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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 7, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 24, 2012, 2:59 PM EST for 9 counties in North Carolina. It was in force for 61 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
- Feb 24, 2012, 2:59 PM EST (19:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 24, 2012, 4:00 PM EST
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Catawba County, NC, Cleveland County, NC, Davie County, NC, Gaston County, NC, Iredell County, NC, Lincoln County, NC, Mecklenburg County, NC, Rowan County, NC, Rutherford County, NC
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 155 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:01 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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 9:17 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 83 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
- 150 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -118 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 742 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 68 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 271 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 345 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
914
WUUS52 KGSP 241959
SVRGSP
NCC035-045-059-071-097-109-119-159-161-242100-
/O.NEW.KGSP.SV.W.0007.120224T1959Z-120224T2100Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
259 PM EST FRI FEB 24 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN CATAWBA COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...
NORTHERN CLEVELAND COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...
SOUTHERN DAVIE COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...
NORTHERN GASTON COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...
SOUTHERN IREDELL COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...
LINCOLN COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...
NORTH CENTRAL MECKLENBURG COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH
CAROLINA...
NORTHWESTERN ROWAN COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...
EAST CENTRAL RUTHERFORD COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 400 PM EST
* AT 257 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE
LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF CATAWBA TO
5 MILES EAST OF BOSTIC...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES
WEST OF STATESVILLE TO 12 MILES EAST OF RUTHERFORDTON...MOVING EAST
AT 50 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
STATESVILLE AND LAWNDALE...
MAIDEN AND FALLSTON...
TROUTMAN...
LINCOLNTON AND CHERRYVILLE...
WOODLEAF AND TERRELL...
COOLEEMEE...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THIS LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE
ALERT FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND
LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN CAN OCCUR WITH ANY THUNDERSTORM. SEEK SHELTER
INDOORS AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS UNTIL THE STORM PASSES.
TO REPORT DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...OR FLOODING...THROUGH OUR
AUTOMATED REPORTING SYSTEM...CALL OUR TOLL FREE NUMBER...
1 8 7 7...6 3 3...6 7 7 2.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EST FRIDAY AFTERNOON
FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA. A TORNADO WATCH
ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EST FRIDAY AFTERNOON FOR
NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND CENTRAL SOUTH
CAROLINA.
&&
LAT...LON 3550 8063 3550 8078 3545 8078 3540 8095
3533 8194 3581 8103 3592 8037 3589 8036
3588 8041 3585 8038 3582 8047 3577 8047
3574 8045 3571 8037
TIME...MOT...LOC 1959Z 266DEG 45KT 3576 8100 3539 8171
$$
ARK2 follow-up statements
711
WWUS52 KGSP 242030
SVSGSP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
330 PM EST FRI FEB 24 2012
NCC161-242040-
/O.CAN.KGSP.SV.W.0007.000000T0000Z-120224T2100Z/
RUTHERFORD NC-
330 PM EST FRI FEB 24 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL RUTHERFORD COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EST FRIDAY AFTERNOON
FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA. A TORNADO WATCH
ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EST FRIDAY AFTERNOON FOR
NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND CENTRAL SOUTH
CAROLINA.
LAT...LON 3588 8041 3585 8038 3580 8047 3574 8045
3571 8037 3550 8064 3550 8078 3545 8078
3540 8097 3536 8160 3589 8056 3592 8037
3589 8036
TIME...MOT...LOC 2030Z 261DEG 46KT 3585 8046 3537 8147
$$
NCC035-045-059-071-097-109-119-159-242100-
/O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0007.000000T0000Z-120224T2100Z/
CATAWBA NC-CLEVELAND NC-DAVIE NC-GASTON NC-IREDELL NC-LINCOLN NC-
MECKLENBURG NC-ROWAN NC-
330 PM EST FRI FEB 24 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EST
FOR NORTHWESTERN ROWAN...NORTH CENTRAL MECKLENBURG...LINCOLN...
