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Special Weather Statement, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this special weather statement at Aug 11, 2012, 4:29 AM EDT for Avery County, Mitchell County, North Carolina. It was in force for 46 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
- Aug 11, 2012, 4:29 AM EDT (08:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 11, 2012, 5:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Counties Avery County, NC, Mitchell County, NC
The radar
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 127 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:30 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 00:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 189 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
- 781 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -19 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 955 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 39 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 27 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.0
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 Aug 11, 3:47 AM EDT, 42 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 11, 3:47 AM EDT, 42 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 347 AM EDT SAT AUG 11 2012 .SYNOPSIS... A COLD FRONT WILL SLOWLY CROSS THE ARE TODAY...AND THEN MOVE OUT OF THE AREA ON SUNDAY. HIGH PRESSURE WILL ARRIVE EARLY NEXT WEEK. ANOTHER FRONT WILL APPROACH THE AREA BY MID WEEK. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/... AS OF 340 AM EDT SATURDAY...ONGOING PREFRONTAL FORCING HAS KEPT THINGS ACTIVE ACROSS THE ERN HALF OF THE CWFA THIS MORNING. DON/T ANTICIPATE ANY REAL STRONG STORMS OR FLOODING ISSUES SINCE THE CELLS ARE MOVING ALONG AT A NE/LY NICE CLIP AND THE LLVL THERMAL FIELDS HAVE BEEN WORKED OVER ALONG THE I85 CORRIDOR. HOWEVER...WITH A HIGHLY SATURATED COLUMN AND A HIGH RUNOFF POTENTIAL...ANY STORMS THAT BACK BUILD OR MERGE COULD PRESENT A HYDRO ISSUE...ESP ACROSS NRN GVILLE CO WHERE ANOTHER INCH OF RAIN HAS FALLEN EARLY THIS MORNING. THERE IS GOOD AGREEMENT WITH THE OP MODELS IN FINALLY PUSHING THE TN COLD FRONT THROUGH THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EAST OF THE CWFA BY 06Z SUN. MADE LITTLE CHANGES TO THE GOING POPS AND THINK THE BEST COVERAGE WILL BE EAST OF THE MTNS TDAY. THE MTNS SHOULD BE CLEARING OFF BY MID AFTERNOON WITH DEEP DRY AIR MIXING IN AND SFC RIDGING BUILDING EAST AFT 18Z. THIS LEAVES THE BEST INSTABILITY AND UPPER FORCING ACROSS THE PIEDMONT/FHILLS THIS AFTERNOON. THE SBCAPE FIELDS ARE A BIT SUSPECT WITH ALL THE DEBRIS CLOUDINESS AND WEAK MLVL LAPSE RATES. YET...DEEP SHEAR WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON ABOVE H85 TO AROUND 35 KTS. ALSO...CROSS SECTIONS SHOW A NICE INFLUX OF LOW MLVL THETA/E AIR...WHICH COULD ENHANCE A STRONG/SEVERE WIND THREAT. DON/T ENVISION GREAT ORGANIZATION WITH THESE STORMS...BUT ISOL TO SCT SEVERE MULITCELLS PRODUCING DAMAGING OUTFLOWS ARE PROBABLE. THE BULK OF ACTIVITY SHOULD BE EAST OF I77 SHORTLY AFT 00Z...WITH INCREASING DRY AND STABLE AIR WORKING IN THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT. MAX TEMPS REMAINING A LITTLE BELOW NORMAL WITH ALL THE CLOUD COVER...MINS BELOW NORMAL AS WELL WITH AN AIRMASS MIX AND LIMITED CLOUD COVER. && .SHORT TERM /SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT/... AT 230 AM EDT SATURDAY...AN UPPER LOW WILL MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS QUEBEC ON SUNDAY...WHILE A SHORTWAVE TO ITS SOUTH MOVES FROM THE APPALACHIANS TO THE COAST. ON MONDAY ANOTHER SHORTWAVE DROPS INTO THE MEAN UPPER TROUGH AXIS WEST OF THE THE MOUNTAINS...REACHING THE BASE OF THE TROUGH ON MONDAY NIGHT. AT THE SURFACE...DRY HIGH PRESSURE WILL MOVE OVER OUR AREA ON SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT AS A COLD FRONT DEPARTS TO THE EAST. MOISTURE INCREASES OVER THE MOUNTAINS ON MONDAY...AS ANOTHER COLD FRONT MOVES INTO THE MS RIVER VALLEY. AS THE FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE OH AND TN VALLEY MONDAY NIGHT...MOISTURE SPREADS ACROSS THE REST OF OUR AREA. POPS WILL BE RAISED MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT WITH THE APPROACH OF THE