Alert archive / South Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 9, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 2, 2012, 5:41 AM EST for Chester County, Union County, South Carolina. It was in force for 38 min. 1 report 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
- Mar 2, 2012, 5:41 AM EST (10:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 2, 2012, 6:19 AM EST
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Chester County, SC, Union County, SC
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2, 5:46 AM EST | HAIL 1 | 9 Se Union, SC | QUARTER SIZED HAIL FELL ON SANTUC DRIVE JUST SOUTH OF SANTUCK. GUSTY WIND BUT NOTHING DAMAGED BY WIND. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 00:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 209 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
- 4020 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 77 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 222 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
539
WUUS52 KGSP 021041
SVRGSP
SCC023-087-021145-
/O.NEW.KGSP.SV.W.0009.120302T1041Z-120302T1145Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
541 AM EST FRI MAR 2 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
CHESTER COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...
SOUTHEASTERN UNION COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 645 AM EST
* AT 540 AM EST...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
SANTUC...OR 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF UNION...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CARLISLE...
LEEDS...
CHESTER AND CORNWELL...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 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.
&&
LAT...LON 3450 8157 3467 8164 3483 8115 3482 8110
3462 8102 3456 8131 3456 8141 3453 8142
TIME...MOT...LOC 1041Z 252DEG 32KT 3462 8150
$$
RB2 follow-up statements
704
WWUS52 KGSP 021108
SVSGSP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
608 AM EST FRI MAR 2 2012
SCC087-021118-
/O.CAN.KGSP.SV.W.0009.000000T0000Z-120302T1145Z/
UNION SC-
608 AM EST FRI MAR 2 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN UNION COUNTY IN
UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA IS CANCELLED...
LAT...LON 3458 8128 3475 8133 3483 8116 3482 8110
3462 8102 3462 8103
TIME...MOT...LOC 1108Z 073DEG 17KT 3468 8127
$$
SCC023-021145-
/O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0009.000000T0000Z-120302T1145Z/
CHESTER SC-
608 AM EST FRI MAR 2 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 AM EST
FOR CENTRAL CHESTER COUNTY...
AT 605 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CHESTER...MOVING WEST AT 20 MPH.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS
OF THE INDICATED COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM 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.
&&
LAT...LON 3458 8128 3475 8133 3483 8116 3482 8110
3462 8102 3462 8103
TIME...MOT...LOC 1108Z 073DEG 17KT 3468 8127
$$
RB330
WWUS52 KGSP 021119
SVSGSP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
619 AM EST FRI MAR 2 2012
SCC023-021129-
/O.CAN.KGSP.SV.W.0009.000000T0000Z-120302T1145Z/
CHESTER SC-
619 AM EST FRI MAR 2 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL CHESTER COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORM WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LEVELS.
LAT...LON 3458 8128 3475 8133 3483 8116 3482 8110
3462 8102 3462 8103
TIME...MOT...LOC 1119Z 073DEG 17KT 3466 8133
$$
RBThe office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2, 3:40 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Abbeville | 35 min |
| Mar 2, 4:54 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Laurens | 36 min |
| Mar 2, 5:26 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Union | 34 min |
| Mar 2, 6:05 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cherokee | 40 min |
| Mar 2, 6:43 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cherokee | 32 min |
| Mar 2, 7:49 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cherokee | 41 min |
| Mar 2, 8:52 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cherokee | 38 min |
| Mar 2, 3:35 PM EST | Tornado Warning | GSP | Oconee | 40 min |
| Mar 2, 4:14 PM EST | Tornado Warning | GSP | Oconee, Pickens | 46 min |
| Mar 2, 4:25 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Oconee | 35 min |
Nearby
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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.