SOUTHERN IREDELL...NORTHERN GASTON...SOUTHEASTERN DAVIE...CENTRAL
CLEVELAND AND SOUTHEASTERN CATAWBA COUNTIES...
AT 326 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER
SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS
WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF
COOLEEMEE TO 9 MILES WEST OF CHERRYVILLE...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
FROM 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MOCKSVILLE TO 5 MILES NORTH OF SHELBY...
MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
LINCOLNTON...FORK CHURCH...TERRELL...CLEVELAND...BOGER CITY...
WOODLEAF...CROUSE...DENVER...MOUNT ULLA...LAKE NORMAN...IRON
STATION...HIGH SHOALS...MOORESVILLE...SPENCER...SALISBURY...LANDIS...
ENOCHVILLE...DAVIDSON...CORNELIUS...CHINA GROVE AND LOWESVILLE
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EST FRIDAY AFTERNOON
FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA. A TORNADO WATCH
ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EST FRIDAY AFTERNOON FOR
NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND CENTRAL SOUTH
CAROLINA.
&&
LAT...LON 3588 8041 3585 8038 3580 8047 3574 8045
3571 8037 3550 8064 3550 8078 3545 8078
3540 8097 3536 8160 3589 8056 3592 8037
3589 8036
TIME...MOT...LOC 2030Z 261DEG 46KT 3585 8046 3537 8147
$$
ARK344
WWUS52 KGSP 242054
SVSGSP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
354 PM EST FRI FEB 24 2012
NCC035-045-059-071-097-109-119-159-242103-
/O.EXP.KGSP.SV.W.0007.000000T0000Z-120224T2100Z/
CATAWBA NC-CLEVELAND NC-DAVIE NC-GASTON NC-IREDELL NC-LINCOLN NC-
MECKLENBURG NC-ROWAN NC-
354 PM EST FRI FEB 24 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN ROWAN...NORTH
CENTRAL MECKLENBURG...LINCOLN...SOUTHERN IREDELL...NORTHERN GASTON...
SOUTHEASTERN DAVIE...CENTRAL CLEVELAND AND SOUTHEASTERN CATAWBA
COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 400 PM EST...
A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT SOUTHERN
IREDELL AND EASTERN ROWAN COUNTIES. GUSTS MAY BE UP TO 40 TO 50 MPH
AND SMALL HAIL IS POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EST FRIDAY AFTERNOON
FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA. A TORNADO WATCH
ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EST FRIDAY AFTERNOON FOR
NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND CENTRAL SOUTH
CAROLINA.
LAT...LON 3588 8041 3585 8038 3580 8047 3574 8045
3571 8037 3550 8064 3550 8078 3545 8078
3540 8097 3536 8160 3589 8056 3592 8037
3589 8036
TIME...MOT...LOC 2053Z 261DEG 46KT 3589 8010 3542 8111
$$
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 Feb 24, 2:42 PM EST, 17 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 24, 2:42 PM EST, 17 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
242 PM EST FRI FEB 24 2012
.SYNOPSIS...
A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE OFFSHORE THIS EVENING. DRY CONTINENTAL
HIGH PRESSURE WILL THEN BUILD OVER THE REGION THIS WEEKEND AND
LINGER THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. A MOIST SOUTHERN STREAM DISTURBANCE
FOLLOWED BY ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE AREA BY MID WEEK.
&&
.NEAR TERM /THROUGH SATURDAY/...
