Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 83, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 5, 2012, 1:47 PM EDT for Buncombe County, North Carolina. It was in force for 58 min. 3 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
- Apr 5, 2012, 1:47 PM EDT (17:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 5, 2012, 2:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Buncombe County, NC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:49 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 5, 1:56 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | 4 Nw Swannanoa, NC | PEA TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED E OF ASHEVILLE NC |
| Apr 5, 2:45 PM EDT | HAIL 0.5 | Asheville, NC | |
| Apr 5, 2:55 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | Asheville, NC | DIME TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL COVERING GROUND REPORTED BY PUBLIC. |
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 9 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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 5, 1:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 233 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1169 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 127 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 192 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
792
WUUS52 KGSP 051747
SVRGSP
NCC021-051845-
/O.NEW.KGSP.SV.W.0083.120405T1747Z-120405T1845Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
147 PM EDT THU APR 5 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
BUNCOMBE COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 245 PM EDT
* AT 145 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
SWANNANOA...OR 6 MILES EAST OF DOWNTOWN ASHEVILLE...AND MOVING EAST
AT 10 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
SWANNANOA.
BLACK MOUNTAIN.
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 3571 8228 3569 8230 3563 8227 3559 8229
3556 8225 3548 8224 3548 8229 3550 8233
3547 8237 3545 8266 3546 8267 3544 8275
3565 8278 3577 8234
TIME...MOT...LOC 1747Z 260DEG 8KT 3561 8244
$$
NED3 follow-up statements
768
WWUS52 KGSP 051759
SVSGSP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
159 PM EDT THU APR 5 2012
NCC021-051845-
/O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0083.000000T0000Z-120405T1845Z/
BUNCOMBE NC-
159 PM EDT THU APR 5 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR BUNCOMBE
COUNTY UNTIL 245 PM EDT...
AT 157 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH A HISTORY OF PRODUCING
QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SWANNANOA...OR 9
MILES EAST OF DOWNTOWN ASHEVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
BLACK MOUNTAIN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPORT DAMAGING WINDS...HAIL...OR FLOODING THROUGH OUR AUTOMATED
REPORTING SYSTEM...CALL TOLL FREE...1 8 7 7...6 3 3...6 7 7 2.
&&
LAT...LON 3571 8228 3569 8230 3563 8227 3559 8229
3556 8225 3548 8224 3548 8229 3550 8233
3547 8237 3545 8266 3546 8267 3544 8275
3565 8278 3577 8234
TIME...MOT...LOC 1759Z 260DEG 8KT 3562 8239
$$
NED122
WWUS52 KGSP 051821
SVSGSP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
221 PM EDT THU APR 5 2012
NCC021-051845-
/O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0083.000000T0000Z-120405T1845Z/
BUNCOMBE NC-
221 PM EDT THU APR 5 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR BUNCOMBE
COUNTY UNTIL 245 PM EDT...
AT 217 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
AVERY CREEK...OR 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DOWNTOWN ASHEVILLE...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
I-26 AT I-40.
BILTMORE FOREST.
ASHEVILLE MALL...DOWNTOWN ASHEVILLE AND UNC ASHEVILLE.
FAIRVIEW AND SWANNANOA.
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 3571 8228 3569 8230 3563 8227 3559 8229
3556 8225 3548 8224 3548 8229 3550 8233
3547 8237 3545 8266 3546 8267 3544 8275
3567 8270 3577 8234
TIME...MOT...LOC 1821Z 242DEG 19KT 3550 8263
$$
NED698
WWUS52 KGSP 051845
SVSGSP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
245 PM EDT THU APR 5 2012
NCC021-051856-
/O.EXP.KGSP.SV.W.0083.000000T0000Z-120405T1845Z/
BUNCOMBE NC-
245 PM EDT THU APR 5 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR BUNCOMBE COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LEVELS.
