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Special Weather Statement, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

March 3, 2012Greenville County, Pickens County, South Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this special weather statement at Mar 3, 2012, 1:06 AM EST for Greenville County, Pickens County, South Carolina. It was in force for 54 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 3, 2012, 1:06 AM EST (06:06 UTC)
Expired
Mar 3, 2012, 2:00 AM EST
In force
54 min
Issued by
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

Counties Greenville County, SC, Pickens County, SC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 31 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:09 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 240 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 3, 1:04 AM EST, 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 3, 1:04 AM EST, 2 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
104 AM EST SAT MAR 3 2012

.SYNOPSIS...
A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE REGION TONIGHT AND MOVE OFF THE
ATLANTIC COAST BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. A SHORTWAVE TROUGH WILL SWEEP
ACROSS THE NORTH RESULTING IN WINTRY WEATHER OVER THE NC MOUNTAINS
LATE SUNDAY INTO EARLY MONDAY. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD OVER THE
REGION LATE MONDAY AND LINGER INTO NEXT MID WEEK.

&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH TODAY/...
0400 UTC UPDATE...NEW TORNAOD WATCH UP FOR ALL BUT NC I-77 EAST
UNTIL 10 UTC.

AT 2100 EST FRIDAY...AN UPPER TROUGH AXIS WAS LOCATED OVER THE MD
RIVER VALLEY...WITH A LARGE 90 KNOT JET MAX EXISTING ITS BASE.
SURFACE ANALYSIS PLACED A WARM FRONT FROM THE GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS
TO NEAR KCLT...WITH A SLOW NORTHWARD MOVEMENT. A COLD FRONT WAS
LOCATED OVER THE OH AND TN VALLEYS. IN THE WARM SECTOR BETWEEN THESE
TWO FRONTS DEW POINT IN THE UPPER 50S WERE COMMON. ALTHOUGH SURFACE
WINDS HAVE DECOUPLED IN SOME AREAS...AN EXTENSIVE LOW LEVEL JET
EXISTS FRONT THE CENTRAL GULF COAST INTO THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS.
SHEAR AND INSTABILITY CONTINUE TO SUPPORT SEVERE WEATHER...WITH WIND
HAIL AND TORNADOES ALL POSSIBLE...AND THE TORNADO WATCH WILL REMAIN
IN PLACE OVER THE NC MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS AND ALL OF UPSTATE SC
AND NE GA THROUGH 11 PM. THE THREAT OF CONVECTION CONTINUES AS THE
FRONT APPROACHES LATE TONIGHT. MINIMUM TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN
ELEVATED AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT...WHICH WILL NOT ARRIVE UNTIL
AROUND DAYBREAK.

SATURDAY...HIGH RES WRF INDICATES THAT CONVECTION WILL MAKE STEADY
PROGRESS EAST AFTER SUNRISE...WITH DRYING ACROSS THE MTNS AND
FOOTHILLS. POPS WILL STEADILY BECOME LIMITED TO THE PIEDMONT AREAS
AROUND MID DAY...WITH DRY IN THE AFTERNOON.

TEMPERATURE FORECAST WILL REMAIN CHALLENGING WITH THE PASSAGE OF
WARM AND COLD FRONT THROUGH THE NEAR TERM. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN
WELL ABOVE NORMAL THROUGH THE PERIOD.

&&

.SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY/...
AS OF 230 PM FRIDAY...THE SHORT TERM FCST PICKS UP AT 00Z ON SUNDAY
WITH THE DEEP UPPER TROF JUST TO OUR WEST. THE TROF WILL LIFT NE
THRU THE DAY ON SUNDAY AND A SECOND LOBE OF PVA WILL PASS OVER THE
AREA ON MONDAY. HEIGHTS WILL BEGIN TO RISE BY THE END OF THE PERIOD
AS UPPER RIDGING PUSHES INTO THE REGION.