AS OF 200 PM...SFC OBSERVATIONS INDICATE THAT THE COLD FRONT HAS
MOVED JUST EAST OF THE MOUNTAINS. WILL CONTINUE TO CLEAR FOOTHILL
COUNTIES FROM THE TOR WATCH AS THE FRONTAL ZONE CONVECTION MOVES
EAST. LAPS SFC BASED CAPE VALUES STILL SHOW POCKETS OF 1000 TO 1500
J/KG OVER THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT. HODOGRAPHS ARE UNIDIRECTIONAL
WITH THE WIND SHEAR...BUT QUITE LONG. THE ERN PIEDMONT WILL THUS
LIKELY SEE THE BEST LINGERING CHANCE OF SEVERE WEATHER THROUGH MID
TO LATE AFTN. IN ADDITION TO THE SEVERE THREAT...STILL ANTICIPATE
WESTERLY WIND GUSTS TO INCREASE SHARPLY WITH FROPA AS MIXING SPIKES
AND A BELT OF 40 TO 45 KT WINDS TOP THE MIXED LAYER 20Z TO 01Z THIS
EVENING. WILL KEEP THE WIND ADVISORY IN PLACE. ADDITIONAL MTN WIND
PRODUCTS MAY BE NEEDED FOR THE OVERNIGHT...BUT THIS CAN BE FINE
TUNED THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS.
OTHERWISE...THE AMPLIFYING UPPER TROUGH UPSTREAM WILL EVOLVE INTO A
BROAD ERN CONUS TROUGH TONIGHT INTO SAT. LOW LEVEL FLOW TURNING NW
THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT WILL ALLOW UPSLOPE MOISTURE TO SURGE BACK
INTO THE SRN APPALACHIANS. THE MODELS ARE VERY STINGY WITH ANY QPF
IN THIS NW FLOW...BUT UPSTREAM FROUDE NUMBERS CONFIGURED FOR NW FLOW
SPIKE LATE THIS AFTN THROUGH THIS EVENING...INDICATIVE OF
ACCUMULATING NW FLOW SNOW OVERNIGHT. HAVE UPPED ACCUMS TO AROUND AN
INCH FOR THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS...BUT WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED TO SEE
ACCUMS APPROACH ADVISORY ALONG THE HIGHER RIDGES. WILL JUST MENTION
IN THE HWO FOR NOW.
EXPECT NW FLOW AND STEADY DRYING THROUGH SAT AS HIGH PRES BUILDS IN
AT THE SFC. DEEP MIXING WILL ONCE AGAIN ALLOW GUSTY CONDITIONS TO
DEVELOP AND PERSIST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. LAKE WIND ADVISORIES
COULD BE NEEDED AT SOME POINT. MAX TEMPS WILL FALL BACK BELOW
NORMAL...LOSING SOME 20 DEGREES OVER HIGH TEMPS OF THE PAST TWO DAYS.
&&
.SHORT TERM /SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY/...
AT 2 PM EST FRIDAY...AN UPPER TROUGH AXIS WILL PROGRESS OFF THE EAST
COAST ON SATURDAY NIGHT. HIGH PRESSURE WILL SETTLE OVER THE SOUTHERN
APPALACHIANS...RESULTING IN NEARLY CLEAR SKIES AND CALM WINDS. AN
UPPER RIDGE WILL MOVE OVER THE EAST ON SUNDAY. A SOUTHERN STREAM
SHORTWAVE WILL MOVE THROUGH THE BASE OF THE UPPER RIDGE SATURDAY
NIGHT...ACROSS THE GULF STATES...REACHING SC ON SUNDAY. ISENTROPIC
UPGLIDE AHEAD OF THIS FEATURE WILL SPREAD LOW CLOUDS NORTH INTO OUR
AREA LATE SUNDAY. THE NAM IS MORE AGGRESSIVE WITH THIS CLOUD
COVER...AND CONSIDERING THE MORE SOUTHERLY MOISTURE OF THE
GFS...POPS WILL NOT BE CARRIED WITH THIS LOW LEVEL LIFT. THE GFS
INCREASES ITS UPGLIDE INTO SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY OVER GA AND SC.
MEANWHILE...A BACK DOOR COLD FRONT WILL DROP SOUTH THROUGH VA.
TEMPERATURES WILL RISE FROM SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL ON SUNDAY TO
SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL BY MONDAY.
&&
.LONG TERM /MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY/...
