Alert archive / South Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 91, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 5, 2012, 3:32 PM EDT for Greenville County, Spartanburg County, South Carolina. It was in force for 58 min. 9 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, 3:32 PM EDT (19:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 5, 2012, 4:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Greenville County, SC, Spartanburg County, SC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 12 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:34 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, 4:09 PM EDT | HAIL 0.75 | 2 W Boiling Springs Sc, SC | BOILING SPRINGS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL |
| Apr 5, 4:14 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | Boiling Springs Sc, SC | BOILING SPRINGS FD REPORTED UP TO 1 INCH HAIL AT THE STATION. |
| Apr 5, 4:32 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Ssw Cowpens, SC | TREE DOWN ALONG CHERRY HILL RD AND SCHOOL DRIVE. |
| Apr 5, 4:32 PM EDT | HAIL 1.5 | 4 E Boiling Springs Sc, SC | CHEROKEE SPRINGS FD REPORTED UP TO PING PONG BALL SIZED HAIL AND SOME TREE BRANCHES DOWN. |
| Apr 5, 4:33 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | 2 N Greer, SC | UP TO 1 INCH HAIL REPORTED RIGHT NEXT TO GREER HIGH SCHOOL. |
| Apr 5, 4:35 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 W Boiling Springs Sc, SC | POWER LINES DOWN...HANGING ROCK RD AND OLD FURNACE RD. |
| Apr 5, 4:36 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | 2 Sw Mayo, SC | LAKE BLALOCK PARK RANGER OBSERVED QUARTER SIZED HAIL. TIME DETERMINED BY RADAR. |
| Apr 5, 4:40 PM EDT | HAIL 0.88 | 2 Sw Mayo, SC | OBSERVED 1 MILE EAST OF FOSTERS GROVE |
| Apr 5, 4:40 PM EDT | HAIL 1.75 | 5 Ese Boiling Springs S, SC | OBSERVED AT PEACH VALLEY COUNTRY CLUB |
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 42 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, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 237 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.
393 WUUS52 KGSP 051932 SVRGSP SCC045-083-052030- /O.NEW.KGSP.SV.W.0091.120405T1932Z-120405T2030Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 332 PM EDT THU APR 5 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... EAST CENTRAL GREENVILLE COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA... CENTRAL SPARTANBURG COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA... * UNTIL 430 PM EDT * AT 330 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL...AND HURRICANE FORCE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LAKE ROBINSON...OR 14 MILES NORTHEAST OF DOWNTOWN GREENVILLE...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. AT 330 PM...GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WERE REPORTED NEAR THE BLUE RIDGE AREA. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR... GREER. GSP AIRPORT. LYMAN AND DUNCAN. REIDVILLE. SPARTANBURG. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... VERY LARGE HAIL DRIVEN BY STRONG WINDS POSES A SERIOUS THREAT OF INJURY. EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO HOMES AND VEHICLES WILL ALSO OCCUR. SEEK SHELTER INSIDE AN INTERIOR ROOM. 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 3501 8240 3509 8183 3496 8177 3477 8225 TIME...MOT...LOC 1931Z 298DEG 13KT 3500 8224 $$ NED
1 follow-up statement
309
WWUS52 KGSP 052003
SVSGSP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
403 PM EDT THU APR 5 2012
SCC045-052013-
/O.CAN.KGSP.SV.W.0091.000000T0000Z-120405T2030Z/
GREENVILLE SC-
403 PM EDT THU APR 5 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL GREENVILLE COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THIS AREA.
LAT...LON 3490 8219 3493 8222 3504 8222 3509 8183
3496 8177 3483 8210
TIME...MOT...LOC 2003Z 298DEG 13KT 3502 8215
$$
SCC083-052030-
/O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0091.000000T0000Z-120405T2030Z/
SPARTANBURG SC-
403 PM EDT THU APR 5 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL
SPARTANBURG COUNTY UNTIL 430 PM EDT...
