Alert archive / North Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 2012
Tornado Warning 10, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this tornado warning at Mar 2, 2012, 9:28 PM EST for Macon County, Swain County, North Carolina. It was in force for 27 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, 9:28 PM EST (02:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 2, 2012, 9:55 PM EST
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Macon County, NC, Swain County, NC
The radar
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2, 3:19 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 229 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
526
WFUS52 KGSP 030228
TORGSP
NCC113-173-030315-
/O.NEW.KGSP.TO.W.0010.120303T0228Z-120303T0315Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
928 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN MACON COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF FRANKLIN...
SOUTH CENTRAL SWAIN COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 1015 PM EST
* AT 925 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 5 MILES WEST OF
NANTAHALA LAKE...OR 4 MILES EAST OF ANDREWS...MOVING EAST AT 45
MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
NANTAHALA LAKE...
KYLE...
FRANKLIN AND ALARKA...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES SHOULD BE ABANDONED FOR STURDIER SHELTER.
OTHERWISE...GO TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST LEVEL OF YOUR HOME
OR PLACE OF BUSINESS. MAKE SURE THERE ARE AS MANY WALLS AND FLOORS
BETWEEN YOU AND THE OUTSIDE AS POSSIBLE.
&&
LAT...LON 3521 8373 3523 8370 3530 8369 3540 8335
3537 8333 3533 8334 3531 8332 3527 8332
3523 8328 3523 8325 3517 8322 3516 8323
3513 8365 3515 8366 3516 8374
TIME...MOT...LOC 0228Z 259DEG 39KT 3520 8371
$$
MOORE2 follow-up statements
823
WWUS52 KGSP 030246
SVSGSP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
946 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012
NCC173-030255-
/O.CAN.KGSP.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-120303T0315Z/
SWAIN NC-
946 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL SWAIN COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MACON COUNTY.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EST FRIDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND CENTRAL SOUTH
CAROLINA.
LAT...LON 3530 8348 3530 8346 3531 8345 3533 8334
3531 8332 3527 8332 3523 8328 3523 8325
3517 8322 3516 8323 3513 8360 3528 8363
TIME...MOT...LOC 0245Z 266DEG 44KT 3521 8345
$$
NCC113-030315-
/O.CON.KGSP.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-120303T0315Z/
MACON NC-
946 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM EST FOR NORTHERN
MACON COUNTY...
AT 942 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...LOCATED 6 MILES WEST OF
FRANKLIN...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.
A BRIEF TORNADO IS STILL POSSIBLE ON THE NORTH SIDE OF FRANKLIN AS
THE STORM MOVES PAST. THE TORNADO WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY
RURAL AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES SHOULD BE ABANDONED FOR STURDIER SHELTER.
OTHERWISE...GO TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST LEVEL OF YOUR HOME
OR PLACE OF BUSINESS. MAKE SURE THERE ARE AS MANY WALLS AND FLOORS
BETWEEN YOU AND THE OUTSIDE AS POSSIBLE.
&&
LAT...LON 3530 8348 3530 8346 3531 8345 3533 8334
3531 8332 3527 8332 3523 8328 3523 8325
3517 8322 3516 8323 3513 8360 3528 8363
TIME...MOT...LOC 0245Z 266DEG 44KT 3521 8345
$$
MOORE622
WWUS52 KGSP 030255
SVSGSP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
955 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012
NCC113-030305-
/O.CAN.KGSP.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-120303T0315Z/
MACON NC-
955 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN MACON COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAS WEAKENED IN EASTERN MACON COUNTY...SO
THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
ADDITIONAL SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE LATER TONIGHT.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EST FRIDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND CENTRAL SOUTH
CAROLINA.
LAT...LON 3530 8348 3530 8346 3531 8345 3533 8334
3531 8332 3527 8332 3523 8328 3523 8325
3517 8322 3516 8323 3513 8360 3528 8363
TIME...MOT...LOC 0255Z 266DEG 44KT 3522 8330
$$
MOOREThe office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2, 7:00 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Madison, Swain | 60 min |
| Mar 2, 7:35 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Jackson, Macon | 85 min |
| Mar 2, 7:51 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Haywood, Madison, Yancey | 54 min |
| Mar 2, 8:13 PM EST | Tornado Warning | GSP | Macon | 62 min |
| Mar 2, 8:44 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Avery, Burke, Madison, Mitchell, Yancey | 50 min |
| Mar 2, 8:54 PM EST | Tornado Warning | GSP | Jackson, Macon, Transylvania | 39 min |
| Mar 2, 9:24 PM EST | Tornado Warning | GSP | Transylvania | 24 min |
| Mar 2, 10:38 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Madison | 37 min |
| Mar 2, 11:03 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Madison, Mitchell, Yancey | 42 min |
| Mar 2, 11:20 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Henderson, Transylvania | 25 min |
| Mar 2, 11:22 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Avery, Mitchell | 38 min |
| Mar 3, 12:32 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Macon, Transylvania | 118 min |
| Mar 3, 3:25 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Union | 50 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.