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Special Weather Statement, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this special weather statement at Jul 27, 2012, 4:03 PM EDT for Davie County, North Carolina. It was in force for 42 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
- Jul 27, 2012, 4:03 PM EDT (20:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 27, 2012, 4:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
County Davie County, NC
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:03 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
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 58 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
- 1258 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -81 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1293 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -92 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 79 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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</html>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 Jul 27, 2:29 PM EDT, 1 hour 34 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 27, 2:29 PM EDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
229 PM EDT FRI JUL 27 2012
.SYNOPSIS...
A WEAK COOL FRONT WILL SLOWLY SETTLE SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE REGION
THROUGH THE WEEKEND BEFORE GRADUALLY DISSIPATING. ANOTHER WEAK FRONT
IS EXPECTED TO APPROACH THE REGION BY THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK.
&&
.NEAR TERM /THROUGH SATURDAY/...
AS OF 230 PM...SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAVE FIRED AS
ANTICIPATED AND EXPECT THEY WILL BECOME NUMEROUS IN THE MID TO
LATE AFTERNOON HOURS ACROSS THE NORTHERN TIER. UPPER VORT MAX
MOVING ACROSS UPSTATE SC AND GENERALLY LOWERING HEIGHTS ALOFT
DRIVING THE CONVECTION. IN REGARD TO THE SEVERE THREAT...THE MID
LEVEL FLOW WILL BE MUCH BETTER TO THE N OF OUR AREA THIS
AFTN...BUT 500 MB WINDS COULD APPROACH 25 KT ACROSS THE FAR NRN
TIER WHICH WOULD SUPPORT A MULTICELL MODE THERE. FARTHER TO THE
SOUTH...THE STRONGLY HEATED BOUNDARY LAYER WILL PRODUCE CAPES OF
1500-2000J WHICH WILL SUPPORT A PULSE SEVERE THREAT PRIMARLY FOR
WET MICROBURSTS.
EXPECT CONVECTION TO WANE QUICKLY AFTER 00Z AS WEAK NVA SETTLES IN
BEHIND THE VORT. HOWEVER...A WEAK AREA OF CONVERGENCE OVER THE
EASTERN UPSTATE MAY ALLOW A COUPLE ISOLATED STORMS TO HANG ON
THERE INTO THE LATE EVENING PER NAM/GFM RESPONSE THAT AREA.
EXPECT GENERALLY A QUIET OVERNIGHT PERIOD WITH DISSIPATING DEBRIS
CLOUDS AND SOME MOUNTAIN VALLEY FOG LATE. A BLEND OF BIAS CORRECTED
MOS INDICATES THAT MIN TEMPS SHOULD BE ABOUT A CATEGORY LOWER THAN
LAST NIGHT...BUT STILL ABOVE AVERAGE.
ON SAT...THE MORNING SHOULD BE GENERALLY QUIET. HOWEVER...DURING THE
AFTERNOON A SECONDARY COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE AREA FROM NW TO SE.
THIS FRONT WILL BE DRIVEN BY A RATHER IMPRESSIVE SHORT WAVE FOR MID
SUMMER IN THE DEEP SOUTH. HENCE...EXPECT CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT
DURING THE MID/LATE AFTERNOON HOURS WITH BEST COVERAGE FROM THE NC
FOOTHILLS ACROSS THE NC PIEDMONT...BUT EXTENDING WEST INTO THE
EASTERN UPSTATE OF SC. SOUNDINGS INDICATE SOME DRY AIR ALOFT SO A
DAMAGING WIND THREAT WILL BE PRESENT AS WELL. MAX TEMPS ON SAT SHOULD
BE ABOUT A CATEGORY LOWER THAN TODAY BASED ON A MOS BLEND. SO NO
HEAT ADVIORY NECESSARY ON SAT ALTHOUGH IT WILL REMAIN HOT AND ABOVE
AVERAGE.
&&
.SHORT TERM /SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY/...