LAT...LON 3571 8228 3569 8230 3563 8227 3559 8229
3556 8225 3548 8224 3548 8229 3550 8233
3547 8237 3545 8266 3546 8267 3544 8275
3567 8270 3577 8234
TIME...MOT...LOC 1821Z 242DEG 19KT 3550 8263
$$
NEDWhat 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 5, 10:46 AM EDT, 3 hours 1 minute earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 5, 10:46 AM EDT, 3 hours 1 minute before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1046 AM EDT THU APR 5 2012 .SYNOPSIS... LOW PRESSURE WILL APPROACH FROM THE WEST TODAY ENHANCING SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY INTO THE EVENING. THE UPPER LOW WILL MERGE WITH THE DEPARTING TROUGH AS IT MOVES OFF THE EAST COAST ON FRIDAY. COOL AND DRY HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD OVER OUR REGION INTO SATURDAY AND THEN WEAKEN. AN UPPER TROUGH IS FORECAST TO SET UP OVER THE EAST NEXT WEEK WHICH COULD LEAD TO COOLER THAN NORMAL TEMPERATURES. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/... AS OF 1045 AM...AREA OF SHRA ALONG THE I-40 CORRIDOR IS MOVING EAST WITH WEAK SHORT WAVE. THIS ACTIVITY SHUD END/MOVE EAST BEFORE NOON. OTHERWISE...GOING FCST IN PRETTY GOOD SHAPE. COLD FRONT IS DRAPED ACROSS THE CWFA. HOWEVER...THE VERY DRY DEW POINTS HAVE NOT MADE IT INTO THE CWFA. THIS COULD BE AN AFFECT OF THE SHRA. STILL EXPECT LOWER DEW POINTS AND INSTABILITY ACROSS THE NORTH...BUT THE SLOWER ONSET OF VERY DRY AIR COULD KEEP THINGS UNSTABLE FARTHER NORTH. SVR CHANCES CLOSER TO THE FRONT ARE LOOKING EVEN BETTER THAN PREVIOUSLY GIVEN THE VERY DRY MID LEVEL AIR SEEN ON THE 12Z KFFC RAOB. DCAPE VALUES ARE CURRENTLY AS HIGH AS 1100 J/KG ACROSS THE UPSTATE/NE GA. THIS COMBINED WITH A VERY LOW WET BULB ZERO SHUD ENHANCE THE CHANCE OF DAMAGING DOWNBURSTS AND LARGE HAIL. AT LEAST MODERATE INSTABILITY IS EXPECTED WITH CURRENT CAPE VALUES OF 1000 J/KG ACROSS THE SAME AREA. GUIDANCE STILL SHOWING GOOD UPPER DIVERGENCE WITH APPROACHING JET MAX AHEAD OF THE H5 LOW. GOOD LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE LOOKS ON TRACK WITH THE SFC FRONT IN PLACE. INCREASED HIGHS SLIGHTLY OVER THE UPSTATE GIVEN CURRENT TEMPS. WINDS ADJUSTED TO CURRENT GUIDANCE WHICH IS MORE IN LINE WITH ACTUAL FRONTAL PLACEMENT. AS OF 555 AM EDT...SKIES HAVE LARGELY CLEARED BEHIND A SHORT WAVE THAT/S MOVED INTO THE WESTERN PART OF THE FA. AHEAD OF THE WAVE THERE IS A MID LEVEL OVERCAST AND SOME HIGH BASED SHRA. THE GRIDS HAVE BEEN UPDATED TO REFLECT THESE TRENDS. THE CLEARING SKIES WILL ALLOW FOR A RAPID WARMUP THIS MORNING AND MAY SIGNAL AN EARLY START FOR THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE MOUNTAINS. PREVIOUS DISCUSSION... AN UPPER LOW CURRENTLY CENTERED OVER TULSA OK WILL MOVE QUICKLY EAST SOUTHEASTWARD TODAY AND TONIGHT. BY 12 UTC FRI THE LOW SHOULD BE LOCATED NEAR SAVANNAH. A BACK DOOR COLD FRONT WILL SLOWLY MOVE SOUTH ACROSS THE FA THIS MORNING. THE NAM AND MOST OTHER MODELS STALL THE FRONT FOR A WHILE OVER THE WRN UPSTATE AND THE CENTRAL NC MTNS...WHILE THE GFS IS A LITTLE MORE PROGRESSIVE. THE SREF ALSO STALLS THE FRONT OVER THE FA...AND THE NAM IS THE PREFERRED SOLUTION FOR THE FIRST TWO PERIODS OF THE FORECAST. THERE WILL BE GOOD LLVL CONVERGENCE AND MOISTURE POOLING...WITH DEWPOINTS LIKELY TO BE IN THE L60S ALONG THE SFC FRONT. AT THE SAME TIME...THE NAM SPREADS STRONG Q-VECTOR CONVERGENCE ACROSS THE FA DURING THE AFTN HOURS. AS LAPSE RATES STEEPEN AHEAD OF THE UPPER LOW...VIGOROUS CONVECTION SHOULD DEVELOP NEAR THE BOUNDARY. THERE IS NOT MUCH LOW CLOUD COVER BEHIND THE FRONT YET...AND THE REGION WILL BE UNDER WEAK NVA MOST OF THE MORNING WHICH WILL MEAN LIMITED CLOUD COVER. THIS SHOULD ALSO HELP THE AIRMASS DESTABILIZE...ADDING IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF CONVECTION. THERE EVEN LOOKS TO BE A MODEST AMOUNT OF MID LEVEL