ON SUNDAY...THE COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO BE JUST TO OUR SE BY 00Z
SUNDAY WITH W TO NWLY FLOW SPREADING OVER THE REGION IN ITS WAKE.
THE MODELS INDICATE THAT SOME SORT OF SFC MESO LOW WILL DEVELOP OVER
THE CAROLINA COAST EARLY SUN AND QUICKLY MOVE NE AND AWAY FROM THE
REGION LATER IN THE DAY. ANOTHER WEAK SFC LOW IS THEN EXPECTED TO
BRING ANOTHER SWATH OF MOIST AIR OVER THE NORTHERN PART OF THE CWFA
EARLY MONDAY. A STRONG SFC RIDGE WILL FINALLY PUSH INTO THE AREA BY
MONDAY EVENING AND DRY THINGS OUT.

&&

.LONG TERM /TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY/...
AS OF 1 PM FRIDAY...THE MEDIUM RANGE FCST PICKS UP AT 00Z ON TUESDAY
WITH THE SHARP UPPER TROF MOVING OFF THE EASTERN SEABOARD AND UPPER
RIDGING BUILDING OVER THE SE CONUS. THE LONG RANGE MODELS INDICATE
THAT SOME DEGREE OF UPPER RIDGING WILL PERSIST OVER THE AREA THRU
MOST OF THE PERIOD...HOWEVER THE GFS CONTINUES TO MOVE ANOTHER UPPER
TROF TO OUR DOORSTEP BY EARLY THURSDAY WHILE THE ECMWF IS MUCH
SLOWER WITH THE TROFS PROGRESSION.

AT THE SFC...DRY HIGH PRESSURE WILL BE CENTERED OVER THE FCST AREA
BY EARLY TUESDAY. OVER THE NEXT DAY OR TWO THE HIGH WILL SLIDE
EASTWARD AND OFFSHORE RESULTING IN SOUTHERLY LOW LVL FLOW OVER THE
SE CONUS. THE MODELS ARE GENERATING SOME SORT OF ELONGATED LOW LVL
CONVERGENCE ZONE ASSOCIATED WITH A FRONTAL ZONE LATE IN THE PERIOD.
THE MODELS HAVE THIS FRONTAL ZONE APPROACHING THE CWFA BY LATE THURS
WITH THE 12Z GFS BEING ABOUT 12HRS FASTER THEN THE ECMWF. AS FOR THE
SENSIBLE FCST...I DO NOT HAVE ANY SIG POPS UNTIL THE LATTER PORTION
OF THURSDAY WITH THE APPROACH OF THE FRONT. I HAVE TEMPS STEADILY
RISING THRU THE PERIOD...WITH HIGHS NEAR 70 DEGREES BY DAY 7.

&&

.AVIATION /06Z SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
AT KCLT...A TSRA IS HEADING TOWARD THE TERMINAL AS OF THE 06Z TAF
ISSUANCE. CORRECTED TO ADD TEMPO FOR TSRA FOR NEXT HOUR. WILL KEEP
CB AND SHRA MENTION FOR NEXT FEW HOURS ALSO. THEN...A RAIN SHIELD
WILL LINGER THRU THE REST OF THE OVERNIGHT. MAINLY MVFR RESTRICTIONS
EXPECTED WITH THE PRECIP. A COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE IS SLATED FOR THE
11-15Z TIME FRAME. BRIEF NWLY WIND GUSTS POSSIBLE...THEN STAY NW
THRU THE DAY WITH VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED. LINGERING MID LVL
CLOUDINESS IS SHOWN IN MOST OF THE GUIDANCE.

ELSEWHERE...WIDESPREAD LIGHT-MODERATE RAIN ACROSS THE ENTIRE
AREA...WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS. A LINE OF STORMS ARE TRAINING
JUST NORTH OF THE KAND-KGMU-KGSP LINE...SO TEMPO TSRA FOR THOSE
SITES. MVFR RESTRICTIONS ARE EXPECTED TO RETURN SHORTLY WITH ALL THE
PRECIP WITH GUSTY SW WINDS FOR THE REST OF THE OVERNIGHT. GUIDANCE
GENERALLY NOT GOING WITH IFR AT THIS TIME. A FRONTAL PASSAGE WILL
VEER WINDS TO NW AROUND DAYBREAK...WITH LOW VFR CIG RETURNING BY
MID MORNING.