AT 402 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
INMAN...OR 14 MILES WEST OF SPARTANBURG...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
INMAN.
LYMAN AND DUNCAN.
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 3490 8219 3493 8222 3504 8222 3509 8183
3496 8177 3483 8210
TIME...MOT...LOC 2003Z 298DEG 13KT 3502 8215
$$
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, 3:18 PM EDT, 14 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 5, 3:18 PM EDT, 14 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 318 PM EDT THU APR 5 2012 .SYNOPSIS... AN UPPER LOW WILL MERGE WITH A DEPARTING TROUGH AS IT MOVES OFF THE EAST COAST ON FRIDAY. COOL AND DRY HIGH PRESSURE WILL THEN BUILD OVER OUR REGION INTO SATURDAY AND 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 FRIDAY/... CONVECTION DEVELOPED NEARLY ON SCHEDULE...BUT MAYBE A TAD EARLIER THAN EXPECTED. WATCH ALREADY IN PLACE ACROSS MOST OF THE WRN CWFA LOOKS WELL PLACED. STRONG INSOLATION OCCURRED IN THIS AREA WITH POOLING DEW POINTS ALONG THE STALLED FRONT. THIS LEAD TO MODERATE INSTABILITY ACROSS THIS AREA AS EXPECTED. VERY HIGH DCAPE VALUES AND WET BULB ZERO LEVELS ARE IN PLACE AS WELL DUE TO THE VERY DRY MID LEVELS SEEN ON THE 12Z FFC RAOB. THE WATCH INCLUDES MUCH OF THE CLT METRO AREA EVEN THO THEY ARE NORTH OF THE FRONT. THE SFC BASED AND MIXED LAYER CAPE IS LOW OVER THAT AREA...BUT MODERATE MUCAPE IS ANALYZED DUE TO STEEP LAPSE RATES. THEY ARE ALSO ON THE EDGE OF THE HIGHER DCAPE VALUES AS WELL. THE CONVECTION DEVELOPING OVER THE MTNS AND FOOTHILLS SHUD SLIDE EAST ACROSS THE PIEDMONT EVEN WITH LESS THAN IDEAL CONDITIONS. EXPECT WIDESPREAD TSRA TO DEVELOP AND TREK EASTWARD OVER NE GA AND THE UPSTATE AS WELL THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. THE PRECIP SHUD BECOME LESS DEEPLY CONVECTIVE LATE THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT AS INSTABILITY WEAKENS AHEAD OF THE APPROACHING UPPER LOW. HAVE KEPT THE CHARACTER OF PRECIP AS SHRA FOR SIMPLICITY ALTHOUGH IT MAY BE MORE STRATIFORM...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE NORTHERN CWFA. FORCING WILL BE QUITE STRONG AS QG COUPLET MOVES ACROSS THE AREA AHEAD OF THE UPPER LOW. THIS WILL BE COMBINED WITH GOOD LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE AS A SFC LOW FORMS ALONG THE FRONT AND AN H85 LOW MOVES IN AS WELL. UPPER DIVERGENCE INCREASES AHEAD OF A JET MAX MOVING IN AHEAD OF THE UPPER LOW. ALL THIS SHOULD COMBINE WITH DEEP MOISTURE FOR A PERIOD OF WIDESPREAD SHRA OR RA LATE THIS EVENING OR OVERNIGHT. THE PRECIP BEGINS TO DIMINISH FROM NORTH TO SOUTH AND WEST TO EAST AS THE FORCING MOVES OUT OF THE AREA. CANNOT RULE OUT LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...ESPECIALLY OVER AREAS WHERE TSRA MOVE THRU THIS AFTERNOON AND RAINFALL LINGERS THRU THE EVENING. ANY LINGERING PRECIP QUICKLY TAPERS OFF FRI MORNING AS THE SYSTEM MOVES EAST OF THE AREA. CLOUDS WILL SCATTER OUT FOR MOST AREAS DURING THE AFTERNOON....BUT COULD LINGER ACROSS THE BLUE RIDGE THRU THE DAY IN WEAK UPSLOPE FLOW. HIGHS WILL BE QUITE A BIT COOLER AS THICKNESSES FALL IN THE COOLER AND DRIER AIR MASS MOVING IN...ENDING UP AS MUCH AS 5 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. && .SHORT TERM /FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY/... AS OF 2 PM EDT THURSDAY...THE SHORT TERM