DRYING...PARTICULARLY EARLY IN THE EVENT...AND SOME OF THE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE. THE DEEP LAYER SHEAR WILL BE RESPECTABLE...THOUGH THE LLVL WINDS WILL BE RATHER WEAK. THIS IS LIKELY TO SUPPORT SOME PERSISTENT MULTI-CELL SEVERE STORMS. THE NAM HAS A COUPLE INCHES OF RAIN ALONG THE BNDRY THIS AFTN AND EVENING. THE NEW ECMWF/S AREA OF HEAVIER RAIN IS SITUATED IN ALMOST THE SAME AREA...BUT IS MUCH LIGHTER. SO ARE THE SREF AND CANADIAN. OF COURSE AN AREA OF SLOW MOVING...TRAINING THUNDERSTORMS COULD VERY WELL PRODUCED SEVERAL INCHES OF LOCALIZED RAINFALL. HPC ONLY HAS AROUND AN INCH OF QPF...ALSO ACROSS THE NC MTNS AND MUCH OF THE UPSTATE. THIS ISN/T ENOUGH FOR ME TO HOIST A FLASH FLOOD WATCH YET. HOWEVER...A SHORT FUSED WATCH ISN/T OUT OF THE QUESTION DEPENDING HOW STORMS DEVELOP THIS AFTN. MOST OF THE NC FOOTHILLS...PIEDMONT AND THE NRN MTNS SHOULD MISS OUT ON THE ACTION TODAY AS THESE AREAS WILL BE IN THE STABLE AIR NORTH OF THE BNDRY. HOWEVER...BY THIS EVENING...MOST OF THE FA SHOULD SEE A PERIOD OF PERSISTENT RAIN OR SHRA AS THE DIV-Q BULLSEYE ROLLS THROUGH...INITIATING SFC LOW CYCLOGENESIS ALONG THE SE GA COAST. LOWS FORMING IN THIS AREA TYPICALLY BRING RAIN TO A GOOD BIT OF THE FA. SOME MODELS HAVE A SECONDARY AREA OF HEAVIER RAIN /0.5 - 1.00 INCH/ ACROSS THE NC PIEDMONT AND NE UPSTATE OVERNIGHT...WHICH IS WHAT I/VE FAVORED IN THE GRIDS. LATE TONIGHT PCPN SHOULD TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST AS A DIGGING NRN STREAM TROUGH PUSHES THE SRN STREAM LOW OUT TO SEA. && .SHORT TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT/... AS OF 230 AM EDT THURSDAY...THE START OF THE SHORT TERM IS 12Z FRIDAY AT A POINT WHEN THE AXIS OF THE SHORTWAVE WILL BE PASSING THROUGH OUR MOST EASTERN PIEDMONT COUNTIES...NEAR AND EAST OF CLT. THIS IS DEPICTED ON ALL OPERATIONAL MODELS. SHOWER ACTIVITY WILL BE DECREASING DURING THE DAY AND BE ENDING BY EARLY AFTERNOON IN THE MOUNTAINS AND OVER ALL PIEDMONT LOCATIONS BY LATE AFTERNOON. WE MAY GET SOME BREAKS IN THE CLOUD COVER LATE IN THE DAY WHICH COULD LEAD TO SLIGHTLY WARMER TEMPERATURES THAN PREVIOUSLY FORECAST. STILL GOING FOR HIGHS SEVERAL DEGREES BELOW NORMAL FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR. DRY AND COOL HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED NEAR THE GREAT LAKES AT 00Z SATURDAY WILL BRING US THE COOLEST TEMPERATURES WE HAVE HAD IN A WHILE. GOING FOR LOWS EARLY SATURDAY IN THE 30S ACROSS MUCH OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA WITH LOWER 30S IN SOME OF THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS. A LOW AMPLITUDE RIDGE BUILDS OVER THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT. RH VALUES SATURDAY AFTERNOON AROUND 30 PERCENT. HIGHS SATURDAY NEAR NORMAL. LOWS SATURDAY NIGHT A FEW DEGREES MILDER THAN FRIDAY NIGHT. && .LONG TERM /SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... AS OF 130 AM THURSDAY...ON SUNDAY THE WEAK UPPER RIDGE WILL BE BREAKING DOWN. WITH PLENTY OF SUNSHINE AND THICKNESS VALUES ON THE WARM SIDE...EXPECT HIGHS IN THE 70S ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA. STARTING THE WEEK...EXPECT AN UPPER TROUGH TO DEVELOP OVER THE EAST. BOTH THE GFS AND ECMWF HAVE A CLOSED OFF LOW OVER THE GREAT LAKES AT 12Z MONDAY AS IT SLIDES EAST OR SOUTHEAST. THE ECMWF HAS A DEEPER TROUGH AS WE PROGRESS INTO THE MID WEEK. LOOKS LIKE THE BEST CONSENSUS OF SHOWERS OVER THE NC MOUNTAINS WILL BE TUESDAY AFTERNOON. A GOOD PRESSURE GRADIENT DEVELOPS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND GRADUALLY DECREASES ON TUESDAY AND I HAVE INCREASED THE WIND IN THIS PERIOD AS THIS GRADIENT CERTAINLY SUPPORTS IT. THE ECMWF HAS AN UPPER CLOSED OFF LOW OVER THE CAROLINAS AND VIRGINIA WEDNESDAY NIGHT AS THE GFS HAS THE TROUGH TRYING TO PULL OFF THE EAST