AT 200 PM EDT FRIDAY...AN UPPER TROUGH WILL REMAIN ALONG THE EAST
COAST FROM SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY. A SHORTWAVE WILL EXIT THE
BASE OF THE TROUGH ON SATURDAY NIGHT...AND ANOTHER WILL MOVE INTO
THE THE TROUGH ON SUNDAY. THE REMAINS OF A FRONT WILL BE LOCATED
JUST SOUTHEAST OF OUR AREA ON SUNDAY...AND DEW POINTS SLIGHTLY BELOW
NORMAL ARE EXPECTED. MODEL TIME HEIGHTS SUGGEST A LINGERING MOIST
LAYER BETWEEN 850 AND 700 MB...WITH WEAK UPWARD VERTICAL MOTION
PRESENT. CHANCE POPS WILL BE CARRIED ON SUNDAY... FAVORING THE
MOUNTAINS FOR OROGRAPHIC EFFECTS...AND THE PIEDMONT WHICH WILL BE
CLOSER TO THE FRONT AND BETTER MOISTURE. NAM SOUNDINGS APPEAR
FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE WEATHER...WITH INSTABILITY AND MODEST LOW LEVEL
SHEAR. GFS SOUNDING ARE CHARACTERISTICALLY LESS UNSTABLE....AND ALSO
HAVE LESS SHEAR. TEMPERATURES WILL BE NEAR NORMAL.
ON SUNDAY NIGHT THE SECOND SHORTWAVE ROUNDS THE BASE OF THE
TROUGH... AND ON MONDAY IT EXITS THE AREA. THE OLD SURFACE BOUNDARY
REMAINS JUST OFF TO OUR EAST...AND THE 850 TO 700 MB LAYER REMAINS
MOIST. WITH NO APPARENT UPPER LEVEL FORCING...ONLY VERY SMALL POPS
WILL BE CARRIED IN AN AIR MASS THAT REMAINS UNSTABLE...WITH SURFACE
DEW POINTS RECOVERING TO NEAR NORMAL VALUES.
&&
.LONG TERM /MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY/...
AS OF 1215 PM FRIDAY...MEDIUM RANGE MODELS ARE CONTINUING TO
ADVERTISE THE POTENTIAL FOR ENERGY ROTATING INTO THE REGION ON
TUESDAY WITHIN THE BASE OF LINGERING EASTERN CONUS L/WV TROUGH.
GIVEN THE UNSETTLED LOOK OF THE LARGE SCALE PATTERN...SOLID CHANCE
POP WILL BE NUDGED UPWARD. INTO WEDNESDAY...THERE LOOKS TO BE LITTLE
CHANGE IN THE MEAN PATTERN AND ASSOCIATED SENSIBLE WX...DIURNALLY
ENHANCED TSTM CHANCES. DAILY TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO BE WITHIN
A FEW DEGREES OF CLIMO. I WOULD EXPECT ABOVE CLIMO TSTM CHANCES TO
CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY AS WELL GIVEN THE ONLY NOMINAL CHANGE TO THE
PATTERN ACRS THE EASTERN CONUS. THE LATEST ECMWF IS HINTING AT A
TRANSITION TOWARD A WEAKER/DEAMPLIFYING FLOW REGIME BY THE END OF
PERIOD. NEW DAY 7 POPS WILL FEATURE SLIGHT AND/OR SMALL DIURNAL
TSTM CHANCES AND TEMPERATURES NEAR PERSISTENCE.
&&
.AVIATION /19Z FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
AT KCLT...TIMING OF CONVECTION AT THE AIRPORT IS MAIN PROBLEM.
LATEST LOCAL WRF RUN SEEMS TO BE CAPTURING CONVECTIVE TRENDS AND IT
SUGGESTS THUNDERSTORMS AROUND 20Z FOR THE AIRFIELD. HENCE...WILL RUN
A TEMPO FOR TSRA FROM 20-22Z AND THEN A VCSH TIL AROUND 00Z. EXPECT
AFTER 00Z ONLY SOME CONVECTIVE DEBRIS CLOUDS. IF SUBSTANTIAL RAIN
OCCURS AT THE AIRFIELD...CAN'T RULE OUT SOME MVFR TYPE FOG EARLY ON
SAT...BUT FOR NOW HAVE NOT INTRODUCED THAT. ON SAT...THE MORNING
SHOULD BE QUIET WITH CONVECTION ARRIVING AFTER THIS TAF TIMEFRAME.
ELSEWHERE...SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON
ACROSS THE AREA TRIGGERED BY AN UPPER AIR DISTURBANCE.
