Alert archive / North Carolina / Special Weather Statements in 2012
Special Weather Statement, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this special weather statement at Aug 22, 2012, 11:10 PM EDT for Henderson County, North Carolina. It was in force for 35 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 22, 2012, 11:10 PM EDT (03:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 22, 2012, 11:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
County Henderson County, NC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:10 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 22, 11:15 PM EDT | HAIL 0.75 | 5 E Hendersonville, NC | PENNY SIZED HAIL FELL IN THE DANA...BLUE RIDGE AREA OF HENDERSON COUNTY. |
| Aug 22, 11:37 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 E Dana, NC | A TREE WAS BLOWN ONTO A DOUBLEWIDE MOBILE HOME WITH A MAN INSIDE. THE MAN CAME OUT FROM UNDER THE TREE WITHOUT A SCRATCH. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 295 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
- 302 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -34 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1500 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -27 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -9 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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WWUS82 KGSP 230310
SPSGSP
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1110 PM EDT WED AUG 22 2012
NCZ065-509-230345-
HENDERSON-POLK MOUNTAINS-
1110 PM EDT WED AUG 22 2012
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EASTERN HENDERSON AND
NORTHWESTERN POLK COUNTIES THROUGH 1145 PM EDT...
AT 1109 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR DANA...OR 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF
HENDERSONVILLE...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 5 MPH.
THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
HENDERSONVILLE...
DIME SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM. HEAVY RAINS MAY FLOOD AREAS WITH POOR DRAINAGE...SUCH AS
DITCHES AND UNDERPASSES. DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS...TURN AROUND AND FIND ANOTHER ROUTE. FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS
ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LAT...LON 3536 8223 3528 8229 3521 8240 3535 8257
3548 8234
$$
HGThe office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 22, 10:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Polk | 35 min |
| Aug 22, 11:29 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Henderson, Polk, Rutherford | 2 hr |
| Aug 23, 2:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Transylvania | 49 min |
| Aug 23, 4:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Buncombe | 28 min |
| Aug 23, 4:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Madison | 36 min |
| Aug 23, 5:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Madison | 36 min |
| Aug 23, 5:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Madison | 29 min |
| Aug 23, 7:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Polk | 37 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.