COAST BY THAT TIME. TEMPERATURES SHOULD BE NEAR NORMAL ON MONDAY...BUT AS THE TROFINESS SETS UP FOR DAYS 6 AND 7 THE TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY BE A FEW DEGREES BELOW NORMAL BY THAT TIME. LOWS IN THE 30S FOR THE NC MOUNTAINS IN MID WEEK. && .AVIATION /15Z THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY/... AT KCLT...NE WINDS SHOULD INCREASE TO AROUND 10 KTS BY MID MORNING AND GENERALLY STAY FROM THAT DIRECTION AT THAT SPEED THROUGH THE DAY. A MID LEVEL DECK OF CLOUDS WITH A FEW SPRINKLES SHOULD CLEAR OUT BY 9 AM. VFR CIGS IN THE 4-5KFT RANGE WILL GRADUALLY BUILD INTO THE REGION FROM THE NORTH DURING THE EARLY AFTN. BY LATE AFTN OR EARLY EVENING SHRA WILL BREAK OUT. ONCE PCPN BEGINS...CIGS SHOULD QUICKLY LOWER THROUGH THE MVFR AND INTO THE IFR RANGE DURING THE EVENING. PERIODS OF RAIN WILL LAST MOST OF THE NIGHT. SOME MODELS HAVE HEAVY RAIN BY LATE EVENING INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. WHILE NOT IN THE TAF YET...THIS IS A POSSIBILITY. ELSEWHERE...A BACK DOOR COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY DROP SOUTH ACROSS THE REGION THIS MORNING. THE BNDRY IS EXPECTED TO STALL BETWEEN KGSP AND KAND THIS AFTN. STRONG TSTMS SHOULD DEVELOP ALONG AND A LITTLE NORTH OF THE SFC FRONT AND PREVAILING SHRA WITH VCTS HAS BEEN RETAINED AT THE UPSTATE SITES AND KAVL. CIGS WILL BE SLOW TO FALL TODAY...BUT THEY SHOULD FALL QUICKLY INTO THE IFR RANGE THIS EVENING AS LOW LEVEL WINDS STRENGTHEN NORTH OF A DEVELOPING AREA OF LOW PRESSURE DOWN OVER THE LOW COUNTRY. PERIODS OF SHOWERS OR RAIN WILL LAST MOST OF THE NIGHT ALONG WITH IFR CIGS. CIGS MAY LOWER INTO THE LIFR RANGE OVERNIGHT. OUTLOOK...RAIN WILL END FRIDAY MORNING AND SKIES WILL CLEAR. A DRY HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BUILD IN BY FRI AFTERNOON AND DOMINATE THE WEATHER THROUGH THE WEEKEND. 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...MCAVOY/RWH SHORT TERM...DEO LONG TERM...DEO AVIATION...MCAVOY
Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 5, 9:18 AM EDT, 4 hours 29 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 918 AM EDT THU APR 5 2012 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ048-051>053-058-059-062>065-507>510- SCZ001>014-019-061330- RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-MADISON-SWAIN-HAYWOOD- BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA- HENDERSON-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- 918 AM EDT THU APR 5 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. A COLD FRONT WILL STALL OVER THE UPSTATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS THIS AFTERNOON. WIDESPREAD SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL DEVELOP ALONG THE FRONT. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE AND PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. AN ISOLATED TORNADO IS POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY IN THE VICINITY OF THE FRONT. AREAS THAT STAND THE BEST CHANCE OF SEEING SEVERE STORMS WILL GENERALLY BE ALONG AND SOUTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM ASHEVILLE TO SPARTANBURG AND CHESTER. THUNDERSTORMS MAY REPEATEDLY AFFECT THE SAME LOCATIONS TODAY. IF THIS OCCURS...LOCALIZED VERY HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE WHICH COULD CAUSE FLASH FLOODING. URBAN AREAS WILL BE PARTICULARLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO FLASH FLOODING THROUGH THE EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...TORNADOES OR FLASH FLOODING TO OUR OFFICE. NCZ033-035>037-049-050-056-057-068>072-082-501>506-061330- AVERY-ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-YANCEY-MITCHELL-CATAWBA-ROWAN- CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC- CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-GREATER CALDWELL-BURKE MOUNTAINS-GREATER BURKE- MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-EASTERN MCDOWELL- 918 AM EDT THU APR 5 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA AND WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. A COLD FRONT WILL STALL JUST SOUTH OF THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL FORM NORTH OF THE FRONT...PARTICULARLY ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT FROM THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... NONE. MCAVOY/RWH