HENCE...EXPECT ALL AIRFIELDS TO BE AFFECTED IN APPROXIMATELY 19Z-23Z
TIMEFRAME. EXPECT CONVECTION TO WANE QUICKLY AFTER 00Z AS TROUGH
MOVES TO THE EAAT. EXPECT SOME IFR/LIFR MOUNTAIN VALLEY FOG AND
AROUND KHKY AS EXPECT MOST AREAS TO HAVE SOME RAINFALL. CONVECTION
ON SAT SHOULD BE AFTER THIS TAF PERIOD.
OUTLOOK...A DAILY CHANCE OF SCT AFTERNOON CONVECTION WILL THEN
CONTINUE INTO THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK AS AN UPPER TROF REMAINS OVER
THE AREA.
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...HEAT ADVISORY UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR GAZ029.
NC...HEAT ADVISORY UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR NCZ071-072-082.
SC...HEAT ADVISORY UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR SCZ009-011>014-
019.
&&
SYNOPSIS...CSH
NEAR TERM...LG
SHORT TERM...JAT
LONG TERM...CSH
AVIATION...LGHazardous weather outlook, Jul 27, 6:21 AM EDT, 9 hours 42 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 621 AM EDT FRI JUL 27 2012 GAZ018-026-028-NCZ036-037-057-068>070-508-510-SCZ001>008-010-281030- STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-IREDELL-DAVIE-ROWAN-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON- GREATER RUTHERFORD-EASTERN POLK-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS- GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS- GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-ANDERSON- 621 AM EDT FRI JUL 27 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. A WARM AND HUMID AIR MASS WILL REMAIN IN PLACE ACROSS THE AREA TODAY. HEAT INDEX VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE BETWEEN 100 AND 104 ACROSS MUCH OF THE PIEDMONT...AS WELL AS PORTIONS OF THE FOOTHILLS OF THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA. THE ATMOSPHERE WILL ALSO BECOME QUITE UNSTABLE THIS AFTERNOON... AND COVERAGE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD INCREASE AS A WEAK COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. A FEW OF THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY BECOME SEVERE...WITH LOCALIZED DAMAGING WINDS BEING THE PRIMARY THREAT. SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS MAY ALSO PRODUCE A BRIEF PERIOD OF LARGE HAIL. HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING CAN OCCUR WITH ANY THUNDERSTORM. .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...OR FLASH FLOODING TO OUR OFFICE. GAZ029-NCZ071-072-082-SCZ009-011>014-019-281030- ELBERT-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC-YORK-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-UNION SC- CHESTER-GREENWOOD- 621 AM EDT FRI JUL 27 2012 ...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. HEAT ADVISORY. THE ATMOSPHERE WILL BECOME QUITE UNSTABLE ACROSS SOUTHERN PIEDMONT AREAS THIS AFTERNOON...AND COVERAGE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD INCREASE AS A WEAK COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. A FEW OF THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY BECOME SEVERE...WITH LOCALIZED DAMAGING WINDS BEING THE PRIMARY THREAT. SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS MAY ALSO PRODUCE A BRIEF PERIOD OF LARGE HAIL. HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING CAN OCCUR WITH ANY THUNDERSTORM. .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...OR FLASH FLOODING TO OUR OFFICE. GAZ010-017-NCZ033-035-048>053-056-058-059-062>065-501>507-509-281030- RABUN-HABERSHAM-AVERY-ALEXANDER-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN- HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-CATAWBA-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON- SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS- GREATER CALDWELL-BURKE MOUNTAINS-GREATER BURKE-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS- EASTERN MCDOWELL-RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-POLK MOUNTAINS- 621 AM EDT FRI JUL 27 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE ATMOSPHERE WILL BECOME QUITE UNSTABLE ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND NORTHERN FOOTHILLS THIS AFTERNOON...AND COVERAGE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD INCREASE AS A WEAK COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. A FEW OF THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY BECOME SEVERE...WITH LOCALIZED DAMAGING WINDS BEING THE PRIMARY THREAT. SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS MAY ALSO PRODUCE A BRIEF PERIOD OF LARGE HAIL. HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING CAN OCCUR WITH ANY THUNDERSTORM. .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...OR FLASH FLOODING TO OUR OFFICE. LANE
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 27, 3:33 PM EDT, 30 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
333 PM EDT FRI JUL 27 2012
SCZ001-004-005-010-272015-
ANDERSON-GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-
333 PM EDT FRI JUL 27 2012
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EASTERN OCONEE...NORTHERN
ANDERSON AND SOUTHERN PICKENS COUNTIES THROUGH 415 PM EDT...