AT 2 PM EST FRIDAY...A MEAN UPPER RIDGE WILL BE OVER THE SOUTHEAST
NEXT WEEK...WITH A MEAN TROUGH OVER THE SOUTHWEST. A CLOSED UPPER
LOW WILL EMERGE FORM THE WESTERN TROUGH ON TUESDAY...MOVING INTO THE
GREAT LAKES ON WEDNESDAY...EASTERN CANADA ON THURSDAY...AND FINALLY
INTO THE ATLANTIC ON FRIDAY. OUR AREA GENERALLY REMAINS IN SW FLOW
ALOFT...THAT BECOME BRIEFLY ZONAL AS THE UPPER LOW PASSES BY TO THE
NORTH.
A BACK DOOR COLD FRONT WILL BECOME STATIONARY OVER OUR AREA ON
TUESDAY...THEN WILL LIFT NORTH OF OUR AREA ON WEDNESDAY AHEAD OF AN
APPROACHING COLD FRONT. ISENTROPIC UPGLIDE OVER THE BACK DOOR FRONT
WILL PRODUCE CLOUDS AND PRECIPITATION. ONCE THIS FRONT LIFT
NORTH...A MOIST AND UNSTABLE WARM SECTOR AIR MASS WILL MOVE
IN...SUPPORTING CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT. THE COLD FRONT CROSSES THE
AREA LATE WEDNESDAY...MOVING OFF THE COAST ON THURSDAY...THEN
BECOMING STATIONARY TO OUR SOUTH ON FRIDAY. ALTHOUGH DRYING WILL
FOLLOW THE COLD FRONT ON THURSDAY...ISENTROPIC UPGLIDE SETS UP OVER
THIS BOUNDARY ON FRIDAY....BRINGING CLOUDS BACK FROM THE SOUTH.
CONFIDENCE DECLINE BY FRIDAY AS MODEL SOLUTION DIVERGE...BUT A
SLIGHT CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION WILL BE CARRIED WITH A LIGHT
ACCUMULATIONS. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO BE ABOVE NORMAL UNDER
THE INFLUENCE OF THE UPPER RIDGE.
&&
.AVIATION /20Z FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
AT KCLT...TEMPO WINDOW OF TSRA FROM 19Z TO 21Z STILL APPEARS ON
SCHEDULE AS THE PRE FRONTAL CONVECTION APPROACHES FROM THE W. SW
WIND GUSTS HAVE INCREASED AND WILL START TO TURN WESTERLY WITH THE
FRONTAL CONVECTION...THEN BECOME NW THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. THE
PEAK PERIOD FOR POST FRONTAL GUSTS WILL LIKELY BE 21Z TO 00Z THIS
EVENING. IF GUSTS OF 35 TO 40 KT OR BETTER DEVELOP AS A WESTERLY
CROSS WIND AS EXPECTED...THIS WILL HAVE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON
AVIATION OPERATIONS. EXPECT MAINLY MVFR CIGS AHEAD OF THE FRONT THIS
AFTN...WITH CIGS THEN LIFTING AND SCATTERING THROUGH THE
EVENING...WITH JUST HIGH CLOUDS FOR THE OVERNIGHT HOURS THROUGH SAT
MORNING. GUSTS WILL DIMINISH OVERNIGHT...BUT WITH LOW END GUSTS
RETURNING WITH MIXING LATER SAT MORNING.
ELSEWHERE...THE TSTM THREAT HAS MOVED JUST E OF ALL FOOTHILL SITES
BY HKY THIS AFTERNOON. WILL HANDLE LINGERING MOISTURE ALONG FRONT
WITH MAINLY VCSH AND MVFR CIGS THROUGH LATE AFTN...THEN ALLOW ANY
CIGS TO RECOVER TO VFR THROUGH EARLY EVENING. SW WIND GUSTS WILL
INCREASE AND TURN WESTERLY THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON. PEAK GUSTS OF 35+
KT REMAIN POSSIBLE WITH THE ONSET OF COLD ADVECTION AND PEAK MIXING
VERY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. NW FLOW MOISTURE MAY CONTINUE TO PRODUCE
SOME VFR CIGS AT KAVL IN THE FRENCH BROAD VALLEY OVERNIGHT...BUT
LITTLE IN THE WAY OF ANY HIGH MTN SNOW SHOULD REACH THE AIRFIELD.