FCST PICKS UP AT 00Z ON SATURDAY WITH THE STEEP UPPER RIDGE AXIS OVER THE CENTRAL CONUS AND A BROAD UPPER TROF LINGERING OVER NEW ENGLAND. AS THE UPPER RIDGE DRIFTS TOWARDS THE CAROLINAS IT WILL DEAMPLIFY SO THAT BY THE END OF THE PERIOD LATE SUNDAY WE ARE UNDER NEARLY ZONAL NWLY H5 FLOW. ON SATURDAY...DRY AND COOL HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED OVER THE GREAT LAKES WILL BRING US THE COOLEST TEMPERATURES WE HAVE HAD IN A WHILE. LOWS EARLY SATURDAY MORNING WILL LIKELY DROP DOWN INTO THE MID TO UPPER 30S ACROSS MUCH OF WESTERN NC WITH LOWER 30S IN SOME OF THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS. WINDS WILL ALSO BE LIGHT...SO THERE IS GOOD POTENTIAL FOR PATCHY FROST. RH VALUES DROP BELOW 30% FOR ABOUT 4 TO 6 HOURS DURING THE AFTERNOON/EARLY EVENING PERIOD...HOWEVER WEAKER WINDS SHOULD SUPPRESS FIRE DANGER POTENTIAL. ON SUNDAY...SOME SORT OF WEAK BNDY WILL MOVE THRU THE CWFA DURING THE AFTERNOON...BUT THIS WILL HAVE LITTLE IMPACT ON THE SENSIBLE WX. TEMPS WILL WARM BACK INTO THE LOW TO MID 70S AS THICKNESSES INCREASE. && .LONG TERM /SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY/... AS OF 2 PM THURSDAY...NO MAJOR CHANGES WERE MADE TO THE MEDIUM RANGE FCST WITH THINGS STAYING IN LINE WITH HPC GUIDANCE. REFER TO PREVIOUS DISCUSSION BELOW. PREVIOUS DISCUSSION... 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 /19Z THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/... AT KCLT...NE WINDS...OCNL DUE E...WILL CONTINUE THRU THE PERIOD AS THE AIR FIELD REMAINS NORTH OF THE SFC FNT. CONVECTION LOOKS MORE LIKELY EVEN WITH THE COOLER DRIER AIR IN PLACE AS ELEVATED INSTABILITY REMAINS QUITE HIGH. DID NOT INCLUDE IN THE TAF ATTM... BUT WILL LIKELY NEED TO AMD AS CELLS DEVELOP AND MOVE TOWARD THE SITE. BEST CHC WILL BE LATE AFTERNOON. AS THE SCENARIO TRANSITIONS TO MORE OF A RAIN EVENT THIS EVENING...VSBY AND CIGS WILL BEGIN TO LOWER...POSSIBLY TO IFR. VSBY IMPROVES TOWARD DAYBREAK AS RAIN MOVES OUT...BUT AT LEAST MVFR CIGS WILL CONTINUE THRU NOON BEFORE CLOUDS BEGIN TO SCATTER OUT AND LIFT. WINDS COULD BE GUSTY AT ANY TIME... BUT MOST LIKELY FROM DAYBREAK THRU NOON WHEN BEST MIXING OCCURS. ELSEWHERE...KHKY WILL BE SIMILAR TO KCLT THRU THE PERIOD. THE WRN SITES HAVE CONVECTION NEARBY OR ONGOING...SO TS ALREADY IN TAFS. THAT SAID...A SIMILAR TREND WILL DEVELOP AS THE FRONT SAGS SOUTHWARD THIS EVENING AND SCENARIO TRANSITIONS TO MORE OF A RAIN EVENT. MVFR VSBY AND CIGS...POSSIBLY IFR CIGS...EXPECTED OVERNIGHT AS WELL WITH ONLY SLOWLY IMPROVING CONDITIONS FRI MORN. WINDS BECOME NE WITH TIME AND DEVELOP GUSTS TOWARD MORNING. OUTLOOK...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...JPT NEAR TERM...RWH SHORT TERM...JPT LONG TERM...JPT AVIATION...RWH
Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 5, 9:18 AM EDT, 6 hours 14 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
Local storm report, Apr 5, 2:01 PM EDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
201 PM EDT THU APR 05 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0156 PM HAIL 4 NW SWANNANOA 35.64N 82.44W
04/05/2012 E1.00 INCH BUNCOMBE NC PUBLIC
PEA TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED E OF ASHEVILLE NC
&&
PTANNERSpecial weather statement, Apr 5, 2:10 PM EDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
210 PM EDT THU APR 5 2012
