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Special Weather Statement, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

March 2, 20125 counties in Georgia

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this special weather statement at Mar 2, 2012, 9:47 PM EST for 5 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 73 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
Mar 2, 2012, 9:47 PM EST (02:47 UTC)
Expired
Mar 2, 2012, 11:00 PM EST
In force
73 min
Issued by
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

Counties Elbert County, GA, Franklin County, GA, Habersham County, GA, Hart County, GA, Stephens County, GA

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 158 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, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 00:00Z on 2012-03-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 540 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, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 00:00Z on 2012-03-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 212 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
540 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-34 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
948 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
62 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
212 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
274 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.8
Supercell composite
4.4

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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 Mar 2, 9:33 PM EST, 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 2, 9:33 PM EST, 14 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 2, 3:32 PM EST, 6 hours 15 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
332 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-501>510-
SCZ001>014-019-032045-
RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-
MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-
SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-
GREATER CALDWELL-BURKE MOUNTAINS-GREATER BURKE-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-
EASTERN MCDOWELL-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-
332 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012

...TORNADO WATCH 61 IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EST THIS EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...WESTERN
NORTH CAROLINA 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.

SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT THE REGION LATE
THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT AHEAD OF A STRONG COLD FRONT. THERE IS
A GOOD CHANCE THAT SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL BECOME SEVERE. LARGE
HAIL AND DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN SEVERE
THREATS. HOWEVER...THERE WILL ALSO BE A THREAT FOR ISOLATED
TORNADOES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

THE THREAT OF SEVERE STORMS WILL LINGER INTO SATURDAY MORNING AS
THE COLD FRONT MOVES OVER THE REGION. THE THREAT WILL LIKELY BE
HIGHEST OVER THE CAROLINA PIEDMONT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF LARGE
HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...TORNADOES OR FLASH FLOODING TO OUR OFFICE.

NCZ035>037-056-057-068>072-082-032045-
ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-
MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC-
332 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA AND
WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA.

SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT THE REGION LATE
THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT AHEAD OF A STRONG COLD FRONT. THERE IS
A GOOD CHANCE THAT SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL BECOME SEVERE. LARGE
HAIL AND DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN SEVERE
THREATS. HOWEVER...THERE WILL ALSO BE A THREAT FOR ISOLATED
TORNADOES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

THE THREAT OF SEVERE STORMS WILL LINGER INTO SATURDAY MORNING AS
THE COLD FRONT MOVES OVER THE REGION. THE THREAT WILL LIKELY BE
HIGHEST OVER THE CAROLINA PIEDMONT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF LARGE
HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...TORNADOES OR FLASH FLOODING TO OUR OFFICE.

JPT

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Mar 2, 4:25 PM EST, 5 hours 22 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
425 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012

GAZ018-026-SCZ001-004-022200-
FRANKLIN-GREATER OCONEE-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-STEPHENS-
425 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN FRANKLIN...SOUTHERN
OCONEE AND STEPHENS COUNTIES THROUGH 500 PM EST...

AT 425 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR EASTANOLEE...OR 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
TOCCOA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  LAKE HARTWELL...
  WESTMINSTER...
  SENECA...

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

LAT...LON 3459 8338 3483 8290 3479 8288 3474 8290
      3473 8286 3470 8287 3465 8283 3464 8283
      3463 8285 3462 8284 3462 8287 3460 8286
      3443 8328

HG
Special weather statement, Mar 2, 7:00 PM EST, 2 hours 47 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
700 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012

NCZ048-051-052-030100-
HAYWOOD-MADISON-SWAIN-
700 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MAY PASS JUST WEST OF THE STATE LINE FROM
SWAIN TO HAYWOOD TO MADISON COUNTIES BETWEEN 7 AND 8 PM EST...

AT 656 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE AND POSSIBLY TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM OVER BLOUNT COUNTY IN
EASTERN TENNESSEE...NEAR HAPPY VALLEY...OR 9 MILES SOUTH OF
MARYVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM IS EXPECTED TO
PASS MAINLY WEST OF STATE LINE...BUT IT IS POSSIBLE A WARNING COULD
BE NEEDED FOR HAYWOOD OR MADISON COUNTIES DURING THE NEXT HOUR. EVEN
IF IT STAYS WEST OF THE STATE LINE...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL BE
POSSIBLE ON THE NORTH CAROLINA SIDE.

LAT...LON 3557 8377 3557 8349 3567 8334 3566 8330
      3573 8324 3573 8319 3577 8315 3580 8308
      3578 8299 3584 8292 3594 8290 3596 8287
      3593 8281 3599 8279 3601 8274 3601 8273
      3574 8265 3573 8267 3547 8371 3552 8388

HG
Special weather statement, Mar 2, 7:35 PM EST, 2 hours 12 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
735 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012

NCZ058-059-062-063-030200-
GRAHAM-MACON-NORTHERN JACKSON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-
735 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM APPROACHING THE SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS OF NORTH
CAROLINA...

