Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 62, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 1, 2012, 6:16 PM EDT for Graham County, Swain County, North Carolina. It was in force for 38 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
- Apr 1, 2012, 6:16 PM EDT (22:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 1, 2012, 6:54 PM EDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Graham County, NC, Swain County, NC
The radar
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:16 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, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 231 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
- 807 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -102 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1020 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 67 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 33 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
053
WUUS52 KGSP 012216
SVRGSP
NCC075-173-012315-
/O.NEW.KGSP.SV.W.0062.120401T2216Z-120401T2315Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
616 PM EDT SUN APR 1 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
GRAHAM COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
SOUTHWESTERN SWAIN COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 715 PM EDT
* AT 611 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 6 MILES
NORTHWEST OF TAPOCO...OR 17 MILES SOUTH OF MARYVILLE...AND MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
TAPOCO.
FONTANA VILLAGE.
SANTEETLAH LAKE.
ROBBINSVILLE.
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 3545 8399 3548 8392 3553 8388 3553 8382
3543 8357 3528 8367 3524 8373 3525 8384
3523 8390 3536 8403 3537 8401 3541 8403
TIME...MOT...LOC 2215Z 314DEG 16KT 3549 8401
$$
ARK2 follow-up statements
576
WWUS52 KGSP 012243
SVSGSP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
643 PM EDT SUN APR 1 2012
NCC173-012253-
/O.CAN.KGSP.SV.W.0062.000000T0000Z-120401T2315Z/
SWAIN NC-
643 PM EDT SUN APR 1 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN SWAIN COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THIS AREA.
LAT...LON 3537 8402 3545 8386 3545 8383 3534 8365
3532 8369 3527 8368 3524 8373 3524 8378
3525 8379 3525 8384 3524 8386
TIME...MOT...LOC 2243Z 314DEG 20KT 3538 8386
$$
NCC075-012315-
/O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0062.000000T0000Z-120401T2315Z/
GRAHAM NC-
643 PM EDT SUN APR 1 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR GRAHAM COUNTY
UNTIL 715 PM EDT...
AT 639 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
SANTEETLAH LAKE...OR 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF ROBBINSVILLE...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
ROBBINSVILLE.
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 3537 8402 3545 8386 3545 8383 3534 8365
3532 8369 3527 8368 3524 8373 3524 8378
3525 8379 3525 8384 3524 8386
TIME...MOT...LOC 2243Z 314DEG 20KT 3538 8386
$$
ARK912
WWUS52 KGSP 012254
SVSGSP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
654 PM EDT SUN APR 1 2012
NCC075-012304-
/O.CAN.KGSP.SV.W.0062.000000T0000Z-120401T2315Z/
GRAHAM NC-
654 PM EDT SUN APR 1 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR GRAHAM COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LEVELS.
LAT...LON 3537 8402 3545 8386 3545 8383 3534 8365
3532 8369 3527 8368 3524 8373 3524 8378
3525 8379 3525 8384 3524 8386
TIME...MOT...LOC 2254Z 314DEG 20KT 3534 8381
$$
ARKWhat 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 Apr 1, 6:02 PM EDT, 14 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 1, 6:02 PM EDT, 14 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 602 PM EDT SUN APR 1 2012 .SYNOPSIS... A STRONGER COLD FRONT WILL SLOWLY CROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS FROM THE NORTHEAST LATE MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT...AND STALL OVER NORTHEAST GEORGIA EARLY TUESDAY. THAT FRONT WILL RETURN NORTH AS A WARM FRONT IN MID WEEK. LOW PRESSURE WILL REACH OUR REGION FROM THE WEST THURSDAY NIGHT. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH MONDAY/... UPDATED GRIDS TO REFLECT LATEST TRENDS IN CONVECTION ACROSS THE CWA FOR THIS EVE. POPS...QPF AND SKY COVER WERE INCREASED ESPECIALLY FOR THIS UPDATE. AT 230 PM EDT SUNDAY...AN UPPER RIDGE AXIS NOW IN THE PLAINS WILL SLOWLY CROSS THE MS RIVER VALLEY TONIGHT AND SUNDAY...WHILE A TROUGH DOWNSTREAM SLOWLY MOVES OFFSHORE. CONVECTION ASSOCIATED WITH A SHORTWAVE MOVING INTO THE TROUGH WILL AFFECT THE NC MOUNTAINS EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...PERHAPS SURVIVING ACROSS THE BLUE RIDGE INTO THE FOOTHILLS. ACTIVITY SHOULD WANE THIS EVENING AS HEATING ABATES AND INSTABILITY DECREASES...AND WINDS GRADUALLY VEER FROM SW TO WSW AND NW. A BACK DOOR COLD FRONT WILL REACH THE INTERSTATE 40 CORRIDOR AFTER MIDNIGHT...AND THE SC BORDER BY DAYBREAK...BRINGING LOW CLOUDS WITH IT. VERY SMALL POPS WILL BE CARRIED WITH THIS BOUNDARY...THEN CONVECTION IS EXPECTED TO FIRE UP IN THE AFTERNOON SOUTH OF THE BOUNDARY IN UNSTABLE AIR. MINIMUM TEMPERATURES WILL BE QUITE WARM WITH A DOWNSLOPE FLOW ND EVENTUALLY CLOUD COVER. MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES WILL BE QUOTE WARM MONDAY AS HEIGHTS RISE WITH THE ADVANCING UPPER RIDGE...BUT WILL BE ADJUSTED DOWN UNDER THE CLOUD COVER IN NC. && .SHORT TERM /MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... AS OF 230 PM SUNDAY...A BACKDOOR SFC COLD FRONT WILL BE DRAPED ACROSS THE HEART OF THE FORECAST AREA MONDAY EVENING. ALOFT...A SHALLOW RIDGE WILL BUILD OVER THE SOUTHEAST MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUE AS THE SFC BOUNDARY CONTINUES TO MEANDER SW TOWARD THE UPPER SAVANNAH RIVER AREA. NW FLOW ON THE E SIDE OF THIS UPPER RIDGE WILL ALLOW ANY CONVECTION DEVELOPING OVER THE LOWER OH VALLEY IN THE ELEVATED MIXED LAYER TO MOVE SE TOWARD THE SRN APPALACHIANS. WILL ADVERTISE HIGHER CHC POPS IN THE MTNS MON NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY...TAPERING DOWN TO SLIGHT CHANCES IN THE ERN PIEDMONT. WENT WITH WITH A SHARPER GRADIENT OF NE TO SW MAX TEMPS ON TUE AFTN GIVEN THE FRONTAL POSITION. THE CONTRAST ACROSS THE SFC FRONT WILL WEAKEN THROUGH TUE NIGHT BEFORE THE BOUNDARY STEADILY LIFTS BACK NE THROUGH WED AS A SFC LOW PASSES THROUGH THE CENTRAL APPALACHIANS. THERE IS CONSIDERABLE UNCERTAINTY IN THE TIMING OF THE TRAILING COLD FRONT MOVING SE TOWARD THE SRN APPALACHIANS BEHIND THE LOW. THE NAM IS FASTEST WITH THE GFS SLOWEST...WHILE THE GEFS/SREF MEANS ARE IN BETWEEN. A BLEND ON TIMING IS FEATURED...WITH SOLID CHANCE POPS FOR CONVECTION MAXIMIZED IN THE MOUNTAINS THROUGH WED AFTN. MAX TEMPS SHOULD WARM 1 TO 2 CATEGORIES OVER TUE AS THE REGION BECOMES MORE SOLIDLY WARM SECTOR AHEAD OF THE APPROACHING FRONT. && .LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY/... AS OF 220 PM SUNDAY...THE MEDIUM RANGE MODELS ARE IN FAIRLY GOOD AGREEMENT. BOTH THE GFS AND ECMWF HAVE THE CUT OFF LOW OVER KANSAS AT 00Z THURSDAY WITH THE FRONT EXTENDING EAST FROM TENNESSEE ACROSS THE CAROLINAS. THE GFS CREATES MORE OF A COOL AIR WEDGE ON THURSDAY WITH DRIER AIR EAST OF INTERSTATE 77 AT 12Z THUR. THERE ARE DIFFERENT SOLUTIONS AS TO HOW THE CUT OFF LOW PROGRESSES TOWARD OUR AREA INTO FRIDAY. HIGHER CAPE VALUES ON THURSDAY FROM THE WESTERN MOUNTAINS TO NE GA TO UPSTATE. SOME HIGHER SHEAR VALUES MAY CONTRIBUTE TO CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT THURSDAY EVENING. ECMWF IS MORE CONSISTENT IN TAKING THE LOW FARTHER SOUTH AND GFS MORE NORTH SUCH AS ACROSS THE VIRGINIAS ON FRIDAY. DRIER AIR SHOULD FILTER IN FROM THE NORTH OVER THE WEEKEND...BUT THE GFS TENDS TO LINGER THE MOISTURE AROUND INTO SATURDAY. THE UPPER RIDGE BETWEEN SYSTEMS WILL DOMINATE ON SUNDAY. CLOUDINESS WILL BE ON THE INCREASE FROM THE WEST SUNDAY NIGHT AS THE NEXT COLD FRONT APPROACHES ACROSS TENNESSEE. && .AVIATION /22Z SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/... AT KCLT AND ELSEWHERE...CONVECTION WILL TAPER OFF THIS EVE WITH COOLING AND CLOUDS WILL DECREASE OVER THE AREA. AFTER MIDNIGHT A BACK DOOR COLD FRONT MOVES IN FROM THE NW...PSBLY BRINGING SOME LOW CLOUDS. LATEST GUIDANCE HAS BACKED OFF ON LOW CIGS MON MRNG SO ADJUSTED TAFS ACCORDINGLY. WINDS SHOULD BE ENOUGH TO KEEP FOG FROM FORMING AROUND DAYBREAK. OUTLOOK...ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH TUE...MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON/EVENING. CHANCES FOR TS WILL INCREASE TOWARD MID-WEEK...AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. 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...DEO NEAR TERM...JAT/RB SHORT TERM...HG LONG TERM...DEO AVIATION...RB
Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 1, 3:18 PM EDT, 2 hours 58 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 318 PM EDT SUN APR 1 2012 NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-021930- AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM- NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON- 318 PM EDT SUN APR 1 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL REACH THE MOUNTAIN OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING FROM THE WEST. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE...PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND WIND DAMAGE. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED AS WELL. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS COULD LINGER THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG AND SOUTH OF A COLD FRONT MONDAY AFTERNOON. THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY LAST WELL INTO MONDAY NIGHT. LARGE HAIL AND STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT FROM THUNDERSTORMS. A FEW LOCATIONS MAY ALSO RECEIVE LOCALLY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL. A SERIES OF COLD FRONTS WILL AFFECT THE REGION TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. PERIODIC THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE PERIOD. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY REACH SEVERE LIMITS...ESPECIALLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...TORNADOES OR FLASH FLOODING TO OUR OFFICE. GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ501>510-SCZ001>007-010>012-019-021930- RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-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-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-GREENWOOD- 318 PM EDT SUN APR 1 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS MAY MOVE OVER THE MOUNTAINS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND DRIFT EASTWARD INTO THE ADJACENT FOOTHILLS THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. A FEW OF THESE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE...PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED WITH ANY THUNDERSTORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG AND SOUTH OF A COLD FRONT MONDAY AFTERNOON. THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY LAST WELL INTO MONDAY NIGHT. LARGE HAIL AND STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT FROM THUNDERSTORMS. A FEW LOCATIONS MAY ALSO RECEIVE LOCALLY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL. A SERIES OF COLD FRONTS WILL AFFECT THE REGION TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. PERIODIC THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE PERIOD. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY REACH SEVERE LIMITS...ESPECIALLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...TORNADOES OR FLASH FLOODING TO OUR OFFICE. NCZ035>037-056-057-068>072-082-SCZ008-009-013-014-021930- ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON- MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC-CHEROKEE-YORK-UNION SC-CHESTER- 318 PM EDT SUN APR 1 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS MAY APPROACH THE PIEDMONT FROM THE WEST THIS EVENING. ANY THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. A SERIES OF COLD FRONTS WILL AFFECT THE REGION TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. PERIODIC THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE PERIOD. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY REACH SEVERE LIMITS...ESPECIALLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... NONE. HG
In the hours before
Local storm report, Apr 1, 5:05 PM EDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
505 PM EDT SUN APR 01 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0450 PM TSTM WND DMG 5 NNW WEAVERVILLE 35.76N 82.59W
04/01/2012 BUNCOMBE NC FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN ALONG INDIAN CAMP ROAD.