WILL KEEP KAVL GUSTS GOING THROUGH THE PERIOD...WHILE ALLOWING A
LULL OVERNIGHT IN THE FOOTHILLS...BUT WITH LOW END GUSTS RETURNING
WITH MIXING LATER SAT MORNING.
OUTLOOK...DRIER HIGH PRES WILL BUILDING INTO THE AREA SAT THROUGH
SUNDAY...WITH GUSTY WINDS LINGERING THROUGH SAT AFTN. LOW LEVEL
MOISTURE WILL SLOWLY RETURN ON MONDAY...BUT WITH AN INCREASING
CHANCE OF RESTRICTIONS TUE INTO WED AHEAD OF THE NEXT COLD FRONT.
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
&&
.FIRE WEATHER...
LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND GUSTY WINDS WILL MEET RED FLAG CRITERIA
ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA ON SATURDAY. PER COORDINATION WITH LAND
MANAGEMENT...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH WILL BE ISSUED FOR ALL OF THE
WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NE GA.
&&
.GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...FIRE WEATHER WATCH FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY
EVENING FOR GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029.
WIND ADVISORY UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT FOR GAZ010-017-018-
026-028-029.
NC...FIRE WEATHER WATCH FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY
EVENING FOR NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065-
068>072-082-303-501>510.
WIND ADVISORY UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT FOR NCZ033-035>037-
048>053-056>059-062>065-068>072-082-501>510.
SC...FIRE WEATHER WATCH FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY
EVENING FOR SCZ001>014-019.
WIND ADVISORY UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT FOR SCZ001>014-019.
&&
SYNOPSIS...JPT
NEAR TERM...HG
SHORT TERM...JAT
LONG TERM...JAT
AVIATION...HG
FIRE WEATHER...JATHazardous weather outlook, Feb 24, 2:52 PM EST, 7 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 252 PM EST FRI FEB 24 2012 GAZ010-017-018-026-SCZ001-002-004-005-252000- RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS- GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS- 252 PM EST FRI FEB 24 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WIND ADVISORY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FIRE WEATHER WATCH. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... NONE. GAZ028-029-SCZ003-006>014-019-252000- HART-ELBERT-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG- CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- 252 PM EST FRI FEB 24 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... ...TORNADO WATCH 36 IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. TORNADO WATCH. WIND ADVISORY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FIRE WEATHER WATCH. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...TORNADOES OR FLASH FLOODING TO OUR OFFICE. NCZ053-059-062>065-252000- BUNCOMBE-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA- HENDERSON- 252 PM EST FRI FEB 24 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... ...FIRE DANGER STATEMENT IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EST THIS EVENING... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FIRE DANGER STATEMENT. WIND ADVISORY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FIRE WEATHER WATCH. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... NONE. NCZ035>037-056-057-068>072-082-501>510-252000- 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- 252 PM EST FRI FEB 24 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... ...TORNADO WATCH 36 IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... ...FIRE DANGER STATEMENT IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EST THIS EVENING... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA AND WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. TORNADO WATCH. FIRE DANGER STATEMENT. WIND ADVISORY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FIRE WEATHER WATCH. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...TORNADOES OR FLASH FLOODING TO OUR OFFICE. NCZ033-048>052-058-252000- AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-GRAHAM- 252 PM EST FRI FEB 24 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... ...FIRE DANGER STATEMENT IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EST THIS EVENING... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FIRE DANGER STATEMENT. WIND ADVISORY. SNOW SHOWERS WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT ALONG THE TENNESSEE BORDER. UP TO ONE INCH OF SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE AT THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FIRE WEATHER WATCH. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... NONE. 07
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Feb 24, 12:47 PM EST, 2 hours 12 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1247 PM EST FRI FEB 24 2012
NCZ035>037-056-057-068-069-502-504-506-508-241830-
ALEXANDER-CATAWBA-CLEVELAND-DAVIE-EASTERN MCDOWELL-GREATER
BURKE-GREATER CALDWELL-GREATER RUTHERFORD-IREDELL-LINCOLN-ROWAN-
1247 PM EST FRI FEB 24 2012
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT CATAWBA...DAVIE...IREDELL...