OUTLOOK...THERE MAIN BE A RETURN OF SOME RESTRICTIONS ACROSS THE
PIEDMONT SITES SATURDAY NIGHT...THEN DRY WEATHER WILL RETURN FOR
SUNDAY AND EARLY NEXT WEEK.

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...JOH
NEAR TERM...JAT/NED
SHORT TERM...JPT
LONG TERM...JPT
AVIATION...ARK
Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 2, 11:03 PM EST, 2 hours 3 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1103 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035-048>053-056-058-059-062>065-
068>070-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-040415-
RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-AVERY-ALEXANDER-
MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-CATAWBA-GRAHAM-
NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-
CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-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-
1103 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012

...TORNADO WATCH 65 IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST SATURDAY...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PIEDMONT
NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   TORNADO WATCH.

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

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

NONE.

NCZ036-037-057-071-072-082-040415-
IREDELL-DAVIE-ROWAN-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC-
1103 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

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

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

NONE.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Mar 2, 11:24 PM EST, 1 hour 42 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1124 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012

GAZ010-017-030515-
HABERSHAM-RABUN-
1124 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT HABERSHAM AND RABUN COUNTIES
THROUGH 1215 AM EST...

AT 1124 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CLEVELAND...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 50 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  BALDWIN...
  CLARKESVILLE...
  LAKE BURTON...
  TURNERVILLE...
  TALLULAH FALLS...
  CLAYTON...

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

LAT...LON 3500 8318 3500 8314 3493 8314 3488 8323
      3482 8327 3482 8330 3479 8333 3475 8332
      3473 8335 3469 8334 3452 8344 3445 8360
      3445 8364 3451 8367 3454 8362 3465 8367
      3476 8363 3479 8368

HG
Special weather statement, Mar 3, 12:02 AM EST, 1 hour 4 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1202 AM EST SAT MAR 3 2012

GAZ010-017-018-SCZ001-002-004-005-030700-
GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS-HABERSHAM-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS
MOUNTAINS-RABUN-STEPHENS-
1202 AM EST SAT MAR 3 2012

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TO PRODUCE TORRENTIAL RAINFALL ACROSS
HABERSHAM...RABUN...STEPHENS...OCONEE...AND PICKENS COUNTIES THROUGH
200 AM EST...

A SERIES OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE EAST NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH
ACROSS EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE NORTHWEST UPSTATE OF SOUTH
CAROLINA THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. SOME OF THESE
THUNDERSTORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE PEA SIZE HAIL AND
WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH. ALL OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL FROM TIME TO TIME. LOCATIONS REPEATEDLY AFFECTED
BY THE THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH 2 AM COULD SEE ISOLATED FLOODING
DEVELOP.

LAT...LON 3454 8362 3465 8366 3495 8360 3495 8356
      3499 8355 3500 8311 3507 8278 3484 8248
      3481 8249 3467 8279 3458 8289 3450 8302
      3450 8307 3453 8311 3448 8317 3447 8328
      3446 8341 3449 8354 3443 8362 3450 8367

HG
Special weather statement, Mar 3, 12:17 AM EST, 49 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1217 AM EST SAT MAR 3 2012

SCZ008-009-013-014-030600-
CHEROKEE-CHESTER-UNION-YORK-
1217 AM EST SAT MAR 3 2012

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHERN UNION...NORTHWESTERN
CHESTER...SOUTHEASTERN CHEROKEE AND YORK COUNTIES THROUGH 100 AM
EST...

AT 1217 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF JONESVILLE...OR 8 MILES
NORTHWEST OF UNION...MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  LOCKHART...
  HICKORY GROVE...
  YORK...
  CLOVER...
  ROCK HILL...
  TEGA CAY...

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

LAT...LON 3472 8152 3471 8172 3485 8178 3491 8171
      3493 8173 3499 8163 3516 8118 3515 8112
      3509 8105 3506 8106 3505 8104 3506 8102
      3491 8087 3484 8087

HG
Special weather statement, Mar 3, 12:32 AM EST, 34 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1232 AM EST SAT MAR 3 2012

NCZ062>064-030730-
MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-
1232 AM EST SAT MAR 3 2012

...CONTINUOUS MODERATE RAINFALL WILL AFFECT SOUTHEASTERN
MACON...SOUTHERN JACKSON AND TRANSYLVANIA COUNTIES THROUGH 230 AM
EST...

