIVE CHCS INCREASE AS A COLD FRONT SAGS SOUTH INTO THE AREA. HAVE PROB30 AT ALL SITES FOR END OF 18Z TAF PERIOD. OUTLOOK...A SLOW-MOVING FRONT WILL STALL ACROSS THE AREA THRU THE WEEKEND...BRINGING MORE WIDESPREAD RESTRICTIONS IN CLOUDS/PRECIP EXPECTED AS WEEKEND WEARS ON. AN AMPLIFIED SYSTEM WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE DEEP SOUTH EARLY NEXT WEEK. THIS SYSTEM WILL LIKELY SUPPORT LOW CEILINGS AND RAINFALL ACROSS THE REGION AT LEAST THROUGH MID 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...JAT NEAR TERM...ARK SHORT TERM...JDL LONG TERM...JAT AVIATION...ARK
Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 28, 3:40 PM EDT, 59 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 340 PM EDT FRI SEP 28 2012 GAZ026-028-029-SCZ010>014-019-291945- FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER- GREENWOOD- 340 PM EDT FRI SEP 28 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... NONE. GAZ010-017-018-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065-068>072-082- 501>510-SCZ001>009-291945- RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-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- 340 PM EDT FRI SEP 28 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. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THROUGH THIS EVENING...MAINLY ACROSS WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. A FEW OF THE STRONGER STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A BRIEF PERIOD OF DAMAGING WINDS...AND PERHAPS HAIL AS LARGE AS QUARTERS. OTHERWISE...A BRIEF PERIOD OF TORRENTIAL RAINFALL AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL BE POSSIBLE 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, Sep 28, 3:40 PM EDT, 59 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
340 PM EDT FRI SEP 28 2012
NCZ053-065-505-507-508-510-282015-
BUNCOMBE-EASTERN POLK-GREATER RUTHERFORD-HENDERSON-MCDOWELL
MOUNTAINS-RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-
340 PM EDT FRI SEP 28 2012
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN HENDERSON...
NORTHERN POLK...SOUTHEASTERN BUNCOMBE...SOUTHWESTERN MCDOWELL AND
WESTERN RUTHERFORD COUNTIES THROUGH 415 PM EDT...
AT 340 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR FAIRVIEW...OR 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DOWNTOWN
ASHEVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
BAT CAVE...
CHIMNEY ROCK...
LAKE LURE...
PEA SIZE HAIL...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH...AND TORRENTIAL RAIN ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
LAT...LON 3556 8206 3554 8208 3554 8205 3534 8211
3537 8222 3540 8220 3540 8223 3540 8225
3538 8227 3544 8251 3561 8245
HGSpecial weather statement, Sep 28, 3:49 PM EDT, 50 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 349 PM EDT FRI SEP 28 2012 NCZ056-069-504-282015- CATAWBA-GREATER BURKE-LINCOLN- 349 PM EDT FRI SEP 28 2012 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHWESTERN LINCOLN... SOUTHEASTERN BURKE AND WESTERN CATAWBA COUNTIES THROUGH 415 PM EDT... AT 349 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES NORTH OF PLEASANT GROVE...OR 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MORGANTON...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR... CONNELLY SPRINGS... ICARD... LONGVIEW... PEA SIZE HAIL...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH...AND TORRENTIAL RAIN ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. LAT...LON 3573 8122 3551 8129 3562 8170 3579 8164 HG
Special weather statement, Sep 28, 4:13 PM EDT, 26 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
413 PM EDT FRI SEP 28 2012
NCZ036-037-057-071-072-282045-
CABARRUS-DAVIE-IREDELL-MECKLENBURG-ROWAN-
413 PM EDT FRI SEP 28 2012
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT DAVIE...NORTHERN CABARRUS...
NORTHERN MECKLENBURG...ROWAN AND SOUTHERN IREDELL COUNTIES THROUGH
445 PM EDT...
AT 414 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM ADVANCE TO 3 MILES
WEST OF WOODLEAF TO 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TROUTMAN...MOVING SOUTHEAST
AT 15 MPH.