SCZ003-051845-
GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-
210 PM EDT THU APR 5 2012
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHWESTERN GREENVILLE COUNTY
THROUGH 245 PM EDT...
AT 209 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR CAESARS HEAD...OR 12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
BREVARD...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.
THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
CAESARS HEAD...
JONES GAP STATE PARK...
MARIETTA...
PEOPLE IN NORTHWESTERN GREENVILLE COUNTY...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
LOCATIONS...
CAESARS HEAD AND JONES GAP STATE PARK...
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 3510 8272 3510 8269 3513 8268 3512 8263
3516 8255 3516 8252 3518 8246 3516 8245
3520 8242 3521 8238 3506 8232 3501 8255
3502 8257 3507 8258 3507 8275
NEDLocal storm report, Apr 5, 2:47 PM EDT, 45 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
247 PM EDT THU APR 05 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0230 PM HAIL 2 NE CAESARS HEAD 35.12N 82.59W
04/05/2012 E1.00 INCH GREENVILLE SC PARK/FOREST SRVC
QUARTER SIZED HAIL ALMOST COVERED THE GROUND
&&
LGLocal storm report, Apr 5, 2:55 PM EDT, 37 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
255 PM EDT THU APR 05 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0255 PM HAIL ASHEVILLE 35.57N 82.55W
04/05/2012 E1.00 INCH BUNCOMBE NC PUBLIC
DIME TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL COVERING GROUND REPORTED BY
PUBLIC.
&&
PTANNERLocal storm report, Apr 5, 2:57 PM EDT, 35 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
257 PM EDT THU APR 05 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0245 PM HAIL ASHEVILLE 35.57N 82.55W
04/05/2012 E0.50 INCH BUNCOMBE NC NWS EMPLOYEE
&&
LGLocal storm report, Apr 5, 3:01 PM EDT, 31 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
301 PM EDT THU APR 05 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0256 PM HAIL ASHEVILLE 35.57N 82.55W
04/05/2012 E0.75 INCH BUNCOMBE NC TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
LGThe office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 5, 2:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Greenville, Pickens | 62 min |
| Apr 5, 3:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Laurens, Spartanburg | 59 min |
| Apr 5, 3:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Greenville, Oconee, Pickens | 54 min |
| Apr 5, 3:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Greenville, Spartanburg | 63 min |
| Apr 5, 3:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cherokee, Spartanburg, Union | 65 min |
| Apr 5, 4:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cherokee, Greenville, Spartanburg | 60 min |
| Apr 5, 4:26 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Cherokee, Spartanburg | 38 min |
| Apr 5, 4:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Chester, Union, York | 76 min |
| Apr 5, 4:45 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Spartanburg | 105 min |
| Apr 5, 4:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Spartanburg | 49 min |
| Apr 5, 5:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Spartanburg | 41 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in South 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.