AT 730 PM...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAS TRACKING A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM OVER EXTREME SOUTHEAST TENNESSEE. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS
EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS CHEROKEE COUNTY AND PARTS OF CLAY COUNTY. IF
THIS STORM HOLDS TOGETHER...IT WILL REACH MACON COUNTY AROUND 8
PM...AND THE AREA AROUND NANTAHALA LAKE CLOSER TO 815 PM. THE AREA
FROM FRANKLIN TO OTTO MIGHT NOT BE AFFECTED UNTIL 845 PM.

PEOPLE IN MACON...SOUTHERN JACKSON AND SOUTHWESTERN GRAHAM
COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...

NANTAHALA LAKE AND FRANKLIN...

SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE
WARNINGS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE
WEATHER THREATEN.

IF THE STORM HOLDS TOGETHER...A WARNING WILL BE ISSUED FOR PART OF
THE AREA AROUND 8 PM. LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WIND...AND POSSIBLY EVEN
A TORNADO CANNOT BE RULED OUT.

LAT...LON 3530 8346 3531 8345 3536 8301 3525 8292
      3500 8311 3500 8353 3503 8354 3515 8366
      3516 8374 3521 8373 3523 8370 3525 8371
      3524 8378 3525 8384 3521 8396 3525 8401
Local storm report, Mar 2, 9:13 PM EST, 34 minutes before
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Local storm report, Mar 2, 9:36 PM EST, 11 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Mar 2, 9:47 PM EST, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
947 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012

GAZ017-018-026-028-029-030400-
ELBERT-FRANKLIN-HABERSHAM-HART-STEPHENS-
947 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO NORTHEAST GEORGIA FROM THE
SOUTHWEST BETWEEN 1030 AND 11 PM THIS EVENING...

SEVERE TO TORNADIC THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED TO THE SOUTHWEST
ACROSS GWINNETT AND FORSYTH COUNTIES. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING
TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 40 TO 50 MPH AND WILL LIKELY HAVE SOME
IMPACT ON THE AREA FROM SOUTHERN HABERSHAM COUNTY SOUTHWARD ACROSS
STEPHENS...FRANKLIN...HART...AND ELBERT COUNTIES THROUGH 1130 PM
THIS EVENING.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OR TORNADO WARNINGS COULD BE ISSUED FOR PARTS OF
THIS AREA SOMETIME DURING THE NEXT HOUR. KEEP ABREAST OF THE VERY
LATEST WARNINGS AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME IN THE MOST INTERIOR LOCATION.

LAT...LON 3400 8293 3417 8311 3423 8308 3426 8313
      3423 8317 3426 8331 3422 8335 3426 8334
      3432 8340 3446 8340 3449 8354 3443 8362
      3450 8367 3454 8362 3458 8364 3473 8341
      3450 8307 3444 8290 3415 8272 3398 8257

HG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 2, 7:00 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementGSPMadison, Swain60 min
Mar 2, 7:35 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementGSPJackson, Macon85 min
Mar 2, 7:51 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPHaywood, Madison, Yancey54 min
Mar 2, 8:13 PM ESTTornado WarningGSPMacon62 min
Mar 2, 8:44 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPAvery, Burke, Madison, Mitchell, Yancey50 min
Mar 2, 8:54 PM ESTTornado WarningGSPJackson, Macon, Transylvania39 min
Mar 2, 9:24 PM ESTTornado WarningGSPTransylvania24 min
Mar 2, 9:28 PM ESTTornado WarningGSPMacon, Swain27 min
Mar 2, 10:38 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPMadison37 min
Mar 2, 11:03 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPMadison, Mitchell, Yancey42 min
Mar 2, 11:20 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementGSPHenderson, Transylvania25 min
Mar 2, 11:22 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPAvery, Mitchell38 min
Mar 3, 12:32 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementGSPMacon, Transylvania118 min
Mar 3, 3:25 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementGSPUnion50 min
Mar 3, 12:02 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementGSPOconee, Pickens118 min
Mar 3, 12:17 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementGSPYork43 min
Mar 3, 12:37 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementGSPOconee, Pickens38 min
Mar 3, 1:06 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementGSPGreenville, Pickens54 min
Mar 3, 1:29 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementGSPCherokee46 min
Mar 3, 1:50 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementGSPSpartanburg40 min
Mar 3, 2:10 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPCherokee, Spartanburg, Union30 min
Mar 3, 2:38 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementGSPYork52 min
Mar 3, 3:20 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPAbbeville, Anderson, Greenwood30 min
Mar 3, 4:10 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementGSPGreenwood50 min
Mar 3, 4:14 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPAbbeville, Greenwood, Laurens27 min
Mar 3, 4:26 AM ESTTornado WarningGSPGreenwood, Laurens15 min
Mar 2, 10:15 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementGSPFranklin30 min
Mar 2, 10:21 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementGSPFranklin, Hart24 min
Mar 2, 11:24 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementGSPHabersham, Rabun51 min
Mar 3, 3:16 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementGSPElbert44 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.