A LARGE AREA OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE MOVING
NORTHEAST ACROSS SOUTHWESTERN NORTH CAROLINA THROUGH THE MORNING
HOURS. RAIN GAUGE DATA ALONG WITH DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL
INDICATES AROUND AN INCH AND HALF OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN SOUTHWESTERN
TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY AND EASTERN MACON COUNTY OVER THE PAST 3 HOURS.
STREAM LEVELS HAVE RISEN MODERATELY IN RESPONSE TO THE RUNOFF FROM
THIS RAIN AND A SLOW BUT CONTINUED RISE IS EXPECTED. ISOLATED AREAS
INCLUDING POOR DRAINAGE URBAN AREAS COULD EXPERIENCE MINOR FLOODING
CONDITIONS OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.

LAT...LON 3516 8349 3525 8316 3529 8292 3532 8287
      3536 8270 3515 8258 3511 8267 3513 8268
      3511 8269 3508 8278 3500 8309 3500 8353

KRENTZ
Special weather statement, Mar 3, 12:37 AM EST, 29 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1237 AM EST SAT MAR 3 2012

GAZ018-SCZ001-002-004-005-030615-
GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS
MOUNTAINS-STEPHENS-
1237 AM EST SAT MAR 3 2012

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT NORTHERN STEPHENS...OCONEE AND
PICKENS COUNTIES THROUGH 115 AM EST...

AT 1237 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
CLAYTON TO 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF TALLULAH FALLS TO 4 MILES NORTHWEST
OF BOYDVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

THESE STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  TOCCOA...
  MOUNTAIN REST...
  WESTMINSTER...
  LAKE KEOWEE...
  SENECA...
  NINE TIMES...

PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH
THESE STORMS. IN ADDITION...HEAVY RAINS MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS
SUCH AS DITCHES AND UNDERPASSES. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS
FLOODED ROADS. WATER LEVELS OF SMALL STREAMS AND RIVERS MAY ALSO
RISE...THEREFORE SEEK HIGHER GROUND IF THREATENED BY FLOOD WATERS.

LAT...LON 3466 8338 3469 8334 3473 8335 3479 8333
      3482 8330 3482 8327 3488 8323 3494 8312
      3496 8312 3507 8257 3505 8260 3501 8260
      3501 8254 3497 8253 3487 8254 3476 8260
      3467 8279 3463 8283 3450 8345

HG
Special weather statement, Mar 3, 1:06 AM EST, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
106 AM EST SAT MAR 3 2012

SCZ001>007-010-030700-
ANDERSON-GREATER GREENVILLE-GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS-GREENVILLE
MOUNTAINS-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-SPARTANBURG-
106 AM EST SAT MAR 3 2012

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT CENTRAL GREENVILLE...EASTERN
OCONEE...NORTHERN ANDERSON...PICKENS AND WESTERN SPARTANBURG COUNTIES
THROUGH 200 AM EST...

AT 105 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM SALEM TO 4 MILES
NORTH OF SENECA TO OAKWAY...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

THESE STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  NINE TIMES...
  PICKENS...
  LIBERTY...
  EASLEY...
  MARIETTA...
  TRAVELERS REST...

PEA SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE
STORMS. IN ADDITION...HEAVY RAINS MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS
DITCHES AND UNDERPASSES. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED
ROADS. WATER LEVELS OF SMALL STREAMS AND RIVERS MAY ALSO
RISE...THEREFORE SEEK HIGHER GROUND IF THREATENED BY FLOOD WATERS.

LAT...LON 3455 8312 3474 8299 3497 8299 3512 8205
      3489 8206 3478 8214 3478 8215 3470 8219

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, 1:29 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, 9:47 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementGSPElbert, Franklin, Habersham, Hart, Stephens73 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

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in South Carolina, 2012Every special weather statement 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.