AT 331 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SIX MILE...OR 7 MILES
NORTHWEST OF CLEMSON...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
CENTRAL...
NORRIS...
LIBERTY...
EASLEY...
WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH...AND TORRENTIAL RAIN ARE EXPECTED WITH
THIS STORM.
LAT...LON 3470 8299 3487 8295 3487 8290 3481 8289
3486 8279 3484 8249 3477 8245 3475 8246
3468 8246 3467 8247 3466 8246 3459 8247
ARKLocal storm report, Jul 27, 3:45 PM EDT, 18 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
345 PM EDT FRI JUL 27 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0330 PM TSTM WND DMG HENDERSONVILLE 35.32N 82.46W
07/27/2012 HENDERSON NC 911 CALL CENTER
NUMEROUS TREES BLOWN DOWN IN HENDERSONVILLE AND ON THE
NORTH SIDE OF TOWN. REPORTS OF TREES DOWN ON 7 DIFFERENT
ROADS SO FAR.
&&
MCAVOYSpecial weather statement, Jul 27, 3:49 PM EDT, 14 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
349 PM EDT FRI JUL 27 2012
NCZ504-506-272030-
EASTERN MCDOWELL-GREATER BURKE-
349 PM EDT FRI JUL 27 2012
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EASTERN MCDOWELL AND SOUTHERN
BURKE COUNTIES THROUGH 430 PM EDT...
AT 344 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES SOUTH OF NEBO...OR 4 MILES EAST OF
MARION...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LAKE
JAMES...PLEASANT GROVE...MORGANTON...MARION...GLENWOOD...GLEN
ALPINE...FERO...DYSARTSVILLE...DREXEL AND NEBO.
SMALL HAIL...WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH AND TORRENTIAL RAIN ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. IF OUTDOORS...TRY TO
GET INDOORS OR INTO A HARD TOPPED VEHICLE. OTHERWISE...STAY AWAY FROM
OPEN AREAS AND ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES. WHEN INDOORS...
STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS AND AVOID USING WIRED ELECTRONIC
DEVICES. TRY TO UNPLUG UNNECESSARY APPLIANCES BEFORE THE STORM
APPROACHES.
LAT...LON 3580 8157 3558 8152 3557 8168 3561 8172
3560 8174 3561 8175 3559 8177 3560 8179
3557 8183 3557 8201 3571 8204 3577 8194
3584 8163
07Special weather statement, Jul 27, 3:51 PM EDT, 12 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
351 PM EDT FRI JUL 27 2012
NCZ035-501-502-272030-
ALEXANDER-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-GREATER CALDWELL-
351 PM EDT FRI JUL 27 2012
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL CALDWELL AND WESTERN
ALEXANDER COUNTIES THROUGH 430 PM EDT...
AT 348 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR PATTERSON...OR 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF
LENOIR...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
PATTERSON...KINGS CREEK...LENOIR...ELLENDALE AND COLLETTSVILLE.
SMALL HAIL...WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH AND TORRENTIAL RAIN ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. IF OUTDOORS...TRY TO
GET INDOORS OR INTO A HARD TOPPED VEHICLE. OTHERWISE...STAY AWAY FROM
OPEN AREAS AND ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES. WHEN INDOORS...
STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS AND AVOID USING WIRED ELECTRONIC
DEVICES. TRY TO UNPLUG UNNECESSARY APPLIANCES BEFORE THE STORM
APPROACHES.
LAT...LON 3604 8138 3603 8135 3600 8132 3603 8127
3604 8121 3604 8120 3584 8121 3589 8169
3607 8168 3608 8142
07Local storm report, Jul 27, 3:55 PM EDT, 8 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
355 PM EDT FRI JUL 27 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0258 PM TSTM WND DMG 3 NW PUMPKINTOWN 35.04N 82.70W
07/27/2012 PICKENS SC PARK/FOREST SRVC
A FEW LARGE LIMBS DOWN AT TABLE ROCK STATE PARK.