THESE STORMS WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
CLEVELAND...
MOORESVILLE...
SALISBURY...
PEA SIZE HAIL...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH...AND TORRENTIAL RAIN ARE
EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.
LAT...LON 3545 8033 3532 8096 3535 8096 3536 8092
3538 8098 3545 8094 3562 8093 3571 8100
3583 8072 3603 8042 3596 8037 3589 8036
3588 8041 3586 8038 3584 8039 3582 8047
3574 8045 3573 8034 3568 8033 3558 8021
HGSpecial weather statement, Sep 28, 4:18 PM EDT, 21 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
418 PM EDT FRI SEP 28 2012
NCZ507-508-510-282045-
EASTERN POLK-GREATER RUTHERFORD-RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-
418 PM EDT FRI SEP 28 2012
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN POLK AND RUTHERFORD
COUNTIES THROUGH 445 PM EDT...
AT 418 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM THERMAL CITY TO LAKE
LURE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
THESE STORMS WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
RUTHERFORDTON...
PEA SIZE HAIL...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH...AND TORRENTIAL RAIN ARE
EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.
LAT...LON 3552 8197 3554 8184 3548 8169 3539 8170
3527 8201 3536 8223 3540 8219 3540 8226
3544 8228 3554 8207 3553 8203 3555 8200
HGLocal storm report, Sep 28, 4:31 PM EDT, 8 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
431 PM EDT FRI SEP 28 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0355 PM TSTM WND DMG 3 NNE STATESVILLE 35.83N 80.87W
09/28/2012 IREDELL NC LAW ENFORCEMENT
SHERIFF DISPATCH REPORTED A LARGE TREE LIMB DOWN ON A
VEHICLE ON TURNERSBURG HIGHWAY.
&&
LANESpecial weather statement, Sep 28, 4:32 PM EDT, 7 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
432 PM EDT FRI SEP 28 2012
NCZ056-068-069-282100-
CATAWBA-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-
432 PM EDT FRI SEP 28 2012
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT CATAWBA...LINCOLN AND NORTHERN
CLEVELAND COUNTIES THROUGH 500 PM EDT...
AT 432 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM CONOVER TO 4 MILES
NORTH OF CASAR...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
THESE STORMS WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
NEWTON...
POLKVILLE...
VALE...
PEA SIZE HAIL...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH...AND TORRENTIAL RAIN ARE
EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.
LAT...LON 3569 8098 3562 8093 3555 8096 3553 8094
3551 8096 3545 8094 3541 8096 3542 8145
3541 8146 3541 8167 3543 8170 3558 8169
3556 8165 3557 8154 3567 8144 3575 8117
HGThe office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 28, 2:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Caldwell | 40 min |
| Sep 28, 2:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Burke | 52 min |
| Sep 28, 2:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Alexander, Caldwell, Catawba | 61 min |
| Sep 28, 2:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Iredell | 43 min |
| Sep 28, 3:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | McDowell | 45 min |
| Sep 28, 3:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | McDowell | 23 min |
| Sep 28, 3:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Alexander, Burke, Catawba, Iredell | 49 min |
| Sep 28, 3:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Davie, Iredell | 28 min |
| Sep 28, 3:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Catawba, Davie, Iredell, Rowan | 55 min |
| Sep 28, 3:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | McDowell | 36 min |
| Sep 28, 3:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Henderson | 35 min |
| Sep 28, 3:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Catawba | 26 min |
| Sep 28, 4:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Davie, Rowan | 32 min |
| Sep 28, 4:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Rutherford | 27 min |
| Sep 28, 4:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Catawba, Lincoln | 28 min |
| Sep 28, 4:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Polk | 28 min |
| Sep 28, 4:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Lincoln | 35 min |
| Sep 28, 5:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cleveland, Polk, Rutherford | 27 min |
| Sep 28, 5:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Gaston, Lincoln | 26 min |
| Sep 28, 5:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Polk | 23 min |
| Sep 28, 5:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Gaston, Mecklenburg | 53 min |
| Sep 28, 5:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cleveland | 34 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.