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Special Weather Statement, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

February 24, 20125 counties in North Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this special weather statement at Feb 24, 2012, 2:20 PM EST for 5 counties in North Carolina. It was in force for 40 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, 2:20 PM EST (19:20 UTC)
Expired
Feb 24, 2012, 3:00 PM EST
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

Counties Alexander County, NC, Burke County, NC, Catawba County, NC, Polk County, NC, Rutherford County, NC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 171 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 12:00Z on 2012-02-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 150 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 12:00Z on 2012-02-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 271 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Feb 24, 1:12 PM EST, 1 hour 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 24, 1:12 PM EST, 1 hour 8 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 24, 1:37 PM EST, 43 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
137 PM EST FRI FEB 24 2012

GAZ010-017-018-026-SCZ001-002-004-005-251845-
RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-
GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS-
137 PM EST FRI FEB 24 2012

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT...

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.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF DAMAGING
WINDS TO OUR OFFICE.

GAZ028-029-SCZ003-006>014-019-251845-
HART-ELBERT-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-
CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD-
137 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...

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.

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.

NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-251845-
AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM-
NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-
137 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...

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.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF DAMAGING
WINDS TO OUR OFFICE.

NCZ035>037-056-057-068>072-082-501>510-251845-
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-
137 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...

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.

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.

HG

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Feb 24, 11:47 AM EST, 2 hours 33 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1147 AM EST FRI FEB 24 2012

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-SCZ001>007-010-012-241730-
ANDERSON-FRANKLIN-GREATER GREENVILLE-GREATER OCONEE-GREATER
PICKENS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-HABERSHAM-HART-LAURENS-OCONEE
MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-RABUN-SPARTANBURG-STEPHENS-
1147 AM EST FRI FEB 24 2012

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT EASTERN HABERSHAM...
...GREENVILLE...NORTHERN ANDERSON...NORTHERN FRANKLIN...NORTHERN
HART...NORTHWESTERN LAURENS...OCONEE...PICKENS...RABUN...
SOUTHWESTERN SPARTANBURG AND STEPHENS COUNTIES THROUGH 1230 PM EST...

AT 1140 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND MOVING EAST AT 50
MPH. THESE STORMS ARE LIKELY TO INTENSIFY BY EARLY AFTERNOON AS THE
MOVE EASTWARD INTO A MORE UNSTABLE AIRMASS. BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY
APPROACHING STORMS THAT COULD QUICKLY BECOME SEVERE.

THE STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  TALLULAH FALLS...
  LONG CREEK...
  WESTMINSTER...
  WALHALLA...
  LAKE KEOWEE...
  LAKE JOCASSEE...

SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.

LAT...LON 3500 8324 3500 8311 3505 8295 3516 8221
      3453 8200 3437 8339 3446 8340 3449 8355
      3495 8355

LG
Special weather statement, Feb 24, 12:47 PM EST, 1 hour 33 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

LG
Special weather statement, Feb 24, 12:59 PM EST, 1 hour 21 minutes 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

LG
Special weather statement, Feb 24, 1:35 PM EST, 45 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

LG
Special weather statement, Feb 24, 2:09 PM EST, 11 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

LG
Special weather statement, Feb 24, 2:20 PM EST, 0 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

LG

The office that day

Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 24, 12:47 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementGSPAlexander, Burke, Catawba, Davie, Iredell, Lincoln and 1 more43 min
Feb 24, 1:35 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementGSPBurke, Catawba, Cleveland, Davie, Iredell, Lincoln and 1 more40 min
Feb 24, 2:27 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPAlexander, Catawba28 min
Feb 24, 2:38 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPDavie, Iredell52 min
Feb 24, 2:41 PM ESTFire Weather WatchGSPAlexander, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell and 22 more15 hr
Feb 24, 2:59 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPCatawba, Cleveland, Davie, Gaston, Iredell, Lincoln and 3 more61 min
Feb 24, 3:43 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementGSPCabarrus, Gaston, Mecklenburg62 min
Feb 24, 3:57 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementGSPRowan48 min
Feb 24, 4:45 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementGSPCabarrus, Mecklenburg45 min
Feb 24, 10:19 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementGSPGreenwood41 min
Feb 24, 11:47 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementGSPAnderson, Greenville, Oconee, Pickens43 min
Feb 24, 12:59 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementGSPGreenville, Pickens, Spartanburg46 min
Feb 24, 2:09 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementGSPCherokee, Spartanburg, York51 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.