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Apr 5, 1:01 PM EDT, 46 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 101 PM EDT THU APR 5 2012 NCZ048-053-051730- BUNCOMBE-MADISON- 101 PM EDT THU APR 5 2012 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHERN BUNCOMBE AND SOUTHEASTERN MADISON COUNTIES THROUGH 130 PM EDT... AT 1257 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES EAST OF CANTO...OR 7 MILES SOUTH OF MARSHALL...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR... MARSHALL... WOODFIN... WEAVERVILLE... PEOPLE IN NORTHERN BUNCOMBE AND SOUTHEASTERN MADISON COUNTIES... INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... LEICESTER AND WEAVERVILLE... SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER THREATEN. MOTHBALL SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. LAT...LON 3588 8244 3564 8233 3560 8276 3577 8283 NED
Special weather statement, Apr 5, 1:02 PM EDT, 45 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
102 PM EDT THU APR 5 2012
NCZ064-051730-
TRANSYLVANIA-
102 PM EDT THU APR 5 2012
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHERN TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY
THROUGH 130 PM EDT...
AT 101 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR ROSMAN...OR 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BREVARD...
MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.
THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
ROSMAN...
BREVARD...
PEOPLE IN SOUTHERN TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
LOCATIONS...
LAKE TOXAWAY AND ROSMAN...
SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE
WARNINGS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE
WEATHER THREATEN.
MOTHBALL SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH
THIS STORM.
LAT...LON 3530 8268 3514 8261 3511 8267 3513 8268
3510 8269 3510 8272 3506 8276 3507 8278
3508 8278 3505 8295 3513 8296
NEDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 5, 1:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Buncombe | 29 min |
| Apr 5, 1:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Transylvania | 28 min |
| Apr 5, 1:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Henderson, Transylvania | 54 min |
| Apr 5, 1:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Jackson, Macon | 18 min |
| Apr 5, 2:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Henderson | 35 min |
| Apr 5, 2:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | McDowell | 66 min |
| Apr 5, 2:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Buncombe, McDowell, Yancey | 30 min |
| Apr 5, 3:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Jackson, Transylvania | 54 min |
| Apr 5, 3:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Polk | 63 min |
| Apr 5, 3:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Polk, Rutherford | 64 min |
| Apr 5, 3:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Jackson, Macon, Swain | 24 min |
| Apr 5, 4:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Haywood | 39 min |
| Apr 5, 5:59 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Henderson, Transylvania | 3 hr |
| Apr 5, 7:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Jackson | 49 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.