&&
HGLocal storm report, Apr 1, 5:33 PM EDT, 43 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
533 PM EDT SUN APR 01 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0520 PM TSTM WND DMG 2 NE BLACK MOUNTAIN 35.63N 82.31W
04/01/2012 BUNCOMBE NC TRAINED SPOTTER
A TREE DOWN IN THE BACKYARD.
&&
JOHSpecial weather statement, Apr 1, 5:46 PM EDT, 30 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
546 PM EDT SUN APR 1 2012
SCZ010-011-012215-
ABBEVILLE-ANDERSON-
546 PM EDT SUN APR 1 2012
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT ABBEVILLE AND SOUTHERN ANDERSON
COUNTIES THROUGH 615 PM EDT...
AT 546 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES NORTH OF LOWNDESVILLE...OR 15 MILES WEST
OF ABBEVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
ABBEVILLE...
PEA SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.
LAT...LON 3406 8246 3407 8248 3406 8254 3421 8274
3425 8274 3437 8263 3415 8225 3406 8235
3405 8242
HGLocal storm report, Apr 1, 5:59 PM EDT, 17 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
559 PM EDT SUN APR 01 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0540 PM TSTM WND DMG 2 SSW MARION 35.66N 82.02W
04/01/2012 MCDOWELL NC 911 CALL CENTER
POWER LINES DOWN ALONG SUGER HILL ROAD.
&&
JOHSpecial weather statement, Apr 1, 5:59 PM EDT, 17 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 559 PM EDT SUN APR 1 2012 NCZ056-068>070-504-508-012245- CATAWBA-CLEVELAND-GASTON-GREATER BURKE-GREATER RUTHERFORD-LINCOLN- 559 PM EDT SUN APR 1 2012 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT CLEVELAND...EASTERN RUTHERFORD... LINCOLN...SOUTHERN BURKE...SOUTHERN CATAWBA AND WESTERN GASTON COUNTIES THROUGH 645 PM EDT... AT 555 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF CASAR TO CHESNEE...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL BE NEAR... POLKVILLE... BOILING SPRINGS NC... LAWNDALE... VALE... EARL... CHERRYVILLE... WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. LAT...LON 3559 8101 3515 8116 3519 8196 3565 8176 ARK
Special weather statement, Apr 1, 6:14 PM EDT, 2 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
614 PM EDT SUN APR 1 2012
SCZ011-019-012245-
ABBEVILLE-GREENWOOD-
614 PM EDT SUN APR 1 2012
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHERN ABBEVILLE AND
SOUTHWESTERN GREENWOOD COUNTIES THROUGH 645 PM EDT...
AT 613 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES WEST OF ABBEVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT
20 MPH.
THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
ABBEVILLE...
PEA SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.
LAT...LON 3399 8232 3406 8234 3406 8244 3415 8260
3430 8249 3413 8210 3398 8222 3401 8226
3397 8230
HGThe office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 9:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Avery | 38 min |
| Apr 1, 3:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Haywood | 37 min |
| Apr 1, 4:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Buncombe, Haywood, Madison, Yancey | 65 min |
| Apr 1, 5:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Buncombe, Burke, Henderson, McDowell, Polk, Rutherford and 1 more | 57 min |
| Apr 1, 5:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cleveland, Gaston, Lincoln | 46 min |
| Apr 1, 6:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Catawba, Gaston, Lincoln, Mecklenburg | 47 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North 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.