&&
OUTLAWSpecial weather statement, Jul 27, 4:03 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
403 PM EDT FRI JUL 27 2012
NCZ037-272045-
DAVIE-
403 PM EDT FRI JUL 27 2012
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHERN DAVIE COUNTY THROUGH
445 PM EDT...
AT 358 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF SHEFFIELD...OR 9 MILES
NORTHWEST OF MOCKSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BERMUDA
RUN...SHEFFIELD...FARMINGTON AND ADVANCE.
SMALL HAIL...WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH AND TORRENTIAL RAIN ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. IF OUTDOORS...TRY TO
GET INDOORS OR INTO A HARD TOPPED VEHICLE. OTHERWISE...STAY AWAY FROM
OPEN AREAS AND ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES. WHEN INDOORS...
STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS AND AVOID USING WIRED ELECTRONIC
DEVICES. TRY TO UNPLUG UNNECESSARY APPLIANCES BEFORE THE STORM
APPROACHES.
LAT...LON 3591 8070 3594 8071 3606 8069 3605 8049
3607 8046 3601 8041 3599 8041 3596 8037
3593 8037
07The office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 27, 1:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Macon | 43 min |
| Jul 27, 1:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Haywood, Transylvania | 38 min |
| Jul 27, 1:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Macon | 46 min |
| Jul 27, 1:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Buncombe | 46 min |
| Jul 27, 2:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Transylvania | 50 min |
| Jul 27, 2:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Polk, Rutherford | 40 min |
| Jul 27, 2:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Henderson | 38 min |
| Jul 27, 2:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Transylvania | 53 min |
| Jul 27, 3:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Haywood | 42 min |
| Jul 27, 3:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Avery, Mitchell | 46 min |
| Jul 27, 3:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Polk | 44 min |
| Jul 27, 3:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Henderson, Polk | 55 min |
| Jul 27, 3:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cleveland, Polk, Rutherford | 57 min |
| Jul 27, 3:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Burke | 41 min |
| Jul 27, 3:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Caldwell | 39 min |
| Jul 27, 4:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Iredell | 50 min |
| Jul 27, 4:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Burke, Catawba, Cleveland, Lincoln, McDowell, Rutherford | 64 min |
| Jul 27, 4:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Alexander | 44 min |
| Jul 27, 4:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Davie, Iredell, Rowan | 66 min |
| Jul 27, 4:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Alexander, Iredell | 48 min |
| Jul 27, 5:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Iredell | 45 min |
| Jul 27, 5:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Davie, Rowan | 57 min |
| Jul 27, 5:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Lincoln | 47 min |
| Jul 27, 5:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Catawba, Gaston, Iredell, Lincoln, Mecklenburg | 64 min |
| Jul 27, 5:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Catawba, Iredell, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Rowan | 62 min |
| Jul 27, 6:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Mecklenburg | 65 min |
| Jul 27, 6:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Mecklenburg, Rowan | 58 min |
| Jul 27, 6:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Rowan | 39 min |
| Jul 27, 6:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Mecklenburg, Union | 59 min |
| Jul 27, 6:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cabarrus | 26 min |
| Jul 27, 1:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Greenwood | 25 min |
| Jul 27, 1:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Abbeville | 38 min |
| Jul 27, 2:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Oconee | 40 min |
| Jul 27, 2:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Laurens | 43 min |
| Jul 27, 3:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Greenville | 29 min |
| Jul 27, 3:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Pickens | 42 min |
| Jul 27, 3:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Anderson, Oconee, Pickens | 50 min |
| Jul 27, 4:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Spartanburg | 48 min |
| Jul 27, 4:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cherokee, Spartanburg, Union | 56 min |
| Jul 27, 4:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Greenville | 51 min |
| Jul 27, 4:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Greenville, Laurens, Spartanburg, Union | 58 min |
| Jul 27, 4:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Abbeville | 36 min |
| Jul 27, 5:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cherokee, Chester, Laurens, Spartanburg, Union, York | 54 min |
| Jul 27, 5:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Abbeville, Laurens | 35 min |
| Jul 27, 5:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Abbeville, Greenwood, Laurens | 54 min |
| Jul 27, 5:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Chester, Union, York | 51 min |
| Jul 27, 6:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Abbeville, Greenwood, Laurens | 64 min |
| Jul 27, 7:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Oconee, Pickens | 44 min |
| Jul 27, 7:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Abbeville, Greenwood | 49 min |
| Jul 27, 2:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Rabun | 48 min |
Nearby
Special Weather Statements in North 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.