NORTHEASTERN RUTHERFORD...NORTHERN LINCOLN...NORTHWESTERN
CLEVELAND...ROWAN...SOUTHEASTERN CALDWELL...SOUTHEASTERN
MCDOWELL...SOUTHERN ALEXANDER AND SOUTHERN BURKE COUNTIES THROUGH
130 PM EST...
AT 1243 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN THE VICINITY OF MORGANTON...MOVING EAST
AT 50 MPH.
THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
RUTHERFORD COLLEGE...
GRANITE FALLS...
BETHLEHEM...
CONOVER...
TAYLORSVILLE...
STONY POINT...
SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.
LAT...LON 3543 8206 3580 8173 3606 8058 3605 8049
3607 8046 3602 8041 3584 8039 3584 8041
3582 8046 3579 8047 3577 8045 3574 8045
3572 8038 3554 8036
LGSpecial weather statement, Feb 24, 12:59 PM EST, 2 hours before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1259 PM EST FRI FEB 24 2012
NCZ508-510-SCZ002-003-005>008-010-013-241845-
ANDERSON-CHEROKEE-EASTERN POLK-GREATER GREENVILLE-GREATER
PICKENS-GREATER RUTHERFORD-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS
MOUNTAINS-SPARTANBURG-UNION-
1259 PM EST FRI FEB 24 2012
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT GREENVILLE...NORTHERN
ANDERSON...NORTHWESTERN UNION...PICKENS...SOUTHEASTERN POLK...
SOUTHERN RUTHERFORD...SPARTANBURG AND WESTERN CHEROKEE COUNTIES
THROUGH 145 PM EST...
AT 1256 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR NEAR CLEMSON...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.
THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
NORRIS...
EASLEY...
POWDERSVILLE...
WHITE HORSE ROAD AT I-85...
SHOPS AT GREENRIDGE...
FIVE FORKS...
SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.
LAT...LON 3451 8279 3465 8283 3471 8287 3473 8286
3478 8289 3479 8288 3482 8290 3494 8290
3496 8292 3531 8185 3483 8166 3472 8207
3478 8215 3468 8219
LGSpecial weather statement, Feb 24, 1:35 PM EST, 1 hour 24 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
135 PM EST FRI FEB 24 2012
NCZ035>037-056-057-068>072-502-504-508-241915-
ALEXANDER-CABARRUS-CATAWBA-CLEVELAND-DAVIE-GASTON-GREATER
BURKE-GREATER CALDWELL-GREATER
RUTHERFORD-IREDELL-LINCOLN-MECKLENBURG-ROWAN-
135 PM EST FRI FEB 24 2012
...THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT CATAWBA...CLEVELAND...DAVIE...EASTERN
RUTHERFORD...IREDELL...LINCOLN...NORTHERN CABARRUS...NORTHERN
GASTON...NORTHERN MECKLENBURG...ROWAN...SOUTHEASTERN
CALDWELL...SOUTHERN ALEXANDER AND SOUTHERN BURKE COUNTIES THROUGH
215 PM EST...
AT 128 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN
AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS SOUTHEAST OF MORGANTON INTO CATAWBA
COUNTY MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
THE STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
VALE...
HICKORY...
NEWTON...
CLAREMONT...
STONY POINT...
TROUTMAN...
SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.