NEXT SYSTEM. TEMPERATURES WILL RISE FROM SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL TO NEAR NORMAL. && .LONG TERM /TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/... AT 230 AM EDT SATURDAY...A MEAN UPPER TROUGH AXIS WILL BE LOCATED FROM THE GREAT LAKES TO THE OH AND TN RIVER VALLEYS FROM TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE APPALACHIANS ON TUESDAY...CROSSING THE MOUNTAINS TUESDAY NIGHT...THEN BECOMING STATIONARY NEAR THE BORDER OF NC AND SC BY THURSDAY. THE FRONT WEAKENS ON FRIDAY...WHILE ANOTHER FRONT CROSSES APPROACHES THE MOUNTAINS FROM THE WEST. POPS WILL BE FLUCTUATE AS BOUNDARIES WARRANT. TEMPERATURES WILL BE NEAR NORMAL. && .AVIATION /08Z SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... AT KCLT...KEEPING AN EYE ON THE CONVECTION UPSTREAM OF THE TERMINAL. COULD NEED AN AWW FOR CTG LTG...BUT NOT EXPECTING SIGFNT WIND SHIFTS OR CIG/VSBY ISSUES WITH THAT STORM. THE OVERALL PREFRONTAL ZONE IS FAIRLY WEAK...BUT IT WILL SHIFT EAST THROUGH THE MORNING...LIKELY CREATING A LOWERING OF CIGS TO IFR BY DAYBREAK. BRING MVFR BY 14Z...SIMILAR TO YDAY/S MORNING AIRMASS TRANSITION. THUNDER CLOSE BY AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON...MOVING EAST OF THE TERMINAL BY 00Z PER THE WRF ARW. ELSEWHERE...SHOWERS AND THUNDER TO AFFECT THE SC TERMINALS OVER THE NEXT FEW HRS. HAVE CIGS LOWERING AT ALL SITES TO MVFR/IFR AFT 09Z...SOME OF WHICH HAVE ALREADY FALLEN DUE TO RECENT PRECIP. A LITTLE MORE DRYING AT KAVL AND KHKY COULD ALLOW FOR IFR VSBY BY DAYBREAK. SHOWERS AND THUNDER WILL BE ISOL THIS AFTERNOON AND THE MAIN LINE SHOULD BE EAST OF ALL SITES...HOWEVER CANNOT RULE OUT UPPER TROF INDUCING CONVECTION IN BETTER INSOLATION AREA POST FROPA...SO KEPT PROB30 TS AT ALL SITES EXCEPT KAVL. OUTLOOK...A COLD FRONT WILL SLOWLY CROSS THE AREA LATE SATURDAY... WITH DRIER HIGH PRES BUILDING IN FROM THE W THE LATTER HALF OF THE WEEKEND. WEAK HIGH PRESSURE WILL LINGER THROUGH 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...JAT NEAR TERM...SBK SHORT TERM...JAT LONG TERM...JAT AVIATION...SBK
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 11, 4:09 AM EDT, 20 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 409 AM EDT SAT AUG 11 2012 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065- 068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-121000- RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-AVERY-ALEXANDER- IREDELL-DAVIE-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-CATAWBA- ROWAN-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA- HENDERSON-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-OCONEE MOUNTAINS- PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER OCONEE- GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK- ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- 409 AM EDT SAT AUG 11 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS ARE IN THE FORECAST TODAY AND THIS EVENING. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE...ESPECIALLY EAST OF THE MOUNTAINS. DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN HAZARD...ALTHOUGH LARGE HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE. ANY OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAINFALL. ISOLATED FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE WHERE RECENT RAINFALL HAS SATURATED THE GROUND. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. 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. 07
In the hours before
Local storm report, Aug 10, 11:59 PM EDT, 4 hours 30 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1159 PM EDT FRI AUG 10 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1120 PM TSTM WND DMG 4 N EASLEY 34.88N 82.60W
08/10/2012 PICKENS SC LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREE BLOCKING CANNERY ROAD NEAR HIGHWAY 135. ANOTHER TREE
BLOWN DOWN NEARBY ON PRINCE GEORGE ROAD.
&&
MCAVOYSpecial weather statement, Aug 11, 12:23 AM EDT, 4 hours 6 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1223 AM EDT SAT AUG 11 2012
NCZ068-508-510-SCZ007-008-013-110515-
CHEROKEE-CLEVELAND-EASTERN POLK-GREATER RUTHERFORD-SPARTANBURG-UNION-
1223 AM EDT SAT AUG 11 2012
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT CHEROKEE...NORTHERN UNION...