LAT...LON 3520 8179 3573 8186 3606 8060 3606 8045
3589 8037 3588 8041 3586 8038 3584 8039
3582 8047 3574 8045 3573 8034 3571 8032
3568 8033 3561 8023 3553 8019
LGSpecial weather statement, Feb 24, 2:09 PM EST, 50 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
209 PM EST FRI FEB 24 2012
NCZ068-070-SCZ007>009-013-242000-
CHEROKEE-CLEVELAND-GASTON-SPARTANBURG-UNION-YORK-
209 PM EST FRI FEB 24 2012
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL SPARTANBURG...
CHEROKEE...NORTHERN UNION...SOUTHEASTERN CLEVELAND...SOUTHWESTERN
GASTON AND WESTERN YORK COUNTIES THROUGH 300 PM EST...
AT 208 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR REIDVILLE...OR 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
SPARTANBURG...MOVING EAST AT 70 MPH.
THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
ROEBUCK...
PACOLET...
THICKETTY...
HICKORY GROVE...
YORK...
DIME SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH
THIS STORM.
LAT...LON 3474 8209 3474 8210 3475 8211 3475 8212
3477 8213 3478 8215 3492 8221 3528 8131
3489 8115 3474 8208
LGSpecial weather statement, Feb 24, 2:20 PM EST, 39 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
220 PM EST FRI FEB 24 2012
NCZ035-036-056-068-069-502-504>508-510-242000-
ALEXANDER-CATAWBA-CLEVELAND-EASTERN MCDOWELL-EASTERN POLK-GREATER
BURKE-GREATER CALDWELL-GREATER RUTHERFORD-IREDELL-LINCOLN-MCDOWELL
MOUNTAINS-RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-
220 PM EST FRI FEB 24 2012
..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT ALEXANDER...BURKE...
CATAWBA...CENTRAL POLK...NORTHWESTERN CLEVELAND...NORTHWESTERN
LINCOLN...RUTHERFORD...SOUTHEASTERN CALDWELL...SOUTHEASTERN MCDOWELL
AND WESTERN IREDELL COUNTIES THROUGH 300 PM EST...
AT 212 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN
AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR LAKE ADGER EXTENDING
NORTHEAST TO AROUND HICKORY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40
MPH.
THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
LAKE LURE...
RUTHERFORDTON...
THERMAL CITY...
BOSTIC...
DYSARTSVILLE...
CASAR...
DIME SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH
THIS STORM.
LAT...LON 3569 8088 3523 8219 3535 8224 3540 8219
3540 8226 3544 8228 3547 8224 3551 8223
3603 8134 3600 8132 3604 8121 3604 8111
LGLocal storm report, Feb 24, 2:39 PM EST, 20 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
239 PM EST FRI FEB 24 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0229 PM HAIL 3 NE HICKORY 35.77N 81.29W
02/24/2012 E0.75 INCH CATAWBA NC TRAINED SPOTTER
DIME-SIZED HAIL.
0231 PM HAIL 4 NE HICKORY 35.78N 81.28W
02/24/2012 E1.00 INCH CATAWBA NC BROADCAST MEDIA
NEAR INTERSECTION OF SNOW CREEK ROAD AND SPRINGS ROAD.
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ARKThe office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 12:47 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Alexander, Burke, Catawba, Davie, Iredell, Lincoln and 1 more | 43 min |
| Feb 24, 1:35 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Burke, Catawba, Cleveland, Davie, Iredell, Lincoln and 1 more | 40 min |
| Feb 24, 2:20 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Alexander, Burke, Catawba, Polk, Rutherford | 40 min |
| Feb 24, 2:27 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Alexander, Catawba | 28 min |
| Feb 24, 2:38 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Davie, Iredell | 52 min |
| Feb 24, 2:41 PM EST | Fire Weather Watch | GSP | Alexander, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell and 22 more | 15 hr |
| Feb 24, 3:43 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cabarrus, Gaston, Mecklenburg | 62 min |
| Feb 24, 3:57 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Rowan | 48 min |
| Feb 24, 4:45 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cabarrus, Mecklenburg | 45 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.