SOUTHEASTERN POLK...SOUTHERN RUTHERFORD...SOUTHWESTERN CLEVELAND AND
SPARTANBURG COUNTIES THROUGH 115 AM EDT...
AT 1222 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM FINGERVILLE TO
MOORE...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
THESE STORMS WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
BOILING SPRINGS SC...
SPARTANBURG...
MAYO...
COWPENS...
CLIFFSIDE...
JONESVILLE...
SMALL HAIL...WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH AND TORRENTIAL RAIN ARE
EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.
LAT...LON 3475 8212 3478 8214 3521 8214 3531 8149
3473 8150
JOHLocal storm report, Aug 11, 12:29 AM EDT, 4 hours before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1229 AM EDT SAT AUG 11 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1151 PM TSTM WND DMG 4 W GREENVILLE 34.83N 82.44W
08/10/2012 GREENVILLE SC 911 CALL CENTER
TREE DOWN ON SOUTH FLORIDA AVE AT EASLEY BRIDGE RD.
&&
MCAVOYLocal storm report, Aug 11, 12:51 AM EDT, 3 hours 38 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1251 AM EDT SAT AUG 11 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1157 PM TSTM WND DMG 5 SSW GREENVILLE 34.78N 82.42W
08/10/2012 GREENVILLE SC 911 CALL CENTER
A TREE AND A POWER LINE BLOWN DOWN ALONG DANHARDT ST.
&&
MCAVOYSpecial weather statement, Aug 11, 2:02 AM EDT, 2 hours 27 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
202 AM EDT SAT AUG 11 2012
SCZ007-110645-
SPARTANBURG-
202 AM EDT SAT AUG 11 2012
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHERN SPARTANBURG COUNTY
THROUGH 245 AM EDT...
AT 156 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES WEST OF INMAN...OR 14 MILES SOUTH OF
COLUMBUS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LAKE
BOWEN...MAYO...INMAN...FINGERVILLE...CHESNEE...CAMPOBELLO AND
BOILING SPRINGS SC.
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 3504 8222 3513 8222 3520 8208 3518 8187
3506 8181 3495 8218
07Special weather statement, Aug 11, 4:29 AM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
429 AM EDT SAT AUG 11 2012
NCZ033-050-110915-
AVERY-MITCHELL-
429 AM EDT SAT AUG 11 2012
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AVERY AND CENTRAL MITCHELL
COUNTIES THROUGH 515 AM EDT...
AT 425 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR BANDANA...OR 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF SPRUCE
PINE...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LINVILLE...
SUGAR MOUNTAIN...SPRUCE PINE...NEWLAND...MINNEAPOLIS...LEDGER...
INGALLS...GRANDFATHER MOUNTAIN...CROSSNORE...BANNER ELK...BANDANA
AND BAKERSVILLE.
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 3616 8182 3612 8181 3607 8173 3596 8181
3598 8188 3600 8190 3593 8196 3590 8214
3593 8215 3595 8219 3601 8219 3601 8225
3599 8225 3606 8228 3619 8185
07The office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 10, 8:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Madison | 27 min |
| Aug 10, 8:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Buncombe, Madison | 42 min |
| Aug 10, 9:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Buncombe, McDowell, Yancey | 54 min |
| Aug 10, 9:28 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Caldwell | 2 hr |
| Aug 10, 10:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Buncombe | 30 min |
| Aug 10, 10:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Burke | 29 min |
| Aug 11, 4:43 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Avery, Caldwell, Mitchell | 62 min |
| Aug 11, 12:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Davie | 39 min |
| Aug 11, 1:30 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Caldwell | 85 min |
| Aug 11, 3:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Alexander | 31 min |
| Aug 11, 3:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Alexander | 37 min |
| Aug 11, 4:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Iredell | 35 min |
| Aug 11, 6:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Iredell | 27 min |
| Aug 11, 6:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Iredell | 40 min |
| Aug 11, 7:29 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Davie | 106 min |
| Aug 10, 8:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Spartanburg | 31 min |
| Aug 10, 10:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Pickens | 44 min |
| Aug 10, 10:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Anderson, Greenville, Oconee, Pickens | 50 min |
| Aug 10, 11:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Anderson, Greenville, Pickens, Spartanburg | 66 min |
| Aug 11, 12:23 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cherokee, Spartanburg | 52 min |
| Aug 11, 2:02 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Spartanburg | 43 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.